What up bros and welcome to the All Bros Podcast, I'm Jonathan.
And I'm Caleb.
That was very delayed, what was up with that?
That wasn't me!
Sorry, it's the damn freaking internet.
Oh sorry, it seemed like it was like, I'm Jonathan, 10 seconds later.
And I'm Caleb.
It's my freaking wifi's fault man.
Oh shit.
Anyway, we are two aspiring filmmakers that love to watch and critique movies, but also
enjoy a lot of bit of the nerd life.
This week on the podcast we'll be talking about some Funko Focus Caleb and I each have
a certain pop to talk about.
We don't have anything for 4k spotlight just because with the pandemic they're really not
releasing anything new.
As far as we've seen, maybe they are, it's just not stuff that we're really super interested
in.
But they are releasing a lot of older movies on Blu-ray.
Just letting you guys know, Small Soldiers is coming to Blu-ray on Tuesday so just letting
you guys know that.
And then after that we will be going on to, I almost said what's in the box, wow.
We'll be moving on to Through the Wall.
Dude.
Shut up.
We'll be moving on to Through the Wall and then after that we'll be moving on to our
All Bros Headliner which will be our All Bros Breakdown of the 2020 live action remake of
Mulan.
Hell yes.
Was this?
Was this 2020?
Yeah.
Oh yeah, yeah.
It came out on, was it Christmas?
Or no, it came out in December.
No dude, it came out in like September.
It was released on POD, or it was released for Premier Access in September but then in
December it became free for anyone that subscribed to Disney Plus.
That's right.
Come on Caleb, get your facts straight.
You're supposed to be professionals.
Okay, I was trying to asshole.
Man.
Alright, anyway, what do you say we get started?
I say let's do it.
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Alright so first up, let's talk about Funko Focus.
We should get some theme music going for this stuff.
I know right?
Come on.
I still need to work on the freaking music for the headliner.
Oh yeah, shit, yeah, we gotta put our heads together.
Anyway, Funko Focus, for mine.
Along with the Funko Fair, they announced a new wave of Lilo and Stitch pops.
And the whole wave is great, but one stuck out to me.
Good and bad.
So the pop is of Stitch, kind of like, he's not sleeping, but it's the scene where him
and Lilo are in that, it's not a roller coaster, but I forget what the hell they're called.
It's like a carousel, I mean that's what I always called those types of machines.
It's not a carousel, but it's cool.
So it's kind of like what you used to see when you'd walk out of Walmart or a grocery
store.
They were like the mini rides, I guess you could call them too, that you just put like
50 cents in and say it was like a rocket like this and it just moved back and forth or up
and down for a couple of minutes and then that was it.
I really want to know whatever happened to those, like why don't they really have those
anymore?
Because they're unsanitary and gross.
Fine.
You know, you got a point.
Are you going to disagree with me?
Do you remember ever leaving those things and feeling clean?
No, I don't.
Yeah, my point exactly.
Alright, okay, fair.
Anyway, so this pop just has Stitch like, giving his like, zoned out, I don't know what the
hell to call this face because he's not sleeping in the movie.
It's just like a boredom face, I guess.
So yeah, so he has his boredom face sitting in the space adventure ride.
But one thing is missing.
Caleb, do you want to take a guess of what is missing from this pop?
Well you were bitching about it before we recorded, so I already know what's missing
from this.
Well, would you like to tell our audience what is missing from this?
Apparently Lilo.
Yeah, Lilo is missing from this ride.
When in the movie, when Stitch is having this reaction, she is clearly in the front of the
ride enjoying, having a good time, having a blast, she's being a kid.
Why the hell would you only put Stitch in this?
This is a two pack, you mother efferless-
Maybe it was a matter of spacing?
I don't give a shit.
You can't have Stitch in the rocket without Lilo in it as well.
Dude, this is the second week in a row where you've gotten really fired up.
And I will take that to my grave.
Maybe that's too far, I'm sorry.
Maybe a bit.
But yeah, so that's my Funko focus and it's mostly, I love it, but then I hate it at the
same time because they excluded Lilo and how dare they do that to Lilo.
Yeah not cool.
My Funko focus is, I mean I kind of have some issues with it too, but overall I just think
the box is cool.
Does it get you as fired up as I did?
Not as fired up.
So my Funko focus is the new Superman that's coming out.
This is the, I don't know if they're calling this a first appearance, but this is the Action
Comics number one costumed Superman.
And this looks freaking dope because the box is supersized and the back of the box is the
um, or the inside of the box on the back is the Action Comics cover.
And then the figure is in the bottom right hand corner and he's standing in his classic
Superman pose.
The only issue I have with this one is because if they're going with a, with the first appearance
or they're just kind of going with that style, I think it would have been really cool to
do like a full, actually I feel like that would have been really difficult now that
I think about it because in the Action Comics Superman's holding like a car over his head.
I think that would have been a really cool thing to like replicate, but now thinking
about how pop figures are built that would be really hard.
Yeah, but honestly that's how everybody feels in the comments here on Facebook.
They agree with you.
Yeah, they should have put him in that pose.
Yeah.
Yeah, like I don't know.
I don't know what they could have done to like fix it because it's difficult doing stuff
with I mean, I don't know.
They've done stuff that I've been surprised that they've been able to do like the Thor
versus Thanos.
Oh yeah.
Such a great set.
Yeah.
Or even the Cap versus Thanos.
Like I didn't think they were going to be able to pull that off, but they pulled that
off like amazingly.
So they could have done the car somehow.
I don't know how, but they could have done it.
Yeah.
Like I would have even accepted if it was like reverse or I don't know, like maybe instead
of him like lifting it over his head, he's like holding it out in front of him.
Or at least include the car because like say, yeah, I would have taken that too.
I mean, because honestly, like I agree with you, but what they could say is like, oh,
this is like, you know, this we included the car because this is him after he's placed
it down.
And of course he puts his hands on his hips and does the classic Superman pose.
Yeah, I don't know.
I just wish they would have incorporated the car somehow.
That's fair.
Okay.
I think my, I think my ideas are a little bit like too grand for pop figures.
I don't know.
Funko's done a lot of stuff that I didn't think they could.
But I love this box.
It is a very nice box.
I'd love to see them do this with other comics though.
I was going to say, can we please get this for the first appearance of Hawkeye?
Yeah, fricking Hawkeye.
I think they kind of did a first appearance Spider-Man, but I think that it would, I think
that one you could pull off doing like where Spider-Man's carrying the guy.
Oh yeah, you could do that.
Might be a little hard.
Or but they also did Batman.
They did first appearance Hulk already.
They had Batman and was it Catwoman fricking like her wrapped up and shit.
They made that work.
So I feel the possibilities are endless after that.
Yeah, you're not wrong.
But anyway, that's my Funko focus.
Excellent.
All right.
So we got nothing for 4k spotlight.
So moving on to through the wall.
My bit of news and Caleb, Caleb made sure that he saved this one for me, which I really
appreciate because he's a true bro.
It was today, January 28th that it's I almost said insomniac.
Wow, Square Enix announced that they finally have a release date for Clint Barton, Clint
Barton storyline.
And it will be coming out February 16th and it will be titled was a future imperfect.
Sweet.
This is going to be a really good.
It's freaking better.
I'm excited to play this.
I find it.
I mean, I can understand why they did it, but I find it interesting that they also give
Clint a sword like Kate.
Like hell, I would have I actually would have preferred if they would have done how what
his bow does in the MCU to where he can actually just turn it into a bow staff.
That is super cool.
Yeah.
But you got to think this.
So this is the first character and who knows if they're even going to do the full like
the rest of the characters that they said that they were going to do.
I'm highly doubting it.
I am too.
But yeah, I think Square Enix is just going to cut their losses and be like, yeah, screw
it.
We're going to release what we already have done or close to done and but we're bouncing.
But this is going to be the first time that two characters are essentially the same.
And it's going to be interesting to see this because we're going to get to see whether
or not Kate Bishop versus Hawkeye is going to be like a reskin.
