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Welcome to “Cooking with Max, Mike; Movies,” and another in our culinary series “I Vant to Vatch Your Feelm!” You know, when preparing your favorite invertebrate dish, many people overlook the humble termite. Now, most of your haute cuisine recipes tend to focus on the more exotic insects, like the sago grub or the bamboo worm but we at this podcast think that the termite is a taste treat whose time has come. High in oil, they're great for frying, with a delicately nutty taste. This batch we have here have been fed exclusively on Indian Snakewood, which gives them a marvelously complex flavor palate, and have spent their days bathing in a mild soy sauce/rice wine mixture. Today we'll be frying them up in sesame oil for a tasty treat that can't be beat! Ohohohoho, pardon my little quip. This dish should pair well with today's movie, “Renfield”, whose protagonist prefers his arthropods and arachnids tartare, which is a perfectly acceptable way to enjoy them, other than the fact that they may tend to crawl off the plate, but to each their own! Yes, Mr. Renfield, played by Nicholas Holt, enjoys his six-legged friends as snacks, while his “master” Dracula, played by Nicholas Cage, prefers to spend his days munching on scenery. Enjoy, and bon appetit! Poll question: what part, if any, of standard vampire lore strikes you as particularly silly/odd/dumb. Exemption: Stephanie Meyers' sparkle ponies.

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Metropolis, Delaware! Superman fights against non-Japanese Ultraman and befriends the worst Green Lantern in James Gunn's directorial debut as the new head of the DCU. We start at the Fortress of Solitude which is no longer solitudinal (Super Robots, Super Dog), moving to a bad guy military base on a beach just around the corner from Metropolis where it's always Casual Friday (Hawaiian shirt, anyone?), and the largest Hall of Justice with only the three members of the Justice Gang (terrible name, sounds more like a League). David Corenswet and Nicholas Holt dominate the show with amazing acting and, dare we say, chemistry??? Guys, they make a baby together; it's canon (Super Boy). Erin is finally on board with a Superman movie (especially Mr. Terrific and Iggy Pop) while Brennan hates Krypto. TRAIN YOUR PETS, PEOPLE!!! At the end we both agree the score could have been better, but the story is so fun, the acting is top notch, and Nathan Fillion has the WORST bowl cut for the best reasons. 

Send us a textDNA STRAND CREW FOOTBALL IS BACK BABY!! WELCOME TO PART 1 OF THE DYNASTY DNA KICKOFF SPECIAL!! In this show Dynasty DNA Team Members TJ Blake, Nicholas Holt, Michael Anthony, Noah Hutchinson, and Justin Tessier talk everything dynasty fantasy football and NFL before the start of the 2025 season Thursday! They all give some of their favorite hot takes, they also discuss players who may outperform their current ADP, and which post 1st round dynasty rookie do they feel will have the biggest impact in the 2025 season! Join us as we celebrate the return of the NFL in 20251 It's a great episode so tune in with us, have a few laughs, and let's get you on your way to dynasty championship in 2025 it all begins this offseason!Join The DNA Strand Crew on Discord Free to Join Just Click This Link!!https://discord.gg/rFAyWzn8Join the DNA Strand Crew on Twitterhttps://mobile.twitter.com/DynastyDNA_Subscribe to The Dynasty DNA YouTube Channel(9) Dynasty DNA Fantasy Football Podcast - YouTubeFollow The DNA Guys On TwitterTJ Blake https://twitter.com/TJBlakeDNAMichael Anthony Michael Anthony (@dynastydogmike) / XNicholas Holt (Dynasty Wizz) Wizz (@DynastyWizzFF) / X

James Gunn's latest film is here, a reboot of one of the most classic comic book characters of all time. Harry Sayer returns to discuss SUPERMAN, starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Holt, and many more. Is too busy and overstuffed? Is there too much Krypto the Dog? Is the best Superman movie ever? How excited are we for the future of DC? Listen to find out!

