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Empire Records
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It's Rex Manning Day!
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Why Empire Records over Transformers?
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Nicole Shine
Okay, you're back.
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Conor
What's up everyone? 16,
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Nicole Shine
Yeah, episode, who knows, right?
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Conor
I think.
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Nicole Shine
Is it?
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Conor
Yeah?
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Nicole Shine
15, 15? It don't matter.
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Conor
We'll figure out.
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Nicole Shine
Yeah, it don't matter. This week we are back with Empire Records.
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Conor
Yeah, which is actually our second choice. We're going to Transformers, but of course, all the streaming services, when you want something, it's the one you don't own, you know?
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Nicole Shine
Yeah. Yeah.
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Nicole Shine
Yeah, so we'll do it next week. I have it somewhere. i just, I had a lot, you know, not, nobody cares, but I had a lot going on today and I didn't, I had to kind of not search for it, but we'll do it next week or week after.
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Conor
Yeah.
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Nicole Shine
It doesn't, it don't matter. We got all the time in the world, right?
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Conor
Yeah, and thousands and thousands of movies.
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Nicole Shine
So, yeah, I don't, it's not their big deal.
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Conor
Yeah, we'll get to it.
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Nicole Shine
um So this week, Empire Records.
Empire Records: From Box Office Bomb to Cult Classic
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Nicole Shine
1995, directed by Alan Moyle. Sorry, it's the ensemble cast, big ensemble, Anthony Lepaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Ethan Embry, Rory Cochran, Debbie Mazar, Johnny Whitworth, Robin Tunney, Liv Tyler, Renee Zellweger, among others, like even more people than that, but those are the main
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Conor
Boyle?
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Nicole Shine
Once it made a budget of 10 million. Wait for this. It only made $303.841,000. It didn't even make a million dollars.
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Conor
Whoopee.
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Conor
Yeah.
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Nicole Shine
bomb. um it It became a cult classic like most bombs that become cult classics.
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Conor
Yeah.
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Nicole Shine
But this one was a bomb, bomb, bomb.
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Conor
Yeah, real bomb.
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Nicole Shine
um
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Conor
At least a lot of those other cult classics, at least they like made what they you know made to make the movie.
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Nicole Shine
Yeah, yeah.
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Conor
But no, this one did not.
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Nicole Shine
Yeah, this lost money. The soundtrack sold 2 million copies, though. We'll get there, but...
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Conor
don't think, did you ever own the soundtrack?
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Nicole Shine
Yeah.
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Nicole Shine
So...
Lucas's Gamble to Save the Store
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Nicole Shine
We start with... And this is supposedly set in Delaware, by the way. It doesn't really matter, but anyway. So, we start in...
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Nicole Shine
One of our main characters, Lucas, is the new night manager. um He's his first time closing. The manager, Joe, has given him the responsibility of closing.
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Nicole Shine
And everybody's like, OK, why did that? And we're about to find out why. so Joe only gave him three instructions. He said, count the money twice, don't touch my cigars, don't touch my beer.
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Nicole Shine
He does all three, all his drum set and his beer.
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Conor
Or drum set.
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Conor
Yeah.
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Nicole Shine
And he does all the things. Like, we cut to him, like, playing his drum sets, smoking his cigar, drinking his beer. Yeah.
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Conor
Like, playing the drums on his money, too. Like, dude.
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Nicole Shine
He counted it twice, though.
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Conor
i guess.
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Nicole Shine
So, yeah, he goes in the drawer, and he happens to notice that um there's a, like, a mock-up for...
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Nicole Shine
of Music Town. So their Empire Records was an independent music store, and they see, like, Music Town, which I guess is supposed to be, like, a Spoover Tower Records or something like that, like, chain back in the day for all you younger people who don't remember record stores. We used to have a lot of record stores, different ones, and, um you know, they had the big chains, they had the independent ones, so um he's like, oh, no.
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Nicole Shine
This, you know, I have to do something about this. So this idiot takes the money and he goes, he takes his motorcycle, rides to Atlantic City.
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Nicole Shine
And at first he's like super confident. He's feeling good. He got the money. He walking in, pulling the thing. pulls somebody's slot machine and hit the jackpot. He walked by the roulette table.
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Nicole Shine
He's like 22 and he rolled it 22 and you know, he's feeling, yeah.
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Conor
He's cocky as shit, man.
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Nicole Shine
so he takes the money to the crap table he pulls that he puts the whole nine down and everybody's like oh big spender by typing them up and uh he rolled seven at first and everybody's like yeah and he's like yeah yeah and he's like you know i'm let it ride and and um the guy's like it's a 18 000 bet right there and he's like you know if i if i
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Conor
Doubles his money.
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Nicole Shine
roll this this stuff in or whatever I'll roll you know get to save the place I work and the job of all my co-workers and all this stuff and everybody's like so and then he's like and I but and then he's like I'll buy you all the drink and everybody's like yeah and then he of course he craps out and loses all the money and uh
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Conor
I know, don't give a shit.
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Conor
Now we give a shit.
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Conor
And this girl that was like, you know, all over them, then she's like, oh, you're ugly now.
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Nicole Shine
yeah and she was like you are sex when he hit the money and then when uh he craps out she's like he used to be a child like damn and then he he just looks into the camera like i wonder i'll be held responsible for this and it just cuts to the next morning of him like sleep on his motorcycle outside of the store and we meet two more of our characters aj and mark um aj i guess it's like a
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Conor
God, gold digger. doesn't hide it, though.
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Nicole Shine
he would be like the second assistant manager when he's kind of like this artsy, artistic young guy.
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Conor
art school kid.
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Nicole Shine
Yeah, art school kid. And then other guy, Mark, is like this Dolby Stoner, you know, the Dolby Stoner character.
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Conor
This movie's got the very stereo, typical 90s.
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Nicole Shine
Yeah, everybody fits in a neat, yeah, neat little box.
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Conor
Yeah.
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Nicole Shine
But, you know, you got your, You're goody two-shoes smart girl.
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Conor
yeah
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Nicole Shine
And you're edgy rock chick. And you're slutty girl. And you're stoner guy. you know Everybody fits into like a neat little package.
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Nicole Shine
Which is so he he's he's like kind of tells them what happened.
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Conor
ye
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Nicole Shine
He's like, went to Atlanta City with the money. was nice knowing you guys. All the stuff wrote off. And they were like, what? So they kind of figured out, like, okay, he closed last night and now he doesn't have any money.
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Conor
No AJ figures it out.
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Nicole Shine
AJ, yeah, Mark doesn't figure shit out.
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Conor
Mark, the stoner, doesn't even know what the fuck's going on.
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Nicole Shine
So the manager, Joe, comes in and he doesn't know what's going on yet. And they kind of keep it quiet from him. And they're, you know, hey, Joe. andda And when they come in, they get a call, angry call from the actual owner, Mitchell, because the Night deposit never made it to the bank. And Joe's like, what the fuck? So he goes to check the safe. And of course, the money's he's like, I'm going to kill So um in the meantime, we see cor and Gina next.
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Nicole Shine
They're on their way to the store because it's Rex Manning day.
The Notorious Rex Manning Day
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Nicole Shine
And Rex Manning is like this washed up old 80s TV star who's like a pop star now.
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Conor
listen Yeah, musician now trying to stay relevant, you know?
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Nicole Shine
yeah, and he's very, like, cheesy, like, David, I don't even know ah if anybody, people in our audience will remember who David Cassidy is, or, like, you know what mean, he's, like, ah like, a part of, like, a TV's heart thred from, like, the 70s who tried to be, like, a pop star or whatever.
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Conor
Yeah, that's a good um similarity.
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Conor
That's good. I didn't think about using that comparison. Yeah.
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Nicole Shine
Yeah, so, they're excited because cory who has decided that her first time is gonna be with rex manning because she had a crush on him growing up and gina's kind of hyping her up or whatever so they're on her way to the store um who gets there it's like so many people arrive so we get like this whole um you know joe finding out the money's not there and then he's like having a you know
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Conor
Okay.
