From the dungeons of Morningstar, my name's Stretch.
And I'm Clint, and this is Prevailing Strange.
This instalment of Prevailing Strange is what
we like to call Rant and Sundry, where we round
out the week by touching on some of the subjects
that we've previously gone over, and go wherever
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Sluts for that. You were speaking earlier of
the rumours about Endgame. Not Endgame. Oh, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Doomsday. Yes, sir. Okay.
So it's quite long -winded. Yeah. But if I can
borrow your ears for about 10 minutes. Slightly.
Okay, so RDJ's casting as Doctor Doom isn't a
last -minute fix. Kevin Feige has had a plan
for years, even before the MCU began. The Russo
brothers confirmed that Feige once said that
RDJ was the only actor who could play Victor
Von Doom. Seeds of this were planted during the
Infinity Saga. In Avengers Endgame, Tony and
Cap travel back to 1970 for the Tesseract. Tony
meets his father, Howard, who says his wife is
pregnant. Tony looks confused as if the timing
doesn't make sense. He even asks how far along
is she? MCU Kenan says that Tony Stark was born
on May 29, 1970. The scene shows April 7, 1970,
which seems right, but what if not? If Tony's
time machine used day -month -year format, 4th
of the 7th, 1970 means July 4th, 1970. That's
Independence Day and Tony should already be a
month old. His confusion suddenly makes more
sense, doesn't it? Mm -hmm. So Howard carries
flowers and a can of sauerkraut, saying it's
for his wife. Sauerkraut is a common 4th of July
hot dog topping in America, apparently. I don't
know. I come from America. The date, the lunch,
the setting all match Independence Day. Tony
realises something is wrong. His mother shouldn't
still be pregnant. In Marvel Comics, Tony Stark
was adopted. Mm -hmm. Yep. Maybe in the MCU,
Maria's baby wasn't Tony at all. The real baby,
Arno Stark, had severe birth defects. Howard
may have faked the child's death and adopted
another newborn instead. The baby Howard adopted
came from Latveria, homeland of Victor Von Doom.
Since the child was taken, Latveria never formed
and stayed Sokovia. That explains Tony's deep
guilt about Sokovia's destruction in the Age
of Ultron. His bombs destroyed the land that
should have been his true kingdom. Howard Stark
worked on the super soldier serum, altering human
genetics. He might have experimented on his adopted
son to make him more like himself. Tony, or Victor,
became a genetic creation, not just an adopted
child. Howard's words, my greatest creation is
you, suddenly take on a different meaning. In
another timeline, Victor Von Doom was never adopted.
He stayed in Laveria and embraced science and
magic and became Dr. Doom. Meanwhile, the adopted
version grew up as Tony Stark, the man of iron.
Both share genius, pride, and a tragic destiny,
two sides of the same soul. When Tony snapped
his fingers and became briefly omnipotent, yeah,
that's the one, like Jesus. Both are fucking
works of fiction. That power may have been reunited,
the doom timeline, creating a path for doom's
return. The astral form of doom, trapped since
his universe was erased, felt Tony snap. That
form can now inhabit Tony's scarred body, just
like Strange did during his death walk in the
Multiverse of Madness. Tony is dead, his soul
has moved on, but his body becomes the vessel
for Victor Von Doom. Doom rises again, same face,
same genius, but a twisted new purpose. His scarred
face mirrors Tony's burnt skin from the snap.
Now he seeks to restore his stolen life and save
his mother's soul, just like in the comics. I
mean, they could be picking up the pieces and
making that happen because I've been seeing a
whole heap of stuff about how they're talking
about Jonathan Major's departure and how all
the kind of things that they were planning for
Kang, all the things they were planning for Kang,
and how those things haven't come to fruition
and then all of a sudden are DJs. Put in this
spot. So I'm just Googling this. See, even if
that wasn't true, the fact that someone has put
all these little pieces together is fucking amazing.
Yeah. I mean, without diving into it and actually
watching the movie, the AI overview on Google
says he goes back to April 7th, 1970. Right.
So, you know. a month before his birthday. So,
I don't know, grain of salt, I guess. Grain of
salt. Like I said, even if it's not true, to
come up with a story like that is pretty sick.
Yeah, I have, I read that one shot where Tony
and Victor Von Doom got switched at birth and
stuff like that. Yeah. It's a good little story,
dude. It is. Like just a little solo outing was,
yeah, it was good. And I think they're both.
compelling characters and have often been counterparts
throughout the comics. And oftentimes, you know,
Doom's suit is kind of like Tony Stark's suit.
