Welcome to A Little Unscripted, the show where
we pull a random title, spin a random genre,
and then try to create a film that honestly shouldn't
work, and is impossible, and is way too expensive,
and no one's asking for, but that's the fun,
one idea, one hour, and zero guarantees. Let's
make this thing! Good day, I'm Ryan, and I'm
Logan. And no matter what, we're going to make
a movie today. Back at it again. Yes. And as
we're amusing on our last movie and the idea
that Hollywood has challenges. Yes. Many myriad.
So how do you think a movie like our last movie
would fare well on a pitch room who depends on
who we're pitching it to? Would we struggle?
I mean, clearly we have, you know, actors that
are not in place. But just the story, if you
pitch the story of this. I think it's got a solid
footing on the story. I don't know. It's a time
period piece. It's kind of left field time period
piece because of like it being the energy wars
of like late 1800s, early 1900s. Like, yeah,
that'd be a fun time. It's an original character.
Let's be real here with some historical characters.
I mean, we can probably do this. There are precedents
for that stuff, too. Yeah, I think that. I think
there would be an audience that would want to
see this movie. Would it be pushed towards like
a like a hard R or a family thing? I think it's
definitely this is going to fall into like a
PG 13. Yeah, it could be like with the actors
that we have. Could there be blood and guts and
swearing? Sure. Does it necessity? Yeah. Dictate
we need it. No, I don't think so. I think celebrating
the martial arts combining with your idea. was
genius of what's going on, because we fixated
on the time and you're like, these other things
are happening to Britain and yeah, like Victoria,
England, Cowboys, Samurai, you know, like the
period is still in full swing for a short time
frame. They all coexist, but they're on so far
apart that it's like. Nobody really knows. We're
just talking about as a family on the river,
we're talking about, I don't know why, but Shanghai
nights. And yeah, like the idea that you have
all those things that's in Great Britain and
the great line after Jackie Chan like flies up
the barn on fire and he's like, you follow me
and Owen Wilson says, what in our history makes
you think I'm capable of something like that?
That's the line we use at home all the time.
We're talking about quotable movies. That's a
quotable one. That's a movie I think it's forgotten
about. I would also rope in... The second one?
I think the early Owen Wilson movies, I think
something about them tends to get overshadowed
by other movies. Because here's one for you.
Do you remember the movie I Spy? I do. I love
it. Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson. Leafy Bug.
Leafy Bug. I love that movie. It's a great movie.
I have it on DVD. It's a great movie. It is.
It's like totally forget about that movie. Why
did you, did you see it in theater or was it
a rental? You mean the DVD I own? I haven't pulled
out in 20 years, but it's great. Let's be honest.
So Owen Wilson is clearly the magic in this and
he had this period of time where they're like,
let's put this awkward intellectual with different
characters. When you think about, I think people
forget about own Wilson's claim to fame and like
how he rose in Hollywood. And it's like, was
it like, was he just the typical surfer dude?
Was he part of the server? Because I know I'm
from bottle rocket. The biggest one I can think
of. Like off the head like the big blockbuster
that probably launched him was like to hide enemy
lines Oh But I don't know if that was the movie
like where he I don't know where he got his footing
cuz obviously like that's a lead role So I don't
know that's where I believe but like I think
that's where everybody's like oh this guy can
act but I thought Anaconda was his first I can
see that screen, but he wasn't a star but like
saying behind enemy lines like that's real bit
tailored to that That was later. That was like
2008. Yeah. Yeah, so I'm glad You know, he's
in all the Wes Anderson stuff. I think he's so
well placed there. And in bottle rockets, one
of my favorites, you know, and it's all the Wilson
brothers together and they kind of appear in
all those movies. But he's got a great bit of
charm. Even in voiceover work, you hear his voice
and you're stick on Apple TV. What's that? The
show stick is about Owen Wilson as a like washed
up has been pro golfer. who takes over as like
a mentorship for this kid who shows up at the
driving range and is just, you know, not quite
happy Gilmore, but it's like a teenager who's
just like prodigy good levels. Good. But it's
about, of course, this family relationship of
them figuring each other out. And it's actually
like a really good story. How is he burned out?
What has he done? What is he addicted to? What
was his fall? I don't want to tell you. Oh, I
actually refuse to tell you and will force you
and our listeners to watch the show. He was addicted
to Klondike bars. Yes. Yes. Food thing. You know
what? There was a car. There's a car girl that
would show up and there's a car girl that was
just like would feed him Klondike bars. You knew
it. He was missing shots. There'd be like chocolate
on his fingers. He couldn't swing the club right.
He couldn't get the rotation. Sponsorships. And
then here he is teaching. Yes. Yep. That's what
it is. You know what? Klondike bars are fucking
delicious. They are pretty. I really, I not a
sponsor, but heck, maybe we'll take it. What
if Klondike wants to sponsor this week? I wish
we could go because we talk about going back
to our last movie and going through who changes
any requests to changes. Do you have any? On
cast, directing, any of that? No, I believe we
selected Sam Raimi as a director. I wish the
title was so gross. The wide open, the superhero.
It's definitely a work in progress. This is a
placeholder. They get changed. This is why this
is like, Hey, we're filming it and we're not
telling people what the movie is until it comes.
Yeah, this is the fake title. So, uh, I would
love to put an end to the idea of, of potential.
Like we could, again, it could be workshopped
and yeah. Um, I think the power from within,
um, you know, it all comes together. The poster
has to be Really good, and I think we described
the poster I think so and I don't remember the
poster and it looks dope so but that title just
Skews me a little bit. But yeah, here we are.
I'm just being honest with you. You know what?
This is where Hollywood, I think, would workshop
the show is fun because that title is so gross.
And I don't know if it's gross, but I just don't
know if it's quite the title that feels like
the first porno mag I saw and how horrified.
What was the title of that one, right? It was
like the back cover of something. And she looked
like she'd been hurt. And it wasn't sexy to me.
And And I'm like, man, a lot of people have articulated
that particular feeling and that story. But so
I need to either get my mind out of the gutter
or just figure out how we can we can integrate
that in a positive way. But I like the casting.
Thank you for working with me on the lead, because
we we demonstrate a lot of trust on the show
when there's like, well, you should check that
out. And I can't wait till the time where one
of us check something out and it's like. You
were totally wrong. I hate you on this. You were
very right. We should have, you know what, maybe
that'll be our... Go back. This is going to be
our behind the scenes episode. Someday we'll
make an episode and if the people want to hear
it, it will be us yelling about the movies and
shows. Making it all right. And then we'll be
like, no, you're wrong about that one. I'm telling
you, you're seeing it wrong. I would love to
be critiqued and criticized for your opinions
and selections of films. That would be brutal.
But our breath of love and knowledge is expansive
and complements each other in different ways,
which I think is fun, because you always remind
me of not only historical facts that are of relevance,
but directors and things that I, you know, spots
that I forget. So it takes a team to make this
show go round. And I think we are a very good
collaborative team. Well, here's the deal. We
are going to go ahead and move forward with our
last movie with that Grosso to know why open
no changes. No, no, no, no, nothing else running
it except the title. We want the title change.
And we're the ones making the rules. So we could
theoretically do it. But at this rate, I'm interested
in what anybody listening. Yeah. Call it if you
have different thoughts about that movie and
what you'd like to call it. And if we get anything
really good to our email address, a little independent
podcast at Gmail dot com, I'll integrate it into
the poster. So if we get something really cool,
we'll amend it. We'll redo it. So we put an asterisk
next to it. We'll do something to honor the work
that you put in. I would love for us to scratch
out and graffiti over the bad with with a new
one. That's a good idea. That's great. So the
best way we can honor that. we will incorporate
into the design of that poster. So a little independent
podcast at gmail .com. That is our email address.
And shall we remind them what we're doing and
what we must? I, I need a reminder in 60 minutes.
That is the timeframe. I don't know why I started
with it, but there you go. We are given a random
movie title that is generated from AI. And that
should be a not an existing movie or something.
