From the Dungeons of Morningstar, my name's Stretch,
and I'm Clint, and this is Prevailing Strange.
G'day guys, this is Pop Culture News with Prevailing
Strange, where we get to share some of the tidbits
that have crossed our feeds, whether they're
legit or just clickbait. Chances are you're not
going to hear it here first. But we're going
to tell you about it anyway. We also get to have
our first look at some of the trailers that have
dropped this week. Can we have the rubber bit
going down? I don't know. I think it's much of
a muchness. Why is yours thicker than mine? Oh,
yeah, because it's going to vibrate both ways,
isn't it? What do you mean? It's not thicker.
It's the same. Your rubber looks thicker than
mine. The pieces were literally like the same
piece. All I'm saying is it looks bigger as well.
Mine does look bigger than yours. It might just
be a bit colder on this side of the room. Yeah,
maybe. Yeah, so pop culture news. What news do
you have this week, buddy? Mate, let me – honestly,
you're going to love this. So not only in pop
culture, right? I'm part of this – it's shitty.
I don't like – yeah, anyway. It's a Facebook
page where they're going back and using AI to
create better references for portraits and stuff.
Right, okay. Like you have to upload the portraits
or? No, no, no. It's just a group of people that
are doing it themselves and they're just releasing
it so you can have a look and you can use the
references. Right. But, dude, like I'm a massive
Brennan Lee Crow fan. Oh, yes, absolutely. Getting
reference for a tattoo -like purpose for that
movie is hard as shit to get a good quality one.
Well, I remember. I've got one on my cuff that
you did. And many of them are the same. Yeah.
But now they've got using AI. Right. Okay. They're
creating new poses. Like, look at this one. Look
at that shit. See, I'm about that. I'm about
AI for that. Yeah. And they're not selling it.
They're just uploading it for fans of movies
and stuff. Because I've been doing, recently
I've been doing a Hicks colour portrait, but
it's like only yay big. And finding good reference
for a movie that was made in 1984. Yeah. Oh,
shit. Yeah, no, that's a really cool use of it.
Yeah. People who use it to make their own content.
I'm not a fan about that. I'm not about that.
Big Yeti. It's hilarious. That kind of content,
that's different. That's different. But people
selling art, AI art, that's fucked up. No, not
a fan of that. No. No, not at all. So my first
screenshot. Yeah, okay. Did, did, did, did, did,
did, did. And, you know, the news sound going
at six. Spider -Man and Punisher reportedly to
team up against Savage Hulk in A New Day. Interesting.
Okay. Yeah. I don't know. I don't think I want
that. No. That's me. Like the Hulk deserves more.
Yeah, like how does that resolve, you know? What
would you introduce? How would you introduce?
I know it was a natural progression that they've
done to get to Smart Hulk. Yeah. But how would
you introduce Savage Hulk? Yeah. I don't really
know. Yeah, like it kind of defeats a lot of.
kind of ground they've laid, especially when,
hang on, was Mark Ruffalo on the cast for Doomsday?
Oh, I'm not sure. I can't even remember. I don't
think he was. Yeah, I don't think his seat was
there. I'm not sure. Oh, dude, I can't even remember.
Yeah, okay. But, yeah, so I don't know about
that. Because they were originally slated to
be around the same time. time period release
and like canon -wise. Did John Barenthal have
a seat on the dais thing? He did not, no. Yeah,
right. I don't know. I'll take that with a grain
of salt. Yeah, me too. Well, we're going one
for one. Oh, God. Yeah, you were with your horses
because. But I've got good stuff. So do I. Yeah,
awesome. Did you see who was cast as? Don't do
it to me. Bison in Street Fighter. You're going
to butcher his name and I'm going to laugh at
you. Yeah, I probably am going to butcher his
name because you really like him. I do, man.
Yeah. He is an incredible actor. Come on. I'll
let you go with it. Dave Dismulchian. Dismulchian.
Yeah. That is a good name. Yeah. Yeah, cast as
Bison, which I don't mind. Dude, I don't mind
it either. He needs to put on a bit of mass,
in my opinion. But they can always do that in
post or whatnot. Yeah, I've seen Shazam. Yeah.
