From the dungeons of Morningstar, my name is
Clint. And I'm Stretch, and this is Prevailing
Strange. Welcome back guys to our week in review,
a segment of Prevailing Strange where Clint and
I get to share our thoughts on some of the content
that we've checked out this week. If you like
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our face. Either way, cheers. What have you checked
out this week, buddy? I've watched some things.
Allow me to tell you all about them. So I've
been re -watching Sons of Anarchy. Right. You
said you were going to do that. Yeah. I started
watching the second episode of Welcome to Derry.
Just as you arrived, I was nearly finished it.
You haven't watched it all? No. It just, it's
still, I like the, so beautiful. Like the way
it's shot, you would not, yeah. It just looks
so good. I won't go too much into it, but it
ups the horror of the second episode. Really?
Yeah, dude. Shit. You have to wait for Logan
to get asleep to finish it. Yeah. But, yeah,
I was up to the bit where they were just sort
of talking about the cops are out at the front
watching these. Yeah. And then the second black
family to enter the town arrives. Mm -hmm. Yeah.
Yeah, pretty interesting what they're doing.
So by next week you need to watch this episode
and the next episode so we can talk about it.
Yes, sir. Mm -hmm. Well, it comes out on Mondays.
Yeah. So I don't know why it took me this long
to watch it. Mm -hmm. They kind of. describe
what they're doing in town and there's some interesting
things that are happening that will potentially
affect the whole kind of Stephen King universe.
Yeah, right. Potentially. Do you reckon more
TV shows will come out of this? Yeah, I don't
know. I mean, they tried to do it with Castle
Rock. Yeah. The first season was good. I didn't
watch the second season. Me neither. Never picked
it up for whatever reason. Me neither. I don't
think many people did. Like you, I enjoyed the
first season. I thought it was good. Because
it didn't go anywhere after that. Agreed. But,
yeah, I enjoyed it. Remember you, sir? So, yes,
I watched Welcome to Derry episode two. Got one
more episode left of Silo season one. I think
you'll like it. Yeah, right. So you reckon give
me time. I'll wait for Rachel to get back from
Cambodia if she gets back on Sunday. So it might
be a show that I might pitch to her. Not one
of those sci -fis that's kind of like, not like
a hard sci -fi, like space and kind of ray guns
and shit, whatever, but like sci -fi but in a
post -apocalyptic sci -fi kind of situation.
I don't. Honestly, don't mind them. I think they're
actually, when they're done well, they're actually
pretty sick. They can be, yeah. Fallout was still
one of the best seasons to tell you I've watched
so far, I think. Well, I mean, I think it's post
-apocalyptic. I don't know. We don't know why
they're underground. Right, okay. Yeah. All information's
been lost, so we're learning with them why they're
down. Right. So they're not just down there oblivious.
They are actually trying to remember what happened.
They're not just going, oh. Some people are.
Some people are in power and trying to keep the
status quo. Others are curious and trying to
figure out what's going on. Why aren't we going
outside? Why can't we go outside? We want to
learn the truth. Yeah. They're finding things
like PEZ dispensers and going, what the fuck
is this thing? What kind of relic is this? Pure
joy. Yeah. Pure joy. I watched Fun with Dick
and Jane. Who's in that? Jim Carrey and Taylor
Leone. Fucking hilarious, dude. I don't think
I've seen it. A bloke in a massive corporation
on Wall Street gets hired as a VP of communications
and he's like, yes, sweet as. I've got a promotion.
Goes home and tells you, well, you should quit
your job, you know, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
And then they order a swimming pool and they're
a new landscaper in the house and blah, blah,
blah, spending all this money they don't have
yet. And then he's asked to go on this TV show
and say, hey, I want you to pitch our quarterlies
to our investors and that. But secretly the two
head honchos of this company have been funneling
off funds and running it into the ground and
they sent him on there and sold him down the
river. This actually sounds familiar. And he
loses everything. This is like early 2000s. I
don't know if it was that old. I think I may
have seen it. It sounds kind of familiar actually.
