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got for me this week, buddy? Get ready, motherfucker.
Well, we don't – if you're after politics on
this show, you can tune out. We're not going
to be talking about that. We're going to be talking
about Batman 2 scripts. Oh, yeah. Mm -hmm. We're
not because nothing's been said about it. I wish
there was, though. So I have been watching The
Rock has been popping up in the news a fair bit
lately due to his new movie coming out, The Smashing
Machine. Now, we're both UFC fans, so we know
the guy who it's made from. Do you agree? that
the steroids have finally taken a toll on the
rock because he's lost a lot of weight. And now
he's just said that Jumanji 3 begins filming
in November. Now, you've got to think, man, how
big he was in Jumanji 2, and he's meant to be
a video game character. Mm -hmm, mm -hmm, yeah.
And the whole joke about him in Jumanji is, oh,
my God, he's so big and strong. He's smouldering
good looks. Yeah, who knows what's going to happen
there. Apparently the reviews are starting to
come in for that smashing machine and they reckon
it's no good. Oh, really? Well, apparently you
got like a 16 -minute standing ovation at Cannes.
Yeah. Was it Cannes? Yeah, film festival. Yeah.
Yeah, standing 15. Look, unless you're a UFC
diehard fan, like this guy was one of the first
fighters in the UFC. Yep. Unless you're a diehard
fan, you're not going to really know about it.
And it's funny, like The Rock with the prosthetic
makeup. Looks different. Doesn't look anything
like old mate. Nothing like the dude. So why
do the prosthesis? Yeah, I don't know. Sorry.
You said Batman before. So James Gunn was on
the Howard Stern show. Yeah. You know this one?
No. I don't watch Howard Stern. He's a douche.
I don't like the week. Keep going. So he teased
that Man of Tomorrow will be a somewhat team
up of Lex Luthor and Superman against a greater
threat. I don't believe it. That'd be cool. That's
what James Gunn said himself. Oh, could James
Gunn be going for the - Red Herring? No. What
was that video game? The DC video game. Injustice?
Yeah, Injustice. So it was based on a comic book,
right? The Injustice storyline, where Lex Luthor
was - Luthor was the - Was the good guy, like
he was trying to. No, no, this is a team up.
Yeah, I know. Between Superman and Lex Luthor.
But we've seen him as a good guy before, as a
hero. So this could be cool. I like that. But
could Superman start turning bad soon? They wouldn't
ever do that, I don't think. I think they should.
Zack Snyder was close. He did it for a split
second there. Is that it? Tell me more. I ain't
got nothing more on that subject. We're going
one for one. Didn't you watch the whole interview?
No, no, no. I've just heard snippets. I didn't
listen to the whole thing. Speaking of James
Gunn, the thing is he don't hide shit. He tells
the fans. And the thing is it works because it
amps people up to see it. He's passionate about
it. He's fucking great at it. So when he says
shit, he doesn't lie neither. They made the latest
spot, not the latest spot, I mean, but No Way
Home, where they're all like, oh, Tobey Maguire
and Andrea Garfield. He probably would have just
come out and said, shut up and wait. Or, yes,
they are. Yeah. But he's come out and said that
Millie Alcock as Supergirl is his best casting
ever. I did hear that. My God. Really? She must
knock it out of the park then, dude, because
John Cena fucking kills it as Peacemaker. She
was great in House of Dragon. I didn't watch
it. But then again, you're putting it up against,
dude, not Groot, Drax. Perfect casting in David
Bautista, dude. Yep. I was going to say Michael
Rooker as Yondu. Come on, dude. He's had some
kick -ass casting. So to say that, that's pretty
high bar. I mean, he puts Michael Rooker in a
lot of shit though. Michael Rooker was in the
last episode of Peacemaker. Well, yeah, as a
Native American, holy shit. No, I don't think
he's Native American. Was he? No. He had feathers
in his hair. I think he dresses like one. I think
that's the whole send -up. Yeah. So a rumour
going around about Doomsday is that Dr Doom is
going after people responsible for multiversal
incursions. Ooh, that's a lot of people. Yeah,
so you've got Monica Rambeau is still in the
X -Men universe. That might be where the X -Men
tie -in comes in. Which we've seen at the end
of Marvel's. Yep, that's right. Steve Rogers
stayed back with Peggy Carter. Which is why we
could be getting Luke Cage's house. Yes. I couldn't
think of anything off the top of my head, but,
yeah, that's kind of his motivations apparently,
allegedly. He's going to fuck Spider -Man up,
dude. And strange, that was a massive incursion.
