[00:00:23] And welcome to episode 611 of the Pittsburgh Nerd Podcast. I'm Sean. And I'm Ian, and this is the only podcast that says, There is not many things finer than the feel of a new pair of socks. Nice. Yeah. It's an odd thing. Like, again, I am broke and I am cheap.
[00:00:48] But my socks were reaching that point of like, like all my socks, like not just like one pair or two, like all my socks were reaching that point of like, yeah, you got to retire these. These need to be thrown away. You can't even use them for rags, you know? Yeah, yeah. And so I bought myself a 12 pack of socks yesterday. Okay. And I'm wearing my first pair today.
[00:01:15] And like, you put them on, you're like, oh, that's what they're supposed to feel like. Yeah, that's what a sock is supposed to feel like. Yeah, that's not what I get. That's what that's actually supposed to feel like. Like, I forgot, you know? And it's like, I think like, I don't even buy like good socks. I mean, these are like Walmart El Cheapo socks. Right. You know, I can only imagine what I get like a nice pair of like Nike socks must feel like.
[00:01:46] Hmm. You say that, but like. Yeah, I know. I got. Like, I'm wearing the Pinto of socks and like, that's like the Lamborghini. Okay. You know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. I can only imagine how good, like a good, like a really good pair of socks must feel when you put them on for the first time. Right. You know, like I just, I remember, I'm going to get the Al Bundy playing football gif, I'm
[00:02:15] sure from Stork. But like when I played football in high school, like my senior year as a senior, they gave me a new pair of socks every game. Oh, really? Yeah. Like as a junior, as a sophomore, I was giving like one pair of socks. Like that's for the entire year. Holy shit. As a junior, as a starter, I think I got, we played 10 games, I think I got five pairs of socks. But as a senior, it was like, I had a new pair of socks in my locker every game day. Right.
[00:02:46] And so we like, when you put those on, it was like, oh, that's nice. Yeah. But like, they were also the socks. And I mean, this was, you know, 88, 89, 90. Sure. You know, like they came all the way up to my knee, you know, and they had like a blue, a yellow, and a blue ring around the top of them. Okay. Like it, they were, it was, it was a football sock.
[00:03:16] Like that's what it was meant to do. Like nowadays guys don't wear shit like that anymore. Yeah. If they are wearing socks, it's like those, those bodysuit socks or whatever. Yeah. Like you watch a player, it's not like they, you'll, you'll see like, it's not like, they call it a sock, but it's, it looks like it's like, just like they're wearing a bodysuit, like a compression suit underneath their, their uniform. But back then it was like, and like, I remember just, you know, sliding those bad boys on and
[00:03:43] be like, oh yeah, that's nice. You know? I wear, I mean, I have Hanes, like black socks. Yeah. And white socks. But I got, got away from them and I started wearing, um, just because for work I'm always on my feet. Yeah. So I have good socks. Yeah. I have Bombas. Yeah.
[00:04:13] Um, that I wear. Yeah. Which I say is a very good sock. It is. Um, but, um, and I know that's like upper crust, but you know, I spend so much time on my feet. Exactly. My dad did the same thing. My dad, he, he's like, the one thing I'll invest in are like red wing boots. Okay. Because he's like, it was a really good boot.
[00:04:42] I'm on my feet all day doing stuff like, you know, cause he was a maintenance man. He's like a red wing boot. Like it's out of my price range, but I'm going to spend the money for that because if I buy something cheap, right. I'm ruining it. It's, it's, it's ruined in a month and you know, my feet will suffer. Right. You know? So I get that like with as much time as you spend on your feet and your job, but investing
[00:05:10] in, in socks makes sense and shoes. Yeah. Makes sense. Exactly. Like, you know, and I, I mean, especially with what you do, like a good pair of shoes goes a long way. Yeah. They do. I mean, cause of how much time you spend on your shoes. Right. So, so yeah, like, you know. No, I don't have hokas or anything like that. Right.
[00:05:34] Um, but just because I can't have anything really that's mesh on the outside. Right. You know what I mean? Yeah. Like I can't wear a running shoe. I can't. Right. Nothing mesh. Yeah. That's disgusting. But I mean, like the things that hit my feet. Right. I mean, it has to be something I can take a Clorox wipe and. Yeah. Clean up. Clean up. You know what I mean? So, but they're comfortable. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? It's a nice pair of new balance. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:06:05] I mean, I had Merrell's for a while. Yeah. Um, but I, I can't remember what these are that I have now, but, um, the, um, it's just better for my feet. Yeah. You know what I mean? And considering how much time and walking I do on them, it has to be comfortable. Yeah. And sometimes it's hard to find shoes that are comfortable, especially in my size. Right.
[00:06:30] So in your, in your size and also, well, you said like what meets the criteria. Right. That you need. Yeah. It has to be a specific shoe. Right. And so I don't suffer on, um, almost like the same type of shoe you would have bought if you were working in a kitchen. Like a non-slip sole. Yeah. Obviously.
[00:06:55] Um, you know, something that, like you said, not mesh because you're working in a kitchen, you get some hot grease on your shoe. You don't want that. You know what I mean? Like, yeah, I, I, I, I almost got to be the same type of shoe. Yeah. Mine looks like, mine look like, how can I describe it? Like, um, sort of like Crocs. Yeah. If that makes any sense. They're like Crocs. Yeah. You know, Crocs, but they're hold. Mine aren't hold.
[00:07:25] Okay. Does that make sense? Makes sense. Yeah. Yeah. Like, I can't have hold. Right. You know what I mean? Right. Because it'll get on my feet. Yeah. They have to be closed top. Right. But then you have to find some that are, it's a difficult scenario. You have to find some that are ventilated as well. Yeah. They have to be ventilated. Right. Yeah. Because you don't want your, you know, your foot just down there sweating. No. Trapping that stink.
[00:07:54] So it's like, it's like a nursing shoe. Yes. But. Of course, men's. Yeah. And you're walking the tight rope there. Yeah. For what you need. Yeah. So anyway. Yeah. Wow. Starting off with shoes and socks. Well, it's that. I know. But it's an odd thing. Like, I'm also going to talk about, like, I bought a brand new firing pin. Oh, good for you. Yeah. I've been using my old one for like five and a half years.
[00:08:23] Yeah. And it's, you know. Time for a new one. Yeah. And so, again, it's like, it's that thing of like. And again. Poor and cheap. But I've got my car's inspected money. Yeah. Which is starting to run out. But. So I was like, you know, well, you need a new frying pan. Get yourself, you know, just. And it's like. Again. I'm sure somebody's like, they're not that fucking expensive. I get that.
[00:08:52] But it's just, it's a luxury that like. Yeah. It's tough to like say like, oh, I'm just going to go and spend 20 bucks on a frying pan. I wouldn't say. That's a luxury though. I don't think a frying pan is a luxury. I mean, if you're cooking in it every day. No. I mean, it's not a luxury. But like, it's that thing of like justifying like, okay, this frying pan I've been using
[00:09:21] for five years is dead. Right. You know. Okay. I get that. I have to get. Like, that's the luxury of it. Yes. I need. I get it. Um, I can't remember what the brand was. Okay. Um, I mean, I bought it at Walmart for like 18 bucks. Yeah. You know, but it's that. Which is funny because like I could, I could justify the luxury of like, you know, I'm not going to go to wing stop tonight. You know, but like. Yeah. You know, spending 18 bucks on a frying pan is like, you know, oh man, I got to think this over.
[00:09:51] You know. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. You know what I mean? Like that's the odd thing. Like I've been thinking about like, especially since I bought the bed, like, like odd, like things that you need are like, it's a hard thing to like, like, okay, the bed. I paid 40 bucks for the frame and a hundred dollars for the mattress. Okay. 140 bucks total.
[00:10:21] Uh huh. But to me, that's an extravagant purchase. Right. Okay. You know what I mean? Like. Yeah. That's like, wow. I spent 140 dollars on a bed, a bed by which, which I still don't like. Right. You know. Yeah. Um, but it's, it's that funny thing of like, like, like I had to justify it in my head. Even I had the money. I'm still in my head, like thinking to myself, like, well, I mean, you do have a functional bed. I mean, it's falling apart. Sure.