But then it's fueled by magic instead. So, yeah,
it's going to be very interesting. I am loving
the addition of magic in the fucking MCU, man.
Love it. Shit. I just want to see more of Lady
Death. Holy shit, dude. You didn't watch it,
did you? I still haven't watched it, no. I still
haven't finished season two of Loki. What? Yeah,
we got four episodes in and just something wasn't
kind of flowing and then it just fell by the
wayside. I mean, we were watching it on weekends
because we don't watch anything during the week
and it's not like we were sitting down to watch
other shit. It just didn't happen. Yeah. Yeah.
I would like to go back and watch it. Beautiful
ending, man. Just the way he ropes all the timelines
together looks so good. I have seen that scene.
Oh, my God. I think, and by the time I went to
go back to watch it, the whole Jonathan Majors
thing happened. So I'm like, what's the fucking
point? Right. Because I think they'd only just
approached timely, whatever his name was. Exactly.
So I was like, hmm, okay. They really shit the
fucking bed with that, didn't they? I mean, considering,
wasn't he, like, kind of? They chucked it out,
I think. They chucked it out because there wasn't
enough evidence, but then I think his name was
kind of spoiled anyway. Yeah. But, I mean, it's
just. But it's such a shame, like, he didn't
even. Like, yes, don't fucking, if you. Dude,
just don't fucking hit women. Just keep your
hands to yourself. Fuck your dad. Yeah. If he
didn't do it and it was just someone trying to
get. And that's the fucking shit thing. I feel
like a shit human being for saying it. But that's
a problem that's going to happen if you're famous.
It could happen to men or women. It's the same
thing. Well, look at that fellow. He's fucking
fallen from grace. He said he was bashed in a
hate crime. I forget what his name was because
he's gay. And he said that he was bashed in a
hate crime. Turns out there was no actual thing
that happened and he was just trying to get some
publicity. I mean, the whole thing's turbulent
and fucking, yeah, you don't know what people's
private lives are and stuff. But, I mean, Robert
Downey Jr. didn't have the greatest early fucking
start to his career. Oh, no. And then he's the
figurehead of Marvel now. Oh, dude. Yeah, it's
almost kind of contradictory that they'll throw
Jonathan Majors out on his ass like that so quickly
when they've, you know, set him up to be the
linchpin. He was meant to be Thanos. Yeah, well,
Kang was such an interesting character and he's
always played like a really big fucking role
in some storylines and shit. For it to just go
by the wayside. Yeah. I think it was the beginning
and the end for Marvel. I mean, hopefully Doomsday
can bring it back, but I think it was where everybody
kind of lost faith in the whole thing. See, this
is the whole work. Go work, go broke fucking
thing that everyone says. You can tell that they
did go down that route. Even in, I love Agatha
all along, but it's very, very, hey, look, all
these characters are queer of some description.
It's like, okay, fair enough. But then there's
a room, like the kid's bedroom, and yeah, fair
enough, the kid's gay. Yeah. And he's got like
all the flags all over his room and shit, and
it's like, fair enough. He can be gay without
shoving it down everyone's throat about pointing
out, oh, he's this, this, this. Like, you know,
you walk into a – I've got – my brother is gay.
You walk into his room, it's nothing like that.
Even when he was a teenager, nothing like that.
My daughter was gay. Nothing like that, dude.
You've got blokes coming out as gay in football
and stuff like that. Yeah. Like, they're just
blokes. The change room doesn't change all of
a sudden. Yeah. Why does it have to be – So flashy.
Yeah. And like you said, like everyone in the
cast was whatever. Like nothing against it. Not
at all. Not at all. Happy for inclusivity. Dude,
representation, fucking all. And I know this
for a fact because seeing autistic characters
on the screen and seeing the way my nephews react,
fucking representation matters, dude. Yeah, great.
But yeah, just come on. But like, you know. They
are ham -fisting it a bit. It seems like, I mean,
I don't know what the percentage of people in
the world are gay. Yeah. But, like, I can almost
guarantee that most people are, or more people
are straight than gay. And then we're getting
a whole lot of kind of this representation and
just seems to be, like, for another example,
Disney and their princesses and stuff. Like,
it's getting to the point, like. Like you give
that role to the right person, sweet, but when
they're doing it to every single one, it's like
what's going on here? But they won't cast actual
little people as one of the dwarves. Well, then
you've got like all the DC stuff and every time
they've put a person of colour in a role, it's
been in the redhead's role from the comics. It's
like. I mean, you're doing the thing, but you're
kind of like... Racism at a different level.
