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Uno, Dos, Tres....Season FOUR!
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Catching up over the summer break featuring Demon Hunters and Sinners!
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Return from Hiatus
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You're listening to the Sleepy Games Podcast.
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And we're back for another episode of the Sippy Games podcast after a much, I guess, needed break these past few months.
Summer Movies and Break
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ah But Sleepy John, I believe you're over there. are you doing today? Hey, buddy.
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I hope you had a good ah a good summer break being away from the podcast. Yeah, no, it was was wasn't a bad summer. ah Did you have a good summer, James? Yeah, it would went by too quick.
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They always do. They always do. Well, especially with all the good movies that came out, I feel like I was ah occupied throughout the whole summer. i mean, some good, some great, some quite disappointing and forgettable.
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And we will get into that.
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Yep, yep, yeah, we will. And I know with i know with you you, you got to see a few films that we saw from last season, or that I got to see from last season that you got to catch up on.
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And we're definitely going to talk about that as well. Excellent, excellent. Should we just dive right in then? I want to dive right in because have a lot to say. Let's just dive right in.
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I probably have more to say than you to say because I was definitely a movie fanatic this summer, I guess leading up until now.
K-pop Demon Hunters Craze
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um But I guess i guess the the first film that we can discuss, which I'm sure all all the like listeners want to know about if we saw it,
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um is the big surprise hit that is the the K-pop Demon Hunters.
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That's right. That's right. it's a It definitely wasn't on my radar, especially with its epic title.
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Yeah. I don't think anybody's told this coming, especially if you're judging the the film by the by the title. you're You're probably not going to expect much.
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Yeah, that's 100%. I guess short of it for me is that to i mean I had no idea about it at all. it was actually the kid that recommended us to watch it. And then I also didn't know it was a musical.
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ah And it was it was a terrific movie and a terrific musical at the same time. Well, the biggest surprise for me, because i don't I'm not the biggest fan of musicals.
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um They're very, I mean, they're more missed than hits. I don't want to say hit or miss because it takes a lot for me to like one. um But I think it's rare when there's a musical where every song is a banger.
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um I love every song that's in this movie. I play it ah lot still in the car or at home. I'm very curious to see what my Spotify year wrap-up is going to look like. It's going to be like, it'll be like catching Lamar, gorillas, and then K-pop demon hunters.
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That's what I imagine it'll be.
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Right, yeah, and I agree with the the whole musicals thing. It's very few and far in between for me. i find that the majority of the time there might be like one or two catchy songs, the rest kind of fall flat.
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ah and And this is the first musical I think I've ever heard where it's all original music and they're all catchy. Like, and there's not one there. I'm just like, you know, you're just kind of sitting through because it's like, it's giving the movie some exposition, but it's like, it's really lazily written or something like that. So yeah, this movie didn't have any of that. I didn't feel. well That's the thing with a lot musicals too, where where are you you'll, you'll, they'll do songs that incorporate with the story, but they're kind just like sing, like, like sing talking, you know, just they're kind of just like singing what they're doing.
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But it it doesn't really feel like a song, you know? it's just It's just like, oh, you're just saying what you're doing, but with a nice voice. um it's It's not really catchy, you know?
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Whereas this this kind of does both. Like, it's catchy, and it is telling, it is giving story elements. You're learning about the characters, how how they are, and it's catchy as hell.
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which Which is great. they They kind of like, perfected the formula with this.
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Yeah, 100%. yeah I think you kind hit the nail on the head there for sure. so Is there a favorite song you have? Is there a favorite song?
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I mean, probably either Soda Pop or Takedown, I guess, would be the two that resonate with me. Well, you like Takedown because of diss songs. You like the diss songs. It had a good beat.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Yeah, for for me it's either Your Idol or This Is What It Sounds Like. This song, those are the ones that jack me up, get me hyped. um But ah so my my my girlfriend and I, were we were kind of obsessed with this movie where we both actually dressed up as two of the characters from the movie for Halloween.
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Where she actually she's friends with a hairstylist. And she got her hair just done john just like Rumi, you know, the main girl from Huntrix. Exactly like her hair. She got the whole outfit. And then I played the the boyfriend, Genu.
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But don't worry, I'll make sure to to post this on the Instagram too so everybody can see. um I'm quite proud of it. Nice. It's the best win like when like kids come up to you.
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And like, they're just like in such awe, they're just like, whoa, are you, especially my girlfriend, they're just like, are you roomie? Like, can get a picture with you? It's so cute. It's so adorable.
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Yeah, that is for sure. Well, it shows like the phenomenon is, because I talk to a lot of parents, like who kids like around, would say like four to ten, especially with young with with girls, and they are obsessed with this movie. don't know if you saw it, but it is the ah most watched Netflix movie of all time. It's only been out since June.
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That's crazy. I mean, I didn't know that, but I mean, I know it has made a lot of waves.
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Yeah, I heard on the radio today that they they just partnered with Mattel to make like kind of Barbie doll-type figures with a lot of the characters. So if you if you like I feel likere like we're only scratching the surface of like how big this will eventually become, especially once the second movie comes out. Yeah.
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There'll be like, don't know. I mean, there's going to be like K-pop on ice probably one day and Broadway shows. i It's going to be wild how how big this will grow into.
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You don't even know, man. You don't even know.