In this episode, we do a live review on YouTube of the first film in the new DC Universe, produced by DC Studios and written and directed by James Gunn, starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Holt, titled Superman. We discuss whether James Gunn's version of Superman lives up to the traditional ideology of the character, and we debate whether this movie featured too many other superheroes, which may have detracted from the focus on the main lead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we do a live review on YouTube of the first film in the new DC Universe, produced by DC Studios and written and directed by James Gunn, starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Holt, titled Superman. We discuss whether James Gunn's version of Superman lives up to the traditional ideology of the character, and we debate whether this movie featured too many other superheroes, which may have detracted from the focus on the main lead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Superman (2025) Look, up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it another confused entry into the DC Extended Universe pantheon of super hero films?! No!!! This is something else entirely! James Gunn (Peacemaker, Guardians of the Galaxy) takes on the D.C. Universe with Superman and is clearly building something new and different… but crucially; is it any good? It's made a butt-tonne of cash, and out-scored the Snyder-verse it is taking over from, but does it have a beating heart? There’s some division in the ranks over this one, with everyone having a very different approach to this film that is not just rebooting a universe, but attempting to wash away some of the bad vibes of 12 years of questionable decisions. The whole team is in for this with Dion and Jill in our legion of Doom and Quinny and Peta suiting up as the Justice Gang. You will believe a podcast can fly!!! Synopsis When Superman gets drawn into conflicts at home and abroad, his actions are questioned, giving tech billionaire Lex Luthor the opportunity to get the Man of Steel out of the way for good. Will intrepid reporter Lois Lane and Superman’s four-legged companion, Krypto, be able to help him before it’s too late? https://youtu.be/4x2C9DIB9Fo A huge shout-out to the beautiful, punk as heck, loveable super crew (and their little dog too) who join in with our moderated live-chat during the Twitch stream, each Tuesday night at 7:30pm AEST. And especially to those who have decided to drop some gold kryptonite in the tip jar. Thanks for supporting us directly via our Ko-Fi jar and now also by subscribing on Twitch! You ALL rock! If you like what we do, drop us a sub!  Every bit of your support helps us to (hopefully) keep entertaining you and making more emotes! Don’t fret if you can’t be there for the recording though as you can catch them on Youtube usually later that very night. Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss them! https://youtu.be/Ox8ZLF6cGM0?si=bnRJecS390QIPkMD WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK! Send in voicemails or emails with your opinions on this show (or any others) to info@theperiodictableofawesome.com Please make sure to join our social networks too!  We’re on: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TPToA/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/TPToA Facebook: www.facebook.com/PeriodicTableOfAwesome Instagram: www.instagram.com/theperiodictableofawesome/   Full text transcript Dion  Ohh hello and welcome to the periodic table levels. I mean it’s feel good Wednesday night that we’re doing this very special time of Wednesday night. My name is Deon and I’m joined by Peter, Jill and Quinny. And tonight we’re going to be doing. Superman, thanks. Thanks for joining in, but yeah.  Speaker  Yay.  Quinny  OK, great. So look up in this look.  Speaker 5  Moving up a thing.  Peta  If if you want us In Sync like you have to discuss it with. This. Beforehand. No, no, no, no, no, no.  Quinny  Yeah. Just give us a pause and then look at. Us meaningfully. Yeah, well.  Peta  Yes, otherwise our incredible lack of planning is even more obvious.  Speaker 5  All gangs here. Yes. Thank you, Casper. In the chat? Yeah. Whole gangs here and people in. The chat are there, yeah.  Speaker  Day.  Speaker 5  We’re all back. We’re doing this now. You know, finally, the summer blockbuster we’ve all been waiting for. Superman.  Quinny  I’m. I’m excited. I’m super excited.  Dion  Look. You are super excited. No, no, Superman. So parse we’re on to Fantastic Four now, that’s the next new hotness.  Speaker  Yeah.  Quinny  Yeah. Well, I mean, I don’t have, I don’t have my glasses to give. You Deon, but yeah.  jill  Yeah. We had our own personal Pedro Pascal last night. We didn’t need no premiere.  Dion  That’s.  Speaker 9  No. Yes. When the girl. The girl that Porto was so excited.  Quinny  Did we? Did we premiere? It was just a. It’s the best thing ever.  Dion  For like 30 seconds and then she was back to serving hot fresh chicken as fast.  Quinny  The the look on this young lady’s face, though, and she was like, OK, you want an Oporto burger? What?  Speaker 9  Yeah. Are you here for this?  Speaker 10  Sure.  Dion  Yeah, yeah. Look, you know, no, it’s not. It’s not me. Pablo Pascal Pablo Pascal, the team Umm Pedro.  jill  The team U version? Yeah.  Quinny  You’re you’re like Orlando blooms. All the color bloom.  Dion  The fat cousin? Yeah, in Pensacola. We all know these things. It’s fine. We’re not there to talk about this. We’re.  Quinny  I’m.  Speaker 5  Happy to talk about.  Dion  Superman, aren’t we focus. Focus back on this. We’re here to talk about Superman. Lex Luthor, Lois Lane and no one else.  Quinny  Right. OK, right.  Speaker 11  Quinny  Talking about the rest of the. Characters.  Dion  No, no, no, just those three. That’s it. OK, that’s what we agreed to right in the pre production meeting. Yeah, that you all attended. I sent you that invitation.  Speaker  Right.  Quinny  Yeah, yeah, absolutely.  Dion  No, it’s.  Peta  A joke all of the notes we make, all the proof we do like, yeah.  Dion  Yeah, yeah, you’re right.  Speaker 3  Yeah.  Dion  Yeah. Yeah, it’s it’s 15 hours of. Yeah, it’s, it’s it’s 15 hours of prep work for each hour long show.  jill  The slide deck we built.  Speaker  So.  Dion  Shows doesn’t.  Speaker  It.  Quinny  Sometimes it does feel a bit.  jill  Don’t. You’re reminding me why I stopped doing Animaniacs.  Speaker 5  Ohh.  Quinny  I mean, you know, you’re not wrong.  Speaker 12  Yeah.  Dion  Can we focus on this? Come on, buddy. OK, guys, up here. Let’s go podcast. Alright.  Peta  Right.  Quinny  I’m I’m doing really important stuff.  Dion  We’re. Sick man. Yeah. All right. Last week we had the distinct pleasure of going to see Superman. We did. Water brothers. And. It was a big thing.  Speaker  Wasn’t it?  Quinny  That’s a big thing. How do we all feel?  Dion  Who’s the biggest super fan?  Quinny  Ohh, there’s a good question.  Dion  There here.  Quinny  Yeah. I’m. I’m. I’m big fan of Superman. Love the original 78 film. Probably was, I don’t know for for me, he’s always just been there because of things like super friends, you know? But. I don’t know. I don’t know whether I’d call myself a massive Superman fan, I don’t know.  jill  Yeah, I gotta say, not my favorite superhero. I’m a I’m a Batman girl.  Quinny  I I know this about you.  Dion  Right.  Speaker 9  Yeah. But Superman is there.  Dion  She likes some dark, dark, gritty and rich.  Speaker 12  Yeah.  Quinny  Not traumatised.  Dion  Not, not corn fed worthy and alien.  jill  Look, I do have a new boyfriend and his name is David Cornstein.  Dion  I also have.  jill  We haven’t met yet, but.  Speaker 12  Reviewed.  Dion  I also have a new boyfriend and that is the Star Wars fan David coins, so you know. Yes.  Quinny  Mm-hmm.  Speaker  Quinny  Yeah, David, David, corn sweat. Who said what? What would you like to build? And he said, give me a *******. Lego kit. Yeah, like he, he’s like I want a Superman Lego kit now, like.  Dion  Did you see? Did you see him on the lie detector test where they asked the question of which one would you prefer to do the sequel? The the sequels for Superman or to change and go to become the like into the Star Wars universe and?  jill  Go to Star Wars, yeah.  Dion  He was like.  jill  He’s like, well, they already have me on a contract for another Superman. So I’ll say yes to the Star Wars. Yeah, I’ll take both.  Speaker 3  Yeah.  Quinny  Good answer.  Dion  Peter. Peter, as a lifelong super fan.  Quinny  Mm-hmm.  Dion  Do you? Do you? Would you consider yourself the Superman, Stan?  Peta  I mean, Stan would be taking it a bit far. I I’m I’m not. I I don’t dislike Superman. I think. I mean, my first experience with Superman was the old opening title sequence from the old TV show. You know, and then well, is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Superman. Which was the only thing we knew about Superman for a little while. So when we played Superman and Wonder Woman.  Quinny  Hang on, which which old TV show? All right.  Peta  Superman could be a bird or a plane, or faster earth speeding bullet, and that was it. That’s all we had. We did not grow up with comics. We grew up with sound bites. And then Lewis and Clark, and he ain’t he ain’t no one Superman anymore, so I’m happy. I’m happy for a new Superman. I mean, I I, I you know. Yeah, I I was excited for Henry at the time but.  Quinny  Yes. No, what a ********.  Speaker  Peta  Wasn’t a fan of the dark?  Speaker 3  MHM.  Peta  The dark reboot. Didn’t some somebody who knows nothing really about the character just didn’t feel right to try to dark reboot? Superman didn’t didn’t really work for me, so I’ve I’ve I jumped off the Super train and.  Speaker 9  Hmm.  Quinny  So so you’re trying to tell me that you you weren’t big on Man of Steel, didn’t get into Batman versus Superman and then didn’t love Justice League? Is that what I’m hearing?  Peta  I didn’t watch Justice League. I didn’t watch Batman versus Superman because when it comes to DC movies, I wait for you guys to watch them and then you tell me if I should watch them. And that’s usually how it goes. Yeah. Wait, who was who was the one that was before Henry and like? 2000 and.  Speaker 11  Brandon, Ralph. Yes, Brandon. Ralph. Yeah.  Speaker  Peta  Yeah, yeah, I like chicks.  jill  I will die on that hill. Yeah, I loved that.  Peta  Movie. I like that movie. I saw it. I saw it like in an IMAX theatre in Minnesota or something.  Dion  Yeah. And it was also shot in Sydney.  jill  Yes, it was. And my my 6° of separation I don’t know how many degrees this makes it, but my father changed the traffic lights in the Sydney CBD to American traffic lights so they could film the scenes in the street.  Quinny  Nice. Yeah, right.  Dion  That’s definitely about 6:00 because he didn’t actually interact with anyone.  Speaker 11  He worked. He worked on the film. He did.  Quinny  Sure. We we did work on the.  Dion  Film it’s true, it’s true. So you gotta you’ve gotta count. Like, who was that then? Who was the person he spoke to that was closest to speaking to Brandon ramp?  Speaker 9  Work on the film. Yeah, I’ll let’s just say 3, that’s great.  Quinny  Great. Look, my degrees of separation with Brandon Ralph is one. I’ve met him. Yeah, he’s a very nice man. I really.  Dion  Queen, we’ve talked that.  Quinny  Liked that? He.  Speaker 11  I bet he’s.  Dion  That’s technically considered.  Quinny  He’s super ******* tall.  Dion  Yeah. OK. And he has vegan power.  Quinny  He does have amazing like.  Dion  Because he he’s part of the vegan police. No, wait. He got his head, then stripped.  Quinny  Yes, yes. Because he had cheese at some point, got some Scott Pilgrim.  Dion  That’s right. This is all Scott Pilgrim work. OK, fine. But he’s also got another DC superhero, hasn’t he? In the TV.  jill  Yeah, he’s been the.  Dion  Adam. Yeah. Anyway, more away from Superman. Don’t forget that that the the Superman movie.  Speaker 11  But he did replay.  jill  Superman in the Elseworlds stuff in.  Quinny  Yes. Yeah, he was the the Kingdom come version of Superman, which I ******* loved.  Speaker  Yes.  Dion  So the last time we saw Superman on screen was in the post credit sequence of Black Adam. You forgot about that one, didn’t you?  Speaker 11  Yes, we did. Nope, unfortunately.  Dion  Which was Henry Cavill’s reintroduction into the DC Universe, only to be told very politely. I hope by James Gunn. Nope. Go on. Go on a different direction. So yeah, man.  Speaker  Ohh yeah. Ouch.  Dion  Yeah, but first up though. Like, I mean before we.  Peta  He’s doing all right. He’ll be fine, OK?  Dion  Get too. Before we get too into it, do we have a a synopsis about this new Superman and do you have any requests of the type of accent that what should accent should Quinney be doing it in?  jill  I’ll do it on the timing news guy.  Peta  I was going to say manic tech bro, but yeah, no. We’ve we’ve had many tech bro recently so.  Quinny  Yeah, right. OK. OK, we, we got we got a musical thing on this one. Dion  No worries. Oh yeah, why not? There you go.  Speaker 13  Quinny  I can’t hear it, but I really want. To do when it. When it hits the its stride.  Speaker 13  When Superman gets drawn into conflict at home and abroad, his actions are questioned, giving tech billionaire Lex Luther the opportunity to get the Man of Steel out of the way for good will. Intrepid reporter Lois Lane and Superman’s 4 legged companion crypto be able to help him before it’s too late. Find out in Superman 2025.  Dion  I don’t give a **** the original music’s. Still banging? Yeah.  Peta  I mean that that that’s that. That’s the most fun **** accent we’ve had in a long time. It was barely even.  Quinny  Good.  Peta  Ship quinny. I don’t know.  Dion  Yeah. There we go. People are saying that’s that’s that’s one of your best.  Quinny  That was actually. Vaguely close to what I was aiming for. ******* terrifying.  Speaker 5  Yeah. All right, so.  Quinny  Yes. So here we are, James Gunn. After being ceremony unceremoniously booted from the Marvel Universe and then welcomed back to it so we can do. The end of his trilogy, but during that that brief period of booting was essentially said. Ohh well, if they don’t want you we we’ll give you like. All this other ****. And he then went and made Suicide Squad. And then. Was essentially given the keys to the Kingdom and said you can make your DC.  jill  I’ll tell you what you can fit so many James Gunn elements in this bad boy you’ve got. Kaiju size aliens. You’ve got a quirky, lovable animal. You’ve got deep cut comic book characters. You’ve got obscure version of a mainstream character and.  Speaker 3  Mm-hmm.  jill  The pistol resistance. The one shot fight sequence.  Quinny  Yes, yes, swoopy camera that does all of the the swooping Ness. Yeah, and lots of fisheye lens stuff.  jill  Not much. Snoopy ******* camera in this film. Yeah, besides the fight scene, a lot of swoopy camera.  Quinny  Yeah. So, yes, what do we do? We like James Gunn as a director. I look, I OK I do. I like James Gunn. I’m gonna say that. But feel free to tell me what you all think.  jill  I mean, I found all of the guardians of the Galaxy films very enjoyable. I do like his, you know, I guess you would call it his vision that he. Makes in his films, you know, he’s. Got a very. Clear aesthetic and it’s like a comedy slant on. Serious issues I guess, but also very heartfelt. Yeah, he tends to put a. Lot of himself in his movies and actually crypto is based on his dog.  Quinny  Yeah, who is very bad dog. Yeah, but I love him nonetheless.  jill  So yeah, I I like James Gunn films.  Speaker 2  Hmm.  Quinny  Pete, where are you at with our J?  Peta  No, I mean I I don’t have super strong feelings, but I don’t think I’ve ever been. Mad at them.  jill  Not even for the tweets that he’s trying to redeem himself from.  Peta  I would have to be reminded a a bit, but.  Dion  Or you can find them, but it’s someone who is like 20.  Peta  I was gonna say it’s like, well in the past. And he’s been like ohh, that was bad, right? Yes, he hasn’t. He hasn’t been like, sorry if you’re offended. No. No. OK, well, then that’s like, people make mistakes when they’re young.  Speaker  Yes.  jill  He’s probably 1. Of the rare people that came away from an attempted cancelling but yeah.  Speaker  Yeah.  Quinny  Yeah, I would agree with that. Like I think he. Was able to do the the thing of going own it say yeah, that was me. That was back then. I don’t agree with this **** now. I I let my record of the last how many films I’ve made be my kind of my statement as to what kind of a person. I am now. Which I kind of agree with. I think he I think what he’s trying to say most of the time is generally the right thing Ding.  Peta  Ohh, he was he was saying stuff quite loudly this time. But Oh yeah.  Quinny  My God.  Dion  I’ve been a fan of James Gunn’s work since PG ****. Which you might. Yeah, I know. Right. People like wait. What? Yeah, he did a thing called PG **** for Spike TV. She was always great because always cut away before any of the real **** happened. It was quite great. And Nathan fillion’s. In. It if you ever wanted that. So you go look that up. Look, he’s kind of hit and miss, but you know. I like that he came from a very do-it-yourself roots sort of thing, working with chroma when he when he hits his stride really well is is in great filming. Like, you know, some of his films are are actually quite fun and exciting. And he he brings the. UMI think? Sense of joy and a bit of wonder and a bit of stupidity to kind of every single film that he’s in that he does. So yeah, I mean when this was announced that he was gonna be doing Superman or, you know, heading DC into a new direction, I was like, huh, OK can be a bit, Sammy, with your your stuff because you’ve got your formula, which works. And you you’ve been hammering out the same way for a few times, but alright, let’s let’s go see what you’re gonna do with this one. I’ll give it a go. You seem to make. Paining things which is. Exciting. And also he’s happy to. You know, as with peacemaker and suicide, the Suicide Squad. Sorry. He’s happy to to. You’d be a bit creative with what’s going on by not talking about specific characters, but by building a story around misfits and things you wouldn’t really think of. He likes the latitude, I think, rather have to go down the thing like. I mean, I wouldn’t really want to watch James Gunn’s bat.  Speaker 9  Ohh God no, no.  Dion  Was it? Yeah, it’d be a bit. It’d be a bit strange, but James Gunn’s Lobo could work. Yeah.  Quinny  No. I and I think this I think a lot of people were fairly concerned or at least trepidatious about James Gunn, Superman, because what we’ve seen him do before now has always been about. Outsiders, misfits. You know, like peacemaker, people who are not necessarily good people. You know, the the guardians of the Galaxy are all not necessarily good people. So how does how is it going to play? When he is. You know very much, looking at a paragon, you know, how do we deal with somebody who is just straight up good?  Speaker  MHM.  Quinny  You know, is he gonna be able to handle that and personally? I thought he did.  jill  Yeah. Well, I think what aided him was having a a periphery of weirdos. Yeah, yeah.  Quinny  Goofy ********.  Dion  Gotta admit, I was one of the people who was like.  Speaker  Hmm.  Speaker 5  Who is they?  jill  Yes, we all exclaimed after the movie when Dion said, who was that? Who was that? Who was that? And yeah, we said pick up.  Quinny  Yeah.  jill  A DC comic.  Peta  Book. See I’m. I’m. I’m just used to that experience so it.  Speaker  Yes. Yeah.  Peta  Doesn’t bother me. I don’t know who any of these people are. I know Luther. I know, Lois. I know Superman. Yeah, Jimmy.  Quinny  Thank you. Jimmy Olsen.  Peta  That’s.  Speaker  It.  Quinny  So. So Dion, you’ve never run across Mr. Terrific before? Nope, never run across the garden before.  Dion  Now what now?  Quinny  Who was the chick with Wings Hawk girl?  Dion  Ohh and then there was the other one that did.  jill  Come on.  Quinny  Metamorpho.  Dion  No.  Quinny  Right, I guess. Here’s here’s the thing. This is an unashamedly comic book loving movie. Yeah. And the characters that they are choosing to.  Dion  But. Knew the dog.  Quinny  Difference are not just the big triumvirate, not the what do they call them? The big three? Yeah, they’re, they’re they’re. They’re not the big three. They’re not the Justice League. This is the other guys. It’s green. Not just a Green Lantern. It’s the Green Lantern. That everybody.  Dion  Justice gang.  jill  Hates the ******* worst.  Quinny  The ******** Green Lantern with the.  Dion  Worst hair? No, that was that was the Ryan Reynolds one.  Peta  Yeah.  Quinny  It can get worse. You know it’s it’s Mr. Terrific who is, you know, the lot. People have seen him in recent years. He did show up in Arrow as a as a recurring character, but probably not in a way that people would go. Oh, there’s there’s somebody who needs to be on a big screen.  Dion  I had the same reaction when I saw polka dot man. I was like, OK, fine. But then I was watching this going I I don’t know why. Why does Superman even talk to these people? Aren’t they beneath him?  jill  Yeah.  Quinny  No, please.  Peta  Welcome to my side of the fence there.  Dion  It was weird over there.  Quinny  One thing I will say I do think the film look, I’m I’m putting my my word out there right now. I enjoyed it a lot. I thought it was a lot of fun and really, really enjoyable and hit a lot of emotional notes. But the phrase that I have used to describe it to a few people is silly. Like it is willfully silly. And occasionally goofy. And when it does, big action sequences and stuff it it really leans into this, the kind of silliness of. Ridiculous superpowers. You know you can have 100 flying jetpack goons attach themselves to Superman, and he will just spin like a a top and then they all go flying and it’s it’s cartoon world. Whereas. The the other thing is it’s silly, but at the same time it’s very grounded in its emotions.  jill  Yes, yes, I would agree with you.  Speaker 10  Yeah.  Quinny  And I remember watching it and thinking, oh, that one’s going to be that’s going to be divisive.  Dion  Like the whole thing.  Quinny  And. Yeah, the the whole film, because honestly, I think. If you.  jill  But isn’t it? Isn’t it just dividing like people with empathy and ********?  Quinny  But that’s not what I thought was gonna happen. I thought it was going to divide people into people who wanted us a a more serious take on a superhero. Ohh. OK and people.  Speaker  Oh.  Quinny  Who were just like, yeah, comic book superhero, bright colors, Superman robots, you know, crypto.  jill  Yeah, that’s what kind of makes it hard for me to recommend to people because my parents love to watch movies. They like the superhero stuff, and so my mum was like, how was Superman? I said.  Speaker 9  Ohh it was, it was fun.  jill  But at the same time, I’m thinking you’re not going to get half of the references in this film. Like it’s definitely not built for a layman. Peta  You don’t. You don’t need to get the references for it to be fun, though. I think if if you had to get the references.  jill  I feel like 75% of it is references.  Peta  For it to be fun.  Quinny  I mean. Are you? Maybe you need.  Peta  To get into the spirit of it, like I’d never heard it, I didn’t know Superman. Had the dog, but.  Speaker 11  Yeah.  Speaker 13  The Super Dog never had a crypto and never heard.  Peta  Of crypto, but I would say that that that was like the the film signalled what it was very big, very quickly from the beginning in terms of tone and kind of used crypto to do that. And and given I didn’t even watch the trailer for this, I was like, just like we’re going. To see the. New Superman Film Zero other information except for that one still that got released ages ago. I did not know what we were going internally. So so it took that for me to be like, ah, OK, this is where we are. This is what we’re expecting. That’s cool. But like, it didn’t bother me that I’ve never heard of crypto before. Didn’t bother me that I never heard of that particular version of the Green Lantern before, although the head did confuse, confuse me a lot.  Quinny  The volcano.  Peta  Well, maybe because I’m often watching these things with people who do more comics than me. I’m just very used to not getting most of the references and being like along. For the ride.  Quinny  Fair Tari in the chat, saying that the trailer makes it look serious. Yeah. Yeah, I can see that.  Peta  I mean, there’s definitely got serious elements and serious themes. It’s it’s got a serious take, but it it it has a lens of comedy that makes it. It’s very clear from the beginning and that’s what it is. I did find it totally tricky, to be honest. Like I enjoyed the silliness. I enjoyed the comedy, but. I couldn’t quite get my stride in for like. Good first half of the movie. Just totally I I I couldn’t. I couldn’t quite get my hooks into. Into. Where it was and I don’t know if it’s because it didn’t feel. Like if it was like the first episode of A. New TV series. It would have been perfect. There was just something tonally about it that didn’t that didn’t, or maybe it was structurally, that didn’t feel like cinema esque to me.  jill  There was a moment. In the first half of the film, where I did like, make a comment to myself where I was like, this doesn’t really feel like it has a lot of substance. Like it kind of struggles with the message that it wants to convey and. Being comedic like, I don’t know that any of the serious moments really. I don’t know, it held. You long enough to connect. If that makes sense.  Quinny  In in the first half or in. The whole film in.  jill  The whole film I I I there.  Quinny  Were a few moments where I I was really tuned into the series and the emotional like there are a couple of bits with his parents that I was just like, oh Jesus Christ, that that got me right in the in the fields. I.  jill  Don’t know, just some of the some of it just felt rushed. I’m like, it feels like. It’s trying to rush through. These serious beats, or these emotional moments to to get to the next comedy bit, I don’t know.  Quinny  It definitely felt like it was. It was rushing through stuff, agreed. Like there are, there are points where it sort of introduces a concept and then.  Speaker  Hmm.  Quinny  You kind of rushed through to the bit where it’s suddenly the next big. Crisis or whatever.  jill  Yeah.  Quinny  And yeah, it’s. It’s it. It feels like it’s at breakneck pace, kind of a lot of the way through.  jill  Yeah, I was tempted to actually try and catch it again before we chatted. I just to get another go at it.  Quinny  You’ve been very blocky.  Speaker 2  Hmm.  Dion  Look. I mean, I’m down for stuff. And I’m down for all of this thing. But I mean, my one take away that I had for it is ohh, it’s Superman movie. It’s not for me. Like I watched it and I was like, I was there for this. I saw all this just like, I mean, I thought there were. There were bits that that they did, which I really got and I really believed. I thought they, like, knocked it out of the park. I was like, I’m 100% here for certain things, like, certain interpersonal relationships, certain kind of scenes and ideas. I was like, that is. Like, that’s beautiful. You’ve really nailed it and it shows what you’re trying to do. And then there were other stuff there that I was like, why is this? Part. Of this, this doesn’t need to be part of this. I’m slightly confused about where this is all sitting in relation to. It seems like there was a Justice League, but there has been something that happens that has, I know, but this is I’m talking about how I interpreted stuff I was like. I feel like, oh, there was a Justice League for a while there, but now there’s not really a Justice League. But now there’s something else going on, like it was like, oh, we’re we’re going and there’s a world and it’s happening. And some things you won’t know because you haven’t. We haven’t explained, but we’re not going to. You’re just gonna move forward with this. And I was like, OK, that’s all right. I can sort of get on board with it. But it felt like I was being missing critical pieces of information. And then also like, oh, I don’t understand why these other characters are there. This seems like it’s all very haphazard. Some characters are completely underutilised.  Quinny  Examples.  Dion  Like a hot girl, I thought she was. She was pointless if you took her out. I don’t think anything would be missing. There’s no. And that’s a shame because you know, like you want every character. Yeah. Yeah. You want all that stuff to be there?  Quinny  Great actors, but also cool characters.  Dion  Yeah, and and. But to did it look cool in this? Nope. I can say distinctly that I looked at every time she was on screen. Like, ohh. It’s kind of dull. This is a bit better in Black, Adam. I know, right? OK. That was called man. Was it?  Speaker 9  That was.  Dion  One girl. Well, one of them was in. Wasn’t there a hawk girl in one or something?  Quinny  There was a hawk girl in legends of.  jill  Mine.  Quinny  Tomorrow. Sure. Yeah.  Dion  You don’t. I don’t do a lot of DC. Sorry. I wasn’t really a DC person, but I get. Some of the.  Quinny  Ideas. I realize now that I actually am more of a DPDC person than I.  Dion  I had to say.  Quinny  Thought I was.  Dion  I I was so angry when I walked out because one of the things I said quietly to Quinney was like, I’m so so pisssed off because I feel like I need to defend the Snyder verse slightly. And I was angry with my and I still am. I’m still kind of angry with this. I was like, ohh, there’s some things that Snyder verse did a lot better, but I really want to enjoy. The.  Speaker 2  Did.  Dion  This new one I just kind of went. I don’t I I don’t. You know, I think ultimately what I want is I don’t want a Superman movie with all these other people. I just want a Superman movie. Just give me Superman and Lois. And maybe legs loose or throw him in. Sure, he’s OK, but I don’t. I didn’t need the rest. Yeah, and it was.  Speaker 3  Hmm.  jill  Yeah, I will just say for the chat, those that haven’t seen it yet, we’re kind of thrown into the midst of an unfolding situation. There’s there’s not really a beginning, middle and end to it. It’s where where. Thrown into a situation. And it kind of never gets out of that for the whole film. We just always seem to be in a moment and there’s no explanation to, like, some of this stuff. And like I can. Make my way through the movie with plenty of context clues. That’s fine, but I would have loved to have had more moments completely fleshed out and.  