you know what that sound means it's another episode
of game for a movie where we ask are you game
for a movie my name is mike i will be your host
this evening i am joined by several friends throughout
the episode it is the quiz of 2024 where we go
over some of the best moments in movies tv of
2024 and beyond let me introduce our contestants
we do not have anything we're drinking today
because we are going to jump into the quiz it's
usually a longer episode so Why weigh it down
by talking about what we're drinking when we
can just jump right into the quiz? And if you
would like, you can also play along at home while
you're listening. Send us your answers and your
final point total. We will be happy to shout
you out for your final point total in the later
episodes. Our first contestant is my buddy, Zach.
Zach, how are you doing today? I'm well. How
are you? Not too bad. Zach, I'm going to ask
you right now. Yeah. How do you feel? about your
2024 movie and TV knowledge. A week ago, I would
have said better, but I'm coming off of ADHD
medicine. So not super great. Plus I'm like overstimulated
from Christmas and getting back to a norm. So
I'm here to bring the average of everyone else
down. I'm sure you're going to be great. Like
a solid bowling team companion. I'm keeping everyone
realistic and grounded. That's my goal, Mike.
I love it. Our second contestant is my buddy
Heath. Heath, how you doing, buddy? Doing great,
thanks. Thanks for having me on. How do you feel
about your level of knowledge of 2024? That's
about as confident as I am about 2024. And finally,
our third contestant, Mitchell. Welcome back,
buddy. Thank you, Mike. How are you feeling about
2024 movie TV knowledge? You know, it was a busy
year for me. I got married. You attended. Thank
you so much for attending. Mike was one of my
groomsmen, of course. And we had a bachelor party.
I was doing school like while working. So a lot
of my consumption. of media, it was primarily
through social media. So I may not watch a lot
of these films or TV shows, but I definitely
am very much aware of them. So we'll see where
that gets me today. That should help out a little
bit at least. Yeah. All right. Oh, and I went
to Japan too. So give me some Japan trivia in
there. And I think I'd do well. Do we got anything?
Yeah, I think I'm over. I'm over the quiz, I
think. I don't think so. No Godzilla X Kong The
New Empire? Maybe one. Okay. Maybe one. So we'll
see. I'll let you know. Okay, perfect. All right,
our players are ready to go. Let's jump into
it. The movie and TV quiz of 2024. This is round
one. Round one was all about movie and TV news
of the year 2024. Number one, 2024 was the year
of the biopic. For five points, I'm going to
give you an actor and you give me what real person
they played in a biopic this year. Part one,
Kingsley Ben -Adir. Bob Marley. Oh, God. I don't
know. I can't say Gandhi because that doesn't
feel 2023 -ish. Kingsley Ben -Adir. Oh, man,
Mike. There's not even like an answer that went
in my head. So I have no clue. Kingsley Benetier.
I think I'm mixing him up with someone else,
which is really bad. Yeah, Kingsley was, he was
the, he played Walt Disney in a knockoff revival
of Saving Mr. Banks, obviously. Part two, Dennis
Quaid. Joan Cusack. Oh, good grief. He was Reagan.
Dennis Quaid played Ronald Reagan. Part three,
Sebastian Stan. Donald Trump. Donald Trump. Donald
Trump. Part four, Timothee Chalamet. Oh, shoot.
Bob. Oh, it's coming out now. Well, soon when
we're recording this at the end of December.
We're recording this. Yeah, it's out as of like
two days ago. I can't remember. Bob Saget. Bob
Dylan. Bob Dylan. And part five, Marissa Abella.
Oh, man. Donald Trump. Marissa Abella. I don't
know the name. Marissa Abella. Priscilla. I don't
even know who that is. Marissa Abella? Do I know
her? Should I know her? You know the movie, I'm
pretty sure. But you probably don't know her.
Okay. I want to say there was an Amy Winehouse
movie that came out. And that might be her. That
was the first thing that came to mind. So give
me Amy Winehouse for her. So Kingsley Ben -Adir
played Bob Marley. Dennis Quaid played Ronald
Reagan. Sebastian Stan was Trump. Timothee Chalamet
is Bob Dylan. And Marissa Abella played Amy Winehouse.
Number two. It's official. Robert Downey Jr.
is back in the MCU. He is Dr. Doom and his Avengers
movie is now called Avengers Doomsday, replacing
what previously named entry? Kang's... War of
Kang? Something with Kang. Kang Dynasty? Avengers
Kang Dynasty, I believe. That's right. It was
Avengers Kang Dynasty. Obviously, no longer dealing
with Kang. You've got Doctor Doom. Number three.
This year, Thanksgiving weekend broke records
as the highest grossing Thanksgiving weekend
of all time. What year was enthroned as the previous
most? And yes, I've given you a multiple choice
for this one. Is it A. 2010, B. 2013, C. 2015,
or D. 2017? 2015. Thanksgiving. Crazy weekend.
2013. I'm going to go 2013 because I want to
say that was Frozen. So I'm going to go 2013.
You just gave me the answer why it was. Thank
you. It was 2013. Because both the other two
contestants asked me and I was like, oh, I'll
look it up. And I never remember to look it up.
Yes, it was Frozen. So yes, that is exactly it.
