The Weekly Planet - 348 The Bill & Ted Movies & Project Power

Episode Date: August 17, 2020

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This podcast is part of the Planet Broadcasting Network. Visit planetbroadcasting.com for more podcasts from our great mates. This episode is brought to you by ExpressVPN. Oh, very exciting. Very exciting. Very exciting. Welcome back everybody to another episode of the Weekly Planet where we talk movies and comics and TV shows. My name is James, also known as Mr. Sunday. With me, as always, is my co-host, Nick Mason. Quarantine. Hello. Hello.

We are still in quarantine. You know what's interesting is that, you know, on YouTube now, there's so many of these playlists that it's like it's 10 hours of ambient music for studying or whatever. I clicked on one and I'm like, this is interesting. It's like 10 hours of smooth, cool jazz and it's raining outside and you're in a cafe. And I clicked over on it and I'm like, this is cool, smooth jazz in a cafe and it's like it's like 10 hours of smooth cool jazz and it's raining outside and you're in a cafe and i clicked over on it i'm like this is cool smooth jazz in a cafe and it's raining and i'm like probably shouldn't be in here for eight hours this is feeling i'm feeling quite

uncomfortable i felt this genuine thing of like i shouldn't be in here and i'm not buying anything they're gonna be upset with me just using the wi-fi you're charging your laptop i mean like into that you're working on your screenplay i I guess I'm working on my screenplay. To the credit of the people who built it, it was just like an empty cafe. There's no barista at the counter. But I kept feeling like they were going to come out from the back. They're out the back getting oat milk or something like that,

and then they're going to be out here and be like, dude, are you going to buy something? And I'll be like, I have to leave. I have to go out in the rain now. Anyway, I'm not going mad, which I think is important. That's really great to hear. are you going to buy something? And I'll be like, I have to leave. I have to go out in the rain now. Anyway, I'm not going mad. Well, that's good. That's really great to hear. Are you going mad?

Yeah, man. Yeah, yeah. Great. Maybe I should go mad. You go mad. It's good. It's good fun. Nice.

As I mentioned on Suggestible, we're having like embroiled in a battle with a peanut company internationally. Oh, yeah. I mean, it seems to be more one-sided than anything else. But yeah, that's where I'm at. Because they're huddled in fear. They're huddled in fear because they know that. Now, for people who are not up to date on this, so the Planters Peanut, they're a company that sell peanuts,

and I assume other nuts. I don't know. I mean, a peanut's not really a nut. It's a legume. It's a legume. But anyway, they used to have a mascot called Mr. Peanut. Yes. He died.

Yep. And he was replaced by a cuter mascot called Baby Peanut. Around the time that Kobe Bryant died. And people were like, oh, boo. What are the odds a celebrity would die? Yes. Around the time we're making this fake persona die. Yeah.

Anyway, now the baby's all grown up or something. He's 21. And you're like, I hate this. Yeah. I hate it. I hate everything about it. I hate how he's like 5'7 on his card. Oh, yeah.

You know what I mean? Because he's taller than you now. No, he's not taller than me. But he's a peanut. Yeah. That doesn't make any sense. So that's just a monstrous peanut. Yeah.

How could you even eat that peanut? You couldn't. That's his plan, though, isn't it? You'd have to attack him with sledgehammers. Here's a new hashtag, attack Mr. Peanut with sledgehammers. But you've got to block him first. Yeah, yeah. Also, look, I say me.

I thank everybody who's got involved in this. You know what I mean? It's just a nice reprieve from all the really horrible things that are going on. You know what I mean? Look, I haven't blocked him yet because I'm hoping for some sort of, I don't know, some sort of free peanut sponsorship of some kind. Oh, I see what's going on here.

I mean, not peanuts, obviously, but maybe cashews or something. Cashews, yeah, yeah, yeah. A lot of people made that point. Cashews are better, and they are generally. I don't disagree with that. Okay, Mason, it's- Unless it's a chocolate- peanut that's pretty good too i say that's not what they do no kill mr peanut by drowning him in chocolate hashtag there's a hashtag there five foot seven peter yeah the chocolate like augustus gloom yeah that's right i think a cashew covered in chocolate this i don't feel like that's that would be good

no you've got us planters. But for this product. We surrender. Just kidding. I'm not surrendering. Okay. So, yeah, big show this week. We're going to be talking about the DC fandom lineup. There's a new Star Wars holiday special, Bad News for Avatar.

We're going to talk about the Bill and Ted's movies. Wait, are those two connected? There's a new Star Wars holiday special, and that's Bad News for Avatar. It certainly is. Because people will watch that 100 times. Yeah, they can feel the competition breathing down their neck. The Bill and Ted's movies, and I want to talk a little bit about Project Power. Okay.

Which I watched, but you did not watch. Well, I'm going to talk about a different movie that I watched. That's good. We can talk about all these different things. Time code's in the description. Let's kick off with DC Fandome, though, Mason. We've got more of an official lineup. See, these are the big panels that I'm kind of interested in.

This is online only. This is all online. All online. 24 hour period. Big episode next week. We're going to be covering a bunch of videos as well probably. We've got the Wonder Woman 1984 panel. We've got the Warner Brothers Games Montreal panel for their announcement for their probable Batman game. So this isn't the other game announcement

that we got last week but we're getting more of this week. Different game announcement. I'm hoping that one but we're getting more of this week. Different game announcement. Different game. Okay, right. I'm hoping that one's sooner rather than later, like this year. Like they're like, and surprise, it's out in October. That would be nice. That happens sometimes.

It happens sometimes because I hate it when they're like, you know, that game that you love five years. I got a little ad for like in Instagram. I got this ad for like a local department store in Australia, and it's like Cyberpunk 2077. I'm like, oh, I said, can it be? And I clicked Australia and it's like Cyberpunk 2077. I'm like, oh, I said, can it be? And I clicked and it's like end of the year. Pre-order now.

I won't. Don't do it. I'm not going to. Don't do it. What else we got here? So there's like obviously TV panels. There's Flash. There's Superman and Lois, you know, those kinds of situations.

We've also got the Suicide Squad panel. Yes. We've also got the Suicide Squad panel. Yes. We've also got the Snyder Cut of Justice League panel. We've also got the Black Adam panel, which I'm interested to see. Have they secretly filmed a little promo for that maybe? I don't know. Could be. Like in the Rock's gym in front of a green screen?

Maybe, yeah. Yeah. He's just sweating and he's wearing a tank top and there's a lot of clanking of weights behind him. That's people building the pyramids, I think. That's what that is in ancient times. That's what it's not. It's not bros. He shouldn't even have to be

lifting weights, you know what I mean? Because they could fix it in post. Well, no, because Shazam, like... Okay, what if it's green screen at his gym and he's just wearing a full body green... Yes, fine, perfect. Yeah, just his face. There's this Shazam panel. There's a Superman Man of Tomorrow panel,

which is the new animated movie, which is seems to be kicking off a new era. The Suicide Squad killed the Justice League. There we go. That's the big reveal. That's the big reveal for me. It's not just shooting Superman. It's killing all the Justice League,

which sounds fun. Did I mention the James Gunn one? James Gunn Suicide Squad panel? You did, yes. And of course, the Batman. I don't know if you saw the clickbait headlines that were going around this week

that everyone was doing big dunks on. You know how kids do big dunks on things? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cool kids. I'm doing a big dunk motion. Yeah, yeah. It's going to explore the darker side of Batman's personality. People are like, yeah, we know.

Nice. Great stuff. But no. You'd have to be pretty messed up to be a man dressed up as a bat. I'll tell you what. Well, I mean, everybody dresses up in that uniform. Everybody's doing it and loving it. Everyone's loving it.

It's not unusual. You'd see it and you'd go like, yeah. Again, it's pretty normal. Yeah. Regular day stuff. I call them the normal league. Yeah, that's right. The normal league of regular joes.

There's like eight things here which I'm really looking forward to. And a couple you're not looking forward to. Definitely. I mean, The Flash I don't watch anymore. He might have a slightly different costume this year. He's still out there. I appreciate that. Look, I've got an admission to make, James.

Every year they're like, oh, my God, Barry's got a new costume for The Flash. And I'm like, well, what's different about it? I can't tell. I think I remember season one to two there was quite a lot of change. It was more, I don't know, there was something about that season one that was very kind of proto. And there's one, quite a recent one, they're like,

he's got the classic Flash costume in the ring. Oh, yeah. It's from the future. And I'm like, okay, I notice a slight difference there. Yeah, because it's in a ring. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's mainly, yeah. Oh, they stopped barking at our neighbor. He hates you and he probably hates me. Oh, because it's in a ring. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's mainly, yeah. Ollie, stop barking at our neighbour.

He hates you and he probably hates me. Oh, he definitely hates you, James. Yeah, he hates me so much. Ollie, the neighbour hates James more. Don't even worry about it. But to be fair, your neighbour shouldn't be out there. In his yard. In his own yard doing gardening or whatever.

That's what I told him. He yelled over the fence. I'm like, mate, I don't know what to tell you. Come on, mate. I hope he can't hear any of this. He's listening to the live stream. No, he can't. He's got the bloody.

He's firing up the lawnmower. He's firing up the lawnmower. This means war, Mason. He's firing up the lawn-o, as we call it. How dare he mow his lawn in the middle of the day on the weekend. If that Zach Braff-styled podcast-related show was still on the air and hadn't been cancelled possibly ten years ago, that would certainly be a plot line, wouldn't it?

What was that show called? Henry's Podcast or something? It was Project Alex or something or like the Peter Podcast. The Peter Podcast. The Peter Podcast. I reckon it was called like Project Something. Yeah, I'll find out. Thank you.

No one cares. No one care. You just get results for the new Scrubs one. The Doctor's podcast. It was called, no, I'm still Googling more things. It doesn't exist. It's the same thing. You know why?

Alex Inc. There we go. Like I said, Project Podcast Pals. That's right, based on Gimlet or whatever. And he's like, how am I going to make podcasts a living? And his wife's like, I don't know if we can. But he's certainly been the first person to ever do that besides everybody else who's done it already,

and that's why podcasts have a certain popularity, which is why we can make this show. But it's very underground, though. It's so underground. I mean, Joe Rogan just got $100 million. It's very underground. He's Oprah, but it's very underground. Imagine what we could do with just 90% of that money.

You know? How much would that be, though? I don't know. I don't know, but it'd be enough. Every time we make a joke like that, somebody emails it with the exact amount. We can do math. I can't.

I appreciate the help. I think people should email him. My math is definitely worse, though, from quitting teaching. My mental arithmetic is just gone. Because that's the only environment you ever need it. Exactly. Because we have calculators. Because you had that argument, the teacher's like,

you're not going to have a calculator in your pocket all the time, are you? I've got a device that looks up literally anything. Yeah, and also, even before the advent of smartphones, I did have a calculator in my pocket at all times. A TI-82. As big as a human foot. That's right. All right, so Star Wars news.

Star Wars holiday special. We're not going to talk more fandom stuff? What do you need to know? Next week it's all that all the time. Well, that's true, but I'm just very curious about Kill the Justice League. Oh, yeah, right. Because here's the thing. Is it set in a parallel universe in which they do, in fact?

I mean, it is set in a parallel universe. Yeah, sure. Is it set in a universe? Two hours you're talking about? Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. Because here's the thing. Is it set in a parallel universe in which they do in fact – I mean, it is set in a parallel universe. Yeah, sure. Is it set in a universe – Two hours you're talking about? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly. It's not real. But, I mean, it's probably parallel to the Arkham games.

It would be parallel to the comic book and movie versions. So is it a universe in which we will actually get to kill the Justice League or is it like a kind of Wile E. Coyote situation where they always get away every single time? They run through a painted-on tunnel. Exactly. That's true. Oh, what? Bane runs intoon tunnel. Exactly. That's true.

Ooh, what? Bane runs into that tunnel. He's like, ooh. Superman's eating bird seed at super speed. This fake tunnel is my reckoning, you know? Yeah, I get that. Yeah, I mean, like does every level end with one of the Suicide Squad being defeated by the Justice League member they're trying to kill and then going to jail and having their head exploded.

Oh, boo. Yeah, right? No, I want to shoot them with sniper rifles. Right, but I mean. Shoot one of the Flash's legs off. That's kind of fascinating. I think they go rogue. I think something happens.

They get some kind of. Oh, yeah, yeah. It's either from another dimension or like an evil virus or something. Yeah. Because you would think that it would be Warner Brothers would not be happy with the Suicide Squad killing, actually killing members of the good Justice League, you know? I think it'd be okay because I think we mentioned this last week,

Injustice, a different universe. Yeah, but they're all kind of morally in a grey area kind of thing. Yeah, okay. But this Justice League, chuck them in the Phantom Zone. Whoa. That's not fun. You chuck them right in the Phantom Zone. You're dunking them in.