Peta  Yeah, be a.  jill  Little bit more on. Board with what’s actually going on, especially like the relationship around Clark and his coworker. I don’t really feel like I got to see a lot of Clarke. Even Lois didn’t really feel fully formed for me and I really have one complaint about her character is that she did not do any journalism. She she was discovered some photos.  Speaker 3  Hmm.  Quinny  Yeah.  jill  By via somebody else and then was able to piece together what was actually happening. In the plot that Superman is trying to uncover. So for me, not a great lowest, even though I love Rachel Brosnahan.  Dion  It’s gonna it’s gonna make absolutely every single journalist who actually does work in research like this scream internally more.  jill  Yeah, but unfortunately I think a lot of modern journalism is just being lucky.  Quinny  Like this so.  Dion  Yeah. No, but like this, this is the thing because it’s kind of I just want to like put that out. It’s going literally. Entire crew of journalists is is together to how do they release the stories like great, we’ll do it on the fly and then they’re doing it like by editing on their. Phones and sending an e-mail and.  Quinny  No, that that is ******* great cause I actually saw a journalist say my favorite part of this movie was Jimmy Publishing the story through a CMS accurately.  Dion  Ohh. Yeah, yeah, sure. But I mean doing. It doing it while they’re running around going. Ohh yeah, it’s ready. Goes press send. Now we have to do it. I’m like.  jill  Yeah, go live.  Quinny  Yeah, yeah. And published too. Social publish.  Peta  In other news, Jimmy can get it apart.  Speaker 11  Like Oh yeah.  Quinny  Sorry.  Speaker 9  Oh.  Peta  Oh no, my. Life.  Quinny  Apparently, yeah. Jimmy lays more cable than anyone in this book. And. I don’t think anyone knows why.  Dion  Jimmy does, and Jimmy needs some.  Quinny  Yeah, Jim. Jimmy. Eat world. Ohh wow.  Dion  Jimmy. Jimmy gets it.  Quinny  Yeah, yeah, I I agree. I think like I I will come to the defense of the movie in a lot of cases because there’s a lot of it that I think is a lot of fun. And you know, the thing that I love about it is that it’s it’s it plays well to kids like the and the Minecraft.  Dion  Of movie.  Speaker  Yeah.  Quinny  But how nice is it to to see a kid wanting to play with a Superman toy as opposed to if I could Minecraft toy anyway? But yeah, like that, that stuff with the the people in the daily Planet definitely feels a bit undercooked. Like you’ve got Cat Grant there who? Is, you know there you know what she does.  jill  Yeah. And then you got. Like a couple of other random reporters, I’m like.  Quinny  You got Steve Lombardo there.  jill  Yeah, why don’t.  Quinny  Who just seems like a ********. Yeah. And they were. Yeah. I love the relationship between Lois and Clark, though. Like, yeah, like.  Speaker  Hey.  jill  Yeah, well, what was it, Clark or was? It Superman, yes.  Dion  Yeah, I it’s, I said, like I really was on board with that. I thought the dynamic between Lois and Clark or Cael, like all of that. Was great. Like I went. Yep, they’re definitely cool, funny people who are trying to work out a relationship in this world that they’ve got around them. And I really got it. And I was like hats. Off to them. Amazing. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah. And then there was other things. Like the **** is Mr. Terrific and why does. He have balls.  Speaker 9  They’re tears, fears, tears, fears.  Speaker 12  Yeah, man. Dion  Sure. I mean, you know and it’s it would be alright? Well, like what is the engineer? Why is she dangerous? I don’t.  Speaker  Oh, I’m so I don’t know. Yeah.  jill  They told you she has nanobots.  Dion  You know bots. Yeah, but I. Mean **** that. I mean, there are some. There are some annoying things about comic book movies because you know what? We were all annoyed by the giant sky beam and this one, thankfully, just let you all know there is no giant sky beam, no sky beam. There’s a giant.  jill  There is an underground Fight Club.  Dion  Yes, and the giant. And there’s a giant. There’s a giant crack.  Peta  Yeah.  Dion  Which is the same thing as the giant sky, but it has the same yeah.  Quinny  It’s the exact opposite, in fact.  Peta  It’s a giant wall destroying rift. Yeah, yeah, yeah.  Dion  And it’s made of bismuth. Yeah. What the **** is going on with that? It was just.  jill  Yeah.  Dion  Yes, and as until a joke that came later, which was? Oh, yes. Lex Luthor was just a businessman.  Speaker  No.  Dion  Gone. No, exactly. For people going the the the, the, the, the big Destructo thing that whatever is happening, it looks like it’s just macro views of bismuth for me.  jill  Yeah. Do we like Nicholas? Holt’s performance as like we thought.  Peta  I always like Nicholas Holt, so I’m I I I I can’t have that conversation.  Dion  Why not? He got paid $2,000,000. For this film.  Peta  Good for him. Is that all?  Dion  Yes, but do you know how much Superman got paid? The same as Lois, but less, but much less.  jill  A million million.  Dion  700 they 7 they got.  jill  Ohh really? He got the he got the pretty privilege he got. Ohh.  Dion  750 tags each. Yeah, but they also both within written into it that they they had a lower fee because they have a back end deal. So they’ve got.  jill  I want a back end deal please.  Dion  With who? With Nicholas Holt or with?  jill  No. Yeah, with my new boyfriend.  Dion  Torn to it.  Quinny  I love it. You, you ladies, you can. You can divide them up, Pete. You can have Nicholas Holt. Jill, you can have David Corus wet. I’ll take crypto, apparently.  jill  No.  Quinny  And I will pat him, I will pat him and love him and call him George.  Speaker 9  Yes.  Dion  Great. So it just leaves me with the Lois and I haven’t even watched the fabulous Mrs. Maisel.  Peta  Marvel, marvelous.  Speaker 5  See. Marvelous.  Peta  That did distract me because I didn’t realise she was lost because, as I said, I hadn’t looked into the movie at all and just the entire time my brain was like. But it’s the marvelous missus.  Quinny  That would be.  jill  Wow.  Peta  Not Louis.  Dion  Yes, yes.  Quinny  Yeah, you, you get #5 or as he’s better known, Gary.  Dion  Yeah. No, like 100% if I got to hang out with Alan Tudyk for the rest of my life, I would be down for that. I’d be like, yes, please give me.  Quinny  Mm-hmm.  Dion  Screen robot voice.  Quinny  Man, I did. I did love it. I looked up who the other.  Dion  He’s a very funny man.  Quinny  Voices of the robots.  Speaker 9  Ohh.  Quinny  Are. Yeah. So Superman robot number one is Michael Rooker.  Speaker 9  Oh, I was. Wondering why he was credited on who was he?  Quinny  Yep, and Superman robot #5IS. Pom clementia? Yeah. There’s, like, there are a bunch of little things in there, like, you know.  jill  Ah, nice. Just James Gunn’s friends.  Quinny  Yeah, James Gunn’s friends like Bradley Cooper gets to look in.  Speaker 9  So, so shocked to see.  jill  Bradley deal was so shocked that he didn’t. He convinced himself it wasn’t Bradley Cooper.  Speaker  Yeah.  Quinny  I don’t think anyone.  Dion  Yeah, I thought it was to start with. I’m like ohh, that’s funny. And then later I’m like, no, that’s not him. No, it wasn’t him, right? It was someone else.  Quinny  One of my favorite stupid and and something OK, something that probably should be said if you love the 1978 movies like so Superman, Superman 2. Hmm. This has got a lot of love for those films, and that particular kind of style.  Dion  I I feel it’s got more in common with Superman 3 onwards.  Quinny  That two it has a bit of three and four in there as well. In fact, it’s got.  Dion  But I mean. Superman. Superman. A lot of Superman 4. Yeah, I mean, like I like Superman 1. I do not find that this is the same as Superman 1 because it had the stupidity of Superman 2 when he throws his *******. Symbol that wraps like. That’s the kind of somewhat stupid ideas that come out. You’re like, oh, bold choice, but I guess. I feel like that’s OK.  Quinny  Yeah. Like I I think this has got more in common with the the funny parts of Superman 1, like the the Lex Luthor and Otis and Miss Tessmacher, and then stuff like that. Yeah. You know, those kind of elements of Superman 1 and yeah, a lot of Superman four. I was actually really shocked at how much.  Dion  Yeah.  Quinny  Referencing there was to Superman 4, which is make no mistake, the worst of those Mens sure super men super anyway, but my favorite is there’s a character in there who’s Lex, who’s main thug character by the name of. Otis. So Otis, of course, being from the old films. But this new character is called Otis Berg, and that’s the name of the country that Otis wanted to have for himself in the. 78. I’m going to. Mr. Luthor, I’m going to have a place and. It’s gonna be called Eldersburg.  Dion  I mean, look, also I want to I want to put it because a few people in the chat haven’t watched it yet, which is fine. Yeah. It’s OK. There was a lot of dog in this. Like, I mean there’s there’s so much. There’s almost too much dog. I know.  Speaker 9  There’s a lot of dog, it’s got.  jill  The dog in it. Oh, come on.  Speaker 5  See look you.  Dion  Know look at this this whole thing. These were divisive.  jill  What are you, a cat person?  Dion  No, I.  Speaker 3  Yes.  Speaker 5  No, I’m a dog person, but I thought in this there was like there is a little bit too much dog.  Dion  In this and also the dog. Anyway, I can’t explain like the whole thing is I can’t say I I watched it and by the end I’m like it’s not really for me. I don’t. I don’t really, I’m not.  Speaker 5  Sure, I’m down.  Dion  For this, but I want to be is that does that? Does that make sense?  Quinny  You you went in?  Speaker 9  Of course, yeah.  Dion  I went in hoping that this would be kind of for me, you know, like ohh. Great. Maybe this will be a new Ave. to get into the DC cinematic world that they’re probably building and stuff like there’d be something to get and there’s like.  Speaker 5  Oh, I feel like this is absolutely not.  Dion  My kind of jam, but I hope it will.  Speaker  Me.  Dion  I I just wanted to see a movie about soup. Men. Not Superman. Conflicted ideologies of other stuff that people maybe are doing at him or or all this other stuff. And they’re very over complicated **** like, you know, ultimately at the heart, Lex Luthor is still the same. Thing that he was in the original. Gene Hackman dies.  Speaker 11  Yeah, I really think, yeah.  jill  I feel like Nicholas Holt was really channelling Gene Hackman, to be honest.  Quinny  Oh yeah, yeah, big.  Peta  You don’t feel more topical?  Quinny  Though ohh yeah. Yeah.  jill  I’m gonna say Superman has always been this topical.  Speaker 5  Oh yeah.  Peta  But in in terms of that particular character now feels particularly topical.  Speaker 3  Mm-hmm.  jill  I think, well, I think that they’ve just updated it to more modern things and I’m going to say stuff like social media and trolling and that kind of stuff. Because there’s, like a great gag throughout the the film about Superman not reading the comments.  Speaker 9  Because it’s just.  Speaker 3  Yeah.  jill  Just hateful. And then we find out later who is writing those comments. Which is quite humorous, but. It’s. Yeah, I think it’s always had that theme.  Peta  Yeah, I’m and I’m, I’m glad. I’m glad that. Ohh well, I was talking about Luther specifically as a specific character being a billionaire tech bro megalomaniac that.  Quinny  You’re you’re talking about Luther.  Peta  Actually, you know, literally trying to take over the world by helping to engage small countries.  Quinny  Yeah.  jill  I mean, I saw a really great headline that just said Superman is not work, it’s just we have real life super villains now. So that’s why it is so relatable. Yeah.  Peta  Yeah. But you’re right. I mean, all of these things have always had messages. So I was glad in this case that there was like strong messaging within the plot and within. Each of the characters. So even when I wasn’t quite catching up with the tone or like you said you, you kind of do get kind of thrown into the middle of the story and maybe that’s why I didn’t feel like I would catch up. There’s definitely not an origin story. But even when I, you know, was kind of like.  Speaker  Hmm.  Peta  I’m still not sure I’m feeling what this is. I was kind of appreciating that it was staying true to the genre in terms of its. In in in terms of its messaging and how topical it was being.  Quinny  Yeah. Look, I I’m a big fan of the fact that it it it didn’t stutter like when it’s saying hey, you know countries invading other countries as far and you know a fairly thinly. Veiled, like OK, completely thinly veiled thing saying, hey, this country that looks an awful lot like Israel this country. That looks an. Awful lot like Palestine. Yeah. This is a ****** situation. Wouldn’t it be nice if somebody could just, you know, go in and give the middle finger to? You know, literally the middle finger to an oppressive regime, you know, like. I can see where people are jumping around saying it’s woke. Absa, ******* lutely. It’s. It makes no bones about where it’s politics. Like, yeah.  Dion  The only problem is it’s like, that’s just, you know, the group of people who are complaining about this sort of stuff. I feel like, well, you’re the sort of people who, like, say that the Punisher is part of the police force. Like you just you’re not, actually.  Speaker 3  Hmm.  jill  Yeah, they don’t understand it like Superman has been woke since 1938, when he was created like, yeah.  Dion  Yeah, well, the 50s after the Japanese thing, but we won’t go there. Yeah.  Quinny  He was he was fighting the Klan in 1940.  Dion  True, true, you know. But there was a bit of problematic World War 2 stuff. So, but you know, hey. You can’t win them all, but yeah, look, it is a whole thing that. This is someone who’s trying to fight for the underdog, for the little guy to stand up to, to face down bullies and all that sort of stuff. And what happens when the bullies are the ones that are kind of running stuff. You know, then you can’t be surprised. I was like, ohh. Maybe we’re the bad guys like. Yes. That’s what we’re telling you. We’re actually telling you you’re doing **** things and stop it, because that’s not what we want to be.  Speaker 2  Yeah.  jill  That’s the part of this movie that, like, struck me the hardest was when, you know, bullies pile on when the heroes down like Superman has a moment where, you know the press and online is picking him apart and then that’s when you know, people decide to strike you when.  Speaker 3  Hmm.  jill  You’re at your week. Just and have made no secret about having endured bullying through high school, so it was a very resounding moment for me. I ******* hated it, but. Yeah, I think it’s still important to include stuff like that. Yeah. Yeah, it was a hard watch.  Dion  So this is what I say. Like when, when, what, when I was watching it and like some of the stuff it when it hits it. It hits. Really, really well and that’s.  jill  Yeah. Very yeah. Poignant stuff.  Dion  Yeah. And then, you know, other times it’ll go from that though, to a scene of a, an entire building collapsing over a particular thing. Or, you know, the fictional idea that Metropolis can be evacuated in about 20 minutes.  Peta  Yeah. I mean, suspension of disbelief. Dion, come.  Speaker 11  What the ****? On.  Dion  Excuse me. What? I I’m a logistics based person and even I know you can’t evacuate patrol. I mean Gotham. Different story. We can get people out, no problem. It’s basically Islam.  Peta  Yeah.  Quinny  What I did enjoy about that that sequence, though, was the difference between. Something like that sequence and Man of Steel where you’ve got like a Superman.  Peta  Which is why I did not like Man of Steel. I was like, I know nothing about Superman, but this don’t feel right.  Quinny  Like just having a a running battle through the streets and smashing through.  Peta  Just shocking a guy through buildings like just the entire battle was him throwing that guy through buildings that had people in them.  Quinny  There’s no. Yeah, yeah. And then at the end of it killing. You know which like is is one of those things that is just like ohh. Whereas in this one.  jill  Yeah, that lost me when he killed Zod. That lost me. I’m like, this is not.  Quinny  Superman. Yeah. And. And OK. He couldn’t. He couldn’t do it any other way. Yeah, he can. He’s Superman. And I love this one for, like, all of those moments where he’s like somebody, you know, does something to the Kaiju and he’s like, come on, man. I was going to put that in a. Like a space prison thing or.  Speaker  Whatever.  Speaker 9  Yeah, and like Superman does have his his little space zoo, like with all his funny little creatures.  Quinny  Yeah. Yeah. Exactly like. But I think to to make him and the the the level of good these and that that altruism where he will save a squirrel where he will, you know try and get a dog out of the way to keep it from being you know hurt whatever to make him work. You kind of have to place him in this almost silly space.  Speaker 13  Please.  Quinny  Like you know, this is this is a Superman who goes and talks to his funny robots and can fly into the heart of a black black hole like this. This is very, very much Frank quietly, kind of All Star Superman, which is, you know, really kind of leaning in on the Silver Age, the. The really kind of over the top stuff. But to do that, that’s why you can have him be so good. But then they ground that I I personally thought it was a ******* incredible kind of balancing act where they allowed him to be, you know, cartoonishly lovely.  Dion  Yeah.  Quinny  But then would ground it with something like when the the mayor and Par Kent first showed up. I was like, holy ****, this is a bit much, isn’t it? Like, you know.  jill  They were really giving adventures of Superman, Marion. Park Kent to be on.  Quinny  Hmm, yeah. But then by the end of it, I was like ohh, I’m fully invested in these sweet, lovely people.  Dion  Yeah. What do you mean? They’re just regular folk?  jill  Yeah, exactly.  Dion  Who were just trying to be good and try to like to think they’re not like Kevin Costner’s saying. No, no, don’t sacrifice it like I wouldn’t. I was.  Peta  Ohh ****.  jill  That movie just reminding me how much I ******* hated Man of Steel.  Quinny  Yeah. No, no. I don’t save me. Don’t reveal your secret. Oh, and by the way, maybe you should have let some.  Dion  No.  Quinny  Kids, kids die.  Dion  Yeah. Yeah, because that’s that’s how you get a Superman that kills people. Rather than this one.  Speaker 11  Anyway.  Dion  It’s like you raised me to be good, and then I found out that I wasn’t supposed to be good. Ohh, but no, I I’m still gonna be good.  jill  Hang on. All right. Any final thoughts before we rate?  Dion  Uh, no.  Quinny  I think I just waxed a little too lyrical then so I I think I’ve said as much as. I need to.  Dion  Great. OK.  Quinny  Clip.  Dion  Yes. Clip then right, mainly because it’s very late. Well done. Good call, Jill, I could join me to start the the clip then. Right. You want to go clip then? Right. Which one? Which one do you want? The you get out of here or the dog? The dog. Do you want to see the dog?  Speaker 2  Yes.  Speaker 9  It’s good for you. Dog. Dog. Ohh.  Speaker 10  So.  Quinny  What is this? Crypto.  Speaker 2  What the hey, dude, I I thought you destroyed the whole Superman robots. I thought I told you to keep an eye on him.  Speaker 10  We feed the canine, but he is unruly and he realizes we are not flesh and blood and couldn’t in our heart of hearts care less whether he lives or. Dies.  Speaker  Don’t eat it.  Speaker 13  Out, out, stop out. Stop. Crypto out. Out. Stop it. Stop, sit, sit, stay.  Dion  Oh, there we go. Yes, the very bad dog who is a good dog but a bad dog. Unless before dog. Yes, trying. Is James going trying to make us all Crypto Bros? OK, ratings hit the ratings. Go on.  Speaker 13  Kneel before dog.  Quinny  Oh.  Speaker  Oh.  Quinny  Rohan, didn’t it?  jill  I wanted to like it more than I did. I really, really wanted to like it more. Than I did.  Speaker 9  Oh, ****. You’re going to be harsh. I’m going to give it.  jill  A 65.  Speaker  Cool.  Speaker 9  Chill. I still.  jill  Had enjoyable moments. But there’s just something about it that didn’t click for me. I don’t ******* know what it was. I mean, I touched on some of the the moments a lot of out of context stuff, just not enough fleshing out of some characters. Like maybe it was doing too much. I.  Speaker 12  Hmm.  Dion  This is so strange.  jill  Don’t know.  Dion  It’s so strange because I was heading towards 60. I’m gonna give it 60. I know, right? I was heading towards 60, which I thought was like rough, but I was like, ohh true. Yeah, that’s the thing like.  Speaker 11  But. I liked it. I had fun it.  Speaker 9  Was just just.  jill  Not enough that did it. For me, yeah, that’s right. Can.  Dion  I go not for me. Like, you know, like.  jill  Even those beautiful dimples.  Dion  I don’t remember. I don’t remember that character.  Quinny  Yeah, beautiful dimples.  Dion  I feel like it’s a song like if. If I were to separate everything out and perhaps put it in a different context, I would enjoy each of those bits more. But yeah, together I just. I was like, oh, it was entertaining. But did I have a good time? With it I’m like fine. You know. If they announce Superman 2 tomorrow, would I be rushing out to see? I’m like depends. It’s gonna be more the same same. Anyway, there I did 60. That’s fine.  Quinny  Pete, where you got with it?  Peta  I’m not gonna. I’m gonna be a little bit kinder to it because, like, I’m genuinely so used to not knowing what’s going on or who anyone is that none of that stuff actually bothered me, and partly because I I appreciate the the messaging that it was going for, and there were lots of bits that I did appreciate, but. I just structurally totally couldn’t quite get my hooks in. To it, but it’s not to say that I wouldn’t recommend it. I still think it’s an entertaining film, so I’m just gonna say 70.  jill  Yeah, I agree with Brent. In the chat. They said it feel like it needs a second viewing to appreciate. And I did kind of want to see it again before we did this show, but didn’t get time. I do wanna watch it again.  Quinny  Hmm.  Speaker 2  Yeah.  Quinny  Yeah, I I do really want to begin.  Peta  And also need to see it twice to make it good. Probably like isn’t like yeah positive rating.  Speaker 11  I think.  Speaker 9  Yeah, yeah, yeah.  jill  So for now, 65 still sticks, yeah.  Speaker  Yeah.  Quinny  Look, I was talking to other person who saw it and had had a conversation online and they gave it a rating, but the.  Speaker 12  Was it a?  Dion  Is that a monkey?  Quinny  Yeah, yeah, yeah. The monkey called Waterworth, but he made a really interesting point, which is the film itself. And the way the film is made. Has some goofy moments, and like there are bits that don’t work, and it’s kind of clunky, and there are sequences that feel rushed and there are characters that feel underused and everything. So the film itself, I said, he said I’d break that about a 60. 5. But. The feeling that I got from it. Was much higher, you know, and there are moments that it hit its stride where you see, like, you know, the the there’s a moment where the the building comes crashing down and it’s just dust. And. You see the the silhouette of Superman rising above it, and I was like, oh **** me. That’s a beautiful shot. You know, and there were moments where he was talking to Luthor, where I was like, God, that’s a ******* rip. A piece of writing. And, you know, there were all these moments throughout that that made me feel a lot. Different about the film and. That’s the thing. Like I remember watching it going. People are gonna be really torn over this one. Turns out they weren’t. It’s made of ****** out of money. But. I think I was also looking at myself going I’m torn on this film like I can see that there are lots of bits that don’t work particularly well, but I’m having a ******* great time. And when it does it, it does it beautifully. So for me, somewhere around that 80 mark.  Speaker 11  Quinny  Like I’ve I’ve really enjoyed it. I think the. Like. It’s not hitting the ******* heights of of Logan, you know, it’s.  jill  Yeah. Didn’t blow my ****.  Speaker 12  Off Peter, how how are your tints? Are they still? Sorry.  Quinny  I am.  Peta  That’s the new rating system.  Dion  2020 I can mine are here still.  Quinny  So mine is still.  Speaker 12  My might.  Quinny  Might have gone.  jill  From now on I’m just writing 1-2 or zero like. That’s how many tips are left.  Dion  No.  Quinny  How they treat you? I like that we’ve been doing this for this many years and. We’ve only now come. To a rating.  Speaker 13  System the perfect all.  Dion  Agree on a perfect natural rating system.  jill  Renaming to the periodic tides of awesome.  Quinny  Wow.  Dion  You heard it here first. In this ultra wide for truth, justice, and. The tight way. How do we get here? Sorry, Kenny, you were talking very earnestly about lucky Superman and now.  Speaker  We’re talking about.  Quinny  No, I’m. I’m all down for.  Speaker 11  I said bring us back to reality.  Quinny  I I think I think I’ve said quite a lot. I talked about this on ABC Radio. I’ve I’ve, yeah, I’ve kind of kind of said my piece on this whole thing.  Dion  You did.  Speaker 5  Like Will, will.  Dion  I watch this Superman in another film or a a successive sequel. Yeah, I will. Like, I’ll come back and give it another go, but I really hope I get to see more. Uh. About like I, I would enjoy watching this Superman interact with other people, but I really just want to see a movie about Superman.  jill  I wanna see this Superman with a with with our touch, Batman.  Quinny  Our pet.  Dion  Our parts.  Quinny  That would be the most astonishing tonal whiplash.  jill  Yeah. It’s gonna be like gloomy boy and sunshine boyfriend. It’s gonna.  Dion  Well, we already know that Lobos Green Litton going ahead. So yeah, this Superman and.  jill  Be so great. Ohh God, just imagining a hot mess from Lobo.  Quinny  I mean. Yeah, but I’m also. There’s a part of me that kind of feels like that’s what Lobo needs to be. But also, I’m not sure he’s, like, getting his own film. I know he’s in Supergirl, but you know.  Dion  Well, who knows, I mean. Wait, we’re in spoiler section yet.  Quinny  I was gonna say should we move into spoiler section just briefly.  Dion  So that does mean changing the bulb. Yes, yes. It’s up now, OK. Right. So. How do we feel about that? And?  Quinny  So.  jill  Yeah, escape the chat if you don’t want spoilers.  Speaker  Quinny  True. Yeah. Yeah. Now, now is your time to exit and.  Dion  We don’t. We’re getting anything. This is what happens with all these films nowadays. It’s like well. You’ve just enjoyed that movie. I know we’re gonna do a.  Speaker 5  Little bit of taste or maybe something?  Quinny  Else you know, I like the fact that they chose not to to follow the forgotten the the way of Marvel doing it. Of yeah, doing it as a post credit sequence or anything, it was like. No, no, we’re gonna put it in the act. So.  Dion  Yeah, fair enough.  Quinny  Yep, thought that was nice. So yes, to anyone who hasn’t ******** off yet. Yeah. What did we think of Australia’s own Milly Alcock as the Super Party girl?  Speaker 9  Yeah, I was surprised to.  jill  See Supergirl appear in the movie I. One thing that escaped me before watching this, but.  Dion  It’s a. It’s a. It’s a bold.  jill  I kind of liked it.  Dion  Choice to introduce that character in that particular way.  Speaker 11  Yeah, I kind of liked.  jill  A A party girl? Supergirl.  Dion  Only cause she was going to a planet with a red sun.  Quinny  So she could get.  Speaker 11  You ****** **.  Speaker 5  But how did she get off the planet?  Quinny  The red well.  jill  Spaceship.  Speaker 13  Yeah.  Quinny  Just cause she she she’s red sun so she can get drunk. But I’m guessing that.  Dion  Too too many Buckleys aren’t there.  Quinny  Maybe she could still fly. Yeah, so interesting idea that I’ve they’ve said that a lot of the Supergirl film is gonna be vaguely based on the Supergirl woman of tomorrow. I think it’s called OK, which is an interesting idea that Supergirl. Unlike Superman, who came as a baby.  Speaker 3  MHM.  Quinny  And therefore, you know it has been raised by lovely parents and stuff like that. Supergirl is dealing with some pretty ******* serious promo.  jill  Yeah.  Quinny  She, you know, saw her family and planet. Die has seen everybody that she knows and loves die. And you know, then spent. God only knows how long in a, you know, intergalactic tube.  Speaker 2  MHM.  Quinny  And yeah, is having not a great time of it and suddenly doesn’t really know how to cope with, you know, superpowers and **** like that. Meanwhile, you got Clarke, who has been growing up with this, so it has a much better grounded understanding of it. I like that idea.  jill  Yeah, I would watch it. Yep.  Dion  And see, that’s a really interesting thing because you got that whole Superman movie with all those other characters and the different things that went on, and yet you’ve built the little world around that. See, This is why I kind of went like ohh Superman. I’m not sure about that movie. Why couldn’t have just been about Superman? Doesn’t he have his own trauma? Wasn’t all of his own traumas enough? You know, having to deal with? He didn’t need everyone else’s. Stuff. Yeah. Does that make sense?  Quinny  I think so, yeah.  Dion  Try not to discredit it.  Quinny  OK, so one of the big things that. Jimmy’z sexual prowess is what saves the day.  jill  Yeah.  Dion  No, but also.  Peta  But also Jimmy’z willingness to, like, use a woman.  Dion  I know, I know. Right. Like, you know, jimmy’z terrible ****, boy. Attitude saves the day.  Peta  Information.  Dion  Conflicting maybe?  jill  I think you’re missing the real hero of the story, and that’s Eve, Tess Markham.  Quinny  1000 percent 1000.  jill  Sure, she’s the one that took all of those photos with all of the crucial information. Mm-hmm.  Dion  Are you saying that selfies and influences do serve a purpose in life?  jill  Yeah, I wanna see the movie with Eve Tessmacher and Madison from Marvel.  Speaker 12  ohh  Dion  Talk about crisis on infinite Earths.  Quinny  I I do love that Miss Tessmacher is actually the person who has saved. Men, both films, she’s also the one that saves him in the 1970.  Dion  Well, yeah. There’s a nice little.  Quinny  8 film.  Dion 

