The Weekly Planet - 440 The Umbrella Academy Season 3

Episode Date: June 27, 2022

This week on a very special shortened edition of the podcast we talk The Umbrella Academy Season 3 plus the first reactions to Thor Love & Thunder, Phase Four plans and more timecoded below. Thank...s for listening!Visit bigsandwich.co for a bonus weekly show, exclusive movie commentaries, early stuff and ad-free podcast feeds for $9 per month.NEW! The Weekly Planet Clips YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/oGr7Zi51D8E00:00 The Start04:00 John Williams Retirement07:44 Buzz Lightyear Box Office Bomb11:21 New Green Hornet Movie14:47 Kraven the Hunter Character Changes22:00 Cal Kestis Star Wars Series24:02 George R.R Martin details Jon Snow Series28:37 Dog Time29:14 Multiverse of Madness Disney Plus Extras31:12 Thor Love and Thunder Early Reactions34:57 Kevin Feige on Phase Four Plans37:52 The Umbrella Academy Season Three SPOILER-FREE Review51:09 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read57:48 Letters, It’s Time For LettersJames' 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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Starting point is 00:00:56 Red hot comic book movie news. Shooting up your butt hole. The Weekly Planet. The Weekly Planet. Welcome back, everybody, to another episode. The Weekly Planet. The Weekly Planet. 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, and thank God, is my co-host, Nick Mason.
Starting point is 00:01:17 It's great to be here on The Weekly Planet, exclamation point, not question mark. Oh, really? That's what you said. I would never. You definitely know what show you're doing every time you hit the record button that is true though sometimes when i do my other less successful podcasts with my wife suggestible i call her my suggestible my wife suggestible yeah
Starting point is 00:01:34 i call her mason and suggest okay there we go we've found the level that's right we're recording this one a little bit early as we sometimes do because i'll be away this weekend so if we miss any big news just know it's because we knew about it and we decided not to include it. That's exactly correct. And any other time we might miss out on any news, it's not because we don't have any powers of observation or we're not on top of everything.
Starting point is 00:01:57 We're 100% on top of anything. We just recorded early. Yeah, exactly. That's right. Mason. Even if we said we recorded late. That was a joke that we did. Do you want to hear the topics of the week?
Starting point is 00:02:10 I would love to hear the topics of the week. Okay. So we're going to talk about the retiring of a cinematic legend, a new adaptation of The Green Hornet. Maybe some exciting news, I think, for some Star Wars lime action stuff coming up. Oh, my goodness. What's his name? What's that stupid guy with the lion vest?
Starting point is 00:02:29 Oh, Kraven. Kraven. That was going to be my one bit of news. Maybe I'll sneak it in quick. It could still be your one bit of news if you are so inclined. He's a stupid man with a stupid lion vest. I want to quickly talk about some Multiverse of Madness stuff that was revealed because it's now on streaming, Mason.
Starting point is 00:02:43 The Thor Love and Thunder reactions. Oh. My goodness. React-na-rock, I should call it. That's good. And also what's going to be happening in Marvel Phase 4. And then we're going to be talking a bit about the Umbrella Academy, seeing as I've watched all of it and Mason has watched some of it.
Starting point is 00:02:57 I've watched some of it. That's correct. That's right. But if you wanted Mason to watch all of it, that's my fault because I pushed this forward. So, you know, if anyone's upset about Mason not watching all of Umbrella Academy, including you, Mason. James' fault.
Starting point is 00:03:11 Direct all hate towards weeklyplanetpod at gmail.com, which is my official. No, that's where I read those emails. You don't read any of the emails. James, direct them at somebody else. Yeah, direct them at anybody. Something we don't know. Yeah, that's right. Your boss. Now, Mason, there are time codes below, aren't at somebody else. Yeah, direct them at anybody. Somebody we don't know. Yeah, that's right.
Starting point is 00:03:25 Your boss. Now, Mason, there are time codes below, aren't there? Yes. If people want to jump around because Rob Collings, who edits this, always does that. What a wonderful job he's done. Let's start with this via the Washington Post. After.
Starting point is 00:03:40 This is going well. After six plus decades. Your brain is going, okay, after this, got to put on the washing. Yeah. Post. Website. Oh, shit. You just reminded me.
Starting point is 00:03:50 Hang on, I'll be right back. Are you actually putting the washing on? Oh, my God. This is unprecedented. This is can you believe he's putting on the washing over putting on the content. He's having some sort of conversation with his wife. Could be an argument. He's back.
Starting point is 00:04:07 He's coming back. It's all right. Now, James, I note you didn't. I forgot something. You didn't actually put the washing on. You simply told your wife to do something. Well, that counts, doesn't it? That counts.
Starting point is 00:04:17 We're a unit. I do a lot of the washing. Just to clarify, I'm a very housework-focused husband. You know that show House Husbands? No. It's made up, but it's about me. Okay. I'm sure there's a whole called House.
Starting point is 00:04:30 There's definitely a show. I'm sure there's a whole. Let's just do the show, Mason. Enough with your distractions. I bet there's ten shows called House Husbands. Yeah. And there's summer reality shows and summer about it. What do these husbands get up to when their wives are right?
Starting point is 00:04:44 Oh, they're in the bloody man cave and they're drinking a brewski. Playing some pool. Playing some billiards. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Dart boards. Dart boards, all right. Soccer, table soccer. Mason, after six plus decades in the industry,
Starting point is 00:04:59 John Williams is retiring. Good. Good riddance. He's 90 years old. So he's been doing it since he was 30 years old. Well, here's some of the things that he worked on. This isn't the first thing, but he worked on Lost in Space from 1964. Wow.
Starting point is 00:05:15 He worked on Fiddler on the Roof from the 70s, Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, my goodness, and various other things like scattered throughout. Like you started in television and very quickly kind of, more in the 70s, you know, he kind of transitioned over into big cinemas and he's kind of your go-to guy for if you want a big bombastic and, you know, some subtle cinematic scores. But we don't listen to the subtle cinema.
Starting point is 00:05:39 They disappear. Yes. Speaking of subtle cinematic scores, your children are screaming. Is that because of the thing scores, your children are screaming. Is that because of the thing you asked your wife to do? Yes, I said scream at the kids and have them scream back. It's something to do. It's something to do on a weekend.
Starting point is 00:05:56 We've seen all the movies. Just do some helpful screaming. I took him to Buzz Lightyear and he won't stop not talking about it. We need something else to do. We thought he would talk about it for at least the weekend. Yeah, that's right. And you could go, uh-huh, yes, I agree. He hasn't said word one about it. We should talk about the Buzz Lightyear box office actually.
Starting point is 00:06:13 But anyway, this is a quote from John Williams. At the moment I'm working on Indiana Jones 5, which Harrison Ford, who's quite a bit younger than I am, I think has announced will be his last film. So I thought if Harrison can do it, then perhaps I can also. I don't want to be seen as categorically eliminating any activity, Mason. Sure. Categorically eliminating any activity.
Starting point is 00:06:36 I can't play tennis, but I'd like to be able to believe that maybe one day I will. So there you go. You know what, John? I believe you can play tennis. Maybe your second career. He's just out there. He's the first man to return one of those Serena
Starting point is 00:06:49 Williams serves. This guy's incredible. He should have started 70 years ago. It's amazing. I've told you a story about my friend from school. No. I don't want to hear about any of your friends from school. It'll be quick. I think it's quite funny. He's a guy who maybe lacks a little bit of self-awareness.
Starting point is 00:07:08 Oh, yeah, great. Maybe he got hit in the head. I don't know what's going on with him. I'll name him so you know. Okay, great. Oh, yeah. But he was talking about, he's like, yeah, no, I used to play tennis when I was a kid.
Starting point is 00:07:18 I was really good, you know what I mean? I was quite talented. But then I quit. And they're like, well, why did you quit? And he goes, I kept beating everybody. I'm sure. So who knows where he would have ended up. That's very true, yeah.
Starting point is 00:07:32 He would have run through the entire population of the earth playing tennis. No one could defeat him, you know. And then you become a king of the earth because of how good you are at tennis playing. That's right. And then, you know, no more worlds left to conquer. Not with John Williams not playing. That's exactly right. I think John Williams should maybe take a page out of Danny Elfman's book,
Starting point is 00:07:49 like just before he retires, he should do a set at Coachella and take his shirt off and we see all his weird tattoos. And so ripped. Yeah. Do you see how ripped Danny Elfman was? Yeah. People are like, what's happened here? Great question.
Starting point is 00:08:00 It was great. I was going to say he was in a rock. He was in Oingo Boingo. Yes, a rock band. The was in Oingo Boingo. Yes, a rock band. The rock band Oingo Boingo. That famous rock band filled with trumpets and saxophones and so forth. But, yeah, he's clearly. He's done so, I mean, we'll probably end up,
Starting point is 00:08:16 we don't often do music episodes, if ever, but I feel like we should definitely do one on, like, the work of John Williamson. Okay, right. It would be a lot of us describing something and going, yeah, that's a good one, isn't it? Yeah. We can't play it for various licensing purposes.
Starting point is 00:08:28 Yeah, but we can hum it. Which is that? Beetlejuice. Oh, did he do that? I don't know. Was that Danny Elfman? That was Danny Elfman. Yeah, that's right.
Starting point is 00:08:38 Great. Let's quickly talk about Lightyear though because it massively underperformed. I think it's only at about, oh, as of like Friday uh but like 100 million worldwide 100 million yeah 200 million budget some people saying is because it's too woke I would say because it's just not really a great kids movie do you think it's because uh Chris Evans iPhone 6 finally packed in publicly and oh yeah by that and they're like well he probably you know he probably didn't bring the full weight of his performance. How is he running a six? Like I was running a six to like 2014, 2015 and it was struggling.