Bodysuits are a thing. I was like, he was in
Shazam? But, you know, I get what you mean. Bodysuits
are a thing. That whole family had bodysuits
on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because he has a very similar
vibe to, what was your name in the Kylie Minogue
version? That was Roel Julia. That's right. He
passed away just after that, did he? Yeah. He
had cancer filming that role. He was not well.
Yeah, that's right. Yeah. I liked him in that
role. That was good. Yeah, he's my game. He has
Adams too, man. Yeah. God, he's a hero. But yeah,
I'm not against that, are you? No, not at all.
Dave's going to rock it. Yeah. Luckily, he made
me feel a better bloke who threw polka dots.
That was a ridiculous role. Come on. He made
you feel like the Russian guy out of Ant -Man.
Hilarious. Invincible Season 4 is taking the
show's animation to a new level, says animators.
Okay. How would you up that, though? I mean,
the fight scenes in that last season were sensational.
I mean, the animation is pretty flat. You reckon?
Yeah. And they did that whole bit in season three
where they talk about animators hide their mouths
and all that kind of stuff. So that was pretty
funny. Yeah, I don't know. Whether they're going
to do like the Simpsons movie where they just
add shadows to everything. That was ridiculous.
Why'd they even put that on? Now on the big screen.
Did you hear? Vin Diesel run his mouth. Asshole.
Did you hear Vin Diesel run his mouth about the
next episode in the franchise? Fucking hell.
Anything to sell a ticket, man. Come on. Oh,
you're going to bring back a dead guy. I don't
know. Why would you do that? Yeah, I think he
just wants to sell tickets. That's all it is.
Like he knows it. well, he's got to do this press
tour and he's trying to rally up support and
shit. Look, they always make money. That's the
thing. The Fast and the Furious money is ridiculous.
Yeah. But so are the fucking movies. Oh, mate.
He's saying that they're going to return to LA,
they're going to return to street racing. If
they do. I'll believe it when I see it. If they
do, I'm more for it. Yeah. Like up until Tokyo
Drift, it was a good thing. Yeah. It was great.
Oh, it was a bit campy, but I enjoyed it for
what it was. I loved it, man. Yeah. Like that
first movie in 2001, dude, that paved the way.
Like that done more for car culture than I think
I can ever remember any other movie doing. Yeah.
And then it went ridiculous. Yeah. And then they
turned into Secret Agents. Did you notice that
all the cars stopped being cool as well? Like
in real life, like when the movie started going
shit, everyone traded in all their. Hot fours
and graphic dubs cars and shit. Yeah. I was about
to say, no, there's cool cars in every one of
those movies, but I get what you mean. Yeah,
there's great cars in all of them. But that was
the thing. It was, oh, yeah, we could actually
own this. But no, you've got jet -engined cars
and shit. You know, Daytonas that can fly over
bridges. That fibreglass boiler water snapped
in twain. Yeah. But, yeah. If they go back to
the street, I'm all for it. Yep. Bring back car
culture is a great thing. And, you know, I love
cars. You love cars. The pain of our existence.
It's my turn. It's your turn. Obi -Wan Kenobi
season two is in the works. Right. At Disney.
Yeah. Shock horror. I don't know how I feel about
that. Did you watch the other one? Yeah. Okay.
I love that Qui -Gon showed up at the end. Yeah,
I don't know what they would do with this. What
story will they tell? I don't know. It kind of
ended where he picked up from, you know. Yeah,
well, literally it's another four years after
that is when Luke tracks him down. Something
like that. He's got to age a shit ton in them
four years. Oh, no, during that they were still
kids. They were still like babies. No, no, no.
No. Oh, no, because he was running around with
Leia. She was like nine in that movie, in that
show. That's right. It was, wasn't it? And he
meets Luke when he's 16, so it's in about five
years. True, true. My bad. Yeah, okay. Yeah,
he does have to. He's got some ageing to do,
man. You know what he does? He gets married.
Gets married. He doesn't use sunscreen. That's
what he does. Oh, here we go. Lame. My turn?
Yeah. Yeah, what was the other thing? They've
cast the new Slayer in the new Buffy series.
Okay. Yeah, they're remaking Buffy. Yeah, I know
that. Or a sequel. Sarah Michelle Gellar is returning.
