MOVIE REVIEW: The Super Mario Bros. Movie

100:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,100Hey, this is Daniel Warren Johnson, creator of books such as Murder Falcon, Extremity,200:00:05,100 --> 00:00:09,240Wonder Woman Dead Earth, and Beta Rape Bill, and you're listening to the Oblivion Bar300:00:09,240 --> 00:00:14,640Podcast.400:00:14,640 --> 00:00:37,840Welcome to the Oblivion Bar Podcast with your hosts, Chris Hacker and Aaron Knowles.500:00:37,840 --> 00:00:38,960Hello everyone.600:00:38,960 --> 00:00:43,800Welcome to episode 114 of the Oblivion Bar Podcast, the official podcast of the fantasy700:00:43,800 --> 00:00:45,520shop in St. Charles, Missouri.800:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,120I am Chris Hacker, one of your co-hosts here, and joining me this week as he does every900:00:49,120 --> 00:00:55,440single week, my BFF and part owner of our local plumbing shop, Aaron Knowles.1000:00:55,440 --> 00:00:56,440Let's go.1100:00:56,440 --> 00:00:57,440Okey dokey.1200:00:57,440 --> 00:01:02,480Oh, I knew it was going to be a Mario voice of some sort.1300:01:02,480 --> 00:01:03,480And I'm happy.1400:01:03,480 --> 00:01:04,480I'm happy you delivered on that.1500:01:04,480 --> 00:01:05,480On that.1600:01:05,480 --> 00:01:06,480How was it?1700:01:06,480 --> 00:01:07,480It was good.1800:01:07,480 --> 00:01:08,480It was very good.1900:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,880Almost verbatim right out of the movie and the video game.2000:01:11,880 --> 00:01:13,560So I don't know why they didn't call you.2100:01:13,560 --> 00:01:14,560That's what I'm curious about.2200:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,680You know, and we'll talk about it.2300:01:16,680 --> 00:01:21,760I actually got to interview the voice of Bowser from the video games recently.2400:01:21,760 --> 00:01:25,480And you know, one thing that he just refused to do is his Bowser voice.2500:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,800You know, they do it all the time.2600:01:28,800 --> 00:01:29,800I didn't even ask.2700:01:29,800 --> 00:01:30,800I didn't even ask.2800:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,200He's like, before you even ask, I'm not fucking doing it.2900:01:33,200 --> 00:01:34,200All right.3000:01:34,200 --> 00:01:35,200I think I'll tell you.3100:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,440Well, I'll talk about this later, but I did get a little warning before from his handler3200:01:38,440 --> 00:01:39,440before I interviewed.3300:01:39,440 --> 00:01:41,520So we'll talk about that later.3400:01:41,520 --> 00:01:42,960You're not getting any Bowser for free.3500:01:42,960 --> 00:01:45,560OK, there's no giveaways in the movie.3600:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,360Why aren't you in the movie?3700:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,560Yeah, that's another thing they probably heard constantly.3800:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,760But yeah, you know, as Aaron was saying right now.3900:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,820So yeah, for episode one 14, we are talking about the Super Mario Bros. movie we both4000:01:58,820 --> 00:01:59,980saw this weekend.4100:01:59,980 --> 00:02:02,680It is sweeping the nation as we speak.4200:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,400Aaron right now, it is the number one movie in America.4300:02:04,400 --> 00:02:06,640Is it not plumbing the nation?4400:02:06,640 --> 00:02:07,920That's a that's a good one.4500:02:07,920 --> 00:02:08,920All right.4600:02:08,920 --> 00:02:09,920I'll take that one.4700:02:09,920 --> 00:02:11,360Let me give you a gold star right here for that one.4800:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,520I'm going to put it in post.4900:02:13,520 --> 00:02:15,480But yes, Super Mario Bros. movie.5000:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,480I'm very excited, Aaron, to hear your thoughts because you are so embedded in the world of5100:02:19,480 --> 00:02:20,480Nintendo.5200:02:20,480 --> 00:02:21,480You have the Nintendo tattoo.5300:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,820A lot of people, I don't know if they know this or not, but you have the Nintendo tattoo.5400:02:24,820 --> 00:02:28,400You know, as far as as long as I've known you, you have just been a super fan when it5500:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,900comes to just not only Mario, but just all things Nintendo.5600:02:31,900 --> 00:02:33,680So I'm very curious to hear your thoughts.5700:02:33,680 --> 00:02:35,780Let's hold off on that for just a bit.5800:02:35,780 --> 00:02:38,960Let's talk about a couple of things before we get into our news and notes here.5900:02:38,960 --> 00:02:39,960Number one.6000:02:39,960 --> 00:02:40,960What's that?6100:02:40,960 --> 00:02:41,960What's housekeeping?6200:02:41,960 --> 00:02:42,960House.6300:02:42,960 --> 00:02:43,960Did I say inside baseball?6400:02:43,960 --> 00:02:44,960No, no, no.6500:02:44,960 --> 00:02:45,960But they usually do.6600:02:45,960 --> 00:02:47,840No, this is this is not inside baseball because we're sharing it.6700:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,120This is all for the people.6800:02:50,120 --> 00:02:54,960So as most people knew, if you had been listening to the show or listening to the grid, you6900:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,760know that you were supposed to go to Megacon this last weekend.7000:02:58,760 --> 00:03:03,040You know, Aaron and I were planning to go with Comic Sketch Art to Orlando.7100:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,520And I was very excited leading up to our trip.7200:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,840I was having some stomach pains, Aaron, and I don't really know what was going on.7300:03:09,840 --> 00:03:13,920So I went to the E.R. It was very consistent enough for me to be worried.7400:03:13,920 --> 00:03:20,120So I went to the E.R. and they did some CT scans and they found a mass in my colon.7500:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,600And I'm going to say all this, everyone, just so everyone at home listening right now, please,7600:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,120I don't want your I don't want sorrys.7700:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,200I don't want any of that.7800:03:27,200 --> 00:03:28,880I don't want you feeling bad for me.7900:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,200I want to just explain to you what's going on.8000:03:31,200 --> 00:03:35,960And then I want you to send me fun things to read and listen, because yes, that means8100:03:35,960 --> 00:03:36,960colon cancer.8200:03:36,960 --> 00:03:37,960OK.8300:03:37,960 --> 00:03:38,960And I've I've accepted it.8400:03:38,960 --> 00:03:40,160I'm OK with it.8500:03:40,160 --> 00:03:45,320It's very beatable, especially for my age and how healthy I am already.8600:03:45,320 --> 00:03:49,760But that was found, you know, instead of me being able to go to Orlando with Aaron and8700:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,640a lot of our friends from Comic Sketch Art and enjoying our weekend in Orlando.8800:03:53,640 --> 00:03:55,980Unfortunately, I was admitted to the hospital.8900:03:55,980 --> 00:03:57,960It fucking sucked the entire time.9000:03:57,960 --> 00:04:04,680It was just tubes up the noses, enemas up the butts, colonoscopies, all the fun things.9100:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,240But I'm glad we found it.9200:04:07,240 --> 00:04:08,520Glad we're going on with it.9300:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,640I don't know if we're going to eventually eventually have some type of break in the show.9400:04:12,640 --> 00:04:17,600Of course, if I have surgery and it coincides with our schedule, we might have to take a9500:04:17,600 --> 00:04:18,600break.9600:04:18,600 --> 00:04:23,120But this show brings me so much reprieve and bringing not only just sitting down with you,9700:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,920Aaron, and talking about nerdy things, but sharing it with the people brings me so much9800:04:26,920 --> 00:04:27,920joy.9900:04:27,920 --> 00:04:29,960So if I'm able to do both, I absolutely will.10000:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,040But I want to just let everyone know what's been going on.10100:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,840I've obviously been sharing some things on social media.10200:04:36,840 --> 00:04:38,960But again, I'm not afraid.10300:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,720So I'm not a subtle person.10400:04:41,720 --> 00:04:43,360Subtlety is not really one of my strengths.10500:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,140You know, it's not something I'm known for.10600:04:45,140 --> 00:04:49,840So when something like this happens, I'm going to just share it because mostly because I10700:04:49,840 --> 00:04:52,640want people to know that it's not bothering me.10800:04:52,640 --> 00:04:53,640It's like I'm okay.10900:04:53,640 --> 00:04:54,640I'm okay with it.11000:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,680And I've taken I've decided to take it on.11100:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,260And it's not I'm not worried.11200:04:58,260 --> 00:05:02,520So I wanted to tell that Aaron off the top, just so everyone's aware, kind of explain11300:05:02,520 --> 00:05:06,000that because, again, I've shared a little bit on social media, but I haven't had a chance11400:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,000to actually talk about it.11500:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,040So all that being said, Aaron, you eventually did go to Megacon.11600:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,560And I'd love to hear about your trip and how that went.11700:05:12,560 --> 00:05:17,960Well, the most interesting thing was I was I drove to Orlando.11800:05:17,960 --> 00:05:19,080I was in the van.11900:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,400And then that's when I got the news about what's going on with you.12000:05:22,400 --> 00:05:28,080And also, I just wanted to I'm pretty sure it's pronounced cologne cologne cologne, cologne,12100:05:28,080 --> 00:05:29,080scopie.12200:05:29,080 --> 00:05:30,080I don't know.12300:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,920That's not make fun of cancer.12400:05:32,920 --> 00:05:33,920We can't.12500:05:33,920 --> 00:05:34,920It's fine.12600:05:34,920 --> 00:05:35,920No, I mean, I guess I think it's if you.12700:05:35,920 --> 00:05:36,920You have it, you can make fun of it.12800:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,280I'm pretty sure that's the rule.12900:05:38,280 --> 00:05:39,280Yeah, I was.13000:05:39,280 --> 00:05:41,240I got to go watch the movie 5050 now.13100:05:41,240 --> 00:05:42,920Yeah, that's right.13200:05:42,920 --> 00:05:47,440But literally, I was driving to I was driving a van full of comic material and stuff for13300:05:47,440 --> 00:05:48,560CSA.13400:05:48,560 --> 00:05:52,840And I'm like on the verge of tears about halfway through because my friend is just told me13500:05:52,840 --> 00:05:55,200that he is in the hospital.13600:05:55,200 --> 00:05:59,160But anyways, so yeah, I went to Megacon, worked with CSA.13700:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,840I got to work with some really fun, amazing people.13800:06:02,840 --> 00:06:09,920I got to host what not shows with with Skaff and well, not with Skaff, but alongside Skaff13900:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,440and some of the CSA staff.14000:06:12,440 --> 00:06:16,240I did a show with Mitch Garad, Josh Casara.14100:06:16,240 --> 00:06:19,560Man, it was it's like honestly, it was like a real deals.14200:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,000Ariel Diaz's sway art.14300:06:22,000 --> 00:06:29,560Yeah, yeah, it was it was something that I honestly never expected that I would do.14400:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,920But at the same time, something I absolutely loved doing.14500:06:32,920 --> 00:06:38,240And I want to say that the only reason that I was anywhere near successful was because14600:06:38,240 --> 00:06:43,080I had my man in in front of the computer, my man in the chair, Chris.14700:06:43,080 --> 00:06:44,080I was your Oracle.14800:06:44,080 --> 00:06:45,080He was my Oracle.14900:06:45,080 --> 00:06:50,360He was my who's who's the dude, the bald dude from from Spider-Man now.15000:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,200Oh, I was a Ned Ned.15100:06:53,200 --> 00:06:54,200You're my Ned.15200:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,880He was the dead in my head and the chair, the man in the chair.15300:06:57,880 --> 00:07:02,440And basically what would happen was they'd be like, oh, you got a show in like 10 minutes15400:07:02,440 --> 00:07:04,200because they kept moving the schedule around.15500:07:04,200 --> 00:07:05,760And I'm like, OK, who's it with?15600:07:05,760 --> 00:07:07,520They're like Ariel Diaz.15700:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,960And so what I would do immediately was I would text Chris and be like, all right, give me15800:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,160the 60 second rundown on Ariel Diaz.15900:07:13,160 --> 00:07:18,400And he would come through with pictures and like a nice little like three part text of16000:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,000everything that I needed to know.16100:07:20,000 --> 00:07:21,880And it was like a slideshow.16200:07:21,880 --> 00:07:22,880It was perfect.16300:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,200And like, Chris, I mean, I know you were watching, you were involved.16400:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,720You were, you know, you were helping me out from the from trying to pop in.16500:07:27,720 --> 00:07:28,720Yeah.16600:07:28,720 --> 00:07:30,080And like, I think it went pretty well.16700:07:30,080 --> 00:07:32,120Everybody said it went really well that I did a good job.16800:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,200And so I was kind of addicted to it.16900:07:34,200 --> 00:07:35,600And, you know, I really enjoy it.17000:07:35,600 --> 00:07:40,040So, you know, when we do again, eventually work together with Comic Sketch, you and I17100:07:40,040 --> 00:07:45,280will both hopefully be hosting shows together, if not separately.17200:07:45,280 --> 00:07:47,760But again, it was just it was a super exciting time.17300:07:47,760 --> 00:07:50,240I got to I got to talk to a lot of artists.17400:07:50,240 --> 00:07:51,240Everyone got to listen to that episode.17500:07:51,240 --> 00:07:55,640You know, our previous episode 113 was all of your interviews with everyone across the17600:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,680world.17700:07:58,680 --> 00:08:00,200I think it turned out really well.17800:08:00,200 --> 00:08:04,400I think you got a lot of great info from, you know, people like Benjamin Percy and Philip17900:08:04,400 --> 00:08:08,680Kennedy Johnson, good friend of the show, you know, Ariel Diaz, as we were just saying,18000:08:08,680 --> 00:08:13,800you know, and and you even had I'm forgetting his name now, but who was the voice of Bowser?18100:08:13,800 --> 00:08:14,800Do you remember?18200:08:14,800 --> 00:08:15,800Oh, Ken James.18300:08:15,800 --> 00:08:16,800Yeah.18400:08:16,800 --> 00:08:17,800Yeah.18500:08:17,800 --> 00:08:18,800Kenny James.18600:08:18,800 --> 00:08:19,800So yeah, a lot of great people on that episode.18700:08:19,800 --> 00:08:23,880And I will say this, that one thing that was really, really nice was everybody at CSA,18800:08:23,880 --> 00:08:24,880like working with them.18900:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,040I had never done anything like this before.19000:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,520And working with CSA was amazing.19100:08:29,520 --> 00:08:33,080Everybody was super supportive and helpful when it came to like learning different things.19200:08:33,080 --> 00:08:37,400Like I had to learn their little clover, like, you know, card system.19300:08:37,400 --> 