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The Joy of Adolescence!
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Exploring some of the highlights of what we watched over the break. Also, a quick recap of Sleepy John's trip to the Caribbean!
Next Week: Best 'One-Shot Takes'!
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Podcast Introduction and Return
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You're listening to the Sleepy Games Podcast.
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And we are back for another episode of the Sleepy Games Podcast. We are your hosts, James Games, and back from vacay. What up, Sleepy Joan?
00:00:31
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Hey, buddy. How was your vacation, man?
Vacation Reflections: Are They Ever Long Enough?
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Was needed? much needed i mean, there always, i think, much needed. if I go to work for one day, in my mind, I'm on vacation.
00:00:46
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ah Well, I guess the better question is, was it long enough? Do you feel like it was ah you need more need more vacation or it's going to be back? I mean, i guess ah I got a question for you then. Have you ever taken a vacation that you felt was long enough?
00:01:02
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That I felt was long enough. I mean, yeah some sometimes i I was like, yes. Sometimes I think I took too long and I oh i kind of get homesick. And I'm like, God, which else? Because sometimes vacation can take a turn.
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It's not always, you know, fine and dandy the whole time. Right yeah, I get that not everyone likes the the ups and downs that can come with traveling for sure so yeah, yeah, I guess
St. Lucia Adventures and Experiences
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well where'd you go? I guess I went to st. Lucia it wasn't long enough to answer your question it it just it never is for me and I don't care if there's downs the whole time yeah rather do that but anyways yeah what's a st. Lucia yeah in the in the ah I think it's kind of like the southern Caribbean ah basically so I've never been to the Caribbean
00:01:48
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ah It was... first time! Yeah, it was it was a really good trip. So basically, like, a buddy of mine, i mean we've been friends since, like... Well, I want to say practically in diapers like i think it was like first or second grade or something like that He was getting Wait, he's not getting he's kind of like getting like remarried I guess they've been married 10 years But like they never actually officially got married if them like they did they they did It was just a ceremony to like legally get married. They never actually had like a ceremony if that makes sense Yeah, gotcha. Oh, yeah, so that's what they were going down to do and that's that's why I went down to to join them
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in in their celebrations, so it was it was a lot of fun. like The wedding was very short and to the point stuff. We got to check out the island of St. Lucia. It's pretty neat. they They built basically an entire entire town in the crater of an active volcano.
00:02:45
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Oh, that is pretty cool Yeah, so you get to drive out it'll kind of show you around that stuff. Pretty neat. I think that was like, I guess, one of the more unique things because I don't think... I can actually, I can safely say um never been in a town inside of an active volcano. so that was a first for me, even though I've done a fair bit of traveling.
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ah That was cool. The other thing I will say, huh?
Resort Life and Indulgences
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Oh no, it say I'll say how was the weather? Weather was nice. I mean it was a try to do the conversion here for you probably floating around I'd say 90 degrees 95 degrees something like that We had the rain a little bit here or there, but I mean overall it was sunny skies ah You know how it is sometimes with those kind of but that kind of climate when it it rains it pours but it doesn't last very long typically so ah So that that was it but I otherwise I mean it it was fairly accommodating for what we were doing anyways, so Yeah, and and the one thing I will say is that The the people in that country were like kind of like just friendly inhospitable
00:03:54
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it in In a very unique kind of laid-back way Yeah, yeah, and it was like like, you know, you get some people they're just kind of randomly maybe strike up a conversation sometimes when you're traveling because i mean tourists stick out like a sore thumb course uh yeah so then sometimes when you're traveling like it's because somebody's trying to sell you something they're trying to scam you like it's it's always because they want something ah Here it was just like, i don't know, they wanted to bullshit and then they would just like leave. Like it was it. Like it was just, they pretty much just come up.
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They might, and and it's like, they were just kind of upbeat, I guess, if that makes sense too. So, shout out ah Coconut Bay Resort. St. Lucia, all the staff there were were honestly phenomenal. ah there They're a lovely bunch of people. ah like Very friendly, great service, great food. i don't I don't personally care much for resort trips myself. It's not the way I like to travel, but if you like resort trips, 100% that is a great place to go. like They have like events every night you want to get your dance on. Was it all inclusive?
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yeah it's all inclusive. did you did Did you get your money's worth? Oh, and then some. so you know You know me. I'm not i'm not a very like big guy. I managed to put on 11 pounds in a week. Wow.
Vacation Stories and Humor
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wow I came back. I was like, wow. lord and What was your drink of choice?
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You know what? Honestly, like I guess... I enjoyed a lot of their drinks. They had like a dirty banana. It was pretty good. Because you got to keep your electrolytes up, right? Like in the sun, like, or especially if you're not doing a whole lot of eating, even though I was doing a lot of eating. But anyways, the dirty banana pretty good.
00:05:41
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It's got banana in there, and I'm assuming a bunch of booze. Like they are very strong drinks every time. They had this other one called the Strong Bomb. It was like it's like tequila and gin, vodka, whiskey, everything.