But they also, at the Shanghai event that just
happened with Disney, did you see that there
was - The Doctor Doom light show. Doctor Doom
light show, and he had the 10 rings, command
of the 10 rings. Shang -Chi's. Shang -Chi or
Shang -Chi? Shang -Chi. So, yeah, had his 10
rings. But there was also a massive mural, and
it was of Doctor Doom. Very comic accurate. Yes,
I saw that. It looks really cool. So fucking
cool. That light show too, there was actually
a scene where he ripped out Thanos' spine. You
were going to say that. That was the next one.
But, dude, that looks – could you imagine him
ripping Thanos? Well, Thanos was responsible
for incursions too, so if there's a scene in
there where he just rips out his spine, that's
going to set the tone for this movie, dude. If
they do that first up, that's going to set the
entire tone for Doomsday as RDJ is not to be
fucked with. Yeah, 100%. Yeah, the big bad just
gets taken out like that. It would have been
cool if he says, like, I'm going for the head
and just goes. That'd be sick. Okay, have you
seen that cell in the comics? It looks so cool.
Doesn't it? Yeah. So, yeah, let's go. I'm down.
The Doomsday script is apparently being rewritten
on the fly. Mm -hmm. Not retaliation. Response.
In response to Disney reorientating its focus
audience. So less female fronted apparently.
Right. Look, if it works, if it works to have
a female superhero be so dominant that they're
the front line, absolutely. But don't just force
it down people's throat because it's going to
piss off people of all genders. Whether they're
there for anything. We've done it in the past
and it was on the nose. It just wasn't right.
It was a miss. You're 100 % right. Not that we
don't want female -fronted characters. Not at
all. We just want it done right. Yeah. There's
a billion books out there that show that female
characters and heroes are fucking powerful as
shit. Fucking hell. Just don't. You don't have
to spoon feed it to people and go, hey, you're
stupid. Hey, look, they can do stuff. We know
they can do stuff. We've read the books, bro.
Just let them do their thing. 100%. James McAvoy
has been absolutely clobbered at a bar in Canada
after a red carpet. He went out for a beer or
two and was absolutely cold -cocked, mate, knocked
unconscious and left on the pub floor. Really?
Mm -hmm. Did he have footage of it? I don't know.
But he went to a film premiere of his latest
movie, California Ski Man. Right. And then went
to the pub after attending the premiere and,
yeah, got absolutely molly -waffled. Dog -shotted.
Mm -hmm. Yeah, right? Yeah. It was a coward punch.
Wow. Which is pretty shit. It is shit. You want
stars to be able to mingle with regular people.
Absolutely. Why pull that shit? Yeah. Oh, sweet
as. That means they're not going to go out after
a premiere next time. Yeah, that's right. Did
you see Vin Diesel's The Last Witch Hunter? Getting
a sequel. Is getting a sequel after its popularity
on streaming services. Well, dude, that is it.
I liked it. Yeah. I enjoyed it. It flopped at
the box office, but it was enjoyable enough.
But, dude, that's like – If he gets a resurgence
on streaming and it gets massive plays, I agree.
Make a sequel out of it. He'll definitely bring
back because he's really tight with Michael Caine.
So Michael Caine's going to be in it as well.
He's in negotiations at the moment. I think he's
wheelchair bound at the moment, though, which
is going to be a bit weird. Which is kind of
sad. He's 90 or something. Yeah, he's up there.
