From the Dungeons of Morningstar, I'm Clint.
And I'm Stretch. And this is Prevailing Strange.
Hi, welcome back. Hello again. Hello again. How
are you going? What's going on? This is new.
This is new and we're learning. We are. We're
learning. Okay, so I'm going to open up with
a joke. Okay. And then we're going to go into
what we've watched this week. Okay. I heard this
one today from Sam. Right. Why did the Mexican
kick his wife off a cliff? Why? Tequila. How
good is it? It's not bad. It's not bad. Oh, yeah.
Slight little bit of maybe undertones, but apart
from that. I brought it back with the Ninja Turtles.
Yeah, I get that. Yeah, so what have you watched
this week? Let me guess, nothing? No, that's
all right. What did you watch? I've watched something.
I started watching Andor, season two. I haven't.
You haven't watched the first season yet, have
you? I've watched half of it. Half of it. I only
watched two episodes. Dude. Everybody is just
raving about this show, man. They reckon the
second season is the first show on IMDb that's
gotten 9 .5 or higher for three episodes in a
row. Oh, yeah. It's kicking coals. They reckon
it's sick. Yeah. The first two episodes is like
nice little Easter eggs, setting up, turning
all the characters, kind of setting pieces. Yeah,
the intrigue has me. Yeah, right. It's quite
good. So I've learned that the director, the
guy that kind of wrote this, didn't come in as
a Star Wars fan. He's a bit of a history nerd.
I honestly think that's a good idea. That's a
good choice. That way you're not having to pander
to all the shit that's come before you. That's
right. So his kind of speciality is rebellions
in history. So he's kind of educated in knowing
how these things dig in and how they... either
fall apart or kind of succeed. Yeah, right. So,
yeah, it's pretty interesting. Did they do a
dump or is it one episode a week sort of thing?
I believe it was two and then one. Right. What
did they dump it? I don't know. No, no, it's
been out for a few weeks now. Yeah, they might
have dumped it. No, no, they definitely released
it week by week because I had seen kind of the
rating weekly for a while now. So, yeah, definitely
weekly. All right, cool. Well, they. So they've
just done a dump of a couple of shows that I've
started back up watching. So they've just done
the season finale of The Last of Us, which was
completely and utterly underwhelming. I did hear
that it was pretty underwhelming. Just so underwhelming.
And now we're going to wait another two years,
bro. So, look, I'm all for the whole streaming
of it, okay. But if you're going to do a dump.
which I think The Last of Us was weekly. But
if you're going to do a dump and then you're
going to make people wait a year and a half,
two years between seasons, that's a long time
to do. It is, man. And you're going to lose a
lot of your original casting unless you sign
them on for these massively long contracts. Now,
I understand that they've let Pedro go and do
his other stuff, like his Marvel commitments
that he's got going now. seeing that he is literally
going to be the 616 or the 9999999 universe,
which is what we're actually in. Everyone thinks
it's 616, but it's not. 616 is the comics. Yeah.
So if we're in the 9999999 universe, he's going
to be Mr. Fantastic, which he's just come into
because we've seen the new Avengers. So the final
episode was a letdown for me for The Last of
Us. Yep. Knowing that they followed the game
to the T and it was only seven episodes this
season, dude. Okay. What was the first, 11? Something
like that, yeah. Now, well, I'm going off that
it's. the season finale because it's just been
what everybody's been saying on the interwebs.
And I believe everything is on Facebook. Well,
we know that. So to have that as the season finale
was a real kick in the guts. Yeah, okay. There
was no resolution to this whole season whatsoever.
I think the young lady that played Abby is doing
a great job. Like she, in one of the last scenes
you see, is. It is quite frightening. She is
pretty good, man. Like she does put that forward
that she could fucking kill you. So, yeah, that's
two seasons, two games. Are they? No, they didn't
even finish the game. The game still kept going
after this episode. So is this a mid -season?
Could be a mid -season finale. Or are they splitting
seasons two and three? This is the thing. I don't
know. I can speculate and that's what we like
to do. We might know by the time this episode
comes out, but until then we don't know. Another
show I've just started re -watching again is
The Handmaid's Tale. Again, like the new season?
