I'm Excited

[00:00:21] And welcome to episode 599 of the Pittsburgh Nerd Podcast. I'm Sean.

[00:00:28] And I'm Ian. And this is the only podcast that says...

[00:00:32] Alright guys, listen up.

[00:00:35] It was the night before Christmas and all through the house.

[00:00:38] Not a creature was stirring, except for four assholes coming in the rear in standard 2x2 cover formation.

[00:00:45] Nice.

[00:00:46] Yes.

[00:00:47] It's the Christmas show!

[00:00:49] Hey!

[00:00:49] Hey!

[00:00:53] Anybody else would like to do some traditional...

[00:00:55] No, I'm going to Die Hard.

[00:00:57] Every fucking...

[00:00:58] I think I used this one a couple years ago as well, and I don't care.

[00:01:02] She also thinks Die Hard is a Christmas movie.

[00:01:04] Well, he said that...

[00:01:06] Well, it is.

[00:01:07] I mean...

[00:01:09] Again, I will always say this.

[00:01:11] Celebrate the season how you see fit.

[00:01:13] Yeah, we watched it two days ago.

[00:01:15] If you don't think Die Hard is a Christmas movie, then by God, you're right.

[00:01:20] Right.

[00:01:21] But in my house, it's a fucking Christmas movie.

[00:01:25] I watched The Grimlands the other night, too.

[00:01:26] Did you?

[00:01:27] Yeah.

[00:01:28] Another classic Christmas movie, you know.

[00:01:31] Yeah.

[00:01:33] I always thought...

[00:01:34] People always add on, well, Die Hard is a Christmas movie and so is this.

[00:01:37] Fine.

[00:01:38] Yeah.

[00:01:39] I have no problem with that.

[00:01:41] You know?

[00:01:41] Yeah.

[00:01:45] Celebrate as you see fit.

[00:01:46] If you want to watch Batman Returns, by God, you watch Batman Returns.

[00:01:49] Right.

[00:01:51] Right.

[00:01:51] You know.

[00:01:57] Oh, I need a sipper there.

[00:01:58] How are you, sir?

[00:02:00] I'm good.

[00:02:03] Good.

[00:02:04] You watch anything of interest after your explosive diarrhea last week?

[00:02:09] Oh.

[00:02:11] Just gremlins and Die Hard.

[00:02:14] Yeah.

[00:02:16] I was watching something down here, but I don't know what happened.

[00:02:21] Last weekend.

[00:02:23] But I don't remember what I watched.

[00:02:25] I was sick.

[00:02:29] Sick.

[00:02:30] That happens.

[00:02:31] I mean, it does, you know.

[00:02:32] At first, I thought it was food poisoning.

[00:02:33] Yeah.

[00:02:34] And then it wouldn't go away.

[00:02:36] Yeah.

[00:02:37] And then I had a low-grade fever and chills.

[00:02:39] Wow.

[00:02:40] Then I had muscle aches.

[00:02:41] Yeah.

[00:02:42] Then I got hives.

[00:02:43] Holy fuck.

[00:02:45] Yeah.

[00:02:45] Yeah.

[00:02:46] I think it was norovirus.

[00:02:49] It was awful.

[00:02:51] Sounds horrible.

[00:02:52] Yeah.

[00:02:57] Big yawner.

[00:02:58] Yeah.

[00:02:58] I was pretty much comatose on that chair.

[00:03:00] Yeah.

[00:03:01] I could imagine.

[00:03:02] I would be, too.

[00:03:03] Yeah.

[00:03:03] It was just comatose.

[00:03:04] Like, I didn't even...

[00:03:05] I just kept...

[00:03:06] Yeah.

[00:03:07] Yeah.

[00:03:08] It was the worst.

[00:03:10] I didn't eat for four days.

[00:03:12] Wow.

[00:03:12] Lost eight pounds.

[00:03:13] Yeah.

[00:03:16] It was bad.

[00:03:17] I could imagine.

[00:03:17] It sounds awful.

[00:03:19] It was awful.

[00:03:20] It was the worst.

[00:03:22] And it came on quick.

[00:03:23] Yeah.

[00:03:23] I got out of work.

[00:03:24] I was feeling good.

[00:03:25] Yeah.

[00:03:26] Came home.

[00:03:28] Chilling.

[00:03:29] Chilling.

[00:03:29] And I was like, ooh.

[00:03:32] Yeah.

[00:03:32] I don't feel good at all.

[00:03:33] Get the meat sweats out of the door.

[00:03:35] Yeah.

[00:03:36] I don't feel...

[00:03:37] Yeah.

[00:03:38] I don't feel right.

[00:03:39] You know what I mean?

[00:03:40] Like, I was not right.

[00:03:42] At all.

[00:03:43] Yeah.

[00:03:44] And...

[00:03:47] Yeah.

[00:03:49] I was just ill.

[00:03:50] It was bad.

[00:03:51] It was a bad one.

[00:03:51] Yeah.

[00:03:52] Yeah.

[00:03:53] I called off Friday and called off Monday.

[00:03:56] I never call off work.

[00:03:58] Yeah.

[00:03:59] And...

[00:04:01] It was awful.

[00:04:03] Terrible, terrible, terrible.

[00:04:05] So anyway.

[00:04:08] There's that.

[00:04:09] Yeah.

[00:04:11] So yeah.

[00:04:12] It put me under.

[00:04:14] Horrible.

[00:04:15] Yeah.

[00:04:17] What about you?

[00:04:17] You watch anything good?

[00:04:18] Um...

[00:04:19] I did...

[00:04:20] You know, the series finale of Lower Decks was this week.

[00:04:26] Okay.

[00:04:27] And, uh...

[00:04:29] It was very Lower Deck-ish.

[00:04:31] I mean, it was a good show.

[00:04:32] That was a very good show.

[00:04:33] It ran for five seasons.

[00:04:37] I think it...

[00:04:38] It was like...

[00:04:41] It was one of those things that Star Trek needed.

[00:04:43] Okay.

[00:04:44] Like, it was poking fun at it while paying homage to it at the exact same time and doing

[00:04:48] it very well.

[00:04:50] Okay.

[00:04:50] It's a very smart show that really...

[00:04:54] Like, it's like...

[00:04:55] It loves Trek.

[00:04:57] Okay.

[00:04:57] But it's also poking fun at it at the same time.

[00:05:01] And I just think it's very, very good.

[00:05:04] It's something like...

[00:05:05] If you're a Star Trek fan and you haven't watched that because you like...

[00:05:08] You know...

[00:05:09] For whatever reason.

[00:05:11] Yeah.

[00:05:11] Like, if you...

[00:05:13] If you're somebody who's like, I don't want to have Star Trek poked fun of, you should

[00:05:17] still watch this because it's actually very, very well done.

[00:05:22] That's cool.

[00:05:23] Yeah.

[00:05:24] Yeah.

[00:05:24] Like, you know, I mean, it's...

[00:05:25] This was it for it?

[00:05:26] Yeah.

[00:05:26] It ran for five seasons.

[00:05:28] They announced that, you know, this was going to be the final season.

[00:05:30] Yeah.

[00:05:33] I don't think it needed to run more than five seasons.

[00:05:35] I think if it would have ran more than five seasons, it would have gotten old.

[00:05:40] Right.

[00:05:41] Like, I think they did a good job of figuring out, like, this is probably where we should

[00:05:44] stop.

[00:05:44] Yeah.

[00:05:45] You know?

[00:05:49] But, I mean, I liked it a lot.

[00:05:51] And as a whole...

[00:05:54] As a series as a whole, I highly recommend it to anybody who's a fan of Star Trek.

[00:05:59] Okay.

[00:05:59] If you haven't seen it.

[00:06:03] Sounds good.

[00:06:04] What else?

[00:06:05] I'm trying to think.

[00:06:11] That's about it.

[00:06:12] I mean, I'm watching...

[00:06:16] Skeleton Crew is still very good.

[00:06:18] Is it?

[00:06:19] It is.

[00:06:19] It's fun.

[00:06:20] Yeah.

[00:06:20] And that's like, you know...

[00:06:22] I feel like this is something that Star Wars needed right now as a fun show.

[00:06:30] Because it's been so serious with Andor and the Acolyte.

[00:06:39] You know, it needed some fun.

[00:06:42] And that's what this show is.

[00:06:44] And I'm enjoying the heck out of it.

[00:06:45] Okay.

[00:06:49] Creature Commandos has also been very good.

[00:06:52] Okay.

[00:06:56] I'm trying to get caught up.

[00:06:57] I fell behind on Dune.

[00:07:01] And I fell behind on Silo.

[00:07:04] So I gotta kind of catch up with that.

[00:07:06] Okay.

[00:07:08] And that's about it.

[00:07:13] Yeah?

[00:07:14] Yeah.

[00:07:17] Yeah, that's about it.

[00:07:19] Cool.

[00:07:19] Yeah.

[00:07:22] Nice.

[00:07:24] And I'm trying to think if there's anything else.

[00:07:26] And it's really like...

[00:07:29] I'm still trying.

[00:07:30] Well, I did get through an episode of The Rings of Power.

[00:07:33] Yeah.

[00:07:33] Yeah, that's something I gotta get caught up on.

