From the Dungeons of Morningstar, I'm Clint.
And I'm Stretch, and this is Prevailing Strange.
All right, for this week's Week in Review, where
we talk about the things that we've watched throughout
the week. Daredevil? I watched two episodes right
now, seven and eight. Yep. A lot of fun, in my
opinion. Yeah. The seven was a slow one, but
I didn't mind it. Like, you can't have everything
flat out all the time. You just start getting
fatigued. But, dude, I was really hoping that
we'd see more of Mews. Yeah, I was a little bit
disappointed that they kind of cut him down as
quick as they have. Yeah, and it's... I wanted
to see more of it. He's more of a street -level
criminal and I like that. Yep. I don't think
Daredevil always needs to fight a world -ending
thing. Absolutely, yep. I'm loving that we're
seeing more of Fisk being the kingpin. Yep. Like
when he's got all them little... all them rich
people, getting them in the office one by one
and intimidating them into giving him millions
of dollars. Like, I'm liking it. Yeah. But, yeah,
the ending of Muse, yeah, I could have let that
go on for another couple of episodes. Yeah, it
did seem a little anticlimactic. I do wonder
whether he was retconned because they did start
shooting this back in. 2023, and there was a
lot of reshoots. So I'm not sure what they changed
up. I didn't know it had gone on that long. Yeah.
As far as I know, the only episode they didn't
redo was the Bank Heist one. Right. Which wasn't
one of your favourites. No. But as far as I know,
they've reshot stuff for every other episode.
Well, it sort of makes it – do you know why they
were doing the reshoots? No, I'm not sure. It
obviously didn't hold up for somebody, whether
it was execs or screen tests, I'm not sure. Yeah,
fair enough. But, yeah, it kind of makes you
wonder whether Muse might have had a bigger role.
Yep. And they've cut him down, or whether he
was added in later. Yeah, right. Yeah. Okay.
I just, I really wanted to see more of his power
set. I wanted to see, like, he was a taekwondo,
he trained taekwondo, and he's... Okay, fair
enough. But you could hold your own against Matt
Murdock, who was trained by the hand. Yeah. Like,
from a young age. Yeah. And he has abilities.
Yeah. And you're holding your own. I wanted to
see more of him. I wanted to see a confliction
with Daredevil. Like, why can't I catch this
guy? Why can't I hear him? You know, I wanted
to see more. Yeah, well, he's definitely a great
counterpiece too. Daredevil. Great counterpiece,
dude. And they never alluded to any kind of power
set whatsoever. Nope. And in the comics, he's
an inhuman. Yep. Like, there could have been
so much he could have done with that character.
He was a great character. Yeah. It could have
been a pretty good cat and mouse type thing.
Yep. Him just constantly getting away, frustrating
Murdoch. Yeah. Dude, let me, like, that real.
primal scream that he gets when he's fighting
him in the dungeon. Yep. Man, I want to see him
get that frustrated that he's getting to his
wit's end. Yeah. Well, that scene might have
been retconned too because that could have been
meant for the finale. Right. And could have been
stretched out over an extended period. Yeah,
you're right, too. But I think they're just concentrating
mainly on Fisk and the kingpin. Well, I think
with the one episode left, they are. You've got
to give us a bang. And I think that people are
just clamouring for Fisk and Dee Dee to go at
it. Yeah. Well, that definitely seems what it
was building up to in the penultimate episode.
Yeah. Episode seven. Yeah, the tensions were
rising. I did like the use of colour throughout
that episode. That weirded me out a little bit,
like especially when you're looking over the
shoulder of... and the whole screen sort of goes
blue. I honestly thought my eyes were playing
tricks on me to start with. But then when I see
Daredevil go red when he's on the ground and
bleeding out and that. Well, speaking of the
red, one of my favourite parts of the episode
was you see Muse coming for Daredevil's girlfriend.
Oh, yeah. And then he just slings the. the billy
club he just goes straight through armlet's chest
and spread and just sprays blood all over the
canvas on the floor yeah that was that was pretty
brutal yeah um when he used the the wire as a
grot yeah i liked it i dug it yeah it was good
it was most most amount of blood we've seen the
disney thing yeah and i was like i'm thinking
oh sweet like he's actually becoming his own
artwork and Oh, I like that. Yeah. I thought
that was a good touch. I wonder if that canvas
is going to come into play later on and someone
buys it. Yeah, who knows? Because that would
be a tripped out piece of art to have in here.
Yeah, we were talking about colours in Episode
7 when that Murdoch's on the ground bleeding
out and everything kind of goes red. We saw Poindexter's
aura almost go blue a couple of times. Fisk,
when he came out in the white suit and the spotlight
on him, it was very bright white light. Yeah.
I was excited when I saw him walk out in that
tux. We got to see the swordsman again. Kind
of I'm hoping we get to see him in action at
some point. Yeah. Even he's a lower tier character.
It is kind of cool having him. I honestly wouldn't
even mind Fisk ripping him to shreds. You know
what I mean? I never liked him in Hawkeye. He's
a bit. to me, but I like that he doesn't show
fear to Fisk except when he was in that room
one -on -one and he's like, okay, yes, sir. Yeah,
I don't have a sword on me. Yeah, I've got nothing
on me. But, yeah, I hope – because you did see
that snippet of him in the alleyway. Yeah. I
hope to see a bit more of that because, like
I said, the street -level characters are what
it's all about for Daredevil. Yeah, definitely.
And there's plenty of them out there. Absolutely.
Just sprinkle them in. I was hoping that we...
Dude, Hector Dine took me out, dude. I really
loved his character, eh? Yeah. And I wish he
was in it more. Yeah. It'll be interesting to
see if his niece picks up the mantle in this,
whether it will be something else later on. Yeah,
and she'll get her own little spin -off sort
of thing. Oh, who knows? Or... Team up? Yeah,
maybe a team up in Young Avengers or one of those
kind of young teams. Yeah. Who knows? Does the
amulet actually take your life force away from
you? Does it give you a trade -off, gives you
power, takes away your life force sort of thing,
or does it just give you power? It gives you
power. I think it's more of like it has a will
of its own and it wants you to wear it. Right,
okay. So that's kind of why he was. out on the
streets a fair bit and driven to kind of be out
there. It wants to hunt. Yeah, right. That's
cool. I like that. Do we ever find out where
they come from? I don't know whether we'll find
out in this. Yeah, sweet. But, I mean, there's
all kind of magical amulets and stuff going on
in the MCU with, like, Moon Knight and... He...