[00:10:49] And, but you can sleep on it. Right. You know what I mean? Like it was the same with the frying pan. It's like, well, I technically have a frying pan that, you know, even though it is dead, like it, shit is sticking to it. Like no matter how much butter you put in the pan, shit still sticks. Right. Right. Like how much, like you, you really should just invest in another frying pan. Like it's, it's stuff like that. It was the same thing with the socks. Right. $10 socks for 12 pair of socks.
[00:11:16] I spent 10 bucks and it's like, well, technically I still have socks. They're technically socks. You know what I mean? Like it's a weird thing. It goes through my head. I don't know how many other people go through it. Right. But like, I'm just like, so like that combination of poor and cheap. Yeah. You know, like, cause there are poor people who will spend money. You know what I mean? Like the second they get money, it's like, you know, licorice whips for everyone.
[00:11:45] You know, they are getting tattoos and getting crack and whatever else they do. Like, but, you know, hookers and Coke for everyone, you know? Yeah. But with me, it's that, it's just that odd thing of, of like, I really don't need that. Okay. And then I had to justify it to myself. Like, well, you do need it. This is why you need it. Right. You know what I mean?
[00:12:13] Like, um, younger Sean would have just been like, you know, we're going to the strip club. You know, younger, older Sean is now like, and even like stuff like I buy for myself that's like for me to enjoy. Okay. Okay. Like I've been buying these, um, Bandai Godzilla figures. Okay. I have three of them. I've got a fourth one on the way. Okay.
[00:12:41] And it's that thing of like, I like 20 bucks. Okay. And I love them. Like I, they, they, they bring me joy. Like there was that old thing that that one woman would say that, well, does this bring you joy? Well, yes. These bring me joy. I love looking at them. Right. I love having them in my, my room with me. Like I, you know, I like looking over and seeing them and it's, and it's four different versions of Godzilla, you know? Okay. Like people are like, you know, Godzilla looks the same no matter what. No.
[00:13:08] I mean, there, there's, if you look at the way Godzilla minus one looked compared to Godzilla 2000 or Godzilla 1984, Godzilla and Godzilla versus Biollante, like they look different. The suits are built different. They have, there, there, there are big differences. If you look at Godzilla in 1954 compared to Godzilla now, there's a massive difference. The American version of Godzilla looks different than the Japanese, you know?
[00:13:35] So like, I like the different versions of Godzilla. I have my favorites and like having them in like these like 10 inch figures, 12 inch figures is like, it's kind of cool. I like it. It makes me happy. But like, again, I'm like justifying that purchase even. It's like, fuck it. Just do it, Sean. Right. You know? Just have a little, have a little happiness, you know? Right, right. In this life of misery that you lead, you know? Yeah. Bring yourself a little bit of joy.
[00:14:05] So it's, it's, it's a weird thing. And like, I felt the same way about buying socks. Like I said, like, it was just like, you know, you're done to like, you've got like six wearable pair of socks, Sean. What are you going to do? Well, you know, there's seven days in the week, so I'm not making that anymore. You know? Right. You know? Yeah. I'm coming up short. So. So that's where I, you know, but even in, it's an odd thing I know, but in my head,
[00:14:37] it's, but yeah, I guess at the same time, like I have no problem being like, you know, I feel like today, I think I'm going to have to Charlie's for a cheesesteak. There you go. Like it costs the same amount for me to go to Charlie's for a cheesesteak as it did for the fucking frying pan. That's what I mean. Yeah. That's what I was going to bring up. Yeah. That's, that's the point. Like, and I need the frying pan. I don't need to go to Charlie's. Right. You know? But yet I have no problem like getting like, yeah, I think I'm going to go get myself a bite to eat, go in the rigs, you know?
[00:15:07] I'm going to drop 30 dollars on some, uh, some good barbecue. Right. You know, meanwhile, I come back the next day, like make myself breakfast. My eggs are just like, you know, struggling. You know? Like, I can't get it off the bottom of the pan. When does it become a scrambled egg? Yeah. So. Yeah. That's what I mean when you buy the frying pan. Yeah. It's, but say you ate it out three times.
[00:15:36] A week, that's 70 bucks or something. You know what I mean? Right. You know what I mean? So. But I think that's the odd thing is like, because of how weird my schedule is and the way I have to do things. Like, I, I eat the same thing every day. Almost. Like for, for breakfast, I'll have like sausage, egg and cheese sandwich. Okay. Okay. Every day.
[00:16:05] It's simple and easy to make and I enjoy it. My dinner, because I can't cook myself anything, is usually a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and some potato chips. Why can't you cook yourself anything? Because I, I, I have a half hour for my. Oh yeah. Like I'm at work during dinner. No, I get it. I get it. Yeah. So. Like I used to, they yelled at me because what I used to do is like, I'd come down and like, like I throw like some chicken tenders and some French fries at an air fryer. Yeah.
[00:16:35] Like 20 minutes before my, my, my, my lunch break. Yeah. And they'd be ready by the time I came down for lunch. Okay. They yelled at me for doing that. Like I got like scolded. Really? Yeah. They're like, we notice you go into like, you know, this ox at this time and what's going on? I'm like, why are you downstairs to get my dinner ready? Like, well, you have to do that while you're on lunch. Like, but it takes 20 minutes to cook. Right. Yeah.
[00:17:05] Like, how am I supposed to then eat, do dishes and be back up here in time to get back to work? Like it's impossible. Like, yeah, you gotta figure that out. Like, okay. So I have a peanut butter sandwich, peanut butter and jelly sandwich and some potato chips every day for dinner. So when I get to the weekend, like always like, when I get to the weekend, I don't even want to like cook at home for dinner. Like, I do want to like, so I say to myself, like, you know, it's, it's worth going out
[00:17:32] and getting yourself like, you know, go, go to Popeye's for some chicken tenders or sure. You know what I mean? Like I'm at that, that's why I eat out as much as I do on the weekends because to me, my diet or what I eat during the week is so the same. Yeah. So, and, and, and, you know, I want to go out and just like, you know, I'm, I'm just two days a week. I'm just going to go for it. Yeah. You just want something different.
[00:18:02] Yeah. Yeah. I get that. Going to five guys, you know. Yeah. Those burgers are good. They are. They're so good. Last time I was up there, I was just like, that is so fucking good. Oh. Now I have to shit. Yeah. The drive home is going to be precarious, but I don't care. Right. You know, but, um, but yeah, I mean, so that's, I mean, so that's more like the, like the
[00:18:31] justification like becomes easier with eating out. Right. Because like, I'm telling myself like, man, you've ate, you ate peanut butter and jelly for five fucking days. Right. You know, go get yourself something. Live a little. Right. You know. Last week I had, oh, oh, so good. I went last week and I got, I went to Lucha's and got some fettuccine Alfredo with chicken. Oh. Oh.
[00:19:01] So fucking good. Right. Oh. I got the go, so I brought it back home and I'm just sitting here at the table and I'm just like making yummy noises the entire time. Yeah. Like, oh, that's so good. Yummy. I'm a simple man. You know. I like fettuccine Alfredo. So do I. It's just so freaking good. It is.
[00:19:30] It's so bad for you, but it's so fucking good. Oh, I know it's bad for you. Yeah. Like, and Lucha's like, you can see like the butter. Oh, I know. And it's like, oh, that's glorious. Let me, let me, let me dip my bread in that. You know. Yeah. I need to dip something in it. Yeah. So. So what are you been up to? Nothing. Really. Working. Yeah.
[00:19:59] You know. Pretty much it. Stuff around the house. Caught up on Daredevil. Yeah. Oh, man. Isn't it? I mean, like. I hate to gush all over, all over again, but.
[00:20:23] Oh, that whole scene where Kingpin becomes Kingpin again and Daredevil becomes Daredevil again. Yeah. Yeah. I was like. What? Yeah. You know what I mean? Oh, yeah. Well, first of all, the conversation he has with, that Murdoch has with Frank Castle. Oh, yeah. I mean. I am so happy they brought Jon Barenthal back as the Punisher.