He's coming back as a trainer. As a trainer,
yeah, for Ryan Kira Armstrong, an essentially
unknown. Oh, okay, fair enough. I knew they were
making a new one. I thought they were rebooting
it. I didn't realise that Sarah Michelle Gellar
was coming back for it. That's cool. Yeah. I
like that. New adventures. New adventures. The
adventures got pretty wacky and wild towards
the end of the last ones. How many times did
she die? Like seven? Yeah. I mean, Sarah Michelle
Gellar couldn't even come back for the season
finale of, was it Angel? Yeah. Yeah. It was just
the back of some woman's head in the crowd. Do
you remember that? No. No. Yeah, okay. Yeah,
Angel ended up. going back to see her or something
like that. Oh, right. Yeah, she was in a club
and it was just the back of her head as he was
walking in there or something. Superman in Shazam.
Oh, yeah, no. No, no, no. I lie. I lie. I think
that was – what was that in? That wasn't a finale.
It might have been the start of Angel or something
because the end of Angel ended when they all
fucking fought the apocalypse beast. Yeah, it's
been a while since I've seen it. You didn't watch
it? No? No, why not? Why not? It was fucking
great. We haven't got a closet in here for you
to come out of, but... Fuck off, guys. I don't
think you know. I don't know what? That you're
gay. It's okay, mate. Safe spice. Safe spice.
Is that your news? Yeah, no, I'm fucking mildly
frustrated now. Of all this shit I asked you
to watch, you're like, no. You've watched Buffy
and Angel and can recite it. Lame. This was back
when fucking we only had one thing on a week.
Three channels. Of course I was going to watch
it. And if you missed one episode, that was it.
You were fucked. Yeah. You had to ask people
at school what happened. Describe it. Describe
it. And there's shit at telling stories. It just
sounds trash. No, Dad used to record it for me,
so I never missed. Oh, the fucking creator. Tip
of that to the creator. Breaking news. Michael
Bay is returning to direct a new Transformers
movie for Paramount. Bullshit. Imagine an Endgame
-inspired Transformers movie. Just let it die,
man. No, I don't believe that one. Please just
let that die. Let it die. Give someone else something
awesome. But no, please no more Michael Bay.
That's it. My last piece of news is Dan to Dan
season two premieres tonight, which I'm pretty
keen about. Who? Dan to Dan. It's an anime. So
of the Godzilla minus one movie, did you watch
that? Yeah. Yeah? We were slumping, bro. That
was slumping. Wow. Okay. So, yeah, did you like
it? Godzilla minus one. Yeah, fuck yeah. I thought
it was superior Godzilla. Yeah. Well, the director
has released an image. Designed Mechagodzilla
for the ride. And I'm excited for the ride. It's
for the ride. Yeah, I'm excited for that. The
ride. Yeah, yeah. I want to go to Japan one day.
And Logan's been asking a lot because he's been
learning Japanese at school. Oh, yeah, cool.
And he's like, I want to go to Japan. I'm like,
get a fucking job. When you pay your own way.
Yeah, you little ballsack. Jesus. And I don't
think that I've mentioned this before, but Sony's
cancelled their Sonyverse. I did hear something
about them not doing any more spinoffs. Yeah.
So they've cancelled all the Spider -Man spinoffs,
including a null project, which would have been
fucking boss, but it was done by Sony, so it
would have been balls. Yeah. Let's just not talk
about that. Matt Reeves has completed the Batman
2. I did see that, yes. Exciting. Script. Pumped.
So, so pumped. Fuck yeah. What else we got? Oh,
yes. The 13 Ghosts series is officially in production
and coming soon. With who? I don't know. It doesn't
say? I'm pretty sure it's a Netflix series. It'll
go on Netflix. But that'll be pumping. I reckon
that'll be sick. That was a pretty fun show back
in the day. I thought so too. I really liked
that. I thought it was unreal. Ghosts with their
boobs out and stuff. Sick. Matthew Lylard. That's
all we need to talk about. Jesus Christ. You
want him to shit on your chest? No. No, okay.
Dude, he's such a cool dude. He is cool. So cool.
You make Shaggy cool. I love that you can scream.
Yes, dude. Liberal love. You idiot. Daphne Keane
has confirmed that she will be in Doomsday. X23.
Who's that? It is revealed that she will wear
the yellow and blue suit, and if she does, I
am going to boycott this movie. It took my man
Hugh Jackman 20 years to get his blue and yellow.
