The Weekly Planet - 439 Lightyear & Joker 2: The Musical

Episode Date: June 19, 2022

Welcome to The Weekly Planet podcast. If this is your first podcast they'll you'll be happy to know that our entire run has been leading up to the release of Lightyear, the Buzz Lightyear origin movie and the news that Joker 2 is going to be a musical. Plus we get into the other news of the week all of which is time coded below. Thanks for listening!Visit bigsandwich.co for a bonus weekly show, exclusive movie commentaries, early stuff and ad-free podcast feeds for $9 per month.00:00 The Start02:15 Ezra Miller Flash Situation06:03 Comic Artist Legend, Tim Sale RIP07:56 Most Expensive Comic Artwork Ever12:43 Game of Thrones Jon Snow Spin-off16:53 Squid Game Sequel and Netflix Reality Show24:18 Knives Out Sequel Gets Title26:44 Wonder Man MCU Series29:46 Guy Ritchie Hercules Movie31:47 One Punch Man Movie35:56 Joker Sequel Musical with Lady Gaga39:32 Disney Pixar's Lightyear Review (spoilers 58:23 to 01:05:47)01:05:47 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read01:10:58 Lettuce, It's Time For LettuceJames' Twitter ► http://twitter.com/mrsundaymoviesMaso's Twitter ► http://twitter.com/wikipediabrownMaso's Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/nickmaseauThe Weekly Planet Twitter ► https://twitter.com/theweeklyplanetPatreon ► https://patreon.com/mrsundaymoviesTWP iTunes ► https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weekly-planet/id718158767TWP Direct Download ► https://play.acast.com/s/theweeklyplanetTWP YouTube Channel ► https://goo.gl/1ZQFGHAmazon Affiliate Link ► https://amzn.to/2QbmwGjT-Shirts/Merch ► https://www.teepublic.com/stores/mr-sunday-movies Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Red hot comic book movie news. Shooting up your butt hole. The Weekly Planet. The Weekly Planet. The Weekly Planet. Whoa, I started it again. I started the theme song again, Mason. Whoa. Is this going in?

No, this is all gone. You wouldn't leave something this unprofessional in. Very true. 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. And with me, as always, is my co-host, Nick Mason. Great to be here.

Always professional. That's me. That's what they say. Okay. The microphone has been moved closer to my mouth, so the listeners can, in fact, hear me as I speak. Yes, yes, yes. Mason, it's a big news week, isn't it?

But I would say that's probably the intern's fault for not moving the microphone closer. Mason, it's a big news week. It's a big news week. Yes, it is the intern's fault. It moving the microphone closer. Mason, it's a big news week. It's a big news week. Yes, it is the intern's fault. It is, yes, that's right. Is that me also? Am I the intern?

Oh, gosh, look, you've put me in a spot here, James, by asking me to elaborate on a thing I've said. And it's quite early in the morning over here in Weekly Planet podcast land, and I do not have the mental capacity to imagine whether that is you or if we've invented a new intern. Yeah, it's a new bit of law that we have to adhere to.

Is there a guy? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know. Let's just say there's a guy. Yeah, let's say there's a guy. Let's invent him as the episode progresses. Or we get into the news and we forget about it and then we get tweets later, people being like,

what was the deal with the intern guy? And we'll be like, what are you talking about? What are you talking about? We don't know. We don't have any interns. Yeah. Yeah. Anyways, Mason.

How dare you, sir? News of the week. Yes, I'm loving this. The death of a comic book legend. I'm not loving that. I'm not loving that either. We've got Game of Thrones news. We've got Squid Game news.

We've got Knives Out news. Is this Mr. Beast? Has Mr. Beast done something? No, he hasn't done something. I mean, he's always doing something, but he hasn't done this particular thing. A new Disney Plus Marvel series, another live-action Disney remake. What's this one? One Punch Man, Joker 2 news, and then, of course,

we're going to talk about Pixar's latest light year movie. I mean, that's all very exciting, but I am very thrilled to be talking about Joker 2 news, but I'm glad you left it towards the end. Yeah, let's keep very exciting, but I am very thrilled to be talking about Joker 2 news. But I'm glad you left it towards the end. Yeah, let's keep it up. Let's have a big build to that. Now, up top, we're going to, yet again, because it gets louder and louder every week, cover the Ezra Miller situation. This isn't something that I want to be doing updates on about what have they done this week.

Oh, my goodness, et cetera. But I feel like several things happened this week, and it would be weird if I just completely ignored it like some companies do. There's been a real snowball of a situation here. Yeah. So basically one of the latest accusations is that they supply drugs and alcohol to a minor. This accusation comes via the minor's parents. They met this person when they were 23 and the minor was 12. And in 2017, Ezra is said to have supplied this person with alcohol, marijuana and LSD.

This person has refuted the accusations that the parents have made. Oh, okay. So there's three parties here involved with this. Okay, right. The authorities then were looking for Ezra Miller, who disappeared. Their social media disappeared also. That's right. But that wasn't before posting things like,

you cannot touch me, I am in another universe. Another cryptic messages. Incredible plugging for the Flash movie coming soon. I agree. From Warner Brothers and DC Media something, whatever they're called. There was also another incident that was reported. It was a bizarre and aggressive situation involving a family and a board game.

And I guess the reason I bring all of this up is also because Warner Brothers and DC have just not acknowledged it yet again. Wild, isn't it? I mean, maybe they're still, you know, because there's such a buffer zone between this and that Flash movie. Yeah. Oh, because it's not coming out for... Like end of next year, maybe mid-next year.

I don't know. They are hoping that the situation will diffuse itself. Or they'll think of something. They'll think of something. Exactly. That's what you want. You want someone to think of something. Maybe somebody that isn't them.

Exactly. Maybe Henry Cavill will step in. Maybe he will think of something. And provide some words of wisdom, you know? Yeah. So, look. Henry, why aren't you doing more to save the DC universe? Obviously it's a very troubling situation.

I still, I mean, I think there's still a chance that, I don't think they'll shelve the Flash, but they'll do something to alter it. Yeah, but I'm going to get one. It's going to be a lot to replace two people that they're playing in the Flash as well. Yeah, right, uh-huh be a lot to replace two people that they're playing in The Flash as well. Yeah, right, uh-huh. So I don't know.

But there is 100% of conversation in the Warner Brothers offices where they've put the timeline for the movie, like the narrative on the movie, on a big board, and they're like, what can we chop out of this? Can we make this a Batman movie? Can we make this a Batman movie or a Supergirl movie or, you know. And I mean, you know, as we've previously mentioned, they did it with Army of the Dead.

They completely replaced one character. Yeah, but that was like a minor character in a handful of scenes. This is a different situation. I think also, and look, I guess here's me solving your problem, Warner Brothers. You're not listening to this, obviously. But if you just acknowledged that, you know, this is not reflective of the values of the company,

we still made this product and we're proud of it and the other people that are in it, we don't want this to tarnish the legacy of everybody involved. Yeah, right. Like even something like that would be better than nothing. Literally nothing, yeah. You know, because, you know, other people are in and involved in this movie.

So, you know, but anyway. And including, you know, there's the new Supergirl who presumably would like to debut in a way, like the actor presumably would like to debut in a way that, you know, is positive and not surrounded by controversy and, you know. They don't want to be involved in a big box office disaster or anything. And Michael Keaton probably doesn't care. He's so rich and he probably got even more money,

just so much money for this. So he's like, whatever. Oh, it's not coming out? Yeah. That's fine. No, I thought it was out. Okay. Cool man.

Another bad news, Tim Sale has passed away at age 66. Long-time DC artist responsible for The Long Halloween. Yeah. Got a few titles here. This is a select few, but like Spider-Man Blue, Daredevil Yellow, Superman for All Seasons, like just incredible work. This is the official statement via at art by sale on twitter.com. Mason says, it's with heavy sadness that I must announce that Tim Sale

passed away today. He passed with the love of his life beside him and loves all of you very much this was also off the back of him being hospitalised three days before his death and it sounded pretty serious then so yeah, it didn't look good at that point but boo, that sucks, he's great

definitely check out all his work absolutely I'm sure there's a collective edition, I mean there's the long Halloween certainly yeah, they're always bundling them all together in various digital and physical media packs, which you should definitely check out. DC used to have a series called Solo. You think of Han Solo, aren't you?

No, no, no, no, no, James James. He's not in the DC universe. Oh, James, James, James, James, James. There was a series called Solo, which was like a 12-issue maxi series where they just got a bunch of creators. Each one got an issue and they could just do whatever they want. Yeah. So there was like a Darwin Cook one, which was really good.

I think perhaps there was not a – oh, no, Solo number one, Tim Sale, Darwin Cook, Dave Stewart. Check that one out. That's a good like. Okay. That's as close as like a DC gets to like indie. So when you said that like. Okay. That's as close as like a DC gets to like indie. So when you said that thing. Yes.

You actually like you had an idea in your mind that was real. I did. It's true, yeah. Like it wasn't just a thing you like you made up. No, no, no. Is this a thing? Like this really came good. Yeah.

That's great. I know, right? That's good for my, you know, my whole brain situation. Next time you go to do that, you'll be like, and I nailed it that last time, so I'm going to go for this. And it will have never existed, whatever the thing is. Here's some news, James. Speaking of great art.

One bit of news? Did you know this? Is this your one bit of news? This is my one bit of news. The iconic cover for The Dark Knight Returns in the last couple of days sold for $2.4 million, the original artwork. That's too much. It is too much.

So this is for people who don't know, this is Frank Miller and his wife at the time, Lynn Varley, made this. It's a super iconic image. You've seen it on posters. You've seen it on T-shirts. You've seen it in other superheroes doing it on comic book covers. You've seen me.

I've got a version of the tick on a T-shirt doing the same. I've seen it. You've seen it? I have seen it. But it's the iconic image of the Batman leaping t-shirt doing the same. I've seen it. You're saying me specifically? I've seen it, yeah. I have seen it. But it's the iconic image of the Batman leaping through the air in silhouette. There's a lightning bolt behind him. And, yeah, $2.4 million through Heritage Art. This was like yesterday.

So this wasn't – did Frank Miller own this? Who owned this? It was originally owned by Lynn Varley like years ago. I think she got it in the divorce. Oh, nice. And it's been bought and sold a number of times, but currently the person who sold it and the person who bought it are both unknown.

Okay. So who knows? But it's interesting because if you go – It was Nick Cage. Both of them were Nick Cage. Well, here's some rumors. There's no – here's a clue that it might be Nick Cage. If you go to the Heritage Auction page for the exact thing,

the auction is over, but there's a clue that it might be Nick Cage. If you go to the Heritage Auction page for the exact thing, the auction is over, but there's a little button where the new owner is accepting offers. So like immediately you can be like, if you're a listener of the Weekly Planet and you're like, oh, damn, I've missed out on that, you can simply click the button and they're accepting a minimum offer of $3.8 million. A minimum offer? So if you want, if you're like, they're contemplating minimum offer of $3.8 million. A minimum offer? So if you want, if you're like,

they're contemplating selling it instantly. Yeah. So if you want to buy that and you want to give them nearly $4 million for that one single piece that you can just look at on the internet. Do I want $4 million? Is that what you're asking me? What have you? No, I have to pay.

You have to pay that. Oh, I thought it was like, do you want this? No. Oh, okay. It's early, mate. It is very early. No, that's not what I thought. That was an attempt at something.