[00:20:53] Yeah. You know. And then. It was the Punisher. Like, again. Like, the thing that you worry about. Oh, man. They're going to Disneyfy this somehow. They're going to. But. You know. Yeah. And no. I mean, that was. That was a glorious scene. Oh, man. So fucking good. I know. And then. But you're right. Like, I mean. That scene where, like. Kingpin's eating and. Yeah. Like. Totally, like, pigging out. Yeah. Like.
[00:21:24] And that's what I noticed first. I was like. Oh. Yeah. He's not, like. Eating a little piece of salmon now. No. He's fucking pasting it out. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like, he doesn't give a fuck. No. You know what I mean? And then, like. You know. That guy's just, like, screaming. You know. And, you know. Matt's like. You know. He's got the bull a lot. And he's just doing it. I'm just like. Oh. Here it comes. Yeah. Oh, shit. Yes. Like.
[00:21:55] Yeah. It was good. It's just really well written. It is. And then they did the. It's a fantastic, like. One-off episode. With the bank heist. Yeah. Yeah. That was great. That was their off piece. Right. But it also. In a weird. Like. In a way. It connected.
[00:22:23] It finally connected. Matt Murdock. To the. To the Marvel Universe at large. Yeah. Because. Mr. Khan. Is Kamala Khan's. Father. In Miss Marvel. Yeah. So. They've been in a Marvel TV series. And they were in. Yeah. The Marvels. So. Now you have connective tissue. More than just somebody saying. Well. Yeah.
[00:22:53] The invasion. Or the. Like. There's real connective tissue now. That like. You've interacted with a character. Outside of the TV universe. Correct. Yeah. Which I think is cool. Yeah. Finally. Yeah. Not finally. Well. Sort of finally. Sort of finally. Yeah. Like. Like. These characters deserve their spot in the MCU. Yeah. I'm not saying that they should be Avengers. Right. But. Like.
[00:23:20] There needs to be some sort of moment where they are acknowledged as being a part of the universe. Right. And. This helped. You know. I mean. They've mentioned Spider-Man. I think in the first episode. Yeah. But. Overall. Again. It's just a mention. Like. You know. You're not getting. A MCU character interacting with any of these TV characters until now. Right. Right. Even though it was Kamala Khan's father.
[00:23:48] That's still enough connective tissue to me. Yeah. That now you're like. Oh. Okay. Here we go. Right. Right. Right. You know. I mean. I know. I mean. You know. You said. Well. Kingpin's been in Hawkeye. And. You know. He was in Echo. But. You know. It's still. Like. You want that connective tissue to. Right. To the hero. Right. Right. Right. You know. But that episode was really well done.
[00:24:19] Oh. I thought so. Yeah. I thought it was really good. And then you get to the next episode where. It's out. It's out. I mean. But like. And then. You're right. And there's a great moment. Like. You know. First off. Before Kingpin goes to the. That. Fundraiser or whatever. Yeah. Like. He's throwing on his jacket. And it doesn't fit. Yeah. He rips it. Like. You're right. Yeah. He's been eaten. Yeah. Because. All the way back in episode two.
[00:24:49] Matt mentions. You sound lighter on your feet. Yeah. You know. Yeah. You've lost some weight. You know. And now. He's like. You know. No. Fuck it. Fuck it. I thought it was cool. I thought that. I. What I also liked about that episode too. Is that. Like. Pump up. Speech he gave to those. Fucking cops. Yeah. Oh. Yeah. That was like. Good shit. Yeah. I mean. Like. I know it's bad. I mean. I know. Yeah.
[00:25:19] It's terrible what he's doing. He's taking the worst of the worst of the police department. And giving them like. Free range. Unbridled. You know. Just. Go for it. Yeah. And you're just like. But that speech was amazing. You're right. Oh. It was. Maybe it was like. A fire up speech. You know what I mean. Like. I'm like. Man. I want to go kill somebody. Yeah. But then you get. Like. When Matt's finally.
[00:25:49] Like. That moment where he says. Fuck it. And hangs up the phone. And suits up. Really? I'm like. Oh shit. It's on. I. I. Have you ever seen. It. It's a video. It's like this guy. And. He's. His son's like. I'll kick your ass. And the dad like. Fires up an old. Super Nintendo. And it's. Or. It's golden eye. It's like. N64. Golden eye. Okay. And like.
[00:26:18] The theme starts playing. And the dad's just like. Shaking his fist. Like. Oh. You don't know what's coming. This is your ass. Boy. You hear me? And it's like. That's how I felt. Like. I'm watching. Like. He. When he swung. Off that root talk. I'm like. Oh. You don't know what's coming. Boy. This is your ass. Yeah. It's just so good. Oh. Like. They really did well with this. Yeah. And like.
[00:26:48] Normally I hated. Because. It's always the trope with. With him. It's like. He has to earn the suit. Yeah. Like. Ever. In the old. In the original. Series. It was always like. You didn't get Matt in the suit. Until like. Episode 8 or 9. Yeah. Like. You know. Like. In the first series. It made. Like. The first season. That made sense. Because he was like. He was wearing like the. The black sweats. With the. Yeah.
[00:27:19] The black like. Yeah. You know. Do-rag over his eyes. And stuff like that. That made sense. From the standpoint of like. The character. And everything. But like. Once he got the suit. Like. He just wanted to be in that fucking suit. You know. Like. I want to see Daredevil. Right. But. Like. In this series. Him. The lead up to the suit. Has been worth it. Yeah. Like. Because you. You at least at first saw him in the suit. Right.
[00:27:49] You know. And everything had happened. And why he would disavow the suit. Right. Like. I'll never be that. I'll never be Daredevil again. Right. Because I failed Foggy. And I understand. So like. But like. So the lead up to it was like. So fucking good. Good. And then when you get him in the suit. Yeah. And he tells that girl. Yeah. I'm here. I've got you. You're like. Fuck yeah. That's right. That's right. You do. That's right. Yeah. The devil of hell's kitchen is back. Right.
[00:28:20] Yeah. It was good. I just like the intricacy of Daredevil. I like how they go into. Not just. I mean the fighting's amazing. Yeah. Yeah. And it's not just the fighting. But it's also. Like when he caught the shotgun. Right. Yeah. Like that. It's almost like that. It's not fourth wall. But it's like. Spider sense. Right. Yeah. Yeah. And so.
[00:28:48] He has this sense about him. Like. He's fighting this guy. But at the same time. He's listening to her heartbeat. Yeah. The entire time. To make sure she's still alive. Yeah. And then he breaks from the guy. Because he has to go do chest compressions. To save her life. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. I like that aspect of how they wrote it. Yeah. I like how he hears. You know what I mean? Like. Which makes sense. Which completely makes sense for Daredevil. Because he's blind. Right. Right. But what I'm saying. The way the other sentences are. Senses are heightened.
[00:29:19] Like they portray it very well. Yeah. Yeah. I love that. I mean. I love the whole aspect of that. Yeah. It's like a third sense. Yeah. Almost. You know. It's really cool. It's just really well done. I just love it. I agree. Like. I'm 100% with you. Like. It's been extraordinarily well done. I've been very very happy with it. I want to see where this goes. Right.
[00:29:49] You know. Like. If there's one complaint you can have. Is you don't know what the end game is. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like. With any other. Like. You can kind of say. Like. Okay. Well. This is where we're going. This is. This is the end game. This is. Was. I don't know what this is leading to yet. You know. Which I like. But I don't. Because it's like. I'd like to know where we're going. But I'm willing to go on the ride. Yeah.
[00:30:17] I also like that scene too. When the. The crime boss. Went into the mayor's. Oh. Yeah. And it was like. He just increased to 2.8 million. Yeah. Yeah. I was like. That's right. What's up? And like. I think that. Why we like him so much. Is like. He's a character. That you love to hate. But I. I don't even hate him. But I think. The other side of that too. Is like.
[00:30:50] As comic book fans. Yeah. Like the one thing you want. Is a. A. A good portrayal. Of your. Of these characters. Right. Like. Why is Heath Ledger's Joker. So beloved. Right. Like. Because it's not even really the Joker. Right. It's not the Joker from the comic book. But we love. Because it's at least like a really good portrayal of what. That character is. Right. Like.
