From the Dungeons of Morningstar, my name's Stretch.
And I'm Clint, and this is Prevailing Strange.
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out this week, buddy. Okay. So watch some Ted
Lasso. I have watched the latest episode of Peacemaker,
season two. Man, that first episode. Fuck it,
told ya. It's a fuck fest. And when it comes
around in episode two where they're sort of ushering
him out of the house and shit and all Vigilante's
pissed off about is that, you didn't invite me
around, man? I don't even like sex, but I could
have come around. We could have had a barbecue.
Yeah. Dude, I honestly think he's one of the
most. Amazing standouts in Peacemaker. Oh, yeah.
Vigilant. He's so good. And I haven't seen him
in anything else. No. He's so good. Yeah. In
the first season when Peacemaker can't take the
shot and he just pops the kids in the first.
Doesn't give a shit. Such a psychopath. Yeah,
just complete sociopath. Doesn't give a fuck.
No. And even when he's talking about. Going on
a date with old mate's sister, if he hooks up
with her and he goes, didn't you say you had
a girlfriend? I said, yeah, but she's dead. He's
like, when did she die? I don't know. She can.
If I get a date with your sister, I'm like, what
the fuck? Just a psychopath. And he's just in
love with Peacemaker, man. Yeah. I do like that,
what they're doing with the whole multiverse
thing. So I thought that was going to be how
we fell into this universe. We're doing something
different but still using that premise. It's
still working. And it's still working. Yeah.
Just seeing Robert Patrick's take in the first
season and then in the second season playing
the same character in a different sort of vein
is so good. Yeah, loving his kids and stuff like
that. Yeah. Do you think they're still bad guys
but they're a good family unit? So they're still
bad guys but they love each other a lot. Yeah,
but they're like pretending to be good guys.
Yeah. Well, the fact that, you know, the Chris
from that universe didn't even ask questions
about, hey, man, what's going on? Yeah. And then
just went straight to trying to kill him. Yeah.
Bit of a, yeah. Yeah, I think we'll find out
that they're still bad guys doing some fucked
up shit and he's going to have to kill his brother.
Again. Yeah, look. It's get to that point where
I don't think there's anything off limits with
Peacemaker and James Gunman. They just do not
give a shit. Fucking Eagly in episode two, bro.
Smashed him. Fucking destroying people. Just
pulls out old mate's eye. Yeah. Now, he's a pretty
funny character. What was his name? The black
fellow, the agent that turned up to hang out
with Di Beard and just calling everyone nicknames
and shit. I love that. He plays the same character
in Dewey Cox. Does he? You don't want this stuff,
man. It'll ruin your life. And he's just got
like a joint of wind. He goes, I want some. The
stepbrother. He's like, come on, man, just once,
let me trust you. You don't want this, do we?
He's just smoking weed and then they'll be railing
coke. He's like, you don't want this, man. Yeah,
he's super nice until he just fucking tearing
strips off people. And titties. Yeah, titties.
The only female in the crew. Oh, Jesus Christ.
But he's massive on SNL, that fella, apparently.
I find him to be the funny Dusty Rhodes. Not
Dusty Rhodes. Dusty Rhodes. Roadie. Roadie. Yeah.
Yeah, and I was trying to think of – I was looking
for the episode all week this week, thinking,
oh, where's episode three? But I didn't realise
it'd come out today. Yeah, it comes out today.
Yeah. Damn it. No. That's all right. So that
means next week we can talk about it. Mm -hmm.
Mm -hmm. But – Yeah, no, I'm thoroughly enjoying
it. I don't know how you've slept on it so long.
I mean, he's more complex in this where he was
just a fucking slapstick in the fucking movie.
Well, even James Gunn put out a thing the other
day. He's like, when we're doing the scene in
the library and it's him seeing his brother and
his dad for the first time and they leave the
room and it's just Chris sitting on the. And
he said, all he said was to John Cena, he's like,
you're happy, but you're distraught. You don't
know what's going on in your life. And that was
the only direction I gave him, and he nailed
it. John Cena, between Peacemaker season one
and Peacemaker season two, John Cena became an
actor. Like, even the first season, I thought
he was fucking good. He was a good man. He was
good, yeah. Like, more than I ever thought he
would be in any kind of character. Like, you've
got to think about it, man. Peacemaker's a complex
as fuck character. Like, you think it's just
all dick and fart jokes, but, dude, he's so tormented
he's got no idea what weighs up or who's really
his friends and family or what's going on. And
now throwing this, the fact that he killed his
brother and now his brother's a good dude. Good
dude. Good dude, yeah. Yeah. Anything could happen.
Knowing James Gunn, anything will happen. He'll
probably have an orgy with his dad and his brother
soon. Yeah. I can't wait to see how this all
falls apart, him wanting to go to the other world
and hook up with Harcourt in the other world.