You won't fucking boycott shit. I'm going to
tell them I will, and I'll just watch it pirated.
They won't get my $38. Yeah. That's rude. I don't
believe that. That's offensive. Yeah. And I got
this screenshot the other day. Now, you might
not be able to put it on the screen, but. The
fuck's that? Someone erased from the shot. Yeah.
You know how we always talk about vacant spots?
Yeah, maybe. Maybe. Could it be maybe a person
holding a silver surfboard? John Malkovich. Oh,
John Malkovich. Who would you think he is? I
don't know. He's bothering the fuck out of me.
This is good, though. I like it. I like something
that we don't know. Yes, sir. Viv. I'm not vamping.
Vamp. No, we've got some trailers to check out.
Vamp. One that I'm particularly interested in.
I think we both are particularly interested in.
Yes, dude. That would be Project Hail Mary, which
is an Andy Weir movie or Andy Weir book. Andy
Weir book. Andy Weir also wrote The Martian,
another fantastic movie. Yep. And book. And,
yeah, the book is sensational. I'm going to try
to cover it. Did it work? No. Yeah. Andy Weir,
as an author, love it, dude. He's – the way he
tells the story is sensational. And The Martian
is still – I could lay there and watch The Martian
every night to go to sleep. Yeah. And the book's
great. Like Andy Weir's way of kind of describing
science to the layman. Absolute – yes, dude.
Yes, bitch. Absolutely. 100 % agree. Yeah, fantastic.
And it makes you feel smarter when you read it,
listen to it. It's not possible for me. You said
it, not me. Straight. Oh, hang on. Yeah. It's
not possible to be smarter. That's the way I
took it. Prick. What do you want to watch first?
I want to save that to last. No, fuck you. I
don't want to watch. How am I realized? Okay.
All right. Project Hail Mary. Please state your
name. Rylan Grace. I just woke up from a coma.
I'm several light years from my apartment. And
I'm not an astronaut. I'm not an astronaut. I'm
not an astronaut. If you don't go, you die. On
my chest. With the rest of us. The sun is dying.
You are the only scientist who might know what
this is. I'm just a teacher at Grover Cleveland
Middle. We have a doctorate in molecular biology.
I need you to come with us. This is Project Hail
Mary. The sun is not the only star dying. Every
star was infected by its neighbor except one.
Why? We don't know. Which is why we built this
ship. To go there and find out. It's 11 .9 light
years away. The astronauts die in space. It's
what you Americans would call a long shot. Hail
Mary. I get it. What on earth is going to sign
up for this? If we do nothing, everything on
this planet will go extinct. You'll find a solution.
You are my solution. I put the knot in astronaut.
I've never done anything. I've never done a spacewalk.
I can't even moonwalk. Me neither. I'm 83. I
understand mistakes. I do. My place is in the
classroom. The world is counting on you. This
might be very hard for you to understand, but
some people are not good at things. You know
who you are. You're gonna do great. I conquered
Zero -G in five hours. Object approaching. Oh,
my God. We're going to see him. Yes. So I met
an alien. He's kind of growing on me. At least
not growing in me, you know, which was a concern
for a little while. I'm Grace. I'm going to call
you Rocky. Thumbs up. No, that's thumbs down.
We do the thumbs up. It's close enough. Let's
go. Okay. Yep. Yep. I got all the feels. Yeah.
Man, Rocky's ship looks sick. So sick. Hell yeah.
So sick. I wasn't surprised that we saw Rocky
because I'd been spoiled by a few things I'd
seen online. I knew that we were going to see
him. I know. I didn't watch the fucking trailer.
I blame the Books are Sick book club. Yeah, and
the sounds he makes, I like that. I was a fan.
Yeah, no, that looks fun. That looks very fun.
Yeah, I'm excited for that. I really am excited
for that one. You know, I guess that's the thing.
I'm going into it backwards the way I usually
go because I like to watch whatever first. So
do I. And that's how I got into audiobooks, like
Audible, because I watched The Martian and it
was all based on the book by Andy Wynn. I'm like,
oh, I'm going to give that a work. That's who
I fell in love with, Aussie Bray. Yeah, the thing
with The Martian is there's like almost an entire
third act in the book that doesn't happen in
the movie. Yeah, where his car rolls over. Yeah,
so, you know, there's this whole thing, like
a lot of people get upset about seeing the adaptions
of their favourite books and understandable.
