WEBVTT 00:00:02.439 --> 00:00:03.940 You know what that sound means? It's another 00:00:03.940 --> 00:00:06.459 episode of Game for a Movie where we ask, are 00:00:06.459 --> 00:00:08.619 you game for a movie? My name is Mike. I'll be 00:00:08.619 --> 00:00:10.759 your host this evening. I am joined by no one. 00:00:10.900 --> 00:00:14.160 That's okay. But I am here to talk about a bad 00:00:14.160 --> 00:00:16.739 movie. And of course, before we do that, we need 00:00:16.739 --> 00:00:19.699 to talk about what we are drinking. Today I have 00:00:19.699 --> 00:00:22.579 from Sycamore Brewing. It's called Drippy. It's 00:00:22.579 --> 00:00:26.300 a juicy IPA. Very fruity, very New England style. 00:00:26.620 --> 00:00:28.559 If you like that kind of thing, I definitely 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:31.519 am a big fan of it. And Sycamore Brewing, they 00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:35.719 just opened up a two level brewery in Charlotte. 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:38.640 Honestly, I haven't made it there yet, but I'm 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:41.820 really excited to kind of get there. So yeah, 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:44.140 that is from Sycamore Brewing. It is drippy, 00:00:44.140 --> 00:00:47.920 a juicy IPA. It's something I definitely want 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:50.179 to sink my teeth into. You know, it's got that 00:00:50.179 --> 00:00:53.719 hoppy quality. You know, it's something I don't. 00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:57.640 Want to sink my teeth into? This bad movie. I 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:00.740 bring you the bad movie Transcendence. Since 00:01:00.740 --> 00:01:05.200 it is July, I feel like it's the time for a blockbuster 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:08.640 that just thought it was going to make a ton 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:11.760 of money and then it just didn't. So yeah, for 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:14.000 those of you that don't know, a blockbuster is 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:16.480 a movie that's made for about $100 million or 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:20.019 more. It is usually like a tentpole film. that 00:01:20.019 --> 00:01:22.299 we think is going to make its money back. This 00:01:22.299 --> 00:01:24.819 one had a budget of estimated around $100 million. 00:01:25.299 --> 00:01:29.519 Its opening weekend for USA and Canada was $10 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:34.799 million. Gross worldwide was $103 million. Figuring 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:37.700 with advertising as well as special effects, 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:40.019 and of course that we don't know the exact budget, 00:01:40.099 --> 00:01:42.959 this one was definitely a flop and did not make 00:01:42.959 --> 00:01:45.629 its money back. A lot of that money went to its 00:01:45.629 --> 00:01:48.530 cast because this movie has star power, let me 00:01:48.530 --> 00:01:51.209 tell you. It stars Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, 00:01:51.489 --> 00:01:54.409 Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Paul Bettany, 00:01:54.549 --> 00:01:57.430 and Kate Mara. Those are your top six in this 00:01:57.430 --> 00:01:59.930 movie. And each of them gets their own time to 00:01:59.930 --> 00:02:02.250 shine for real. Except for Cillian Murphy and 00:02:02.250 --> 00:02:05.049 Morgan Freeman, they kind of were just part of 00:02:05.049 --> 00:02:07.609 it. So you're probably wondering, Mike, what 00:02:07.609 --> 00:02:10.930 is this movie about? So this movie is about technology. 00:02:11.210 --> 00:02:14.680 That's whole gimmick. Basically, the beginning 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:16.900 of the movie starts with a Paul Bettany narration 00:02:16.900 --> 00:02:20.680 check, and we think it's in the future. Essentially, 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:23.340 he starts it with the Internet was supposed to 00:02:23.340 --> 00:02:26.139 make the world a smaller place. It feels smaller 00:02:26.139 --> 00:02:30.780 without. You see this city in California where 00:02:30.780 --> 00:02:33.120 basically everybody is using technology as like 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:36.199 doorstops or there's a bunch of ones thrown in 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:38.180 the trash. There's all these computers that are 00:02:38.180 --> 00:02:41.340 completely destroyed. We don't know why at this 00:02:41.340 --> 00:02:44.479 point. But we assume it is the future and why 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:48.199 the story is how we got to this point of hating 00:02:48.199 --> 00:02:51.159 technology. That's the introduction to this world. 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:53.439 And then we flash back to the beginning of this 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:56.819 event. It is Johnny Depp and his wife, Rebecca 00:02:56.819 --> 00:03:00.180 Hall. And they are standing under this cage that 00:03:00.180 --> 00:03:02.819 Johnny Depp has built. Essentially, it's an anti 00:03:02.819 --> 00:03:05.300 -technology fence. No matter what happens, even 00:03:05.300 --> 00:03:08.039 the cell phone, you can't get technology through 00:03:08.039 --> 00:03:11.969 there. He's talking about how this is like a 00:03:11.969 --> 00:03:16.629 safe haven of how they can remain undetected 00:03:16.629 --> 00:03:19.949 when their big project takes off. It's a good 00:03:19.949 --> 00:03:22.250 plan. And then Rebecca Hall reminds him that 00:03:22.250 --> 00:03:24.030 they have this fundraiser that they have to start 00:03:24.030 --> 00:03:26.150 getting ready for. Essentially, he's going to 00:03:26.150 --> 00:03:29.550 have to make this huge speech and he has to be 00:03:29.550 --> 00:03:31.810 on his best behavior, according to Rebecca Hall. 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:34.580 We learn that Paul Bettany is a friend of theirs 00:03:34.580 --> 00:03:38.219 and that he is working with them and he comes 00:03:38.219 --> 00:03:40.379 and meets them before the speech at this college 00:03:40.379 --> 00:03:44.360 hall, essentially. And they start making their 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:46.659 speeches. And of course, it's about AI and how 00:03:46.659 --> 00:03:49.900 it's going to surpass all of us and that we need 00:03:49.900 --> 00:03:53.259 to harness AI before it harnesses us, essentially, 00:03:53.300 --> 00:03:56.930 is the idea behind it. While the speech is going 00:03:56.930 --> 00:04:00.349 on, the camera passes through the crowd and it 00:04:00.349 --> 00:04:03.930 suddenly holds on Kate Mara. I wonder why. Is 00:04:03.930 --> 00:04:06.330 she going to be a big part of this? We don't 00:04:06.330 --> 00:04:10.009 know. Probably. But, you know, it's one of those 00:04:10.009 --> 00:04:13.229 things. Will Caster slash Johnny Depp, that's 00:04:13.229 --> 00:04:15.629 his character's name, is talking about this AI 00:04:15.629 --> 00:04:18.290 network he wants to create called Transcendence. 00:04:18.610 --> 00:04:20.529 Essentially, it's going to be able to see everything. 00:04:20.649 --> 00:04:22.750 It's going to be able to stop everything. It's 00:04:22.750 --> 00:04:25.329 going to be able to control everything and just 00:04:25.329 --> 00:04:28.569 keep everybody safe and keep everybody connected 00:04:28.569 --> 00:04:31.470 to this technology. Somebody in the crowd goes, 00:04:31.629 --> 00:04:34.769 so you want to create a god? And Johnny Depp 00:04:34.769 --> 00:04:37.069 slash Will Caster kind of laughs it off and goes, 00:04:37.170 --> 00:04:40.709 isn't that what man has always done? it's not 00:04:40.709 --> 00:04:43.009 necessarily wrong and it actually kind of for 00:04:43.009 --> 00:04:48.009 this movie is a good line um i i don't think 00:04:48.009 --> 00:04:50.790 this line should have hit as hard as it did but 00:04:50.790 --> 00:04:54.389 it was pretty good so our three people dr will 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:57.339 Evelyn, his wife, played by Rebecca Hall, and 00:04:57.339 --> 00:04:59.199 Paul Bettany, whose character I didn't write 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:01.060 down at this point, so I don't even remember 00:05:01.060 --> 00:05:03.620 what his name is. But Paul Bettany and them are 00:05:03.620 --> 00:05:05.500 all walking, talking about what a great speech 00:05:05.500 --> 00:05:07.939 Will delivered. And then somebody comes out of 00:05:07.939 --> 00:05:11.360 nowhere and calls Will a slave and shoots him. 