[00:07:37] That's been good.

[00:07:42] Yeah, I'm behind on so much stuff.

[00:07:44] I've gotta...

[00:07:45] I've gotta take some time and kind of like play catch up.

[00:07:51] But, uh...

[00:07:53] You going over to your parents' house for Christmas?

[00:07:55] Christmas Eve, I'll be over to my parents' house.

[00:07:58] That'd be nice.

[00:07:59] Mm-hmm.

[00:08:01] Get a little hammy.

[00:08:02] A little potato salad.

[00:08:04] Mm-hmm.

[00:08:07] The good stuff.

[00:08:08] Yeah.

[00:08:11] That's fun.

[00:08:12] Yeah, it should be.

[00:08:13] Should be a good time.

[00:08:16] I did see...

[00:08:18] Your daughter has her own podcast now.

[00:08:20] Yeah, she does.

[00:08:21] Yeah.

[00:08:24] It's impressive.

[00:08:25] Yeah.

[00:08:26] They're pretty committed.

[00:08:30] Yeah.

[00:08:31] Yeah.

[00:08:32] And it's a show about...

[00:08:36] It's a music show.

[00:08:38] Yeah.

[00:08:39] I can't remember if she's focusing on local music or...

[00:08:44] Just...

[00:08:44] I'll have to read up on it.

[00:08:46] Yeah, I can't remember.

[00:08:47] I...

[00:08:47] It just came out.

[00:08:48] Yeah, I listened to the first episode.

[00:08:50] Uh-huh.

[00:08:51] And we got a little bit of a shout-out.

[00:08:52] That's good.

[00:08:53] How was it?

[00:08:54] I didn't listen to it.

[00:08:57] Um...

[00:08:58] Father of the year.

[00:08:59] Yeah.

[00:09:00] No, I mean, it wasn't bad.

[00:09:04] I mean, they're both...

[00:09:06] It's that thing of, like...

[00:09:09] The thing I liked about it is they have chemistry with each other.

[00:09:12] Yeah.

[00:09:12] Like, so when they're talking, it feels natural and it's not like...

[00:09:16] It's like us.

[00:09:17] Like, when we talk, it's natural and we're not forcing anything.

[00:09:19] We're just...

[00:09:20] And I feel like there's a little bit of that with them.

[00:09:23] And on to the weather.

[00:09:25] Yeah.

[00:09:25] Yeah.

[00:09:26] There's not...

[00:09:27] I mean, that's what I like.

[00:09:31] I like when it's just a conversation between two people or four people or whatever.

[00:09:39] But it doesn't have to be, like...

[00:09:43] And the guys from Hobi will hate this, but I don't hate this about their show, but it

[00:09:48] doesn't have to be segmented.

[00:09:49] Yeah.

[00:09:50] Like, our show used to be segmented.

[00:09:53] Like, because that was the only way I could get you to talk.

[00:09:56] Now, like, half the time I only become prepared.

[00:09:58] We just...

[00:09:59] Talk.

[00:10:00] Talk.

[00:10:01] Which is probably why nobody listens to our show, but I don't care.

[00:10:04] Right.

[00:10:05] You know?

[00:10:07] But, you know, at the same...

[00:10:08] Like, so, like, with them, like, it definitely felt like it, like...

[00:10:12] Especially, like, the beginning of it was just, like...

[00:10:15] They're just talking to each other.

[00:10:16] Like, well, what podcast experience do you have?

[00:10:18] Well, I did this on my...

[00:10:19] My dad and my uncle's show a couple of times.

[00:10:22] That's what I talked about.

[00:10:23] I can't remember.

[00:10:24] You know?

[00:10:24] Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:10:24] Stuff like that.

[00:10:25] So, it was...

[00:10:27] Excuse me.

[00:10:28] I wish I could remember the name of it, even.

[00:10:31] I meant to write it down, but, of course, I didn't.

[00:10:34] But, yeah.

[00:10:34] Yeah, I mean, so they...

[00:10:38] I wish I'm nothing but the best.

[00:10:39] I hope they have luck.

[00:10:40] I try reposting whenever something comes up.

[00:10:45] But, uh...

[00:10:48] But good for them.

[00:10:48] It sounds better than we ever did.

[00:10:50] Did it?

[00:10:51] Yeah.

[00:10:52] Like, I don't know if they're, like, using, like, a school's setup.

[00:10:59] Or, like...

[00:10:59] Because I can't imagine they bought their own equipment or anything.

[00:11:03] I don't know.

[00:11:03] I mean, maybe they did.

[00:11:04] Punk pod?

[00:11:05] Maybe that's it, yeah.

[00:11:08] Yeah.

[00:11:09] Yeah.

[00:11:09] Yeah.

[00:11:11] Something like that.

[00:11:12] Community culture.

[00:11:14] The scene.

[00:11:16] Queerness, mental health.

[00:11:18] Politics, activism.

[00:11:20] Yeah.

[00:11:23] Basically, all the stuff your kids are into.

[00:11:25] Yeah.

[00:11:25] Yeah.

[00:11:27] So.

[00:11:27] Oh.

[00:11:28] Yes.

[00:11:29] The Eternal Punks podcast.

[00:11:30] The Eternal Punks podcast, yeah.

[00:11:34] Yeah.

[00:11:34] Good.

[00:11:35] Yeah.

[00:11:37] Another big news.

[00:11:38] Anna got accepted to Pitt for her master's degree.

[00:11:41] I did see that, yeah.

[00:11:43] Which will be good for her.

[00:11:45] Yeah.

[00:11:45] Yeah.

[00:11:46] So, she's excited.

[00:11:47] They're...

[00:11:47] They are excited about that.

[00:11:49] Yeah.

[00:11:50] And, uh...

[00:11:50] So, congrats to them for that.

[00:11:54] Um...

[00:11:55] Yeah.

[00:11:55] Is she looking to get a doctrine?

[00:11:58] Or is she just...

[00:11:58] Master's.

[00:11:59] Just a master's degree?

[00:12:00] Mm-hmm.

[00:12:00] I think so, man.

[00:12:01] Yeah.

[00:12:03] Yeah.

[00:12:03] So, that's good.

[00:12:04] Yeah.

[00:12:05] Yeah.

[00:12:05] That is.

[00:12:06] Yeah.

[00:12:08] So, she'll...

[00:12:08] They will be starting that in the fall.

[00:12:11] So, that'll be good for them.

[00:12:13] Yeah.

[00:12:13] Yeah.

[00:12:15] Anyway.

[00:12:16] So.

[00:12:17] Yeah, that was big news in the...

[00:12:19] It is big news.

[00:12:20] For all of us.

[00:12:21] Actually, yeah.

[00:12:21] Yeah.

[00:12:24] So, on to the big news and...

[00:12:30] Did you watch The Superman Trail?

[00:12:31] I did not.

[00:12:32] Okay.

[00:12:34] All right.

[00:12:34] So, we've just watched the trailer.

[00:12:38] What are your thoughts?

[00:12:40] Wow.

[00:12:40] It looks interesting.

[00:12:41] Yeah.

[00:12:42] And it looks very gunnish.

[00:12:43] Yeah.

[00:12:44] Yeah.

[00:12:46] Yeah, like...

[00:12:47] There's so many things going on.

[00:12:48] I couldn't...

[00:12:51] I think you did that on purpose.

[00:12:54] Yeah.

[00:12:54] I mean, it's meant to hook you.

[00:12:55] And it sounds like...

[00:12:57] And I don't know if you're like...

[00:12:58] Like me.

[00:12:59] Like...

[00:12:59] I'm bought in, obviously.

[00:13:01] Yeah.

[00:13:02] You tell me there's a new Superman movie.

[00:13:03] I'm watching.

[00:13:04] Yeah.

[00:13:05] But watching the trailer excited me.

[00:13:08] Now, I don't know if you...

[00:13:10] Does that give you a buy-in now?

[00:13:12] Or did you have it and now you're really hooked?

[00:13:14] No, I'll watch it.

[00:13:15] Yeah.

[00:13:16] It's not like I'm not going to watch it.

[00:13:17] Right.

[00:13:20] But like you're not a Superman fan per se.

[00:13:24] Not per se, but I've seen them all.

[00:13:26] Yeah.

[00:13:27] Right.

[00:13:28] You know what I mean?

[00:13:28] Right.

[00:13:28] I know what you mean.

[00:13:29] But I just don't know deep cuts.

[00:13:32] Yeah.

[00:13:32] Like I don't know any of that kind of stuff.

[00:13:35] Yeah.

[00:13:35] You know what I mean?

[00:13:36] Right.

[00:13:36] I like the new ones and then I, of course, watch the old ones.

[00:13:39] Right.

[00:13:39] Yeah.

[00:13:41] I like the mythology of Superman.

[00:13:44] Right.

[00:13:44] Like his background.

[00:13:46] Yeah.

[00:13:46] Yeah.

[00:13:49] But it's pretty freaking crazy.

[00:13:52] There's a lot of things going on there that I'm like, what is all this stuff?

[00:13:58] There's a lot in there.

[00:13:59] Yeah.

[00:14:00] Yeah.

[00:14:01] Some of it I know.

[00:14:02] Some of it I don't.

[00:14:03] Okay.