Zach revives his old podcast with life-long bestie and former co-host of TFD: Nerdcast, Chad Smith. Going forward when you see the TFD logo, expect a movie review about whatever is freshly on film, and hot at the box office (or maybe even not so hot).Today the Dudez discuss the beginning of a new era in DC comic book films. It's the James Gunn lead, Superman!  -------------------------------------------------Shout out to Ricktimbo for the oldschool TFD intro music!---------------------------------------------------Join the Patreon to help us keep the lights on, and internet connected! https://www.patreon.com/tctwl---------------------------------------------------Listen to my other podcast!TFD: NerdcastAnd I am also part of the team over at...I Read Comic Books!---------------------------------------------------Want to try out all the sweet gigs over on Fiverr.com? Click on the link below and sign up!https://go.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=323533&brand=fiverrcpa---------------------------------------------------Follow on Instagram!The Comics That We LoveFollow on Tiktok!The Comics that We LoveFollow on Bluesky!comicsthatwelove.bsky.social 

Welcome back Cinemaniacs! Join Cinemania World Members Duane, Leo, Cris and Josie as they review the FIRST official DC Studios film, Superman! Of course this is our start of a brand new DC universe, helmed by DC Studios Head James Gunn. The film stars David Corenswet as Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, and Nicholas Holt as Lex Luthor! Find out what we thought of this highly anticipated film of 2025! Follow us: Website Facebook Twitter Instagram Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Stitcher Castbox Blubrry Amazon Music TuneIn Audible Follow Duane: Twitter Instagram Letterboxd Follow Leo (Geekly Goods) - Twitter Youtube Follow Josie (Film Posers) - Twitter Film Posers Follow Cris (3C Films): Twitter Youtube  Cinemania World Merch: Teepublic

This week the boys of HMP continue Nicholas Holt month with 2018's THE FAVOURITE.  Executive Producers:  Tim (Applescruff), Derrick Copling (Sir Slick Derrick The Knight Bard), Matthew Schnapp, Noah Overton (Noah of The Dark Woods), Peter "Not SoBad Loresokin'" Pernice HMP on YouTube Patreon

It's always a little dicey to send food back to the kitchen if you don't like it. You never know what they might do to your food. In this movie's case, it might save your life. GUEST STARRING MEGAN! In this episode, we discuss the 2022 movie, The Menu. Directed by Mark Mylod. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor Joy, Nicholas Holt, and a slew of others. It is available for a little while longer on Netflix.Every movie we discuss will be available on either: Netflix, Hulu, HBO MAX, Youtube, Tubi, Freevee, Apple TV, Pluto TV, or Amazon Prime.You can request movies by emailing us at specrapular@gmail.comGo follow our Youtube channel where ALL of our episodes are posted now: ⁠⁠Specrapular⁠ ⁠(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ppqS8Japy4yT4cVfcGEKw)The next movie we are going to discuss is First Blood, from 1982. Directed by Ted Kotcheff. Starring Sylvestor Stallone, Brian Dennehy, and Richard Crenna. It is available on Pluto TV.Intro music by: Luis Find more music from Luis at: instagram.com/breatheinstereoSeason 8 Episode 1

This week, Adam and Sean are short one Bruce, but we still kick off March with a BANGER of a movie in our new series, from our Patreon supporters who voted and told us they'd like us to check out the works of one Nicholas Holt and we kick is off with 2015's MAD MAX: Fury Road. Does this long awaited sequel hold up? Executive Producers:  Tim (Applescruff), Derrick Copling (Sir Slick Derrick The Knight Bard), Matthew Schnapp, Noah Overton (Noah of The Dark Woods), Peter "Not SoBad Loresokin'" Pernice HMP on YouTube Patreon Adam on TikTok

An excellent movie to give you secondhand PTSD for trauma and anxiety. All for the the pursuit of perfection. In this episode, we discuss the 2014 movie, Whiplash. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, and Melissa Benoist. It is available on Netflix. Every movie we discuss will be available on either: Netflix, Hulu, HBO MAX, Youtube, Tubi, Freevee, Apple TV, or Amazon Prime.You can request movies by emailing us at specrapular@gmail.comGo follow our Youtube channel where ALL of our episodes are posted now: ⁠⁠Specrapular⁠ ⁠(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ppqS8Japy4yT4cVfcGEKw)We are taking our month long break before the next season. The first movie we are going to watch is, The Menu, from 2022. Directed by Mark Mylod. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Nicholas Holt, and Anya Taylor-Joy. It is available on Netflix.Intro music by: Luis Find more music from Luis at: instagram.com/breatheinstereoSeason 7 Episode 12

Send us a textHEY DNA STRAND CREW!!! Welcome to our newest episode of Dynasty DNA Plus Tj Blake and Nicholas Holt the DynastyWizz get together with our special guest for this week's special episode featuring Michael Anthony from the Dynasty Dogs Podcast! In this episode we talk the 2025 Reese's Senior Bowl Recap after Mike's week of scouting, reviewing, and interviewing players this past weekend in Mobile Alabama! We discuss things such as reviewing Tez Johnson's and Xaiver Restrepo's performances from this past weekend! We also discuss Dillion Gabriel and Jaxson Dart who had the better overall performance between the two? Lastly we discuss Elijah Arroyo & Harold Fannin Jr are they both potential Tight End risers ahead of the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine? It's an awesome episode tune in with us for a few laughs and let's talk some dynasty fantasy football and more importantly this 2025 dynasty rookie draft class!Join The DNA Strand Crew on Discord Free to Join Just Click This Link!!https://discord.gg/rFAyWzn8Join the DNA Strand Crew on Twitterhttps://mobile.twitter.com/DynastyDNA_Subscribe to The Dynasty DNA YouTube Channel(9) Dynasty DNA Fantasy Football Podcast - YouTubeFollow The DNA Guys On TwitterTJ Blake TJ Blake (@FFTJBlakeDNA) / X (twitter.com)Nicholas Holt Dynasty Wizz (1) Wizz (@DynastyWizzFF) / XMichael Anthony (1) Michael Anthony (@dynastydogmike) / XDynasty Dogs Podcast Link https://open.spotify.com/show/2opTn4t3uaB9q0CAxLXdof?si=6d53be4b8b8845a2

In this episode we dive into Robert Eggers' contemporary take on the classic Dracula tale, Nosferatu. We discuss the film's homage to the 1922 F.W. Murnau film, its modern cinematic techniques, and the chilling performances by Lily Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, and Bill Skarsgård. Paul also shares his recent trip to Prague, where the movie was filmed, adding a personal touch with anecdotes about the city's Christmas markets and his own unsettling dreams. Tune in for a deep analysis of the film's cinematography, editing, and the passionate work of the cast and crew.   00:00 Introduction and Greetings 00:26 Discussing Nosferatu and Prague 01:13 Paul's Prague Experience 08:40 Comparing Nosferatu Versions 10:09 Thoughts on Robert Eggers' Films 15:53 Cinematography and Editing 17:52 Nicholas Holt's Performance 22:57 Supporting Characters and Performances 26:20 A Night at a Prague Theater 27:26 Bill Skarsgård's Performance 28:25 Vampire Movie Tropes 31:50 Lily Rose Depp and Character Dynamics 35:02 Willem Dafoe's Role 42:53 Cinematography and Editing 51:30 Final Thoughts and Reflections

In this episode, Olivia and Emily dive into their first horror movie review, focusing on Robert Eggers' Nosferatu. The sisters share their personal experiences with horror films, discuss their expectations for the movie, and how their perspectives of horror were turned upside down. They discuss the transformative process actors undergo, the emotional journey of grieving a character, and the performances of key actors like Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlok, Lily-Rose Depp as Ellen, and Nicholas Holt as Thomas. The conversation also touches on the film's aesthetic elements, including costume design, lighting, and the overall atmosphere that contributes to the suspense and horror of the narrative. They reflect on their personal experiences with the film, highlighting moments of terror and the film's poetic ending, drawing parallels to a famous Shakespearean play. Nosferatu was directed and written by Robert Eggers, starring Lily-Rose Depp, Bill Skarsgård,  Nicholas Holt, and Williem Dafoe and was theatrically released on December 25, 2024. Chapters00:00 Introduction to Nosferatu and the Hosts' Perspectives02:51 First Impressions and Expectations of the Film06:02 Exploring the Horror Genre and Personal Reactions08:58 Character Analysis: Ellen and the Themes of Sexuality12:02 The Role of Count Orlok and the Aesthetic Choices15:10 The Impact of Historical Context on the Story18:08 The Emotional and Psychological Depth of the Film21:01 The Cinematic Techniques and Acting Performances23:58 Final Thoughts and Overall Impressions of Nosferatu32:22 The Art of Transformation in Acting35:01 Grieving the Character: An Actor's Journey37:40 Character Dynamics: Thomas and Ellen40:11 Willem Dafoe's Eccentric Role41:44 The Poetic Ending: A Tragic Love Story42:22 Costume Design: A Historical Perspective45:38 Lighting and Color: Crafting Atmosphere50:02 Moments of Terror: Building SuspenseJump into the conversation: Instagram: @sistersandthestarsYoutube: Sisters and the StarsEmail: sistersandthestars@gmail.com

Robert Eggers' passion project, a remake of the infamous cinematic Dracula film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. Streaming now on Youtube, Apple TV, FandangoAtHome, Amazon Video, etc ♦♦   Director: Robert Eggers Writers: Robert Eggers Starring: Lily-Rose Depp, Bill Skarsgard, Nicholas Holt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Williem Dafoe Runtime:  132 Minutes Synopsis: A Remake of Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode! Follow us on Twitter: @Phenomblak @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork   Our shirts are now on TeePublic.  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network   Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!  

Robert Eggers' passion project, a remake of the infamous cinematic Dracula film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. Streaming now on Youtube, Apple TV, FandangoAtHome, Amazon Video, etc ♦♦   Director: Robert Eggers Writers: Robert Eggers Starring: Lily-Rose Depp, Bill Skarsgard, Nicholas Holt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Williem Dafoe Runtime:  132 Minutes Synopsis: A Remake of Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode! Follow us on Twitter: @Phenomblak @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork   Our shirts are now on TeePublic.  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network   Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!  