Starting point is 00:09:11 Yeah. What probably happens is he sends text to an assistant who has a modern phone and then that assistant like does modern day phone stuff. Yeah, you might be right. Actually, I think I had it longer than that. I think I had it maybe even 2017, 2018. What are years and what are phones right anyway uh so buzz like look i think it's also one of those things i think it's like a number of reasons i don't really think it's
Starting point is 00:09:33 that tiny moment that i nearly missed where two women kiss i mean they had there was uh there was a similar kind of tiny scene in multiverse of madness and that's like a $900 million plus movie. But anyway, whatever. I think it's like the last two Pixar movies have gone to streaming. I think it's probably going to do well on Disney+. It's also confusing as to what it is. I asked Claire, I'm like, what do you think this is about? And she's like, I don't know.
Starting point is 00:09:58 And I'm like, it's the movie that Andy watched when he was a boy that inspired him to get the Buzz Lightyear action figure. And so it's the origin story of the action figure, but as an actual movie. And she's like, what? Okay. But do you think that the general public cares about that? Because I feel like if you just said, it's a Buzz Lightyear movie. I'll Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story.
Starting point is 00:10:18 Yep. Yeah. Maybe people are either going to see it or not. They don't, I don't think they, I don't think they're going to go, okay, but it's the toys are going to be the toy. Where's the toy? I think they'd go, maybe I'll see it or not. I don't think they're going to go, okay, but the toys are going to be the toy, whereas the toy, I think they'd go, maybe I'll see it or not.
Starting point is 00:10:26 Yeah. Maybe they should have called it Buzz Lightyear, the character from Toy Story. Right? Yeah. A Toy Story story. Yeah. I don't know.
Starting point is 00:10:36 Maybe it was the thing that Tim Allen didn't come back. I don't think it's that. I don't think it's that either. Yeah. I mean, is it because families who would normally take, who in years past would have taken their kids to this kind of movie have gotten used to the fact that they appear on Disney Plus? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:10:51 Like the last two were like, and they can just go, well, do you want to watch Turning Red again or whatever? And they go, yes. And then it saves them a trip to the cinema. Yeah. I think also when like four Toy Story movies already exist on Disney Plus plus all the extras, maybe you're just like, they can watch Toy Story at home, I'm not.
Starting point is 00:11:08 Yeah. Take them to fucking Minions 2 whenever that comes out. Let me ask you this question about Minions. I'm ready. Here we go. So on all the billboards and stuff, there's like four different Minions. There's like one with one eye and there's one, there's a tall one and a short one and a fourth one.
Starting point is 00:11:21 I don't know. Maybe it's a girl one. Are they individual characters or does Steve Carell just like extrude a new minion whenever he needs one out of a pipe? No, he doesn't. He didn't create them. They already existed. And if you've watched Minions, the origin movie,
Starting point is 00:11:37 they existed like at the dawn of time and they've been looking for a master. They've been wearing goggles since the dawn of time? Yeah, I don't know. Maybe it was like a fern goggle. Maybe a fern goggle, sure. Yeah. But they're not – I know they're kind of memed to death by boomers and, like, people are kind of like, I hate these.
Starting point is 00:11:54 Like, they're not – they're pretty good movies, really, for kids' movies. They're pretty fun, yeah. But, like, so the four minions, they're specific ones. Yeah, there's, like, Kevin and the other one or whatever. I know there's only – I can't remember the other names. But there's definitely a Kevin. They have names and goggles and phone goggles. Do you think Kevin is named after Kevin Bacon?
Starting point is 00:12:10 He's named after Kevin Rudd, former Australian Prime Minister. That's terrific. And the timeline works out there as well. I agree. Yeah, yeah. There we go. This is by a deadline. It says that Lee Whannell is in negotiations.
Starting point is 00:12:21 Lee Whannell, of course, recently did The Invisible Man. He also left The Wolfman recently because he's just like, what's a dead franchise that I can fiddle around with? Sure. The Dark Universe. You can fuck around with that. That's right. Nobody cares.
Starting point is 00:12:34 If it doesn't work, they just throw it on the pile and then whenever anybody reminisces about The Dark Universe, they confuse your movie with another one. It's like Robin Hood movies or King Arthur movies. People are like, oh, my God, that last one sucked. Who made it? I don't know. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:12:49 Guy Ritchie? Do you mean, yeah, the last one or the- Last, last one. Yeah, the Russell Crowe one or the Taron Egerton one. Yeah. Anyways, he's going to be directing The Green Hornet and Kato, the movie. Whoa. Now, we got a Michael Gondry version of that with Seth Rogen and... Jay Chow?
Starting point is 00:13:05 Yes. And I've seen that movie. And Christoph Waltz is in it. Oh, yeah. It was after he'd done that thing that people liked him in. It's okay. Yeah, and so whatever Seth Rogen's character's name is, Brit or Brett or Brick or something.
Starting point is 00:13:19 Brack. Steve Bracks. He was named after the Victorian Labor Premier Steve Bracks. Oh, my God. The timeline lines up. Timeline lines up. But he was like a useless playboy kind of character. You got the Batman Arkham fighting skills from Kato.
Starting point is 00:13:37 From watching the Arkham games. So famously, Bruce Lee played him. We saw that, of course, once upon a time in Hollywood. Yeah, Bruce Lee played Kato and then some other guy played. Yeah, some other guy. Rich Brickland. Steve Brax. Steve Brax.
Starting point is 00:13:50 Yeah, but. Rich Reid. Yeah. A wealthy newspaper publisher and the masked crime fighter known as the Green Hornet. Cameron Diaz was in it as well. Anyway, I remember it being fine but not great. David Harbour is in it.
Starting point is 00:14:00 Is he? Says that here. So Michael. Edward James Olmos. Olmos? He was Olmos in it. Wow, there Says that here. So Michael. Edward James Olmos. Olmos? He was Olmos in it. Wow, there you go. Yeah, so the director of this, he did like Be Kind, Rewind,
Starting point is 00:14:13 and things like that. And he's known for like really incredible, you know, physical like props and recreate. And, you know, like the sweep that was shot and they'll pull things back and it looks like it's done digitally but it's actually a really complicated. Yeah. Well, he did Eternal Sunshine as well.
Starting point is 00:14:29 Yeah, exactly. So that's a very good example of that. And a lot of music videos, I think. Yeah. So I remember they kind of, the studio like wrestled a lot of like power away from him and it kind of became this whatever movie. Yes. But I think it's, look, there's definitely something here, I think.
Starting point is 00:14:46 Yes. That could be good. And maybe you'd cast the guy who was Bruce Lee in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Oh, sure. Whoever that guy is, whose name I don't know. But, yeah, okay, do it. I love this trend of him resurrecting things that nobody cares about and that have failed.
Starting point is 00:15:00 Yeah, and that might be good. And it might be good, yeah. So I guess the question as to whether or not it would be good is what company currently owns the Green Hornet? Oh, wow. I'm going to look it up because it might be Dynamite or something. But I think it's more important like what studio has it. What studio?
Starting point is 00:15:18 Yeah, yeah. Well, it's Sony. Yeah, it's Sony. What? Yeah. No, they do some okay things. Do they? I feel like this is a small enough property where they'd just be like,
Starting point is 00:15:29 whatever. Yeah. Because the question becomes, and also it's a hero. Yeah. So at the very least, the hero can do superhero stuff. Yes. As opposed to, oh, here's one bit of news, James. Okay.
Starting point is 00:15:44 Is it Sony Craven news? Yeah, it's James, it's Spum news. Yes. Spum's, oh, here's one bit of news, James. Okay. Is it Sony Craven news? Yeah, it's James, it's Spum news. Spum's back in the news. The Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel movies. Thank God. And here's, there's been an interview with Aaron Taylor Johnson. Was this via Variety? This is from Polygon.com, but it's probably from Variety.
Starting point is 00:16:00 Sure. They probably repackaged it. They've repackaged it from Variety. Well, we do that. That's true. So the actor who stars as Craven the Hunter in Sony's upcoming movie revealed more information about the film at the Cine Europe conference. Oh, did you go to that this year?
Starting point is 00:16:12 Yeah, I was there. That's why I'm late or early. Yeah, okay. Time differences. Yeah, I was very European. Was it? Very. Very cosmopolitan.
Starting point is 00:16:21 What kind of breads did they have? They're that swirly bread. Yeah. You know, it looks like two different types of bread in the life of bread. Yeah, yeah. You know. Marbled bread. Whatever kind of bread you don't have in this house, that's the kind of bread they had.
Starting point is 00:16:31 I don't eat bread, Mason. Well, they had every kind of bread. Oh, my God. Just a steaming big table of bread. Just a big wooden table of bread. And, yeah, good bread. That sounds great. It was great.
Starting point is 00:16:41 Maybe next time you could get me an invite. What are you going to do? You stand around the bread table and not eat bread? I'll eat the bread. I eat bread, Mason. I was joking. And I'll definitely eat a good bread. That sounds great. It was great. Maybe next time you could get me an invite. What are you going to do? Stand around the bread table and not eat the bread? I'll eat the bread. I eat bread, Mason. I was joking. And I'll definitely eat a good bread. I don't want waste calories on just eating bread, just pointless bread. I want good bread. No, but I see what would happen there, I think, is you wouldn't appreciate the really good bread because you don't spend the remainder of the year like me eating terrible bread, just the worst processed bread.
Starting point is 00:17:05 So I think that would be a waste of an invite. Could I eat a slice of terrible bread before I eat the good bread? Yes. Could I keep it in my pocket on the plane? You could do that, yes. You have a nice piece of warm, squished, bad bread and you could eat it beforehand. Yes, you could.
Starting point is 00:17:18 Right. Okay, so Taylor Johnson at Cine Europe, which I was at, had all sorts of gelato. And breads, yeah. Bread and gelato. And breads, yeah. Bread and gelato. A little espresso. Yeah. Everybody had a little espresso.