You're dunking them in the Phantom Zone. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Big dunks, Mason. Big dunks, yes. Do you like my dunking action? Yeah. Doesn't seem like it would really work, does it? My arm's Phantom Zone. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Big dunks, Mason. Big dunks, yes. Do you like my dunking action? Yeah. Doesn't seem like it would really work, does it? My arm's too loose.

Yeah, you'd just be dropping it, I think. Yeah, exactly. What an era. Yeah, that one's going to be big for me. I'm very excited. Yeah. And because when I was, as we mentioned last week, when I'm like, oh, suicide squad game,

oh, I've got a baseball bat in the street or whatever, who cares? Now it's like the Justice League. I'm like, awesome. That sounds great. You can't play as the Justice League. I'll shoot them awesome. That sounds great. Gunn plays the Justice League. I'll shoot him with sniper rifles. That's fine. That's cool.

Yeah. Star Wars news, Mason. I'm ready. Star Wars holiday special news. Okay. They're making a Lego holiday special that's going to be out this November. It's set after the events of Tross, your favorite movie. Okay, so then it's definitely set after the events of the original holiday special.

Yes, well and truly. It features Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, Rose Tico. Oh my god, she's back from the dead. Chewbacca, because she died. Remember she died at the end of Tross? Do you remember? Who did? Rose Tico. No, she didn't. That's right. Son of a bitch. I know.

You know, you remember that movie. I mean, she technically died. She technically died. She died in the hearts and minds of the screenwriters. Exactly. So it's about Rey and her droid pal BB-8 head off on a quest to gain a deeper knowledge of the Force. So they visit a mysterious Jedi temple and it sends them careening through time and space. Rey interacts with Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi,

Yoda and other characters. So that sounds like a fun little jaunt. And who are the sound-alikes that are playing the characters? I reckon that they recorded this before they all ran off forever. Okay, right. I might be wrong. Actually, I don't know. I don't know what they do because my kid watches the Lego Star Wars stuff.

Right. You know what I mean? Is there a lot of Lego Star Wars stuff? Yeah, there's quite a bit. There's not as much as like some other things. So is this the same universe as the other Lego Star Wars things? I think they're all connected maybe. I don't know.

It's like a weird wacky parallel. Through a Lego tree of time. Through a Lego tree of time or whatever dimension thing. So yeah. But no, good. Good, good, good. So I mean whatever I guess. That's interesting.

I would have thought that they would, you know, all the main new trilogy Star Wars actors have gone on to say, I'll never do this again unless I need a new house or whatever. I would have thought at least one of them would say, well, okay, there's one more thing coming out after this that we've already done. They don't remember. They're recording video games. Yeah, maybe.

That's probably true. It could be made up of just like blooper footage. Exactly. Like blooper audio and off cuts. Well, because these things are recorded well in advance normally and then animated. And also there is a new Skywalker-Saga Lego game coming out this year, which is all nine films. Okay.

So they probably just did it then. You're right. Okay. Just when they had them in. Yeah, I get it. Rad. Anyway, are you excited for that thing? Say, hey, guys, unrelated to what we're filming right now,

could you say, I'm made of Lego? Oh, fall into bits. I'm okay, though. I'm fine, though. I can't die, I'm made of Lego. Oh, fall into bits. I'm okay, though. I'm fine, though. I can't die because I'm made of Lego. Could you say that? Yeah. It's a Jedi thing.

Say it's a Jedi thing. Yeah. Gotcha. Perfect. There you go, Star Wars news. But here's some bad news, I feel. But it might turn out to be okay news in the end. Jon, you're all over the place here.

What are you? Well, it just depends on the matter of perspective and how time plays out over a series of weeks and months and years. Oh, it continues moving forward. That's right. I mean, hopefully. So Avatar The Last Airbender, you probably know this, but they're currently adapting it for the live screen adaptation.

Oh, is that the Avatar you're talking about? That's the Avatar. I thought you were talking about James Cameron's Avatar. What did you think I meant? Oh, before the show when I mentioned it? Yes. Oh, what did I say to you that made you think that? Avatar. That's probably right. That's the only Avatar I I mentioned it. Yes. Oh, what did I say to you that made you think that?

Avatar. That's probably right. That's the only Avatar I ever think about. I think about it all the time. This one's better. I'm always watching my YouTube live stream, 10 hours, lo-fi jazz music. Yes. On the planet where Avatar is set. And you're worried that they're going to come up and-

Yeah, make me buy something. But you don't want any of that. Like a beaded necklace or something like that. And I'm like, no, please, no. No, thank you. No, no, no, please, no. No, thank you. No, no, no. No, no. No, thank you.

So the original creators. I have US dollars. Is that okay? Just, okay. The original creators of this, they have left the series with this statement. Pandora, that's the name of the. Yes, that's the name of the planet and the bracelet. Many of you have been asking for me about updates about Avatar's live action Netflix series.

So this is an open letter on their website. It said, i can finally tell you that i'm no longer involved with the project in june last year after two years of development uh me and brian and we made the difficult decision to leave production unfortunately things didn't go as hoped and they said who knows netflix's live action adaptation of avatars the potential to be good it might turn out to be the show that many of you end up enjoying but what I can say for certain is about whatever version ends up on screen, it will not be what Brian and I had envisioned or intended to make. So as someone who recently watched the entire series of Avatar, Last Airbender, I'm like, oh, boo.

As the most recent convert to The Last Airbender. You catch me like three weeks ago and I'm like, all right. Cool. But now you're like the true fans. Exactly. We demand a true adaptation. And I think there is something to be said for these guys have never done live action before.

Netflix have a good track record with television. That's true. Maybe not as much. But that is not great news, I feel, because apparently also all their ideas were rejected for that horrible movie and it turned out horribly oh so they can so the the people who made the that live action movie were like hey creators of avatar what do you give us some ideas they're like here's maybe just do some stuff from

the tv series and they're like nope bad we're gonna do bad things bad things yeah so i don't know i mean i i think yeah there was the the very real possibility that it still will turn out well. But it is a bit disheartening to hear that, like, the original creative voices are gone. Yeah. But also I had another thing to say, and I'm padding for time. Was it? As you being the biggest fan of Avatar The Last Airbender,

the cartoon, do you think there needs to be a live action version of it? Well, that's the other thing. Not necessarily, no. Oh, that's right. There's rumours that it was budget related because they wanted a bigger budget because if you've seen that show, it's quite expansive and there's mythical creatures. I haven't, but have we mentioned this on the show?

What's that? What we're going to do with Avatar? Oh, yeah, I think we did. We're going to do a Cabaret in the Garbage. See, I'm holding off watching the animated series, the only good element of this mythos apparently, so I can watch the terrible movie, which I also haven't seen, and then we're going to compare and contrast. We're going to bring them all together in one epic trilogy.

Great. Yes. Great. And the other thing is apparently this is a rumor that they'll argue about cast because it's a mostly Asian setting. Yeah, right. No, it is. And I think the airbender's in it at Tibetan and there's parts

of different – I mean it fictional, but it represents different cultures and a blending of, and apparently they wanted to use a lot of white actors and they were like, well, no, we want to keep it, you know, truer to what it would be if it was white or whatever. But again, that's just a rumour. But I don't know. It's not good news. No, absolutely not.

But we'll see. And that's because time goes on. Yeah, yeah. And maybe one day I'll have an opinion either way. Yeah. Because I'll have watched, you know, maybe next week I'll have watched Avatar, the last airbender of the movie and I'll be like, let it all burn, you know.

I'm going to keep an open mind. Yeah, definitely. Also, apparently they cancelled the next season of Avatar, the last airbender, to make that movie. They're like, no, we're going to shift focus onto this live action series. Oh, no. Wow. It still wraps up super well.

Okay, right. But there's stuff, because I've been reading the comics that are set after, which were by the same creators. I'm like, oh, this would have been good. Oh, there's like a season four. Yeah. Okay, right. Yeah.

Anyway, do you love people earning a lot of money? Avatar, the Avatar guy finally puts on his Avatar costume in the Avatar season four comic book. It's time for Avatar, he says. That's right. Because at the end, if you recall, the end of Avatar, the last episode of the TV series, he goes to put on the Avatar suit. He's working at the Daily Planet.

I'm just talking about Smallville. Yes, yes, yes. But Smallville wrapped up okay. He flies away. You just see him from a distance and you're like, is he wearing the Avatar suit? He's just painting the big arrow onto his head. Do you know about the big arrow?

Is his name Ang? His name's Ang, yeah. He's got a big blue arrow on his head. I think it's a tattoo. So he's not born with that? No, I don't believe so. Okay, here we go. Highest paid actors.

Do you love people in big dollars? Why is this coming up all of a sudden? You're just interested? Because, Mason, I'm all about big dollars. What are you about? You're big dollars. I'm all about the game, hustling for the game. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Are you about that? Yeah, I'm hustling for that game. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Go big or go home. You know what I mean? That's right. All in or don't go to all in. Wake up at 4 a.m.

Get up earlier than Mark Wahlberg or you'll never succeed. Okay, I mean, sometimes I wake up at 4 a.m., but it's just a pee. That's pretty good. It's pretty good. Do you do some crunches? Yeah, I do crunches. Yeah, exactly. As you pee. Yes. Great's pretty good. Do you do some crunches? Yeah, I do crunches. Yeah, exactly.

As you're peeing. Yes. Great. Terrific. This is the list of the top ten highest paid actors in 2019, I think. Okay, great. Because this year it would just be Vin Diesel bloodshot. That's right.

And his video game. I bought it. Is that Fast and Furious game? I bought it. It cost me like 80 bucks. And I'm like, why did I buy this? Is this new? Yeah. Apparently it's awful.

Slightly mad studios. I know. What I wanted to do, but I'm not going to have time, was review it like a movie. Okay. And so I bought it, and then I put it in my DVD player, and it doesn't work. So then I have to go to the PlayStation store and buy it.

It was like $100, and I would do that as part of the video and then be like, why doesn't this work properly? Like there's only one fixed camera angle for all of these action sequences. I get it. I get it. What, has Vin Diesel had work done? He looks really weird. I'm like, is this worth doing a 15-minute video on this dumb joke?

So I'm probably not going to do it, but I still bought it because I was interested. Well, I mean it's got some true American muscle cars being pursued by a hovercraft, so that's pretty good. It's got stealth mechanics, so you've got to stealth follow people. In a car? Yes, and apparently it's got a lot of like – So you crouch.

You crouch. You get the car to crouch. You push that lever and it lowers, and then you're in stealth mode. Oh, it's a fake car. It's a fake cardboard car, and you're creeping along like a snake from the middle of your solid. And it's got a knife attached to the front and then you sneak up and then you push the lever and your car springs up

and then you slice their throat. That's right. Of another car. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. And there's a lot of like driving sections where they just talk to each other where they're like, what happened to Brian? He's, I don't know, he died in real life.

Yeah. Wow, that's so meta. Yeah, but it's got like Vin Diesel's in it, Michelle Rodriguez is in it, Tyrese Gibson is in it. Oh, I know because they're on the cover. No, I mean like the voices. Yeah, right. It's canon.

Oh, it's canon. It's set after the last movie and I love arcade races, but apparently it's not a good one. I still want to play it. Wow. But I've been playing Fall Guys, which has been fun. Great. Anyway, High Spade Actors.

That's James' video game update. I bought a game. Created by Codemasters. That's right. Remember Dizzy? No. He was a fun-loving egg. I do remember Dizzy.

They've made some good games, these guys, but it just seems like a rushed thing. Jackie Chan earned $40 million. What did he do this year? Rush Hour 4? Vanguard and Goodnight Beijing. Okay. Adam Sandler, Murder Mystery, Uncut Gems, $41 million.

A lot of Netflix money in here, by the way. Yeah. That's where this money's coming from. Will Smith, $44.5 million. Hancock 2. That's right. Lin-Manuel. Two hands, two cocks.

Back in the habit. What's the habit? We'll never tell. Lin-Manuel Miranda, $45.5 million. Hamilton. He sold Hamilton, remember? Oh, yeah, right. That'll happen.

That's right. Akshay Kumar. I said that wrong, but he's a Bollywood actor, $48.5 million. Also, this takes into account brand endorsements and things like that as well. Oh, I see. Right, right, right. Vin Diesel, $54 million. Bloodshot.

My goodness. Big D&D fan, isn't he? Do you reckon he's got some D&D kickback? Maybe, yeah. Maybe he's in Baldur's Gate 3 or whatever it is. That's right. Ben Affleck, $55 million. Wow.