Number four. Lookalike contest happened this
year, including the big one that launched it
that was done for Timothee Chalamet. Which Chalamet
character was the winner dressed as? I'm on a
Willy Wonka. This is one of those things where
you only see blurbs or headlines and you're like,
why am I reading this at all? I'm just going
to go with Wonka. Oh, that's funny. Okay. So
we're either going to go with, I'm just thinking
out loud here, who they may have dressed up as.
Either Wonka, Dune, no way anyone dressed up
as him in Lady Bird, Call Me By Your Name. I'm
going to go with, did someone dress up as him
from Dune? Wonka is correct. The rest are just
Timothee Chalamet variations. It's just, yeah,
exactly. It's just, oh, cool. Timothee Chalamet
just wearing a different coat. Okay. Right. Even
Bob Dylan. I was like, well, he still looks just
like Timothee Chalamet until he talks. Yeah,
right. Exactly. Number five, George Santos. Yes,
that guy sued a late night TV host. for buying
cameos of the disgraced ex -Congressman saying
ridiculous things. What late -night host was
it that was buying the cameos? Jimmy Kimmel.
I mean, first guess has got to be Kimmel. I'm
going to just take a guess and say Colbert. It
was Kimmel. Oh, okay. Okay. I figure like Colbert
is like he's in his bag with politics. Yeah,
I mean, that makes sense. I see how you get there.
I also would have thought I think my answer would
have been if I didn't know the right one would
have been somebody like John Oliver. Oh, yeah.
I feel like that's something on the show. Yeah,
I feel like that would have totally been something
he would have done. Number six. This is the only
one that involves a 2023 movie, but it happened
in 2024. The Golden Globes added the category
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement. Which movie
won the inaugural award? Oh, my gosh. I got Mitchells
vs. the Machines. Barbie. Okay. What was the
big one from 2023? I want to say it's Barbie,
right? I'm going to go Barbie. It's Barbie. All
right. Number seven. Only one of these shows
has been officially canceled. Which one is it?
A, All American on the CW, B, The Equalizer on
CBS, C, Orphan Black Echoes on Netflix, or D,
School Spirits on Paramount+. School Spirits?
God, you could tell me they were all canceled
and I wouldn't know. I don't want to throw out
The Equalizer because, of course, I was interested
in seeing that series, but I'll go with The Orphan
Black. I've never even heard of School Spirits.
I'm going to say that one. It is not School Spirits.
Oh, was it Orphan Black? Orphan Black Echoes.
Oh, that figures. Yeah. It was good. All right.
It was good. Yeah, exactly. Number eight. How
many total Marvel movies and TV shows were released
in 2024? And for a TV show, it needs to have
started and finished in 2024. Three. Agatha for...
There's only six? Okay, so Marvel. Oh, jeez.
So you got to pull out the figures. Movies and
TV shows. Movies and TV shows. Yeah, this is
tougher than I thought it would be. I'm just
going to say three because I cannot think beyond
that. Okay. Marvel in particular. So let me go.
So movies count, right? Yes, movies and TV shows.
Okay. gotcha so what if is wrapped up so what
if is one um deadpool wolverine is the obvious
big movie um i think that was the only film that
came out right because they pushed everything
else back um yeah so what if deadpool wolverine
um was there i wonder if there was like a sneaky
season of i am group that came out I always feel
like every time I go to the Marvel tile, there's
always like new episodes of that. I'm going to
say yes to that. So let's give it three. And
then let's see on the TV show side. God. Oh,
Agatha. That's four. I think that might be it,
dude. I'm going to say four total. So you are
correct with four. You are not correct with the.
four they are but you just need to get the number
uh it was deadpool and wolverine was the only
movie agatha all along and what if you were exactly
right and echo came out in january oh shit yes
yo talk about a show i completely forgot about
shoot just wow i would never ever remember that
number nine move over travis kelsey and t swift
we have a new celebrity football player power
couple Who got engaged to Buffalo Bills QB Josh
Allen over the Bills bye week? Haley Stanfield.
Haley Stanfield. That's our young Kate Bishop,
Haley Steinfeld. Haley Steinfeld, yep. Yeah,
Steinfeld. Pronunciation don't matter. I only
know that because of the Spider -Man drama. about
how the like the delay in the animation and everything
or no well no that part sucks but the guy who
plays miles whose name i can't remember obviously
you've heard the last couple questions uh is
was trying so hard to date her because all the
previous spider -man and mary jane are their
female had dated up until beyond the spider -verse
oh no and then she got engaged And he like shut
down his TikTok and all his social media. Oh,
no. Yeah, it was rough. Poor guy. And number
10, for five points, what are the top five highest
grossing box office films of 2024? That is both
domestic and international. You do not have to
get this in order. We're just looking for the
top five. All I remember is Wicked. John Wick,
Wicked. The Donald Trump movie. Was it The Apprentice?
Mm -hmm. What are two other movies that came
out this year? Deadpool, Wolverine, and another
movie. No, it's Veratu. Deadpool, Wolverine.
Oh, something just... I'm terrible at the box
office stuff. And I'm thinking all 2023 right
now. It's all 2024. I know, this is the worst.
Next year I'll be able to come back and take
this quiz, no problem. Yeah, right. What is it?
God, I can't even think of any popular movies
in 2024 right now. Beyond Deadpool, Wolverine.