00:08:38,400I had to learn.19400:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,520I, you know, I met Cami Garcia's Gabriel Piccolo.19500:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,880I had to work with both of them.19600:08:43,880 --> 00:08:48,800And you know, it was I had I had to, you know, get people to, you know, I was selling prints.19700:08:48,800 --> 00:08:50,280I was getting stuff signed.19800:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,320I worked with Ryan Stegman, Ryan Ottley.19900:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,840I went to their signing of Frank Cho.20000:08:56,840 --> 00:08:58,240Just all these like artists.20100:08:58,240 --> 00:08:59,240Very fast paced.20200:08:59,240 --> 00:09:00,580Yeah, very, very absolutely.20300:09:00,580 --> 00:09:01,580Very fast paced.20400:09:01,580 --> 00:09:04,520At one point, I was working behind an artist selling prints.20500:09:04,520 --> 00:09:09,360The next minute, it's hey, you got 30 minutes to get to this conference or this room and20600:09:09,360 --> 00:09:13,280you're here helping with a VIP event for these huge artists.20700:09:13,280 --> 00:09:20,320And like, again, it was very, very you're right, fast paced, but also again, very learnable,20800:09:20,320 --> 00:09:21,440teachable environment.20900:09:21,440 --> 00:09:22,440Yeah.21000:09:22,440 --> 00:09:24,080And I'm just really thankful.21100:09:24,080 --> 00:09:29,400And also, like everybody was super like worried, like they're they're asking about you.21200:09:29,400 --> 00:09:31,560A lot of them talk, you know, they know you.21300:09:31,560 --> 00:09:33,520And so they're all like, you know, you know, how's Chris?21400:09:33,520 --> 00:09:34,560Like I heard about him.21500:09:34,560 --> 00:09:36,280Even some of the creators like Nerf Alice.21600:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,740Nerf Alice was such a sweet woman.21700:09:38,740 --> 00:09:42,160And she's like, oh, I heard about Chris, you know, and she's like wanted to let you know21800:09:42,160 --> 00:09:43,480that she was worried about you.21900:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,960Philip Kennedy Johnson, you know, he was worried, like just all these people that we've talked22000:09:46,960 --> 00:09:47,960to.22100:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,800It's amazing that they even recognize us and think about us to know like who we are and22200:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,480what we're going through.22300:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,920So it's definitely it's definitely a, you know, it was a fun situation.22400:09:56,920 --> 00:09:58,440I was completely wrecked.22500:09:58,440 --> 00:10:00,840Yeah, you were tired for like the next two days.22600:10:00,840 --> 00:10:02,280Yeah, I'm still tired.22700:10:02,280 --> 00:10:06,240Like I was completely my my social battery was drained.22800:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,120My mental, emotional, physical batteries were gone.22900:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,960And that's that's also including the fact that again, I was just there by myself.23000:10:12,960 --> 00:10:17,180So I didn't have you, which I think it would have made it a lot easier just because again,23100:10:17,180 --> 00:10:20,440it was it's very hard to fit in with a group of complete strangers.23200:10:20,440 --> 00:10:21,440Yeah.23300:10:21,440 --> 00:10:25,840You know, and then plus they say that misery loves company, you know, so we could have23400:10:25,840 --> 00:10:27,680suffered together and made us stronger.23500:10:27,680 --> 00:10:31,920So the camaraderie of the con, you know, if you've ever been to a convention, if you've23600:10:31,920 --> 00:10:36,360ever been to a comic convention, you know, that CSA that alley is busy.23700:10:36,360 --> 00:10:38,940You know, we got some of the best talent in the industry.23800:10:38,940 --> 00:10:42,400So a lot of those people, a lot of the top, top talents, you know, again, you're Ryan23900:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,200Stegman, you're Miss Garrett's Ryan Otley, Frank Miller.24000:10:45,200 --> 00:10:46,620These guys are all in the same alley.24100:10:46,620 --> 00:10:49,200So we're we're losing our minds a lot of the time.24200:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,120But I am very glad that you had a good time.24300:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,960I'm excited for us to our next convention that's scheduled right now is San Diego Comic24400:10:54,960 --> 00:10:55,960Con.24500:10:55,960 --> 00:10:57,840So I'm excited for us to do that together.24600:10:57,840 --> 00:11:02,040Hopefully I'll be able to get over this home pretty easily and we'll we'll be able to get24700:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,160into it and enjoy it, enjoy it and have a good time.24800:11:04,160 --> 00:11:08,600But and one more piece of housekeeping news before we get into our news and notes, we24900:11:08,600 --> 00:11:12,160got to tell everyone Aaron Patreon dot com forward slash oblivion bar pod.25000:11:12,160 --> 00:11:14,680If you want to support the show, I want to be quick here, by the way, everybody, I know25100:11:14,680 --> 00:11:15,760that we've been rambling.25200:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,400We just want to get to the actual meat of the episode.25300:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,240But Patreon dot com forward slash oblivion bar pod.25400:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,300If you want to support the show, this is the best way to do it.25500:11:23,300 --> 00:11:27,520You could have access to the grid, which is our patron exclusive show episode transcripts,25600:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,480early access to these episodes.25700:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,240Special shout out at the end of this, you know, this episode, you could get a t shirt.25800:11:33,240 --> 00:11:34,960There's a lot of 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whatnot.27200:12:01,460 --> 00:12:05,080One thing that's really interesting that that and great that we were able to give to our27300:12:05,080 --> 00:12:09,880Patreon members was a copy of our whatnot exclusive cover for Phantom Road.27400:12:09,880 --> 00:12:13,400Number one, that was illustrated by Christian Ward.27500:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,280It's been an awesome journey so far.27600:12:15,280 --> 00:12:16,720A lot of people have been talking about it.27700:12:16,720 --> 00:12:18,720We've been talking about it on social media.27800:12:18,720 --> 00:12:22,800I've even had some of the soldiers that I work with at work have ordered a copy for themselves.27900:12:22,800 --> 00:12:24,640So I'm really, I'm really excited about that.28000:12:24,640 --> 00:12:26,880But you'll hear more about that in our news note segments.28100:12:26,880 --> 00:12:32,120But I just want to throw that out there that we did send a copy of that comic to our Patreon28200:12:32,120 --> 00:12:36,400members for 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00:13:16,840That's fifteen dollars basically like free money.29500:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,160OK, so what not buy, sell, go live.29600:13:20,160 --> 00:13:25,040So right off the top here, and we have trailers galore trailers, ahoy, if you will, the Oprah29700:13:25,040 --> 00:13:31,520Winfrey trailers, you get a trailer, you get a trailer, you get a trailer.29800:13:31,520 --> 00:13:33,840Everybody gets a trailer and it was a big, big week for trailers.29900:13:33,840 --> 00:13:38,600So we've got trailers for Across the Spiderverse, Blue Beetle, Barbie, Ahsoka and Indiana Jones30000:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,680and the Diles. Amazing trailers, my friend. Yes. Yeah.30100:13:41,680 --> 00:13:42,880And we're going to talk about all of them here.30200:13:42,880 --> 00:13:46,800So I want I want to start off with probably my favorite of the week, which was we got30300:13:46,800 --> 00:13:50,640our very first full trailer for Sony Pictures, Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse.30400:13:50,640 --> 00:13:54,120As of this recording, this is actually the most viewed trailer of twenty twenty three,30500:13:54,120 --> 00:13:55,120which is not surprising.30600:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,800A lot of people are very, very excited for this movie.30700:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,520You know, it's a sequel to for what a lot of people think myself included as maybe one30800:14:01,520 --> 00:14:03,880of the greatest comic book movies of all time.30900:14:03,880 --> 00:14:08,520Maybe not only one of the greatest Spider-Man movies, but just best comic book movies of31000:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,160all time is just that's a huge feat. Right.31100:14:11,160 --> 00:14:16,000So the trailer opens up with Miles Morales reminding us that he is the one and only Spider-Man.31200:14:16,000 --> 00:14:20,240This is, of course, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York, Earth 1610.31300:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,480Here we get to see him with his updated costume for this new movie.31400:14:23,480 --> 00:14:27,200No longer the spray painted suit of the old Peter Parker from his Earth.31500:14:27,200 --> 00:14:31,440Later we see Miles have his first encounter with what we've been told is the, quote unquote,31600:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,960main villain of this movie, which also seems kind of unlikely.31700:14:34,960 --> 00:14:38,000The spot played by Jason Schwartzman.31800:14:38,000 --> 00:14:42,520So the spot actually appeared in comics and first appeared in comics in 1984 in Peter31900:14:42,520 --> 00:14:44,960Parker, the spectacular Spider-Man 98.32000:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,400Aaron, are you familiar with the spot at all?32100:14:47,400 --> 00:14:48,960Have you ever seen him in any media?32200:14:48,960 --> 00:14:49,960I have.32300:14:49,960 --> 00:14:50,960I have.32400:14:50,960 --> 00:14:54,800He's able to like throw spots that are basically like almost teleport, not teleportation, but32500:14:54,800 --> 00:14:55,800like like portals.32600:14:55,800 --> 00:14:56,800Yeah.32700:14:56,800 --> 00:14:57,800Kind of connect.32800:14:57,800 --> 00:15:00,440It connects him to the spot world is what it's called.32900:15:00,440 --> 00:15:05,280So he is an ex-MIT scientist working for the kingpin who accidentally transformed himself33000:15:05,280 --> 00:15:09,920into the spot while attempting to artificially recreate the trans-dimensional powers of the33100:15:09,920 --> 00:15:11,040superhero known as Cloak.33200:15:11,040 --> 00:15:12,720So that's Cloak from Cloak and Dagger.33300:15:12,720 --> 00:15:16,520If you're familiar with that, he has that cloak that kind of like transports him and33400:15:16,520 --> 00:15:18,760Dagger just to wherever they want to go.33500:15:18,760 --> 00:15:21,960You know, you'll be reading a comic and Cloak and Dagger will just show up out of nowhere.33600:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,280You're like, how did you get here?33700:15:24,280 --> 00:15:26,960You know, so he was trying to recreate that power.33800:15:26,960 --> 00:15:32,720So he is a functionally immortal and his body is able to reconstitute on death in this mysterious33900:15:32,720 --> 00:15:36,720alternative dimension that you can travel through either fully or partially by manipulating34000:15:36,720 --> 00:15:39,120and summoning localized portals.34100:15:39,120 --> 00:15:44,640We also see Spider-Man 2099's multiversal team, which includes Jessica Drew's Spider-Woman,34200:15:44,640 --> 00:15:49,080Hobie Brown's Spider-Punk, AKA Spider-Man of Earth 138.34300:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,520And I'm going to say this wrong here, but Pivotar Parakakar?34400:15:52,520 --> 00:15:54,640I'm gonna say Pavator Prabhakar.34500:15:54,640 --> 00:15:55,640Prabhakar.34600:15:55,640 --> 00:15:56,640Okay.34700:15:56,640 --> 00:15:57,640Yeah.34800:15:57,640 --> 00:15:58,640All right.34900:15:58,640 --> 00:15:59,640Yeah.35000:15:59,640 --> 00:16:01,680Which is Spider-Man India and that's Spider-Man of Earth 50101.35100:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,480So a pretty cool team here.35200:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,200I actually really like seeing all them together.35300:16:06,200 --> 00:16:10,680And it doesn't seem like to me, Aaron, you can tell me if you've kind of analyzed this35400:16:10,680 --> 00:16:15,440differently, but it doesn't seem like Spider-Man 2099 is a bad guy outright.35500:16:15,440 --> 00:16:21,000It seems like he sees Miles Morales as Spider-Man as a threat somehow to the multiverse.35600:16:21,000 --> 00:16:25,520And that's why he's trying to stop him from not only traversing the multiverse, but leaving35700:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,840whatever this earth is that all these other Spider-Men are at.35800:16:28,840 --> 00:16:29,840Okay.35900:16:29,840 --> 00:16:33,360So I'm gonna ask for me real quick, because I don't think we've actually seen Madame Webb36000:16:33,360 --> 00:16:34,360yet.36100:16:34,360 --> 00:16:35,360No, we have not.36200:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,080Not in any of the trailers, but it has been rumored that she is in this movie.36300:16:38,080 --> 00:16:43,640So from what I understand, Madame Webb is able to like, she has her like hub at the36400:16:43,640 --> 00:16:45,760center of like the Spider-Verse.36500:16:45,760 --> 00:16:52,120And so I'm assuming that that is who Spider-Man 2099 is like working for and getting his information36600:16:52,120 --> 00:16:53,120from.36700:16:53,120 --> 00:16:57,760And I feel like he is on a mission that has probably been given to him that he like is36800:16:57,760 --> 00:17:00,680almost blindly following.36900:17:00,680 --> 00:17:02,040And Peter is a soldier.37000:17:02,040 --> 00:17:03,040Yeah.37100:17:03,040 --> 00:17:08,360And so he's going to realize that maybe Madame Webb is trying to manipulate, you know, him37200:17:08,360 --> 00:17:10,600and some of the other Spider-People.37300:17:10,600 --> 00:17:15,560And they're going to figure out that, you know, Miles has to figure it out, you know,37400:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,440does not necessarily have to follow this plan that is in place.37500:17:18,440 --> 00:17:23,480And so, yes, I think there he's going to be the pseudo villain.37600:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,080You know, you got the spot in the beginning.37700:17:25,080 --> 00:17:26,080Yeah.37800:17:26,080 --> 00:17:27,080So we're going to see the spot.37900:17:27,080 --> 00:17:28,080We're going to take the villain.38000:17:28,080 --> 00:17:29,080Then we're going to have this guy.38100:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,600And I think that a lot of it is going to be like a subplot, because I think that what's38200:17:32,600 --> 00:17:37,200going to happen is there's going to be a lot of plot that's based around the main villain38300:17:37,200 --> 00:17:41,700of the spot, like either figuring out who he is trying to kill his family.38400:17:41,700 --> 00:17:45,360And basically, you know, they're going to pull him out of his dimension and he's got38500:17:45,360 --> 00:17:47,640to get back to stop this from happening.38600:17:47,640 --> 00:17:48,640Yeah, very possible.38700:17:48,640 --> 00:17:55,160I think Spider-Man 2099 is one of those characters that at least in the comics, he is kind of38800:17:55,160 --> 00:17:58,720he's a police officer in his universe, and it would make sense that he is kind of just38900:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,720following orders for what is essentially what he believes to be the greater good.39000:18:02,720 --> 00:18:06,920And like you said, I can very easily see, you know, Madame Webb kind of quote unquote,39100:18:06,920 --> 00:18:11,120no pun intended, pulling the strings behind the scenes and like manipulating a lot of39200:18:11,120 --> 00:18:12,120this.39300:18:12,120 --> 00:18:15,960And eventually, Miles