And it's just like the same power set, just different character model or whatever.
And dude, don't freaking look at me like that.
I'm somebody you wouldn't notice.
Oh, damn right.
I noticed you made it super freaking obvious.
I saw the freaking breath you took.
Oh, damn, bro.
Oh, freaking shots fired.
Damn.
Oh, shit.
I wish you guys could see what he freaking did.
He just like you could see like he physically took a breath when I said Kate Bishop and
Hawkeye.
I'll give him this.
I've already noticed one change.
Clint's bow is a lot bigger than Kate's.
Like, holy shit.
Have you seen how big his bow is?
Is it really?
Yeah, look at this shit.
I have not seen.
I totally forgot my phone was plugged in.
Geez, that's like the size of him.
Yeah, right.
Right.
That's a big ass bow.
Yeah.
That's wild.
I hope that this storyline is good.
It's gonna be better because I still can't finish Kate's storyline.
Is it seriously that difficult?
Yeah, I can't get past this one part where so literally you have to take it.
Okay, like leading up to it, I was ready to throw my remote through the TV, but I finally
got through it.
But then the final area is when you finally find Kate and you have to fend off all of
these aim robots and yet most of them have not only shields but electric shields.
And your teammates don't do jack shit to help you.
And so they're all targeting you.
You barely get a punch in and it's just freaking ridiculous.
I had to stop because I was ready to throw my remote through my TV.
I got so freaking close.
I need to try again, but I'm kind of scared to.
If you have not heard our episode breaking down Marvel's Avengers, go check it out.
We ripped that game to shreds.
Just sucks because the game actually has a good story.
Everything else kind of sucks.
They shouldn't have even bothered with the rest of the shit.
They should have just done just a single story.
That's all that they should have done.
They should have just released a long ass freaking story.
Yeah, I agree.
Kind of screw this DLC shit.
Clinton Kate should have already been in the game.
Yeah, freaking stupid.
I am not excited for future Square Enix projects.
Do they even have anything lined up?
And this actually turns me off to Square Enix as a company.
Fair.
Yeah, like my go-to video game companies are Bethesda and Ubisoft.
And Warner Brothers.
The Lego games are pretty good.
The only game company that I know will never fail me is Rockstar.
Yeah, Rockstar.
Gosh, I've been having the urge to go back and play Red Dead Redemption 2.
Do it.
I played it again like a month ago.
Oh gosh, just gets better with age.
Yeah, I'm excited.
My hesitation is because of the horse.
I don't want to get attached to another horse.
Fair.
That's fair, I understand.
Oh my gosh.
Spoiler alert, your horse dies at the end of Red Dead Redemption 2.
Or not even the end.
It's like, well, the end of Arthur's story.
And for some, they cried more when their horse died than when Arthur died.
Dude, like legit.
I cried.
Oh, I bawled at Arthur.
Anytime I went into town, I treated my horse like a freaking real horse.
Anytime we went on a really long ride, we would get back to camp, I would brush my horse
off, I would feed her, I would do all this stuff.
Anytime we were in town, I would get her a little treat.
Like I loved my horse.
And then when she died, I had to shut the game off.
I can't continue on.
I need time to like mourn.
Like no joke, Brielle was at work.
And she came home and I was in bed, like just kind of like in whatever position or like
covered in the blankets in a way that she knew something was wrong.
And she asked what was wrong and I couldn't get it out.
And she's just like, what's wrong?
And I'm like, my horse died.
Yeah.
She's just like, and she was sad too, not as sad as me, but she was sad because she
named the horse.
Oh, what was her name?
Yeah.
What was your horse's name?
Storm Cloud.
I was going to nevermind.
That's probably going to sound too dark if I say that.
Better not.
I'm still not over her death.
Well, no, okay.
Question.
Okay.
The question.
Okay.
So we played Red Dead Redemption.
We reviewed it in what was it?
Episode 100.
When was that?
Like that was before Iris was born.
Oh, really long.
Oh yeah.
That was way before she was born.
Okay.
So when you were playing Red Dead Redemption 2, had you had already settled on the name
Iris?
Yes.
We settled on Iris, I think before we got married.
Oh really?
Okay.
I was going to say, cause that would have been really sad if you named the horse Iris
and that would just make me like really cry hard.
If I mean it'd be sweet, but no, it would be sweet at first, but then you're just like,
oh, aw.
Yeah.
No, I don't get, yeah.
I had the name set and stuff.
I don't give my horses names of like any names that I consider naming my children.
Smart.
And I always kind of really liked Iris.
It's a beautiful name and it fits her so well.
Yeah, you're damn right.
Gosh, I love her so much.
Anyway.
Yeah.
I'm crying happy tears.
I never considered naming my horse Iris.
I don't know why I think I'm happy.
I kind of go for like a not human name, like one that's like obviously not human.
So you're not like me.
No, like I go for, like I kind of go the same route that my brother, Bronson goes.
Like he had a few horses.
One of them was named Dollar.
My online horse was named Trigger.
So wait, Dollar or Dala?
Dollar.
Okay.
That would have been really funny if it was Dala.
Dala.
What's your steed's name?
Oh, it's Dala.
Yeah, and then my horse's name was Trigger.
And that's like the kind of route that I would take.
Oh, that's so horrible because it was killed by a Trigger.
You're such an asshole.
I'm sorry.
Alright, Caleb, let's hear your Through the Wall news.
Yeah, so my Through the Wall is actually a trailer.
And I want to talk about Godzilla versus Kong.
This looks freaking dope.
Alright, taking bets.
Who's gonna win?
Freaking Kong, dude.
Bullshit.
Godzilla's gonna reign supreme.
Bullshit.
Alright, man.
Did you see that Kong had a freaking axe?
Like I told you, it's bullshit.
They're favoring Kong.
Kong got like freaking five hits in on Godzilla and Godzilla didn't get shit.
Godzilla doesn't have freaking disposable, or not disposable, opposable thumbs.
He could have whipped the shit out of him with his tail.
That was so cool to watch.
I feel like he did a couple times.
I gotta watch the trailer again.
But sorry, I'm gonna cut you off.
Have you heard the theory on this?
So someone came out and said that there's this theory going around that it's gonna end
up being like they end up fighting but then another villain comes out and is it gonna
be Mechagodzilla and then they have to team up to beat Mechagodzilla?
Yeah, because someone leaked the toy line a couple months ago.
So it was kind of confirmed at that point.
Wait, really?
Oh yeah, you didn't know that?
That's the reason why- I did not know that.
Yeah, that's the only reason people knew that Mechagodzilla was gonna be in this movie.
Oh shit.
I thought that was just speculation.
Someone thought they saw Mechagodzilla in the trailer.
That's dumb.
Yeah, yeah, no, someone leaked the toy line.
So stupid.
Yes, it is.
Gosh, that's gonna ruin the movie for me.
This trailer has sparked so much controversy at work.
Oh really?
Anytime we're working together, when we're working and putting stuff together, someone
will just bring up Godzilla's gonna get his lizard ass whooped and then it gets into a
huge fight on who's gonna win versus Kong versus Godzilla and everyone's like, oh yeah,
Kong's gonna freaking destroy and like, except for those couple guys at work that are like,
no, it's gonna be Godzilla, dude.
Godzilla has freaking atomic breath.
And they're like, unless they pull some bullshit like they did in one of these old King Kong
or one of the old Godzilla versus King Kong movie where he was getting his ass whooped
by Godzilla and then he gets struck by lightning and then Kong suddenly has the ability to
throw thunder fists.
Okay, if Warner Bros. does that, that's straight bullshit.
Do I hear plot convenience?
Yeah.
And then like it's starting, then we get into like talking about what movies of Godzilla
were good.
There's one that I really want to watch that my manager showed me.
It's called Shin Godzilla.
It's a Japanese movie.
Oh yeah, I've heard that one's really good.