[00:14:05] Like I know.

[00:14:10] Like at the beginning you were like when he whistled.

[00:14:14] Like when he's knocked into the snow, he's bleeding.

[00:14:17] You're like somebody got their ass kicked.

[00:14:18] Yeah.

[00:14:19] You know.

[00:14:19] And then when he whistled, he's like, you're like, what's coming?

[00:14:23] It's crypto.

[00:14:24] Yeah.

[00:14:25] Like the thing I love is you were like happy.

[00:14:27] Like you're like, oh, she's got a dog.

[00:14:29] Yeah.

[00:14:30] You know.

[00:14:30] Yeah.

[00:14:31] This is cool.

[00:14:32] Yeah.

[00:14:32] Somebody has a dog.

[00:14:33] Does somebody have a dog?

[00:14:34] Yeah.

[00:14:35] And a lot of people were like, he's got a fucking dog.

[00:14:38] I'm out.

[00:14:39] Well, I knew that there was the dog that existed.

[00:14:43] Yeah.

[00:14:44] But I didn't think they'd bring him into the movie.

[00:14:46] But that's gone.

[00:14:47] He's going to do that.

[00:14:48] Gun is going to do oddball stuff.

[00:14:50] Yeah.

[00:14:51] Bringing crypto in is like.

[00:14:54] Like when I first heard it, like, cause he, he released a picture of like, they're like

[00:14:59] to let you know, like, okay, just so you know what the fuck I'm doing.

[00:15:02] Here's a picture of Superman and his dog.

[00:15:04] Yeah.

[00:15:04] And it was like, and like a lot of people were like, get the fuck out of here.

[00:15:09] You know, but I was like excited.

[00:15:11] They saying that they said the same thing about rocket raccoon.

[00:15:13] Yeah.

[00:15:15] Even I was skeptical on rocket raccoon.

[00:15:16] Yeah.

[00:15:17] Well, I mean, when, when, when they, when they asked, they were doing guardians, I was like,

[00:15:20] how are you going to make, you know, a raccoon in a tree work?

[00:15:22] You know, and I'd be damned if gun didn't make that shit work.

[00:15:26] Oh yeah.

[00:15:26] You know, but like, it's that thing of like, yes, I get it.

[00:15:31] Like in Zack Snyder's Superman in that, in that universe, crypto does not work at all.

[00:15:39] You know, but in James Gunn's universe, crypto works.

[00:15:46] You know what I mean?

[00:15:47] Like, and I'm, I'm fine with that.

[00:15:50] You know what I mean?

[00:15:51] Like, like, I mean, here's the thing.

[00:15:53] Like, I'm going to lay it down.

[00:15:56] What Zack Snyder did, I think is absolutely amazing.

[00:16:00] I love what Zack Snyder did.

[00:16:02] Culminating with that Justice League movie.

[00:16:04] With the Jack Snyder's Justice League, that four hour opus.

[00:16:07] Yeah.

[00:16:08] It's fantastic.

[00:16:09] I love it.

[00:16:10] I love Man of Steel.

[00:16:12] I enjoy Batman v Superman, Dawn of Justice.

[00:16:16] You know, I like the Wonder Woman movie, like the Aquaman movie, like the Justice League, like

[00:16:23] that I was bought into what Zack Snyder was doing.

[00:16:27] Am I sad that he doesn't get to continue what his vision is?

[00:16:30] Yes.

[00:16:31] Have I moved on?

[00:16:32] Yes.

[00:16:33] Yeah.

[00:16:33] And what I'm seeing from Gun, number one, much brighter.

[00:16:39] Yeah.

[00:16:40] You know, the suit's brighter.

[00:16:42] Everything's brighter.

[00:16:43] Like, you know, day is brighter.

[00:16:45] Yeah.

[00:16:45] You know, like, and, but also, like, just buying into the fact that crypto could exist.

[00:16:56] Yeah.

[00:16:56] You know, and I love that.

[00:17:00] Like, one of my all-time favorite crypto moments is there's a comic book called World's Finest.

[00:17:07] And it was kind of resetting the DC Universe, and they're reintroducing Supergirl.

[00:17:15] Uh-huh.

[00:17:15] And, you know, it's a Batman and Superman comic.

[00:17:20] And Batman is questioning Superman's choices when it comes to Kara, his cousin.

[00:17:32] Right.

[00:17:32] His cousin.

[00:17:34] And Batman doesn't trust her.

[00:17:36] He's like, I, you know, no good can come of this.

[00:17:39] Right.

[00:17:40] And at one point, like, you know, crypto's growling at her.

[00:17:46] And he's like, doesn't it say anything to you that the dog doesn't trust her?

[00:17:51] The Superman's response is, the dog doesn't trust anybody.

[00:17:55] You know?

[00:17:56] Yeah.

[00:18:00] So, but yeah, I mean, there's a lot in there.

[00:18:03] There's a lot of characters that they kind of give you a glimpse of.

[00:18:06] Yeah.

[00:18:07] You know, there's a, the one that really caught your attention was Guy Gardner, the Green Lantern.

[00:18:12] Yeah.

[00:18:13] He's the third Green Lantern of Earth.

[00:18:16] Okay.

[00:18:17] He's an asshole.

[00:18:19] Oh, really?

[00:18:21] He's one of the most unlikable guys, but he's a man without fear.

[00:18:27] So he gets the ring.

[00:18:29] Yeah.

[00:18:30] But he's a bit of a dick.

[00:18:34] And so I'm interested to see, because they got Nathan Fillion playing him.

[00:18:37] Yeah.

[00:18:38] Which I like, I was like, I wanted Nathan Fillion.

[00:18:41] If you're going to do, you know, Nathan Fillion as a Green Lantern, he should have been Hal.

[00:18:47] Yeah.

[00:18:47] But I'll take him as Guy Gardner.

[00:18:49] Yeah.

[00:18:50] Um, so I'm interested to see what his involvement is.

[00:18:54] Hawk Girl's in there.

[00:18:56] Um, which anytime you introduce one of the Hawk, you know, Hawk Man or Hawk Woman, I'm always

[00:19:04] interested because their stories are always very interesting.

[00:19:07] Yeah.

[00:19:08] Um, Mr. Terrific, the smartest man in the universe.

[00:19:11] Yeah.

[00:19:11] He's, you know, he was the guy you saw with the, the, the, the man of color with the, like

[00:19:18] he has like a, the T on his face.

[00:19:20] Yeah.

[00:19:20] He's wearing the like biker jacket.

[00:19:23] Yeah.

[00:19:23] That's Mr. Terrific.

[00:19:24] He's the smartest man in the universe.

[00:19:28] Um, and there was, I think it was a metamorpho who he can change his body into any, any element.

[00:19:39] Okay.

[00:19:40] Um, he's also a very interesting character.

[00:19:45] And then we saw like, you know, Lex Luthor, Nicholas Holt playing Lex Luthor, which I'm

[00:19:52] that was the one that I was like, okay, I like him as an actor.

[00:19:55] I wonder what he's going to bring to it.

[00:19:57] And then I found out he talked to Michael Rosenbaum.

[00:20:00] Okay.

[00:20:01] Who played Lex Luthor in Smallville.

[00:20:04] And in my opinion is one of the best Lex Luthor's we've had.

[00:20:09] Yeah.

[00:20:10] Like I loved his portrayal of Lex.

[00:20:13] I thought he played it perfectly.

[00:20:16] And so to hear like, he like consulted, he talked to Michael Rosenbaum.

[00:20:20] I was like, okay.

[00:20:21] Yeah.

[00:20:22] You talked to the right guy, you know?

[00:20:24] Um,

[00:20:28] but there's just, there's so much in that trailer.

[00:20:30] They, they, they jam it into two and a half, two minutes and 20 seconds that at the end

[00:20:36] of it, I was like, I can't wait to see more.

[00:20:38] Yeah.

[00:20:39] You know what I mean?

[00:20:39] Like, and that's, that's what it's meant to do.

[00:20:42] Like for, for me, it's meant to make me excited and make me want to see more.

[00:20:47] Right.

[00:20:47] For you, it's meant to hook you because you may say, man, another Superman movie, I'm just

[00:20:53] not interested.

[00:20:54] Yeah.

[00:20:54] You know, but it kind of like, it gets you like saying to yourself, like, this is very

[00:21:00] interesting to me.

[00:21:01] Yeah.

[00:21:03] And then there were some things that, um, that we kind of released about the movie, some details

[00:21:11] to like, kind of let you know what's going on.

[00:21:15] Um, David Corn Sweat influenced the decision to wear trunks.

[00:21:23] Superman wants kids to not be afraid of him.

[00:21:25] He is an alien with incredible powers.

[00:21:28] So he dresses like a professional wrestler.

[00:21:30] Oh yeah.

[00:21:31] Oh, that was interesting.

[00:21:32] Yeah.

[00:21:33] I was glad they brought back the trunks.

[00:21:35] Like, that's just me.

[00:21:37] Um, the flying action is shot with drones and is inspired by Top Gun Maverick.

[00:21:46] Oh, that's cool.

[00:21:47] That's very interesting.

[00:21:48] Yeah.

[00:21:50] Um, the movie is score driven, not song driven with Nasda John Williams, like we heard in

[00:21:56] the trailer.