Morales and all the other Spider-Men throughout this movie have39400:18:15,960 --> 00:18:16,960to team up to stop her.39500:18:16,960 --> 00:18:17,960This is the lobby.39600:18:17,960 --> 00:18:18,960The whole thing was his idea.39700:18:18,960 --> 00:18:19,960What's the guy got to do to join this?39800:18:19,960 --> 00:18:27,760You can never be part of this.39900:18:27,760 --> 00:18:33,240Don't even get me started on Dr. Strange and the little nerd back on Earth 1999.40000:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,320Come on, go easy on the kid.40100:18:35,320 --> 00:18:37,320He had a terrible teacher.40200:18:37,320 --> 00:18:38,320Peter.40300:18:38,320 --> 00:18:39,320Miles.40400:18:39,320 --> 00:18:40,320You have a baby?40500:18:40,320 --> 00:18:41,320I have a baby.40600:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,320I'll take it from here.40700:18:44,320 --> 00:18:50,320Miles, being Spider-Man is a sacrifice.40800:18:50,320 --> 00:18:59,720You have a choice between saving one person and saving every world.40900:18:59,720 --> 00:19:00,720Send me home.41000:19:00,720 --> 00:19:01,720I can't do that.41100:19:01,720 --> 00:19:02,720I can do both.41200:19:02,720 --> 00:19:03,720Spider-Man, always.41300:19:03,720 --> 00:19:04,720Not always.41400:19:04,720 --> 00:19:06,200What about Uncle Ben?41500:19:06,200 --> 00:19:10,520If not for Uncle Ben, most of us wouldn't be here.41600:19:10,520 --> 00:19:16,080You can't run forever, kid.41700:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,080I can't lose one more friend.41800:19:19,080 --> 00:19:22,080Tell me, is it what we talked about?41900:19:22,080 --> 00:19:23,080You knew?42000:19:23,080 --> 00:19:24,080I had no idea what you're doing.42100:19:24,080 --> 00:19:30,160Everyone keeps telling me how my story is supposed to go.42200:19:30,160 --> 00:19:34,920I just want to know how many time, how many superheroes he's going to get to voice in42300:19:34,920 --> 00:19:35,920the MCU.42400:19:35,920 --> 00:19:36,920Oscar Isaac.42500:19:36,920 --> 00:19:40,320Oscar Isaac is, he says this is another one.42600:19:40,320 --> 00:19:44,680He loves playing that superhero world.42700:19:44,680 --> 00:19:48,000In this, we also see Mayday Parker, which is really awesome for a lot of fans.42800:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,800She's obviously the daughter of Peter B Parker and Mary Jane.42900:19:50,800 --> 00:19:54,720Mayday is the Earth 982 Spider-Girl in the comics.43000:19:54,720 --> 00:19:58,920May first appeared in the comics in 1998's What If 105?43100:19:58,920 --> 00:20:02,480That's that famous Spider-Girl cover that you've probably seen a lot of people been43200:20:02,480 --> 00:20:03,480buying here recently.43300:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,160Spider-Girl is very popular.43400:20:05,160 --> 00:20:09,200If you talk to a lot of people who have been in the Spider-Man comics for a long time,43500:20:09,200 --> 00:20:13,160they say that that Spider-Girl run, because they actually go off and spin her off.43600:20:13,160 --> 00:20:14,160There's another pun.43700:20:14,160 --> 00:20:17,960They spin her off into another comic and she's Spider-Girl for a long time.43800:20:17,960 --> 00:20:22,020So very excited to see her and hopefully we eventually get her aged up in this universe43900:20:22,020 --> 00:20:23,880and she becomes a player at some point.44000:20:23,880 --> 00:20:27,880So Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse hits theaters on June 2nd, 2023.44100:20:27,880 --> 00:20:29,720We do not have long to wait.44200:20:29,720 --> 00:20:31,100Just a couple of months.44300:20:31,100 --> 00:20:33,820Just a web swing away.44400:20:33,820 --> 00:20:34,820Just a thwip away.44500:20:34,820 --> 00:20:35,820A thwip?44600:20:35,820 --> 00:20:36,820Thwip?44700:20:36,820 --> 00:20:39,400I want to talk about Blue Beetle.44800:20:39,400 --> 00:20:40,920Talk about the next one here.44900:20:40,920 --> 00:20:47,080I am so friggin excited for the Blue Beetle trailer, for the movie.45000:20:47,080 --> 00:20:54,200So Jaime Reyes, all this, we get a lot revealed in this trailer.45100:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,160Previous Blue Beetles that have existed in the timeline, you see how the Blue Beetle45200:20:57,160 --> 00:20:58,800ties in the DC universe.45300:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,920Blue Beetle as a superhero alias has existed since 1939.45400:21:02,920 --> 00:21:07,640Jaime himself being the Blue Beetle was only introduced back in 2006 as the third character45500:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,520become the Blue Beetle at DC Universe or DC Comics lore.45600:21:11,520 --> 00:21:15,460At the beginning of the Blue Beetle trailer, Jaime mentions how everything right now feels45700:21:15,460 --> 00:21:17,020so out of reach.45800:21:17,020 --> 00:21:23,040This could be a regular line, but this also hints at a major Blue Beetle villain, The45900:21:23,040 --> 00:21:24,040Reach.46000:21:24,040 --> 00:21:25,040Yeah, absolutely.46100:21:25,040 --> 00:21:26,040It could be them.46200:21:26,040 --> 00:21:30,080I would be very surprised if they don't talk about The Reach at some point because they46300:21:30,080 --> 00:21:35,640are so intertwined with the Blue, not just Blue Beetle lore, but specifically Jaime's46400:21:35,640 --> 00:21:36,640lore.46500:21:36,640 --> 00:21:40,360A lot of his recent runs have dealt with specifically The Reach.46600:21:40,360 --> 00:21:45,120And so they even say in the trailer that the Blue Beetle, I guess they call it the scarab.46700:21:45,120 --> 00:21:49,320Yeah, the scarab is where he gets his powers from that.46800:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,760So what I love about this, I mean, I'll go more into the trailer, but what I love about46900:21:52,760 --> 00:21:53,760this-47000:21:53,760 --> 00:21:54,760Is it the Buster Sword?47100:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,080No, no, I do love that.47200:21:56,080 --> 00:22:00,880So one of my favorite animes and like manga and anime has always been The Guyver, which47300:22:00,880 --> 00:22:05,360is if you've ever seen The Guyver, The Guyver is a very similar story.47400:22:05,360 --> 00:22:10,320It's about a kid whose dad was actually a, who worked at a company called the Cronus47500:22:10,320 --> 00:22:15,840Corporation and they are actually a secret, like a secret organization made up of aliens47600:22:15,840 --> 00:22:20,340that are looking for these weapons called the Guyver units.47700:22:20,340 --> 00:22:25,840And very much like this, they attach to a host and allow them to basically call out47800:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,120this suit of bio armor.47900:22:29,120 --> 00:22:30,600It sounds exactly like Blue Beetle.48000:22:30,600 --> 00:22:31,600Exactly, exactly.48100:22:31,600 --> 00:22:32,600And I love it.48200:22:32,600 --> 00:22:33,600Verbatim Ver-Beetle.48300:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,960So it's, you know, obviously, you know, they had to come from somewhere.48400:22:37,960 --> 00:22:40,760Anyways, so The Reach are Galactic Conquerors.48500:22:40,760 --> 00:22:46,960They actually mentioned in the trailer that the scarab is a world destroying weapon.48600:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,760So obviously that lines up with what The Reach wants to do.48700:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,440They're Galactic Conquerors that use highly advanced technology to invade and take over48800:22:54,440 --> 00:22:59,120planets just like any good invading species.48900:22:59,120 --> 00:23:02,320So it's The Reach who created the scarabs and sent them to multiple planets.49000:23:02,320 --> 00:23:03,960Oh my God, sounds familiar.49100:23:03,960 --> 00:23:04,960Okay.49200:23:04,960 --> 00:23:05,960Right.49300:23:05,960 --> 00:23:07,680I would be surprised if they're not in this movie.49400:23:07,680 --> 00:23:12,720We will get some hint towards like, they're the ones who sent, you know, Jaime's scarab49500:23:12,720 --> 00:23:13,960to Earth at some point.49600:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,780Because again, you'll talk about it here in just a moment, but other Blue Beetles have49700:23:16,780 --> 00:23:18,960existed but they haven't had scarabs.49800:23:18,960 --> 00:23:24,280So The Reach is the one who sent this particular scarab to Earth for Jaime to find and eventually49900:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,000use as his Blue Beetle suit.50000:23:26,000 --> 00:23:31,400So another Easter egg reference we see in the Blue Beetle is Ted, to Ted Kord, excuse50100:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,820me, is the Blue Beetle bug ship.50200:23:33,820 --> 00:23:35,140That was his superhero vehicle.50300:23:35,140 --> 00:23:40,520The fact that the Blue Beetle bug ship exists confirms that Ted Kord operated as a superhero50400:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,580at some point in this timeline.50500:23:42,580 --> 00:23:43,840How long we don't know.50600:23:43,840 --> 00:23:48,420The fact that the Blue Beetle ship looks a lot like the Watchmen's Owl ship is no coincidence50700:23:48,420 --> 00:23:53,320as Night Owl took inspiration from several DC characters, including Blue Beetle.50800:23:53,320 --> 00:23:56,560Yeah, he's one of the old Charleston characters from back in the day.50900:23:56,560 --> 00:24:00,540Every single one of those Watchmen characters are based off one of the Charleston characters51000:24:00,540 --> 00:24:01,540from the 60s.51100:24:01,540 --> 00:24:04,900You know, you've got Question, who was, or you've got, excuse me, Rorschach, who's based51200:24:04,900 --> 00:24:05,900off Question.51300:24:05,900 --> 00:24:08,240You've got Night Owl, who's based off Blue Beetle.51400:24:08,240 --> 00:24:12,000Like there are all these different characters that DC purchased from Charleston when they51500:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,440essentially bought all of Charleston.51600:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,360Instead of Alan Moore creating a story about all these Charleston characters, Alan Moore51700:24:17,360 --> 00:24:23,640just created a makeshift team that looked almost exactly like these characters from51800:24:23,640 --> 00:24:24,640back then.51900:24:24,640 --> 00:24:29,760So another awesome Easter egg on the ship, on that blue ship, we see a suit.52000:24:29,760 --> 00:24:34,920Okay, it's the very first Blue Beetle known as Dan Garrett, who appeared in Fox Comics's52100:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,280Mystery Men comics back in 1939.52200:24:37,280 --> 00:24:41,680The first Blue Beetle would be brought into DC Comics lore decades later in 86, Secret52300:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,560Origins Volume 2, except that was based on the Charlton Comics version of the character.52400:24:45,560 --> 00:24:50,320In the current DC Comics canon, Dan Garrett was the first Blue Beetle having encountered52500:24:50,320 --> 00:24:52,580the Scarab during an expedition.52600:24:52,580 --> 00:24:57,360So you talked about the Buster Sword, which there's that scene where he like, you know,52700:24:57,360 --> 00:24:59,280anything you can imagine, I can create.52800:24:59,280 --> 00:25:03,720And then he puts two swords together and he does like this cool almost fanfare twirl with52900:25:03,720 --> 00:25:04,720it.53000:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,680Like, yeah, it's like nice choice.53100:25:07,680 --> 00:25:13,480And I love, I love, so almost immediately I got like video game vibes from that.53200:25:13,480 --> 00:25:18,800And like, so like if they do, which they probably will do a Blue Beetle like video game, it'll53300:25:18,800 --> 00:25:20,840be cool to have like that voice in the background.53400:25:20,840 --> 00:25:24,520Like when you do like a cool combo, you know, like you ever have those action games where53500:25:24,520 --> 00:25:27,120like you do a combo and it's like 372 hits.53600:25:27,120 --> 00:25:28,120Awesome.53700:25:28,120 --> 00:25:29,120Yeah.53800:25:29,120 --> 00:25:30,200You know, it'll be like, yeah, something like that.53900:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,720So Blue Beetle hits theaters August 18th, 2023.54000:25:33,720 --> 00:25:35,040I'm super pumped for it.54100:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,640I've been waiting for this for a while.54200:25:37,640 --> 00:25:38,960I happen to really like the Blue Beetle.54300:25:38,960 --> 00:25:43,360I know you do, Chris, as well, but you like more of the historical version of-54400:25:43,360 --> 00:25:48,640I like Ted Kord more, mostly because of the adventures of Blue and Gold, which is Booster54500:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,880Gold who we've already been confirmed to eventually get in this universe.54600:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,800But it's not Jaime Reyes' version.54700:25:53,800 --> 00:25:54,800It's Ted Kord.54800:25:54,800 --> 00:25:58,920Ted Kord and Booster Gold are such a fun, they're like, they're like the BFFs of the54900:25:58,920 --> 00:25:59,920DC universe.55000:25:59,920 --> 00:26:04,160Like they are only Batman and Superman wish they were as cool as Blue and Gold.55100:26:04,160 --> 00:26:08,120Maybe, maybe we'll see some kind of, because Booster Gold can time travel.55200:26:08,120 --> 00:26:11,720Maybe we'll see a version where he went back and picked out, you know, he got picked up55300:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,160as best friend out of the timeline, you know, and then-55400:26:14,160 --> 00:26:18,240Or maybe Booster Gold just takes place in the time back when Ted Kord was the Blue Beetle,55500:26:18,240 --> 00:26:22,000because we don't only just see Dan Garrett's Blue Beetle costume, but we also see Ted Kord's,55600:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,160which means we're going to meet Ted Kord in this movie.55700:26:24,160 --> 00:26:25,160Yes.55800:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,000Because you know, that vehicle that eventually we see the family on and it's like flying55900:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,120over the city, that's not Jaime's.56000:26:30,120 --> 00:26:31,520That's not something that came with the Scarab.56100:26:31,520 --> 00:26:32,960That's Ted Kord's for sure.56200:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,360So there's a lot of technology that they're using.56300:26:35,360 --> 00:26:36,360Yeah.56400:26:36,360 --> 00:26:37,360Yep.56500:26:37,360 --> 00:26:38,360I'm excited.56600:26:38,360 --> 00:26:40,160I will say I'm tempering my expectations.56700:26:40,160 --> 00:26:44,000I know you're very excited for this movie and I'm really happy for you, but I refuse to56800:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,480get overly excited about anything that DC does from now on.56900:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,480I just refuse because they've let me down too many times recently.57000:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,680They've been off more than they've been on.57100:26:51,680 --> 00:26:52,960And I'm just going to wait because-57200:26:52,960 --> 00:26:53,960Fool me once.57300:26:53,960 --> 00:26:54,960Yeah, exactly.57400:26:54,960 --> 00:26:58,920Like, and everyone knows I love these characters and I love this universe so much.57500:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,360You know, I said it many a times here on the show, put a gun to my head and told me to57600:27:02,360 --> 00:27:04,480pick Marvel or DC.57700:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,800It would be tough, but I would probably say 51% of me is DC, 49% is Marvel.57800:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,080Like I just really do love the DC universe so much.57900:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,720So I want them to succeed, but I just and I love the Buster Sword.58000:27:15,720 --> 00:27:16,720I remember that's the one.58100:27:16,720 --> 00:27:17,720That's what I keep talking about.58200:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,020I'm like that scene looks really cool, but there have been many