There was nothing. That's very good. Yeah. So Miller said of this, so yeah, this is the highest price for like a single piece of art ever. I'm sorry. Not like a. Comic book art.

Yeah, okay. Not real art. I'm like, what? Sorry, not real art, certainly, no. Yeah, okay. Not real art. I'm like, what? Sorry, not real art, certainly, no. Yeah, okay. Not a Picasso. No, but – Not a Mona Lisa.

No, no, no, not the Mona Lisa. The previous record is the cover for Batman 251 by Neil Adams, the late Neil Adams, which went for $600,000. So this is absolutely blowing it down the wall. What's Batman 251? Is that an iconic cover? I assume it is. I think it's Batman – look, if I had to guess off the top of my head,

I would say it's – Oh, it's the Joker and he's holding a's Batman. Look, if I had to guess off the top of my head, I would say it's. Oh, it's the Joker and he's holding a big card. Yeah, it's the five-way revenge one. That was sort of the, it's from the 70s and it's like the return of the Joker to like being the murderous madman. Oh, okay, yeah, yeah. Like for years and years the Comics Code Authority prevented him from doing any real good murders.

But you've seen that on a T-shirt also. Yeah, absolutely. Comics Code Authority were doing a better job than bloody Batman on my own. He was giving a bloody kid a climb up the street, et cetera. That's great stuff. Yeah, but anyway, Miller said of the piece of artwork, this is some time ago, I was finding my identity as an artist and to me the silhouette is the most important language of that.

When you can convey in silhouette, sorry, what you can convey in silhouette is going to impact the minds and the emotions more intensely than anything else. I got a knack for silhouettes, and if you want a real nice rendering of something, I am not your guy. I'm just not good at it, but I can punch out a kick-ass silhouette. And he's right. You've got to agree with that.

Sin City is based almost entirely on iconic, or shadows and silhouettes. Recognizable silhouettes. So, yeah, that's. Can you recognize that hat and chin? That's Sin City, isn't it? That's true, yeah. Hat or chin.

Hat or chin, or maybe it's the yellow guy. It's the yellow guy. Is it a hat or a chin? Yep, it's this guy. Is it the yellow guy? Is that guy yellow? It's the yellow guy. It's the yellow guy, yeah.

Oh, there you go. But anyway, I'm just going to say, I guess the option is always there to resell the thing, but it kind of feels a bit sad that this person's bought this and they're immediately like, but if someone wants to pay. Do you want to pay more for it though? I will immediately and instantly sell this if you give me

$4 million for it. It also sounds to me like maybe they don't have that much money. Oh maybe they put a lot into this there's also like I believe I mean obviously enough money to buy this there's also been I think in recent years it's comic book art and comic book collectible issues and also collectible video

games there is some sort of weird mark there's there's some sort of weird market of like pumping up yeah like pumping up the values of things and you know people selling it and they've got a shell account and they're immediate they buy it for a huge amount of money and they're like well look it's sold for a million dollars that That's what these are worth. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Whereas it's just, it is just people buying and reselling the same thing to themselves. So who knows what this is. This is Beanie Babies is what you're telling me. This iconic cover of Batman The Dark Knight Returns

is in fact Beanie Babies. Terrific. I love Beanie Babies. Yeah, me too. Mason, this is via The Hollywood Reporter. HBO has entered into early development. The way you pronounce that, I'm imagining it's... It's a different website, yeah.

It's Hollywood. W-O-U-L-D. It's just a stuff a guy... Hollywood, wouldn't it? Yeah, it's stuff a guy records should probably happen in Hollywood. HBO has entered into early development on its first sequel to... Game of Thrones. That's right, Mason.

Yeah, I remember the setup from earlier. A live-action spin-off series centered on John... I read on the John Snow. John Snow as played by Kit Harington. My goodness. Still got that juice off Eternals. Yeah. This is sooner than I thought because as soon as this ended,

I'm like, this is just waiting for a sequel. All right. So does that mean they're not going to look at all the other characters? I'm assuming they're going to slowly kind of filter them back into the universe, the ones that aren't dead. Is this an X-Men Origins Wolverine? We're going to spin off all the characters. Oh, this one didn't do well.

So never again, quite frankly. When did the last one end? Was it 2019? Yeah, it was 2019. So that's three. God, that just happened. The year 2019. Sure did james it sure did we're still in 2019 now as far as i'm aware and everything is fine yeah so so they've got the prequel series coming probably various anime george r martin hasn't and won't release another book uh so he's too busy scrooge mcduck in it in

his big money bin why Why wouldn't you? He's got a big red and white striped bathing suit on and he keeps diving into his money bin. Are you excited for this? Nope. See, I'm more interested in this than I am the prequel. That's because I don't know anybody in the prequel. I know Jim Harrington.

I know his character. Okay, now when they say it's a Jon Snow spinoff, is that cover for we want to do more Game of Thrones and everybody who is still alive in Game of Thrones is going to be in this. But if we call it Game of Thrones, that's home box office poison, as it were, because people were like, we got really badly burned with Game of Thrones. So maybe it's, maybe it's like, I mean, it could very well be, you know,

a production team or the studio and they saw what the last season of Game of Thrones turned into and went, we can fix this sort of maybe. Yeah. I don't know. But if we call it Game of Thrones season eight. Game of Thrones, we can fix this, we think. If they call this Game of Thrones season eight or whatever season we're up to, people will be like, no, thank you.

But if we go Jon Snow, people will go, ooh, okay. I know Jon Snow. That's right. That guy sucks. He didn't even get to be the king. No, he didn't. He's the other guy. He stabbed his wife and he left or whatever happened at the end of that.

Yeah. So, yeah, I mean, like some of his sisters are alive. Peter Dinklage is alive. Bran is still alive. Bran is still the king or whatever. Davros is still around. So, yeah. And the Daleks.

Yes, that's right. I think it's all – I think this is just – let's see what we can bring back and restart this. And, again, it might also be a season of Jon Snow and then he's like, I'm off in the wilderness and I'm going to meet all sorts of new characters and then he's like, I'm off in the wilderness and I'm going to meet all sorts of new characters and then he's like, I'm tired of this. I'm cold. I'm cold and tired of this and I'm coming back to Westeros

and look, it's all my old friends. Yeah. It's whoever agreed to return. It's whoever was in the New Mutants and that didn't work out and they're coming back for a... Yeah, whoever tried for a franchise and has to come back. That includes me because I was in the Eternals. Now he's going to be in more stuff, isn't he?

Dane Whiteman. I know he also hated having long hair, so I wonder whether that'll be a condition. Oh, yeah. Because he had to keep his hair long for 10 years. 100% because they'll have a dramatic he's cutting his hair off scene. Yeah. I love the final season of Highlander the series.

Oh, my God. Or possibly the second last and he carried it on to the final season. Carried his hair. In a bag, yes. Made the sword fighting really difficult. I bet it did. I can't just set my bag of hair down here before we do a duel. You're not talking about Connor McCloud, are you? I'm talking about Duncan McCloud. Connor McCloud sometimes

has long hair, does he? Depending on the era? Yes, he does, James. Wow, that's great. That is very correct. I'm also thinking about... You're up on your Highlander lore, which is determining when and where all the characters have long or short hair, yes. Speaking of sequel series, or next series,

Squid Game Season 2, you probably saw, is officially moving ahead. Depending on the... I mean, we knew this. Yeah, but the two guys that are still alive from the previous season, sure. Depending on the... on the... when the production starts, which presumably like it has, a lot of the early stuff has been done,

it's probably going to be next year. But on top of this, this is via Netflix's VP of unscripted and documentary series, Brandon Rye, who says, Squid Games took the world by storm. Did he say Squid Games? No, that was me. I don't even know what this franchise is called. Squid Games? the world by storm. Did he say Squid Games? No, that was me. I don't even know what this franchise is called. Squid Games?

I don't know. Octopus Friends? With Director Huang's... Calamari charms over here. With Director Huang's captivating story and iconic imagery. We're grateful for his support. And as we turn the fictional world into reality in this massive competitive and social experiment. Yes.

The machine is eating itself. Fans of the drama series are in for a fascinating and unpredictable journey as our 456 real world contestants navigate the biggest competition series ever full of tension and twists with the biggest ever cash prize at the end. Please note all contestants will be shot in the head. Do you think? First of all, I love that they're cancelling everything else. Yeah.

And, like, they did a huge purge of, like, writers and production stuff. Animation. They killed basically all the animation. And they're just like, you know, we can turn that into a big cash prize. Squid Game. Squid Game cash prize. Squid Game cash prize. Squid Game cash prize. Maybe some of the writers can be in the Squid Games.

Oh, that would be perfect. Because that's capitalism, Mason. That's the perfect dystopia. Just half of them are fired Netflix writers. But what's fascinating? I mean, if you haven't seen Squid Game, and of course you can't have because it's a Netflix show that was only surpassed in ratings by Red Notice,

a movie that everybody on earth has seen 1,000 times. But it's a show. The premise is that if you lose Squid Game, you get – you just play child's games. Yeah. And then if you lose, you get killed. But nobody's getting killed in this, right? Unless by accident. Yeah. That would be thrilling.

Yeah. Don't you think? Oh, my God be thrilling. Yeah. Don't you think? Oh, my God, yes. And also, MrBeast did this. I don't know if you saw the video. It's got like 450 million views or whatever. But Netflix would have definitely looked at that and gone, okay, yeah, we're going to do it. Imagine MrBeast is like, I'm going to build a real Netflix recreation of the Squid Games.

Netflix recreation. See, that's what I'm loving, James. I'm loving this. Is it some sort of Ouroboros? Is it the snake eating its own tail? Probably not, but let's call it that. Let's see if we can get that going. How about would you do this show?

If you for some reason got the opportunity to go on it, would you do it? James, sometimes like you might go out, maybe there's a picnic in a park or something like that and then there's like you park your car and there's a fence to go into the park area to go have your picnic. I'll walk along the fence to find the lowest bit in the fence to walk up, to step over.

Yeah. Like I won't. What if you can't? I'll just leave. What I'm saying is my- You won't struggle through the- No. But the thing about, okay, here's the other thing about Netflix. Or I'll just wait for the gap saying is my struggle through the no but the thing about okay here's the other thing about netflix or i'll just wait for the gap in the fence and i'll walk through the yeah and i what i'm saying is my my it's it's not really a fitness thing it's more of

a motivation thing i'm like okay because also it's not a very like it's not always a physical competition that's true yeah and here's the other thing a lot of these games aren't very interesting if you're not going to shoot someone in the head at the end. Right? Like take a honeycomb. Yeah, they fall through the floor. Take a honeycomb and like chip it. Like that's boring.

Yeah, I mean, because it'll just be people going, oh, I broke it. Oh, well, see ya. Yeah. Also, is it going to be. Just walk out through that door, you'll be in the car park. Yes. Also, is it because, you know because part of the tension of Squid Game

is that all the characters have some great motivation for being there and we meet them and we learn their backstories. And we go, oh, they really need that money or are they going to add that element? Probably. I think so. Yeah, I guess the tension will be sad backstory and not being shot in the head.

Yeah, exactly. I was one of the writers in Santa Clarita Diet. Yeah. The one that got cancelled. Oh, I see what's happening there. I'm doing a character. I love that. Yeah, that was very good.