Yeah, but he showed me a clip from it that makes me want to watch it and it's Godzilla's
atomic breath.
Yeah.
And it's crazy because he sits there and it's like he unhinges his jaw and it starts like
spurting out fire.
Like just it looks like a freaking flamethrower just going over the city.
And then it's kind of like, have you ever seen like a welder or like someone like a
plasma cutter?
I think I have.
I'm pretty sure I have.
So it's, you turn the gas on and it's like it starts off like a flame.
Yeah.
Just like a normal orange flame.
Okay.
And then you crank the air, like you crank everything up higher and it becomes like a
blue like tiny little flame.
Oh, okay.
But like the blue flame is super hot.
So that was what happened in this freaking clip that he showed us.
He unhinges his jaw, orange flames, and then his like the back or the spines on his back
start glowing blue.
And then it's like the flames like compress, compress, compress, and then become like a
beam.
Oh, that's bitchin'.
And it's like the noise that, yeah, I'm going to send it to you.
I'm going to write it down so I remember.
But it is wild.
Because at that point, it's like it doesn't, it's not like, it looks like a laser beam.
But the way that it's going through the freaking buildings, it looks like it's melting them.
It's not even like cutting through.
It's like melting everything.
It's wild.
And the sound design on that scene is so freaking like amazing.
I can't even like explain it.
It's haunting.
And I want to watch it.
Like he's like, it's not like the best movie on the planet, but that scene alone is freaking
amazing.
And I'm like, I want to watch it now.
Is it on any streaming?
I doubt it.
Yeah, probably not.
But I'm super excited for Godzilla and Kong.
I think I really liked the Kong Skull Island movie.
I've only seen that once and I really need to, so I need to watch King of the Monsters
for the first time because I still haven't seen that yet.
I need to watch Kong Skull Island again.
Now I'm wondering if I just want to watch Godzilla again just for the hell of it.
I don't think you have to.
I think you could get away with just watching King of the Monsters for the Godzilla.
I obviously recommend watching Kong Skull Island.
But the Godzilla King of the Monsters, that's a weird movie.
Or it's interesting because it kind of, so the reason they call it King of Monsters is
because Godzilla becomes the King of the Monsters because-
Shut up.
I'm just kidding.
No, shut up.
I'm sorry.
You're a prick.
I know, I'm sorry.
I had to.
He ends up defeating all the other monsters except for the good ones, I guess.
Or the ones that are trying to protect Earth.
I think Mothra is a good one.
I'm pretty sure that's the only good one I know.
Because I know Godora is not.
But they get summoned by this device.
This thing that sends out some solar or this sound wave that irritates them.
And so it aggravates them, makes them hostile, and that's why they end up fighting.
Because they're all getting called to one location.
And the only reason that Kong isn't there is because he's trapped on the island.
He heard the call to the tower but he couldn't make it because he was on the freaking island.
And all the other ones could fly.
Other than Godzilla.
Godzilla swam, all the other ones flew.
Oh shit, see I didn't even know that they-
So Kong couldn't get there.
They kind of teased it in King of the Monsters.
I had no idea about that.
So the speculation on this movie, which kind of goes to shit now knowing that Mechagodzilla
is going to be in it.
So the running theory was that Kong was going to win because that's how he becomes King
Kong.
Because he defeats Godzilla, the King of the Monsters.
So they literally just called this match.
Yeah, but that was like the running- no, it wasn't like they didn't call the match.
That was like the running theory that I've heard.
If you're right, I don't know how I feel about that.
Because I mean that's cool, but I don't know.
I just want Godzilla to win.
That's all I want.
Yeah, the guys at my work think that they're going to release two versions of the movie.
One version for Japanese audiences and one version for American audiences.
Where the Japanese audiences are going to get the ending with Godzilla winning and the
Americans are going to get the ending with King Kong winning.
Okay, if that's the case, can I get an alternate ending of Freddy vs. Jason where Freddy is
not decapitated and we see how he actually truly beat Jason?
I'm just saying.
If we're getting two versions of that, I think I deserve two versions of Freddy vs. Jason.
Oh my gosh.
That's the running theory, but if the toy line was true and Mechagodzilla is going to
be in this, which it sounds like it's going to because toy releases have always spoiled
movies.
Yes they have.
And been fairly accurate.
They've been fairly reliable sources.
Yeah, so Mechagodzilla is going to be in this and that kind of ruins the movie for me.
No, I can absolutely agree because I don't know how I feel about Kong and Godzilla putting
their differences aside and be like, oh, that's the real enemy.
It's not us.
We don't have to fight each other anymore.
Let's work together.
No, that's like, I'm sorry, I'm going to reference this movie again.
It's like Freddy and Jason deciding, oh, you know what, there's like Leatherface or Pinhead.
I think we need to team up and beat him.
Let's put our strengths together, Jason.
Let's do this.
Yeah.
Honestly, the only thing that I'm really looking for, I know that this movie is going to be
really shitty in the way of story.
I feel you go to these movies just to see these two characters fight.
I feel that's all you go to.
I'm hoping for Captain America Civil War level of fight between Godzilla and Kong.
And if they do bring in and then just like immediately after bringing Mechagodzilla.
I'm sorry I keep referencing this movie, but I want to be as pleased with the fights between
Godzilla and Kong as pleased as I was with the fights when it was Freddy vs. Jason because
those fights were amazing between those two.
So that's all I ask that the fighting is magnificent.
I don't give a shit if the story sucks, but as long as the fights between them are like
I draw or jaw dropping and get me freaking stoked and like get all giddy like, oh my
gosh, I feel like a little kid again.
Then the movie has done its job.
Yes, absolutely.
But anyway, that was my through the wall news bit.
So what do you say we jump into our Alvarez headliner of the week?
Let's do it.
Time for the main event.
It's main event time.
Let's play.
All right, so for this week's Alvarez headliner, we'll be breaking down the 2020 live action
remake of Mulan.
But before we get started with that, we asked a question of the week on our social media.
Caleb, would you like to read off those responses?
Yes, I would.
So the question of the week that we posted was asking, what do you do to realign your
Chi?
Chi was a big aspect to the Mulan movie.
So I kind of wanted to incorporate that in our question.
So we did get a couple responses.
So I'm going to start off over on Instagram.
Our first response comes to us from the hashtag No Offense Show or at HTNOS.
He said, I'm assuming this is Chris Watzke and not Duchess.
I mean, unless Duchess does this too, but I don't know.
He said, I'm a big proponent of float tanks, binaural beats while I sleep and mind-altering
psychedelics, not necessarily in that order.
The next response we got kind of ties into this a little bit.
If you listen to, and I recommend that all of you listen to Creatures of the Night, it's
a show hosted by Adam Simmons, Chris Watzke, and Jason Alme.
Jason, as you guys know, he's a good friend of ours.
He's been on the show a couple times.
He's from Shit Happens When You Party Naked.
Chris Watzke is the host of the hashtag No Offense Show and Adam Simmons is co-host of
the Simmons and Moore podcast.
Go check all three of those out.
All three of them together, they also host the Creatures of the Night podcast.
Adam and Chris have mentioned multiple times that they like to do psychedelics to kind
of do some enlightenment in their life.
I think they say it's like microdosing, but yeah, I'm not well versed in that language.
You hit me both, bro.
But speaking of Adam Simmons, we got a response from him that also kind of ties into what
Chris said.
He says, I hit the cryo chamber like mofo, eat like 20 milligrams of a space cookie,
then float in a float tank like goddamn Buzz Aldrin, step out like the Dalai Lama.
Oh, goodness gracious.
Yeah, and then he put a picture of or a GIF of Dr. Strange from Infinity War with all
the hands.
Oh, my goodness.
Yeah, I think I just I don't know where I would ever get my hands on because I think
they've talked about mushrooms before and like microdosing on that for like the enlightenment
and going on their spiritual journeys.
I don't know where I would ever get my hands on that stuff, but that is something that
I want to try in my life at least once.
Fair enough.
That is fair.