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Become a Patron!: https://www.patreon.com/TheBigThingShow Superman Legacy is really cooking. The new Man Of Steel film begins shooting in Atlanta and Director and head of DCU studios James Gunn posted a new photo of the cast. It also showed Nicholas Holt as Lex Luthor with the chrome dome. The cast also stars, David Corensweat, Rachel Brosnahan, and others. The other question with a leaked photo by accident, is this going to follow the Kingdom Come Superman comics? Lots of news about the new kryptonian movie. Also, we discussed the Joker part two having a budget of almost $200 million. Excessive? Speaking of DC, Batman the brave and the bold Director Andy Moschetti seems to still be on the film despite reports that he was exiting. we also dive into the Marvel side of it all and the reports that Kang dynasty will no longer be the title of that film. What will happen to Blade? Join Kristian Harloff and Winston A. Marshall as they discuss these topics and more on the show.#Marvel #MCU #DC #DCU #Blade #Superman deadpool3 NUTRAFOL: Take the first step to visibly thicker, healthier hair. For a limited time, Nutrafol is offering our listeners ten dollars off your first month's subscription and free shipping when you go to http://www.Nutrafol.com/men and enter the promo code BIGTHING FUM: Start the year off right with The Good Habit by going to http://www.TryFum.com/BIGTHING and getting the Journey pack today. Füm is giving listeners of the show 10% off when they use my code “BIGTHING” to help make starting The Good Habit that much easier. MAGIC SPOON Go to http://www.magicspoon.com/BIGTHING to grab a variety pack and try it today! And be sure to use our promo code BIGTHING at checkout to save five dollars off your order! OUR MERCH STORE IS LIVE: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-... FOLLOW KRISTIAN + FIND HIM ON CAMEO https://cameo.com/kristianharloff https://twitter.com/kristianharloff https://facebook.com/harloff https://instagram.com/kristianharloff AMAZON WISHLIST: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls...

Good evening. Hot off the presses your Brasse talk movie news like casting news, being unjustly fired for standing with Palestine news, a director taking Netflix for a gat news, new Karate Kid news and not much more! Shot for listening! 00:00 It starts here 02:49 Anya Taylor Joy rumoured to be the next Silver Surfer. 10:43 Melissa Barrera fired from Scream 7 for pro Palestine post. 18:18 Nicholas Holt cast as Lex Luthor. 21:59 Carl Erik Rinsch-ing Netflix for millions. 29:46 Ralph Macchio & Jackie Chan team up to find a new Karate Kid. 35:19 Did you see that trailer? 39:25 Goodbye Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bioscopebrasse Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bioscopebrassepodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BioscopeBrasse Email: bioscopebrasse@gmail.com

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in this Episode the FilmBros discuss The Marvels Failure, David Ayer praising James Gunn, Nichiolas Hoult potentially Lex Luthor, Jason Mamoa Confirms Aquaman 2 is the last movie in DCEU, Creed 4 in development and more!Support the show

In this week's episode of Hollywolves, join Michael Mirrorcle and Matt Meltdown as we dive into the latest developments and juicy secrets from the entertainment industry. Nicholas Holt takes the spotlight as he secures the coveted role of Lex Luther in the highly anticipated 'Legacy of Superman.' Meanwhile, the rumor mill is buzzing with speculation about Steven Yeun potentially donning the cape as The Sentry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.We've got the inside scoop on the strikes that had Hollywood holding its breath. The Writers Guild Strike has come to a close, but the SAG-AFTRA strike is still looming on the horizon, with a new deal awaiting a crucial vote. Diddy quickly settles in a legal battle, settling a lawsuit with his former girlfriend and Bad Boy artist Cassie who accuses him of some truly heinous actions upon her. The pop world is set abuzz with revelations from Britney's memoir, exposing the untold story involving Justin Timberlake.In a shocking turn of events, Melissa Barrera finds herself let go from 'Scream 7' after expressing support for Palestine, and co-star Jenna Ortega follows suit. We'll explore the implications of their departures and the larger conversation surrounding the intersection of entertainment and geopolitics.Variety cover story delves into the challenges facing the Marvel Cinematic Universe, stirring up discussions about its future. And for all the gamers out there, get ready to embark on a new adventure as Nintendo announces a Live Action Zelda movie.As we wrap up, we'll review some of the latest releases, including 'The Marvels,' where director Nia Decosta's absence at the premiere raises eyebrows, and Iman Vellani's nonchalant take on Bob Iger handling the box office numbers. Plus, we give our take on the Netflix's 'Scott Pilgrim Takes Off' animated series and the anticipation building around Amazon Prime's 'The Boys' spin-off, 'Gen V.'Tune in for a rollercoaster ride through the entertainment landscape, where secrets are unveiled, strikes are settled, and the future of iconic franchises hangs in the balance.For more news and updates, visit https://rushdownradio.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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I dag regerar griniga gamla gubbar i podcasten. I alla fall i ena halvan av podcasten. Tomas Törnros är på ovanligt dåligt filmhumör och plockar fram motorsågen och kapar två av kvällens fyra filmer. Vilka de är för ni höra i avsnittet. I kvällens program pratar vi om den Blu-ray och streamingaktuella familjefilmen SUPER MARIO BROS MOVIE där kända amerikanska skådespelare lånar ut sina röster till tv-spelskaraktärerna.  Vi har sett splatterfesten RENFIELD där Nicolas Cage får äntligen spela Dracula! Nicholas Holt spelar hans slav Renfield som inser att han faktiskt har ett eget värde. Men på vilken bekostnad? Även superhjältefilmen THE FLASH har fått sin Blu-ray och streamingpremiär och vi får följa med på ett BACK TO THE FUTURE-inspirerat äventyr där även Michael Keatons BATMAN får återvända. Och vi avslutar med en ÅTERTITTEN som nästan blir diskad i segmentet. Dags att kickstarta solen som håller på att slocka i filmen SUNSHINE från 2007. Ett fullmatat program där åsikter går isär i den grad att det blir brännhett i podcaststudion. Nu blir det åka av och Du får följa med!

How We Seeez It! Episode 195 The Menu (2022)   “Now that... is a cheeseburger.” This week we take a look at the 2022 film release, the Menu starring Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Holt in a foodie thriller-comedy and maybe horror movie. The production and the acting are as well put together as a five-star meal. But will that be enough. We shall see. Check out the movie and then this episode and hear what we have to say about it. And as always, we have some great cocktails for this one as well. We would also love to hear what cocktails you might pair with it. So come up with one and hit us up and let us know what it is.                       Show links. https://linktr.ee/HWSI https://www.facebook.com/HWSI.podcast  https://www.instagram.com/hwsi.podcast/  You can also email the Podcast at the.HWSI.podcast@gmail.com

Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for Information about all your favorite fictional universes Marvel Studios has changed several release dates for upcoming Disney+ projects, though without super-specific dates. Agatha: Coven of Chaos, now apparently titled Agatha: Darkhold Diaries, is moving from winter of 2023 to fall of 2024. X-Men '97, the revival of the 90's animated show, originally slated for fall of 2023 has been pushed to early 2024. Echo, originally planned for a late November 2023 release will debut in January 2024 and plans to release all episodes at once still stand. Season 2 of What If… is expected to drop at the end of December of this year. Currently there is no word on Ironheart, Daredevil: Born Again, and Wonder Man as all were paused during production due to the strikes and have since been removed from the official calendar. On the heels of their schedule changes, Marvel released a 45-second spot for the upcoming second season of Loki on Disney+. The fast-paced trailer gives us a little more Victor Timely action, a lot of quick action shots, and a little bit of dialogue from Loki and Sylvie. Films are NOT wanting to compete with the powerhouse that is Taylor Swift. Both The Exorcist: Believer and Meg Ryan's comeback rom-com What Happens Later have changed release dates from October 13 to not conflict with Swift's The Eras Tour film. Swifties will find this unsurprising, given that 13 is the songbird's favorite number. But the Eras Tour film has had implications beyond the moving of this new take on the sacred horror film from its release date. Swift cut out the middleman and is releasing her concert tour documentary to theaters without a distributor, making a deal directly with AMC Theaters. This could foretell a new future for movie theaters, giving distributors and studios the idea that they could have their own theaters and release their properties directly to them. Supporters of Taylor Swift stayed true to their fanatic nature and broke AMC's single day advance revenue record with $26 million and is projected to open to $100 million. Everyone's favorite on-screen baddie actor, Giancarlo Esposito, sparked life to the DCU with rumors that he is joining James Gunn's revived franchise during an appearance at Comic Con Panama. While the tease of information is extremely sparse, fans of Esposito are surely glad to know such a well-known and renowned actor may appear in the universe being built by Gunn. Jamie Christopher, the first assistant director whose work spanned films such as Guardians of the Galaxy, Harry Potter, and Star Wars The Last Jedi has passed away at the age of 52. He served as the right hand man for directors like James Gunn, Rian Johnson, Sam Raimi, and David Yates across his career. With such a storied filmmaking journey, especially in the nerd-verse, this is a major loss to current and future films. Let's pour one out for this legendary first AD that touched so many things we love. The Great' has been canceled by Hulu. The show which starred Elle Fanning and Nicholas Holt in a satirical take on the story of Catherine the Great ran for three seasons. Hulu also canceled ‘How I Met Your Father,' the spin-off starring Hilary Duff. Sony's The Equalizer 3 took the number one spot at the Labor Day box office weekend, pulling in $42 million dollars domestically over its four-day opening, helping to push the yearly domestic box office over $4 billion total. In a new Gallup poll released last week, 72% of those surveyed said that they support striking television and film writers and 67% reported that they support the striking actors over the studios. On the note of the strikes, SAG-AFTRA granted permission to three AMC shows to resume production; Interviews with a Vampire and two Walking Dead spin offs, The Ones Who Live and Daryl Dixon. These series are being filmed and produced outside of the United States. AMC and its production arm, Stalwart Films, are not members of the AMPTP.

In this episode the FilmBros discuss and review "The Menu" starring Anya Taylor Joy, Nicholas Holt, and more. We take a deep dive into the film's themes and ideas Support the show

Clint Eastwood has directed over 40 feature films, and is now working on what he says will be his last movie, called Juror No. 2 with Nicholas Holt and Toni Collette. So to celebrate, Erick, Chris, and Daniel have chosen three films apiece to serve to celebrate his towering and incredibly varied career. There are, of course, a couple of classics - but also a few picks might be new to many listeners! Come join Martini Giant in wishing this master a happy 93nd birthday!

Nicholas Cage und Nicholas Holt in einem Vampirfilm über ein toxisches Arbeitsverhältnis. Klingt ziemlich merkwürdig und passt damit so gut zu den beiden Schauspielern, die mich in ihren Rollen bisher immer überzeugt und begeistert haben! Worum es in "Renfield" geht und warum Dracula die perfekte Rolle für Nicholas Cage ist, gibt es jetzt in meiner neuen Folge zu hören.Follow me now on Instagram

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Kim tells Ket about Warm Bodies starring KKSAM darling, Nicholas Holt and someone being John Malkovich. (I'll see myself out.) This was a Sammie request and we're so grateful for steering us towards this love fest. Also, super important: an official invitation has been verbalized and extended for Devon Sawa to come try and stay alive. Most importantly, we'll learn if Ket will live or die in Warm Bodies.Dir. Jonathan LevineWriters Isaac Marion, Jonathan LevineSupport the girls on PATREON for some sweet BONE CON (bonus content) at: www.patreon.com/kimandketstayalivemaybeKKSAM Facebook Discussion Group!! "Sammies Stay Alive... Maybe"www.facebook.com/groups/kksampodcastKim and Ket on Development Hell Podcast: “Michael Myers vs. Pinhead”Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1yVcRKVoetiKLKqZ6eo6vx?si=R2_MLQlUSaKKNu2h1uSEag Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/michael-myers-vs-pinhead-with-kim-ket/id1558238290?i=1000606252024 Listen to season 1 of our horror trivia pod!KIM AND KET'S SURVIVE THE CELLARlink.chtbl.com/kkstcGet acquainted with all things KIM & KET at www.kimandketstayalive.com Chat with the girls at kksampodcast@gmail.comPeep the girls on Instagram: @kksampodcastRock with the girls on Tik Tok: @kksampodcastBook the face of the girls on Facebook: @kksampodcastWear the shirts of the girls from the MERCH Store: kimandketstayalivemaybe.threadless.comOk we'll see ourselves out.Thanks for listening!xo and #StayAlive,K&KListen to season 1 of our horror trivia pod!KIM AND KET'S SURVIVE THE CELLARlink.chtbl.com/kkstcProud members of the Dread Podcast NetworkSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we're traveling to France and meeting the characters of Vampires! Doina makes new friends and Martha reunites with an old one. Amy and Gina discuss Nicholas Holt, Twilight, and vampire lore. Follow us! Instagram: @notanotherteendrama TikTok: @notanotherteendramapod Amy: @foreveramyf Gina: @gina.pasquinelli

Listen as Ben and Damien chew the scenery doing their best to honor the great Nicholas Cage, when in fact, Nicholas Holt is the star of the movie. The movie also surprisingly stars Nicholas Awkwafina and Nicholas Ben Schwartz! Learn more fun facts like these on the ALAN SMITHEE FILM REVIEW!

For the 300th episode of The RewindJosh is joined by recurring guest Daniel Lima for a double feature. First (Beginning-34:14), they discuss The Pope's Exorcist and if it was even all that scary, how Russell Crowe did in portraying the title character Father Gabriele Amorth and much more! Then (34:15-End) they talk about “Renfield” and whether Nic Cage's take on Dracula worked for them, if the film went too far away into extraneous side plots not involving Nicholas Holt's Renfield or Dracula, the quality of the action sequences and much more!

In this episode of True Fiction's Kino Club, we'll be taking a deep dive into the highly anticipated horror/comedy film "Renfield", which features Nick Cage and Nicholas Holt. Did "Renfield" meet expectations and prove to be worth watching? Join us as we delve into the plot, characters, and overall production of the movie and give our verdict. Credits Host: Patrick Boggs truefictioncast@gmail.com Cohost: Norbert Yates truefictioncast@gmail.com Engineer/Cohost/: Marshall truefictioncast@gmail.com Amazing Voice in the show bumpers: Bobbie Ashley Bobbie's Amazing first album https://rb.gy/hfpluu Bobbie's Books https://rb.gy/bjziju Intro and exit music artist: Jon Dacosta Song title: Funky Intro Spotify Link to a couple of Jon's projects: Cuba: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2SWNpmjhVyCCcHGb3ZUl0b?si=xuqPreLCSGakMyKeFbRDBQHighland Reunion https://open.spotify.com/artist/2FkBd7GBKSINGFXediVPDy?si=NnPRxEXRRy-9PU5w_B1e0g

Bob Sham and Angela go back to where the hell they belong (the movie theater) and soak in the new Dracula movie, "Renfield" by Chris McKay and starring Nicholas Holt and Nicolas Cage. Never has a movie been so average that also held something so brilliant. Yeah, dawg. Nicolas Cage Dracula is IT. Subscribe to our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuJf3lkRI-BLUTsLI_ehOsg Contact: MOVIEHUMPERS@gmail.com Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/yourveryownbobsham Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/documenteers Twitter: @CultureRotter

Thanks to Universal Pictures, there's comments from Nicolas Cage, Nicholas Holt, Awkafina, and producer Robert Kirkman. 

“But is the menu any good?” A GREAT QUESTION - both for the new restaurant in town, but also for The Menu (2021). How delicious is this slow-burn thriller filled with dark humor and a plethora of recognizable stars? What's the real-world commentary at play here? Does it make you want a cheeseburger real bad? The answer to the last question at least is YES. Join us as we go dive into everything The Menu has to offer!