He's up there now. He's been around. I read today
that South Park has pulled an episode from their
upcoming. They had one where they were mocking
Charlie Kirk and whether you agree with what
he said or not, rest in peace, mate. It's pretty
sad what happened in front of his family, but
they've sort of pulled it off the airing for
the next year anyway, so they're not going to
share it with us. And apparently DC has pulled
a comic, a Batman comic, Batwoman comic maybe,
which took a dig at Charlie Kirk at one point.
Right. So they've pulled its run as well. In
response. And we're not, like we said, we don't
really talk much politics on here, but the fact
that it happened and his wife and kids were there,
that's on the internet for the rest of time,
dude. Yeah. And it's going to be, use the girls.
This is not, it's going to follow him around
for the rest of their life, man. So I feel for
the family. Absolutely. I don't think we're left
or right. No, not at all. I didn't agree with
pretty much anything he said, but he didn't deserve
that. No, no one does. No. Robert Eggers' Werewolf
has started production today, well, yesterday,
with Aaron Taylor -Johnson, Lily Rose Depp, and
Willem Dafoe. Of course he's in it. Oh, yeah,
yeah. I keep going to watch these movies, but
I get stoned and think it's a great idea, and
then I'm like, I start putting it on, and just
the opening credits, I'm like, I'm too high for
this. I have to turn it off. Yeah, no. Well,
I mean, they're probably enjoyable, but I think
you want to be clear for it. Yeah, dude. So I
turned to other things that I already know, like,
yeah, peacemaker. Or re -watching Ted Lasso for
the 13th time, which my wife pointed out something
to me today, which was out there. Right, yeah.
The creator of Hannibal, the television series,
has expressed that he wants to create a limited
series based on Silence of the Lambs with Mads
Mikkelsen. Yes. And Zendaya. Yes, please. Let's
go. Hell yeah. Dude, the visuals in that show
were incredible. Fuck yeah. Absolutely beautiful.
Yeah, I'd love to see some more. Yeah. In that
tone, absolutely. We re -watched the first season
here the other week. Yep. Bro, it still holds
up. It's a beautiful season of television. It's
incredible. Fuck yeah. I loved it. Mads Mikkelsen.
He killed that role. And whoever was cooking
all that food, mate, Michelin star, son. It was
good. If that was human, I wouldn't give a shit.
I'd probably devour that. Tom Holland has said
that he regularly has to get new suits made because
they get really musty. Hot off the press. Screenshot.
Oh, yeah. You got anything else for me, bud?
I do. Jermon. Husu? Is that his name? No. I fucking
don't know what you're saying. German Hounson?
No, Germain. Germain? The African fella who was
in both Captain Marvel and Guardians of the Galaxy.
He's been in fucking heaps of shit. He had the
- Hounso. Hounso, yeah. Who? Star -Lord, man.
Yeah. Yes, yes. So he's recently been cast in
Highlander alongside Henry Cavill, Russell Crowe,
Karen Gillian and Dave Bautista. Good cast. Great
cast. Dave Bautista is the Kirk and he's going
to kill that role, man. Holy shit, he's going
to smash that role. Oh, yeah. Oh, my God. If
you watch him in A Knock at the Cabin, you see
that dude's range, man. He is hands down the
best wrestler turned actor. I don't give a shit
what anybody says. Everybody puts The Rock in
number two. Fuck off. John Cena, hands down number
two. And then The Miz. John Cena has seriously
impressed me. Oh, dude, he's got chops. He's
got chops. I haven't seen that. What was that
comedy that fucking, the friend that he. Vacation?
Friends Vacation? No, no, no, no. Jimmy. Vinicky
or fucking, what was it called? Ricky Stinicky.
Ricky Stinicky. Dude, watch it. Yeah, okay. You've
got to watch that. But there's another one, Friends
Vacation. Yep. There's a scene where he's just
walking through the forest. He's like, do -do
-do -do -do. And he goes, oh, look at these.