It'd be funny you mention Moon Knight apparently
because Kevin Feige came out the other day and
said, that's not the whole cast of Doomsday.
There's more to be added. Yeah. And then the
same day, what's his name, the bloke who played
Moon Knight? Isaac. Isaac. That's him? Yeah.
Oscar Isaac. Oscar Isaac shared a picture of
Moon Knight. I'm like, ooh, are we going to get
Moon Knight again? Because apparently they're
bringing – remember the last alter ego that you
see in the limousine? Mm -hmm. Apparently he's
coming back for more. Yeah, okay. I did see something
about Hayley Atwell has signed contracts for
some more Marvel stuff. Nice. Whether we get
Captain Britain in Doomsday, whether we get to
see some more of that Illuminati set. Yeah, yep.
Who knows? I liked her. I didn't watch much of
Agent Carter. No, neither. But I see that Jarvis
was in it a lot, like the bloke who played Howard
Stark's driver. Yep. Which is who he is. Model
in one. Yeah. So I see that he was in it a lot
more and I like that sort of espionage and all
that sort of stuff. I've always been into Mission
Impossible and James Bond and stuff. I think
I might have to go back and give it a watch because
there are some parts in it that actually link
up. I never gave it a chance. I haven't even
seen it on Disney+. Oh, yeah, righto. Was it
a Disney? Yeah, a Disney Plus show. Yeah, there
we go. There was something else I was going to
touch on about Daredevil. Yeah, Bullseye. How
long it took him to set up that shot. Mother.
Look, dude, come on. Yeah. He literally spat
his tooth into some guy's forehead. The scene
prior. Yep. And threw two pairs of scissors and
they hit smack bang in the middle of foreheads.
I don't know if you've thrown scissors. They're
not aerodynamic and they're not accurate. No,
I don't think they would be. Now, he had a sniper
rifle. It wasn't a snopper, I'm sorry. It was
an AR -15 with a scope in a room where it was
25 metres away from the boat. With, you know,
decent line of sight. And as Obi -Wan said, he
had the higher ground. Yeah. He had three targets
right there and he missed all of them and he
only fired one shot. Come on, man. Yeah. And
then all the Fisks bodyguards. The scene prior,
you see how good of a shot old mate is because
he shot, Bucky's name was, wasn't it? Yeah. Shot
old mate in the head with a 9mm. Yeah. You're
telling me that you can't hit the guy that's
up there. Or at least take shots at him. No one
took a shot. No. It was one shot and it hit Matt
Murdock. Yeah, it was pretty inconsistent. I'm
curious to find out why Murdock got in front
of that bullet as well. Like it wasn't like it
was. Going anywhere near his girlfriend. Yeah.
Why did he save Fisk for? Even though it looked
like he was going to have a confrontation with
Fisk before that whole thing. I wanted to see
that. See when he's walking over and you see
Fisk just sort of like go and grab on the bucket.
He's like, what the fuck's happening? What's
going to happen? It was the first time I sort
of saw fear in Fisk and I didn't know why he
was scared. I think he was holding Buck back
because he was like, let him come. Oh, right.
Let him come, yeah. Yeah, okay. Yeah, I don't
know what his plan was there. But I like that
Fisk knows he can hear him. Yes, dude. Talking
to Vanessa but, like, quiet enough that he knew
that he could hear him the entire time. Yeah.
See, there's stuff like that that just goes,
yeah, they're doing good. Yeah, except for that
bullseye moment. Fuck, dude, that just took me
out. Yeah. It really did take me out. I've literally
seen this guy throw a thumbtack. And kill a fly.
Yeah. Yeah. He's trained with firearms. Like
he should have just been able to set that up
and. There's 15 shots in that magazine and another
one in the barrel and he shot one. Yeah. It will
be interesting to kind of see what happens in
the next episode. You know, Matt's been shot
in the shoulder. Yeah. What's going to happen?
Well, yeah. Well, now that. both him and Foggy
being shot by Poindexter. And that's another
thing. I loved when he went and seen Poindexter
in prison and he just snapped and started smashing
his face in the table and he goes, oh, God, he
just started smashing his face in the table.
I was like, oh, Jesus Christ, man. Yeah, showing
a darker side. Yeah, we're seeing more and more
of it too as the series goes on. I enjoy it.
I like it. I'm not mad at all. No. This week
also. Dungeon Crawler Carl. Man, I'm loving this
book. Book four. I really am loving this series.
I honestly didn't think I'd listen past book
one. But then book two was just sitting there
and it's like, do you want to continue? I'm like,
fuck it. And I just pressed purchase. Yeah. And
dude, I can't put it down. It definitely gets
more compelling as you go along. And so much
fun. Yeah. I haven't had this much fun with an
audio book in a while. It's quite good. The production
is fantastic. Yeah. And it's almost like you
dialed down on the whole lit RPG kind of stats
of things as well. Yeah, you sort of only get
it at your recap shows at the end of the thing.
And I'm loving the small bits of exposition he's
putting in. So he's not... like jamming shit
down your throat, he's just giving you a little
bit here so you can digest that. When you remember
that, you retain it, and then later on he'll
give you a little bit more. Digest it, retain
it. I'm really enjoying the relationship between
Donut and Carl. Yeah. And I was absolutely dead
set heartbroken that Cartier left the party.
I do like that. In the beginning, the characters
seemed a little two -dimensional. Yeah. Obviously,
they kind of seemed there just for comedic value.
Yep. But as we go along, these characters are
getting deeper and deeper. They're so important
to the whole thing. The power I'm up to now is
like it's showing what is happening on the surface.
So we're catching up with. Carl's ex -girlfriend,
who we hear about in the first book, and who's
apparently a cheating piece of swine. And she's
got a cat with her. I can't remember the cat's
name. Ferdinand. Ferdinand, that's right. And
that's Donut's lover. Yeah. So I'm interested
to see where that goes. Because there is, and
they do explain what happens to the surface dwellers.
