Welcome to a special edition of Game for a Movie.
We have a special panel as well. We have our
normal people. I am your host, Mike Butank. I
am joined by... Andre Bellinger. T -Dog. Mitchell
Clements. And we have two special guests tonight.
We're going to start with you, Newbie. Or Probie.
Wow. Probie. I'm going to call you out, Probie.
Megan Jansen. And... It's Claire! Yay! Can we
explain Probie? Because to the wrong ears, that
could sound weird. So what does probie short
for? Well, it's a term from NCIS for probationary
officer. Ooh, interesting. Wait, I'm an officer?
No. No, you're clearly not an officer. You're
a probationary member of our group. Yes. Thank
you. Yeah. We are doing a special edition of
this podcast. We normally do this biweekly, but
this past weekend was San Diego Comic -Con. which
is a lot of media game revealed all at once.
Yes. We are going to talk about... We basically
said the entire weekend is fair game. Anything
that got released this weekend is fair game.
So we are going to give you three things we are
excited about and three things we aren't. There
are going to be some things that we cover that
are going to be the same for some people, some
not the same. So basically one... One person's
going to go say, this is what I'm excited about.
If everybody else agrees, we're going to have
that. Yeah. All right. You wrapped it up. You
wrapped it up. It was good. I feel like Basil
Exposition from Lost and Found. It starts just
going on and on. Oh, Basil. Basil's great. But
we have many important things like, what are
we drinking this week, guys? Oh, yeah. Ladies.
Oh, ladies. Ladies. I don't know, Mike. What
are you drinking? I am drinking 203 from Stony
Creek Brewery. Hell yeah, Stony Creek. I am drinking
a Ruby Red Kolsch from Genesee Brewing Company
up in Rochester. Okay. Yo, shout out to my man
Samuel Adams with that summer ale that's me and
T -Dogs drink today. Sick. Sick. And I stole
a beer from Andre. No. So I'm also drinking Ruby
Red. I'm not drinking anything right now. Would
you like a Samuel Adams Summer Ale? A what? Would
you like a Samuel Adams Summer Ale? It tastes
like summer. Not if you point it out. As we've
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Oh, I would love one of those. What a novel concept.
What are they called? It's a very deep cut beer.
A Samuel Adams Summer Ale. That sounds like a
perfect beer for the season. It's so refreshing.
What a surprise, Mitchell's desperate. I like
how Mitchell had that one on deck. Thank you.
I can't prepare, man. Alright, but let's get
it started. We're going to talk about some things
we are excited about first. Or should we start
with the non -excited? Build up the drama. You're
the host, my man. Yeah, man. Let's start with
not excited. Build up the drama. Okay, fine.
The drama. The drama. All right. All right. So
we will start with you, Andre, for one thing
you are excited about. You're going to go one
thing at a time. One thing at a time I'm not
excited about? That you are not excited about.
All right. Listen, guys. You know, I love ScarJo.
She's great. Very nonplussed about Black Widow,
to be honest with you. Agreed. Because she did,
though. Yeah, right. I feel like her character
arc's kind of over, and then they're doing the
obvious thing of being like, oh, this is the
Budapest story you're always hearing about. Oh,
man, I wonder what's going to happen. And I don't
know. So who else had that on their list? Not
me. I didn't necessarily have a list, but this
one fit my discussion because I feel like they
missed their timing on it. A little bit, yeah.
They missed it by five years. If they did it
before, I think they would have done it better.
Well, they should have done it after the first
Avengers. Yeah. They should have. Or that too.
Yeah, right. Especially now that they have a
female hero in the series too, like they've done
Captain Marvel, it no longer feels like it's...
Yeah, they only needed one. No, no, no, that's
not what I'm saying at all. Then that's enough,
guys. That's not what I'm saying at all. That's
enough. It felt like Black Widow should have
been first. Oh, definitely. Or not happened.
Yeah, I mean... Or before... Well, because she
was the first female superhero that Marvel introduced
in their MCU. So, yeah, it makes sense. I mean,
like, hey, I love you, Proven Wrong, and maybe
this movie's gonna be really cool, but I feel
like I kind of already know what that movie is,
and I'm, you know, I'm still gonna see it. Probably
even opening weekend, because I'm just a show,
but it's whatever. Does that mean there's going
to be more Jeremy Renner? Probably. Probably.
Because this version of Black... Wait, you don't
like Jeremy Renner? No, I'm over him. Over him?
Who's over Jeremy Renner? I am! We will find
that Claire is over a lot of things. I have his
music, dammit! Dude, yeah, he just released...
like a new song. He has singles. He has four
songs. What? He's trying. What's his genre? Oh,
no. What's his genre? What is it? It's like adult
contemporary. Oh, no. Oh, God. I don't know.
I saw it on my Spotify. It's like recommended
for you and I was like, really? I listened to
it and I was like, no. Wow, fuck you, Spotify.
Bad recommendation. Yeah. Does the addition of
David Harbour help anything? Because I have a
man crush on David Harbour. I mean, you know,
hey, David Harbour's great, but, If Hellboy is
any indication, not everything he is in is going
to be great. That's also because Hellboy was
not written right. No, definitely not. That's
what I mean. But right now, I like David Harbour.
He does not sell a ticket for me just yet. I'm
glad he's there. So we had three people with
that? Okay. So, T -Dog, I guess your second thing
that you are not excited about? So, I don't know
how excited I am for the Star Wars series after
the whole Game of Thrones stuff. Okay. Are we
talking what D .B. Weiss and Benioff are doing?
Yeah. Like that one? Yeah, I would say maybe
that. Okay. To be honest. Are you just... More
the backlash. The backlash to Game of Thrones.
It didn't land the plane. It definitely did not.
They didn't land Drogon. At best they landed
it in the lake and that's it. And not hit the
runway. I won't be watching it when it comes
out originally. Assuming that, let's say it had
fantastic reviews at some point, I'll watch it.
Alright. We're going to need to twist your arm
a little bit. Yeah, right. Does anybody have
new Star Wars? No. I will say, shout -outs to
Seth Rogen for fucking taking down D &D at his
panel. That was awesome. Really? What did he
say? Go for it. So, basically, they were asking
about... It was a Preacher panel, so they're
in their final season. And I think it might have
started off with somebody asking how the final
season was, or how it was compared to Game of
Thrones. And he made the joke, well, at least...
he's here. At least he showed up to the panel.
For those of you who did not know, the Game of
Thrones showrunners did not show up for their
panel. They did not have the QA session of their
panel because they ran out of time. It looks
like they're just draining the clock a little
bit. Yeah, basically. So why did this last season
suck? So, uh, why did Daenerys just kind of forget
about the Iron Fleet? Like, oof. Daenerys is
so bad. People forget, okay? Yeah, people forget
and go, she was really in love. Alright. So,
Mitchell, look at you. So I got Westworld 3 at
the top of my list. Oh, you're not excited. Guys,
I did not finish season 2. Oh, yeah. I'm not
excited either. Wait, I finished season 2 and
I still, like, Right? It's a chore. Season two
and getting to episode five was a chore for me.
And the way that season one had ended, I think
the writers or the writing thought that they
were speaking to something deeper that was actually
presented to the audience. So I love the... initial
mystery of the first one. The second one, of
course, they tried to rehash the same mystery
element that drew a lot of people to season one.
And guys, I think I'm just over this world. It's
definitely cool at the beginning. You know, we
see, it's not called Samurai World, whatever
they call it. I saw one episode of that. I'm
like, great, I'm cool. And the plot, the characters
just do not compel me enough. And I'm not even
sure where we left off at the end of season two.
Nor do I care. So, When I say this is a least
favorite thing or whatever, it's just because
I was excited about this franchise at one point
and season two lost me. It let you down so much.