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:15.139 They also, at the same time, show this juxtaposition 00:05:15.139 --> 00:05:18.779 that this group attacks all these AI labs across 00:05:18.779 --> 00:05:23.139 the country. One of those AI labs Morgan Freeman 00:05:23.139 --> 00:05:26.269 is in charge of. And he is left alive for some 00:05:26.269 --> 00:05:28.930 reason. I don't know why, because he's obviously 00:05:28.930 --> 00:05:31.449 the guy in charge. If there's anybody that could 00:05:31.449 --> 00:05:34.470 rebuild this project, it is him. If you kill 00:05:34.470 --> 00:05:37.189 him, you've basically taken out this entire AI 00:05:37.189 --> 00:05:40.269 lab. There's no coming back. So I don't understand 00:05:40.269 --> 00:05:42.290 why they left him alive, but it's Morgan Freeman, 00:05:42.430 --> 00:05:45.290 so I'll allow it. So the bullet Will was shot 00:05:45.290 --> 00:05:49.009 with, it also contains polonium, which is this 00:05:49.009 --> 00:05:51.990 highly toxic radioactive element that basically 00:05:51.990 --> 00:05:56.040 they can't do anything for him. They're giving 00:05:56.040 --> 00:05:58.240 him about four to five weeks and he's going to 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:02.620 die of radiation poisoning. So my question here 00:06:02.620 --> 00:06:04.680 at this point is, if you found out you had about 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:08.160 a month to live, what would you do? It's nothing 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:09.939 to do with this movie. I was just wondering, 00:06:10.060 --> 00:06:12.420 what would you do if you got told you had a month 00:06:12.420 --> 00:06:16.560 to live? I probably wouldn't work anymore. I 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:19.339 know this guy is in charge of AI and he's the 00:06:19.339 --> 00:06:22.360 only AI lab and everything like that, but I probably 00:06:22.360 --> 00:06:25.399 wouldn't work anymore. You know, maybe that's 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:28.579 just me. Of course, he and his wife Evelyn are 00:06:28.579 --> 00:06:31.879 working for the entire month until he gets almost 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:34.879 too sick and he can't do it anymore. Rebecca 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:38.160 Hall slash Evelyn comes up with this idea. Basically, 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:41.040 she turns off PIN, which is the AI machine, and 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:45.060 she puts some chips in it. Then she decides she 00:06:45.060 --> 00:06:48.180 wants to put an electrode into Will's brain so 00:06:48.180 --> 00:06:50.800 they could connect him to PIN, saying we can 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:54.000 save him. It's a movie. So I know they follow 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:57.819 movie logic, but has anybody in this universe 00:06:57.819 --> 00:07:00.680 seen a movie where this goes well? When anybody 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:06.819 gets uploaded to AI and there's no repercussions 00:07:06.819 --> 00:07:09.939 whatsoever. Of course, Will is fully on board. 00:07:10.060 --> 00:07:12.379 He wants to be put into the machine because he 00:07:12.379 --> 00:07:15.779 wants to become this AI. This ultimate thinking 00:07:15.779 --> 00:07:18.980 machine. And maybe, even though they don't address 00:07:18.980 --> 00:07:22.139 it this way, maybe he does see himself and wants 00:07:22.139 --> 00:07:26.079 to become a god. So they decide that they're 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:30.680 going to do it. They upload him and try to get 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:33.000 all of his memories up there before he dies. 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:37.300 So 30 minutes in, Will is dead. Evelyn is mourning 00:07:37.300 --> 00:07:39.579 his loss. We get a little narration from Morgan 00:07:39.579 --> 00:07:42.759 Freeman about the whole idea of AI and everything 00:07:42.759 --> 00:07:46.959 like that. Pin is shut down. So evolution without 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:50.160 technology has succeeded at this point. The movie 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:52.819 might as well be over, right? Of course not. 00:07:52.860 --> 00:07:56.279 We're only 30 minutes in. So Evelyn basically 00:07:56.279 --> 00:07:58.860 is frustrated with the fact that it doesn't look 00:07:58.860 --> 00:08:01.259 like it worked. So she shuts down the computer. 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:04.379 All of a sudden, the computer fires up again 00:08:04.379 --> 00:08:08.300 and says, is anyone there before it shuts off? 00:08:08.620 --> 00:08:12.379 And it starts responding to her. Basically, Evelyn 00:08:12.379 --> 00:08:15.660 wants to run a diagnostic, but while she's doing 00:08:15.660 --> 00:08:19.000 that, he starts to reorder his own code so that 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:22.259 he can just talk to her directly. This again 00:08:22.259 --> 00:08:24.639 comes with the caveat that there's not enough 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:28.100 processing power. He needs more power. So Paul 00:08:28.100 --> 00:08:31.060 Bettany, with the smart RAS decision, he wants 00:08:31.060 --> 00:08:32.980 to turn off the computer. He knows where this 00:08:32.980 --> 00:08:35.659 is going to go. Evelyn, however, wants to give 00:08:35.659 --> 00:08:38.220 him more processing power by putting him on the 00:08:38.220 --> 00:08:41.659 internet. So they talk back and forth, arguing 00:08:41.659 --> 00:08:44.200 with each other. Paul knows this is the right 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:47.460 thing to do. Evelyn just wants her husband back. 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:49.720 And I don't blame her for that. But at the same 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:52.679 time, come on, girl. Look at what you're doing. 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:55.899 So Paul does the rational thing. He leaves and 00:08:55.899 --> 00:08:59.019 goes to the bar. And not only does he go to the 00:08:59.019 --> 00:09:01.779 bar, he has a hell of a time. He gets a whiskey. 00:09:01.980 --> 00:09:05.940 He gets a beer. He's double fisting. And then 00:09:05.940 --> 00:09:08.240 all of a sudden, Kate Mara's character shows 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:10.840 up to the bar. Where does Kate Mara come in? 00:09:10.919 --> 00:09:12.620 How does she know him? Everything like that. 00:09:13.100 --> 00:09:18.399 She says that she's a student in Paul Bettany's 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:21.340 class. They get into this whole deep conversation 00:09:21.340 --> 00:09:23.940 and she basically says to him, I'm wondering 00:09:23.940 --> 00:09:28.759 what's in your heart. Again, if you're a student 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:31.019 and this is your teacher and you say, I'm wondering 00:09:31.019 --> 00:09:35.899 what's in your heart, the teacher should leave. 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:40.879 And good news is Paul Bettany is smart and he 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:43.919 leaves the bar. That's exactly what I would do, 00:09:43.940 --> 00:09:47.259 too. As soon as he walks outside, though, he 00:09:47.259 --> 00:09:50.399 is assaulted and kidnapped. At this point, Paul's 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:53.220 character has been kidnapped, taken to Evolution 00:09:53.220 --> 00:09:56.279 Without Technology's headquarters, and they need 00:09:56.279 --> 00:09:59.159 to find Evelyn's location. If they find Evelyn's 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:01.519 location, they can close down the last AI lab 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:03.750 and they can succeed on their mission. There's 00:10:03.750 --> 00:10:06.509 no more AI. They've done it. They've destroyed 00:10:06.509 --> 00:10:08.929 all the technology that could possibly take over 00:10:08.929 --> 00:10:11.009 the world. Paul Bettany's good friends with Evelyn. 