[00:31:20] Nolan took that character. And made it a real life believable character. That you would not want to see. Ever. Right. You know. And I feel like with. What Vincent D'Onofrio has done with Kingpin. He understands the character. And he's played the character. As the character. Right. Like. He didn't try to change it. He hasn't. Like. He wants to play Kingpin. Like. Maybe you could say like. Well the way he talks. Or. Or something. Is maybe.
[00:31:49] Not Kingpin-ish. But. You know. He's done a really good job of like. Taking that character from the page. And bringing it to life. Oh yeah. Yeah. Like. There are some aspects of him that are. It's. You can never truly portray the size of the Kingpin. Right. Yeah. There's no way. Right. But yet. There are things you can do. Which is what he has done very very well. Yeah. And the way they've shot him too. Yeah.
[00:32:18] Make him look bigger. Yes. You know. It's all about the angle. The camera. I mean. Vincent D'Onofrio is a big guy to begin with. He is. You know. That's the first key. But the second key is. I mean. You're right. Like the way they've shot him. The. They. You know. Yeah. The little. Little nuances of. Of how you portray him. Yeah. But. I mean. He's just done a fantastic job of taking that character. And lifting it from the page. And making it real.
[00:32:48] Yeah. You know. Yeah. It's just. It's great. It's great shit. Yeah. Like Disney. Hit it out of the park with it. I think. Yeah. I mean truly. I mean. I know we were worried. But. I'm worried anymore. They can do whatever they want. I mean like. They have not. They have not. What I'm saying is. They have not disappointed in the stuff that they have put out. I mean. Look at Deadpool. They didn't hold back on that.
[00:33:19] At all. No. But they have disappointed. Yeah. I mean like the Eternals was not a good movie. Right. You know. I think that is something. Well. Yes. But I'm talking about recently. Within the past year. Right. Like with the course correction and stuff that they're doing. Right. Like. I didn't think the Marvels was that bad. But I didn't think it was that good either. Okay.
[00:33:49] Like. You know what I mean? Like. Yeah. At the end of it. I was like. Wow. I didn't pay for this. But I'm glad I watched it. Right. You know. You know. Quantumania was. Good. It wasn't phenomenal. I didn't think so either. But it was good. Yeah. Like. I mean. I think. The thing you have to understand. I mean. Captain. Captain America.
[00:34:18] Brave New World. Was good. Yeah. You know. Like. Movie. With Sam. Captain America. Yeah. Like. I. At the end of that. I wasn't like. You know. Oh. This is horrible. Yeah. Right. Right. Boy. It wasted my time. Wish I didn't come to the movie theater to see this. Right. Right. I enjoyed it. Um. But it still didn't live up to. Like.
[00:34:48] It wasn't as good as Captain America and the Winter Soldier. Okay. It wasn't as good as Civil War. You know. Yeah. But that's a high bar. Yeah. Yeah. It is. You know. Um. I mean. It was. It was as good as. Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Okay. If I. And I like that a lot. Yeah. So like. You know. I like. I like. Brave New World a lot. Just. It's tough when it's like. It's got that Captain America name attached to it. And.
[00:35:18] There's a high bar with Cap movies. Sure. You know. But. You know. I. I'm intrigued to see how the Thunderbolts is. Because. Like. That's their Suicide Squad. Right. You know. Yeah. And I'm intrigued to see how. How that movie is. Because. Like. That's. Like.
[00:35:48] You've dug too deep into the well. Right. You know. Like. You've reached that point where it's like. You've. You've. You've got characters that nobody cares about. Right. You know what I mean. And. And you made a bad movie on top of it. Like. I'm talking about the Eternals. Yeah. Shang. Shang-Chi was a very. Very good movie. It was. Like. I'm bummed out they haven't done a sequel to that yet. Yeah. It was a good movie. You know. I'll admit. Yeah. But. Eternals. Like.
[00:36:18] You know. But the Thunderbolts is interesting to me. Because it's like. These are characters I like. Mm-hmm. You're not digging too deep. Into the well for them. Mm-hmm. And. You're bringing back Bucky. Yeah. You know. So like. That movie really has my interest. People really like Bucky. He.
[00:36:47] I. I think what's interesting is. Bucky works. Like. A. Because like. He's in the. He's in the best Cap movie. And he's in the. The top five Marvel movie. With. With Winter Soldier. Yeah. And that was really. Really well done. Yeah. And then. You get to. Civil War. And it's not only his relationship with Cap. Right.
[00:37:17] But his relationship with. Sam. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like. Because they both. They both love. Steve. They both consider themselves. Steve's best friend. Yeah. And like. There's that moment. Like in the car. Where. Like. Bucky's like. Can you move the seat up? And his falcon's like. No. You know. But then there's that moment. Where like. Steve kisses. What's her name? Is. You know.
[00:37:47] Bucky and Sam are both like. Smiling. Because they're so happy. For their friend. Yeah. You know. It's shit like that. That's like. Their relationship. And it went further with. With Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Yeah. Like. Their interplay with each other. The entire time. To the point where at the end. You know. Bucky's getting invited to the barbecue. Yeah. Exactly. You know. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like. So. He's made it to the barbecue. Yeah. He's made it to the barbecue. So. It. Like. Yeah. Like. That character is. Is fun.
[00:38:17] And Sebastian Stan plays him very. Very well. And like. So I want to see like. How this. How that movie plays out. Yeah. So that's. That's kind of an interesting thing to me. And then. Like. They. They did the cast announcement for. Doomsday. Yeah. I saw that. You know. Damn near everybody's coming for that. Yeah. What I found interesting was. I.
[00:38:46] I didn't really look at it too. Grossly. But I mean. I did notice that. Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen was going to be in. Yeah. Which I found. Odd. I don't. In a way. If we're dealing with. Well. The. The scene at the end of.
[00:39:16] Brave New World. Like. We already know the multiverse exists. Right. Loki. Like. Really opened that up. Deadpool. Played in it. Yeah. But. The. And Kang. Like. Like. We had this all kind of laid out for a multiversal thing anyway. They just course corrected. Where now it's Doom. And it's Robert Downey Jr. Right.
[00:39:46] So. Like at the end. Like the. The. The mid credit scene of. Brave New World. Is. The thinker telling. Sam. Like. You don't know what you're getting into. Yeah. You know. There's a lot more going. At play here than you know. Mm-hmm. And. So yes. If we're dealing with the multiverse. Now bringing in. Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. Because. They're from a different universe.
[00:40:15] And we've already seen Patrick Stewart. From a different universe. Right. You know what I mean. Like. There's a lot of different. Like. Tom Hiddleston's in this. And. Based upon the end of season two of Loki. It's got to be a different. It's got to be a variant. It's got to be. Something different. Yeah. Because. That Loki. Can't come out and play. Yeah. You know. And. It.
[00:40:44] It. There's a lot of different. Like. You looked at that cast. And like. Again. All four of the. The Fantastic Four are in it. Yeah. Well. We haven't even seen the Fantastic Four. To know what happens. And why they're in this movie. Right. Like. You know what I mean. Which again. Another movie. I forgot about. I'm looking. Looking forward to.
[00:41:13] The Fantastic Four. Right. You know. Like. That's. That's a big one for me. I think for you as well. Yeah. So. Like. When they. Like. Having all those. Actors. And some of them from like. You're like. Well. How do you fit in? It made sense from the standpoint. Well. If they're dealing with a multiverse. Then. Yeah. Hemsworth. I saw. Hemsworth's name. Yeah.
[00:41:43] I didn't see. Banner though. Yeah. Pedro Pascal. No. Banner. Oh. No. I don't recall. If Mark Ruffalo was in it or not. Okay. But like. Which Hulk are you getting? Are you still going to get Thinker Hulk? Like. Are you getting Smart Hulk? Yeah. I don't know. Because I like Smart Hulk. I know. I'm like. People are like. Oh.