I think they'll bring you back in season three
though because season three is totally different.
It's not in the desert anymore. It's in the real
world. It's completely different characters except
for the main girl, Dolores. And then they previewed,
what's his name? Aaron Paul. No, the guy who...
The other guy. The other guy who, like, didn't
know that... Spoiler. Did not know that he was,
like... Yeah, I can't think of... Arnold. Jeffrey
Wright. Jeffrey Wright, thank you. So, no. Frankly,
because we live in a world with so much media,
where if you lose me, unless, like T -Dog was
saying about Star Wars, unless we're seeing some
awesome reviews and I feel compelled to watch
it, I got other things on my list. And that's
the ultimate battle that HBO finds itself in.
It's Netflix and Disney Plus soon to be. You're
fighting for people's attention. And Westworld
lost mine, what, a year and a half ago? So whenever
season two came out? Well, especially the gap
between seasons seems like, you know, there's
a long gap in between seasons. In a way, I almost
feel like that would help what's world people
forget about season two. Especially if you're
struggling to finish season two. I'm not so concerned
about the gap between seasons, but the first
season did so well. Yeah. With the suspense.
Not only the suspense, but I guess the mystery
behind, you know, what... Right. It was very,
you know, you don't know what the hell is going
to happen next. And then season two just became...
They were doing a lot of, like, gore or, you
know, more fighting action. There's lots of action,
sure. Yeah. That didn't do enough to, like...
Yeah. It's not necessarily a smart show. For
me, the reason I was... drawn to those trailers
specifically. I haven't even seen season two
because I heard such bad things about it. I just
let it be. But what I've seen from the trailers
for season three, honestly, I'm just a sucker
for that cyberpunk vibe. It takes it to the real
world. It just has that synth track in the background.
It's just hitting all those right notes aesthetically
for me. I will say this. I love the music. Seasons
one, season two, it's the same guy who actually
does the score for Game of Thrones. So HBO commissioned
him to do this as well. And I love the aesthetic
of bringing back, you know, modern music and
retroactively making it sound like if it were
played in the Old West. Sure. So I love that.
But that's not enough to make me watch, you know,
100 hours or, you know, 10 hours, I should say.
10 hours of content at a time. Did you watch
Altered Carbon? Altered Carbon. No, I haven't.
It's on my list, though. You should watch that.
You would like it. I know I would. It's on my
list. They're making a season two of that, by
the way. Anyone else have this on their list,
by the way? I don't like the main character.
It was on my not excited list. It was not on
either of my lists because I just forgot about
it, which says a lot. That was going to be...
I just loved the first season so much that it
was such a letdown in the second season and now
I'm just like... Yeah. You want it to be good
again. It was interesting because my question
was going to be, this seems like a show that
could be on somebody's good list and somebody's
not good list. If you're a fan of the show, then
obviously why wouldn't you be excited about this?
Which is why I kind of hate this. If someone
in this world is making something that you legitimately
love and cherish and want to follow these characters
and explore their world, good on ya. I'm not
shitting on you. I'm just letting you know that
I don't want to be in this world. We're not taking
any way anybody's enjoyment from you. Exactly.
I'm happy you enjoy it. I'll probably watch an
episode or two just out of curiosity. Let me
know. But then if it's not good, I'm just going
to stop. You're the canary in our coal mine.
Yeah, you're the canary in our coal mine. I really
try. I struggled through last season, too. It
was a chore, but I was like, oh, maybe this next
episode will be better. Okay, this is where it's
gonna pick up, and I'm just, like, flat the whole
time. Time is a flat circle. So, our first special
guest, Megan, what is something that's on your
not -excited list? Well, can I just say the obvious
one? The cats. Cats! That was on my list! That
was on my list. What a nightmare. Yeah. What
about cats? besides the audience. What specifically?
I just, I have to ask, like, I have to ask the
probing questions. But, like, have any of you
guys actually watched the, there is a movie,
Cats. Oh, there's a musical? It's an adaptation
of the musical? It's an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
No, it wasn't animated. Do you guys know the
storyline? No. I know the songs. I know certain
songs, but I don't know the plot. I know there's
memory all alone in the moonlight. Yeah, that's
the last song, right? Synopsis. I swear, after
watching the trailer, because my mom loved the
movie, so I watched it when I was younger a lot,
but I didn't remember what happened, so after
watching the trailer, I went and I looked up
a few synopses, like three different synopses.
And I was like, I still don't know why this is
getting, like, it's so... Is there a story? Because
it looks like a ton of vignettes, more than,
like, one big story. Yeah, it's like, one of
those musicals where there's more singing than,
like, you don't hear, like, a lot of talking.
Like, they sing through the whole thing. Which
I'm not mad about, on its own. But, yeah, that
can be good when done right. Yes. When done right.
Yes. I don't know. Did we move from not being
excited to being excited about Cats? No. We are
still very not excited. I wish it was something
good. It's literally everything I could ever
want in Cats. Love them. Andrew Lloyd Webber,
great. Love his music. Cass is great. But what
is so bad about this trailer, guys, is how it
looks. Dr. Seuss. It does. Yeah, a little bit.
Where's Mike Myers? The funny thing about it
all is that the fact that even the furries are
like... Yeah, I know. Even the furries are going
against this movie. This wasn't made for the
furries. Yeah, well, the furries are not liking
it. The furries are not happy. It's the same
reaction to the Sonic the Hedgehog trailer. That's
how you know you effed up. That was delayed again,
by the way. Oh, it was? Not on Valentine's Day?
But the creator said they're gonna like the new
Sonic. And the creator promised. So obviously
it must be true. I want it to be good. I just
know it's not. That was a movie I was not asking
for. No. I got on it, but they actually make
it. I also wasn't asking for cats. No. Was anyone
asking for cats? A movie you didn't know you
wanted. And neither. I still don't know. The
verdict's out. The verdict's still out. I think
it's going to be a bad movie somewhere in the
future. I think we'll need to revisit this conversation
later when somebody sees it as their bad movie.
That's the thing. Like, guys, I see a lot of
things. I'm a huge musical fan. I have zero interest
in seeing this movie. Zero interest. And I like
Les Mis. King's Speech was fine. I'm just talking
about Thomas Hickory movies at this point. But,
yeah, just... Gross. We're in 2019 and there
are visual effects that look like that. This
is a big budget movie. It's not like they just
hired students to make this. Especially after
something like Lion King where you can make realistic
animals. I would almost prefer that. Realistic
cats that are just voiced by... They wanted you
to recognize the faces. Yeah, you definitely
want to see Jennifer Hudson. You definitely want
to see James Corden spit on somebody. Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah. Rebel Wilson just doing her Rebel Wilson
thing. So, yeah, this is going to be a wonderful
film, guys. Yeah, it's distributed by Universal
Pictures. This is a big budget movie. So, yes.
And as we said, this was not something that was
released at Comic -Con, but it was just the same
weekend. Same week in the trailer drops. Yeah.
Well, they understood. Honestly, good marketing.
Like, for those who put it out, they thought
it was good, and they were proven wrong. But
in terms of the zeitgeist... It's still out on
that. Okay. No, it's definitely... T -Dog! T
-Dog might be... T -Dog, is this on your excited
list? We'll see. We'll see. It's so exciting.
As he's making it up on this one. I know I'm
talking way more about cats than I ever would
have if it looked at all not like it does now.
I will say this, though. The cat memes, I'm low
-key very excited. Once we get the full movie,
there's going to be so many cat memes and I just
can't wait. That's very true. Alright, we move
on. Claire? I already forgot what I'm not excited
for. That's how not excited you are about it.