Yeah, it's kind of racist as well. Do you not
understand that you're not doing it for the right
reasons? It doesn't seem to be in that specific
thing. You're trying to say, hey, look what we're
doing. We're making it about you guys. Make sure
you look and give us our just desserts and reward
us. It's not like, okay, we... We're going to
give this role to whoever fits it. Is best for
the role. Best. Fucking right. Regardless of
colour, regardless of creed, regardless of anything.
Who cares about all that shit? As long as they
do the best fucking job. Go and go, okay, we're
going to do all these DC products and we're going
to go, okay, we're going to make the redheads
a black role. Like what the fuck, man? That's
racist in itself, isn't it? Like you think you're
being inclusive but we're making sure it's only
that one role. Now the redheads are out of a
role. They're people too, guys. Gingers are people
too. But, yeah, I don't know. I think they're
just like they're trying to do – are they trying
to do the right thing or are they trying to make
it look like they're doing the right thing? That's
– That's 100 % what it is. They're trying to
make it look like they're doing the right thing.
Yeah. Because if you want to do the right thing,
cast gay actors as any role. It doesn't need
to be, oh, gay. Oh, we have to pick a gay person
for that role. No. Pick the best person for that
role. If five people come in, one of them's gay
and he doesn't get the job, then it's not because
he was gay. It's because he wasn't best for the
job. That's right. Just pick the people that
are best for the fucking role. That's it. I mean,
but what do we know? Our white privilege and
all that shit. Very. We're sitting up here in
our soapbox preaching down. The tens of people
that watch this. The tens of people at home and
around the world. We can say around the world
because I've got friends in London that listen.
Around the world. Yes. Fucking Mr. Worldwide.
Yeah. Worldwide. Why? Why? Do you want to watch
that? Yes. Or do you want to watch it later?
No, we can watch it now. Oh, it's unsettling
already. All done, are we, princess? Yep. Tell
that bloke to hop in. Then you can go. Sorry,
we're closing now. Time to leave. Can't a man
finish his drink? You're empty. No, I'm not.
How did you... I mean, it was empty. Sit down
a moment. Get me a glass too. I'll tell you.
It was magic. I'm a magician. Magic isn't real.
Pick a card. Oh, dude, come on. Okay then. Alright,
that's pretty cool. How? I told you it was magic.
Pop that car back in the deck anywhere you fancy.
I'll drink your blood. Must get tiring. People
like him. Like all of them. Talking down to you.
He's a deck shepherd. But life... With a mustache.
Sometimes you draw a bad hand. Big kid. One can
get stuck. You deserve more. I can give you it.
It's a very special deck of cards. Each card
is precious to me. Good sound. What is this?
That's a jack. Jack of clubs. By all means, keep
sharp control. Gotcha. Found one of your trick
cards. Oh, really? No queen. She's right there.
Nice. That's cool. I didn't mind that. Yeah.
That's cool. Did you ever watch Mark Bernard
in short, Splinter? Splinter? No. It's pretty
cool. What's that about? So it's shot on an aeroplane.
Right. And it's only got a crew that's transporting
this child to this place. It's got powers. Okay.
I'll check it out. You should. Right. It's good.
Okay. It's not bad. It was his directorial debut.
He wrote it himself. Okay. He also wrote a great
comic book, man, which was absolutely beautiful,
A Door in the Distance. Okay. Not a normal run?
No, just a book. Okay. Just a book. A book? I
thought you said graphic novel for some reason.
Just a book. Yeah, okay. It's fucking beautiful.
Yeah, a graphic novel. Oh, okay. Yeah. Beautiful.
Dude, that was, yeah, like I don't mind how.
You know, that was a long one by all means, but
it was just simple. It was a fucking great premise.
Yeah, neat little setup for a jump scare and,
yeah, pretty cool. I thought it was pretty good.
Yeah, but Dax Shepard is really just. It's miles
better than fucking Skinwalker. Yeah. Yes. Wow.
Yes. Yes, it was. I'm going to start re -watching
Sons of Anarchy this weekend too. Right. I started
it again the other night. I just forgot how good
that show was. It was good. Walter Goggin's role
in that. Hell yes. Hell yeah, sugar. What was
his name? Tiggy. Tiggy, that's it. Oh, sugar,
come here, baby. Come on, baby. So good. He can
do anything, man. He's a chameleon. You just
give him a script and the general idea of what
you want him to do, Walton Goggins will kill
it. Yeah. No, he's a good actor. I like him.