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Nicole Shine
a nervous fit and all this stuff and age in the meantime is like gonna i'm gonna tell corey however today and joe's like i don't care it's like you know what i mean like he does i know like he's going everybody comes in he's like yeah everybody comes in he's like i'm tell corey i feel about his day and everybody's like the only one cares is lucas when he gets there later but um
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Conor
I just lost nine grand and I should give two shits about your little crush.
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Nicole Shine
So um they come Corrie and Gina, and a we get like, Joe's like, Corrie, you're not even supposed to like be here at enough time. And she's like, well, got to study. Because, know, her backstory is she's going to Harvard. And her parents kind of put a lot of pressure on her to get you know good grades and all this stuff. So that's all the character that She needs, I guess, Anna.
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Nicole Shine
Yeah, don't really go into really going a lot of depth here.
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Conor
I mean, she's not really that deep, I guess. I don't know.
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Nicole Shine
yeah Lucas comes back and this is probably my favorite part in the movie because he comes back and he's like, Joe's like, where's the money?
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Conor
Yeah.
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Nicole Shine
he was like, Atlantic City. And he's like, what's it doing, Atlantic City? He was like, recirculating.
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Conor
I feel Joe's pain at this point. Granted, I'm 40 year old. I might feel different.
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Nicole Shine
And he's like, is it coming back? He's like, I don't think so. he's like He's like, it could be in other cities by now. It might have made its way to other locations.
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Conor
Oh my God.
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Nicole Shine
So he kind of like grabs him and tells him you stay on the couch and not to leave the couch. that's what we get from then, from that point. And then let's see who comes next. Oh, I think Deb comes in.
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Nicole Shine
Deb comes in next.
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Conor
Yeah, yeah, the girl that shaves her head.
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Nicole Shine
Yeah. And she kind of like, she's like the edgy rock chick. And she kind of like comes in, Gina and Corey are like, you know, the regular 90s, like, I don't know what you call them, regular girls, and
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Conor
Yeah.
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Conor
Yeah, like, they're all some type of, you know, 90s type of kid. I kind of think, like, she's kind of the more, like, woes me, you know, depressed kid.
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Nicole Shine
Yeah, she's like, she comes in and she like walks by him without saying anything, kind of gives him the finger and
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Conor
hates everyone hates life
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Nicole Shine
yeah, she goes in the bathroom, slams the door and she kind of shaves her head. She's just like such a, yeah, she she really does.
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Conor
no she does it kinda at all she does G.I.
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Nicole Shine
And the actress really did shave her head, yeah.
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Conor
Jane's it yeah
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Nicole Shine
um And she's like, yeah, free. And there's like this like song, like, this, like, 90s girl empowerment song, like, fucking playing while she was shaving her head.
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Nicole Shine
And I'm like, I guess her hair was making her unhappy. So, um, she...
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Conor
No, it's like an attention play because remember later on she's like no one really noticed me so
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Nicole Shine
don't think it was that. i don't think it was for that same shit.
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Conor
You don't think so Okay
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Nicole Shine
No, I don't think she shaved her head for that same shit. But, um, she came out in, uh, in, uh, They were like, she did have hair when she went there.
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Nicole Shine
And, um, then AJ noticed that she had, like, a bandage on her wrist. So she had it made it an essay, a suicide attempt the night before. she's like, leave me alone about it. And that's the whole thing.
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Nicole Shine
And, um, Luke is like, she's fine. Just leave her. She's good. She's in the stores. You know, that's gonna happen to her. So they kind of just let her be. And then, um,
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Nicole Shine
The guy, what's the other guy's name? Eddie. There's so many people that work in this fucking store.
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Conor
Seriously, did it work there or lived there?
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Nicole Shine
So many people work in this fucking store.
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Conor
Jesus.
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Nicole Shine
Eddie comes in. where Right now, he's at his other job with a pizza shop before gets there later. But he brings Mark some pot brownies.
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Nicole Shine
He doesn't say it outright, but he's like, they're my special recipe, extra sugar.
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Conor
I mean, he's...
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Conor
Every stoner has like another stoner, you know?
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Nicole Shine
Yeah.
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Conor
They're two guys. It's kind of like a master and apprentice, like fucking Star Wars and shit.
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Nicole Shine
Yeah, like, all these, so basically in this store, all these people do is fucking hang out. Dance around and fucking do, they do everything besides, like, shit in the store.
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Conor
I mean, they somewhat work, you know, but...
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Nicole Shine
Yeah, they ring people up, I guess, so, like, but it's only two registers.
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Conor
Yeah.
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Nicole Shine
There's, like, 18 people that work at this store. but They do everything but fucking work.
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Conor
It's a big ass store and there's only one register.
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Nicole Shine
Yeah, that's funny.
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Conor
Yeah.
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Nicole Shine
But, um, so that was that. And then, but we can't be sad because no, Warren gets there first. Warren gets there before recommending.
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Nicole Shine
And, um, so like, while, you know, everybody's out doing stuff in th store or whatever.
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Conor
Warm.
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Nicole Shine
oh first, um, AJ was telling Lucas, he's like, I'm going to tell Corey I love her by 1.37. Exactly. And he was like, that's an excellent time.
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Conor
That's a really good time.
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Nicole Shine
Cause he told him, he said, what's with you today? He said, yesterday you're normal. Today you're like the old guy in karate kid. Like why you off, you know, just all philosophical or whatever, but it's funny.
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Nicole Shine
So everybody's out doing stuff and he's kind getting bored because he seems like the type that always has to be doing something. So he like, you see him like edging off the couch, edging more off the couch.
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Nicole Shine
And at one point he just has his toes on the couch and then he's like joe gotta get out of here no no before this part they would make a fun of him with the money song so um when mark when eddie brings mark the brownies he's like they come busting it he's like you hear about lucas he come busting and he's like is it true that you went to vegas and
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Conor
Well, no, he's like, I got pee. Yeah.
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Conor
yeah
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Nicole Shine
ah lost whole bunch of money and now there's a hit out on you and you married a mobster's wife and all that stuff. He's like, that's not exactly accurate. So they start, ah they over the intercon, they start playing that, that money. I want money song, the eighties one and dancing around, making fun of fucking Joe and shit.
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Nicole Shine
And, um, he, that's when he gets mad, like bust out of the room. And it's like, um, he comes busting out of the room and he's like,
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Nicole Shine
I don't have, you know, he starts giving them all applications to Music Town, and that's when he explains to them, like, i was going to use the money to um buy in as a partner so they don't sell us to become a Music Town, but now I have to fix what he did, so now I don't have the $9,000.
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Nicole Shine
It's interesting that it was exactly $9,000, which is exactly the amount he lost. But anyway, so he don't have...
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Conor
I mean, back then that was what, maybe in the ninety s I was like double or, yeah.
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Nicole Shine
Yeah, it was a lot of money. But what I'm saying is it's funny that is they're both the same amount.
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Conor
Exactly. Yeah, yeah, true.
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Nicole Shine
of but he the money or The amount of money he needed plus the amount of money he lost just happened to be the same amount. But anyway, so yeah. So now they're going to be everybody's tax.
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Conor
Cool.
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Nicole Shine
They're about to be Music Town. and Music Town doesn't allow tattoos, and they don't allow revealing clothes, and they don't allow this, and they don't allow dancing in the store, and all the fun times they like to have.
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Nicole Shine
So in
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Conor
Yeah, you can't just go in as you are You have to have a uniform and, you know, conformity, and that's not what Empire Records is about, I guess.
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Nicole Shine
yeah so in the meantime, Lucas notices. um When he's like off the couch, he just took a
Shoplifter Shenanigans: Warren Beatty
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Nicole Shine
pillow. He eventually just picked up a pillow and was like, I have part of the couch.
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Nicole Shine
but if yeah I didn't sleep till leave the whole couch or whatever he said. So he notices while he's talking to somebody that there's a shop, you know, guy like shoplifting, this young kid.