Wow. You're off to a great start. I'm so good
at this. Well, what did I say earlier? I'm trying
to remember. I don't know either. Oh, no. This
is why I wrote it down. Yeah. I wrote it down,
too. Okay, guys. We all have our phones. We all
have it written down. I didn't write anything
down. You're fine. Damn it, Megan. Well, you're
doing a lot better than I am. You're supposed
to. There's a mob entirely. Brody's winning the
day. Alright, well, then I guess I will jump.
This is something that is on my not excited list,
but can be on I would not be surprised if it
was on multiple people's excited list. You're
going for the controversial pick. I like it.
I'm going for a controversial pick. Terminator
Dark Fate. Oh, nope. That's on my least favorite
list. It's on your least favorite list. Oh, God.
I thought somebody might be interested. Sure.
I never really got into the Terminators. Yeah,
that's where I'm at. And that's kind of where
I stand, is I never saw any of them. Oh, well
then why would you be excited about this? Wait,
no, this is so on par. This is exactly what Mike
would have me excited about. You are, again,
jumping down my throat on this. The thing is,
no, I'm saying that it's on my not excited list
because I'm just not going to see it again. You
know, it's not... Wait, have you seen... I've
not seen any of them. So I'm saying, again, this
is just another movie I'm not going to see. It's
not... I'm so against this movie. Well, no, that's
still an important perspective to have, too,
because, like, you need to sell new fans on Terminator
2, right? That's exactly it. If so, the trailer's
failing to grab you. The last one was the Emilia
Clarke one. Yeah, it was Genesis. Genesis. That
one, that was the one, that was the first Terminator
movie I did not see when it came out. Yeah, same.
So that was when I was out. Yeah. Yep. But that's
what I'm saying, is like, it's still not selling
me. That's my point. And I was really going for
the pick more so because I could see it on somebody
else's excited list. So I was really trying to
create that. I mean, the way that I see it is
that I've been hurt too much by the Terminator
franchise to be excited about anything that's
coming out about it. Hurt too much, like emotionally?
Yes, from the trauma. Disappointment? Yeah, oh
definitely, dude. Everything past two has been
awful. You don't like Sarah Connor's book? No,
it was awful. No, lean into it. No, yeah. But
you were, like, really invested in the first
two, and then... Well, no, the first two were
fun. Okay, so the first one is, like, legitimately
good sci -fi, and then the second one is, like,
a fun action movie, and I think they could definitely
replicate it. Those are two totally different
movies. They totally are. Well, yeah, and I think
it could have had the same trajectory as Aliens.
I thought, you know, maybe Alien 3 was a big
dip, but still watchable. Shouts to Dan Fincher.
Whoops. Anyways. Whoops. I will say that this
one gives me a little bit more hope where I will
go see it if it has good reviews because it has
the original... Sarah Connor, actress in it,
that's cool, and James Cameron's back to produce
it. And it's Tim Miller, too. It's a guy who
did Deadpool, so it's not like it's somebody
that's just off the street or something like
that. They brought in somebody. Because Genesis,
I don't think, was a big name. No, well, they
had Amelia Clark. They had Amelia Clark, but
I'm talking director -wise. They were driving
by the studio, and they needed a director. That's
what I'm saying. This one is a little more like...
You know, it's got Emily Clark in it and that
kind of stuff. It was Alan Taylor directing.
Can you give me the other credits for Mr. Alan
Taylor? I'm looking. Director of Thor The Dark
World. Oh. Oh, no. That's in his top four. He
was the director of some episodes of Game of
Thrones and The Emperor's New Clothes in 2001.
Which one? The Emperor's New Clothes. Not New
Crew. Not New Crew. Wait, is that a second one?
The Emperor's New Clothes is like... So the Emperor's
New Clothes is the actual story that Emperor's
New Groove kind of... Kind of. Kind of, not really,
but yeah. There was a thing about turning into
a llama and that kind of stuff, but... Instead
of not wearing clothes. Instead of not wearing
clothes, yeah. But yeah, so that's on my list.
Andre, we go to you. Do you have another one
on your list? It's okay if you don't. Wait, wait,
wait. Not excited still? Still not excited. All
right, I mean... Do you have? I'm nonplussed
about this... WandaVision series. WandaVision!
So, I put Marvel TV in my... Just all of it?
Just all of Marvel TV? Just all of it, except
for... Because I have WandaVision in that category,
I have Loki in that category. If I didn't know
the Hawkeye storyline that it's based off of,
I would be disappointed. But I actually know
the storyline. It's pretty good. I'm kind of
excited. I'm going to hold spoiler. I don't want
to spoil my excited list, but one show makes
it on there. Yeah, that's fine. Wait, what about
the Falcon? The Falcon? Winds of Soldier and
the Falcon, that actually has my attention just
because they have Zemo back in. And so it actually
has like a... As far as WandaVision goes, both
these characters in the MCU have been fine, but
neither of them by themselves are going to draw
me to a show. I'm excited for them to appear
in other movies, and I'm down for that. I feel
like the Starless Witch was very underutilized,
especially for the actress. I don't know. I'm
excited to see what they do with the collection
of those different series. but I could easily
see them not being, you know. Right. I just want
to see what comes out of it. For sure. Oh, totally.
Yeah, I'll read the Wikipedia. Yeah, I'll catch
them on Cliff Notes before I go see Doctor Strange,
for sure, yeah. That's my thing. I feel like
I have to see WandaVision before Doctor Strange.
Right, well, I wonder how this whole Disney Plus
thing is going to play out as far as, like...
do you need to watch the shows? Do you need to
put up the... Because, like, Agents of S .H .I
.E .L .D. started that way almost, but they kind
of got away from it. But not really, though,
because, like, all the Agents of S .H .I .E .L
.D. storylines were like, hey, like, the closest
thing we got to the MCU was like, hey, remember
that one random chick from Asgard in Thor 1?
She's here in this episode. Yeah. You're not
going to see Chris Hemsworth ever. What? Are
you kidding me? And they dealt with, like, the
repercussions of... Winter Soldier. Winter Soldier.
Really well. Yeah, that was really cool. Yeah.
But, like, the thing is, you could watch Winter
Soldier and not S .H .I .E .L .D. and be fine.
Yeah. I heard that... They didn't tell the writers
of S .H .I .E .L .D.? They didn't tell them until
a week beforehand. Right. That, like, oh, by
the way, this is, like, a huge plot twist. And
then the fact that the show got, like, ten times
better after that is amazing to me. Because that
show was, like, I was not hooked. Yeah. And then
they totally made it way more interesting after
that. Is that show still around, by the way?
It is. I think they just announced their final
season. I have fallen off of it a while ago.
I have watched the last episode because somebody
at work was watching it while I was there. No
way. They are bringing the Ghost Rider back.
What? Yeah, Ghost Rider's in there. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. Where's Ghost Rider? He was in season four.
Which is the guy who plays in the Terminator
movie, right? He's the bad guy. Oh, maybe. What?
It's not Nick Cage? I didn't see that. It's not
Nick Cage. Nick Cage. I stopped watching it.
So the trailer where she throws something into
the semi, and that guy, I think he's the ghost
guy. He's the ghost rider guy? There you go.
Wow. All right. Dude, shout out to ghost rider.
T -Dubs, do you have anything on your not excited
list still? It's okay if you don't. I thought
I had something, but... I don't anymore. I don't
know. You guys ruined my list. I think I'm out.
Ruined! I'm still trying to think of my first
thing. Damn it! I have one more thing. If anybody
else... Well, you kind of touched on... I was
going to say I'm not that excited for that what
if. What if? I'm sorry. That's on my excited
list! Can you please explain? Can you explain?
Yeah, I will. Why you're not excited for that?