NSFW Smack My Pitch Up 93 - The Rock: Jared Leto Ripped In Half Hobbit and Thandi are finally back! They head to Alcatraz Island to remake and reimagine the 1996 Michael Bay action extravaganza, The Rock Subscribe to Smack My Pitch UP! https://link.chtbl.com/smpu_gui_subscribe Check out tons of merch for the GUI Network on TeePublic: http://bit.ly/teepublicGUI GUI Network Hotline: (804) 505-4GUI (4484) (Message & data rates may apply) _________________________________________________ ● Track Info ● "In A World" "Assasins" and "Bustin Loose" by Jason Shaw (audionautix.com) These works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US "Steve Combs Through" Theme by Steve Combs Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ geeksundertheinfluence@gmail.com for sponsorship inquiries   Transcript: SMPU - THE ROCK [00:00:00]  Hobbit: [00:01:00] Hello geeks and welcome to a long overdue episode of Smack My Pitch Up, the show that reboots, remakes, reimagine sequels, sidequels and adapts some of your favorite and least favorite properties from film, television, and what have you. And Thandi we're back. Thandi: We're Beck, Winick. Hobbit: Yay. Thandi: Ha ha. Hobbit: Thank you so much to our longtime listeners for being patient with us.  There's been a lot of moving and shaken going on over at the network   And also figuring out how to get all the stuff we're doing to fit and so we can be more consistent with our releases.   And so for this episode, this is a slight tweak on our previous format   That's gonna make this a much tighter show   Which allows us to record more consistently. So hopefully moving forward, we're gonna have like weekly releases for you of this Thandi: that's a good. Hobbit: It is a great thing. So   This show previously was around an hour or two, an hour 15.   We are shortening that by one of us each week doing a real take on the remake   [00:02:00] And one of us doing the remix, weirdo outside the box, take on it. So we're just, instead of four versions of the same movie, we're taking it down to two. So it's a lot more manageable, I think, honestly, it's gonna be a more fun show to have it a little bit tighter like that. Thandi: Yeah, because everybody likes it  Hobbit: tight. Yeah. And speaking of tight   We are going into a tight action   Comedy. I mean Thandi: Yeah, but only an action comedy in the vein of the idea that all nineties movies fall into this genre. Hobbit: when Sean Connery goes was it, losers? Think about  Thandi: go home and to fuck the prom queen or whatever. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sean Connery is just rubbing his balls all over this movie, just spreading his musk Hobbit:  No fucks given whatsoever. He's not doing a bad job, it's just that he's clearly not taking this seriously. Thandi: No, he has exactly the right tone for what that movie is. I would say that As [00:03:00] an understated for him character, it's Nick Cage that could bring it up a notch and he's still perfect. The movie for what it is, for the time in which it came out and what it does in cinema, is pretty much perfect. But yeah, the Nick Cage we know is really understated in the rock. Hobbit: Definitely and that is the movie. About this week, the Rock, the Michael Bay, 1996, I wanna say film who by the way, pitch smacked on Twitter and Facebook. If you want to interact with us on the social medias tell us what we're doing wrong or how you like the new format or what we're doing right. I would like that as well. Thandi: Or not you like the silky sound of our voices. Hobbit: Dulcet tones, Thandi: Our dulcet tones sweet caramel Hobbit: Oozing all over Nicholas Cage. Usually the rock. It is a pure example of what Michael Bay is good at, which is just making really dumb, [00:04:00] really straightforward, blow 'em up action adventure movies. Thandi: Ridiculous nonsense, spectacle. You know, the, the Rock is even though it's an early Michael Bay movie, it's super indicative of his style, which is like quick cuts and like no sense of spatial geography, shit's all over the place. It could be taking place on the ceiling or like, I don't know, in Hong Kong and then California and then New York. It could be anywhere, but you don't care because it's about the energy of the scene. Hobbit: and there's plenty of energy in this while since I've seen The Rock. It surprised me how many very well known actors have like very brief roles in this You've got the Candy Mane himself, Tony Todd that's in like two scenes, Thandi: Yeah. He is one of the, the Marine guys, one of the military. Hobbit: and he is got just one real scene that he has where he is like talking about how we're not, this isn't a threat. We will do this. We will blow up a bunch of people, and that's his main moment in the. Fucking [00:05:00] Candyman gets maybe 45 seconds of screen time in this movie. Thandi: Yep. At random Bokeem Woodbine  Hobbit: right. I didn't even realize he was in this movie until about three quarters of the way through watching it, and then he just pops up randomly.  You've got, of course, there's Michael Bean dying almost immediately as, as he's wants to Thandi: Yeah. As soon as they do the incursion, boom, gone David Morse, who I actually knew David Morse from St. Elsewhere, cuz that's how old I am. David Morse is just, yeah, just in that piece. Hobbit: And he has a little bit more time on screen, but not still, not much. I mean, he's not doing a ton. John Spencer as a director of Womack. Is a relatively well-known actor as well and he may have been in there for a day because most of his role was just looking at a screen and going, no Thandi: Yeah. William Forsyth. Hobbit: William Forsyth. Yeah. Yeah. Thandi: Yeah. There, there's a lot of big names, but like for the John c McGinley. Hobbit: that's, he was in like two seconds of it as like the [00:06:00] weird gadget guy, which becomes a trope in a lot of other Michael Bay movies is the guy that makes. Contraptions and shit, but he does one and it doesn't even really pay off Thandi: Yeah. Hobbit: He like Thandi: But he's in there, Hobbit: yeah. Thandi: just, just nineties guys. It's, it's these actors that we're all like, oh, I, I know this guy so well. It's because it's 30 years later and yeah. They've had long and storied careers at this point. Hobbit: As much as this is pretty straight ahead, there's no. Surprises really in this movie, it's still an enjoyable ride. You've got the cheesy one-liners throughout you've got big blow 'em up action, shoot 'em up sequences. Going through the sewers and stuff of Alcatraz, I didn't realize that Alcatraz was built on a underground mining roller coaster. But I didn't like I'll  Thandi: fun nineties movie without a fun underground nineties  Hobbit: rollercoaster Okay, well this could be mashed up with Temple of Doom if tracks were long enough. You know, what the [00:07:00] fuck? I forgot about that completely. And then that started happening. What were they making the prisoners do on Alcatraz? There's caverns, there's Thandi: why are there random spinning blades of doom? Because there are, Hobbit: I can just imagine Alcatraz when it was working that there's people in the mines of Alcatraz. Thandi: see, I think maybe it was just an amusement park. That's how they were paying for the prison. They had an amusement park that went underneath the prison. Hobbit: The most terrifying amusement park you can think of. Come on, get on the ride. Little kid Thandi: You took a wrong turn to coaster and now you're getting molested. Hobbit: This ride's called the Birdman of Alcatraz, where we just launch you via slingshot into the ocean. Yeah. There, there's so much nonsense. But the thing is like, you're not supposed to care. Like you, you're, Thandi: No you're not. Not for Eddie. Michael Bay Hobbit: No, you cannot examine a Michael Bay movie with any level of seriousness because it'll just completely fall apart if you do. Physics don't really matter. Yeah, like you said, directions don't matter. You, you would not be able [00:08:00] to map out Alcatraz by this movie by any Thandi: Yeah, because Michael Bay is selling a feeling. He's not selling a narrative. He's selling a feeling. He wants you to feel the energy of the scenes that he's strung together, seemingly haphazardly, and he's successful at that. Hobbit: The one thing that is different in this movie Ver versus a lot of his other films, is there's like this low, sometimes not so low key like hyper nationalism that really peppers in through a lot of his films. And in this film, it's highly critical of the American government. Thandi: how they've abandoned their soldiers. Hobbit: Yeah, and it's on all ends. You've got the I imprisoned without a trial. British spy. You've got the soldiers that are fighting for, you know, for basically benefits for the fallen soldiers. Nobody thinks the government's doing a good job. And then you've got, you know, the, the director Womack, that is a piece of shit, clearly and everybody knows he is a piece of shit like. Nicholas Cage, who is a straight laced by the rule book guy, by the end of it is just [00:09:00] like, I don't know, like fuck this guy. He was vaporized just totally down to lie to the government by the end of it. Thandi: y you know, Nick or Michael Bay's real thing is just he, he is, his main interest is the guys who do the work. So generally just it's, it's not the guys in the chair, it's the guys who do the work. And that's his love of soldiers too. Those are the guys out in the field who do the work. So he feels that they deserve the respect. And that's, that's true through all his movies. It's the guys who actually are out in the field getting their hands dirty. That's who Michael Bay celebrates. Hobbit: And that's definitely the case in this movie. I guess we're about ready to like dive in. I drew the straw of the real take for this version of the Rock. So I'm Thandi: Real take. Hobbit: the real take real take being what we think might actually work. For a remake or reimagining of the rock. And for this, because it's so straight ahead, there's a lot of d different directions you can take this, [00:10:00] but I thought it being a fun action movie. I wanted to kind of continue in that spirit, but maybe add a little bit more social commentary or subtext underneath that classic action like vibe. Is this conversation about the government and how people react to a crooked government.  There are people that fight it like straight up 60 style or, you know, being held without parole and like, you know, trying to fight the system by exposing their secrets kind of thing, which is Sean Connery's character. Then you've got the hyper militarized you know, mercenaries that take over Alcatraz that are gonna do it by any means necessary. But then you see the infighting on what level they're willing to take it within those mercenaries. You've got Nicholas Cage who ends up being kind of like the soldier that turns to help the common man by the end of it. There's, there's a lot of different ways people deal with the, the crookedness of the government in this, in this film. And I thought putting a modern lens on it by having those soldiers come [00:11:00] imitating what we've seen in real life with the right wingers that took over the. Was it Yellowstone Park or what was the park system that they took over back Oh, the the cattle The cattle guys having a little bit of that as the aspect, so it's not just about soldiers. I think focusing on like va something that a lot of people have more experience with that the veterans affairs in this country are miserable. The soldiers that have have not lost their life, lost limb, or their health, their, their mental. That aren't getting the support that they need. So having maybe a collection of soldiers that are retired that are dealing with VA stuff and being like, this is, this isn't, you know, cool. And following that same kind of path that Ed Harris's character did Francis Hummel in the, in the original, but it being more about taking care of the soldiers that are still around, you know, it's be, it's them and their friends that are, you know, missing limbs and then you can have. A little bit more [00:12:00] empathy for these soldiers. As you see, they're all old guys that some of them might have a prosthetic leg or, you know, that these, these are like former soldiers that have been beaten and hurt that are just trying to get what they're due. And so there's. They're the bad guy, quote unquote, but not really, you know? And I really wanted to embolden that in the story a little bit more. It wasn't really pushed on too much. Ed Harris ended up being the only good soldier guy at the end because he wasn't willing to kill 70,000 people. , like that was his line. I thought it'd be a, I think a more complicated win in this movie if this soldiers like you, kind of were rooting for them. They're going about things the wrong way for sure. In this case, it's not gonna be like a rocket full of vaporized, you know aerosol. Thandi: kill gas or. Hobbit: yeah, I think something more simple of just like having an arsenal within range of a major city is enough. You don't have to make it [00:13:00] super sci-fi fancy stuff. Just, Thandi: But nineties Hobbit: the nineties, right? Alcatraz. It's called the Rock. You have to have it take place on Alcatraz. That's. But I did want to have that conversation about, you know, when crooked people earlier in charge, they even the most righteous of people, end up be at odds with each other instead of the real enemy because you know of who's calling the shots. And that being the tragic underpinning of this story is that everybody's trying to do the right thing, and because they're trying to do the right thing, they end up fighting against each other instead of the person that's really pulling strings. So then the conclusion of getting the microfilm the micro fiche and that being leaked to the press at the end, you know, that's one thing that they didn't want Mason or Connery's character out for.  They didn't want him out because they didn't want these secrets. Stanley Nicholas Cage's character helps get that information out. You know, it ends up like at the [00:14:00] same, at the end of the first Black Panther where it's not the version that kil monger wanted of domination. But there is, now Wakanda is now part of the world. There is some truth to what, the bad guy was fighting for veteran affairs gets some of its money. You know, the, the, like, some of it goes through. and and Thandi: then everybody gets to know who actually killed J.F.K. Hobbit: The bad guys kind of win, but not really, you know, it, it's a, it's just a bittersweet conversation about figuring out that sometimes the enemy isn't your enemy. I, I would love that to be kinda the undertone, but that not being, I mean, it, it's still at the end of the day, a fucking action movie. And and you want big blow ups and you want, you know, everybody knows kung Fu. And everybody shoots guns really good. And I think for this, I really needed to get David Leach in there for it.  It seemed like a no-brainer brainer. He was one of the directors of the first John Wick. He went on to do Atomic Blonde, Deadpool [00:15:00] two, Hobbs and Shaw and Bullet Train most recently. He has that right balance of being able to do great action sequences, but also having time for the characters. Do some yuck yucks in between and have character development and dialogue. So I thought that that was a really good fit for a remake of The Rock was to  Thandi: I, I think that would work very well actually. Having seen bullet train recently, I think that's a that's a fun tone to play with in the modern time in general. Hobbit: absolutely. And when Bullet Train very much feels like almost a sendup of nineties action to a degree, it has that like silly. Action kind of vibe to it. So if, if that was applied to a remake of the Rock, I think in a modern take, I think it would fit really, really well. And then you get to play with all the people that David Leach has played with in the past that reappear and du cameos and stuff. So we've got like General Francis Hummel Ed Harris' character. I thought Idris Elba would be [00:16:00] incredible in that role. He was, he was. Thandi: we're canceling the  Hobbit: apocalypse. Yes, the black Superman of Hobbs and Shaw coming out and being just like a, a wounded warrior, a a hardened soldier that wants what's due to him and his brothers just makes I wanna see that. I think that would be, and he would probably play it completely straight, like no winks of the camera, overdoing it, which would make all the zaniness around him that much more fun. He is the moral of the story character, you know, so, so him playing it straight, that gives that underpinning some weight while still everybody else is able to yak. Can he smack do around him? Thandi: Oh, definitely. And most importantly, as Hummel, he has gravity. Hobbit: Yeah,  Thandi: So if you're doing a serious Hummel, Idris Elba has gravity, Hobbit: and I think, yeah, if we can get him to say, cancel the apocalypse at some point like that, that would be gr I'd be super down for that. I'm wondering how often that gets asked on set of something and it was like, you know, we are not for filming, but just for us, can you just say canceling the [00:17:00] apocalypse? He was Thandi: your pocalypse, Hobbit: like, okay, cool. For wire season three, you know, what's, what's happening 20 years later, let's cancel the apocalypse. Thandi: but, but can you do it in like your British accent? Not the wire accent, but like your British one. Just break into it. Hobbit: Yeah. The joys of fame is that everybody has that one line that people want them to say. So yeah, we've got Edris Alba as Francis hum. The FBI director Womack. I thought it would be fun. She is in Hobbs and Shaw, but is also she has that she could play like hard line in power person. Really. Well get Helen Miron to come in and play, play Womack. I mean, I don't feel like I even need to explain that she, I mean I had to actually double check and make sure she did a proper American accent before, cuz I Thandi: does she? Has she done a proper American accent in something? Hobbit: actually in the, the Yellowstone series or the, the prequel series that they have out with like a, a like old, like Dutch, Midwestern kind of accent.  But [00:18:00] she's also been in a couple other roles within American accent and Sounds American. Sounds fine. So I just, I, I couldn't see the FBI director having a British accent. I felt like that was maybe a bridge too far.  Thandi: Well, they're actors. They're, they're prof, they're professional actors. British actors are trained to take on those voices so they can really do just about anything. Hobbit: and British actors classically are pretty good at doing the American accent, so I wasn't that worried, but I just, I couldn't remember her having to do an American accent before, so I just had to check. But yeah, no, she's, she's fine. She's good with that. Then we've got Stanley good speed. I went through a couple. Choices for this one because it's Nicholas fucking cage. Like there is no way they can do Nicholas Cage. So didn't want somebody to do a version of him, but I wanted to do proper justice to the character who, he's a lab geek that gets put out in the world to like, on, on, to deal with this situation. So he is awkward. He doesn't come off as a badass at all. He's kind of [00:19:00] gawky. But I also needed an actor that would be able to do some of the action sequence stuff while still seeming gawky. And I thought that Andrew Garfield would be really fun in that role as the really nerdy lab guy that really likes toxins and stuff and, Thandi: You know, he works really well. Like when, when I originally, cuz behind the scenes, we actually planned the show a while ago. It didn't come together and now it's coming together again. So when I planned my series pitch, I had Nicholas Holt as an idea Hobbit: I thought about him as well. Yeah, Thandi: and LA Keith Stanfield, which we use all the Hobbit: all the, well, cuz he's so good. Thandi: Yeah. But yeah, Andrew Garfield is a great choice. And it, and it, I just, it never came to me that, that would. , but yeah, that's a great choice. Hobbit: And what's funny is I'm now seeing like the, the trajectory between like Nicholas Holt, LA Keith Stanfield and Andrew Garfield as like a certain type of archetype character. You know, like you, you'd just taking it out of the Hot Wheels play set and putting , putting [00:20:00] it in. But yeah, Andrew Garfield, I think he would have a lot of fun in that role. He'd be able to ad lib a little bit put. Charm, like goofy charm to the character that I think would play off of our mason character. John, John Patrick Mason. Played by Sean Connery relatively well. I wanna see this buddy team up. Is you get and I checked ages and this actor is only like five or six years younger than Sean Connery was when he played this role in the rock.  Get Keanu Reeves to be John Patrick Mason. You just let him get a little bit more grizzled, you know, let that pepper and that beard really kind of shine a little bit more. And then you've got Andrew Garfield and Keanu Reeves, like kicking ass on Alcatraz. Thandi: does this version of Mason rub his balls on everything? Because that's not usually Keanu's Mo is, is he a, like a, a different kind of Mason? Hobbit: Yeah. He's not gonna be quite as like, fuck this, fuck that kinda attitude so much as more a little more stoic with his, but as. [00:21:00] Time goes on. He has almost like a maybe older brother kind of energy that he starts developing for Andrew Garfield, where like, he, he realizes that Andrew Garfield isn't the enemy. You know, he may work for the government, but he's just a lab geek that that was where he had to go for his lab geekery. You know, he's, he's not, he's not the guy that's, you know, greedy and trying to take over the world kind of energy. He's just a genuinely good. So he becomes protective of him and kind of lets down his, his emotional guard a little bit more around Andrew Garfield specifically. So you have this like, balance of them having private moments where they share stuff about their lives and about like, can or about Mason's, you know, daughter that he wants to spend more time with. And then he goes out and just breaks fucking bad, super hard as only Kiana Reeves can. And I wanna see that, that shift in energy I think would be really. Then we've got, I, I only did five castings, cuz you've got like the, you've got the daughter, but she's in [00:22:00] one scene. It doesn't really matter. You've got a couple of the other soldiers that I could have cast. But, but I just figured stick to the main main ones. Carla Pelosi Stanley's, I guess fiance at this point is played additionally by Vanessa Marce. I wanted somebody that was like traditionally stunning, but had a little bit of that, alt hotness to her as well for, Thandi: she from? Hobbit: oh, Vanessa Marci, the original actress that played, played the role. She was in the original of The Rock. Yeah Carla Pelosi is the character I wanted for somebody to, to pair with Andrew Garfield. I wanted to have kind of like somebody with kind of like an alternative edge to. , but still a classically just a, a beautiful, you know, woman. So one of my probably top five crushes zzz, he beats in there. I think would be really fun. It's just like the take no shit fiance. No, I'm coming to San Francisco anyway. Fuck you like kind [00:23:00] of energy Thandi: Yeah, she's great. And you're right, she is she's a beautiful woman, but she does have kind of an alt energy. Yeah, that works. Hobbit: So, yeah, and I think I, for some reason, I could see her kind of being into the, like lanky, gawky, Andrew Garfield type, you know, person like Andrew Garfield's, not a bad looking dude, but he does have the like classic big Adams, apple, long limb kind of thing going for him. So, Thandi: the, the, the body that Mace girls say, ah, I bet he's got a big dick Hobbit: So that's my casting. I think. Yeah, David Leach would have a ball doing a version of the Rock. Where, the government ends up being the loser at the end of the day, but only kind of, they're still in charge. This isn't one of those movies I feel like is beholden, like everybody loves it, but it's not untouchable. Thandi: So I think for what the Rock is and if you love The Rock, so I don't have any Michael Bay movies that I hold as sacred, but I think that The Rock is a really solid, almost perfect example of a [00:24:00] nineties movie. So there are people, I can understand why there are people that are like, the rock is untouchable, cuz there are people out there that are like, yeah, the Rock is untouchable Hobbit: I don't know. I feel that if you're looking at Michael Bay movies, that would be untouchable. First you'd have to go with ones that you know are original concepts. So a very small number of movies there. I'd say Bad Boys before the Rock. Thandi: really. Hobbit: Yeah. I mean, I feel like there's probably more people that are like beholden to bad boys. You can't do a bad boys with anybody, but Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, there would be a lot more pushback for I think bad boys than there would be for the Rock. Thandi: Yeah. Yeah, I guess I don't like the trajectory of the bad boys films. I don't like what that feel like. They did Martin Lawrence dirty over the course of time, kind of don't like the bad boys  Hobbit: I loved the first one. Second one was so, so, although I hear a lot of people say they like the second one better, but I never bothered with bad boys for life. It looked like garbage from the trailer. I didn't want to Sully.  Thandi: It was the last one I saw in the air of Covid, [00:25:00] so it was the last time I went to the movies for like a year and a half or something. Oh no. Yeah. ending strong. Yeah. Yeah, it sucked. People love that movie. People really enjoy that movie, but it sucked. Oh yeah, no, I didn't have any interest, but luckily Michael Bay does not have his hands all over this next version of the Rock that we are gonna be delivering to us. Unless he did, unless you want to give him another shot. But I'm intrigued. This can go so many ways, so I'm, I'm intrigued to see where he went with this. So my swing for the fences take is something that I actually, I had mentioned before, which is the rock. Starring The Rock Hobbit: Yeah. Yep. Has to. Thandi: And what I'm going for with this take is a it's also a dark action comedy cuz that's kind of what's popular, but also it, it, you know, it's entertaining. It's like generally entertaining in the [00:26:00] modern time. People like action, but they're a little bit depressed, so they're a little bit yeah, they, they, they just like that take on things, not so straightforward, dark action comedy. And I'm going for something indicative of J C V D. I don't know if you remember that movie Hobbit: I loved that movie. Thandi: or like, it's a deconstruction of John Claude Van Damme. It's not a comedy at all. It's very serious cuz and this character's depressed through the whole thing. But yeah, it's, it's a, it's kind of a deconstruction of the rock starring the. Hobbit: I remember J C V D, it was a great movie. Very much enjoyed it. And then there's this moment. That is unnecessarily artistic in a, in a good way when he floats up to the ceiling and then back down, he's talking about how the trajectory of his career got sullied with women and drugs and it's being pretty clearly serious about Jean Claude Van Dam in that moment. And I was just not ready for that. I was just a fun kind of play on his life and then all of a sudden there's this [00:27:00] really real moment in it that just took me off guard. It was great. I, I. Thandi: And the idea of he is not so self serious that he can actually do a movie like this. You'd never see Steven Sagal doing anything like that. Hobbit: No. . No. Never, never. Thandi: in a million years. But the Rock starring the rock takes place on a movie set, which happens to be Alcatraz. They are filming Stanley. Good speed. Stanley the Rock. Good speed. Cuz that's the, the actor that is, that the Rock is playing as himself. Being himself is filming actually a historical movie on Alcatraz Island that is about the Native American occupation of the 1960. Where people just took over the island for 19 months and said, this is our homeland, or whatever, and it went really badly. But that's what the movie's about. And he's filming this movie with his opposite in the movie is Jared Leto. is ? Who's playing [00:28:00] actor? Frank Hummel, actor Frank Hummel is also a cult leader actor. Frank Hummel's cult has decided to take over the island. It was all planned from the beginning before they start filming the movie Hobbit: Oh my God. Thandi: Yeah. Nice little touch there. Is that Frank Hummel is in a band called where did I put that? Oh mercurial Skid is the name of the band he leads. You get, you can see a little retrospective of his, of their careers before the the movie starts. And so he takes over the island. There are families on the island because not normally, but today some of the cast and crew are able to bring their families to the filming. So it becomes a dangerous situation. What happens is that there are arms on the island because they are doing a dramatic recreation of that occupation. So they're using these guns, but there were not supposed to be any live round. What Jared Leto's character did was have his people bring in live rounds [00:29:00] so they could use those guns to take over the island. And so now there's a dangerous situation and they're playing basically mouse maze through the Alcatraz prison itself as they try to both Dodge Leto and catch up to Leto and the, Hobbit: This is already a better, this is already a better movie than the Rock, like this is already, I've already sold at this point. This is fantastic. Thandi: So the Sean Connery character is actually one of the consultants that's working the movie. He used to be an SAS guy, and he's, he's gruff and he's kind of Like, I wanna call him evil. He's not evil, but he's got like a sadistic kind of sensibility where he's having fun during this thing cuz he is ready to fuck some people up. And basically he's paired up with the rock in this situation and the movie's about the rock, trying to maintain his image through this entire situation and not going like full the [00:30:00] movie rock in real life. He's, he doesn't wanna hurt. Not because he doesn't wanna hurt anybody. He doesn't want to damage his brand by hurting people. And so throughout the movie, Daniel Craig becomes the devil on the rock shoulder trying to like coax him more and more and to get in his hands dirty. And so you've got the rock kind of fucking up people like more and more throughout the movie. And Daniel Craig is actually shooting people, but he's trying to get the rock to his level basically, as the movie moves on. There are actors who are playing, the actors that are in the movie, who are part of JaredLeto's cult who represent like the Marines in the original movie. So we have miles Teller as the David Morse character Tom Baxter. And then for the other followers that are in this movie, we have John Boyega and Zach Efron.  Bokeem Woodbine. Cuz I always like to bring somebody. Hobbit: Yeah. Yeah. Absolut. Thandi: Anthony Ramos who people might know from [00:31:00] what's the the president the guy who rap sings Hamilton. Hobbit: Lin Manuel Miranda, like, Thandi: So Anthony Ramos was in Hamilton Hobbit: Okay. Thandi: and he was also in the other musical from last year Dancing musical about the neighborhood Hobbit: Oh in the  Thandi: Heights Something Heights. In The Heights. Hobbit: Yes. Thandi: That's Anthony Hobbit: Oh, Anthony, I know exactly who you're talking about now. Yeah, absolutely. Thandi: I first encountered him in and she's Gotta Have It, which was a remake of Spike Lee's movie as a TV show on like Netflix And then I wanted to add, since this is not actually a prison and it's a movie, I wanted to add a female follower, so Leslie Jones, Hobbit: Oh. Thandi: but as it's a violent action comedy, this Leslie Jones is not just doing her Leslie Jones thing. She's actually mean. She's actually fucking up people. Hobbit: was about to say, you have to have her being one of the most violent, like most aggressive. Thandi: Yeah. She's a monster. And then I wanted a kid [00:32:00] in danger. And I could not find a kid actor who was born before or after like 2011. So I settled on Cade Woodward, who was the kid who died in a quiet place, but the kid's like 15 years old or something. It's, it's so hard, like, it's so hard unless you watch a lot of TV to identify actual child actors. Hobbit: tell you the little bit of the inside baseball of this show is there's some movies that we have not done because there's too many kids in it. Like finding kid actors that are  identifiable where it's actually fun to talk about is really hard. Thandi: Because that's not where the Zeit guy stands for movies now. It has been in the past, but it's not there right now. Hobbit: And also us as men in our forties probably shouldn't have a Rolodex of information about young children, actors. It's not, not really our it's not our specialty that, that it's not our career path. So we should probably Thandi: Yeah, and I don't, I don't think that like Teen Disney and [00:33:00] Nickelodeon are doing like tween sitcoms anymore either. I don't think that's like a, a farming ground for that kind of stuff anymore. So it's just hard to know these people. Hobbit: So now Thandi: yeah, there's a little kid in there. Hobbit: things are all the stranger things, kids are all in their Thandi: They're all like 20 Hobbit: So, Thandi: But yeah, there's a little kid in there who the rock meets early in the movie, Hey, you're here with your parents. Hi. It's great. I wanna be just like you, Stanley, the rock could speed or whatever. And then that kid is in danger at the end of the movie, which is the apotheosis. Where we have at, this is ridiculous on the face of it, but basically we established early on that Jared Leto's character is a martial arts master, as like an ultimate badass. He's like kicking people's ass throughout the movie or whatever. But by the end of the movie, the apotheosis is basically the rock's. Like, all right, I gotta save this kid. Fuck it. And there's no big fight. It's the Rock decides that he's going to save this kid. And he kills Jared Leno. [00:34:00] He breaks him like Bain immediately. Hobbit: like right off. Thandi: Yeah, he just immediately breaks him. Daniel Craig, his character actually takes the rap for it cuz he is just happy that he got the Rock to do this crazy thing. Hobbit: Sure. Thandi: And  Hobbit: I can see this too, of there being some long diatribe that Jared Leno's doing is he pulling his white robe off and exposing like 18 abs. Thandi: his his his skinny guy muscles, Hobbit: And he's, walking, like looking away from the rock as he is delivering like all this, you know, the power that I have from within and all this shit. And he turned around and then just screams that like high pitched girl scream as he just gets ripped in half. Thandi: and half. That's what I want to see. Hobbit: Yes please. You know how cathartic that's gonna be for some people to just see Jared Leto ripped in half. Thandi: Oh, so many people would Hobbit: so many people would go to the movie just for that. I think. Thandi: because at this point, the the, the zeitgeist is such that regular people just don't like Jared Leto. They don't know why. They just know that people don't like Jared Leto and they don't like him either. But I have a few more actors. Hobbit: Okay. Thandi: David Harbor is [00:35:00] the FBI Director Hobbit: Nice. Okay. Thandi: Sophia Vigara is Carla. Hobbit: Nice. Thandi: And John Cho is the FBI special agent in charge. We do get a cameo from the president. It's not a big enough situation that it needs to like cut back to the president over and over again or whatever, but Sam Jackson is the president. Hobbit: Nice. Hell yeah. I was thinking Thandi: love Sam Jackson Hobbit: I was thinking about cameos and I just didn't know where to play with some, but clearly with David Leach there'd be a Ryan Reynolds appearance somewhere, some just minor role maybe Bokeem Woodbine's character who's in it for like four seconds with the entire. Thandi: then done, Hobbit: just done. Yeah. Or Brad Pitt like he did in a Deadpool yes, absolutely. That'd be incredible. Yeah. I am so sad. This is in a real movie. That sounds incredible. I would, I would go to the theater in a heartbeat to watch that version. Thandi: Yeah, just a good time. Hobbit: yeah, that sounds so big, dumb, fun, self-aware kind of. Thandi: the, and the rock. Like, you know, the rock is a good natured guy and his presence [00:36:00] as far as his brand is, is really good. But like that self-awareness that yeah, you just come off like your promotion machine at this point, dude, Hobbit: Yeah. Thandi: we all like you, but you, you like, you're like, you're always on selling something or whatever. Dude, it's it's a lot. Hobbit: And I would love to see this hesitance where, yeah, he is a beast. He probably could mutilate you. Like, no, I don't actually hurt people. That's not in my character. I'm Thandi: I sell tequila. What do you want from Hobbit: Right. . Look dude, I got a kid. I don't wanna go to jail. I'm into it. That's fucking fantastic.  I, this, these are these moments on smack my pitch up that are painful when it's something that won't happen. You know, we come, it's a really good concept and it's just, it, it's like, great. Now this is a thing that I never get to have. So so thank  Thandi: you. know, can, can you hold a rainbow in your hand? Hobbit: And a rainbow is the rock ripping Jared Leto in a half? Yeah. Yeah. I think that might be The name of this episode is ripping Jared Leto in a half. Alright, we are at the [00:37:00] tail end of this episode of Smack. My pitch up. One mashup that I thought would be kind of fun is that you just replaced the giant. Coup on Alcatraz with fight Club with just like the Project Mayhem dudes. Just trying to, so the Seeds of Chaos would be kind of fun. Thandi: Oh, that'd be big fun. I, I could see that. The longest yard. The rock with the longest yard, they're playing the football game and then like military incursion breaks out. Hobbit: Oh, Jesus Thandi: Adam Sandler. Save us all Hobbit: Oh, God. Doomed. Doomed. All right, we got one last little bit of stuff to do here. We're talking about our trailers, so I'm gonna do my David Leach action project, and then if you wanna follow up with your version here Here we go. From the director that brought you John Wick, atomic [00:38:00] Blonde, and Hobbes and Shaw gives you a new vision of action Insanity. Alcatraz Island off the San Francisco Bay. A place for prisoners or a place for terror this summer. Stanley, good speed. Regular lab schmo teams up with John Patrick, Patrick Mason, an escape artist to save the world from the deranged intent of General Francis Hummel. Join Iris Elba, Helen Mirren. Andrew Garfield, Keanu Reeves, and featuring Zazie Beetz who's the winner? Who's the loser? Who's the enemy? The rock. Thandi: The rock is all the [00:39:00] things. Hobbit: The rock is different to every person. Okay? It's not one thing to one person. My Lord and Savior. And he just may be a comfort to you Yeah. Some people I think, do look at the Rock as their Lord and Savior, honestly, so you're not too far off. Thandi: Hm. Hobbit: All right, so we've got your your, I think, perfect film that we've got next, moving forward. Thandi: too kind Hobbit: And did, who's directing this? Your, your version, Thandi: Oh, oh yeah. You know what? That is funny. John Chu, John m Chu who directed step Up to GI Joe Retaliation Jim and the Holograms. Actually, yeah crazy Rich Asians in The Heights, which I can't believe I couldn't come up with that movie cuz he directed in the Heights. I was going for somebody who does like, pretty shots and bright colors like, like the children of Michael Bay, but not one of the children of Michael Bay as far as the directorial style. Hobbit: Okay. Cool. Cool, cool. All right, so we, we are John [00:40:00] Shu. Definitely re-imagining of the rock. So here we go. Thandi: What's harder than The Rock? The Rock. Stanley. The rock. Good. Speed. In another movie this time on the island of Alcatraz. But what happens when things get out of crazy ass Jared Leto takes over the island with his cult? Yes. In this version of the Rock, we have Jared Leto as Frank Hummel, we have Daniel Craig, as John Patrick Mason, a shady guy with an SAS Pass that Special forces from Great Britain. Who's on the rock shoulder saying, do it. Do it. Yeah. The rock's gonna go hard if he can get past his brand identity, come on and let's see how hard it gets on the rock.[00:41:00]  Hobbit: I'm fucking here for it. That is incredible. Yes. All right. So thank you so much to my co-host Andy, for bringing, bringing it hard on this long overdue episode of Smack My Pitch Up. Thandi: We're back, baby Hobbit: and we'll hopefully be releasing. The plan is to be releasing weekly from here on out. So please tell us what you wanna hear.  Take a look at what we haven't covered, some of your favorite TV shows or movies or what have you. Throw it at us and we just might do it on an episode. You can hit us Thandi: some input from Hobbit: 100%, especially with the new format. Let us know how you. We are available through email at geeks under the influence gmail.com. Just put smack my pitch up in the subject line you can is up on pitch smacked both on Facebook and Twitter or hit up the GUI hotline at 8 0 4 5 0 5 4 4 8 4. Let us know what you think. Take voicemails and texts on that number. So It hit up our new account on key. Yeah, you are begging for us to have a [00:42:00] key party account.  That's for, that's pre our first live event. We'll get a key party account going. yay, . All right. Until next time. I'm Mike the Hobbit Thandi: and I'm Thandi Hobbit: and you just got pitch smacked Thandi: in the face. Hobbit: the face in the rock, in the rocks. Thandi: Oh my stones.