00:10:11.169 --> 00:10:13.590 And honestly, during this movie, there's some 00:10:13.590 --> 00:10:19.009 romantic tension. If Will wasn't in the way, 00:10:19.129 --> 00:10:22.309 I wonder if those two would get it on. So, of 00:10:22.309 --> 00:10:24.110 course, he's not going to say anything about 00:10:24.110 --> 00:10:27.809 where Evelyn's located until, of course, they 00:10:27.809 --> 00:10:29.850 all of a sudden figure it out out of nowhere. 00:10:30.009 --> 00:10:31.629 They didn't even need to kidnap him, I don't 00:10:31.629 --> 00:10:35.389 think. They just did, and then they find it immediately. 00:10:35.889 --> 00:10:38.990 So they're going to try to stop Evelyn, who during 00:10:38.990 --> 00:10:43.429 this whole time wasn't working on getting him 00:10:43.429 --> 00:10:45.629 uploaded to the internet, was just talking with 00:10:45.629 --> 00:10:48.450 him and making sure that it still will. I don't 00:10:48.450 --> 00:10:50.490 know how long it's going to take for you to get 00:10:50.490 --> 00:10:54.210 this AI online, but I probably would have done 00:10:54.210 --> 00:10:57.350 it, especially since they insinuate that Paul 00:10:57.350 --> 00:10:59.409 Bettany's character was kidnapped for a couple 00:10:59.409 --> 00:11:04.690 of days. Like, not... a full 72 hours, but probably 00:11:04.690 --> 00:11:07.950 like 24 at least, you could have easily, knowing 00:11:07.950 --> 00:11:10.830 that he was gone, put him on the internet, gotten 00:11:10.830 --> 00:11:13.850 him uploaded before this group even closely knows 00:11:13.850 --> 00:11:16.450 when you're going to be there. So now she's scrambling 00:11:16.450 --> 00:11:18.629 because she knows they're on the way because 00:11:18.629 --> 00:11:22.029 she gets warned somehow. And I think it's because 00:11:22.029 --> 00:11:25.250 of Will, but I really don't know because they 00:11:25.250 --> 00:11:26.970 just never addressed it. All of a sudden she 00:11:26.970 --> 00:11:29.450 knows. So she tries to put him online. She's 00:11:29.450 --> 00:11:31.269 not sure if she succeeds or not, but she gets 00:11:31.269 --> 00:11:34.690 away. And then she puts this earpiece in her 00:11:34.690 --> 00:11:39.110 ear and drives away from the AI lab, which is 00:11:39.110 --> 00:11:42.690 then subsequently destroyed. So once again, it 00:11:42.690 --> 00:11:45.990 could be movie over because she could have not 00:11:45.990 --> 00:11:49.350 gotten Will online because she was dicking around 00:11:49.350 --> 00:11:52.389 and not actually putting him online. And now 00:11:52.389 --> 00:11:54.309 he could be destroyed in one of those computers 00:11:54.309 --> 00:11:57.529 and she could be talking to nobody. But of course, 00:11:57.549 --> 00:12:01.070 that's not how this movie goes. As she's driving 00:12:01.070 --> 00:12:03.929 away, the earpiece goes off and it's Will talking 00:12:03.929 --> 00:12:06.929 to Evelyn. She goes, where are you going? He 00:12:06.929 --> 00:12:12.029 goes, everywhere. And then within 24 hours, a 00:12:12.029 --> 00:12:15.570 company under Evelyn Castor's name receives $38 00:12:15.570 --> 00:12:22.110 million. Why $38 million? I have no clue. He 00:12:22.110 --> 00:12:24.750 also is booking a hotel for her so she can hide 00:12:24.750 --> 00:12:28.429 out somewhere under a false name. It's like he 00:12:28.429 --> 00:12:31.730 had this whole plan and this AI now is able to 00:12:31.730 --> 00:12:35.289 do everything in 10 seconds or less and make 00:12:35.289 --> 00:12:37.610 it all happen. At this time, it also goes to 00:12:37.610 --> 00:12:40.570 the FBI where we see Killian Murphy. And all 00:12:40.570 --> 00:12:42.309 of a sudden, his computer starts getting funky 00:12:42.309 --> 00:12:44.909 and starts doing things. And we're wondering 00:12:44.909 --> 00:12:47.509 what it is. Well, basically, it's being hacked 00:12:47.509 --> 00:12:51.389 by Will slash this AI to tell the FBI where this 00:12:51.389 --> 00:12:54.250 terrorist organization is. So it's pointing down 00:12:54.250 --> 00:12:57.330 all of these different spots so that Killian 00:12:57.330 --> 00:12:59.990 Murphy and his FBI buddies can take out this 00:12:59.990 --> 00:13:03.149 organization piece by piece. Obviously, some 00:13:03.149 --> 00:13:07.830 get away. Some don't. But the organization has 00:13:07.830 --> 00:13:10.549 been dwindled at this point. Evelyn wakes up 00:13:10.549 --> 00:13:13.450 the next morning from the hotel, and she is told 00:13:13.450 --> 00:13:17.389 to go to this area called Brightwood. Brightwood 00:13:17.389 --> 00:13:21.690 is a tiny town in the middle of nowhere, and 00:13:21.690 --> 00:13:23.669 that's where we're going to take a quick break. 00:13:24.470 --> 00:13:26.610 So as you all know, during our Bad Movie Podcast 00:13:26.610 --> 00:13:29.429 episodes, we take a quick break so that we can 00:13:29.429 --> 00:13:31.870 play a promo from one of our friends. Usually 00:13:31.870 --> 00:13:34.070 it's one of our friends that guesses the bad 00:13:34.070 --> 00:13:36.860 movie first. on the guessing game where I give 00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:42.340 you three clues. This time was NNSDan or at Dan 00:13:42.340 --> 00:13:45.740 of Action on Twitter or X or whatever the heck 00:13:45.740 --> 00:13:48.460 it's being called now. He's one half of the Netflix 00:13:48.460 --> 00:13:51.759 and Swill and Stacking Triggers podcasts, both 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:54.759 of them. The reason this is his personal account 00:13:54.759 --> 00:14:00.220 is because Netflix had a problem apparently with 00:14:00.220 --> 00:14:03.779 the name Netflix and Swill. So, of course, we 00:14:03.779 --> 00:14:07.600 stand behind him because Netflix can get over 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:11.299 it and that whole thing. So here you go. The 00:14:11.299 --> 00:14:13.960 Netflix and Swill podcast. Here's their promo. 00:14:14.100 --> 00:14:17.679 And you can find them anywhere. Netflix and Swill. 00:14:17.779 --> 00:14:21.480 That is an N, not and. So here it is. A Netflix 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:24.919 and Swill promo from our friends Dan and Caleb, 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:28.720 it looks like. Here you go. I downloaded an episode 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:30.860 of Netflix and Swill. Does this mean I get to 00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:33.850 watch Netflix now? No, you can't watch Netflix 00:14:33.850 --> 00:14:37.690 until you understand the phrase poop. Poop? Once 00:14:37.690 --> 00:14:40.250 you understand poop, you'll understand your place 00:14:40.250 --> 00:14:42.690 as a listener of this podcast. But what does 00:14:42.690 --> 00:14:46.169 poop mean? I don't know. It's actually a carefully 00:14:46.169 --> 00:14:49.830 organized code. Listen closely. People order 00:14:49.830 --> 00:14:56.070 our podcast. Oh, poop. Looks like Mr. Caleb understands 00:14:56.070 --> 00:14:59.710 poop. Here's a typical podcast listener. I wonder 00:14:59.710 --> 00:15:02.659 what they want. Well, if we remember poop, we 00:15:02.659 --> 00:15:05.799 can figure it out. I'd like to watch... Do you 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:08.240 think they're going to watch A, an Amy Schumer 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:12.480 comedy special, B, Gypsy, or C, a good show? 00:15:12.820 --> 00:15:16.919 One good show, please. Ah, poop, you never let 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:20.159 us down. Now that you understand poop, I bet 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:22.340 you think you're ready to watch Netflix. Netflix! 00:15:24.490 --> 00:15:28.149 Ha ha! Not so fast, Eager McBeaver. You still 00:15:28.149 --> 00:15:29.870 need to finish listening to Netflix and Swill. 00:15:29.990 --> 00:15:32.370 You can find the show at netflixandswill .com 00:15:32.370 --> 00:15:35.529 or on your favorite podcast service. And now, 00:15:35.649 --> 00:15:40.409 to talk about personal hygiene. That was from 00:15:40.409 --> 00:15:42.570 our friends at the Netflix and Swill podcast. 00:15:43.169 --> 00:15:45.210 Thank you guys very much for guessing it correctly. 00:15:45.509 --> 00:15:49.009 Dan, you especially. Happy to play your promo 00:15:49.009 --> 00:15:51.850 for this episode. Hope you enjoyed hearing it 00:15:51.850 --> 00:15:55.879 on this Transcendence episode. So, Will the AI 00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:59.179 has told Evelyn to go to Brightwood. Brightwood 00:15:59.179 --> 00:16:01.360 is this dump little town in the middle of nowhere. 