Yeah, new season. So it's been a long time between
seasons as well, but I think they've done a big
dump, right? Now this show, in case no one's
ever watched it, is harrowing as shit. There's
not much positivity in it. There's not much stuff
to look forward to in it. Although last year
it did have probably one of the best season finales
you will ever see on television. Yeah, okay.
You are built up for five, six years to hate
this bloke, right? And then the finale gives
the best ending that you will ever see. Yeah,
okay. It is just this release of endorphins and
hatred that you've held for this bloke for God
knows how long. Yeah, okay. Okay? He gets what
he's coming for. Oh, yeah. In the most horrendous
way. And it's so – it's a great TV show, but
this season has been – it's been directed by
the lead actress, a lead actor. I don't know
if we're allowed to say actress or anything anymore,
so I'll keep correcting myself. Anyway, she's
a – the fact that she's female doesn't matter
because I'm fucking Jesus Christ. Anyway, so
she's the director now and there's just so –
If you thought there were a lot of fucking slow
-mos and close -ups from Zack Snyder. Oh, okay.
Jesus Christ. I'm sorry I just spat in your face.
But Jesus Christ. So, dude. Yeah, right. If you
cut one of these episodes down to without any
slow -mos or close -ups, you'd have a three -minute
episode. It's horrendous. Yeah, okay. So you're
not enjoying it at the moment? Again, it's a
lot of heavy without the payoff. So you're seeing
so much stuff and you can't help but connect
it to shit that's going on in the States right
now. I'm familiar with it. I haven't read the
book. I haven't watched it and I know pretty
much the idea, the concept, the premise of the
story. I'm like, I don't really think I need
to. To be carrying on for six years, longer than
that because I had like a two -year hiatus. But
to keep this going for six seasons is a long...
Dude, to keep hammering home the fact that women
don't have rights and the fact that it's a religious
show and it's... It didn't need to be. You could
have had it as a four -season wrap -up and it
could have been just as good. Right. But... Yeah.
It leaves you at the end of it going... It leaves
you feeling like you've been hosed down and put
out wet. You know what I mean? You just feel
so heavy and lethargic and you don't feel excited
about living anymore. I mean, considering I have
fuck all the time to watch TV, I'd rather not
watch that. Exactly. If you've got limited time,
this isn't a show that I would recommend to you.
But if you want another reason not to go to the
States, well, here it is. If you want a reason
never to wear red again, here it is. Okay. But
it's, yeah. Look, this last season isn't kicking
any goals for me, sadly. Right. Started re -watching
Hannibal. After we talked about it last week.
I forgot how good that show is, man. It is. It's
been playing in the background. Me and Ali started
watching it today. So we've got like six episodes
in all day. But you sit there and you're like,
God, just you have a quick glance and it's just
something visually epic on the screen. Like when
they made the human body into the coffee table.
The composition of every shot is fucking sensational.
Even just the deer, like the black deer. Now,
it's there, but instead of having fur, it's got
like feathers and the feathers are. It's fucking
weird, but it's great. Dude, honestly, this first
season especially. is just the visuals of it
is so incredible. And you could go in knowing
everything you can. You could go in knowing everything
you can about this universe. Or you could go
in knowing nothing. You're still going to get
a good show. You know that Hannibal's going to
end up being in jail. You know that he's going
to be a criminal, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
But just seeing all these little nuances and
that stuff that goes through this whole season
is incredible, dude. Just getting to watch. Mads
do his thing. He literally, dude, oozes. I want
him to excrete on my chest. It's just that incredible.
Like with that accent and the way that he delivers
his lines and the way that even just preparing
a meal, knowing what that meal is made of, and
he's just cutting it so delicate. It's like just
pitch perfect. Yeah, I remember when it got canned
and people were, you know. rightly upset because
it's fucking great. Somebody, I saw a tweet that
Marilyn Manson should produce, pick up the budget
for it, and it should go on the fucking food
channel. Because, man, some of those cooking
scenes. I see the guy. And I'm a big fan of cooking
shows. So, yeah, watching that, I'm like. How
to prepare a 38 -year -old white man. This is
actually kind of cool in a really weird way.