Starting point is 00:17:29 Everybody? Aaron Taylor Johnson took a little sip of his little espresso. I don't drink coffee. I don't think I would appreciate it. Anyway, so we go on. You could keep a cup of 7-Eleven coffee. In my top pocket of my polo shirt. And you could keep it in there and you can sip have a big swing of
Starting point is 00:17:46 cold coffee before you have a good one anyway he sipped his little espresso and he describes craven as one of marvel's most iconic notorious anti-heroes spider-man's number one rival i would not disagree with that anti-hero that i would yeah a character he found particularly interesting because he doesn't have any superpowers. He's just a hunter, a human with conviction, an animal lover and a protector of the natural world. He's a very, very cool character. Now, you just kind of brushed past something in there, though.
Starting point is 00:18:15 What's that? And that's about he's an animal lover and a protector of the natural world. Yeah, there we go, yes. Because my memory of him, if I go into my mind, I'm like, what am I looking at? You're looking at bread. Yeah, I'm looking. I'll push that aside.
Starting point is 00:18:27 You know, like Sherlock. No time for bread. He's wearing a big lion-faced vest. Yes. So what, are they going to make a bloody tofu, bloody kale vest, Mason? He's going to have a bloody kale vest, mate. I mean, there are. Yeah, that's the absolutely insane part of this.
Starting point is 00:18:45 Yeah. I don't know if it was pitched to Aaron. I wonder if Aaron Taylor Johnson is like a vegetarian. You know what I think it is? Yes. Sony, the Sony Spider-Man villains aren't actually villains. Oh, yeah, no, for sure. Because they're trying to make a hero universe.
Starting point is 00:19:00 Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, that's it. I wonder if. They can't have a guy shoot a bunch of lions and then be like, I'm a good guy. Do you think they've pitched it to Taylor Johnson as he's a hero and he's an animal lover and all this sort of stuff? Yeah, I think most likely.
Starting point is 00:19:13 But, yeah, like the whole premise. Look, we've talked about this before, and I don't want to beat a dead horse. A thing that Aaron Taylor Johnson's Craven the Hunter would never do because of how much he loves animals. But the whole vibe of Craven the Hunter, he does have a dead lion's face on his chest. He's killed every- He's bored.
Starting point is 00:19:32 He's killed every big game in the world with his bare hands. Yeah. And there is no more challenge. And the reason he's Spider-Man's number one rival is because he wants to kill Spider-Man because Spider-Man is the most dangerous game. Yes. Russell Crowe's in this. But he's also Zeus. He's also Zeus.
Starting point is 00:19:51 And those universes might be connected. Yeah, yeah. I don't know. But it's, yeah, it's wild. Yeah, okay. They're like, yeah, well, let's try to make this guy a good guy. Why in this universe then is he Spider-Man's number one rival? Are they rivals in terms of crime fighting?
Starting point is 00:20:06 Are they both doing too many good deeds in crime fighting? Yeah, they're saving so many animals, H. It's going to be a saving animals contest. Oh, that sounds terrific. Yeah, I don't know. I mean, look, anything can work, obviously. But Sony has a bad track record on that. I don't like this trend of Sony just being like,
Starting point is 00:20:21 but actually he's a good guy. Just make him a bad guy. Make him a guy who shoots lions. That's what I'm – Yeah, even why aren't they – why isn't there a Prowler solo movie? At least he's – they've got form. He's in the Spider-Verse movie and in the video game. And he's, you know, in the mainstream Marvel Universe,
Starting point is 00:20:41 he's a former villain turned hero. At least there's precedent there and maybe some storylines that they could mine from. Exactly. What are you doing? Come on. Are you right? What's the vest going to be?
Starting point is 00:20:52 We've seen the on-set. Well, I've got a quote here because you've probably seen this. Isn't the on-set photo, is he just wearing like a white button-up shirt and he's running down the street? In a furry coat or whatever. It says, and there's another quote from this event, which you would have heard because you were there. This one is shot in time.
Starting point is 00:21:08 I was too busy stuffing my ears with bread. Why? Well, I've got to. It's Europe. I've filled up my pockets with bread. I didn't have enough room for more bread. Fair enough. This one is shot entirely on location.
Starting point is 00:21:18 Ooh. Very impressive. That doesn't really mean anything. In New York City, baby. Yeah, I guess it is. But like, if he's a good guy and he's saving animals and he's not fighting Spider-Man, what is this?
Starting point is 00:21:31 And where's the... I don't care about any of the other things, James. How's he get the vest? Is it his father? You know what? I bet it's his father's vest. I think Russell Crowe plays his father. I bet it's his father's vest and his father was a big game hunter and he killed the lion and then at the end he's going to put the vest on and he's going to be like,
Starting point is 00:21:48 this is a reminder for me to love all the animals. Oh, God. His father's playing Nikolai Kraven. So I guess it's his father, I guess. I'm assuming. Well, I love movies and I will never stop loving movies, even movies which will be bad. Though the director of this, he did the movie A Most Violent Year,
Starting point is 00:22:06 which is apparently a very good movie, which I haven't seen, but he also did Triple Frontier, which is a movie I also saw for Netflix, and it was fine. That's terrific. Does that have a Brolin in it? Maybe. It's got Ben Affleck in it. Terrific.
Starting point is 00:22:18 And the guy from The Predator. He's in Wolverine with a robot hand. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oscar Isaac is in it, I think, as well. It's a really good cast. It's got that classic thing, which I love of Netflix. There's a new one at the moment, which is Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson. It's like two great actors
Starting point is 00:22:31 who are mates in a boring movie. Terrific, yes. The Rock and Ryan Reynolds. The Rock and Kevin Hart. The Rock and Kevin Hart. You know, all of these movies, they're just... The Rock and Ryan Reynolds again. The Rock and Roll, Mason. Is there a poster in that? Two great mates, boring movie.
Starting point is 00:22:47 Two great actors, boring movie. What is it, Mason? It's something like that, isn't it? Something like that, isn't it? Yeah. Weekly Planet posters go, I will sort it out when he eventually gets around to that. This bit of news, Mason, is via the Christian Harloff YouTube channel. You might know from the Schmoes, no?
Starting point is 00:23:00 You might know him from Collider. He has a scoop, it seems, but to be considered a rumour that Cal Kestis, you might know from the Fallen Order video game. Yes. There's a live-action Star Wars series in the works starring Cameron Monaghan, plays Cal Kestis. Whoa. And his likeness of Cal Kestis is used in the video games.
Starting point is 00:23:20 Apparently he's signed on, so it is happening, but no production date has been set. I would love that. I would love it also. I mean, they could do all of the action sequences they did in that game in live action, but they already did that in Obi-Wan. They're going to have to think of new ideas. Do you think, if this comes to fruition,
Starting point is 00:23:39 do you think it'll just be a retelling of the video game or do you think it'll be a new thing? No, I think it'll be a further adventure of, because that's how they do it. You know what I mean? They kind of don't really double do a thing, except for Obi-Wan, which did a lot of the things that the game did. Correct, yes. But, no, I think he's great.
Starting point is 00:23:58 And, you know, actually we follow each other on Twitter, so I could message him and be like, tell me if this is true. Tell me the truth. But I wouldn't dare put him in such a predicament, Mason. But I hope this is true because those games are great. Well, actually, the first one's great and the new one's coming out next year. Is that right? We cannot say.
Starting point is 00:24:14 We cannot say and we will not say. You could ask your friend Cameron Mike. Tell me where that game is. Give me a copy now. This is why you don't follow people because they message you these things on the reason. Yeah. Send me a copy now. Send me a copy. This is why you don't follow people because they message you these things of the recent. Yeah. You know when you do that and follow somebody and then they send you
Starting point is 00:24:31 a weird message and you're like, oh, have you ever had that happen to you? No, I don't think so. Yeah. Anyway. Name names, Jeff. Tell me who they follow you and then they send you a weird message, Jeff. Actually, well, it hasn't happened to me in a long time, I should say. So I've recently been talking to you over DMs.
Starting point is 00:24:46 I'm just thinking if someone's listening to this and be like, is that me? It's not you. If you're self-aware enough to be like, is that me? It's definitely not you. Okay, right. Yeah. If you're like, that couldn't be me.
Starting point is 00:24:55 It's you. It's you. Great, Mason. Do you like Game of Thrones? No. Great. So this is via George R.R. Martin's blog. So here we go.
Starting point is 00:25:06 They asked him, this is about, they didn't ask him. He told us about his involvement in what's coming up. And he said for the Jon Snow show, he said, I am involved just as I am with the Game of Thrones prequel in the works, the Hedge Knight and the Sea Snake and the 10,000 ships and all the animated shows. He's just saying things at random now, I think. Oh, 10.
Starting point is 00:25:26 And the duck gun. He's saying, he says 10. And the boat with legs. Oh, there's 10 ships and people are like, not very impressive, 10,000 ships. And the mead field. Mead field. And the dragon's breath next, brother.
Starting point is 00:25:41 I'm looking forward to that one. Yeah, same. It's a prequel, obviously. Yeah, yeah, obviously. So Kit's team have visited me in Santa Fe and worked with me and my own team of brilliant, talented writer consultants to hammer out the show. This, this man will do literally anything to not write a book.
Starting point is 00:25:58 Absolutely. Just the, like it's that night before kind of something's due and you're like, maybe I'll clean the house. Maybe I'll put some washing on. You know what? And it's probably also the equivalent of like when you make a – you're going to meet a friend or something and you're like,
Starting point is 00:26:14 I actually don't want to leave the house today. I don't want to leave the house today. I don't want to leave the house. Maybe I could come up with an excuse. Maybe I could say I'm sick. And then you get a text that's like, oh, sir, I'm sick. I can't make it. And you're like, yes. Yes. It's that.
Starting point is 00:26:25 He's like, oh, God, I've got to announce this. I've got to announce the book. When's the book? Oh, another project. Excellent. I'm involved in that. I'm involved in them 100%. They came to me, actually.