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yeah I see this coming out. you Even when like when when I first saw it, but i knew I knew it was good. I was like, oh, this is great. like The music was good. But like I didn't realize like how much the music would stick with me.
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Like like the day... after the day or two after i was like wait i didn't want to hear that song again then you kind of then you just get sucked in you're like wait i want to hear this one again hear this one again and i heard a great comparison because i was actually joking a little bit when when i brought the gorillas but this band is very similar to the gorillas Whereas like you have, you know, real life singers, performers, but it's a cartoon band, you know?
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So we're like, I know like these these women will probably like go on tour with these songs or do something with it for now. But um just I'm just thinking, you know, months, year when,
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wait like what they plan to do with it or if they have like a movie. It's gonna be cool to see. I'm very much like, we're still like, still on the hype train. Like like like the Oscars be coming out. sure I'll be nominated for Grammys, best original song, all that.
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It's gonna be interesting to see. But man, i feel I feel like you can just tell my voice how much um I like talking about this movie. but Yeah, no, I mean, again, I'm not surprised. that Like, once I finished that movie, I was like, this is like, this is the blockbuster of the of the the summer, if not like even the year.
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it And the song of the summer with Golden. It had the biggest movie of the summer and the song of the summer, which is crazy. Yeah. So, ah yeah.
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But did you want to dive into other stuff you want to keep talking about? Well, I know as far as... well I guess, keeping with with the demon theme, you actually got to watch and a film that we discussed ah on the podcast in the last season, and and that was Sinners. And I'd be really curious to hear your take on it.
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Okay. ah I guess...
Debate on 'Sinners'
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Okay, you asked me, so I will go into it. Yeah. Because vote is actually and just watched it this weekend. So it's fresh. and It's fresh, and the thing is, and like this is something that I like to do, and I don't get to do very much, is that I had no idea at all what this movie was about. i had not seen any trailers about it. I'd never heard of this movie.
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You just got off of but of what I talked about on the podcast. Yeah. Yeah, and and I'm not going to lie, like and't remember but talk I So you said you were going to watch Sinners.
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yeah still Yeah, well, there yeah, that is a problem. But probably hit my head too many times. So was going that. knew nothing about it.
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and knew nothing about it Um, so I suspected because of the fact that this is like quasi kind of a Halloween themed episode that there was going to be something Halloween themed within the movie.
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And obviously there's vampires. You forgot there's vampires. As you know. I went into this completely blind. I know you talked about it. Yeah. I did not remember. Like, I mean, it's... a Oh, boy.
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Yeah. I mean, we we talk a lot, and ah i I'm not going to lie. Like, my my memory 20 years ago was... pretty good these days it's uh it's not great ah again i definitely do not take it personally i just uh i struggle to remember my name sometimes uh and stuff like that so but uh yeah so i went into this completely fresh and see anything but i guess you also this you know this is also a little bit of a musical as well
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i Yeah, I mean, it was weird when you had like those those Irish jigs and then the dancing. that the river Was that the river dancing? Is that what it's called? i don't The line dancing? Yeah, river dance, Irish jig sort of thing. Sure. yeah um Rocky Road to Dublin, of my favorite Irish songs, too.
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I guess for me, like this movie, like and I feel like it's one that... Probably is well received and probably well loved by a lot of people. i think for me, i think that the movie was suffering from a bit of an identity crisis. I don't, it it just seemed like it didn't know what kind of movie wanted to be.
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I think that the movie would have been better had they just not had vampires in it. And I understand that there's some social commentary and that the vampires is also part of that social commentary. But I just feel like that movie would have been a lot better had there just not been vampires.
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Really? I thought you would have it. Damn. That was actually my favorite part of the movie was when the vampires did come in. but That's so funny.
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ah I mean, I'm not gonna lie, like, yeah, there's there's a couple scenes, this is not bad, the action was getting going and all that, but yeah, just in general, like, i just, I guess at the end of the movie, I made a list of other vampire movies, and it was a long list of of of other movies that had vampires that I would have rather watched than that. Oh, wow.
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So, yeah, I just, I feel like, i don't know, I guess for me when it comes to like horror and vampire movies and and those types of things, first off, I think that the vampire thing is, it's been beaten to death a lot like the zombie thing for me or or the superhero thing. It's just, there's there's just too many iterations of it.
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And ah I'm sure that people would argue this is an original iteration, which is a fine. It's just, like I said, it's just been beaten to death for me. And ah I guess for me, it's like i'm I'm more of a simple type of guy. Like if I'm watching a monster movie...
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I don't know that I want as, i guess, deep of a plot or social commentary and all that as as there is. i just kind of want to watch, like, some vampires kill some people and some shit. Like, kind of like, you know, like, 30 Days of Night. Like, that that's a good vampire movie. Like, there's not a super thick plot to it.
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Just vampires. Fuck it. okay But i' that's me, like and I'm sure that you probably have. i kind of want to re-listen to i guess what what you said about the movie.
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ah But yeah I guess for me, it's like I didn't hate it I don't see myself watching it again. so so this is the interesting. to That would probably pretty much be my review.
00:15:12
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Yeah, so is it it's interesting as far as like, you know, this is why i like hearing your sides of things, especially with noise some of the type of films you watch. So with the the summer movies i was going to discuss with all this, one of the things I was going to state with this was Sinners is still my favorite movie of the year of everything I've watched over the summer.