[00:21:56] Yeah.

[00:21:57] Like that was like the original Superman theme by John Williams.

[00:21:59] Yeah.

[00:22:00] Just done without an orchestra, like with a guitar, which I kind of dug.

[00:22:05] And that was a concern I did have.

[00:22:08] Okay.

[00:22:10] Like as much fun as it is, like with like the guardians movies, like the soundtrack.

[00:22:17] Yeah.

[00:22:18] And it worked with guardians and it's worked with other projects.

[00:22:22] Gun is done where, you know, like with peacemaker, like with the, the, the, the hair metal stuff.

[00:22:29] Yeah.

[00:22:30] I was like, man, I hope he's not relying on like that type of a soundtrack for Superman.

[00:22:40] Yeah.

[00:22:40] Cause to me that doesn't work with that character.

[00:22:44] Yeah.

[00:22:45] And from the sound of the things here, he is going with something more orchestra based,

[00:22:52] something more like that than like a guardian soundtrack.

[00:22:57] Right.

[00:22:58] Which pleases me to no end.

[00:23:00] Right.

[00:23:00] Right.

[00:23:00] Cause that was one of my concerns.

[00:23:02] Um, Clark and Lois know each other.

[00:23:10] Mr. Terrific has a big role in the film.

[00:23:13] It starts in the middle of the action.

[00:23:16] Lex Luthor already hates Superman.

[00:23:18] And it apparently takes place over a short period of time.

[00:23:21] So what this tells me is what I'm not getting.

[00:23:24] I am not getting yet another origin story of this is how Jarrell sent his only son to earth,

[00:23:37] the death of Krypton.

[00:23:38] I'm not getting that.

[00:23:40] As cool as it was the way.

[00:23:42] Yeah.

[00:23:43] Zack Snyder did it.

[00:23:45] And we sat there and we said to ourselves, I'd love a movie that just took place on Krypton.

[00:23:49] Yeah.

[00:23:50] You know, I've seen it enough times.

[00:23:53] I don't need to see it again.

[00:23:55] Right.

[00:23:56] You know, and I'm hoping it's the same thing when they finally get around the Batman.

[00:23:59] That is, I don't have to watch the pearls dropping on the ground again.

[00:24:04] Yeah.

[00:24:04] Right.

[00:24:04] Right.

[00:24:04] We've all, we all know how Batman becomes Batman.

[00:24:07] I don't need to see it another time.

[00:24:10] Right.

[00:24:10] It's been driven into the ground.

[00:24:12] Yeah.

[00:24:12] You know?

[00:24:17] So like that, that, that said, like, I mean, I'm, I'm happy, you know, I'm looking at this

[00:24:25] as a fan and I'm excited because it's, it's giving me the big guy, Superman.

[00:24:33] Yeah.

[00:24:33] You're giving me smaller, interesting characters like Metamorpho, like Mr. Terrific.

[00:24:42] Like Guy Gardner.

[00:24:44] Like never in my life have I ever thought I would see Guy Gardner depicted on the big

[00:24:48] screen.

[00:24:48] Yeah.

[00:24:49] Or the small screen for that matter.

[00:24:51] Yeah.

[00:24:51] Like it just, you're never going to do a Guy Gardner movie.

[00:24:55] Yeah.

[00:24:55] There he is, you know?

[00:24:57] Yeah.

[00:24:57] So like it's, it's, those are the type of things I'm like, like, I don't, I don't think

[00:25:04] he wants to set anything up.

[00:25:06] I think he just wants to create the universe.

[00:25:07] Yeah.

[00:25:08] Like, yes, it's connected, but I don't think he's aiming at least right now.

[00:25:16] Like at something.

[00:25:17] Yeah.

[00:25:18] Like, I think, I think it's smart because you can't, like, you can't just do the same

[00:25:25] thing Marvel did.

[00:25:27] Yeah.

[00:25:27] And you can't do what you did previously trying to rush that Justice League movie.

[00:25:32] But if you're kind of already saying like, we, we are introducing you to a world where

[00:25:37] heroes already exist.

[00:25:39] Yeah.

[00:25:39] Yeah.

[00:25:40] This shit's already been taking place.

[00:25:42] Yeah.

[00:25:43] You know, the Justice League has already been formed.

[00:25:45] Yeah.

[00:25:45] You know, and now here's the characters.

[00:25:50] Right.

[00:25:52] Kind of down with that.

[00:25:53] Yeah.

[00:25:54] You know what I mean?

[00:25:56] Yeah, I hear you.

[00:25:57] I don't, we really don't need to.

[00:26:01] Like you.

[00:26:02] We know the beginnings of all these people.

[00:26:07] Right.

[00:26:08] But I think the other side of that though, is you can't do what Marvel did 12 years ago,

[00:26:17] 15 years ago, whatever it was.

[00:26:18] Yeah.

[00:26:20] Like you can't, you can't start at the beginning and say, we lived in a world where there were

[00:26:27] no heroes and now here's Superman.

[00:26:30] Right.

[00:26:32] You know what I mean?

[00:26:33] Like it just doesn't work.

[00:26:34] Yeah.

[00:26:34] Yeah.

[00:26:36] And you can't accelerate that process.

[00:26:39] But if you come in saying, well, all of this already exists and we're just going to introduce

[00:26:43] it to you piece by piece.

[00:26:44] Right.

[00:26:46] That makes more sense.

[00:26:47] More.

[00:26:47] It's established already.

[00:26:48] Yeah.

[00:26:51] Yeah.

[00:26:53] I get it.

[00:26:53] It looks good.

[00:26:55] I'm okay going into this world.

[00:26:57] Yeah.

[00:26:58] And I don't want to rehash everything all over again.

[00:27:02] No, neither do I.

[00:27:04] You know what I mean?

[00:27:04] Yeah.

[00:27:09] So yeah, it looks good.

[00:27:10] Yeah.

[00:27:11] I'm very excited for it.

[00:27:12] Yeah.

[00:27:12] I'll say, well, you know, all these things.

[00:27:17] Well, I do.

[00:27:18] Yeah.

[00:27:19] I mean, there was, there's a lot in there.

[00:27:20] I was like, like I had to watch it.

[00:27:22] I probably watched it 20 times.

[00:27:24] Okay.

[00:27:25] And like the first time I watched it, I'm like, there was a lot of like, oh shit.

[00:27:29] Oh shit.

[00:27:29] Oh shit.

[00:27:30] Oh shit.

[00:27:30] Like, you know, like slow down.

[00:27:32] I got, I got to rewatch that, you know?

[00:27:34] Yeah.

[00:27:35] Because there was a lot in there that was making me excited.

[00:27:39] Right.

[00:27:40] You know, I don't, I can just hear Thad already.

[00:27:44] But not, but it was, it was just the fan.

[00:27:47] I was fanboying out.

[00:27:48] Cause this is again, even though you like read it, like you say like, okay, well, I know

[00:27:52] Mr. Terrific's in it.

[00:27:53] I've seen the, the footage, the, the, the, the spy shots.

[00:27:57] And I, I know Guy Gardner's in it, but like, until you actually see it, you're like, oh

[00:28:02] wow.

[00:28:03] They really fucking did it.

[00:28:05] Right.

[00:28:05] You know what I mean?

[00:28:06] Like maybe that doesn't make sense to a lot of people, but like, to me, like that's, that's

[00:28:14] kind of like how I, I, I approach it.

[00:28:16] Like until you see it, like until you sit there and say, wow, they really fucking did it.

[00:28:21] You know, it's just a theory.

[00:28:23] Right.

[00:28:23] Like, you know what I mean?

[00:28:25] So, so I saw this article.

[00:28:33] I gotta ask you, cause I don't think we've ever actually discussed it.

[00:28:38] What are your thoughts on the 1998 American Godzilla movie?

[00:28:42] The one with, uh, Matthew Broderick.

[00:28:45] I hated it.

[00:28:45] You hated it?

[00:28:46] Yeah.

[00:28:47] Okay.

[00:28:49] What were your thoughts on Godzilla itself?

[00:28:52] The creature?

[00:28:53] Yeah.

[00:28:54] I didn't like it.

[00:28:54] It just looked like a big monster.

[00:28:55] It didn't look like Godzilla.

[00:28:57] Okay.

[00:28:57] So you and I are on the same page then.

[00:28:59] Like, yeah, old Zilla, as I, as many call them, did not look like Godzilla at all.

[00:29:06] Yeah.

[00:29:06] Yeah.

[00:29:07] And like, if you would have just called it something else, it would have probably done

[00:29:13] better, but because it was Godzilla, a lot of people got pissed off.

[00:29:18] Yeah.

[00:29:18] So one of the things that kind of like makes you like, okay, so you have this, you're getting

[00:29:26] this, this brand, this, this world renowned brand, you know what Godzilla basically looks

[00:29:33] like.

[00:29:34] Yeah.

[00:29:34] We've seen him at that point for 30 years.

[00:29:38] Right.

[00:29:40] Why would you go and fuck it up?

[00:29:44] Like, why would you go and completely change the way he looks?

[00:29:49] So Roland Emmerich, who directed that, that fine piece of film, he kind of responded to

[00:29:56] it.