Alien Romulus. And I know I didn't mean to make
that sound like it had a question mark at the
end. We'll just throw it in there. Just because
I'm like, okay, now I'm just going to name movies
that came out later. God, those are the only
two I can think of, honestly. And it's going
to kill me when you tell me the top four. Okay.
Do I have to get it in order, or do I just need
the five? Just need the five. So Inside Out 2,
I think, is still number one. Inside Out 2, Deadpool
and Wolverine. I want to say Moana has cracked
the top five at this point. So I'm going to say
Moana 2 is up there as well. That's going to
be a yellow. I might take that one back. um let
me think of the other ones i think wicked has
been huge domestically but not internationally
so i don't think it is in top five there um okay
let me think of like summer oh dune i'm gonna
put dune up there for now um there's no way godzilla
kong had that kind of pull um maybe it did okay
so i got The two locks are Inside Out 2 and Deadpool
and Wolverine. I'm going to say Dune 2. Fuck
it. Yeah, it's going to be in the top five. And
then what else came out over the summer? Jesus,
I'm such a Disney person. I got to broaden my
horizons. Okay. This is compelling audio, I know.
I love it. Talking it out, you're great. Okay.
Here's the thing. I just watched Sonic 3. Okay.
And I think that made a lot of money. I don't
know if it's top five money, but I think it has
made a lot of money since it came out. I'm going
to give you this one just because I think it's
wrong to lead you down this path. I think it'll
get there. It's not there yet. Okay. Gotcha.
Okay. Um, let's see what else is there. Um, I'm
just going to go through the movies that I had
seen. Um, this is so bad. Um, okay. So I got
my top three. Um, I'm going to say Moana two
is in there. So that's four. And then my fifth
one, I think anything that came out earlier this
year that crushed it. Um, let's see. Oh, let
me, okay, let me think of sequels. It's either,
because I think that most of the top 10, if not
all the top 10, is sequels. What's another good
sequel that came out? Then fuck it. I'll just
put Godzilla Kong. I know that was big earlier
in the year. So that's my top five. At five was
Moana 2. At four was Dune Part 2. At three, Despicable
Me 4. At two, Deadpool and Wolverine. And taking
home the top spot, Inside Out 2. So you got seven
on the round. That's pretty good. That's pretty
good. Well done. Well done. Thank you. Thank
you. Well, you got 11 points on round one. So
you're doing just fine. Out of 10 questions,
you got 11 points. How does that make sense?
Because we have multiple points. So that's 13
points. Not bad. As of right now, you have the
lead in the first round. All right, we move to
my favorite round. This is taglines. I'm going
to give you the tagline of a movie that came
out in 2024. You have to tell me what movie it
is. So round two, question one. Jack Black is
not Santa. Oh. Uh, dear Santa. Oh, um. I don't
know if they actually call. I don't know if they
actually called this movie this. But it's all
I can think of because I know the premise. Satan
Claws? Oh, Dear Santa or Dear Satan or whatever
it is. Yeah, if you would have said Dear Satan,
I would have given it to you because it's just
confusing. But yeah. Number two, Chase, Ride,
Survive. Chase, Ride, Survive. Chase, Ride, Survive.
Twisters? I hate this category. Chase, Ride,
Survive. Oh, Chase, Ride, Survive. Darn it. Here's
a turn in. Yeah, but I think I got myself off
the path. I think I'm stuck on thinking it's
Horizon, but it's probably some sci -fi movie.
I'll just say Horizon. Chase, oh, Twisters. Twisters
2. Twisters, yeah. See? It's not that bad. I
haven't ridden it. When did they ride the Twister?
I don't know. That is weird. Number three. Probably
my favorite one on this list. Expose the corruption,
protect the hive. Expose the corruption, protect
the hive. Did the Beeman come out this? Or the
Beekeeper? Oh. Alien Romulus? expose the corruption
protect the high why i'm trying to is there a
sequel to the b movie that came out because that's
a good tagline for it um i don't know um i'm
gonna say b movie too starring jerry uh jerry
seinfeld no damn it it's the beekeeper oh which
honestly i wouldn't have assumed i wouldn't have
assumed out of 2024 but Another January release.
Tell me that it doesn't fit Alien Romulus, though.
It does fit Alien Romulus, but it does also fit
better the beekeeper. Yes, sir. Because of the
corruption. The corruption. Not because of the
hive, because of the corruption. All right, we'll
lean into the corruption. Number four, Hear No
Evil. Hear No Evil. Hear No Evil. I don't know
the poster. The mouth is... It's not The Quiet
Place 2. Bird Box. I know that wasn't this year.
What is it? I'm terrible at the horror genre,
so I'm sure there's something in there. Didn't
they also release the new Quiet Place movie?
The prequel. God, I wouldn't even remember the
name. Anyways, Quiet Place. It's going to get
quiet. I don't know. You're No Evil. It's the...
Oh, shit. That's not the name of the movie. I
know. You're No Evil. It was the... Gosh, it
was the one with... Why am I forgetting dude's
name? But it's like I think it was a remake of
like some Polish movie horror movie where it's
like a family. They meet up that are hosted by
this other family and they're kind of fucked
up and the kid can't talk or something. So that's
if that's the title of the movie, if I stumbled
into that being the title of the movie, I think
I got it right. Speak no evil. I'm just going
to say speak no evil. Speak no evil. Well done.