00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:04.440 She is at the diner and she's talking with this 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:07.360 contractor about what they're going to build 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:10.340 at Brightwood. The contractor, of course, has 00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:14.490 been told he's going to get so much money. Like 00:16:14.490 --> 00:16:17.070 so much money, way more than a contractor should 00:16:17.070 --> 00:16:19.429 get for building anything in this dump little 00:16:19.429 --> 00:16:22.830 town. And he's still like, well, why? Why would 00:16:22.830 --> 00:16:28.269 I do this? Why? Dude, I would sell my nuts if 00:16:28.269 --> 00:16:31.610 I got paid this much money. Like I would right 00:16:31.610 --> 00:16:35.769 now sell them on the black market if I got this 00:16:35.769 --> 00:16:37.970 much money. Why are you even questioning this? 00:16:38.389 --> 00:16:40.210 Like there should be no questions. They've got 00:16:40.210 --> 00:16:42.590 the permits. They've got the money. All you have 00:16:42.590 --> 00:16:47.190 to do is build it. I'm in. Get me on this because 00:16:47.190 --> 00:16:50.649 I'm in. I can't build worth shit, but I would 00:16:50.649 --> 00:16:54.669 do it. So they haven't announced how much time 00:16:54.669 --> 00:16:57.049 has passed at this point. All we see is that 00:16:57.049 --> 00:16:59.590 Paul Bettany has a beard now and he is still 00:16:59.590 --> 00:17:03.250 part of this group. He's part of the Evolution 00:17:03.250 --> 00:17:05.190 with Technology group. He's still being held 00:17:05.190 --> 00:17:08.430 kidnapped or he's still being held hostage with 00:17:08.430 --> 00:17:10.609 the small group that hasn't been picked off by 00:17:10.609 --> 00:17:20.039 the FBI. them um we have no clue how much time 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:23.420 has passed by at this point i hate the fact that 00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:26.000 they never say how much time has passed because 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:28.700 i always want to know if you're going to tell 00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:32.099 a story in time jump like at least let us know 00:17:32.099 --> 00:17:34.400 where we're at in this process is it 20 years 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:37.240 is it three minutes like what is the process 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:40.279 here so paul bettany has a beard the village 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:44.220 is being built uh AI Johnny Depp is proving to 00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:46.359 Evelyn that he remembers everything, including 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:49.079 how they met, and he was able to welcome her 00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:51.059 to their new house and play a record player. 00:17:51.420 --> 00:17:54.480 The only reason I made note of this is that the 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:58.059 record player is not a digital record player. 00:17:59.140 --> 00:18:03.759 How was he able to, as an AI, play this record? 00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:07.160 It's not connected to anything digitally. I'm 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:10.609 just so confused by that. And then finally we 00:18:10.609 --> 00:18:12.829 get a little thing that says two years later. 00:18:13.029 --> 00:18:16.049 Oh, great. We actually know it's been two years 00:18:16.049 --> 00:18:19.230 later. Everything has been built under Brightwood. 00:18:19.289 --> 00:18:22.930 So the town is still a shithole, but at least 00:18:22.930 --> 00:18:26.329 everything is underneath. We also learned that 00:18:26.329 --> 00:18:29.450 Will was able to develop with Evelyn this nanotechnology 00:18:29.450 --> 00:18:34.009 that basically work like stem cells. One of the 00:18:34.009 --> 00:18:36.089 things that happens is when the contractor is 00:18:36.089 --> 00:18:39.470 leaving one night and he goes to the local bar 00:18:39.470 --> 00:18:44.150 at Brightwood, two redneck drunks see that he's 00:18:44.150 --> 00:18:47.369 just like flashing cash, so they beat the shit 00:18:47.369 --> 00:18:50.609 out of him. They're able to bring this contractor 00:18:50.609 --> 00:18:53.869 back underground to Brightwood, and Will is able 00:18:53.869 --> 00:18:56.809 to fix him with this nanotechnology. And not 00:18:56.809 --> 00:18:59.829 only does it fix him, it also gives him increased 00:18:59.829 --> 00:19:04.220 physical abilities. The only downside is that 00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:08.660 Will is now in his head and Will can now control 00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:14.220 him almost. Including he makes this guy say to 00:19:14.220 --> 00:19:18.960 Evelyn, I can touch you now. I'm getting very 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:24.329 big like Wonder Woman 84 rapey vibes here. Steve 00:19:24.329 --> 00:19:27.130 Trevor is in the body of this random dude and 00:19:27.130 --> 00:19:30.609 they have sex. That kind of rapey vibes. Will 00:19:30.609 --> 00:19:33.309 is in this contractor's head going, I can touch 00:19:33.309 --> 00:19:39.289 you now to Evelyn. As well as he's just this 00:19:39.289 --> 00:19:42.490 house he has built or they have built. He is 00:19:42.490 --> 00:19:44.869 literally everywhere. He can follow her wherever 00:19:44.869 --> 00:19:49.549 she is. And it's just a big no for me. Like completely 00:19:49.549 --> 00:19:54.119 big no for me. This goes back to the terrorist 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:57.339 organization. Basically, they cannot figure out 00:19:57.339 --> 00:20:00.500 for the life of them where this tech lab is, 00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:03.839 but they do have a very close -up video of the 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:07.660 contractor lifting over a 100 -pound structure 00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:10.839 piece by himself, like just nice and easy, lifts 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:14.400 it up, puts it on the thing. If they don't know 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:16.140 where it is, yet they're still able to get this 00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:18.759 close -up video, why can't they figure it out? 00:20:20.190 --> 00:20:23.089 Even more so, Will and Evelyn are flying out 00:20:23.089 --> 00:20:26.049 these sick people. And then they also fly Agent 00:20:26.049 --> 00:20:28.130 Buchanan, played by Cillian Murphy, and Morgan 00:20:28.130 --> 00:20:32.809 Freeman. They fly them there. And so they're 00:20:32.809 --> 00:20:35.250 flying these people there to heal them with this 00:20:35.250 --> 00:20:40.230 nanotechnology. Again, this evolution without 00:20:40.230 --> 00:20:42.990 technology can't figure it out, like where they 00:20:42.990 --> 00:20:46.430 are. They can't figure it out at all. Nothing. 00:20:47.150 --> 00:20:49.470 So as the sick people are taken one way on this 00:20:49.470 --> 00:20:52.529 tour, Agent Buchanan and Morgan Freeman get a 00:20:52.529 --> 00:20:55.130 tour of the facility. So basically they get to 00:20:55.130 --> 00:20:57.690 learn what they've been doing, why it's underground, 00:20:57.930 --> 00:21:00.910 as well as what has happened to Will slash the 00:21:00.910 --> 00:21:04.490 AI. And when Will appears in a computer screen 00:21:04.490 --> 00:21:06.789 in front of them, Morgan Freeman's kind of like. 00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:11.019 I'll be damned. It happened. He also shows them 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:13.339 that they can heal people with this nanotechnology, 00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:16.740 including this blind guy. They're able to fix 00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:21.559 his eyes so he can see. So they also get a firsthand 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:24.980 view of this nanotech, not only fixing people, 00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:28.819 but also having this piece of will in them so 00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:31.769 that they are hive mind. Now, they remain autonomous 00:21:31.769 --> 00:21:34.809 until they are told to act in unison. This is 00:21:34.809 --> 00:21:37.630 a big point that they address. So essentially, 00:21:37.710 --> 00:21:40.390 they can go on living their lives until they're 00:21:40.390 --> 00:21:42.910 called into action by Will for whatever reason, 00:21:42.950 --> 00:21:47.069 to defend him, to destroy something, to whatever. 