[00:29:57] He just stated, um, I felt redesigning Godzilla was important to the movie.

[00:30:02] My vision required a different monster than the overpowered, clunky, indestructible rubber

[00:30:08] rubber suit that Toho had been using for decades.

[00:30:11] It was time to give Godzilla a much needed makeover.

[00:30:14] In my opinion, my vision of Godzilla was realistic.

[00:30:19] It was sleek, stylish, and looked intimidating.

[00:30:23] It was way better than that Toho monster.

[00:30:26] Wow.

[00:30:32] So, like, it makes me want to just ask the question, why the fuck did you make the movie?

[00:30:39] Yeah.

[00:30:41] Like, was it a paycheck?

[00:30:43] Like, did they put so much money in front of you, you said, oh, okay, fuck it, I'll do

[00:30:46] it anyway?

[00:30:46] Well, the thing is, though, it, you can't fuck with an icon.

[00:30:55] Exactly.

[00:30:56] You know what I mean?

[00:30:56] And, like, to change an icon, you know, because Godzilla, you know, at this point, he's an icon.

[00:31:05] Yeah.

[00:31:06] And to fuck with that, people are going to be like, well, that's not Godzilla, that's just

[00:31:12] a monster.

[00:31:13] Yeah.

[00:31:14] There has to be something recognizable.

[00:31:16] Do you know what I mean?

[00:31:17] Exactly.

[00:31:18] I 100% agree.

[00:31:19] Yeah, I mean, you just pretty much did a poor-ass Jurassic Park.

[00:31:24] That's what it looked like to me, like, you took, like, a raptor, threw some, you know,

[00:31:32] scales on its back.

[00:31:33] Yeah.

[00:31:34] And said, yep, there's Godzilla.

[00:31:36] Like, no!

[00:31:38] Yeah, but that's the thing, it's like, Godzilla's iconic.

[00:31:43] So, when you, if you don't do it well, at least something, you know, it's going to fail.

[00:31:52] It failed miserably.

[00:31:55] It did, like, and, like, and that, what's funny is, it's like, it's that thing of, like,

[00:32:00] Emmerich was coming off the success of Independence Day.

[00:32:03] Yeah.

[00:32:03] You know, and this was, like, this next movie.

[00:32:06] Yeah.

[00:32:09] And, like, you made a movie you didn't want to make it sound like, but they made, offered

[00:32:13] you so much money you couldn't pass it up.

[00:32:15] Right.

[00:32:16] And you completely fucked it up by, like, saying, well, we're just going to completely change

[00:32:19] what Godzilla is.

[00:32:21] Yeah.

[00:32:21] You know.

[00:32:22] I mean, did you really think that was going to fly?

[00:32:26] Yeah.

[00:32:27] You know, like, there's so many diehard Godzilla fans out there.

[00:32:29] Exactly.

[00:32:30] I mean, that is the thing.

[00:32:32] Like, it was, like, how can you, like, sit there and say, like, okay, here's a great idea.

[00:32:37] We're going to take this iconic character.

[00:32:40] Right.

[00:32:41] And we're, I mean, it would be, like, taking Darth Vader and completely redesigning him.

[00:32:49] Yeah.

[00:32:50] Exactly.

[00:32:51] Like, no, you can't do that.

[00:32:56] Like, even when they, like, in 2015, when they, you know, started with the Monsterverse.

[00:33:03] Yeah.

[00:33:04] I mean, well, there's some good news.

[00:33:08] Pens beat the devils.

[00:33:09] There you go.

[00:33:10] There you go.

[00:33:10] Um, like, at least, like, I mean, they changed the look of Godzilla, but he was still Godzilla.

[00:33:17] Like, I could look at that and go, okay, that's Godzilla.

[00:33:20] Right.

[00:33:21] Like, I get he doesn't look exactly like what Toho does, but it's still Godzilla.

[00:33:25] Godzilla.

[00:33:26] Yeah.

[00:33:28] You know, you know what I mean?

[00:33:29] Like, you could change the look of the creature.

[00:33:32] Right.

[00:33:33] But still have it look iconic.

[00:33:34] Right.

[00:33:35] And that's what they did with King Kong, too.

[00:33:37] Yeah.

[00:33:39] Still Kong.

[00:33:40] Yeah.

[00:33:41] Just modern Kong.

[00:33:42] Right.

[00:33:43] And, I mean, and that's the thing.

[00:33:45] And that's what's frustrating is, like, like, I remember, I went to go see that Godzilla

[00:33:49] in a movie theater.

[00:33:50] Okay.

[00:33:51] Okay.

[00:33:53] Like, I went, it was like a preview showing.

[00:33:57] And every, like, I, and I went to, um, I think it was one of the last movies I saw at,

[00:34:01] uh, at Carmike.

[00:34:06] Okay.

[00:34:06] Down there behind Century 3.

[00:34:08] Yeah.

[00:34:09] And, I mean, I, I remember walking out of that going, what the fuck?

[00:34:14] Right.

[00:34:16] That is about as disappointing.

[00:34:19] And, I mean, and remember, they had, like, that huge advertising campaign, like, you know,

[00:34:23] his tail's as long as this bus.

[00:34:25] And, like, you know, all this shit that they were doing, like, it was a brilliant marketing

[00:34:29] campaign.

[00:34:30] Yeah.

[00:34:30] But then when you finally saw Godzilla, it was like, this, this can't be.

[00:34:40] No.

[00:34:41] And then you get to that scene in, like, Madison Square Garden, and it's just, like, it's nothing

[00:34:45] more than just Jurassic Park at that point.

[00:34:48] Yeah.

[00:34:48] But little raptors chasing everybody around.

[00:34:51] Yeah.

[00:34:51] You know, I was like, oh, this is horrible.

[00:34:54] Yeah.

[00:34:56] Horrible.

[00:34:57] It was bad.

[00:34:58] The whole thing was bad.

[00:35:01] It's a bad movie.

[00:35:05] Like, I can't even, like, I'm trying to think about it, like, has anybody ever taken, like,

[00:35:11] a franchise and changed it that much?

[00:35:19] And I can't think of anybody, like, fucking, like, I mean, you can say, like, I mean, there

[00:35:26] have been some remakes of movies where you go, like, you know, yeah, that remake of,

[00:35:32] well, the Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze movie.

[00:35:38] True.

[00:35:39] No, not Roadhouse.

[00:35:42] Oh, Keanu Reeves?

[00:35:44] Yeah, Keanu Reeves.

[00:35:45] Yeah.

[00:35:46] Point Break?

[00:35:46] Point Break, yeah.

[00:35:48] They did a remake of Point Break that was not Point Break.

[00:35:51] Yeah.

[00:35:52] Like, the original Fast and the Furious movie is a better remake of Point Break than the remake

[00:35:56] of Point Break.

[00:35:57] Yeah.

[00:35:58] And it's like, okay, you fucked that up completely, but, like, a real franchise like that, I can't

[00:36:09] think of a single one that, like, somebody, like, took the main feature and fucked it

[00:36:15] up that bad.

[00:36:16] No.

[00:36:17] I agree.

[00:36:20] Like, I always say, like, like, in Star Trek.

[00:36:25] Star Trek's a prime example.

[00:36:27] All right.

[00:36:28] Like, when they did, like, the Next Generation and then the movies.

[00:36:33] Uh-huh.

[00:36:35] At the end of the day, the Enterprise still has to look like the Enterprise.

[00:36:40] Yeah.

[00:36:41] You know what I mean?

[00:36:41] Like, we know what the Enterprise looked like from back then.

[00:36:45] Like, even in, when they went from the TV show to the motion picture.

[00:36:50] Like, you couldn't fuck with that ship.

[00:36:52] Right.

[00:36:53] You could do some redesigns to it.

[00:36:56] Like, you know, going with the flat nacelles instead of the round ones, which I loved.

[00:37:00] And, like, there were things that they did to that ship that, like, okay, like, I like

[00:37:05] this, but it still looked like the Enterprise.

[00:37:07] Right.

[00:37:08] You know, and we go from that to the Enterprise D, it looks enough like the Enterprise.

[00:37:14] You can say, okay, that looks like the Enterprise.

[00:37:16] You know?

[00:37:17] And then when, in the movies, when they went to the E, the Sovereign Class version, it

[00:37:22] still looked enough like the Enterprise.

[00:37:24] Like, you know what I mean?

[00:37:24] Like, there's a basic design you have to follow for it to be, for you to call it the

[00:37:29] Enterprise.

[00:37:30] Right.

[00:37:32] And you can't fuck that up.

[00:37:34] Right.

[00:37:34] And they have.

[00:37:35] Like, every time they've done a redesigning Enterprise, I'm like, okay, that works.

[00:37:39] I'm down with that.

[00:37:40] Yeah.

[00:37:40] You know?

[00:37:40] But, um, but if you came out and you, like, you made it look, okay.

[00:37:50] If you came out with the Star Trek, the motion picture, and it looked like Discovery.

[00:37:56] Yeah.

[00:37:56] Which is what, um, there were some mock-ups.

[00:38:02] I can't, the guy, the same guy who did the, um, the Star Wars stuff.

[00:38:08] Yeah.

[00:38:09] Like, Luke is hired to do, like, the production art.