On this episode we are treated to the delicious movie The Menu, directed Mark Mylod, written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy and starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes and Nicholas Holt. Streaming now on HBO Max this is definitely a must watch for anyone that is in the mood for a great horror/comedy. Then we talk about The Wonder, streaming now on Netflix and starring Florence Pugh, Tom Burke and Kila Lord Cassidy; written and directed by Sebastian Lelio, this drama/mystery was a surprise for both of us and had us talking long after the movie was over. Follow us @troyandtarawatchpod and email at troyandtarawatchpod@gmail.com. Time Stamps 00:00 - Intro and The Menu 06:45 - The Menu Spoilers 24:00 - The Wonder 31:30 - The Wonder Spoilers --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/troyandtarawatch/message

Simon speaks to actor Paul Mescal about his new film ‘Aftersun.' Mark reviews black comedy horror film ‘The Menu,' starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Holt, and Ralph Fiennes - about a young couple who visit a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant, but the chef has prepared some shocking surprises for his guests, ‘Armageddon Time' - a personal coming of age story by James Gray - starring Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong, ‘Aftersun'- the debut feature film from Charlotte Wells, about a woman reflecting on the memories of a holiday she spent with her father as a child, and ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' - detective Benoit Blanc is back solving another case, this time in sunny Greece. Plus your correspondence, the Box office Top 10, What's On, the Laughter Lift and much more! You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media: @KermodeandMayo EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! A Somethin' Else & Sony Music Entertainment production.   Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts   To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Its February and you know what that means? a love story... but not any ole love story... A MONSTER STORY Today we talk about:2013's Warm Bodies with Nicholas Holt & Teresa Palmer where a zombie starts to fall in love with his food... and that food is the beautiful Teresa Palmer If you guys have any request for future movie request please send us an emailat whowatchesthispodcast@gmail.comJoin the FB group page:https://www.facebook.com/WhoWatchesThisPodcast/Our equipment:Mic: https://amzn.to/3o12CObMic: https://amzn.to/3lWg2t7Audio Interface: https://amzn.to/2GYxyydXLR cables: https://amzn.to/2T3ecKE- Theme Music -Lee Rosevere - Arcade Montage - Music For Podcast 3https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/