2005. Shit. There you go. There you go. You know,
it's got Alec Baldwin in that. So him and his
wife turned to crime. So they start robbing banks
and robbing service stations. Just hilarity ensues
and it's just a good time. I do remember it being
kind of funny. And quite relatable. In this time
and age. It's so weird to look back on movies
back in the day and so many themes are reoccurring
still to this day. It's like, oh, you know, you
think now, oh, this is the first time anyone's
gone through this, but then you watch something
from back then, it's like, hang on, they've gone
through the same shit then. Yeah. It's all a
fucking cycle. Isn't it? It's cyclical. The last
thing I've been watching. besides the movie that
we'll talk about shortly, Season 2 of Kaiju No.
8. What is that? It's anime. And it's about Kaiju
No. 8? Yep. What happened to Kaijus 1 through
7? So the Kaijus are constantly attacking Japan
and the rest of the world, and so they have response
teams. Has Guillermo got his hand in this at
all? No. Wow. Are they called Geigers? No, they're
normal -sized people. They're not fighting in
robots or anything like that. How big are the
kaijus? Some of them are pretty big. Some of
them aren't really big. Some of them, like, yeah,
they're different sizes all over the place. But
the response teams, they've used the powers of
past kaijus to make suits, like, for a human
to wear to kind of battle the newer kaijus that
are coming out. Anyway, so a parasitic. kind
of entity or something infects this one kind
of dude who's late 30s, kind of a bit run down,
always wanted to do something with his life,
never done something with his life, fucking takes
over him. He becomes Kaiju number eight, but
manages to get it under control. And he's been
trying out to get into this response team for
ages, but now they've let him in because he is
this Kaiju number eight, but they're like...
all ready to turn on him. Yeah, it's pretty funny.
It's quite enjoyable. And I'll watch Rumble in
the Bronx with Jackie Chan. You know what? That
sounds pretty funny. I reckon I'd like that.
It is funny, especially because he's just a no
-hoper and he just wants to be hanging. Like
Akira. Yeah. And, like, he's my age and everyone
on the team is calling him old man and shit like
that. Yeah. What the fuck? Oh, yeah. Wow. It's
like Jack, he always says to me, he goes, mate,
can't Michael just shovel and gravel the other
day? And he's like, slow down, Snowdad. You're
nearly 50. I'm like, fucking dog. Wow. Fucking
Jesus Christ. Yeah, Rumble in the Bronx, man.
I love the old Jackie Chan movies. Oh, yeah.
Isn't the one where he breaks his ankle jumping
onto the Hollywood craft? That was that one,
yeah. I remember that. Just a good time and so
campy. I love how campy it is. Yeah. Oh, so good.
Jackie Chan was a badass back in the day. Fuck
yeah. I mean, he's still a badass, but back in
the day when he was just risking his life to
fucking make entertainment. You sit there and
you watch. There was a. A clip that was getting
shared around the socials a while back and it's
like him and his daughter watching his greatest
stacks and she's just sitting there, he's just
sitting there like, and she's bawling her eyes
out and he's like, yeah, I did all that. There
was a video I saw the other day, I forget which
movie it's from, where he's sliding down this
big glass fucking. Yeah. And like. He said that
was the one that scared him the most because
he didn't know whether he'd pull up in time at
the bottom. Yeah, right. Oh, dude. Oh, dude.
Because once he got to the bottom, he was still
fucking like eight stories up or some shit. There
wouldn't be a big pad down the bottom. Yeah.
But still. Speaking of Jackie Chan, have you
seen the apartment he was living in in Tokyo
for ages? It was from the outside. It just looked
like a warehouse, big roller door that he could
open automatically and go in. It was like a big
open space and shit like that. He's like, yeah,
I didn't want it to look flashy or anything from
the outside, but inside it's like the fucking
Batcave. Dead sick. Yeah, fucking sick. He's
pulling up in his fucking Evo 7 or whatever it
is at the time, brand new car. I've never seen
that. Yeah, it's fucking pretty cool. That'd
be sick. Yeah. Fuck yeah, that'd be sick. But
apart from what we watched earlier, that's all
I've got, bro. The movie that I chose this week
was Dream Scenario. Yes, sir. A couple of years
old. It came out in 2023. It was directed and
written by Christoph Borgli. I don't know. Borgli.
