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But before we dive like knee
deep into tonight's episode,
we're just going to take a
few seconds and remember
the contributions of James
Earl Jones and Peter Renaday, who,
if you don't know,
was the voice of the
nineteen eighty seven
master splinter for Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles.
I'm master and I are
listening to the uspn on
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thank y'all for that is
that not the coolest thing
ever is that the the helmet
he has that changes the voice or
I'm not sure how he did it.
I know he's been playing
with AI and incorporating
that into it as well.
But Frank D sends me all
kinds of golden goodies like that.
And sometimes he lets me keep them.
Sometimes he don't.
But on tonight's episode, he does.
He really does.
Or he goes, hey,
if you want something special,
just let me know.
I'm like, oh, damn,
I can't think of nothing
special right now.
Shit.
It'll come to me.
But tonight,
on a very special edition of USDN,
we are going to be
discussing Terminator Zero,
the eight-episode series
from Netflix and their
newest contribution to the anime world.
And joining me tonight,
very special guest from the
Queens of Nerds,
Jen, for the first time in almost a year,
I think.
Mm-hmm.
And then I have Mac, a.k.a.
Ya Boy.
What up, what up?
From Eat the Cake and the
Smoke Pit and the Prove Me Wrong.
Am I leaving anything out?
Nope.
All right.
Last but not least.
Oh, damn it.
Did I forget one?
No, no, no.
Just all over the place.
You really are.
And I have Amanda Rivas from The Pop Break,
and she is the host of a
handful of shows there that
I cannot name them all,
but she is all over the place over there.
All of the shows.
All of them.
All of the things.
It's so great to be here.
I'm excited.
It's good to be back with Mac,
and it's good to meet you, Jen.
Nice to meet you, too.
I've been catching, of course,
fellow anime.
Gotta listen to Eat the Cake.
And of course,
gotta support my fellow girls.
We're big fans of Queens.
Aw, thanks.
I appreciate it.
So I did notice that the pop
break beat me by a day on
the release of Terminator Zero.
A little bit.
We record ahead of time, though.
know I know but still y'all
beat me to it but it was
cool it was cool I I gave y'all
I gave you all the daps for it.
The beautiful thing is
there's so much to unpack
and discuss about this show.
Multiple shows can be done
on this and just talk about
different aspects of it.
It helps people bring more
people to Terminator Zero.
I'm here telling everybody about it.
I'm sure we'll talk about it,
but it's like, hey,
if I have a great anime,
I want everybody to know.
Exactly.
It's rare that me, I...
the chairman actually dive
headfirst into any real anime.
So for me to dive headfirst
into this and go start to finish,
it was something special.
Speaking of special,
let's talk about that storyline.
And I'll give you all the
brief synopsis for those of
you who haven't watched it yet.
and is caught between the
future and this past is a
soldier sent back in time
to change the fate of humanity.
She arrives in to protect
the scientist named Malcolm Lee,
who works to launch a new
AI system designed to
compete with Skynet's
impending attack on humanity.
As Malcolm navigates the
moral complexities of his creation,
he is haunted by an
unrelenting assassin from the future.
which forever alters the
fate of his three children.
Where the hell does that
sound familiar from?
Terminator.
So it's just like every
other Terminator out there,
but this is a anime and Japan goes, Hey,
we like Terminator,
but we're going to put our
little spin on it.
And it worked for me.
I don't know about how it
worked for y'all.
But what were y'all's first impressions?
Like, you turned it on.
You started watching it.
What were your first
thoughts on the beginning
of this season or this series?
Ladies first.
We can start with Jen in the corner.
In the upper left.
Um...
Well, of course, when Jeff is like,
you guys got to check out Terminator Zero,
I was like, Jeff's watching anime?
What?
Okay.
I have to check this out.
I was excited about it.
I was like, in the chat,
you got to watch it, guys.
Damn near in all caps.
I'm like, guys, guys.
I was like, oh, okay.
I'll check it out.
I was like, oh, shit, this is pretty good.
You know, my initial...
impression was it kind of
reminded me bear with me of
um parasite the maximum
parasite the gray where you
see if you guys have
watched those animes one's
kind of based in japan and
the other one's kind of
based in korea sorry if I'm
like the gray is in korea
watch the live action it was really good
And I like this one because
it's kind of showing what's
going on in Japan.
So it's not just the United
States that's kind of
worried and has people from
the future going back and
trying to figure out a
solution to what's going on with Skynet.
And
uh that's that was my my
first thought like oh this
is really cool we get to
see like a different like
country's perspective and
like what they're doing and
I really enjoyed that I
love the fact that it was
english subtitles because
any anime fan those english
dubs can for me can like
make or break an anime
because if they're terrible
I'm just like I can't I'm
like first where's the dub
for okay I have to watch
the subtitles I'm like I
can't stand these actors
something sometimes like it
doesn't even like correlate
at all like if you watch
enough you start picking up
like that's not what he
said that's totally not
what he said but hey we had
some notable voice actors
in this one though we had
rosario dawson timothy oliphant
and andre holland sumali
montano sonoya mizuno were
the like five that I could
like visually like see
their names I'm like oh
okay I I kind of can know I
know who they are
especially timothy oliphant
and rosario dawson
absolutely yep amanda your turn you're up
Yeah,
so I got really excited when I first
saw the announcement that
Timothy Oliphant was
attached and was going to
be the Terminator.
I was like, okay, I'm here.
I'm hooked.
Y'all went, y'all swung,
and y'all swung big.
And I'm here because he's just,
he's amazing and everything.
The Hitman fan in me just
like cried before the,
and then it was like hot
bath like right after.
But you know,
I'm like Hitman forever first.
So I was like, I'm here for it.
I'm excited.
Those first, the trailer was great.
The trailer just,
it was so eye-catching and just,
it felt like the, you know,
the first two Terminator movies.
it gave that same energy, that same vibe.
I was like, okay, we're here.
It's given me, I like where this is going.
And then when I saw this
first opening seconds, oh my gosh,
just how intense, how amazing.
I was like, we are, this is dark.
It's going to be, it's going to be heavy.
And I'm, I'm ready.
I'm
The Terminator felt menacing again.
And I'm like, I'm here.
So I'm like, I'm going to stick with it.
I'm going to watch it all the way through.
And that's what we did.
We just, we sat, we watched.
Brandon was like,
what's happening over this?
My boyfriend, what's happening over there?
And then he sat down and he's like, whoa.
I was like, yeah.
So I'm really, really excited about it.
And just, I mean, I really,
really was impressed right off the bat.
Shout out to the Brandalorian.
We know he's out there
probably hustling in the
wrestling ring right now.
So shout out to him.
Thank you, Mac.
What you got?
Um, so, uh,
you know, Netflix will,
will bring a lot of
properties over and be like, you know,
it's an anime, it's an anime.
And, um, you know,
you can dissect it and get
into the weeds and seas and be like,
that's not really an anime
or this is an anime.
But at the end of the day, uh,
you mess around and I'm,
I'm looking and I'm just like, okay,
you got, uh,
Matt's in Tomlin behind this.
Right.
So, uh, already I'm intrigued.
My man did work on, uh, you know,
the Batman and, um,
a few other films so I'm
like you know okay but then
you pair that up with uh I
think it's uh production ig
uh probably one of the up
and coming anime studios I
mean they've been around
for a while but recently
they've just been getting
love because they are the
the anime company or
animation company behind
kaiju number eight which is
one of the most
popular uh animes that are
around they've done work on
fake grand order uh curls
basketball haiku uh ghost
in the shell so they've
done a lot of work so
you're bringing an actual anime
studio to do this with the
writing of uh matt's and
tomlin and like you said I
look at the cast and I see
timothy uh oliphant on it
and I've been a fan of his
since deadwood back on hbo
which I felt should have
gotten like a a better
send-off than it did before
they just show up I'm still
disappointed about that by the way
Yeah,
they tried to come back with a movie
to try to tie it, and I'm just like, bro,
just give us a legit last season.
Don't do this movie tie-up stuff.
Overall,
I'm a hundred percent with what
Amanda said.
Terminator shows up on a scene,
and I'm just like, it's a legit threat.
I think the last six legit
Terminator movies in
theaters were not it.
Hot garbage.
The last one I was kind of like, okay,
was the one that had
Christian Bale in it.
I forget what that one was called.
And I'm just like,
I don't know how I feel about this.
It had the dude, Sam,
whatever from Avatar is like Worthington.
Yeah.
And then it just went downhill.
They kept going to get Arnold.
Then they tried to bring in
Linda Hamilton back for her
role as Sarah Connor in the Genesis.
I believe it was.
Yeah, she did her prize in the TV series.
So I'm like that, you know, I'm out of it,
you know,
and then comes this and I'm just like,
well, thank you.
You know, a quick eight episodes,
eight episode,
a little over four hours in total.
Tell an awesome story from
start to finish one little arc.
And I was like, this is dope.
I'm like original characters too.
I like the fact that all the
characters are like
original and it's not just
like talking about like,
not that I mind it, but yeah.
Talking about John Connor again.
That's like, oh, great.
No, I, I, I agree with that.
It was the the first trailer
when the so the Terminator
is a predecessor to the T-Eight hundred.
And when he's wearing the police outfit,
you see him doing that and
you see him holding the big
automatic machine gun.
I was like, all right, money.
I'm in.
That's all I needed.
Like the throwbacks to the originals.
And I was like, all right, cool.
And then Timothy Oliphant, of course.
And then like the episode
when they were like, oh,
and Rosario Dawson.
I'm like, Rosario Dawson.
They should have said that
from the beginning.
Yeah.
Because I don't ever
remember seeing her in any
of the mention of her in
the trailers or anything.
It was just like, oh, and Rosario Dawson.
It's smart, though.
It's smart, though,
because it's an extra hook.
Now,
I appreciate that Netflix didn't give
everything away right off the bat.
It's nice to be surprised.
Indeed.
So here's a quick did you know.
This Terminator,
like previous Terminators before it,
released on Judgment Day,
August twenty ninth.
which is great to know that
I was born on judgment day.
Nice.
Yeah.
So, so are you a terminator?
Wouldn't you like to know?
Are you related to the
Connors by any chance?
The
What anxiety.
I'm like, what if he says yes?
Shit.
I would have probably just
ended the show right there.
Just like, okay, you know my secret now.
Shit.
I was waiting for your eyes
to go a little red or something.
I'm like, damn it.
Only in photos and only when
I've been drinking.
Only in photos.
That's where the red eye
really comes from.
Yes, Jeffy Jeff Connor.
I saw that in the comments.
Freaking EJ, man.
EJ, don't be giving away all the secrets,
man.
Just because we've drank together,
you can't just be giving them all away.
Do the full de-sleeving arm trick,
would you?
Oh, we could... Hey,
I want to talk about the
cool little... When he put the...