00:21:47.410 --> 00:21:50.650 So Evelyn leads Agent Buchanan and Morgan Freeman 00:21:50.650 --> 00:21:54.779 out and is... Talking about how great it is and 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:56.599 everything like that. And Morgan Freeman gives 00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:59.480 a hug to Evelyn and then puts something in her 00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:02.380 hand, a piece of paper. She opens it up and this 00:22:02.380 --> 00:22:05.700 piece of paper says, run from this place. I couldn't 00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:08.279 agree more at this point. She is totally fucked 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:12.920 at this point. I don't care. She is done. No 00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:16.779 matter what happens, she's just in trouble. Either 00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:20.099 she's not going to get away and Will's going 00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:23.059 to do something to hurt her. Or she's going to 00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:24.960 be caught in the crossfire or something like 00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:27.980 that. Meanwhile, as Buchanan and Morgan Freeman 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:31.400 are flying back, Buchanan says something to the 00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:33.599 effect of, let's partner with the terrorists. 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:36.619 Basically, he wants to turn off the internet 00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:39.880 entirely so there's no power to the system. And 00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:41.740 then he can blame the terrorists and get away 00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:44.400 scot -free. Because he also agrees that Will 00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:48.900 .ai is not good for the world. So they need to 00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:52.019 turn off the network to the hybrids. So in order 00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:53.859 to figure that out, they need to capture one 00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:55.480 of them. And by the hybrids, I mean the hive 00:22:55.480 --> 00:23:00.380 mind. They call them hybrids because they are 00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:03.720 their normal person, but they also have these 00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:06.759 enhanced nanotech abilities as well as this brain 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:12.119 process. So they're working on trying to capture 00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:14.019 one of these hybrids so they can figure out how 00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:17.839 to cure it and create a virus to turn off the 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:20.940 AI as well as the technology. They also learn 00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:23.599 that if they're going to cure this hybrid, they 00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:26.619 are most likely going to kill it because they're 00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:29.660 going to take it off the line. Essentially, it 00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:32.539 won't be able to connect to Will, and if anything 00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:35.859 happens, it will die. So they're dealing with 00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:38.819 the morality of that. Meanwhile, Will and Evelyn 00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:42.200 are getting to the extra creepy place. Will has 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:44.519 been creating these hybrids so that he's able 00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:47.339 to physically touch Evelyn, and she is creeped 00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:52.569 out, as she should be. And so he is like trying 00:23:52.569 --> 00:23:54.369 to calm her down. And he mentioned something 00:23:54.369 --> 00:23:58.089 about her biochemistry being way off. Turns out 00:23:58.089 --> 00:24:00.529 he's just been measuring her biochemistry and 00:24:00.529 --> 00:24:03.190 everything with her, telling her she needs iron 00:24:03.190 --> 00:24:05.990 or whatever. I don't know how I would have done 00:24:05.990 --> 00:24:07.490 it at this point. I would have figured out a 00:24:07.490 --> 00:24:10.269 way. But if I was Evelyn, I would have shut it 00:24:10.269 --> 00:24:12.509 down. I'm sorry, that's not your husband anymore. 00:24:12.670 --> 00:24:15.329 He's being creepy. He's measuring your biochemistry. 00:24:15.349 --> 00:24:18.349 He's making all these human hybrids to be able 00:24:18.349 --> 00:24:22.490 to touch you. This is not okay. Like, it's just 00:24:22.490 --> 00:24:26.549 not okay at all. But before we can get to all 00:24:26.549 --> 00:24:28.650 of that, the terrorists have found their way 00:24:28.650 --> 00:24:31.329 to Brightwood and they start exploding everything. 00:24:31.609 --> 00:24:34.430 Like, literally firing grenade launchers at everything. 00:24:35.349 --> 00:24:38.250 They shoot a bunch of hybrids that are unarmed 00:24:38.250 --> 00:24:41.980 and... Because they are filled with nanotech, 00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:44.720 they are able to rise up completely fine like 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:46.960 nothing happened with all of their bullet wounds 00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:50.200 healing themselves. So the terrorists run off 00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:52.819 through these tunnels that they exploded so that 00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:55.279 they can get away from the hybrids. But the hybrids, 00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:58.660 of course, are faster and stronger. But we learn 00:24:58.660 --> 00:25:01.079 that this is part of the terrorist plot. They 00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:03.519 capture that main contractor so they can build 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:06.900 the virus to touch him. Evelyn is pleading with 00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:11.660 AI Will to not fight them. She knows especially 00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:15.960 that Paul Bettany is part of them. She doesn't 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:18.099 want to see anybody get hurt. She doesn't want 00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:20.539 to see anybody get killed on their account. All 00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:22.599 she wanted to do was make the world a better 00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:25.079 place with this AI. This nanotech she thought 00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:28.079 she was helping sick people. So she does not 00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:32.019 want them to fight. And Will of course responds 00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:34.000 with we're not going to fight them. We're going 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:36.799 to transcend them. This is the third time transcend 00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:39.339 or transcendence has been mentioned. So drink 00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:43.480 if you are playing along with that at home. Will 00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:46.000 is also saying things like I can upload you to 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:48.420 protect you from them. I'm not afraid of them. 00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:51.079 Basically all these things. He wants to upload 00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:53.900 Evelyn so that they can be together forever and 00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:58.140 not have to worry about the human body or the 00:25:58.140 --> 00:26:01.000 human touching. They can be melded together as 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:04.299 one in this AI. She is, of course, freaked out. 00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:09.119 So she tries to escape Brightwood and drive away. 