From the Dungeons of Morningstar, my name's Stretch.
And I'm Clint, and this is Prevailing Strange.
Welcome back guys to our Week in Review, a segment
of Prevailing Strange where we like to share
our thoughts on some of the content that we've
checked out this week. If you like what we're
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watching. What new games? Because I've got a
couple of games to talk about today, Jeremy.
What games are you playing? And we'll hit you
back. What have you checked out this week, bud?
Well, sir, I'll have you know that I've checked
out quite a bit. I had to think about it while
you were doing it, Pip. And I'll remember that
I've watched some things. Okay. The first thing
I watched at the start of the week was a movie
that me and Ty used to watch a lot, Ender's Game.
Have you ever seen it? I have. Love that game.
Love the movie. The book was a bit harder to
follow, but the movie was sensational. I really
wish they carried on, but the whole thing with
it, that was meant to be a trilogy, but it wasn't
received well at all. It was like a John Carter
of Mars issue. No advertising, no one knew what
it was, so no one went. I think they kind of
were hoping that the book kind of carried that.
Yeah, right. I mean, Ender's Game, the book is
up there in the top 100 sci -fi books of all
time. Absolutely. I didn't mind the book. I preferred
it to the movie. Yeah. Yeah. I really liked the
movie, dude. I thought the kid that played Ender
was good. And he hasn't done really a whole heap
after that, which is a shame. But, yeah, good
cast. Well done. Dude, the special effects in
that. To this day, a so good man. Yeah, I mean,
it looked polished. It looked fantastic. Yeah.
The alien species, the Vex. Something like that.
When he's interacting with that one on the planet,
when he's in the virtual world, the textures
in the skin, the transparency of it all is so
beautiful, dude. And it's got that whole HR guy,
biomechanical look. And it was, yeah, it was
awesome. I'll rate it. I haven't watched it in
a long time and it was, yeah, all the goodness.
Yeah, I don't think I've watched it since it
came out. I like to do a re -watch sometimes
on movies I've seen. The first thing I watched
this week was episode six of Alien Earth. Yes,
I have notes. Hang on. You've watched six, seven,
sorry, seven. You've watched six and seven. I've
watched six and seven, yeah. That scene. with
Morrow and Kirsch in the elevator, the synth,
the cyborg. Yep. And that whole interaction was
so good, man. I was like, holy shit, are these
pair better throw down? They're not because they
don't have emotion sort of thing, but, well,
the cyborg does a little bit, but fuck me dead,
man, this looks, it was well done. Yeah, well,
I mean, you get that payoff in the past two episodes.
Yeah. Wondering what Kirsch is up to. Yep. That
was one of my notes. Yeah. You're figuring out
what sort of side he's playing. Yep. He's just
that far ahead. Yeah, dude. Like he's sitting
there and he's watching the screens and shit
and he knows things are going on. He's just like,
yeah, everything's fine. Yep. And then how –
Morrow is such a complicated character for me
at the moment, dude. I'm trying to figure him
out because he doesn't show emotion at all. Mm
-hmm. And – Just the way he talks and so, you
know, do you want to say hello to your mother
before you go? And it's just that sort of shit.
And what he's got slightly doing. Yeah. Great
characters. Yeah. I just don't think he's got
anything left to live for. Morrow? Yeah. Yeah,
right. Well, his daughter died while he was away
on the ship. I didn't even see that bit. There
you go. That was in the flashback, wasn't it?
He was talking to his daughter and then he gets
the email that seven years into the trip she
passed away. Oh, shit. No, I didn't see that.
Yeah, he was meant to be coming back home to
her for whatever reason or paying for something.
I don't know. She might have been sick or something.
Ew. Yeah. Yeah, he's got nothing. That's why
he's bitter. That's, yeah. All right, that'll
fuck with you. It would. But anyway. Besides
that. What I wanted to talk about was the drone
that, I want to say Mary, it's not Mary, what's
her name? Wendy. Wendy controls. Its colouration
looks a little different. Did you notice that?
Yeah, it's more browny coloured. It has like
some, something going on with it, where the eyes
are behind the. I do love in that where she,
oh, no, it's the next episode we'll talk about.
I'm talking about both of them, really. Oh, yeah?
I've just noticed that it's got a different colouration.