00:05:55
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And then like a splash of pineapple juice. And they're like, there you go. And I'm like, okay, perfect. And was like, I got this. It's like 9.30 a.m. I like, well, this is a good start to my day.
00:06:05
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so So, uh... Have that with breakfast, is the breakfast of champions out there. That's right, exactly. uh... No, it was cool, like, went fishing with my buddies, uh... My buddies' kids.
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They caught this, uh... This actually really nice-looking, uh... Oahu fish or something like that and we brought it back they grilled it for us that night so and it was delicious it was beyond delicious so uh anyways but yeah it was uh it was a good trip uh I think there's one one little uh one little thing so they they have Events they had a full-home party one night like in the pool. It was an adults only thing full moon party Oh, they know they have a full moon party and a foam party. This was this was at the foam party though. We went to both and the foam party it was really funny because ah you know, they they got the DJ there and stuff like that you know they're trying to get trying to get everyone in on it like you know There's a decent amount of people out there Everyone's party and have a good time i and then all of a sudden they play like Kendrick Lamar's song and
00:07:06
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No way. i like yeah And then they, uh, the DJ stops it. ah He stops it at the part of the song you know that he's gonna stop it at. The minor part.
00:07:17
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yeah my And then the entire resort. i Oh my god. I could not stop laughing. The whole world knows it. that was good.
00:07:28
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Jesus. So... yeah ah but love it I love hearing that. I love that so much. That's what makes me decide to go to Japan. Apparently, they're big Kendrick fans there. It's interesting to see what the club life is like.
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Yeah, I get
Future Podcast Directions and Topics
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that. yeah But yeah, I mean, long and short, I had a great time. I mean, i could keep talking about it, but I mean, obviously, this is a podcast about Well, I guess it's about nothing, so I can talk about it for as long as I want. But yeah we do have other things we want to talk Yes, we do.
00:07:59
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Yeah. Yeah, because ah we we we took a little bit of a break, and now we're kind of like getting our bearings, this kind of episode of just what we've watched ah since we were on our break.
00:08:10
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And there are actually ah a few notable things that came out that um I'm excited to discuss. And I know there's something that you wanted to talk about as well. Yeah.
00:08:23
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If you don't mind, unless there's something else you want to say, i would like to go first. ah Yeah, give man. All right. So in both of these shows, there's a common trait between both of them.
Exploring 'Adolescence' on Netflix
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um So the first I want to talk about this show called Adolescence.
00:08:44
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It's on Netflix and it's basically about um a family's teenage kid gets accused of murder.
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And yeah each episode is kind of like a different... um The first episode is like the arrest and then like him going to the ah to the police station and then, know, let him know his rights and they're kind of interrogating him and then going and all that. And the second episode, and it goes into the school and all this. And the third episode, someone else, and else. But I'll go into that. But what what what's amazing about this show, what I don't even know going into it. Like a friend of mine told me to watch. He's like, ah he's like you know that actor ah Stephen Graham? Like if I tell you the actor Stephen Graham, do you know who that is?
00:09:31
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You know, then the name sounds somewhat familiar. I feel like it's like if I saw him, like I saw his face, yep I'd be like, and yeah, I'd recognize him from something. That's exactly the type of actor he is. he He's an actor that's like, oh, I know him. I've seen him so many things. i don't know his name.
00:09:46
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Yeah. So, is he like Snatch? I've seen Snatch, yeah. Yeah, he's like he's like, you know, there's Jason Statham. Yeah. there's the other guy.
00:09:58
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Oh, yeah, his partner there. yes That's right. That's him. That's Stephen Graham. Yeah, I'm trying. Oh, it's been a long time since I've seen Snatch. I'm trying to think of what the guy looks like, even. Is he kind of like, he's kind like round, little bit of a round face almost? Yeah, he's short. He's shorter, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think, I think, I think, yeah, I think I know exactly who you're talking about. Okay, so, so, so, it's his all-British show takes place in England.
00:10:22
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And the cool thing, the cool, kind of the cool, like, little thing that separates it from the shows is, Which I didn't realize going in, but like when I'm watching it, like the first two minutes, I'm like, wait a minute. They haven't cut once.
00:10:34
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What's happening? So I'm realizing, I'm like, wait a minute. I think the entire episode is ah one is a one-shot take. And there it was.
00:10:45
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It was. Wow. And in this episode's like an hour long. Right. so they're So they're literally going from the arrest at the house where you have what the cops. ah You follow these two cops who are like the the two leads, a handle on the case.
00:11:01
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And they storm the house. you know They have guns and everything. Telling all the family, get down, get down. telling the kid and everything like that that that's you be you've been... ah You being ah accused of murder and everything, you're you need to come the station.
00:11:15
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Everything's it's just one shot, so like everything has to be perfect, precise. And you're locked in the whole time because you because because if it's a one shot take, you feel like you're there. because You can't take a breath.