Yeah, like I want to go on a frickin trip.
I want literally I want a like I want this I want to float in a I want to float in a
float tank like goddamn Buzz Aldrin.
And I want to learn about myself.
I just want to learn about life.
I want to come out like like frickin Adam says, like step out like the Dalai Lama.
Oh, that's something I'm open to trying at least once in my life.
I will do it on my deathbed if I have to, but I will make that like my life goal.
It's like, oh, I finally lived and then just die.
Yeah, like I have no no motivation whatsoever to go and experiment with like weed or any
of those like drugs, no alcohol.
But when people talk about mushrooms and going on like a spiritual journey, I'm like, I want
that.
Like I, I want that like that's the shit I want.
And I'm like, if I have to frickin get in a float tank and micro dose on a mushroom,
like I will frickin do it like obviously I'm going to need someone to like hold my hand
and walk me through it.
But I want to do that.
Like I am not afraid to admit that that's something I want in my life.
I love it.
Yeah.
So thank you, Adam and Chris.
Gosh, I just want to be on a spiritual journey because of you two.
Caleb will make sure that you get on one soon enough.
Dude, I'm like, I'm I know I'm laughing a lot.
I'm not joking.
Oh, man.
Anyway, our next response comes to us from Delvin Cox at Delvin underscore Cox.
He's also host of the Delvin Cox experience.
If you guys don't listen to that, go check it out.
It is a frickin great show.
And he said play video games and read.
Sounds like a good time to me.
So I think that's a great way.
Yeah.
I'll be back.
Yeah, with a with a relatively new baby, it's it's kind of difficult to.
Play video games as often or as frequently as I want to.
I mean, I used to play like once or twice a week.
Yeah.
Like maybe now I play maybe once or twice every other week.
Dude, I'm single as a pringle.
OK.
Maybe not that single, but I'm still single at the moment.
And even I think even you play video games more than I do.
I play a video game maybe like every two weeks.
Yeah.
What do you do in your free time?
Never mind.
I don't want I don't want to know.
Well, anyway, also reading I've been getting.
Yeah, reading, too.
I've also been getting back into reading comics
because I need something to do while I'm putting Iris to bed.
So I started reading comics.
What are you laughing at?
I just thought of this.
You just say, oh, I don't want to know.
Here's my new thing.
I'm calling it Reliefing with Rose.
Oh, I forgot.
Oh, I feel dirty.
I'm sorry.
Freaking nasty.
I'm sorry.
I had to say that this dude, if I censored if I censored this show whatsoever, that I
would be cutting that out.
Oh, gross.
Hey, how do you know it's specifically that?
It could be a different kind.
Just no, just stop.
Oh, anyway, what I was saying before you so grossly interrupted.
I'm just going to keep quiet for the rest of the episode.
I'm getting back into reading.
I've been getting back into reading comics.
And I know that some people don't consider that real reading, but I need something to
do while I put my baby to bed.
And she like freaking like passes out.
And then I have to sit there and wait until she falls like fast asleep.
And I can't play a video game while I do that because the freaking TV will wake her up.
So I read a comic on my phone with the brightness turned down really low.
I was going to say.
I get back into that.
And I'm having a blast.
Like I haven't read in a decent amount of time.
You know, for a second, I thought you were actually talking about like an actual comic
book.
And I was just like, how the hell do you do that while holding Iris?
Like are you just like a magical page turner with one hand?
OK, I don't know why I didn't think of I don't know why I thought of like you actually buying
like a paper comic.
No.
I wouldn't.
I wouldn't do that.
Wow.
That'd be hard because I have to have all the lights off.
Yeah.
But you're killing the light.
So like the low the lowest brightness on my phone.
I mean, I turn it up a little bit because my eyesight is shit.
But yeah.
Yeah.
How's those glasses coming?
I love reading.
I I know I need to get those bad.
Yeah.
Come on, man.
Zenny, it's cheap.
Just do it.
But yeah.
Yeah.
Anyway, thank you, Delvin, for your answer.
We really appreciate it.
I apologize that I made it dirty.
I'm sorry.
Yeah.
I apologize on Rose's behalf.
Next up, we got a response from the laughs and rec podcast at laughs rec.
I don't know if I specified we're on Twitter.
We've been on Twitter since Adam.
But anyway, the laughs and rec podcast said eat all of the cheese.
You got to be specific with cheese and I like there's certain cheese that I can do.
Like I can do.
I can try being lactose intolerant.
Yeah, dude, I'm so sorry.
Like I can do it.
I couldn't eat a shit ton of Swiss or like just regular cheddar cheese.
It has to be like provolone, Monterey Jack, Monster.
That's probably the only three I could.
Maybe Colby Jack or Pepper Jack.
OK, so there's like five.
It's going to list off all the cheeses.
Well, OK, those are the five cheeses I like.
Shut up.
I don't know, there is something kind of soothing about cheese, but.
When even looking at cheese makes my lactose intolerant body freaking explode.
You know, for your birthday, I'm going to send you a cheese wheel.
Oh, jeez.
Hope you're prepared for me to die.
That's cool with me.
We don't live in the same state anymore.
That's all good.
I'm so effed up.
I thought that was funny.
OK.
All right, let's see.
Next up, we got the Hood Diner podcast at the Hood Diner.
Another fantastic show to listen to.
If I'm not mistaken, I'm pretty sure that they're part of the Inner Circle podcast network.
Woo woo.
Yeah, they said burn some top shelf.
We don't do drugs on this show.
So yeah, I was thinking of a completely different thing.
Wow.
What did you think?
Like bring the top of a bookshelf?
I don't know.
What?
You said burn the top of it.
You said burn the top shelf, right?
It said burn some top shelf.
Yeah, burn some top shelf.
I don't know why I thought like the top shelf of a bookcase.
I don't know why.
I'm innocent with this kind of stuff, OK?
Oh, jeez.
I don't know this kind of wording or like lingo.
There we go.
A lingo?
I don't know this type of lingo.
Yeah.
I doubt that's lingo that we're going to get like super familiar with.
Speak for yourself, man.
I don't know.
A lot's happened since you left, man.
You don't know what I've done.
Yeah.
Besides grossing me out, I'm pretty sure it's not all that new.
Yeah, fair enough.
Oh, come on.
That was just freaking great.
I don't care what anyone says.
But I do apologize to Sam in advance.
If there was ever a time where we were going to get hate mail, it's because of this and
what you said.
I'm going to get like applause from Jason for saying that.
He's going to be like, that's my boy.
That's my boy.
Oh, come on, Jason.
Come through for me.
I got to count on at least one person.
We're going to have to tell him that there's a call to arms on this episode.
Well, our last response comes to us from the untrained eye over at untrained iPod.
A new member of the Inner Circle podcast network.
Hell yeah.
Yeah.
So congratulations, guys.
That is freaking awesome.
That is awesome.
Congrats.
Deserved.
Very well deserved.
Yeah.
Hell yeah.
Now I have like a I listen to damn near like everything that's on the Inner Circle podcast
network.
They have major bragging rights now.
I don't care what anyone says.
Yeah, they do.
A quick question, though, before I read off.
Actually, hold on.
So they said scrolling the Nintendo eShop or sleeping.
You know, I can test.
I can testify to that Nintendo eShop thing because I recently got a Switch Lite and it's
amazing like the deals that you can find for digital download games for on the eShop because
I found Ghost Plus, here's the video game remastered on sale for seven ninety nine.
And she's yeah.
Right.
I was like, holy shit.
But yeah.
Geez, that's wild.
Yeah.
Right.
So what was your question?
Yeah.
OK.
So the past I want to say three or four episodes of The Untrained Eye.
Beth and DJ have not liked Spotify.
And I was wondering, what do you listen to podcasts on?
I listen to them on Spotify.
Yeah, I do, too.
What the hell?
I mean, like they don't like it.
I say it's not like that not that user friendly and you can't set like a playlist.
You can't like check a queue.
I disagree.