Yeah, in a really weird way. And then you see,
well, there's scenes where the body totem pole.
The violin. Oh, my God, the cello, dude. The
visual cues that you get from this thing and
the way they frame every shot. Yeah. They don't
need to overuse the gore. A lot of the stuff
is in black and it just looks so good, man. I
forgot how good of a show it was. So I'm going
to really be excited for the decline when it
gets to season three. Yeah. Another show that
I started watching that Ali whinged me about
because it was on four days in a row was Elementary,
Police Procedural, Lucy Liu, Johnny Lee Miller,
based on Sherlock Holmes. Yeah. Dude, such a
good show. Never watched it. Really? You should
give it a go. So, I've got a question for you.
Did you ever watch Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch?
Who? Benedict Cumberbatch. Sorry? Is that not
his name? Say it properly. Benedict? No? What
am I saying? Benadryl Cumberbatch? I'm like,
I'm pretty sure I'm getting this right. Cumberbatch!
I'm a little self -conscious about how I speak
in the first place and you fucking pull me up.
I'm like, I'm pretty sure I've got this right.
Benadryl Cumberbatch, yes. I know who you're
talking about. Sorry. Panglings. Have you seen
that show? Yes. Which would you prefer? Or are
they both completely different? Completely different.
Okay. In this one, Sherlock Holmes is a drug
addict. As he was in the books. And Joan Watson
is his. Sober companion. So she moves in with
him being a sober companion. She's a disgrace
surgeon. She lets someone die on a table and
she doesn't want to do that anymore. So she is
a sober companion. Sherlock's dad hires her to
look after him after he gets released from rehab.
And he's moved from England to America and he's
working with the NYPD. And he just works as a
non -pay consultant. So he's just unhinged in
the most incredible ways. Yeah, okay. And he
plays a really good addict. Yeah, okay. And it's
good. That's the funny thing about Sherlock Holmes.
Back when he was being written by Sir whatever
his name was. Arthur Doyle. Is it Arthur Doyle?
Yeah, there we go. I think. So he was writing
these stories. Man, he was pumping them out,
pumping them out. And everyone thought Sherlock
Holmes was a real guy. So by the end, when he
said that, oh, you know, he's an opium addict.
Yeah. Man, he was getting death threats. Why
would you beseech his name like that? Why would
you throw him under the bus like that? I invented
him, bro. I'm like, yeah, dude, no, this is not
a real dude. But people thought he was. Well,
that was like the radio melodrama War of the
Worlds. Dude, everyone thought that was real.
Scared a lot of people. Hell yeah. And now we've
got Facebook, so they just make a Facebook status
out of it and then you're an invactor. Another
thing I won't be continuing to watch, they have
cancelled The Wheel of Time after season three,
which I'm a little upset about, but I don't need
to continue watching knowing that there's not
going to be any more as I've read the books.
Right. Are they going to wrap it up or are they
just going to firefly the dick out of it? No,
it's done. It's fucking season three was over,
had finished, and then they're just canned it.
Did they wrap it up satisfactorily? I haven't
finished watching it yet. No, they wouldn't have.
They wouldn't have. So they firefly it. They'll
leave it on a cliffhanger. Son of a bitch. Yeah.
I think Steph said she wants to finish watching
it and then I'll tell her what happens with all
the characters and she's going to tell me kind
of where they went because. It's all right. Steph
hasn't been listening anyway. Nearest Rachel.
I can't watch you on TV. It's weird. That's fine.
I don't care. So the guy that wrote it, Robert
Jordan, he's a Mormon, was a Mormon. Rest in
peace. He's not with us any longer. I thought
you'd seen The Light. He's now a Scientologist.
No, no, no. He was a Mormon. Anyway, so the main
character, this might be a little bit something
for people who have watched the show but not
read the books. So the main character, Rand.