times we're in these58300:27:21,020 --> 00:27:27,360movies and these DC, you know, universe movies where it's all all flare, no substance, you58400:27:27,360 --> 00:27:29,900know, and I'm just really worried that this is just going to be in because there are parts58500:27:29,900 --> 00:27:31,840of Black Adam that look really cool.58600:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,920There are parts of Batman V Superman that look really cool, but I just refuse to get58700:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,280excited because those movies have burned me.58800:27:38,280 --> 00:27:44,360Sometimes it does what you want and sometimes it doesn't.58900:27:44,360 --> 00:27:48,080I think I cut a bus in half.59000:27:48,080 --> 00:27:52,640This character chose you, but it belongs to me.59100:27:52,640 --> 00:28:05,400That load of fuel for your family makes you weak.59200:28:05,400 --> 00:28:08,720The universe has sent you a gift and you have to figure out what you're going to do with59300:28:08,720 --> 00:28:09,720it.59400:28:09,720 --> 00:28:23,000Whatever you can imagine, I can create.59500:28:23,000 --> 00:28:32,320Nice choice.59600:28:32,320 --> 00:28:34,880Let's move on to a movie that there's absolutely zero chance.59700:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,320Oh boy, will be will be terrible.59800:28:37,320 --> 00:28:38,880This is going to be an incredible movie, everybody.59900:28:38,880 --> 00:28:40,280I will call it right now.60000:28:40,280 --> 00:28:45,040I will stake my reputation that Barbie is going to be fucking awesome.60100:28:45,040 --> 00:28:50,320It's going to be another five David A. Weiner's that it might be another five David A. Weiner's,60200:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,560honestly, because this movie looks like so much freaking fun.60300:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,760And what's really interesting about Barbie, this is the first full trailer that we've60400:28:56,760 --> 00:29:04,160gotten is that this actually opens the same weekend as Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.60500:29:04,160 --> 00:29:08,200Even that double feature, going to the movie theater and having to choose between Barbie60600:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,480and Oppenheimer or the or the nuclear bomb.60700:29:10,480 --> 00:29:11,920Something's going to bomb that weekend.60800:29:11,920 --> 00:29:13,360Yeah, something will bomb.60900:29:13,360 --> 00:29:18,560And if you if you ask me, if you if you said which one will bomb, I don't think it's Barbie.61000:29:18,560 --> 00:29:22,720I honestly don't like if I had to pick between those two, I think for sure it's Oppenheimer.61100:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,000I'm going to call this right now.61200:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,640They're going to move Oppenheimer's release date.61300:29:26,640 --> 00:29:27,640I would not.61400:29:27,640 --> 00:29:30,600Not just a week to just like one week just so they don't have to compete with Barbie.61500:29:30,600 --> 00:29:35,160I bet you that I think that's very, very smart of them if they end up doing that.61600:29:35,160 --> 00:29:36,800So Barbie Barbie is the ride.61700:29:36,800 --> 00:29:37,800Sure, can't hop in.61800:29:37,800 --> 00:29:42,680You ever read the lyrics to Barbie by Aqua?61900:29:42,680 --> 00:29:43,680I don't have to.62000:29:43,680 --> 00:29:45,040I know them all by heart.62100:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,280And it's jacked up, honestly, like it is.62200:29:47,280 --> 00:29:48,280It's pretty messed up.62300:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,200Don't kids at home do not go and read those.62400:29:51,200 --> 00:29:55,080Barbie is the upcoming movie starring Margot Robbie as the titular character and Ryan Gosling62500:29:55,080 --> 00:29:56,080as Ken.62600:29:56,080 --> 00:30:00,160This has been directed and written by Greta Gerwig alongside Noah, Noah Bombach.62700:30:00,160 --> 00:30:04,320And the plot will follow the life of the perfect doll in a perfect world until some internal62800:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,040conflict leaves her beliefs and shambles.62900:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,120So she sets off to find answers in the human world.63000:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,880So Greta Gerwig, she's done a couple of H-24 movies.63100:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,280She did Little Women.63200:30:14,280 --> 00:30:15,760She's awesome bird lady.63300:30:15,760 --> 00:30:16,760Yeah, ladybird.63400:30:16,760 --> 00:30:17,760Yep.63500:30:17,760 --> 00:30:18,880Noah Bombach is also super awesome.63600:30:18,880 --> 00:30:24,520He did Marriage Story with Scarlett Johansson and what's his name?63700:30:24,520 --> 00:30:25,520Kylo Ren.63800:30:25,520 --> 00:30:26,520Kylo Ren.63900:30:26,520 --> 00:30:27,520Yeah.64000:30:27,520 --> 00:30:28,520Why am I forgetting?64100:30:28,520 --> 00:30:29,520Adam Driver's.64200:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,040Yeah, we found it.64300:30:32,040 --> 00:30:36,880The large ensemble supporting cast includes Emma Mackie, Dua Lipa, Kate McKinnon, Simu64400:30:36,880 --> 00:30:43,320Liu, Shruti Ghatwa, Michael Cera, Will Ferrell, John Cena and much more.64500:30:43,320 --> 00:30:47,640In a perfect plastic world of Barbies and Kins, Robbie must emerge as the one who questions64600:30:47,640 --> 00:30:51,120the world around her and actually works to change it.64700:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,800The trailer highlights its stellar cast and hilarious bits.64800:30:53,800 --> 00:30:58,280This movie is going to be one of those like ha ha laughing clown, like, yeah, this is64900:30:58,280 --> 00:31:03,360funny but also please, please understand the underlying subtext that I'm trying to show65000:31:03,360 --> 00:31:04,360you.65100:31:04,360 --> 00:31:09,920Idiot America, get off your phone, stop buying so much makeup, stop being so critical of65200:31:09,920 --> 00:31:11,480yourself and your image.65300:31:11,480 --> 00:31:13,680It's going to have all those subtext, I'm sure.65400:31:13,680 --> 00:31:14,680Very excited about it.65500:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,000Greta Gerwig just is incapable of making a bad movie.65600:31:17,000 --> 00:31:18,000I am excited.65700:31:18,000 --> 00:31:22,400Yes, just like you were talking about by the layers of what this is going to offer because65800:31:22,400 --> 00:31:28,480there's going to be not only layers of social commentary but there's going to be layers65900:31:28,480 --> 00:31:29,480of humor as well.66000:31:29,480 --> 00:31:33,320Like just even in the trailer, there's like this, like, you know, if I wasn't so injured66100:31:33,320 --> 00:31:39,080right now, I'd beat you off, you know, and it's like, you beat me off, I beat you off.66200:31:39,080 --> 00:31:40,080It's like I beat you off.66300:31:40,080 --> 00:31:41,080I beat you off so hard.66400:31:41,080 --> 00:31:42,080Yeah, beat you off so hard right now.66500:31:42,080 --> 00:31:45,680I'll beat you both up at the same time.66600:31:45,680 --> 00:31:49,000But yeah, Simu Liu looks like he's going to be the bad guy in this.66700:31:49,000 --> 00:31:50,120It looks like the bad Ken.66800:31:50,120 --> 00:31:51,840He kind of does playing against character.66900:31:51,840 --> 00:31:52,840I like that too.67000:31:52,840 --> 00:31:56,240That's really cool because you know, I love Simu Liu and I love him as of Shang-Chi, of67100:31:56,240 --> 00:31:59,360course, but I'm excited to see him in this movie and everybody looks great.67200:31:59,360 --> 00:32:02,480Ryan Gosling, Marco Robby, just perfect all around him.67300:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,720I'm unironically very excited for this movie.67400:32:04,720 --> 00:32:10,640So Barbie and like I said, Oppenheimer both released on July 21st, 2023.67500:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,800So which one's going to bomb?67600:32:12,800 --> 00:32:13,800Which one's going to bomb?67700:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,800I think it's the one about bombs, probably.67800:32:16,800 --> 00:32:23,800Can't say bomb on point, bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb.67900:32:23,800 --> 00:32:38,800Okay, ladies, let's do this.68000:32:38,800 --> 00:32:44,680What are you doing here?68100:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,480I'm coming with you.68200:32:47,480 --> 00:32:49,720Did you bring your rollerblades?68300:32:49,720 --> 00:32:51,400I literally go nowhere without them.68400:32:51,400 --> 00:32:57,280Oh, looks like this beach is a little too much beach for you, Ken.68500:32:57,280 --> 00:33:00,720If I wasn't severely injured, I would beat you off right now, Ken.68600:33:00,720 --> 00:33:02,560I'll beach off with you any day, Ken.68700:33:02,560 --> 00:33:04,680Anyone who wants to beat him off has to beat me off first.68800:33:04,680 --> 00:33:06,800I will beat both of you off at the same time.68900:33:06,800 --> 00:33:07,800Beat both of us off?69000:33:07,800 --> 00:33:08,800I will beat you.69100:33:08,800 --> 00:33:10,260Nobody's going to beat anyone off.69200:33:10,260 --> 00:33:13,320This is lined up perfectly for all the ones that you want to talk about.69300:33:13,320 --> 00:33:14,320It does.69400:33:14,320 --> 00:33:15,320It does.69500:33:15,320 --> 00:33:20,480My girl, Rosario Dawson, she's coming out with another hit, another hit.69600:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,600Disney has unleashed the first trailer for Lucas.69700:33:23,600 --> 00:33:24,800Another one.69800:33:24,800 --> 00:33:25,800Another one, dare I?69900:33:25,800 --> 00:33:26,800Okay.70000:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,680Lucasfilm's upcoming live action series, Star Wars, Ahsoka.70100:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,080The trailer premiered at Star Wars Celebration on April 7th.70200:33:32,080 --> 00:33:35,360They got a lot of good trailers at Celebration, which-70300:33:35,360 --> 00:33:36,360A lot of cool stuff premiered.70400:33:36,360 --> 00:33:37,360Yeah.70500:33:37,360 --> 00:33:38,360Super jealous.70600:33:38,360 --> 00:33:41,040A lot of new shows, everything, but Ahsoka is definitely one of the ones.70700:33:41,040 --> 00:33:42,040They have acolytes.70800:33:42,040 --> 00:33:45,360They have a skeleton crew, but Ahsoka is definitely the one that stood out for me.70900:33:45,360 --> 00:33:48,560They announced all the different directors for all the new live action movies that are71000:33:48,560 --> 00:33:49,560coming out.71100:33:49,560 --> 00:33:50,560Oh, yeah.71200:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,040Daisy Ridley's coming back for a new Rey.71300:33:53,040 --> 00:33:58,280Anyways, so the show, Ahsoka, the synopsis says, after the fall of the empire, the story71400:33:58,280 --> 00:34:02,440follows the former Jedi Knight, but I thought she wasn't exactly a Jedi yet.71500:34:02,440 --> 00:34:03,440I think they're going to tackle that.71600:34:03,440 --> 00:34:04,440Probably.71700:34:04,440 --> 00:34:06,640They're going to tackle that in this series and talk about how she was and then she wasn't.71800:34:06,640 --> 00:34:08,240Does she still want to be and all of-71900:34:08,240 --> 00:34:09,240Is she?72000:34:09,240 --> 00:34:10,240Isn't she?72100:34:10,240 --> 00:34:11,240Where are we now?72200:34:11,240 --> 00:34:12,240I told you.72300:34:12,240 --> 00:34:13,240You know that old bit.72400:34:13,240 --> 00:34:14,240The old Jedi Knight.72500:34:14,240 --> 00:34:21,200Ahsoka Tano, Rosaria Dawson, as she investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy.72600:34:21,200 --> 00:34:26,040We actually know that she's going to be up against Admiral Thrawn, Grand Amble Thrawn.72700:34:26,040 --> 00:34:31,520So Ahsoka and Sabine, Natasha Liu, Bordizo are on the hunt for Grand Admiral Thrawn in72800:34:31,520 --> 00:34:36,960hopes that it will lead them to find the lost Ezra Bridger, the young Jedi who disappeared72900:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,760with Thrawn, Lars Mikkelsen, many years ago.73000:34:39,760 --> 00:34:43,920So the series directly follows up several threads from the animated series Star Wars73100:34:43,920 --> 00:34:47,880Rebels, which again, I'm still trying to get into, but I had a good conversation with it73200:34:47,880 --> 00:34:51,880with some people at Megacon, so I'm excited to get back into that.73300:34:51,880 --> 00:34:56,360Trailer also confirms that Mary Elizabeth Winstead is playing Hera Syndulla and the73400:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,120droid Chopper is also back.73500:34:58,120 --> 00:35:01,920We even get our- I think that's going to be David Tennant, I believe.73600:35:01,920 --> 00:35:02,920Oh, that'd be cool.73700:35:02,920 --> 00:35:04,200That'd be really awesome.73800:35:04,200 --> 00:35:07,840We even got our first glimpse at Grand Amble Thrawn and the trailer teases the whole heir73900:35:07,840 --> 00:35:13,160to the Empire thing, which was an overt nod to Timothy Zand's iconic Extended Universe74000:35:13,160 --> 00:35:14,840novels.74100:35:14,840 --> 00:35:19,000That's the novels that- if you ask anyone, anybody who's read all the Star Wars novels,74200:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,000they're like, okay, say I want to get into the Extending Universe, say I want to read74300:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,720some of the old Star Wars novels, what should I read?74400:35:24,720 --> 00:35:28,520Heir to the Empire is everyone's first choice because they say that Thrawn stuff is some74500:35:28,520 --> 00:35:34,000of the best, not only in the live action, just across all different medias of Star Wars,74600:35:34,000 --> 00:35:38,360Heir to the Empire is one of the highest revered of the Star Wars universe.74700:35:38,360 --> 00:35:41,680Might have to check that out then.74800:35:41,680 --> 00:35:48,040The series is also going to star Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, Imane Isfandi as Ezra74900:35:48,040 --> 00:35:55,280and Rey Stevenson and Ivana Sokno, who will be the Dark Side master and apprentice, Balaon75000:35:55,280 --> 00:35:57,240and Shin Hati.75100:35:57,240 --> 00:36:01,600The limited series is written by Dave Filoni, who executive produces along with Jon Favreau75200:36:01,600 --> 00:36:03,240and Kathleen Kennedy.75300:36:03,240 --> 00:36:06,080Probably the dream team of another show.75400:36:06,080 --> 00:36:12,000And I want to throw this out there, the trailer looks cinematic.75500:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,000It looks gorgeous.75600:36:13,000 --> 00:36:18,480Like, again, this is one of those things where when you have an unlimited amount of money75700:36:18,480 --> 00:36:23,680to support a universe, even your television shows are going to look like they came straight75800:36:23,680 --> 00:36:24,680from the theater.75900:36:24,680 --> 00:36:25,680Like this-76000:36:25,680 --> 00:36:27,600We're in the golden age of TV right now, Aaron.76100:36:27,600 --> 00:36:30,800They're putting millions and millions of dollars into these series and it shows.76200:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,800It looks so good, doesn't it?76300:36:32,800 --> 00:36:33,800It does.76400:36:33,800 --> 00:36:34,800Yeah, it does.76500:36:34,800 --> 00:36:35,800It looks awesome.76600:36:35,800 --> 00:36:39,800So Ahsoka will debut exclusively on Disney Plus, so make sure you get your subscriptions76700:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,520in August 2023.76800:36:42,520 --> 00:36:43,520Looks good.76900:36:43,520 --> 00:36:44,520Excited about that.77000:36:44,520 --> 00:36:46,000Mandalorian has been really good thus far.77100:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,360I'm excited to eventually cover it here on the show.77200:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,140That's season three of Mandalorian.77300:36:50,140 --> 00:36:52,160And we haven't seen Ahsoka in this series.77400:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,600I don't anticipate we will, but excited to see her again in this series and get into77500:36:55,600 --> 