Yeah. Number five. Fall hard. Fall hard. Fall
guys? Fall guy? Oh, dear God. I'm laughing at
your pain. I am laughing at your pain. Another
reason that the category is in, I know. Is it
fall hard? I don't know. Fall hard? Yep. Oh,
The Fall Guy. The Ryan Gosling movie, The Fall
Guy. Which I've seen twice and I couldn't remember
anything from it. Oh, there you go. Number six.
Will they make history or fake it? Oh, man. Will
they make history or fake it? I've got no idea.
Inside Out 2. I hate this category. I hate it
so much. So you can think of a thousand other
movies and other years that this would fit well
for. I don't know. Ooh. Will they make history
or fake it? Ugh. Make history or fake it? Will
they make history or fake it? Oh, I fucking know
it. It's the Scarlett Johansson movie that bombed.
Fly Me to the Moon. Fly me to the moon was the
correct answer there, and I did almost sing it,
but no, we don't do that here. Number seven,
sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts
you the most. Oh, jeez. Is it the Sidney Sweeney
movie? I can't remember the name of it. Terror
Fire 3. Oh, gosh. It's not going to be this one.
We're going to go for a perfect score on this.
Sometimes it's the one who loves you that hurts
you the most. I mean, that could be Godzilla
X Kong, the new empire, but I think only certain
viewers could receive that movie in such a way.
I think it would be funny if just like fuck with
people, the marketing departments at these huge,
you know, production companies will just switch
log lines and see if it actually makes sense.
Yeah. This one does not, unfortunately. Say the
line one more time. Sometimes it is the one who
loves you who hurts you the most. I mean, I'm
just going to say Challengers, but I know it's
not it. I know there's a lot of controversy with
this one, but it ends with us. Number eight.
This could be literally almost any movie. Villains
aren't born, they're made. Despicable Me 4. I
don't know. I'm just going to lean into Alien
Romulus for everything. Villains aren't born,
they're made. So it's not Deadpool Wolverine.
It's not... Is there a bad guy sequel? Shit.
This is where I'm stumbling now. And it's not
Dune 2, though I think it could work for Dune.
Shit. I'm just going to... Hold on. Could work
for Wicked, too, but that's not how they want
to frame Elphaba's story. Not Sonic 3. I don't
know. I'm just going to say Sonic 3, but I know
that's not it. That's a good guess. It was Kraven
the Hunter, but that's a good guess. That's just
the kind of, you know, like a hard... Hard line.
You know, like, Gru's gonna come get you. Yeah,
right. Yeah, exactly. Number nine. This daddy's
a baddie. I feel like Mel Gibson's attached to
this. This daddy's a baddie. This daddy's a baddie.
The Leftovers. I don't know. Long Legs? This
daddy's a baddie? Oh, my God. It can't be despicable
me, I don't think. Rarely do you double dip,
by the way, and credit to you for, you know,
just making sure that the previous answer isn't
used again. Yeah, right. Really great quiz making
by you. Yeah. This daddy is a baddie. This daddy's
a baddie. Man, again, my mind goes back to Godzilla.
The Boy and the Heron came out last year. That
was a poll, all right. Could you imagine a Miyazaki
film with that as the tagline? After some mistranslation
from Japanese to English. Yeah, that's the problem.
Daddy's a fatty. I'm just trying to think of
comedies or rom -coms right now. Daddy's a fatty.
Daddy. Dude, I figured out Fly Me to the Moon,
but I can't figure out this bullshit. It's Daddy's
a fatty. I don't know it. Despicable Me 4. Shut
up! From left field. Oh, man. You should have
guessed Despicable Me 4. No shit. I was trying
to give you credit. I know. You said all of the
things. I did not script this. This is amazing.
Yeah, Despicable Me 4. Number 10. Everything
he draws is about to get real. All hair on the
purple crayon. And we'll finish it on a perfect
note. I'm just going to answer. Cosby's a little
tasteless. Let's go with, uh, God, I don't know.
Cool world. Oh, um, it's the, uh, purple crayon
shit. Um, with, uh, Zach Levy, Levi, Levi, Levi.
Yeah, sure. Harold and the purple crayon. I haven't
even heard of that. So, uh, it was, it was a
movie that existed. Five out of ten. That's okay.
That's good. That's really good. Usually that's
our tough one. So a five out of ten is usually
a pretty good score. Well, I know you'll find
this hard to believe, but you didn't get one
on that. I'm just shocked. So you got six points
on that one. All right, round three is called
sequel subtitles. Every one of these is a franchise
that had a release in 2024. You have to tell
us the subtitle to the title. So for example,
if it was Avengers, we would be looking for Infinity
War or something like that if it came out that
year. So round three, question one, Bad Boys.
Gonna get them. For life? Oh, Bad Boys 4, right?
Bad Boys for life? For life was the third one.
Ride or die? Ride or die, sure. Number two, Venom.
The Last Dance. God, what do they call this one?
God, man, that second category just ruined me
for the rest of the day. Venom, Dead and Loving
It. Venom! The Last Dance. Last Dance. That was
the worst movie I saw in theaters this year.
I will say. Mine is The Exorcism. Oh, I didn't
see that. But that was supposed to be bad. Borderlands
is also up there, but that wasn't as bad. No
interest in Borderlands. Yeah. I say with Borderlands,
if you love the IP, you probably had a worse
time than I did. For me, I don't know much about
the IP, so I was just kind of like, eh, it's
fine. It's not good, but I don't know all the
lore or anything like that. I just went in, bad
movie, be bad. Yeah. Number three, Ghostbusters.