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Nicole Shine
He's like taking the CDs and fucking putting them in his coat or whatever. I love his part. He just kind of walks up on him. He's like, huh? You like music? Being all creepy. And the kid's like, yeah, yeah, whatever. And he's like, oh, it's a big coat you got there.
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Nicole Shine
Oh, it's a pocket. And then he's like, what did he say? Somebody's like, the fat man walks alone.
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Conor
Yeah, yeah.
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Nicole Shine
The guy's like, what?
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Nicole Shine
He was like, I'm sure I'll be bumping into you later. then the guy takes off, and they're like, shoplifter. And then he chases him all around. was pretty funny. And he eventually knocked him out.
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Nicole Shine
drives him back or whatever but that part was pretty funny and so they bring the kid back and they're like what's your name he's like you know screw you I'm kick you know being all tough I'm kick your butt up through your you know your ass up and they're like what's your name he's like Warren Beatty so everybody calls him fucking Warren through the rest of the movie even that's not his name which is funny but um Warren
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Conor
Which is great, because eventually he's like, my name's not fucking Warren.
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Nicole Shine
still call me fucking Warren and they still call him Warren
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Conor
Right? That's what you fucking told us.
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Nicole Shine
But we never do find out that kid's real name.
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Conor
That's what you told us, man.
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Nicole Shine
So while they're waiting, waiting for the cop to come get warned, Rex Manning arrives finally.
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Conor
Yeah.
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Nicole Shine
And
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Nicole Shine
he's funny. Like, he's, it's like there's all the lines to see Rex Manning. It's like middle-aged moms and gay guys. It's funny.
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Conor
Yeah.
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Nicole Shine
So he arrives with his assistant, Jane. And he's like, oh, this place. like He's already like talking down about the place. And she's like, well, you know, every you know middle middle middle America buys your records too.
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Nicole Shine
And it'll be like that and all that stuff.
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Conor
Yeah. Any publicity is good publicity. Yeah.
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Nicole Shine
Yeah. So he comes in, introduces himself everybody. and I guess his hair was all fucked up. And he's like, your style is kind of too short.
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Nicole Shine
So everybody's like ragging on about his hair.
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Conor
Mm-hmm.
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Nicole Shine
he's like, Rex, what's up with your hair? And he's like, oh, it looks good. Whatever. And, um you know, Cory's all like, hee, hee, Rex. And, um you know, that's just that. So they get him a table out front and he starts signing, you know, his line of people is so funny.
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Nicole Shine
Because it's like, Like people, like um the one lady came up and she was like, oh, you're my favorite singer. You were my favorite singer in high school. And he was like, who's your favorite singer now?
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Nicole Shine
And he was like, she was like, oh, you, it's still you.
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Conor
Like, oh, you, you, you, you. Like, she knew how that sounded immediately.
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Nicole Shine
And then the one girl was like, and whatever her name was, Denise or whatever. And he's like, it's pretty name. She was like, it's my mom's. I've never even heard of you.
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Conor
She just wants her autograph.
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Nicole Shine
And then one old lady came up singing like his line of people.
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Conor
That was cringy as fuck, man. Because if... Okay, audience and you too, babe. Like, if you've ever been to an autograph session for a famous person, there's always at least that one weird person that goes over the top.
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Conor
I'm not saying they sing, but, you know, you all know the type.
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Nicole Shine
Yeah. So, Jane is the backstage or whatever and the crew is kind of giving her her shit about Lex Manny. And because Warren, like, Luke going through, like, the music he stole. And he was like, look at you. Look at what you took.
00:21:05
Nicole Shine
He's like, rap, metal, metal, Whitney Houston. He's like, it's for my girlfriend.
00:21:11
Conor
For my girlfriend. Sure it is
00:21:13
Nicole Shine
Sure, Warren. And he's like, and so Jane was like, well, do any of you like Rex's new album? And they started fucking laughing at her and shit. And, uh. She was like, actually, he does well again with teenage males.
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Nicole Shine
and What did he say? He said, have you ever researched the instance?
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Conor
Lucas, yeah, he's like, did a study, like, ah basically, like, notice that these teenage males were of the homosexual variety or something like that?
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Nicole Shine
it was pretty funny.
00:21:41
Conor
Okay
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Nicole Shine
And then Mark is freaking out. He's like, oh, so many babes out there. So many babes. And theres like he's like, Mark, who's your favorite single? singer, he was like, Axl. He was like, so if Axl Rhodes saw Rex Manning on the side of the road, you think Axl would stop and give him a hand?
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Nicole Shine
He was like, Axl have a jack.
00:22:05
Conor
hu
00:22:06
Nicole Shine
And Warren's like, no, Axl would suck on the gas, take that sucker out and all that stuff.
00:22:11
Conor
Warren overacts in this fucking movie.
00:22:14
Nicole Shine
Yeah, know Warren is the on 12, this whole fucking movie.
00:22:18
Conor
Yeah, that was annoying. But anyways, yeah.
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Nicole Shine
So Mitchell, the the main boss, comes. And he comes. And he's like, he's talking to Rex Manning. And he's like, oh, this used to be a, what did he bed, a bad and bath, a toilet store or something.
00:22:35
Conor
Yeah.
00:22:37
Nicole Shine
He's like, was selling toys, my hippie father turned into um a music store. He's like, if I was selling toys today, I'd be a rich man. So basically, know, whatever. And he's like, oh, Joe. oh look, Rex Mann is a big star. We should have had a champagne and fruit baskets and all this stuff. and like Shut up.
00:22:57
Conor
Yeah, like, stop kissing ass,
00:22:58
Nicole Shine
Yeah, so um even Rex Mann was looking at him like, shut up. So he he came to get the money from the night before because the deposit never made it to the bank.
00:23:11
Nicole Shine
So I saw Joe just kind of take some papers and stuff that in the deposit bag and locks it. as a way to kind of stall, um, and gives it to him, and, um, yeah, that's that, and then, um, so, um, the guy, Burko, comes, so yet another employee comes, and, uh, he goes, he sees Jane, oh, by the way, we missed the whole little part where Jane and Joe kind of had, like, a thing, kind of a look but between them, like, kind of flirtatious kind of thing.
00:23:21
Conor
Yeah.
00:23:30
Conor
That's that.
00:23:50
Conor
Oh, yeah.
00:23:51
Nicole Shine
So, I guess they tried to make, have something for her to do other than be Rex Manning's assistant.
00:23:52
Conor
That's true.
00:23:56
Conor
I mean, to be fair, there's a lot of fucking shit going on in this movie.
00:24:01
Nicole Shine
So much.
00:24:01
Conor
And apparently Joe just hires everyone to work at a store.
00:24:05
Nicole Shine
Everyone, bro. So, Berko comes and, um, he's and she he's like, who are you? And she was like, oh, I work for Rex, man. And he just kind of like bust out laughing.
00:24:17
Nicole Shine
And she's like, oh, you think that's funny? And so she quit. And Joe's like, don't quit. Oh, one more thing. You know what mean? Like, what else is going to go wrong today?
00:24:27
Conor
Yeah.
00:24:28
Nicole Shine
So he kind of, yeah, so he kind of grabs his drums, starts drumming along to ACDC, and everybody's kind of dancing around to it.
00:24:28
Conor
Joe's having a bad day.
00:24:37
Nicole Shine
um And
Corey and Rex Manning: Plans Go Awry
00:24:38
Nicole Shine
in the meantime, Oh, and that's when Mitchell came after that. But in the meantime, Berko comes and finds, um she goes to find Deb because AJ told her I'm about Deb.
00:24:50
Conor
Yeah.
00:24:50
Nicole Shine
And apparently without saying, like going too much into it, it's implied they kind of had a ah fight the night before.
00:24:58
Nicole Shine
maybe they broke up. I don't know. It doesn't really go into it. But she was like, just leave me alone. And this isn't about you. teenage drama, drama, drama, drama.
00:25:08
Conor
Oh, yeah.
00:25:08
Nicole Shine
Leave me alone.
00:25:10
Conor
Total drama.
00:25:12
Nicole Shine
So he though he, she tells him to walk away and he walks away.