[00:38:11] He did production art for Star Trek, the motion picture.

[00:38:14] And he did a whole redesign of the Enterprise.

[00:38:16] And it looked like Discovery, which is what Discovery was based off of.

[00:38:19] They took that design and used it for Discovery.

[00:38:22] So, if we go from Star Trek to TV series to the motion picture, and all you go from that

[00:38:28] Enterprise to an Enterprise that looks like Discovery, you're like, what the fuck?

[00:38:34] Yeah.

[00:38:35] Different ship.

[00:38:36] Yeah.

[00:38:36] It doesn't make any sense.

[00:38:38] Right.

[00:38:38] You know?

[00:38:39] But, so, it is, like, it's just surprising to me that, like, Ronald Albrecht, who at the

[00:38:49] time probably could have made any movie he wanted to, made a movie he didn't want to make.

[00:38:54] Yeah.

[00:38:55] And went ahead and just kind of, like, yeah, I'll do what I want.

[00:39:01] So, he's big and green, looks like a lizard.

[00:39:04] I'm cool.

[00:39:06] So bad.

[00:39:09] Unbelievable.

[00:39:10] I can't believe they haven't made a Voltron movie.

[00:39:12] There is one in production right now.

[00:39:14] Really?

[00:39:15] Yes.

[00:39:16] Yes, there is.

[00:39:17] Yeah, that's shocking to me.

[00:39:19] There have been a lot of attempts to do a Voltron movie, but rights are always getting

[00:39:24] tied up.

[00:39:25] They've finally gotten through all that red tape and they are shooting a Voltron movie

[00:39:28] as we speak.

[00:39:29] Oh.

[00:39:30] Yes.

[00:39:31] Lions, not the cars.

[00:39:34] Don't come to me with that car Voltron shit.

[00:39:39] Lions only.

[00:39:39] Like the original premise.

[00:39:41] Yeah.

[00:39:41] The five lions.

[00:39:43] And Voltron was there to protect the universe.

[00:39:46] Yeah.

[00:39:46] Yeah.

[00:39:47] To the best of my, I mean, I'm not sure what the plot is, but my understanding is the

[00:39:51] five lions.

[00:39:52] About 30 cars.

[00:39:54] Okay.

[00:39:56] You don't even know what I'm talking about, do you?

[00:39:58] I remember the lions.

[00:40:00] There was like...

[00:40:01] I don't remember the cars.

[00:40:03] Yeah.

[00:40:03] There was like some...

[00:40:07] What Americans used to do was they would take like Japanese properties and rebrand them.

[00:40:14] Okay.

[00:40:15] So like...

[00:40:17] Which is what they do with like for years with the Power Rangers.

[00:40:19] Like that was just like a Japanese...

[00:40:21] Different Japanese TV shows that they would just kind of snatch and call it the Power Rangers.

[00:40:27] Because that was a known brand in America.

[00:40:29] Right.

[00:40:31] So they did the same thing with anime for a long time.

[00:40:33] And one of the things that they did was like there was...

[00:40:35] So there was like another show in Japan that was like similar with the car.

[00:40:42] But it was like these cars.

[00:40:44] Like they were like searching the galaxy for Earth or something.

[00:40:47] I can't remember what the fuck was going on.

[00:40:49] But there were these...

[00:40:50] It was like all these cars and airplanes.

[00:40:53] And they like would like shoot out of the ship and they'd form Voltron.

[00:40:58] And like...

[00:41:00] But it wasn't really Voltron.

[00:41:01] It was like another show.

[00:41:03] Oh, I see.

[00:41:04] You know what I mean?

[00:41:04] Like it was like they ran out of episodes with the lions.

[00:41:07] And so like the makers are like, well, we need more Voltron.

[00:41:10] So we'll just take this show, which looks similar.

[00:41:13] You know?

[00:41:14] And we'll just do the same thing.

[00:41:15] We'll just call it Voltron.

[00:41:16] Oh, really?

[00:41:17] Yeah.

[00:41:19] Like they did it like with Robotech with three different shows.

[00:41:23] Really?

[00:41:24] Yeah.

[00:41:24] Because Robotech...

[00:41:26] Like the original Robotech with Rick Conner versus the Zentradi.

[00:41:34] That was one show.

[00:41:36] Uh-huh.

[00:41:36] And that show came to an end.

[00:41:40] But they needed...

[00:41:41] In America, like, well, we need more of this because it's a hit.

[00:41:43] So they took another show, which had stuff transforming, but was completely different.

[00:41:51] And then they rebranded it and did the voiceovers so that it's interconnected with Robotech.

[00:41:59] I don't know.

[00:41:59] And then that show ended.

[00:42:02] They needed another show.

[00:42:04] So they found a third show, which, again, had similar-looking technology.

[00:42:10] Just redubbed it so it made sense with our story.

[00:42:14] And it was like insanity.

[00:42:17] You know, but that's what they used to do.

[00:42:19] Right.

[00:42:20] So there's also a Masters of the Universe movie going into production.

[00:42:30] Oh, boy.

[00:42:30] Yeah.

[00:42:31] And they announced who's going to be playing Skeletor.

[00:42:33] Yeah.

[00:42:35] Friend of the show, Jared Leto.

[00:42:38] Really?

[00:42:39] Yeah.

[00:42:40] Interesting.

[00:42:41] I thought so, too.

[00:42:43] That would be a good Skeletor.

[00:42:45] I don't know.

[00:42:49] Like, because the only reason I say that is, like, when I think of Skeletor, I think of,

[00:42:55] like, you know, ha-ha-ha, He-Man, I'll get you next time.

[00:42:59] Like, this over-the-top kind of, like, you know, character.

[00:43:04] Right.

[00:43:04] And I don't think of Jared Leto as an over-the-top character.

[00:43:09] Like, even his Joker was subdued.

[00:43:11] Yeah.

[00:43:11] You know, to an extent.

[00:43:13] As compared to, like, any other Joker.

[00:43:18] So it's...

[00:43:19] I saw that and I was like, well, that's interesting.

[00:43:24] I don't know how that's going to work.

[00:43:25] You know?

[00:43:27] It'll be fun.

[00:43:30] He's like, fuck it, I ain't worried about it.

[00:43:32] Fucking E-Man.

[00:43:33] Yeah.

[00:43:33] Yeah.

[00:43:36] I get it.

[00:43:37] Yeah, that was a made-up story anyway.

[00:43:39] No, I agree.

[00:43:41] I agree.

[00:43:42] It's just, it's that thing of, like, when you think of, like, how the character has been

[00:43:45] portrayed in, like, animation.

[00:43:47] Yeah.

[00:43:48] Like, even recently, like, with the...

[00:43:50] The new one.

[00:43:51] The new one.

[00:43:52] With Mark Hamill as Skeletor.

[00:43:58] He's a little over the top.

[00:43:59] Yeah.

[00:43:59] You know, like, one of my favorite things is, like, in the first episode when He-Man, you

[00:44:04] know, runs him through with a sword and he's like, you know, finally, you figure out what

[00:44:08] the point of the end of that thing is for.

[00:44:10] Yeah.

[00:44:11] Like, oh, shit!

[00:44:12] You know?

[00:44:15] Because it was, like, in the old days.

[00:44:19] Like, in the 80s.

[00:44:20] Like, He-Man wasn't allowed to be offensive.

[00:44:22] No, he wasn't allowed.

[00:44:23] There was no violence in the show either.

[00:44:25] Like, everything He-Man did was a defensive maneuver that ended up, like, backfiring on the villains.

[00:44:31] Like, he never, like, attacked.

[00:44:33] It was always, like, ugh, ugh, let me defend myself, you know?

[00:44:38] Like, you're fucking He-Man!

[00:44:41] Most powerful being in the universe.

[00:44:43] Yeah.

[00:44:44] And your defensive moves.

[00:44:46] Yeah.

[00:44:46] Yeah.

[00:44:49] The fuck you think you're Jet Li?

[00:44:51] Yeah.

[00:44:53] It's a big old grunt.

[00:44:55] Use it.

[00:44:56] Yeah.

[00:45:01] Ram-Man saw more action.

[00:45:04] Yeah.

[00:45:04] Yeah.

[00:45:07] Ram-Man and Fisto.

[00:45:10] I fisted him good He-Man.

[00:45:15] They had to know what they were saying.

[00:45:17] They did!

[00:45:19] They absolutely fucking did.

[00:45:21] They had to.

[00:45:22] I was watching the other day.

[00:45:26] I saw this on Facebook, and it just, like...

[00:45:29] It was like I was watching a fever dream.

[00:45:32] Yeah.

[00:45:33] And it was, like...

[00:45:34] Like, back in the day, the, um...

[00:45:37] In the 70s, like, the Brady Bunch had a variety hour.

[00:45:41] Uh-huh.

[00:45:42] It was, like, produced by Sid and Marty Croft.

[00:45:45] Oh, shit.

[00:45:46] So, you had...

[00:45:48] So, you had...

[00:45:48] It was, like, two of the...

[00:45:53] The three of the Brady kids.

[00:45:54] It was Jan was Dorothy.

[00:45:56] It was Peter and, uh, the older one.

[00:45:59] I can't remember his name.