The character is just a normal person. Terrific. With my voice. Terrific. So there you go. Anyway, i'm very excited to probably not watch this if i'm honest yeah i didn't really like the mr beast video either like i watched it i'm like yeah no okay like it's very impressive yeah i'm gonna be wrong but i'm like i don't care about this yeah would you say it was because the the you know the thing about the the original

production of squid game is that the games were not, like we've said, they weren't like spectacular. It's not like you're leaping from a tower that's 1,000 feet high or whatever. It's just kind of like moderately exciting setups, like Ninja Warrior or whatever. Was Mr. Beast on that level? Yeah, I know he CGI'd some like, you know,

the bit with the rope pull. He CGI'd it to make it look taller and whatever. Ah, I see. Right, right, right. So do you think Netflix will, do you think they'll surpass that? Do you think there'll be new games? I think there would have to be new games because otherwise, again, this is boring.

It's a boring show. Do you think there'll be? Do you think there'll be some underhanded like situations going on? Maybe there'll be underhanded situations. Because there have to be underhanded situations, right? You've got to build in all the elements. Do you think the final game will still in fact be Squid Game, a game that is largely nonsensical to non-Korean audiences?

Where you jump into one foot. You have to run one way and then you have to switch feet. You're in a circle or a square. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you think they'll just swap in that? They'll probably just swap in that game from Gladiators where you've just got the big pommel and you hit each other with it? I think Mr Beast swapped it for like musical chairs or something,

I want to say, but I can't remember. I mean, that's not crazy. That makes a lot of sense in that it's like if you're an American audience or if you're even American players, you don't care about. The fun of it is you're like, oh, this is a kid's game, but there's so much money at stake or whatever. If it was down ball, I would win, Mason. Yeah, you reckon you could do it for down ball?

I'd get to the end and I'd do a big down ball serve. I'm sure they did this, but did Twitter do Australian squid game games like what it would be? Probably. It was like get a meat pie from the pub or whatever. Sure. You know, Australian stuff. Sure.

I mean, and that would be quite difficult insofar as you can't really get a meat pie at the pub not really very difficult actually convince the chef at the rsl to make you a pie they might have some pie you might get a pie at a salad mason i get yeah maybe if there's a special on rsl menu but it won't maybe there'd be a pie it'd be one of those pies that's just like a dish with meat in it and they pie the top. No, no, they'll just get some frozen pies in. That's how they do it.

I'm looking at here at the mains. It's not looking good, Mason. Let me check. Port of House Steak, you got your beef burger, obviously. You got your Thai grilled beef salad, which nobody ever orders. No pie. Wow. Wow. Incredible.

There's three Thai items. That's squid game, baby. That is squid game. Yeah. Well, yeah, there's a Thai squid salad. So there you go. Perfect. Mason.

Yes. Knives Out 2 has a title. Glass Onion, right? It's called Glass Onion and Knives Out Mystery. I guess I was wrong. You were. The cast includes Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Catherine Hahn, Kate Hudson, Ethan Hawke, Dave Bautista,

among many others. Yeah, and Daniel Craig. And Daniel Craig. I mentioned him up top most. No, you did. It's true. And presumably Ana de Armas is probably in. I don't think she is. That's wild.

I think she's living in that mansion or whatever. She's probably living in that mansion. But I think it's, look, far be it for me to be like, Rian Johnson, you don't know it all right. Yeah, we're gone. Well, Rian Johnson, I think you missed a trick. Like, why wouldn't they be a detective team-up? Yeah.

Maybe it's a surprise, maybe it's not. I don't know. Maybe she'll pop in for a little cameo. But that's, again, great cast. Yeah. That's good. I saw a lot of people being like, this is a real step down from the last cast.

And it's like, I don't think it is. I don't think so. I think you, like. Because you saw it and you're like, that would have been is i think i think you like because you saw it and you're like that's what a great cast yeah like you know i think don johnson was really good in it but if you if if somebody said don johnson's going to be in this i'd be like is that exciting to me that's not he's not like the a-list he's not brad pitt you know what i mean he's just you know he was just good in the movie so i think if anyone and anybody could be good in this i

completely agree i don't know does jan Monáe do a lot of acting? I guess. Great. Let me check. She's a singer, James. Yes, no, I know. I'm just checking. Okay.

She was in Antebellum. Oh. She was in Moonlight. Oh. I haven't seen Moonlight, Mason. I also haven't seen Moonlight. We should watch Moonlight. And then be like, oh, that's good.

That's a good movie. She'll be good in Glass Onion, I believe. There you go. What I did notice is the Glass Onion font is the Chinatown font. From the movie Chinatown. The movie Chinatown. Never seen Chinatown. It's a good movie.

But I have seen it at Sequel. Double Chinatown. Yeah. Two Chinatowns? Two Chinatowns. In this economy? Across from each other on the beach? Which one do you go to?

Basic economic question. In the second Chinatown, does he still have the thing on his nose? No one do you go to? Basic economic question. In the second Chinatown, does he still have the thing on his nose? No, he doesn't have the thing on his nose. I just thought they might have been like, is it Roman Polanski again, the second one? The Two Jakes. I don't think it is. I'll check.

Yeah. I'll check. So you've seen The Two Jakes. I've never seen any of the Chinatown movies, though. Neither of the Chinatown's movies. Directed by Jack Nicholson. Whoa, really? There you go.

Apparently it's okay. It would be okay, yeah. There you go, 1990. There you go. Fun stuff. The year 1990, can you imagine it? Yeah. Yep.

I think about it all the time. Mason, this is by THR. There's a Wonder Man series in development. Wonder Man. So this is developed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director, Destin Daniel Cretton. Now, Wonder Man. Go on.

He was played by Nathan Fillion in a Guardians 2 deleted scene. Oh, that's right. And we can see some posters in the background of maybe that movie and some others where that actor, Simon Williams. Simon Williams, yes. Is playing like Tony Stark and a Steve Jobs. So for people who don't know, so Wonder Man in the comic books is an actor and then he got sort of powerfully irradiated by something

and he's sort of an energy being. Yep. So, yeah, cool. Has little belt rockets, lets him fly. That's fun. It's also said via Variety that it's a Hollywood satire. Okay, that makes sense. I mean.

This is not 100% confirmed, they also say. So is this a Nathan Fillion situation? Nathan Fillion joint, perhaps he is. Or do you think they're going to recast this role that, I mean people are mad on Nathan Fillion though. You know, he's got a very vocal fan base. It is wild. I mean, has he ever been actually cast in the role that fans want him to be in?

Because he wasn't. He wasn't Nathan Drake. He wasn't Nathan Drake, although he's in that fan film that people like. Yep. He wasn't another thing, was he? No, he certainly wasn't another thing. Oh, definitely he wasn't another thing that he wanted to be in. I don't know.

I mean, again, Beloved. I guess if it's a TV show, he's a, you know. Yeah. And he's in The Rookie or whatever. Oh, yeah. That's a popular show. He he's a, you know. Yeah. And he's in that The Rookie or whatever. Oh, yeah. That's a popular show. He was in Castle for 100 years. Yeah.

Yeah. He was in Firefly. Remember that show? He was in Firefly, yeah. Is that coming back? Yeah. It is. Yeah, if we just, just a few more signatures.

We're going to get that. We're going to get off the ground. Yeah, but Wonder Man is sort of, you know, Wonder Man I believe was originally intended to be a parody of Wonder Woman. Okay. Well, that's very clever. He's very clever. How'd they think of that? Wonder Man, I believe, was originally intended to be a parody of Wonder Woman. Okay. Well, that's very clever. He's very clever.

How'd they think of that? Well, Stan Lee's just good with the ideas, baby. He's zipping and zapping, isn't he? Well, he was. He's dead now. Well, so there you go. Wonder Man TV series, why not? Let's go. James, here we go.

Here's the origin of Wonder Man. You ready for this? I am. As with a lot of famous heroes and men, his origin is all to do with embezzlement. He's the son of rich industrialist Sanford Williams. He embezzles money. He goes to jail.

He blames Tony Stark for some reason. Oh yeah, okay. And then Zemo, Baron Zemo, he puts him in an experiment and he's transformed into an ion-powered being with ionic powers. So maybe Zemo will be in this. Maybe Zemo will be in it.

Or they just will make it a different guy. Yeah, they could make it a different guy. Because that actor might be too expensive now. Yeah. I think he'll do it. Sure. It's fine. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

They put all the money into the acting and the volume and then they stack some boxes up and it's fine. It's true. So they do it on Disney+. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Baby. There you go. Okay.

And his brother is the Grim Reaper as well. Not the actual Grim Reaper. Not the actual Grim Reaper. No, no, no. He's just a guy with like a scythe arm. Right. Okay. Oh, yeah.

And he spins. He's got a helicopter scythe arm. We fought him in that video game. He's in that video game that we did that time. Yeah, yeah. Right. Mason. Go on.

This next bit of news is via deadline. And let me just preface this by saying, what's your favourite Guy Ritchie live-action Disney remake? Oh, that's a great question. I mean, probably Aladdin because it's the only one I can think of currently. Yeah, cool. Okay. Is that about to change?

Is the hierarchy of my favourite Guy Ritchie-produced live-action remake about to change? It might because Guy Ritchie is making the live action remake of Hercules with the Russo brothers producing. This is on the tail end of like the Disney Renaissance era. It was like this in Tarzan and then it all fell off a cliff. There's still obviously good stuff after that. Treasure Planet for one, Mason, is an incredible movie.

I've heard that. What do you think of that? Great. What does Guy Ritchie think of it? Eh. Eh. In it? Yep.

That's what he's probably thinking and saying to himself. No, I think he's posh, actually. Do you think he's posh? As a guess, I'd say he's posh. Oh, he's just pretending. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's good acting. Right.

So there you go. I mean, that makes sense. He'll make this and then he can make four movies about a guy who shoots people in a pub or whatever. Yeah, pub shooter. Pub shooter. He's got a pub shooter. So there you go.

That's going to be something. Like what's a pie? You can't get a pie in a pub. Maybe you can in the UK. I don't know. You get a scotch egg. What about like a, you know. James, when's the last time you had a scotch egg? Never in my life. Really? They're great. Are they? Yes. Explain the process. It don't know. You get a scotch egg. What about like a, you know. James, when's the last time you had a scotch egg?

Never in my life. Really? They're great. Are they? Yes. Explain the process. It's an egg. Yep.

Soft boiled egg. Yep. Love that. And then it's got sausage meat. It's surrounded in sausage meat. Do they take the shell off? They do take the shell off, yes. Okay, good.

Yeah, that's right. And then they put sausage meat. Sausage meat. And they bread it and they fry it, yeah. Sounds horrible. Yeah, they are. I love it. Sounds like a fry it, yeah. Sounds horrible. Yeah, they are. I love them. Sounds like a-

Hard to get them in Melbourne. Yeah, I'd imagine so. I can make one myself if I want to. You can't get them in an RSL? Because if I learned to make them at home, I'd have two a day until I died. Which would be next week. Be next week, yeah. Fantastic stuff.

Wow. Do you like One Punch Man? Yes. Did you watch the second season? Yes. Yeah, I started it and then something happened. Wow. Do you like One Punch Man? Yes. Did you watch the second season? Yes. Yeah, I started it and then something happened. Okay. I think something, like I had to open a window in my house and I did it

and I came back and the TV had gone to like a, I don't know, like you know when it goes to like a weird mode when you step away for too long? Is your TV haunted, James? Yeah, it's haunted. You know when you go to open a window because that window was just, I thought it was closed, but the window was open weirdly, so I went over to close the window.