00:25:16
Conor
You watch what?
00:25:17
Nicole Shine
So he was like, okay, bye.
00:25:17
Conor
All right. Next.
00:25:22
Conor
ha.
00:25:23
Nicole Shine
So cops come from Warren. Finally.
00:25:25
Conor
Ha
00:25:26
Nicole Shine
and he's like, he's going to, I sold with a couple of CDs. He stole $9,000 from you. And you know, you don't do dick about it. And Warren has a point.
00:25:38
Conor
He does.
00:25:38
Nicole Shine
Like, man, o I took, like, three CDs, and I didn't even get, i didn't even get the fucking CDs.
00:25:39
Conor
He's trying to like stall.
00:25:46
Nicole Shine
He took them back. And I'm going to jail, but this kid sold fucking $9,000 and lost it.
00:25:47
Conor
Yeah.
00:25:54
Conor
And Lucas like it pans to Lucas and he acts like what? What is he talking about?
00:25:54
Nicole Shine
think
00:25:58
Nicole Shine
I know. and he And Warren's like, I'll be back, and you'll be sorry.
00:26:03
Conor
Yeah. Okay.
00:26:04
Nicole Shine
He'll be back, and they'll be sorry. so it so um So later Rex's main day, Corey comes to Joe, and she's like, she's like i need to but you know I want to bring Rex's lunch.
00:26:24
Conor
Yeah.
00:26:24
Nicole Shine
And he's like, Oberko's bringing him his lunch.
00:26:26
Nicole Shine
And she's like, well, he was just inside onto his face. And he's like, i don't give shit a shit.
00:26:31
Conor
Yeah.
00:26:31
Nicole Shine
Oberko's bringing him his lunch. She's like, I need to bring Rex his lunch. And he's like, no. And then she's just like, oh my God, Rex has lunch. like
00:26:39
Conor
Looking like gives a period yell or something. Like she's got cramps.
00:26:44
Nicole Shine
and She just snaps out of nowhere.
00:26:44
Conor
God.
00:26:46
Nicole Shine
And he's like, OK. She's like that.
00:26:48
Conor
Okay. She's like, thanks Jeff.
00:26:51
Nicole Shine
And so she sets up this whole little lunch for him in the break room, like candles and flowers and shit.
00:26:55
Conor
Candlelight, flowers.
00:26:57
Nicole Shine
And she's like dancing around to the song and touching on herself and shit like, girl,
00:27:02
Conor
oh
00:27:03
Nicole Shine
So, um he comes in for his lunch, and she starts flirting with him. And she's like, always had a crush on you, on a family way. And he's like, you must have been a baby.
00:27:13
Nicole Shine
And she's like, I'm not a baby now.
00:27:14
Conor
It's like you're sweet.
00:27:17
Nicole Shine
And finally, she takes her top off, and she got this bra, this red bra, guess, that Gina gave her. And a she's thought he's like, yo you sure you want to do this?
00:27:28
Nicole Shine
And she's like, yes.
00:27:29
Conor
I love that. Pause. I love that he gave her an out. um Like, he knows what's about to happen. And so kudos to him. He gave her an out.
00:27:39
Nicole Shine
Yeah. And she's like, yeah. And then he just kind of like unzips his pants.
00:27:44
Conor
He just leans back.
00:27:46
Nicole Shine
He's like, rock and roll.
00:27:47
Conor
Rock and roll. And she's like, oh, God.
00:27:50
Nicole Shine
And she just kind of gets embarrassed and she grabs her clothes and runs out or whatever. And it's like, I don't know what you thought was going to happen.
00:27:58
Conor
Yeah.
00:28:00
Nicole Shine
like He tried to screw this guy in like a breakback break back break room of a store.
00:28:05
Conor
Right? While he's having fucking lunch.
00:28:06
Nicole Shine
Like, like, what do you think was going to happen?
00:28:07
Conor
Like...
00:28:09
Nicole Shine
do You think it going be romantic or something?
00:28:11
Conor
Right? He's like, oh, I've been waiting for you my entire life.
00:28:14
Nicole Shine
um know. So she runs out and goes on the roof and she's kind of like crying or freaking out or whatever.
00:28:16
Conor
No.
00:28:20
Nicole Shine
And then AJ not being able to read a room to size. This is the moment. So he you know decides it's the moment to tell her that he's in love with her. And she's still kind of freaking out. And she's like, I'm just not, I can't handle this right now. i just threw myself at Rex, man, made a fool out of myself and all this stuff.
00:28:42
Nicole Shine
And he's like, well, just forget it. Forget it. it' I didn't say anything. And he walked off. And it's like, she's obviously upset about something.
00:28:52
Nicole Shine
Like, it's probably not the right time for you.
00:28:55
Conor
Well, you said, like, he's blinded by what he wants to say and he can't read the room, Yeah. Yeah.
00:29:02
Nicole Shine
So we got to Corey and Gina on lunch, I guess, break, and they were talking outside and talking about what happened. And Gina's kind of like trying to cheer her up. And she's like, we'll get you another guy, whatever. And she's like, I don't need a another guy. I'm not like you. And then she just really started putting her down about being a slut. And she's like, oh, not like me. It's her both slut. she's like, yeah, or something.
00:29:30
Nicole Shine
It's something. You seem to enjoy it or something. And she was like, yeah.
00:29:36
Conor
Yeah, she fucking reads her, man.
00:29:38
Nicole Shine
She was like, um so Gina starts getting mad. She's like, what did you go in dode go in there and start acting off perfect like you always do? And she's like, well, at least guys don't do it with me and then go behind my back and laugh about it or something.
00:29:53
Nicole Shine
Just being a real bitchy to her.
00:29:53
Conor
Damn.
00:29:56
Nicole Shine
And so Gina gets mad, storms off.
00:29:56
Conor
Yeah.
00:29:59
Nicole Shine
And she gets mad and starts off or whatever.
00:30:02
Conor
No, Eddie comes up and sits down and he can't read the room.
00:30:02
Nicole Shine
And that's... Oh, yeah.
00:30:06
Nicole Shine
Yeah. Because she, like, took the bra off i at the table, like, under her shirt. And it was on the table. He's like, you left your thingy. Everybody's moving so dumb.
00:30:18
Conor
Yeah.
00:30:19
Nicole Shine
So, Gina being pissed off, she thought she gonna go seduce her at.
00:30:19
Conor
i mean, the teenagers.
00:30:25
Nicole Shine
So she seduces him by doing it. She's like, oh, I have a trick where I can always know what kind of underwear a man's wearing or whatever. And she's like, navy blue jockeys or whatever. And they go to the back and he's like, oh, you want find out? You know, its real cheesy.
00:30:43
Nicole Shine
And um he takes his pants off. And, of course, that's what he's wearing.
00:30:47
Conor
Of course, he does.
00:30:48
Nicole Shine
And they start going at it.
00:30:50
Conor
Slut powers!
00:30:55
Nicole Shine
So, um,
00:30:57
Nicole Shine
um, in the meantime, um, Corey goes to talk to AJ and she's like, you know, I'm sorry, I was upset. She was like, but I, you know, i just don't think about you that way.
00:31:09
Nicole Shine
You're like my best friend and what we have better than that. he's like, oh, it's some bullshit. You knew Bullshit.
00:31:15
Conor
He's like, don't. Just don't.
00:31:18
Nicole Shine
So he gets mad storms off. So he's mad. So he starts, like, playing around with Deb. to He put on Rex Manning's video, and they start dancing around to it.
00:31:29
Nicole Shine
Cheesy-ass song. and i everybody Everybody in this whole fucking place is, like, cheering me. Like, the customers, i everybody.
00:31:34
Conor
Yeah, like everyone starts dancing and shit.
00:31:38
Nicole Shine
And then...
00:31:38
Conor
While this poor girl is feeling sad about, you know.
00:31:41
Nicole Shine
Yeah, and... ah Joe comes because first he tried to console Deb and she's still being angry, an angry girl. But he told her, he was like, you know, you're you're doing a good job to like trying to make her feel better whatever.