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Sinners is the one that's still so su still still the one that is stuck with me. i think because it has layers to it that i keep I keep thinking about even ah yeah even after I saw it. I mean, I watched it again. um it was it was over It was over the summer.
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I think whenever it came on HBO Max, I forget in June or July. And I liked even more. ah Because I'm big into like the technical aspect of things.
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like I was obsessed with how well they distinguished the Michael B. Jordan's characters, his twins.
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smoke or Stack and Smoke, I believe the characters' names were. um and That's right. is even The Smoke Stack Twins. The Smoke Stack Twins, yeah. It was even from like the first... Actually, again, like the first scene, was just like...
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I know exactly who these characters are like, or like the difference between them just from like a scene where like neither of them are talking. I can just tell how one is just more laid back and cool. The other one's just so and and and like all about businesses just always on edge, like it like like a typical gangster would be. ah And then...
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Yeah, and then just knowing as far as the vampires go, you you you know what's my only big criticism with this movie? but My only big criticism with this movie is they don't expand enough with the um the Native American kind of like Van Helsing type characters.
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I wanted to see more of them. Like, they were only in the one scene... Yes, but i agree with that. They were only in the one scene when they there were there were hunting um ah the the the villain, vampire.
Vampire Movie Fatigue
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i mean, I do like that scene because they basically just like they they saw what they saw that these people were like in the Ku Klux Klan. It was like, all right, screw you guys. We're out of here. You guys deserve to die. I'm like, and not even i don't think I even noticed that the first time watched it. I'm like oh, yeah, I guess that they they did notice like they were wearing like they had like the ah white hoods or whatever, just like hanging up in the house.
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But um yeah, I really thought it was a cool idea to have those characters in there. was just like, oh man, I kind of want to... Because I actually thought initially they were going to come back at the end and kind of save the day.
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But I guess I kind of would have, I guess, ruined some of the things that happened at the end. So i'm kind of glad they didn't do it. But in the back of my mind, kept thinking they were coming back. But don't know.
00:18:12
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It's a minor. Yeah, almost it It's minor. It almost seems that they weren't, Like, really, that that whole scene was like, it's almost unnecessary. Like, the vampire could just came into the house, and it is like the... Yeah, like, is like I would have liked to have seen more of that, too. Like, I was was kind of intrigued. was like, well, how how do these guys know about these vampires? And, like, and I want to know a bit of backstory there, but you don't get anything, so... Yeah, they basically just had this scene just to establish ah who who the villain vampire was, and, like... Because I remember, like, in that scene, know he was he was he was flying to get there, and he kind just...
00:18:47
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fell on the ground and then just stumbled upon the house. But but but but But I think ah my my my favorite movie scene of the year still is is the montage scene that um the kid character, I'm blanking on his name, when when he sings his song, and it it like pierces the veil of time. And you have all all the musicians coming in from like the past, the future, and everything. Because it was like a one-shot take for like five or like four minutes or so.
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And in in with with his thing, it was really cool too with that actor. Cause I knew that was like, i think it was like his first film role ever, but that whole montage. Yeah. I'm curious what, what do thought about that montage scene when he was singing it all sudden, just all the different musicians and everything. We were just in the barn.
00:19:42
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Yeah, like, it you know, it it was a cool scene. Like, I'm not going to say it wasn't. like an I know that you like those types of one-shot takes. we We did an episode on them. Yeah, yes, we did.
00:19:54
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Like, yeah, like i'm not I'm not going to say, like, they again, I'm not going to say that the movie the movie, for me, like, there's a lot of potential in there. And, like, there's and and like there's a good, like, for me, there's a good movie in there. It just, I think that the vampires...
00:20:10
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I think it just kind of ruined it for me. Like, it just, it it took me out of it it. I was trying to really, you know, into... Was it the lore of the vampires? who Was it the style they're portraying as far as, like, you know, not being able to enter into the barn or, like, half-mind thing?
00:20:27
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the the The invitation thing, like, and I know that that that's fairly established lore if you follow vampire stuff. Like, they need to be invited to go into house. So it's got nothing to do with the fact that... I don't have an issue with how the vampires were shown or what they were doing or any of that stuff.
00:20:42
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I'm just saying that, like, to me, like, there's a good... There's there's a good movie in there. There's a good story being told without throwing vampires in the mix. Like, it just...
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like that that I don't know how all else to say it. If you just remove the vampires from the movie, for me, it would just make a more compelling
Comparing Movie Enjoyment
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story. Interesting. can't imagine it without the vampires.
00:21:07
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Right, but is because he even at the end of the whole thing, so it's like, you know, the KKK move in, he's got that shootout at the end and stuff, right? It's just like, i forgot!
00:21:19
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ah that That was even part of it. I thought I was just watching a vampire, but I was like, oh, right. like This is part of the story. yeah I don't know. its i i yeah I guess i found it.
00:21:32
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Yeah, like I just I couldn't. Yeah, just it's it just seems like it's a good on its own. It's a good vampire movie. I guess it's all right late on its own. It's a good light. There's a good drama there.
00:21:44
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And then there's a good story like there's there's good dialogue. There's good characters like I'm invested. sounds like a great movie you're describing. Yeah, just it's like it's that's just it. It's two separate, I think, probably great movies that they mashed together that just, I don't know. I don't know what came of it. as like i is Those aren't things I would have combined, I guess, is ah the KKK and vampires.