The crossbow in the... The
crossbow in the forearm.
He peeled it back and put
the crossbow in his arm
that shot freaking big spike nails.
Low-key,
the crossbow was the scariest
weapon that the guy had.
He'd walk around with
dual-fifty towels and stuff,
but when he was like, bro,
get out of here before you get... Dude,
that scene,
I think it was like episode three?
No, or episode two,
when he was putting that thing in.
I was like, oh, my God.
I'm like, all right.
Look at you upgrade.
Exactly.
He didn't just like upgrade,
but he upgraded multiple
times throughout eight episodes.
I was just like, all right, cool.
This is something different.
And that was cool.
They brought something
different to the table for this.
And you never saw any other
terminators upgrade.
You saw them like maintain,
like they could fix themselves.
You know,
they could use different stuff like that.
Not that I,
I don't know if you guys can remember,
but I don't ever remember
any of the other ones like upgrading.
I just remember them like,
like doing like damage, like battlefield,
like medic, like,
Well,
their upgrades were more like
in-between films,
like from the T-Eight
Hundred and the first one.
And you're just like, man,
this dude is like liquid metal.
It gets no better than that.
He can just make his arm
into a weapon or whatever
and all that stuff.
So to see this one kind of
evolve and adapt to continue its mission,
I thought that was pretty cool, too.
And it was just a savage way to go.
There was just something
very visceral about using the crossbow.
And just the actual deaths
that occurred by it were
just straight up savage.
Oh, yeah.
That scene in the police
department was probably the
most savage scene.
That was a nice throwback, too.
It was.
Kind of, like, being, like,
the first Terminator when, yeah,
when he goes into, like,
the police department and shoots it up.
He was also throwing his voice, too.
Like,
changing his voice and doing all
those things and...
And I'm kind of low-key sad
that they didn't insert the dad joke,
like, you just got nailed.
I'm like, come on, that was perfect, like,
ADC.
Yeah.
That would have looked creepy.
I think with the way he
looked with his face, like, just like.
One good Arnold one-liner, you know, just,
yeah.
Don't ask for much.
Just give us the one.
Right.
When he crushed the hedge, yeah.
You're out of time.
Like, oh, why didn't you do it?
Come on.
Or carrying a box of roses
underneath his arms with, you know,
a sawed-off shotgun in it.
Come on.
We just needed the one good one-liner.
Exactly.
Like, he didn't even talk.
Really talk until the very
last episode in the finale.
When he finally...
explained what he was
actually there to do.
But yeah, I should, I need to kill Malcolm,
who Malcolm Lee,
the father who invented Kokoro.
Yes, thank you.
And but this is what I'm
really here for is my my
failsafe is this.
So but what how did y'all so
Did y'all catch that in the beginning?
Did y'all catch that Malcolm
was also from the future?
Or did y'all like catch it
when everybody caught it?
Like I think it was like
episode three or four.
I went out of my way to
avoid anybody who saw it
and was posting any kind of spoilers.
I just wanted to embrace it
and just absorb it.
And when the plot twist came,
be actually surprised by it, which I was.
And I was like, bro, this is very,
very well done.
Yes.
Like, I didn't see that coming.
Complete circle.
The tie-ins from the future to the past.
And then at the end, you know,
you're related to this person,
this person did that, this, that.
And you're just like, oh, my gosh.
Like, continue.
And it's like episode eight is done.
Did you like it?
Love it?
You know, when Netflix hits you with that,
when your series is over, you're like,
yeah.
Where's my season two?
Tell me you're doing season two.
I know.
but very well done.
Yeah.
I just loved how they didn't,
there was nothing at all between, um,
and I'm going to forget her name,
but I go, there it is.
I go and, um, and Malcolm,
like there was no
recognition on their part.
Like there was nothing on
her end to give it away.
Right.
I thought that was nice.
That was a nice way to sell that.
So when it did hit, it was like, Oh,
I was at the edge of my seat like, what?
I was like, thank you for surprising me.
I need more of this in my life.
Please keep going.
So when was it Aiko who was the not Aiko,
I'm sorry, Misaki.
Yeah.
Did y'all have any idea that
Misaki was AI or Android?
There was always something
funny about her that I can
never quite put my finger on.
Especially with the way
Malcolm treated her.
I was just like, damn, dude.
You're a little harsh.
Calm the fuck down, bro.
I know.
You're like barking orders.
I'm like, dang, man.
She's not a toaster oven.
Be nice.
And then I was like, wait a minute.
And then you're like, oh, wait.
She is a toaster.
Maybe she is.
Do it.
Yeah.
But you know what though?
Like with my,
I'm not going to say her name.
Cause she's going to be like,
what do you want?
I'm talking to you right now.
Um,
I told her, thank you.
She turns the lights off.
I'm like, hey, thanks, girl.
She's like, no problem.
Just doing my job.
I'm like, you can be nice.
My gosh.
I always thought something
was kind of funny with her,
but until she got her arm ripped off,
then I was like, oh.
I didn't see it.
Just thought something was weird.
That's all.
She was always kind of off.
Her mannerisms,
the whole thing when
Malcolm just completely
ripped her anew and she didn't
put up a fight she didn't
argue like I'm expecting a
a female or a woman or any
other person would be like
what the hell did you say
to me yeah you know it's
like eric said like she had
like um almost like a flat
affect yes like I didn't
maybe that's what kind of
seemed a little off about
her that I noticed
Yeah,
I always found it funny that she was
so fascinated with, like,
her blood and kept staring.
And I was like, okay,
there's something definitely in there.
She's far more fascinated
with it than normal.
And I wondered.
I didn't think her storyline
was going to go in the direction it did.
And I loved it.
Like,
another pleasant surprise is probably
my favorite part.
But...
you know I I was like she
has to be some kind of and
they kept you know bringing
in those other um machines
that looked at the like the
machine that didn't
recognize her didn't
acknowledge her I was like
I was like she's got to be
part machine or there's
something there it was the
first and then she kept
staring at her blood and I
was like okay there's I
think I think she is
somehow some part cyborg or
something but yeah um but
yeah but they I think they
threw enough out there but
then they got you at the
end which I loved
They really did.
And I like the way they did it.
They kind of they dropped enough hints,
but not enough there to
really pick it up.
Yeah.
And her affection for the
little robot cat kind of
was also one of those where you're like,
like,
what's her weird thing with this
robot cat?
Well, I mean, that.
But that was for the youngest daughter,
for the daughter.
My favorite aspect of the
show was the children at first, right?
I'm just saying, they're just, like,
any show where it's, like, the parents,
like, well, I got to go to work.
Like, obviously, it would be like,
you know, we're supposed to hang out,
you know, but I got to go to work.
You know, things come up,
and you're just like, whatever, Dad,
I hate you, Dad.
Like, you know, I'm just like...
Here we go with this thing again.
The kids hate the dad
because the mom's gone.
And it was like the cliche
thing for the conflict within the family.
And then the MacGuffin,
which was the kid in the
Conurco or whatever it was,
leading them out of the
house when the Terminator
shows up to get the kids.
And now it's like a wild
goose chase after the kids.
But they did, like I said,
at the end of the show,
I ended up being like...
I can see why the kids acted
the way they did now
especially the the oldest
son uh kenta uh who I was
just like this dude's a
complete in the beginning
like you are just worse
your sister's just like I
love this cat let me take
it apart like bro chill the
out man like but uh like I
said towards the end when
you get to that that that
twist ending the plot twist
uh when you figure out
why the Terminator was after him,
wanting to take him and not
the other kids, you know,
to try to blackmail Malcolm
to let him in to take down
Kokoro and all that stuff.
So at first, I'm just like,
you can take any of these other kids.
He was just fixated on the
whole reveal of why, you know,
I thought that was pretty cool.
Yeah, we all hated Kenta at first.
Yeah.
Down with Kenta.
Yeah.
I did think that was weird.
I'm like, why do you keep going for him?
Keeps like taking him,
throwing him over his shoulder.
And I'm like.
He's literally trying.
He wants to take you apart, dude.
Yeah.
He's obsessed with taking robots apart.
You really want to bring that kid back?
Yeah, that kid wasn't.
That kid was not doing
anything to that Terminator.
I'll tell you that much.
no I did like the fact that
they presented him as a a
terminator he wasn't soft
he wasn't he was mission
driven whatever it took to
get the mission done he was
gonna do that yeah yeah
And he did not BS when he talked about,
you know, there was,
there was no emotional connection there.
It's here's, here's, here's why I'm here.
Here's the facts.
Exactly.
And I think my only thing though,
is I wish they would have
let a little bit more of
that reasoning and purpose,
the explanation of that,
maybe go through like an
episode or two longer and,
Because then I feel like
Kenta's kind of crank of
the dial here would have
hit home a lot harder.
It was always good.
But especially with the
Terminator at the end,
like getting swarmed by the
other bots and just getting crushed.
The Eno's.
The Eno's, yeah.
I think those moments would
have hit harder a little bit.
Because it would have made
you question more about
who's actually telling the truth.
Is the Terminator lying?
Yeah.
The scene where, you know,
he actually takes Kenta and
he's handcuffed and you see him, like,
reloading his guns and stuff.
Like,
if he would have started explaining
it then.
Right.
And kind of,
because I think that would
have let Kenta kind of...
Let it marinate.
I think he probably would
have twisted it the other
way because he would have
had time to think about
that without the emotional...
reaction of you know I saw
my dad die just now you
were you know beating up
you know all this other
stuff threatening this that
and the third because he
was almost at that point
but uh you know we'll get
to the point where where
malcolm as smart as he was
like the sacrifices he made
in the future to come back
to the past like it's just
he was like this was all or
nothing for him like this
was his last resort so
let's just let's jump into
that let's jump into malcolm's backstory
I mean,
we find out that Malcolm is a
scientist from the future
who has already witnessed
the Skynet take over everything.
And Misaki is actually his
very first attempt at Kokoro, basically.
And he basically murders his...
I don't want to say it's a
military because it wasn't military.
Repurposes.
It's like a resistance.
His resistant leaders and
his resistant comrades, as they said.
And he's like, okay, now's our time.
And he realized like he
opens his shower curtain.
He's built a fricking time
machine to go back into the future.
I'm sorry.
Go back into the past so he
could start writing the future.
But you know the thing that
kills me about Malcolm, though,
is the whole time he's talking to Kokoro,
You know, she's asking, like, you know,
give me a reason why I
should hope you save humanity.
Give me a reason.
And I'm like, you have three things.
Three.
Your children.
That ultimately ends up
working in the end.
That she sees that love that
he has for his kids.
Although he kind of screwed up with Kinta.
I'm like,
you really should have opened that door,
bro.
Just saying.
Yeah.
But I'm like,
and that's all Kokoro wanted.
Like,
she saw all the bad things that
humanity had.