He is the dragon reborn magician in a world where
men can't use magic because shit happened in
the past. So only women use magic. Okay. But
so in the end, he ends up with three wives. Very
Mormon -esque. Are they all over 12? No. Oh,
yes. Thank Christ. Yes. Yes, they're over 12.
Okay. So in the last episode I watched. is when
the party's kind of together and they split off,
which they do in the books. But pretty much all
his wives are there. Two of them hook up, have
nothing to do with him. Another one is off somewhere
else. But the funny thing was he's hooking up
with the girl that he grew up with, which in
the books he steers away from in the end. They
kind of grow apart and go and do their own thing.
they realise they're more like brother and sister
and they are kind of in a relationship. But they're
continuing that relationship in the show, or
at least at the last point I watched it. So I'm
like, okay, that's changing. They changed a bit
with other characters. Okay. Okay, they've changed
a few things and I'm not happy about that, but
I would have watched it if they kept going. Right.
But I'm like, okay, cut ties now. So are you
going to finish watching the show? No, no, Steph
will. She'll tell me what happens and then I
can tell her what happens in the books. What
was I saying earlier on over and over again like
a broken record? I don't know. I don't listen.
Okay. Classic. Thanks for tuning in, everybody.
I'll be filming all previous post episodes from
prison. I don't know. What were you talking about?
I more watch YouTube these days. Okay. Do you
watch much YouTube? No. Sorry to disappoint,
but I mean, I watched the occasional thing, but
there's no regular programming on. Okay. Did
you like the Suicide Squad? The movie? Yes. The
second one was better than the first. Okay. It
still wasn't the greatest thing ever. No, but
did you watch it? I did. Did it entice you to
want to watch more of Peacemaker? No. So you've
never watched Peacemaker? No, I haven't. Is that
on YouTube? No. Where the fuck are we going with
this? Okay. Well. Oh, you wanted to watch the
Peacemaker trailer? No. No? No, because you haven't
watched the first season. No, I haven't. You
need to watch it. This isn't a request. This
is a fucking order. No, but you need to watch
Peacemaker. Have you watched the opening credits?
I've seen it, yes. Okay. The dancing. That should
just sign you up. It doesn't. Oh, God. My friend.
So disappointed. Have you? Oh, fuck off. Stop
making me swear. Have you watched Fullmetal Alchemist?
I've been trying to turn a new page and not swear
so much, but you're making it so gosh darn hard.
No, I haven't watched the Fullmetal Alchemist.
Of course you fucking haven't. I've also been
watching Dexter. But that's just playing in the
background at work, though. Yeah, that's fine.
See? That doesn't count. I'm not allowed to watch
it anymore because Ellie got sick of watching.
Now, mind you, she only works two days a week
because she's shit. She has a couple of crotch
goblins. She doesn't watch this. It doesn't matter.
Yeah, she does. She has a couple of crotch goblins,
so she can't come to work all the time. That's
fair. But, yeah, so she watched. maybe 12 episodes,
and she goes, I'm fine. So I haven't watched
any more of Dexter. No, but seriously, watch
Full Metal Alchemist. Okay. I told you about
Peacemaker way before you told me about Full
Metal Alchemist and you still haven't watched
Peacemaker. I watched Ted Lasso against all my
better judgment. And did it change your life?
It was fantastic. Everybody should watch Ted
Lasso. If you guys haven't watched Ted Lasso,
please watch Ted Lasso. Season four is about
to get finished, so you just need to go watch
Ted Lasso. Ted Lasso is probably one of the greatest
TV shows known to man. And everyone should watch
Full Metal Alchemist. If you're not into anime,
I think it's something that will get you into
anime. It has everything. It has comedy. It has
heart. It has sensational animation. It is a
great story. Does it have octopuses? No, it's
not a hentai. Wow, that's where you went? I was
more going with an animated show like Finding
Nemo that has an octopus in it. Or Aquaman. Did
you watch the video? Did you see the drumming?
You're a fucking dumb man. Yeah, I did. I did.
But no, that was stupid. That was a stupid inclusion.
You shouldn't have had that. All right, thank
you very much for joining us again. Enjoyed having
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