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i I don't know. um but Before we move to the next one, I'm curious what we thought of the ending.
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Like, if you if you did you watch the credits ending? Uh... The credits end? Okay, so the the ending, like, basically, they it's the the guy and his girlfriend, I forget if it was Smoke or Stack, actually, and his girlfriend, ah they're in the bar with the the main musician guy. Yes.
00:22:37
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And then, they basically, he does a song, and then they they walk out. that's is there Is there more? well, i mean... That's like the main ending.
00:22:49
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but um There's one after credits where Sammy, I just remember his name, thank you. Sammy. ah yeah I remember Sammy, I love the villain, the way he says like, Sammy.
00:23:00
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always like how he said that. um So frightening.
00:23:05
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um But yeah, ah like that scene actually, I kind of teared up that scene, which I wasn't expecting. um right with with with with old Sammy just like talking about how that was like his favorite yo he remembers that day so well and those his favorite day yeah his life peaked that's messed up man and like for life ah for him and and for Stack was it right for both of them because it was like last time he saw his brother the last time he saw the son damn what all these years oh whoa
00:23:42
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Yeah, so yeah, but yeah, like what's is what's the other scene you're talking about then? Oh, the other scene, it was Sammy um but when he when he was still young again and he was in the church, saying just, because I think with with the beginning and ending scene with him going to the church with a broken guitar and The guy was trying to tell him, like oh, you need to give that up. You need to you know leave leave all that devil worship and whatever. And I think the ending scene was just him singing again with another guitar and just like embracing embracing the life of like I'm still going to choose this. This is what I'd love to do.
00:24:20
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Gotcha. I see with ah with end credits scenes, I know that... Yeah, the the end credit the end end credits scene like isn't as important as... like like I feel like the movie elevates the movie more having the ending with Stack and his girl back there at the bar and them talking about all that.
00:24:40
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It put a nice little rimmate or little bow but for the end of the movie.
00:24:46
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But yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But anyway, interesting take. take ah I am surprised. You know, it is your opinion. We all have our new we all have our own but with these films.
00:24:58
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um But I'm very curious as far as when a award season comes, ah what what kind of recognition this movie will get? I mean, especially on a technical level, but But we we shall see. The weren the award season will be coming up soon. um And I want to get through those films first because I know those were the ones you saw.
00:25:21
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um i don't think there was anything else that you saw over the summer that was worth talking about. Uh, I mean, like, i but there probably was, but I feel like we're going be covering a lot in this episode, so let's just let's just go with your plan, i guess, and if we feel like we're a little late on that, but I don't think we will be, as like I can go into some some other movies I saw, but ah Yeah, let's just ah just just hit me, buddy. Yeah, but I'm going to go over with some of the highlights I liked
Superman Movie Insights
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for the summer. So I kind of had a list as far as ones that um that that stuck with me.
00:25:55
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That was the the the new Superman i really enjoyed. um i saw that in theaters. I saw it again at home. ah I've said that there hasn't been...
00:26:08
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a good Superman movie in my lifetime. So not counting the Christopher Reeve movies ah back in the 70s. I actually watched that And I forgot. and i might have watched it the first time i was a kid, but re-watching that original one it was pretty cool. I was like, oh yeah, I get why this one still holds up.
00:26:29
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But I'm happy to say that this is actually the first good Superman movie in my lifetime. So since 88, this is the only good Superman movie is this new one by James Gunn.
00:26:40
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I love the actor who plays Superman. I love... um I love Lois. The actress plays Lois Lane. It's a simple story. It kind of thrusts you into like him already being... There's no like origin story or anything. you just You're just thrusted into the story. It's like, all right, this is where we are.
00:27:00
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here's a little Here's a little blurb of of what's happening. it really really kind of felt like a comic book, really. um where you're kind of like on issue like 10 of his Superman story already. We're like, Superman was the origin, now we're on 10.
00:27:16
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um And he's ah we're just in this battle where he's going between saving Metropolis and then and trying to stop a war going on overseas. And then just all this stuff mixed in. And because it's James Gunn, he likes incorporating a lot of characters. He's great with ensemble casts, as we've seen with with all his movies.
00:27:36
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um And for the audience that doesn't know, James Gunn is the one who who directed Guardians the Galaxy. um So he he kind of brings that sort of flavor into Superman. But not forgetting that Superman is the star of the movie.
00:27:51
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So that was that was one of the ones I really liked. I recommend it to you if you get a chance to watch it. Okay. Yep. And yeah, I mean, it's good with the Halloween theme too. Everyone, like people like dressing up as Superman.
00:28:05
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um Let's see, getting for the scary movies? There's two that stuck out for me.
'28 Years Later' Review
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I did watch 28 Years Later. um which is the sequel to 28 Days Later.
00:28:18
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no
00:28:21
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It's a sequel to 28 weeks later. Actually, no. Is it not? No, they they actually, I think they say that it's supposed to be a sequel to 28 days and they kind pretend like... So what happened to 28 weeks?
00:28:33
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They pretend it didn't happen. Isn't that the one with, what's his nuts there? Hawkeye. Yeah, Jimmy Renner. Yeah, so it wasn't any good? I swear I saw that one. No, it's not bad.