00:36:57,200out, you know, Gran Admiral Thrawn.77600:36:57,200 --> 00:37:00,000Again, he's one of the more interesting characters from the extended universe that we haven't77700:37:00,000 --> 00:37:03,680touched on yet in this, you know, in canon, and they're just going to keep doing that.77800:37:03,680 --> 00:37:06,760They're going to keep cherry picking really awesome parts of the extended universe and77900:37:06,760 --> 00:37:08,160bringing it into live action.78000:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,160And very excited about that.78100:37:10,160 --> 00:37:13,160It's been a while.78200:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,160Things have changed.78300:37:16,160 --> 00:37:20,160I started hearing whispers.78400:37:20,160 --> 00:37:23,160About Thrawn's return.78500:37:23,160 --> 00:37:26,160As heir to the Empire.78600:37:26,160 --> 00:37:33,160We have to prepare for the worst.78700:37:33,160 --> 00:37:46,160The Jedi fell a long time ago.78800:37:46,160 --> 00:38:00,160There aren't many left.78900:38:00,160 --> 00:38:15,040Perhaps it is time to begin again.79000:38:15,040 --> 00:38:19,280Destiny has released a brand new trailer for Lucasfilm's Indiana Jones and the Dial of79100:38:19,280 --> 00:38:20,280Destiny.79200:38:20,280 --> 00:38:25,400This is the final chapter and is set in 1969 during the space race with Harrison Ford back79300:38:25,400 --> 00:38:29,360as Indiana Jones as he's pulled into another great adventure, which involves Voller, a79400:38:29,360 --> 00:38:33,600NASA member and ex-Nazi involved with the moon landing program who wants to rectify79500:38:33,600 --> 00:38:37,120the world and make it into a better place as he sees fit.79600:38:37,120 --> 00:38:40,920He's looking to correct the mistakes that Hitler made when he was in power with the79700:38:40,920 --> 00:38:42,880Dial of Destiny artifact.79800:38:42,880 --> 00:38:47,600This film comes from producer Steven Spielberg and also stars Mads Mikkelsen, Phoebe Waller79900:38:47,600 --> 00:38:54,440Bridge, Boyd Holbrook, Shanti Renee Wilson and Thomas Krutchman and Indiana Jones and80000:38:54,440 --> 00:38:57,720the Dial of Destiny will open in theaters on June 30th, 2023.80100:38:57,720 --> 00:39:01,720Aaron, I really wanted to gauge your excitement here with this brand new installment in the80200:39:01,720 --> 00:39:05,760Indiana Jones, which they're saying again is the final chapter.80300:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,360Are you excited about this?80400:39:07,360 --> 00:39:10,840We haven't really talked about it a ton here on the show and my love for Indiana Jones80500:39:10,840 --> 00:39:12,440is very passive.80600:39:12,440 --> 00:39:18,120My opinion is I'm excited to see this, but I'm not like truly, truly emotionally invested80700:39:18,120 --> 00:39:19,120in this franchise.80800:39:19,120 --> 00:39:20,120What are your thoughts?80900:39:20,120 --> 00:39:21,280I'm pretty pumped about it.81000:39:21,280 --> 00:39:26,440I was really disappointed with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, although I did enjoy watching81100:39:26,440 --> 00:39:27,440it.81200:39:27,440 --> 00:39:30,080I've been I've been watching Indiana Jones movies since I was a kid, so it's always been81300:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,560like a staple in my household.81400:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,200And I honestly don't see this as being the last one.81500:39:35,200 --> 00:39:40,680I think if anything, they might hand the reins, they might hand the hat and the whip off to81600:39:40,680 --> 00:39:45,280Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who I believe is his goddaughter.81700:39:45,280 --> 00:39:46,640And I'm pretty excited about it.81800:39:46,640 --> 00:39:50,160So what I've been told about this movie is that they're supposed to be potentially even81900:39:50,160 --> 00:39:51,160some time traveling.82000:39:51,160 --> 00:39:52,160Hmm.82100:39:52,160 --> 00:39:53,160Interesting.82200:39:53,160 --> 00:39:54,160We do see some younger Harrison Ford in this.82300:39:54,160 --> 00:39:55,160Yes.82400:39:55,160 --> 00:39:56,160You know, in these trailers.82500:39:56,160 --> 00:39:57,360So we will see how that plays out.82600:39:57,360 --> 00:40:03,000But I am I feel like they might have learned a lot of lessons with Kingdom of the Crystal82700:40:03,000 --> 00:40:04,000Skull.82800:40:04,000 --> 00:40:09,920And I think this is going to be an opportunity for them to really like reinvigorate some82900:40:09,920 --> 00:40:15,120of the fans and like just, you know, bring back the idea of what Indiana Jones was.83000:40:15,120 --> 00:40:16,280So I'm pretty excited.83100:40:16,280 --> 00:40:19,600You can obviously tell obviously tell that Harrison Ford is getting older, so he's not83200:40:19,600 --> 00:40:25,960going to be whipping around, whipping around, whipping, whip smack as much as he has been.83300:40:25,960 --> 00:40:30,240But I think that they're going to do I think they're going to try and do as much like credit83400:40:30,240 --> 00:40:34,720to what Indiana Jones franchise has been for a long time.83500:40:34,720 --> 00:40:38,280We see a lot of friendly faces or like familiar faces again.83600:40:38,280 --> 00:40:40,840I'm just I am pumped for it.83700:40:40,840 --> 00:40:41,840I know I'm not.83800:40:41,840 --> 00:40:47,800I think I am cautiously optimistic about it because it's obviously not the same like level83900:40:47,800 --> 00:40:49,120because they are older.84000:40:49,120 --> 00:40:52,800It's like watching, you know, it's like watching Red when you wanted to watch James Bond.84100:40:52,800 --> 00:40:59,400If you watch Red and it had, you know, Morgan Freeman, it had Bruce Willis and it had like84200:40:59,400 --> 00:41:01,320all the like, you know, all those guys in it.84300:41:01,320 --> 00:41:04,400It was like an older spy movie, but it was still good.84400:41:04,400 --> 00:41:05,400It was still good.84500:41:05,400 --> 00:41:07,200So I am excited for this.84600:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,800Well, and it's also being directed by James Mangold, who is awesome.84700:41:09,800 --> 00:41:11,240He's the director of Logan.84800:41:11,240 --> 00:41:13,640He's he did Ford versus Ferrari.84900:41:13,640 --> 00:41:16,200So he's done a lot of good stuff and he'll be doing the Swamp Thing movie and he'll be85000:41:16,200 --> 00:41:20,120doing like we were just saying a moment ago at Star Wars Celebration, he was announced85100:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,340as one of the directors of one of the new live action movies.85200:41:22,340 --> 00:41:27,280So clearly Lucas Films is very, very excited with what this dial of destiny already looks85300:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,800like and enough to at least invest in him with Star Wars.85400:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,760So very excited, very excited to see what this is.85500:41:33,760 --> 00:41:34,760So called capitalism.85600:41:34,760 --> 00:41:40,560Fashion your seatbelt.85700:41:40,560 --> 00:41:47,040There might be some turbulence.85800:41:47,040 --> 00:41:50,040You've taken your chances, made your mistakes.85900:41:50,040 --> 00:41:53,880And now a final triumph.86000:41:53,880 --> 00:41:54,880Indiana.86100:41:54,880 --> 00:41:55,880Indiana Jones.86200:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,880A few times in my life, I've seen things.86300:41:58,880 --> 00:42:05,160I've been tortured with voodoo.86400:42:05,160 --> 00:42:09,680Shot nine times.86500:42:09,680 --> 00:42:13,480Including once by your father.86600:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,480Sorry.86700:42:15,480 --> 00:42:31,760But I've been looking for this all my life.86800:42:31,760 --> 00:42:33,480That'll do it for our News and Notes this week.86900:42:33,480 --> 00:42:37,200Thanks once again to Whatnot for sponsoring our News and Notes segment.87000:42:37,200 --> 00:42:38,200That's right.87100:42:38,200 --> 00:42:40,360Let's go ahead and get into our main topic, which is of course talking about the Super87200:42:40,360 --> 00:42:41,360Mario Bros movie.87300:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,600I'm very excited to hear Aaron's thoughts on this.87400:42:43,600 --> 00:42:47,600But before we get to that, let's go and take a short break and we will be right back.87500:42:47,600 --> 00:42:52,480Hey, this is Chris and Lance asking you to check out our podcast, Comic Book Keepers.87600:42:52,480 --> 00:42:56,440Each episode features one hero, villain, team or series.87700:42:56,440 --> 00:43:00,280Learn history behind a wide variety of comic book characters and creators.87800:43:00,280 --> 00:43:02,560Get recommendations on what storylines to read.87900:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,680Uncover how characters were created.88000:43:04,680 --> 00:43:09,280Highlight adaptations in media and answer comic fandoms what if questions.88100:43:09,280 --> 00:43:14,780You can find us on all major streaming platforms or on most social media at CBKcast.88200:43:14,780 --> 00:43:19,800And remember, keep your friends close, but your comic books closer.88300:43:19,800 --> 00:43:29,200Aaron, do you remember what it's like when we first started recording?88400:43:29,200 --> 00:43:34,320If the world of podcasting was not hard enough to figure out, we also often experience issues88500:43:34,320 --> 00:43:38,840with unreliable internet connections, dropped or lagging calls, or the limited 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00:44:14,720The audio is uncompressed and the video is up to 4K resolution.89900:44:14,720 --> 00:44:16,080Yeah, that's right.90000:44:16,080 --> 00:44:20,000And they also just released a beta version of their new media board, which allows you90100:44:20,000 --> 00:44:24,840to upload your own themes and transitions and include them in your recording on a separate90200:44:24,840 --> 00:44:25,840track.90300:44:25,840 --> 00:44:30,400So check them out at Riverside.fm and change the way you record your podcast.90400:44:30,400 --> 00:44:46,240Visit riverside.fm and tell them the Oblivion Bar sent you.90500:44:46,240 --> 00:44:49,640For episode 114 of the Oblivion Bar podcast, we're going to be talking about the Super90600:44:49,640 --> 00:45:17,160Mario Bros.90700:45:17,160 --> 00:45:31,840The90800:45:31,840 --> 00:45:33,260Just like you.90900:45:35,020 --> 00:45:37,100Do you think I know every human being with a mustache91000:45:37,180 --> 00:45:40,640wearing an identical outfit with a hat with a letter of his first name on it?91100:45:40,720 --> 00:45:41,980Ha-ha-ha!91200:45:42,060 --> 00:45:42,940Because I don't!91300:45:45,720 --> 00:45:47,060Bowser is coming.91400:45:48,480 --> 00:45:49,860Together, we...91500:45:51,280 --> 00:45:53,740are going to stop that monster.91600:45:53,820 --> 00:45:57,120Hal, look at us. We're adorable!91700:45:57,120 --> 00:46:01,280Oh, I got this. No problem.91800:46:01,360 --> 00:46:02,780Whoa!91900:46:02,860 --> 00:46:03,860Yes!92000:46:05,460 --> 00:46:08,500Come on, Mario! Our big adventure begins now!92100:46:08,580 --> 00:46:10,500Get it off! Get it off! Get it off!92200:46:10,580 --> 00:46:11,580Whoo!92300:46:15,680 --> 00:46:17,880There's a huge universe out there...92400:46:17,960 --> 00:46:18,960Whoa!92500:46:19,760 --> 00:46:21,140...of a lot of galaxies.92600:46:23,880 --> 00:46:25,640They're all counting on us.92700:46:25,640 --> 00:46:27,100Mario!92800:46:31,180 --> 00:46:32,180No pressure.92900:46:39,060 --> 00:46:40,980Ha-ha-ha-ha!93000:46:44,240 --> 00:46:45,240Wahoo!93100:46:45,240 --> 00:46:47,240The Super Mario Bros.93200:46:55,240 --> 00:46:57,900Alrighty, everybody, we are here to talk about Super Mario Bros.93300:46:57,980 --> 00:47:01,400Spoilers ahead, if you have not seen this movie yet, please go see it.93400:47:01,480 --> 00:47:03,200Go to your nearest theater and find this.93500:47:03,280 --> 00:47:05,400It's showing in over 4,000 theaters across the U.S.93600:47:05,480 --> 00:47:08,280So you're not going to have any trouble finding it, but please...93700:47:08,360 --> 00:47:09,780Peaches, peaches, peaches, peaches.93800:47:09,860 --> 00:47:11,660Peaches, peaches, peaches, peaches, peaches.93900:47:11,740 --> 00:47:13,400Ha-ha-ha-ha!94000:47:13,400 --> 00:47:14,900Yeah, but spoilers ahead.94100:47:14,980 --> 00:47:17,740So, Aaron, we have not talked about this movie at all.94200:47:17,820 --> 00:47:19,820Not in private, not before the recording.94300:47:19,900 --> 00:47:20,900No.94400:47:20,980 --> 00:47:22,240I've been waiting to hear your thoughts.94500:47:22,320 --> 00:47:25,900And please, for the love of God, release your thoughts on me.94600:47:25,980 --> 00:47:28,240What did you think of Super Mario Bros. movie?94700:47:28,320 --> 00:47:33,860Like a broken, busted pipe, a broke, a destroyed water main,94800:47:33,940 --> 00:47:37,120I shall unleash my thoughts of Super Mario Bros.94900:47:37,200 --> 00:47:38,200Waka-waka-waka!95000:47:38,280 --> 00:47:40,280Ha-ha-ha-ha!95100:47:40,280 --> 00:47:41,280Um...95200:47:42,940 --> 00:47:43,940It was fun.95300:47:44,440 --> 00:47:45,440Ha-ha-ha!95400:47:45,520 --> 00:47:47,240You guys notice that every time Aaron is like,95500:47:47,320 --> 00:47:50,240okay with a movie, he's starting to use my terminology now?95600:47:50,320 --> 00:47:51,940It's either fun or fine.95700:47:52,020 --> 00:47:54,320And see, when I say it's fun, I actually think it's fun.95800:47:54,400 --> 00:47:57,240But when Aaron says it's fun, he means that he kind of liked it.95900:47:57,320 --> 00:48:00,240It was, it was, it was really, it was fun.96000:48:00,320 --> 00:48:01,320It was, it was fun.96100:48:01,900 --> 00:48:03,400It wasn't great.96200:48:03,480 --> 00:48:04,480It was fun.96300:48:04,560 --> 00:48:05,560All right, fair enough.96400:48:05,640 --> 00:48:06,900I had a lot of fun with it.96500:48:06,980 --> 00:48:09,320I think that if I was to categorize it96600:48:09,320 --> 00:48:12,120in the way that we speak in our grading system,96700:48:12,200 --> 00:48:13,320I would say that it's fun.96800:48:13,400 --> 00:48:15,700I'd say that it's fun also, but from my end,96900:48:15,780 --> 00:48:17,160like the way that I say that things are fun,97000:48:17,240 --> 00:48:19,660which is that I had a lot of fun with this movie.97100:48:19,740 --> 00:48:21,740I think it is exactly, I said this on Twitter,97200:48:21,820 --> 00:48:24,860but this is exactly the movie that I would have wanted as a kid.97300:48:24,940 --> 00:48:28,440Like if I, we are not the target audience for Super Mario Bros.97400:48:28,520 --> 00:48:30,860This movie was not made for us, right?97500:48:30,940 --> 00:48:32,200Like it's for kids.97600:48:32,280 --> 00:48:35,160If I was a 10-year-old, this movie would be my favorite movie.97700:48:35,240 --> 00:48:38,120Like it is, it's exactly what I want as an,97800:48:38,120 --> 00:48:40,700you know, out of an adaptation of a Super Mario Bros. movie.97900:48:40,780 --> 00:48:42,280So you're better than Sonic.98000:48:42,360 --> 00:48:43,660I think it's better than Sonic.98100:48:43,740 --> 00:48:44,580Yes, absolutely.98200:48:44,660 --> 00:48:46,120Do you think it's better than Sonic?98300:48:47,240 --> 00:48:48,000I would say it's...98400:48:48,080 --> 00:48:48,580Is it close?98500:48:48,660 --> 00:48:49,420It's close.98600:48:49,500 --> 00:48:50,200It's close.98700:48:50,280 --> 00:48:51,280They were both...98800:48:52,460 --> 00:48:53,460I'll just get it, fuck it.98900:48:53,540 --> 00:48:54,540I'll get into it, okay?99000:48:54,620 --> 00:48:55,620Just get into it.99100:48:55,700 --> 00:48:56,700Just get into it, okay?99200:48:57,080 --> 00:48:59,160I really enjoyed it.99300:48:59,240 --> 00:49:01,500I think that I wanted to enjoy it more,99400:49:01,580 --> 00:49:04,200but I think I was looking for certain things99500:49:04,920 --> 00:49:06,920that I think would have made it like...99600:49:06,920 --> 00:49:10,880I'm so used to, especially Illumination,99700:49:10,960 --> 00:49:12,460they're the ones that made this movie.99800:49:12,540 --> 00:49:16,220I'm so used to their humor being like a little bit more99900:49:16,300 --> 00:49:18,500like multi-level, like multi-dimensional,100000:49:18,580 --> 00:49:20,620like some adult humor mixed in.100100:49:20,700 --> 00:49:22,120And I feel like