Yep. Can you remember when we started reading
the first book, how I said I was a bit confused
about what the dungeon was? As we go on, they're
explaining it more and more. So it's happened
all over the galaxy and it's just this season
it's on Earth. Yeah. And, yeah, I'm really digging
it, man. Yeah. I really enjoy this book. They
repurposed. Scenes, scenarios, kind of lore and
just rebuild it on each planet. Yeah. Yeah. It's
a pretty cool idea. In the beginning I thought
it was a little cheap, but as they build the
lore on it. It is getting better and better.
And it's something you don't get with movie series,
right? You watch a movie and it's like, oh, we
talked about this the other day. A sequel has
a lot to live up to. A lot of the times it misses
the mark, dude. Yeah. Like 75 % of the time you
miss the mark with a sequel. Yeah. This book,
every one of them is better and better. Like
the first book was 11 hours and then the second
one was 14 and a half. The fourth book's 26 hours.
The fifth book. The fifth book's 26 hours. Yeah.
That's incredible, the fact that there's so much
story that he's got to tell. Like in the book,
as the levels go further down, the dungeons get
smaller and smaller. So you get less staircases
to go down to the next level. So it's bringing
more and more characters together. I think we're
at 168 ,000 survivors at the moment in the dungeon.
Yeah, something like that. So it started off
in the millions. So it's like a battle royale
in that aspect. Like it's bringing them closer
and closer together to force the interactions.
I'm really digging it, man. I appreciate you
showing me this book because I never would have
picked it up. This is one of them things where
I wasn't interested in lit RPG. I'm more of a
sci -fi guy. And when you said, try this out,
I'm like, oh, fuck. It's going to be painful
to listen to. And it was hard for me to get into
it because I thought I had to remember all the
stats and shit. But, dude, it is such a good
book. One of the things I like about these kind
of adaptions from Royal Road to publication and
then audiobook is it's like the narrative. When
you've got other books, they obviously have,
like, the three parts, the three acts, beginning,
middle, end, and it's like a self -contained
story. And then a lot of times they'll write
a second story, which is in itself a self -contained
story. or narrative, but it's the sequel to the
first one, and then they might do a third one,
and it's another complete cycle where this is
just story. Yeah. Just continually, like, yeah,
it picks up exactly where it's left off, and
they just keep going. Yeah, I'm all for it, man.
It's like binge -watching a TV show. Yeah, and
that's the thing. This week I had a massive week
at work. So for Monday I was here for 14 hours
and I listened to 14 hours of Dun & Crawl Carl.
Tuesday I was here for 14 hours, listened to
14 hours of Dun & Crawl. I didn't get sick of
it. I couldn't turn it off. So, yeah. Well, I
mean. Grateful. I think there's five, six, seven
books at the moment. So once we're done, you
can always check out He Who Fights With Monsters.
It's equally as good. if not better in my opinion.
Oh, shit, yeah, okay. I'll make a note of that.
I think there's 11 books of that one so far.
Oh, shit. Yeah. There was one scene in the book
where the god's looking for the dog. Loved it.
Yeah. And it's just he's looking for this dog
and this dog is literally cities, cities large.
Yeah. And it was fun. Just a big puppy. Yeah,
with two heads. But, dude, I encourage anybody
to give it a chance. Yeah, it's not a serious
book, but it's just a fun book. So much fun.
But for a fun book, there's also some deep moments.
Oh, yeah. But, yeah, genuinely laugh out loud
moments. And very visually compelling too. Even
though there's no pictures, it describes scenarios
and different parts of the story really well.
Like when Cartier turns herself into a train
that just goes through a heap of goblins and
shit. I could literally, yeah, picture that happening
and it was cool. Yeah, it's a bit of a romp.
It's a fun read. Yeah. Make a good TV show. It
would. Unfortunately, it'd probably only get
picked up by some. Yeah. Well, not minor, but
like somebody that wouldn't have the ability
to kind of. Oh, I don't know. Apple TV might
pick it up. You showed me a trailer yesterday,
which I thought was absolutely sick. Yeah, I
thought it would be right up your alley. Right
up my alley. So some pop culture news. Murderbot.
Dude. With Alexander Skarsgård. It looks pretty
fun. It looks so fun, dude. It looks so fun.
It too is based on a book series called The Murderbot
Diaries. Seems like it would probably be in a
very similar vein to Dungeon Crawler Carl in
the fact that it's like a contemporary. Dude,
it was just, even in the trailer, like Alexander
Skarsgård is the first time I ever seen him was
in Zoolander. Yep. Every role after that has
been more of a brooding, sensible character.
And this is a return to him. He looks like a
child still. He's got that childhood innocence
about him and that. The trailer sold me on this
show. And, again, hats off to trailer directors,
producers. Yeah, it looks like it'll be for some
pretty silly fun, some gratuitous violence. Yeah.
Bit of slapstick. I think it's going to be quite
a touching story too because if there's no other
like him and he's trying to come to terms with
what he is and why he is, it's going to be good.
So he's a cyborg who has managed to hack his
own software or programming. So he's now sentient
or free and he's trying to blend in as best as
he can. But obviously there's something a little
wrong with him if he calls himself Murder Bot.
Yeah, it's not Defensive Bot, it's Murder Bot.
Yeah, I think it could be quite sarcastic and
funny. Happy Helper Bot. No. What other stuff
have you got to talk about in the news, mate?
They announced Spider -Man 4. It's title and
release date. So they're calling it Brand New
Day. There was a comic run called Brand New Day
as well. I don't know if it's going to be based
on that or whether they're just borrowing titles.
Why are you shaking your head? Such a shit title.
Well, I mean, it's probably not the best, but.
So bad. Well, I mean, he's picking up after.
And it should have been homeless. Spider -Man
homeless. He's got nothing. His aunt's dead.
His girlfriend's probably shacked up with somebody
else. His best friend forgets him. Homeless.
Apparently it picks up when he's in college and
he's trying to leave Spider -Man behind, trying
to get on with his life now that nobody remembers
who he is. And then he becomes like a Broadway
star named Billy Elliot and then he dances on
a show with an umbrella and the rain. No, I don't
think so. Have you seen that clip of him on Lip
Sync Battle? So good, man. Yeah. Both got chops.
Yeah. Dead set. She got pregnant right then.
Dead set. You see her in live TV for pregnant.
I can't blame her. It was pretty funny. It's
being directed by the fellow that did Shang -Chi.
Okay, not mad. Yeah, Dustin Daniel Creeden. Right.