[00:42:13] He nerfed Hulk. And. Yeah. But I'm like. I kind of like Smart Hulk. Hulk. Yeah. I looked up for it. I didn't see Ruffalo in the cast. No. Doesn't mean he might not still show up. I'm glad. Shang-Chi. Yeah.
[00:42:45] Yeah. He's got Mystique's in it too. Which is very interesting. Yeah. The Rebecca Ramon Stamos. Yeah. I saw that. I also saw Alan Cummings. Which was a great Nightcrawler. Yeah. He was great as Nightcrawler. Like. I'm bummed I only got the one movie with him. Yeah. I was impressed with his Nightcrawler. Yeah. I was. He was good as Nightcrawler. Yeah. Yeah. He just. Yeah. It fit him as Nightcrawler. Yeah. Yeah. I was excited that he was in it. But Colossus isn't in it.
[00:43:16] But. Like. Like. And I know. Like. You hate. They only have. What I'm seeing from X-Men wise. They're only having like part of a team here. Right. There's no. Well. Of course. There's no Wolverine yet. Probably because they haven't picked him out yet. But. They also may just go with Hugh Jackman instead of Surprise. Maybe. But. Yeah. It is the Russo brothers. You never know what's going to happen. Yeah. Um.
[00:43:46] But. Like. They're only going up. I don't know. It's difficult. I mean. Don't get me wrong. I like the old. Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. Thing. Yeah. I do. They were great. Yeah. But. As 80 year old men. You know what I'm saying. Like.
[00:44:14] They were great in Days of Future Past. Yeah. Because it made sense. Right. Right. Their age. Yeah. Made sense. Right. In that time period. Um. But I. The new X. I mean. The new Professor X. But this is. But this isn't going to be new. I. I understand that. Right. I get where you're coming from. Right. But. That Magneto was.
[00:44:43] Unreal to me. Would I much rather have Fassbender? Sure. Oh. Sure. I mean. Yeah. But like. He played. Ian McKellen played. Magneto differently. Sinister almost. In a certain sense. But. It's Ian McKellen. You know what I mean? Yeah. When Fassbender did it. You felt the purpose. Does that make sense? Yeah. You kind of felt it with Magneto. You get what he was saying.
[00:45:13] You get it. It was more comic. I don't know how to describe it. But when Fassbender acted Magneto. You feared him. You knew. The anger. Like you felt the anger that was inside Fassbender. Like he. I think he really pulled off Magneto. Right. As far as mentally. Right. Like. I will say this. I mean he was. The um. Vicious. The McKellen Magneto. And the only part of. Sorry.
[00:45:43] The only part of. Um. One of the only part. Well there was a number of parts that I liked. And. Yeah. And um. Not Darkseid. Days of Future Past. No. My God. Apocalypse. Apocalypse. Okay. The couple parts that I did like in Apocalypse. Were all Magneto. Was all Magneto. Yeah. The Auschwitz scene. Oh.
[00:46:13] Yeah. Was. Yeah. Was that the airplane scene? Or was that Daisy? That was Days of Future Past was the airplane scene. When he puts the. When he puts the fucking steel beams down across the X. Yeah. Wicked. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like. There was a number. But. Magneto is. He's one of my favorite characters. But. I just felt that. Fassbender did a better job at it. I can't believe it. I'm saying that. But. Well. Like I. You're right. They played them a little bit different. Because.
[00:46:44] You just felt. Fassbender was the anger. You felt that. Yeah. Where McKellum. Was. The serpent of seduction. Yeah. Like. He spends a large portion of X2. Seducing. The kid with the lighter. Yeah. Pyro. Pyro. You know. In the third movie. Like he has that moment where he finds like all the. The mutants. And they're like. Well why don't you have. And he's like. You know.
[00:47:14] I would never be. You know. Tattooed again. He shows his. Numbers from. Yeah. The. You know. And like. It's stuff like that. Like. McKellum played it. It was a much more subtle character. Yeah. Because Ian McKellum is a much more subtle actor. Yeah. And there was. There was also the age difference as well. There was. But still. Just that's. That Ian McKellum is not. Right. A rage machine. He can be. I go. Go back to app pupil.
[00:47:44] Yeah. You know. But. But Ian McKellum is. He is a more subtle actor. Fast bender. He. He can. He can be rage. He can be emotional. There's just always felt. I always felt like. With fast bender. There was always a storm inside of him. Yes. You know what I mean. Right. Like to unleash. Like you especially see it in. In days of future past. In the airplane scene. Yeah.
[00:48:14] Right. Yeah. Maybe. Anyway. Um. I did watch. The final. Sony. Spider-Verse movie. Okay. Kraven the Hunter. I did too. Now that I brought it up. Okay. I thought it wasn't that bad. If it didn't have Kraven on the title. I would have loved it. It. I thought it was okay.
[00:48:44] It was okay. Like. It. It has the exact same problem. That every other. Spider-Verse movie had. Yeah. It's better than people told me it was. Yeah. But it's still not that good. Yeah. Like. Outside of the. Outside of Venom 2. Which is. By far their best movie. Right. This is probably the second best though. Yeah. Like.
[00:49:16] The only thing that bummed me out was again. You had to wait until the end of the fucking movie. To get him in the suit. Yeah. Yeah. I know. Like. I waited that entire time. I wanted to see fucking Kraven. And. At the end of it. It's like. You know. And he even. He sits in the chair. Just like. He sat in that chair. Looking at himself in the mirror. Like it was out of the. Right off the fucking. Call book cover. Yeah.
[00:49:46] Yeah. With the. The main. And the. Like. I was like. I've been waiting all fucking movie for this. Yeah. You know. But. That said. It still wasn't that bad. No. Again. Not great. Not good. But much better than people would have told you it was. Yeah. And I like the introduction of. What's her name too? Calypso. Yeah. I thought. I did a good job. I did a good job of introducing Calypso. I was like. Calypso. And I was like.
[00:50:15] Then I had to go back to my X-Men references. Yeah. Yeah. So. I'm like. Shit. I know that name. How do I know that name? Okay. Let me look that up. But they also did a good job with. With Rhino. Yeah. Like. Didn't mind that. Yeah. I like the explanation for it. Like everything kind of. And then Chameleon at the end. Yeah. I'm like. Damn. Like. I almost wish there was a sequel to that movie.
[00:50:45] Yeah. It's almost like. God. Can we introduce Spider-Man here? Yeah. That's what you want. Yeah. Let me get lambasted for this. But. I want the Garfield Spider-Man. For these characters. I get that. I don't want. That makes sense. I don't want. What's his name.
[00:51:15] With these. Carl Holland. Tom Holland. With these characters. It doesn't make sense to me. I need the. I need the brooding Spider-Man for this. I can understand that. I don't want the high school kid. Uppity. Uppity. You know what I mean. Yeah. Corny one liners. Not. I mean. I get it. Spider-Man's filled with one liners. I don't want the one liners coming from him though. Right. I want the darker side of one liners coming from Garfield. Right. These characters. Right. Do you know what I mean. Makes sense. Yeah. But.
[00:51:45] It wasn't bad. It really wasn't. Like. I thought the storyline was good. I thought the. The. I thought the origin story was good. Yeah. You know what I mean. Like the build up. I like the brother. I liked it all. I mean. I don't. Is it one of the best movies ever since? No. But it entertained me. It brought me a little glimpse of. My comic book. Yeah. But I want the hero.
[00:52:16] Yeah. You know what I mean. I want. I. You. You got to put him here. You got. Like. Venom makes sense because he is an anti-hero. Like. Not in the beginning. Not in the beginning. No. But. Like. But at least having him as the hero of the story made sense. Right. Like. And Madam Web. I mean. She's not really a villain. She's not really a hero. She just kind of like. Sits in time. Yeah. You know.
[00:52:47] But like. Kraven's a villain. Yeah. You know. He's not. Meant to be the hero. Never. He was always a villain. Yeah. In fact. I'm sure there was at one point. But I've never even remembered him. Even being a team up. No. With anybody. No. You know what I mean. Yeah. I'm thinking back to. Peter Parker. Yeah. Spectacular. Amazing. Nice. He's a villain.