00:11:27
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Because there's no like establishing shots. It's like, oh, here's the city real quick before we go to the next scene. No, yeah like like everything that's happening, because it's all in real time. when when It's a one-shot take.
00:11:39
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um So you're really going from there. Then you're inside the car with the kid. And this actor they got for the kid, he's probably like 12, 13 years old. He's probably one the best childhood child performances I've ever seen.
00:11:52
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easily easily and for him to be able to do this on a one shot take right yeah is wild to me is wild like all the actors I got were spot on um And it's it's uncomfortable to watch at times because of, because you know, because you have the cops are kind of like being, you feel like, oh they're on their side because he's young.
00:12:17
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But at the same time, it's like, oh, wait, they're kind of playing this game because like, you know, he's being accused of murder. And when you're knowing some of the details of this, just like, wait, did he do it? And you're like, wait, this kid? What? Yeah.
00:12:30
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And you're kind of like, you're, it's, it's, it's testing the audience. It's like, all right, what do you think? Like like from what we're showing you, like, like especially from the first episode, you're like, do you think he really did it?
00:12:43
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And, and I've seen the reaction of the family because the dad steve is Stephen Graham and he's the one that's like with him the whole time while he's, ah while he he's being read his rights and the, the, and the, the lead, uh,
00:12:57
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ah detectives are are going through of what he's accused of, and like where he was the night before and trying to, ah you know, bring up everything that happened to see if everything matches to when at the time the the murder happened if he was actually there.
00:13:13
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um It was just fascinating to watch because the whole time you're just like this is a one shot taken and you wonder like oh my god I mean and I'm trying to see if like they hid certain shots but but then I actually I read about it afterward and watched videos on like yeah they they did like They did like the full scene, I think, a few times, like maybe like three or four times.
00:13:33
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Then they'll choose the best one from there. You have to imagine, one of these times they're going to fuck up a line, the cameraman trips, something like that. Yeah, and like you said, that's pretty remarkable.
00:13:50
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There's no way that that's an easy thing to do the logistics for and everything, right? still so it's So it's only four episodes. And each episode is a one-shot take. So it's not just it's not just the first one. The first one is is him getting arrested. The second one... good whole thing okay yeah okay So the second one, it follows the detectives going to his school and trying to... ah talk talk to witnesses at the scene or anybody who has any more information.
00:14:16
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And the third episode probably was the best episode. It was literally, because the third episode felt like a stage play where he had you had the kid who's accused of murder and then like his um his therapist.
00:14:28
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And this therapist is supposed to be like, not put it puts back impartial to the situation. She's just there to like, just figure out, you know, where his psyche is and just like his mind, everything is like, or how, he or how he just sees life, perceives life.
00:14:42
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um But they go into certain things. I'm just like, wait, are they allowed to talk about this? Like ah they go into like more sexual things of like, like, how do you see a woman? Like, do you find this attractive of a woman? Like, like if you guys are, are kissing or making out, are you feeling,
00:14:58
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you feeling up ah on her in certain areas. I'm just like, whoa. i mean I mean, I guess they have to talk about this. Why would they have to talk about that? ah you're You're kind of losing me there a bit. Oh, sorry. So so he's accused of of of killing his classmate who's a woman.
00:15:15
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Oh, so they think that there's some sort of, like, I guess, like, some sort of sexual... Yes. You know? Yes. Okay. Yes. Of, like, maybe... Like motive. Like a sexual motive or something. Yes. Of maybe being denied from her. You know? Maybe he put on some advance to her and she's like, no, no, no. And then it kind of went crazy.
00:15:35
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Something like that. Sorry, I should have brought that up. um There's so much to talk about this show. Well, I say, was like, yeah, I don't think that that's, like, fucking the first day in therapy. It's like, hey...
00:15:47
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So so so is it's interesting as far as like, because when they go to the school, you kind of see of like, okay, what are the teachers like? Like, how are they teaching these kids? Why are other kids like not being taught as they should?
00:16:00
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Is it the teacher's fault? Is it this? isn't this is like There's so much like, it's bigger than like you think when when you really think about it. It's like, oh, they' they're trying to tell us something here.
00:16:11
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And they really try to tell parents, talk to your fucking kids. Because if you if you just if you don't tell talk to them or teach them certain things, you have to rely on social media. Social media is going to teach them.
00:16:21
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And that's not good. So I feel like it's more the lesson to go with because they talk about certain things, but within like Instagram posts and and certain ah cryptic messages that they have in there that adults wouldn't know. Right. Yes. Yeah. this like Whoa.
00:16:39
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Yeah. it's It's like, I mean, I'd say that's fair social commentary in these ah these days. For sure. Yeah. So that third episode when it's him and the therapist is just wild. it's like I think that episode's gonna get a lot of awards, I'm sure. Because like this the the therapist and the kid just going at it the whole time for almost an hour is just wild. So I highly recommend this show. And the fourth that episode's cool too because you kind of see like the the aftermath of it all. You see like how the the family...