Yeah, because John Watt said he was only doing
the three. Yeah. He done such a great job, that
guy. He did. I enjoyed them a lot. They're definitely
my favourite Spider -Man movies. Same. Yeah.
Same. I really enjoyed that they didn't cast
an adult as a kid. That was my biggest thing
with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. The fact
that they were 36 playing the 17 -year -old?
Yeah. It's not 90210, guys. Yeah, it just wasn't
convincing at all. No. Tom Holland, he just seems
to be Peter Parker. Fucking oozes it, man. And
that's the thing. He literally has like a Queen's
accent. Yeah. And he's British. Yeah. And he
nails it. Yeah. I'm with you. We got Tobey Maguire
when we were, of course, a lot younger. Yeah.
And being comic book fans, that was our Spider
-Man. Yeah, or just keen to have Spider -Man.
Well, just so excited to have a Spider -Man.
And Andrew Garfield wasn't a bad Spider -Man
dude. No, not at all. He had that nerdy, jittery,
I liked him as Spider -Man. His movies weren't
the strongest. I liked his suit better than Toby's.
Yep. But Tom Holland's Spider -Man just knocks
it out of the park. So apparently it's going
to be based around the same time that Doomsday
happens. So that's probably why we didn't see.
Tom Holland's name on the back of one of those
chairs for the Doomsday announcements. So he'll
be doing his own thing, whether Doomsday has
an impact on it or is yet to be seen. Yeah, okay.
Well, like we said earlier, Kevin Foggy has announced
that it's not the complete cast. I'd love to
see some additions. I'd love to see Wolverine
in there, whether it's Hugh Jackman. or somebody
else, I don't mind. The world needs a Wolverine.
It's going to be interesting. There's been a
leak of one of the sets for Doomsday already.
It looks like potentially the campus from Professor
Xavier's School for Gifted Children. Yeah, yeah.
And it's pretty battle -scarred. So I don't know
whether... the X -Men that we have showing up
for this movie, whether they're going to get
their ass kicked pretty early on. Well, it could
be a Phil Coulson sort of thing. Yeah. Sort of
thing. Maybe. Maybe they don't want to kill off
Wolverine straight away. Maybe. Okay. This is
what's going to bother the movie industry coming
up. They're going to want to hold off these secrets
and they're going to want to not. It was easy
to do back in the day. You closed the set, no
one got on. Now you've got drones. Now you've
got keyhole cameras. You've got cameras that
are as big as a button. You've got all these
hackers that are going around and the fact that
they, well, Kevin Foggy doesn't do it. He actually
has a courier rock up at your door and they watch
you read the script and then they take the script.
Now, I want more and more people to keep their
jobs. I don't want everything to be digital.
Because I know for a fact that special effects
are great and they look great. Sometimes they
can be very hit or miss. I'm looking at Joss
Whedon, Justice League. I don't want them to
steer away from this just to keep secrets. I
wish people would just not fuck it up. Because
at the end of the day, studios are going to go,
no, fuck this shit. We'll film it on the volume
with five people on set. and you're going to
lose so much tangibility. And people are going
to lose their fucking jobs, dude. I'm a sucker
for the news. Like, I want to see all these screenshots
and script, but I don't want to cost people their
fucking jobs, man. Yeah, that's true. Yeah, it
does definitely, like, spoilers hurt the industry.
Dave, like you said, I'm a sucker for it. I'm
a sucker for it. I'll dead set search for it.
But, yeah, I don't – I guess that's so hypocritical.
But, yeah, I just don't want people to lose their
jobs. I mean, I want to – because while movies
like Avatar are fantastic and they're still some
of my favourite movies, I still want – when –
and I know a lot of it is on set. Like – When
the children of Thanos come down into New York
and you've got Doctor Strange, Incredible Hulk,
Wong and Iron Man, dude, that's such a good scene.
It's such a good scene. Yeah, I don't know. I
guess I'm getting old. Other pop culture news,
they've released the trailer for a new Predator
installment. Bro. Yeah, Killer of Killers. It
will be an animated anthology movie, very much
in a similar animation vein to Arcane. Oh, dude.
Yeah, all right. I'm sold already. Striking,
very striking to look at. It will be based over
three eras in human history, the first being
set in a Viking setting. Oh, dude, that's going
to look so cool. It does. With a mother shield
maiden and her son, young son, going up against
the Predator. Looks very cool. The next one will
be in feudal Japan. After Prey, I wanted that
so bad, man. Just going up against Samurais would
be so badass. I think it did the rounds on the
internet after. how good it would be to... Just
time hop, dude, and see the evolution of these
warriors. It would be so fucking cool. Like putting
a predator in Shogun. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it would
be pretty cool. So, yeah, there's two brothers
at odds who both summarize. I think they team
up against this predator. A lot of hacking and
slashing. It looks pretty fun. And the third
one will be... based in the skies above World
War II. This is going to be a bit of a dogfight.
Well, this is the first time I've ever seen a
Predator in, like, a spaceship other than taking
off. Yeah. So that'll be interesting. Yeah. In
the trailer, you see, like, just a World War
II plane crash into nothing and the shield and
invisibility goes off and there's the Predator
spaceship flying through. Yeah, nice. Yeah. Dogfighting
with these World War II pilots. You have to watch
that. Yeah. It looks pretty fucking cool. And
who's this directed by? It's directed by the
same guy that did Prey, Truttenberg. Nice. Yeah.
Obviously Predators are a very big passion project
for him. And it shows in Prey. I still, I put
that up higher than Schwarzenegger, than the
OG Predator. Yeah. I put it up there, dude. He's
such a. He's returning for Badlands. I don't
know what it's going to be about. Yeah, that
was announced a while ago. I'm excited to see
this animated version, especially if it's like
Arcane Man is so beautiful. Yeah, very striking.
I'm pretty sure it's part digital, part animation.
But, yeah, it looks so good. I remember when
they first started doing. Using CGI as an animation
kind of substitute in anime and stuff like that.
I thought it looked janky, but what they did
with Arcane. So beautiful, dude. There's one
scene in Arcane where Powder's just holding up
a glowing light and there's just smoke coming
up. Dude, it's such a beautiful visual. That
whole show was just perfection, I think. We got
the trailer this week for Tron. Oh, yeah. Dude,
I've been waiting since 2011 for this shit. Yeah.