Look at these mushrooms. And he hands it back
to his mate behind him. He's this black comedian
fellow. I can't remember his name. I've seen
that scene, yeah. And he eats it. He goes, man,
these things will take you places you've never
been before. And almost like. What? And he goes,
man, if you eat just one of these, you're fucked.
And he's like, I just ate it. He goes, what?
You ate it? And he's like, we're going in together.
It's like, fuck yeah. Yeah. Yeah, he's impressed
me. He's good. And yeah, that's all the news
I have for this week. Well, like we were talking
about earlier with streaming, the fact that Superman
has gone to VOD. Video on demand. So you can
rent it on Amazon, YouTube, all that sort of
shit. Yep. It has made in three days $527 ,000
just in VOD sales. VOD sales and rentals. Okay.
So anyone that says it was a failure, you're
wrong. Well, nobody said it was a failure. Oh,
heaps of people said it did. People were saying
it canned, it was shit, it was garbage. Really?
Yeah, it failed at the box office and this. Nah.
I mean, it didn't fail. It made its money. It
didn't do no endgame money. No, no, no, no, no.
Nothing. No, but then it narrowly missed out
catching up to Man of Steel, which, you know.
I think it was $28 ,000, which going off the
VOD things, well, I don't know what Man of Steel
made on VODs, but well, anyway, still a success.
I don't think any DC property has done endgame.
Nothing has. Wonder Woman 84 did okay. No, no,
84, shit. No, no, no, Wonder Woman. Sorry, not
Wonder Woman 84. I think Wonder Woman was one
of the highest ones. Yeah, it was. Again, that
was a great movie. It was good. It was really
good. There's been photos of Tom Holland's day
and Jacob Batalon on the set of Spider -Man Brand
New Day, which goes to show me that Doctor Strange
doesn't know what the fuck he's doing because
they clearly remember him. Amazing. Just the
immersion's gone. And that's the news I have
for you today. Beautiful. We've got a few trailers
to check out. We've got five actually. Five?
Which one do you want to do? Why is there always
horror? Why do people make more horrors than
anything else? Everybody complains about, oh,
fucking comic books, getting tired. Oh, we're
getting fucking, what do they call it? Fatigue.
Oh, superhero fatigue. We've watched more horror
movie bloody trailers in this room than anything
else that's ever been released. That's not a
trailer. That's a short that I want us to watch.
You're a piece of shit. Why is it all the shorts
you want to show me are horror? Because horror's
good. So Dust Bunny is the first one we're going
to check out? Okay. Speak of the devil. What
did you see? A chicken. A monster? You're fucked.
I don't know what this is. Oh, clearly. Under
my bed. What do your parents think about monsters?
Do they believe in them? They do now. Is that
enough to kill a monster? What makes you think
I kill monsters? You seem like you killed all
the things. She's gonna get caught up in bed.
She believe in monsters. Hang on. You're a monster.
She believe in you. A monster didn't need your
parents. I just want you. Those were men. That
came to kill me. In December. Jesus Christ. Why
would a monster eat your family? Have you seen
something you shouldn't have seen? I know what's
real. You think you know. You think you know.
Her being here won't stop them. They will go
right through her. You seem triggered. You got
the girl? I got the girl. Interesting. Bro, that
looks sick. Yeah, like the… The lullaby in the
background was sick. But the imagery of the sets
and set pieces is what I was trying to spit out.
I haven't heard of a book or a game or anything
about Dust Bunny ever. If that's an original
film, that looks sensational. Yeah, I'll be watching
it. Well, it said from the mind of the guy that
did Hannibal. Hannibal. That looks sensational.
what does that say the rip so this is uh -huh
so there's been some development we have a few
more questions last time we spoke you described
the job as follows your unit works the dope game
drugs guns how you doing this evening five cops
just magically appear on my doorstep i've been
better you mind if we come inside But the majority
of your work consisted of cash seizures. I don't
have any drugs. The dog's not trained to detect
drugs. The dog's trained to detect money. How
much was the tip that came in? 300 grand. That's
a 20 million dollar rip. It'd be so much easier
if we just stole this money. I swear to God.