Mark Wahlberg. That's just the account and action figures. That's right. So you did Spencer Confidential, a movie you loved. No, it's bad. McMillions, a McDonald's TV series where they're like, let's steal McDonald's. Is he in that?

No, he produced it. Oh, okay. And Wall Street, W-A-H-L. I don't know what that is. Probably the sequel to Wahlburgers. Probably, yeah. 58 million. He buys a street and he's got to revamp the street,

the whole street. Cool. Yeah, cool, right? Ryan Reynolds. I'm sweeping this street. I'm sweeping it. Sweeping this street. Ryan Reynolds is doing 71.5 million.

So six underground, obviously, which is awful. Great. Terrific. And Red Notice, which is his movie with The Rock, which is coming out for Netflix. They're still good buddies. They're still good buddies. They're probably joshing each other about different tequila brands on Instagram or whatever. Did we talk about Mint Mobile? What's Mint Mobile? Mint Mobile

is Ryan Reynolds' streaming service and it only plays his 2003 movie Foolproof. It's real. You can get it. How much is it? I don't know. I think it's free. And Dwayne The Rock Johnson comes in at the top with $87.5 million.

That's big dollars. Big dollars for a big man. We're giving big hollers to big dollars. It's our new segment. We just say how much money people made and then we applaud it. Yeah. Yeah. I love it.

And then maybe one of them hears it and they give us a million dollars. That's how it works, isn't it? Yeah, that's how we – That's why I'm always defending Elon Musk on my – because I know eventually he's going to give me a car. He's not a big dumb goon. He's a great guy. I think he's great.

Great guy. I think he's great. Great guy. He's got great ideas. Self-made billionaire. I don't think he's a fuckwit. I don't think that. Didn't inherit money from apartheid mining.

Doesn't call people a pedophile unnecessarily. That's very true. Yeah. Good on him. Wholes for dollars, baby. But where would the space program be without him? Yeah, we know. Yeah, he's great.

That's what we're saying. We're all going to cram into that spaceship to Mars and then work at his space mines on Mars. Sounds cool. He doesn't like government handouts despite getting them himself. That's cool. $5 billion. It's fine.

Lower that minimum wage, I say. Elon Musk. Anyway. We're big fans. Big fans of him. People think we're being ironic. No, we're not. We love him.

We love him. Every time we clap, your dog jumps up on me and sticks her claws in, which I think is appropriate. She's a big fan. I'm Elon Musk. We're being serious, dog. You know, his full name is actually Elongated Muskrat. That's incredible.

That's great. Yeah. I love it. You can see why he changed it. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Too many weird vowels in his South African. That's right.

All right. That's enough Elongated Muskkrat news we need to move on okay because this is excited news for you oh i can't wait tron three oh good great moving ahead oh my god that's such good news and my mood is i'm elated my my mood is high and will never be lowered today for any reason garth uh davis is directing he directed Lion in 2016. Oh, yeah, that's a good one, yeah. Great movie. That's my mood. It's ever-elevating, James.

I'm having a great time. The star of this, which they've mentioned. Big man Garrett Hedlund, he's coming back. Oh, Mason. Here we go. No, he Taylor Kitched it. Oh, my God, but he's just – They threw him out.

The Taylor Kitched in sync. They threw him out with the – With the Kitched in sync. There's a wordplay there somewhere. I liked it. I used up all my energy on elongated muskrat. I know. So Jared Leto's in it.

Oh, God damn it. No, I knew that already, but that's a shame. So there you go. But he's a villain. Maybe he is the villain. Maybe that's what this is about. No, I think he's the lead, but he's not in the other ones. No.

No. Killian Murphy, he was in the other ones. I like Garrett Hedlund. Bring him back. Yeah. Bring what this is about. No, I think it's the lead. But he's not in the other ones. No. Killian Murphy, he was in the other ones. I like Garrett Hedlund. Bring him back. Bring back Jeffrey Bridges. Bring back Olivia Wilde. I think they still will. I think it'll be like a loose sequel in the same way that the second one is a loose sequel to the first.

It's insane to me that they're making this though. Why do they keep trying Tron? What are they doing? There must be somebody at Disney who still has some movie making juice and is like, I always liked Tron? What are they doing? There must be somebody at Disney who still has like some movie-making juice and is like, I always liked Tron. Yeah. Maybe they were – I reckon there's somebody in the Disney Corporation now who was like a grip on Tron, the original Tron,

or like a gopher or something like that. He was the person who used the fluoro highlighter to outline all those costumes on the celluloid. That's right. Like on the original movie. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so ceremoniously he highlights the crotch of the new one every time. It's like a groundbreaking ceremony.

Oh, my God. Terrific stuff. Bob Iger you're talking about, yeah? Yeah, it's Bob Iger, yeah. Yeah, great. Terrific stuff. Anyway, Jared Leto released a statement and he's like, I'm blessed with what an opportunity to grow up in.

I always say that, don't I? All those things. I don't think he did. You didn't say that. No, he did say that. No, I think he did say that, but I think he grew up in like a, just a white room house, nothing in it. Yeah, just eating all white food.

Yeah, that sounds about right. Good on him, I guess. Yeah, good for him. So, yeah, I mean, Tron 3, good. Yeah, I'm excited for it. Yeah, I like that movie. It'd be good to revisit them for Caravan of Garbage as well. It'd be nice to come back to them.

That's true, yeah. Yeah. That second movie, like, I'm not a huge fan, but big swings, man. That's what I'm talking about. It looks great and people talk about the soundtrack and some good stuff going on there. Why did they make it, though? I don't know.

Why is that my mind? But the internet was big then. It was so big you couldn't get away from it. Now it's kind of toned down a little. Just kidding. It's worse than ever. It won't stop. But here's the thing though.

Maybe this one they'll finally put the Troniverse on the internet because prior to this it was not on the internet. That's right. It was on a stick. That's right. A pinball machine or something. That's right. You have to slide back a series of circuit boards.

That's right. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know how it works. How do you get into the Tron room? You have to put a coin in an arcade machine. Yep. And the big laser zaps you. The big laser, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Takes you down to little megabytes or whatever. Great stuff. This is via The Hollywood Reporter. Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead. It's his Netflix zombie movie. It's coming out. Chris D'Elia amidst many allegations, which people can look into by themselves, but it's not good stuff all in all.

He's being replaced in that movie with reshoots by an entirely new actor, Tig Notaro. Tig Notaro? Notaro, sorry, yeah. I thought that wrong here. Despite me saying the name wrong, I really like, and she's good in things, and I think. So despite your mistake, you still like her? No, I'm saying because that comes across to people that I'm not.

I'm not someone who likes her. No, but she's very funny. I really like her. She's great, yeah. And I've just never said her name, I guess. Right, yeah, that's true. So this kind of smacks of like when they put Christopher Plummer over Kevin Spacey in that All the Money in the World movie.

Remember that? So it's a lot of effort to do this. But I don't know. Zack Snyder's clearly in the studio. I've taken a stand on this for this particular case. And I know Chris D'Elia's lost a bunch of Netflix specials and whatever from all of this. So, look, maybe it's cancel culture gone mad.

Maybe he is a real creep though. Who can say? Who can say? Who can say? But so, I don't know. I think that's a good replacement, though. I think she's great. So, cool. If you've never heard it, look up Tig Notaro's Taylor Dane story.

Isn't it Tig Notaro? Yes. That's what I thought. Yeah, my apologies, everyone. Yeah, that's okay. It's all right. It's all right. It's all right.

But I am looking forward to that movie. I'm also interested to see when they do this how seamless it is because if you watch all the money that Mark Wahlberg is trying to get back in that movie, he inflates and deflates in between scenes. Oh, really? He's quite lean. Yeah, yeah.

And then in the reshoots he's clearly bulking up for something. Huh. And then there's some green screen stuff that they work into it. But it's better with Christopher Plummer because he's an actual old man as opposed to the Kevin Spacey with the weird old man makeup. It's not a bad movie. Kevin Spacey's an old soul, isn't he? Yes, he is.

By that I mean an awful man. Yeah, that's what you meant. Yeah, yeah. Maybe a murderer, who's to say? Yeah, there was that thing, wasn't there? Certainly implied it, didn't he? Yeah, there we go. Good stuff.

Oh, this is all bad news all the way i know dc layoffs oh yeah i did see that yeah so a number of executives including editor-in-chief bob harris senior vp of publishing and strategy and support services hank uh canalazer vp of marketing and creative services john wayland vp of global publishing initiative and digital strategies bobby chase senior story editor brian cunningham and, and executive editor, Mark Doyle, whoever saw the Black Label graphic novel. All these people have been let go in addition to roughly one-third of DC's editorial ranks. The majority of the staff of the DC streaming service have also been laid off,

which is, again, like, we know it's cancelling. We know. Just say it. Just say it. And also a victim of the layoffs at DC Direct, the company's in-house merchandise and collectibles manufacturer. Huge layoffs at DC. Yeah, right.

This isn't like an uncommon thing that's happening. No. We know multiple people who have been laid off or are currently inferior to being laid off because of the global epidemic. That's true. Which you may have read about in all your newspapers. That I live in, my piles of newspapers. Exactly.

It's sheltered you from the wind, doesn't it? That's exactly right. But, yeah, I guess because it's, you know, it's DC and this is podcasting. This is our whole thing. But also it seems it's very unfortunate or suspicious timing, depending on who you ask, because they're like, DC fandom, look at all this stuff we're producing.

Oh, my God. Quietly we're firing everyone. That's right. Exactly. And I guess they wanted to do it before fandom and then bury it as well. Oh, my God. Quietly, we're firing everyone. That's right. Exactly. And I guess they wanted to do it before Fandome and then bury it as well. Yeah, maybe. By the next week it'll be like, don't worry about it. Look at this Justice League.

You can kill the Justice League. That's right. I understand, like, why these things happen. Yeah, right. I totally get it. But it's often the case, and I don't know whether it's the case here, but CEOs and that don't take pay cuts and they just fire a bunch of people. Well, yeah, and it's – look, I can't – I don't know anything about this.

That happens in video games all the time. Yeah, yeah. Look, I don't know anything about the state of WarnerMedia, but there are a lot of places that are going out of business because of this crisis that is currently happening. But there also seems to be a lot of places that are going out of business because of this crisis that is currently happening, but there also seems to be a lot of businesses who are like, this is a perfect opportunity to fire a bunch of people. Yeah, absolutely, with zero repercussions.

Exactly, yeah, yeah. Exactly. So who knows? Who does know? Anyway, it's never good when people get in trouble. I mean, in 2018, WarnerMedia's revenue was $33 billion. Wow. So they're doing all right.

That's quite a lot of revenue. A lot of hollers for dollars. You know what I mean? WarnerMedia. WarnerMedia. Woo. They're a monopoly. Here we go.

It's good stuff. Did you see how Apple and Epic Games are going to war, mate? I saw that, yeah. Yeah. Something about Fortnite? Yeah, and Epic are like, we're standing up for the little man. Shut up, Epic Games. Shut the fuck up. I know what you're about you're like you're crunched you're like you underpay people

and you're both you're both awful companies good i'm not having it yeah anyway look i don't know yeah i don't know what the deal is here but yeah look it seems to here's the thing though it also seems to me it feels to me very short-sighted yeah in the sense that they're like we're laying off a lot of people in the comics division because that's okay because we have a separate division that makes movies and animation and video games or whatever. Yeah, but where did the inspiration for all that stuff come from? Exactly.

The comics division. And if you're gutting the comics division. Where's the new stuff? Where's the new stuff? And what's happened is. You already used all your storylines in Batman v Superman. We were talking about this the other day. Was that you I was talking to him about?

Yeah, yeah. That you've essentially exhausted, with the most recent movies, so many storylines have been exhausted because they were just like, hey, Batman v Superman, just get that Superman and put in The Dark Knight Returns and put in all this other stuff and put it all in there. Gram it down. There's been 80- years of dc comic books

but not all of it is suitable for adaptation into movies a lot of that early stuff i'm going to say the i'm going to say maybe 40 to 50 years of it you couldn't really put on the big screen it's too bad good no the opposite of that it's bad it's bad what about the one where batman is in the desert and he's shirtless and he's got his cowl on and he's got a scimitar. Oh, no, that's good stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Make that happen. Yeah, nice.

Yeah, you're right. Absolutely. It was funny because I was like, who was I talking about? Of course it was you. You're literally the only person I see. Maybe it was your son. It might have been. Hey, listen, there's going to be some layoffs at Watermania.