That's why I like to watch something first. Give
me a picture of what these people look like so
I don't have to bother working that out and then
be upset later. Yeah. And then also when they've
stripped the story down to fit into movie form,
you know. It trims a lot. It trims a lot. Yeah.
So you're rewarded when you read the book because
you get more. Exactly right. Here's that thing
you like, but we're going to extend it. Not here's
that thing you like, we've shrunk it down and
put people in it that you don't think are going
to make the job properly. So Steph likes to read
first. Series is coming out. There's a book series.
She'll read it first and then watch it. Right,
okay. Yuck. Yeah. Makes a skim crawl. Yeah. She
needs to get herself checked. Yeah. You're just
setting yourself up for disappointment. I agree.
But yeah, going the other way, it's like the
extended director's cut. All right. Next is...
The Running Man by Edgar Wright. We're going
to go Begonia. Begonia? Is that how you say it?
I thought it was Buganoya. It starts with something
magnificent. A flower. Then a honeybee. The workers
gather pollen for the queen. Good morning, Corey.
Good morning, Michelle. But the bees, they're
dying. And that's the way they planned it. To
make us the same as the bees. Let's go again.
But it is not in control anymore. We are. Oh,
fall on the window. That's great audio. How can
you tell she's an alien? Well, the signs are
obvious. It's taken on this time, bro. It all
starts with something magnificent. That took
an ominous tone, Jeremy. It did. How do you say
that? Begonia. I don't know. I thought it was
Bagonia. Bagonia? I don't know. Oh, Bagonia or
something like that. I don't know. Oh, dude,
that was so dark. It was. Yeah, I didn't, I had
no idea what it was about. I just saw Emma Stone
was in it and Jesse, what's his name? Kirsten
Dunst. Jesse Dunst? Dunst? I don't know. Yeah.
Kirsten Dunst. Jesse Pittman? Pittman. I wanted
to say Pinkman, but I'm like, that's not right.
Jesse Pinkman is always in the thingy thing.
In the. In the blue show. Bad thing. What was
it called? Breaking Bad. Yeah, Bad Thing. That
bad in it. The bad. Bad Thing. Dick. You knew
what I was talking about. Yeah, I did. Afterburn.
I'll watch anything with him in it, dude. God,
he's good. Too easy. Hello, mate. Wait a minute.
You guys aren't real cops, are you? Oh, damn.
Trophy truck. When the solar flare hits... We
lost our humanity. You saw what people did to
the world burned. The monsters they became. If
we're to rebuild, we have to hold on to every
masterpiece of human achievement. Jake, you have
a gift for acquiring treasures. And what would
I be hunting down this time? Mona. The Mona Lisa?
In all her motherfucking glory. It's got to be
in his contract for sure. I'm guessing you're
my contact. We're headed to the worst place on
the planet. There's nothing there but disease
and warlords. Yeah, this is definitely a bad
idea. The world is a gladiator. Better ride guns
out. I worried the opponent was hard to find.
I could have taken that guy. You're welcome.
We just flew into a war zone. Jumped out of a
plane for the first time. Got attacked by a tank.
All this for a painting? I don't get it. What's
going on that everybody's willing to die for?
War. Won our world back, Jake. From these agents
of chaos. We got work to do. I love this song.
I was going to say my money's on the Hilux, but
it didn't last long. Oh, I've got to have a walk
-away explosion. Look, I love that dude. It looks
like fun. I like the old mate with the red head
from Game of Thrones. I thought you were going
to say The Walking Game or The Game of Deads
or something because you just don't know shit.
Game of Thrones. Yeah. Yeah. Of course you do.
Tyrone. Tyrone. You use that name. Of course
you do. Fucking funny fucker. Yeah, I haven't
heard anything about that movie. It did just
come out of nowhere. Yeah. This one must have
been shot a while back. Yeah, he's a lot trimmer
these days. He's very much a lot trimmer these
days. Yeah. Holy shit, he's trim. He's gone vegan
and stuff, hasn't he? Yeah, and he just focused
on his martial arts, I think. Yeah, okay. Getting
shit tattoos. The running man. The running man.
