From the Dungeons of Morningstar, I'm Stretch.
And I'm Clint, and this is Prevailing Strange.
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Share it around if you find it funny enough,
hopefully. Fingers crossed. Yeah. What news have
you got for me this week, bud? Well, like I was
talking about earlier, No Man's Sky released
another massive update allowing you to come across
scuttled ships in the middle of space and you're
able to loot them. The whole thing with this
game, dude, it just keeps getting better and
better. And they're not making money from it,
dude. They're all free updates. Everybody should
support this game. Get out there, go play it.
It's definitely a game I'm going to download
one day. If they keep up with this, the amount
of just support that they keep bringing out for
this little game, it's not little anymore, man.
It's probably one of the biggest games available.
The score, well, no million score is the limit.
No. Shit. Sorry. Cut that joke. No, if they keep
bringing out this shit, man, it's just. And this
is where it's at now. If they keep bringing support
out for a man, what's this game going to be like
in three years? It's going to be sensational.
Yeah, wild. It just keeps getting better and
better. Like we're coming up to, what, three
years since it's released and they're still releasing.
The last two updates have been game changes.
Yeah. Complete and utter game changes. They could
have been a game on their own. But they're just
rolling out these free updates. Awesome. Bosses.
Yeah. So is there any kind of like things you
can pay for in -game that would be supporting
the whole thing or? I don't think so because
everything is, it's not, there's no micro transactions.
Yeah. It's all just survival and it's all just,
yeah, I don't know. Everybody should go out and
buy this game because you can still buy the game.
But yeah, just all the updates are free. Yeah,
sick. Buy the game. So Elizabeth Olsen has put
in a contract that she'll only sign on to films
from now on if it has a theatrical release. Yeah,
you're right. Okay. Yeah, which I think is fine.
That's fine, man. I think more actors should
be doing it. Yeah. They need to stop. It's for
well and good. That's how Netflix and that needs
to make their money, through their exclusive
content. But at the same time, man, it's the
only way you're going to jumpstart the cinema
revolution again, isn't it? Yeah, absolutely.
It needs to happen, otherwise we're going to
lose it. We're going to lose cinema, dude. And
that's the thing. Yes, TV screens aren't what
they used to be. They're a lot bigger now. You
get a much more of a theatrical sort of feel
in your home cinema. But, dude, nothing. There's
just something about going to the movies. Absolutely.
Nothing beats going to the movies. And I could
never lose it, man. No. I hated it when we lost
our cinema here. Yeah. Because if I was bored,
then I'd go down and see what was on. When I
used to finish school, go down five bucks, you
could watch a movie. Yeah. Get on your push and
go watch a movie, dude. So good. And maybe if
there is a resurgence in cinema goers again,
maybe prices of cinema tickets come down. Maybe
they're not going to ever lower the price of
a popcorn, but Jesus. Yeah, you've just got to
– we need to keep them around, man. 100%. I'm
scared for a future where – you know, my kid
can't take his kid to the cinema. Because, like,
and, yeah, people are going, oh, he's just taking
the kid to the movies. Yeah, but it's something
that me and him do. Yeah. And it's something
that he gets excited to do and it's just a me
and him thing where we go to the movies of the
day. Yeah, 100%. I even like watching the trailers
and, like, just the whole experience is fantastic.
Just getting a bucket of popcorn. Like, even
if you don't like popcorn, like, just. Sitting
there eating a bucket of popcorn with a 16 -year
-old because he loves it. Yeah. And winning.
Yeah. You don't get much better. No. So, yeah,
I don't ever want to lose it. It makes me sad
to think about it. It does. Blackphone, speaking
of, Blackphone 2 has made back 140 % of its $30
million budget in 48 hours. That's wild. It's
more evident today that sequels do better. than
they did back in the past. You think sequels
used to just be a cash -in, they weren't that
good. Now they're trying to one -up the first
one. They want it to be better than the first
one, blah, blah, blah. Yeah. Well, that's the
thing. It's not like a guaranteed paycheck these
days. Exactly. They've actually got to put some
effort into a sequel. Exactly. It can't be just,
well, there's no directed DVD. Yeah. Because,
you know, you go straight to streaming and they're
not going to make any money off that. But I cannot
– because that's where – Back in the day, that's
where movies went to make all their money was
to the DVD shops. Well, yeah, there was two main.