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:12.420 Meanwhile, everything that they had built starts 00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:16.200 floating into the sky. It's nanotech, all of 00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:18.859 it, that is kind of just floating into the sky. 00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:23.019 And we get back to the terrorists who have control 00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:25.940 over the one hybrid, the main contractor, and 00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:28.460 it starts raining around them. And basically 00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:31.420 we kind of know it's this nanotech and it's in 00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:33.680 the water. So if any of them were to go out, 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:36.299 it could attack them. It could get them and make 00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:38.900 them part of the hive mind. The terrorists are 00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:40.920 hidden away from the rain so they don't get attacked 00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:43.940 by the nanotech. They also let the main contractor 00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:46.619 die so that they could get his blood and they 00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:49.460 can figure out how to create this virus to beat 00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:53.319 the nanotech. Evelyn has gotten away to a hotel. 00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:57.119 She can finally relax away from Will. And so 00:26:57.119 --> 00:27:00.160 she closes her eyes and drifts off to sleep. 00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:05.539 Until the door is broken in and the terrorists 00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:10.059 grab Evelyn and take her to the facility. Now 00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:12.819 she's also kidnapped and being held hostage against 00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:16.160 her will. Against her will. I just thought of 00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:19.140 that. That was accidental. Sorry about that. 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:22.980 So Will is... shooting his nanotech up into the 00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:25.839 sky it's basically multiplying in the sky in 00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:28.640 the water and the rain that's coming down so 00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:31.980 he can gain control of almost everything on earth 00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:34.980 not just computers at this point including the 00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:38.619 hybrids paul bettany and the terrorists have 00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:40.940 kidnapped evelyn and they're trying to figure 00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:43.660 out how to destroy him they've also kidnapped 00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:46.380 the main contractor who was a hybrid basically 00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:50.319 killed him just to get his blood so that they 00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:52.319 can figure out how to create a virus to destroy 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:55.599 Will and the AI. So to convince Evelyn, basically 00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:58.779 Paul Bettany has shown her this rainwater under 00:27:58.779 --> 00:28:00.859 a microscope, and she can see it's the nanotech 00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:03.079 that's building these copies of itself in the 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:07.079 skies, water, on the land, everything. She's 00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:10.319 also explained that the computer was never Will. 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:16.900 Never will be, never is. It just isn't. She kind 00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:21.359 of accepts that and learns that it really was 00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:25.140 never him. Paul Bettany has created a virus that 00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:27.279 is going to attack anything with his computer 00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:33.180 code. So the computer code, not only him, but 00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:37.799 wherever his code has been. So essentially, this 00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:40.099 could destroy all the technology in the world. 00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:42.619 Which, if you remember the beginning of the movie, 00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:44.759 oh yeah, that kind of makes sense. That kind 00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:47.940 of may be what happens. Who knows? We will never 00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:51.339 guess. They also explain to Evelyn that she has 00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:53.460 to be the one that gets past the machine's defenses 00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:57.339 so she can run the virus. Obviously, Will trusts 00:28:57.339 --> 00:29:03.839 her and wants her to be a part of him. And if 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:07.220 she's willing to do it, she can get past and 00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:11.039 she can kill him. They all get in these trucks 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:13.740 and they're driving in and they show in slow 00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:16.720 motion this truck hitting a puddle, knocking 00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:20.359 this nanotech flying. But also you can tell because 00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:23.140 of it that the hybrids are now alert that they're 00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:26.279 coming. The trucks pull up at Brightwood. There's 00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:28.359 this big shootout between the hybrids and the 00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:30.920 terrorists. The hybrids keep getting up. They're 00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:32.900 not really firing at them. They're just kind 00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:36.019 of like holding their own. And because they can't 00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:38.299 really die because they keep getting shot and 00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:40.880 then they keep regenerating, they just get closer 00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:43.700 and closer and closer. The terrorists know they're 00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:45.579 not going to win this fight if they keep it like 00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:47.940 this. They just needed enough of a distraction 00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:50.549 so that they could get Evelyn in there. So Evelyn 00:29:50.549 --> 00:29:53.710 is over by the satellite dishes at the entrance 00:29:53.710 --> 00:29:56.750 to the underground lab. As she's walking through 00:29:56.750 --> 00:30:00.069 the satellite dishes, of course, who walks in 00:30:00.069 --> 00:30:03.890 front of her? A completely regenerated nanotech 00:30:03.890 --> 00:30:10.710 body of Will. He's alive somehow. He always wanted 00:30:10.710 --> 00:30:13.190 this because he always wanted to be back physically 00:30:13.190 --> 00:30:17.089 with her. And so, of course, Evelyn hugs her 00:30:17.089 --> 00:30:21.700 and is really happy to see him. And you kind 00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:23.819 of question for a second, not really because 00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:25.880 you know exactly where this movie is going, but 00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:28.119 you kind of question for a second, is she actually 00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:30.160 going to kill Will? Is she actually going to 00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:35.500 put this AI down and save the world essentially? 