Starting point is 00:26:33 I didn't ring them desperately asking to be involved. Anyways, I'm sorry if you love those books. You're never going to read them. Yep. When was the last one? 2011 or something? Maybe, yeah. Yeah, great.
Starting point is 00:26:42 Good stuff. Do you think it's – yeah, let's do – this is Marvel Corner, Mason. Oh, yeah. Is this new? We always had Marvel Corner. Two popular well-known actors who got a really big paycheck which then cut the budget of the entire project for this Netflix movie that isn't very good.
Starting point is 00:26:59 You're going to have to narrow it down. I'm just doing a poster. I'm still workshopping it. Okay, right. There's something there, Mason. Yeah, there sure is. Yeahason yeah there sure is yeah yeah yeah two famous guys boring movie something like that yeah for sure yeah yeah yeah both holding guns yeah one's wearing a hat one guy on he's also in marvel movies and there's a poster and it's another amazon show that he's on and there's two people wearing baseball caps and one person not wearing a baseball cap and it's another Amazon show that he's on. And there's two people wearing baseball caps and one person not wearing a
Starting point is 00:27:25 baseball cap and it's got a really vague name. Yeah. One of them sort of. It's a Chris Pratt show. It's a Chris Pratt show or whatever. One of them's sort of like wearing a Hawaiian shirt with a singlet underneath, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:27:34 It's kind of like Max Payne 4, like that kind of look. One guy's all tactical. One guy's tactical. Hang on, I'll find it. One might be Jamie Foxx. Nice. But not always. It's called The Terminal List. Yes, I haven't watched The Terminal List. Not yet, I don find it. One might be Jamie Foxx. Nice. But not always. It's called The Terminal List.
Starting point is 00:27:46 Yes, I haven't watched The Terminal List. It's not out yet, I don't think. Well, that's probably why I haven't watched it. It's based on a soon-to-be-a-TV series. It's a novel by Jack Carr. If you like Vince Flynn, you'll love this. I don't know. It's what the poster says.
Starting point is 00:28:01 What's Vince Flynn? I don't know if – oh, my God. Everything about this I love if you just google the terminal list it comes up it's the first it's one of the first results it's i guess it's the cover for the book yep but it's impossible to tell who wrote this or who's in it because they all have action movie sounding names so the author's name is jack carr yeah so that's what the book and if you like vince flynn you'll love love this. But is Vince Flynn a character or is he also an author? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:28:27 But then it says. Also, is that like Jack Carr as in like the hero's name? Jack Carr in The Terminal List. No, no. Jack Carr I think is the author's name. Okay. I don't know what the character's name is. But then there's a poor quote.
Starting point is 00:28:42 It says, so powerful, so pulse-pounding, so well-written, rarely do you read a debut novel this damn good, and that's from Brad Thor. And he's the number one New York Times bestselling author, so they're all getting in on this. That we know. Yeah, of course, Brad Thor. The only person on the book who it's clear who they are.
Starting point is 00:28:59 And this guy, he's sort of standing moodily, he's got a big coat on, he's running down some, well, they might be tram tracks. Wow. Right? Maybe he's sort of standing moodily. He's got a big coat on. He's running down some, well, they might be tram tracks. Wow. Right? Maybe he's in Europe. You want to keep him vague on the cover so then you can change the cover for when the Chris Pratt show comes out. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:29:14 Based on the series that you didn't like very much. Based on the series your dad recommended to you. Brad Thor's loving it. Anyway, I could never write a book or make a show, so I don't know why I'm making fun of these people. Because we can. Because we can. All right, let's move it along.
Starting point is 00:29:29 It's Marvel Corner, Mason. Oh, Jack Courtney's in it. Oh, there you go. So Marvel's Multiverse of Madness is now streaming. There's a dog at the goddamn door. This is Chaos Week, Mason. Oh, she had a bath. Oh, that's why you don't stink as badly you still stink a
Starting point is 00:29:46 bit i like to think that i still stink yeah thanks thank you so much again she's running away ollie you gotta go out ollie i have to go away for the weekend you have to record the podcast you're so fragrant ollie bye ollie look now i'm a dog Oh you're covered in dog hair now Because it's a wet dog Because it's a wet dog You idiot Mason Anyways So
Starting point is 00:30:10 It's streaming I didn't know it was streaming so soon But it's out If you wanted to watch it on Disney Plus For free Mason I've already forgotten what we're talking about Multiverse of Madness Oh it is too
Starting point is 00:30:18 Yeah I looked that up And I'm like Oh this is probably going to be $24.99 Or whatever But it's free It's free You don't need to cost you any money No cost
Starting point is 00:30:24 No cost you any money. So there's been some behind-the-scenes stuff that has been put up, including like blooper reels and whatever. But the thing that stuck out to me was that that black bolt suit is entirely CGI. It is. Anson Mount was wearing the dot suit. I guess it's cheaper and easier to hide if you don't have to spend months like designing and fitting a suit.
Starting point is 00:30:44 And then he has to be a certain shape and you can't lose or gain weight. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because it looks very form-fitting. And looking back at it in that mask, it's so snug to his head that it's kind of obvious now that it would have to be CGI. And it's sort of invariable that he would step out for a minute to have a bloody smoker at the back of the studio or whatever and somebody snaps a photo and then it's clean and spoiled. That's interesting. But what is also interesting as well, I don't know if this is in the – A second bit of news.
Starting point is 00:31:07 Well, it's not a second bit of news, but I think it's interesting that in addition to that there was a lot of practical make-up effects and the guy – I don't have the name here. It's like Brad something or other, but I'll find it. He did like the Green Knight and a bunch of – Yeah, and he did Vecna. He's done Vecna and Stranger Things. Did you watch that yet?
Starting point is 00:31:23 No, no, yeah. You should watch it because the season finale is coming up and we should probably cover it, I guess. Very good. Yeah, he did that. He did The Green Knight. He did all the horrible zombie makeup for Zombie Strange. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:31:35 He's killing it, that guy. Do you like him? Yes. Okay. That's all I have to say. Same. Yeah. I'm going to Twitter and look up Brad Makeup and see if it comes up.
Starting point is 00:31:44 Brad Makeup. You might be getting into the YouTube makeup sphere. Oh, yeah, yeah. Same. Yeah. I'm going to go to Twitter and look up Brad Makeup and see if it comes up. Brad Makeup. Brad Makeup. You might be getting into the YouTube makeup sphere accidentally. Oh, yeah, yeah. And then it's just people screaming at each other. Just being real catty to each other, Mason. Hey, what's up? It's your boy, Brad Makeup.
Starting point is 00:31:58 This is a video. I'm trying to cancel another makeup guy. They do that. It's mostly trying to cancel each other, but they're all awful. And that's what I love about it. You know what else I love, Mason? What do you love? I love that we did a Thor Ragnarok commentary.
Starting point is 00:32:10 It's now live at BigSandwich.co, leading up to the new movie, obviously. So if you do it, it's like our private Patreon if you don't know. There's a huge back catalogue of other stuff if you are interested. We're also starting Thor for Caravan and Garbage this week on Tuesday. But the Thor love and Thunder reactions are in Mason. Oh, sorry, go on. Barry Gower is the guy. Barry Gower, there you go.
Starting point is 00:32:29 He did Vecna. He did the Green Knight's Green Knight, that wacky green knight. He did the zombie makeup for Zombie Strange, and he did the Night King, Game of Thrones. Oh, yeah, he did too. Those are all excellent. Fantastic stuff. Yes.
Starting point is 00:32:43 Anyway, the reactions for the most part, Mason, very positive. And things like, this is the best Marvel's ever done. I laughed till I cried and then I cried because of a different moment when there was a big emotion. Oh, yeah. Love emotion. So obviously. In fact, love itself is an emotion, I think.
Starting point is 00:32:57 Yes. I've seen some people say maybe it's too funny. Like it tries to lean into the humor too much. Well, nobody wants that. Nobody likes to laugh. I hate humour. I hate laughter. I hate fun. And I hate friends. Show's over. I just realised I don't know why I do any of this.
Starting point is 00:33:12 No! But fair. Yeah, but we're going to see it regardless, but obviously early days, I mean very, very positive word of mouth is good, but we'll see.
Starting point is 00:33:25 Cold hard reality. There's so much free hot bread Very, very positive word of mouth is good, but we'll see. Yes. You know? Cold hard reality. There's so much free hot bread at these events. Yeah, you can't trust people once they're full of bread, you know what I mean? Yeah, exactly. Go on a Friday night, your local terrible cinema flex, and see how much you'll like it then with screaming kids. Somebody bread.
Starting point is 00:33:42 Kicking the back of your chair, exactly. Drop your popcorn all over yourself. And then you've got to pick it up, tip your drink into your lap. And you're sitting there and some teen is like, hey, nice popcorn. And you're like, you also have popcorn. And you're like, oh, he's cut me to the core, this kid. Oh, no. How do they do it?
Starting point is 00:34:04 How do they do it? I don't know.'t know so that's fun anyway we'll see how it goes a lot of it was also filmed on like green screen in the volume because it was filmed like right in lockdown yeah i i've seen some like you know some scenes have been released online this week and some of it looks pretty pretty ropey sure you know then again it's different and whatever and when there's not all the compression for it. What is it? Would you say it's the Mandalorian that is considered generally to be like the best use of the volume? Yeah, I think so.
Starting point is 00:34:31 I think it might be the cinematographer who's responsible for that. Absolutely. And who's decided. And I guess it's like any emerging technology where the first people to use it go, okay, well, the best way, the best things we can film on this are like sort of approaching twilight time, you know, just sort of the near dark kind of look.
Starting point is 00:34:50 That's how it looks the best. And they've gone, okay, well, let's do a lot of scenes in this show that are sort of around that time. Let's stack up a bunch of crates as well. Let's stack up some crates. Crates look great in the volume. But then later people are like, well, we could do any time of day with this.