Oh, my God. Yeah, we're getting the computer
programs are coming into the real world. Dude,
I watched this trailer. Oh, happy boy. Yeah,
seeing those light bikes on the freeway. Dude,
and he just hits that light and you see the ribbon
come out behind and just cuts that cop car in
half. I'm like, holy shit. Yeah. And then the
music. The music, yeah. Nine Inch Nails are composing
this soundtrack. It should be quite tasty. One
of my favourite parts was the grabber coming
down the street. Yes. How? The scale. The scale,
yeah. Just looked ominous. It's just this big
block thing floating down the street. Yeah, it
looks very cool. We've got Jared Leto coming
in to play Ares. Yeah. He could play Spider -Man
as a kid. The 53 -year -old petulant child. Yeah,
he's definitely doing something all right. Yeah,
consuming three babies a week. Legit, man. 53,
dude. Yeah. Fuck that guy. Considering kind of
some of the stresses he's put his body through
too in the past. The Dallas Buyers Club, how
big did he get in that? How little? Oh, sorry,
no. What was the one where he was massive? That
was the John Lennon killer. What was that called?
He had the glasses. Yeah, yeah, the dude that
killed John Lennon. Fucking sense. Just ridiculous.
Put some weight on for that, and then he lost
all that weight for Dallas Buyers Club. Yeah,
just the stresses that he's put on his body.
We talk about Christian Bale a lot, but he's
another dude that puts their body through shit.
And so did Chris Hemsworth when he played that
F1 racer. And then played Thor. And then jacked
back up, yeah. And he got even bigger than he
was in Ragnarok. Yeah. How's that possible? Dude,
I really, really want to like Jared Leto as an
actor. He's just. His performances are usually
sensational, but the movies that he's in just
let him down. Yeah, he's been in some pretty
bad ones lately. I mean, Morbius. And The Joker.
The Joker. I mean, I see what he was doing. They
could have been hits, but they missed. Yeah.
Look, and we talk about the Sony -verse all the
time, but. I liked Craven. I thought it was good.
I really liked it. I thought Russell Crowe was
a good Russian, even though there's plenty of
Russian actors around. He nailed it. I thought
he was fantastic. And I love the action in that.
I wanted to like Morbius so much and I couldn't.
I couldn't like it. And then you've got Madam
Web. Here we go. The person who was given that,
we need you to make a trailer for this movie,
they're like, okay, Madam Web, we're just going
to put in every scene of the trailer, it's going
to be Spider -Men, Spider -Women. And then in
the movie, they're never going to be in it. It's
going to be a flashback or a dream sequence.
Yeah. It's such a shit movie. Yeah, I haven't
even watched it. Dude, don't. Honestly, I don't
tell people not to watch many movies. This one's
a hard pass, bro. Just the spider people in the
Amazon. I've seen bits and pieces. I've never
sat down and watched it. Oh, man, what were they
doing? Dude, come on. And there was that. That
Spider -Man ripoff guy who was in a goddamn Spider
-Man costume. Yeah, before Spider -Man. Like,
what are they doing? What the fuck? That made
no sense. But, yeah, well. But Ares, holy shit,
dude. That trailer was so good. And then hearing
Flynn's voice. Yes. I'm so excited, man. Jeff
Bridges returning again. It will be interesting
to see what incarnation we see him in, whether
we see him. As Clue? Yeah. I hope we don't see
him as Clue because Flynn and Clue were both
absorbed into the program at the end of Legacy.
And, dude. The fact that they've got him back
for this, I'm really excited to see how they
write him into the story. Yeah. Because this
has been in the making for so long. Yeah, since
2011. Yeah, it's pretty crazy. I hope we get
to see what happened to Flynn's son. Yeah, and
Olivia Wilde's character in Legacy, I really
want to learn about what they accomplished after
they brought her in. Yeah, what real world, you
know. Yeah. Because even like Flynn says, he
goes, I didn't create these beings. They manifested.
Digital jazz is what he called it. So it's just
a whole heap of perfect things coming together
and they manifested themselves. And in their
digital code, they've got the cure for cancer.
Diseases are a thing of the past. I'll never
be a thing again. So I want to see what has happened.
I don't want it to be forgotten. No. Tron Legacy
needs to be remembered because, dude, it was
an – I loved it. Yeah, I enjoyed it a lot. Dude,
that up there, that soundtrack is one of the
best soundtracks that's ever been on a movie.
Dude. Blast Punk were perfect for that. That
was so good, man. Even when they were in the
D -Res Club and you see them there and they're
bopping around and that. Killed it. The other
one that stands up to that is the Spawn soundtrack.
Mm -hmm. And then we're not even going to mention,
we're going to put Hans Zimmer over here because
he's just pure perfection no matter what he does.
So we can't put him with the mortals. But really,
really, really excited for Ares, man. I love
the story of Tron. And the light cycles look
so good in black and red, man. Yeah. Speaking
about black and red, it's funny that it could
just be my memory of it. Tron Legacy seemed to
be a lot of blue. A lot of blue and white, dude.
You're right. Where it looks like in the trailer
from Ares, a lot of red. Whether that's something
that they've done on purpose or whether that
just happens to be a coincidence, I don't know.
But if they're going to lean into that kind of
darker anti -hero maybe kind of side of it, I
don't know. But I'm very excited to see where
that goes. What did you mention? Jared Leto's
character is an AI? Yeah, Ares. So he's the first
program to come out since Legacy. Right. So I
don't know whether he's sent out to hunt Flynn's
kid and Cora. Ooh, you reckon? Yeah, he might
have a change of heart or whether he's going
to be the bad guy the entire time. Who knows
what's going to go. And you got that from the
trailer or have you read a synopsis on it? I've
read a synopsis that Ares is the first one to
come out. I don't know if he's hunting anyone.
That was just an assumption. Like, why is he
out in the real world? I'm not sure. That was
the thing with Clue. Like, he was an AI. And
he wasn't AI. He was a program that was written
to create the perfect environment. And that's
why he goes apeshit and wants to annihilate the
humans because he's like, they're a blight. So
if he is playing an AI that's actually learning
about shit, then, yeah, I can see that he's made
to hunt and he's got to wipe out humanity, but
then he later on sort of learns. Mm -hmm. Time
will tell. I'm so excited for it. And Trent Reznor
doing the fucking sound, the audio for it. Oh,
dude, killed it. I saw news yesterday that the
Academy for Motion Pictures. has announced a
new category for the Oscars, Best Stunt Design.