VHS shops. Yeah, there was two main sources of
income. They pretty much had two bites of the
cherry. One was the movies and then after six
months later it would be at home video. Yeah.
And that's why I think it was Matt Damon was
on that Hot Wings or Hot Ones. Yeah. Talking
about how, why a lot of people don't make good
movies anymore. A lot of people go for those
blockbusters and just the cheesy shit because
they're trying to make the money in the cinema.
Yeah. Where he used to be the king of that type
of shit, like fucking Good Will Hunting. He'd
done a lot of kind of movies like that, which
probably wouldn't have done well at the cinema,
but at the rental store. Absolutely. Killed it.
Dude, that's how we've still got Kevin Smith,
dude. Yeah. We have Kevin Smith because of home
video. 100%. Imagine the Kevin Smiths or the
Matt Damons or the Ben Afflecks we're going to
miss out on because of home video. Yeah. So,
yeah, he's like, that's why we don't make those
kind of movies anymore is because we don't have
that opportunity to make money off it. Such a
shame. Because these people, they're doing jobs.
Yeah. That's their job. 100%. Yeah. James Gunn
has spoke to Keanu Reeves. About Constantine
2? I would hope so. It needs to happen. He's
yet to read the script, but the discussions are
beginning. Nice. It needs to happen. To me, that
was a great movie. And, yeah, that didn't stick
to the source material really at all. But it
was great. The soundtrack was epic. The performance
was fucking spot on, dude. Peter Storm here still
holds up as the best version of Satan I've ever
seen. 100%. I mean, I saw that movie before I
even knew who John Constantine was from the comics.
Same. Exactly. Yeah, I loved it for itself to
begin with. And then when I found out that he
was a comic character, then I delved into him
a bit then. See, and I think that's why I enjoyed
it because I hadn't read the comic books. I hadn't
seen anything that was animated that said that
he had. You know, all the books that said he
had a British accent, he held for my own wherever
he was. Blonde hair and he had none of that.
So I didn't know. All I knew was the dude smoked
a shit ton of cigarettes, he could see into the
afterworld, and he was sending demons back to
hell. Yeah, it was sick. It was sick. Metal as
fuck. Yeah, it was. Ryan Coogler has revealed
that he decided to develop an X -Files reboot
because his mother was a massive fan of the original
series. I want to do it right by her and the
fans. My mum read some stuff of the stuff I wrote
and she's really fired up. Fuck, that melts me,
dude. Fuck, yeah. That's cool. God damn. Yeah,
I'm really interested to see what he does with
this. Yeah. IP. That was my next thing on the
list. Beat me to it. Dude, yeah, to be able to
show your mum your art is fucking sick, dude.
God, it's good. Michael B. Jordan. is in talks
to star in a Miami Vice reboot from the director
of Top Gun. Top Gun. No. No? No. Okay. Because
that means he's going to miss out on all the
other good roles if he's on TV. I don't know
whether it's going to be a TV show. Oh, if it's
a movie, that'd be all right. Yeah, well, if
it's Top Gun, director, he's not going to make
TV. I don't know. I mean, he could, but I don't
think it's going to be. Mate. I mean, it could
be TV. Joe Torre is doing TV. Come on. True.
Exactly. The Strangest Things two -hour series
finale is heading to cinemas. It will get a theatrical
release. I did see that. Why the F not? Make
it a go and get your Demi Gorgon. Popcorn bucket,
dude. You have kids dressing up to go and watch
this shit on the big screen and make it an event.
Hell yes. Man, Netflix should send more movies
to the cinemas. Absolutely. I think they'll be
surprised at the amount of people that will actually
go pay to watch them. K -pop Demon Hunters went
for two days and it led that weekend. Do it.
Do it. Unless it's kind of like an in thing where
cinemas don't want to play. You know, a part
of like propping up. Not propping up, but, you
know, supporting streaming services. It's a,
yeah, dand if you do, dand if you don't. But
see, this is where by doing themed movies like
this, you know, they're going to sell all the
popcorn because they're going to have them special
buckets. They're going to sell all the drinks
because they're going to have the special drink
containers. They're going to have the fucking
fluffy toys at the front. They're going to have
all the candies that are going to be themed towards
it. So they're going to make bank on it. So that's
where, you know, hell, yeah, support that. Do
that. But if you're going to send extraction
there, where it's just a bunch of coils that
go there and they're like, oh, yeah, fuck yeah,
I can lift 150 kilos on me dick, then they're
going to not make much money. Of course, it goes
against me fucking. I can't have that much carbs
in the day. Yeah. So apparently most, like, smaller.
only make money on their snack bar. Yeah. Well,
even like I'm in podcasting, I'm a geek, so of
course I'll listen to Kevin Smith's podcast.