Starting point is 00:35:04 And it's like, can you? Yeah. I think there's some really clever uses of any time of day one of my favorite ones is when they're in boba fett ship in season two of the mandalorian and you know how it does like it tilts up it flies like vertical and you see that from the inside and the whole wall is kind of like yeah yeah rolling up behind them we also saw in the book of boba fett where and i think this is the i think this is the, where the Mandalorian episode is where he's walking down that street and he steps into the elevator. Oh, yeah. And then he, like, goes to a different level and it's all, like, one shot.
Starting point is 00:35:31 I'm pretty sure that's all the volume as well. Yeah, there you go, right. So it can be done. And, I mean, also. You just need to think about it. And also, well, but also I think Twitter is very good at picking the absolute worst frame of anything and going, the whole movie is going to be like this.
Starting point is 00:35:46 This is terrible. I'm going to hide it. Yeah, I'll kill you. Yeah, yeah. And so, great. Mason, this is by Games Radar. Radar? Games Radar.
Starting point is 00:35:56 Oh, sorry. I didn't know you meant Games Radar. Yeah, Games Radar for anyone paying attention. Like, you know I'm an idiot and you don't know what I'm saying. I'm saying GamesRadar. This is by Kevin Feige. He says, and as we're nearing the end of Phase 4. I think he's named after that minion.
Starting point is 00:36:11 He might be. Feige. Yeah, Feige. The times worked, you know. Yeah. It makes a lot of sense. Yeah. As we're nearing the end of Phase 4, I was about to say, are we?
Starting point is 00:36:23 Yeah. Didn't Phase 4 just get started? Yeah. Or it hasn't started? But then again, there's been a million shows also. There's been a million shows. Maybe this was the phase of shows. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:36:33 I think people will start to see where the next saga is going. I think there have been many clues already that are at least apparent to me of where the whole saga is going but will be a little more direct. Funny people are like, where do you think the site is going? It sounds like he's fishing. Old fishing Feige here is like, I think you'll, if you look really closely at all the stuff in the background and look at all the corners and stuff, I think, and maybe like, maybe for like screenshot, like a background and you can draw some lines.
Starting point is 00:37:01 I reckon you can pretty, pretty confidently say where this is going. You could even send any ideas that you might have to my email. I think, I mean, because some people say we couldn't top the whole, you know, the Infinity Saga and it was just a whole thing and the whole real quest for all the stones and stuff. But I think if you look real hard, you could probably find something that's way better than that. And I know what it is, but maybe you could tell.
Starting point is 00:37:23 I'm not going to do a competition where you should guess what it is. No prizes. You can have one of my hats. We'll be a little bit more direct about that in the coming months to set a plan so audiences who want to see the bigger picture can see a tiny, tiny, tiny bit more of the roadmap. I still think it's big battle planet dimension time. Is that one called?
Starting point is 00:37:46 Secret Wars. I think they're doing that. Could be secret wars yeah it is secret wars mason they're doing all the multi-dimensional stuff they've introduced variants and all sorts of shit tv and movies it's do you think they're saving some anytime you know there's there is a multiverse of madness or there is a you know spider-man no way home or what have you some people like what like, what about this guy? Why isn't he in it? Do you think they're saving some of those guys? I think so, yeah. Do you think we're going to get like 1970s Nicholas Hammond, Spider-Man in Secret Wars?
Starting point is 00:38:13 And he's like, I don't know what's happening here. No, my powers have dwindled dramatically. Don't make me do this. Don't make me fight Tobey Maguire. My acting powers. I've never had to act against this much green screen ever. That's probably true. Please don't make me fight Toby Maguire. My acting powers. I've never had to act against this much green screen ever. That's probably true. Please don't make me do this.
Starting point is 00:38:29 It would be weird if they were just like, yeah, I don't know, it's like it's Morland, the bad guy's Morland or whatever. Just like somebody completely irrelevant. Morland City Council. It's Age of Ultron again. Ultron's back. All that dimensional stuff was a red herring. Anyways, great stuff, Mason.
Starting point is 00:38:44 back. All that dimensional stuff was a red herring. Anyways, great stuff, Mason. FX's The Veil explores the surprising and fraught relationship between two women who play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. FX's The Veil, starring Elizabeth Moss, is now streaming on Disney+. Will you rise with the sun to help change mental health care forever? Join the Sunrise Challenge to raise funds for CAMH, the Center for Addiction and Mental Health, to support life-saving progress in mental health care. From May 27th to 31st, people across Canada will rise together
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Starting point is 00:39:46 No spoilers, Mason, for season three. You got really upset then. You were like, ugh. You haven't even finished it. I haven't finished it. How far are you in? A couple of episodes. A couple of episodes.
Starting point is 00:39:55 What do you think the story was? Oh, okay. By the way. There's a lot of buildup for this, isn't there? Poor recap. Really vague on there. Oh, but there's so much to it. That's the thing on Netflix when it goes.
Starting point is 00:40:06 Previously on. Well, I had two seasons to cover. I'm like, what the fuck is – I don't – what? There's so much to cover. Okay, so how far do we want to go back? Okay, so the Umbrella Academy is about in one particular day in the late 80s, a bunch of women spontaneously became pregnant and gave birth to children.
Starting point is 00:40:25 Yep. And there was this guy called Arthur Hargraves? Mr. Hargraves. Mr. Hargraves, who was a sort of eccentric adventurer scientist. And by eccentric, I mean awful. Yeah. And he attempted- We can spoil previous seasons, right?
Starting point is 00:40:37 I think so, right. He's an alien. Yes. And he acquired as many of these children as he could, seven children, and they all developed weird superpowers. And he sort of turned them into a superhero team and then he died. One of the team members died and then the team broke up and they didn't, you know, they never, you know,
Starting point is 00:40:57 they're a family that didn't always get along. And then they reconvened at his funeral at the start of season one. And then in seasons prior to this, they've done all sorts of weird, crazy stuff involving time and dimension travel. They were trapped in the 60s for a while. Maybe one of them killed JFK. Maybe that's just the comic books. They averted two different apocalypses that are linked, I think.
Starting point is 00:41:19 Yes, and then at the end of the last season, they came back to the present day only to discover that the Umbrella Academy never existed and instead Hargraves acquired different children and started the Sparrow Academy. So now it's the Sparrow Academy versus the Umbrella Academy and how's that all going to work out? And the Sparrow Academy are basically,
Starting point is 00:41:40 so all the children that were born on this day spontaneously, so people who weren't pregnant suddenly became pregnant and then gave birth, basically he saw the Umbrella Academy in the past and decided. When he met them, they went to him for help in the 60s. Yeah. And he's like, oh, these guys suck. Classic Hargreaves.
Starting point is 00:41:58 Instead of being like, maybe it's because I raised them really badly, he's like, oh, no, it's probably because I just didn't purchase the correct children. Yes. And so he got. He gets the other ones. Yeah. He's like, oh, no, it's probably because I just didn't purchase the correct children. Yes. And so he got. He gets the other ones. Yeah, he got. So how many.
Starting point is 00:42:10 So the opening narration suggests there were 16 children born on that day. How many has there been? Because there's the original seven. Yeah. But then the new team has been on it. Yes. Who was also in the original seven. The original team. So there's been. So that's the original seven. Yeah. But then the new team has been on it. Yes. Who was also in the original seven. The original team.
Starting point is 00:42:27 So there's been, so that's 13. Yeah. Right? Seven and six. So there's super strong guy, crows woman, woman with magnetic lifty-uppy powers. Guy who can redirect force. Yep.
Starting point is 00:42:38 A box. Yeah. A floating box and hallucinogenic spitting woman. Yeah. So that's six. So yeah, 13. I said, yeah. Okay, so that means there's three left.
Starting point is 00:42:48 Have we seen them? I don't think so. No, not to my knowledge. Yeah, that might come into play. Unless we've missed some. We've definitely missed some. Yeah. Because again, like that recap, there was so much going on in that.
Starting point is 00:43:00 Yes, it was not helpful at all. I mean, it was helpful in the sense that I feel it gets you back into the vibe of the show. Oh, that? Sure. Which is just insanity. I mean, if you go into vibes, sure. I mean, you could have just spun a big wheel with some colours on it
Starting point is 00:43:14 if you wanted a vibe. But anyway, I still think this show is a lot of fun. I've always enjoyed it. Again, I only had time to watch two, but this is maybe one. This is absolutely, this is indisputably one of my favorite superhero properties. Yeah, right. Like in terms of movie or TV. I don't know if it's my absolute favorite, but it is easily up there with some of the best.
Starting point is 00:43:34 It's just a fun dynamic. All the cast are really fun. Yeah. They work well together. I saw a video this week. It was like, you know, Var variety or BuzzFeed or something like that where a bunch of the cast got together and did a quiz together and they clearly enjoy spending time together and all that sort of stuff.
Starting point is 00:43:53 And I think that comes through on the show. Yeah. No, I'd agree with that. Yeah, I think you're not wrong in that sense. I also think that this season takes too long to get going on what the thing is. Oh. And when it does, I'm like, oh, I like this.
Starting point is 00:44:08 This is all good. And not to say that I didn't enjoy it up until you figure out what is happening because the real appeal of this show for me is all the different people in it. It's got that real appeal. It's got that real appeal. And by the way, a lot of shows on Netflix don't look like this anymore. They don't make stuff like this anymore. Because it looks like something? Because it looks like something and it costs a lot of shows on Netflix don't look like this anymore. They don't make stuff like this anymore. Because it looks like something?
Starting point is 00:44:26 Because it looks like something and it costs a lot of money. And I think the only reason they still make things like this is because they'd already made previous seasons. But that wouldn't stop them from cancelling this one. No, I would genuinely be surprised if they continue this. They should because it's good. But I think there's a good chance that this is it, unfortunately. Okay, without spoiling anything.