I just... Like... I just think it's going to
get old real fast. Like, yeah, it'll be really
cool. Like the big things, but I just think it's
going to get old really fast. Okay. I think it's
going to be one of those shows. Well, it's standalone
episodes each, right? Yeah. And that could go
in one of many directions. So I think it depends
on, I think we're going to see a lot of. quality
variations, and depending on who the talent is
and who the directors and writers are. So yes,
I'm sure there's going to be a lot of clunkers.
Similar to Black Mirror, right? Oh yeah, exactly.
I will say Charlie Booker is overseeing all of
that, but for What If, I'm not sure if there's
going to be one singular oversight. I'm excited
for it, but they didn't show off anything. They
said it'll be animated, but we don't know in
what style. Will it be CG? Will it be 2D? Will
it be different art styles? That would be really
cool for different episodes. I would love for
them to do that. Yes. So DC actually had a similar
series called Solo, and it only ran for 12 issues.
They did it for like a one -year special, and
they commissioned an artist, so specifically
comic book artists, not writers, to take over
an issue, and they could play with whatever characters
that they wanted completely out of canon. So
it was basically the writer would have, or the
artist would also write these stories. And I
will say the art was always beautiful. The quality
of the writing was so up and down. Gotcha. But
it's still one of my favorite series because
of like all the different directions these characters
went into. And it's just fun. There's no, you
know, there's, you don't have to worry that.
Wanda accidentally killed people at the beginning
of Civil War. Yeah, right. Just being free from
the giant monster cannon that is the MCU at this
point is appealing in and of itself, right? Exactly.
So yeah, I think this one has a lot of potential,
but it could also be a total stinker. Yeah, it
totally could be. So is that the main reason
you're not excited? Just because it doesn't tie
into anything? I don't really have a real reason.
I just don't. I don't want to watch a show that's
going to be up and down all the time. And not
consistent. Makes sense. I guess I'll finish
with Not Excited. It's a show that I actually
like and the reason I'm not excited is because
of a station change. The Orville season 3 is
going to be on Hulu. I really like this series.
I do too. So why is the change of stations? Fox
needs numbers, and Orville wasn't getting the
complete numbers that they wanted. I mean, it's
better than Firefly. I was going to say, neither
did Firefly. Well, I think the first season was
disappointing, and they gave it a second season
to try to see if they would have the Firefly
effect, kind of. Because Firefly was more excitable
because there was only the one season. If Orville...
If it picked up for the second season, then it
would be no problem. I hate that I'm asking this
question. Have you watched Orville? The Orville?
Yes. Okay, good. It picked up in the second season.
I have to ask. I legitimately have to ask. They
made great improvements, I think, in the second
season. It just didn't hit the viewer numbers.
Right, and that's exactly it. It sounds super
niche on its own, though. It really does. It
is. It doesn't sound like a national broadcast
thing. from my Trekkie nerd friends, they like
the Orville more than Discovery at this point
because it's closer to actual Trek than Discovery
was. Not that what Discovery is doing is a bad
thing or anything. It's a love letter to Trek.
Yes, exactly. That's more classic Star Trek than...
Is it more funny? I think so. From what I've
seen, it's kind of weird, because it's Seth MacFarlane,
so you'd expect it to be family guy humor, but
it's just more jovial, I guess. It's funny, there's
chuckle -worthy moments and stuff, but it's not
dumb, cutaway gags every 30 seconds. And it's
dark. It's not like it's... It's a sci -fi show
first, weirdly, right? I'm into that. I mean,
I'm not a Star Trek guy, so I'm sure a lot of
references and homages would just go over my
head. Sure, but it's that. Yeah, I'm the same
way. I haven't watched the Star Trek, well, aside
from the movies that recently have been... Yeah,
the Abrams version. Yeah, I feel like the reason
why I didn't watch it was because I thought it
was going to be more like Family Guy. Like, I
thought the jokes were going to be more like
that. Yeah, I had to be convinced to watch the
first episode. My friends were like, yeah, no,
it's good. I'm like, okay, sure. It really is.
I mean, like, I'm disappointed that Fox is giving
up on it. I mean, it's still going to be on Hulu,
it's fine, that kind of stuff, but I'm just disappointed
that it's getting removed. I have a feeling,
as long as the quality stays the same, it could
do well on Hulu. It's that kind of show that
people will pay to stream. I will say this, but
Community went to Yahoo of all places. Oh my
god. Yeah, you're right. And that's what I have
fresh in my mind. Yeah. Alright, let's get to
the excited. Andre, here we go. All right. I
feel like you guys are going to roast me for
this, but God damn it. I'm excited for Doctor
Strange. Yes! Let's go. Say it again. Say the
title again. Doctor Strange, the Multiverse of
Madness. In the Multiverse of Madness. Say it
again until you get it right. Doctor Strange
in the Multiverse of Madness. Oh, my God. I'm
so excited, too. Spooky as hell, dude. Marvel's
first PG -13 horror movie. Let's go. Midsummer
move over. We got a Doctor Strange. Midsummer
is rated R. It has a very graphic sex scene.
What is a PG -13 horror movie? There is one.
You know, like Scrooge. Yeah, there's some. Oh,
the Grudge? Oh, wow. That's scary for me, okay?
I think The Ring was PG -13. The Ring was PG
-13. Stay Alive was PG -13. Yeah. Even The It.
Even The It. Even It was rated R. So it's like...
Oh, yeah, you're right. Wow. Yeah, well. PG -13.
Insidious. The first Insidious. Oh, no way. Drag
me to hell. A Quiet Place. What? A Quiet Place.
A Quiet Place, yeah. Yeah, I can see that. Oh,
Happy Death Day. Happy Death Day. I forgot about
that. Anyways. Dude, explain, please. Well, okay,
so. Your feature to the choir. Honestly, the
title is just so good, even if I didn't get it
right for the first four times, but who cares?
It's counting. And I love that it sounds like
they're leaning into the extreme camp that comes
with Doctor Strange. And, I mean, you know, I
don't know. Like, I just want to see more of
that character, and it sounds like they're going
for the right kind of tone. I don't know. I like
that they're trying something new. Exactly. Even
though we're clowning on them for being like,
oh, it's a PG -13 horror movie, at least it sounds
like they're going to try for a different tone
than the rest of the Marvel movies. I like that
they're now going tone versus everything else.
Yes. This one is definitely a scary movie. I
just get Ragnarok vibes from the feelings I got
when that got announced as far as when that trailer
dropped. I'm like, oh man, this is wacky. I want
more of that. Thor Love and Thunder we'll probably
talk about later as well, but it's an 80s movie.
Yeah, definitely. Do you want to talk about it
now, T -Dog? Yeah, you want to talk about it
now. Ragnarok was great. It really revitalized
just the Thor character. Not that the Thor character,
you know, the Avengers Thor character was great
throughout that. It was just really, you know,
the dark world was dark. It was boring. Yeah.
You know, even the first Thor was... It wasn't
fantastic. It was fine. I thought it was really
basic. One of the first Marvel movies. Still
trying to find their footing. So, I'm guessing
it's on most excited list. Thor Love and Thunder?
Yeah. You mean the Thor? Yeah. It would have
been on mine if I... If they would have called
it the Thor? The Thor? Where do you put the four
in that? Is it with the H or is it the O? We
already had this conversation. Did we? Wait,
I didn't hear about it. Where did it go? I was
here and I don't even remember it. No, we called
it the four. The four. Like T -H -4 -R. 4 -O
-R? No, no, no, no, no, no. T -H -4 -R. Has this
been approved by Kevin Feige? No. Get Kevin Feige
on the phone. We need to do some rebranding.
I'm going to tell you right now. No. Why are
you so excited about Thor Love and Thunder? I
think just to see how they carry on from Ragnarok.