I just want you to know. But the inspiration comes from the comics so i think you're okay okay you're not paying attention to me you're playing a lego game all right yeah i don't know like if you're gonna gut the the comic book division that's where all the because that's where the creativity comes from and the idea that you have an unlimited budget and you can just produce it and you can test the waters of ideas that work like his men were like it's dc multiverse battle madness, and people were like, no, thank you.

So they're like, it's the Jokers, there's ten of them. Well, we kind of like that. Okay, not bad. And we'll watch different incarnations of the Joker at the movies. Sure. They should do a Joker movie every year. Oh, yes, please. Yeah.

But it's all the same cast and crew. Okay, and plot? Yes. Wow. Yeah, you in? Yeah, so this is like a Hollywood version of the worst idea of all time, the podcast, but instead of re-watching the same movie every year, you make the cast and crew remake the same movie every year

and see how long it takes till they go mad. Terrific. It's going to cost billions of dollars. Joaquin Phoenix is every year, three months of just eating an apple and smoking cigarettes. That's right. Yeah. But there's an, again, speaking of the Hollywood Reporter,

they did an interview with Jim Lee, who was the chief creative officer of DC, the comic book division. And he said, we are still in the business of publishing comics. I mean, yeah. But like, yeah, it's a zoom call and it it's a it's a lot of paragraphs before it says uh okay hang on let me let's let's just burn through here uh layoffs blah bitty blah uh this legacy of company etc this has been a really heavy difficult time not just for me but for the entire organization we've said goodbye to people that have been huge contributors and who have helped define and make DC what it is today.

Yes. Yep, that's true. A reorganization that will take the next two or three months to play out, and while the team is still putting the finishing touches on fandom, we're still in the business of publishing comics. There is no work being halted. Yes, there will be more Batman. Makes sense.

More than ever. Until we get sick of Batman, and then there will be more Batman. Makes sense. More than ever. Until we get sick of Batman and then there will be. No Batman. And also there will be a return of Milestone, which is the imprint from, it's been around for a while, but it was in like the 90s and the 2000s. It's sort of the, it's set in the city of Dakota and it's kind of like more minority characters.

Okay, cool. So like more black and Latino and Asian characters and et cetera. Yeah. Yeah, which I enjoyed. So like more black and Latino and Asian characters and et cetera. Yeah. Yeah, which I enjoyed. So Static, do you remember Static? I remember Static, yeah. Not Static Shock, which is the name of the- Yes, that's right.

Is DC still publishing comics? Absolutely, 100%. It's still the cornerstone of everything we do. Well, that's true. The need for storytelling, updating the mythology is vital to what we do. The organization leans on us to share and establish the meaningful elements of the content that they need to use and incorporate for all their adaptations. Good use of content there.

When we think about reaching global audiences and we see comics as helping drive that awareness and that international brand, it's very much part of our future. Good use of awareness and brand. Here we go, like fourth or fifth paragraph. That said, we will be reducing the size of the slate, but it's about looking at everything and looking at the bottom 20%, 25% of the line that wasn't breaking even or was losing money. It's about more punch for the pound, so to speak,

and increasing the margins of the books that we are doing. It's about aligning the books to the franchise brand content we've developed and making sure that every book we put out, we put out for a reason. Yuck. Let me be clear, yuck. He's out, we put out for a reason. Yuck. Let me be clear. Yuck. He's not saying that. I'm saying that. Yeah, I know what you're saying. You didn't say yuck.

Yeah. Because like what's the, in my opinion, what's the best stuff that's come out recently? Harley Quinn's a good example that DC put out, but also maybe Doom Patrol, which is, again, that never would have come out. Like that's been. Not a good version of that.

No, that's been a niche thing for years and they sort of put their toe back in the waters like a couple of years ago because they produced an imprint called Young Animal. Yeah, right. And they got, I think it was Gerard Way did a little bit of Doom Patrol stuff. Oh, okay, yeah. And so if like in this environment, I don't think they would trial out Doom Patrol again in a comic book format,

which means that the TV series wouldn't exist. Yeah, I think you're absolutely right. And look, I know their comics division also, it doesn't pay that well. Like it doesn't monetarily, it doesn't do that well. Like often also if you look at like the videos that we do that are comic book focused, a lot of them don't do super well because there is more interest in like the other forms of the media. But like you said, one can't exist without the other.

This is, it's kind of seems like, I mean, I understand, it kind of seems like a mistake to whittle down the creative side of things. And again, maybe it won't be as bad as we think, but. Oh yeah, look, I'm sure that, you know, I mean, things won't stop, you know what I mean? Yeah, that's true. Yeah. And maybe they'll get their ideas from like a boardroom or, you know. great you know what i mean yeah like spec scripts or whatever i don't know but like there are other places to get ideas but these things like these things get traction in comics

and they become these like cult followings and then yeah cult followings you know i mean then and then again again the reason we get the death of superman every day forever is because it happened once in a comic that's why we get get the origin of Batman and the slow pearls and whatever because, yeah. Exactly. Yeah. It's big, big, big sad times for everyone, I think. No, we're not applauding that, James.

No, that's you clapping. Stop clapping, Mason. No, James, I'm not. You liar. James, you liar. Oh, man. Anyway, good stuff. Great stuff.

But I think they're also suggesting that they're going to do more comic books digitally, and then if they're popular, they're going to print them. Seems to be like a way forward. Well, yeah, I don't buy many prints, so that doesn't. I like print. I know. Yeah, I prefer print, but it's just easier to just. Here we go.

With digital, that's more of a windowing issue, meaning we'll go out there with digital content, and the stuff that performs well in digital also performs well in print. Yes. We took that content and reprinted it in physical form and they're talking about injustice. We sold hundreds of thousands of units.

So we're using that as a model as we go out and do more digital content. We'll take the most successful books and repackage it as physical books. Okay, yeah. I think that's what they were talking about this week, that Disney are going to scale down their kind of 4K releases. That was the rumor.

And then Disney came out and said, we're actually not doing that, but I'd be surprised if they're not. But that also means that if I want a physical version of a comic book, I have to go out and buy the digital version to ensure that it's popular. And get it again. And then buy it again. That's right. Cool.

That's good, Mason. Or I could just buy the Dark Knight Returns again. Yeah, just buy that every day. Because that's what they publish that. They just keep publishing that. Get a hard copy, get a soft copy, whatever you want, mate. Anyway, great stuff. FX's The Veil explores the surprising and fraught relationship

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And then you're like, what does Netflix have but in other countries? And you pick another country. And you can do this for any streaming service, for example. Even like a YouTube, for example, there's certain videos that are region blocked. And you can go, do, do, do, do. That sounds easy and fun. But it's easier than that because it doesn't even make any noises like that. And then you can watch things, thousands of shows and movies and streaming libraries from around the globe. There are hundreds of VPNs out there, but ExpressVPN is ridiculously fast.

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That's right. High def. As said, it works with many streaming services, Netflix, Amazon Prime, BBC iPlayer, a lot of good stuff on that. YouTube, as mentioned, and many more. You can choose from almost 100 different countries, and it's so easy and simple to use. Just fire up the ExpressVPN app, change your location, hit connect, and refresh the page and the show or movie you want will magically appear. As if by magic.

That's right. But it's not magic, it's technology. It's technology. You've got an excellent example, don't you, Mason, of something you can watch. Well, everybody right now is raving about the fact that Legend of Korra is available now on Netflix. That's right. And I'm like, cool, I'll just check Australian Netflix. It's not on there.

No. It's not, it's not. So what do you do? Go to American Netflix. That's right, you go to ExpressVPN, you bloody do it for check Australian Netflix. But it's not on there. No. It's not. So what do you do? Go to American Netflix. That's right, you go to ExpressVPN, you bloody do it for yourself, mate. Don't even worry about it. Boop. But if you're in America and you're like, but what can I watch on Australian Netflix?

Australian Legend of Korra. Korra, mate, mate. Korra. You're drunk again, Korra. Classic Korra. She's just one of the boys. This is Legend of Kor boys. She's just a legend of Cobra. Very good.

You can actually use our link at expressvpn.com slash weeklyplanet. You can get an extra three months of ExpressVPN for free. That's expressvpn.com slash weeklyplanet. On with the show? Yes, that's a heck of a deal, but on with the show. Heck of a deal, heck of a deal. Should we talk about Bill and or Ted's? Yeah, let's talk about Bill and or Ted's. How about this? Here's it before we get started. Okay. Because when is that coming out? At the end of the month? 28th. Okay.

Alright, on the count of three, prior to re-watching these, which was your favourite? Excellent Adventure or Bogus Journey? Oh, actually, no. How about this? Before re-watching these, which one did you remember as being better? One, two, three. Bogus? Bogus Journey, yeah. But upon re-watching them, which is actually better? One, two, three.

Bogus Journey. Excellent Adventure. Oh, okay, right. There we go. Yeah, I think Bogus Journey doesn't work on its own. No, certainly not. No, no, no. But I enjoy Bogus Journey a lot more.

So how do you want to approach this? How do you want to come at this? Just smash them all together. Just smash them and mash them. I literally just watched before we're recording this. We're recording on a Saturday. We're doing a bit early. Mikey Newman over at FilmJoy did a video on the Bill and Ted's movies

and how they got made. He does great video essays. Did they start as sketch characters? Yeah, the writers did. Yeah, yeah. And then they ended up hiring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winters. Ed Solomon and a different guy, Chris something. And a different guy.

Chris Matthews? Maybe, yeah. I'm going to get it right just for the purposes of this. Sure, that's probably a good idea. Let's not get the first fact wrong. But Bill and Ted, there was a number of casting choices. Paulie Shaw was up for it at one point, which wouldn't have surprised me at all. I guess what is distracting about the second movie in particular

is how old they both are. Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon. Yeah. And again, this is just stuff that I've got my own notes, but this is just stuff from that video. He talks about how apparently with this, because they filmed,

they filmed in 87, but it was released in 89. They, they were like, nobody talks like this. Like, this is like, well,

like the dudes in excellence, but it was really the way that, cause the director was like 30. He's like, no, this is like well like the dude's an excellent whatever but it was really the way that because the director was like 30s like no this is kids it's kids and then it became like more mainstream oh whoa right and then you got biodome and and in the army now that's right son-in-law yes these are paulie shaw movies we got biodome and kicked off carly minogue's acting career street fighter um Fighter, probably some Australian movies. Probably came back

to Neighbours at one point for a cameo. A Nick K video clip. Yeah. Nice. Wild Rose or

whatever it's called. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, good stuff. Anyway, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, budget of $10 million, made

$40 million. They didn't want to release it. They're like, this is crap. I'm not a big 80s teen comedy guy.

Sure. I like your Breakfast Cl 80s teen comedy guy. Sure. Like, I'm like, you know, I like your breakfast clubs, but I don't like your pretty in pink and a bunch of other shit. But like this, I'm like, I'm well on board for this. Yeah. This is my speed, man. Yeah, yeah. But that being said, there are elements of it that have aged poorly.

Oh, yeah, my God. But all in all, I do like it. And I like that it also probably wouldn't exist without back to the future just this weird oddball take on time and doctor who obviously yeah right uh-huh boxes it as a riff on but i feel like yeah without back to the future you don't get here and also apparently the time travel thing was going to be like a van like a like a chevy van or whatever how interesting they changed it to the to the phone booth which See, I would have felt that the entire crux of the Bill and Ted's franchise is based on the phone booth idea

and specifically the gag of it's not bigger on the inside. It's just a regular phone booth. It's a bit smaller on the inside, yeah. Yeah, absolutely. You're probably right. But, you know, as all things are, they go through a number of revisions. Revisions. Mm-hmm.

I think Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves are perfect, though. They're so well suited to these roles. And I think it's also these movies are responsible for people thinking Keanu Reeves is a dope. Yeah, for sure. That's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. When he's clearly like quite intelligent and introspective.

Not like scholarly, but, you know, he's clearly he's not a moron. Yeah, for sure. We've done episodes on his movies before and how he's good at picking things within his range and picking really interesting projects. And they're not always winners, but there's a reason he's been famous for like 40 fucking years. Right, exactly. You know what I mean?

Yeah. Yeah. Because we keep promoting him on our podcast. Exactly. That's right. I've got the screenwriter. See, Ed Sullivan and Chris Matheson discovered Alex Winter at Counter-Use when they were messing around in the queue

outside of McDonald's in front of them. Really? Apparently. That's what I got, yeah. I was under the impression that at least one of them was an actor before. Yeah, I mean, I think they were. But I think they were just, you know, they were just goofing.

One of them was in- Hey, look, it's celebrity actors Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves. They're just goofing. They're just goofing in the line at McDonald's. Yeah, I think it's. You couldn't be discovered this way these days, could you? No. Or maybe you could because there's more space.