Then I came back to the TV and there was just a void there. Yeah. And voices. I don't know. And it said boo. Wow. Wait, is that booing me or is it a ghost? Probably both.

Okay. So it's trying to scare me, but it doesn't matter. Anyways, I haven't finished One Punch Man Season 2, but I really enjoyed Season 1. But the writers of Venom and Jumanji The Next Level, Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinker, will be writing One Punch Man with director Justin Lin attached. Of course, recently left Vin Diesel in his dust.

Ooh! Because he left for Past Imperious. So obviously there's no bad blood in Hollywood towards this guy. Evidently not. Evidently not. But, I mean, this brings up the question once again, who do you cast as one punch man? Do you get a very handsome man and shave their head?

Yep. Do you get Michael Cera, who's also handsome but in a different way? But, like, you need a, like a – I think you have to go Asian as well. That's probably true. I'll say yes. Who's the guy who plays Randall Park? Randall Park?

Yeah, that guy. He's too handsome. Is he? With a shaved head? Oh, great question. Yeah. Can you Google bald Randall Park and see if somebody's done it? Hang on.

Let me just check who plays Randall Park. Okay, great. I really like that. Is it the actor Randall Park? Actually, it's not. That's interesting. He's not bald. He's never been bald even for a second, this guy.

I've got him in a hat here. See, I figured somebody would have Photoshopped it. Yeah, but he's not what I mean like. Can you do that FaceApp thing and make him bald? I can actually, yes. Let's do it later. I'll do it during the show and then I'll do it. Then we can be like quick Randall Park fantasy bald casting update.

There he is, we could say. Alright, I'm gonna do it. But I just, like, again, like, I cannot stress this enough. Very handsome man. Yeah, I know. But by normal standards. But by Hollywood standards, he's not like Keanu Reeves, for example. Because he was in that movie with Keanu Reeves.

Because I feel like the whole premise, do we ever see One Punch Man pre... Yeah, he's got hair. Yeah, that's right, yeah. Yeah. So I think he needs to be somebody completely unassuming, like the most average-looking man. Yeah. But that's not how Hollywood ever casts anything.

No, exactly. We know a lot of people who are comedians and they often go out for auditions and often the audition brief is like a real slob, just a real three out of ten, just the ugliest man in the world. Just put it out of a bin. And anyway, we're bringing you in for this, and then they audition, and then you just get a regular handsome guy to do it. Because they're like, oh, yeah, people have to look at this.

People have to look at this person. All right, there you go. I've done it. Too handsome. He is handsome, I know. But also, like, he's got a regular body, which is kind of like One Punch Man. Like, One Punch Man is ripped, but he's not giant. Yeah, right, right, right.

Okay. He looks good bald, though. I agree. Randall Park, if you're out there, I don't know if you're losing hair or what. He doesn't look like he's losing any hair at all. If anything, he's gaining hair, but I'm just saying that's an option for you. That's Randall Park with long hair. He looks good.

Wow, he could be in a movie in the 70s. He could be one of the Anchorman news team guys. Definitely. Yeah, I think he's got too much charisma, that guy. Wouldn't you rather get a guy with too much charisma playing it straight, deadpan, and funny than a boring guy

that's not pleasant to watch? A boring, unpleasant guy? Yeah, maybe. you're probably right. Anyway, just a thought. Just a thought. I think it should be Randall Park. Okay. But I'm also open to whatever the person they've already got in mind.

Sinead O'Connor. Yeah, perfect. Nothing would compare. Except for Randall Park, who I think would be amazing. She can rip up a picture of the Pope in one punch. Is that true? Yeah. Even if it's laminated?

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That's sunrisechallenge.ca. Mason? Yes? This is by a deadline. No, let's do this bit. Mason? This is by a deadline. No, let's do this bit. Mason, this is by a THR. Last bit of news for the week. I'm ready.

The Joker is back, and this time he's bringing a friend. Lady Gaga is in early talks to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix. Is this true or is this just a legend? This is true. Okay. Early talks. Okay. In director Todd Phillips' sequel to The Joker,

the Oscar-winning $1 billion grossing movie, etc. and so forth. If the deal goes forward, it's said that Gaga will play Harley Quinn. Whoa. But wait, that's not all, Mason. And of course, because he was, if we recall, he was incarcerated in a mental institution. Yes.

At the end of the last one, presumably she'll be Harleen Quinzel. That's right. So this might be a movie that's set entirely in the mental hospital. Or they'll get out and do crimes. They'll get out and do crimes. Or afterwards they'll be like, did they even get out and do crimes? Or they never went to the hospital. This is some kind of sick, twisted and shared fantasy.

Sources say the sequel is also a musical. Yes. Here's the thing, though. Here's the thing about this. Yep. Look, and they couldn't have, maybe this is true, maybe this is not true. Maybe they couldn't have maybe this is true maybe this is not true maybe they

couldn't have kept it a secret forever but i feel this feels to me like one of the greatest hollywood missed opportunities of all time by telling people this people this in advance okay sure what if they didn't and then everybody who loved joker it's like everyone got sweeney todded yeah like i love johnny depp but i don't what this is a music was the none of the trailers of yeah yeah yeah a lot of them were but just imagine if everybody went in yeah and and he was like and Joker was like I feel like we live in a society and I'm so so tired of I'm sick of this I want to I want to destroy the whole world and then Harley's like why don't you sing about it and he he's like, I will. I'm doing it. I'll do it. You know, that would upset so many people.

That's the most chaotic move I've ever seen. Yeah, no, you're absolutely right. Has there ever been, I wonder, a movie that wasn't a musical and then the sequel was a musical? There's no way we'll be able to figure this out in the time allotted. Did you say this to me the other day or somebody else? I feel like I heard that this week. People on the internet may have asked this. How do I even Google this? I don't know. Did you say this to me the other day or somebody else? I feel like I heard that this week. People on the internet may have asked this.

How do I even Google this? I don't know. That's the thing. The thing is we need somebody who actually knows something about movies. Where would we even go for that? Not us, certainly. Because of the people I know in my regular life, that's us. Alexi?

Yeah, that's true actually. Is there time? Yeah, text him. Okay, hang on. Can you text him? Yeah, I will. Do you have his text number? No, but I'll send. Is there time? Yeah, text him. Okay, hang on. Can you text him? Yeah, I will. Do you have his text number? No, but I'll send him a tweet.

Send him an open tweet? No, I'll send him a – I can put it in the great mates group. Okay, sure. Sequel that's not a music – wait. Movie that's not a musical that's sequel is a musical. There we go. Nice. Any results? Just nonsense, is a musical. There we go.

Nice. Any results? Just nonsense, no. Okay. This is a bad thing. Muppets? Are they all? I guess.

I don't know. I don't think this exists. Okay. Because I'm sure there'd be something where you'd be like, well, this has a musical number in it. But we're talking a flat-out musical. But is this a flat-out musical? Or is it just like there's a couple of numbers in it because there's a difference?

That's true, yeah. Yeah? Exactly. There might be like one big musical number a la him dancing on the stairs in the first one and it builds up to that set piece and maybe he sings but maybe it's all a dream, James. Exactly. I think some of this will be a dream.

I think you'll find. Yeah. How'd the message sending going? I've sent it. Great. So now we just hold our breath. Yeah, that's pretty true, James. Exactly. I think some of this will be a dream. I think you'll find. Yeah. How's the message sending going? I've sent it. Great. So now we just hold our breath. Yeah, that's very true. And do the rest of the show.

Can you do both? Can you hold your breath and do the rest of the show at the same time? Yeah, I've got a circular breathing thing. I'll just talk through my nose. That's not holding your breath though, is it? I think it is. Well, okay then. Mason, both of us saw a movie.

Yes. Both of us saw a movie yes both of us saw a movie it's called the movie Lightyear it had a budget of 200 million dollars I see that I guess

Chris Evans is in it yeah I know but like 200 for an animated movie is this the most expensive is that not is that that seems not

I think they're like they're like 100 max normally how much was the last one what was the last one Turning Red I'm gonna look it up that went to Disney Plus

so I bet it wasn't yeah probably let me check I'm going to look it up. That went to Disney+. I bet it wasn't. Yeah, probably. Let me check. I'm going to beat you to it, Mason. Okay, great. Budget was $175 million. Okay, fine. Yeah.

This is pretty standard, and that had not really anyone famous in it. That's true. Yeah, I'm thinking this is. I mean, you know, production-wise. Oh, yeah, it looks amazing. It looks amazing. And all the armours look very, like, you know. Tactile.

Tactile. Textured. And thick. Everyone's got a big, thick armour on. They certainly do. Anyway, so it's early days, but the box office domestically in the US is looking to be between $70 and $85 million, and the global start is being eyed at $135 million.

My goodness. What do you think the story was? Oh, James, let me tell you this. In 1995, a little boy named Andy, he went to see a movie. Yep. And after seeing the movie, he's like, oh, I love this movie. I'm going to get an action figure of this movie. Anyway, this is that movie, what he saw in the theatres and he's like.

And you look at this and you go, yeah, a six-year-old would love this movie, you know, just a sad, poignant tale about loss and about, you know, just a sad, poignant tale about- Confusing time travel. About loss and about, you know, the world passing you by because you're obsessed with your work. And it's a real- Just the movie Interstellar, but it's animated. It's a real Christopher Nolan's buzzkill light year is what this movie is.

Now, here's the thing that I have been holding off on asking you. Okay. Because you- So in the premise of this for people who, the movie Toy Story. Yeah. If you've seen Toy Story. You have. Andy is a little boy and he loves, he gets a new toy Buzz Lightyear.

Yep. And it's because he's seen the movie Lightyear. The premise of this movie is that this is the movie that he'd seen. Or is it? I want to talk about that. Okay. Now your son, you saw this with your son, who according to my calculations is somewhere between 3 and 25 years of age.

That's correct, yes. So he's roughly. He's in the prime age for something like this. And he is roughly the same age that canonically I think Andy was when he saw this movie. Did your son like this movie? He liked it, but he hasn't talked about it at all i don't like was he like i gotta get a buzz like he's got a buzz like yeah oh well from a few years ago uh-huh but he's just i i don't believe that this would inspire anything i think it's obviously the opposite yeah right this was made

because the Toy Story movies are so good obviously because that's what actually happened but this is like I think this movie is pretty solid it's solid and I think maybe kids a little bit older than your son I don't even know

or is this like Tomorrowland a movie that nobody I think it's more Tomorrowland a movie for nobody made by adults for Tomorrowland, a movie for nobody. For nobody. Made by adults. The guy who made it. Yeah. For nobody. Yeah. It just feels like.

So this is in the trailer, I think. Yeah. So I don't think it's a spoiler. So Buzz Lightyear and a team of. Buzz Lightyears. A team of Buzz Lightyears, they're in a big ship. Yep. And they get diverted. they're in a big ship and they get diverted.