Like, is it getting sick? Right. Because it's
not eating or whatever? Like, it's got some green
through it and stuff like that? Or is it, yeah,
I don't know. What's going on? There was a part
in episode seven where the drone's just gone
nuts and minced everyone and it's covered in
blood and she walks up and it's like it's the
first time you've ever seen anyone. Compassionate
with them. No, but see that there's eyes behind
there, that that's a lens. Yep. And she sort
of wiped the blood off the lens. Yep. I'm like,
nice. Good nod. Yeah, it's pretty interesting
what's going on between them pair. But, like,
she had some kind of connection with it before
she learnt to talk, whatever the xenomorph language
is or whatever, the clicking and stuff. I don't
know. Are we leaning towards the whole biomechanical
of these creatures? Are they machine -based life
forms? Are they synths as well, just from another
world? Yeah, right. Yeah, she figured out their
interface kind of thing. Yeah, like their little
button thing that would go to the base of their
neck. Yeah. Dude. I like that. Yeah, are they
both kind of birds of a feather? Yeah, right.
Okay. Dude, I just, well, that's the whole thing.
Like the way she's, like she's clearly conversing
with the drone. So it's like if you've got that
and you've figured out how you're talking to
them, like she even says, follow and hide, I
think. So she's still learning herself. I want
to see where this goes, like the relationship
between them pair and like what – does she actually
have a – Control of it? Yeah. Or is it just playing
along? That's like the image, the interaction.
Motherfucker. That eye -ocky? Yeah. It's playing
some games. It's in the body of a sheep, yet
it could read the English numerals and answer
what the rest of pie was. Yeah. What's going
on there? And I love that how it's like, it's
a thing too. Like they said, it wasn't an accident,
but that door, that sheep couldn't have broke
that door, could it? Making him having to go
and open the other cell door so he had to walk
in so that he could headbutt it. Yeah, I don't
know. Some coincidence there as well. No, I think
that was purely coincidence and might have something
to do with the saliva of those bugs that break
down tech. So you're a genius. But, yeah, everyone
kind of thought in episode, in the flashback,
that the eye was trying to warn her about the
slugs getting into the drinking water. Yeah,
right. But, no, it was trying to distract her.
Ah, yeah. So I think it wants to sow chaos so
we might be able to get out. Yeah. Yeah. I like
that shape thing. Mm. Just the way it knows shit's
going on. Yeah, it just stands there and looks.
I ran into a bit of an issue with the nibs memory
wiping shit. Did you have an issue with that?
No. Like it is, she is a kid essentially and
the fact that you wiped her memory but you didn't
talk to the others about it and say, hey, listen,
sensitive subject. Yeah. But we've had to save
the synth. We've had to delete certain aspects
of her memory. Then they all could have played
along. But the fact that as soon as she wakes
up, she goes, hey, remember last week? And she's
like, no. Yeah, it was a bit convenient. Yeah.
It's like it was moved along really fast. And
then, yeah, the end credits, mate, keep away
Godsmack. They're just killing it with these
needle drops at the end. Aren't they? So good.
But, yeah, like coming back to the Synth V Cyborg
thing. Having the fact that the majority of these
are all artificial beings but they've all got
their own designations and their own personality
and shit. So hybrid synth and cyborgs, for them
all to hate each other and hate humans at the
same time is a bit shit. Racism doesn't escape
in the 22nd century. Well, I mean, from the synth.
From a synthetic point of view to the hybrids,
I can understand they kind of feel like they're
going to be replaced maybe. Yeah. And, I mean,
the hate towards the cyborg, the fact that he's
human and he's just got metal parts. Yeah, metal
parts. And we've got no androids. Not yet. No.
I think the synthetics are androids. Right. And
they just call them synths as well. You could
have thought it was androids too. And they have
a big, like, fight club. I was really hoping
Tyrell would be in there as one of the major
companies. Yeah, it did. And, you know, they're
kind of replicants competing against synths.
Come on. Well, yeah, that's the thing too. Like,
you could have the, like, synths be a proprietary
name sort of thing and then, yeah, that'd be
sick. Yeah. I like that. Yeah, and the closing
song for the seventh episode was Songs for the
Deaf, Queens of the Stone Age. Yeah, that drum
intro. Yeah. Fucking Dave Grohl, man. So sick.
So good. Fucking love it. A duke and drum, man.
Yeah, he can also knock up 19 -year -olds and
shit on his wife. Watch the Charlie Sheen documentary.
Okay. Dude. Talking about. You know, upstanding
role models. Yeah. Jump on that, dude. That guy
has done so much stupid shit. Fucking hell. I
haven't heard this story before, but he was telling
a story how him and Nicolas Cage were on like
a week bender and they got on this plane going
to a, oh, where were they going? They were going
to Miss Bikini competition for spring break or
something. And they were the judges. On the plane
right there, they'd been there and whacked off
their dial. Nicholas Cage gets up, walks to the
front of the plane and gets hold of the PA. He's
like, your captain's speaking. I just want you
all to know that I don't feel well and I've lost
control of the plane. And the fucking plane lost
it. Everyone started going nuts. People were
trying to get out of their seats and everything.