00:31:55
Conor
Yeah, she's hiding in one the listening booths or whatever.
00:31:55
Nicole Shine
But so then.
00:31:58
Conor
and one of the listening booths has like a couple, like, basically almost doing it.
00:31:59
Nicole Shine
Like, no.
00:32:03
Conor
and You just see him look at him and like shake his fist finger back and forth like, no, don't do that.
00:32:06
Nicole Shine
like no
00:32:09
Conor
And then he finds her in the next one just sitting down doing like, I don't know, the stock or something. and Yeah.
00:32:17
Nicole Shine
Yeah, I guess AJ tries to cheer her up and cheer himself up and then he they start dancing around his ex-man and the whole store is dancing and then Joe just comes down he just gets pissed and he's like, oh, have fun dancing.
00:32:30
Nicole Shine
i don't think they're allowed dancing at music times. I was a customer. I was like, I don't know what's going on. I just started really having fun.
00:32:37
Conor
All right, Joe, calm down.
00:32:39
Nicole Shine
And then as they're looking at the site, oh right yeah so much stress he's like you're doing a superb you're a superb manager or whatever he's like what'd you say he's like you're superb he's like say it again he said say it one more time like each time he's getting madder madder and then finally he just fucking takes it and grabs him take it from his office and like beats his ass and then he throws him out and he's like you know you deserve that right and gives him like a thing for his eye
00:32:58
Conor
right.
00:33:02
Conor
All right.
00:33:10
Nicole Shine
um And then, so Corey's like, i I'm not feeling good. I'm going to cash out. So she goes to go into office, but it's locked. And you know they in there.
00:33:23
Nicole Shine
So
00:33:23
Conor
They're like, why is the office locked? And everyone's like, um, like tight-lipped and looking away when she asks. And then
00:33:29
Nicole Shine
yeah, it's like, where's Gina? Where's Ray?
00:33:33
Conor
where's Rex?
00:33:35
Nicole Shine
And then you hear hear from the back. she she She throws, she gets mad. She realizes what's going on. She gets mad and throws down her tail or whatever. And then they come stumbling out and he, whatever I say, what, no applause or whatever.
00:33:54
Conor
Yeah, that's what he says.
00:33:58
Nicole Shine
So like AJ gets mad and attacks him. He's just mad because Cory tried to one him or whatever.
00:34:04
Conor
Right?
00:34:05
Nicole Shine
But he gets mad and beats him up and everybody's like, get out. And he's like, where's...
00:34:11
Conor
Dude, hold on. Like, they pull AJ off him and fucking Rex gets a good sucker punch in.
00:34:16
Nicole Shine
Oh, yeah. He punched the fuck out of
00:34:17
Conor
God damn. He fucking steals his face.
00:34:23
Nicole Shine
her. Back off, Junior. Slap. And um he's like, where's Jane? And they're like, she quit. And he's like, what? and And he's like, everybody's like, yeah, and we hate your hair. It looks stupid. and we hate your album. Not to mention all the ones before that and all this stuff.
00:34:40
Conor
You suck.
00:34:42
Nicole Shine
I know. And he's like, why don't you all just fade away? And Lee's like, I don't know.
00:34:45
Conor
Okay, Jim Morrison, whatever.
00:34:47
Nicole Shine
Like, what the fuck?
00:34:48
Conor
Like, ooh, you got us.
00:34:49
Nicole Shine
OK. You told us.
00:34:51
Conor
Yeah.
00:34:52
Nicole Shine
So um Corey and Gina kind of get into it again, because she's like, oh, that's what you are. You just sleep with all guys until going to sleep with every guy until your fall down. They don't want you anymore and all this.
00:35:08
Nicole Shine
and Gina's like, well, at least I'm not some closet-speech. And this comes out of nowhere. I think we did see her take a pill earlier.
00:35:16
Conor
Yeah, we saw that.
00:35:16
Nicole Shine
what does She got into that thing with AJ.
00:35:17
Conor
She had it hidden in her, like, lipstick thing or something like that. Yeah.
00:35:22
Nicole Shine
Yeah. She's like, well, at least I'm not some closet-speech freak. And she's like, what are these? Vitamins? Pills? She's like, what are these?
00:35:29
Conor
it She didn't expect her to do that because her face is mortified.
00:35:31
Nicole Shine
And then she's like, yeah.
00:35:34
Conor
She's like, oh, fuck.
00:35:35
Nicole Shine
Yeah. She's like, I could stay up all night studying too if I was chowing down speed. And then she starts throwing them at Like, it's for your perfect little face and your perfect little body and your perfect little life.
00:35:42
Conor
thing
00:35:47
Nicole Shine
it Starts throwing them at her.
00:35:48
Conor
God.
00:35:49
Nicole Shine
and ah And she's like, it's always about her. and leave And then Corey snaps. And she's like, it's not fine. Everything's fine. And she just has like this speed freak out.
00:36:03
Nicole Shine
And like, attacks the rex manning picture and starts dabbing it and shit and screaming i'm like everybody who works with this place is insane
00:36:11
Conor
Yeah, everyone's freaking out now.
00:36:14
Nicole Shine
so deb takes her and you know to the bathroom and like uh makes a cold thing water and you know dumps her face it and calmer down whatever and she was kind of she was like i'm glad to see i'm not the only one around here that's messed up or whatever and um
00:36:22
Conor
calms her down.
00:36:32
Nicole Shine
She's like, did you really want Rex Manning to be your first time? Like, did you did you want like your back against the, the, the safe and your feet hitting the printer or whatever? Like, Oh, Rexy. Cause his video starts off. It's like, Oh, Rexy, you're so sexy or whatever. it So she's like, you want to be, Oh, Rexy, you're so sexy. So, um,
00:36:55
Nicole Shine
so oh But she kind of laughs at her or whatever.
00:36:59
Conor
That was a good moment, yeah.
00:36:59
Nicole Shine
be left with her Yeah, she's like, why are you being nice to me? And she's like, you know, let's just save our little homework moment or whatever.
00:37:06
Conor
Oh, yeah.
00:37:06
Nicole Shine
And leave.
00:37:06
Conor
And we're back to the way she was.
00:37:11
Nicole Shine
Yeah, so they kind this thing where, like, um, um, Corey, I don't know, forgot her name. I just said it.
00:37:23
Nicole Shine
She decides to be like, no, Corey.
00:37:24
Conor
Deb? Okay. Deb?
00:37:27
Nicole Shine
She's like, well, if Deb wants to die, she starts, like, planning a funeral for different Deb. Like, she wants to die. We'll show her, like, what, you know, what it's really, what it will really be like.
00:37:39
Conor
What it'd be like. Yeah.
00:37:41
Nicole Shine
So they start making a little funeral for her. And in the meantime, Jane comes back and told Joe, she was like, i heard you're looking for a night manager. And she's like, if, you know, she doesn't want to go to dinner. yeah, guess.
00:37:54
Conor
I'll be here not manger. Yeah.
00:37:55
Nicole Shine
yeah i guess So they have this fake funeral for Deb where, and it's it's really just an exposition dump. It's supposed to be a funeral for Deb, but it's like everybody's issue.
00:38:06
Conor
Yeah.
00:38:10
Conor
Yup.
00:38:11
Nicole Shine
of You know, AJ wants to go to art school. And and um yeah, Corey's like, i you know i I miss Gina and I envy her because she does everything she wants to do.
00:38:18
Conor
He's afraid and...
00:38:28
Nicole Shine
And it's just all this, like, okay.
00:38:31
Conor
Then Gina's listening and she comes out and she's like oh, no, I don't do what I want to do.
00:38:33
Nicole Shine
Yeah.
00:38:37
Conor
and just, you know...
00:38:37
Nicole Shine
always wanted to sing in the band, but I've never had the gusto audition.
00:38:41
Conor
I'm afraid my life will end after high school like my mom.
00:38:42
Nicole Shine
And, um, yeah.
00:38:46
Conor
Yeah.