they...100200:49:22,200 --> 00:49:22,960Got layers.100300:49:23,040 --> 00:49:28,040Yeah, I feel like maybe at the request of Nintendo100400:49:28,120 --> 00:49:30,920to not like make it too layered,100500:49:31,000 --> 00:49:32,500they might have limited,100600:49:32,580 --> 00:49:34,620they might have dimmed that down a little bit100700:49:34,620 --> 00:49:37,120because I feel like there were some real opportunities100800:49:37,200 --> 00:49:39,540in this movie to make it great.100900:49:39,620 --> 00:49:43,120And I think that those might have been slept on a little bit.101000:49:43,200 --> 00:49:44,380Okay, fair enough.101100:49:44,460 --> 00:49:46,040And you know what's weird about that is that,101200:49:46,120 --> 00:49:47,840again, this movie is very much for kids101300:49:47,920 --> 00:49:50,920and has the sensibility of a kid's movie.101400:49:51,660 --> 00:49:54,460A lot of the musical choices outside of the score101500:49:54,540 --> 00:49:57,700is of the 80s, of your generation.101600:49:57,800 --> 00:49:59,620You've got like, aha in there.101700:49:59,700 --> 00:50:02,160Well, it is, it's of the 90s.101800:50:02,240 --> 00:50:03,920It's our, I guess you could say our generation.101900:50:03,920 --> 00:50:04,920I'm from 91.102000:50:05,000 --> 00:50:06,420So like, it's still very much...102100:50:06,500 --> 00:50:07,420You're right.102200:50:07,500 --> 00:50:09,080The music and it's like there's...102300:50:09,160 --> 00:50:12,340But that again, and that's why I would say as well,102400:50:12,420 --> 00:50:19,700even the actors, a lot of these actors are from like other titles102500:50:19,780 --> 00:50:23,080that are more like have that more of that layered humor.102600:50:23,160 --> 00:50:26,160Something like a lot of Jack Black, Chris Pratt,102700:50:26,240 --> 00:50:29,780Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, all of these guys,102800:50:29,880 --> 00:50:31,420Sebastian Maniscalco.102900:50:31,420 --> 00:50:34,120Like all of these guys are from like humor.103000:50:34,200 --> 00:50:35,580That some of it's good for kids,103100:50:35,660 --> 00:50:37,340but some of it could have been used for adults.103200:50:37,420 --> 00:50:39,160And I think that that would have been,103300:50:39,240 --> 00:50:42,080this would have been a prime opportunity to bring two generations103400:50:42,160 --> 00:50:44,580or multiple multi-generational gaps103500:50:44,660 --> 00:50:46,960of Mario and Nintendo lovers together.103600:50:47,040 --> 00:50:47,960I just feel like that.103700:50:48,040 --> 00:50:50,040I think that's what that's probably what it is for me.103800:50:50,120 --> 00:50:54,800Is there was some just that lack of bridging those gaps103900:50:54,880 --> 00:50:56,620was a missed opportunity.104000:50:56,700 --> 00:50:57,840So you feel like it was close.104100:50:57,920 --> 00:50:59,080It was close to being great.104200:50:59,160 --> 00:50:59,920Yes.104300:50:59,920 --> 00:51:01,380It just didn't quite meet the mark.104400:51:01,460 --> 00:51:03,380It's like just some small things that they could add.104500:51:03,460 --> 00:51:05,840I'll give you one example, just right off the top.104600:51:05,920 --> 00:51:08,380Again, spoilers, but there is this scene104700:51:08,460 --> 00:51:14,220where all the Donkey Kong army and Mario and Toad and Princess104800:51:14,300 --> 00:51:15,960are driving the Rainbow Bridge104900:51:16,040 --> 00:51:20,460and they basically get attacked by the Koopa army.105000:51:20,540 --> 00:51:24,080It very much reminded me of Mad Max Fury Road.105100:51:24,160 --> 00:51:25,660Yeah, I think that was very deliberate.105200:51:25,760 --> 00:51:27,960What would have been great, what would have set this team,105300:51:27,960 --> 00:51:31,080this scene over the top was they had a rock band.105400:51:31,160 --> 00:51:35,080Why not put that rocking turtle on like a bigger thing105500:51:35,160 --> 00:51:38,000like he was driving to the desert playing the rock band?105600:51:38,080 --> 00:51:39,000Playing the rock band.105700:51:39,080 --> 00:51:40,800Playing like a turtle guitar?105800:51:40,880 --> 00:51:43,080Yeah, because you remember there was that guy105900:51:43,160 --> 00:51:45,620in Mad Max Fury Road who was on that rig.106000:51:46,420 --> 00:51:48,420Yeah, that's a small reference.106100:51:48,500 --> 00:51:49,880Small like adult references.106200:51:49,960 --> 00:51:51,960That would have set it over the edge.106300:51:52,040 --> 00:51:54,960Yeah, they definitely played it safe.106400:51:55,040 --> 00:51:56,260And I think that was purposeful.106500:51:56,260 --> 00:51:59,800I think a lot, you know, Nintendo famously did not106600:51:59,880 --> 00:52:02,600for a very, very long time because of the absolute travesty106700:52:02,680 --> 00:52:04,840that is the 1993 movie.106800:52:04,920 --> 00:52:06,420Is it 93 or 92?106900:52:06,500 --> 00:52:07,500I can't remember exactly.107000:52:07,580 --> 00:52:11,000I want to say 93, but yeah, the failure of like the wizard,107100:52:11,080 --> 00:52:13,580the failure of the Super Mario Brothers movie107200:52:13,680 --> 00:52:18,500with Bob Hoskins and John J. Lugosamo.107300:52:18,580 --> 00:52:22,500Yeah, so yes, like a lot of those have been not the greatest.107400:52:22,580 --> 00:52:23,800So I see, you know...107500:52:23,880 --> 00:52:25,040And they've been cautious because of it.107600:52:25,120 --> 00:52:26,120Yes, very much so.107700:52:26,120 --> 00:52:27,780And I would not be surprised.107800:52:27,860 --> 00:52:29,080I think you hit it on the head exactly.107900:52:29,160 --> 00:52:31,320I think when Elimination came to them and said,108000:52:31,400 --> 00:52:32,820hey, we want to make a Mario movie,108100:52:32,900 --> 00:52:34,200Nintendo was like, sure.108200:52:34,280 --> 00:52:36,280But here is the prerequisites.108300:52:36,360 --> 00:52:39,080Here's the whiteboard of things that we need to have done.108400:52:39,160 --> 00:52:40,400And it needs to be for a certain age.108500:52:40,480 --> 00:52:43,580Nintendo was very notorious for keeping their kid stuff,108600:52:43,660 --> 00:52:44,540kid stuff.108700:52:44,620 --> 00:52:47,580They don't bridge outside of like even Pokemon.108800:52:47,660 --> 00:52:49,960You know, again, it's two people who love Pokemon.108900:52:50,040 --> 00:52:53,120Imagine an adult Pokemon movie or a Pokemon,109000:52:53,120 --> 00:52:56,580an adult Pokemon game even or adult Pokemon manga,109100:52:56,660 --> 00:52:58,040something, they won't do it.109200:52:58,120 --> 00:53:00,880I mean, the manga itself was pretty like adult.109300:53:00,960 --> 00:53:02,700Yeah, well, sure. Yeah.109400:53:02,780 --> 00:53:05,660We don't eat Pokemon. We do.109500:53:05,740 --> 00:53:06,740Fucking knee.109600:53:06,820 --> 00:53:07,820Fucking knee.109700:53:07,920 --> 00:53:11,780So just real quick, the summary of in case you don't know,109800:53:11,880 --> 00:53:13,200the Super Mario Brothers movie is a...109900:53:13,280 --> 00:53:16,540Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do.110000:53:16,620 --> 00:53:19,540A Brooklyn plumber named Mario travels through the Mushroom Kingdom110100:53:19,620 --> 00:53:21,000with a princess named Peach110200:53:21,000 --> 00:53:23,120and an anthropomorphic mushroom named Toad110300:53:23,200 --> 00:53:24,620to find his brother Luigi110400:53:24,700 --> 00:53:26,240and to save the Mushroom Kingdom110500:53:26,320 --> 00:53:29,700from a ruthless fire-breathing Koopa named Bowser.110600:53:30,960 --> 00:53:32,540Another issue I had with this movie,110700:53:32,620 --> 00:53:33,820and I'm going to say it right there,110800:53:33,920 --> 00:53:39,660is this was an opportunity to not make Luigi110900:53:39,740 --> 00:53:41,820the punching bag of the Mario Brothers.111000:53:41,920 --> 00:53:43,580He's the total damsel of distress in this movie.111100:53:43,660 --> 00:53:44,660He's the total damsel of distress.111200:53:44,740 --> 00:53:47,660And yes, he does get a little bit of, you know,111300:53:47,740 --> 00:53:49,780of redemption at the end.111400:53:49,780 --> 00:53:52,960But why put him in a cage the entire time?111500:53:53,040 --> 00:53:55,580He could have had almost a little mini adventure111600:53:55,660 --> 00:53:59,580and some personal growth by somehow escaping,111700:53:59,660 --> 00:54:01,740you know, and having his own adventure.111800:54:01,820 --> 00:54:02,820Like, that's...111900:54:02,920 --> 00:54:04,080I think they wanted to...112000:54:04,160 --> 00:54:06,700What they really wanted to do was avoid the trope112100:54:06,780 --> 00:54:09,420of making Princess Peach the damsel in distress.112200:54:09,500 --> 00:54:11,960I would have almost rather Toad be the damsel in distress,112300:54:12,040 --> 00:54:13,120but then you have to establish112400:54:13,200 --> 00:54:16,040why Mario and Luigi would even care, right?112500:54:16,120 --> 00:54:18,420So I think it's an easy softball to make Luigi,112600:54:18,420 --> 00:54:20,920because it gives stakes to Mario to get out there112700:54:21,000 --> 00:54:23,680and actually help, and it gives stakes to Peach and Toad,112800:54:23,760 --> 00:54:25,800because they need Mario's help112900:54:25,880 --> 00:54:28,020in order to defeat Bowser down the road.113000:54:28,100 --> 00:54:29,300So let me throw this out there.113100:54:29,380 --> 00:54:31,640Let me throw this out there, okay?113200:54:31,720 --> 00:54:33,140They don't have cell phones.113300:54:33,220 --> 00:54:34,220Right.113400:54:34,300 --> 00:54:35,300They can't communicate.113500:54:35,380 --> 00:54:37,480Let's say that Luigi had...113600:54:37,560 --> 00:54:38,640They know he's...113700:54:38,720 --> 00:54:39,980Or they are under the impression113800:54:40,060 --> 00:54:41,440that he has been kidnapped.113900:54:41,520 --> 00:54:43,280They have to go save him.114000:54:43,360 --> 00:54:46,020But Luigi escapes and has his own adventure.114100:54:46,020 --> 00:54:48,940Mario never... The stakes are still there for Mario.114200:54:49,020 --> 00:54:50,360Mm-hmm. Yeah.114300:54:50,440 --> 00:54:51,440I mean, very possible.114400:54:51,520 --> 00:54:52,900For a long time, people were speculating114500:54:52,980 --> 00:54:55,900that during this movie would be a Luigi's Mansion type of thing.114600:54:55,980 --> 00:54:57,520I was hoping that. Exactly.114700:54:57,600 --> 00:54:59,520They were that close. They almost did it.114800:54:59,600 --> 00:55:01,740Literally, when he separates in that tube114900:55:01,820 --> 00:55:03,200and he goes off to his own thing,115000:55:03,280 --> 00:55:04,280when he shows up, I'm like,115100:55:04,360 --> 00:55:06,580oh, shit, they're going to do Luigi's Mansion.115200:55:06,660 --> 00:55:09,040But it ends up being a castle from the games.115300:55:09,120 --> 00:55:12,160When you get so far, especially in Super Mario World115400:55:12,240 --> 00:55:13,700or just most of the games in general,115500:55:13,700 --> 00:55:17,120you eventually have to battle Bowser or someone in a castle.115600:55:17,200 --> 00:55:18,200That's what this was.115700:55:18,280 --> 00:55:20,280And you eventually see the Shy Guys and all that.115800:55:20,360 --> 00:55:22,280But yeah, I get your complaint.115900:55:22,360 --> 00:55:23,540I think they just, again,116000:55:23,620 --> 00:55:25,740they made this extremely linear for the young audience.116100:55:25,820 --> 00:55:27,080They didn't want to confuse them.116200:55:27,160 --> 00:55:29,000They wanted to make this as simple as possible,116300:55:29,080 --> 00:55:30,740establish who everyone is,116400:55:30,820 --> 00:55:32,740establish what their stakes are,116500:55:32,820 --> 00:55:34,740what they're good at, what they're not good at,116600:55:34,820 --> 00:55:35,920and kind of go from there.116700:55:36,000 --> 00:55:38,340And I think, with all that being said,116800:55:38,420 --> 00:55:39,420the directors of this movie,116900:55:39,500 --> 00:55:41,880which is Aaron Horvac and Michael Jelinek,117000:55:41,880 --> 00:55:45,220who are the developing team behind Teen Titans Go,117100:55:45,300 --> 00:55:46,760most famously over on Cartoon Network,117200:55:46,840 --> 00:55:49,180they also developed Batman the Brave and the Bold117300:55:49,260 --> 00:55:51,680and 2011's reboot of The Thundercats,117400:55:51,760 --> 00:55:54,180I think overall the direction is pretty solid.117500:55:54,260 --> 00:55:55,760You know, again, like you said,117600:55:55,840 --> 00:55:58,440I'm not going to sit here and say this movie is groundbreaking117700:55:58,520 --> 00:56:00,640and that it's one of the greatest animations of all time,117800:56:00,720 --> 00:56:03,520but I think they did a decent job of making this movie fun117900:56:03,600 --> 00:56:05,280and kind of easy to follow.118000:56:05,360 --> 00:56:07,600It's kind of up to the watcher at this, you know,118100:56:07,680 --> 00:56:09,020Aaron and I are talking about it right now,118200:56:09,100 --> 00:56:10,940but it's kind of up to the audience member118300:56:10,940 --> 00:56:13,440on whether they find that compelling or not.118400:56:13,520 --> 00:56:15,320I think this movie gave me exactly what I wanted,118500:56:15,400 --> 00:56:18,940which is basically a really fun, colorful movie118600:56:19,020 --> 00:56:21,900that has all the tropes and all the characters118700:56:21,980 --> 00:56:24,040and all the music and all the references118800:56:24,120 --> 00:56:25,120to the Super Mario world.118900:56:25,200 --> 00:56:27,620I will say this, and you know,119000:56:27,700 --> 00:56:30,540I completely agree with what you're saying.119100:56:30,620 --> 00:56:33,800Since we are not the audience, like it's not...119200:56:33,880 --> 00:56:37,380Those things would be for me and like my level of audience,119300:56:37,460 --> 00:56:39,540but I will say this.119400:56:39,540 --> 00:56:43,120This movie was a treat for the eyes.119500:56:43,200 --> 00:56:44,420Yeah, colors.119600:56:44,500 --> 00:56:48,040Not just colors, but like if you looked at all,119700:56:48,120 --> 00:56:51,540like if you just watched the texture on their skins,119800:56:51,620 --> 00:56:54,760even like Bowser and his scales,119900:56:54,840 --> 00:56:57,460if you looked at Donkey Kong and his fur,120000:56:57,540 --> 00:57:01,600if you looked at the medals on the bicycles on the go-karts,120100:57:01,680 --> 00:57:03,480like amazing.120200:57:03,560 --> 00:57:06,260Well, like it's so detailed.120300:57:06,340 --> 00:57:07,520We're going to talk about it a little bit,120400:57:07,520 --> 00:57:09,780but there are two post-credit scenes.120500:57:09,860 --> 00:57:13,940The final post-credit scene looks like it was filmed in a sewer.120600:57:14,020 --> 00:57:17,200It's how, for a second there, I thought it was really in a sewer,120700:57:17,280 --> 00:57:19,280and I'm like, that shit's real, man.120800:57:19,360 --> 00:57:22,240Yeah, this is one of the prettiest animated movies120900:57:22,320 --> 00:57:23,660I've ever seen in my life,121000:57:23,740 --> 00:57:26,040and Illumination cannot get enough credit121100:57:26,120 --> 00:57:28,840for making a beautiful film in that sense.121200:57:28,920 --> 00:57:32,380And again, not a lot of creative liberties were taken in this movie.121300:57:32,460 --> 00:57:35,000A lot of it is ripped right out of the video games.121400:57:35,080 --> 00:57:36,460But again, I'm happy with that.121500:57:36,460 --> 00:57:39,960And I think that was probably another thing that Nintendo required.121600:57:40,040 --> 00:57:41,800They're like, hey, listen, you can make this movie,121700:57:41,880 --> 00:57:45,880but freaking stick to the basics here when it comes to design.121800:57:45,960 --> 00:57:47,140You better make it exact.121900:57:47,220 --> 00:57:49,340You want Mario? Make him look like Mario.122000:57:49,420 --> 00:57:53,520Even the maps are straight from the video game.122100:57:53,600 --> 00:57:54,600It's so good.122200:57:54,680 --> 00:57:56,520Even Bowser's ship.122300:57:56,600 --> 00:58:00,480At one point, we even see the clown ships from Super Mario World.122400:58:00,560 --> 00:58:02,240We'll talk about all of that here in just a bit.122500:58:02,320 --> 00:58:04,520But Aaron, why don't you go ahead and get into the cast here, which is awesome.122600:58:04,520 --> 00:58:08,600Okay, so the cast, basically Chris Pratt, Mario Mario,122700:58:08,680 --> 00:58:10,360Charlie Day as Luigi Mario,122800:58:10,440 --> 00:58:13,440Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach,122900:58:13,520 --> 