Sure, sure. Although I'm a little concerned.
I'm curious how they'll tie in Natalie Portman.
We've heard that she becomes the female Thor.
I don't know. They gave her Mjolnir at Comic
-Con, right? They gave that away. Just because
we've seen her character's downsides in the other
Thors, that would be the main question that I
have about the new movie. What's the character's
name? Jane Foster. So apparently they're basing
it off a very recent Thor run. Yeah. Like 2012.
The Amazing Thor or something like that? Mighty
Thor. Mighty Thor. So I have not read a Thor
comic, period. So I'm not going to pick this
up. But a lot of stuff that Marvel has done recently,
of course, we're talking about revitalized comic
book runs. And this one has a lot of fanfare,
which it seems like it does through my very basic
internet research. Hopefully they can ride that
into a really fun movie, and Taika Waititi's
back, guys. Right, yeah, that's the most important
part, is Taika Waititi's back. The funny thing
is, the only question I have is, are there going
to be two Thors in the universe? That's what
I was about to ask. Is it going to be Natalie
Portman and Chris Hemsworth fighting side by
side, or is... Is it just going to be Natalie
Portman? And is the other Thor just going to
be hanging out? Last we left, Thor is... Yeah,
that's true. It'll be interesting to have they
announce when that's coming out versus when Guardians
3 is. I have a feeling it's going to have to
be after, though, because Thor has a date, or
at least a time frame. Well, it definitely has
to be after more so, well, okay, timeline, different
story, but the movie itself definitely has to
be because James Gunn is doing the Suicide Squad.
And then he has to come back to Guardians. Straight.
Couldn't remember James for a second there. Guardians,
man. Guardians 3, that's like what I'm looking
forward to. But they didn't say anything about
it. So they just said that there's going to be
one. That makes me sad. This is the board that
got James Gunn back, right? Yeah. Exactly. I
love Guardians. Mitchell? Yeah, so... We've already
mentioned two out of my three. Luckily, I still
have one more left. Hell yeah. And guys, that's
Blade. Yo! Very excited for Blade. More so, the
kind of the backstory is how... that was presented
to Kevin Feige in the first place. It wasn't
like he was at his office mapping out the next
phase for Marvel and understood that Blade would
be a really cool character to bring back. It
was because Mahershala Ali literally called him
up and said, I want to be Blade. That's awesome.
Hey, can you make me Blade? Dude, what? Yeah.
That's fantastic. He did that for another role,
I think. Mahershala did? For True Detective,
I heard. And he was great in True Detective.
Oh, yeah. Yes, I'm very excited about that. That's
the power that two Oscars will wield you. It's
just like, yeah, we'll call one of the hottest
studios in Hollywood and be like, hey, I want
to be that character. And sure enough, boom,
there it is. I remember when Lion King was first
announced and one of the big memes that was going
around was Beyonce called Disney and said, I
am Nala now. It wasn't like they cast her. She
literally called them. Well, guys, this is the
real life version of that. Yeah, right. So very
excited for that. For those who had not seen
the... first Blades. Yeah, I don't know what
this, I don't know anything about this. So, as
a brief synopsis, Blade was, the character himself
is a vampire, and he is out to kill other vampires.
Including Dracula. Exactly. Including Dracula,
he exists in this universe. Hell yeah. And he's
basically a good vampire who is fighting the
evil vampires on behalf of the living. It's so
sick. It also had Ryan Reynolds. And I think
he shows up in Spider -Man, too. I would not
be surprised. What? Excuse me? What? I think
you're right. He shows up in Spider -Man? Well,
in the comics, I'm sure. And in the TV series.
Oh, the animated series. Oh, yeah, sure. I thought
you were talking about the Raimi films. He shows
up in there, and I'm like, what? We're going
to watch Blade. Played one and two. We're going
to skip Blade Trinity, but played one and two.
Apparently, Wesley Snipes was an absolute menace
to work with on that last film. I'm sure he was
a menace to work with on all the films. In the
third film, him and the director only talked
through notes that were passed by an assistant.
I just saw this post on Reddit last week. There
was a scene where he has to wake up in a morgue,
and he was being so defiant that he refused to
open his eyes, so they had to get VFX artists
to cheat. eye, him opening his eyes. Yeah, and
it's just a jib of that shot, and it looks so
fake. So for those wondering why Wesley Sipes
is not invited back to be Blade, that is probably
why. That is the reason. Sorry. So shouts to
Marshall Ali for doing a complete power flex
to get this done. Dude, I am so okay with this.
Especially since he was in the series. Like,
he's in the Marvel universe, technically. Is
he? As what? He was in Luke Cage. Oh, Luke Cage.
I mean, it still counts. It still counts. But
MCU, we're talking movies. We're talking movies,
dude. Anyway, very excited for Blade. Please
watch 1 and 2. Not Trinity, please. Not Trinity.
I don't know if I'd watch a vampire movie. This
is Twilight. So is this a new Twilight movie?
No. No. This is part Twilight. This is late 90s.
This is late 90s, early 2000s, I want to say.
I don't know. I'm so sad that your cultural touchstone
for vampires is Twilight. That's a bummer. What
have you done, Stephanie? I watched a Scooby
-Doo episode. Even watch Interview with the Vampire.
That's better than Twilight. Wait, there's an
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Slayer. Yeah. Sure, that's
better than Twilight. I'll die on that hot take
if that's better than Twilight. I think that's
a pretty... It's not a hot take, but it's like...
It's like a lukewarm take. I would say it's more
so was it like Underworld, whatever that Kate
Beckinsale... Oh, yeah. Underworld, yeah. More
like that than Twilight. Well, it's cheesy. You
got something you're excited about? I... Okay,
you said you're not excited for Loki, but I'm
excited. You're excited for Loki. Okay, that's
fair. Are you low -key excited? Low -key? High
-key? Low -key? You gotta pick a team. Why are
you... No, I'm high key. Oh, you're high key.
Oh, you're high key on Loki. You're high key
on Loki. Okay, why are you so excited about Loki?
I just like the character. Okay. Well, because,
like, in Endgame, they show that scene where
he, like, took... Grabs the Tesseract. Yeah,
and just, like... Peace out, I'm out. It's a
cosmic cube. It's a cosmic cube. And, like, what
happens with that? That's, like, the whole thing?
Like, I don't know where they're gonna go with
it. I am excited for it. My one... thing is that
like if it's that low -key that's gonna basically
reset his character arc i guess which means you
can just make him be totally different but like
When he took the Tesseract in that final scene,
or that sub -scene, that could have rewritten...
I don't know. That's after Avengers 1. Well,
it's after Avengers 1, but that's before Ragnarok,
so you don't get those hard... He doesn't have
that... This is why I hate time travel. How did
Thor get out of that situation in Ragnarok because
Loki wouldn't have been there? Or was he ever
in it? No, that's a different timeline. It's
a different timeline. They just kind of said,
okay, that's a different timeline. And then actually
that means that by extension Loki has that what
if effect where they can just do whatever the
heck they want and it doesn't matter what the
canon is. So I'm excited for Loki. Hell yeah.
That's fair. You keep looking at me. Because
I know you said you didn't like it. I was on
you're not excited. So I'm not excited about
it because I like the character of Loki and I
think now you give him too many chances to not
be that character anymore. Because it's a TV
show? Because it's a TV show. And it's the same
reason why I'm sick of Coulson. I would have
loved Coulson to come back to the MCU, but the
reason I stopped watching Agents of S .H .I .E
.L .D. is because Coulson didn't be that character.
He's no longer that character. So I think the
nice thing is that these shows are designed,
like Loki has a Disney Plus show, it's designed
to have a set run, I'm pretty sure. I get that
vibe that's going to be like 10 episodes max.