Where are they? Oh, the latest. Frozen Empire?
Oh, Afterlife? No, Frozen Empire. You had it.
I'll give you that one. I'll give you that one.
People are going to argue with me listening to
this. He had it. I saw what he had. Number four,
Alien. Romulus. Alien Romulus. It had to be one
of those. If you just keep guessing, it'll happen.
It was one of the few movies I saw in 2024, apparently.
Romulus. You know how you've been obsessed with
Godzilla Kong? Yeah. Contestant 2 was obsessed
with alien Romulus. That was his joke answer
for everything. And finally, I said alien. He
goes, what? Number five is Joker. Do I have to
say it in French or can I just... Pronunciation
doesn't matter. Whatever you get. Oh, gosh. It's
like... Pronunciation does not matter on this
one. That's... Number six, Paddington. And I
will say this is a little bit of a technicality
because it did get released in the UK. It does
get released February 14th for the United States.
There was a Paddington movie this year? Paddington.
We nailed it in the second one. Oh, gosh. Three.
Paddington gets marmalade. Paddington in Peru.
Are you serious? Wow. Yeah. Never. What? Okay.
Number seven. Rebel Moon. Rebel Moon. The Lost
Empire. Oh, terrible Snyder Netflix. I'm not
going to remember anything else other than I
barely remembered the Rebel Moon. I just know
it's a terrible name. So that, oh yeah, that's
a Zack Snyder thing. I don't know. The other
side of the Rebel Moon. Rebel, oh, fuck. Yeah,
this is a movie that came and went for me. Rebel
Moon Resistance, or I don't know. I don't know
what it is. It's The Scargiver. Scargiver, yeah.
And mind you, that's the second one. Can you
tell me the first one's subtitle? Mike, of course
not. A Child of Fire. Child of Fire. Okay, sure.
Yes, he copied Elemental. The Fire Child. That's
right, yeah. Number eight, The Descendants. Descendants.
Electric Boogaloo. What? The Disney movie. The
Descendants. Not the George Clooney movie. Right,
that's what I'm thinking of. No, no, no. The
Disney Channel movie Descendants. They've had
like eight of them at this point. Oh, wow. I
don't know. Still finding more? The Disney Descendants?
Like the Descendants movies. Oh, fuck. I had
to clarify because... uh contestant two also
thought descendants like the george clooney one
and no not that one that's a sad movie to give
a sequel to um the descendants of i don't this
one i have no idea the descendants ascend the
rise of red oh okay yep yeah i knew you had that
up your alley yeah i have to you have to watch
the first seven to really get yeah i don't think
you'd be able to Follow, just jumping in. Number
nine, Godzilla X Kong. Oh, man. The Lost Empire?
Something was lost, and that other monkey's going
to come. We may have broken Heath. You may have
broken Heath. The Zoom has not frozen. Monster
Islands. The new empire! Let's go! Godzilla!
Hold on. I'm going to get my Godzilla action
figure. Oh, my God. That's on my stand right
now. Hold on. I will celebrate this moment properly.
Nice. I got him. I got this one in Japan. Oh,
my God. That's awesome. And number 10. Yes, I
know it's hard to believe, but the Lord of the
Rings. Lord of the Rings. What was Peter Jackson
thinking? Oh, God. It's about to... So, Rohim.
I'll just go with that. Oh, well, I could see
it. It starts with an R, I want to say. And it's
probably some shit from the Cimmerillion, and
I can't pronounce it. So, the Ring of Revelador.
I'm going to give this to you. It's the War of
the Rohirrim. The Rohirrim, yes. Yeah, whatever.
The writers... I know what it's about. I know
it's the animated one, but I didn't realize it
was such a long title. All right. That round,
you got five out of ten. All right. You're holding
strong. I'm seeing a streak here. Okay. Better
round that time. You got four. I'll take that
over the last round. Round two is nonexistent.
That round was a little tougher for you. Yeah,
it was. Not going to lie on that one. You got
four. Round four. These are 2024 movies described
by letterboxd reviews. So round four, question
one. The story was good, but as for the songs,
you can tell Lin -Manuel wasn't in the room when
they happened. Moana 2. Moana 2. Funny. Moana
2, because he didn't do the song for that. That
was Moana 2. Number two. I am a theater kid at
heart. What can I say? Wicked? Wicked. Well,
I guess Wicked, right? Wicked, of course. Number
three. How did three of these movies get made?
Despicable. No, there was three of them. Despicable
Me is on four. I'll say it was Despicable Me.
What was it? It can be so obvious when I hear
it. Third one got me. Oh, I don't know. Scargiver?
Only two so far. Darn it. Oh, okay. I'm going
to say The Last Dance. Venom, The Last Dance.
Venom! Venom! Number four. The next time I do
shrooms, I'm summoning Aubrey Plaza. Is it a
movie? Yes. Oh, shoot. It's the Coppola's big,
crazy... Oh, what's the name of that movie? I'm
blanking on it. But she gets shot with a bow
and arrow. I think you're thinking Megalopolis.