[00:53:17] Yeah. Straight out. Yeah. So like. I never remember Morbius as being an anti-hero either. No. Ever. I don't know that much about Morbius. I think there was a stretch where they tried to turn him into an anti-hero. It's like the living vampire. And I think he had a couple year run of like a solo book. Yeah. Yeah. But. You know. Nobody cared. You know.
[00:53:47] Well that's kind of what Sony's doing. Nobody really cares. Yeah. Except for. Spider-Man freaks that want Spidey in it. Yeah. You know what I mean. No. I do. I mean. It's that thing. It's that weird thing of like. I mean. We said all along is like. Well what are these stories missing? When they're missing Spider-Man. Yeah. Like the entire time is like. If only we had Spider-Man in us. You know. Venom 2 stood on its own though.
[00:54:17] Right. But again. It goes. And Venom origin story. Number. The first one. Stood on its own without Spidey. Yeah. But. Like. Like. Venom can pour off. Like. My biggest complaint about that is. Because there's no Spider-Man. He doesn't have the Spider logo on him. Which like. You missed the entire time. Right. You know. Yeah. But. Outside of that. Like. Like you said. Like Venom at least. Like it's. At one point. Does become like an anti-hero. Yeah. Like I think at one point. He's one of the Guardians of the Galaxy. He is. Yeah. You know.
[00:54:47] Like. He does. You know. But he's still Venom. Yeah. You know. And. I think like. There was a period of time. Like. Based upon the popularity of Wolverine. That Marvel bought into the anti-hero. Yeah. Like. They were trying to turn everything into an anti-hero. Yeah. Yeah. And. Because I mean. If you remember. I'm sure you do. Like. The 90s. Was a time where like. They were putting Wolverine on the cover of everything.
[00:55:18] Here's Captain America. With special guest Wolverine. And it's like Wolverine on the cover. With like Cap's shield in his. Yeah. Claws or something. You know. It was shit like that. Like. They. He was the most popular character. And they were. Trying very hard to cash in on that popularity. Right. And they tried to replicate that popularity with. With Venom. And I think with Morbius. And. Other characters. And they thought. Well. We could turn this into an anti-hero. And.
[00:55:50] It really didn't work. Until you get to Deadpool. Right. You know. Once Deadpool was created. Everyone was like. Oh. He's my favorite. And then all of a sudden. He was on the cover of everything. Right. Right. Right. You know what I mean. So. Like. I get like. If you're Marvel. You over. You oversaturate the market. Because. That's your most marketable character. Right. But at the same time. As a comic fan. You're reaching a point of like. Fuck. I'm getting tired of Daredevil. Or.
[00:56:20] Not Daredevil. Of. Of Deadpool. Yeah. Or I was getting tired of Wolverine. Yeah. You know. Why is this guy showing up. Every fucking where. You know. So. But. Getting back to this movie. Like. I get why. You tried to do what you tried to do. It failed miserably. But. I will give you at least the credit of giving it a shot. And the movies were not as bad as people said they were. Yeah. They weren't.
[00:56:51] Like. People were like shitting all over every single one of these fucking movies. Except for Venom. Like. And. It. It just became a thing of like. I'm watching it. With very low expectations. And those very low expectations are being exceeded. Again. It's not a great movie. I'm not going to tell you. You need to watch it. Yeah. As a fan. But. It's not as bad. It had. Like.
[00:57:22] Like. It had problems. It had plot holes. It had. It had. But. And like. When I saw the run time was two hours. I was like. Oof. Oof. I'd be like. Oh. Two hours. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. But. Um. It spent like a half hour in their childhood. And it made sense.
[00:57:51] But there was a part of me that was kind of like. Man. We lingered in here too long. Right. You know. Like. That. Like. Let's get to. Let's get. Give me back to Aaron Taylor Johnson. You know. Yeah. I want to see his abs. Right. You know. Um. I thought Aaron. I. I honestly thought Aaron Taylor Johnson was a very good. Craven. Yeah. I did too. I thought if you put that character into a Spider-Man movie.
[00:58:20] With Aaron Taylor Johnson playing it. I thought that. Well. That'll work. That would work really well. Yeah. You know. But. We never shall find out. No. Are you sad that this like. Era has ended?
[00:58:51] Yeah. I'm indifferent. Yeah. I mean. I did like. I did like them. Yeah. I'm sad that ended. Because I really liked them. Yeah. I did. I enjoyed the movies. Right. Especially. The one with Carnage. It was just so fucking good. Yeah. Um. But. Without Spidey. You know. You know what I'm saying? Yeah.
[00:59:22] Like. I. I'm not sad. I'm sad that this like. Because there's a part of me. It's like man. Any comic book movie. Being put out. Is good. Right. But. There's also a part of me. It's like. I want Sony to stop trying. Right. You know. Like. Please stop. Please stop. It. It. It. It was kind of like. You had that. That. That little. Point. Like. You had like. The movie that shall not be named. Right.
[00:59:50] And then you had Ben Affleck's Daredevil. And then you had Electra. Right. And then you had Catwoman. Like. Right. There was some shit being thrown out. I'm just like. Please stop. Just everybody. Please fucking stop. Right. You're ruining. Like. You're ruining comic book movies for everybody. Right. You know. Like. Please. Just please stop. Let's all put our hands on the table. You know. Right. And. That's kind of how I feel about Sony. Like.
[01:00:19] I appreciate you trying. Right. You made an effort. But. You know. Well the thing is too. We're not giving up participation. And like. I. I'm. I may be 80 years old by the time this comes out. But I still want a Sinister Six movie. And you've introduced all the original members of the Sinister Six. Yes. They've been introduced. In some form or another. Right. You've introduced Doc Ock. Uh.
[01:00:49] Sandman. Yeah. Um. The Vulture. Yeah. Who else? Um. Goblin. Mm. Electro. Electro. Yeah. And Graven. Yeah. So you've introduced the Sinister Six. The original. Yeah. Sinister Six. And you fucking keep teasing it. In all these fucking movies. Right. You know what I mean? Like the closest you've come was.
[01:01:19] No. Not really. You just keep teasing it. Well you had that moment. And like are you going to do it? You had that moment at the end of the Jared Leto movie. Where. All of a sudden for some reason Michael Keaton. Yeah. Has been transported to their dimension. Right. And you can do. And you had that meeting in the desert between the two. Right. I mean you can do different variations. Yeah. Right. But you've introduced these. And you. Like.
[01:01:49] It's there. The characters are in the realm. You know. It's just split. Between two. I think that was the plan all along. Right. I mean that was Sony's plan. Is that we're going to build this universe. And we're going to get to this. Right. Using all these other Spider-Man characters. Without ever using Spider-Man. Because we had the rights to it. Right. And. It's like you said. The problem with all those characters. Is they work. But they don't work without Spider-Man. Right.
[01:02:19] All of them. Right. Kraven worked. As an origin story. Yes. But then you have to lead him to. Right. Spider-Man. But you've never really. And you had sort of an. Origin story with Electro too. Within the Spider-Man movie. Right. Sandman they kind of. Didn't really. Get into. Doc Ock. You already knew. From previous. From Tobey Maguire's. You know what I mean.
[01:02:48] So. So the closest you're going to get. Is Spider-Man No Way Home. And then Kraven. Correct. I think that's the closest we're going to get. Yeah. That was just with two of them though. That was just with Sandman and Electro. Right. But I'm. But. And Doc Ock. And Doc Ock. Right. Yeah. You needed. But. Like my point is like.
[01:03:17] That's the closest you're going to get to something like that. Because. What Sony was trying to do. Was lead to that movie with their. Spider-Verse characters. And. The Spider-Verse has failed so miserably. They just shut it down. Yeah. Anyway. It's depressing. It's not. And that's what kind of depressed me about Kraven. Because like. Oh they're coming out with Kraven. Right. So I was like. That's the last piece. Yeah. You know what I mean.
[01:03:49] It's just frustrating. Like I. I love the mind. Like I appreciate the effort. But I'm glad you're shutting it down. Because. Like when everybody talks about the comic book bubble. Right. Like it's. And the thing I've always said all along is. There is no bubble as long as you're putting out good movies. Well the problem is Sony you're not putting out good movies. Right. Like. And like. And yeah. I'm sure they're like. Well that's hypocritical.