00:38:46
Nicole Shine
And then we find out that, like, uh, Joe took Lucas in when he was 13 from, uh, he was in foster care since he was 10 and He came to come in and and took care of him. And that's why he has, like, this affection for him. I feel like anybody else he would have fucking called the cops
00:39:08
Conor
Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:39:10
Nicole Shine
on. And while we're having this funeral for Deb, Warren comes back.
Warren's Return and the Unexpected Job Offer
00:39:17
Nicole Shine
AJ's at the front. And Warren comes back.
00:39:21
Nicole Shine
And he's like, oh, I told you I'll be back. And he starts shooting his gun off. Well, the gun has blanks in it. You can tell the gun has blanks in it because it ain't making no damage.
00:39:30
Conor
That's a big ass fucking Magno, man. Jesus Christ.
00:39:33
Nicole Shine
It's making a lot of noise, but it's not doing any damage. And he's, like, shooting his gun off.
00:39:36
Conor
Yeah.
00:39:38
Nicole Shine
and And Joe comes out and tries to calm him down. And he's, like, you know, he stole his money. He didn't do nothing. and And you all think you're so superior because you want to work at a record store. And Deb tries to talk him down. And she's, like, standing in the gun.
00:39:54
Nicole Shine
in front of the gun. He's like, you all crazy. You all fucking mental or whatever. And they keep calling him Warren. That's where he's like, stop calling me Warren.
00:40:02
Conor
he freaks out.
00:40:03
Nicole Shine
My name is a fucking Warren.
00:40:03
Conor
He's like, stop calling me Warren.
00:40:05
Nicole Shine
And everybody's like, his name is Warren. His name is Warren. I thought his name was Warren.
00:40:09
Conor
Right?
00:40:12
Nicole Shine
And ah so what happened?
00:40:18
Conor
I know, yeah.
00:40:19
Nicole Shine
So he's like, oh, you're not going to get me a job. Who's going to get me a job? hes Joe's like, you want a job? So he takes the job.
00:40:26
Conor
Fucking Joe, man. Jesus.
00:40:28
Nicole Shine
He's gone for He's like, so do I get the job? So we see the cops taking his ass away again. Because it was only blanks in the gun.
00:40:35
Conor
Right?
00:40:38
Nicole Shine
Even still, he still got to go to jail.
00:40:38
Conor
Yeah.
00:40:39
Nicole Shine
And I feel like he got out of jail fast as fuck, but we'll get there.
00:40:42
Conor
Yeah.
00:40:43
Nicole Shine
But um they were like, well, he's a minor. Plus he had blanks in the gun. So it's not, I guess, much they can do.
00:40:52
Conor
Not by today's standards. Fuck.
00:40:53
Nicole Shine
Y'all know, right?
00:40:54
Conor
He would've been dead.
00:40:57
Nicole Shine
So, finally, Lucas is like, I give up. It's time. You know, time to throw in the towel. We tried.
00:41:07
Conor
He acknowledges.
00:41:07
Nicole Shine
Call Mitchell. is
00:41:08
Conor
Yeah.
00:41:09
Nicole Shine
You know, it's done. And um they come, like, the team comes, like, what did Deb sell? Deb sell sold her Vespa. She gave him some money. AJ gave him some money. Everybody was like going in their bags, getting their money, going, you know, you know the budget for like the art supplies and all that stuff and giving them money.
00:41:32
Nicole Shine
And they still only had like three. And then Joe was like, you can pawn this watch. And it was all just trying to get them stuff to have. And it still was only like 3,000.
00:41:42
Conor
Yeah. Yeah.
00:41:42
Nicole Shine
And they were like, it's you know it's not enough or whatever. So Mark finally gets the idea the whole time.
00:41:49
Conor
yeah
00:41:50
Nicole Shine
out of vote on he found He's like, hold on second. So he runs outside, and the the news p crew is still out there. And he's like, we're going to have a party. We're going to have music, drinks, tonight at midnight. You know, save the empire. You know, everybody comes.
Mark's Fundraiser: The Plan to Save the Store
00:42:08
Nicole Shine
So that was it. They're going to have, like, a party where they raise money save the empire.
00:42:15
Nicole Shine
So...
00:42:15
Conor
And it's a ah Save Empire Records montage.
00:42:19
Nicole Shine
Yes, it's a montage of everybody like getting, the band's going be on the roof and they got kegs and, you know, kegs and Luke and AJ is selling his artwork and they're taking donations and yeah, buttons, because Deb was making buttons earlier and all this, you know,
00:42:20
Conor
Basically.
00:42:23
Conor
Coming together and yeah.
00:42:29
Conor
Which where the fuck but okay.
00:42:39
Conor
Selling buttons.
00:42:44
Conor
Yep.
00:42:48
Nicole Shine
you know It's the way movies it's the way you know movies can put together a whole fundraiser in a couple hours.
00:42:48
Conor
yeah
00:42:54
Nicole Shine
you know It's very, you know.
00:42:54
Conor
Right.
00:42:57
Conor
Miracles.
00:42:58
Nicole Shine
Yeah, so they came together as a team.
00:43:02
Conor
They did, man. Joe and all the fucking kids.
00:43:05
Nicole Shine
We're going to talk about Joe. It was creeping this later.
00:43:07
Conor
Yeah. Yeah.
00:43:09
Nicole Shine
But um so um they set up and they start playing music or whatever. It's funny because when they start tapping the keg, it's these two grannies out there with like rollers in their hair.
00:43:22
Nicole Shine
Remember them?
00:43:24
Conor
Yeah, that that was...
00:43:24
Nicole Shine
It was like all these young people outside and these two grannies at the keg.
00:43:25
Conor
ah
00:43:30
Conor
see this one granny take a sip and hand it to her friend and she's like, oh yeah, it's good. yeah
00:43:36
Nicole Shine
But the band, who's Burko's band... Um, it's up on the roof plane, and Gina finally gets to sing with the band, and she sings the song too.
00:43:47
Conor
Everyone's cheering and...
00:43:48
Nicole Shine
Um, yeah, and he's like, oh, take the lead, take the lead, and she takes the lead, and everybody's cheering her on, so she got to sing with the band. Um, and they're raising money.
00:43:57
Conor
So there's her resolution.
00:43:59
Nicole Shine
Yeah, that's her resolution, and then they're, um, raising money, and then Mitchell comes, and he's like, what's going on? oh yes and jill's like you know i don't yeah i don't have your money one my employees needed it he's like what he's like but i'll give it to you quit he's like i'm gonna start up my own place quit and um joe um and and him and lucas kind of have this conversation he's like ah how'd you know he's like i knew you weren't happy here you know like this anymore whatever and then um
00:44:23
Conor
Yep.
00:44:37
Conor
Yeah.
00:44:38
Nicole Shine
So everybody's outside.
Victory: Empire Records is Saved
00:44:40
Nicole Shine
So Mitchell has runnin' the store on his own and everybody, he don't know how to work the register. He don't like the customers, none of this stuff.
00:44:47
Conor
Yeah. Joe's like, I fucking quit and leaves Mitchell to run the store. And Mitchell's like, well, fuck, you know, he's getting hit with customers left and right. And he didn't know how to do things like you said.
00:44:57
Conor
And yeah.
00:44:58
Conor
Yeah.
00:44:58
Nicole Shine
He's like, does anybody work here?
00:45:00
Nicole Shine
And Warren comes back.
00:45:00
Conor
but
00:45:01
Nicole Shine
I don't know how he got out of jail so fucking fast, but he's like, I do.
00:45:06
Conor
Yeah, what the fuck, man?
00:45:09
Nicole Shine
So that's their resolution. And then finally he goes up to Joe. No, they they had all the money. They finally got all the money. And um Joe was like, ah Mitchell was like, I hate this place. You love it. I'll sell it to you cheap. So um ah he he gave him the money. So I don't know. I guess he's going to sell him the place.
00:45:36
Conor
That was quick resolution, but hey.
00:45:36
Nicole Shine
I don't know. So that's that resolution.
00:45:42
Conor
Yeah.