00:28:44
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oh okay. No, I'm just saying as far as like, like because because the director didn't do, the director of that movie didn't do, the director of Days in this one didn't do Weeks.
00:28:57
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Interesting. Okay, well, then I take my no back and now i feel dumb. It's all good. That's why I explain it. um But yeah, it was it's not as good as Days.
00:29:09
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it's ah It's not what I would have expected ah for for, I guess, ah you know waiting this long for ah a sequel to that movie.
00:29:20
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um It felt like a little bit like The Last of Us. um Kind of like with a store with with like a little kid. with it was He's going between like his dad and his his mom.
00:29:34
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ah but like and And they're kind of like isolated on an island. And every so often they have to go like back into the mainland to get supplies and everything. And he's kind of like, I think he just turned 12 and he has to like,
00:29:46
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being an adult and get his first kill and everything but just shows how much the world has changed and even it's not just the world has changed it's even how the zombie the virus from the first film has kind of mutated so now there's kind of and then there's different type of zombies that are out there or infected that are out there so it was cool to see that but But yeah, it's it's it's good.
00:30:13
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and It's not great. It's just a good sequel. It's an interesting plan with these films because they're supposedly doing a ah new
Exploring 'Weapons' Horror Film
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trilogy. So this is the first of this new trilogy.
00:30:25
Speaker
So it's like a 28 years trilogy they're doing. um And this is the first one. Apparently the next one's already filmed. It's coming out in January. And then I think the the next one will come out, I guess, depending on how successful uh both films are but right yeah so so so that was good and and in the other horror film that stuck with me was one called weapons so this is the one where where you had the classroom of kids that all disappear one night except for one kid and the teacher walks in being like where the hell my students and everyone's like all the all the parents of the kids are like what the hell did you do like why is it just your class
00:31:05
Speaker
and it kind of is is this one's cool it kind dives into the supernatural bit it feels very stephen king this this kind of story um but it's it's very creepy uh and you'll you'll definitely you'll have some haunting haunting images stick with you when you leave the after you finish the film but i recommend that to you too if if you need a new spooky movie to watch before a halloween um And then, I guess as far as, i know we talked a little bit about, we talked off the show about sports movies, and yeah you actually reminded me to put this one in here.
00:31:46
Speaker
ah It's F1, the movie with Brad Pitt, where he's a where he where he's the Indy car racer. Okay. I don't know if he, did you know much about this movie?
00:32:00
Speaker
No, ah basically what you just said. That is the extent of what I know. Yeah. so So this one is directed by the same guy who did Top Gun Maverick. So he's all about using like the best special effects and kind of high-octane action to ah you know to to captivate the audience.
00:32:19
Speaker
And he did with this one. like i don't I don't know anything about kind this style of racing. um As far as the... Kind of like the... i was I was surprised with what you can do, i guess, within the rules of racing cars like this.
00:32:37
Speaker
But there's like there's a lot more strategy than i imagine there would be. Not just like, oh, you if you're the fastest and you win first. It's like, how oh, you can actually it actually is team-based where you can kind of find certain loopholes or um drive a certain way to kind of mess somebody else up.
00:32:58
Speaker
But ah yeah, I was really
Brad Pitt's F1 Movie
00:33:00
Speaker
fascinated by that. and the movie did a good job of kind of of getting or kind of educating you on the matter without feeling, i guess, um ah went without like too much exposition. They were doing a good job of showing and not telling.
00:33:16
Speaker
which was nice. And bra Brad Pitt's always fun to watch. He he he definitely, ah he knows how to command the screen, for sure. um But i want to switch to like to comedies real quick.
Comedy Hit Remake
00:33:30
Speaker
The biggest surprise comedy of the year was the Naked Gun remake. And don't know how you are... That one was good? It was good? Are you a fan of the original Naked Gun? Uh...
00:33:43
Speaker
Okay, I'm going to be honest. like I don't actually know if I've seen the original Naked Gun. And I feel like I should probably smack myself for saying that because it is a movie I should have watched by now. Well, the good thing is I know you saw Top Secret with Val Kilmer.
00:33:58
Speaker
Yeah, that the comedy is is very similar, right? Like Leslie Nielsen, I mean, I do like Leslie Nielsen, so I'm not going to. But it's like I don't actually, i don't think I've actually seen that movie. so Well, if you like Top Secret, I think you'll like the new Naked Gun.
00:34:13
Speaker
that's That's good to hear. yeah li Liam Neeson is perfect for this role. He is so fucking funny. I can see that, actually. He plays it so straight and deadpan, and it works perfectly for for this movie.
00:34:29
Speaker
Yeah. For, like, the story, the other characters bouncing off him. And surprisingly, the chemistry between him and Pamela Anderson is amazing. i She's hilarious, too. Right.
00:34:39
Speaker
Which I would would i imagine. And now they're apparently they're a real life couple. So cute. Yeah, I meant to go see it to be honest. like i just I just don't think I got around to it because it was like... I swear, especially like... Where I live and maybe maybe just in general, movies do not stay in movie theaters very long. And then you're just like, oh, I need to go see that. And then then you check and you're like oh, it's gone. Like I swear last week I was just, okay. Okay.