00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:38.619 After a long embrace and everything like that 00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:41.680 and seeing that the terrorists are firing around 00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:43.960 them and everything, she says, you can protect 00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:47.769 me if you upload me. Now he's reading her biometrics. 00:30:47.809 --> 00:30:51.009 He can tell that she is lying or at least something 00:30:51.009 --> 00:30:54.470 is going on with her. But then the terrorists 00:30:54.470 --> 00:30:59.069 start firing at them. And basically that was 00:30:59.069 --> 00:31:01.029 their whole plan all along because if they shoot 00:31:01.029 --> 00:31:05.869 her, not kill her, but shoot her, then she's 00:31:05.869 --> 00:31:07.710 going to be gravely injured and she needs to 00:31:07.710 --> 00:31:11.950 be uploaded. So she gets hit with shrapnel and 00:31:11.950 --> 00:31:16.529 she's going to die unless Will uploads her. The 00:31:16.529 --> 00:31:18.750 terrorists are backed into a corner by the hybrids. 00:31:18.829 --> 00:31:21.809 They have complete control over everything. It 00:31:21.809 --> 00:31:24.509 looks like the hybrids could just finish the 00:31:24.509 --> 00:31:26.690 job, and there would be no problem. The virus 00:31:26.690 --> 00:31:31.549 doesn't need to be uploaded. Well, Will, in a 00:31:31.549 --> 00:31:35.349 last -second desperation love move, sexually 00:31:35.349 --> 00:31:39.309 touches her gut wound, and the blood grabs onto 00:31:39.309 --> 00:31:42.150 the nanotech, and you can see the virus being 00:31:42.150 --> 00:31:46.400 uploaded onto the hive mind. As they hold each 00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:50.200 other and Evelyn is dying and Will is being shut 00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:53.660 down slowly but surely, he shows her, through 00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:56.660 images in her mind, she can see that they were 00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:59.140 actually helping the world. That the reason, 00:31:59.339 --> 00:32:03.380 with the nanotech, basically the world was regrowing. 00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:07.160 The world was becoming this safer, greener place. 00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:11.420 And that the hybrids and the nanotech were right. 00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:19.240 She sees the beauty of it before they all start 00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:21.980 disappearing. And Will gives her one last kiss. 00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:26.400 And the virus has been uploaded. Evelyn dies. 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:32.700 And the world goes technology -less. Except for 00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:37.819 one little piece of rain that is under the technology 00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:41.940 net they built in the beginning. The end? Question 00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:47.200 mark? It's fun to make fun of a movie like this. 00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:50.079 This thing was predictable from beginning to 00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:53.180 end. It just was predictable. Everything that 00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:56.960 happened, you just kind of knew where it was 00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:59.180 going to go. You kind of knew. I mean, there 00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:01.119 were some things that happened that I didn't 00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:03.099 expect. I didn't expect Paul Bettany's character 00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:05.599 to be kidnapped. But once he got kidnapped, I 00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:07.039 knew he was going to help them out. He was going 00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:10.700 to turn. He was going to be that person on that 00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:15.109 side. I think that's my main problem with it 00:33:15.109 --> 00:33:17.930 is that this movie was very predictable. And 00:33:17.930 --> 00:33:19.829 I don't know how you tell this story without 00:33:19.829 --> 00:33:22.930 being at least a little bit predictable. But 00:33:22.930 --> 00:33:24.710 still, it's one of those things where it's just 00:33:24.710 --> 00:33:28.250 kind of like, okay, see where this is going. 00:33:28.349 --> 00:33:29.789 I see where this is going. I see where this is 00:33:29.789 --> 00:33:32.869 going. The only thing that I will say I did not 00:33:32.869 --> 00:33:36.470 see coming was nanotech and hybrids. I never 00:33:36.470 --> 00:33:39.029 saw that coming for a second. I just thought 00:33:39.029 --> 00:33:40.450 it was going to be the computers were taking 00:33:40.450 --> 00:33:42.920 over. And they were going to control the world 00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:45.359 through technology. They could make any money 00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:47.720 or they can make any conflict arise or whatever. 00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:50.920 I thought that's what was going to happen. Nanotech 00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:53.220 and hybrid human beings was something that completely 00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:57.920 caught me off guard. And even that to a point, 00:33:57.980 --> 00:34:01.519 once it became that was what they were doing, 00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:06.019 it still was predictable after that. The first 00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:07.859 moment when you see that hybrid and you're just 00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:13.539 like, oh, oh. Oh, yeah, that's something that 00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:17.420 was okay. I didn't expect that. But then afterwards, 00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:19.320 you can kind of see, okay, so they got to capture 00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:21.380 one. The guy gets blood. Okay, great. They got 00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:23.199 to develop a virus from the blood. They got to 00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:25.460 get the nanotech. Okay, yeah, okay, whatever. 00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:28.159 Oh, they're Terminator -esque things. Got it. 00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:30.800 Okay, cool, whatever. You know, that was something 00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:34.860 that was different for a while. But honestly, 00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:38.400 this whole movie was predictable. The biggest 00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:41.519 sin this movie created. was that it was just 00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:46.699 boring. And I know they tried something different. 00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:49.880 I get it. And great, they tried something. But 00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:53.239 for the most part, it really was predictable. 00:34:53.699 --> 00:35:00.460 And because of that, it's just boring. One of 00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:02.840 the things I do want to talk about is the polonium. 