Here's hoping that this genie in the bottle understands
the prompts. If not, it's been there for 10 ,000
years and that's on it. Exactly. Then there is
a list of genres. Yes. You can't have a genre
list movie. I don't know. Could you? Is it a
blank wall? Do you just look at a wall? It's
a movie. It's a movie. What's it about movie
stuff? I don't know. That's the Seinfeld of movies.
That's a movie movie. You know, it's just that
things happen and it's just a movie. Doesn't
need a genre. What's the deal with genres? What
is the deal with genres? Who needs them? That
was unexpected. So we have a genre and that just
makes it more fun for us. And once we have that
title and genre, we verbally make a movie to
our hearts. Yes, as big as we want to dream.
So far, no budget constraints. No budget. But
we make a lot of small movies, I've noticed.
We've definitely tried to steer small and not
be like, let's make a blockbuster every time.
Does it? Because we really like those ensembles.
We really like these ensembles. Having the freedom
to cast, because we want to work with a lot of
people. Dead or alive. Unfortunately, those of
you who haven't made it big yet, I can't cast
you because I don't know you and it's so sour.
Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. We could make up
a name of somebody that's maybe up or if we know
a local actor here where we're at. Well, with
that movie and if you're playing the home game
or a drinking game version of this drinking game,
you didn't tell me. I hope there is. We must
give you a plot. of this movie to conclusion
with we kind of do a three act type of thing.
And that's where we're staying. We need a director
for this movie. Somebody's got to have a voice
for this. It's been pretty fun to do. It's been
interesting to try and find somebody in like
outside the wheelhouse. We try and stay in it
or I don't know. Sam Raimi has done superhero
movies, but he's pretty great at doing superhero
movies and period pieces and period pieces. Rider
as well separately or together. This film must
have a character, at least one. At least. And
a tagline. Favorite part of the show. It is fun.
We always still have to put it for the very end,
but I don't think that that's a hindrance. Market
this thing. I can't tell you the last movie that
I was pushed like over the fence by the tagline.
But when's the last time you actually looked
at a movie poster all the time? OK, I just wanted
to know. I wanted to keep keeping on your toes
there. That's part of it. You know, and I think
that that is what makes the show a little bit,
you know, fun and legitimate is that all the
marketing and all of the thought behind that
is part of the experience. Yeah, we're we're
attempting to do all of the Hollywood stuff.
Right. Except actually make the thing. When I
worked at the video store and I think I've said
a few or mentioned a few of these on this show
is that. being able to take home some of the
standees, the cardboard over the years in my
room. Did you scare your neighbors? Posters?
No, I mean, these were just on the inside. I
didn't hang them out the window or have fake
bodies. That would have been way more fun. You
didn't think about it at the time, scare the
hell out of your neighbors, just put it outside
their window. Just hang the pretty woman standee,
just Richard Gere and Julie Roberts. Did you
figure out a way to put it upside down at their
window so they wouldn't notice it and they open
the curtains? So I know what I did. woman, a
cardboard stand up in my room for a very long
time, for years, years. Yeah. An embarrassment
level was zero. No, not really. I think the water
bed was more embarrassing. The water bed is where
my embarrassment started and end. And good to
haves. As we make this movie, we think about
composers. We think about locations, ways to
film. We try to get as nerdy as we can. Yeah,
except. I don't tell anybody this stats on like
what camera to use because you do that. You figure
that out. You the director of photography need
to do that. All right. We're going to roll our
magic numbers. And again Logan has our genres
and I typically have the title. So our title
one in one hundred is fifty four. That's the
number and our genre between one and fifty five
is thirty nine. 39 39 is the genre and 54 is
the Dame of this bad boy. Okay. Would you like
the genre first? Yes, please. It is steampunk
steampunk. Yeah, apparently it's steampunk. What
is the title of the steampunk for funerals? One
mistake for funerals and one mistake. Yeah. Okay.
That is definitely a name I've never heard before.
Oh, four funerals and one mistake. All right.
All right. Somebody had trouble naming their
movie and they're just like, fuck it. Let's go
with the temporary title. They did what we don't
want to do last time. Logan, I'm going to admit
something to you right up. I don't really have
a big lot of experience in the steampunk film.
All right. Here's a question for you. Is this
a mulligan? Do we allow ourselves a mulligan
and ask for a new, new genre? Do you want the
title or you want to stick this out? I don't
know the genre, but I think like we can figure
it out. It's like a dystopian. So it doesn't
have to be dystopian. The idea is that like think
of any world like our world. Now, instead of
gasoline, imagine that everything runs off of
steam power. So everything is more simple but
advanced. Yes, you could have essentially the
idea is like take Victorian England but give
it modern technology. This is sci -fi in a way.
Yes, in a way that isn't futuristic. It's like
retro sci -fi. Okay, I like it. That's cool.
Alright. Four funerals and one mistake. Yeah.
I'm down. I'm down to run it. It could be a comedy
sci -fi. kind of thinking it's a comedy. It might
be a bunch of comedy of errors going wrong. You
know, like that, that fun movie with Dennis Hopper
and Brad Dora, where they're like just silly,
you know, space pirates and drink beer and goof
off movie or we steer into it hard. We're like,
this is just for fun. All right. I like that.
Okay. Four funerals, one mistake. I'm going to
start the timer and that keeps us legit. Timers
on I feel like this is the end of back to the
future. Three kind of feels very much like that.
That's steam. Yes. Yes. That would count as steampunk.
He's using steam. Yeah. He's using a steam engine
to teleport into the future. Right. Yeah. Yeah.
I count that as steampunk. And if not, I'll fight
you in the comments. Well, you said Victorian
England meeting the future. So it's future concepts.
Yeah. But it's so a setting. If we're thinking
about this, this is historical, like a historical
setting. Yeah. So it's actually kind of like
very close to the last time, like the last movie
we made, like the late 1800s, early 19, like
industrial revolution is happening. But instead
of oil being the driving factor, like steel still
being produced, but steam ends up being like
this main power source. for this society. Think
of things like zeppelins and big air balloons
and people wearing goggles and stuff like that.
So what's the big societal impact of this? Is
punk the result of an oppressed... So punk is
more just like the idea of like... pulp like
it was like a pulp term it was more like hey
this thing is like it was a term to be like this
is this kind of thing it wasn't like oh you're
a punk like you know that sense of the word it
was more just like hey it's the this is the genre
that it is and steampunk was like the first and
I know the look you know like a great overcoat
buttons just squirreled mustache rivets on and
the glass that I wear is cool yeah Yeah, this
is the scene a lot of Renaissance fair. Yes,
actually, which is I get what you're saying.
Yeah, like, let's see. Could we do that? Could
we Renaissance period? Oh, it's a Ren fair thing.
Oh, I don't mean like a Renaissance fair, but
could steampunk be happening in the sixteen hundreds
in the you know what I mean? It could be interesting.
Just you're the historian. I'm thinking it'd
be really funny and like hot tub time machine
like some steampunk dudes like. Oh, came to the
legit time machine into the bad past or something
would be interesting or an alternate timeline.
Like, oh, wait a second. Okay. So for funerals,
one mistake. It's four friends who go to slip
into an alternate dimension. And the mistake
is they end up in an alternate dimension. I'd
solved it. We did it. Wrap it. We're going home.
Wow. Can we get Cusack? Can we get Galifianakis?
I think we need Mike Tyson. in a cameo. It's
not a tiger this time. Maybe a flamingo. I'm
inspired by your shirt, inspired by the shirt.
There it is. All right. This is fascinating.
And we're, we're giving ourselves Mondo latitude
right now. Really fun. I think the idea of that
would be really punk LARPers who end up in a
steam punk world. Yes. I think that would actually
be really fun. Very people who do it think of
like, uh, what is it? Uh big, you know when like
tom hanks goes and like he makes the wish to
be big right and it's like this This adventurous
thing these guys go this thing's like hey, we're
gonna go to the rent fair and be like we're travelers
out of time And it turns out like there's a shop
there. They're like, hey, you actually want to
check it out and like something actually happens
There is some device somehow that does do the
thing Yeah, they end up in a okay alternate dimension.