00:35:07
Speaker
Yeah, I think even with... Because The Naked Guy, it did okay in the box office, but nothing special. And I think like from when it was released in theaters to when it was put on streaming, I think it was probably a month.
00:35:18
Speaker
Maybe less. But definitely around a month. um ah So... I could get any other ones, but i don't want to I want to switch up the rating little bit. so So all those I thought were good.
00:35:32
Speaker
The Disappointments... of the year. Uh Of the summer. There were two that stuck out to me.
Sequel Disappointments
00:35:40
Speaker
The biggest disappointment for me was the latest Mission Impossible movie.
00:35:45
Speaker
Okay. But you... We went into that last season though. Oh we did? okay. That was the last episode, wasn't it? That was? Oh, yeah. it so So it's still my just big it still my biggest disappointment of the summer.
00:35:59
Speaker
Okay, okay. It stuck with me that long as far as being a disappointment. You told me to not bother going in for the first, like, 45 minutes of the movie. That I remember. Hour. First hour.
00:36:10
Speaker
First hour. Okay, so even then. Okay, okay. And I think I discussed this on the on the podcast before. Like, do not make action movies over two and a half hours. Don't do it.
00:36:22
Speaker
Don't do it. Don't make too many movies over two and a half hours. It is usually not necessary. Yeah, well, I hear good things about the the the the the new Leo film, ah One Battle After Another. And I think that one's like two hours and 45 minutes.
00:36:38
Speaker
But I get a pass because, you know, it's Leo and I hear good things about it. So there's that. But that's for another time. i haven't seen that movie yet. um Other biggest disappointment of the year was Happy Go More 2.
00:36:53
Speaker
did You're not the only person. Yeah, you're not the only person I've heard say that. Yeah. i did see it You did? Okay. I did. ah i mean... We've talked about this on the show before about like long gaps for comedies and how it it typically doesn't work.
00:37:12
Speaker
um I don't know. I mean like... I didn't hate it. i think that you definitely there's more nostalgia for the first Don't I hate it. I'm it's disappointing.
00:37:24
Speaker
I don't know what people were expecting though. like I never planned to watch ill like i'll never watch this again. Yeah, like, and that's the thing too, is like when I heard they were making a sequel, it was one of those like, like why? it It would kind of be like making a sequel to Billy Madison.
00:37:39
Speaker
it it doesn't make sense. like there's There's no need for it. you know what i mean like There's nothing to expand on. At least with Happy Gomer, you can think of a story that i can work because you know got golfers are still old when they golf.
00:37:52
Speaker
I guess. like It just... Yeah. like them well And they thought of a story. it They did think of one, yeah. ah and you You had bad the bad bonnie as the caddy.
00:38:10
Speaker
Yeah. and And now Bad Bunny is doing the Super Bowl halftime show. What? There you go. There you go. ah Bad Bunny. Um... Yeah, so you can skip those films.
00:38:24
Speaker
Don't watch them. um And the only the only other one I had on this list, I put like on the just okay list, ah what was the new the new Fantastic Four.
Fantastic Four Thoughts
00:38:37
Speaker
I wanted to bring that up to you too.
00:38:39
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um Because... like this Like, this and Superman were kind of like pinned together as far as like, oh which one's going to perform better, which one's gonna be the better film.
00:38:51
Speaker
Now, with Fantastic Four, there is also, of that there hasn't been a good film. Well, actually, I take that back. There is one good Fantastic Four film that's coming out of my lifetime. You know which one it is? Sleepy John, you which one it is?
00:39:11
Speaker
I'll give you hint. Fantastic Four is not in the title.
00:39:16
Speaker
Oh. Oh, uh...
00:39:24
Speaker
Okay, you know what? No, I mean i was going to go somewhere with it but i don't think that's what you're talking about either. so It's called The Incredibles. The Incredibles is the only good Fantastic Four movie. Yeah, okay. I've heard people make that comparison before. I didn't mind the other ones with Captain America and Jessica Alba there. I thought they were all right. Yeah. I don't know. Well, rewatch them again. You'll see that it is not as good as your nostalgia is working with you.
00:39:46
Speaker
Yeah, and like and that's the thing. is like I think I saw those ones in theaters. i think it it satiated me at the time. I didn't have the superhero fatigue. Well, superhero movies what i now was like superhe movies were so hit. I think they were more missed than hit back then.
00:40:04
Speaker
Because this is before Iron Man and Dark Knight came I'd almost say these days there's more hit, there's no more miss than hit. No, no, I'm talking about before the wave of superhero films. Right. Because I feel like once Iron Man and Dark Knight came out, that's when it shot for the Raptors.
00:40:22
Speaker
Well, I don't know if I agree with that, because we all know that Nicolas Cage's Ghostwriter is the best comic book movie that was ever made. Oh, oh yeah, I forgot about that. Yeah, yeah. I don't how you could, but... I remember very well when I was in i was in i was a freshman in college, and remember I remember wanted to see that movie...
00:40:42
Speaker
really bad for some reason. I think it's what you're saying. I mean, people were hyping up as the best superhero movie of all time at that at that point. And 2007, I believe it came out.
00:40:54
Speaker
And it was, I think it came out in January February. And we we like it was like a huge snowstorm that came like like the day before. And we in it's so like, there was so much snow like to get our car out.
00:41:12
Speaker
And we were trying, we were trying to shovel it out, shovel, shvele shovel, shovel. And I think when we were almost there getting it out and then a snowplow came right through it just gave us all the snow back.