They're in a big ship. Everybody's – all these, I think, colonists or just a – Some kind of space exploration. A thousand strong crew, like a space exploration ship. They're on their way to somewhere and Buzz Lightyear is woken up by the computer because there's an interesting planet to be scoped out. And he and a small team go out to explore. They land the ship and go to explore it, the planet,

and they find the planet is actually quite hostile. There's all sorts of hostile flora and fauna. And so they attempt to escape, but in doing so, Buzz crashes the big colony ship and they're stranded there. And so through various attempts to – and now the hyperdrive is damaged. Yeah. And so he's got to do various – Hyperdrive tests.

They build a little settlement and he's like, this is my fault and I'm going to do a lot of hyperdrive tests. And due to relativistic time travel effects – Which he didn't know about apparently. Which I guess – he's the rocket man. He's got all the science he doesn't understand it's true due to all these time travel effects every time he does a hyperspeed

he does a rocket man he comes back and the world has moved on years and years and years until eventually everyone he was friends with is dead and robots have invaded and there's only a ragtag team. Of Buzz Lightyears.

Of little Buzz Lightyears and they've all got to team up and stop this robot invasion and fix everything. It's a whole disaster and it's just the thing about it is, I think, that it's a Pixar movie. Yeah. And Pixar movies traditionally are about something, you know, whether they're about, you know, giving up childish things or about, what's another thing they could be about?

Having your house escape. Having your house escape and you've got to go back and get your house. And that's about, you know, that's about all, you know, you never. Never too old for adventure. You're never too old for adventure and even if you've experienced some loss, there's more out there. Shut up. And he should shut up.

This old guy should shut up. He should get on his balloons and he should float far away. But they're about things. But presumably the movie that Andy watched in the cinemas wasn't about anything. Because in 1995, the only people making animated movies that were about anything were Pixar. Yeah. Somebody else making this, it would have just been

a brainless, dumb kids' action movie, right? Well, I think. So I guess my point here is when they've gone to make Lightyear, the movie that Andy saw, they've gone, well, we're Pixar and we make movies that are about things. We have to give layers of meaning and. See, I think they shouldn't have done that. But that are about things. We have to give layers of meaning and – See, I think they shouldn't have done that because – Well, but that's the thing.

They have to. If they were just like, okay, this is – because there's also that animated Buzz Lightyear show. It's Buzz Lightyear and Star Command or whatever, which I've not seen, but I presume that's just like he's off exploring and there's some aliens. There's aliens and whatever. And then he has to do a big spaceship battle or whatever

and then that's the end of the episode. They're not about anything. But this they went, well, it has to be about – Lost in grief and family. Lost in grief and family and whatever. Yeah. Because otherwise people would be like, this wasn't very Pixar. But I kind of feel like maybe it should have just been –

Yeah, I agree. I think it's too complicated for kids but also not complicated enough for adults. Like for what it's like, it's not interstellar. It's like you mentioned, it's like interstellar light. And then they try to wage in this like, oh, I'm alone and all my family and I'm sad. And it's like this – Shut up.

Remember when we were 10 years old and we went to see Interstellar Jones? We bought our Matthew McConaughey action figures. Well, that's when I saw, like, the movie Contact. I was a kid and I'm like, what is this? Like, I don't. I thought Contact was the stuff you wrap your school books in. Yeah, or your signed picture of the Pope or whatever. Yeah.

But, yeah, so I just felt like it tried to do all of those things and it's like, oh, he's alone and time's moving on and whatever. But, like, this is the movie that inspired the Buzz Lightyear action figures and whatever. But Matt, who edits a bunch of videos for us, Mason, he has a theory, and you can look at it on his Twitter and presumably also. At Rezdolf. Yes.

And what's the other thing? The TikTok, right? Is that this isn't the movie from 1995. This is the live-action remake of the 2D animated series. It's like The Lion King was remade. This is the remake of that. And because it came out in 2022, this is the layers of meaning they've added to it.

So there's a movie called Buzz Lightyear's Star Command, which I think went straight to DVD on VHS, which had Tim Allen voice it. And it looks like all the bed sheets and all of the hardware. Yeah, it's cel-shaded as well, right? Yeah, no, it's just 2D. Right, okay. And the idea was that then would be that that was a popular kids movie, which then became a spinoff animated series. Like Aladdin got a spinoff and Hocus got a spinoff and Lion King got a spinoff series, didn Like Aladdin got a spinoff and Oculus got a spinoff

and Lion King got a spinoff series, didn't it? Well, that was more recently. And so that's what happened there. And then they went, oh, you know what people love? Fucking Buzz Lightyear. Let's remake Buzz Lightyear. Yeah, right. And then it's like, well, this isn't as good as the-

That's a great theory, except the movie does literally say this is that movie. I agree, but I think that's wrong. Yeah. Because also like the tech doesn't even make any sense. Like they've got an autopilot where it's like you blow into and it's kind of like a cassette or whatever yeah but everything else like you could have made this aesthetic like an 80s or 90s like sci-fi adventure like you could have made it in the vein of like

star wars or like lost in space or independence day or something like that but it doesn't doesn't look like any of that there's no like you could have done a fun kind of retro. Oh, you could have added some fun, James. Well, like a fun retro 80s or 90s, you know, sci-fi movie, but it's not. Right, okay. Like if you look at Toy Story as well, the movies, like the video game that they're playing in Toy Story 2 just looks like Buzz Lightyear normally looks like.

It doesn't look like this. Nothing looks like this. That's true, yes. So I just don't know why they did it like this. So you're saying this should have been in the style of 80s animation? No, I think it should have been in the style of like a Back to the Future or whatever, like that kind of aesthetic. Yeah, right, right, right.

And it's not. It's just like whatever a modern Pixar animated movie looks like. Yeah, I think some of the tech we see in the movie, like a lot of it is, like, big tape cartridges and things like that. Like one thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I guess that's true. Yeah, I don't know. I just think, like, it could have been a cool, like, cool throwback.

Okay, well, let me ask you this. What did you think of it as a movie itself? It's whatever, to be honest. Like, I just think this is a guy, and you see this in the TV show as well, the animated stuff, where all his mates are like aliens and he's doing intergalactic adventures and there's like you know he's like he's a space cop and whatever he's like a green lantern dude yeah yeah and where it's this is like he's just mates are just like three normal people and it's like that's not fun he's not like alien buddies

and stuff and he's like jetting through space and this is just like he's stuck on one planet with like vines and stuff this is is like Buzz Lightyear origins. It's like, okay, fine, I guess. The choice to make it, the choice to make him marooned on one planet I think is very odd. It's just, and it feels, again, I kind of liked it. I didn't feel like my time was wasted in the cinema, but I was like this is quite dreary, this dreary planet

and it's just the, you's just the world keeps passing him by and he's just – I mean, I guess to him like it's maybe just a week or something like that, but he's seeing all the people he knows and the people he went to Stark Ranger, Space Ranger Cadet School or whatever getting old and getting married and having children. Yeah. And he's just like this guy doing this job and he's sad because he marooned everybody there.

Yeah, because he needs to learn a lesson about helping, like working with other people and whatever. Yeah. Like, and we've, James, we've had a lot to say about the Star Wars prequels. Yes. In, you know, episode three, the opener is just this enormous space battle and people jumping between starships and that, like, give us that.

That's what I'm talking about. Just a fun, silly thing. The opening of Toy Story 2 where Buzz Lightyear is in a video game. I don't know if you've ever seen this. You may have. And he's breaking into Zurg's fortress. It's an incredible cold open. It's amazing. Like, if you haven't watched it, you you've ever seen this. You may have. And he's breaking into Zurg's fortress. It's an incredible cold open. It's amazing.

Like, you should, if you haven't watched it, you should watch it after this. I feel I've seen all the torture. Yeah, it's so fun. And I feel like that's what this should have been. Yeah. It's not fun. He's not.

And then he's like, I found my wings. I found my laser and whatever. It's like, okay, great. Yeah, to the orange. They've absolutely gone to. I didn't think they would stoop to, like. It's just suit how'd you think you get his jet pack well we'll find out it's on his suit it's just he just has it like because also like the toy doesn't match that it's like built in like it doesn't make sense by the end you know yeah i know but like he gets rid

of it he has it for a bit and then he gets oh does he have it at the very end yeah they all have it at the very end it doesn't matter yeah yeah you at the very end. Is there a spoiler? It doesn't matter. You're right, I guess. That's the first thing I'll explain to you during this. And, like, the ship that he has at the end is the one that he's packaged in and whatever. I know there are attempts to, like, tie it in. But what I don't have a problem with. But it's also interesting because animation from that era didn't have

an elaborate long origin story. Exactly. He just has it. The Thundercats, well, the Thundercats kind of had one. But, like, the thing that I thought of was, like, Silverhawks, all of those ones. There's not, if any, you know, maybe there's a 20-minute first episode where they explain some stuff.

But all that stuff, most of it is just like, hey, they're just a space. Like, oh, what's that one? They're all, not Bravestar, but they were all like. With the standy-uppy horse? No, that's Bravestar. There was one, they were like space cops and they were like cowboy space cops. Oh, I know exactly what you mean. And they all had different powers, but there was no origin for them.

It's just like they're space cops. Yeah. We don't, nobody back in 1995 was like, we need a really long, elaborate, children need a really long, elaborate story as to how this character started out and now is a toy. Yeah, exactly. They started as a toy and then they went on an adventure and then they remained the toy.

Yeah, that's right. And, look, I think also it's not even it's called, I found the show, I found a picture of it. Star Boys. Adventures of the Galactic Rangers. There it is. Yeah, Galactic Rangers. There we go.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, look, what I don't have a problem with is any of the Galactic Rangers. There it is. Yeah, Galactic Rangers. There we go. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, look, what I don't have a problem with is any of the cast. I think it's totally okay to recast Chris Evans because you could say, like, Tim Allen voices the toys because they don't always get the star of the movie to voice the toys. I think all the, like, you know, Taika Waititi's in it, like Chris Evans is good, but there's the cat and these mates and whatever.

They're all fine. And I don't have a problem with recasting Buzz Lightyear because they're always recasting Buzz Lightyear. Patrick Warburton, he's been in the animated series. There's been other shorts that have been voiced by other people as well. This is a newer version of Buzz Lightyear and it's Chris Evans.

I've got a quote here from the director who says, Tim's version of Buzz Lightyear is a little goofier and a little dumber, so he's the comic relief. In this film, Buzz is the action hero. He's serious and ambitious and funny, but not in a goofy way that would undercut the drama. Chris Evans has the gravitas and that movie star quality that our character needs to separate him

and the movie from Tim's version of the story in Toy Story. See, I don't have a problem with any of that. Right, right, right. It's like, because, you know, because the kids, you know, there was like Terminator 2 action figures and shit, you know, and they were nothing like the movie, but I feel like, and it's easy to say, like, why didn't

you make Star Wars? But like, I... Oh, just, James, just imagine a Terminator 2 action figure playset, right? And it's that security guard at the mental institution he's war... You set him on the checkerboard floor and then you push a button and an identical version of him pops up and stabs him through the eye. I love that.

Stabbing through the eye action. Stabbing through the eye action. But, yeah, like, again, like, it's not that it's easy to be like, just make Star Wars, but I think a Star Wars-style adventure would have been a movie that a kid would have fallen in love with. No kid is falling in love with this. Yeah. I mean, remains to be seen but probably not honestly um and also i think maybe he could have just been dumb buzz lightyear yeah totally because in like he has a i guess the learning experience

he has in this movie is he wants to be he doesn't like rookies and he doesn't want to, he thinks other people drag him down and eventually he learns to work with people. But it was pretty, it was just like, you know, I don't like working with rookies. Will you like working with me? I guess so. I don't want to work with you guys. Well, you have to.