Like honestly, I mean, I've listened to iTunes.
Honestly, I've only listened to ours on iTunes.
But I feel Spotify is actually more user friendly than iTunes when it comes to spot.
Wow.
When it comes to listening to podcasts.
Yeah.
Like, are you able to add podcasts to like a queue?
Yeah, easily.
Or a playlist?
Easily.
So off to listen.
You said the last three episodes, right?
Yeah, the last few.
I tried helping DJ out.
OK.
Because he was he was saying that he doesn't know how to access his queue or add.
Add podcasts to his queue.
And so I tried like I sent him screenshots.
Like I like circled everything and sent it to him and was just like here like this.
This is how you add stuff to your queue.
And then he sent me a screenshot of like doing exactly what I told him to.
But the add to queue button wasn't there.
Wait, do you have a premium account?
Hmm.
Well, sure.
What's on the premium one?
Is that not like do you pay for a Spotify premium?
If that's the ten dollar a month one, then yes.
OK, Braille has a has a theory.
It might not be a theory.
She might actually know because she happens to know everything.
Can I help you?
Sure.
Come in here.
You have to talk close to the microphone or you don't get to talk at all.
Damn, what is up the guidelines, bro?
Really rude.
She just walk out.
Yeah.
Oh, Caleb, what did you do?
Come on.
Pandora sucks.
She's got a good point there.
That is so true.
Yeah.
You know what?
She's not wrong.
Wait, so wait, do you pay for a premium or do you just have the free version?
No, I we pay for the premium.
OK, cool.
So then we have a duo account.
OK.
So then I'm assuming that's why Beth and DJ or is it mostly just DJ that's having the
problems?
I think they both DJ is definitely more vocal about it.
So I'm wondering if they just have like the free basic version of Spotify right now.
That may be it.
Yeah.
You should know if that is the case.
I absolutely understand.
Yeah.
So just like a funny side story.
I think it was like a couple of years ago, Brielle tried signing us up for a new Hulu
account because they were offering a dollar a month for I forget how long like it might
I think it might have been a year.
And I was just like, yeah, let's do it.
And so she did.
Turns out it was the the the Hulu like the Hulu plan with ads.
And I turned a one show I turned one show on, watched it with ads and told her, no,
we're paying for whatever it costs for the no plans for the no ad plan.
I've become I've become so freaking spoiled.
I cannot watch a show with ads.
I lasted about maybe like two months with Hulu with ads.
And then after that, I'm just like, yeah, it's worth the extra six bucks a month.
If the shit is like, I feel like Hulu knows how to freaking like put the ads in your show
to piss you off, like to maximize your irritation.
True that like seriously.
So yeah, so before I get on a huge rant about that, let's actually get into the breakdown.
Yes.
Thank you, everybody, for answering the question, though.
Yeah, thank you.
You gave us a lot to talk about.
Yes, you did.
Yeah, so if you are new to our breakdown system, we have split movies into eight different
categories that we individually grade to come to a final all bros letters letter grade.
We have a percentage that we talk about and everything.
But the letter grade is what's most important to us.
So the eight different categories that we grade are story, writing, acting, character
development, effects, music, costumes, and then we give it our own personal grade at
the end.
So let me get into the rating system that we had.
I think next week or maybe the next breakdown that we do is going to be the last time I
bring it up.
But if you are new to our new system, we actually score the movies beforehand now instead of
coming up with the scores on the spot.
I think it just helps us get to the point a little easier.
Yes, it does.
Yeah.
So starting off with story, Rose is going to read us a synopsis of the movie.
So if you've not seen Mulan, it is on Disney Plus right now for free for anyone that has
an active account.
It's not $30 extra.
And yeah, not $30 extra, which thank goodness.
Hey, I'm blind on this movie and I was actually happy I did.
Yeah.
So Rose is about to spoil the entire movie for you.
So if you've not seen it, go check it out.
You have been warned.
Buckling because I'm sure I'm going to butcher a lot of these names.
Just for reading with Rose.
Yep.
All right, in Imperial China, how the hell do you pronounce that?
Hua Mulan?
Is it H-U-A?
Yeah.
It's Hua.
It's Hua?
Okay.
Hua Mulan is an adventurous and active girl to the disappointment of her parents who hope
that one day she'll be wed to a good husband.
As a young man, Mulan is forced to meet with a matchmaker to demonstrate her fitness as
a future wife.
Mulan flustered attempts to pour tea in front of the matchmaker, but a spider causes a panic
for her little sister, Zhu.
I'm just going to assume.
Like I said, I'm going to butcher these names.
So her little sister Zhu accidentally causing a mishap that destroys the teapot, leading
the matchmaker to call her a disgrace in front of her family.
To the north, an Imperial outpost is invaded by Rong warriors under the leadership of Bori
Khan.
They are assisted by the witch Z-Z-Z-Z-Zinining, who uses her magic to pose as a surviving
soldier and report the attack to the Emperor of China.
He then issues a conscription decree ordering every family to contribute one man to fight
Khan's forces.
Imperial soldiers arrive in Mulan's village to enlist recruits and her father, Huo Yi
Zhu, is forced to pledge his service as he has no sons.
Immediately, kneeling over in front of the soldiers due to his bad leg.
Realizing that her father has no chance of survival, Mulan flees with his armor, horse,
and sword to join in his place.
Mulan arrives at the training camp, which is run by Commander Tung, an old comrade of
Huo Yi Zhu.
Alongside dozens of other inexperienced recruits, she ultimately becomes a trained soldier under
his tuliage without exposing her true identity.
The Khan's army continues to advance, forcing Tung to end training early and send his battalion
to fight.
Mulan chases some troops on her own, but is confronted by Z-Z-Zinining, who mocks her
for pretending to be a man.
She attempts to kill Mulan, but her attacks are stopped by the leather with which Mulan's
chest had been bound to hide her identity.
Mulan removes her male disguise, returning to the battle just as the Rans attacking her
fellow troops with a trebuchet.
Mulan uses discarded helmets and her archery skills to maneuver the trebuchet into firing
on a snowy mountain, triggering an avalanche that buries the Rans.
Mulan rides back to camp and rescues Cheng Hongzhu, a soldier she befriended in camp.
Unable to hide her true gender any longer, she is expelled from the army and begins her
return home.
On her way, she is confronted by Z-Zinining, who reveals that she was also shunned by her
people and fights for Bori Khan only because he treated her as an equal and that no one
else does.
Additionally, she reveals that the attacks on the outposts have been a diversion, as
Khan's true plan is to capture and execute the Emperor for having his father killed.
Risking execution, Mulan returns to her battalion to warn them of the impending capture.
Cheng decides to believe her and allows her to lead a unit to the Emperor's palace.
Uses her magic to be in the image of the Imperial Chancellor and persuades the Emperor to accept
Bori Khan's challenge to single combat or removing the city guards from their posts.
The guards are murdered and the Rans prepare to burn the Emperor alive.
Mulan's unit distracts the Rans while Mulan goes to save the Emperor.
Khan tries to snipe her with an arrow, but Ziyang Xing, sympathetic to Mulan and disenchanted
from Khan, transforms into an eagle and sacrifices herself by intercepting the arrow.
Mulan kills Khan, but not before he disarms her and destroys her father's sword.
She frees the Emperor, who offers to let her join his personal guard.
She declines the offer and returns to her village.
Mulan is reunited with her family.
An emissary from the Emperor, under the leadership of Commander Tung, arrives to present Mulan
with a new sword, while making a personal request that she join the Emperor's guard.
A Muslim Gerard Opum, named after the late官 preaching the God of War, Dynamic let
To香地踩。
It's it's not mulling. Um
So the store we ended up scoring the story at or at an 82.5
I
Think what ended up?