00:45:43
Nicole Shine
um And then you
00:45:47
Nicole Shine
and you see cuts to Lucas again. And he's like, perfect. he's like, well, almost perfect. So we cut. Because at like while Gina's singing, Corey is yelling at AJ. He's up on the roof. And she's like, yeah.
Resolutions and Celebration on the Roof
00:46:02
Nicole Shine
He can't hear her.
00:46:02
Conor
like He's going to fuck in here.
00:46:04
Nicole Shine
know. Over all that shit.
00:46:04
Conor
Like, she ain't that smart. Going to Harvard and shit.
00:46:07
Nicole Shine
Because everybody's always fixing this sign that's on the roof. And a so she goes up um fix the sign up on the roof where he's fixing the sign.
00:46:21
Nicole Shine
and she's like, I, um she just pushes on work real fucking hard.
00:46:27
Conor
I know.
00:46:28
Nicole Shine
She's so violent.
00:46:30
Conor
Right?
00:46:30
Nicole Shine
And she's like, I hate you because you don't realize how special you are. Because earlier he was saying at Dev Street, fake funeral he was saying how he's scared to go to art school or whatever and she's like you don't realize how special you are how talented you are and i know you don't love me anymore but you know should you know do that and you know and yeah you know it wasn't a stupid feeling like in my stomach like everything else and and uh
00:46:40
Conor
Yeah.
00:46:50
Conor
I realized I loved you, but I didn't know it was love. And yeah.
00:47:01
Nicole Shine
eventually, and he, like, she started beating him up and shit, and he's like, okay, stop, he's like, I'm going to, he's like, I'm going to art school in Boston, because she's going to Harvard, and, yeah,
00:47:05
Conor
Right?
00:47:13
Conor
Yeah, he's like, I'm going cause so I can be close to you. It's like, aww.
00:47:17
Nicole Shine
I'm going to, yeah, she's looking spnini and and they're just real cute, and they, like, spin around, and kiss, and now it's perfect, so everybody got their resolution, um
00:47:20
Conor
Yeah.
00:47:25
Conor
Yeah.
00:47:29
Conor
Yeah, they're happy ending.
00:47:31
Nicole Shine
And we cut to the end where everybody's like dancing around the roof, for having a party, being happy. And kind of cuts off.
00:47:40
Conor
Yeah, that's the end. Roll credits.
00:47:42
Nicole Shine
Yeah. Yeah. Mark didn't get a resolution with his. Mark wanted to start a band and he wanted to call it Mark. Which is funny.
00:47:52
Conor
With a C.
00:47:53
Nicole Shine
with His name was with a K. So he wanted to call it Mark with a
00:47:57
Conor
I mean, let's be real. Does Mark need a fucking resolution? He's a goddamn stoner.
00:48:05
Nicole Shine
Hey, justice for Mark.
00:48:07
Conor
You know what? I stand by my statement.
00:48:13
Nicole Shine
So, yeah, justice for Mark, man. But, um, Mark is going to be 50 years old still working there.
00:48:16
Conor
Shit.
00:48:20
Conor
He's going to be working at a gas station or something.
00:48:21
Nicole Shine
I feel like him, feel like him and Eddie are going to still be working there.
00:48:26
Conor
Yeah, they will.
00:48:27
Nicole Shine
But, um,
00:48:27
Conor
They will.
00:48:29
Nicole Shine
yeah we kind We missed one scene, too, where he was eating Eddie's pot brownies, and he was watching the Guar video.
00:48:35
Conor
That was fucking funny.
00:48:38
Nicole Shine
And it just cuts to Guar being like, hey, Mark. And then he's on stage with Guar.
00:48:43
Conor
Yeah, Odorous Arungus, the lead singer, is like, Mark, you should come play in our band with us. And then it shows him in the TV playing guitar with him. And he's still watching himself. and And after a few minutes, Odorous is like, Mark, you're an excellent guitar player.
00:49:03
Nicole Shine
He said, it's a shame you have to die. And that thing starts eating him.
00:49:08
Conor
They feed him to the fucking... I forget the name the monster, but... Man, that was part of their live show.
00:49:14
Nicole Shine
He's like, I love you,
00:49:15
Conor
Shout out to GWAR, because their early live shows are a fucking ball. Man.
00:49:20
Nicole Shine
he's easy the brownie like i love you Eddie.
00:49:25
Conor
who
00:49:26
Nicole Shine
But yeah, that that's that's the pretty much it's just not much happens. it's I think a movie this movie is more like a collection of like scenes with a thinly, you know, we have to save the story plot, but it's just a collection of like cool moments or
00:49:46
Conor
Well, no, we gotta get to the like the whole, because that goes into like our takes on the movie. you know like Yeah.
00:49:54
Nicole Shine
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, okay. so favorite favorite character?
00:49:58
Conor
Favorite character? For me, it's, i you're gonna laugh, and everyone listening will laugh, but AJ, just because I identified with some of him.
00:50:09
Conor
I'm sure everyone thinks he's the douchiest, but
00:50:12
Nicole Shine
No, I don't think he's a douche. I think he's the character you're supposed to like, quote-unquote.
00:50:17
Conor
Yeah, yeah.
00:50:19
Nicole Shine
But, yeah, I can see why you identify with AJ. Yeah.
00:50:22
Conor
The fact that he couldn't read the room, i was like turning away, itching the back of my head like, shit, that was me when I was that age.
00:50:23
Nicole Shine
deiced
00:50:32
Nicole Shine
And you're like, oh, I like the girl, but she doesn't like me.
00:50:34
Conor
Yeah, and I couldn't say it.
00:50:34
Nicole Shine
and you
00:50:36
Conor
now yeah Yeah, that was totally me.
00:50:36
Nicole Shine
She just wants to be my friend.
00:50:40
Conor
I admit it.
00:50:42
Nicole Shine
You're going to be mad at this, but my favorite character is Lucas.
00:50:47
Conor
I knew it was. I knew it.
00:50:50
Nicole Shine
He's the one He's so dumb. But, any I mean, without him, we wouldn't have a movie. But, um,
00:50:56
Conor
He's... I don't think he's dumb. He's just like... He's such a smartass, man.
00:51:01
Nicole Shine
Mm-hmm. He's... I like... I love him because there's no lie in him. His character is just very much like I just say whatever.
00:51:12
Nicole Shine
if so When he asked him where the money was, and he was like, Atlantic City. He said, what it doing, Atlantic City? He said, recirculating.
00:51:25
Nicole Shine
Or when he's just like, don't worry, Joe. You're superb manager. Yeah.
00:51:30
Conor
At least he was accountable at the end because...
00:51:33
Nicole Shine
Yeah, but and he was like, he, he, and he did what he did. it wasn't to, um, it wasn't for himself. Like, he didn't steal the money.
00:51:41
Conor
It wasn't selfish, I know.
00:51:42
Nicole Shine
Yeah, he didn't, like, steal the money and go, like, steal it. He stole the money because he was trying to help. He didn't go about it in the best way, but he was, true yeah, he was trying to help Joe, you know?
00:51:51
Conor
Yeah. I mean, his heart was in the right place, but he just... But the funny thing was, what pissed me off is like... Like what we always say, if you do something, just own up to it.
00:52:04
Conor
And he just would not do that for the life of him.
00:52:05
Nicole Shine
No, he did. he owned up to it. He just wouldn't admit that it was wrong.
00:52:10
Conor
That it was him or, you know.
00:52:11
Nicole Shine
Yeah, he owned up so He immediately owned up to it. He just...
00:52:14
Conor
I don't think he really owned up to until the end. he was like, it's in Etling City. How did it get, you know? Like he didn't really say, i took it there and I gambled your money, you know?
00:52:27
Nicole Shine
Well, mean, it's implied.
00:52:29
Conor
Yeah, true, true.
00:52:32
Nicole Shine
Okay, least favorite character.
00:52:32
Conor
So.
00:52:35
Conor
Mark. And then second for me, it's Lucas.
00:52:37
Nicole Shine
Yeah. Yeah.