I think it needs to be an alternate dimension
for sure because of The idea of four funerals
one mistake and I know we tend to get kind of
literal Do you want this to be for buddy LARPers
a lot like nights of bad ASTM? I can see that.
I can also see where like it's like three dudes
and like one of the guy's wives ends up like
going half room. I have a very, yeah. I feel
like I can see that. Okay. So three dudes in
a while. I was almost thinking of a couple. Ooh,
okay. Yeah. And hear me out. Um, because if you
can, well, I know a lot of couples are into this
as a couple. And maybe you can make it more broad
if you make it a couple things I don't know why
I'm thinking about this right now, but I'm thinking
about the non steampunk fan Yeah, how do you
get that? I'm interested in that. Maybe it's
like I could see myself in this character I like
but I like the idea of the odd person out. Yeah,
so we can create more synergy with the title
if it's a an accidental situation. She's not
in the gear. Okay. Okay. Just like they got to
cover her up a lot like Marty and back to the
future. So is this what if it's a double date
and like the one couples hard into into it and
the other guy is like, Hey, I'm like, he kind
of sort of wears the stuff and he's like, I'll
go with you guys. But like, can I bring my girl
with and she is not who's the non LARP or a girl
or a guy? I think it's the girl. I want to say
as a girl, but I could definitely see it where
it's like she's in on it and the guy is just
like, I'm going to wear a sports jersey and a
backwards baseball hat to this thing. And like,
he is not like, cool. I could see that as well.
Both options I think are fun. I'm almost wondering
if it's, it's more fun to have her out of place
and her be the hero of the film. Ooh, I like
that. I like that. You know, and whatever the
hero may be, I don't necessarily want our characters
to die. No. I think the idea of funerals ends
up being because they disappear from our plane
of existence and end up in a new dimension. We
cannot let you get ourselves out either way,
but it's also a fun and misleading title, too,
that creates some mystery. What's the mistake?
What are the funerals? You have four characters,
so people can think, are they all going to die?
So we have to figure out something clever for
what four funerals means. Here's this. What if
or what with maybe one mistake? is a totally
different reference. So narratively, the mistake
isn't that they ended up in the steampunk world.
You know, it's something that the villain does
or... You have no power over me. Should David
Bowie be the big pad in this? Look out for me.
I'm going to sing my way through the steampunk.
I'm just kidding. I'm going to hip thrust my
way through steampunk. What are you talking about?
Real tight pants, huge bulge. I'm going to hip
thrust my way through this world. Big tall boots
up to his knees and he's just... With the highest
of heels. The highest of heels. Dude's eight
foot tall. But somehow he pulls off that character.
and that luck fucking kudos. What I'm thinking
here for this one is what if they end up like
they end up having like the alternate dimension
still has folks everyday folks but what if I
don't know happens to be like they're essentially
doppelgangers and the four funerals are like
they need to something to with their doppelgangers.
They need to kill their doppelgangers, but potentially
one of them fails and that person ends up coming
back to our world. It'd be a fun twist. I don't
know if I see it that way because it would be
like sequel baiting. Well, the big idea is it
has opened us up for a to a time. Yes, there's
a lot of fish out of water. One fish. way out
of water. Yes. Very fun. Yep. So they have to
first try to get themselves undercover, acclimated,
whatever, because you, we need an alpha in the
group and there's always the like in the final
girls, the guy who loves all those movies and
he knows them. And when they're in that world,
he's like, Oh wait, this guy's coming down the
corner. That's fun. Uh, just like in, in this
movie kind of is reminiscent of timeline. with
Gerard Butler and Paul Walker or Gerard Butler
is like, I love this shit. It's so fun. It'd
be hilarious if this person is wrong all the
time. I can see that. And our fish that's way
out of water just by basis of being the odd person
out is using this or maybe that person, this
fish way, way out of water. The girl is studying
for like a history PhD and just was her literature.
You know what I mean and what her skill is is
way more applicable than any of their assures
I like she's actually like really talented in
this new world. I can see that so, you know that
can be fun If you go comedy with this or like
comedic elements or of it or if you go straight
Yeah, all right. Yeah, I was gonna say I'm feeling
like almost land of the lost levels comedy, which
is fun. That's great There's nothing wrong with
mine isn't funny. Yeah that movie Because when
they're like, we're killing people, this is real.
This is real. Close up like stabbing with an
arrow. Yeah. And to its credit, they do a really
that book side note is fucking awesome. I bet
it is. But. to its credit, they make you like
it's all fun and games. Yeah. But you're still
really killing somebody that's dead. Yeah, I
could definitely see that happening. You want
it to be more fun. I don't know if I want to
be. I just feel that that's definitely an aesthetic
that like choice we can make. I think I think
I think serious is definitely like how serious
how funny is always a tonal thing. And it's tough
to navigate that razor blade sometimes. Our steam
put. mean, movies in general, mostly serious.
I'll be honest with you. I don't know any major
steampunk movies on the top of the dome that
I could like a lot of shorts. Yeah, there's the
animated movie nine. There's a lot of stuff.
Yeah, there's a lot of stuff just not mainstream.
We just watched something recently that I forget
who a legendary Uh, creature maker did, and it
had this steampunk element and it was really
disjointed and it was like stop motion. And it
was super cool. Phil Tippett. Sorry. I did it.
Yep. And it was rad and it was bizarre and strange.
So, but I'm in the mood to make up some jokes.
Okay. You want to have, I think it should be,
so it should be like fun action of entry time.
Yeah. Swashbuckling almost. Maybe not like to
like a joke a minute. No, no, no. I'm not saying
a joke a minute. But like leaning in some light
danger. Yeah. We should have like a swashbuckling
time, I think, is the best way to describe it.
Because the idea is maybe they're not, whatever
danger we put them in, it doesn't have to be
that serious. Yeah. Just maybe avoiding detection
and not making noise in this world is enough
to be fun. Yeah. I'm not sure. But we need to
cast some people in this. Oh, before we cast
them, I have a question for you. How do we get
them to this alternate dimension? Because I like
the idea of the Ren Fair. I like the Ren Fair.
Just like, yeah, this thing works. And what if
there was like instead of there being like the
tunnel of love is like the clockwork tunnel or
something like that. Why clockwork? Because clockwork
tends to stick really well with steampunk being
that like gears. Oh, sure, sure. You know, it's
like they end up at this fair like the shop.
Yeah. We may be getting a little mystical with
this, but let's, let's say, let's say the, the,
the alpha LARP or they, they, they, they just
wait, bear with me on this. This Chad, this gig
of Chad goes into like they're, they're into
the space where they're seeing these oddities
and curiosities. He's a collector. Okay. He collects
all this like stuff in a series about this and
they find this thing that's supposed to really
work. And he has, and he paid a ton of money
for it. This key, he ordered something off the
internet and it's like, do the thing. You know
cuz they're always like dude. He's like and maybe
have him be wealthy Yes, but like it and and
and the person he doesn't wear like he does he
wear a Sports jersey. I feel like he was a sports
jersey into the Ren fair just cuz he can well,
I think he's the alpha LARP er he's okay. Okay,
so he's he's the guy who's all in on this and
has money, you know, just like Steve Zahn's character
in nights of bad -ass dumb, you know, he won
the lottery I guess right and then you converted
his house to a castle and all his friends live
in it. This is the ultimate one. And he does.
He collects this stuff. And I think the person
who is running this oddities thing sees this
thing and you as the they're like, oh, you know,
they know, you know, like, oh, if you use this
thing, you're fucked and you're not your Jumanji
style. You're not they warn him Jumanji style.