[01:04:19] You just said it wasn't bad. And it's. It's not bad. Right. It's not as bad as people say. But it's still not that good. Right. You know. If you're. I'm talking about it. At best a mediocre movie. Right. You know. And it's the same thing Marvel's experienced. You know. If you keep putting out a bad product. Your good product suffers. You're. Bless it. Thanks. So.
[01:04:50] Like you get what your hope is. And. Like. Thunderbolts. Begins a recovery. Right. Like your hope. Fantastic Four begins a recovery. Back to like. Not the. The glory days of Marvel. But. Coming close. Right. You know. Avengers Doomsday is going to be a billion dollar movie. Why? Just because it's. Got the Avengers title. On it. Right. You know what I mean. Like. That's. What you need. And.
[01:05:22] It's just that. It's that thing of like. Maybe the bubble was burst. That you can't release like. Four Marvel movies a year. Right. You know. But. You can still release one or two. Right. Yeah. I mean. And. I. You know. DC is discovering as well. It's like. As much as I love. Man of Steel. And as much as I love. Batman v Superman. And. Wonder Woman. And.
[01:05:52] You know. Everything is like. Zack Snyder did. Right. I'm alone. In that. You know what I mean. Right. There aren't many of us who were like. What Zack Snyder did was amazing. Because. The. The. The. The proof is in like. How many people like. You know. Just shit on it. On a regular basis. Right. That's fine. Like. I understand that. So. Your hope is that James Gunn. Can correct that course. And give us a. Superman movie to begin with.
[01:06:23] That. People love. Right. Right. That's the. Like. That's the interesting. Thing. And. If that's the case. Then. The. Burp bubble hasn't burst. Maybe it's just decreased a little bit. Maybe. You know. Who knows. Who knows indeed. It is what the future holds. Oh.
[01:06:56] I'm trying to think what else has been going on this week. Um. Nothing. You got nothing. Yeah. Cool. I did see. Apple. Apple TV. Or Apple Plus. Whatever it's called. Their streaming service. Okay. It's apparently lost two billion dollars. Really? Yeah. How? Nobody.
[01:07:26] Here. Here's the problem. Apple TV is spending a ton of money. On programming. High end programming. And nobody is subscribing to it. Really? Yeah. Like. It amazes me. Why should I say amazes? Because it's like. It's that thing that we've kind of talked about. It's like.
[01:07:56] Well. As more streaming services become available. Like. Somebody's going to take a hit. Who's going to take a hit? Netflix is too powerful. Right. Um. Max is apparently doing relatively well. You know. Paramount Plus. I think they're struggling. But. You know. Anything that Tyler Sheraton does seems to do well. So they seem to. Right. Like Tyler Sheraton is kind of keeping that. That streaming service going.
[01:08:26] Hmm. WWE. You know. Peacock does well because of WWE. Yeah. Um. They've done well because. You know. Like they get those exclusive games from the NFL. Like in the playoffs. Yeah. So if you want to watch. Kansas City Miami in the playoffs. You have to subscribe to this. This is a Peacock exclusive. Yeah. I think they've done that with a few other things. That are like Peacock exclusives. Yeah. And it's done well for them. But Apple.
[01:08:55] Apple has a contract with like Major League Baseball. For Friday night games. And they have a contract with. With the MLS. And. I don't think anybody realized. How unpopular MLS is. Yeah. Like. I'm sorry. Major League Soccer is a. Regional sport. Right. Like. It's popular in the Northeast. And the. The. The. The Northwest. Yeah.
[01:09:25] Like. Maybe you get some people. In. In. In. Southern California. Because you have a strong Latino population. Maybe they. They watch some soccer. But like. Overall. Like. Nobody else is like. Clamoring for. Right. I know. You know. And so when you have like this exclusive contract. With the MLS. Expecting people to be like. Well. I've got to watch my MLS. MLS. That's not happening. Right.
[01:09:52] But you have this amazing programming that they do. Like. They. They. They. They have some. Phenomenal content. That. It's winning awards. But nobody's seeing it. Right. Like. It's amazing to me. Like. Like. With you. Like. If I say like. Okay. Like. You need to watch this show. It's on Apple TV. Like. You're and me. Like. Oh. It's on Apple TV. I'll never see it. Right. You know. Because.
[01:10:21] You have no interest in even subscribing to the service. Right. You know. Like. You don't even have to have an iPhone to subscribe to the service. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like. Maybe that's the misconception. You have to have an Apple device to get it. Yeah. That's not the case. You can subscribe without that. Right. It just says Apple. I. I wonder if they change their name to something other than Apple. Would people. Become more interested in it. Right. Because. Maybe the misconception is you have to have an Apple device to. Right.
[01:10:51] To stream it. Um. But it's just. It amazes me. It's like. Like. In. In the pay service. Like. They are just. Losing money hand over fist. And while Apple can afford to. Right. I. My fear is always like. They're just going to shut it down at some point. Right. Like. Well this failed miserably. Let's just shut this down. You know. Right. Does it.
[01:11:20] Does it surprise you that they're losing that much money? It does. Okay. It does. Because there's so many Apple users. Yeah. You know. Like. Is it free. It's not free with your phone though. Right. No. Like I. Like I got. When I signed up for it. I got a year free. Yeah. I wonder if they would. If they would bump up that promotion. They would get. Yeah. Yeah.
[01:11:50] Yeah. Does that make sense? Yeah. It does. Like. But I. I think when I. When I did it. I signed up for Apple TV. And I got Apple. Music. Like. I. I had it bundled. Yeah. Um. How much is the subscription to Apple TV? By itself. Like. I. I'm paying like. I think. Twenty two dollars a month. Uh huh. But like. That gives me Apple TV. That gives me Apple music. And. Like. Apple games. Which I.
[01:12:20] I don't use. Yeah. But I do use the music service. Like. That's. When I listen to music. When I'm in the car. And. Obviously. I'm. I'm. I'm watching Apple TV. When. Something I like comes on. Yeah. Um. Even though I do like. I. I do want to sit down. I want to watch Severance. That looked very good. There was another one. Um. Uh. I can't remember the name of it. But it has like Harrison Ford in it. Yeah. Yeah. I saw that. Yeah. Um. That looks very good. Like. They. They do have like. Really good fucking shows. That like. And some of them I like.
[01:12:50] Like I'm like foundation. I'm looking forward to season three. Whenever that finally comes out. Yeah. Like. There is stuff like that. That. Like. I do enjoy. Like. They have. They've had very good programming. And it looks fantastic. Yeah. You know. It's shot well. It looks great from a special effects standpoint. Um. I just. I think. They spend so much money. Yeah. On these shows. And they're not getting the return on investment from people subscribing. Right. You know. Hmm.
[01:13:21] Weird. It is weird. But it's also like. Like. You've cut the cord. And I've cut the cord. Mm-hmm. Like. Like. When do you say. Like. If I don't count. Because I use the internet for other things. So if I don't count that as like part of my TV expense. But like. Like how much.
[01:13:48] How many services are you subscribing to before you say like. Fuck. I might as well just get cable. Right. You know what I mean? Right. Like. That's the weird thing about where we're at right now. Is like. You know. I've got like. What? Five or six services I'm subscribing to. And it's like. If I add them all up. I'm still much less than what I was paying for cable. Yeah. But. You're. You kind of start saying like. You know.
[01:14:17] How many more services do I have to subscribe to to get everything I want? And how much is that costing me overall? Right. Like. Even if you add in the internet. At that point then I'm like. Oh fuck. I'm. I shouldn't say that because I was paying for a lot of these services before I had. Before I cut the cord anyway. Okay. Like. You know what I mean? Like. My. Technically my TV bill gets cut in half. Even if you add in the. Like what I pay for internet. Right.
[01:14:47] Because. I was paying for internet and cable. Plus I was still paying for all these subscription services. Yeah. You know what I mean? Well that's the thing too. Is when you have cable. I mean. Depending on the plan. You don't watch 70%. 75% of the. Right. Of the channels on there anyway. Right. So what the fuck do you have it for? Right. I mean. If I want to watch CNN. I can do that on my phone. Yeah. I'm just. No. You're right. You're 100% right. You know what I mean? Like.