00:17:09
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is is affected like later on and like how like the the neighborhood or the town is affected or how how the town kind of sees them and treats them because you know the they're not they can't be like a normal family anymore. like now Now they have a new normal that they have to adapt to yeah because now they're because their kids are accused of murder.
00:17:35
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It's like, how do you go into a normal life knowing that your kid's in jail until the trial? This is the thing, like and I realize we live in these times, but it's like,
00:17:46
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I think the thing that's like wild these days is like, realistically, the way that the justice system works, like you're innocent until proven guilty, like there there shouldn't be any sort of reaction until the person is, you know, found to be guilty in a court of law. Like, as you know what I mean? Like, it's... It's the thing that people take sides.
00:18:05
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and and And I know that we don't we don't live in in a world like that. Like, I get that. I'm just saying, like, realistically, like, that's... That's how this system was built. ah Yeah.
00:18:18
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But, like to yeah, it is it is crazy how it just that the mere accusation of something, you know, whether there's any truth to it or not, and then your whole life is going to get uprooted.
00:18:30
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But I'm so happy for for steve Stephen Graham because I think he's one of the creators and head writers of the show too, not just of the main actors. So, and this is a thing, like, story is done, like there's not going be, like, a sequel or season two or something like that. it needs to The way it ends is perfect.
00:18:46
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I love that. Okay. Yeah, just four episodes, about, you know, probably little less than four hours total. Right. Okay. um And all complete. Nice little bow on it. Hmm. But yeah, it would definitely get a lot of award recognition, I'm sure. so Especially for the kid. I think that kid's going to be going places.
00:19:05
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If he's able to act like that at like 13. I just imagine like, it appealed just like it's like his first role. Like what? This is insane. Wild.
00:19:19
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But I have another show and then we'll go into um a theme. But I want you to talk about yours first and we'll come back to me.
Netflix Content and Expectations
00:19:27
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Alrighty, yeah, so, uh, the thing that I watched, uh, I think I watched it, yeah, I watched it last night, is, uh, I don't know if you've seen it's the Netflix movie, it is new, called The Electric State.
00:19:42
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Oh no. Oh no, he says.
00:19:49
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oh So you have seen it? have not seen it You have not seen it? I've heard a lot of people talk about it. I've heard that, for sure. you know what, I'm curious what other people say. like I knew nothing about this. I saw, basically, the poster for it like the on the Netflix or whatever, and then like you know they do the quick snippet or something like that about nothing sometimes. You're like, ah, this looks interesting. like it um i you know I like Chris Pratt.
00:20:17
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like ah I think yeah there there's was it Millie Bobby Brown was in it. and like ah you know She's not
Review of 'The Electric State'
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bad. I can't say I've seen her in lots of things or anything like and then Actually, there was a dude from Seinfeld, Jason Alexander there. that was ah That was kind of neat. haven't seen him in a while. so anyways so what did other people say i i couldn't find a good review to be honest okay okay yeah yeah like everyone that said just said it was like long boring i can't believe they spent so much money on this and there's like there's like nothing to it like it's kind of just like a
00:20:54
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I feel like they found a story that they thought they could make I don't know if it's, don't know if they said it was a franchise they could make it out of, but. Oh. um But I think, I think, we because it's interesting we're talking about two Netflix shows.
00:21:08
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How you imagine like, because I heard the budget for Electric State's like over 300 million. Oh wow, are you serious? Yes. And ah it's the same directors who did Avengers Infinity War and Avengers Endgame.
00:21:22
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that' a That is a steep budget and and I could say after watching it... Do you see the budget? i you know you You told me like you know there was a budget or whatever. is like I'm thinking like myself, I was thinking somewhere in the middle between $50 and $100 million. oh is they Based on what I saw, that is what I would figure the budget is. To say $300 million with basically next to no advertising, that's wild to me. Yeah.
00:21:49
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Huh. huh yeah if you have adolescence it's probably like maybe a few million it took to make it maybe right yeah yeah it's uh and i think that's the thing right they they're definitely going for over the top like just you know and again like i can't even say didn't even really seem that over the top sometimes so it's like like yeah I can't see where they spent all that money. I really can't. Was it was there good action? what i mean
00:22:20
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Was the script good? what Was it funny? Were they trying too hard? No, like ah so I'll say in general, like honestly, i didn't think it was a bad movie. like Again, i know nothing about this. i don't I don't typically read reviews. I had no idea it was actually being poorly received.
00:22:35
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Um, because like I said, I only heard about it like because it popped up on the- Well, I think it's more poorly received because like if you're spending that much on a movie, you expect it to be great. Not just like, okay, okay this is okay and then you forget about it in a week. Well, I would- Okay, I mean, as far as great, I mean, i Sometimes they spend a lot of money on something that I guess is awesome. But I- I guess in my mind, if you spend- Like 300 million?