And every three minutes he says that he owns
a cinema because this is what he does. He interrupts
Mark Bernard in doing some genius shit with his
I own a cinema with my friends. He's selling
something else that's Kevin Smith. Yeah. But
he's always like, we don't make money. on movie
tickets. It usually costs us money. We make money
on popcorn. And he's got a thing at his cinema
where if you buy a movie ticket, you can go to
every single movie that's on that day as long
as you buy a bucket of popcorn, as long as you
buy a drink in the middle. So as long as you're
buying from the confectionery, you can go to
as many movies in that day as you can get to.
That's cool. Yeah. So Gunn says that. Peacemaker's
fate will not be revealed in Man of Tomorrow.
It's going to be up in the air still. I don't
like that. Yeah. That's, oh, no, he's Todd with
Vigilante. But Peacemaker's his best character
at the moment, dude. Yeah. Dude, yeah, Peacemaker
and Vigilante are his. Yeah, I mean, so I'm hoping.
That checkmate plays a big part in all things
coming up. And I don't know, maybe. So he's teasing
like a big war between the government and metahumans.
So I think a lot of them are going to get sent
to salvation. And, yeah, it'll be interesting
to see kind of what happens. So every once in
a while there'll be a two -second scene where
John Cena's like, let me back! Where they throw
on a medic human in there. Or it's just him progressively
getting more hairy and more dirty. Yeah. Fuck!
You just see him running. booking it from some
fucking big alien creatures across the fucking
wide open space trying to get to the door. It's
got a fucking shack built and then every time
the door opens it's getting more elaborate. Which
is funny because it looks like it hurts for that
man to run. Yeah. Oh, my Lord. Were you a fan
of Mitchell versus the Machines? I did like it,
yeah. It was good. Yeah. I liked it. We're getting
a sequel. Yeah, nice. I liked that movie, man.
I thought that was so funny. It was very fun,
very poppy. Relatable as shit. Yeah. The family
dynamic in that is so good. So good. Mitchell's
the best machine. Got to watch it. Good movie
if you haven't watched it. Great movie. Apparently
the Batman DCU movie is still happening. So not
the Batman. Batman DCU. The Batman DCU. But the
director has to wait a couple of months before
he can say anything. This is according to Variety.
That's a pretty prestigious source there, Jeremy.
Yes, it's pretty up there. I think they're lying,
though. They're still lying to us. You reckon?
I hope so. You don't want a Batman? We've got
a Batman. Dude, he's not the Batman. He could
be. He is the Batman, but he's not the Batman.
He could be. He should be. Why isn't he? We don't
know. But he's not. He could be. Yeah. I think
Currenswet and Patterson. Patterson? Pattinson.
Pattinson. Names me. Fuck. It's not like you
have one. Yeah. I think they'd be great together.
You reckon? Yeah. They're both kind of like younger,
you know what I mean? About the same height.
Yeah. Yeah. There'd be the dynamic there, I think.
Unless we're going to get a gruff old fucking
Batman. Like the brooding Batman that we've always
wanted from the animated shows and then the sort
of more fresh -faced Superman sort of character.
No. No. Yeah. Yeah, because, look, I couldn't
see Alan Richardson's Batman up against Corrin
Sweat. Not when he's bigger than him. Batman
has to be bigger than Superman. Yeah. Has to
be. Yeah. Always has to be. I think so. Because
Batman's cool. Do you know Uncle Roger? The name
is very familiar. Uncle Roger with the feeling
and the flavour. Logan will love it. He loves
Uncle Roger. No, I don't think I do. He's a little
Malaysian. who always wears a bright orange shirt.
Yeah, okay. He's got his own YouTube series.
It's an animated show. Is that Emotional Damage?
Is that Uncle Roger? No. No, that's the other.
He's another, like, on that level, though, isn't
he? Whoa. Well, because he's Asian. Holy. I didn't
mean it like that. Uncle Roger with the feeling.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Him and the other one have
done stuff together. Because they're lovers.