I'm good with that, and that's... Part of the
reason why I'm, like, okay with some of these
TV shows is because I'm good with that 10 -episode
arc. Right, right. And then it's just done. We're
not having season two. But money talks. Yeah,
oh, definitely. And that's what I'm worried about.
Because a lot of people are going to watch Loki,
even if it sucks. People are going to watch Loki.
And it's going to get a season two. Are they
the same actor? They said the same thing about
Iron Fist. Just kidding. No one said that about
Iron Fist. All the characters are the same for
the TV shows if they previously played it in
the MCU. They're trying to get people on that
Disney Plus, guys. They're trying to get them.
Just the fact that we saw it on the same chart
as this is the Phase 4 and those shows are on
that timeline. You wouldn't see Daredevil on
there. I'm excited for The Watchmen. Yeah! On
my list. I never read, I mean, if you guys listened
before, I don't know anything about comics. Good
news. This is not a comic. This is a completely
different story. Not comic book related. This
is post -Watchmen. Because I saw the movie and
I liked it and that was comic book related, correct?
Yes, that adapted the book. This is a love project
after Watchmen. So I don't have to worry about
it. Wait, guys, real quick. There was a comic
series that came out. Yeah, that came out afterwards.
Is that the same timeline? Is that what this
movie is based on? No, no, no. Because that ended
up being a prequel about the same characters
showing how they became the heroes they were.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So those are prequel vignettes.
Was Alan Moore involved in that at all? I don't
think so. No? I don't think so. I don't think
so. Because I feel like he kind of... I think
Watchmen was like a one -off kind of thing. Yeah,
right. Yeah. But this is like this completely
different. So this is a dump dump. And HBO's
doing it. I love HBO shows. We do like HBO. For
the most part. We do like HBO. So I'm really
excited about it. I don't... Remember what's
supposed to come out this year? I think it's
this year. Because I've been hearing about it
for a while. I think it's this year. Comic -Con
is just another trailer drop. I think I've seen
a couple trailers. Right, I knew about it beforehand.
Watchmen TV series says 2019. When exactly? It
doesn't say. December 31st. Oh, bummer. But it
does say 2019. I mean, that would line up with
the minutes to midnight kind of motif. Oh, boy.
So I'm excited about that, just to see where
they go with it. Yeah. It looks solid. I like
the Rorschach army and that kind of stuff. Are
there any big names attached at all? Like, I
don't even know. Oh, no, wait, no, never mind.
I mixed that up. Never mind. James McAvoy's on
the Golden Compass. Oh, yeah. I'm excited about
that one, too. Are we going to talk about that?
His Dark Materials. His Dark Materials, yeah.
Dude, the polar bear looks sick. Jeremy Irons,
Regina King are all in the Watchmen series. Yes.
Wow. Okay. Is Dr. Manhattan going to be in it?
That is our Mr. Mustache Twirler. Is my big,
beautiful, blue boy, Dr. Manhattan, going to
be in this show? I didn't see him. I didn't see
him in the previews. Yeah, you know. I didn't
see him in any of the previews. No, they haven't
shown him. I mean, he's a character you like.
Because he thought he died at the end of Watchmen.
He self -destructs. But if this is a separate...
But it's based off of the... He's theoretically
immortal. And also, it's based off of the ending
of the comics. He doesn't self -destruct. Well,
they had a different ending. We are nerding.
Watchmen is good. I'm excited. Did you guys think
I would say that? No, definitely not. We talked
before, so... I'm going to talk about the one
Marvel movie that a lot of people haven't mentioned.
Shang -Chi and the Secret of the Ten Rings. The
reason I'm excited is we get the real Mandarin.
Yes! I'm pumped for that because, I mean, as
much as I love Sir Ben Kingsley, he's fantastic.
The reason I was not... I didn't like him in
that role. A lot of people didn't like that.
We get Tony Leung, who has been a fantastic actor.
Yeah, so he's from Kim's Convenience, right?
Yes. I think originally it was rumored that the...
The guy from the Black Mirror episode is going
to be in it. Which guy? The VR one, where they,
in the game, like the new season. Oh, okay. But
that's not who it is. So it's the guy from Kim's
Convenience, and he's, I mean, a really cool
actor. It's kind of a similar thing with Mahershala
Ali, except this guy has zero Oscars, but this
guy, he was tweeting, he was tweeting at Marvel,
and he's just like, hey, let's get an Asian superhero
on screen. This is like in 2014. Right. And then
it evolved into Shang -Chi, and then here we
go. And he also said how, he tweeted again after
that that first tweet was like enough where it
was just like get the ball rolling and they constantly
pointed that as the reason but he also tweeted
again like hey guys that's going to be me one
day after seeing I think it was like Doctor Strange
or something like that he was like that's going
to be me one day I'm going to be the hero and
he got the part he's Shang -Chi I love that and
so it looks Obviously, I can't say it looks.
It's just an announcement at this point. But
I'm excited for the real Mandarin. I love him
as a villain. And I'm also excited for it to
not be a sham. Right. It's going to be the Mandarin.
If it was Sir Ben Kingsley with the normal, like,
I am a terrorist, like that kind of stuff, like
the videos and that kind of stuff, great. But
then when we got... My name is Trevor. Yeah.
Like Trevor Slattery. I will say this. I've come
around on that twist, honestly. What do you do
if that twist happens again? Just like a big
fuck you to him. These are just gutterings, dude.
I don't even know. I'm taking my chair out of
the theater, just grabbing the chair, pulling
it out, and taking it home with me. That's how
much I'm going to ruin it. I will say this. Both
characters historically in the comics were...
Asian stereotypes, so I'm not as excited about
this, but, and that's why I was very into the
Mandarin twist the way it was, because I was
kind of on the fence, like, you get Ben Kingsley,
like, I get he was Gandhi before, but, like,
we're really making him play another Asian -esque
kind of character, and then the twist happens,
and I'm like, oh, this is funny. Like, okay,
I'm happy that they're not leaning into this,
and anyway, obviously, this is 2019, whenever
this movie comes out, we are evolved society.
Marvel has definitely shown that it is. at least
recently, kind of broadening its scope in terms
of the type of characters that it's going to
put on screen. They're getting over that one
female superhero role. Yeah, they cross out the
list and they're about to return to it again.
We're getting Captain Marvel 2. We're getting
Captain Marvel 2. And Black Widow. It's going
to be great. And the guy version of Captain Marvel,
actually, this time. It's going to be the guy
version of Captain Marvel. And then Iron... I
don't know. You're not a big Gwyneth Paltrow
fan? Yeah, I was going to say, I don't like the
actress because she's a little crazy. her as
an actress and I also don't like her as the character
so sounds like you don't like Pepper Potts sounds
like you don't like Pepper Potts or Iron Potts
would you like to see Iron Potts perhaps I will
say this though I heard the writing of both characters
have changed over time and obviously they'll
base that more on recent stories and that's what
I've read lately because I don't I try to go
back and read old comics, but there's so much
spoilers now and that kind of stuff about the
old stuff. So it's hard to go back to one that
you hear is like, oh, this is great because this
happens. Right. And so I try to read the newer
stuff. The newer Mandarin has been great when
he's been in. Awesome. And is he still primarily
an Iron Man villain? Primarily, yes. There's
a little more stretch here or there, that kind
of stuff, but primarily, yes. Okay, cool. Do
you guys have... I've done my list. Okay, I've
got one last one and it's going to be a little
different. I'm excited for A Beautiful Day in
the Neighborhood. Yeah! Thomas Hanks! Yeah, yeah,
yeah. This is the, I guess, biopic of Mr. Rogers.