He gets a warning. No, no, no. I think like there's
a wink and a nod. And what's interesting is this
guy's like, listen, I got this thing. We're going
to try it. It's supposed to work. And they're
all like, fuck you. And they have to try to get
to the area. And again, this person you notice
is like, let them do it because you know it's
going to work. Um, this is very much, uh, uh,
the last action hero, you know, like the golden
ticket in a way, but could be either nefarious,
benevolent, whatever. Yes. The person here running
this thing could be part of the, yeah, there's
there from the alternate dimension. This is the
wizard of Oz. And, and maybe the idea is that
these people are not. to come back you know for
some particular reason they're meant to find
this thing to use it and are meant to not come
to come back they're sacrificed to this world
what have you okay but i think it's fun to where
they're like you you pay for all this shit dude
you keep getting these things you waste your
money on all this antiquities and he's like it's
supposed to work and they're like these are cult
items they have the thing you know in yeah in
And as they're coming in, we have the, the, the
Mr. Occultum and it takes you back to the world.
Only the has the key world that's never been
seen before. See the world that could have been.
That's what it is. Yeah. See the world that could
have been. Are you writing that down? Yeah. Yeah.
Is that a tagline? It feels like that might end
up being a tagline for the movie itself. Well,
is that the idea of steampunk? Is the longing
for a more peaceful world? I don't know if it's
peaceful. I don't know if you could say that.
I think the other aspect that ties in really
well with it is this idea of like... exploration
and the age of adventure and stuff like that.
I think it ties very well into like, hey, you
know, remember like there would be like clubs
and it's like, well, what did you do? I went
to Africa and I hunted tigers, you know, and
it's like, look at them on the wall. They're
above the mantle. And like they would have a
club of like, you know, the extraordinary club
of where men would go do big burly men things.
Yeah. I think that that ties into the steampunk
aesthetic. Like again, back to like this Victorian
age of like there was, you know, there was renown
and honor and stuff like that. Not to say it's
peaceful, just to say, like, this is the aesthetics
that were prevalent, I think. That's interesting.
Yeah, I like that. But I like the idea of going
into the world that's about ultimate peace. That's
been explored a lot. or a place that's tumultuous
and in the midst of some sort of war. Here's
a question. So the guy that's running this ride,
the clockwork tunnel or whatever, if he comes
from this world, this parallel steampunk world,
what if he was ostracized from that world? That's
the land of the lost thing. He's the guy who
wants to be the big bad. He wants to be king
of the world. And he has to keep feeding. He's
like, I need this thing to get back myself. And
yeah, he keeps. Yeah, I like that. I think we're
figuring out this movie for funerals and one
mistake is the mistake that he sends them back
there. I think maybe we need to have a wizard.
This is a we need a big bad wizard. I think the
funeral thing has to do with how they get back.
Oh, wizard. And then the one mistake is is like
they they finally suck this guy back in and they're
like you made one mistake. That might be interesting.
Like you're supposed to, but there's some kind
of like Jumanji rules when they get in there.
Like if you can, and it's a little violent, but
if you can, you know, kill these four people
and free us and maybe there is a tyranny, you
know what I mean? So maybe there's a tyranny
and they have to kind of like they're tasked
with something. Sending them on a quest of something
like, you know, so they meet somebody inside
and they have to finally reveal themselves at
some point. There has to be a friendly. If we're
doing this, if we're going to do this clockwork
tunnel, if that's going to be like the entrance
into this world, like there's got to be something
like there's some plight that like needs to be
safe to save the world. You know, they did this
thing and like about halfway through. This is
when they slip into the alternate dimension and
they don't realize and like they come out and
like, wow, this ride's awesome. Look at it. You
know, like they don't realize that kind of stuff.
It'd be cool if the stuff that they're seeing
along the way, like this plight, whatever it
is, that's the thing that is what this guy, the
dark wizard is trying to bring about. And they
end up having to try and stop it or something
to that effect, right? I think that that works
really well. What kind of things could a villain
in this time of steampunk be doing that could
be... nefarious. What could be oppressive in
a world like this is like stealing resources
is, you know, is it a world that's meant to try
to be aligned with the earth with resources using
steam instead of extractive, right? Cause steam
is yeah. Yeah. And it's like, there's a parallel
to life. So are you saying like corporate? Yeah.
Are you saying that this guy's like, hey, he's
trying to harvest? Yeah, he's trying to he's
running a He's building a corporation to take
over the world. Batman returns like he's, you
know, like instead of, you know, helping, it's
going to be taking power from it and it's going
to create nuclear. Yes. Yes, sir. That is, that
is our big bad for sure. He is a venture capitalist.
He's a steampunk venture capitalist. That's the
man. That's fun. That was fun to cast. Yeah.
Who do you imagine as the bad? Yeah, I've been
stuck on the alpha LARPR. I've been Like, I've
been stuck on our gang of four. No, remember,
this is a Ren fair, so they're dressed up. Who
you imagine? Who you imagine? I think... An Alpha
LARPer that's, you know, has to be kind of swarming...
Jeff Bridges. Jeff Bridges. Old Jeff Bridges.
Older Jeff Bridges? Older bearded Jeff Bridges.
Like Tron, Jeff Bridges? Full on Stoner plus
Dude Lebowski style Jeff Bridges, but he's full
on like committed to the bit. He's got his top
hat and everything, but he's so aloof that just
like nobody takes anything he says seriously.
And he's just like this kook that nobody believes.
I'm actually thinking a little more against type.
Ooh, please. I'm thinking more of a meathead
type of actor. You know what I mean? Yeah, you
want more of you're expecting somebody, you know,
who somebody is again, well intentioned, but
kind of like a jock. You said that about the
football jersey. Yeah. And that's who you're
kind of getting us thinking of our big bad whiz.
Yeah. OK. Could it be Chris Farley playing a
serious role? Yeah, but he's super wealthy. You
know what I mean? And like the way you see the
alpha LARP or is that he's the alpha? OK, I want
to make sure who you're talking about. All right.
Yeah. Farley has that kind of play. It's serious.
Yeah. If it's not him. Late 90s, early 2000s,
Sean Astin. From oh, I put him in as the other
guy from fifty first dates did to do. I put him
in as the other guy, Chris Farley, Sean Astin,
a hundred percent done. And I have what about
a comedy movie that would be? I didn't mean meathead,
but like a bigger guy. Somebody who doesn't typically
portray what your brain says, this is a nerd
or a larper. He's a meathead and he has some
tendencies. So you have to make him clean, but
he's wealthy. You know, and he's but he's benevolent
to his friends. He gives a lot attention, but
he collects all this shit. Yeah, collects all
of these things. Yes. And waste all this money.
Yes. So like all of his stuff is the best stuff.
And let's say he has like real let's say his
house is literally steampunk active like his
current house is is fully and he's like a green
person. He's like it's carbon. Like net a million.
It's literally nine bodies worth of carbon. It
absorbs more than you put out. I take care of
the whole neighborhood with this one house. Net
one million carbon. Like he's got the whole thing.
How much fun? He would eat this roll alive. Okay,
so we have a decent budget. And you have this
Pee Wees Playhouse of gears and gadgets. It's
just a giant steampunk house. I want him to have
a steampunk segue that he just... like Paul Blart's
around. And it like, and he's got like vanilla
scents that comes out with it too. I want him
to be like, like just, you know, again, just
a bit of a mean head, not cruel, but like his
whole thing. His whole thing is steampunk. He
just is, and he's always loved it. And, and,
but like the, the fact that he's the least equipped
in the real part. Yeah. When we get to, when
we get to the new, yeah. You know, in, in, Chris
Farley, rest in peace. This could be one of those
movies where kind of like Farrell does or Adam
Sandler does. I don't know if he really got his
punch drunk love. Yeah, he did. He did not end
up getting his dramatic. Not maybe something
like this would be it, but I totally love to
see him having done something like that. I, you
know, like, well, as a very, well, get, get a
bar. I think that He could have done the same
role that Philip Seymour Hoffman did and like
the master and it probably would have been great
point. He could have done it. Would it have been
the same movie? No. But I think that Chris Farley
as a man would have just been like, I can do
this. Yeah. And if you think about the body,
think about like the actor, Ethan Supli. Yeah.