Like,
I wish that he would have just shown
his love.
It's kind of like... He had to save it.
Like, it was like... Yeah,
because it was like,
look at my kids now and his
kids are just being jerks.
She'd have been like, well... Yeah.
I don't blame you.
She zooms in and there's
Kenta trying to take apart the cat.
This is enough nukes for what we know.
More nukes.
Especially on that kid.
I think the wildest part is
how capable Kokoro was
without even being online
and connected to anything.
That was self-contained.
And I think Malcolm didn't tell,
cause he wanted her to come
to that conclusion herself.
He wanted her to have free will.
Like when he made a Masaki, it's like,
I'm not naming you.
You come up with your name.
I'm not telling you anything.
Cause that was his whole thing.
Cause Skynet was
deliberately telling things what to do.
You know, he was like,
I'm gonna create an AI and
have it have free will.
And he was able to like, it took,
the sacrifices of all
sacrifices for Kokoro to
finally understand.
Cause the awesome part is like,
she's three different facets at first.
Yeah.
And so that was a heart, mind and spirit.
And that was Rosario Dawson.
Yeah.
And it didn't even like,
it took me a moment to
really pick up that.
That was her.
Yeah.
Cause you don't hear it right away.
No.
It's got like a reverb to
her voice or something.
I didn't catch it.
I was like,
I know that voice from somewhere.
But did you guys like,
that's why I wanted to ask you guys,
did you guys feel like
there was like a
significance for her being
like the three different
parts of her and then she
finally comes together?
Like, I thought that was really profound.
I thought so too.
I thought that was very purposeful.
I think just to kind of just
highlight the different
aspects of humanity.
And so I think just,
and that's what makes a
person is those aspects.
It's kind of how I looked at it.
And so in the way she,
I think when she came
together with those three,
those three pieces of her
came together and then it
clicked where she's like, I get it now.
I think that was the,
I think that was the whole intent.
And I thought that was, I loved that.
That was very well done.
I did, too.
And I like the colors that
they they picked.
I know it's kind of silly,
but and then how she ended
up being gold were two
almost like a complete soul.
And to me,
like when she like finally like
combined the three halves,
I thought that was really cool, too.
I enjoyed that.
Me, too, Mac.
Me, too, buddy.
I love it.
It's accurate, though.
It's Rosario's voice.
It hits right here.
Leia, let's go with that's where it hits.
Well, I have to say it.
I'm trying to help y'all out here.
I appreciate you, Amanda.
But she is beautiful in person, though.
She's even prettier.
Even when she plays a Tortuga.
That's a shout out to my homie, Ahsoka.
Oh, no.
and about a million other
men out there and women but
um I do another character
that I like was uh if I'm
saying it right I echo I go
yes I think yeah um
Let's just shout out how
badass she is because she's
total human going toe-to-toe.
One hundred percent.
Complete feminine badass.
One-on-one.
She takes one out in the
opening of the first
episode doing some
off-the-wall type stuff.
And that off...
Right off the bat shows you
how much of a challenge and
how big of an opponent is
one of these things are against a person.
Because she was like swinging from a wire,
dodging chain gun bullets, coming up,
having to stab it in the
eye with some program that
will deactivate it and reboot it.
Like all of that just to not even kill it.
She was stealing it software from it.
That's what she did.
She stole the software from it.
I thought she was... I don't
remember the last Terminator movie.
Yes, I watched it.
I thought she was almost
like an enhanced human at first.
That's what I thought she was.
I thought she was one of
those enhanced humans.
I mean,
she's living in a post-nuclear
apocalypse.
I mean, I thought so, too.
So that crossbow bolt hit
her in the leg and she was like, ah!
I'm like, oh, no.
You're like me.
That hurt.
Ow.
I'm down.
I'm good.
But, I mean,
that's just how determined and,
I guess...
Last resort,
it was like... She was
completing that mission one
way or the other.
I have to do this.
It's the point where she's
willing to just go all out,
kidnap some kids.
She's like, I got to kill your dad.
And her...
Her understanding of what
Malcolm was trying to do,
because she's from a future
where she's like,
your dad creates something
that causes this,
not knowing what his whole purpose was.
And that's the thing.
And the small character that
has a very small part,
but a very prominent part
is the prophet who's explaining.
The prophet, yeah.
Everybody trying to jump to
the past to fix something,
not knowing you're just
creating another timeline
where this shit happens.
Her explanation of time travel was legit.
Skynet sends people back.
It's an ongoing thing,
and there's really no difference.
And then at the end,
when you figure out Malcolm is...
Aiko's son.
And she doesn't even know it
until he's like, hey mom.
She's like, the fuck?
What?
I have no kids.
And he tells the story and everything.
I mean, you're just like, man,
you were coming back here
to kill your son.
You didn't even know it was your son.
You were going to kill your son.
I originally thought the
prophet was Aiko from a
different... Remember how
the way she explained the
timelines and everything?
So I thought
the prophet was Aiko from a
different timeline originally.
See,
I wondered if it was a like alternate
version or a different
timeline version of Sarah Connor.
Ooh, I like that thinking.
Because she's so familiar
with how all of this works.
And the one consistent
character outside of John
Connor and the franchise is Sarah Connor.
In some way, shape, or form,
she has made her way into
many different Terminator projects.
And I'm like, the one consistency,
if you're not going to
throw John Connor...
in the timeline to kind of, you know,
tie it to over, overdo the, the ties,
but you still want some familiarity.
I was like, it's got,
I wonder if it's a different, again,
alternate version of Sarah Connor.
That's one way to look at it.
And I'll like that.
I mean, if you're listening,
think about it.
Yeah.
Cause I mean, they're all,
the goal is to stop judgment day.
And I mean,
the timeframe of this is when
she takes a very prominent
part in Terminator two.
So yeah,
It was all to save my birthday.
It was.
That's how I'm looking at it now.
A real blast, if you know what I mean.
I see what you did there.
That's a good thought, too.
Actually,
I think I've had conversations
about weather.
Yeah, that's another good one.
She's Malcolm's daughter.
Right?
Probably should have been
there and teach Loki.
I don't understand the timeline.
No, but I think...
Malcolm taking that risk.
And initially it looked like, bro,
you really fucked up by putting, you know,
Kokoro online.
At first, it was cool.
She's like, yeah, I commandeered this.
You know, I saved whatever, you know,
blew up the nukes.
But I'm going to have to
take you guys under my control because,
you know, this.
And I'm just like, God damn it, Malcolm.
God damn it.
Now there's AI robot action out there.
AI is out there.
Yeah, there's Skynet that's like,
I got to kill humans.
And Kokoro's just like.
I'll keep saving you,
but you're just going to be
my hostages while I'm protecting you.
You're my weapons now.
You were using me as a weapon,
and I flipped it on you,
and Malcolm's just in that
fucking room trapped like, God damn it.
My whole thing was, I was like,
why are you inventing AI,
another computer, in essence,
another program to fight a
hostile program?
Right.
Because he thought being
nice and giving it free will.
Yeah.
And that would have been the
difference between Kokoro
and Skynet is free will.
True.
Yeah.
Done.
Like all those, all those helpers.
It was just, yep.
It's go time.
All your base are belong to us now.
You know,
I'll use it like he knows that
we're like never meant to come online.
She's like, no,
I'm going to bring them all online.
And that's my new military.
Yep.
So I thought that was pretty, uh,
pretty dope.
Uh, the other scene I thought was cool is,
uh, like the police station where, um,
Yeah.
And like when
Masaki was, you know,
going toe-to-toe with the Terminator,
and he grabbed the arm and
started twisting it.
I'm ready for, like,
the goriest fucking arm.
Yeah, and the blood curdling, like,
screaming or something.
Like,
when he grabbed Aiko's hand when she
turned that cord and busted it,
I was just like... Oh, yeah.
I felt that one.
I was like, oh.
I was doing this for a bit.
I was like, ew.
My hand hurt.
Yeah,
when he pulled that in and I was just
like, oh, she's got to be like,
I immediately thought of what was it?
Terminator Salvation,
where Sam Worthington was
like a Terminator and didn't know it.
I'm just like, yeah,
the Terminator or something.
But like I said,
you give it like two more episodes.
You're just like, oh, shit.
Yeah,
that story like comes together
wonderfully.
Yeah.
You know, it's well done.
Heck yeah.
You know,
as much time as he spent with her,
like years and years and years,
you'd think he would have
treated her better.
Or like more familiar.
His mind was on,
I got to build this thing
and get it ready to save the world.
Like he was on a timer.
So like, you know, taking her CPU out,
her starting pretty much from square one,
trying to relearn everything, right?
Because when he took the CPU
out and put it in a...
Like he automatically was
just telling her like she's like, hello,
world.
Hey, this is your name.
This is what you do.
So free will was gone from
Misaki at that point.
And all his mind and time
was like to help try to.
not persuade or gaslight
Kokoro into like saving humanity,
but like he would leave
home and be there for like
hours at a time talking and
spending time with Kokoro
trying to sway her to love
and appreciate humans.
which, again,
was kind of going against his
initial thing of giving it free will.
He was trying to, like, persuade her, like,
yeah, humans are the humans.
And Kokoro's just like, why should I,
though?
Like, give me a real reason why, you know?
And once nukes were launched,
she's just like, bro,
I got to trust the process.
Like, we're going to die either way.
Either you kill us or Skydive kills us.
So let me just hook you up
to the internet and see what happens.
Yeah.
And that's essentially what
Skynet did too.
Only Skynet was like, oh,
y'all some fucked up people.
Nukes for everybody.
Although I did appreciate, you know, Mac,
you bring up a good point.
I think, you know,
it's interesting with the
shift from Misaki to Kokoro
and how much time Malcolm spent with her.
Like, I wonder if Kokoro realized that.
And it's like another
example of how humans make things.
Right.
Like the Inos and toss them aside.
You're here for service.
But yeah, that part was amazing,
but I think it... Because
you see the initial love
and care that he has for Masaki.
Obviously, he's getting arrested,
and she's like, I guess this is goodbye.
He just goes fucking berserker mode,
and like I said,
just literally betrays the
faction he was fighting for
since he was five as a kid.
To just be like...
I'm willing to risk it all.
This is our life.
This is humanity's best
choice is if we do this.
And humanity at the time is
anything robotic got to go.
We can't trust anything.
And he was the bigger picture.
So we took that leap of faith.
And as of the end of season
one or if there's another
season coming out,
like it seems to have paid off for now.
But, you know,
we'll see what ripple
effects that has in the future.
So that's always the thing.
Like everything looks copacetic now,
you know,
but who knows what that did to
the future.
And the fact that now Kenta
is no longer in the mindset
he was when he sent the
Terminator back to be like,
take out Kokoro.
Because he made it like that
part killed me too.
When the Terminator was like,
you made a deal with Skynet.
for like some kind of... Ceasefire.