00:41:24
Speaker
but Nice, nice. So ultimately we did not end up seeing Ghost Rider and still to this day, I have not seen the movie. You've never seen it? I never saw it, yeah. i I think I might have had it on, like, in the background or something, but I never, like, watched it all the way through. I think I probably watched, like, maybe, like, 30 minutes of towards the end or something. That's it. ah i Honestly, mean, like, I watched it not too long ago. I still... I still enjoy it. Like, it's not, it's not I guess, what you would expect of a comic book movie, but it's like, don't I still find to be an enjoyable movie. Like, uh...
00:42:04
Speaker
I think i'm I'm kind of an outlier in that regard. I think that maybe it's also because I have a bit of a soft spot for Nick Cage as think it's the latter, yeah. But... I mean, i don't know. Like, it i mean it's actually fun fact for you. soft spot for the man, it means you're gonna be biased.
00:42:22
Speaker
The original Ghostwriter comic book from, like, the 70s, like, the number one to, like, probably, I'd say, like, number 10 or something like that. Actually, I own those. Okay. So, like, and, like, I think that they're probably worth maybe a couple hundred bucks at this point. Like, they're not in great shape. They're actually pretty beat to shit. But, um yeah, so it's like, yeah, I kind of grew up reading those as well. So it was like, yeah yeah, I guess maybe it's a bit of nostalgia and stuff there, too, in in that regard. So, but I don't know. I thought, I enjoyed it.
00:42:56
Speaker
i don't i don't I don't know why everyone hates on that movie. It's a good movie. It was obviously good enough to get a sequel, and the sequel was terrible. That I'm not going to deny. But, yeah.
00:43:08
Speaker
but i mean It seems like the first one could could be like just like cheesy fun, ah the first movie. I mean, that's the thing, though. like The comic book movies, like they are cheesy fun. like No matter how realistic you want to make a comic book movie, like it's a comic book movie. like Come on man, it's like guys dressing up in their fucking tights and running around saving the day and it's like, okay, there's no military, there's no police, I guess, like, because it never is, right? Like, if this guy in this costume swinging around doesn't save the day, no one else is gonna do it.
00:43:37
Speaker
okay Went off on a bit of a tangent there, I, I, I'm sorry, James, you get back to what you were saying. We're not even, we're not even talking about Ghost Rider.
00:43:50
Speaker
ah Oh yeah, we're talking about Fantastic Four. Wow, that was a while ago.
00:43:57
Speaker
But anyway, yeah, so it was it was okay. like It had its moments. I like the cat the the new cast of Fantastic Four. I will say this this is the best Fantastic Four movie I've seen in my lifetime that's not The Incredibles.
00:44:10
Speaker
So there's that. It's better than the the Chris Evans and Jessica Alba one. um I mean, the bar's not exactly set high. Yeah, I know. But I guess it's difficult to make ah like a one that's great or just... That's... i mean I would say that about Superman and Fantastic far like fat has Four. like Part of the problem with characters like that, like they're so overpowered, I think it makes it very difficult to make a compelling like story and movie with
00:44:43
Speaker
Yeah, but at least with Superman, I think to its credit, like or as far as like the supporting character, because Superman does have Lex Luthor, and Lex Luthor is a great character that that that bounces off Superman.
00:44:56
Speaker
And really like the actor that portrayed him. um Nicholas Holt he was great and ah being Lex Luthor and it may made me like seeing Superman made me excited for the next movie that comes out we're seeing Fantastic Four I was just like okay this is a good story all on its own but you know i don't I don't I'm not hyped to see these characters again know right I was like, okay, this is a nice contained story and all. I like what you did here.
00:45:24
Speaker
I like the retro kind of... It was like a unique... It was a different dimension as far as where these characters were. like It wasn't our Earth. it was a different Earth. So like it was like it was like them in the 60s, but if like the 60s had like kind of technology of today.
00:45:43
Speaker
You know what i mean? Okay. Alrighty. You know what I mean? looks but they're still futuristic tech, is what I mean. I get it. get what you're saying. is just like ah that's ah getting They're really going out there with the the multiverse, I guess.
00:45:59
Speaker
Yeah, but but but I guess, because I know the next movie that's to come is is ah with doom do that Doomsday, ah Dr. Doom. um where i mean you sure I'm sure you saw that Robert Downey Jr. is playing Dr. Doom.
00:46:14
Speaker
ah Yeah, I mean, I've heard a bit about what they're doing. Like I said, I'm not I can't say I'm am at all invested. I'm really not.
Superhero Movies Popularity Decline
00:46:23
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, I mean, i mean you know I'm gonna give the benefit of the doubt just because it's the first Avengers movie since Endgame.
00:46:30
Speaker
so I'm just like very curious. I'm like, what do you do now? how do you How do you capture the magic that of what that what that what movie was? I feel like that's go to be then it's an impossible task, to be honest.
00:46:45
Speaker
Well, that's just it. i mean that They should have just given it like five five, ten years kind of deal and then just kind of restarted another story. Not like right afterwards. They're just like, okay, there's more money to be made, boys. Except that there clearly isn't. They're struggling.