When he messaged Harcourt and all she wrote back
was hi and a broken heart emoji. Yeah. Like,
fuck it, what's going on, Avi? Yeah. Yeah. What
did you watch? I did watch Alien Earth Episode
4. Really? Or 5. You're up to 5 then because
I've seen 4. Episode 5. Yeah. Is this still going?
It's the best episode so far. Really? Dude, I
liked that last episode. Episode four was good
for me. I'll have to watch that tonight. It is
quite possibly one of the best installments of
Alien, bar Alien and Aliens. Like after that,
just stand alone. Yeah. So as much as I'll say,
it's a flashback. That's all I'll say. Okay.
All right. Nice. But one thing I will talk about
the series is the needle drops we're getting
at the end, the soundtrack. Dude. So good. And
fucking Metallica at the end of one. Yeah, Tool.
It's like, holy shit, Tool. Yeah. The end of
this episode, I think, is Smashing Pumpkins.
Like I said to Rachel, I said, they're spending
big dollars just to have this song at the credits.
Yeah. Yeah. But, like, very cool. It's a very
cool show. Yeah. I dig it. I'm liking it. I'm
enjoying it. What else you got? And the last
thing I've been watching is The Bear, season
four. Don't give me that fucking shit. You haven't
even tried it. You haven't even given it a go.
It was three years it took you to watch one season
of Peacemaker. Yeah, and I watched it on your
recommendation. The same as Ted Lasso. I watched
it on your recommendation. Two of the best shows
you've ever seen in your life. They're up there
for TV shows. Name a better show than Ted Lasso.
I don't fucking know. Not off the top of my head.
Can't do it again. It was pretty good. But, man,
the bear is good. Don't sleep on it. Watch it.
Okay. Okay. I'll watch an episode of it tonight
and see how it goes. If it doesn't suck me in
the first episode, I'm just going to riot. I'll
burn my house down. It's fucking good, man. I'll
smash my TV. They keep bringing in more and more
bigger people as like cameos and cast members.
Like people love this show, dude. It's doing
good things. Mark Bernardin talks about it. It's
a good show. It's fantastic. And I only watched
Ted Lasso because of Mark Bernardin's recommendation.
Yeah, right. It's a funny show in that it's not
just like a linear drama. Like the whole third
season takes place within a couple of days and
it's just like. and look back and, like, flashing
back on people's fucking lives. And, like, it's
like a love letter to Chicago. There's lots of
fucking shots around Chicago and its people and
shit. Yeah, it's really fucking cool. It's not
going to be like that chick with a mobile phone
in fucking Daredevil, Born Again, is it? No,
no, no, no. No. It drove me out the fucking wall.
Yeah, no, you're not interviewing people. It's,
like, just seeing parts of the city. Fucking
in between shots and shit like that. So it's
like Seinfeld when I'm bang, bang. And then it
just showed like a sizzle reel of the city and
shit. Yeah, kind of. But like way better soundtrack.
The soundtrack's sensational. Okay. Like it's
one of the only shows I'm constantly pulling
Shazam out to figure out what that song is. Right.
I'll watch it. Please do. So, yeah, I'm watching
Twisted Metal, season two, episode six. Such
a simple watch. And, dude, this season they've
amped up the funny. Yep. And it's fucking tongue
-in -cheek. They make fun of the industry. They're
making fun of, like, set pieces in movies and
shit. Yep. Well, there's a part where Calypso's
coming through, like, an airport hangar and,
you know, the big doors. So the door's opening.
And he's standing there already as it keeps open.
It's moving real slow. And they're like just
looking at each other as this door's slowly opening
up. And they're like, why is it opening so slow?
I don't know. It's already open enough for him
to walk through. Why isn't he walking? And it
just keeps going like this. And I'm like, Jesus
fucking Christ, this takes forever, man. It's
still opening. He still hasn't moved. And it's
just there. What the fuck's going on? You know
you can walk forward, mate. It just keeps opening
up until he gets all the way open and then he
starts walking forward and they're like, thank
fuck. But it's like that sort of makes fun of
itself. It's graphic as shit. The characters
are so good, man. Like Sweet Tooth the Clown
is phenomenal as shit. Stu, he's a little off
-sider. Just magical, man. Like he does his own
massacre in this episode and he's like just so
pumped that he's done his first massacre. And
then like you got – because he's – Sweet Tooth's
a little offside. I like Sweet Tooth. He's like,
I'm so proud of you, Stewie. I'm so proud of
you. He's pleased by Will Arnett, isn't he? Yeah.
And he nails it. Like he does a good job. I hate
Will Arnett. Do you? Dude. You watch the Australian
version of Lego Masters. Amish Blake. He's fucking
insanely talented. He's probably one of the best
TV hosts I've ever seen. Yeah, right. He's so
good. And then you watch Will Arnett do the American
version of him, and it's just so hammed up, over
the top, fucking. It's like he's got a team of
writers writing his jokes, and they're just not
hitting. The timing's well off. It's just shit.