Like he's ripped now, but like think of that
transformation. And if Farley was able to do
something like that, because we've been obsessed
watching with the kids, Adam Sandler's serious
stuff. And they're like, he's way better than
the comedies. Like they loved Punch, Drunk, Love.
Like he's so good in that. And we're like, yeah,
I told you, it's wild. He's actually a talented
actor. Oh, yeah. He gets slept on. Everybody
sleeps on Adam Sandler. I'm sorry, Adam Sandler.
You're wealthy. So, you know, you can dry your
tears with the bannies. Oh, yeah. It's OK. And
again, I think his daughter is exceptional. Yeah.
Honestly, like, again, we we we selectively get
upset at Hollywood nepotism, right? Yeah. Very
true. You shake your fist, but then other times
Zoe Kravitz comes along and then it's like, oh,
they're great. If you're good, you get a pass.
Yeah. We were talking earlier off mic about keep
keeping it real, more integrity. So that's just
what I'll say about that. An actor, I don't know
if you know, but for our other like Chris Farley's
Alpha LARP or mate. Yeah. Farouz a bulk. Is that
name sound so familiar? Well, she's in the movie
Return to Oz. OK, she may be best known to you.
And this is obscure. But the movie Batman forever.
OK. Tommy Lee Jones is two -face in his lair.
Drew Barrymore is one of his minxes. The other
girl is for visible. Okay. Yeah. You're right.
I do know she's edgy dark. Yep. Done. Yes. I
think like as an Aubrey Plaza. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
And I was going to say Aubrey Plaza for this
because I loved it. But for is a bulk could do
darkness. And I like along the way she gets conscripted
by our dark wizard somehow. I think one of them
needs to go bad and have some moral conflict.
Like, I'm going to stay. You're fat. That's evil.
No, that's just too evil. Again, we've created
a world that Chris Farley is still alive. No,
no, no. We gave ourselves the liberty to live
in a reality which nobody's dead yet. Right.
We didn't create it. And he's healthy. He's thin,
but he's not thin. He's not Jonah Hilling it.
So he looks good, but he's a meathead and he's
rich. All right. What was the actress name for?
Farooza Balkh. And if you want me to muse a little
bit on our big bad, you can look her up if you're
able to. Please, please. Yeah, think about the
big bad. I want to look her up just because I
want another face. Who's again, the idea it's
like the bad guy in the movie Toys, where he
takes over the toy factory and he sees that the
current factory is not profitable. So he tries
to turn it into a military thing, like military
toys. So I like that, like bringing like a new
world in, or, you know, like when the regular
world starts to encroach on Toontown, and Bob
Hoskins is like, ah, maybe Bob Hoskins is our
big bad. Christopher Lloyd is our big bad. Christopher
Lloyd would be great. He'll be great. Would it
be too obvious to make him? No, why? I don't
know. I'm just curious. It just says Chris Lloyd.
Like what kind of because of Back to the Future.
Yeah, that was the only reason. Well, what era
are you talking? Oh, I don't know. One flew over
the cuckoo's nest. It's like, OK, that's why
that's very young because Michael Gambon. Do
you know who that is? Yeah, he's the villain
in toys. OK. And he's, he's, you know, older,
but not, yeah, but not, and that's the kind of
like, sorry, not Dumbledore yet. Right. No. And,
and have you seen Toys with Robin Williams? I
don't, I don't think I have. It's fucking brilliant.
And Michael Gambon, side note, is, is the big
bad. And this, this world, Barry Levinson, director
of one of our previous movies, he directed it
and it's wild and it's widely slept on. This
movie is brilliant and it's hilarious. But Michael
Gambon's the bad guy and he's this big military
guy and his adopted son, a stern, strict military
personality played by LL Cool J. And it's fucking
hilarious. And he's uptight. LL Cool J. He is
so good. Robin Wright -Penn, when she still was
Robin Wright -Penn, is in it. Joan Cusacks in
it. It's so great. So it's like this like...
bringing a modern disrupting the world, you know
what I mean? Cause he's starting to make these
military toys right underneath their noses. So
what I think is interesting in our world is that's
happening. Like, like in these outsiders are
here to be like, wait a second, wait a sec. So,
you know, the big bad Christopher Lloyd is doing
this long con. Yeah. And they're like, holy shit,
this is brilliant. But it's, it's our lead actor
who we still haven't created our fish, fish way
while out of water, our female lead, who is Sean
Aston kind of like thirties ish forties, thirties,
forties fit. Yeah. He's still fit. Still fit.
Still fit. Sean Aston. and his counterpart. Yeah.
The girl the girl is taking on like first date
or something, right. Or early in into the courtship.
Yeah. Got to be right. Got anybody. Do you have
any suggestions? Not really. I'm really interested
in this because we've we've pegged this as the
as the lead. Yeah. As well in a way as the hero.
Yes, the hero. I'm thinking of somebody now thinking
of somebody a little bit nerdy. Forgive me. It's
not meant to be. derogatory. All right. But Amy
Adams, the like in Night at the Museum, too,
when she's playing Amelia Earhart. OK, what's
the rumpus? I use things like that. You know,
maybe not that nerdy, but like definitely nerdy.
Because I think that's empathetic. I was thinking
off the top of my head, for some reason, I'm
imagining like Anna Faris would be pretty great
at this. But again, she feels like she's too
funny. She's always having to be the fish out
of water. And it's not that it's her fault. She's
just really good at being the fish out of water.
Yeah. Yeah. She is really good at being a fish
out of water. Like a lot of her roles end up
being that character and she nails it every time.
Yeah. Other serious actor. I mean, you could
put if you looked in the 80s, you could put Meg
Ryan in this. Oh, well, certainly a little more
serious. I don't really maybe see her with Emma
Watson. I think we've put it before. Yeah, I'm
sorry. That's ridiculous. Forgive me. That's
a faux pas faux pas. I am going to be tortured
and abused after the show beaten with Jennifer
Garner. Jennifer Garner. I was just thinking
about her. She because we watched Deadpool first
Wolverine. OK, but butter. Do you remember the
movie butter butter carving? She's in it and
she is a straight up bad ass bitch. Okay. I think
she would be great. And she'll be great. And
but she's you know what? I think she she's real
fit and she played Electra. Yep. But I think
she could play a really she can also pull off
like the everyday person. Yeah. But she's very
pretty. And I think she's got tons of charm.
I can see it. Or like Jessica Alba. That's just
that's kind of what I started thinking now because
like that is a good fish out of water. Yeah.
Because I think, you know, traditionally beautiful
is kind of fun, too, because in this world, I
think everybody's fucking ugly in the steampunk
world. And Christopher Lloyd is like this, the
pinnacle of handsome. He's just the most beautiful
man. He has the most charming smile. Yeah. He's
got a gold tooth for some reason. Yeah. Because
our cast is really visually diverse. Yeah. Yeah,
we have, I love Chris Farley and for his a bulk,
you know, because, you know, a fun girl like
that would go for a slightly like bigger guy
who's got a lot of heart, a lot of money helps.
I'm sure a lot of money helps as a side note.
Got a lot of money, but are you down with Jennifer
Garner? I think, I think she fits the aesthetic.
Just thinking if it's not her older. Like an
older actress throw Anne Hathaway at you with
that. Would she fit? Would she also fit the aesthetics?
Yeah, I don't think she could be as funny. Shots
fired and Hathaway. Sorry. But I haven't seen
like the devil or is proud of wanting to. Oh,
so he's biased. Okay. At least he admits his
biases. Jennifer Coolidge. Jennifer. Okay. Should
be in it. I want Jennifer Coolidge. She'd be
in it. She she's the mayor. She's the mayor of
the town. Jennifer Coolidge, mayor, so much steam.