Yeah. I don't know. Oh, damn. Oh, God. It's funny
because these are just movies, right? Yes, these
are just movies. Because the biggest thing I
remember her from this year was Agatha. And that
really viral TikTok clip of her summoning the
horror of darkness or whatever, which is so great.
Horror, flattiness. What movie was she in this
year, though? And I know she was one. Shrooms.
She was in, oh, God. I don't know. What was the
movie? That's the movie My Old Ass. Number five,
the cast made this an entertaining watch and
Burton doing 90s Burton was better than anything
he's done since Sweeney Todd. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.
Just one of those. And I'm like, yeah, you completely
forgot about this. It's going to kill you when
you hear it. I'm not saying it a third time.
Oh, God damn it. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice. Yeah,
what Tim Burton movie was made? Oh, I feel like
such a bad fan right now. it's funny he was there
was like some interview that recirculated when
like press for this movie was out and he was
describing like what his when he was working
on Edward Scissorhands and like the neighborhood
design and all that yeah he's like I wanted it
to be in his head, the most boring place, the
most unimaginative place ever. And he modeled
it after his childhood town, which is Burbank,
California, which is where Disney Studios and
all these other major studios are. And I go running
in Burbank all the time because it's like 10
minutes away from me. Anyway, I like Burbank.
I would love to buy a house in Burbank. God,
fuck. What movie, though, did he make? I'm just
trying to rack my brain. Oh, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice. That's a good synopsis
of the movie, too. Right? Yeah. Number six. Minus
one star because this one doesn't have Megan
Fox in a crop top leaning over the hood of a
car. Oh, my God. Oh, man. Transformers name I
don't remember. oh good grief i don't remember
there's too many of these to be like it's the
rise of the dark side of the there's only one
release this year beast wars transformers one
that was transformers one number seven chris
evans did knives out then decided he's never
going to be in a good movie ever again red one
um god was it I'll just go with the red one.
Red one? Red one. Yes. Correct. That's the only
one I can think of. But I swear he's in another
terrible movie. Because that is a very apt description.
You're like, why is he doing all these weird
roles? Yep. Number eight. There were epic horn
sounds, so I'm content. Huh. Gladiator 2? Epic
horn sounds, so I'm content. I don't know. Inside
Out 2. Epic horn sounds. Dune 2 immediately came
to mind because of that score. Horn sounds. Yeah,
I'm just going to say Dune 2, but I could be
wrong. Lord of the Rings, The War of the Rohirrim.
A strange feeling. I really liked it. I really
love when they blow the horn and they go on about.
Number 9. Yes, Keanu, you are a national treasure.
Uh, Sonic 3. Uh, Toy Story 4? It's the Sonic
the Hedgehog. Um, I'm assuming Sonic the Hedgehog
3. That's Sonic the Hedgehog 3. And finally,
number 10, Suggestion. If you ever want to do
something this boring and unbelievably bad written,
at least for the love of God, make sure he's
half naked while fighting. Kraven? oh gladiator
2 oh that could be a lot of things um okay while
fighting uh let me think of like an action movie
um half naked while fighting um this is the local
surveillance video of me at walmart what This
is the local surveillance video of me at Walmart.
Make him have naked while fighting. That's funny.
Remember that one time a bear walked into a liquor
store while we were living in Connecticut? I
do. I do remember that time. I also remember
when I went running and there was a bear like
10 feet away from me with its cubs. Yeah, I remember
you telling me that story. That's a scary situation
to be in. I don't know. What is it? Craven the
Hunter. I swear, I'm just going to go watch this
stupid movie and get it out because it's going
to fill in the blanks for half of this. You got
seven on that one. That was great. Nice job.
That's five points on that round. Thanks. I feel
like you threw in Craven because you knew, first
of all, it's so new that a lot of people might
not have seen it. Two, nobody wants to see it.
So you know it's kind of a... It's also because
when I came up with this category, the first
review on Letterboxd was this one. And I'm like,
this is perfect. This is exactly what I want
from this round. And I'm putting it last. I already
knew 1, 2, 3, 4. I'm putting it 10. I would say
Aaron Taylor Johnson's abs, they might be the
best in Hollywood right now. Shredded, dude.
Like in The Fall Guy, you see it too. It's like
shredded. Sure. I haven't seen them. I don't
really Google that. You could count them. And
there's a lot. There's more than you would expect.
Come gutters. Exactly. Oh, God. You got seven
that round. Like a nice little aqueduct system.
Oh, great. Seven. I'll take it. Yeah, seven.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Seven! Our final category is
looking ahead to 2025. It is round five. As always,
this is subject to change, but this is as it
stands right now. So all of these things should
be coming out in 2025 at some point. Round five,
question one. A new Tron movie is coming, which
means a new soundtrack. Which band is in charge
of the third movie's tracks? Oh, it's either
Daft Punk or Nine Inch Nails. So I'm going to
pick one. Nine Inch Nails. 30 Seconds to Mars.
It better be Daft Punk. Nine Inch Nails. Daft
Punk is retired, supposedly. Yeah, of course.
Yeah, sure. You don't think they'd come back
for that Disney money? Yeah, right. Well, this
one's Nine Inch Nails, so. Yeah, all right. She
liked it. I knew just one of those. I love that
you're just like, it's either Daft Punk or Nine
Inch Nails. You'd be correct. It's one of them.