00:22:59
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I should know by watching it that you spend that much money. Like like money. Yeah, and I can't like- And it honestly, like, and I, I'm saying even a hundred million, I feel like that's probably generous. Like if I had to, if someone asked me how much that costs to make, I'd say probably between 50 and 70 based on, yeah you know, just other movies that that's their rough budget. But I, what do I know? Right.
00:23:21
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but Yeah, but it's it's such you watch movies, you're just like, why where is the budget? like like if if If you think that like you see other movies that are made for a lot less that look that much better, it's like, where where's this money going to?
00:23:35
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Yeah. Yeah, I i don't know. Oh, yeah, so anyway, so enough about the budget. Sorry. Enough about the budget. No, you're right though.
00:23:46
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So overall, honestly, like I didn't i didn't to didn't dislike the movie. like I thought it was good. It's it's a fun watch, honestly. like you know If you like Chris Pratt, ah and and I guess yeah if you like Millie Bobby Brown and the stuff that you've seen them in, I don't think you're gonna watch this and like be disappointed. I guess you know forget about how much they spent on it, I guess.
00:24:08
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ah You set your expectations to 50 or 70 million. and It's not going to pop quite like that. i had no idea. but um ah you know It has its charm.
00:24:19
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like I actually think my overall review to it... I'll kind of go a little bit into i guess what it's about. ah The long and the short of it, they have...
00:24:32
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Basically they have robots that they don't really explain. They kind of have like this quick exposition introduction where it's like they're letting you know there's like a kind of a different history. So it's kind of like the world like now more or less but with like robots that do things and like some of these robots are like the The peanut guy or something like that. They're just these random robots and essentially it looks like they're self-aware and we've been using them for work because they're robots.
00:25:02
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I believe there is some strong social commentary there about slavery. ah Because the robots end up rebelling, ah there's a war, and then- and all of this just is is exposition. like it's not I think that if you saw more of this, I think it would have made a more compelling movie.
00:25:21
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But this is like, it takes place in the aftermath of this war, so basically they've isolated and segregated ah these robots. And that's basically the the way the world works. And now now people have ditched robots in in favor of basically what are like ah piloted drones, right? Where they're they're robots, but they're controlled by a human being.
00:25:42
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And then like... That's basically the gist of the movie, and then it turns out that I'm gonna have some spoilers here, so kind of, but I mean, I think that's alright. Are you alright with that? are you planning on watching this? area No.
00:25:57
Speaker
Okay. So, the disappointment for me is, ah I guess, the that the the typical kind of Hollywood lazy writing. So, the only way to pilot it these these drones, because I guess like ah there's there's some more fancy i guess software in it or something like that, they have to have this like super genius kid hooked up to the machine.
00:26:21
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So he's like another slave, essentially, right? and if And if he's taken away from this machine, basically the whole thing will stop working, it'll power down, right? so Okay. So it's kind of like that, to it's one of those tropes in Hollywood where it's like, I get tired of it, because I feel like it's just lazy writing, it makes for a very anticlimactic ending because basically, as soon as you pull out that boy, you win.
00:26:45
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Like, all of the things that you're fighting against basically stop, stop working, right? so and And that's, I guess that'd be like my one, i guess, negative commentary about it. Like overall, it's actually, it's honestly not a bad movie. It's got, it's got some decent back and forth between Chris Pratt and and his ah robots, kind of like a buddy cop thing ah going on.
00:27:08
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and They have like some some interesting chemistry. I think he likes to do that. He's got his dinosaurs in the dinosaur movies. He's got his pet tree and the the superhero movies.
00:27:22
Speaker
So he he likes his little... Anyways... anyway Uh, so, yeah, I mean, but basically, uh, I enjoyed it. Like, I mean, I'm not expecting very much of it. Would I watch it again? Yeah, I guess probably if I saw it on TV, I might catch, like, the tail end of it. It's not something that I would like.
00:27:44
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go out of my way to rewatch, I guess. And and I am still confused about the budget. I think that if they had focused more on what the exposition was, like even with like some flashbacks or something like that, like a little bit, like just just dove into the world they created a bit more, but it would have made a better movie. But like like you were saying, it it sounds like maybe the intent was to turn this into a franchise.
00:28:09
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And I think that that's something that's also starting to get to me because it's like, now you're gonna have a basically a more kind kind of a... like a shallow story because you're gonna try to build on it in subsequent installments, but it's like, your your first installment's gonna suffer for it in my eyes, and I think it does because I think that there's a great story to tell there.
00:28:32
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i don't think you would necessarily need five movies to tell it or whatever their plan was. But if that was their intent that actually makes it a little more you know a little more obvious I guess as to what they were doing, but I felt that it kind of fell flat In that regard, i think that they had a cool story to tell i think they just the kind of well the Hollywood eyes did in a negative way I guess so yeah, it seems like it seems like a Netflix that they They don't put a lot of focus on their movies as they do with their shows and
00:29:09
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I'm trying to think of like other movies that they come out with that just like as good as movies that come in to come out of theaters. Yeah, I mean, it's... Again, and but I think part of the reason, like like you were saying too, it's like if if the intent is always to make an installment, then then really at the end of the day they're not releasing a movie, they're releasing a miniseries just slowly. is is is kind of And I think that that's what's hurting.