Maybe messing up with the story like okay if you're going into this movie
expecting a
Shot for shot remake of the animated Mulan you are going to be disappointed
very disappointed um
Yeah, you kind of have to go into this with fresh eyes not going in expecting
Like we said we're not expecting a remake, but it's like as this is more of a standalone than a remake
I feel oh, I absolutely agree
um
And kind of like what I think it's just a retelling of the same story
Yeah, and I've heard actually this is actually closer to what the source material actually is
Yeah, Mulan is actually a
Considered a myth or a legend yeah
so I
Think there is some like historical truth behind it
but
But yeah, it's the adaptations a little bit more
Historically accurate if you're going based off of some of the
The tales that have been told yeah, um Mulan
One thing that I because I used to listen to a podcast that I think was myths and legends
they
Are he used to say or the host of that show used to say?
With Mulan in particular that there was a lot of different
tellings of
Mulan story there's a lot of different variations that lots of different
Just a lot of different
adaptations, and I think that Disney just kind of played off of one of the
iterations
like the general stories still the same but
Different and it's it's in a fresh way
Yeah, I can absolutely agree with that
Yeah, were you just like quiet for a really long time or yeah, sorry, I know I thought there was a delay on your end
Like I was expecting to start to see the circle going again
Yeah, me too
But but yeah, it's it's
Honestly like with Aladdin I feel like Aladdin was more of a shot-for-shot
Than this movie was oh absolutely
Yeah, and I think that kind of ruined oh
No, sorry, I was just saying I think that
Aladdin kind of being a shot-for-shot and even Lion King being a shot-for-shot
It
Kind of was boring. I it's kind of I knew what was going to come. I knew everything with this I feel like I
Didn't just because it was just there was enough new things in this story to keep me interested I
I absolutely agree. Um, I told Caleb this I think cuz I watched this what was it?
I think Tuesday night and I know a lot of people have a
Huge connection to the original Mulan I don't I've only seen that movie once and I only saw it a couple months ago
So when going into this movie having not a huge connection to that original movie I
Really dug what they did with this version. I
I understand the hate that this is getting but when it comes to like actually being a
Remake that try something different. I think it does a really good job with its story
Kind of like what Caleb basically what Caleb said with like Aladdin Lion King
Hell even mostly Beauty and the Beast it only really adds a few new things
It's all the same story. It's beat-by-beat. Whereas with Mulan
They took out enough and they added enough to make it something new to make it its own thing
like I don't I
Don't feel that this like you said this really isn't a remake
This is just another retelling of this story, but in a different way
Yeah, and I think all of that I
think a lot of it could be taken as negative because of the
Nostalgic connection people have with the animated version
So I think that's really gonna depend on how you moosh you for one and the way that
Yeah, um
But yeah, like the musical aspect of it like I think people were just expecting another musical and
I think this movie took itself
Fairly seriously and it I think it paid off
I absolutely agree like there were like fun homages to like the
Musical side of the original like when they first get to camp
He straight-up says the commander says the line we're gonna make men out of you and I'm like, okay
That's really all I needed just saying the main point of the song
But yeah, like honestly, I didn't miss some moosh you like like at all
But like I said, that's because I've only seen Mulan once it's
It's not my favorite Disney animated movie. It's a good Disney animated movie
I can understand why so many people love it and I'm glad that I finally watched it
But I don't hold it at like the highest regard for my favorite and Disney old Disney
Animated film to where going into this movie. I'm just like, oh my gosh, I can't believe they took out this or they change that I
Actually welcomed all of these changes and I think that they did a really good job pulling all of them off. I
Think they did too. It's not like an amazing like blow your mind story
No, but it's not like an average story either. It's a really good
Telling yes. I definitely think that there were things that they could have improved upon like one of the big things that I
I took from this movie the the witch that Mulan is facing
she
ends up sacrificing herself to protect Mulan and
It feels like that kind of comes out of the movie
Yeah, honestly, I feel you could have yeah, I feel if you took her out of this movie
It really wouldn't have made a huge difference because everyone was focused on Bori Khan
Yeah
like I
Don't know like I think that that
Yeah, you definitely could have taken the
Witch out and still had a good story, but it's also kind of explaining
How
Like she did really good exposition with how men view
Or how like yeah how men and
The Chinese Empire viewed women that were able to use their chi
Yeah, that any because in this chi is like is borderline magical. Yeah
Like the few instances that we saw chi used in a more magical way
Mulan fell off this roof and was able to fall down
more like glide down
It was like more like an elegant. Oh, yeah. That was a cool idea
Yeah, her slow motion able to like sense the battlefield and
Use that to her advantage. That was a good way of like showing her chi the the witch
Apparently mastered her chi to be able to turn into a bird. I guess so. I
Just want to say this really quickly
When Mulan finally decides to actually be Mulan and she like puts down her hair and she's riding into battle
She looks so freaking badass. I loved all of those slow-motion scenes
Looks freaking great. Oh, yeah
And we're gonna get into that with in effects because I freaking oh
so good
I
Freakin oh so good. Um, but yeah, like there wasn't I
Feel like there was maybe a few pacing issues with the movie
Kind of
Honestly when it was at the point where it was just kind of a repeat of the animated
Yeah, I think that's where I started to kind of like drift off
But then like once it kind of got back on track and started telling something that was different from the original
I'm like, oh right back into it. Yeah
So I think that's what killed it the most for me story wise. That's fair. Um, this is pacing and
then that random ass act of
Sacrifice with the witch it's just kind of yeah. Okay, whatever. Yeah
But yeah, um, so yeah eighty two and a half for story
Moving on to writing we ended up scoring that
74
The writing was pretty strong not as strong as the story
but
Yeah, definitely not as strong as the story. I'll admit probably honestly one of the weaker aspects
It was but like whenever this is more so towards the beginning when uh, Lawn was having her talks
With her dad. I feel the writing was really strong in those scenes
Yeah, like that shit made me sad. Yeah, right
like
like having I don't know if it's just because I now have a daughter and those kind of
conversations
Resonate more with me. But the yeah, the conversations that she was having with her dad like just broke my heart
And I'm like no
But I think what I
Think what ended up killing it was a lot of the unnecessary
lines
Like maybe I was just mostly from like the extra
Yeah, a lot of the that stuff at camp, yeah
One writing thing that I felt was really smart
Because
She Mulan is part of a
Military she wouldn't be able to just go set up camp wherever the hell she wanted
Like in the animated version and so she's like bunking with the rest of the troops and to avoid getting caught as a woman
she's choosing to
Be on watch rather than bathe and it I thought it was like really funny that like the reason that she actually goes to
bathe is
Because all the guys call her out and be like you stink. Yeah
I love that scene. And I was like
I love that scene as the first night she called she's just like I volunteer I volunteer tears tribute for night 2d
Yeah, like that was something that like I
Don't know like I never felt that that level of having anxiety in the the animated version
But I didn't feel anxious that she was ever gonna get caught
Yeah, and then with this I was always anxious that she was gonna get caught especially with that when she's like
Everyone's like stripping down get ready to go to bed and I'm like, oh no. Oh no
What is she gonna do and then yeah, they call that and I'm like, she's like, I'll go and I'm like, oh
Like oh my goodness
Freaking stressful
Yeah
Yeah, okay. I think that's something like the movie did really really well
It's just like a lot of the extra lines and some of the expedite exposition dumps were a bit much
I
Think a lot of the conversation between the main
Villain I'm not gonna even try and pronounce his name and the witch a lot of those conversations
I feel were just yeah, we're just exposition dumps. Oh, yeah, absolutely
And so those felt a little on the unnecessary side. There was a lot of lines that just kind of were really dry
Didn't really
Lead into the story that much but there were like the heartfelt conversations. I feel were were really good
I think it's like we said it's
Yeah, like we said it's below the story unfortunately, but
It's still it's still good. I think it's it's average. Yeah, so it's sitting like we said sitting at a 74
Not bad at all
Yeah, next up we got acting which we have scored at a 79
I'm just gonna say this right now
I think the little girl that they picked to play Mulan is
really cute
Like she is gorgeous
Like wow, yeah
Absolutely agree
So I oh no, I was gonna say I've I
Freakin loved her as Mulan. I've
For the most part. No, actually, I feel she had the timing down especially like
when
She like say like they were the guys were talking like in that scene about oh
What do you look for in a companion or wife or whatever?