00:46:58
Speaker
Yeah, exactly, yeah. Well, that's the thing and I've noticed with, I know Fantastic Four underperformed in the box office. Superman, I think, broke even, maybe made a little profit, I think, from from from the sources I'm reading.
00:47:15
Speaker
But, yeah, it's it's just, we we but we're definitely at a, ah as far as superhero movies go, just... just it's it's it's not that It's not the golden the golden age it used to be.
00:47:30
Speaker
like I find now it's it's like video game movies that and and toy movies that are on the up right now. Right, yeah. And that's just it, it's time for the next ah the next wave, I guess. Yeah, because what what what the biggest movie of the year, or one of them, was was Minecraft.
00:47:49
Speaker
The Minecraft movie. Interesting. It almost made a billion dollars.
00:47:54
Speaker
It's insane. I didn't know that. yeah okay I mean, I'm not really surprised given given you know how popular that game is. It's this you know generation growing up with these games um yeah and just seeing on the big screen now, and is it turns into like a cultural social media event.
'Minecraft' Movie Success
00:48:18
Speaker
Yeah, well, and like, yeah, it's, yeah, that's just, it's worldwide too. Yeah. Especially with some of these things. So, yeah. ah But that's actually all I got as far as movies. I i had some other ones on here, but I don't think they're really worth talking about. And then ah for for next, ah for next time, I definitely want to well, I want to discuss with you for next week, because I know there's some animes I wanted i wanted to discuss with you.
00:48:47
Speaker
One of them being the the the Demon Slayer movie. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. I figured we could do that for the next show. Okay. Yeah, we could do that. And then maybe it'll give you some time to watch Chainsaw Man?
00:49:00
Speaker
Uh... Yeah, maybe, maybe. Wait, unless you already started. Did you start it? Uh... I know. Ah! Ha ha ha ha ha!
00:49:11
Speaker
Well, I'm going to be making sure to send you some memes or or some Instagrams. Okay. I mean, i' i sometimes it's like I wait, I wait because someone will recommend something, usually you and stuff, right? And then finally I'll get around to it. And was like, i probably should have watched this earlier. It actually is pretty damn good. But don't I just – I'm sure it's good.
00:49:31
Speaker
I got to get around to it. but Yeah, so it is cool. So the rest of this year, i mean, so so so this is the biggest year, um i guess, in American history where animes have been this big.
Anime Films' Rise in America
00:49:46
Speaker
Right. i We said this years ago on this podcast. Yes, you did. We said this. We said that was going to be the next big thing. We know what we're talking about. I'm going to pat myself on the back. What?
00:49:58
Speaker
a what we we we've We predicted the future. yeah but But yeah, it's nice to see as far as these three months. So like September, we had Demon Slayer, October Chainsaw Man. And then in November or December, it's a the Jiu Jitsu Kaisen movie.
00:50:12
Speaker
Oh, right. Okay. So having all these films towards the latter part of 2025, these weren't the only ones. I think there was a Dundedun, which was another one. I'm curious if you would like that anime. It's ah it's a wacky, wacky anime.
00:50:30
Speaker
Yeah. But I feel like it's it's like that one's very much on the up as far as gaining an audience. Okay. That one's only two seasons, but first things first.
00:50:44
Speaker
This past weekend. It was number one in the box office of any other movie. Chainsaw Man. Damn. Which is insane. I didn't know what Chainsaw Man came out three years ago now.
00:51:00
Speaker
And you said this is starring ah Bruce Campbell, correct? Yeah, he makes a cameo. yeah Right, right, right. That's actually really funny. like i could I can totally imagine him or like at least or some kind of passing by dialogue yeah just to pay him some kind of homage, you know, you know, who knows? He might've been somewhat of an inspiration for this. He is the OG. Oh
Preview of Next Episode: Anime Discussions
00:51:33
Speaker
yeah. So yeah, I'd say, um, so our next episode, we'll, we'll, we'll definitely dive into a more anime,
00:51:41
Speaker
Centric episodes, especially now it's becoming more and more mainstream as we as we predicted it would. um And we've been fun to talk about since there'll be a new show to discuss. And remember, it's only one season, only 12 episodes, 12 episodes in a movie. That's all you got watch.
00:51:58
Speaker
But I guess, well, I mean, but we watch the show first. We will discuss it on the channel. I mean, if we get... If we get some more listeners, and, like, I can make this my full- time job my full-time job, i will watch as many shows as as you would like me to, James.
00:52:16
Speaker
i say i like giving you i like giving you easy watches and they're like, each episode is only like 20 minutes. It's only 12 episodes. That is more digestible, I suppose. but yeah i feel like you would find these characters very ah interesting and and ah more importantly, hilarious.
00:52:33
Speaker
Right. I know you like a good funny anime.
00:52:40
Speaker
but But yeah, ah ah so so so so we'll probably have that show um in a few weeks. Give you some time to watch. And then we'll we'll be back here on the show and happy to discuss with all y'all.
00:52:56
Speaker
Sounds good, buddy. Looking forward to it. But man, it was good getting back into this um and a great way to start off the season. So I'm glad to be back. Absolutely, buddy. Every minute I spend with you is and minute is spent in heaven. Oh, stop it. Oh, my God.
00:53:14
Speaker
and Well, now know it, y'all. ah Everyone else, have a good night. and We'll see you on the next show. Peace. Cheers.
00:53:25
Speaker
Cheers.