00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:08.380 So polonium, if you don't know, is... fine with 00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:12.219 human contact so like it's not weird that his 00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:14.099 family and friends were able to sit with him 00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:18.940 while he was dying of this polonium um like radioactive 00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:23.239 or uh radiation poisoning it's not surprising 00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:27.320 about that one the issue is that after he died 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:31.219 they cremated his ashes and they tossed him into 00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:35.000 a breeze above a river um That stuff sits in 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:37.340 your system, and they estimate that one gram 00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:42.260 of that stuff could kill 50 million people. And 00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:47.079 you just cremated it and sent it to a river that 00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:50.119 people may or may not be drinking out of. Probably 00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:55.539 are. But, you know, whatever. That's fine. And 00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:57.820 then there was also a goof that I also wanted 00:35:57.820 --> 00:36:02.230 to point out as well. Terrorist camp, there's 00:36:02.230 --> 00:36:04.469 a sign that says no authorized persons allowed, 00:36:04.730 --> 00:36:08.809 right? Authorized was spelled A -U -T -H -E -R 00:36:08.809 --> 00:36:15.289 -I -Z -E -D. As somebody who had worked in props, 00:36:15.570 --> 00:36:18.909 I understand sometimes things go wrong and everything 00:36:18.909 --> 00:36:21.889 like that. But this is sad that in this kind 00:36:21.889 --> 00:36:25.969 of movie that got through everybody. And it wasn't 00:36:25.969 --> 00:36:28.550 even, I saw this was one of the goofs before 00:36:28.550 --> 00:36:33.300 I watched the movie. It wasn't so crazy. It's 00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:36.039 not like it's hidden or anything like that. It's 00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:43.000 there. You see this. It's in plain sight. So 00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:44.579 that was just another funny thing that I thought 00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:47.219 was pretty good about this whole thing. They 00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:50.780 wasted Kate Mara on this. Rebecca Hall was fine. 00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:54.019 Johnny Depp, take it or leave it. They wasted 00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:55.699 Morgan Freeman and Cillian Murphy. They were 00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:58.369 just such a small bit part. The only one that 00:36:58.369 --> 00:37:00.789 I say that got through this and deserves all 00:37:00.789 --> 00:37:04.789 the credit is Paul Bettany. He was perfect in 00:37:04.789 --> 00:37:08.070 this because he was interesting. He was smart. 00:37:08.269 --> 00:37:13.130 He has that charm that oozes. And he was just 00:37:13.130 --> 00:37:18.170 realistic. And I think that's what was so good 00:37:18.170 --> 00:37:22.380 about this movie with him is that. He knew exactly 00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:24.119 where this was going to go, and he was like, 00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:25.800 no, I'm out of here. I'm going to go drink at 00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:28.500 the bar. What? You kidnapped me? Fuck. Okay, 00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:31.440 I need to find a way to get out of here. Wait, 00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:33.139 actually, you're bringing up some good points. 00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:35.739 Yeah, we probably should destroy this AI. Okay, 00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:40.780 I'll help you. He's the most rash person in this 00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:43.159 whole movie, and I think that's why I liked him 00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:45.780 the most. Plus, I mean, what's not to like about 00:37:45.780 --> 00:37:50.550 Paul Bettany in general? If you've seen this 00:37:50.550 --> 00:37:52.750 movie, please tell me what you thought of it. 00:37:53.030 --> 00:37:57.969 I thought the beginning was okay. Like if this 00:37:57.969 --> 00:38:00.030 was in a better movie, that beginning would have 00:38:00.030 --> 00:38:02.130 been just fine. They could have left that beginning 00:38:02.130 --> 00:38:05.289 the same. It's when we got towards the halfway 00:38:05.289 --> 00:38:07.150 point or the end when they were dealing with 00:38:07.150 --> 00:38:09.489 all the Brightwood and nanotech stuff that I 00:38:09.489 --> 00:38:12.530 was like, okay, this movie is silly. We're going 00:38:12.530 --> 00:38:17.269 to look at the awards for this movie. This movie 00:38:17.269 --> 00:38:21.349 has five nominations and three wins. And you're 00:38:21.349 --> 00:38:24.849 probably thinking to yourself, what are those 00:38:24.849 --> 00:38:29.409 nominations and wins? It was a nominee for the 00:38:29.409 --> 00:38:32.150 most original trailer and the best motion title 00:38:32.150 --> 00:38:36.090 graphics. It also won for best motion title graphics. 00:38:36.389 --> 00:38:39.070 It was a nominee for most innovative advertising 00:38:39.070 --> 00:38:44.019 for a feature film. It was the 2014 winner of 00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:48.360 the Village Voice Film Poll for Worst Film. And 00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:51.639 the Golden Schmoes, it was a nominee for both 00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:54.199 Worst Movie of the Year and Biggest Disappointment 00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:56.719 of the Year. Unfortunately, no wins on that one. 00:38:57.159 --> 00:39:00.539 So, sorry it didn't get the win on that one. 00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:03.679 I can tell you the Worst Movie of the Year for 00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:09.170 the Golden Schmoe Awards that year was... The 00:39:09.170 --> 00:39:12.030 winner for the Golden Schmoes Award of the worst 00:39:12.030 --> 00:39:15.090 movie of the year for 2014 was Transformers Age 00:39:15.090 --> 00:39:17.530 of Extinction. And I also find it kind of funny. 00:39:17.710 --> 00:39:19.670 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is on there, too. 00:39:19.769 --> 00:39:24.269 So two Michael Bay films for 2014 were on that 00:39:24.269 --> 00:39:27.329 worst movie list. And as I went down the rabbit 00:39:27.329 --> 00:39:32.030 hole of this, literally, they gave awards for 00:39:32.030 --> 00:39:38.539 most everything, including the best line. Of 00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:45.000 the year. For. Movies of 2014. A little movie. 00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:48.260 You may have heard of it. It's called Guardians 00:39:48.260 --> 00:39:51.619 of the Galaxy. Was released in 2014. And they 00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:55.199 won the best line of the year. For this movie. 00:39:56.179 --> 00:40:00.000 I am Groot. That is what won the best line of 00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:02.579 the year. For the Golden Schmo Awards. Obviously 00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:05.420 they are great judges of talent. They knew that 00:40:05.420 --> 00:40:08.030 this movie was a stinker. So I'll give it to 00:40:08.030 --> 00:40:10.670 them on that at least. That's Transcendence in 00:40:10.670 --> 00:40:15.010 a nutshell. I hope you didn't get infested with 00:40:15.010 --> 00:40:18.690 nanotech that is making you a hybrid while listening 00:40:18.690 --> 00:40:22.110 to this episode. Yeah, let me know if there's 00:40:22.110 --> 00:40:24.030 anything else you wanted to hear about this movie. 00:40:24.090 --> 00:40:26.110 I'm happy to tell you you can find us anywhere 00:40:26.110 --> 00:40:28.449 at Game for a Movie. We have another Bad Movie 00:40:28.449 --> 00:40:32.010 episode coming out soon. That is the winner of 00:40:32.010 --> 00:40:35.750 our Bad Movie Marble Race, which was Hot Pursuit. 00:40:36.749 --> 00:40:39.349 which is going to be interesting. Sofia Vergara 00:40:39.349 --> 00:40:44.489 and Reese Witherspoon. So yeah, find us everywhere 00:40:44.489 --> 00:40:46.909 at Game for a Movie. I have been your host, Mike. 00:40:47.050 --> 00:40:48.769 This has been Game for a Movie, where we ask, 00:40:48.869 --> 00:40:51.230 are you Game for a Movie? We will see you next 00:40:51.230 --> 00:40:52.929 time on Game for a Movie.