You don't like that about them people? I never
said I don't like them. That's going in because
you've been a jerk. No. You can't. Not allowed.
You need consent. So, yeah, he's getting his
own cartoon on YouTube, which is cool. They're
making a The Boys Mexico spin -off television
series based after the events of The Boys Season
5. Why? This isn't fucking CSI, man. Just stop
it. They're going to walk in dead, this shit,
and it's going to kill it. Kripke, come on, man,
grow up. Stop it. I got this little chestnut
of a screenshot today. It's a whole heap of bullshit.
But there's some castings on it that I really
think would work. Alexander Skarsgård as Betteray
Bill. Kate Winslet as Athena. Right. And Gerard
Butler as Ares. And then it's set to cast in
Thor Valhalla. We all know we're getting a new
Thor movie, but it also has Heimdall. Which we
know he's dead. But then again, it's fucking
Marvel. God damn it. Do you remember the end
of Love and Thunder? Where he goes to Valhalla?
Or Jane goes to Valhalla? Yeah. So they're alive
on another dimension. Yeah. So Heimdall will
be there. Could very well come back, yeah. But
that's all I've got for you, sir. I've got one
last thing in the news realm, and it's not really
big. It's just that the evil dead burn. It's
big. Hey. It's a nice size. You're above average.
Evil Dead Burn has wrapped production. Did you
watch the new Evil Deads? I watched the TV show.
No. Ash vs. Evil Dead. Completely different.
No, I haven't watched the new movies. They're
good. Why are they good? They're brutal. Scary.
Brutal. I don't like that. Oh, no. That's more
like Ash. Yeah. Yeah, no. Because Ash is sexy.
I remember when the first one came out and I
went to the movies to see it. Blew me away. Because,
like, I thought. The movie. The movie, yeah.
The new one. The newest. The first one. The first
of the newest movies. Yeah, right. The first
reboot of Evil Dead. Very reminiscent of. Like
the story. It's done by Raimi, wasn't it? No,
I don't think so. No? He done the OG ones. Yeah,
yeah. And then, yeah, it just upped everything
and made it a more serious movie. I don't know
if I like that. Yeah, no, it's good. Did someone
have a chainsaw for a hand? No. Disgusting. We've
got a few movies to check out or trailers to
check out. Trailers? Okay, so this one here.
This is Crime 101. Mike. Mike. Sharon. So what
are we driving? So you can guess, I'll give you
the keys to it. Ooh. Chevy Chevelle. Racing green.
Right color. That is a beautiful car. I need
to be in your line of work. I'm real good at
reading people. I don't know what you read about
me. Okay. You look like a person who has secrets.
You got the cars, the clothes, but you can't
seem to look me in the eye. Start by handing
me your phone. You're looking at robberies of
jewels, money, or high -value items in the last
four years. Now, remove every robbery where there
was DNA left at the scene. I think all of these
are the same guy. And he hits every time along
the 101 freeway. I came here to make you a business
proposition. You've worked at the same company
for 11 years. You're a VP when you should be
a partner. Those high -value items your company
insures, in my case, they make them disappear.
And no one gets hurt. I wouldn't die for an insurance
company. Get in. There's water in the trunk.
Here's a courier carrying watches and gems. And
the buyer's paying cash. Looking at $11 million
in one room. Three of which I'll be taking. Doesn't
matter how much money you make, it's never enough.
I'll know when I have enough. How? He's planning
something else, father. My dad always said you
gotta break two eggs. You tell him I see you
again, you're busted. Hmm. As smart as that guy
is, he can't help but form a pattern. I'm getting
close. I know him. Something doesn't feel right.
Nice car. You into cars? Yeah, I prefer the old
American ones. I used to dream of having a Mustang
when I was a kid. Steve McQueen. You ever see
the Thomas Crown Affair? Plays a high -class
thief in it. I like bullet all the chases You're
about to break every rule you've ever lived by
what makes this job different Here comes a moment
when you realize you don't have as much time
as you thought you had Dude that looks fucking
good Except for the American accent. It slipped
a lot. Dude, that looks fucking brilliant. It's
the Hulk Thor buddy cop I didn't think I wanted
to see. Dude, that looks so good. And whoever
done that trailer, tip of the hat. It's good.
Tip of the hat. That was sensational. What's
going on? Die My Love with Jennifer Lawrence
and Robert Pattinson. Do I get that wrong again?