Starting point is 00:44:47 No, it would not be a satisfying conclusion. Great, right. I'm guessing. I don't know. It would all be down to their metrics and whatever that looks like, and so we're not privy to any of that information. I mean, we're not privy to that information, but we are privy to everything Netflix has done in the last few years.
Starting point is 00:45:04 Yeah, I'm a huge fan of the cast. Like you said, the look is incredible. They're living in a weird hotel now, a weird kind of, you know. John Wick Hotel sort of. Yeah, a very ornate John Wick Hotel. Yeah. And what I love about the show, I think, is that it has become more or less unmoored from the comic book adaptation
Starting point is 00:45:28 or the comic book version of it, the original version. Yeah. So it can kind of go anywhere. Yeah, absolutely. And I think, I don't know, because it's Gerard Way and Gabriel Barr created it originally, and I don't know if, I don't know if they're actively making it different from the comic books or if they've just said to the production team, you can change it if you want.
Starting point is 00:45:49 But like regardless, I enjoy the fact that I don't know where it's going. Yeah. And it's not, you know, the difference between this and like a Marvel show or a Marvel movie is that there will be surprises along the way for a Marvel thing. But you go, okay, well, I know that this guy is going to eventually this character is going to develop into this or, you know. I know how many movies this person has left. Yes, exactly. I know who will or will not do a TV show.
Starting point is 00:46:14 Exactly. I know Steve Rogers is going to pass the torch over to the Falcon and that's going to be a thing. And so it is a lot of the time it is kind of, you know, it's a little bit paint by numbers in that sense. But this and also the fact that there is limited Umbrella Academy comic books and the last time I read them was so long ago that I have also forgotten.
Starting point is 00:46:33 Yeah, absolutely. But I like the fact that anybody in this can die and we don't know, can the world end, you know, when there's no. Yeah. There's no. Where you meet a different version of yourself and whatever or a different version of somebody else, it seems. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:46:50 One thing I think they handled very well, and this is not my experience, so maybe they handled it very poorly. Maybe. Well, it was Elliot Page's transition. Yes. Because at the start you see that it's Vanya and then very quickly they kind of... And maybe it's a bit of a speedy transition, but it's also it's TV.
Starting point is 00:47:08 Yeah, right. I'd imagine you'd want to kind of move it along. And I also think they wanted to show us, the audience, and also they wanted to show the characters coming to the conclusion that it's not a big deal for them. They want to, you know, because Victor shows up in a scene with the rest of the family and has cut his hair and says, oh, I'm Victor.
Starting point is 00:47:30 I've always been Victor, but it's taken me a long time to realise it, et cetera. And they're like, that's great, but also you're a dumbass because you did this thing earlier. So they're just like, you know, we're a family and we accept that, but now let's move on with the overarching plot. And there was a little bit of, you know, like dramatic strings. Yeah, definitely. And I'd imagine little bit of dramatic strings to the soundtrack.
Starting point is 00:47:48 And I'd imagine they went to Elliot Page and was like, how do you want to handle any of this? And he said, awkwardly. As awkwardly as you can. That's what I want. But I think the main purpose of it was the family was just like, all right. And I think that's kind of...
Starting point is 00:48:06 Not the weirdest thing that's happened to this family, quite frankly. That's also true. I'm a gorilla man. I don't know if you know. Yeah. So, no, I thought that was handled, you know, really well. You're not up to it yet, but there's a bunch of, like, fantastic use of music in it, and one of them is a Cats in the Cradle.
Starting point is 00:48:25 The song Cats in the Cradle is played by Cat Stevens with a death montage happening at the same time, which it's very funny. Oh, great. You'll enjoy it. I love a death montage. Yeah, it's very good. And on top of that, there's a few characters that appear down the line that I don't want to, I guess I don't want to spoil.
Starting point is 00:48:41 Captain America? Captain America. Chris Evans. He's looking at his iPhone 6. And he goes, what the heck? What the heck am I doing in this show or whatever? But, yeah, I'll just say, okay, so the monkey reappears later down the line. Yes, while he's in the trailer.
Starting point is 00:48:53 Yes. Okay, good. And also chimpanzee. But, my God, I cannot get over how good that chimpanzee looks for a TV show. It doesn't make any sense. Agreed. And he's got, like, a different look. He's got, like, a biker vest and, tattoos and all that nice yeah it's it's terrific i guess my concern is also for this show
Starting point is 00:49:09 how many times it's also been apparently like 28 days since the beginning of the show like in universe so this is like this is like um my i feel like the the tv series 24 yeah my personal how many times can you do a 24 yeah my, yeah, my personal headcanon is that every series takes place on a subsequent day. Yeah. So it's just been 13 days of him going like, oh, jeez, I've got another 24 days to save the world, do I? Remember that season my heart stopped?
Starting point is 00:49:35 Remember that season his heart stopped? Yeah, dear. I mean yesterday is when my heart stopped. So I don't know how long they're going to be like, it's the end of the world again. Yeah, and it seems like as if that's kind of the direction it's going to, you know, still be going in the future. I think if they do do any more seasons, I think it's just going to be one.
Starting point is 00:49:52 I think it's, I think that that will be it. There's also some, some romance in it, which I really enjoy. I also wonder if they're going to, I also wonder if they're going to maybe you think I wonder if every time this happens, I always wondered, does the studio who make this, can they extricate themselves from Netflix and put it on something else? I mean, I don't know why you would because it's expensive and I don't know whether that would get people to your streaming platform. That's true, yeah.
Starting point is 00:50:15 I think the days of that are mostly over. I remember when Community went to Yahoo. Yeah, sure. And Netflix were making Curb Your, not Curb, Arrested Development for a bit. That's right. And then they went to Ask Jeeves. Yeah. They had to go to AskJeeves. were making Arrested Development for a bit. That's right. And I went to Ask Jeeves. Yeah. I had to go to AskJeeves.com for Arrested Development.
Starting point is 00:50:29 I mean, it's possible, but I think we're kind of past that period of bringing back stuff because it doesn't work for metrics. I think. I might be wrong. Boo. I think boo. Klaus is great, though, also. He's your fan?
Starting point is 00:50:42 I think. Oh, maybe. He's from Misfits originally, right? Yeah, I've never seen Misfits. I mean, other things. Other things but he's oh yeah he's in that britain's on wheels the movie remember the one where about london's a big city and yeah the the yeah the post-apocalyptic one i just pictured just a a really really boring movie about like logistical stuff in modern day London. Britain's on wheels. People getting on the bus. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:51:09 Britain's on wheels. Wow. That is good stuff. Thank you. Look, without going any further into any of the spoilers, I think if you've enjoyed the series or maybe if you haven't seen the series as of yet, I think it's really good. Yeah, I definitely. If you love a weird hotel and a weird lobby.
Starting point is 00:51:24 Look, you know, or if you're approaching, I think if you're approaching superhero good. Yeah, I definitely. If you love a weird hotel and a weird lobby. Look, you know, or if you're approaching, I think if you're approaching superhero burnout, which I know a lot of people are, this is a breath of fresh air, I think. And maybe give the boys a go. Yeah, sure. You haven't watched the latest episode. I'll talk about it briefly in what we read. Okay, terrific.
Starting point is 00:51:41 But yeah. Great. That's not the final episode of the season. No, there is at least another episode. Whoa. What are they up to? Four, five? I actually don't know.. But yeah. Great. That's not the final episode of the season. No, there is at least another episode. Whoa. What are they up to? Four, five? I actually don't know.
Starting point is 00:51:49 Five or six. Great. Oh, just quickly on the Umbrella Academy as well. Go on. What I think was also good about the Victor situation. Did you find another note? I found, no, this is just something off the top of my head. Off the top of the dome.
Starting point is 00:51:59 That it was just, you know, Victor just wants to exist as a person and be treated normally. You know what I mean? Just be like, hey, I'm a normal person. Could we just get on with it? Yeah, and I think that's reflective of a lot of people who are just like, don't be mean for no reason. That's right. I just want to exist.
Starting point is 00:52:18 As opposed to us who are like, look at us. Look at us all the time. We've got a big podcast. Who else can say that? Who's among us? A lot of people. Yeah, hundreds of thousands of people. All right, should we move on to the next segment of the show?
Starting point is 00:52:31 Yes. If there was somebody here that could tell me what the next segment of the show is, anybody at all, that would actually really help me move things along. Hang on, I'll just have a look around. Okay. He's actually pantomiming at everybody. He's doing a big look around.
Starting point is 00:52:43 Oh, he's pulling up the carpet to have a look under there. Got my big magnifying glass out. Who's there? I'll just play whatever this theme song is. So it's what we're going to read. It is actually. I'm doing the theme. Westworld?
Starting point is 00:53:04 I don't know if you know this, Mason. This season of Westworld is coming out very soon. It's coming out soon, isn't it? Have you seen any of the trailers? Yeah, it looks good. It looks great. I've always liked that show. Some people say diminishing returns.
Starting point is 00:53:14 Who said that? Us, I think. Yeah, and maybe that's true. Like the last season I didn't love, but I think it's going to be back on track for this new one. All right. I reckon. All right.
Starting point is 00:53:24 I don't know if it's the final season. We'll find out. We'll find out, won't we? Anyways, it was the famous Herogasm episode from The Boys. Now this was sort of one of those concepts from the original The Boys comic book that a lot of people said, oh, they'll never do this or they shouldn't do this. And the producers of this show said we're going to save this for season three.