I was like, no, no, everything's fine. Dude,
how did he not go to jail for that? That's pretty
wild. Jeez and crackers. It was, dude, just the
shit that was in that was nuts. You've got to
watch it. Watch it. But, like, yeah, the shitty's
done. To people, for people, with people, it's
just fucking ridiculous. Dude's an animal. Oh,
yeah. Oh, yeah. Jesus Christ. And the last thing
I watched for this week was Nosferatu on your
recommendations. Mm -hmm. Yep. Bram Stoker's
Dracula with different names. Yeah, of course
it is. Beautifully shot, though, dude. It looked
so good. It does. Dude, you were right about
the shadow play. It was like another character
in the whole movie, man. Like even at the start
where it's in black and white and there's that
shadow coming in the window. Oh, dude, it looks
so good. Yeah, it was great. It's funny that
you say that because I'm actually reading Bram
Stoker's Dracula at the moment. Yeah, right.
Just kind of how many, like Renfield is a character
in it and they made the movie with Nicolas Cage
and Nicolas Holton. The last, what the last,
what's that movie called? Not long coming out.
The last voyage of the. Demeter. Demeter. So
that's the ship that brings Dracula over to England.
Just how many bits and pieces from this story
are kind of. out there in pop culture. Absolutely.
Yeah. Have you ever seen Dracula Untold? Yeah.
How good was that? A whole, yeah. The amount
of stories they're getting out of this. Why can't
they do this with other stories? Well, I mean,
yeah, why not? Like they got so much out of Dracula.
And I mean. Right. That's the beauty about public
domain characters. You can take it and you can.
Work the source material however you want to.
What else is coming public domain shortly? Werewolf,
which is another Robert Eggers, Edgers, Eggers.
Public domain. Well, you've got all the Winnie
the Pooh shit. That's all public domain. Mickey
Mouse is now public domain as well. Mickey Mouse
is as well, yes. So what's that, anything before
1941? 50 years. It's 50 years. 100 years, 100
years. That's what I was thinking. Yeah, 100
years, sorry. Yeah, right. Oh, shit. Oh, God.
I wonder if that Weathering Heights or what.
No, because they brought out a movie of that
in the past, didn't they? Weathering Heights.
Fucking motherfucking remake. Sorry. Did they
make a movie of that in the past or has that
always just been a book? What the fuck's Weathering
Heights? I don't know what that is. Oh, it's
a fucking new movie coming out and it stars Margot
Robbie and the fellow that's playing Frankenstein's
monster, Jacob Elody. Right. Looks like a fucking
horny movie, man. Yeah, and it's based on a book.
I don't know. I don't know whether they brought
out a movie of it in the past or whatever, but
I'm like, if they were writing this shit 100
years ago, holy fuck. Oh, dang. Well, they used
to have them. I just pictured. Fucking hell.
What's our lord and saviour with the mullet,
the comedian? Theo Vaughan. He's talking about
old school porn, like going old school. And when
he was in high school, there was a bloke who
could draw really, really good. And like just
of a Friday afternoon, all the boys would go
there and get him to draw him pictures of a vagina
or a set of boobs. It's just gold. I would love
to sit there just for like an hour and a half,
maybe two hours, and just me and Theo Vaughan,
I just want to sit there and bath in his ambience.
He's so good. I'm going to say one thing and
then we're going to get back on the topic. He
was on Joe Rogan's podcast talking to him about
Eddie Bravo and how he describes him as a deaf.
Jack Russell Terrier. And Joe Rogan's like, what
do you mean? He's like, if he ever gets out of
the car and you let him go, you're not getting
him back. And Joe Rogan lost it. He's like, I've
never heard anybody say that before. Nobody ever
would have said that before. Because when Eddie
Bravo goes on there, he just goes with his little
trousers on. But, yeah, to a T. Yeah. Keep going.
No, we're done. No, we'll save that for later.
Cast was great. How good was Willem Dafoe in
it? Fucking unhinged. Yeah. The way he can just
embody these roles that speak like old English
and shit. Yeah. Like a very Shakespearean. Oh,
dude, he's such a good actor. Yeah. He needs
to be in everything. The monologues that he pulls,
so good. You know who else pulls? I can't keep
doing that. I'm going to do – hang on, I'm going
to do this. Monologue. I didn't know what he
was pulling then. So – fuck off, idiot. I was
wondering why that was kicking me, Shane. Your
erection. No, I'll save that for Renton Sundry.