Yeah, all right. Stunt Design or Stunt Man? Stunt
Design. So I think it will encompass like those
working in whatever stunt. Dude, I've wanted
this for so long. Ever since Triple X, when I
watched the boss behind the scenes of Triple
X and when he's doing that stunt where he's getting
towed behind the boat. The stunt team couldn't
get the cable in fast enough and the stuntman
actually passed away. Like he hit the bridge
and died. Yeah, right. And he didn't even get
an in memoriam thing at the Oscars. This is bullshit,
dude. Yeah. We don't get the movies we love without
stuntmen. That's right. When Fall Guy came out.
I watch Fall Guy religiously every week, at least
once a week. It is one of my favourite movies
and Ryan Gosling can shit on my chest, I wouldn't
care. Dude, I love that. Dude, Ryan Gosling is
just, he's just the gift that keeps giving, dude.
To be able to put a movie forward that is just
focused on stuntmen and showing the work that
they do, oh, dude, I'm all for this. Yeah, well,
I think Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt were kind
of behind. campaigning for the whole thing. Perfect.
Since four -way. Perfect. I'm just hoping that,
like, as cool as some of the stunts that Tom
Cruise does, I just hope it doesn't. I don't
want him to get nominated. Yeah. I love him as
an actor. I love that he does his own stunts.
But, dude, you've had enough of the limelight,
bro. Yeah, come on. Give it to the stuntmen.
These people that are putting their bodies on
the line just to make you look good. Yeah. Yeah.
They deserve some recognition, man. I honestly
believe that they should have, at the end of
every movie, yeah, you've got stuntmen and stuntman
coordinator and blah. In where it says Tom Cruise
as, say, Maverick at the end in the credits,
it should say Tom Cruise slash the stuntman because,
mate, half the shit that they do would not be
in that movie without stuntmen. Yeah, absolutely.
And women. Yeah. It's fucking not right. And
I'm glad that they're starting to get some recognition,
man. It's taken too long. That's about all I've
got for pop culture news, but we'll move into
our rant and sundry. Nice. One thing I wanted
to touch on when I was doing the rounds and the
feeds and stuff like that, Thunderbolts, which
comes out very soon. Very excited. Dude, another
trailer dropped the other week. And it's completely
different again. I don't know what to expect
from this movie. And I like that. Yeah. You were
talking about special effects and stuff like
that before. You see in one of the trailers Florence
Poe's character jumps off the building. Yep.
Does that weird kind of fall dive type thing.
Fully practical. She actually did that. Second
tallest building in the world in Kuala Lumpur.
Holy shit. Yeah. Superhero landing? You don't
see her land. I think she's base jumping. Oh,
yeah? Yeah. And then there's the scene where
the windows blow out of that building when she's
walking through the markets. I don't know if
you've seen that one. Full practical effects.
They blew the windows out of that building. I
like it. Yeah, it looks pretty cool. As I was
checking out those trailers, I did happen to
notice that. In a lot of these shots, there seems
to be a lot of empty spaces, inconvenient places.
You mean i .e. Civil War, i .e. Spider -Man Homecoming?
Very much so. Yeah, right. There's a potential
for extra characters. Well, see, this is where
I thought. At the end of Ant -Man and the Wasp,
when Goliath, that's not his name, but I can't
remember his name, Bill. Bill sounds familiar.
I can't remember his last name. Oh, shit. It
probably can't make me later. But him and Eva,
the young girl ghost, they've got a really close
relationship, like father -daughter sort of thing.
Yeah. So I hope, dude, there's no one with any
meta powers apart from that stupid fucking US
agent with the ears. Yeah. To have Goliath show
up would be epic. Now, in the comics, Goliath
was killed by an android Thor and that's what
kicked off the Civil War. Mm -hmm. Yeah. Even
if Lawrence Fishburne shows up for an hour or
so, not an hour or so, like 10 minutes or so,
and then gets smited. And sets ghosts off. Sets
some shit off. Maybe. Yeah. There is a chance
because one of the things that. you know, is
kind of interesting about the whole setup of
the show is, like, the Sentry, they're dubbing
him Earth's Mightiest Hero, you know, stronger
than all of Avengers put together. This Thunderbolts
team has no heavy hitters. They've got no heavy
hitters, man. Like, I am down for if they can
figure out a way to kind of pull this off with
that team. But somehow I feel like there has
to be some head -to -head conflict. So they're
going to need some powerhouse in there. Or they
might just find a street line with cherry blossoms
and talk him down. Speaking about that, it did
get me thinking about who else is incarcerated
and potentially in need of working off some time
of their sentence. Thaddeus Ross is locked up
at the end of Brave New World. in the lineup
for the main cast of Thunderbolts, but when shits
go south and they need a heavy hitter, are they
going to be like, all right, Thaddeus, get out
there and hulk up? Like there's the chance for
that. I did find it interesting as I was kind
of doing a little bit of digging on the social
medias that in particular Marvel's Instagram,
they have a lot of their current stuff. is kind
of what shows up on the feed. Brave New World,
they stopped showing that stuff a few weeks ago
and they're focusing on Thunderbolts. Well, they
did a little feature on Ghost, which is cool.
I'm wondering whether they're going to get a
few more features on other characters. But I
had noticed that it was also shared on Ant -Man's
page. So I went over there and saw that they'd
shared a Scott Lang one. not that long ago, of
him entertaining himself while he's under house
arrest. Great scenes. Great scenes, yeah. But
then it goes back and that is on Marvel as well.
And I thought that was kind of interesting that
Ant -Man's showing up again in their feed and
they're showing him under house arrest. I don't
know whether that might be like a little subtle
link or thread. You mentioned Goliath before.
I don't know whether they'll bring Ant -Man into
it somehow. Yeah. He could potentially show up.
I don't know. Would you class Ant -Man as a heavy
hitter? In his giant form, he could probably
– well, I mean, he hits pretty hard when he's
little as well. And that's the thing, too. Like,
if Goliath is in it, like, he's also a giant
man. He just can't get as big as Ant -Man can.