Starting point is 00:53:46 We're going to settle people in with some normal head exploding or people going to other people's orifices or what have you. Yeah. And then we'll hit them with this. So, again, I haven't seen it yet. How is it? Well, maybe I'm just desensitised to the boys, but I wasn't, and knowing that it was coming,
Starting point is 00:54:03 I wasn't that shocked by. You spent so much time with the boys. Exactly. Boys, boys, boys. Boys, boys, boys. So this is no weirder than any run out you've spent with the boys. There's more, I mean, maybe. There's more of the kind of stuff, like the gross out stuff
Starting point is 00:54:18 and the nudity and the gore. Then you maybe typically get an episode like condensed. But my favorite part of the episode is after, and I'm not going to say who is it for you or whatever, but there's a big fight. Whoa. And it's a really good fight and I'm like, oh, I love this. Oh, a big fight.
Starting point is 00:54:33 And it feels earned. Okay. And it's not just every week where. What's Huey fighting his dad? Huey's fighting his dad. Just punching his dad. Yeah. Stop calling me on my phone.
Starting point is 00:54:42 Stop doing a FaceTime. Just do a regular call like a regular person. But they had to do it because it's Simon Pegg. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You want to say that it's Simon Pegg, don't you? But, no, if you're a fan of the boys, I'm also enjoying that there are subreddits flipping out because they're like, Homeland is the bad guy.
Starting point is 00:54:58 It's like, yeah, he's the bad guy. Wait, what? Yeah, because, you know, a lot of the boys is making fun of like capitalism and corporation and certain factors of right-wing culture. Yeah, sure, sure, sure. And there's some people who are. But what turned them around?
Starting point is 00:55:16 Like what's specifically about, is it that. I think some of the creators have even come out and been like, yeah, he's Trump. Right, but like what specifically about this season has made people realise that? Like if you didn't realise it two episodes into the first season, what is it? I think because they've been saying, no, he's Trump.
Starting point is 00:55:34 Oh, like it's not an in-show thing. Not necessarily. Okay. Yeah. Because in the last, the most recent one I saw. He fell in love with a Nazi. I mean, he did do that, but I mean, surely they should have picked up on that.
Starting point is 00:55:46 That's what's baffling to me, yes. Right, okay. Well, I would love to hear some more discourse on this. No, no, I don't want to hear anything. No, no, I've made a bold statement there, but I don't believe in it. What else are you getting into? Well, I mentioned this to you earlier in the week, but I've watched a couple of episodes of a series that it's fascinating in that it exists
Starting point is 00:56:07 and I only heard about it because Rob Delaney has a small role in it. Okay. And he tweeted about it. And prior to this I'm like, oh, and then I'm like, oh, that's the thing, is it? Which is why there's so much stuff out there. So that just happened? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:56:23 So I watched two episodes of The Man Who Fell to Earth. Oh, you did talk about this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's on, in Australia it's on Amazon. I think it may be through Powerpoint. Do you love it? It's pretty good. It's about Trump, Mason.
Starting point is 00:56:34 Oh, no. That means I love Trump. Sorry, David. No, no. So in the 70s, David Bowie was in a movie called The Man Who Fell to Earth. I'm David Bowie. Exactly. That's every line.
Starting point is 00:56:52 I've seen it, but it's not really for me. It's like meandering in a way that like- 70s sci-fi was before Star Wars? Yeah, 70s sci-fi was before Star Wars. What's- 78, so it might have been. Oh, okay. I think 78. It was already in production before.
Starting point is 00:57:02 Yeah, it would have been already in production, yeah. But he plays an alien in human form. He comes to Earth. He needs to sort of become a big-time businessman to acquire all the resources he needs to build a spaceship to take it back to his home planet and save his species. And then a lot of meandering. But then at the end of the movie, he ends up like an alcoholic
Starting point is 00:57:23 and like really depressed and right the world the world and humanity has has kind of ruined him and this isn't a remake of that it's a sequel to that i love that well it's legacy sequel it's wild that but it's wild that because like i don't i'm it's not like a movie that people like oh my god you certainly must see that but it's like it's very. And Bowie didn't do that many movies. Yeah. And like, it was significant to him because there's some stills from that movie. I think one of his album covers is a still from that movie.
Starting point is 00:57:53 But it's interesting that this, this came out with no fanfare at all. So it's a sequel and it's, it's got Chiwetel Ejiofor. It's got Naomi Harris from the Bond movies. Yeah. And Chiwetel Ejiofor plays a different alien who's come to Earth. I'm David Bowie, he says. He says that. That's his only line.
Starting point is 00:58:10 What? That's the thing that he says as well? And Bill Nye plays David Bowie's character from the original. Bill Nye. Oh, I was thinking the science guy or Bill Nye-he. Bill. Apparently Bill Nye-he pronounces his name Bill Nye. Well, too bad because there's already a Bill Nye.
Starting point is 00:58:24 There's a Bill Nye, so it has to be Bill Nye- pronounces his name Bill Nighy. Well, too bad because there's already a Bill Nighy. There's a Bill Nighy, so it has to be Bill Nighy. Fair enough. Yeah, and it's wild to me that there's so much stuff out there that's just out. There's only 10 episodes. And it's somebody's favourite show. Yeah. Like you maybe.
Starting point is 00:58:38 I don't know yet. He doesn't know everybody. Look, I'd love to talk more about shows. Do you think maybe we should go to the next segment of the show? We have all the time in the world we could talk about more shows, James. Okay, fine. I to talk more about shows. But do you think maybe we should go to the next segment of the show? We have all the time in the world we could talk about more shows, James. Okay, fine. I'll quickly talk about this. FD Signify has a new video on the Manosphere.
Starting point is 00:58:53 What's the Manosphere? It's basically, you know, it's that pull yourself up by bootstraps, crypto bros, self-help. But it's just people spewing fucking poison to, like, young men in particular. And you love that. Yeah, that's what I love about it. That's what I'm saying. And he makes incredible videos.
Starting point is 00:59:08 This is his second video on the manosphere. And it's like, you know, all those, you know, like Gary Vee and Monkey Jordan Peterson's and whatever. And I know they're all not about the same thing necessarily, but it's mostly just broken men spewing bile at impressionable people. And we're broken men spewing nonsense, which is different and good. And bile. A little bit of bile.
Starting point is 00:59:29 Anyways, if I've said any of those names and you're like, actually I like those people, I think maybe you should watch this video. Interesting. Anyways, go on, Mason. Oh, it's time for letters, I think. Yes. Let's do some letters. The classic one was letters, oh letters, we love you, some letters.
Starting point is 00:59:45 We get some rhythm going in the show, don't we? It's like the movie Whiplash in here. It's like the movie Whiplash, but we would do that and J.K. Simmons' character would say, that is perfect tempo. That is perfect tempo. You've done it. Exactly. I have no notes, he would say, because how good that was.
Starting point is 01:00:04 Can you imagine a Bash Up movie where it's Whiplash but it's J.K. Simmons teaching the character of Whiplash from Iron Man 2 how to play the drums and he keeps using his big whiplashes? Whiplashes. And he's like, you keep whiplashing the drum kits. You're destroying them with some sort of energy. That's not my tempo, he would say.
Starting point is 01:00:24 Do you think that's anything? Is it at the very least a fun poster? Are you trying to start a second career as something? I don't know what it is. An imagineer. That's what you are. For the weekly planet posters, yes. Right.
Starting point is 01:00:40 It seems like more work than is strictly necessary. I'm not saying it has to be, but I'm saying can you imagine it as a poster? I can imagine it, yes. It is not unimaginable to me, James. In the latest segment of the show. Because I am an imagineer. That's true. You can send a Gmail to weeklyplanetpot at gmail.com to Mason
Starting point is 01:01:00 or tweet to me at hashtag weeklyplanetpot on Twitter. Sure can. Let's go, bro. This is from Anne. Hello, Anne. She says, shout out for my fiancé. Whoa. Hi, guys.
Starting point is 01:01:09 I was a terrible fiancé this year. I bought him birthday presents and completely forgot the one thing he wanted for you to give him a shout out on your show. Could you please help me make it up to him by giving him a shout out? His name is Mike Parsons and we are from Dallas. I would like to know what the presents were so we can compare whether what we're doing now is better than the presents. Because we can compare whether what we're doing now is better than the presents.
Starting point is 01:01:26 Because what if you've got a good super soaker? Like a really good water pistol. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm sick with that thing. That would be better than this. Especially in Dallas. It's very hot in Dallas. Oh, my God, yeah.
Starting point is 01:01:34 And you could fill it with cat piss and hit somebody you don't like with it. That's a gift, mate. This is not a gift. Yeah, that's very true. Anyway, happy birthday. It doesn't say happy birthday. Oh, what's the shout-out for then? Just a shout-out. What's the presents for? Oh, that's very true. Anyway, happy birthday. It doesn't say happy birthday. Oh, what's the shout out for then?
Starting point is 01:01:45 Just a shout out. What's the presents for? Oh, that's a good point. Guess you just got him what he really wanted. Oh, that's a good point. No, that is true. Well, I don't know. Shout out. Yeah, shout out. Vague shout out. Vague shout out, but let's make it a birthday. Congratulations. Congratulations on birthdays and engagements and so forth.
Starting point is 01:02:02 She says, I started listening to you guys because Mike would put the episodes on while we cook. Nice. I have to admit, I was sceptical at first. Rightfully so. But we're hilarious. Her and Mike? Yeah.
Starting point is 01:02:12 Great. Yeah, that's great. Anyway, much love from Dallas. Thank you very much. This is from Lockie Quirk who says. That's a great name. I agree. I mean, Anne's name is also great.
Starting point is 01:02:21 Yeah, I mean, Lockie Quirk is on Twitter, so I don't know if this is... Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you think Disney will remake the OG trilogy of Star Wars, that is, in 10 years or so, with the new cast from Mr. Kenobi? New Luke and Leia bring back Ewan McGregor and even Alden Ironreich for the remake.
Starting point is 01:02:38 Hashtag Weekly Planet Pod. Now, they shouldn't do this. Correct, yes. But I'll be lying if I said I wouldn't love an attempt just to see everything around it unfold. Yeah, just the real world production of that. Yeah, and what does that look like? It wouldn't shock me.