Okay, I guess I will. I think it would have been interesting if he was like a blowhard. Yes, yes right and he didn't want to work with people and then he's like i'm an idiot i need and chris evans can be the blowhard yeah exactly we've seen from not another teen movie from knives out knives out he's a big he's a big blowhard knives out one as we call it now yes one knives out please yeah i just think it kind of i mean it it does go places but it literally doesn't like go anywhere like like it's just kind of that one planet it feels very self-contained in like a claustrophobic way yeah there's no big son of space like epic adventure like they work in things like zerg and like other and he says a bunch of the lines and I don't have a problem with that because it's the, he's the action figure.

Right. But it just feels really small. It does, doesn't it? Yeah. And serious for, for no, it's not very funny at all. Really. True. Yes.

Like the cat was like, you know, it had its moments and I liked the cat, but just whatever's man. Yeah. We'll do a little bit of spoilers. I am going to say worst movie ever. I think it completely like missed the mark on what this should have made. Technically it's great. We'll do a little bit of spoilers. I am going to say worst movie ever. I think it completely missed the mark on what this should have been. Technically, it's great. Yeah.

The voice cast is all very good. It's Disney's first gay character again. Sure. Yeah, great. Congratulations to Disney. You've done it again. Yeah. Really breaking new ground.

Yeah. But just make him gay. Make Buzz Lightyear gay. Yeah, great. Sure. That would have been fine. He doesn't, you know, is he with Jesse? It's a toy. It's different. It doesn't matter. you ground yeah but uh just make him gay make buzz like you're gay yeah great sure that would have been fine he doesn't you know is he with jesse it's a toy it's different it doesn't matter yeah anyway um the toy is canonically not gay yeah i am going to say worst movie ever i just think it's um it's just not man not i might give out a rare very rare for me i think just a movie

can't do it mason It's one or the other. Oh, have we done that? You've given out just a movie. I think, did I? Yeah. To Batman, I think. Oh. Did I?

No, I gave Batman a best movie ever, Batman v Superman. Hmm. You don't have to commit to anything. No, I must. I simply must commit. Because the thing is. I mean, I think if you're umming and ahhing, it's probably best, right? No, I was going to say, I think if I'm umming and ahhing, it's probably best, right? No, I was going to say I think if I'm umming and ahhing,

it's probably worst. Would you – I'm not saying that again. Do you think you would have liked this as a kid? Maybe, but if I didn't have the context of Toy Story, I think I maybe would have liked it if it was completely unattached to anything. Okay. But I think if I – like you said, I think if I'd seen Toy Story

and loved that and then they immediately went to this i'd be i'd be impressed technically but i think i'd be like no this is okay i think i thought this would be more fun i think if it was unattached if this was an entirely new property it would be confusing it'd be like why is this all happening that's true why is yeah why is he why is he doing these things? Look, I'm going to go with worst movie ever. I'm not going to say, I was not thrilled and I'm never going to watch it again, I don't think. Anyway, spoilers for this movie, I guess. What was the thing I was going to explain?

Oh, at the end, no, at the end of the movie, they all get new, all the heroes get new Space Ranger suits. And they have the laser and the wing pack built in. Are they, is it the same, because is a part of the suit as in like the same colour skin? Yeah, it's the part of the suit. Okay. And they have the laser and the wing pack built in. Are they? Is it the same? Because is a part of the suit is in like the same color skin? Yeah, it's the part of the suit.

Okay. Yeah. No, but I mean like because, you know, it's got like it's like a – it's an ejector seat. So that's how he first gets it. Yes, but in this it's built into the backpack. And it's like a proper – it's like the proper colors of the suit. Yeah, they look more like the toy.

Okay, great. Well, then I apologize. You should. They got it right. They did get it right. They are showing how he got his wings. Anyway, so in the Toy Story movies as well, the toy Zerg is Buzz Lightyear's dad.

Okay, right. And that's why when he pops out, he thinks it's his father. But it's actually old Buzz Lightyear from the future. Yes. They've lost in space. Have you ever seen that movie? Yes, of course I've seen it. So the villain Zurg is actually old Buzz Lightyear.

And I, okay. Is he? Yeah. He sure is, yeah. Yeah, and I don't have a problem with changing the lore behind Zurg because it's just the toys are all insane. They're all like, they're all, they don't know where they are, what reality they're in.

Maybe they misread the back of the box they were in. Who knows? Yeah. Yeah, and I just thought that's okay, I guess. That's the movie you've made. So the premise is that he – You could just not put Zurg in it also. Make it a different threat if you – I don't know.

No, but they couldn't because Zurg is an established part of – Oh, yeah, that's true, I guess. Yeah. So this version of Buzz Lightyear didn't want to be, wanted to keep doing hyperspace tests, but then hyperspaced himself into the far future. The future or just a long? The future away.

The future, and he found some alien technology, some super high-tech alien technology, and then he decided that what he's going to do is he's going to use the hyperspace fuel to go back in time and reverse what happened initially on the crashed planet so that he can just be a cool young space ranger again and just erase everything. But then present-day Buzz Lightyear is like, no,

because if you do that, you'll erase, you know, all the lives of the people and families and what have you and my new friends. And he's like, can't do you. And my new friends. Yeah. And he's like, can't do that. And when he was like, I'm going to fix this, I was like, yeah, if you want. Like, I don't care. You can fix it if you want or don't.

It doesn't matter to me. In the grand scheme of the cosmos, it doesn't matter whether you reverse dive here or don't. Really, you know? Yeah, I just, because I think one of these things. That should be the moral quandary you present to children. I mean, sure, you'd erase these people on this world, but. Do you care? And perhaps you would also, you know,

perhaps if I went back in time and erased these people, I could go in Space Ranger and stop a war that killed billions. What about that, children? Now you have to choose. And there's the little dial on everybody's seats, and all the kids have to decide. Oh, I would love that. Yeah. And it just, the the screen goes black and the text just says you killed buzz lightyear you killed buzz lightyear and all his little toy friends

it's just that whatever you choose yeah you've killed buzz lightyear uh yeah i just i didn't think it's the Dark Souls death. You know, the little death scroll that says you died. Yeah. It says you killed Buzz Lightyear. Yeah, that's right. Boom. No, I really liked Luca and I really liked turning red.

I feel like I felt something in those. I thought you were describing characters from this movie. No, yeah. I thought those were like... And Luca's a very basic story. It's about a – Fish boy. Yeah, two fish boys who win a bike race, but it's really about sexuality. What's that kid going to run a bloody bike race if he's got fish boys?

Well, he doesn't have fish boy when he's out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Have you seen it? No. It's really fun. And I didn't get any of that from this. I think it should have really, again, leaned to that early, like the eighties,

nineties sci-fi and just kind of, you put your message in it, but it doesn't have to be so obvious that I'm alone and I'm afraid. And I've looked at all my mistakes and my past has come back to haunt me or my future has or whatever. But I didn't, but I didn't grim. I didn't get,

yeah, but not only like, I think that could work, but I don't, I didn't care about any of that either. So. Well, James, that's okay because the next one there will be Space Ranger Adventures where he wears the Space Ranger suit and he's got the laser and the jet pack. So all we have to do is wait four years and there will be another one.

Wow, I can't wait. Anyways, I think this will probably do well initially, but I don't know how people are actually going to respond to this. It might be just us. Maybe I'm wrong. I know the Levens hated it, didn't he? What did he say about it? It was the same kind of vibe.

It was like I can't imagine how a kid would want to buy the toys after this. Let's have a look. Lightyear's premise that it's a movie from 1995 that a 10-year-old loved is impossible given that it's a slow, dull, nothing movie that at no point portrays Buzz as a hero that any sane kid would want the toy of. Okay. Yeah, that's not inaccurate.

There you have it, eh? There you have it. Yeah. Anyways, I'm excited for four years' time. Yeah. Just in general. Oh, they could fast track it. No, I just mean in general.

Imagine four years from now. Oh, my God. Incredible. I think it's going to be really fun. Oh, my God. Can you mention the pie technology in four years from now? I don't think they're going to. No, it'll be the same.

It's like going to Mars. We're not really doing it. If anything. We're talking about it. We're not doing it, Mason. If anything, pies in the future will probably be worse because they'll be like, we're making a low-carb pie crust that tastes just as good.

And you're like, no, you aren't. This is worse. This is so bad. I hate this. I hate this. Low-carb pie crust that tastes just as good. And you're like, no, you aren't. This is worse. This is so bad. I hate this. I hate this. Low-carb pie. And we've made the meat out of bugs. Yeah, exactly.

It'd be a bug pie, wouldn't it? You guys like bugs, don't you? No. Nobody likes bugs. Nobody wants to eat bugs. I wouldn't mind bugs. What are you going to eat? Like a bug burger patty I think would probably be pretty good.

I don't think you would like that. I'm going to give it a whirl. You could eat that or a regular burger. Regular burger every time. Exactly. I wouldn't try that on the menu. Oh, what I would do if I went to a place. I'd eat like a substitute, like a fake meat or whatever.

What I would do is I would, if we were going to the pub and they had a bug burger and a regular burger, I'd order both. And then I'd try the bug burger and be like, this is actually not bad bad and then i would try to have the regular burger and go oh my god incredible this one was just bugs yeah this is when i now that i think about it what you've done there is you've made a patty out of bugs what kind of bugs though you know it's just like there's not a lot of meat on bugs is there yeah but they mush it yeah i don't look i don't know what the process is all right yeah it just seems like you and i all right? Yeah. It just seems like you're actually for this. And I just don't think it's. Oh, the dystopian future where we all have to look at bugs.

I don't think it's right. Oh, it's not? No, for sure. Anyways, let's move it along. Okay. Side note, Alexei does not think there is a movie that was not a musical that has a sequel that is a musical. Perfect.

Thank you, Alexei. And Alexei is pretty much the, like he's the guy we know, knows the most about movies. That's right. By that, knows anything, because we don't know anything. But for a normal person, we know too much. Exactly right. We're right in the wrong sweet spot. We're in the sour spot of movies.

Alright, do you know what it's time for? It's time for What We Readin'. What We Gonna Read. What We Gonna Read, yeah. I'm doing the thing. What are you doing there? Do a little dance. Westworld. The Westworld dance. That's terrific.

Fucking things on loop. What are you up to, Mason? Tell you what, James. A bit of sad news. An actor did pass away this week. His name's Philip Baker Hall. You probably don't know the name. I'll show you a photo.

Please do. But he's sort of an older actor who's 90 years old. He's got a certain gravitas and, like, fangs under his eyes. Yes, yes, yes. And he's sort of very – he's a character actor and he's been in – He's the librarian in Seinfeld. Well, I was going to say he's been in Boogie Nights. He was in Magnolia.

He was in Argo. He was in Zodiac. He was in Zodiac. Yeah, he was in the talent Mr. Ripley. But, yeah, he's probably best known to us as Mr. Bookman, who is the New York Public Library's in-house detective in an episode of Seinfeld in which he is pursuing Jerry because Jerry apparently took out a book in the early 70s

and never returned it, so he's been tracking him down. Yeah. And Jerry's concerned that, like, the overdue fines on the book are going to 70s and never returned it, so he's been tracking him down. And Jerry's concerned that, like, the overdue fines on the book are going to be, like, $50,000. And there's a just – if you look up his name on Twitter this week, you will absolutely find the scene where he confronts Jerry in his apartment and gives him a big, like, rant about how it's not the money, it's the principle of, like, you took the book out and so kids can't see what they need to see in this book.