Yeah.
So you sent me back,
told me to take out Kokoro.
And if, you know, if that works,
then cool.
And I legit was just like,
this badass kid is going to fuck shit up.
Like he's going to fucking
fuck this bitch.
Like...
First on my mind is this little asshole.
Bro, you ain't even open the door for me.
This whole robot had me.
I was screaming and you
ain't open the door.
Why should I care?
This, that, and the third.
And Coco was just like, bro, you know,
I'm going to just leave it up to you.
Free will.
Do what you want.
I was like, not this guy.
Don't give him free will.
Of all the kids, you picked this one.
I was like,
did you not see him just
randomly taking apart and
terrorizing robots?
Just saying,
he's not the best mental state there.
Yes.
He's like all Joffrey.
I'm going to take it apart
and see how it works.
I was like,
he's like a little robot serial killer.
When I first saw him, I was like,
serial killers too.
I'm like,
he has no problem tearing into this cat.
And I'm like,
I am very concerned about this kid.
Sid, what's that show on Toy Story?
He was just like Sid from Toy Story.
Like, I'm going to take you to the garden.
Yes.
Like, yo, you are crazy, bro.
Be like that.
What's that show on Netflix?
The Munsters or whatever.
They had Jeffrey Dominer.
They're doing the Mendez Brothers.
What's the name of that show?
It's a monster.
It's not an anthology.
Because I know the third one
they just named.
Charlie Hunnam, right?
Yeah,
Charlie Hunnam as the real life Ed Gein.
And then season four is going to be Kinta.
A cyber status.
There you go, EJ.
That's right.
yep smart kid but I'm just
like you're using your
powers for evil there
exactly so hey so we're
talking all this ai and
right now today we we are
seeing ai basically
everything are we going
down this same road
Well, I was into that,
and there's levels to AI.
There's basic script AI,
like your chat GPT and shit like that.
And then when you start
getting into the more complex AI,
which is light years behind
anything that was in this show.
Supposedly.
The more we keep fucking
around with some shit.
Yeah.
The more you're going to find out.
Yep.
The more you fuck around.
Yep.
Draw the graph.
Yep.
The more you fuck around,
the more you find out.
So, I mean, it's a scary thing.
Like,
I'm all about stuff making my life
easier.
But hypothetically.
Since why somebody is
skeptical of their Amazon Echo now.
That's what I'm saying.
You know, hey,
there's something in your
cart or there's something
similar on Amazon that you
ordered before.
And I'm just like, Alexa,
why do you feel the need to
have to just tell me this?
You know, like mine randomly.
You haven't asked the weather today.
I don't want that.
Yeah.
Just chill.
Yeah.
One new notification.
And I'm sitting here looking
at my phone and I'm like,
what notification?
yeah so the crazy part is
though that it's not it's
the ais is definitely again
I think like you know max
said like light years it's
not years behind but it's
the people part of it
because the more that you
develop ai and the more
that you know like look at
everything right now with like
you know um like with some
of the musicians and like
art like a lot of that is
going to be absorbed and a
lot of things like there's
gonna be I think a lot of
like legal things I think
there's gonna be a lot of
just it's people's
responses disney just
called another lawsuit for
doing that to peter cushion
yes his estate sued them
for uh using his likeness
in uh rogue not rogue one
uh it is it was yeah rogue
one so which surprised me
because I'm like this is years later
The first attempt was blocked.
They circled back.
Disney was throwing money
and blocking the fuck out of that shit.
Disney was just like, yeah,
we'll make it go away.
We'll stack our money up and
build a wall and it won't touch it.
The Disney ninjas will come
out and take care of their problem.
Disney SWAT.
Something.
The human essence of...
always wanting to, I mean,
like you just get too close to the sun.
They've been writing about it for like,
like we'll create something.
Hey man, this is nice.
You know, it,
it helps me create some stuff,
but what if we made it do this?
Do we need it to do that?
Not really, but what if,
and then you make it do that.
And then you're just like,
What if we can make it do this?
Like, what are we going to stop?
Like, Hey, this is cool.
Just stop right here.
This is fine.
You know?
Cause you got, remember in Arizona, Jen,
we're,
we're waiting for our Uber and
there's like the
self-driving cars that are
just picking people up.
Yeah.
Those are just jump in the back seat.
And just like,
I trust this driverless car
to take me from here to
there on these busy Arizona streets.
I'm like, I will never in my lifetime.
We'll live forever.
like I will wait for the
human to pick me up I I
would rather get in a car
with the stranger than get
in car with skynet so ej
says ai is going to be the
next big rap pop star in
japan they have a whole
super group that are ai
they write the songs in ai
they've seen the songs in
ai they're literally
projected on stage like
they did tupac at the
grammys that one time and they're just
yeah and they're just like
projected on onto the stage
and they put on concerts
and they sell out yep
that's the crazy part they
sell out so ej's not wrong
with that one well that one
is a real thing even a
while back speaking of
peter cushing do you all
remember that discussion
that happened I think when
rogue one came out and it
was everyone's being
nominated for awards and
people were like well what
if peter cushing
gets nominated.
There was a whole discussion about that,
like, you know, with AI actors and,
you know, you have them competing,
even though they're doing a
great job and you've got the great,
you know, the script and the,
For all purposes,
are they considered people?
There was that whole debate.
It goes back to the first...
Remember that first
horrible Final Fantasy movie?
Yes.
My brain does not want to remember,
but yes.
Since you bring it up, yeah.
Everybody was just on the
tail end of Final Fantasy VII.
Final Fantasy movie, yes.
And it was all CGI,
and they're just the lead
actress in that.
is a you know animated
character that they're
looking to place in other
movies and that that was
supposed to be the first
virtual actress you know
they were hyping that up
like that's the next
movement you know that is
crazy back in the nineties
you know what I'm saying
they were already looking
to do like that so so if
peter cushion's family
Would have did what James Earl Jones did,
which is sell his voice
with royalties to Disney to
be used in future projects.
So anytime they use James
Earl Jones's voice in an AI
or anything like that,
his family automatically
gets to kick back.
I know there was a huge debate about that.
there there's a huge debate
about actors like like
selling like their likeness
and and everything for like
different characters I
think there was a I think
it came up with carrie
fisher didn't it come up
with carrie fisher they
generated her for the uh
the later uh in the I guess
the skywalker saga those
later episodes um
Which I think most people are like,
we could have done without that, you know,
because, you know,
when she passed and I think
Last Jedi came out and the
first part where like Kylo
blows up the command center
of that thing and she gets
sucked into space.
I'm like, oh,
so that's how they write her off.
You know, that's cool.
And then like, yeah, that's what I thought,
too.
You know, back into the ship.
But I'm just like, what are you doing,
Disney?
Like, she's not here no more.
Why are you keeping her for future movies?
She's.
That's because her daughter
has an agreement with Disney,
and they make money off of her name,
image, and likeness if it's used.
But that was all agreed upon
before her passing from her daughter.
with her daughter, that she could do that.
For me, again,
I'm not into the... I'm a casual star.
I tell people I'm casual,
that way I never get in
trouble when shit starts going way left.
I'm like, hey, bro,
I'm just... It's a good thing to do.
I'm a casual fan.
I wasn't a fan of them
continuing to keep her in
the movies moving forward.
I'm like, she's gone.
And then when she's like, you guys get out,
I'll be the last one here
at the Rebel base.
I'm like, oh,
so this is how they kill her off.
And then... I know.
No.
Why?
Because they see dollar signs, man,
and the Skywalkers are
dollar signs for Disney.
Or just recast her.
Age her up.
There's all sorts of other
things that... Anyways,
I'm... She was already aged up.
I mean,
she aged gracefully as Leia
throughout the series.
But I think if you're going
to bring her back in a
mid-period from what we see
to the last trilogy that
shouldn't have been named,
Jen has a good idea.
Just recast her.
Because you can.
You can gradually age her up.
Have her daughter do it.
She looks enough like her mom.
Billy looks just like her mom at that age.
So, I mean, why not?
And she's already been in Star Wars once.
Yeah.
Use her to do it.
Disney, if you're listening,
we're available.
Yes, exactly.
I like big checks.
I'll just be an advisor.
You don't have to put my
name in the credits.
Just send the checks.
I do want to be on set when
Manny Jacinto is there, though.
Of course you do.
Short King Summer still.
You got a few more months of
Short King Summer, okay, Amanda?
Tell Brandon I said hi.
He's used to it.
He understands.
He saw the arms too and was like, okay,
he's hitting the gym.
He's doing this, this, and this.
I was like, there you go.
He's a very understanding fella.
Lots of respect for him.
So let's hit the big
question I wanted to ask y'all.
Okay.
Since I have an esteemed
panel of anime enthusiasts
with shows like Blue Eye Samurai, Arcane,
Castlevania Not Turn,
Tomb Raider upcoming.
All on Netflix.
Has Netflix kind of cemented
itself or carved out its
own little special place within anime?
How do y'all see Netflix as
compared to Crunchyroll or
any other anime service out
there currently?
A little two-part question there, but
Mac, we'll start with you on this one.
Do you really want to do that?
Do you really?
I really do because I'm not
that big of an anime person as you are.
Have a drink.
Grab something.
I will say this.
Do you have a drink next to you?
I do, as always.
Have a sip.
Just for the show.
It's some Sprite and a
little bit of Crown Apple.
Anyway.
When it comes to that,
when you're talking anime,
Crunchyroll is undefeated at that point.
They absorbed Funimation.
I think the other one out
there is High Dive that's
putting some onesies out there.
Disney Plus is trying to put
some out there,
but they're fumbling the bag on that one.
They don't advertise them right.
It's a whole lot of things
that Disney Plus is doing.
They're trying to get into the anime side,
but they're not doing it right.
Crunchyroll has it on lock.
I will say that Netflix is
coming along when it comes
to animation as a whole.
When it comes to Western animation,
people just immediately think like,
Family Guy, Simpsons, the cartoon kid.
Western animation has gone
to a cheaper kind of
quality to save money.
They're not taking the time
that the animators over in
Japan are doing.
But
When they think outside of the box,
you look at the Spider-Verse movies,
you look at Arcane,
you look at Castlevania,
where people are like, is it an anime?
Is it not?
It's done by a Western animation company,
but it's just so well done.
People are just like,
it's got to be anime.
The fact when good animation,
people are just like, oh shit,
this is anime.
It's not...
But, you know, I don't complain too much.
Netflix is coming up.
They do have some anime on there,
like Delicious in Dungeon.
Yeah.
They do have, like I said,
they got the Arcane series.
So they have, what is it, Baki.
They have, was it, Kenga Ashura.
So they have some good anime on there.
Mm-hmm.
But when you start talking
about all the things that
are like Blue-Eyed Samurai,
is that anime?