And
They're all just like oh she has to be able to cook and all this shit. She's just like no they need
compassion loyalty and they just start freaking
Busting a gut thing because they're just like yeah. No, that's not how we think. Sorry, buddy
And so like the parts where she has to act like a guy I actually think she does very very well, yeah
Yeah, like I think that's something that the animated didn't do super well
either like I
Don't know like it felt
Like Mulan's
Man voice in the animated felt a little over the top
And
In this it didn't feel over the top. It was just
It was more like
She was just trying to deepen her voice a little bit
Which like not too much where it was like cheesy, but just enough. Yeah, and I
Could fold just trying to throw some bass and then Mulan was just like it or the animated Mulan
Just went into it too much, yeah
Yeah, I can definitely agree with that. I mean, yeah if I wouldn't have known
You know that that was an actual that was really a girl. I mean, I think that was a girl
That was really a girl underneath all that armor
Could have fooled me
Yeah
I mean she does have some very like feminine features
Yeah, those are kind of hard to hide something a lot easier to hide that in an animated film
Yeah
So
Yeah, like but her acting was phenomenal like I thought she did
incredible
Oh, absolutely agree. Um, the people that dropped it for me was everyone around her
Even jetli
Which one did who or who did jetli play jetli was he the commander or was he no no jetli was the emperor
It was the emperor. Yeah, Donnie Yen was the commander
Then
Okay, the emperor
And the commander were pretty good. Everyone else was like a little
like
I liked most of the people that she associated with in the camp her boyfriend not boyfriend her
Kind of like they made it look like a love interest, even though it went nowhere at the end. Um
Uh, I don't know. I I kind of had a love which I appreciate him
I did too. I I did appreciate that as well, but
Anna did you did you like him? Did you have a love-hate relationship with him?
I did. Um
Yeah, he was one of those ones that I felt like oh when she was taking the when she was taking a bath and she was
trying to not like
Get caught and kind of pushing him away. Yeah when he was like having a moment. I think I felt like
his acting there was
Just a bit on the dry side
It was like like uh, especially with the part where he's just like you can turn your back on me
But don't turn it on your fellow comrades in the battlefield. I'm just like yeah, dude, that felt so forced
Yeah, I did
And I feel like that that line could have been delivered a little bit better
Oh, because I I tried like
I tried like I tried dissecting that scene like the I tried dissecting the scenes that I had issues with
and a lot of the
The issues I had were with
the acting
Rather than the writing
Yeah, so
I do think overall just because I gave more points or leaned my score more towards um grading
uh
the actress from ulan I I
Don't remember her name
Oh, it's hard to pronounce i'm not even gonna try
Yeah, we're really sorry but yeah amazing actress but no she was the reason I gave your name
Yeah, she was the reason I gave as high as I did everyone else like
um
all the other soldiers
The bad guy I felt wasn't good
Like the actor wasn't that good. I liked like I think he was just a little too over the top
Uh, I liked and then the witch I thought she was pretty good. So that's why I kind of settled on what I did
um, but
Yeah, it was still up up there pretty high. Yeah
Um, I think I ended up giving acting in
80
And you gave it a 78?
So it ended up sitting at a uh 79. That's not bad
Yeah
So like we said acting sitting at 79
Um character development is sitting half a point lower. It is sitting at a 78.5
Okay
So what did you think of her?
character in this
Anna I feel it was pretty pretty good. I mean it it kind of is basically the same as the animated one
Where she goes on?
um the journey of
taking her father's place
um
Realizing that she doesn't want to hide anymore. She wants to be who she is
and then
Getting kind of banished and then them realizing that actually, you know what we actually need her
She's gonna be amazing
I mean, she's Mulan for crying out loud
um
And I don't know. I feel it's a good character arc for the most part
It's definitely nice seeing her coming to her own
I agree one thing that I think
They did really really well with and the reason I gave character development as high as I did
um was
Uh when they were talking about the three
Um, oh shit, what did they what did they call them?
Uh the
other
the the oath
Oh what's imprinted on the oath that they took?
Yeah
I forgot what they're called
Or what they ended up calling them, but it's just like the oath that they took to defend
China and one of the
the three
Things that they called out was integrity or was it
honesty
Something to do with like integrity. I know honesty was definitely one of them
Okay, yeah, it was like
It was like loyalty something and
Trust or honesty one of the two just something along those lines and
The way that she struggled
Talking about that like when they were taking the the oath, um at the end of their training
And they pull their swords and like you have to call out
um, like your that mission statement of
of everything that you're defending and when she got to honesty the way that she stopped and like
oh like
Wasn't being because she wasn't being honest with herself about who she was
She wasn't being honest with like the people around her and she was struggling with that
She wanted to be who she was and defend her home, but she knew that
They wouldn't um
Uh, they wouldn't allow her to do that like they would view her as a witch because of her ability to use chi and
Like defenses for as the man's place and
In all that and so the way that she struggled with that and then came into her own and
was able to accept like who she is and was able to be honest and
With herself and everyone around her like that was
like
incredible
It was
So I especially I love this there were times she gets her own sword
And then it actually has like something else imprinted on the back is minus the three that were already on the front
Yeah, oh my gosh so good
Um
Let's say yeah, I freaking love that like we said 78.5. It's slightly below acting but
and a little bit below the story just
Because I think that they could have focused on like her character
a little bit
More had more. Yeah, just a tad
Like I think there were times that they kind of lost track of the character that they were building
So that's probably why it's scored a little bit lower than
Than the story. Yeah, or than the overall story, but I can still an amazing score for an amazing
character arc
Absolutely
Yeah, um, all right next up we have effects which ended up scoring a 87
It's not bad
Um, yeah, okay
No, like what were you gonna say? Oh, no, no I'm not get into it. No, let's hear it. Let's hear it
Okay
If you're going into this movie
expecting
realism
Don't
Yeah
Throw that they they did a really good job
Yeah, they did a really good job at setting up
what's possible in this world really early on and so yes there are some
things that are over the top and you can obviously tell that the actress is on
wires but that doesn't pull away from how amazing everything looks no not one
bit like I love the slow-motion scenes like every slow-motion scene was
freaking badass like I said you do get you do see her on wires and that does
look somewhat cheesy but because they set that up I'm able like set that
possibility up I am able to forgive that to a certain extent not like
completely I think that is the one thing that I might have docked the most but
all the special effects the witch kind of looked a little funky um like her
robes that would kind of just fling out and grab people and kill them and and
everything that I felt was a little on the cheesy look inside the Phoenix that
would that was following Mulan looked real fake but I think if you get into
the the stunt work that was done in this that's where the movie frickin shines
because I think the actress did all of her own stunts oh she did that's amazing
yeah that's why they were able to show her face during a lot of the fight
scenes cuz she did most of it Wow yeah most if not all I don't know why that
one time I really points out or jumps out to me is that scene where she takes
all those those helmets and lines them up to make it look like the people are
attacking them from on top of the hill and I you know me with bows and arrows I
love them to death and so that scene where she is just firing rapidly at all
of them it's frickin astonishing I freaking love that scene yeah that looks
so good so it's sitting at an 87 I think this is the highest at least so far this
is the highest category that we've braided and I don't feel like that
happens very often no I agree but it's well-deserved the effects are super
super good in this movie yeah like there's nothing I feel that pulls you
out of the movie if you're being over analytical you definitely do notice some
of the more crappy CGI force like portions of this yeah but fair like I
said not enough to distract from the enjoyment of the movie yeah it never
pulls you out and ignore a lot of that you'll be fine yep exactly yeah so 87
very happy with that next up we got music and I think we we definitely
agreed on this music score to seven I think that the yeah it wasn't like off
the hook or anything all the music that they played you you could reference to
the animated version it was just very subtle yeah that's a good point song
I think of like the end credits was good yeah Christina Aguilera's rendition of
reflection yeah that was yeah that was freaking yeah super good I'm trying to
think of some other songs that you could hear you definitely heard reflection a