And now he's a pervert. Yeah, and he's a pervert. He's like, listen up, joy boy. And it's just I don't know how many takes they needed, but the one that went to air, it's just Jerry trying not to laugh. Yeah, this entire time. This entire time. Anyway, he's great, but as a character actor,

he didn't get a lot of leads, but he's in Paul Thomas Anderson's first movie. He's the lead. It's called Heart 8. Okay. It's on Stan if you're in Australia, but it's, he plays like an older gambler and he's got kind of a checkered past and he meets this down on his luck gambler outside Nevada, played by John C. Reilly. And he like takes him under his wing and he kind of like, here's how you gamble and here's how you do it right kind of thing and there's some drama. But it's him and John C. Reilly and Gwyneth Paltrow's in it and Samuel L. Jackson's in it.

Oh, wow. I've never heard of this. I want to watch this. Give it a whirl. It's from the 90s. It's, yeah. Great. I was like, he's from the 90s.

I know, right? What a missed opportunity. Not this movie. No, no, no. It's good. That being said, I did watch, recently's from the 90s. I know, right? What a missed opportunity. Not this movie. No, no, no. It's good. That being said, I did – recently I watched a movie I mentioned on here called The Card Counter. It's a Paul Schrader movie.

It's got Oscar Isaac in it. Very similar plots. Oh, really? Fascinating how close they are. Maybe it's a coincidence. It's probably a coincidence. Great. Do you know what I'm reading?

What are you reading? I read Batman Fortress. I talked about it last week. Oh, Batman's got a lot of computers. Batman's got a lot of computers. Gary Whitter and Derek Robertson. So there's a global blackout, and Batman thinks it might be aliens,

but he can't tell because everything's out. Okay. And Superman's disappeared. So it's like, what's going on? And it's Batman trying to figure it out. I don't think it's set in any kind of regular continuity batman kind of in a lot of characters have a very distinct voice it's like oh that's it oh so it's like could be could be said anyway it's just it's a standalone which

is what i like um as well i like it when like it's like it's it's all batman obviously but there's a few things where you're like oh that's interesting okay okay yeah there's there's like a line about like he says something to Jim Gordon, are we friends? Like Jim Gordon says, are we friends? And Batman's like, well, I guess we're friends in the sense that we're two people who don't trust each other and one of us is wearing a mask or something like that.

It's good. It's only one issue at the moment. The next one's out like end of this month. Do you think Jim Gordon then went home and went, oh, I thought we were friends? Maybe I should wear a mask. Is that what's happening? Maybe we could be mask friends this month, but I enjoyed it. Do you think Jim Gordon then went home and went, oh, I thought we were friends? Maybe I should wear a mask? Is that what's happening? No.

Is that what it's about? Maybe we could be mask friends? Yeah, if you like Batman. I think it's interesting enough. I do like Batman. To give it a look-see. In a lot of ways, that's the entire premise of this show. Agreed.

That we like Batman and Batman-related characters and Buzz Lightyear and Buzz Lightyear-related characters. That is right. What else have you been up to? You watched some more Ms. Marvel, I assume? No, I'm behind. They made a mistake releasing that at the same time as Obi-Wan because it's the lowest debut of a Marvel Disney Plus show.

Oh, because they come out the same day, right? Yeah, same day. Because I watched Obi-Wan on Wednesday and I forgot that it came out. And then I was like, oh, what am I going to do now? And then I'm like, oh, shit, Ms. Marvel's out. I wonder if they were banking on people going, oh, I watched one, now I'll watch the other. But, I mean, to do that, it would have to, like,

play immediately after. It would, wouldn't it? Yeah. But it doesn't. It should. I mean, the algorithm should go, you like this crap? Have some more crap. You like crap?

Let's show them some more crap in you. Yeah. Anyway, it's good. I like it. I'm behind on The Boys. I'm behind on Obi-Wan. I'm behind on Ms. Marvel. You're going to have to catch up because we're going to do

our Obi-Wan review this week, Mason. I'll be done by then, yes. Okay, good. Great, terrific. Exciting stuff. Yeah. People have some hot opinions about Obi-Wan and I have just a regular opinion, I think. No.

Of it, you know? Have you considered raising the temp of your opinion to hot, hot, hot? I could maybe see if I could drudge up some something. Terrific. You know? Sure, yeah, great. Anything else you've been looking into? No, I think that's about everything this week.

I love the way that you bring ideas and also letters theme songs. I love the two things that you do. Well, I'm not going to bring any ideas currently, but I'm going to bring the letters theme songs. That's okay, man. That's cool. Here it goes. The classic one was letters, oh, letters.

We love you, some letters. They're only a day away. I know they're here right now. We're going to do letters. What you're bringing this episode, James, is great for the listeners. Yep. A series of funny little faces and funny little dances. It's true.

Little cheeky, I would say cheeky faces. Yes, that's right. You're like, ooh, I'm a bad widdle boy. That's me. You know? Mason. Can you believe what I'm doing? Adle boy. That's me. You know? Mason. Can you believe what I'm doing? A little dance?

Is it true, Mason? Go on. That in the later segment of the show, you read through our Gmails at weeklyplanetpod at gmail.com, and I look at Twitter at hashtag weeklyplanetpod. That's true. And then we converse with the things that people have sent our way. Is that true? That is very true.

What have you got this week? This is from Aaron. Hello, Aaron. Pennsylvania regional dispute because, you know, sometimes we send a regional dispute. Oh, I love a regional dispute. And you're going to love this one. Okay.

And I think there's a clear answer on this one, and you'll know why as soon as I get to it. Is it a bug thing? No, it's not a bug thing. Hey, guys, my name's AJ. Hello. Which is it? Is this the dispute?

This is the dispute. Hey, I'm from name's AJ. Hello. Which is it? Is this the dispute? This is the dispute. Hey, I'm from Pennsylvania in the US. A few years ago I moved to Ireland and I wanted to say thank you for making my hour and a half commutes to work in Dublin a bit more bearable. They sound like they'd be lovely. I think that's a long time. It is a long time. I assume that's for the day, right?

Not either way. This is an hour and a half commutes to work. How does he get home? I don't know. I'm hoping he does. You know what? A long trip on like a train or something, that's nice. Yeah, he can sit back and.

An hour and a half driving, no good. Nah, sucks. Back home in Pennsylvania, we have a passionate regional dispute that you could lay to rest. We make a dessert that looks like a sandwich consisting of two buns, usually made out of chocolate cake batter with frosting in between. And here's the, here's the, you'll know, you'll. So it's cake with frosting. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Turn it inside out. Turn it inside out. Okay, but James, here's the, you'll know. So it's cake with frosting.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Turn it inside out. Turn it inside out. Okay, but James, here's the thing. Okay. Some of us, like my misguided friend Tyler, call them gobs. Okay. And some, wait, no, some of us call them gobs,

but some, like my misguided friend Tyler, call them whoopie pies. If we could all come to an agreement on this, it would truly unite all Pennsylvanians for all time. These look amazing, by the way. Have you seen these? No, I have not seen them. Look at this. Oh, yeah.

We get something like that in Australia. Yeah, god damn. It's like a big cookie kind of. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you don't want to call anything a gob. No, what's the other name? Whoopie pie. I mean, that's not great.

I've heard that before, I'm sure. In Australia, gob means something entirely different. Yeah, you can't say that. Yeah, you can't go to a shop and ask for a gob. Well, it depends on the shop. If it's a shop that specializes in that, you could probably ask. It says there is no difference between a gob and a whoopie pie. Wow.

Different regions simply refer to them by different names. In fact, several different states. No, you can't call them a gob, I'm sorry. No. If you could come up with a third option that is better. Yeah, whoopie pie is terrible. It's really bad, yeah. It implies that you'd sit on it. Yeah, like a cushion. Which is a whole other genre of creep. Oh, is it because it looks like a whoopie cushion? I guess.

Okay. Interesting. Why is it called a whoopie pie? Oh my goodness. The name originated from the Amish men who, when they found these treats in their lunch boxes, would exclaim, whoopee.

Wow. That's made up, right? Yeah, it seems made up, isn't it? Yeah, so there you go. It's also alternatively called a black moon. I like that. Yeah. Or Bob.

No. Or Bob. No. Or a BFO, a big fat Oreo. I like the black, was it black moon? Did you say? Yeah. I like that one. We're calling it that. All right.

Done and done. There we go. Mason, I've got a tweet here from Jack who says, hashtag weekly planet pod. A good topic for the podcast is scariest movie and TV villains. For example, the scariest villain for me is Homelander. He is terrifying. That's a good idea.

It wouldn't have to be like a horror movie icon either. It could just be like, that's a spooky guy. I would pick Mr. Boogity. What about bureaucracy? That's scary, isn't it? You're talking about the, what's that movie where Matt Damon's putting on hats and running through doorways? Oh, the Adjustment Bureau.

Yes. That bureaucracy? That's probably bureaucracy or time or something. Or time or something. That's a great idea, Jack, and maybe we'll come back to that at some point. I love that suggestion. That's right.

This is from Danen. Danen. He says, I made a movie for James and Maceo if he wants it. Wow. Hello. What, you assume that I want it? Yeah. I made a movie for James.

He'll like this. You love all movies. You've said that before. That's true. I loved everything. Been a fan for a long time and finally worked up the courage to write in. I recently finished my Avatar The Last Airbender fan film about

Toph. I assume that's a character that you are familiar with, James. I wanted to ask if you guys have any favourite fan films that come to mind. Anyways, thanks for everything you guys do. I linked the film here in case you guys wanted to take a look. So folks, https colon slash slash

youtu.be slash p underscore capital G lowercase g capital A capital H, lowercase d 5, lowercase s lowercase i capital E. Is it a YouTube link? Yes.

Can you click on the link? Is it live action or is it? I'm going to click it right now. Or is it animations? I'm clicking it right now. It's got a million views. Whoa. It doesn't need us. Nah.

Yeah. Toe fan avatar fan film. How do you do it? T-O. T-O-P-H. Yeah, they announced this week that they're. Live action. Does that.

All sorts of stuff's happening. They announced this week that, yeah, they're making... It's got 89,000 likes. Wow, that's incredible. Oh, yeah, she's the blind girl who does the... Yeah, that's cool, man.

I'd forgotten which character that was. So, yeah, this is... They announced three new animated films coming from that. Oh, my goodness. Yeah, well,

this has got heaps of traction. Good for him, man. That's great. Some Jeremy H. Prowl. Oh, fan film, sorry. Yes, yes. I love a Star Wars fan film, good or bad. I know a lot of people said like, you know this stuff in Obi-Wan, it just looks like a fan film.

I've seen some of these Darth Vader fan films. Let me tell you, they're not maybe what you think they are. Do you like a Star Wars fan film where everybody's gone absolutely ham with those lightsabers? No, I don't. Or do you prefer a slow contemplative one? I think there's definitely something to be said of that, and there's some really good ones. For example, there's one called Darth Maul Apprentice,

which I quite like. There's one I've talked about before where there's a guy trapped on a whatever. No, it's a rebel who's been left behind on Hoth, and it uses, like, stop motion and stuff in it, which is quite cool. Yeah, there's a bunch of them that I do enjoy. What about you?