00:29:34
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Maybe that because they don't just want to make their movie. You know i mean? Like if they're if they're always planning for the future, I think the story that they're writing right now is going to suffer for it because like somebody will be writing it. They'll like, oh no, no, we'll we'll leave that in the next one. Oh yeah, yeah, we'll put that in the third one. or You know what I mean? Like it's...
00:29:52
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And then you had a story that was really good and then they just keep taking bits and pieces out of it so that they could split it into six or seven or or however many movies or or whatever they plan to do with it. And then 20 spin-offs and yeah.
00:30:07
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I think I just kind of went a little bit on a rant. Did it end with, ah was it open-ended where they could have for a sequel? Uh... Well, yes, because ah it basically ends with... Emily Bobby Brown, she she has her speech time.
00:30:23
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she's basically pleading with the world to accept these robots as people. That's the gist of it. ah It is... They're one of us.
00:30:36
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Yeah, exactly, right? I mean, like, again, like, the social commentary I don't think is very subtle. ah And I... I don't know. I mean, like, yeah yeah, I just, I think if they had just been focused more on what they were making, it's right it's a shame. It could have been, I think, a lot better than it was.
00:30:57
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But at the same time, like, I don't think it deserves, like, in terms of a movie start to finish, it's it's not bad. Like, if you like, like I said, if you like Chris Pratt, you like, me I'm sure you're going to watch it. You like Chris Pratt being Chris Pratt. You like Millie Bally Brown being Millie Bally Brown. Exactly.
00:31:12
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ah Exactly. You're going to enjoy the movie for that. you know You're not getting range with these actors. but Not really. Exactly. 100% you like those those those characters.
00:31:28
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and Honestly, like I think criminally underutilized Jason Alexander. that was a bit of a It was cool to see him. i think he did a good job in his role. I just feel like there could have been more of him.
00:31:41
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don't even know who's in it yeah well because he's not in it very long he's got a little bit part of the start a little bit part of the end it's a very yeah it's it's almost more like a cameo than anything else so um yeah i'm trying to think if there was anyone else ah there probably is somebody else well i'm sure i'm sure people that do allow the voices for the robots Oh, that's right! Yeah, yeah there's ah yeah, there's definitely, I think that there's some ah there's there's some celebrities in there. i think I noticed it up at the end, maybe, that there was a couple of them.
00:32:16
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Yeah, probably some big names. i probably should have ah maybe written some stuff down, but... It is 2025, you do have access to Google, I guess. Or can just watch the movie, I don't know. Honestly, it doesn't doesn't deserve as much hate as it's getting.
00:32:29
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it It doesn't. its it's It's really, it's not a bad movie. like It's very much, it's probably better than a lot of other movies I've seen recently, which I guess isn't saying much. I really think that there's been a lot of letdowns over the last few
Recommendations and Comparisons: 'Adolescence' and 'White Lotus'
00:32:42
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years. so Well, I guess getting away from Netflix, I guess, you know, when you if you want to watch something on Netflix, I say watch Adolescence if you want something stick with you.
00:32:52
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That's on Netflix? Yeah, Adolescence, yeah. Is it on Canadian Netflix? Yeah, well, it's a Netflix property, so yeah. Are you 100% sure? So Netflix made the show.
00:33:04
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Okay, okay, so yeah. That'd be weird if Netflix made the show and be like, you know what, but fuck Canada.
00:33:11
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I mean, you never know. We live in strange times.
00:33:17
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I mean, i mean the like the only place I can see it not being on Netflix is in England since it's in since it's made there. okay. Okay.
00:33:28
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But maybe BBC or something. I don't know. All right. But, yeah. ah Wait, have you watched... You watched ah you watch White Lotus? You ever watched that?
00:33:40
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White Lotus?
00:33:45
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Uh...
00:33:48
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It sounds familiar for some reason, but i don't I don't think I have. You've been to Thailand, right? I have been to Thailand, yes. You should watch White Lotus. This whole season takes place in Thailand.
00:33:59
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So, to talk to compare it, like, ah each season's like a whole different cast, kind of like an American Horror Story sort of thing. We're like... Gotcha, yeah. Yeah, all new actors the whole time. This is, like, set on like, a luxury vacation resort.
00:34:14
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Like, the first season was Hawaii, second season was Italy, this season's in Thailand. Yeah. And you know ah he always have these big actors. Like, this one has... um oh man, I believe got his name.
00:34:25
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Um... Shoot. You know that guy, that guy. And I'll be like, yeah, I know that guy. And then you just get it. I was literally just like, I love this actor so much. course it's got him. And the fact that I'm like, oh, his name is like, is making me so mad.