No. So, dude, that could be cool. Either either,
I'm – Yeah, I'd like to see Lionel Fishburne's
go live. I don't know why. I was never a big
fan of him in the comics. Yeah. But, dude, any
chance to get, you know, Paul Rudd into a movie
is always a win for me. So there's one particular
scene where they're walking up the stairs where
there's two very kind of definite spots that
could be filled. And I was like, okay, Ant -Man
or, yeah, Goliath. Potentially, has the opportunity
to be a heavy hitter. And then on the other side,
maybe Thaddeus. Or, I thought, maybe the Abomination.
Dude, yes. Okay. Because he's had a sordid past.
He might be wrangled into this whole situation.
I don't know. Well, him and Wong have been fight
clubbing it up. Yeah. So, or, or. Or. Could it
be Sentry in his uniform? No, because it very
much looks like they're going to fight Sentry.
They're going to fight Sentry, yeah. It looks
like there's a bit of devastation in the background.
Because we've seen that he's going to be in Doomsday,
which sucks because we don't know what's going
to happen in Thunderbolts. We've got a fairly
good idea that he's going to be in Doomsday.
I kind of feel like... I'd mentioned before that
he's probably going to be a super soldier for
the CIA. Yep. Whether there's going to be the
whole mind control type of Bucky, Winter Soldier.
Right. And Bucky is in this, whether he's going
to have some kind of programming where they might
be able to bring him down. They just need to
get close to him. Yeah, right. How are you going
to get close to a dude that can point at things
and they turn to dust? Yeah, well, that's going
to be the fun part, isn't it? Yeah, look, when
this was announced, I'm like, fucking why? But
now seeing this, I'm getting amped, dude. I'm
looking forward to this more. I'm looking forward
to this more than I was looking forward to Captain
America, Brave New World. Yeah, definitely, definitely.
And I thoroughly enjoyed Brave New World. Yeah.
Apart from the flagpole. Yeah. It kind of gives
Guardians of the Galaxy vibes. Yeah. Characters
that potentially haven't had a big presence in
pop culture, like mainstream pop culture, bringing
forward a team of virtually unknowns into a found
family kind of situation where this team goes
up against insurmountable odds. Very... Could
be a very similar formula and, you know, Guardians
turned out to be fucking fantastic. So good.
That is one of the better trilogies in the Marvel
MCU. It is the best trilogy, in my opinion, in
the MCU. You compared this to Guardians of the
Galaxy and you were right. When that was announced,
we were like, who? Yeah. And then I'm like, they're
directed by James Gunn, written by James Gunn,
and I'm like, who? At that point, like, he had
done Scooby -Doo maybe. And then after that,
I'm like, James Gunn. He's taken a heap of nobodies
that nobody even cared about and made a movie
that you cried, you laughed, you cheered, everything.
It had the whole thing. And I watched the first
couple of trailers of Superman and I felt. I
felt things and I got emotional. Oh, I felt something
too. And they've just released a four -minute
clip and it just shit in my mouth. I literally
looked at the screen. I'm like, what the fuck
are they doing? Is this meant to be an animated
kids movie? It very much looks like that, yeah.
What the fuck happened? What happened? In that
first trailer, Crypto runs out of the snow and
you're like, he says, take me home. And Crypto
grabs his, and just takes him. And I'm like,
fuck yes. I'm all for that. That was emotional.
I'm like, okay, what led to this? No. The dog's
a fuckwit. Doesn't do as it's told. And then
it takes you to a bunch of robots that are dead
set. It's like they're going to be punching fucking
Judy. one of them of which is voiced by fucking
Yondu himself, Michael Rooker, and then they
go, oh, he's dying. We need to take him out of
the sun and put him in this chair and then put
sun on him. They used magnifying glasses. Fuck
off. Now, look, I don't know what to expect.
I'm not expecting much. I was so pumped after
seeing them trailers and hearing the Dick Donner
sound and, you know, the John Williamson just
slowly, like, in the background. And it just,
I'm like, yes, let's go. And now I'm like, no,
let's not. Yeah. Now you feel like I feel. I
was just, as soon as they put the underwear on
the outside again, I'm like, why? Just stop.
It doesn't need to be. They were in such a good
place with Man of Steel. They were. Man of Steel,
you watch Man of Steel to this day, it holds
up, man. Again, Kevin Costner, that dude, you
get emotional at that scene where he just holds
his hand up and he shakes his head and he's like,
no, mate, I don't want you to get hurt. And literally
five minutes prior to that, he's going, you're
not my dad. Yeah. And then he does something
that a dad would do. Yeah. Come on, man. Yeah.
It doesn't get much better than that. No. And
then they make you feel again in that first trail
of crypto and then they're just going to shit
on it. I don't get it. Yeah. I mean, I'll see
it, but I'm not holding out hopes. I'm definitely
going to pay my ticket. Yeah. Unlike what we're
going to do with Snow White. I'm just going to
get a pirated version of that. Yeah. Just to
torch myself for two hours. I'm not even going
to watch it, man. I think you had a joke for
me. Yes. Logan Morningstar is trying his hand
at comedy. Oh, yes. My six -year -old son wants
to be funny. He's like, Dad, you're funny. How
can I be funny? So him and Rachel have been working
on jokes. Right. He told me a joke. Hit me. What
has eight wheels and flies? I don't know what
has eight wheels and flies. A garbage truck.
So he's got one up on you already. I've got another
one. Okay. What's red and looks like a bucket?
What? A red bucket. What's green and looks like
a bucket? Green bucket? A red bucket in disguise.
Fuck, man. Oh, dude. Yeah, Logan's got better
jokes than you. Kid. Oh, man, he's such good
value. It's like he was out the front riding
his bike yesterday and he came a gutter. That
was the day before yesterday. And he came a gutter
and he was just having a meltdown. Oh, my leg.
You were there. Oh, yeah, you were there. I'm
like, you crying about it? Is it going to change
the issue that it hurts? He's like, no. I'm like,
so what are you going to do? He goes, I'm going
to ride my bike. He got up, rode his bike, literally
the next lap, fell on the same knee. He's like,
I'm okay. I'm okay. Just picks his bike back
up and starts riding again. I'm like, kid's a
resilient as shit. Good value. I would have cried.
I just would have laid down. The Peter Griffin.