[01:15:16] There are enough. There are enough places you can get. Because you're going to have to pay for subscriptions. That is. Things on your. TV. Through cable. You're going to have to pay for Macs. You're going to have to pay for Disney. You're going to have to pay for Netflix. You're going to have to pay. Right. You're going to have to pay for all that anyway. Right. So I mean. So why would I pay a. A cable company. $200. For. 75% of the TV. That I don't even watch. Right. No I agree. I mean. That's what made me cut the cord.
[01:15:46] That's. I reached a point where I'm like. Fuck. I'm watching maybe two or three things. On cable. You know. The kids are probably watching like. You know. But that could be replaced with streaming. Mm. They haven't even fucking noticed. That you know. Yeah. Um. They're not like. You know. You know. Wapner's at five o'clock. Wapner's at five o'clock. You know. Yeah. That's what I mean. Yeah. Like. You know. It's. Whenever you want to watch something. Okay. Here's Bluey. Here's.
[01:16:16] Yeah. You know. So and so's dollhouse. Or you know. Yeah. Like. Yeah. The. The. You want to watch this. Okay. Yeah. We're watching this. You know. Right. Here's Moana today. You know. That's the stuff we're doing now. Whereas. You know. Before you kind of turn on a channel and let it run. Yeah. You know. Um. But like. For me. I wasn't getting. Like. The only thing I was like. Watching is like. Any.
[01:16:46] Like. On a local channel. The Steeler Games. Yeah. Which I can get streaming for the most part. I do have to buy an antenna. Yeah. Because. I ran into a problem with Fox. Yeah. There's no. Like. There. I'd have to pay for a streaming service with Fox. Or. Or something. I don't. I don't know. I was like. I just need to fucking buy. Buy a digital antenna. Yeah. They're pretty cheap. Yeah. Between now and football season. I'll have to buy a digital antenna. Yeah. Yeah. I ended up watching the Super Bowl on Tubi. Oh. Did you?
[01:17:16] Yeah. Like. It was like. Free on Tubi. I'm like. Well. I guess I'm watching it here. You know. Yeah. That's hers. Okay. But that got you like the local channel. It got you. It gets you everything. Yeah. Anything that you want really. But that's like 90 bucks a month. Yeah. Which is like. When I add that 90 on top of. I don't need it.
[01:17:46] Like. Where I'm at now. I don't. Right. I don't even use it. Right. But like. My point is like. If I was to get that. On top of. What I'm already paying for. Now I'm back to cable prices. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like. So it doesn't make any sense. No. Yeah. The only thing. The only thing I ever watched. Really. That I. Missed. Like I always say. Is hockey. Yeah. But. Other than that. I did everything I did. Yeah. And I actually don't watch TV that much. So.
[01:18:16] I used to. Yeah. But now. I just don't watch it as much. And that's because you've changed man. I am. You're out there. You're living your life. Right. Hiking and. Going on adventures and. Yeah. We just went to Cedar Creek Park. Yeah. It was nice. Yeah. Except for the fucking dogs. Like. We have our dog. Yeah. It's fucking. Two. Women that probably weighed a buck twenty each.
[01:18:47] Walking around two Akitas. I'm like. This is just a recipe for disaster. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. And there's like. They have no control over them. Yeah. They don't have harness collars on them. Yeah. They just have regular collars. Yeah. I'm like. I look at this thing down here. Yeah. Little Ollie. Yeah. He's gruff. Yeah. You know. Because he. He's. He's good. Except. Certain dogs he's good at. Certain dogs he's not. Yeah.
[01:19:17] Yeah. And then we walked. We weren't by them. But. Some guy. That was probably. I mean. Didn't look like he should be walking. Had this. Like. Like a hundred and fifty pound German shepherd. Yeah. That was going. Ape shit. Anytime a dog walked by. Yeah. Yeah. I'm like. This. This whole scenario is bad to me. Yeah. You know what I mean?
[01:19:47] Yeah. So. I don't know. But. You know. Oliver gets aggressive on. He doesn't like foof dogs. Yeah. Like poodles and Maltises. Yeah. He doesn't. He hates. He does. Yeah. Yeah. He can't stand. That's funny. He looks at them like. Yeah. And he growls. And. He goes for the collar. Yeah. Not the collar. But he goes for the leash. Yeah. It's a soothing thing for him. Yeah. He'll bite the leash. Yeah. That's like.
[01:20:18] Sir. Yeah. So. You know. But he's never gone after. You know. Yeah. He. He wants to get to him. But I don't know what he'd do when he got to him. Yeah. But. Anyway. But other than that. It was really nice. It connects to the Allegheny Passage. Yeah. On the yacht. Yeah. Yeah. You know where I'm at. Yeah. It's part of that line. On the yacht. It's real nice. Yeah. It's just.
[01:20:49] When you went off trail. Like went off the passage. There's trails all through there. Yeah. And. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Itas are big dogs anyway. Yeah. And. I mean. There was no harness on these. Yeah. Like we walk in with a harness. Right.
[01:21:19] He has a harness. Like. Yeah. That we walk him on. Yeah. Yeah. Big dog shoot. Not big. Well. He's 40 pounds. But I mean like. Dogs should really have a harness on them. Right. You have more control. Right. You know. Better leashes. Yeah. These. These are kids run like. A simple collar with a. Leash that. Has the button. Yeah. That's no good. No. No. It's not good.
[01:21:49] I often think about like. I see like these. These videos. Like these people. Like. They have like a harness on their cat. And like. They've got them in like a little kayak. They're floating down the river together. And stuff. I'm like. I love to do that with Sabine. Sabine. Then I remember. Yeah. Sabine ain't doing that shit. Neither am I. You know. Right. Take her on a. Road trip. In the. In the old Kia Soul. Right. You know. We're just going to drive. Until we run out of gas. And we'll stay at a.
[01:22:19] A pet friendly motel. Right. You know. Anything to add to the proceedings there sir? No man. I'm good. Remember there are no different ways. You can reach out and touch us. You can send us an email. I don't know if that does. I think. Let me read. Old Thad's email here. He. He has something to say. I like to retort to. Okay.
[01:22:53] He says. I'm sorry Sean. If you said someone with a Trump sign on private property. Can keep that up. So I can keep my lights up on my private property. You hypocrite. No. You're right. That is hypocritical. I don't give a fuck. Yeah. Yeah. That sign. That political sign. Is annoying. Your lights. Are a nuisance.
[01:23:21] They're a fucking public nuisance. If. I'm not going to go down a rabbit hole. But let's just say. Someday. If I. If I was president. And I might write. To President Trump. And see. Let's just ban. Like. Christmas. Like. Christmas lights are one thing. Like. People hang Christmas lights. You don't hang Christmas lights. You have a fucking display. Okay. So you don't have fucking Christmas lights. You.
[01:23:51] You have a. A. Laser light display. That you. You think you have a fucking. Carnegie Science Center show. In Dark Side of the Moon. And you're not. Okay. You're a fucking nuisance. Rabbit hole. Rabbit hole. I gotta piss. Just kidding. So yes. I'll take my. I am a hypocrite. I understand you think I'm a hypocrite. I don't give a fuck.
[01:24:20] And on that note. Remember. Yeah. There are a number of different ways. You can reach out and touch us. You send us an email like Thad did there. And that email address is. PittsburghNerd. Yahoo. Dot com. You can also find us on Facebook. And Twitter. Just search. Pittsburgh Nerd Podcast. We're very very easy to find. And we are on a number of podcasts. Podcasting Networks. You can find us on the Tangent Bound Network. The Weeby Geeks Network. And the Podbreed Network. There. We. You.
[01:24:50] Give them a Google search. Jesus. That's right. Give them a Google search. You can find all the other great podcasts. They have to offer. Thad. You're lucky. Ian has to piss. Or I'd take you to the woodshed. Yeah. And on that note. The Dreamer. Has awakened. Peace.