If you're in a line, there's 1.5 metres of space. You'd have to bank on somebody like a movie producer being behind you. That's true. They would send out somebody for their McDonald's. They wouldn't. That's also true. You're right. Yeah, yeah.

You haven't thought this through. Not at all. If I had one criticism of the Bill and Ted's cast. Hey, there's no bad ideas in spitballing for us to become famous accidentally, all right? That's true. We've queued up in Red Rooster for hours. That's true.

Just riff it. Oh, my God. Yeah, that's right. Like, fine, we'll do a podcast, I guess. Do it ourselves, I guess. Yeah, look. If I had one criticism of these characters. Yes.

It's that they're almost entirely homophobic. Slightly homophobic. Slightly homophobic. But also there is a loving like bromance to them as well. Yeah, for sure. Which is juxtaposed by that kind of- I feel like it's almost a comment of the era of like they love each other and they're soulmates but they can't admit it. Yeah, maybe.

They're the most important people in their lives. Also, there's no Beavis and Barthead off the back of this. There's a bunch of stuff that doesn't happen off the back of these movies, including the threequel. But I think they're also entirely interchangeable. You can switch their dialogue. Oh, yeah, definitely. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And I think that is, especially in the sequel, because in the first one it's only Ted who is at risk of being sent to the military academy in Alaska. But in the second one,'s just a like a party the birthday party scene colonel oats just shows up and he's like i could take both of you to the military academy because it's like who you know just just make it just make that the stakes of both of them it's fine don't even you know yeah absolutely but also i think they're out of school so i don't even know how it would work and also there are larger stakes in the second movie in the sense that they are murdered.

Yes, they are murdered. You know what? I was disappointed. I would be really concerned about going to military school if I had been murdered. No, no, not at all. You'd be like, this is a reprieve from hell. Yeah, this is hell. First of all, Bill's dad is dating Missy. Great. Good joke.

I guess. And then Ted in the second one. I didn't realise that Rufus is not in these like at all. Barely at all, yeah. He's in like two minutes for both of these movies. It's really disappointing because I like that character a lot. And he's just kind of, he shows up and I think he's more interesting in the second one because he gets like a little action set piece. That's true, yeah.

He gets to throw a guitar. He gets to throw a guitar. And what's his name from Faith No More's there? Jimmy, Jamie. The guy from Faith No More. One of the guys. He gets to throw a guitar. And what's his name from Faith No More's there? Jimmy, Jamie. The guy from Faith No More. One of the guys. It's not Mike Patton. If it's not Mike Patton, I'm done.

For years I went thinking it was Mike Patton until I rewatched this. I'm like, that's not Mike Patton. I just in my head I always thought it was Mike Patton. But, yeah, I wish more Rufus was in it. Apparently in the new one he's in, there's some archival footage. That's cool. He's going to probably appear in a hologram. Yeah, exactly.

Or a little screen. Or as we mentioned, you want someone edgier than now, you get Joe Rogan to do it. I was going to say Andrew Dice Clay, but all right. Yeah. You want a phone booth fact? Yes. The phone booth time machine was given away as a contest prize

by Nintendo Power Magazine when promoting the Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure video game. I played that video game. Me too, on the Atari Lynx. Oh, I played it on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Was it a top-down? It was like an isometric kind of, like that sort of side top-down. Did you start in Egypt and there are Scarab of Beatles?

I can't remember. I hated that game. I remember you ate like pudding cups to regain your strength. Oh, I think it was a different game. It had on the Atari Lynx. It was one of the few licensed games. I played it a lot even though I'm like, I hate this. I never beat it.

There's a game coming out, side note. There's a game coming out soon. I think maybe it's an Xbox, new version Xbox or PS5 game or something like that. I think it's called Gunk. And I'm like, James would like that because it's a Slime World. It's a riff on Slime World. I never played Slime World, but I'm familiar with Slime World.

Nice. If you said Chips Challenge, I'd be like, I'm all for that, mate. James, on the PS5, they're releasing Batman Returns for Links on the PS5. Oh, my God. I'm the only one who's ever beaten it. Oh, this does look good. I like the artisanal style yes okay what else we got here um what else what else what yeah so but also i looked into it

you can buy a replica of the phone booth oh that's what you're saying nintendo so they auctioned it off or they that was a prize yeah what do you do with that if you win a villain and you go look this is the one that they wrote they tipped it sideways and they all fit it like a car yeah yeah i guess you get you and a couple of friends get in and squish your faces against the glass you This is the one that they wrote. They tipped it sideways and they all fit it like a car. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I guess you and a couple of friends get in it, squish your faces against the glass. It's funny. You get a bald friend to do the death behind you. It's funny.

Yeah, it is funny. It's funny. You can buy a replica now for $8,495. I lost into it. Or you can just steal a regular phone booth. Find the one remaining phone booth and just put it on the back of your truck and drive off with it. The fine is probably less than $8,500.

Almost certainly. But you wouldn't have the doors. It would just be like a pole with a phone on it. Yeah, I guess that's true, yeah. We didn't even talk about for people who don't. You could build one for less than that. For $8,000? I don't think so, Mason.

Maybe. You definitely could. What are these about? If you haven't seen these movies, how would you sell somebody on them? Okay, so it's a couple of dudes. Would you sell someone on them? If you were like, check it out if you've never seen it oh that's a good question all right do you think that you would need to watch these before bill and ted face the music i don't think

i don't think you'd need to and i don't think you should have to no i think every movie i guess should stand on its own except for the avengers they're all into linkedin if you miss one too bad too bad yeah okay no yeah because it's been so long do you mean yeah i don't know if they still hold up i feel the same and a lot of the time i think for a lot of it for me is like this is nostalgic and it's nice to revisit but i'm like this is quite quaint i bet i bet if there's like uh i bet there's probably like a 20 minute recap of each of these movies on youtube yeah which would have all the jokes. Dude, whoa.

I feel like if you cut each of these movies down to 20 minutes, you'd cut out a lot of dead air. These movies have a lot of dead air. Even though they're only like an hour and a half long. I think you could cut them down to a crisp half hour. I think that's more of the first one I think has more. It's a time travel movie where they have to go through history There are a couple of dudes with hearts of gold a couple of i'm not really stoners no your watch is like every now and then you flash me in the eye you son of a gun i wish i was wearing two watches why because then because i'm wearing a movement watch james i'm trying not to age my face mason i'm trying to stay out of the sun we should moisturize your eyelids i do oh my god you to put an SPF in your

moisturiser. I know, I'm aware. That's what we were going to say. I was going to say. You moisturise and use an SPF? Yeah. Good. Every day. That's what looks so good. People should do it. No fooling, man. No, that's right. That's how you age is the wrinkles from sun damage. Exactly. And

worry. Also worry, yeah, but I don't worry about nothing because I'm a carefree dude. I'm a real Bill ted i'm a i'm the ted of this relationship i feel you know which one's that kiana reese okay good but there are a couple of there are a couple of dudes with hearts of gold but there's they're slackers and they're not they have to in the first one they've got to get an a on the history report or they're gonna go one of them's gonna go to military school the other one has some of the vague consequences, whatever. I don't know. Nothing.

Yeah. Because in the future, they are the staple of humanity, which the future of society is built upon. Yeah, right. And for some reason, this is a pivotal event in time, which I'm not sure how the timeline works. No. Because like how would that- The future is 700 years away.

So they have to- They send back Rufus from the future to tell them if they don't do this thing, the future is going to be ruined. Yeah. But I guess that's a fixed point in time that he always came back and did that because why is there now like this junction in time which is happening? Sometimes we talk about the time travel physics of any given movie that involves time travel and we debate on whether or not it's accurate

or realistic or would hold up to scrutiny of any kind. I don't think we should do that with these movies. You're right. Well, there's a moment where he falls down the stairs in a suit of armour and then the knight stabs him, but he fell out of his armour somehow. When I saw that, I'm like, oh, that's what these are. That's what these movies are. Yeah.

So Rufus comes back in time. He's got the time machine. Yes. And then Bill and Ted are like, you know what we should do in order to save the future? We should gather up various historical figures and make them do our history report for us. Correct.

So that's what they do. And they do. And they win because of it, don't they? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It really, in retrospect, it's a real metaphor about how your high school experience defines your future, even though it really doesn't. It shouldn't. It's a bad message for kids.

That's why they shouldn't watch these movies. Oh, bad messages. Maybe they should include some extra footage where Carlin's like, don't even worry about it. The future's all right. Look at me. I've got a ponytail. That's right.

Don't look at the top of my head. Look at the back of my head. Look at the back of my head. Well, I've got a ponytail. It's a cool ponytail. Don't even worry about it. Yeah. Yeah, that is a – I mean, that's, you know. It's a cool ponytail. Don't worry about it. Yeah. Yeah.

That is a, I mean, that's, you know, it's always in movies and TVs or whatever. You've got to get the big score to do the big thing and you've got to get the letter to get accepted to the whatever, but it's really not the case. You could, most of the time you just go online and learn whatever you need. Yeah. It's true. Yeah. Often for a lot of jobs, you just need to tick a box. I don't know now if you want to be a principal of a school, which I was never going to be.

It was like you had to get your, like, your honours and masters in teaching. And I'm like, why? Right. Like, shouldn't it be if you work in a school for 20 years, don't you think that's good enough? That's, yeah, it's a real hard experience. Anyway, whatever.

Some jobs you don't even need to know anything. Sometimes you just open your mouth and talk. Exactly. It goes into a magic talking stick. Yep. And then like a box that's over there near you. Yes. And then somehow that just turns into a.

And then you've got an electric car. That's how Elon Musk did it. How does he do it? I don't know. He's one of the best. All for them dollars. I like him. Both of us do.

We both like him. There's some alternate stuff that they cut out of this. Yeah. A bit darker. At one point in the original script or one of. This is the first movie. Their first movie. They crashed both the Hindenburg and sink the titanic oh my god that just menaces throughout history

i think that that would i don't know it's too mean you can't you think it's too mean yeah because i mean those events in history are so far removed it probably would have been played for laughs but they're kind of they don't hurt people yeah look speaking of history i think these movies would be seen in a completely different light if those two characters had been- Murderers? Murderers, yeah, yeah. Even if it wasn't entirely their fault, even if they'd, you know-

Yeah, absolutely. They'd be chased through the Titanic by a mean security guard or whatever and they'd hit an iceberg that way or they'd bump the steering column or whatever. Did you enjoy the handsomeness of Billy the Kid? He's like a Bon Jovi-esque cowboy. I did like that, yeah. This is the real Billy the Kid.

Oh, my God. Look at that face. He looks like he's already dead. He does. I mean, it might have been one of those things where he was dead and they took a photo of him. Yeah, they prop him up sometimes, yeah. But God damn, not a good-looking man.

No, no, no. Yeah. He looks like he's been hit in the head with a shovel. Yeah. I mean, he probably has been. Probably, yeah. I wonder if he's is dead like genuinely this photo all right so yeah i mean there's some highlights in terms of

the historical figures that they get i think they've both got a fun they've all got a fun personality yeah like jonah vark doing an aerobics class is interesting napoleon being a horrible little monster yes or also apparently not short in real life like apparently his average average height for his for the time period. I enjoyed one of my- Like the mall sequence is good. Yeah, yeah, for sure. In a rewatch, I really very much enjoyed Bernie Casey as Mr. Ryan, the history teacher.

I enjoyed his very dry delivery of like, speaking of Napoleon, he's like, you described Napoleon as a short dead dude. I think it's very good. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So there's, I was thinking about doing this for Caravan of Garbage and I'm kind of glad we didn't because I don't know how much I could have done for like, like they're just kind of, they're fun kind of throwback.

Yeah. If you've got fondness for them, you'll probably enjoy it. But I don't know if you would if. I watched one of the Bill and Ted's TV episodes. I tried to. Quite recently. Well, that's the thing. I don't think they're would if. I watched one of the Bill and Ted's TV episodes quite recently. Well, that's the thing. I don't think they're that much worse than these movies, honestly. You don't think even the charisma isn't there?

I mean, there's that element of it. I think that Alex Winters and Keanu Reeves are worse actors in the second movie somehow. I don't know what happened. Do you think they're playing it up more maybe? Maybe that's it, yeah. Before we move on to the second one, unless you've got other things to say, of course you can. I got this amazing bit of trivia from IMDb.

Okay, I'm ready. So, you know, there's a famous thing that Bill and Ted's do. They do an air guitar. They do a little riff, yeah. And there's an air guitar noise. Yes. They said, what here is, there was no playback used during filming when Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter did the air guitar gestures.