00:34:52
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Walton Goggins. God damn it. How did freaking forget his name? walton Good old Walton Goggins. Please tell me you know who that is. I don't know that I do, actually. Come on, man.
00:35:04
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I mean, is it is it another thing where I'll recognize his face? Yeah. Walton Goggins? Okay, I'm actually going to look at this right now. Yeah, Walton Goggins. Goggins.
00:35:16
Speaker
I mean, what' what's he been in? Oh, okay, so my my phone is clearly listening to me because it came up a very quickly.
00:35:28
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I do know who this is. He is a guy... Yes, he's awesome. He's actually quite good. Again, a guy who I think a lot of... you know There's probably a lot of listeners that just like, who is this guy? you You'll ne recognize him for sure. He's in a lot of stuff.
00:35:43
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so Yeah, and I think all at once, i think he's in... He's in White Lotus. He was in Invincible. And... Oh, man. He's like in like three different shows at once.
00:35:57
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like Right. Oh, but in Righteous Gemstones. I don't think you've seen that one. ah But anyway. So, yeah. yeah You have all these actors and there's just like some weirdness.
00:36:09
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Some weird aura going on around the... around the resort and you you follow a different families, friends, workers at the hotel. And, you know, just it's never at ease. Like i' like something's always afoot.
00:36:25
Speaker
And where it could be in a sexual nature, a violent nature, spiritual nature. um Okay. So... Like, it's like a murder mystery kind of deal? Like, what are you talking about here? Well, I mean, it'll start... Like, the first episode will be starts off with, like...
00:36:43
Speaker
like something that's going to happen in the future so it's like all right so so it shows you this scene and it's like all right we we rewind like like a week or two weeks yeah and then like in the back of your mind it's like okay but but how are we going to get to this point you know right throughout the show okay um but it's such a weird show i mean like i mean it's not for everybody but like because it can get pretty like twisted and weird and just like, what am I watching here? Especially when surprise cameo comes up.
00:37:14
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Right. Anyway. But anyway, I just want to bring that up because ah you just, you just reminded me or I just wanted to bring it up to bring it up because we're talking about, I'm trying to get get away from Netflix shows.
00:37:27
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Right. but Too much about Netflix. Get away from Netflix. There's there's there's other streaming services out there. I suppose. There's better ones. I think there's better ones than Netflix. um the the the The one I find underrated is ah is Apple.
00:37:43
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Apple TV, I feel like, is underrated. um And there's a new show on there. And this is where where I'm comparing it to adolescence. Because when I was watching, there's this new show on Apple called The Studio. or studio it's like It's like a comedy, somewhat drama with Seth Rogen, where he's like a studio executive. he like he just get He just gets the promotion to be like the guy who...
00:38:09
Speaker
you know, he he has the power to green light certain films or be on set certain films and and and have a say as far as like how a scene could be or whatever. and like And be like a very ah involved producer of a certain show or movie.
00:38:26
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um And the the first time watching it, I'm thinking too, I'm like, wait, is this show a one shot take? But like in a comedic way? And I'm like, wait, that's kind of a coincidence how these shows both come out around the same time and they're both doing like one shot takes.
00:38:42
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But the first episode, okay, I was like, okay, it was like, the first scene was like three minutes or four minutes where wasn't one shot take, then they cut it. There another long shot, they cut it. I'm like, okay, they're not doing it.
00:38:53
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And the second episode I watched is literally called The Warner, where the entire episode is a one shot take. I'm like, motherfucker. Yeah. So I'm only watching these two shows where they do one-shot takes for the entire episode.
00:39:08
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And The Studio is a good show. i mean, it's very, like, anxiety-inducing because Seth Rogen just does some things where it's like, shut the fuck up. you just for You just want to punch him in the face sometimes. You know, it's like, let this crew, let this director, let these actors do their job and get out of their way, you know? Right. But, you know, it's a part of his charm and all that, and crazy act antics ensue because of it.
00:39:32
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But, I recommend that show um as well, but I bring it up because it gives me the idea for our episode for next week.
One-Shot Takes in Film and TV
00:39:41
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I was thinking of finding certain scenes from TV shows, movies, where it's the best like one shot takes.
00:39:50
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but you think about that, Sleepy Joan?
00:39:53
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Best one-shot takes. Yes. And I was thinking about this too. We're like, okay, what defines a one-shot take? Like how long do we define one-shot take can be for us to qualify in our top one-shot takes?
00:40:10
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Hmm. And did you have an idea about how long it should? i mean, so I was thinking, was thinking a minute, and but I was like, a minute might not be long enough. I was thinking maybe like a minute, was thinking maybe like two minutes.
00:40:23
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Okay. Maybe the shot has to be two minutes long. for it to be considered top one take. Well, don't about that, because we did the car chase one and the children of men. I don't even think that that one shot take is two minutes long, but it's terrific.