Let's go. Stop filming me! Ben Richards, 35,
married one child. In medical crisis. We need
money for a doctor now. Ben, watch yourself.
Employment status, blacklisted. But there's still
a way out for you. It's the biggest show in the
country. One left is our birthright. Set it free.
Welcome to The Running Man. People on these games
never come back. I'm not trying to get myself
killed, so kiss my ass twice. Right there is
why you can win this game. Thanos. The rules
are simple. Survive 30 days with the entire nation
hunting you down. And get your family out of
Slumside for good. I ain't gonna come back here.
30 days? I promise. That's the spirit. This is
America, God damn it! And we don't put up with
no bullshit! Yeah! Hunt! Him! Down! Mini -Mark!
If this game is rigged, I guess we'll find out.
You might be moving up too fast. Hey, buddy.
You're on freebie. I love Edgar Wright shit.
I loved the first one. I'm not going to be one
of them people who go, oh, the first one was
better. I've never seen the first one. The first
one was great because it was a spectacle. Like
there was men in costumes and it was more gladiator.
Right. But with death. So you had all these characters
that had all their own abilities and weapons
and shit and they were hunting them down. It
wasn't every person. It was like you're actually
in an arena. So I liked that better than just,
oh, there's people in the street that'll hunt
you down. I didn't realise it was based on a
Stephen King novel. Yeah. It was a bit different
to the novel, but I liked the movie. Okay. Who
was in the first one? Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Right, okay. I don't think it was a good movie.
Yeah. I just liked it. Liked it. Nostalgia fact.
Yeah. And it was literally like Gladiator. Yeah.
So it was just people running around. There was
massive, like Batman Forever with death. Yeah,
okay. Like just all the neons and shit. Yeah.
But it was good. I liked it. So. Like I'll probably
watch that, but again, that didn't need to be
called The Running Man. It's just like Gamer
or it's like, you know. Hunger Games. Hunger
Games or it's like Jackpot that just came out
with John Cena. Yeah. It could have been anything
really. Yeah. The last one we got is, it's a
documentary, a trailer for a documentary. Sorry,
I was premature. That's never happened before.
It's just so pretty. Sorry. I had a quick look
at what it's about. I think it's something that
would be pretty close to our hearts, being millennials
as we are. Speak for yourself. We're going to
run and see how we go. Okay. From the 1980s to
2010s, video stores were a ubiquitous part of
the American retail landscape. Speak on, rewind.
Videos were available to rent nearly everywhere.
in mom and pop stores, chain stores, electronic
stores, even supermarkets and gas stations. During
this time, the video store became equally common
as a location in hundreds and hundreds of films
and television shows. These fictionalized moments
on screen are now the only recorded archive of
the lifespan of the video store. They show video
stores as places where anything can happen. Comedy,
drama, action, romance, horror, or violence.
Hmm. John Favreau. And now is all but extinct.
Artifacts. This is the story of the video store,
told through these time capsules. The story of
what they were, how they flourished, how the
filmmakers depicting video stores became complicit
in their demise and what happened next. This
is the story of the birth... Are we watching
the whole movie? ...life, death, and afterlife
of the video store. They used to be everywhere,
in our lives and on our screens. Now they're
gone. They exist only in video heaven. Holy shit.
Hey. Dude. Nostalgia. Oh, yeah. Holy shit. Yeah.
I felt it in about here. Yeah. I was like, ooh.
Yeah. Yeah. I used to love doing that with the
old girl. Like, you'd finish school Friday, you'd
go down and grab seven weekly for seven bucks.
Yeah. If you're lucky, you got a new release.
Later on in life, hire Xbox games and shit like
that. Hell, yeah. Yeah. It was good. It was a
good time. It was so good. What are you doing
in that aisle? Oh, what aisle? See you at all.
His boobs. Yeah. Yeah. Good times. They were.
Yeah, I thought we'd love that. Yeah, I will.
I'll probably check that out. Me too. That was
good. All right. Is that it? I think that's it.
Absolutely sweet. Hurry up. It's you. No, it's
not. Yeah, it is. I pre -recorded the introduction
so you don't laugh at me. You're a piece of shit.
How dare you? I thought I'd save time. Well,
that's the geek news for the week, kids. Like,
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