lot throughout the the movie I think that was like what the score was based
off of yeah you are you'll bring honor to us the song while she's getting all
dressed up oh yes you kind of hear that getting played in the background I'll
make a man out of you kind of plays a little bit during some of the training
sequences like you get a lot of those songs it's just like they're very
subtly played in the back yeah I think you don't get the words yeah I think
it's like that's good I think it's above average but it nothing like stands out
yeah it doesn't really unfortunately no it doesn't really add anything to the
original soundtrack which I mean they can't really do that considering that
none of the songs in here are actually singing songs but I don't know like them
not adding songs I feel really worked or not adding you know making this a
musical really really worked for it and its favor and I feel if they made it
into a musical just like the animated version I feel it would have taken away
from it I absolutely agree the music just like just them recycling what they
had from the animated Mulan I feel worked really well I think everything
tied in and felt like good it's just the soundtrack doesn't stick with you like
like the the original does and it's because of the the lyrics the reason
like the reason that this doesn't like the the soundtrack in this makes me want
to listen to the animated soundtrack because lyrics yeah exactly so I think
that's why it's just scored slightly above average but not because I think our
average scores either five or six yeah I think you're right but yeah seven is just
slightly above average but it nothing really sticks out yeah next up is
costumes and this definitely sticks out we gave the costumes a nine so well
deserved so well deserved so well deserved all honestly I feel you can
make the argument for a ten you really could because I I have no problems with
the costumes in this movie all of them are phenomenal I don't either I think
they were like masterfully crafted yeah do we want to bump it up to a ten I I'd
be more than happy to do that all right let's do it I'll do it well we'll change
it to a ten hell yeah all right I should say I'd be more than happy if you did it
because I can't do it on this end all right cool so yeah costumes is officially
now a ten whoo yeah the like we said everything was so amazingly crafted the
the soldier uniforms or the armor on the on the soldiers looked so good I mean
hell the the the witch looked amazing like she like looked intimidating she
had like a flowy look about her it was just like it's just like an intimidation
factor it's like so so good though the one costume that stuck out in my mind is
the frickin Emperor's armor I mean holy all shit damn badass yeah it's so
freaking cool like this movie alone like watch for the costumes yeah just oh like
and it's it's everything it is literally everything like if you I'm trying to
think like um the beginning her the the outfits that she wears as a child like
they're just like very light colors like a really light purple really light blue
and it's like the the flowing dress and then when she's wearing her when she goes
to meet the matchmaker like that those dresses are freaking amazing can we talk
about how Mulan had a lot more makeup on than her sister what was up with that
well I think Mulan was the was the focus oh like I think Mulan was there
specifically for the matchmaker and it was just the women in the household had
to be present so maybe it's just so it's her sister kind of saying what to expect
when it's her time to go see the matchmaker okay that makes more sense
yeah that's kind of what I interpreted no that that makes a lot more sense
honestly so thank you for cleaning that up yeah but yeah her the gown that she
was wearing and that was just off the hook and I really liked when she was
riding to the Emperor's Palace and she was in just the the red robe oh yeah can
we that scene where she's just like stripping off like all of the armor and
like and you're not really seeing her yet you don't really see the full outfit
until she actually gets to the battleground and it just looks amazing I
love it yeah it's killed like the like it's it look from a distance it looks
like a like kind of a really basic costume but up close the fabric has such
intricate details like you can tell that Disney or whoever directed this or the
costume people I mean hats off to you like they were it was just so intricate
and everything was so like it felt very like just hand crafted like I took such
good care to just nail these costumes and they absolutely succeeded so
everyone in the costume department freaking congratulations yeah I hope
you're nominated for an Oscar blew me away deserve yes yeah I hope so that
would be awesome all right so like we said costumes we bumped up to a ten and
now it is time for our own personal score for the movie so Rose I'll let you
take this one away so this live-action remake of Mulan I thoroughly enjoyed
like I said earlier I don't have a huge sort of nostalgia feel for the original
considering I've only seen it once and that was not that very long ago so I
welcomed this new iteration I liked the changes they made I was fine that there
was no singing no mooshu it worked for me the actress that played Mulan was
amazing so freaking good just yeah I was so surprised for how much I liked this
Disney remake it's honestly up there for me with their bests it's probably like
for me tied with Jungle Book for their best live-action remake for me I'm just
amazed of how thoroughly I enjoyed this this iteration of Mulan so I I swear I
gave it an 80 and I'm proud of that I truly believe in that score yeah
yeah I actually was right in line with you I gave it an 80 as well I really
enjoyed this movie I thought it was really well done I went in with a lot of
skepticism it's like kind of ready to look down on this movie because it's not
like a live-action remake of the movie and not a musical and not this not that
but I was very pleasantly surprised by this movie I I remember watching it for
the first time and I like I leaned over to Brielle and I'm like I love this
like I was I was ready to tear this movie to shreds but I I loved it
it was so good like I said if you're going in expecting a shot for shot
you're gonna be disappointed but if you can let go of your nostalgia for the
animated Mulan you are going to have a really good time with this movie I think
there's enough new things in it to keep everyone interested there's enough of
the original content to keep you interested or to keep to kind of hit
your nostalgia a little bit and just different subtleties throughout the
movie and if you don't go see this movie for anything else go see it for the
freaking costumes the costumes are for real though yeah just they'll blow your
freaking mind so can't say enough good things about that I'm giving it an 80 as
well and that averages are out to an 80 because we both gave it an 80 so the
final all bros score for Mulan is a B- not bad at all yeah definitely not bad
so it is sitting at an 82.62% so comparing this to other B- movies
that we have graded this puts it one point above Holiday in Handcuffs two
points above the banana split smoothie one point above late
night definitely grew that too slightly like slightly above the hunt yeah it's
above the hunt by point two percent damn yeah let's see it's above Deadpool 2
okay that's fair it's below the greatest showman I need to watch that movie again
it's been so long yeah it kind of has been a while it's above Birds of Prey
I'm not mad at that actually I'm not either let's see it's a but it's one
point above it chapter 2 and two points above good boys okay there aren't a whole
lot of B- movies it's it's point five percent above the Magnificent 7 okay
it's point three percent above let's be cops one point above Rogue One and
that's all of our B- movies comparing it to Aladdin Aladdin is a C-plus oh shit
so it did score higher yeah so it's score yeah so Mulan was at an 82.6
Aladdin's at a 79.6 okay damn it was um it ended up being below Lion King yeah
okay but like if you think about this if you think like just because we have to
defend our system we gave the effects in Lion King a hundred oh yeah and the cut
we also gave the costumes really high too okay all right I forgot about that
yeah so critically speaking yeah Lion King is technically the better of the
two if you're going based off our score but I think we enjoyed the other movie
or Mulan better yeah absolutely absolutely let's see it's um it's
slightly below I'm just doing this I'm just going through and checking out the
Disney remakes that we've talked about so Aladdin Lion King Lady and the Tramp
it's below Lady Lady and the Tramp by one point by one point shit wow yeah damn
yeah right let's see what else I think that's like the only remakes that we've
yeah cuz we haven't done Beauty and the Beast or Jungle Book that yeah so so
based off of this our top so like just with the remakes that we've done it's it
goes Lion King then Lady and the Tramp then Mulan then Aladdin okay which least
the only reason that yeah the I feel like this would be cheating though
because I could say that we need to go back and adjust the personal grade
column because during that time is when we started we weren't giving it a
personal grade we were giving it a genre grade and how it worked as that genre of
movie oh yeah so I think that that could be something that we could justify going
back and changing it's a good point but we'll talk about it yeah but anyway so
yeah um like we said Mulan sitting at a B- 82.6 percent um it's a really good
movie we highly recommend you guys yeah and if you guys don't end up liking it
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