Peter Griffin. But no, it was good. He really
wants – and he goes to school. He's been telling
his kids in his class and that. So I think he
wants to be funny. There's worse things you could
want to be in the world. Yeah, that's true. Making
people laugh is a good thing. It is. I've got
a question for you. Yes, sir. I'm going on the
– we seem to be asking questions and – It's a
bit boring from there. If you were to recast
a character, it can be any character from any
genre. Okay. If you were to recast a character,
who would it be and with whom? I've made it no.
I named my son after Wolverine. I've made it
no. My love for Batman and Wolverine, forever
standing. The fact that we've had multiple Batmans,
I'm okay with that. I want to see different people's
vision come to life. Not every actor can accomplish
that vision. I want to see more Wolverine, and
I know that Hugh Jackman's not going to be able
to do it forever. He's aging very gracefully,
and he nailed Deadpool and Wolverine. Crushed
it. You know, the pain that he was feeling. The
savagery, dude, just the savagery was insane.
It was something that we've always wanted to
see from Wolverine. Yeah. And it's made sense
that the costume can work. I'd love to not replace
him, as in forget about it, because he's always
going to be there. That's one thing we always
know. But I want to see a younger actor in that
role and I want to see him portrayed for a long
time. And I think there's two people that can
play that character. I think they've got the
body for it. I'd love to see Daniel Radcliffe
of his Wolverine. I really want to see that.
But if I had one person I could recast in any
property, it would be the new guy they cast as
Severus Snape. I'm sure he's going to do a great
job and I'm sure he's an accomplished actor and
I'm sure he's great at what he does. But Adam
Driver is right there. Adam Driver looks a lot
like a young version of. He is right there, dude.
Yeah. I can't see why. He's such a good actor.
And he has kind of an awkward quality as well
that could lend to. Severus Snape. Severus Snape,
yeah. I really wanted to see. And I know it's
been a fan cast for a long time. And I really,
look, I'd really love to see that. And the fact
that they've just cast, well, they haven't cast
him yet, but he's on the shortlist for it. Nick
Frost as Hagrid. When you look at Nick Frost,
he looks like fucking Hagrid. It's not hard to
kind of see him in that role. No. And I know
that I'm only comparing Severus Snape to the
movies, but there's nothing else to compare it
to. Like there's no visual imagery of Severus
Snape anywhere. Yeah. It's only from description
of word. I don't give a shit that the bloke that's
been cast is not a Caucasian male. I don't give
a fuck. Yeah. But Adam Driver literally looks
like what Alan Rickman would look like when he
was 17, 18. Yeah. I really, yeah, I don't know.
I've always seen him as a young Severus Snape.
Yeah. And, like, Adam Driver's pretty tall, kind
of can be gangly. Like, you could have him be
imposing to children but then awkward to other
adults. Kind of, yeah, that would have, I think
he would have fit pretty well. I think it would
have been really good. Yeah. What about you?
I'm going to pick the low -hanging fruit. Should
I stand up for this? Please. Mop. It's not me.
Fucking jeez, you haven't seen my set. As much
as I love Pedro Pascal. Yeah. I really wanted
to see John Krasinski in Fantastic Four. He's
already portrayed him for not even five minutes,
but I would have loved to have seen him in this
movie. I enjoyed him. For the five minutes he
was in that show, in that movie. More than our
Mr. Fantastic from the Fox studios. Yeah. Reece
Giffen. Oh, fuck you, Phil. It's so bad because
he's been in some good shit and he's a good actor.
But, yeah, you've got guaranteed chemistry if
you just cast Emily Blunt and John Krasinski.
I would be interested to know whether they were
approached at all or whether Marvel has just
gone, no, we want somebody else. Well, I think
John Krasinski's making more Jack Ryan stuff.
Oh, is he? I think he's doing more of that, yeah.
All right, okay. He's been doing that for a while
now. Because I thought they'd wrap that up. I
think they're doing a movie. Oh, okay. Pretty
sure. I'll have to catch up on that next week.
But, yeah, I think he's a bit busy at the moment
as well. Fair enough. But, yeah. In saying that,
do you think that the Kirby and... Pascal? Do
you think that the Kirby and Pascal, that is
going to be our Fantastic Four moving forward?
Man, anything could happen. Like, yeah, I don't
know. Or do you think that's – well, they're
in Doomsday too now. Yeah, surely, surely. I
like who's playing Johnny Storm. I thought he
was absolutely – I think he was the best part
of that third season of Stranger Things. Yeah,
don't get me wrong. I've got nothing against
any of that cast. Oh, no, not at all. Yeah, no,
I do like the cast. I think it's pretty interesting
that the – Brother and sister Susan and Johnny
are both English actors? Yeah. Are they going
to have English accents in the movie? I can't
remember. I've heard her talk in it, but I can't
remember whether she had an English accent or
not, whether that's just completely coincidental.
I think Johnny says a couple of things in the
trailer and, yeah, he's got the American accent.
Yeah. So, I don't know. They might go down the
adoption route again. Gives me now that worked
so well. Yeah. Josh Trank. Josh Trank. What a
dick. Not Josh Trank being a dick. That was very
studio heavy. Manipulation. Oh, yeah. I don't
think he's directed anything since that. No.
I think that was too big a project for him to
go on to after Chronicles. Yeah. Absolutely.
I don't think he's used to being. Handled by
a studio like that. Now, did you see the photos
a couple of weeks ago now? But it was Zack Snyder
and James Gunn. No. Mm -hmm. They had a meeting
and they were hanging out. Interesting. Mm. Now,
we still don't know who the next Batman's going
to be in Brave and the Bold. No. Alan Risen.
I just want, he has to be, you can't not have
him as Batman. Fuck, dude. He could play Batman
in the pink costume. You remember the pink? No.
Oh, dude. There was a comic run where Bruce wore
a pink Batman suit. Why? Because it looked cool.
Dude, he could wear that. I think Hello Kitty
pink. Are we talking that kind of pink? Was it?
It had a deeper pink cape. It looked so cool.
I love pink, man. I have nothing against pink,
but I don't understand. That's why I was so upset
when you picked the pink light and I got the
teal light. I like pink. I would call that more
purple. Oh, stop it. Fuchsia. We're going to
split hairs now. Yeah. I asked you. I said I
would have gone. You did. Yeah. I do like teal
as well. You can probably wrap it up there. Is
that all we've got for the week? Mm -hmm. Mm
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