Nope. Sweet. Remember the old aspect ratio? Either
looks like a junkie or a businessman. Cheryl
mentioned that you're a writer. I don't do that
anymore. Stuck for inspiration? I'm stuck between
wanting to do something and not wanting to do...
anything at all. Where are you now? Is everything
all right? When was the last time we had sex?
Rough guess. Things have been, you know... Where's
your book going, Madeline? The main character
is about to batter her husband to death with
a hammer. Shut up. Grace. If you're having a
hard time... I feel fine. Nolte's puttin' in
the work. Dude, that looks fucking good too.
Two for two. Holy shit. Two movies that have
come out of nowhere. I've heard nothing about
them, haven't seen no advertisement, and they
just popped up. Insane. This is Peribus. It's
a new series from Breaking Bad and Better Call
Saul. Good morning, Carol. Is there... Anything
we could do to cheer you up. Oh, well. Inconsiderate.
Hey, Carol. Hey, Carol. We just want you to be
happy. Can I ask a question? Certainly. What
would you like to know? How do I reverse all
this? Rest assured, Carol, we will figure out
what makes you different. Figure it out, why?
So you can join us. What the f... Right now,
would you give me a hand grenade? Yes. What about
a bazooka? Mm -hmm. What about a tank? Oh, sure.
What the fuck? Feel free to move about the cabin,
Carol. The Truman Show, if they knew. And they
didn't have a... What the... Wow. This one is
the Copenhagen test with Simi Liu. Oh, yeah.
Meet our mole, Alexander Hill. Alexander Hill.
I would never knowingly betray my own country.
If they suspect that you're compromised, you're
dead. Cheers. I don't know who I can trust anymore.
That looked like a movie. It did. Not a TV show.
It did. Wow. You know how you used to be able
to tell the difference between television and
movies? So is that a TV show? It's a TV show,
yes. On Peacock. Yeah. Wherever you stream Peacock
in Australia, I don't know. It'll end up being
on another streaming service. Westerman. You
are this close. To get it out of here. What are
you going to do? Yes, Andy. Now I'm going to
see my boy. Of course, this is all dependent
on continued good behavior. Hey! You can get
me into trouble, man. Good. I don't want to get
involved in all this. Who you are. Yeah. Too
much to lose. That was stressful just watching
the trailer. This one's the beast in me. Why
are you here? Did you kill her? What do you think?
Niall Jarvis moved in down the street from me.
Maybe my next book should be about him. The whole
world thinks they know what happened. But I didn't
kill my wife. People just want gossip and carnage.
You want to be re -legitimized. I can offer a
new narrative. I'm gonna roll the dice on you.
Well, all right then. Don't let me down. Spending
all that time with a possible murderer doesn't
scare you. You're not how I pictured you. I had
a rough few years. You got blood lust. I can
smell it. Hope you won't be disappointed. By
what? The truth. You're a lot more than people
think. I think we were having a moment. You need
help, Aggie. You'd rather invent a murder than
look in the mirror. If Niall did this, I need
to know. Be careful. Niall Jarvis, he's not like
us. Nile, this book is a mistake. I trusted you
a lot. Maybe I am complicit. But I'm not a monster.
Like I said, bloodlust. Jesus. I mean, I've liked
the look of everything we've seen so far. That
was fucking not bad. That's in November. Dude,
how much content are we getting at the end of
this year? We're getting heaps. We're getting
heaps. That's the end of the trailers. We'll
leave that one for... Of course, the short is
a horror. Of course, the short is a horror. Man,
yeah, all those shows look great. They look top
tier. Like I said the other day, are we getting
a resurgence in cinema? Or is it just we're kind
of putting a microscope over everything? But
in saying that, four out of the six things we
watched streaming. Yeah. You know what I mean?
Yeah. And they were all good shit. Yeah, it's
scary, isn't it? They're all streaming. Like,
yeah, thanks for giving us content. But we can't
lose cinema. We need it. No, definitely not.
And you think about it, do we have an independent
cinema anywhere around here at all? No. I'm sure
there'd be one, at least one, between here and
Newcastle. You reckon? Yeah, I think so. You'd
hope so. I would hope so, yeah. Yeah, that's
all I've got. That's all I've got. I'm like,
I thought you were waiting for me. I was like,
I'm not going to say anything. Because if I do,
you're just going to talk over me. Not at all.
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