00:52:39
Conor
I'm sorry. Like, I knew of I mean, I was a 90s kid. I was in, you know, in the height of the grunge thing and in high school during that time. And Yeah, there was a lot of stoners I knew that were like Mark. and I mean, they were comical at first, but they just got got on your nerves after a while, you know?
00:53:01
Conor
Yeah.
00:53:01
Nicole Shine
yeah
00:53:06
Nicole Shine
My least favorite character would probably have to be, and you would think I would identify with her a lot because of who I was in high school or I am, but it might have to be Deb.
00:53:23
Nicole Shine
remember when I I, who I would identify with.
00:53:24
Conor
I knew you were going to say that. I knew it.
00:53:30
Conor
Yeah.
00:53:31
Nicole Shine
ah Like, it I would totally be that girl. you know what mean? Like,
00:53:34
Conor
Yeah.
00:53:35
Nicole Shine
rock chick with like cranky, hated everybody kind of, but it, uh, fuck you, man.
00:53:40
Conor
Someone say hi. You're like, fuck you. Look them off.
00:53:43
Nicole Shine
But I feel like, ah feel like even then I wasn't like, I wasn't like antagonistic towards people just to be antagonistic towards them.
00:53:43
Conor
Yeah.
00:53:53
Nicole Shine
You know what mean? Like if people were nice to me, I was nice to them. I'm like, i mean, you had so many, we had like obvious multiple people in this movie trying to be nice to her.
00:53:57
Conor
Okay.
00:54:02
Nicole Shine
And she was just like, uh, but
00:54:04
Conor
Yeah.
00:54:05
Nicole Shine
Leave me alone. and Like, four or five different people in this movie came up to her. Only person that was really mean to her was Gina. And it was like, everybody else was trying to be nice to her.
00:54:11
Conor
Right.
00:54:14
Nicole Shine
She's like, and fuck you.
00:54:15
Conor
I know. Like, oh goody, you're trying to help me. Like, she was patronizing towards them.
00:54:20
Nicole Shine
Yeah, like, you the one fucking came into work and shaved your head?
00:54:21
Conor
Like, alright, fuck you, bitch.
00:54:25
Nicole Shine
You gonna do that shit at home, bitch.
00:54:27
Conor
Right?
00:54:27
Nicole Shine
So... Hmm...
00:54:29
Conor
Yeah, you clearly could have done it at home, but no, you had to have an audience.
00:54:35
Nicole Shine
So, um, so yeah, does the movie hold up?
00:54:44
Conor
As a period piece, yes. But I, myself, i want it I probably wouldn't lose any sleep if I never saw it again.
00:54:55
Nicole Shine
Yeah, me too. As much as I do like this movie, I probably wouldn't lose sleep either if I never saw again. But I do like this movie. It's like, it's one of those movies, it's a fun little 90 minute, it's not, it's not deep, it's nothing you're gonna think too much about, it's nothing you're gonna, like, you know what I mean like, it's not, like, a serious movie that you gotta pay attention to, it's just something you can put on, and,
00:55:09
Conor
Yeah, true. I'll give it that.
00:55:18
Conor
Yeah.
00:55:23
Nicole Shine
and
00:55:23
Conor
Well, like we were saying earlier, after we watched it earlier today, um if like if aliens came down and we had to give them like you know, snippets of different decades of human life, I'd be like, that movie is a good, good 90s, you know.
00:55:45
Nicole Shine
Yeah, it's very it's very much a mid-90s timecast, even right down to the soundtrack, which I was looking at gent very Jim Blossom, the Cranberries,
00:55:57
Conor
Yeah.
00:55:57
Nicole Shine
um Edwin Collins, like very, I think, Toe Wet Sprocket, like all those I'm Just a Guy
00:56:05
Conor
Yep, Sponge.
00:56:05
Nicole Shine
but we
00:56:06
Conor
Yeah.
00:56:07
Nicole Shine
me and Me and Connor have this genre music that we call it I'm Just a Guy.
00:56:15
Nicole Shine
it is very like Jim Blossom, Matchbox 20. I don't know, those kind of those kind of collective soul. it's not even like Moe with me.
00:56:24
Conor
What was me songs? I'm trying to get this girl.
00:56:28
Nicole Shine
It's like I'm Just a Guy, singing about the girls.
00:56:31
Conor
Yeah.
00:56:32
Nicole Shine
You know, very like, I wear fucking cargo shorts and play hacky sack. You know what I mean?
00:56:38
Conor
Okay, I'm half of that. I'm fucking half of that. I never played hackies.
00:56:42
Nicole Shine
you know what mean?
00:56:43
Conor
I know what you mean, but I'm just defending myself.
00:56:43
Nicole Shine
I'm just a guy singing by the kids, drinking a beer with my dog.
00:56:46
Conor
Damn it.
00:56:49
Conor
I never played Hacky Sack, but those fucking those hit druggies like Mark did.
00:56:50
Nicole Shine
So
00:56:55
Conor
God.
00:56:56
Nicole Shine
yeah, this soundtrack is filled.
00:56:56
Conor
Just wanted to kick that fucking thing.
00:56:59
Nicole Shine
This soundtrack is just filled with ninety s I'm just a guy.
00:57:04
Conor
I didn't glance at the soundtrack, but I mean, the movie basically makes it a point to play those songs very loud.
00:57:10
Nicole Shine
Yeah.
00:57:10
Conor
So you identify with them, you know?
00:57:13
Nicole Shine
I think they call it, I think that i think the kids i think the genre of music is post-grunge or whatever. They refer to it as post-grunge, but it's very, I'm just a guy.
00:57:21
Conor
Yeah, that makes more sense, because that's not real.
00:57:23
Nicole Shine
Yeah.
00:57:25
Conor
Like, when I think of grunge, I think of, yeah, I think of Nirvana, Soundgarden, and yeah, stuff like that.
00:57:25
Nicole Shine
It's like pre-Nickelback.
00:57:32
Nicole Shine
yeah, pre-Nickelback kind of music is, you what mean?
00:57:34
Conor
Ugh. Ugh.
00:57:36
Nicole Shine
Like the, before we get there, but I'm just a guy i kind of music.
00:57:39
Conor
Yeah.
00:57:41
Nicole Shine
So I'm just a guy singing by the girl.
00:57:42
Conor
I'm just a
00:57:46
Conor
Feelings. I got feelings.
00:57:48
Nicole Shine
All
00:57:49
Conor
Hey, girl.
00:57:52
Nicole Shine
right. So I think that's going to short one this week. Um,
00:57:57
Conor
Yeah, I mean, the last two have been at least an hour and 15, but yeah.
00:58:02
Nicole Shine
Yeah, it's a short one. I just wanted to pop in and do something this week to keep our word.
00:58:07
Conor
Yeah, for sure. It was a fun one to do.
00:58:08
Nicole Shine
So.
00:58:09
Conor
I rip on it, but you know, these are always fun to do.
00:58:13
Nicole Shine
Yeah.
00:58:13
Conor
um Revisits, some of these old ones. um It's just funny how like after the movie I was just sitting there going, my God, this movie is such a perfect snapshot of mid 90s.
00:58:24
Conor
It really is like they really struck gold with it, you know.
00:58:26
Nicole Shine
Yeah.
00:58:29
Nicole Shine
Yeah. Alright, so. lu see guy Oh yeah, I have to do this. Before we log off. As always, remember, Parker is a dick.
00:58:43
Nicole Shine
That's right.
00:58:44
Conor
You're a dick, Parker.
00:58:47
Nicole Shine
Parker's a dick.
00:58:47
Conor
See ya.
00:58:48
Nicole Shine
No, seriously, congratulations, man.
00:58:51
Conor
Yeah.
00:58:51
Nicole Shine
ah next On Friday. ah
00:58:54
Conor
Yep. Congrats.
00:58:55
Nicole Shine
Congrats.
00:58:56
Conor
I heard it through Nikki, so that's awesome, dude.
00:58:59
Nicole Shine
Alright, we'll see you guys next week.
00:59:02
Conor
Alright, see ya.
00:59:03
Nicole Shine
Right.