You just take whatever money you want and walk
away. Before this goes really bad for all of
us. No one needs to die tonight. You have 30
minutes to get out of that house. What we do
right now and who we talk to matters. The longer
we stick around here, the dicier this shit's
gonna be. Tell me what's fucking going on! Do
you think I want to jack this rip? I don't trust
you right now and that's a fucking problem! Any
ideas who might want this money? Twenty million
dollars. Where do you want to start? A -W -T
-G -G. What does it mean? Are we the good guys?
I'll watch that. Bro, for $20 million. Holy shit.
That badge would mean nothing to me. Sorry, but
yeah, I'm not built to be a police officer. I
can't read that. Wake up, dead man. Oh, the new
Knives Out one. I haven't watched this. I've
been waiting. Rian Johnson. His mood was dressed
as a miracle. But what happened that night? There's
a much, much larger scheme. To understand this
case, you need to look at the myth that's being
constructed. A man gives a sermon. He then, in
plain sight of everyone, walks into a sealed
concrete box. And 30 seconds later, that man
is lying dead. A classic impossible crime. Okay,
you're freaking me out now. This is a holy mystery.
Unsolvable. Holy shit. Sorry, sorry. What the
hell? He didn't even know that was him. We do
not know. what is truth we don't know that we
don't what exists does any of this exist so what
is even happening right now it is time to discover
what this flock of wicked wolves is hiding Here's
what's going to happen. Them, Locke, Frickin'
Blanc, and I are going to ask you all some questions,
and you're going to answer them, and we're going
to get to the bottom of who killed my senior
wicks, and why! And then... That's it! Now, who
wants to go first? Um... December! Dude, we're
not going to be filming podcasts into seven.
We're just going to be watching movies. Look,
I'll always watch them. They're a good time.
And I like Benoit Blanc. He's a good character.
That's another Tron Aries trailer, isn't it?
I'm glad we've got a table to hide my erection.
Oh, yeah. Remember when Cessnock Cinema was the
arcade? The grid. So good. A digital frontier.
A world I thought I'd never see. And then...
One day... 1982, baby. I got in. You're at these
disc bouts of fucking spectacular arenas. I had
Garrett Hiddens in the new one. Cycles have raced
on ribbons of light. And the world was more beautiful
than I ever dreamed. More dangerous than I ever
imagined. will come to ours. Holy shit, that's
come quick. So much talk of AI and big tech today.
Virtual worlds, what are they gonna look like?
When will we get there? Well, folks, we're not
going there. They are coming here. I would like
you to meet Ares. What did you make of it? Up
there. Greetings, program. Our worlds are more
connected than anyone knows. to destroy yours.
They looked a little off. Yeah, I agree. That
soundtrack sounds killer. I'll watch it. I thoroughly
enjoyed the last one. This one is Last Samurai
Standing. I think I've seen this one pop up the
other day. Netflix man churning out a gallop.
From now on, you will play with me. I won't ask
you for a way out. We'll take each other's cards!
And the last one is? Nope, don't start that yet.
That's for later on. Later on. Okay. But, yeah,
that's all of our news. That's all of our trailers
for this week. That last samurai one, I'll give
it a go. If it is a series, I'll give it one
episode. I usually give things an episode. If
it intrigues me a little bit, I'll keep watching.
I am. Dude, the one I'm most excited for was
the one I thought I was going to hate the most.
Dust Bunny. Dust Bunny, man. That looks so good.
Yeah. And honestly, I'll watch Mads Mikkelsen
in anything, but that looks so good, man. Yeah,
well, that's why I made it at the top of my list
to kind of put on tonight. Absolutely. Mads Mikkelsen,
you know. That's it. That's it. Thanks for joining
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