The electric guitar sounds were added in post-production. Wow. Can you believe that? That's movie magic right there. That's pretty good. That's great stuff. Yeah. I would have liked there to have been like an on-set guitar guy.

Oh, right. And he plays it live. And he's just, he's there. They've not given him the script and they're just, he's just there and he's waiting on set. He has to come in every day, the Bill and Ted are there, and he just has to he's waiting on set. He has to come in every day that Bill and Ted are there and he just has to wait for him to do the guitar. You need two guys.

You need two guys because they both have. No, he's got a double neck guitar. Oh, thank goodness. I was going to say, because they make two distinct noises. 1991, Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, budget of 20 million made 38, which is 2 million less than the other one, but it did cost 20 million as opposed to 10 million. Stephen Henrich declined to return because he thought it was almost a parody of a movie that was already a parody.

Yeah, right, okay. Which is not incorrect. No. You know what makes this movie for me? What's that? It moves a bit more of a clip and death is such a good thing. Oh, yeah, William Sadler has death. Yeah, I'm glad he's come back for the new one.

He is so funny in these movies. Uh-huh. Yeah, so this one, they kind of throw away the time travel mechanic. Yes. But in the future, Rufus's old gym teacher decides to go back in time and ruin Bill and Ted, kill Bill and Ted using robots of Bill and Ted. I love that effect. That's funny.

Yeah, they're tearing off their own faces. Yeah, and they do the chest thing as well. But some of the Bill and Ted robot effects, not as good. There's a there's a scene later where they both take their own heads off to dunk them like basketballs and it's just they just look like crash test no well yeah but it's just uh it's just uh but the bodies themselves it's just a just a regular man and they put a sweater over their head yeah and had them duck down a little bit and run about yeah it'd be green screen heads all the way that's right yeah

yeah but yeah look i think i have fond I initially had fonder memories of the sequel just because it has bigger ideas. Yes. But, again, time has added a wonderful golden sheen to a lot of the set pieces and the sets and the effects and all this sort of stuff. Do you like the hell, like Tim Burton-esque architecture and all that kind of stuff? Kind of, but I mean also like, you know, there's a scene set in hell

and heaven. I'm like, oh, yeah, it's just a – heaven's just a white room with like 20 people in it and they're all wearing lavender. Yeah. That's, you know. And you see heaven from like the outside and it's just like – it looks like static pictures just sliding over each other. Yeah, which is absolutely what it is.

And Hell's just, you know, I guess just like a miniature rock with a chain on it with a green screen, Bill and Ted onto the top of it kind of thing. There's a big guy in a demon suit or whatever. Yeah. But I like that. I think it's fun. At the time it blew my mind.

I'm like, what is – How are they doing this? Yeah, but – and also like, oh, they're really – I went into this one expecting it to be, you know, oh, it's going to be more of the same. It's going to be more time travel. And it's like there's robots and murder and seances. You don't like that?

No, I did like it. Yeah, that's what I think is good about it. They didn't just go, let's just go through this. Oh, for sure. Yeah, conceptually I'm glad they did it. But again, I'm glad. In retrospect, again, I feel like re-watched these and then I went and re-watched the trailer for the new one that's coming out,

I'm like, oh, okay, the new one is essentially going to be. It looks more like two than one. Yeah, and it's also sort of a, it seems to be sort of a remix of all the best stuff of the previous two. It's like the soft reboot. Yes, there's like Hal and. Yeah, we're going to see that stuff as it, I guess it would have been

meant to be back in the day if all your dreams could come true and there's an unlimited budget. I bet it's like, this looks even better than last time. Yeah, exactly. So I'm kind of glad that's the direction the sequel is going to. I'm going to check the budget because I think it's comparable. I think it's like $25 million for the new one. Yeah, right.

It's going to be low, I think, yeah. $25 million, yeah, because there's a lot million for the new one. Yeah, right. Yeah, it's going to be low, I think. Yeah. $25 million, yeah. There's a lot more you can do, obviously. Yeah, right. Yeah. So they get killed by the robots and then they end up in hell. But this movie really comes alive for me is when they face off death in a series of challenges. In Seventh Seal. Seventh Seal, yeah. It's so great. Yes. And what makes it great is William Sadler's reaction to what's going on.

They're like, oh, three out of five. And he's like, damn right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Moments like that. He's so funny. He's so funny. I agree. He is funny.

He's the highlight of that movie, I think, yeah. And there's a moment where he's like, I've also got a good butt. Why don't you compliment my butt? Sorry, if I have to. Ripping burns a lot of calories. Yes. He makes the wig of the robots. Oh, that's right.

Yeah, yeah. I push the cart. Yeah. If I have a criticism, it's that William Sadler's character, when we see him in heaven from below, they're standing on glass and he's barefoot. And when they drop back down to earth, he's wearing boots. Whoa. Doc Martens or whatever. to earth, he's wearing boots. Whoa.

Doc Martens or whatever. So, you know, I mean, maybe put them on. Yeah, when he was falling, there was plenty of time to fall. There are a lot of little jokes in these movies that I do enjoy. Yeah. That, again, like if these were an hour long or like half an hour, I'd be like, these are so snappy. Like, you know, when they're on their way to hell and they're like,

oh, and then they're still falling in there. What else are we going to do now? And they just keep screaming because what else are you going to do kind of thing. Exactly, yeah. Well, this was originally called Bill and Ted Die and Go to Hell. That's good. Which I don't think would have done as well.

Yeah. What about Station, though, the introduction of Station? I don't know if I like that character. Why is the idea, why are there two and one? Like I don't see the point. I didn't get it either. I think there are also, there seem to be some elements of this, the second one especially, that were going to,

that stayed in from previous drafts or whatever and never elaborated on. Like I think, if I remember correctly, I think there's a version where the evil robot Bill and Ted kill Bill and Ted at the Battle of the Bands and then because Bill and Ted had won against death so many times they had like chips to cash in and they could keep coming back from the dead, which I guess was taken out. I don't know.

That would have been fine. But I don't know. I don't know about what Station's deal is. I mean he's a scientist. And clearly, and he becomes very, you know, in the future, he's very significant because that's like people's hello and goodbye. Yes. But I don't know.

I don't know why he's. I think they just had three suits. It seemed like they had three suits. Also, I like the other robot, Bill and Ted's. As a kid, I loved that. Yeah, right. He's kind of clunky. Like one's got like a hand dryer for a hand or whatever, that kind of thing.

And a foot dryer for a foot. A foot dryer for a foot. I think that's fun. And remember, without this movie, there is no dude, where's my car? Well, that would be a crime, wouldn't it? Exactly. I hope the robots show up. Yeah, me too.

The new one. Wouldn't mind it. I think we're going to get a bunch of throwbacks. It might be to the detriment of the new movie. Maybe. But I think this movie will be, I think it's going to get a bunch of throwbacks and it might be to the detriment of the new movie maybe but i think this movie will be i think it's going to be so much remember death remember hell remember robots remember rufus remember when we do the air guitar people like well and kristen schaal's going to be in it so that's great there you go

so it's all happening isn't it yeah how are they going to square the new one with the idea because at the end of the second at the end of bogus journey i want to talk about this they they we we get a sort of a montage of uh media clips and newspaper clippings and stuff where it's like they they went into the future and they became they they they gained musical abilities and they changed the world and everything's incredible articles and they become super successful and they they they tour with death and then Death gets his own. He wins the Indy 500 on foot. Yeah, and he gets his own solo career and then he's in a lip-syncing scandal and then he has to rejoin it. But again, like the end of Bogus Journey suggests that they did in fact

create harmony across the whole world. But in this new version in Face the Music, it seems like that never happened that night yeah their career peak i think maybe that's just maybe it's a time thing like somebody comes through and misses that somebody's wrong with time also something i didn't appreciate something that i didn't really like about the bogus journey is that the the villain wasn't really anything like i know he's he's got a vague revenge plot yeah but there's not like the way they defeat him by like we'll go into the future and we'll put the.

Well, see, that's also something that I think didn't work as well. In the first one, if you recall. Yeah, yeah. The police station. Yeah, in the first one Bill and Ted need to get into the police station, I think, and so they need to find some keys. They need to find Ted's father's keys. Yeah.

And so what they do is they go, well, we'll go into the future and we'll use the time. Later we'll use the time machine to go back in time and steal your father's keys and we'll have the keys. And that feeds into like right at the start of the movie, the father can't find his keys. Yes. You know, that's perfect time travel logic.

But in this one they're just like, well, we'll go into the future and we'll get you. Yes. And they do. Yeah, you're right. It's not as. There's no foreshadowing to it that you go, okay, well, perfect, makes sense because they disappeared for five minutes earlier

and now they're coming back and it's all worked out, you know. Exactly. But, you know. Pam Grier's in it though. She is in it, yeah. Yeah, but it's Rufus. It's Rufus. Yeah.

I like Rufus's future clothes, big foam clothes. Yeah. I hate it all so bizarre it was very back to the future too yeah i got a situation so yeah i think there's going to be like someone's going to come back and mess with the timeline or maybe it's a fever dream of theirs or something yeah maybe that maybe the the uh the all the media clippings at the end of the second one were just like what they hoped would happen but in reality that never did maybe it's also at the end it's like it's not even about a one song or whatever.

Yeah, for sure. I think it'll be that thing as well. It's like it's not about just you, it's about family or whatever. The second one just felt more like sketches put together. Like, you know, they possess their dads or whatever. They possess the cops. They did good impersonations. Yeah, that's true.

There's a seance. So that's Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson are the men in that seance sequence. Radical. Radical. Pretty radical. All in all, they made these movies. They made these movies. You cannot deny they made these movies. That's right. What streaming service are they on? I've got no idea.

In Australia, Bogus Journey is on Stan and the first one you've got to buy. I know, right? And I just rented them both off something. I can't remember. One of them. Nice. I didn't realize one of them was on Stan.

I probably should have Googled that. I think I probably searched for the first one. I don't know what I've done. What have I done? What have you done, James? I'm going to quickly talk about Project Power. Yes, do it. So this is Ariel Shulman and Henry Juiced on an $85 million budget.

It's a Jamie Foxx movie with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Dominic Fishback and Machine Gun Kelly. All these big names. It's about if you take a pill and it gives you magical superhero abilities by only five minutes. And they're kind of few and far between. When you see it, a lot of it looks really good. There's a man who's on

fire, like Machine Gun Kelly becomes a dude who's on fire. and it looks amazing. And there's some good action sequences, and there's also, it seems like there are ongoing effects of when, if you use the pill. So there's one guy who turns into like a Mr. Hyde-esque League of Extraordinary Gentlemen monster. Oh, yes. But when you see him normally, he's all like stretched out.

Oh, yeah, okay, cool. You see it like on his neck. All right. Yeah. Okay, so given that we are currently in superhero saturation and we probably will be for some time, how did you feel about watching this? Did it feel like, oh, it's just another superhero movie?

All the money seemed to go into the cast and not, and everything outside of that is like, it's all right. Okay, all right. But you were just saying the effects were good. Yes. Okay. Yeah, sorry, what I meant to say was there's not that much of that. There's a lot of like we've got to go into this apartment complex

and now we've got to go into this warehouse. Could you conceivably take out all the superhero superpower stuff and replace it with just guns? Would it be about the same movie? No, I think the best part of this movie is the idea. Right. And the idea that this pill that they're manufacturing, they're putting it out on the street intentionally so that they can trial

this drug. It's basically a public trial without having to do a public trial, and then you can sell it to whoever else and whatever. Jamie Foxx is trying to get his daughter back and all this. Yeah. It's all right, and it's free if you've got free Netflix. Put that on the poster. Recommend just giving it a look to see what's going on.

But I wish it was for the budget. I'm like, this should be better. Okay. But it's kind of mid-tier Netflix. What's Jogo Lev up to in this? What's his deal? He's good. Everyone's good.

I mean, what's his character? He's a cop and he's like, I need to get these drugs off my street. But he's using his stuff to do it. So he's like, I'm going to get this stuff off the street and into my tum. That's right. But he's using it because he's like, I can't fight against these guys. Like if I go into like a bank heist, I'd have no idea what I'm walking into. It's a The Boys situation.

It's a The Boys situation, yeah. It's a The Boys situation. And this is how he's basically indestructible. Yeah, right. And, you know, he eats a pill, he sets his watch, and then he's got that time to tackle whatever's going on. But there is clever uses of power and different things, but also you can take one and you'll freeze to death

or you'll explode. Oh, I see. It's not necessarily like. Now, in this, I don't think I want to. I will watch it. I don't want too many spoilers, but I guess when you, first time you take the pill, that's the power you have forever, right? Yes.