Borgli. I don't know. I've got no idea. A man
finds his life turned upside down when millions
of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their
dreams. However, when the nightmare appearances
take a nightmarish turn. Oh, nighttime appearances
take a nightmarish turn. He's forced to navigate
the consequences of his newfound stardom. Dude,
this movie blew me away with the fact that they
fucking cancel culture took out a bloke for what
you were thinking. I was thinking it and I got
him canceled for it. What the fuck? Yeah, it's
pretty annoying. So it stars Nicholas Cage. It
had Michael Cera in it and Tim Meadows, who was
old mate from Peacemaker. Bird blindness, man.
Yeah, bird blindness. God damn it, Fleury. Yeah.
One of the first notes I got was when his daughter
walks in, his oldest daughter. I thought Old
Love from Fallout had big eyes. Fuck, dude. Holy
shit. That kid's got big eyes. Yeah, man. They
were massive. I thought it was a fast starter.
I jumped straight into the fact that people were
having dreams about him. There was no real life
story about him up until that point. It's just
so awkward seeing Nicolas Cage interact with
anybody in this film. It's like you're sitting
there and you're trying to fucking shy away from
it because it's just so cringy and it's like,
dude, just stop it. But that's his role, I guess.
Yeah. I remember when the trailers came out and
it was a lot of him just hanging out. It didn't
look like he was just hanging out in the fucking
dream scenario. I thought he was going to be
maybe a kind of likeable, lovable character.
Oh. Fucking wasn't. He was a fucking, like, arrogant
fucking. He was a dick. Piece of shit dick, yeah.
Well, not a piece of shit, but he's a dick. Yeah,
he's definitely a dick. Absolutely he was a dick.
Yeah. Fucking whiny. Oh, dude. Fuck me dead.
How did that chick ever got a lady boner? I've
got no idea. And even later on that. Young little
hot bird getting her dollies and shit and he
still fucking failed there too. Like, dude, you
are shit. These dream sequences look fantastic.
So good. I think that was the best part about
the whole movie. Yeah. I thought it was brilliantly
shot. Some of the sand engineering in it was
fucking creepy too. But I liked it, dude. I didn't
mind the movie at all. I didn't think it was
a bad movie. I didn't hate it. Did I think it
was going to go anywhere? No. I thought it had
ran off a bit better, but it didn't really finish
that well either. It was around about maybe a
third of the way through I realised that we weren't
meant to like him. I was like, okay, that changes
my perspective. I can sit back and just watch
the movie for what it is. Watch the car wreck
that his life is. I've never seen a life spiral
quite out of control like that ever. And when
shit things happen to him, you're actually. You
know, it's funny. It's funny. Like when he's
with that hot chicken, he just goes, did you
come? He's like, I'll be going now. It's like
a fucking laugh. I was like, what the fuck? Something
all of us have experienced, but still. Fucking
what? Yeah. Man, that fucking. I don't know whether
they shaved his head or whatever. That looked
pretty convincing, that fucking horseshoe. But,
dude, yeah, that whole sequence of him and that
chick, like when she's under his belt, he's like.
He's like, what the hell? Sorry, it just happens.
It's natural that happens. What the hell? But,
yeah, you're just looking like you are just.
Weakest piece of shit ever. Yeah, 100%. Yeah,
you were never meant to like his character at
all. But holy shit. I didn't have many notes.
All I had was, like, fast starter. It's awkward
seeing Nick Cage with anybody. The fart got me
laughing. And then he came. The ending. The ending
was heartfelt. I think the first time I actually
liked the character was that last scene with
his wife. Yeah. I think that's him realising,
I think the whole thing with the movie was he
wasn't happy, like he wanted to be published,
but he never had anything to be famous for or
like to write. Or be remembered for. Be remembered
for. Like he wanted to be this, he wanted the
fame, the accolade, but never put in the work
or did anything. I think that's what was happening
was with the dream sequences, what was him kind
of, you know, that whole idea that if enough
people think of the same thing, it could manifest.
Yeah. I think it's him manifesting himself into
people's lives. Right. But the whole reason he
was doing fucking nothing in these dreams is
because he had nothing to kind of contribute.
And then that's what happened when he fucking
creamed his jeans before he fucking got it out.
And he fucking got angry. That's why he was getting
angry in all the dreams because he was putting
that presence out there. And then, yeah, that
dream sequence at the end is him realising when
he was happy and fulfilled was with his wife.