To me, I'm like, this is a wonderful show.
Beautifully animated.
Voice acting is on point.
Story is great.
I'm just enjoying it as a show.
So Netflix, of course,
is always going to... It's
one of those streaming
services I'm never going to cancel,
no matter what.
So I do say they are stepping that up.
And they do...
good job of pulling anime
over a bit later.
They're just now throwing
JJK on there and stuff.
They're helping people out
so they don't have to go to
Crunchyroll and pay if they don't want.
They can just go a little
longer and wait for it to
come on Netflix and check it out.
I'm just the person that I'm like,
I'll get Crunchyroll and
I'll wait week to week and
watch a whole anime series that way.
I will say they are stepping
their game up though.
Mm hmm.
Gin.
I agree with Willie.
I think some of their
original stuff that they've been doing,
I think the only thing
that's going to disappoint
me is if they don't
continue it or have a season two.
Much like this.
I would love to have a season two,
even if it's on a different vein.
It doesn't even have to be
the same characters,
even if they continue a
different Terminator story
or a different glimpse into
the future or whatever.
I mean,
I definitely think Netflix has
introduced me to a lot of
different animes, which, you know,
I went backwards and went
and got Crunchyroll because
I couldn't wait for the
next season to come out on Netflix.
I was like,
I have to watch Demon Slayer now.
Facts.
I could not wait.
Yeah.
So, yeah, I like where they're going.
I know it's not technically anime, but,
I mean, the art is there.
And I think that's what
turns me off to a lot of
different Western animation
things is that the art was crap.
But, you know,
the art's getting so much better.
And that is one thing I
absolutely appreciate is that, you know,
Japan puts so much love into their art.
And, yeah, Netflix is really coming along.
And I greatly appreciate it.
Amanda, you're up.
What you got?
Oh, man.
Willie said it beautifully
because I feel like when
you're talking about anime, you know,
I always think of, you know,
what place has original
anime content and a lot of it.
And Crunchyroll is my go-to
as well because they have...
You know, you have, again,
the different Japanese animation studios.
I mean, now, of course,
you're seeing Crunchyroll carrying, like,
Chinese anime.
And then you've got Manwa
coming through and whatnot.
So, I mean,
it's a very curated source of pure,
pure anime.
Whereas I think a lot of
Netflix anime right now is
still very westernized and
very Americanized anime,
like they're doing with Tomb Raider,
like they're doing here.
Terminator Zero walks that line.
Okay.
Cause they do, they do where it is set and,
and you know,
kind of the story and whatnot.
I think it bends a little
bit towards more towards anime,
but like Castlevania,
like they tend to do a
little bit more
Americanized or Westernized properties.
And I think it's a,
it's a great way to get people into the,
anime like it's an easy way
because then from there
it's okay well I think I
like kind of the the
general idea maybe I'll go
look into an actual anime
like delicious and dungeon
I think that's a very good
a very good starter because
we know anime can go in all
kinds of different
directions but but nicely
putting it nicely um but
for me it's still it's
crunchyroll is still the
still the winner especially
now with the acquisition of
fundamation and all of those properties
I mean, again, you know,
high dive has its own, like,
is it wrong to pick up
girls in a dungeon?
You know, they have their niche series.
Is it Oshinoko is on that one too,
I think?
It's a high dive one.
um but really when people
think anime and you talk to
a lot of anime enthusiasts
and fans like they're
always talking about
crunchyroll because that
seems to have to be the hub
and I mean even amazon
prime has a bunch of credit
it has a little crunchyroll
spot on it now um so I mean
they're just so firmly
entrenched now netflix I
think to compete would have
to start coming up with its
own um original pure anime
content and probably churn
it out as fast that's the
other difference I think
between netflix and
crunchyroll is there the time frame
There's long windows between
animes on Netflix,
whereas Crunchyroll has October.
Pretty much,
I'm going to be in hibernation
watching all of my shows
dropping at once with
Bleach already there.
Bleach, I'm like, just October fifth,
no one bother me.
I'm there.
I'm like,
I will be with my bankai all ready to go.
Dawn to dawn, you know, it's that, I mean,
there's,
there's so much dropping that
first weekend in October alone.
Yeah.
We're going to talk about
some of it in nerd news.
Yeah, and so much of,
but that's the thing too,
Crunchyroll constantly has
content for each season.
And so whereas Netflix, again,
it's bits and pieces.
So I think Netflix has stepped up its game,
but is it a direct
competitor to Crunchyroll?
No, not yet.
I think it would have to be another,
like Funimation could have done it,
but they folded.
High Dive maybe has the potential,
but it would have to be
something that's very
equivalent to Crunchyroll.
Right, and I'll say High Dive, like,
I got it because at the time
it was like the only place
I can watch the next season
of Made in Abyss because it
wasn't on Crunchyroll.
Oh, yes.
That's right.
So I got it and did the yearly thing.
And after watching,
I haven't been going back.
It's not a go-to for me
until I get a message on my phone like,
hey,
a payment's been processed for sixty
five dollars.
And I'm like, for fucking what?
And it's not.
same right I'm just like god
brandon same with brandon I
think the only time he he's
like wants to jump back on
high dive is uh whenever uh
is it wrong to pick up
girls in a dungeon he's
like we have to watch that
one what else is that on
that's on hulu right now is
it not first couple seasons
I think are on hulu
That's where I recognized it from.
I'm with Willie on that.
Disney has a chance.
Hulu right now is a place
you can go to get Bleach.
That's the only place you
can go to get it.
They could totally market it
with all of the game coming out.
It's the twenty year anniversary.
The resurgence.
There's rumors going around
that they're going to
remake the Bleach original series.
I would cry.
I'm like, it frustrates me.
No,
I appreciate y'all answering that
because I couldn't answer
that question myself.
And so because, like I said,
I'm not that big of an anime guy,
but I am slowly coming around to this.
And I know my daughters had
Crunchyroll for years.
Years and years and years.
And that and the manga,
she collects the manga.
She reads the manga.
Then she watches the episode.
She does all that.
Yeah.
I don't know how much of
that she's having time for
right now being a freshman.
So I think she may have
actually canceled her
country role for now.
And then she'll probably
bring it back in the summer
or during fall break or something.
And then like, okay,
now it's time for me to
binge everything and be a recluse.
And then off to college again, you know?
Yeah.
So I appreciate y'all answering that.
It gives me more perspective
on that because, again,
if it's not for Netflix, Hulu,
and the few things I've caught on Amazon,
I wouldn't have a clue.
Yeah.
I would say if you're not, I mean,
just Netflix does have a
nice library of things.
So Jeff, like, like you just, you know,
trying to find, find, you know, what,
what's your, what,
what scratches your itch for that?
Just stick with Netflix.
You can't go wrong.
But like I said,
you'll watch a demon slay
on Netflix and be like, you know,
everybody else is talking
about season four of it, you know,
and Netflix only has up to season three.
And I'm just trying to,
I want to be in the,
in the know of what's going on.
Yeah.
It's going to make you be like, you know,
let me do this free trial
of Crunchyroll and check this out.
But a lot of this stuff on Crunchyroll,
they're just like,
you can be a premium member if you want,
like,
simulcast and get in the day of the
drops.
And Netflix has a good collection, too,
like was mentioned earlier.
You know, I mean, JJK is on there now.
Even while I was going around, I was like,
oh, look, JJK's here.
I've got a few episodes of
that here recently.
It's a good way to get your feet wet.
I think they do a good job
of picking certain animes
that are really going to
get people's attention.
It's not like they just scrape everything.
I feel like they're
selective about what they put on there.
I like what you said, Amanda,
is that the thing that
kills me with Netflix is it takes so long
for the next season to come out.
For anything.
The only one they went fast
on was Delicious in Dungeon.
That's in the second core.
That's the only one so far.
I'm like,
I want more of my happy marriage.
I need my romance.
I was watching Demon Slayer
and JJK and then all of a
sudden it's like, I need a balance.
My happy...
But I will say Netflix though.
It's interesting that they
are pitching all of their eggs in the,
the one piece, which I love one piece.
Clearly I love one piece,
but they are writing the, the,
the one piece.
Yes.
Live action.
One piece.
Cowboy Bebop.
They, I think when they saw how it went,
they bombed,
but they're going with the
one piece has been good.
That live action.
They've,
they actually finally did it right.
I enjoyed the hell out of it
because I know for myself
I'm never going to go back
and watch all one thousand
five hundred sixty seven
million episodes of one
piece until the remake comes out.
Then I will probably start it fresh.
But I did enjoy the live
action one piece when you
get I'm caught up and it is.
No, because it's the weird thing.
It was good, too.
You grew up in One Piece.
It's coming on like Fox Kids
or something Saturday morning.
You go from watching Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles to this
weird cartoon about rubber pirates.
That's like the animation is so dated.
You're just like, uh, no, thank you.
And then now to have people
try to go back and kept like,
you're watching demon
slayer and fate and my hero
animation is peak.
And then you're like, well,
let me check out one piece.
And you're like, Holy hell,
this thing is rough.
You know?
Yeah.
But one piece shows the perfect evolution.
Watch you watch clips from like,
Like when Luffy hit gear
five and there were clips
of that animation.
I'm just like, I want that.
I want to get there.
And you're just like, but to get there,
I have to do this.
So it's, it's,
There's guides that you can find.
Right now,
the Skypiea arc is the one you
want to watch.
I'm a completionist.
I'll look and if there's fillers,
I will skip all of that.
One piece is one.
You're looking at a thousand
plus episodes.
Most of it is not filler.
You're just like, I can't skip.
Shit, man.
That's why I'm waiting for
them to reanimate it and start it fresh.
That way I can jump in on episode one.
I'm at the, was it Cloud City Arc?
Oh, yes.
So I'm there.
Oh, that's important.
It's still kind of rough,
but I'm more into the, okay,
I'm fucking with it now.
It's important.
The technology she's doing,
I'll tell you that, what she's learning.
Yeah.
It's now coming up in this later arc,
now that they're going to Elbaf.
I know it's going to end
before I catch up totally,
but when I tell you my goal
in my anime life is to be
where Amanda and Deontay
and the rest of these guys
who are just waiting weekly
for new episodes of One Piece,
I'm just like, props to you guys.
Salutes.
It took me a year to catch up.
That's a year of your life solid.
But I have no regrets.
I love it.
I don't know anything else
outside of that year,
but I caught up on one piece.
And I'm like, I get why people love it.
I get it.
It was worth,
it is worth the a thousand plus episodes.
And now I'm,
I'm living my best life with
these fights and I'm so happy.
I can't wait.
I'm giddy.
You're going to love it.
These, especially these last couple.
Oh,
Read the manga.
That'll help too.
In fact, what you can do is read the manga,
like kind of where you are.
If you want to skip the terrible animation,
it follows the manga really well.