Yeah, starring one Tom Hanks. The trailer dropped
last weekend. And it warmed my heart. I don't
know. I love Mr. Rogers a lot. Oh, he's a softie.
Dude, it's... Did you see the doc when she beat
my dad? I did. I did, and it made me feel things
that I wasn't prepared to feel. It was beautiful.
It was so good. It was so good. So, yeah. I mean,
like, this is like a corny line, but I feel like
this world could use a lot more of Mr. Rogers
right now. A thousand percent. And I'm just excited.
Like, Tom Hanks looks like he's going... Like,
I'm a little nervous about me being able to...
not see Tom Hanks you know what I mean like when
I'm watching this movie I'm like oh that's Tom
Hanks that's the person every movie starts yeah
right exactly but I mean he's a really talented
actor and he has the mannerisms down pat at least
from what we saw so I don't know that movie looks
awesome so yeah I'm just excited for it do we
know what the storyline is? it's not like So
basically the trailer made it seem like it's
going to follow the perspective of this reporter
that's profiling him. And it sounded like he's
kind of a little skeptical. No one could be this
nice. Yeah, exactly. Like, okay, this guy's got
to have some sort of complex or something like
that. How do you do it? How do you show so much
empathy to every single person? So it's going
to kind of follow his journey. And the doc, in
a certain part of it, had that skepticism as
well. For sure. you know, it was taken care of
in like 20 minutes. But yeah, so they explored
that same idea. So the whole movie focus on that
I think is pretty cool. Yep, yep. T -Dog? Let's
see, I guess at this point not so excited just
because I've already watched it all. So the Veronica
Mars series, they had their new, or they, you
know, announced that they were just putting it
on Hulu that day. And then, it was good. Hulu
has a lot of sports. You know, it's not, Did
you just get paid? No. Come on, Hulu, get on
it! It's a good season. Oh, so it's already out
and you've watched it already? Yeah, I've literally
watched the entire season. Gotcha. He was watching
it while we were recording the podcast. Yeah,
you know, just finishing up some... here. I watched
the originally when it came out, so it's just
a continuation, kind of characters older, you
know, since it's been a while. How many seasons
are there at this point? Four. There's four now.
Four in a movie, that's right. Well, you need
two more seasons, and you've got the community.
It's not a series that I would be like, hey guys,
you have to watch this, but if you've watched
the original Veronica Mars, it does a good job
at not pandering to the fans, but creating, you
know, based off of that universe. Sure. Dean?
What's Veronica Mars? Alright, let's explain
what Veronica Mars is. Wait, was there an old
series? Yeah, yeah, yeah. This was on the CW?
Maybe, yeah. That's with Kristen Bell. Kristen
Bell. That was like her first big role. It's
like early, like mid -2000s, right? Yeah. Wait,
she was... She was the Veronica Mars. Like, back
in... Okay, so first of all, I think Veronica
Mars is part of the Archie... comic book. Oh,
really? Okay. Am I... Yeah, no, no, no. Is she?
I have no clue. I have no idea. No, I think that's
right. That sounds... So she is the Veronica,
Betty, and Veronica? Like, that's... I don't
know if that's... I don't know about that. Okay,
got it. Riverdale season four is coming. So the
initial season took place in high school, right?
Yep. And Veronica Mars was a sleuth of sorts.
Yeah, kind of like a Nancy Drew kind of thing.
Yeah, a little Nancy Drew type. Now I feel like
I might be way off. Wow. Hold on. I think that
might be her name, right? There is an episode
called Betty and Veronica in Veronica Mars Season
1, Episode 16. Okay. Welcome to our Veronica
Mars podcast. And I actually, I think it is canon.
Is it? Hey. Hey. All right. Okay. Ooh. Ooh. This
is great audio. Yeah, no, this is really playing
for the audio. Yeah, I think you just can't.
No, no, no, I think you just can't. Yeah, I know,
I know, I know. Alright, so it's from the...
I don't think it's from there, guys, but okay.
You know what? Shoot your shot, I guess. I'm
not seeing anything on Wikipedia. I mean, I don't
think they would have an episode called Veronica
and Betty if it wasn't... It gives me a nice
little wink. It says, like, Neptune High School,
which is supposedly... That's where we win the
comics and that kind of stuff. I think yes. I'm
going to throw my money in. Yes, it is canon.
So, on that note, did season four live up to
the hype? I thought it... Like, it started off
slow, and I was kind of, like, you know, just
watching it while I was doing other stuff. Okay.
It picked up towards the end, and I thought it
was a good... good addition to the series. The
reason why I mentioned it was because, you know,
it was at a mix of the things that I was reading
about the summary of Comic -Con, like the winners
and losers, and sometimes it was categorized
as losers, primarily just because they released
the entire season that single day, and then it
was overshadowed by all of these other announcements.
Right, that is kind of weird timing, like, oh,
dropping this at Comic -Con, like I would drop
it at the end, almost, you know? It's coming
out in two days. Whatever. I'm not in marketing.
Wait, I have one. The year list is gone. Nobody's
mentioned Rick and Morty. Sorry, one second.
I need to pause. When I mentioned the Archie
comic thing, I think I was thinking of Sabrina,
maybe. Sabrina is definitely a part of that.
I'd like... I don't, yeah. Guys, I think she
is not a part of it. And I'm going to push my
chips in the middle of the table to that. Sabrina,
like the teenage witch? Yeah, she's a part of
the Archie list. That's what I was thinking of.
Oh yeah, like if you watch the Netflix series,
they mention Riverdale. Oh yeah, all the time.
So she's in Greendale, right? She's in Greendale.
Yeah, Riverdale. They make mentions, too. Everybody
else is found out. For real? Oh, yeah, absolutely.
I have not seen the Sylvanas, though. We need
an end point. Because he wants to get rid of
that? You want to get rid of that? We can keep
it on. I just wanted to say I was wrong when
I said that. Fuck it, man. Yeah, fuck it. We're
never wrong in this podcast. Yeah, we're never
wrong. Shit. We're not wrong. Shit. All right,
cut the last half an hour. Rick and Morty season
four. How do you spoil that? You're like, Rick
and Morty! Season four! Season four! 1 ,000 years
Rick and Morty! I didn't suppose something that
already happened. I mean, yeah. Well, anyways.
Rick and Morty season 4. I'm excited. It's been
a long time. It has been. It's been a while.
I don't know. I love Rick and Morty. I've seen
all the episodes. Three times over, so we can
use some new stuff. We can always use some more
Rick and Morty. And I'm hoping the fact that
they have a contract out for like 70 episodes.
It's exciting. I'm hoping the wait between seasons
will be shorter. They've already said it's going
to be shorter. Okay, cool. This is just the one
where they were renegotiating the contract, that
kind of thing. It was like three years ago. I
watched it when I was over in Sweden because
they have it over in Sweden on Netflix. And that's
before they have it on Hulu. So I was like, oh
my God, it's amazing. There you go. Rick and
Morty's pretty great. Audrey, do you remember
when we went on our adventure to get Szechwan
sauce? Oh my god. The last season came out. I
was so pissed. It was gone by the time I got
there though. It was gone for you too. Yeah,
we drove to McDonald's and we were thinking like,
oh, whatever, we'll just go and it won't be that
crowded. And then we tried the McDonald's and
we had to park in another spot over to the side
because it was so crowded. The cars were wrapping
around the drive -thru and I was Yeah, and then
we walked into the door, and then the guy comes
out. He's like, there's no Szechuan sauce! And
we're like... What was even worse, though, so
I got in line after you guys, because I remember
this. We went to the same McDonald's. We were
somewhere, and I didn't go with you guys. I remember,
like, this is, you know. This is stupid. So they
were also, like, serving their buttermilk tenders
or whatever it was. Yeah, right. It was like
a test day. And so we were in line. You get all
the way up to the front, and nobody had said
they had been out of Szechuan sauce for like
an hour and a half. That might be different.
group of people. Yeah. Because, like, me and
Audrey did not even get in line. Yeah. No, no,
no. I'm saying I went to the same McDonald's
you guys went. Oh, gotcha. But after us. But
after you, like, 15 minutes or something. Oh,
man. I'm sorry. I should have texted you. Yeah,
I was going to say, why didn't you tell us? Because
I feel like you guys told me that you didn't
find it. I did. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know.