I like steamy thing. She's always in a sauna
for some reason. They always try to meet up with
her and she's just in a sauna. Yeah. You can
make so many funny scenes just by the world that
we're in, you know what I mean? Yes, a hundred
percent. Is this mirror world just us allowing
us allowing us to poke fun at our world? Is that
what it is? Like, hey, look at all the things
wrong with their culture and everything. And
also let us poke fun at it. Like, is this really?
Are we getting the satire? Because like it feels
like we can be a real. What is the point of this?
We hadn't gotten. I mean, so like act one. is
essentially them getting there and acclimated
with what's up and what the challenge is. Act
one is meeting everybody, getting together to
go on the date, and then Chris Farley's character
being like, look at this cool doodad I got. It's
going to work this time. And all the three friends
are like, no, it's not going to do it. I arranged
for a private viewing of this thing. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. Hey, I talked to the guy. He made sure
it's closed down. It's just for us. We're going
to test it. Yeah. Yes. And the guy as they're
walking in is like, I want our guy to be sinister.
Oh yeah, for sure. And like you said, to be aligned
with Christopher Lloyd's big bad. What if it's
Michael J. Fox? Okay. Okay. Heavy in makeup.
Just like, I'm just kidding. It's got to be Timothy
Chalamet. Timothy Chalamet. Somebody really hot
at the time. What if it's Brad Pitt? We get Brad
Pitt to be the really likeable person. He's the
undertaker of this thing. Because I want that
person to be teed up as good. Oh, yeah. Everybody
assumes this person is great. Somebody that's
really always likeable and we convinced to be
a real shithead. Who's a beloved actor that we
can make a shit? I don't know. Maybe it's a lady.
Oh, maybe it's not a dude. Who's a beloved actress?
Give me a beloved actor. So I think what we need
to do. Oh, yeah. So we need to figure out who's
who's manipulating on this side. Yeah. Somebody
who. Well, I wonder if it I'm just thinking and
I'm trying to honor you in this. Oh, but if it's
Eric Idle. Oh, really, Eric Idle. Yeah, I'd be
fine. My first thought was John Cleese. Also
fun. But being serious, like, you know, one of
the pythons, I didn't want to be be generic,
but I'm trying to be intentional about this.
I think for those of you, if you don't know the
pythons, Eric Idle is probably most famously
known as like Sir Robin from my Python, the Holy
Grail. He's running away and tripping. I know
he isn't. I'd never do that. I never. Yeah, him.
No, I think he'd be great. Yes, and and and at
a certain like I see him I see him and it's like
it's it's like that movie With Dana Carvey, I
think where he gets family jewels the master
of disguise there's a now but like 90s Eric Idle,
you know what I mean? Like he's got the defined
features and yes He was he wasn't like he's not
cat. He was a Casper movie. Wasn't he? Yeah He
was. And again, like, yeah, he has a silliness,
but like, let's give you a little darkness, Eric
Idle. Yeah, like we're not fucking around. He'd
be great because some of the other like Cleese,
he's got a lot of funny on his face. Gilliam,
he just looks like a constant troll. He's just
angry. I think he is a constant troll. Eric Idle
is also just funny. He's just so funny. But again,
I think he also has that. He's musically inclined
and he has a certain set of whimsy about him.
Yeah. And I think that would throw everybody
off the scent that he's one of the big bads,
if not the big bad. Can he be the big bad? He's
actually the power behind the throne. Yeah, everybody
keeps thinking that it's like Christopher Lloyd,
but it's Eric Idle's the real big bad. Well,
we were saying that he was trying to get back
to his world and he's banished in ours. Yeah.
So no, no, he was banished from his world to
our world is what I think happened. So I can
see him being like, yeah, Christopher Lloyd is
like his henchman. Like he's the face of the
company, you know. He's the guy who's like, well,
I'm on the other end running the company. You
know, I'm not we're not bad. We're just over
here building toys for kids. We can't be a bad,
you know, yeah, military company. We would never.
And then all of a sudden, the guy who actually
started the company shows up and is like, no,
by the way, the thing is that they could be,
you know, using some of what we have to, you
know, suddenly poise their world like some of
our technologies, things like that. That would
be interesting to be like some of the stuff that
is like the world has. Slowly the plight that's
been happening is like they're getting technology
from us What if the plight is actually like oil
like he's been sending oil back? Oh the worst
thing just like the worst, but they don't call
it oil They just call it like sludge or something
like that the sludge has the sludge has been
a problem for years But what if the the Christopher
Lloyd's name is like a play on the word? Plastic
like L plus D. We could be really ecological
with this. Now, what I'm thinking of. OK, this
is really cool. What I'm thinking of is. I would
like to figure out who are what our four funerals
are and then who the other chummy people are
that they meet in this world. We got twenty three
minutes. OK, that's our four funerals. So ostensibly
our last kill is Eric Idle. Yes. And our one
before that is Christopher Lloyd. Now let's work
backwards. Yeah. Christopher Lloyd needs to have
a second, a greasy shitty fucking piece of shit.
Yes. Like the worst. Okay. Christopher Lloyd
can act it, you know, like he can presidents
know it maybe, you know, you need a head for
presidents. No, we need a henchman. Yeah. And
this has to be, yeah. Shia. Sorry, sorry. I would
love for you to get a bad guy rule. You don't
get enough gnarly. Yeah. Yeah, just do what you
do. Tommy Flanagan facial scars. Yeah, just just
street tough urgent who made it to the top now.
100 % brutal. 100 % has brass knuckles always
in hand. Some somehow always a cigar is always
lit. Yeah. Street tough. I'm also thinking that
our fourth death as Christopher Lloyd's female
companion played by Linda Blair, an adult Linda
Blair. Linda Blair's also in this. Yeah. Oh,
adult. She's great. And as an adult in older
movies, I'm down, I'm down and can play a villain
really well. And is, and I think it's really
tragic when you have to kill, you know, everybody
like that. But the, so if Linda Blair, Christopher
Floyd, shy, crazy as crazy Shia. Eric Idle. Yes.
All got to go. All got to go. Those are our four
funerals. And then the one and I think Eric Idle
makes the mistake is letting them in. Yeah. Like
you made one mistake mistake was letting these
four hooligans in your. All right. Just make
sure I got my notes because I'm writing them
down over here. Yeah. We're still sat on Jennifer
Garner. Right? Yeah. I like that. I think she'd
be great. Or if it's, do you like, now I'm thinking
like Linda Cardinelli. If you look at like Velma
or Sarah Michelle Geller. Ironically have Buffy.
Ironically have Buffy. Now I'm getting way off
of home base there with Jennifer Garner, but
I'm just throwing Linda Cardinelli, Sarah Michelle
Geller. I think that Linda Cardinelli would be
great actually. Linda Cardinelli? I think so.
Yeah, I think so. not, no, no disparaging against
Jennifer Carter. I just feel like for this role,
it's something about this. Yeah. I think it needs
more innocence. Absolutely. Is that is, you know,
like Jeff Garza just doesn't quite, she has a
hard streak through her for grandma. Is that
what you're saying? Too sexy because I think
Linda Cardinali is hot, hot, hot, hot. I think
a lot of the people in our cast here were hot,
especially as well. Well, again, we wanted to
make our world, um, our, our steam world generally
unattractive. Yeah. But Sean Aston, pretty handsome
Cardinali for Ruzza unique. She's gorgeous, but
has an edgy look to her. Can have a darkness.