Okay, right. Yeah. So if you explode once to death, every time you take the pill, you'll explode to death, yeah. Yeah, but again, like if you injure yourself, so the guy who's on fire, it seems because when you see him, he's all scarred up on one side and one of his eyes is like fused shut because it seems like

when the power wears off you're still on fire oh no so like so that's kind of what happened to what's been happening to him but yeah it's yeah i i wish it was better it's not terrible but i i wish it was better than like i wish you know netflix movies were better in general yeah i mean i know what you mean. What are the best Netflix movies? Extraction? What else? Uncut Gems.

It's a good one. I like Defy Bloods. I like The Old Guard. I like Marriage Story. I watched some of Eurovision Song Contest. I want to go back to that. Dolomite. It's more the action stuff, which is like- Yeah, take it or leave it.

Exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, the drama stuff, the comedies, I think generally. Always been my- Maybe that was, which is like. Yeah, take it or leave it. Exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, the drama stuff, the comedies, I think generally. Always been my, maybe that was a good fun one. Yeah, El Camino I liked. Yeah. Yeah, there's good stuff here. But, yeah, there we bloody go.

Yes. Should we do what we're reading? We should do that. And then what we're going to read. What we're going to read. What we're going to read. I'm doing the thing. What are we reading today?

What are you Westworlding? What are you reading, Mason? I watched a movie this week. It's from 2018. What movies? And I had to look up the name again because it's not a very memorable name, which is unfortunate because it's a good movie. It's been recommended before.

I think when we talk about extraction, people are like, you should also watch this movie. Money Heist? No. It's an Indonesian movie from 2018. It's called The Night Comes for Us. It's an Indonesian martial arts crime action epic. They're loving some martial arts stuff over there.

It's really good. It's got some people from the raid and the raid to it. Oh, yeah, I'm looking at the cast here. And it's action packed. Don't ask me what the plot is. I don't really know. It's not that it was particularly you know, it

wasn't particularly muddled. It's just I was not really paying attention to the plot. I was just kind of... Because you're looking at all the kicking and the punching? I'm looking at all the kicking and the punching, yeah. And it basically involves there's some triads and they need somebody needs to protect their little girl

and then some people are all totally on board with the crime and some people are like, actually, I don't like being involved in crime anymore, so I'm going to fight against this crime. Cool. And it's pretty grisly at times. Yeah. But the action is very solid. Okay.

Yeah. Out of 10? 10. Wow. He's put up 10 fingers. He did put up very solid. Okay. Yeah. Out of 10. 10. Wow. He's put up 10 fingers. I did put up 10 fingers. So if you like, say the raid or like Tony jar stuff.

Yes. Is it in that vein? I don't think, what was the last thing I saw with Tony jar and it was probably, no, no, it was triple X, triple X three.

Is it better than triple X three? I think it's better than Triple X 3. Wow, Mason. Pretty good, right? Yeah, pretty good. Yeah. It's a good, good, solid... What's it on? It's on Netflix. Okay. Yeah. It's a good... It's good. Good, solid stuff. Special shout

out. There's an actor in this. Her name's Julia Stell in The Raid 2. She is a woman... I don't know if you've seen The Raid 2. There's a woman who kills a bunch of dudes in a subway car with a pair of hammers that she had in her handbag. I remember that sequence. Well, she's in this as well. And I can only describe her as a super violent Kimmy Schmidt

because that's what she looks like. And if you go to her Instagram, it's like super wholesome. Like it's just, you know, wearing beige and lazing about. Oh, that's good. But she's just murdering people with hammers and stuff. So it's, you know. Love it. I love martial arts.

Yeah, yeah. I wish I could do it, but I can't. Yeah. There's also a guy, you know, we talk about, you know, Hollywood really uglies people up. There's a character in this movie, he's called White Boy Bobby. Yes. And he's like, he's half British and he's half Thai, I think.

Okay. And he's like just a real, he's like this dopey kind of schlubby guy, but he's good at fighting. Yeah. And he's like, you know, like a big sweaty hoodie wearing man, and he's got like a shaggy beard and he's all kind of, you know, he's like the guy, you know, he's like a sad guy who's passed his prime but also he kind of like, you know, but this is kind of his last stand because he's got

to do some good in this world kind of thing. Yeah. But the actor who plays him is called Zach Lee and he's so handsome. Like they've just really just. Do they do a good job of it? Yeah, exactly. They're like, oh, yeah, wow, this guy is handsome. Yeah.

I'm looking at him. I'm like, good job, good job. Good job, everybody in this movie. So is he like a lumbering kind of like yeah yeah yeah but in real life not so much i wonder how big he's in real life we'll never know we'll never know there we go that sounds great yeah what have you been watching besides that thing you just said we're kicking off some nolan movies this week that's true so i for that I read The Prestige, which we talked a little bit about, which I'd never read. And I don't even know if I knew that The Prestige was based on a book from the 90s, but it is and I read it.

And I enjoyed it. It's also different, very different. Good for you. Thank you. Christian Bale style. Good for you. But also what I started is in Justice Year Zero, which is Tom Taylor and Roge Antonio.

Justice Year Zero, everyone's quite nice. Everyone's friendly and they're shaking hands. Lois Lane, definitely alive. Yes. So I think it's leading up. On to a cardiologist. Heart function, terrific. All looking good.

I think it leads up to the day of. Joker going to his cardiologist. Heart function, terrific. Heart still in chest. That's what I was thinking. That's what you were. I thought, didn't she have like a thing? She might have, yeah.

So he could hear her heartbeat or something? Maybe. I can't remember. But I think it leads up to that day. Okay. So you see like glimpses of like, oh, Superman, you're going to go crazy. Okay, great. But I'm enjoying it.

And I think it's two or three issues that are out already. Is it the same writer? Same writer, I believe. Tom King. Tom Taylor. Did he do the other ones? I think he did. Do you think Tom Taylor and Tom King are upset that they're two Toms?

They're the two Toms. One has to be Thomas then. Thomas the Taylor. Thomas the Taylor. What have we got? I'm just going to find. Justice is written by oh my goodness. I don't know. I can't find it. I'm not good at Googling today.

No. Maybe Google's changed. Maybe it's not me. Yeah, maybe Google's changed. Yeah, it's Tom Taylor. Yeah, it is. Okay. Yeah, okay.

Great stuff. Anything else that you wrote? Should we do letters? Oh, you know what? Something I forgot to mention this week. I didn't read it, but it was read to me. Oh, books. Well, a story was told to me.

Did your mum read you a book? Yeah, my mum read me a book. Oh, actually, I did get a book this week. I mentioned that as well. But speaking of, I was on our friend Dave Warnicke's podcast, Book Cheat. I love Dave Warnicke. Where Dave told myself and Beck Betrayed Us from Stupid Old Studios. I love Beck Betrayed Us.

The plot of the first half of the To Kill a Mockingbird. Oh, my goodness. To Kill a Mockingbird. And so we did that. It was great fun. I did it on Zoom from my house. So I didn't have to leave my house. It was pretty great.

We're going to record another episode about part two this week. Yes. It'll be did that. It was great fun. I did it on Zoom from my house. So I didn't have to leave my house. It was pretty great. We're going to record another episode about part two this week. So it'll be two episodes. It'll be terrific. Are you in both of them? Yeah, I'm in both of them. Is that why you're recording both? Yeah, because I'm in both parts of To Kill a Mockingbird. Which one are you?

Like I mentioned by name. You're the Mockingbird. No, it's me, mate. You're the Mockingbird. Nick Mason is my name. Hey, Dickhead. You're the Mockingbird. Oh, yeah, yeah.

Hey, Dickhead. Yeah, good stuff. It's a good joke, Dickhead. You're the mockingbird. Oh, yeah, yeah. Hey, Dickhead. Yeah, good stuff. It's a good joke, I think. But the thing that I did start reading this week is Lindsay Ellis' book, Axiom Dan. Oh, yeah, is that good? I've got a hard copy of. It's good so far.

I'm only like 20 pages in, but it's good. Hard copies. Yeah. It's the way of the future. It's an alien first contact story set in the year of 2007. So there's a lot of like, remember this, but not as much as you'd think. Not like Ready Player One. It's not beating you over the head with it.

No, because I've seen a lot of threads here being like, what was this particular thing like in this particular era? There's a lot of like, what was the pre-internet lingo kind of? Yeah, she does a lot of, on Twitter she does, she will point out in her research when she encounters a common term now that she can't use in an era she's writing in, like 2007. Yeah, yeah, right. I don't know, frenemies.

Yeah, frenemies. Doesn't it feel like things have changed a lot? No, it feels the same. I don't think so. I think it feels very different in a lot of ways. I mean more recently, like things have like. No, it feels the same. I don't think so. I think it feels very different in a lot of ways. I mean, more recently, like things have like. No, it feels the same. Like I've still got these frosted tips, you know.

You still wear your popped collar on your. That's exactly, on my three polo shirts, yes. Pastel polos that you wear. That's right. That's good stuff. My pucker shell necklace. I'm always wearing that. I bought that from the land of Pandora, as you well know.

I had some cash on me. That's right. Cool. Okay. Two great things. Two great things. I think it's going to be a good old read. Should we do the next segment?

Let's do the next segment. Let's do the next segment. People should check out Lindsay Ellis' work on, apparently, I don't know if you've noticed this, all her, because she put up, she used to be the nostalgia chick. I remember. And she put up all her old videos. Yes.

And they keep appearing in my recommended viewing. So she's had to take them down. Apparently they're just appearing. Yeah. And people are like, why are you saying that weird stuff? Like why are you saying this weird, you know, why are you using not inclusive language or whatever? And she has to be like it's from 12 years ago.

Exactly. So she's had to sort of take them all down now. Yeah. Well, that's a shame. But all her current stuff. I know she doesn't like a lot of that. Yeah. It's like a dark period in her life.

Yeah. But all her regular stuff is on her regular channel and it's all good. So if you haven't watched any of that. If you want to watch the definitive take on Michael Bay's Transformers movies, obviously watch ours. Which I didn't, because I watched that when they came out. Yeah, yeah. I'm like, I cannot watch these before we record these.

Because we're just talking about what's her theory. Yeah, exactly, yeah. Anyway, those are really good. Anyway, should we do Lettuce? I think so. Lettuce. The classic one was Lettuce, Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Anyway, those are really good. Anyway, should we do Lettuce? I think so. Lettuce. The classic one was Lettuce, oh, Lettuce. We love you.

Some lettuce. They're only a day away. I know they're here right now. We're going to do Lettuce. If you do want to reach the show, hashtag WeeklyPlanetPod on Twitter or WeeklyPlanetPod at gmail.com. That is correct, James. Do you have any Gmails for us this week?

I've got so many Gmails. I've got some tweets as well. Look, this is an email from Julio Cervantes. It says, letter to my favourite podcasters. Oh, well, we'll pass this along to Dugo on, shall we? Oh, shit. No, it's to us. We're the favourite.

Yeah, good. We're the favourite. We should forward this to Dugo. Julio says, hey, guys, I'm writing from the lovely West Hollywood. Well, well, well. I wonder if West Hollywood is lovely. Sounds lovely. Sounds lovely.

I am a mail carrier here, and I just wanted to let you guys know that I love the podcast and everything you do. I'm waiting to get paid to subscribe to your paid podcast. I feel that you guys have given me enough laughs and info up my butt to deserve my money. Just a small thank you for all the hard work you guys and Ben do. I listen to your pod while walking my route. Been a bit scary working through this pandemic,

being a block away from all the rights that happen here in LA. You guys always make my job a lot more enjoyable and easy. I wish you and your loved ones the best and keep up the good work. So that's from Julio. Be careful out there, Julio. Yeah, for a number of reasons. We have a bit of a crisis in the postal service in America right now, so I hope you're doing all right over there.

That seems legal, don't you think? Yeah, it seems a little bit illegal. But good on the billionaires. The billionaires. They're going to win all the elections because they're rich. You can just pull up all the post boxes. That seems fine. Good stuff.

Anyway, yeah. Yeah, so thank you. You don't have to subscribe to Big Sandwich You Can. There's a new thing every week. It's a new episode of We Got This Covered. And there's the Iron Man commentary from last week. But we're going to leave this stuff up. And the Boot Club.