00:40:37
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No, i think I think it's six minutes long. Is it six minutes long? I think that's six minutes long, yeah. Oh yeah, maybe I'm just remembering it differently then. Okay, well never mind then. But yeah, I mean, I wouldn't discount something if it's really cool, but yeah, I think two minutes. I'd agree with that. I don't know, like it's...
00:40:53
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Like, like, but i ah like, like, like that was a one-shot take yeah yeah i got you and that and now is definitely over two yeah and they redid the old boy thing and guardians of the gal breath there yeah similar thing with that so i think i think it'd be fun to do is figure out like ah favorite like one chat takes and talk about them i'm down with this okay yeah i I like that one. It's ah is a unique one. so it's not so much of like, okay, watching a certain movie that has one-shot chip. It's like, find a different... cause Because it'd be probably easier to find on YouTube.
00:41:32
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Be like, all right, i where are these top one-shot takes? But okay, this scene right here. And you get to see, like, all right, how do they film this? Is it really truly a one-shot take? Are they trying to hide any cuts anywhere?
00:41:44
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Yeah, that's... a Yeah, that's that's a good one. I like that. Yeah, man. Thank you, Adolescents. I think a lot of people have seen more of it, but yeah. It's an underutilized, I think, thing in the past. I think, again, just because of the the difficulty and the logistics of it.
00:42:00
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Yeah, and I know with like action movies, I'm sure it's the hardest to do. like like like like I'm thinking off the top of my head, like I know they probably did it maybe like in John Wick, maybe.
00:42:12
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and I know they did it once in James a james Bond movie.
00:42:18
Speaker
I can't think of it. Uh, okay. I know that to... Not older. I'm talking like Daniel Craig ones. Daniel Craig James Bond ones. Well, I think they did it once or twice. Well, ah yeah, but there was a, like, i don't know, some of the James Bonds are pretty cool when you find out that some of the stunts are were legitimately done. Right.
00:42:36
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Uh... Yeah, no, it's, uh, don't know. It's, yeah, well, well, that that'll be homework for us, I guess. Yes, it will. Find our one-shot takes. Yeah, man. like that.
00:42:49
Speaker
I like it a lot. Now but we we are back in business. The show is back, baby. We are back. We're so We never left. We never left. We took a break. Hey, you're all taking
Podcast Commitment and Upcoming Content
00:43:00
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holidays. I know.
00:43:02
Speaker
Well, you see, you get your holiday, and then, you know, in May, I get my holiday. Yeah, that's fine, man. like no you but know i think But in April, April's full effect. April starts now. we are working hard in April.
00:43:16
Speaker
but That's right. Except that it's it's it's April 1st, buddy. yeah
00:43:23
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, April fools. Oh, shit. Yeah, damn it.
April Fool's Day Anecdotes
00:43:30
Speaker
You forgot. I could have got you today. I always forget April Fool's. I need like because i always see a post. It's like, oh, this guy got traded to this team. We're like, oh, this movie announcement is happening starring this guy. It's like, wait, what?
00:43:43
Speaker
Oh, they're fucking with you. Yeah, yeah. I know if you saw it today, but they actually announced the the release for the for the next Spider-Verse movie.
00:43:56
Speaker
again is it Is it an April Fool's joke? or is it No, this is real. Okay. I think it actually came out yesterday, so it wasn't April Fool's yet. Okay. But comes out in, I think, summer 2027. Is that the April Fool's joke?
00:44:11
Speaker
No. Wow, okay. Is it far farther than you expected? Uh, I mean, I heard the the last one even was kind of like a nightmare to put together, so, uh... I know. and Yeah, so... i'm glad they I'm glad they're taking the time that they need.
Spider-Verse Movie and Trilogy Discussion
00:44:30
Speaker
ah suppose, I mean, I hope that the finished product is is good, so... It might end up being, it could be, the best trilogy.
00:44:41
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At least my favorite trilogy, it could be.
00:44:46
Speaker
That's pretty strong, but we'll see what happens. We'll see what happens. well I know you're psyched about it. you' psy about Of course I am. guess we call i mean we can we can define it with anime trilogies too, as far as... a i mean I guess it could be like that or Toy Story. Maybe.
00:45:04
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. I have to give that. That's another one we should do is like good trilogies because like... Ooh, that would be good. Yeah, that's a good good topic for the for the future too. so especially anyway Especially underrated
Brainstorming Future Podcast Topics
00:45:17
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ones.
00:45:17
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Yeah. Anyways, it is probably go time. Wait, yeah yeah yeah so you said you wanted to bring up, wasn't there? ah It's fine. It can wait? It can wait. Okay. i yeah don't Don't forget, though.
00:45:34
Speaker
I won't. Next week, I'll talk to you. All right, sounds good, buddy. All right, that does it for us.
Podcast Conclusion and Sign-Off
00:45:40
Speaker
It does. Until next time. Cheers. Cheers.
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