I like that. I like that. He's like, you know,
the, at the, the alpha LARPR, but she's the dark
LARPR. Like she, she knows all the, all the science,
the golf LARPR, right? That's tremendous. I really
like this. I like this idea. So they're exposed
and they You know by sheer now, this is what
I'm interested in. I'm thinking we have a a Running
man scenario. There's an underground we have
Billy Zane and we have Jason Lee as our underground
leaders. Yes So we've got Zane as a resistance,
Jason Lee. Do you know who Jason Lee is? Yeah,
my name is Earl. He's also a skateboarder. Yeah,
but can do serious, like look at Vanellis Guy
as a resistance type of thing. Do you know what
I mean? Yeah, they'd be really fun. But our crew
is tasked with doing, and this is where it gets
complicated, because I wonder, like in a PG -13
movie, And this is where it gets interesting
because so they get they meet up with an underground,
which I think ironically should be above ground.
And that's the job. But we're so high. We're
still called the underground, even though we're
way above ground. It's like they can't even see
the ground. There's clouds to crush it. But like
still the underground, still the underground
here team. You just don't get it. I don't understand.
But the idea that they have to kill these people.
Yeah. That. Yeah. I mean, life or death situations
even go back to kids movies. They have it all
the time. But are you OK with these being legit?
You know, like make three coffins. OK, so you
have to and their task is to assassinate and
get rid of these people because they're terrible
people to make way. Yes, and we need everybody
to believe that this is right and good. Yes,
they're doing a good thing by getting rid of
these people. Correct. Yes. I think we need to
flush out the resistance. Yeah. Are the resistance
good guys or bad guys? I see. This is interesting.
I think they're all bad guys. Well, they actually
want if you look at history, they will become.
The Green Goblin quote. For the purposes of our
movie, yes, we can have a yay ending a la Stargate.
I think we should probably have a yay Stargate.
I think we should probably have a Stargate. We
should have a Scooby -Doo happy ending. Wayne's
world, thank you for that. There's a mystery
machine in this movie. Well, now that Linda Cardinal
is in it, all the Scooby -Doo jokes have to be
made. Matthew Ilyard, if you're not in this movie
in some cameo role, I'm so mad. So mad. He's
great. But anyway, at any rate. our resistance
could use some female touches. I think for sure
we need throw pillows in the bunker. You know
what I mean? That's not to be patronized. That's
not a title for a book. Throw pillows in the
bunker. It needs to be. And don't any of you
out there listening, steal it because I'm going
to steal it. That's throw pillows for the bunker
is a great name. That sounds like a great band
name, by the way, because every bunker Like the
bird cage says, one does want to hint of color
when he comes out and he's got his pink socks.
So can we have a, Oh, well, what about like Jules
state as a mechanic as a Kaylee type care? Okay.
Can we have Jules state for sure? You know, for
sure. Because Jules state, Jason Lee, Billy Zane.
That's fine. How about some kind of Steampunky
robotic companion voiced by on a Ferris. I was
going to say Davido, but that was me. Hello.
I think it'd be great. It would be great. Very
interesting. Are you going to stop me? You have
the ability. I'm hearing only green lights. I'm
thinking of that Hercules movie. He's great.
He's great. How dare you? You can't disparage
Danny Devito's good name. It would be funny.
Everything he says would be funny. The bit is
that he's just in it. It's like the RT DT. We
build a robot costume around Danny Devito and
just let him do his thing. Robot, steampunk,
steampunk, robot, Danny Devito. So Jules, they,
I think that's, that's fine. You know, and, and
sci -fi people, she could play absolutely against
Kaylee's type. whatever it is. Maybe, um, she's
the diplomat. Oh, she's, oh yeah. She is the
mon Mothma. She, she is the conduit. She's like
an, like a turncoat. Yeah. She's the one. She's
the one who's feeding them information. Yeah.
She's Christopher Lloyd's daughter. Oh, yep.
Oh yeah. Oh, and she has a high place in the
steam punk government and that's revealed later.
Now we're building it. Yeah. I think that that
feels right. Good. I mean, visually it doesn't
because unless Christopher Lloyd, well, maybe
Linda Blair and Christopher Lloyd's progeny isn't
this person, but anyway, I like that. But because
the element of danger. There's always that the
turncoat, you know, that, and you don't know,
or it's the silent one or there. Why are they
never here? Well, we need to have some fun nightclubs.
It needs to be like a really cool art deco nightclub.
What would a, okay. What would a steam club,
steampunk, Victoria? What would that look like?
What would the food and drink be like for sure.
But like again, gear works everywhere. Mechanical
enhancements. What are they? What are we eating
in steampunk? It is either exotics or delicacies.
Oh, oh, I like that. That's fine. Right. Like
it feels like it's either something so out there
that you've never heard of it. A nightclub scene
is great. Yeah. Because you need a nightclub
scene. This this must be where I think the nightclub
scene is where they meet the underground. Yes.
So when they first get there, they're like, but
then when they first get there, they're like,
you know, there's the acclimating and then there's
figuring out how to get Linda Cardinelli. She's
not dressed in the aesthetics at all. But along
the way, she's really being helpful in terms
of history, in terms of mechanics. And you find
out Chris Farley doesn't know as much as he thinks
he does. Turns out all the people actually respect
her because she understands what they're talking
about. And Chris Farley's character is lightly
furious. Now, I think we need, though, a classic
Chris Farley yelling scene. Oh, for sure. And
I feel bad for him. You know what I mean? Like,
everybody's just waiting for him to go off. But
it is fucking funny when he does it. And in this...
Is it early or is it late? Does he get to go
bananas at, like, the very end? I think it's,
like, in front of somebody in a dress and he's
just yelling at her stupid, friendly... I don't
know. But, like, he's had enough with not being
right. And he just goes off, I don't know anything.
Look at this. This is probably a robot. And he's
like pulling out a real woman's head. I don't
know. There's definitely needs to be a freak
out. See, just spit balling for sure. But like,
you know, make sure that's worth this. Why is
this head not coming off? I don't know. And Danny
DeVito can be like, not a robot, boil your denim.
I'm a steam patriot. Esteem Patriot. I like compatriot,
but you know, we've got a few minutes here. You
talked about the idea of this being a bit of
social commentary. Yes. What turns you on about?
the opportunities there, because clearly the
corporate and ruining of the resources, that's
a good, that's a good one. I think it gets to
mirror like the world that we currently live
in, you know, the resource stripping, the idea
that like there are people that have the ability
to essentially buy up the world and there's nothing
anybody can do to stop it. Like Steampunk is
one of those situations where like, hey, we're
going to go somewhere and do something wild in
a wild land. Because nobody else has gotten to
do that yet because we got in our airship and
got over there and did that. This is why we can
eat these exotic things and do this exact stuff
back home. But it's also like they're not recognizing
that they're destroying the thing in which they
love. Right. I think that's a very much. But
again, the idea of steampunk is not to be as
destructive generally. Right. That's the idea
now. I think it's really cool. Yeah. Because
if you if you look at wind power, if you look
at steam, if you look at how it can be naturally
generated, that's pretty cool. And the idea of
a more utopian society and that's what I think
they need to get closer to nature. Yeah, is the
idea and that this introduction of the sludge
to, you know, it makes society better is the
whole promise. But the idea that they're slowly
introducing it like there could be a good scene
at the nightclub where they're like, no, that's
not what you think it is. Like where they have
that like that looks like something from our
world. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And they're recognizing
it. Dings the underground. They're like, what's
oh, wait, something's up. Yeah. Uh huh. And it's,
you know, it's a, you know, it's an easy risk.
And getting kidnapped in this world would be
fun. Oh, yeah, it'd be a fun time. Because for
them, we need another and maybe it's like a huge
guy for the resistance because we need somebody
who can overpower Chris. Oh, right. Do we do
we need that person? But we need like John Cena
or John Candy. Do you know what I mean? Because
my idea is that they need to be kidnapped, right?
by the resistance. Now, how are they doing? Chris
Farley is a pretty big guy. Sean Astin. I think
like they're trained. I think the idea is I think
the idea is that Chris Farley doesn't get kidnapped
in the traditional sense, more of a dark. No,
I think they're like, hey, follow me into this
dark room and have a drink. And I'm like, oh,
so he's more coerced over confidence. I get some.