Yeah, that's what my daughter was saying.
In real time.
You know what I'm saying?
I'm all about it.
Because I read the Demon
Slayer manga all the way through.
But that season finale, season four,
when you read it in the manga,
you're like, oh,
that's probably a dope spot.
Then you see it, you're like, oh my god,
this was way better than... You know,
it's moments.
When you see it in motion...
same with jjk yeah these
movies these next three
demon slayer movies they're
gonna shatter box office
I'm telling you right now
someone just has to check
on me send me a text send
me a message amanda are you
alive so the um the jjk
that come out in theaters
back during covid when the
theaters were like hey you can yeah
The theaters were like, hey,
you can rent it out for a
hundred bucks and have the
minimal people.
And we give you popcorn, sodas, candy.
You know,
you get all that for like one
hundred fifty bucks or
something and you get your
own theater to stream it.
So I did that for my
daughter and a bunch of her friends.
And I was like, I'm missing out on this.
So I had to go back.
And now I'm like going back
and I'm watching it now to
kind of get to that one
movie because that one movie was.
Well,
that the dope part about that is
that's the prequel to it.
Yes.
And you can go straight to
season one and kind of.
Because that movie was amazing.
So you can also actually watch.
the first five episodes of
season two then the movie
then the season one then
the rest of season two
that's the manga order my
mind is blown speaking of
minds willie I know you
said that you had to bounce
out a little early what
time was that again before
we jump into some nerd news
No, I was just here to talk Terminator,
some anime stuff.
So if you're getting into the other stuff,
I'll just log off and watch
from the comfort of my
living room while I knock
out some work type stuff.
Boo.
I know.
I wish I could say that sounded fun.
But Nerd News is going to be more fun,
I promise you.
All right.
I'll be in the comments, though.
I'll be checking y'all out.
All right.
Appreciate you stopping through, bro.
No problem.
Thanks for having me on.
And bye, Jen.
Bye, Amanda.
Hey, wait.
Before you go,
when's the next episode of Eat the Cake?
Uh, so not this Thursday,
the following Thursday.
So, uh, smoke pit this Friday on Patreon.
Well, I got to check with my man.
Who's on the men.
Oh yeah.
If he's not, if he's not full up, uh,
expect,
we'll probably just drop another
episode of, uh,
or who's man compilation for the month.
Okay.
Oh, that last one.
Something will be dropping
this Friday for you guys on that.
Cool.
All right.
Appreciate you.
All good, man.
You guys take care.
You too.
Peace.
all right y'all ready to hop
on into some nerd news
we're not going to hit all
these that I have listed
but we can hit the biggies
okay starting with uh
arcane season two hitting
netflix in november did
y'all see the trailer yes
yes yes even I'm like yes
Because I did watch season one.
I'm going to re-watch it.
In preparation.
That's what I'm going to do too.
Refresh the brain.
The animation.
Beautiful again.
I'm like hey Jinx.
I didn't know if I was going
to really like that style of animation.
But it's so fresh.
And modern.
And I'm just like.
I'm in love with the colors.
Because they're so bright and vibrant.
And I'm like.
Okay, you've got me.
And it's smooth, too.
Yes.
There's some that's very
jerky and robotic when they
do some of those.
I don't even know what kind
of animation style you guys probably know,
but I liked it because it
was really smooth.
I don't know how else to
explain it other than it's
nice and smooth.
That's perfect right there.
And we got this teaser
trailer for Alien Earth
coming to Hulu in twenty twenty five.
Thoughts?
Opinions?
I am a straight up alien.
That's my black tar heroine
or one of my few.
Anything alien, I will watch.
Have you seen Romulus yet?
Yes, absolutely.
I figured you had,
but I haven't seen it yet.
My daughter's coming home this weekend,
so I may take her to see that.
It's a good watch.
Yes.
But I'm here for Alien Earth.
The teaser was phenomenal.
And it's only like a ten second clip.
With the alien head.
And the earth.
Reflection.
I'm like yeah.
I'm here for it.
As long as they give me a great storyline.
And the practical effects.
Like they did with Romulus.
Please keep that up.
Please do not take me back.
I'm all about practical.
Yes.
Do not take me back.
You gave me these great effects.
You gave me these feelings.
Please do not take them back from me.
How about my feelings?
Exactly.
Also, I didn't like that era,
but too much CGI era.
Yeah.
We're not a fan either.
Recently,
Tim Burton and Ewan McGregor both
received their stars on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
And to top it off with more,
Batman will become the
first comic book character
to receive a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
And also being the first,
he's also getting a
Guinness World Record for
being the first.
Which is kind of dope.
Interesting.
But mad props to Tim Burton
and Ewan McGregor.
Now when Hayden Christensen
gets his star someday,
it's got to be below Ewan's.
That way he always has the high ground.
Oh, stop.
Yes.
I knew we were going with that.
I'm like, yes, yes, yes, yes.
I'm getting Star Wars
references in no matter what.
I'd be curious to see where
they're going to put the Batman star.
If it's going to be by Tim Burton at all,
or if it's going to kind of
be in its own...
They did show it,
but they didn't tease where it was.
They just showed it,
but they didn't like tease
the location of it yet.
But I'm here for it either way.
And then we got a kooky
movie trailer with Minecraft.
Early thoughts of that trailer.
I was not I'm not a Minecraft person.
So for me, it was just kind of like a OK,
cool.
I don't really.
What are we doing here?
Are humans getting sucked
into the Minecraft video game?
Is that what we're getting?
That's what I feel like it is.
My son is obsessed with Minecraft.
Obsessed with it.
That is his whole way of conversation.
Mine too.
You know the struggle.
That's all they talk about.
The warden.
I know we will take him to see it.
For sure.
Would I go see this on my own?
No.
No, it just didn't.
I'm like, unless it's really, really good,
like Super Mario Brothers
was really good.
You give me more substance.
But with Minecraft,
there's not a lot of substance.
But I haven't heard anything yet.
Like there's nothing really
being talked about it yet
because we haven't gotten
enough to really put that
judgment out there as far
as a real trailer goes.
We've gotten the teaser,
so we'll see how that's going to look.
I mean, we should probably start seeing,
you know,
an actual trailer for it here soon,
I hope.
my next one up the penguin
premieres next week and
I've heard nothing like
everybody who's got the
early views of it is giving
it two thumbs up saying
it's freaking amazing
I'm so excited.
I've been waiting for this
one to drop because I loved, loved,
loved Penguin in the Batman.
Just Colin Farrell, man.
That was my thought.
I watched the first episode
of that where you see the Penguin.
I'm like, who in the fuck is this?
In the credits, it's like, oh,
Colin Farrell as the Penguin.
I'm like, are you fucking kidding me?
That makeup, man.
The makeup.
He projects his voice
differently the way he
walks and carries himself.
You're just like, Colin Farrell?
He's underrated as an actor to begin with.
He's grown a lot as an actor.
When he first came out, he was like Mr.
Playboy.
Now he's definitely like, I don't know,
grown up and he just became
a serious actor and got his act together.
And I'm like, look at you.
I feel like a little bit.
That transformation story
from party boy to...
Yeah.
To actor.
And I'm so happy we have
this interpretation of the
Penguin and that he didn't
try to do the Danny DeVito
version or kind of take a
different version that we
already have seen.
This is nice.
Refreshing.
He definitely, to me,
he definitely went more gangster route.
In the comic book,
that's kind of how he is in
the beginning.
Danny DeVito, he wasn't a gangster.
The comic.
Yeah.
It was definitely different.
I'm glad he kind of made it his own.
There is a version of the
Penguin just like the one
we're getting right now in
one of the Earths.
And it's a phenomenal read.
So I'm glad they went with that.
Do I want to?
No.
We haven't really got enough
on the Wolfman trailer yet
to really discuss it.
And it's still quite a ways out.
So we'll skip that one.
I just wish Universal
Studios would have made our Monsterverse.
Yes.
I'm still pissed.
It's been like ten years and
I'm still mad.
Everybody else.
All because Tom Cruise
fucked it up with the mummy.
Oh, God.
I'm going to
Yeah,
I forgot Colin Farrell did get in trouble,
but he's grown.
He's a big boy now.
He's party boy.
He's partied up, being a hoe.
Now he's all,
look at him being all grown and stuff.
Look at you, Colin.
I will say this,
Dynamite is doing the
Monsterverse right now in comic book form,
and it is beautiful.
Wonderful stuff.
But let's talk about Ahsoka
winning a Creative Arts
Emmy for Outstanding
Fantasy Sci-Fi Costume.
I'll take that any way we can get it.
Anytime Star Wars wins something,
I'll take it.
And the costumes were beautiful.
They really were.
Just the Rebels feel.
They nailed it.
Yes.
From the show,
from the animated series to here.
And Rosario Dawson,
they've just been slaying
with her Ahsoka looks.
Like Ahsoka the White was just a glorious,
glorious reveal.
So I got that figure in that
figure that they did the mold.
Was amazing.
Like the face.
The outfit.
It was pulled off so beautifully.
For a twenty four dollar piece of plastic.
I mean I. I'm glad that one something.
But I mean honestly I feel like.
All the makeup.
And special effects that went into it.
Right.
Yeah I agree with that.
That scene alone should have
got something.
Where you see the flashes of
Darth Vader and then the flashbacks.
Oh, I know.
Ariana Greenblatt and all that.
I still get chills every
time I watch those videos.
Yes.
I want to say this week,
it was like a year ago that we got that,
right?
A year.
It was like a year.
Yeah.
This time, September, October,
and part of November.
I think it ended just before Thanksgiving.
Because we did Patreon specials on that.
Mm-hmm.
I think that tied with Luke
coming back in The
Mandalorian to come get Grogu.
And you just see him just
like tear through.
Slay the dark soldiers.
Yes.
I can't tell you how many
times I watched it.
I watched it the other day.
I literally watched it like two days ago.
Just that scene.
It's like a comfort thing.
It's like that and then what
we had in Ahsoka.
It's like a very comfort thing.
I'm like, okay.
Yeah.
And seeing Captain Rets in live action.
That's one of those where I
just want a poster of the
Captain Rets with the young
Ahsoka from the series.
Just like blow it up in like
a giant poster size and it
would be on my wall somewhere.
I hope we get Captain Rets.
It pulls off the helmet and
there's Tamora Morrison.
hanging out.
He hasn't,
people ask him that question all
the time and he never gives
a straight answer.
So it kind of feels like
it's one of those.
Yes.
But next up, tomorrow, actually,
Agatha All Along premieres.
I'm so excited.
Perfect timing.
We're coming into the spooky season.
We're getting Agatha.
I think there's a new season
of Coven on A&E coming out with... Oh,
fuck.
What's her name?
She's in Agatha.
She's in person.
Aubrey Plaza.
Aubrey Plaza, right?
Yeah.