Yeah. And when his life was complete. That's
the thing too. You don't, you never really have
this sense that they've got a great marriage.
No. You never get this whole, oh, they're so
over, you know. Just in love, vomiting everywhere
with love, but it's never like that. And even
when they're talking and he's like, can you just
stick up for me one time? It's like, no. And
you understand why. But I still didn't love the
movie. I just thought it was good. It was. I
mean, if you got it in the five pack of weeklies,
you wouldn't have been disappointed. Not at all.
If you got that as an overnighter. You spent
your six bucks. Yeah, you probably would have
been disappointed. And for everybody at home,
that's how much an overnight movie used to be
to rent, $6. But yeah, I agree. Would I watch
it again? Nah. No need to. No rewatch. I don't
think you're going to get anything else out of
it if you watch it again. Well, they don't explain
how he did it, you know. How does everybody all
around the world start having dreams about this
one dude? They don't explain it. No. You know,
there's never any explanation about the, what
was it, the aunt. Oh, fuck, I can't remember
what it was. The thing that he said he invented
and he was going to sue Old Love for. I don't
think he invented it, did he? I think he was
talking about having that kind of breakthrough
with the way he answered, kind of like a hive
mind. Well, I think that's kind of. But he also,
he coined that term, he said, and she goes, I've
never even said that term. And then she posted
it. Fuck. Fuck. He's raging in there. Suck shit.
But even that didn't go anywhere. It was just
that. just pointed out how weak he was. I did
think it was kind of funny at the end there where
the influences are in the dream house and a couple
of them are actual kind of influences and then
Old Love from Prey was in there. Yeah, I've seen
that. That was pretty funny, the fucking influence
in the dreams. And then it's funny in the beginning
you could definitely tell the dream sequences
and then you get towards around the middle of
the movie and then it was just like you think
it's the next scene, all of a sudden he's. He's
shot with arrows and he's running around. I'm
like, man, he's fucking holding up pretty well
to have a fucking arrow stick. Oh, this is a
dream. Yeah, you couldn't really tell at the
end where they were. But, yeah, I'd give it a
three out of five. Two and a half for me. Yeah.
Middle of the pack, right in the middle. Yeah.
Well, you know, it wasn't a bad movie. I wouldn't
say to anybody, oh, don't fucking waste your
time. It's not going to blow your socks off.
If you're flicking through Netflix and you've
got nothing else to watch. And you want to watch
some Nick Cage. Yeah, it's there. Nick Cage being
fucking Nick Cage. You're not going to like him,
though. No. No, it's definitely not Con Air.
No, not at all. Or Face Off. Fuck, he was good
in Face Off, dude. There's been some behind -the
-scenes footage popping up on my reels from time
to time of them acting together. Pretty good.
Yeah, right. Or, like, just breakdowns of the
scenes when they were fucking in each other's
faces and stuff like that, and how one was hamming
it up more than the other at one point, and they
swapped it around and shit. Yeah, right. Fucking,
yeah, see? I wouldn't mind watching that. Yeah,
pretty cool. But that's all I've got for you,
sir. Do you have a movie for next week? No. No,
I do. You do? Uh -huh. Yeah. Shush. How dare
you? You have to come prepared. I have. As I
open the app. The you tell me to get. Letterboxd,
guys. It's quite helpful. Have you watched the
Jake Gyllenhaal thriller Nightcrawler? I have.
Fuck. You'll find things that I haven't watched
in there if you want to flip through that. Is
this the stuff you haven't watched? Yeah. Right,
sweet. You've got a Serbian film on here, you
sick fuck? I do. God damn. Night bitch. Fuck.
Yeah, that's one that's on my list too, Ma. You
should be able to use the app Bump Phones when
you're in there. Yes. And then it should come
up with what you haven't watched together. Maybe
I should email Letterboxd and they can put that
in the next fucking update. That'd be a good
idea. You haven't seen Downsizing? No. Let's
do it. You've seen it. I don't care. 1922. Is
that the one with... Thomas Jane. Yeah, Thomas
Jane. Okay. I'm pretty sure that's Stephen King.
Oh, really? Yes. 1922. Sweet. We have a movie,
Chosen People. That's why the cookie crumbles,
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