Yeah. Yeah. A hundred percent. everybody else,
you can kind of bag over the head and get them
out of there. But like his is like, no, no, we
got to, let's, let's, let's try and convince
them to come with us. Well, what's interesting
is, Oh, I know why. Because if there is lore
and this key is true, then on the other side,
they have to know. So they can either notice
that they notice something's up or notice the
key. Like, Oh, okay. These people got here and
they're not from here clearly. Yeah. And yeah,
he's, he's not hiding the key at all for sure.
So again, lovable meathead. Just a dummy though.
Really doing his best. Beautiful dummy. So they
need to get kidnapped. The Danny DeVito robot
interrogation scene. I'm very much looking forward
to it. Yes. Please. I didn't even think about
that. I like a fake truth serum scene. So like
they give it to Farley and he's like, Oh God.
And he spills everything. And it's like that.
It's not real. Yes. All right. Here's my question
for you. Before we get lost too far into the
sauce. I don't even know how much time is left.
I've just been enjoying myself. Eight minutes.
In eight minutes, Ryan, we have to figure out
who's going to direct this movie. Oh, we've we've
done everything else as good as I think we can
do. It feels like Robert Rodriguez. Oh, very
indie, very, very well. Have you seen Alita Battle
Angel? I have not. Is it is it deserving of your
list recommendation? Yeah. OK. I think he'd crush
this and he could write it at it. Put the soundtrack.
I'm down with Robert Rodriguez. Yeah. Oh, Mariachi
is great. I'm so sorry that that came so quickly.
But honestly, like we were just talking about.
Yeah. And that's what she said. Just going to
get it out of the way. I think it was just lingering.
It was just anybody listening. You know, I'm
just trying to stomp out their fire on that one.
The best thing you could do is take the enemy
fire before the enemy can shoot it at you. And
I'm not just like thinking of the action in this
because it. I don't know if it has to be. There's
definitely action, but I don't know if there
needs to be a lot. I think this is very much
like a drama, but like this doesn't feel like
it needs to be like it's actually creating a
world. I creating like Guillermo del Toro comes
right to mind. But I think that a good action
piece to compare this to, I think would actually
be Indiana Jones. Sure. I think that'd be very
comparable. It's like, is there action? Yes.
Is it blood and guts and like we're having knocked
down, drag out fights every time that there's
a perception of action? No, we're changing it
up. We're doing different things, but there's
still events happening that are fun. We're going
to have a kidnap scene. We're going to have a
chase scene. They they them going down the tunnel.
Yeah, the clockwork tunnel is going to be a fun
time. Yeah. Eric Idle, like singing them whispers
like things of like how great their trip is going
to be or something is going to be hysterical
to watch. So then Robert Rodriguez had shark
-borne lava girl, like he can do family, he can
do funny. He can do it. He can do action. He
did all this. He did the first three spy kids
movies. Yeah. And the idea that you have a couple
of surprises, you know, I think he handles that
stuff really well, too. You know, like we don't
want once upon a time in Mexico. Are you sure?
but we'd like more of spy kids. Yeah. Maybe not
with all the green screen and that, but you know
what? But the family aesthetic PG -13 rating.
Yeah. Kind of look at the lab. PG -13 because
you get one to kill these people. You get to
say it one time. Right. Cause new rules. What?
Oh, who says the fuck? Who gets to say it? Damn.
I wonder if it's not Eric Idle. It's going to
be Eric Idle right at the end where he realizes
his mistake. He's the mistake. Four funerals,
one mistake. And then that can't be the tagline.
But see the world that could have been. Yeah,
I like that as a tagline. That's a pretty good
tagline. Because that's the idea. And again,
Christopher Lloyd's character is trying to sell
this. this, but better and faster. Yeah. And
they're like, we don't that's we don't want that.
That's the point. Yeah. And he's like, but you're
already there. And then he reveals like they've
they've been doing it for eons. Does does he
have a like a weapon? Is he does he have a secret
Christopher Lloyd? Yeah. Type of like They have
a, they have a, they have an oil, they have a
mech, they have a mech that runs on oil and they're
going to do some destruction. Yeah. You know?
Yeah. There needs to be something. So you can
have a battle. There needs to be something that
runs off sludge for sure that they have to stop.
Yeah. Climax is stopping the sludge machine.
The sludge machine. I love it. What a good name.
Yeah. The big battle mech versus our steam weapons.
Sludge machine. You know, I like this. The bunker
needs more throw pillows. What a great line.
Can we make that a sticker? I love that as a
sticker. I want that on my computer. The bunker
needs more throw pillows. Well, I just said the
bunker needs throw pillows. The bunker needs
good food. I bet it's addressed in other movies.
We're like, here, we just need something to remind
us that we're not animals. We need something
to remind us. Even if it's a ritual, even if
it's a thing that we do, we all eat dinner at
this time. But where do you see the most comedy?
I mean, I see comedy right in the beginning.
I see a lot of whimsy in that. I want to see
the fucking house. I want to see his. I think
we can find some comedy. I think that we could
scatter a little bit of comedy into everything.
Also, I don't think you could do Chris Farley
without comedy. I just don't think it's possible.
Even him being serious, there's still funny things
happening around Chris Farley. Yeah. in, in fantastical
things. Yeah. This dude is a rich kid who lives
in a house, the steampunk who coasts to the Renaissance
fair on like a day. It's closed to go see the
dude who's got the hook up the like, no man,
I'll get you in behind the scenes. Don't worry.
Is he the son of like an oil baron? Oh, for sure.
Like for sure. A BP. Yes. A hundred percent.
His parents is an oil. Yes. Yes. That's his way
to rebel. And he's constantly living it down
like, God damn it. But he's like, oil paid for
this. I'm cleaning my money. Yep. But the thing
is and we didn't really touch on it too much
But I like along the way that his girl gets conscripted
Recruited for the other side either either through
fantastical purposes or not. That's resolved
So do we want all of our hero two minutes 48
seconds? Do we want all of our heroes to to make
it back after they complete their their or their
final? Wait, you mean the all the good guy have
any heroes die? I don't I don't know. Maybe I
like the idea that we have everybody lives. We
get a happy ending. Yeah. OK. Everybody right
off into the sunset, which never made any sense
because riding into the sunset just means you're
camping in the dark. Exactly. Why don't you just
stay at down at sunset? Yeah. Leave in the morning.
Right. It looks good. It looks good. It looks
great. I won't lie. I won't lie. It looks stunning.
But when you're thinking about it, you're like,
man, riding into the sunsets like the dumbest
thing you could do right now. Well. Four funerals
in one mistake. See the world that could have
been. Do you like that? I like that one. That's
great. I like that one. And that's that's maybe
idols dying line. Like I missed a world that
could have been. I like it being as like the
sign for the clockwork tunnel as well. See a
world that could have been. And that's amazing.
That's like, you know, part of the bit that slips
them into the alternate dimension. Ryan, do we
figure out a movie in one hour? We did. We made
a movie. We made it. I want to see this really,
really, really well. Holograms bring back Chris
Farley. Let's make it happen. Actually don't
do that. I'm a little time machine back. Grab
Chris Farley before his heart attack and we bring
him to the now we created. We just have good
feelings of wellness for him and we wish well
wherever he is. I hope he's whoever he's partying
with. I hope it's a good time. Yeah. But you'd
crush in this. And, uh, we're going to keep doing
this again and again and again, because, um,
it's not that we don't have anything else to
do. Um, it's just, we like to do this. Nobody's
stopped me yet and I'm going to keep doing it
until, uh, I want to not. And, uh, that's never,
so I keep doing it, uh, until we meet again and
until Hollywood calls us and says, stop. And
cease and desist. They're going to write us.
We have a trademark. We're making better movies
than they are. That would be terrifying. On Linda
Cardinale's name. Specifically the name. Logan,
thank you. Pleasure as always. Let's make another
movie. Let's do it again.