Do you like a Batman versus Predator fan film or something like that? Yes, yes. That fan film, I can't remember what it's called, but there's that one where he's hunting the Joker and then it turns out the Predator is there. That one looks incredible and I feel the arrival of the Predator kind of lets it down a little bit. Kind of ruins it, yeah. Is it the aliens and the Predator. The Predator is there. That one looks incredible. And I feel the arrival of the Predator kind of lets it down. Kind of ruins it, yeah. Is it the aliens and the Predator?

I think it is aliens and Predators, yeah. Like from a production standpoint and like lighting and all that sort of stuff, I remember that looking incredible. Yeah. And being like, oh, it's on. And the suit. I remember the suit being good. The suit looks really good.

And I'm like, and he was like a big, a big. He's a big Batman. Like a big wide Batman. Like imagine like Adam west batman but like not like ripped yeah yeah and that that looked really but i i feel like i remember watching that and going oh this is great and then it was sort of undercut by the aliens and predator thing i think yeah it was just batman fighting the road uh one i think we've maybe mentioned before is minty which is the oh yeah red oh i like, which is about a former Judge Minty

who is taking the long walk into the cursed earth. I like that one a lot. That was really good, yeah. There's one that I like, which is just two people going ham on each other. It's Darth Vader. A porno. It's a porno.

It's Darth Vader versus Batman or something. Oh, you like that one. Well, that one's just insane. I like how insane that one is, yeah. So I didn't say I don't mind people going ham on each other in certain things. I should specify. Yeah.

Oh, I've got one here, Mason. It's from Jeremy H. Prowl87. He says, my daughter calls you the lettuce boys because on the lettuce theme play she thought you said lettuce. She knows it's lettuce now but doesn't care, neither do I. Just thought you should know. Love the show. Keep up the lettuce, boys.

We are saying lettuce. Yes, that's right. She was right. The vegetable. We are saying that. There's you should know. Love the show. Keep up the lettuce, boys. We are saying lettuce. Yes, that's right. She was right. The vegetable. We are saying that. There's a big lettuce shortage in Australia. There's a lettuce shortage in Australia. They're putting cabbage in our KFC wraps and people aren't having it.

I'll be honest. Couldn't tell you what the difference is. I mean, why would just put nothing in? Just put nothing in. People don't want it. Put spinach in. I'd rather spinach, quite frankly. Or nothing.

Whenever we go to a KFC or a Red Rooster, you get the lettuce taken out anyway. But if they gave me a spinach option, I would take the spinach. Interesting. Very interesting, right? I'm very interesting. That's the most interesting. Look how interesting I am. You're very interesting.

I bet the people who make it think you're interesting as well. That's why I do it. What's the most interesting thing a man has ever done in this KFC or Red Rooster? The thing, this thing. Yeah, yeah. Is it not ordering, taking the lettuce out? And they're like, sure, man. Yeah, that's super interesting.

You're very interesting. And I'm like, thank you. We love how interesting you are. Yeah, yeah. Here's one more email. I love one more email. This is from Ethan. Hi, Ethan.

My name's Ethan, and I'm a paleontologist from Utah. Oh my god, we recently talked about Jurassic Park Dominion World. Probably why he's emailed in. Well, let's find out. Let's not jump ahead. Okay, I just listened to all your Jurassic Park Caravan of Garbages and your Jurassic World Dominion review. Just to stop you there, this is about

the Jurassic World Dominion. That's why he's writing it. Confirmed. Yeah. I mean, he doesn't say specifically. He just says I have listened to all of them. But he doesn't say specifically and then, and as a result of that, I decided to do that. That's faulty reasoning on your behalf. Okay, you're right. You're right.

Let's play it. I had a great time listening to you guys bash and break down the only consistently running dinosaur series. Yep. I just wish we had more out there. I love Jurassic stuff as much as anyone. I even helped design the Battle at Big Rock Allosaurus. I love that stuff as much as anyone. I even helped design the battle at Big Rock Allosaurus. Oh, I love that

short. There you go. That one, you know, we watched that one. It's like the one set between the last two movies. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's really good. Yeah, it's a good one. Yeah. It's the best Jurassic Park thing other than the first movie. There it is. Yeah. But I wish dinosaurs were taken seriously in pop culture again. If you want a fantastic dinosaur series to take a look at that

shows accurate dinosaurs in their own environment, check out Prehistoric Planet on Apple TV+. I know, I've got to get to it. High-budget show produced by Jon Favreau with music by Hans Zimmer that shows how incredible and amazing dinosaurs were. Also, as a person who literally specialises in T-Rex, it should have taken the Spinosaurus head clear off so you could see down the neck hole.

I knew it. There you go. Both of us knew it. Yeah. That's interesting. Oh, wow, that's really cool. I will watch that because I loved Walking with Dinosaurs head clear off so you can see down the neck hole. I knew it. There you go. Both of us knew it. Yeah. That's interesting. Oh, wow, that's really cool. I will watch that because I loved Walking with Dinosaurs when that came out.

I should just say, we got to the end of the email, and he didn't say as a result of watching. So this is a coincidence. This is a coincidence. Could be a coincidence. Let's not even assume that. It could be a coincidence, yeah. Wow.

I want to watch that with my son, the dinosaur one. Terrific. Because he's a child and that with my son, the dinosaur one. Terrific. Because he's a child and that's all they like. That's true. And they like the Buzz Lightyear movies as they're watching them but not beyond that point, yeah. To infinity but not beyond that, all right? Stop right there.

To infinity and a certain point, I guess. That's right. Is that the show? That is the whole show, folks. Thank you so much. I hate it when the end of the show, Mason. I just wish this show could go forever. Let's do it.

I've got people coming around. We have to wrap it up. Yeah, we've got like two minutes. So, folks, thank you so much for listening to the show. Thank you for subscribing to the podcast on your podcast platform of choice. Thank you for telling your friends about it. And thank you for leaving a nice five-star review on your podcast platform of choice because that is how we get new listeners. Also, they're telling people about it.

Yeah, that's true. Both of those things. Yeah, you can tell people on a digital platform also. Some people might be like, what's your favorite podcast? And then you say this. Or some people might be like, hey, my Intel Pentium, whatever, I'm not sure the screen's got one of those lines across it. Is there any way that you could perhaps like, does anyone know how to fix that? Weekly Planet Podcast.

That's right. You could be in a Teams meeting on a Slack channel or something or a Zoom meeting and they could be like, you seem really distracted. Your work seems to be suffering. It's like, because I'm listening to the Weekly Planet. You're fired. And then you're like, cool, man, thanks.

Yeah, nice. You could be at a big football match and you hold up a sign that says the Weekly Planet. Some people are doing Weekly Planet graffiti, I saw. Yeah, that's great. For a good time, listen to the Weekly Planet podcast. We don't condone that, but if it happens, it happens. I condone it.

You could be in a pub trying to convince the chef to make a pie even though they don't normally make pies. You could be like, listen. What about a shepherd's pie? Would they make a shepherd's pie? Yeah. Seems easier. You just put some potato on top.

Wow, that's a very ignorant statement. I bet there are some pub chefs out there going, oh, you just make a shepherd's pie. Hey, man, if you were a real chef, you wouldn't be at a pub. I'd fucking go. That's not true. I love pub food. Good pub food is incredible, Mason, and I won't have you speak ill of it.

Yeah. You get a wonderful chicken parma. You get a side salad. You get a gob for dessert, you know? That's what you do. That's right. And then you order a dessert. Yes.

Folks, we did it. Anyway, I've got some reviews here. This is from Gav135246. He says, fantastic podcast. This podcast helped me get through the lockdown in my city. It's absolutely hilarious. Also, I can't hear Tom Holland talk without thinking. It's a fantastic podcast. This podcast helped me get through the lockdown in my city. It's absolutely hilarious. Also, I can't hear Tom Holland talk without thinking about Mason's Tom Holland voice. Thanks for ruining Spider-Man for me.

You're welcome. This one's from Simon O'Hate who says, Australia Wikipedia Brown. Another five-star review. Just so easy. Just an app. Australia officially the Commonwealth of Australia is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, the numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country by area in Oceania and is the world's

sixth largest country. Australia's population is nearly 26 million in an area of 7,617,930 square kilometers, and it's highly urbanized and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Canberra is the nation's capital. Boo. Let me just say that. While the largest city is Sydney, and other major metropolitan areas include Melbourne, Brizzy, Perth and Radelaide. Yep, that's true.

So true, bestie. Yeah. That's what they say. What else happens on this show, Mason? Folks, what we also do is we say if you want to get into contact with us, you can go to weeklyplanetpod at gmail.com. You can go find us at weeklyplanetpod at Facebook, at Twitter. See if you can find us.

Bandcamp. We bet you can't find us. Well, you can't find us. We also have Weekly Planet Shorts on YouTube now. That's true, yeah. Short clips. We're also on TikTok as well. There's a TikTok. So thank you to Sarabi and all the folks.

Fidel, that's right. Fidel, that's right. You can go to the Planet Broadcasting Great Mates Facebook group. You can go to the Weekly Planet pod Reddit and Discord for fun chats about podcasting and pop culture. Let's see. If you want to support the show, you can go to – oh, wait. No, before that.

What? You can follow our friend Rob Collings. He's at Rob Collings on Twitter. He's also at the Weekly Planet on Twitter. That's all the updates and he does all sorts of cool stuff. Yeah. He has this podcast for one thing. That's the coolest thing. He's going to do a backflip this week. I don't know if you saw. He's going to do a backflip. He's been working updates and he does all sorts of cool stuff. He has this podcast for one thing. That's the coolest thing.

He's going to do a backflip this week. I don't know if you saw. He's been working up to doing a backflip and he's going to post a video of him doing a backflip this week. That's incredible. Cannot wait for that. If anybody we knew could just be like, I've decided I'm going to work my way up to doing a backflip and just do a backflip, I feel it would be Rob Collings. I watched a video this week

of somebody working their way up doing a backflip in a gym and as I'm watching it, I'm like, I think I can do this. I definitely can't, but it made me go, I think I can do this. Wow. But I can't, Mason. You could never do it. Rob Collings is going to do it, though.

He's going to do it, though. You can follow me on Twitter at Wikipedia Brown, on Instagram at NickMaso. James is MrSundayMovies everywhere. If you want to support the show, you can go to patreon.com slash MrSundayMovies. You can chuck in a buck or any amount you would not miss. You can also go to bigsandwich.co.

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Didn't you say you didn't like it, though? You said, I don't like these podcasts. Yeah, I said they're bad podcasts. Okay, cool. Just kidding. I think they're good and funny podcasts. They're funny boys. Very funny episode. People should check that out. I will.

And that, I think, is the whole show next week. I think we're going to do something Star Trek related, right? We might. We might have a very special guest. It's me. Oh. Yeah. I'm just going to be. You were saying for like the last couple of weeks there was going to be a really special guest. Yeah, it's me. What did you think I meant?

It's me, Mason. You said special guest, special, special. Special. It's me. All right, grab that jam, folks. We'll see you next week. It's me, Mason. Oh, that's great, actually.

I like that. It's fun when you're around. Goodbye. Goodbye. FX's The Veil explores the surprising and fraught relationship All right. Goodbye.