[00:46:01] Like, one was dressed up as...

[00:46:03] Greg.

[00:46:03] Greg, yeah.

[00:46:04] One was dressed up as the Tin Man.

[00:46:06] One was dressed up as the Scarecrow.

[00:46:08] So...

[00:46:09] And then they had...

[00:46:13] Rip.

[00:46:16] Not Rip Torn.

[00:46:19] Oh, I can't remember.

[00:46:22] One of those, like, 60s and 70s guys that show up, like, you know...

[00:46:25] Yeah.

[00:46:25] Pop the confetti can in our...

[00:46:28] You know...

[00:46:28] Yeah.

[00:46:29] But he was the Cowardly Lion.

[00:46:31] All right.

[00:46:31] So, they're dressed up in...

[00:46:33] As, like, these Wizard of Oz characters.

[00:46:35] And they're singing Car Wash.

[00:46:38] Wow.

[00:46:39] Yeah.

[00:46:41] You know, let me see.

[00:46:42] I gotta see if I can find it real quick.

[00:46:43] It's, like...

[00:46:44] Describing it does this absolutely no justice.

[00:46:54] That's horrible.

[00:46:56] It's tremendous, though.

[00:46:57] Because it's, like...

[00:46:59] Like, the most inappropriate thing you could fucking do.

[00:47:04] Right.

[00:47:05] You know what I mean?

[00:47:06] Like...

[00:47:06] And it was...

[00:47:13] It was awful.

[00:47:17] Yeah.

[00:47:18] Terrible.

[00:47:19] Oh, it's awful.

[00:47:21] But, I mean, it's, like...

[00:47:22] How...

[00:47:23] Like...

[00:47:23] I don't...

[00:47:24] Like, it's that 70s thing of, like...

[00:47:27] How high were they when they thought that was a good idea?

[00:47:30] Oh.

[00:47:31] I know.

[00:47:32] I don't think they cared.

[00:47:34] But, I mean, like...

[00:47:35] You're, like, on national...

[00:47:36] You're, like, putting us on national television.

[00:47:39] Right.

[00:47:39] This wasn't, like, some podcast like you and I do.

[00:47:42] Or we can make a fool of ourselves and nobody hears it.

[00:47:44] Yeah.

[00:47:45] You know?

[00:47:45] Like, this is, like...

[00:47:46] This was...

[00:47:47] Millions of people watched this.

[00:47:50] You know, like...

[00:47:52] This was back in the day when you had four fucking channels.

[00:47:56] Right, right.

[00:47:56] Maybe five.

[00:47:57] You know?

[00:47:58] And, like...

[00:48:00] A nationally televised program, like, drew millions of people no matter what.

[00:48:04] And we were talking about the Brady Bunch.

[00:48:07] Which...

[00:48:07] That was probably a big draw.

[00:48:09] And, like...

[00:48:10] Here's Sid and Marty Kroff, like, going, like...

[00:48:12] You know what?

[00:48:13] It'll be fucking awesome.

[00:48:14] Like, we got...

[00:48:14] We got...

[00:48:15] We did...

[00:48:15] We did this whole...

[00:48:16] Whole thing with fucking...

[00:48:19] The Wizard of Oz with the kids and shit.

[00:48:22] And...

[00:48:22] You know what?

[00:48:23] Man.

[00:48:24] Let's have him sing Car Wash.

[00:48:25] Gosh.

[00:48:27] Yeah.

[00:48:28] I don't know what that has to do with fucking...

[00:48:32] I don't know what that has to do with Wizard of Oz, but is that...

[00:48:34] Is that Coke?

[00:48:34] Yeah, I'll take some of that, too.

[00:48:36] You know, like...

[00:48:37] I mean, like, they had to be so fucking high...

[00:48:41] To, like, come up with this idea.

[00:48:42] Yeah.

[00:48:44] It was horrible.

[00:48:45] It was.

[00:48:47] It's fucking awful.

[00:48:51] It's the shit we watched.

[00:48:53] No.

[00:48:54] Well, yeah, that's it.

[00:48:55] Like, I mean, it was, like...

[00:49:00] The funny thing is, like, the variety show no longer works.

[00:49:04] Right.

[00:49:04] You know what I mean?

[00:49:04] Like, you can't do it.

[00:49:06] Right.

[00:49:08] It's such a passe thing.

[00:49:11] Like, you're, like, you know...

[00:49:12] Even if you tried it.

[00:49:14] Like, if you could pick out, like, the right star,

[00:49:16] they'd be, like, okay.

[00:49:17] It's gonna be, like...

[00:49:19] They would do, like, holiday...

[00:49:20] One of the greatest variety shows of all time

[00:49:23] was the Paul Lynn Halloween special.

[00:49:25] Yeah.

[00:49:25] From, like, 1976.

[00:49:27] Yeah.

[00:49:27] I mean, it's got, like, Kiss and Linda Carter

[00:49:30] and, like, you know, all the witchy poos

[00:49:33] and, like, you know, all sorts of batshit crazy stuff

[00:49:35] going on there.

[00:49:36] And it is, like...

[00:49:39] You get a contact high from watching it.

[00:49:43] It's that crazy.

[00:49:44] You know what I mean?

[00:49:44] Like, everybody was fucking high doing this.

[00:49:48] Right.

[00:49:48] And...

[00:49:49] But, like, it's that thing of, like,

[00:49:50] no, this would never work today.

[00:49:52] Not even close.

[00:49:54] Right.

[00:49:54] Like, you know...

[00:49:54] Even if you got, like, the right person...

[00:49:56] Like, you have that all-American person

[00:49:58] and you're, like, okay,

[00:49:59] I'll watch a variety show with this person.

[00:50:01] And, you know...

[00:50:03] Like...

[00:50:03] I mean, I remember when I was a kid,

[00:50:04] like, watching, like,

[00:50:05] the Bob Hope Christmas special and stuff.

[00:50:07] Yeah.

[00:50:07] Like, that shit would never work today.

[00:50:09] Nah.

[00:50:10] Not even close.

[00:50:10] You know?

[00:50:13] But, like, I just can't imagine, like,

[00:50:15] even trying it now.

[00:50:18] Right.

[00:50:19] It's, like, a thing of, like,

[00:50:20] a bygone era that, like,

[00:50:22] will never exist again.

[00:50:25] Nah, never, dude.

[00:50:29] That's crazy.

[00:50:30] It is.

[00:50:31] It's crazy to think, like...

[00:50:32] I mean, and these were popular shows, too.

[00:50:34] Like, I mean,

[00:50:35] Sonny and Cher

[00:50:37] went for a while.

[00:50:38] The...

[00:50:41] The Osmond kids had one for a while.

[00:50:44] You know?

[00:50:45] Yeah.

[00:50:45] Like, it was, like...

[00:50:46] That was a thing back in the day.

[00:50:48] Like, you know,

[00:50:49] well, we need to fill all that.

[00:50:50] Let's...

[00:50:51] Let's get Star X to host a variety show for us.

[00:50:54] Oh, okay.

[00:50:55] That sounds like a plan.

[00:50:56] Right.

[00:50:56] You know?

[00:50:57] And it did big numbers

[00:50:58] because people ate that shit up.

[00:51:00] You know?

[00:51:02] Oh, man.

[00:51:04] I mean, the point that they syndicated stuff.

[00:51:06] I mean, the Barbara Mandrell show.

[00:51:08] Barbara Mandrell and her sisters.

[00:51:09] Like, that was, like,

[00:51:10] a weekly variety show

[00:51:12] that was, like, syndicated.

[00:51:13] Yeah.

[00:51:14] You know?

[00:51:14] Yeah.

[00:51:15] Hee-haw.

[00:51:16] Yeah.

[00:51:16] You know?

[00:51:17] Like, that's just stuff

[00:51:19] that you'll never, ever see again.

[00:51:20] And it's, like...

[00:51:22] But on top of it all,

[00:51:23] like, the madness

[00:51:24] of what they would, like,

[00:51:26] pitch as ideas.

[00:51:29] Like this.

[00:51:30] Like this.

[00:51:30] You know?

[00:51:31] Singing car wash

[00:51:32] at the Emerald City car wash.

[00:51:34] Like, what the fuck?

[00:51:35] Fuck.

[00:51:36] I know.

[00:51:37] Holy hell.

[00:51:39] Carol Burnett's show was funny.

[00:51:41] But that wasn't a variety show.

[00:51:43] Like, it was a comedy, like, skit show.

[00:51:47] Yeah, I guess you're right.

[00:51:47] Like, it was more like

[00:51:48] Saturday Night Live

[00:51:49] than it was, like...

[00:51:51] Because when I think of a variety show,

[00:51:52] it's like,

[00:51:53] okay, it's like,

[00:51:54] well, here are the stars in a show

[00:51:56] and they'll have a guest star

[00:51:58] and there's musical numbers

[00:51:59] and, you know,

[00:52:02] like, you know,

[00:52:03] maybe there's a skit or two,

[00:52:05] but, like,

[00:52:06] Carol Burnett wasn't a variety show

[00:52:07] as much as it was, like,

[00:52:09] here's a skit,

[00:52:10] here's a skit,

[00:52:10] here's a skit.

[00:52:11] Right.