And the Boot Club, of course, which we're going to do next week as Hawkeyes. Yeah, but we'll keep it all up for a while. Yeah, so don't stress. But yeah, thank you, and for the very kind words. Here's a question that feeds into my second question, but it's from Jake. Actually, this isn't a question, it's a statement. It says, hey, Mr. Sunday Movies, my brother and

sister-in-law and I had a discussion of famous people who we follow. It'd be sad if we found out they died and we decided we'd be most sad if it was you. I saw that, yeah. That's ludicrous, but thank you very much. You know, I like that too because, look, the direct quote is, hey, Mr. Sunday Movies, my brother and my sister-in-law had a discussion

of famous people, people we follow, that would be sad if we found out they died and we decided it would be most sad if it was you. Reply to himself. At Wikipedia Brown, that's me. Wikipedia Brown 2 if we're being honest here. Oh, I didn't see that. No, that's okay. That was the part that didn't interest me.

Yeah, of course. Yeah, no, it makes sense. Yeah, yeah. Well, thank you for saying we're famous. We really appreciate that. Well, here's two more letters. That's all I want. Here's two more letters.

Yes. Which might be linked. This one's from Gabe Viana. I like Gabe. It says, least favorite road trip activities. Dear Nick and Mason, that's us. Last week you guys read a letter from a listener who was moving nine hours away to Colorado, and she asked about your favorite things to do on road trips.

Well, the thing is, I'm also moving nine hours away to Atlanta, Georgia, with someone who by then will be my wife. Hello. I was wondering what your least favorite things to do on a road trip are. She said she hates listening to podcasts. Hopefully she'll hear your answers when I get orcs. Put the orcs in there. Oh, so it's not going to get orcs?

Oh, it might get orcs based on the next letter. Yeah. Least favorite thing? Least favorite things. The last hour is just hellish to me. It's excruciating. I think it's excruciating when you get somewhere and then you're in a town and you've got to find a specific thing in a town.

You're like, where is this fucking thing? Yeah, right. You're driving to a is this fucking thing? Yeah, right. You're driving to a wedding in the middle of nowhere or something dumb. Yeah. And the kids are losing their mind. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm speaking a lot like last week we talked about playlists. I think if you're listening to the radio and you hit a point in the road trip

where the radio station isn't like the transmitter runs out and you just hit static and you're like, I've got to find a weird regional radio station now. Okay. Boo. I'm trying country FM. Yes. Luckily for podcasts and Spotify.

That's true. But also often they cut out the receptions in and out. Oh, yeah, yeah. Like if you've got one of those battery FM transmitter things, you plug it into your phone, batteries run out. Oh, really? I don't want those. Yeah, I got one of those.

Rad. Find a server, did you say? A servo. Servo. Yes. Server station. Server station. That's what we call them.

Petrol stations and the gas stations in New York. That's right. That's what they call them. That's right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. What are the worst things?

Someone awful. Oh, yeah, someone awful. Yeah, yeah, that's true. Yeah. Uh-huh. I remember once I went paintballing once. This was like 15 years ago. And there was a guy in the car and the whole,

we had to go over the border to New South Wales, which was like a three-hour drive probably because you couldn't paintball in Victoria. This is great stuff that everyone needs to know. Yeah. But every five minutes the entire way he went, woo, road trip, and he did it on the way back as well. Yeah, if anything's going to ruin a road trip with people,

it's the people. The snacks, the playlist, not really relevant, but it's the people you go with. It's the realization an hour into a four or five-hour trip that you don't want to be on. I'd rather go alone. Yeah. Or someone who will shut up.

And you go past like a train station, and you're like, I could just drop them off here. Yeah. They could make their own way. Exactly. But here's another email. I'm ready. This is from Jess Borai.

Just Borai. Help me mildly annoy my boyfriend. No problem. Hi, I'm Jessica and my boyfriend Gabe and I love this podcast. Is it the same Gabe from the other letter? What? It's my question. It doesn't say.

What do we got? Well, Gabe doesn't say the name of his girlfriend. Also, Jessica, are you surprised that at the end of this road trip you will be you'll be gabe's wife is that the revelation we're going with you if you don't know each other yeah i'm jessica and my boyfriend gabe and i love this podcast we refer to you as the boys yeah the boys he calls me baby just like nick says you know i'm like baby i invented that uh uh it would greatly please me and slightly annoy him if you mentioned that the title of Avengers is Infinity Wars as well as

telling him that I'm the funniest person you've ever met oh you've never met yeah probably look Jesse you're the funniest person we've never and ever met yeah so I don't know it is Infinity Wars isn't it because there's more than one wars. There's always more than one wars. That battle is being fought on multiple fronts in that movie. Yeah, yeah. It's on Titan and then you've got the Battle of Wakanda. What a lot of people don't know is most of this podcast is just people emailing in and asking us if we'd pronounce words in funny ways and we just do it now.

That's right. That's 90% of this podcast. We just weave it in seamlessly. That's right. Don't even know. We're excited for Tenet. Tenet. Tenet.

That's right. And Inception. Yeah. We're excited for Tenet. Tenet. Tenet. That's right. And Inception. Yeah. These are all sponsored mispronunciations. That's the new, because, you know, sponsorship's down all over the place. Ad revenue's way down. So what we do is we get people to email in and give us money. Yes.

On like a subscription basis and we mispronounce words for them. That's fine. That's no problem. We're more than happy to do it. And also, companies love it because it gets you talking about the product. You know what I mean? Or as I say, talking about the product. That's what we have to say now.

Yes, correct. This is Metal Eugenio. Yes. This is about you. Okay. At hashtag weeklyplanetpod. Send us tweets. If Mason was murdered, which Sherlock would you hire to find the killer?

Oh, good question. Cumberbatch or Downey? Now, I get to decide this. What, not Johnny Lee Miller? No, he's got these two. All right. Johnny Lee Miller would be the obvious choice because he's the modern day. Yes.

Sherlock, like in the modern day, would be like, what's this smartphone? What's smart about it? Oh, I thought not. Like, shut up, idiot. You know what I mean? I get it. You know how it would go.

Wait, Cumberbatch is in the modern day. Yes, I thought not. Like, shut up, idiot. You know what I mean? I get it. You know how it would go. Wait, Cumberbatch is in the modern day. Yes, I know. I forgot. Here's the thing, though. Danny can punch. He's doing kung fu. Can Cumberbatch punch a little bit? Yeah, not as much.

He fights like a ninja once. Yeah, yeah, yeah, but it's not the same. And, like, he gets Martin Freeman to shoot his enemies. Here's the thing. Here's the thing, though, James. I feel like, and, again, I don't get any say in this because I've been the one who's been murdered, but I'm not as you're dying you say get i get this yeah yeah here's the thing though i feel like sherlock come about sherlock would have already solved the

murder like one minute in or like 30 seconds and he just surveyed the scene it'd be like i'm in my mind palace i know who did it yeah and it was me yeah it was probably you yeah yeah because you're still there doing the murder and then martin freeman shoots me yeah through a I'm in my mind palace. I know who did it. Yeah. And it was me? Yeah, it was probably you, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because you're still there doing the murder. And then Martin Freeman shoots me? Yeah. Through a window from across the street? Yes, good.

That's what we want. We want this. But I don't know. Like, I feel like, I don't know, I feel like Downey Sherlock would actually- Put on a camo suit and blend into a wallpaper? Yeah, but there'd actually be some clues, I think. Okay. Whereas, I don't know, would you being convicted for my murder

hold up in court if Cumberbatch was just like, yeah, you know. There was chalk on your shoe and the chalk can be found at a certain point and blah, blah, blah. Exactly. They'd be like, get out of here. With your circumstantial evidence. It doesn't matter. I'd be shot through a window by Martin Freeman.

It wouldn't matter. I love how this was me as well. We solved the murder. It was me. Yeah, yeah how this was me as well. We solved the murder. It was me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Terrific stuff. You killed me by pulling down like a shelf filled with Sherlock boxes out of my head.

Here's one from Joe Swanson 42. Hashtag Weekly Planet Pod. Hey, James and Mayso. There'll be a lot of rumors at Marvel looking at casting Shia LaBeouf as Wolverine or Moon Knight. Or Iceman. Or Iceman. That's right.

Do you think this is true? Or do you think they'll cast someone good? I think you really roll the dice on casting Shia LaBeouf in anything, especially like a Marvel-Disney family corporation. The last movie he did, which is apparently not good, he tattooed himself chest. That's right, yeah. I don't know whether he'd be marketing-wise, he would be the best choice himself chest. That's right, yeah. I don't know whether he'd be, marketing-wise,

he would be the best choice for them. That's true, yeah. What do you think? And I know people are like, well, Danny Jr. was a drug addict. That was before Disney. Yeah, right. Yeah. Yeah, would they take a chance on him?

But also, he's got to be shirtless. Yes. So they've got to like derma blend his whole body or fix it in CG, I guess, yeah, probably. They do it with The Rock all the time and whatever. Oh, that's true, yeah. Yeah. I think Moon Knight would probably be good.

Yeah, yeah, that's true. But I don't know. He doesn't have what I would consider a traditional Moon Knight look. No. But I mean so many. He wears a mask. Yeah, exactly right, yeah. And he does, you know, he does have experience being a cabbie

in a comic book movie. Exactly. And then one of Moon Knight's alternate identities is a cabbie. In a comic book movie. So they could just use that footage, I think. That's right. Use that old footage of very young Shia LaBeouf from a competing movie company's movie.

And a stunt double. And a stunt double, yeah. Exactly. Do you want him in the MCU? I'm not against it. Yeah. They'll get to everybody eventually. I've definitely softened on him.

Yeah. Yeah, because he's clearly a good actor. Yes. Yeah. But would he do it? Yeah. Okay. I mean, he's already very rich, but I reckon he'd still do it. Yeah. For more money. For more money. Holler for those dollars. Top 10 baby. You don't need the money, but take the money. Take the money. Take that money. I'd take the money. I'd also take that money. You should take the money. I'd also take that money. You should take the money. I will. I've been offered a Fortnite sponsorship.

I'm thinking of doing it. You do it. Should I? Do a dab. Do a dab for Fortnite. Is that what it's going to be? I have no idea. I've got to read the email properly.

Often, like, if I don't respond, they're like, you know, this is like Fortnite. This is like a big deal. Are they going to take one of your signature dances and not pay you for it? That's the thing, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. One of your signature daggy dad dances. You're triple Ds.

That's the problem with a lot of like these companies. It's like, oh, which ones of these are awful or not? What have they done this week? You know what I mean? I'm constantly, then I'm weighing it up. But I get to take their money and that's good. So it's like, I don't know, Fortnite. Should I do it?

Yes. We could become Fortnite guys. I played it for like a second on my phone and then I'm like, i don't know fortnight should i do it yes we could become fortnight guys i played it for like a second on my phone and then i'm like irrelevant we can be we could get avatars in fortnight probably that's true we could dj a set i'm in fortnight and nobody's there even a virtual event there's nobody there oh what if they let us do a podcast a live podcast event in fortnight yeah that'd be so good. Would people go? No.

I don't know. Did you see when Ninja tried to make everybody do that dance for New Year's or whatever? Yeah. Did you see that video? And nobody does it? No. I know that there's a guy like DJ Marshmallow or something. He did a DJ set in Fortnite one time, but it was all pre-recorded

because I guess you can't really stream that sort of stuff in Fortnite. So we'd have to pre-record a podcast and then the animated versions of us. Remember the time- Like do your podcast dabs, everyone. We're doing it. We're doing, yeah. This is a, we picked a timeless topic so we could have recorded it. Okay.

Let's say, okay, we have to, we have to invent our own emote. Okay. Because that's, that's, Fortnite's all about emotes, like doing the dabs and the dances or whatever. That's an emote. Mine's the heavy sigh. Great. Great. There's like anote. Mine's the heavy sigh. Great. Great.

There's like an imperceptible shift in my shoulders, but you can see it. Do you hear the sigh? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, right, right, right, right. What about you? A dab. Yeah, a dab.

That's true. It's yours. Yeah, nice. Now I like the idea of just doing a dab. Is that you though? Is that you to your core? No, I've never actually really done a dab if I'm honest with you. It would be first dab.

How about this? It's a steadfast refusal to do a dab. And who's encouraging you? Ninja. He's there and he's like, just do it. Yeah, yeah. For money. Like they're paying you.

And I'm just crossed arms and I'm not looking happy about it. I'm like, there's a slight head shake. I'm like, yeah. And people are cheering? Yeah, people are cheering and there's like a thought bubble appears above my head, two thought bubbles. One's like a big pile of cash from Epic. Yep.

And the other is some symbol that represents my self-respect. And then I realise I don't have any self-respect and that disappears and the money appears and then I do a big dab. It's a very long emote. It takes like five to 10 minutes. And I clap. And then you clap. That could be my second emote.

Anyway, they're not going to hire us. No, they're not. All right. That's the show though, isn't it? It is the show. Thank you everybody so much for listening. We very much appreciate it. I hope everybody's doing all right.

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