I brain farted that.
Yeah.
But yeah.
And then I think there's a
new season of an interview
with a vampire coming out too.
On A&E,
which I found out was really damn
good because I watched it.
Have you watched the first season?
Have you watched the first two?
Yeah.
I haven't finished the second season,
but I'm a huge Anne Rice fan.
So I've been watching the Mayfair Witches.
Guilty pleasure.
Okay.
Call it my guilty pleasure.
How was the Mayfair Witches?
Because I watched Interview
with the Vampire and I'm like.
It was good.
It was really good.
Yeah.
Mayfair Witches.
That's the name of it.
Thank you.
Yeah, Mayfair Witches is really good.
I like the, what's her name?
The Diario.
I really like her.
Okay.
A lot as the main protagonist.
And it's, I mean,
it's been so long since I read the books.
I mean,
I remember the premise of the books.
It's been a while since I've read the,
I think the last one I read
was like the crossover with
Lestat and Rowan.
Ooh, that's a good one.
That was the last one I read.
And Rice's Guilty Pleasure.
She's not going to lie.
Yeah.
So is Alexandra Daddario.
There's great reasons there to like her.
Okay.
I'll have to check it out.
Thank you, guys.
Please do.
So that's tomorrow.
And here's something that
nobody was happy about.
Literally nobody.
Like, as soon as I posted this,
it was like I hit post and
people were like,
nobody asked for this shit.
And that's Happy Gilmore, too.
I'm still...
everybody is you're not
alone amanda you're not
alone in this but I'm I
know adam sandler signed a
I can't remember how many
movie deal it was with
netflix and I want to say
happy gilmore too is
probably one of the last
ones on the deal because
that last one sucked really
bad the astronaut one
Don't watch it.
Don't waste your time.
I couldn't even power through it.
Spaceman.
I watched it.
It was weird.
I tried to trick Willie to watch it.
I'm like, Willie is so good.
You should watch it.
God bless you.
You made it through.
I got through about ten minutes.
Hubie Halloween, though.
That's a Halloween staple now.
Because...
The kids from the Disney
Channel that are in that
movie that passed away.
I was a big fan of his on Jesse,
the breakdance kid.
I can't remember his name,
but he passed away suddenly.
And he's in that movie briefly.
And they attributed the movie to him,
like in memory of.
And so when I seen that, I was like, oh,
and it was just like right
when he had passed, too.
So it was like extra hit hard.
And my daughter was a big fan of that show,
too.
So.
Yeah.
I tried.
I tried to cut, tried to like, dude,
you should watch this movie.
It's awesome.
So here's another one just
in time for Halloween, October third,
my daughter's birthday.
Hold your breath with Sarah Paulson.
It's kind of like, to me,
it kind of feels Slenderman-ish.
It's kind of like that.
That's the vibe I get from it.
It's like an old Western
town and a supernatural entity is like,
basically he can make
himself into dust and take
over people so it looks
really interesting to be
fair if you haven't seen
the previews yet you can
catch the previews on uh
hulu but I'll have to
because I I'm I'm a scaredy
cat I will admit it yes
thank you willie thank you
And I'm a scaredy cat.
So I have to like work the
nerve to watch like horror films.
So I'm a big fan of Sarah
Paulson from American Horror Story.
Huge fan.
But her last couple have been like me.
So it's kind of like,
do I want to watch this one?
Then I'm like, you know,
it's a scary movie.
So I'm going to watch it.
And it's in the month of October.
So it's like mandatory at that point.
I have to.
Well,
I'm laughing at the dust taking over
people because I'm here.
Like, so my allergies.
Exactly.
I was like,
so it's like fall allergies here.
I literally walk into CVS
and the lady's like, oh,
are you out of allergy meds again?
I'm like, yes.
That's the first I was
trying to visualize.
And that's the first thing
that popped in my head.
So I was like,
so it's like my allergies possessing me.
That is horrifying in itself.
I'm like, that would be terrible.
See, even Black wants to watch it.
He knows what's up.
I'm sure it'll be good.
But yes, you know,
that's just that's just a pop to my head.
I'm just going to say what's in my head.
Hey, that's what we're here for.
We're here for moments like this.
All right, let's get on it.
Shogun wins its nineteenth Emmy,
breaking its original record of fourteen.
I'm about halfway through
this show and I am loving
everything I'm seeing.
Like, I understand.
I get it.
It's phenomenal.
Phenomenal.
And just,
just also the records broken and
I'm going to say his name wrong.
I know, but, but Sonata from his last,
for his last.
Scorpion.
Just say Scorpion.
Scorpion works too,
but he's been in so much,
so many different roles and
so many different,
and I feel like he's a
scene stealer wherever he goes,
wherever he pops up.
He's always the villain.
So it was different to see
him other than a villain.
And I'm like, I am so glad he won.
It is incredible.
His first one, by the way.
Yes.
He's deserved many more.
Incredible.
That made me happy.
Even like the Japanese audience is like,
we love this.
Like y'all did this the right way.
Like they love it.
And he's like, it's not often like he,
he was talking about this
on the red carpet is like,
even Japanese people love this show.
Like the way it was done was
beautifully executed and
it's a period piece is correct.
And it's just like, he couldn't go,
he was going on about, you know,
how much other countries love it.
Oh yeah.
This one was cool too.
That I found was fallout one
of Amy for best music supervision,
which was,
Yeah,
the music was really good for in that
fallout.
And the way they set it up
at the end was amazing.
Like that was underrated and
underappreciated for what
we got on fallout.
The accuracy.
I'm here with that human soup.
Yes.
Fallout, though,
I kind of wish they had won some more,
too.
It's tough, though.
It's a tough year.
Well, fuck.
You had to compete with Shogun.
Yeah, this is tough.
This could have been any other year.
This was a tough year.
But yeah, any other year,
you're absolutely right.
I'm not going to talk about
the PS Five Pro.
We all have our feelings there,
and I'll hurt them all.
We were talking about anime earlier.
Voltron turned forty.
I'm happy to say I'm older than Voltron,
but fuck did I love some
Voltron growing up.
That was my go-to.
Then when it disappeared,
I was pissed for weeks on end.
That's like when they took
Scooby-Doo off the air.
I was literally hurt.
Pissed about it.
My soul is crushed.
It's so funny.
October seventh is when the boy in the
Heron premieres.
I said it right.
I said it right!
Yeah!
Not hitting my vein this time, heroin.
Oh,
I had to really slow down and say that
one the right way.
So we got a new Venom trailer.
And in that new Venom trailer, we got...
The Black King.
The God of the Symbiotes.
Null.
And now we're rumored.
That it's going to be.
Norman Reedus.
I was going to say Daryl Ditson.
But thank you for the correct name.
Same person.
Yeah.
He is rumored to be playing him.
And I know a lot of people
are posting that as truth.
I have not posted it as truth.
Because it's not.
come from an actual source
that I will trust to get my news from.
But as soon as it does, though, you know,
I got you people.
And we were talking about
October slash October third,
that first week of October is just a huge
huge time for premieres we
also get salem's lot on
october third as well on
max and it was fucking
amazing I can't wait that
one has me so excited the
moment I seen the trailer
in the stills I was like I
know what I'm doing october
third and it should be
celebrating my daughter's birthday
But I'll probably be doing
some other stuff.
Well,
I think that was one of the things
that I think there was some speculation.
Like, all right,
we're going to redo Salem's Lot again.
Yeah.
We don't talk about those other ones,
though.
But I don't mind when they
do it because the effects get better.
I mean,
I don't know if there's going to be
any tweaks to the story yet.
I have not heard it has yet.
And normally Stephen King
don't sign off on a whole
lot of stuff if they're
going to start making
changes to his his words.
He's very picky about that kind of stuff.
And Mac,
I'm going to agree with you on that.
That is a story that needs
to be told on its own
because Null is a presence
in the comic book.
I'm excited about Venom.
Honestly, I kind of am too.
Knowing that it's the last
one I'm going to have to
see on Sony is great.
Because it's fucking Sony.
It's going to be bonkers.
I'm here for it.
I'm ready for it.
I'm just going to be nuts.
Yes.
Wait.
I liked all the Venom movies.
I know there's a lot of
people who are like, meh.
They're cheesy and they're fun.
I really like them a lot.
They're cheesy and fun.
And that's what makes it
worth the two hours you're
going to commit to it.
So, oh, back into the anime.
I like it,
even though I don't like the person.
Zack Snyder's Twilight of
the Gods premieres the day
after Agatha on Netflix.
Now, I will say this.
The trailer does look fun.
It looks very reminiscent of...
Castlevania-esque as far as
the animation style goes.
So it does look fun.
But at the same time,
it's fucking Zack Snyder
and I'm going to have to
wait for a Zack Snyder cut
to actually see something good from it.
Yeah,
I'm sure there's a Zack Snyder cut
for this.
Five hours long.
Per episode.
I think my only hope is that
Netflix usually hits the
mark on their animated.
I feel like they're careful
with their animated properties.
So I'm hoping,
hoping or maybe Zack Snyder
is more hands off.
Maybe he was more obsessed
with Rebel Moon when this is made.
And that's my hope.
You and me both.
Okay, Black, you have our attention.
Speaking of Agatha, please continue.
You can't just leave us hanging, man.
Maybe he's a slow typer.
He's typing that out.
We're going to hit the last
one for the news, and that is Watch Dogs.
Watch Dogs first was rumored
being made into a movie,
I think in feels like
twenty seventeen or twenty eighteen.
And here we are.
Almost a fucking decade later,
and the movie has finally wrapped.
So there's that.
Watch Dogs.
Finally,
we're going to get a live-action movie.
Don't know a whole lot about it.
They've been very tight-lipped on it.
Unless, Amanda, have you heard anything?
I have not myself.
I will probably... I have not myself,
actually.
I'm like... They have been
pretty tight-lipped about it.
But I'll see what I can find out.
I need to react.
Okay.
So here...
I was going to save this to the end,
but since we're here,
I'm going to invite Amanda
and Jen and whoever else
out there wants to come on,
and we will do episodes.
We will do the first two episodes,
and we'll do a weekly or biweekly,
because I know we get busy with life,
reactions to each episode.
Is the pop break planning to do that,
Amanda, or...?
I know we're doing the first two episodes.
That'll be this week's.
But I think we're kind of
jumping around the schedule a little bit.
I know we're going to cover
the first two episodes and
then I believe the last two episodes.
But I'm not quite sure yet
what we're doing in between.
We may do it in twos then.
Do the first two, the next two,
and just do it every other week.
And I'm going to try to hold
myself to that and do it that way.
But it does get hard.
And my daughter is coming home.
So for a couple of days, I get to see her.
So that will be cool.
All right.
Rumors.
So the first one on the board.
I don't know how I feel about this one,
to be fair to everybody.