Starting point is 01:02:53 I don't think they would dare remake the original trilogy. Yeah, I think it would probably be more likely that they would, if they're going to re-release anything, if they're going to release anything rather, I think they'd re-release the original, original trilogy like the Unaltered trilogy. Yes, yes, yes. They'd build up to it.
Starting point is 01:03:11 Maybe that would be the big build-up. What I think they might do is they might get those actors, if they're still acting in 10 years, and do like Luke and Leia's Little Adventures. Luke and Leia do a Little Adventures? Not together, probably separately. Yeah. Or one or the other.
Starting point is 01:03:24 Yeah. Just be like, Luke's in a little adventures on Tatooine or what have you. He found all of Uncle Owen and Aunt Bru's guns. That's right. And he's run into the sand dunes to kill some Ewoks or whatever. Oh, no. No one's told him there are Ewoks on this planet.
Starting point is 01:03:39 He read about them in a book. A holo book. A holo book. Yeah, that's right. The book was holo because it's got a gun in it. Aunt Bruce put all kinds of guns everywhere. We did Kenobi review, by the way, for the last episode. That's why Luke had to go into town to get some more power converters
Starting point is 01:03:55 because all the other ones on the farm were filled with guns. Great stuff. Yeah, I don't think it's the end of Ewan McGregor or even Alden Ironreich. I think, you know, these people will probably appear, but probably not the remake. But again, love to see it. What else, Mason? Let's see here, James.
Starting point is 01:04:10 Let's just see here. Oh, well, according to John D. Amo, we've won a John D. Amo. Have we? That's good. We should collect that John D. Amo. Didn't they do the big labor union strikes and all those things and people wanted more money? And then eventually they made them get more money?
Starting point is 01:04:24 I don't think John Deere did that. He's probably been dead for a couple of decades. Deere got him. Correct, yes. That's great. Imagine being eaten by a deer. Crazy. Go on, Mason.
Starting point is 01:04:34 Okay, let's have a look here. I can go while you're waiting. Please do. It's from Ian Cook, hashtag weekly planet pod. Hi, I recall James saying that Voltron was his first memorable TV show. That's true, and it's not very good. The first one, that is. The remake is incredible.
Starting point is 01:04:47 Astro Boy was one of mine. Any idea why there hasn't been more Astro Boy content? Was it not as good as I remember? He has a laser in his butt. It's more of a machine gun. But that is true. You used to have an Astro Boy kind of like carrying thing, didn't you? No.
Starting point is 01:05:02 Yeah, it had like a little holographic Astro Boy thing on it. It was like a case. No. I remember this. I don't think that's true. Ah, you did, Mason. I don't. Well, one of us did.
Starting point is 01:05:13 Yeah. Anyways, I like Astro Boy. There was Astro Boy movie a few years ago. They did an animated movie. Oh, yeah. Nicolas Cage was the doctor, I think, or whatever. Astro Boy's dark as well. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:05:23 But why hasn't there been more Astro Boy? That is a great point. He probably doesn't test well for some reason. But you's dark as well. Yeah. But why hasn't there been more Astro Boy? That is a great point. He probably doesn't test well for some reason. But you'd think he would. Yeah. Because he's got the big eyes and the laser in his bum or whatever. Yeah, that's right. All of those things.
Starting point is 01:05:34 And lasers in his fingers. It's all lasers all the time. It was also like he did a lot of early proto-anime stuff. So like Astro Boy became so many other things that have since then. That's a really good question. Yeah. I mean, maybe it's just, you know, maybe the test bed was the animated thing and they went, oh, people didn't watch this,
Starting point is 01:05:51 so they don't like him for some reason. Also, he's brave and gentle and wise. Why wouldn't people like him? Probably the laser in his bum. That's dangerous. So I don't know. I'd like to see more Astro Boy content. There's been some video games as well, haven't there,
Starting point is 01:06:05 that maybe weren't great. I've never seen an Astroro Boy content. There's been some video games as well, haven't there, that maybe weren't great? I've never seen an Astro Boy video game. Yeah. Anyway, what else, Mason? Let's see. This is from Brian. Graduation shout-out. We're doing all shouts and all shout-outs week.
Starting point is 01:06:15 My goodness. Think about that. Hey, James and Mason. I teach film in the senior grades of high school, and while talking to a student the other day, I found out he was also an avid listener to the pod. Since he's one of my favourite students I've taught in my years teaching, I was wondering if you could wish Ruben best of luck in film school
Starting point is 01:06:29 and congratulate him on finishing high school from Mr Chambers. Well done, Ruben, for finishing high school and film school and to Mr Chambers. We're congratulating him in advance on finishing film school? Yes. Will teachers play a pivotal role also, Mason. Do you not want to congratulate a teacher for the hard work that they've done?
Starting point is 01:06:48 I feel our podcast is thanks enough. I agree, especially if you pay us for it. Yep. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's not for a big sandwich or anything. No, no, no. Pay us some cash. There was a 2009 Astro Boy, the video game, based off the movie.
Starting point is 01:07:00 It has an average rating of 4.3 stars out of 10 stars. 4.3. Wow, that's really good. That's a perfect3 stars out of- 10 stars? 4.3. Wow. That's really good. That's a perfect score. Out of five. Really? Apparently.
Starting point is 01:07:10 But then IGN gave it a four out of 10. You can't trust user reviews or IGN or anybody. I think it was a platformy, side-scrolly thing, was it? I'm just going to look now. Anyways, anything else or should we give it a minute? Let me find one more. Let me find one, Emil. Oh, this looks terrible.
Starting point is 01:07:23 What's that? The game. Oh, no. It's not even fun. What is it? Is it a minute? Let me find one more. Let me find one more email. Oh, this looks terrible. What's that? The game. Oh, no. What is it? Is it a platform game? Platform game, yeah. Oh, you know, it's a 2009 platformer. Yeah, no, it's alright, actually. Anyways. Okay. Mason, I'm ready to pack it up, pack it in. Yeah, no, no, no, no, I've got to find one more email. Pack it up, pack it in. No, no, no, no, no.
Starting point is 01:07:37 Let me begin. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Okay, why are you doing that? This is from Miss Cons True Ed who says, briefly rejoined a dating app and was chatting to some bloke. I sent him a photo of me in my Weekly Planet, hashtag Weekly Planet Pod t-shirt, and he made no comment about it. Blocked and deleted.
Starting point is 01:07:53 Loser. I agree. That's true. I think finding true love is not as important as supporting the show. That's true, yes. Yeah, exactly. Also, this podcast isn't that popular, so there's a very good chance that you might meet somebody great
Starting point is 01:08:06 who might not know who we are. Maybe wear a Joe Rogan Experience T-shirt. Maybe that'll get a little something. You'll definitely get some kind of reaction. Yeah. I mean, you can just get our T-shirt. Yeah. Buy one of our T-shirts and, like, cross out Weekly Planet on it
Starting point is 01:08:19 and write Joe Rogan Experience on it. You know? And draw us taking DMT. That's right. Perfect. Yeah. Anything else, Mason? I'm going to find one more email.
Starting point is 01:08:29 Mason, I've got to get out of here. I don't have time for your tomfoolery absolute silliness that you've got going on in here. Yes, yes, yes. Okay, here's one more shout-out, James. Let's do it. One more shout-out episode. Let's do it.
Starting point is 01:08:41 This is from Chloe. Hello, Chloe. Your biggest fan's birthday shout-out. What? Come on, lads. My mum? Yeah, that's right. She hatesout episode. Let's do it. This is from Chloe. Hello, Chloe. Your biggest fan's birthday shout-out. What? Hello, Lance. My mum? Yeah, that's right. She hates this show.
Starting point is 01:08:48 And us. Yeah. Me, mostly. Yeah, you. I mean, a lot more when I was young, but she seemed to have mellowed a bit. You don't see her as much. No, that's true. That's probably why.
Starting point is 01:08:57 Hello, Lance. Hope you're having a brilliant week and the babies and trams are doing well. Yeah. Please could you wish my wonderful boyfriend, Samo, a happy birthday? He listens to you guys every week and runs around singing the letters song. It's not annoying at all so I think it will make his day to have his own letter. I realise now that makes him sound like
Starting point is 01:09:12 a child but he is in fact turning 25 and just very excited. He's the best person ever and deserves a birthday that's just as good so this is me trying my best. Thank you. If you guys are ever in England, Sammo will gladly make you a cuppa. From Chloe and Soup the cat. Well thank you so much, Chloe and the Cat. Piers's birthday is 2nd July, but reading this out any time is great.
Starting point is 01:09:29 Thank you. That's right. That's coming up. So that's not a problem at all. That is actually going to be, Mason. It's coming up this week on the 2nd of July, isn't it? Yes, it absolutely is. Yes, terrific.
Starting point is 01:09:37 Next Saturday. That's correct. Well, that's the show. I need to go on a really long drive, Mason. I don't. Ah. Folks, thank you so much for listening to the show. We definitely absolutely 100% appreciate it.
Starting point is 01:09:49 We wouldn't be here without you. Thank you for subscribing. Thank you for telling your friends about the show. Thank you for leaving a five-star review on your podcast platform of choice. That's how we get some new listeners. James, you got any five-star reviews there? I actually don't, no. So do the rest of the thing and then I'll come back to it.
Starting point is 01:10:03 Okay, you'll get those at the end. Folks, if you want to contact the show, you can go to Weekly Planet Pod at Gmail, at Facebook, at Twitter, at Bandcamp. You can go to the Planet Broadcasting Great Mates Facebook group. You can go to the Weekly Planet Pod subreddits and discords. You can follow our friend Rob Collings over at the Weekly Planet on Twitter and at Rob Collings on Twitter. You can follow me on Twitter at Wikipedia Brown. You can follow me on Instagram at NickMeso. James' Mr. Sunday movies everywhere.
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