[00:52:12] You know what I mean?

[00:52:12] And in between all that,

[00:52:14] you're gonna laugh your ass off.

[00:52:15] Yeah.

[00:52:16] You know?

[00:52:16] There wasn't a musical number normally.

[00:52:19] It was just,

[00:52:20] you know,

[00:52:20] it was more like

[00:52:21] Saturday Night Live

[00:52:22] than it was, like,

[00:52:24] like,

[00:52:25] Donnie and Marie

[00:52:26] or,

[00:52:27] you know,

[00:52:29] Sonny and Cher.

[00:52:30] Yeah.

[00:52:33] So.

[00:52:36] All right.

[00:52:39] Well,

[00:52:42] I do need to address,

[00:52:48] let me pull this up.

[00:53:01] I do want to address

[00:53:02] an old friend of the show,

[00:53:04] Sarah,

[00:53:05] the hummingbird.

[00:53:06] Mm-hmm.

[00:53:06] She stated she's excited

[00:53:08] for episode 600

[00:53:09] is a meetup,

[00:53:10] a possibility.

[00:53:12] Considering episode 600

[00:53:13] is next week.

[00:53:14] Right.

[00:53:14] Um,

[00:53:15] no,

[00:53:16] there's not gonna be a meetup.

[00:53:17] Uh,

[00:53:18] just because,

[00:53:19] like,

[00:53:19] it's between the holidays.

[00:53:21] Right.

[00:53:21] You know what I mean?

[00:53:22] Like,

[00:53:22] I feel like it's too hard

[00:53:24] to kind of do.

[00:53:25] I know people are with family,

[00:53:27] people are off,

[00:53:27] people are traveling,

[00:53:28] you know,

[00:53:29] people are doing stuff.

[00:53:31] Um,

[00:53:32] so I,

[00:53:33] I,

[00:53:33] I don't,

[00:53:36] plus,

[00:53:38] in all honesty,

[00:53:40] um,

[00:53:41] I feel like where Ian lives,

[00:53:43] having people come over here

[00:53:44] is too far to ask him to travel.

[00:53:45] And at my place,

[00:53:47] with,

[00:53:48] um,

[00:53:50] the kids and everything,

[00:53:51] I don't think it's a good idea.

[00:53:53] And I haven't,

[00:53:53] find a venue.

[00:53:54] Yeah.

[00:53:54] And I haven't found a venue.

[00:53:56] I'm not,

[00:53:56] I'm not doing Dave and Buster's again.

[00:53:57] Like,

[00:53:58] that,

[00:53:58] that was a fucking fiasco.

[00:54:01] Um,

[00:54:01] but I got,

[00:54:02] you know,

[00:54:02] I haven't been able to find,

[00:54:03] like,

[00:54:03] a place that we can,

[00:54:04] like,

[00:54:04] go and just kind of hang out.

[00:54:06] Like,

[00:54:06] we did,

[00:54:08] like,

[00:54:08] when we had the,

[00:54:09] the,

[00:54:09] the store that we used to go to.

[00:54:11] Yeah.

[00:54:11] Um,

[00:54:12] I just haven't been able to find some place

[00:54:13] that we can kind of do that at.

[00:54:16] Um,

[00:54:16] I hope I do someday.

[00:54:18] I,

[00:54:18] I would love to have a get together

[00:54:20] at some point.

[00:54:21] Like,

[00:54:21] maybe just all just meet at a restaurant

[00:54:23] somewhere and hang out for a bit.

[00:54:24] Yeah.

[00:54:25] Um,

[00:54:26] like,

[00:54:26] do like Luciano's and like,

[00:54:28] you know,

[00:54:28] maybe get the back room.

[00:54:30] Yeah.

[00:54:30] Or something.

[00:54:32] Yeah.

[00:54:32] Um,

[00:54:32] but outside of that,

[00:54:34] right now,

[00:54:34] no,

[00:54:35] there,

[00:54:35] there's no,

[00:54:37] for episode 600,

[00:54:38] there's nothing scheduled

[00:54:40] for a meetup,

[00:54:41] but,

[00:54:41] um,

[00:54:43] yeah,

[00:54:43] I do want to do something someday,

[00:54:45] kind of getting our,

[00:54:46] our shit together and

[00:54:48] figuring that out.

[00:54:51] So,

[00:54:55] that's right in.

[00:54:57] Now,

[00:54:57] last week,

[00:54:58] just to let you know,

[00:54:58] we were talking about,

[00:54:59] Nancy was watching a documentary

[00:55:00] about Joe Francis

[00:55:02] and the girls gone wild.

[00:55:04] the rise and fall of girls gone wild.

[00:55:06] Okay.

[00:55:07] Um,

[00:55:08] so Thad writes in,

[00:55:09] he says,

[00:55:09] I watched a documentary about Joe Francis.

[00:55:12] Joe Francis is my hero.

[00:55:15] He's a national treasure.

[00:55:17] I do not feel sorry for any girl

[00:55:19] in the girls gone wild videos.

[00:55:20] I did not see a gun to your head.

[00:55:23] Fuck you,

[00:55:24] you stupid slut.

[00:55:25] Wow.

[00:55:26] Yeah.

[00:55:28] Um,

[00:55:29] every video I ever watched,

[00:55:30] the girls are smiling and happy.

[00:55:32] You drank the Kool-Aid

[00:55:33] and now you have to live with it.

[00:55:35] Just because you were a drunk

[00:55:36] four years ago

[00:55:37] and now someone realizes,

[00:55:39] recognizes you

[00:55:40] and tugs your taff in your videos,

[00:55:42] too bad.

[00:55:42] Your problem,

[00:55:43] not mine.

[00:55:45] If it was not,

[00:55:46] no,

[00:55:47] if it was not for Joe Francis,

[00:55:49] I would have never seen my first titty.

[00:55:51] Okay,

[00:55:51] well,

[00:55:51] get out of here.

[00:55:54] Um,

[00:55:58] that's it.

[00:55:58] That's,

[00:55:58] that's all that's

[00:56:00] really pertinent to the show there

[00:56:01] from Thad.

[00:56:02] So,

[00:56:04] I understand Thad's point.

[00:56:06] Like,

[00:56:07] to an extent.

[00:56:09] Okay.

[00:56:11] Um,

[00:56:15] I get,

[00:56:16] I mean,

[00:56:16] it's a different time.

[00:56:19] I feel like now we're,

[00:56:22] we're more educated.

[00:56:24] Like,

[00:56:26] I don't know,

[00:56:26] it's just,

[00:56:27] it's that weird thing of like,

[00:56:29] I get your point,

[00:56:30] Thad,

[00:56:31] but at the same time,

[00:56:33] I'm like,

[00:56:34] I don't know how to,

[00:56:35] I don't know how to phrase this.

[00:56:37] I don't want to get into it.

[00:56:38] Right.

[00:56:38] Because I don't know how

[00:56:39] to properly articulate it,

[00:56:41] but,

[00:56:42] um,

[00:56:44] you make some points I agree with

[00:56:46] and you make some points I disagree with.

[00:56:48] I'm going to leave it at that.

[00:56:49] Okay.

[00:56:49] Okay.

[00:56:51] So,

[00:56:52] is there anything you'd like to add

[00:56:53] to the proceedings there,

[00:56:54] sir?

[00:56:54] No,

[00:56:54] I'm good.

[00:56:55] Well,

[00:56:56] remember there are a number of different ways

[00:56:57] you can reach out and touch us.

[00:56:58] Like I said,

[00:56:59] it's an email like Thad does each and every week.

[00:57:01] And that email address is

[00:57:02] PittsburghNerd

[00:57:02] at Yahoo.com.

[00:57:04] You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter.

[00:57:06] Just search PittsburghNerd.

[00:57:08] We're very,

[00:57:09] very easy to find.

[00:57:10] And we are on a number of podcasting networks.

[00:57:13] Uh,

[00:57:13] you can find us on the Tangentbound Network,

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[00:57:16] and the Podbreed Network.

[00:57:18] Uh,

[00:57:18] just give them a Google search

[00:57:20] and you'll find all the other great podcasts

[00:57:21] they have to offer.

[00:57:23] And lastly,

[00:57:24] I always want to thank you,

[00:57:25] dear listener,

[00:57:26] for taking the time to check us out

[00:57:27] each and every week,

[00:57:28] and especially during this week of,

[00:57:30] uh,

[00:57:31] Christmas.

[00:57:32] we wish you a,

[00:57:33] a Merry Christmas,

[00:57:33] a Happy New Year.

[00:57:35] We will,

[00:57:35] we will have a show

[00:57:37] for New Year's,

[00:57:38] but anyway,

[00:57:39] I'm just doing the whole,

[00:57:40] the whole spiel.

[00:57:41] Um,

[00:57:43] so there,

[00:57:44] there you go.

[00:57:45] Merry Christmas,

[00:57:45] Happy New Year.

[00:57:46] Hope,

[00:57:46] hope you have a,

[00:57:47] a lovely holiday

[00:57:48] and you get to spend it with,

[00:57:50] family and friends.

[00:57:51] Yeah.

[00:57:52] And on that note,

[00:57:54] the dreamer

[00:57:55] has awakened.

[00:57:59] Peace.