What else have you watched? That's it. That's
it? Yeah, Charlie Sheen, Ender's Game, Nosferatu,
Alien Earth. Alien Earth. So I watched Peacemaker,
but I can't say anything about it because you
haven't watched it. No, I haven't. It only came
out today. Last week's one? I haven't watched
it. Episode 3? Episode 4 came out today. Hang
on, I've watched episode 3. Episode 3 is where
Eagly kicks the shit out of all them special
force guys. Sorry, it is episode 4, I mean. I
think I've watched that one too. After he gets
out of the dimension that... And catches up with.
And he wakes up in his house and there's bullet
holes everywhere. He's like, Eagly, Eagly. What?
That's the one I'm talking about. Okay, well,
let's talk about it. I've seen that one. Yeah,
the other one only just come out like two hours
before we started recording. I was like, bro,
I haven't watched it. Sorry. So, yes, he comes
back dressed up in the gear from the other world.
Yeah. And Eagly, what the hell's going on? Yeah,
he's just walking through his house like it's.
All normal, lays down his fucking bullet holes
and broken windows every year. So you find out
where his dad gets this extra -dimensional space
from. Yeah. Just happens to take a pot shot at
an alien in the bush. Yeah. Which is funny because,
like, you saw his dad in the first season. You're
like, how the fuck did he come up with all this
stuff? That makes complete sense. Absolutely.
Yeah. Fucking old redneck just shoots an alien.
That answered a question. What are Americans
going to do when aliens actually land? Are they
going to have a conversation? No. It's going
to land in fucking backyards down in southern
America and it's going to get capped by a bloke
with a .44. Yeah, probably. Yeah. An envoy has
travelled millions of light years to get here.
There's no, hey, man, what's that? What are you
doing over there? Yeah. And we get fucking Michael
Rooker's character doubling down on the cultural
appropriation. Oh, man. So fucked. So fucked.
Oh, Jesus Christ. When Economos knocked him over
and he hit his head on the rock, I thought that
was it. He's just dead. He's just like a short
little cameo. I thought, oh, okay. Come back
and got the nude and danced around a fire. And
then revealed he has some kind of abilities.
Yeah. I thought he's just a fucking nutcase.
Bro, far out. The story behind that was there
was someone else that was cast for it. Right.
And the day before they were about to shoot.
He pulled out and then he's like, fuck. So he's
called Michael Rooker and he goes, I need you
here. I've got a character for you. Please, I
need you. He's like, am I going to get paid for
this? He goes, no, you'll probably have to pay
us. And he goes, I'll be there tomorrow. And
he flew down and just with his chest. I've only
ever seen one other person go this into the black.
And that was Robert Downey Jr. And he pulled
it off. I hope Michael Rooker does the same because
this is just comedy gold. When Economos spits
in old mate's eye. Oh, what the? It was funny.
I love that agent, man. He's so good. Hey, Ginger,
cool. I told you not to fucking call me that.
Oh, come on, man. Are you glad you watched Peacemaker?
I am. I am really glad I watched it. Everyone
should watch Peacemaker. It's going to change
the world. Speaking of superhero shows that are
just up there, I forgot to talk about this, but
Gen V started today. That's something else I'll
be able to talk about next week. I'll have to
watch the first season. Yeah. Well, what about
when he's wrestling Judo Master in the bushes?
They eat shit all the time. Just fucking bouncing
off trees. In the most inhuman ways and it's
so fucking funny. Dude, I'm telling you, man,
that I really want to have just Peacemaker and
Vigilante just buddy cop all the time. They are
so good. Vig. So good. I love it. Everybody should
be watching Peacemaker. It's pretty funny. What
else are you watching? That's it. One show. Two.
Two shows. There was going to be one to talk
about because you said you hadn't watched fucking
Peacemaker yet. I was worried. And then I pulled
it together. Hey, listen, we had a podcast on
Monday night. We did, dude. Through my whole
weekend. Yeah, man. That was so much fun. It
was fun. Yeah. Shout out to the guys over at
the Ragewild, man. So much fun. Yeah, we should
do that again. Yeah, definitely want to do that
again. Dude, that's something we should be talking
about around sundry. Anybody that wants to do
a potty. Yeah. Wants to talk shit. I'm down.
Wise down talk shit. I'm pretty sure we can do
it. Maybe. Maybe not on Monday night. Yeah. Some
more local time zones would be better, but anyway.
I've been watching more of their stuff. Yep.
They're so funny, man. Yep. So funny. Yeah, that's
all I've got for you, Ben. No, no. I'll see you
Friday. Love, peace, chicken grease. Bye.