This is before the group meet chat. I feel like,
yeah. I feel like Mike. He could only sponsor
us. Hashtag group meet. Yeah. It works. We're
whores, didn't I tell you this? Ruby, if you
made a beer, I mean, we talk about you all the
time. I'm sure it'd be tolerable. I'm sure it'd
be tolerable. Anyway, so, yeah, it was an awful
experience. And all I'm saying is I know Mulan
is not going to give us Szechuan sauce, so we
have to rely on Rick and Morty again. The fact
that Mulan is coming out again and they haven't
re -released Szechuan sauce, I'm so pissed. Yeah.
Yeah, no, I'm with you. I'm with you. This is
not going to happen. Being real and ruining the
joke, I feel like if we actually got Szechuan
sauce, it would be way more disappointing than
if it just lives on in its mythos. But I would
rather just pretend like it's the most amazing
thing. Yeah, I know, definitely. I do enjoy the
fact that none of you got that, and then it's
just like this continuous mystery. Did you ever
have it originally when it came out? I probably
did, but I just don't remember. I didn't. I was
a barbecue -only kid. Oh, yeah. A sweet and sour
sauce. You're not going to get it. of sauce that
you can't pronounce, basically? Is that what
it was? Sweet and sour or barbecue? Sweet and
sour. I definitely have a lot of sweet and sour.
Sweet and sour. Those are the two. Polynesian?
Hell no. Oh, I love Polynesian sauce. Well, now
I've had it, but I'm just talking about it as
a kid. Is that what Satchwantosh essentially
is? Maybe they just renamed it? Like a spicy
Polynesian sauce. Maybe. Spicy herbs. Have you
not had Chick -fil -A's Polynesian sauce? Hashtag
Chick -fil -A. I think we have some upstairs
if you want to take us. I don't know if I'm cool
with that sponsor. I love Chick -fil -A. I love
Chick -fil -A. I love it. It's just a good chicken
sandwich. It's delicious. Those nugs. Those nugs.
at Chick -fil -A like two times. You're missing
out. No, it's just... It sounds like she is missing
out. She had it twice. I'm like, okay. It's chicken.
Sorry. Alright, we've gotten off track. That
is the Lord's move. Who invited Megan to this?
This is why you remain probie. Okay, anyway,
to bring it back in. Yeah, so let's reign it
back in. What's the name of the movie I'm excited
for, Mike? It's Darkest Materials. Yeah, thank
you. It's a show, right? It's a show, yeah. It's
a show. Whatever, I'm excited. I'm ready to be
heard again. Oh, please. I super love those books
and the movie that came out like... 10 years
ago at this point, Jesus Christ. If you don't
know, it's based off of Golden Compass. Yeah,
the Golden Compass is the first book. Can we
recap Golden Compass? Because I read it, and
I saw that movie, and I completely forget everything
except for Polar Bear. So there's a Polar Bear,
and he had armor on? Yeah, well, it doesn't have
armor on at first, and then we find its armor,
and then... Eventually, because it's an hour
and five minutes long. And then also, the church
sucks, and that's a plot. Was there a train?
There's a train on there, yeah. We're at an hour
and five minutes. Anyways, Golden Compass. Are
there polar bears in Fortress? Oh, absolutely
there are. It's the same movie. They have armor
on, too. His Dark Materials. Why are you excited
about it? I'm just excited about it because not
that I can remember what it's about, clearly,
but I remember liking the book, and this looks
like it from what little I have seen. Looks like
a book. Looks like a faithful adaptation. Agreed.
Looks like a book. I think this... I would say
that the show format fits the story way better
than a trilogy of movies, because that's a lot
to fit in from just those books. I will get back
to you about my thought on that, because I don't
know what it's about. It's like three books,
isn't it? It's three books. It's a trilogy. It's
Dark Materials. Okay. So good. I have one more
thing I'm excited about. Does anybody else have
something? I'm good. I'm excited to hear about
what you're excited about. Ready for this? Top
Gun Maverick. Let's fucking go. Don't even care.
We've traded volleyball for football, it looks
like. It's beach sports. I will say, Tom Cruise
in the trailer, though. He looks old. Don't matter.
Yeah, I don't know. As long as it has the right
amount of homoeroticism in it, I'm in. Alright,
God. Give me all the homoerotica. Please. My
first dog was named Maverick after Top Gun. Nice.
And so I am just full on board. This is the movie
I grew up watching. I was going to say, you know
who told me they were excited about it? Huh?
My mom. Oh, wow. There you go. That's our parents'
generation for sure. It's made for our parents'
generation and then kids who grew up watching
it more than once. Because I feel like any amount
of toxic masculinity I have is from that movie.
Oh, God. It's all stemmed from Top Gun. Oh, hell
yes. Slow motion. I have a necklace on. And jeans.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jeans shorts. Jeans shorts.
Are we getting shirtless football? Yes, no. There
is definitely in the trailer a scene where he
is shirtless holding a football. Okay, but I
want them tagging each other. Probably. Slow
down. It's only 9 o 'clock tonight. Legitimately,
I am pumped for this movie because it just looks
like 34 years later, same movie. I'm okay with
that. That's what I want. Top Gun Maverick, full
speed ahead, highway through the danger zone.
Highway through... the danger zone. Oh, seriously.
That's so good. I don't know if... Kenny fucking
Loggins. Love him. I didn't know if we're done
with the Top Guns discussion. I didn't want to
interrupt. Go ahead. This is the second half
of the podcast. This is the Top Gun half? Yeah,
this is the Top Gun cast. Airplanes and shirtless
football. Okay, done. Go ahead. That's all you
need to know. So I think Bob's Burgers did a
thing at Comic -Con. And then I'm excited for
the movie that's coming out. Wait, wait, wait.
Oh, there's a Bob's Burgers movie? Yes, but I
don't think they said anything about that at
Comic -Con. Actually, I don't know if they did
or not. So I'm excited for that when it eventually
comes out. I think it's... They have a slated
year. I don't know exactly what year it is. Okay.
Can the year be now? Can it be today? Bob's Burgers
movie. I didn't know that was coming. Tina is
my spirit animal. Anyway, Top Gun, though. Can
we go back to Top Gun? Can we not? What is wrong
with Top Gun? Nothing. Oh, good. Well, I mean,
the movie... It's the perfect movie, basically.
Here's the thing. The movie's not good, but damn,
is it fun. Yeah, yeah. That's all it needs to
be. That's all it needs to be. So, I sent you
guys a WatchMojo list. that was like the top
10 things from Comic -Con. Sponsor us, sure.
It was like the top 10 things from Comic -Con
and that was one of the things. And it was like,
the trailer doesn't reveal much, but Top Gun
was always like a tone and a feeling. Oh, yeah.
And I'm like, yeah. It was U .S. propaganda.
It really was. Yeah, it definitely was. It's
U .S. propaganda, but yeah. You know what? I
need it in my things. So, all right. Well, that'll
do it for this special edition of Game for a
Movie. I am your host, Mike Butank. I'm joined
by... Andre Bellinger. Tito. Mitchell Clements.
Our two special guests... Roby. Claire. We'll
see you next time on Game for a Movie.