Fucking sick actor. Was he in The Blair Witch
Project 2? No, I don't think so. No? I thought
he was. I don't actually remember who was in
that, actually. Was there a B grade? I don't
think it was B grade. It was terrible, dude.
I don't think it was that bad. Can you remember
it? I remember the tunnel part. Yeah. Oh, hang
on. No. Blair Witch 2. Is that the one where
it's like a full cast and... Yeah, and they're
in a barn. In a barn. Is there three movies?
I'm not sure. I might be thinking about something
else. Far Coffees? Wow. Blair Witch 2, Book of
Shadows. Is that the one you're talking about?
Yeah. Never watched it. Have you? No, Blair Witch
is the one I was thinking of. Oh, right. Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah. The remake one. Was it a remake?
Yeah, it was a remake. Fuck, this bloke's been
around forever. Yeah, man, yeah. He's fucking
been in heaps. Dude. Machete kills. Yeah. The
Crow? Yeah. Dude, Indian. I love that movie.
Such a good movie. Is that about the bike? Yeah.
You've seen it. Really good. Fucking G .I. Joe.
Yeah, he was in G .I. Joe. American Ultra was
a good movie. Cowboys and Aliens. Can you remember
that? Mm -hmm. That was good. Yeah, it was a
decent enough movie. Fucking Shanghai Noon. Major
League. God damn. Yeah, dude's been around, man.
Tomb Raider. Predators. Oh, he was good in Predators.
Kind of like Pedro Pascal. Been around for ages,
but finally made. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, he was
in heaps of stuff for fucking ever. Is this Manuel?
Mm -hmm. Dude, have you heard him read out, like
not read out, but remember all of his fucking
relatives' names? No. Fuck. Yeah, right. There's
like 11 ,000 of them. 11 ,000. Sorry, oney one.
181. 181. Yeah. One -ty. 111. What did they say
in fucking? 121? No, Bilbo's fucking birthday
in Lord of the Rings is his 111th birthday. That's
how they say it. Maybe, so shit. It's fucking
not, man. Makes me all warm inside. Like you're
going to throw up? Like I'm happy. While you've
just been basted by a turkey baster? No, not
like that either. Not that I know what that feels
like, unlike you. You've never had a douche bath?
Jeez, man. Come on now. Come on now, Jeremy.
Come on now. Get on that colonic irrigation,
son. No, thank you. Pussy. I'm being cheeky about
it, man. What? Just that... What's his name?
My nipple got erect when I said that. Who's playing
Don Savage in the new Street Fighter? What's
his name? DeAndre? What's his name? The comedian,
black comedian. I don't fucking know. No, he's
been here for stuff. Anyway, I saw a short just
before his comedy thing, how he said he accidentally
got sucked off by a man before. Dude, that guy
I was showing you before the show, Ron White,
he goes, I was down in Hawaii for about six months.
And I go down this one strip of Honolulu. There
was a prostitute every day. I was going there
two times a day, $5 for a head job. About two
years later, he was sitting at home and he's
like, there was a thing on the news about the
big cross -dressing scene in Honolulu on that
one stretch of road. And he's like, they were
dudes. He's talking about how he and his partner
were getting massages in Taiwan. And he said
the dude that was doing his massage, he's just
all up and he's fucking spaghetti and meatballs
up in there, fucking getting right up in there.
And he's just like trying not to get hard. He's
like, dude's right up in there anyway. He's like,
can't help it, man. He's just fucking, he's relaxed.
He's fucking, crack one. And the guy's like.
It's okay? And he's like, oh, yeah, no, it's
okay, man. Yeah, it's okay. He's like making
sure he's fucking, this isn't fucking saying
the fact that he's hard, getting fucking messaged.
Then he, what did he say? He's, yeah, all of
a sudden his hand was really warm and wet and
he looked down and his head's just on it and
he's like, tapped him on the head. He's like,
no, no, no, no, stop, stop. And he ended up telling
his girlfriend afterwards, she's like, why didn't
you just go for it? He's like, what did he say?
He said I got real bitchy then because he's a
little pudgy. Fucking funny, man. Wow. It's okay.
It's okay. Fucking taking that hog. He's putting
in the effort. He was getting that fog box. I
don't know how much it is, but we've been told.
Fucking. What? Well, mate, that's all I've got
for you. Yeah, I'm pretty well spent. After you've
fucking deleted the joke section of the show.
I can't believe that. Get ready for the audio
-only version of Joke Corner. I don't know what
I'm going to do with that. Oh, Jesus Christ.
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