Yeah, right. Did you ever watch, he was in. Arrested
Development, wasn't he? Was he in that with Jason
Bateman? Was he the brother? Yeah. Never watched
it. Did you ever watch it? I watched a couple
of episodes. Not many, though. I reckon it was
good. Yeah. I don't think I've seen him in anything
else. I've seen him in 10 of his new shows. The
Bay one? Yeah. No wonder I don't remember. Whoa,
calm down. Twisted Metal is a good show, man.
It's just funny. Check your brain at the door.
Enjoy the show. There's so many great callbacks
to video games. It isn't funny. Down to the maps,
the weapons, the characters in it. We've got
Axl in this season. Is that the dude that? Two
big wheels, yeah. So you've got Axl Leonard,
he's just this jacked, Adonis, black, sexy -ass
man, perfect symmetry in his pecs and his six
-pack, dude, and he's so goddamn handsome. Getting
hot and flustered. But the battles in the cars,
fantastic. Special effects are great. The stunts
are fantastic. Some of the dialogue is a bit
hammed up, but like I said, they've sort of amped
up the comedy in this season. I guess to counterbalance
the fucking graphic, graphic gore in it. And
soundtrack is so good. Like in Twisted Metal
3, I think Rob Zombie done the soundtrack for
it, the video game. Yep. And then this season
is very heavy on White Zombie, Rob Zombie, and
it's, yeah. Some great noodle drops in it for
sure. Yeah, nice. Another movie or have you watched
anything else? No. All right. Started reading
a couple of books, but that's about it. What
did you read? Started reading Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Nice. Enjoying it so far. And also Empire's Silence.
Nice sci -fi space opera. If I can remember who
it was by, that would be good. You can stop right
there. Was that Twilight that just popped up
on your phone? It might have been, but that was
in the search engine. Hang on, I'll show you
in a sec. So Empire of Silence, which is. I'm
just going to prove to you that I've never read
Twilight. Yeah. Number one of the Sun Eater series
by Christopher Ruccio. How many of them? The
Sun Eater series, one, two, three, four, five,
six. Jeez, and right. Seven. And there's novellas
in between. Mother of God. The cover looks pretty
fucking sick. That does look sick. Speaking of
books, I did tell you the other day for my mate
Sammy Nancarrow. Mm -hmm. It was the – Somebody
else is reading that. Somebody else on my friend's
group, not me. Yeah, yeah, sure, sure. Okay.
But yeah, so Semi Nankaro has followed this author
of this book series for a long time, and he actually
brought in some cover art for me to – that's
the cover of one of his books. Oh. I'll tell
you the name of the dude. Mr. Kristoff. That's
him. But this is another piece of artwork from
this book series, man. Look at that. That's fucking
sick. How good does that look, dude? Fucking
hell. Is that another tattoo he's getting? Well,
he said, he goes, man, I haven't got enough skin
for this shit. But just, yeah, some of the artwork
that's come out with this book, man, is just
sensational. Like they've got a set of trading
cards and shit. What's the series called? It
is called. Empire of Dawn. Okay. Never heard
of it. Yeah. It's, yeah, very fantasy. That looks
cool. Some of the trading cards and shit that
are coming out with it are so good. Okay. So,
yeah. But apparently, yeah, just looking at the
artwork, man, it's got me intrigued to shit.
Yeah. So, yeah, I'll probably give that a read
when it comes out. Yeah, this Sun Eater series
is, man, you must be a 40K fan. Really? There's
some kind of similar, not tones, but like the
Empire of Man is stretched out and either they're
heavily influenced by the same kind of mythologies
that they name shit after and whatnot or whatever.
But, yeah, no, it's pretty fun so far. Yeah,
nice, dude. I watched the Thursday Murder Club.
Oh, yes. Dude, it's so fun. Yeah. It was wholesome
as shit. I mean, it looked like it was going
to be at least half decent. Yeah. I'll tell you
what. The Bond. What was his name? Pierce Brosnan.
Pierce Brosnan. Just charming as shit, isn't
it? Yeah. It's so good. And I could honestly
handle if this took a spin like the whole Knives
Out series, where it's just the same sort of
characters dealing with different murder mysteries
or doing whatever they're doing. Yeah. But, dude,
it was a good movie. It was a good show to watch.
It was like an hour and 45, hour and 50 out of
me life. It was good. That's about it from me,
friend. That's all I've really had time for this
week. Yeah. I don't think it helps when we are
watching the same thing and then one falls behind
because we can't talk about an episode. Well,
actually, I started watching Archer today in
the tattoo shop. Archer, animated show. The only
animated show. I've never seen an episode of
it. I think I'd seen it when it was fucking on
back in the day in the background. It is so out
there it isn't funny. Like one episode a chick
walks into a bathroom and goes, why is there
a goddamn vagina in my sink? Stuff I never thought
I would have had to have heard off a TV. But
there it was. I mean, it stuck around for a few
seasons. It must be all right. Yeah, well. I
started watching it, so it's made a follower
out of me. Nice. Yeah, that's all I've got. Beautiful.
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