Number two. Speaking of third movies, the latest
Knives Out sequel is coming out too. Do you remember
the title of it? Glass Onion again. Now, and
I have nothing but joke answers going through
my head, so I don't want to let it fly. I don't
think rusty trombones the correct answer. Knives
out. Let me see. I guess I don't know. I have
like, is it something in Venice? No. I think
Zach guessed glassier onion. Yeah, exactly. I
was like, well, glass onion just sent me into
the rest of trouble. I'm like, no! My brain is
never going to wrap itself around what it really
is. It's called Wake Up Dead Man. Oh. I've never
even heard it. I've never even heard it. That's
good to know. Yeah, there you go. You learned
something new today. Number three. There are
four Pooniverse movies being released in 2025,
including the Monsters Assemble film, which is
going to be released on Halloween. What three
main Disney characters are getting their own
horror movies this year before they all team
up? I can guarantee you it is none of the Winnie
the Pooh Blood and Honeys, but along those lines.
Tigger. Okay, so Tigger was part of Blood and
Honey 2. We're looking for, these are the title
characters. Oh, I'm sorry. And there's not another
Blood and Honey. I'll give you that off the bat.
These are new characters. Pinocchio. Okay. Disney
characters that are open to me. Pinocchio. It'd
be cool if there was a Jungle Book one. And Hunchback.
When you say Peter Pan, I'm basing these solely
on a conversation I overheard. That is it. He's
not from, oh, yeah, so during doing my research
or, you know, looking through all these horror
movies coming out. Don't worry. I saw all because
of a conversation I overheard you having. And
I can only remember Peter Pan is the one off
that I was like, oh, that that's a new one. I
hadn't heard about that. And the others were
the ones that I had heard about, like the Steamboat
Willie one. And then. That's all I can think
of. That's all I got. That's all I got. um okay
i'll go you know mickey mouse steamboat willie
i'm gonna go um uh can i just do like little
mermaid or something um yeah that's good enough
i know what you're talking about yeah just like
i'm just trying to think of like what would you
build a horror movie around um which they kind
of did in the lighthouse another great robert
eggers movie um uh and then the third one let's
go with Oswald the rabbit? I don't know. Pinocchio's
the only one I'm sure of. Pinocchio is one. The
other two is Bambi the Reckoning. Shut up. And
Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare. And that's not
even to mention they have a Popeye the Sailor
Man one that's not part of this universe that's
just coming out. Is Popeye open? I guess he is.
Public domain. And a movie called Screamboat,
which is Steamboat Mickey. Also not part of this
universe. Just happens to be coming out. Number
four. The director of The Greatest Showman brings
us another musical documentary called Better
Man. What famous UK musician is it about? Oh,
Robbie... What's Robbie's last name? He's a chimpanzee.
I don't know his last name. Robbie Williams?
Robbie Williams. he's a chimpanzee robbie williams
i gave you the point already yeah you don't know
robbie i was like i'm googling this he's not
robbie williams he's a monkey he's a monkey i'm
sending you this now because i need your reaction
while we're recording this oh my god i'm ready
he is a chimpanzee yeah in the movie is this
in the movie better man robbie williams biopic
or biopic He is a CGI chimpanzee. You know what?
That just fits for Robbie Williams. I don't know
why. That just fits for him. I don't know. Everyone
else is still human. Everything else is normal.
He's a chimpanzee. Number five. 2025 will be
the first movie entry in James Gunn's new DC
universe. We get his take on Superman. And also
his take on what other DC hero who showed up
in the trailer for Superman sporting a bowl cut?
Oh, Guy Gardner's Green Lantern. Green Lantern.
Oh, Guy Gardner. Yep. That is Guy Gardner's Green
Lantern. Number six, though no release date is
set, there is a potential Nicolas Cage movie
coming in 2025 strongly featuring what sport?
I don't know. This is new to me, but I want to
see. A Nicolas Cage movie about bad men. His
first sport movie. Oh God, I just want him to
do one of each. I want the Air Bud movies, but
Nicolas Cage. What? Did that dog jump? You gotta
call the file! Oh my God. I want this. I want
this now. I know. I know. I, um, well, I'll just,
God, I'll just guess. Cause I'm not sure. I haven't
heard of anything, but I don't know. I'll go
into, uh, just say baseball. Oh man. I know Nick
Cage is your guy. Um, I know, I know which sport.
What kind of sport movie would Nick Cage be a
part of? I'm going to go curling. It is called
The Surfer, and it's about surfing. I knew that.
On the island? I think so, yes. He takes this
crew to an island, and if I'm not mistaken, it's
an island of terrorists or drug dealers or something.
I want it. I want it so bad. I want it too. Believe
me, I saw it and I was like, oh, we're in the
synopsis. But it's funny that the whole surfer
part is, like, you just blink it out as you're
like, wait, an island? We're going to be doing
what? Yeah, right. But the minute you said surfing,
that absolutely clicked. Yes, I'm dying to see
that. Number seven, there's going to be another
Insidious film. This time it stars Kumail Nanjiani
and what actress slash musician? Oh, Rihanna.