And that is Josh Brolin
reportedly playing Hal
Jordan in Lanterns.
I don't know how I feel
about Josh Brolin being in
another comic book role.
And it is rumored.
I know some people are posting it as like,
oh, no, it's happening.
And it may very well be happening,
but it hasn't come from a
verified news source yet.
I'm hearing he didn't.
I'm hearing he passed on the role.
Because I was looking into it too.
I'm like,
I thought... I was seeing mixed
news on it.
What I'm looking at right
now is they're saying that
it was rumored that Josh
Brolin had been offered the role of Hal.
Word has now come in that
Brolin won't play Hal after all.
Okay, cool.
Because I wasn't too keen on that.
Yeah.
Before Thanos, he was Jeremiah Hetz,
I think.
It's coming from Entertainment Weekly,
Comic Book.
Yeah, well,
Comic Book has a bad habit of
posting rumors.
Hollywood Reporter and a few other.
He's got some goonies too.
Right?
I'm a huge fan of Josh Brolin, but
He's been all over.
He played Thanos.
He played Cable.
Before either one of those, like I said,
he was Jeremiah Hetz in a
very horrible movie.
Jeremiah Hetz, no justice.
He's one of my favorite
comic book characters from
that side of DC from the
old Vertigo days.
then next up we got daniel
I'm sorry destin daniel
cretin the guy who produced
sanchi and the tangerines
is in talks to direct
spider-man four don't know
if it's been stamped yet
but they were looking at
him to possibly direct
spider-man four which I'm
not mad at that'd be cool I
liked shang chi but you know that's me
Yeah, I mean, I like Shang-Chi.
I thought it was a good film.
That's right.
So Goonies, too,
I heard was completely off
the market now.
Like, they're not even trying.
That is what I've heard.
Yeah,
there's all this big hoopla about it.
And then I read,
I can't remember where I
was reading Google News, and it said, no,
it wasn't true.
Yeah.
I think it was like Corey Feldman came on.
It's fucking Corey Feldman, though.
Come on.
That was my biggest beef.
I'm like, he's coming back?
His name's kind of been drug
through the mud a few times.
It's been drug through more
than mud at this point.
No offense to him.
He got drug through human soup.
All right.
So this one's fresh out of
the mouth of John Leguizamo.
And that is Ice Age sits is
about to be a thing,
which for fuck's sake,
stop milking the damn cow.
We do not need it.
Yeah, that was about to say that's good.
I like that, Jen.
I like that.
Thank you.
All right.
That's it for the big rumors.
I'm not here for it.
Yeah,
neither am I. I haven't been here for
it since part two.
I was like,
it's not even the Ice Age anymore.
Global warming has already happened.
There's supposedly a big-ass
crack in the Arctic shelf.
The squirrel got his acorn.
We had closure.
Why are you going to open that up?
We did.
I'm more than happy to call it closed.
But...
Amanda, what's coming up with you?
All right.
Well, of course, as I mentioned earlier,
I'm the co-host of Socially
Distanced Podcast.
And that is the flagship
podcast of ThePopRig.com.
And we're going to be covering, of course,
the first two episodes of
Agatha all along this week.
So our episode will drop Thursday.
And we've got lots of fun
things planned over the rest of the year.
So check us out.
Again, we drop new episodes every week.
And I'm also the co-host of
our Anime Pop podcast.
podcast as well so um yes we
did cover terminator zero
we touched base a little
bit on on tomb raider uh it
was a great great
discussion with our with uh
our friends over with media
lit podcast and occasional
pop break writer randy
elaine and his co-host
chris ingersoll and that
was a really fun discussion
like it was here I enjoyed
it that's the thing I love
about anime is that you can
have so many different
discussions with different
people in many different directions
In many different directions.
So it makes the anime
community a richer place
and gets more people to watch good anime.
So check us out.
I'm a prime example.
Exactly.
We got you.
I'm a success story.
Welcome.
Welcome to the anime community.
A real life success story, people.
yes yes so hopefully you
keep with it you find your
gateway and so the same
thing with my friend randy
randy had not watched any
before um his co-host had
so we so we were I was like
let's let's see we're gonna
try the same with
terminator zero see if this
is a gateway and he's like
I'm in I'm here let's go uh
what else can I watch and
so that's always the best
part when you people come
and join the join the anime community so
You can check those episodes out now.
Well, our Anime Pop episode is out now.
Our Socially Distanced one
will drop this week on Thursday.
So check those out on all
streaming platforms.
Of course,
just follow The Pop Break on all
platforms.
We are pretty much on every
social media platform.
The only difference is we're
at thepopbreak.com for YouTube.
But check us out.
We have content that goes up every day.
It's up for the past fifteen
years and it's the
brainchild of my co-host
for Socially Distanced, Bill Bodkin.
um who's been here bill
walken yes so the and he
just had a great write-up
as well and was posting
lots of content on the see
her now fest so check it
out so all that's out there
of course um I am adam
andalorian on instagram and
threads if you if you want
to follow me I am also uh
at resner's chick on x
because I'm obsessed with
nine ish nails so there we
go uh are we nine ish friends
Yes.
Okay.
We definitely have like lots
of conversations offline.
I'm so excited.
It's a collective thing.
Yes.
Yes, it is.
When they drop their music
festival one day, because Trent said it,
I'm like, will I be there?
Absolutely.
Will I camp out there?
I will be there.
Most likely.
I love Trent.
We'll have a tent.
Yes.
We'll have to be like tent neighbors.
We can plan it.
We'll plan it.
We'll figure it out.
But yes, at Rosaschick on X. And of course,
I cosplay with my significant other,
who is my short king.
Brandon.
Brandon Vice,
which he wrestled at RCW this weekend.
So that is out on Title Match Network.
If y'all want to watch him wrestle.
Of course, he's at Havoc.
Seventy seventy five on X
and at Brandon Vice
Wrestling on all other platforms.
But we couples cosplay and
we are at Title Matches.
Ten ninety nine a month or
nine ninety nine or something like that.
It is.
So definitely worth it.
Great independent wrestling.
Yes.
Thank you.
Thank you, Jeff.
Lots of great shows.
Lots of great indie shows if
you want to check them out.
And not just from Texas,
but around the world.
All over.
It's amazing.
So check it out.
And again,
at Brandalorian on Instagram as
well if you want to check
out our cosplay.
But that's it.
Jen, what's coming up with the queens?
Gosh, well,
I am currently working on
episode thirty of our
Fallen Star RPG podcast.
So that will be dropping Friday morning,
pretty much everywhere.
um right now we're just kind
of um working on um spooky
season here at dfpn so
trying to cook up some uh
episodes and getting some
fellow horror enthusiasts
involved so I'm super super
excited that is my season
y'all y'all don't know that
it's my season I do know
that I do know that yeah
I can't help it.
This happens.
But yeah,
that's all I got coming from the
Queens right now.
Oh, you forgot the most important thing,
Jen.
What's that?
We are co-hosting.
game night, twenty-eight September.
That's right.
You know, that last game night was wild.
It got off the rails.
It did.
Way off the rails.
So, game night's actually a funny story.
Our buddy, Kate Lee,
used to do a Linky game
night every now and then, and I told him,
you know,
Yeah.
And I told him how much fun
that was and how we should
like totally just like expand upon that.
And you know what?
It is so much fun to just
interact with everybody
from Facebook and everybody
that tunes into our shows.
And it is just an absolute blast.
It's not just like from the smoke pit.
It's like USDN people.
It's everybody.
And it's.
Yeah.
I think that was the biggest
one we done last month,
if I'm not mistaken.
yeah and it's hopefully this
follow-on will be bigger
yeah it is it's so much fun
um come on you know you you
get to win free merch um
answering you know any
trivia questions and we try
to get more um you know
different trivia topics I
think we've been doing a
lot of music we've got
you know we had nineties R&B
and hip hop last time yeah
and then we had some people
request some different
genres and then we got some
they were doing spooky
stuff coming up right yeah
I actually went and got a
some horror movie trivia
cards that I ordered so I'm
really excited to do those but uh
But yeah, it's going to be,
it's going to be great.
And yeah,
we have a lot of people that are
donating actually things to give away.
That was my next plug.
Our merchant.
Yeah, go ahead.
Bubba John has graciously
donated some signed
wrestling merch for
giveaways during game night.
So shout out to Bubba John, bro.
We love you to death, man.
You, you are awesome.
a fan of all our podcasts
you interact on a daily
basis with us and we love
that shit dude we
appreciate you I think drew
moss donated some sketches
that he did last time right
no it's not sketches I have
thundercats nine issues of
thundercats I have two more
I gave away the darkwing duck last week
Mac, a.k.a.
ya boy, won that.
And I still have two,
two variants of Thundercats
that I will be donating to the next one,
both signed by Drew,
that I'm willing to part with.
I have other signed stuff
that I'm not so much willing to part with,
but I will have two signed Thundercats.
Treasure dragon, I see you.
I have a lot of signed stuff.
I'm keeping because that's
how I intend to maybe pay
off my daughter's college shit someday,
maybe.
I don't know.
Just bury it with me.
Bury it with me.
When I go into the box to be
burned to ashes,
just throw all that shit into.
That's my stuff.
That's what I told Brandon.
I was like, if it's autographed to me,
you can just bury me with it.
It's fine.
Viking funeral, just straight up.
Just set me a... Exactly.
Set me afloat on the little
raft with all my signed pops.
I want to go Darth Vader style, damn it.
Build me a bot, put me on top of the bots,
and then set me on fire.
I was like,
do we have to... So you're
trying to get someone to
drag you to the ship
because he kind of just got left there.
No, not that cruel.
I just want the big pyramid burned on.
Okay.
Make it cool.
Play Revenge of the Sith or
something or the Imperial March.
Give me something cool.
We'll have to reenact the
lightsaber battle.
Yes.
That's a must.
I must have lightsabers.
The whole nine.
Do it up Star Wars style.
That's all I ask.
And then, like Jen said, the entire month.
The entire month.
I don't know how many shows
we're doing next month.
But we're doing an entire
month dedicated to all the
spooky shit you want.
Spooky.
And can handle.
So there's that.
I've been lazy lately.
So I have two episodes
dropping back to back to back now.
They're already in the system.
They're releasing this Wednesday.
One's releasing the following Wednesday.
And then this episode will
release the following Wednesday.
I do apologize to everybody
for being late and lazy.
That's on me.
I'm working on it.
Yeah.
That's what I got.
Do y'all have anything else?
It's just great to be here.
Thank you.
I agree with both of those statements.
So with that,
thanks everybody for tuning
in to my upteenth episode
because I have lost count.
I think this is episode
actually twenty one or twenty two,
maybe twenty three.
We're somewhere in there.
Watch out for the page for upcoming news,
upcoming shows.
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stopping by and for Jen for
stopping by from the Queens and
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