This week the Fan Girls dish and spill the tea on the incredible Hulu show, The Great. It's a satirical retelling of Russian Empress Catherine the Great's rise to power and her complicated relationship with her husband Peter. Starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Holt this, amazing show returns for season two on November 19th.We love sharing and supporting small businesses. We use The Fan Girls Spotlight of the week to do just that. We give a free 30 – 60 second ad spot on our podcast for a simple social media exchange. It's basically, we share you and you share us during the week that your ad runs in our episode. As you know we are also a small business but we are a part of the rapidly expanding Bleav Podcast network with over 400 hundred podcasts and millions of listeners. We want to shine a spotlight on your business so email us for info at thefangirlspodcast@yahoo.com.The Fan Girls Podcast is now on Etsy. Our shop has variety of original custom-made fandom inspired art work in digital download form all designed by yours truly. We are offering 10% off our Etsy store with the code FANGIRL. The link to our store and all the info will be in the show notes.https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheFanGirlsPodcastPlease be sure to subscribe to our podcast to hear all the latest episodes. We want to answer your burning questions so give us a follow on Instagram @thefangirls podcast and twitter @the_fan_girls and like our community page on Facebook to join the conversationSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

"Fee, fi, fo, fum, Ask not whence the thunder comes For between heaven and earth is a perilous place Home to a fearsome giant race."For our first week of Jack and the Beanstalk Month, Drew and Cassie are here to talk about Jack the Giant Slayer! This 2013 film has an all-star cast including Nicholas Holt, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, and Bill Nighy. Along the way, we discuss beanstalk violence, Sisters of the Never Sea, fear of heights, fear of depths, the portrayal of royalty in fairy tale retellings, the theme of history being written by the victors, Twisted: The Untold Story of the Royal Vizier, our family lineages, and Cassie's favorite game to play with her husband: "Hey, Look, It's Warwick Davis!"Music: Through The Woods by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Join Ruben and The Russian as they digest a movie that just hit the theaters and HBO Max, Those Who Wish Me Dead LIVE tonight at 8:15 Pm EST. Those Who Wish Me Dead is starred by Angelina Jolie, Jon Bernthal and Nicholas Holt and directed by Taylor Sheridan. Those Who Wish Me Dead is a 2021 American neo-Western action thriller film directed by Taylor Sheridan with a screenplay by Michael Koryta, Charles Leavitt, and Sheridan, based on Koryta's novel of the same name. The film follows a boy (Finn Little) who witnesses the murder of his father and goes on the run with a smokejumper (Angelina Jolie) in the Montana wilderness to escape a pair of assassins (Nicholas Hoult and Aidan Gillen) hired to silence him; Jon Bernthal, Medina Senghore, and Jake Weber also star. #ThoseWhoWishMeDead #AngelinaJolie #JonBernthal #NicholasHolt #HBOMax ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moviebytepod... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/movie.byte/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/byte_movie Podcast: https://anchor.fm/moviebyte A Just Chillin' Entertainment original production Follow Them: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/justchillinent Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justchillin... Twitter: https://twitter.com/JustChillingEn1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures This Podcast is a critique of the movie which falls within "fair use" under Section 107 of the US Copyright Act of 1976. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It’s the big one! We’re finally watching ‘About A Boy’, the movie that ultimately catalysed our silly little pod. So excited was Zoe this week that she watched it twice, which is a mere drop in the ocean compared with how many times she’s seen it before. In what we’re dubbing ‘Hugh’s most iconic role’, our leading man plays a disgruntled manbaby trying to gamify his sad little life. Join us as he attempts to have discerning taste (while owning a huge poster that just says ‘jazz’ on it), picks up women at a single parent support group (successfully), and meets a child called Marcus who he doesn’t offer cigarettes to (against type). Will this pathetic but inexplicably sympathetic man ever grow up? Are they gonna be able to shoehorn those 20 mins of romcom in at the end? How the heck did Nicholas Holt end up in Skins? All these questions will be answered as we watch the definitive entry into the “babies doth suck” genre of Hugh movie.

Today we discuss the 2002 dramedy "About a Boy" starring Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, and Nicholas Holt. This film was sadly only nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, but that didn't stop us from gushing over Hugh Grant and marveling at several of the other actors' performances, which in our opinion, definitely earned a nomination. While the only thing "Christmas-y" about this movie is a Christmas song plot point and that it ends on Christmas day, it does have a nice message that in order to truly live a full and happy life, you must fill it with people that care for you. No one man is an island. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/htbn/support

This week our Head of Asia Pacific Research, Nicholas Holt, catches up with The Economist Intelligence Unit's Tom Rafferty, who is regional director for Asia and an expert on politics and economics in the region. Tom believes the worst is over for Asia Pacific economies, and expects GDP across the region to bounce back to 5% growth in 2021. For property investors, he says exposure to the region makes sense but there are still lingering issues – momentum for economic growth will not be that sustainable until a vaccine is found, and governments' withdrawing state support could have a dampening effect. Nick also talks to Justin Eng, Associate Director for Asia Pacific Research, about various pain points which could impact office markets across the region, focusing on ‘shadow space' with various companies now looking at subleasing their office space. Finally, Nick takes a look at the Hong Kong office market with Wendy Lau, Executive Director for Hong Kong Office Services. Intelligence Talks, is a podcast from the Research Team at Knight Frank. Every Monday and Friday we'll be bringing you the latest insights on property market trends and forecasts, along with expert analysis from industry leaders.This podcast breaks down the news and delves into the intelligence behind the headlines. Follow us on social media here:Instagram - @knightfrankTwitter - @knightfrankLinkedIn - @Knight Frank Host: Anna Ward - @annaroxelanaProducer: Rebecca Hills - @beckihills1Editor: Pulama KaufmanAny questions? Get in touch via Rebecca.hills@knightfrank.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 18, Marco, Tom and Will review The Current War, a fictionalized account of the battle between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over whose electrical system would power the world. Marco is on whisky duties and he brings a solid contender all the way from Japan with the Tokinoka Blended Whisky. The Current War stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Tom Holland, Matthew MacFadyen, Nicholas Holt, with Tuppence Middleton and Katherine Waterston. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Available to stream on Apple iTunes. Rated M

This week we take a trip over to Asia Pacific (APAC) in the first of our 'Asia Pacific Focus' series, hosted by Head of APAC Research at Knight Frank, Nicholas Holt. Nicholas is joined by Kevin Coppel, Managing Director for Asia Pacific, and Sigrid G. Zialcita, Chief Executive of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association. In the episode our guests discuss the changes faced by real estate markets in APAC in the wake of Covid-19 and debate the trends that will emerge over the next few months. Intelligence Talks, is a podcast from the Research Team at Knight Frank. Every Monday and Friday we'll be bringing you the latest insights on property market trends and forecasts, along with expert analysis from industry leaders.This podcast breaks down the news and delves into the intelligence behind the headlines. Follow us on social media here:Instagram - @knightfrankTwitter - @knightfrankLinkedIn - @Knight Frank Host: Anna Ward - @annaroxelanaProducer: Rebecca Hills - @beckihills1Editor: Pulama KaufmanAny questions? Get in touch via Rebecca.hills@knightfrank.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Joshua and Simone sit down with award-winning writer Suzanne M. Wolfe, author of four acclaimed novels: Unveiling; The Confessions of X (which Christianity Today named its 2017 Book of the Year); and A Murder By Any Name and The Course of All Treasons, the first two in a series of Elizabethan-era mysteries centered around aristocratic spy Nicholas Holt. The New York Public Library just named these two most recent novels to its list of “30 Historical Mystery Series to Get You Through Any Crisis.” You can follow Suzanne on Twitter and keep up to date on her writings, interviews, and public appearances by visiting suzannemwolfe.com.Simone Rizkallah the Director of Program Growth for Endow Groups, and blogs at Cultural Gypsy.Joshua Stancil is the Assistant Coordinator for Revolution of Tenderness and is a Dismas Ministry board member. You can follow him on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Tim shoots on breakfast, the Michael Jordan doc and Nicholas Holt.

This week in our global episode, we take virtual trip over to Asia Pacific to find out more about how Covid-19 has impacted the Asian property market.Nicholas Holt, Head of Asia Pacific Research; Emily Relf, Capital Markets Director; and Neil Brookes, Head of Capital Markets for Asia Pacific, discuss core markets, defensive sectors and the winds of opportunity post-Covid. Intelligence Talks, is a podcast from the Research Team at Knight Frank. Every Monday and Friday we'll be bringing you the latest insights on property market trends and forecasts, along with expert analysis from industry leaders.This podcast breaks down the news and delves into the intelligence behind the headlines. Follow us on social media here:Instagram - @knightfrankTwitter - @knightfrankLinkedIn - @Knight Frank Host: Anna Ward - @annaroxelanaProducer: Rebecca Hills - @beckihills1Editor: Pulama KaufmanAny questions? Get in touch via Rebecca.hills@knightfrank.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fox: “Hey, Bryan? Uh, we need you to come back and finish what you started.” Bryan Singer: “Alright, but I'm calling the shots, okay? That means no more killing my characters off and sewing their mouths shut.” Well, boys and girls, this is the cream of the crop of the X-Men films. And before you crucify us, we mean “X-Men” in a strict sense, as in not including the solo acts. In this episode we get tangled in the untangle-able timeline that Fox produced. We praise the visuals and themes, while wondering, “What was the ultimate plan for this franchise?” AND MOST IMPORTANTLY: Why - by Nicholas Holt's Beast feet, WHY - is Mystique disguised as Stryker at the end of this movie!?!?!? Your answer will not be enough to justify it. It just won't. Enjoy, and leave us some of those sweet, sweet voice messages!

Nick grew up in Wales and then completed his undergraduate and masters degrees in the UK, before coming to Canada to complete his PhD at the University of Alberta in 2002. He is currently a Professor and Vice Dean (Research). Nick began coaching when he was 18, and spent five summers in the US working for Major League Soccer camps. He currently coaches at youth and adult levels in Edmonton. For fun, he runs ultramarathons, with his favorites being Sinister 7, Canadian Death Race, and Blackfoot Ultra.  0:00 – Intro   2:20 – Growing up and free play 4:45 – Challenges that youth sports parents face 9:05 – Multisport participation 15:56 – How organizations can try to reverse attrition rates 23:20 – Top 3 characteristics of great coaches 25:15 – Clare Drake and practice tips 28:49 – Nick’s research on free play and coaching 33:00 –  Focusing on long term athlete development 36:55 – Positive Youth Development (PYD) resources 40:20 – Role of organizations and coaches 42:50 – Youth sports attrition 45:05 – Positivity amongst youth sports parents  50:14 – Engaging parent meetings 55:15 – Book/resource recommendations for coaches and parents 59:05 – Tips for shaving 5 years off the coaching learning curve 1:05:18 – Connecting with Nick Holt 

This week on the show we take a look at the last in the newest of the X-Men franchise films "X-Men Dark Phoenix" starring Sophie Turner, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Holt. Does it Soar Like *cough A Phoenix or Simply Flip The Bird! For more Nerds Before Birds visit: nerdsbeforebirds.com/ If you like the show and want to support the show visit: patreon.com/nerdsbeforebirds We have OFFICIAL MERCH: 
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The Belt and Road Initiative, China’s ambitious infrastructure development strategy, has the potential to create greater economic opportunity for countries along its network. We discuss the impact of BRI projects in Malaysia and across the region with Nicholas Holt of Knight Frank, based on the findings of its recent report, New Frontiers: Prospects for Real Estate Along the Belt and Road Initiative.

The Belt and Road Initiative, China’s ambitious infrastructure development strategy, has the potential to create greater economic opportunity for countries along its network. We discuss the impact of BRI projects in Malaysia and across the region with Nicholas Holt of Knight Frank, based on the findings of its recent report, New Frontiers: Prospects for Real Estate Along the Belt and Road Initiative.

Are the rich richer and still parking their money in property? Alice and Nick explain Knight Frank’s ‘The Wealth Report 2018’ and the implications of it on property investment.

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, June 4, 2017.

“Logan” is clearly the best solo Wolverine movie ever, but “Days of Future Past” is arguably the best overall X-Men movie thus far, and it could never have achieved its critical and financial success without Hugh Jackman’s Logan/Wolverine front and center with the great young X-Men including James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, and Nicholas Holt. Like a number of my commentaries, this is a movie a I liked a lot but really started to loved on rewatches and especially during my commentary. Enjoy, X-Fans! Check out more of the BizzleCast at: www.bizzlecast.com www.crossingstreamspodcast.com facebook.com/bizzlecast @thebizzle81 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED by The BizzleCast (Jesse F. Brenner)

New Podcast with Actor Glen Powell! In this installation of "Kahnversations," we interview Glen Powell. Recently described by The Hollywood Reporter as the “Next Big Thing,” Glen Powell is well on his way to becoming one of tinsel towns’ most sought after actors. Glen just finished filming the FOX feature HIDDEN FIGURES. Powell will star as famed astronaut John Glenn in the historically focused film. The plot centers on a group of women responsible for providing NASA with important statistical data needed to launch the program’s first successful space mission. Powell will share the screen with Kevin Costner, Kristen Dunst, Jim Parsons, Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer. The film is currently slated for a January 2017 release. Up next for Powell is the second season of the FOX hit SCREAM QUEENS. Powell will reprise his fan favorite role of Chad Radwell, President of the Dickie Dollars Scholars. The Ryan Murphy show proved to be a critic and fan favorite among the Fall 2015 freshman class. Also upcoming for Powell is THE SET UP, starring opposite Emilia Clarke. The MGM film is currently in pre-production but slated for a 2017 release. This past December, Powell wrapped production on the Iraq War drama SAND CASTLE. Further proving his acting chops, Powell will star opposite action heavy weights Henry Cavil, Nicholas Holt and Luke Evans. The film follows an American military unit on a mission to repair a water system in the turbulent Iraqi village of Baqubah. Powell plays Sgt. Falvy, a tough-minded and foul-mouthed solider hailing from the south. The film is slated for a late 2016 release. 2016 is proving to be the year of Powell as he has been featured in two major motion pictures including April’s critically acclaimed film EVERYBODY WANTS SOME, directed by Richard Linklater. The Paramount Pictures’ film, set in the '80’s, follows a college freshman who rolls with some colorful baseball players. The highly anticipated film is being referred to as the spiritual sequel to Linklater’s cult classic film “Dazed And Confused.” Additionally, Glen was seen in January’s comedy RIDE ALONG 2, opposite funnyman Kevin Hart and Ice Cube, portraying a lethal drug-lord on the streets of Atlanta. Powell will be seen in BEYOND DECEIT, alongside silver screen royalty Sir Anthony Hopkins and Al Pacino. The independent film is slated for a late 2016 release. In 2014, Glen co-starred with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Jason Statham and Harrison Ford in THE EXPENDABLES 3. He joined the ranks as an expert hacker and drone pilot named Thron, singular to none in his intensity and agility. Powell was also seen in the independent thriller, WIND WALKERS, from director Russell Friendenberg. Other film credits include the independent comedy SEX ED, opposite Hayley Joel Osment, RED WING, starring alongside Bill Paxton, as well as the final installment of the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, opposite Christian Bale, Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway. This November, he will be honored as a rising star at the Napa Valley Film Festival. When not in production, Glen resides in Los Angeles. You can download or subscribe to the podcast for FREE by clicking below. If you like “Kahnversations,” please leave a rating or review on our iTunes page! There are so many inspiring podcasts with fabulous stars out there. But their careers feel light years away from ours, don’t they? Wouldn’t it be great to hear from the guy who just booked his first pilot? Or the kid finally doing a studio pic after a bunch of low budget indies? Or the woman who’s been a series regular a few times but is only now becoming a name? What about the guy who’s been on a show for years and you know his face but what’shisnameagain? Or that actress who is now a freakin’ showrunner???? How’d THEY do it, right? How did they transition from relative obscurity, bartending and bottle service, to buying that house in Brentwood? We’re producing “Kahnversations,” a podcast that provides access to THOSE people -- your immediate predecessors -- so that you can learn from them while their battle scars are still fresh. In “Kahnversations,” our own Ryan Bailey interviews some of Lesly Kahn & Company’s working actors, directors, and writers in order to learn how they got started in Hollywood, the challenges and hurdles they faced, and how they overcame the odds. (They also dish out some crazy stories!) Listen in and enjoy as these entertainers speak candidly about their paths, processes, and experiences. You might even hear a bit about how Lesly and the Kahnstitute have influenced and shaped their careers.

This week a piece on the UBC faculty protest of the Board of Governors produced by News 101 correspondents Brent Holmes and Leo Coelho. News 101 co-director Emily Blake's interviews Dr. John Oliffe founder and lead investigator of UBC's Men's Health Research Program about men, masculinity and mental health. News 101 correspondent Eva Uden-Csenge interview UBC research Dr. Julian Davies about BC First Nations clay that is killing untreatable bacteria. News 101 financial reporter Alex Norman updates us with his weekly financial report. Lastly, News 101 aired an interview with Derek Book from People First Radio by Kevin Midbo and Nicholas Holt.

Towels, and the war with the Klingon Empire, heat up when a bird-of-prey disables the Sisyphus, and Lt. King bonds with their young captain. Improvised January 13, 2013 from suggestion by Nicholas Holt on Facebook. HIchop! performed by Jen Usellis Mackay, translated by Robyn Stewart, Chris Lipscombe, Christopher Kidder-Mostrom, Jeremy Cowan, and Ali Kidder-Mostrom.