Well, and I don't know for sure. I don't want
to do it. It's got to be a singer that has never
acted before. It would shock me if you go from
Oscars to the Joker. Oh, yes. OK, I see where
you're thinking. And that's the only actor slash
singer I can think of. But I'm like, OK, this
is insidious. Maybe it is like something like
a... Think the opposite way. Maybe it's... God,
I've only got two guesses. One, I don't even
know who she is. It's just a guess I keep throwing
out when someone says new singer. I'm like, I
don't know. Is it this person? I'll just say
the Heidi Steinfeld. See, I've already forgotten
which way it was. Haley Steinfeld? Yeah, I'll
just go with that. Haley. Actress slash musician.
And I'm using the term musician very slightly.
Oh, okay. So it's not like Gaga. Not Jennifer
Lopez. I'll just say Jennifer Lopez. Who is it?
Mandy Moore. Oh, wow. Okay. I haven't heard that
name in a long time. Yep. Not since This Is Us
was canceled. Yeah, that's the thing. I'm missing
you like candy. Yeah, that's Mandy Moore. Number
eight, the long -awaited sequel, at least in
my eyes, to Mortal Kombat is coming out. Johnny
Cage is going to be in this one, and he is being
played by whom? Who do I want to see play Johnny
Cage? I don't know his name, but the guy from
Ted Lasso that played football, Jamie. Ooh, that
would actually be a good one. God, I feel like
you fogged my brain with your... with the text
that had Casper Van Dien in that movie. And so
I can't stop thinking about him as that role.
I'm not sure. I did Casper Van Dien. Oh, who?
You're going to hate me. Is Johnny Cage the tall
blonde guy? With the buzz cut? No? I'm not a
Mortal Kombat guy. I don't know what you want.
Donny Cage is the movie star that's like uber
cocky. Oh, got it. Let me see. Who would I fan
cast in a role like that? It sounds almost like
a Booster Gold kind of character. A little bit,
yeah. And the big fan cast there was Nathan Fillion,
but he was obviously Guy Garner. Okay. Who could
pull that off in a charming way? I'm going to
go with... I'm going to go with... God, why am
I forgetting his name? I see this beautiful man
in my face. I'm going to go... In my head? Right
in your face, you see this beautiful man. I'm
going to go with Chris Pine. Why not? I like
this one, though. It's Karl Urban. Okay. I do
like that, though. I think that would be fun.
Carl Urban could be an old... Are they going
for an older kind of... I guess, yeah. Still
full of himself, but a little frazzled? Little
frazzled? Yeah, maybe. Like, probably. I would
think that's about the route they'd go. The guy
that played Jamie on Ted Lasso would just be
pure cocky Johnny Cage. Yes. Oh, yeah. He'd be,
like, new to acting Johnny Cage. Like, starred
in his first movie, look at me. Number nine.
Universal Studios is once again trying to launch
its Dark Monster universe. Which horror icon
are they trying this time? Well, just going on
what they're doing at the park, and they haven't
tried before. Wolfman? I've only got two guess
options. I don't know if either of them are supposed
to be part of this universe that they've tried
to do. I'll never understand why. It's like,
if you do this universe, you've got to finish.
The last movie has to be Abbott and Costello
run into the monsters. Like that's just absurd.
It's just absurd. But I know there's a new Wolfman
movie out, but there's also, and I don't know
if they're leaning into like the Dracula portion
of this with the Nosferatu movie. I don't know.
So I'll just say Wolfman. I didn't know that
they were doing this. So. Horror icon. Wolfman.
I'm going to go with Wolfman. It is the Wolfman.
Nice, okay. Yes, Nosferatu is not part of the
Universal studio. I didn't think so, but it was
so new, and I'm like, God, it does have this
weird feel of like, we'll do Nosferatu, but we'll
make it insidious. Yeah, right. You know what
I mean? We'll treat it in the real world and
do this, but I don't know. No, it is The Wolfman,
and the last time they attempted this was 2010,
and you can listen to that episode on the Game
for a Movie podcast. Yeah, I guarantee you it's
on your podcast at some point. Even with Benicio
Del Toro couldn't save it. Oh, yeah. Hey, man,
they've made these movies. Jack Nicholson couldn't,
you know, make the movie great. Yeah, right.
It's just the only time I think it's ever been
done well is American Werewolf in London. And
number 10, Channing Tatum is starring in a biopic
called Roofman. About a fugitive who used to
steal from what fast food chain by entering via
their roofs? Huh. McDonald's. You said fast food
chains? Yep. Which is McDonald's. I'm just going
to guess McDonald's. I don't know. McDonald's
is it. Oh, nice. Poor McDonald's, man. They're
at the center of all these weird... I mean, that's
the one to break into, I think, if you had to
break into any. That's fair. That's fair. You
know that they've got money in their registers.
Congratulations, Mitchell. You are the champion
of the quiz of 2024. What do you decree for 2025
and beyond? Oh, goodness. Well, before any decree,
I would like to thank Godzilla for all of my
pop culture knowledge from this past year, in
particular with Godzilla X -Kong, The New Empire.
And I also watched... I rewatched Godzilla minus
one in 2024. So it's pretty cool too. And I picked
up a Godzilla toy. So he's pretty sick. So a
shout to him, shout to my wife as well for putting
up with me now for my 2025 decree. I'll say this
superhero movies are so fucking back, baby. We're
going to get a good Superman movie. We're going
to get a good fantastic four movie. When is the
last time either of those have happened? So I'm
very much looking forward to good creatives behind
really strong characters from comics. And finally,
for the first time, giving them their due on
the big screen. All right. I just want to say
thank you guys for jumping in, being contestants
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