00:58:16,200Jack Black as Bowser, Peach as Peach as Peach,123000:58:16,280 --> 00:58:18,080Keegan-Michael Key as Toad,123100:58:18,160 --> 00:58:19,500Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong,123200:58:19,580 --> 00:58:21,620Fred Armisen as King Cranky Kong,123300:58:21,700 --> 00:58:23,620Sebastian Maniscalgo as Spike,123400:58:23,700 --> 00:58:26,040and Kevin Michael Richardson as Comic.123500:58:26,620 --> 00:58:30,760So Charles Martinet, who has actually voiced Mario in the video games since 1991,123600:58:30,760 --> 00:58:35,480plays Mario and Luigi's father and Giuseppe, an Italian citizen of Brooklyn,123700:58:35,560 --> 00:58:38,440who resembles Mario's original appearance in Donkey Kong.123800:58:38,520 --> 00:58:40,060That was super fun to see.123900:58:40,140 --> 00:58:42,240Yeah, he looked like Jumpman.124000:58:42,320 --> 00:58:46,240And I think that's even on the arcade system as they're playing.124100:58:46,320 --> 00:58:48,360If you look on the back, it doesn't say Donkey Kong, it says Jumpman.124200:58:48,440 --> 00:58:50,700Well, and then there's also a Jumpman, the guy who's always like,124300:58:50,780 --> 00:58:52,660whoo-hoo for them, he's like, that's Jumpman.124400:58:52,740 --> 00:58:55,460Giuseppe is also a reference to regular Giuseppe,124500:58:55,460 --> 00:59:00,760which was a dorkly animation series about Mario and Luigi's third brother.124600:59:00,840 --> 00:59:04,720The series is about his regular life while his brothers are always on adventures.124700:59:04,800 --> 00:59:07,100Do you ever hear about that, regular Giuseppe?124800:59:07,180 --> 00:59:08,440No, I actually haven't.124900:59:08,520 --> 00:59:10,400That's something I just learned for this.125000:59:10,480 --> 00:59:12,780It's literally a dorkly animation on YouTube125100:59:12,860 --> 00:59:15,860where it just talks about Giuseppe and his life,125200:59:15,940 --> 00:59:18,780which is what he does while Mario and Luigi are off doing adventures.125300:59:18,860 --> 00:59:22,000Funny. So, okay, budget for this movie?125400:59:22,080 --> 00:59:23,360$100 million.125500:59:23,440 --> 00:59:24,960Yeah, that's pretty standard, right?125600:59:24,960 --> 00:59:26,460That's pretty standard these days.125700:59:26,540 --> 00:59:32,340As of this recording, which is 4 p.m. Central Standard Time125800:59:32,420 --> 00:59:38,880on the 8th of April, the movie has grossed $113.3 million in North America125900:59:38,960 --> 00:59:44,380and $34.7 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $148 million.126000:59:44,460 --> 00:59:46,020So, not a flop.126100:59:46,100 --> 00:59:47,180Definitely not a flop.126200:59:47,260 --> 00:59:49,640It's already, basically, it's already surpassed its budget.126300:59:49,720 --> 00:59:51,340And as we said here on the show, Aaron,126400:59:51,420 --> 00:59:54,420now when you go into this next bit, it's going to make things even crazier.126500:59:54,420 --> 00:59:57,880But as we said here on the show, a lot of times in Hollywood,126600:59:57,960 --> 01:00:00,220in order to become a, quote unquote, success,126701:00:00,300 --> 01:00:02,840you have to earn your budget back times too.126801:00:02,920 --> 01:00:08,420So, once this movie hits $250 million, it's already a success.126901:00:08,500 --> 01:00:11,220Now, go ahead and go into this next part because it's pretty crazy.127001:00:11,300 --> 01:00:14,500So, it's projected $137 million for the three-day weekend,127101:00:14,580 --> 01:00:16,060which would pass up Finding Dory.127201:00:16,140 --> 01:00:18,900And it's not a bad thing because this weekend, it's Easter weekend.127301:00:18,980 --> 01:00:20,340A lot of kids are out of school.127401:00:20,420 --> 01:00:22,560You know, it's an extended weekend for a lot of people.127501:00:22,560 --> 01:00:26,340So, it's going to pass up Finding Dory with $135.1 million127601:00:26,420 --> 01:00:28,760to rank as the second best start of all time127701:00:28,840 --> 01:00:32,300for an animated film behind Incredibles 2.127801:00:32,380 --> 01:00:35,600Overseas, Super Mario looks to start off with $173 million127901:00:35,680 --> 01:00:39,060for a $368 million worldwide start,128001:00:39,140 --> 01:00:41,860which would supplant Frozen 2,128101:00:41,940 --> 01:00:45,060which was a $358 million opening,128201:00:45,140 --> 01:00:47,640as the highest opening weekend of all time.128301:00:47,720 --> 01:00:52,440This also does not include Japan's opening, which is April 28th.128401:00:52,440 --> 01:00:57,440Spoilers, Japan really likes Nintendo slash Super Mario Bros.128501:00:57,520 --> 01:00:59,520So, there we go.128601:00:59,600 --> 01:01:04,400I bet you Japan by itself gets like $200 million, probably.128701:01:04,480 --> 01:01:06,940Yeah. Yeah, like, it's going to be crazy.128801:01:07,020 --> 01:01:09,400I would not be surprised if Super Mario Bros.128901:01:09,480 --> 01:01:11,600is our first billion-dollar movie in over two years.129001:01:11,680 --> 01:01:14,520Well, that's not true because we had Avatar of the Way of Water.129101:01:14,600 --> 01:01:17,360It'll join Top Gun Maverick and Avatar of the Way of Water129201:01:17,440 --> 01:01:20,320as one of the only billion-dollar movies over the last two years,129301:01:20,320 --> 01:01:22,440which is crazy. It's going to be wild.129401:01:22,520 --> 01:01:25,440Yeah. So, Aaron, before we get into our Easter eggs,129501:01:25,520 --> 01:01:28,060which is kind of its own thing, and again, if you've seen the movie,129601:01:28,140 --> 01:01:29,640you know how many Easter eggs are in this film.129701:01:29,720 --> 01:01:31,560Is there anything else you kind of want to say overall?129801:01:31,640 --> 01:01:33,980Is there, you know, who was your highlight?129901:01:34,060 --> 01:01:35,480I guess is probably my only real question.130001:01:35,560 --> 01:01:36,560Is there a highlight in this movie130101:01:36,640 --> 01:01:39,360that really took over for you in this movie?130201:01:39,440 --> 01:01:45,820I think I would just say that I really liked each character,130301:01:45,900 --> 01:01:49,560and again, I think the only person130401:01:49,560 --> 01:01:54,360that I wanted to have a little bit more character growth was Luigi.130501:01:54,440 --> 01:01:55,440Sure.130601:01:55,520 --> 01:01:58,640I really liked how they played Donkey Kong's character,130701:01:58,720 --> 01:02:01,400how he's kind of still a younger Kong130801:02:01,480 --> 01:02:04,560who needs to prove himself to his father.130901:02:04,640 --> 01:02:08,440I really also liked how strong and powerful131001:02:08,520 --> 01:02:12,840and commanding Princess Peach was,131101:02:12,920 --> 01:02:15,320and the fact that we always talk about131201:02:15,400 --> 01:02:17,200how she's always the damsel in distress,131301:02:17,200 --> 01:02:20,320King Bowser is always kidnapping her,131401:02:20,400 --> 01:02:22,820and now we see him trying to marry her.131501:02:22,900 --> 01:02:25,980And to be honest, I mean, he could have still kidnapped her,131601:02:26,060 --> 01:02:28,400but honestly, I felt like they were definitely kind of playing in131701:02:28,480 --> 01:02:31,520the consent vibe into this.131801:02:31,600 --> 01:02:32,820So I really liked how they did that.131901:02:32,900 --> 01:02:37,020And again, I really liked a lot of the character design,132001:02:37,100 --> 01:02:40,700the building, how they included everything from carts132101:02:40,780 --> 01:02:46,900to the platforming scenes that were almost like the side-scrolling scenes.132201:02:46,900 --> 01:02:48,520I really enjoyed that.132301:02:48,600 --> 01:02:50,520The one with him and Donkey Kong was really awesome.132401:02:50,600 --> 01:02:51,780The one with him and Donkey Kong was super fun.132501:02:51,860 --> 01:02:55,660Again, this movie was really, really, really fun.132601:02:55,740 --> 01:02:58,160It just wasn't really great for me.132701:02:58,240 --> 01:03:01,700And so, and as we're going to get into,132801:03:01,780 --> 01:03:03,440there's just a ton of Easter eggs.132901:03:03,520 --> 01:03:08,240Like, again, it was so much fun seeing the quality of this movie,133001:03:08,320 --> 01:03:11,660but then to also see all of the Easter eggs that were thrown in,133101:03:11,740 --> 01:03:13,980it was really fun to watch.133201:03:14,060 --> 01:03:15,820Yeah, they clearly did their homework, for sure.133301:03:15,820 --> 01:03:17,280And they knew that that would be important,133401:03:17,360 --> 01:03:18,440especially for the older audience.133501:03:18,520 --> 01:03:21,360If they did anything for the older audience, it was the Easter eggs.133601:03:21,440 --> 01:03:22,280Absolutely.133701:03:22,360 --> 01:03:25,320And to kind of answer my own question, Bowser was, for me, the highlight.133801:03:25,400 --> 01:03:26,400I think he was so...133901:03:26,480 --> 01:03:28,320Jack Black did an incredible job playing Bowser,134001:03:28,400 --> 01:03:30,620added depth to a character who, for a long time,134101:03:30,700 --> 01:03:32,700was basically just a mustache-twirling villain.134201:03:32,780 --> 01:03:35,620And you can tell that he really just wants to be loved.134301:03:35,700 --> 01:03:36,860And you were right.134401:03:36,940 --> 01:03:40,500Like, they kind of have that certain almost self-awareness134501:03:40,580 --> 01:03:42,960that Bowser's never really been down for consent.134601:03:42,960 --> 01:03:46,080He always just steals the princess and goes off to his castle.134701:03:46,160 --> 01:03:50,420But in this way, he kind of asks her.134801:03:50,500 --> 01:03:52,920And he does eventually force her to come with him,134901:03:53,000 --> 01:03:56,380but he doesn't just grab her and go, which he easily could have done.135001:03:56,460 --> 01:03:59,380Actually, I want to take everything I just said back135101:03:59,460 --> 01:04:01,540as far as highlighting the characters.135201:04:01,620 --> 01:04:04,800The highlight character of this entire movie that I loved135301:04:04,880 --> 01:04:08,220was that little star sprite that was in the prison135401:04:08,300 --> 01:04:12,000that was like, the only hope is the sweet mercy of death.135501:04:12,000 --> 01:04:14,920Like, hands down, best character.135601:04:15,000 --> 01:04:17,960Yeah, that's... I think he's from Super Mario Galaxy.135701:04:18,040 --> 01:04:19,040Galaxy, yeah.135801:04:19,120 --> 01:04:21,920Yeah, it's... Luma Lee is her name.135901:04:22,000 --> 01:04:23,960So, Luma Lee, I think is the name.136001:04:24,040 --> 01:04:25,920Yeah, Luma Lee.136101:04:26,000 --> 01:04:29,120Basically, it's like a nihilistic star136201:04:29,200 --> 01:04:31,540that just comes and talks to you sometimes during the game.136301:04:31,620 --> 01:04:32,620So...136401:04:33,420 --> 01:04:35,000All right, let's get into our fun facts here.136501:04:35,080 --> 01:04:36,380A lot of Easter eggs and whatnot.136601:04:36,460 --> 01:04:38,540So, I'll do a couple here, Aaron, and we'll just switch back and forth.136701:04:38,620 --> 01:04:40,040At the beginning of the movie, in Brooklyn,136801:04:40,040 --> 01:04:42,620we see a billboard for a car wash called Balloon Man.136901:04:42,700 --> 01:04:44,500This is, of course, one of the characters137001:04:44,580 --> 01:04:46,660in the 1984 arcade game Balloon Fight.137101:04:46,740 --> 01:04:49,660So, a lot of old heads will remember Balloon Fight from back in the day.137201:04:49,740 --> 01:04:53,080Spike, who is the former employee of Mario and Luigi in the film,137301:04:53,160 --> 01:04:54,700is actually one of the main characters137401:04:54,780 --> 01:04:57,200of the 1984 arcade game Wrecking Crew.137501:04:57,280 --> 01:05:00,120This game also was later used as kind of the basic concept137601:05:00,200 --> 01:05:01,200for Wreck-It Ralph as well.137701:05:01,280 --> 01:05:03,580So, a lot of people will see kind of the parallels there,137801:05:03,660 --> 01:05:04,660which is kind of funny.137901:05:04,740 --> 01:05:06,240Mario shows up in that movie as well.138001:05:07,040 --> 01:05:08,420After the fight at dinner,138101:05:08,420 --> 01:05:10,920we see Mario go to his room and play Kid Icarus,138201:05:11,000 --> 01:05:14,160which is a 1987 NES fantasy platformer,138301:05:14,240 --> 01:05:16,200along with Balloon Fight and Wrecking Crew.138401:05:16,280 --> 01:05:17,660Kid Icarus played an important role138501:05:17,740 --> 01:05:19,880in the eventual development of Super Mario Bros.138601:05:19,960 --> 01:05:22,000on the video, you know, on the NES,138701:05:22,080 --> 01:05:23,500and eventually the SNES, and so on.138801:05:23,580 --> 01:05:24,580I did not know that.138901:05:25,120 --> 01:05:27,040One thing that was really cool is when Mario and Luigi139001:05:27,120 --> 01:05:29,420receive a call from their first client,139101:05:29,500 --> 01:05:31,880they go to an Easter egg-filled house, which...139201:05:31,960 --> 01:05:32,960if you...139301:05:33,040 --> 01:05:34,420all over the place.139401:05:34,500 --> 01:05:35,920Inside the house is a painting of a dog139501:05:36,000 --> 01:05:38,120who recovers the duck you shoot in Duck Hunt.139601:05:38,120 --> 01:05:40,160There's a glass statue of a Pikmin.139701:05:41,960 --> 01:05:43,660The owner of the house is seen reading a book139801:05:43,740 --> 01:05:47,120named Galaxy as a Nod to 2007 Super Mario Galaxy.139901:05:47,200 --> 01:05:50,080So, just a fun little, like, look at everything.140001:05:50,160 --> 01:05:51,960And I'm just going to say this.140101:05:52,040 --> 01:05:56,460That reminds me, if you're ever working in somebody's house140201:05:56,540 --> 01:05:57,660and their dog attacks you,140301:05:57,740 --> 01:06:00,620you automatically will probably own their house.140401:06:00,700 --> 01:06:01,700So...140501:06:01,780 --> 01:06:02,780Yeah.140601:06:03,500 --> 01:06:05,700Also, don't step on that dog's bone, Mario.140701:06:05,780 --> 01:06:07,120Luigi, whoever it was.140801:06:07,120 --> 01:06:10,540And I also want to say there was, like, there's a sign...140901:06:10,620 --> 01:06:13,700Maybe that was actually the scene with the flooding.141001:06:13,780 --> 01:06:15,740Like, there's a restaurant. It has the ducks.141101:06:15,820 --> 01:06:18,460It's from, like, on their sign from Duck Hunt.141201:06:18,540 --> 01:06:19,540Yeah.141301:06:19,620 --> 01:06:22,200So, as soon as Mario and Luigi enter the sewers,141401:06:22,280 --> 01:06:23,580that'll take them to the Mushroom Canyon.141501:06:23,660 --> 01:06:25,580We can hear the theme song in the Super Mario Bros.141601:06:25,660 --> 01:06:28,120World Dash 1-2, one of the most beloved songs141701:06:28,200 --> 01:06:29,540in the gaming franchise.141801:06:29,620 --> 01:06:30,620Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun.141901:06:30,620 --> 01:06:36,620The classic Super Mario theme also plays as soon as Mario sees the Mushroom Kingdom142001:06:36,700 --> 01:06:37,700for the first time.142101:06:37,780 --> 01:06:40,780And while we're talking about music, that song plays inside Peach's castle.142201:06:40,860 --> 01:06:43,860It's the same song we hear in 1996's Super Mario 64,142301:06:43,940 --> 01:06:46,940the game that established how the castle looks.142401:06:47,020 --> 01:06:48,700Yeah, it's very similar.142501:06:48,780 --> 01:06:53,860You know, the Super Mario 64 castle, verbatim of what we see in this movie.142601:06:53,940 --> 01:06:56,320While walking through the streets of the Mushroom Kingdom,142701:06:56,400 --> 01:06:58,620Mario passes by a crazy cap store,142801:06:58,620 --> 01:07:00,740which was introduced in Super Mario Odyssey.142901:07:00,820 --> 01:07:03,240There's also an antique shop where you can see the boomerang flower143001:07:03,320 --> 01:07:05,320from 2011's Super Mario 3D Land,143101:07:05,400 --> 01:07:07,820the music box from 1988's Super Mario Bros. 3,143201:07:07,900 --> 01:07:12,120and the pixelated hammer Jumpman uses in 1981's Donkey Kong.143301:07:12,200 --> 01:07:14,620There's actually, like, way more in that shop, if you can do it.143401:07:14,700 --> 01:07:16,700And also the...143501:07:16,780 --> 01:07:19,200What is it? I guess the little toad that's buying something.143601:07:19,280 --> 01:07:21,240He's like, how do you work it? He goes, oh, you blow it.143701:07:21,320 --> 01:07:23,320And he's talking about the cartridge from the NES.143801:07:23,400 --> 01:07:24,400Yeah, exactly.143901:07:24,500 --> 01:07:25,500So there's just a ton of stuff there.144001:07:25,580 --> 01:07:27,580Yeah.144101:07:27,580 --> 01:07:29,580So we get a lot of Kongs in this movie, Aaron.144201:07:29,660 --> 01:07:31,660And as soon as Donkey Kong steps into the arena,144301:07:31,740 --> 01:07:33,740we hear the DK rap song that serves as the intro144401:07:33,820 --> 01:07:36,580of the 1999 Donkey Kong 64, which is awesome.144501:07:36,660 --> 01:07:39,080And actually, I heard that Seth Rogen had to fight144601:07:39,160 --> 01:07:40,160to get that into the movie.144701:07:40,240 --> 01:07:41,740Like, he very specifically wanted that.144801:07:41,820 --> 01:07:43,240That was, like, his main...144901:07:43,320 --> 01:07:45,660One of his, really, his only creative, like, suggestions145001:07:45,740 --> 01:07:47,580when he took on this role.145101:07:47,660 --> 01:07:49,080So in the stands around the arena,145201:07:49,160 --> 01:07:51,160we get a close-up look at DK's brother, Diddy Kong,145301:07:51,240 --> 01:07:52,240which is really cool to see him.145401:07:52,320 --> 01:07:54,960He debuted in 1994's Donkey Kong Country.145501:07:55,040 --> 01:07:56,540We get Diddy's girlfriend, Dixie,145601:07:56,540 --> 01:07:59,540which first appeared in 1995's Donkey Kong Country 2.145701:07:59,620 --> 01:08:03,040Diddy's Kong Quest, which is also by his side.145801:08:03,120 --> 01:08:05,380We also, also coming from Donkey Kong Country 2145901:08:05,460 --> 01:08:07,880is Swanky Kong, the mustachian entrepreneur146001:08:07,960 --> 01:08:09,960of the Kong family who also is in the crowd.146101:08:10,040 --> 01:08:13,460Another member of the Monkey Crew is Chunky Kong,146201:08:13,540 --> 01:08:15,540the playable character in Donkey Kong 64.146301:08:15,620 --> 01:08:18,120And when the Kongs jump on carts and go to war,146401:08:18,200 --> 01:08:20,080we can also identify fan favorite146501:08:20,160 --> 01:08:21,660transporting specialist, Funky Kong,146601:08:21,740 --> 01:08:24,040who debuted in Donkey Kong Country.146701:08:24,040 --> 01:08:27,460And Kitty Kong, one of the heroes of the 1996 Donkey Kong Country 3.146801:08:27,540 --> 01:08:29,040So a lot of Kongs in this movie.146901:08:29,120 --> 01:08:30,420Not a lot of them got...147001:08:30,500 --> 01:08:32,040Not a lot of play for a lot of those guys.147101:08:32,120 --> 01:08:34,380I think Diddy Kong getting a little spotlight is cool147201:08:34,460 --> 01:08:36,460and I think probably foreshadowing for down the road.147301:08:36,540 --> 01:08:37,540We'll probably see more of him.147401:08:37,620 --> 01:08:40,040And obviously, Cranky Kong gets a lot of play in this movie as well.147501:08:40,120 --> 01:08:42,040So I thought that was really cool.147601:08:42,120 --> 01:08:44,540During the fight with Kong in the island arena,147701:08:44,620 --> 01:08:46,620we see the introduction of two more power-ups.147801:08:46,700 --> 01:08:48,040First, Mario eats a mini mushroom,147901:08:48,120 --> 01:08:51,040first appearing in 2002's Mario Party 4.148001:08:51,120 --> 01:08:52,620This power shrinks the user.148101:08:52,620 --> 01:08:56,620Then there's the cat suit, a form introduced in 2013's Super Mario 3D World148201:08:56,700 --> 01:08:59,000that is activated by collecting a golden bell.148301:08:59,080 --> 01:09:02,080Finally, Cranky Kong summons the heroes to DK's house.148401:09:02,160 --> 01:09:06,500The cabin is modeled almost exactly after Donkey Kong Country's home.148501:09:06,580 --> 01:09:08,580So, Aaron, we actually, if you remember,148601:09:08,660 --> 01:09:11,040we reviewed Super Mario 3D World here on the show148701:09:11,120 --> 01:09:13,620when it was released on the Nintendo Switch.148801:09:13,700 --> 01:09:17,700So when Mario and Peach and Toad have to choose how to build their carts,148901:09:17,780 --> 01:09:21,460the tools used to choose each piece receive a special reward.149001:09:21,460 --> 01:09:23,120Each piece resembles...149101:09:23,200 --> 01:09:28,580It's almost the same concept from Super Mario Kart 8.149201:09:28,660 --> 01:09:31,740It introduced the anti-gravity wheels we also see used in the chase sequence149301:09:31,820 --> 01:09:37,780while the glider was introduced by 2011's Mario Kart 7.149401:09:37,860 --> 01:09:40,280The majority of carting scenes happened on the Rainbow Road,149501:09:40,360 --> 01:09:43,700a level that is present in every Mario Kart game.149601:09:43,780 --> 01:09:47,580During the chase sequence, we also see the drivers use classic Mario Kart items149701:09:47,660 --> 01:09:50,160such as bananas, green shells, bullet bills,149801:09:50,160 --> 01:09:53,540and even that one Koopa turns into the blue shell.149901:09:53,620 --> 01:09:55,200Blue shell!150001:09:55,280 --> 01:09:57,780Also, he hits Mario with it. Mario wasn't even in the lead.150101:09:57,860 --> 01:10:00,320Yeah, yeah, yeah. Bullshit.150201:10:00,400 --> 01:10:04,420Which the Super Mario Brothers movie becomes an elite soldier of Bowser's army.150301:10:04,500 --> 01:10:06,860At the end of the main carting sequel, and this is the same...150401:10:06,940 --> 01:10:10,420This is the one I was talking about where they could have added in that dude from...150501:10:10,500 --> 01:10:15,780Or somebody very similar to the Mad Max Führer Road guitarist.150601:10:15,860 --> 01:10:17,420At the end of the main carting sequel,150701:10:17,420 --> 01:10:20,920we see Bowser's minion kidnapping the Kongs while driving clown copters,150801:10:21,000 --> 01:10:25,920the same vehicles Bowser first used during the final boss fight in Super Mario World.150901:10:26,000 --> 01:10:28,540Mario and DK are also swallowed by a Ma Ray,151001:10:28,620 --> 01:10:31,960which is that giant eel introduced in 64.151101:10:32,040 --> 01:10:33,740When they escape, they fly on a barrel,151201:10:33,820 --> 01:10:38,460directly referencing Donkey Kong Country's gameplay, which they do a lot.151301:10:38,540 --> 01:10:39,540Yeah.151401:10:39,620 --> 01:10:41,620Again, just the suits and everything in this movie,151501:10:41,700 --> 01:10:44,200everything was phenomenally done.151601:10:44,280 --> 01:10:45,840While getting ready for his marriage to Peach,151701:10:45,840 --> 01:10:48,960Bowser wears the same white top hat he does in Super Mario Odyssey,151801:10:49,040 --> 01:10:50,040which I really liked.151901:10:50,120 --> 01:10:55,040They actually had amiibos of Princess Peach and Bowser152001:10:55,120 --> 01:10:57,800in those wedding outfits, which was really cool.152101:10:57,880 --> 01:10:58,880No, no kidding.152201:10:58,960 --> 01:11:00,840Yeah. Among the guests of the marriage is King Boo,152301:11:00,920 --> 01:11:06,120which we saw King Babam, who gets lit,152401:11:06,200 --> 01:11:08,720who gets his fuse lit.152501:11:08,800 --> 01:11:12,640And King Boo was the main villain of Luigi's Mansion franchise.152601:11:12,720 --> 01:11:15,380The third act introduces two other power-ups.152701:11:15,380 --> 01:11:18,920First, Peach uses an ice flower, which I've actually never seen.152801:11:19,000 --> 01:11:21,300I don't think I really remember ever seeing.152901:11:21,380 --> 01:11:27,260Strangely introduced in the 92s, Volume 5 of the Super Mario Koon manga series.153001:11:27,340 --> 01:11:28,340That's why you haven't seen it.153101:11:28,420 --> 01:11:29,960That's why I haven't seen it.153201:11:30,040 --> 01:11:32,420And then Mario grabs a Tanooki suit,153301:11:32,500 --> 01:11:35,220which allows him to fight after he grabs a super leaf153401:11:35,300 --> 01:11:37,380coming from Super Mario Bros. 3,153501:11:37,460 --> 01:11:40,800which happens to be my first cosplay ever.153601:11:40,880 --> 01:11:44,420The final power-up Mario and Luigi uses is the invincibility star,153701:11:44,420 --> 01:11:47,540which allows them to fight Bowser's army in the Brooklyn battle.153801:11:47,620 --> 01:11:50,880The final blow on Bowser is also given after they grab the villain's tail,153901:11:50,960 --> 01:11:53,220spin his body and throw him far away,154001:11:53,300 --> 01:11:55,580a move that became famous during the boss battles154101:11:55,680 --> 01:12:00,080of Super Mario Bros. 64, or Super Mario 64 just in general.154201:12:00,180 --> 01:12:04,040That's the move that I was really hoping that they would use,154301:12:04,120 --> 01:12:08,040was that tail spin and throw him away.154401:12:08,120 --> 01:12:10,300Yeah, that's basically all we have there in terms of Easter eggs.154501:12:10,380 --> 01:12:13,800I know there's a ton more, but that was just kind of breaking the surface.154601:12:13,800 --> 01:12:15,180And I think it covers a lot of it.154701:12:15,260 --> 01:12:16,260Was it not funny?154801:12:16,340 --> 01:12:21,140Real quick, was it not funny that they used Mr. Blue Sky154901:12:21,220 --> 01:12:25,100in one of the final scenes to wake up Mario,155001:12:25,180 --> 01:12:26,380who was played by Chris Pratt?155101:12:26,460 --> 01:12:29,840Because that was the opening song to, I want to say,155201:12:29,920 --> 01:12:32,060Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.155301:12:32,140 --> 01:12:34,100Yeah, it's the opening credit scene there.155401:12:34,180 --> 01:12:35,640Yeah, it's pretty funny how they did that,155501:12:35,720 --> 01:12:37,920because I don't think I've ever heard...155601:12:38,020 --> 01:12:41,640I've never heard Mr. Blue Sky in any other movie besides those two.155701:12:41,640 --> 01:12:44,520And they both involve Chris Pratt.155801:12:44,600 --> 01:12:46,520All right, let's talk about our end credits scenes here.155901:12:46,600 --> 01:12:49,140In the first end credits scene, it features Bowser156001:12:49,220 --> 01:12:52,300basically reprising his Peaches song, which is awesome.156101:12:52,400 --> 01:12:55,220Every time that he sings that song, it's hilarious.156201:12:55,320 --> 01:12:58,180Jack Black apparently wrote Peaches himself.156301:12:58,260 --> 01:13:00,400However, it turns out that Bowser is still shrunken down156401:13:00,480 --> 01:13:02,600from the end of that battle there at the end of the movie156501:13:02,680 --> 01:13:05,400and is in a bottle prison from that final fight.156601:13:05,480 --> 01:13:06,720So that was pretty funny.156701:13:06,800 --> 01:13:09,680And then the one that really had a lot of actual gravity to it,156801:13:09,680 --> 01:13:12,600and I think something that we were kind of anticipating156901:13:12,680 --> 01:13:15,520him to show up at some point in this movie, if not in the end credits scene,157001:13:15,600 --> 01:13:18,100is that while Bowser's end credits scene was cute,157101:13:18,180 --> 01:13:19,980the one that had real consequences was the post credits scene157201:13:20,060 --> 01:13:21,060at the very end of the film.157301:13:21,140 --> 01:13:23,860In it, we see a Yoshi egg that has ended up in the Brooklyn sewers157401:13:23,940 --> 01:13:28,440after Mario and Bowser's fight that brought parts of the Mushroom Kingdom157501:13:28,520 --> 01:13:29,520into New York.157601:13:29,600 --> 01:13:32,640As the egg starts to hatch, we hear the screen...157701:13:32,720 --> 01:13:34,360Actually, we see the screen cut to black,157801:13:34,440 --> 01:13:35,940and we hear the little dinosaurs iconic...157901:13:36,020 --> 01:13:36,980Waffle!158001:13:37,060 --> 01:13:39,440I don't really understand how this is, to be honest,158101:13:39,440 --> 01:13:40,440like impactful.158201:13:40,520 --> 01:13:43,440Yes, it's cute that there's going to be like a Yoshi in the real world.158301:13:43,520 --> 01:13:46,780I guarantee it's probably if and when they do a sequel,158401:13:46,860 --> 01:13:47,900because they will,158501:13:47,980 --> 01:13:52,200it'll be something along the lines of like Gators in the New York sewers.158601:13:52,280 --> 01:13:54,900And it's actually they got to go down and get Yoshi or something158701:13:54,980 --> 01:13:55,980and take him back.158801:13:56,060 --> 01:13:57,060But there were...158901:13:57,140 --> 01:13:58,860We also see Yoshi. We see Yoshi in the movie.159001:13:58,940 --> 01:13:59,940Yeah, there were Yoshi.159101:14:00,020 --> 01:14:02,400So I don't really understand how this is like super iconic159201:14:02,480 --> 01:14:05,200other than them just having the Yoshi sound.159301:14:05,280 --> 01:14:08,200Well, those Yoshi's were pink, if I remember correctly.159401:14:08,200 --> 01:14:10,320They're multicolored, yeah.159501:14:10,400 --> 01:14:13,740But I wonder if maybe what makes our Yoshi specific and special159601:14:13,820 --> 01:14:14,820is that he's green.159701:14:14,900 --> 01:14:16,620Maybe he's like the only green one, perhaps.159801:14:16,700 --> 01:14:18,040I don't know. Who knows?159901:14:18,120 --> 01:14:19,580But I am excited to see Yoshi,160001:14:19,660 --> 01:14:22,240and I'm excited to see who they get to eventually voice him to,160101:14:22,320 --> 01:14:23,660because Yoshi doesn't really say much.160201:14:23,740 --> 01:14:24,740He says, Yoshi!160301:14:24,820 --> 01:14:27,660That's all he says, or wink, or whatever he does.160401:14:27,740 --> 01:14:29,740Bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop.160501:14:29,820 --> 01:14:30,820Bloop, bloop, bloop.160601:14:30,900 --> 01:14:32,660So, yeah, it's exciting, though.160701:14:32,740 --> 01:14:34,080It was really fun seeing him.160801:14:34,160 --> 01:14:36,160I kind of wish he would have showed up in the movie,160901:14:36,160 --> 01:14:38,280but you know, you got to save some stuff for the sequel.161001:14:38,360 --> 01:14:40,320So, Aaron, I think that'll do it for our review161101:14:40,400 --> 01:14:41,860of Super Mario Bros.161201:14:41,940 --> 01:14:42,940Final thoughts.161301:14:43,020 --> 01:14:46,280Final thoughts on the first Super Mario Bros. movie161401:14:46,360 --> 01:14:47,360in a long time.161501:14:47,440 --> 01:14:49,240One that will definitely, like you said,161601:14:49,320 --> 01:14:50,660get a sequel here soon.161701:14:50,740 --> 01:14:52,320Again, really fun.161801:14:52,400 --> 01:14:54,040I had a good time watching it.161901:14:54,120 --> 01:14:57,040I didn't have a great time, but I had a good time watching it.162001:14:57,120 --> 01:14:59,540And I'm excited to see where this goes,162101:14:59,620 --> 01:15:03,240but at the same time, it's not perfect.162201:15:03,320 --> 01:15:04,740It's not great.162301:15:04,740 --> 01:15:06,540So, yeah, I really liked it, though.162401:15:06,620 --> 01:15:07,620All right, fair enough.162501:15:07,700 --> 01:15:09,200Yeah, I mean, I'm going to say something similar,162601:15:09,280 --> 01:15:11,700but I just think it gave me exactly what I wanted.162701:15:11,780 --> 01:15:13,660I wasn't ever really expecting this movie162801:15:13,740 --> 01:15:17,420to be thought-provoking or have some type of layers.162901:15:17,500 --> 01:15:20,120It would have been nice if it was like, like you said,163001:15:20,200 --> 01:15:22,740one of those rare animated movies163101:15:22,820 --> 01:15:26,580where adults can go out and enjoy as much as the kids do.163201:15:26,660 --> 01:15:29,240But this was never geared for us, you know?163301:15:29,320 --> 01:15:33,160And I kind of felt that in my heart going into this,163401:15:33,240 --> 01:15:34,500and I just had fun with it.163501:15:34,500 --> 01:15:38,620You know, it just gave me, like I said, it had all the references.163601:15:38,700 --> 01:15:41,080It just it was unoffensive.163701:15:41,160 --> 01:15:42,660It didn't take any risks.163801:15:42,740 --> 01:15:45,040And I wish it kind of would have in certain instances.163901:15:45,120 --> 01:15:47,920But overall, I enjoyed it quite a bit.164001:15:48,000 --> 01:15:53,000And I want more of this, if not, maybe just a slightly more164101:15:53,080 --> 01:15:55,700risk-taking version at some point, you know?164201:15:55,780 --> 01:15:57,080Which I think is kind of what you...164301:15:57,160 --> 01:16:01,120Yeah, where's the Snyder cut of Super Mario Brothers movie?164401:16:01,120 --> 01:16:03,620Or Yoshi comes in the movie and just fucking cuts heads off.164501:16:03,700 --> 01:16:06,120All right, before you ask me, I'm going to ask you.164601:16:06,200 --> 01:16:07,200OK.164701:16:07,280 --> 01:16:08,240Five David A. Weiner's.164801:16:08,320 --> 01:16:09,320Oh, shit. Here we go.164901:16:09,400 --> 01:16:10,620What are you giving it?165001:16:11,700 --> 01:16:14,740Oh, I'm going to give Super Mario Brothers movie165101:16:14,820 --> 01:16:17,120a four out of five David A. Weiner's.165201:16:17,200 --> 01:16:18,700Wow. OK. OK.165301:16:18,780 --> 01:16:21,120Wow. That was worth an Owen Wilson.165401:16:21,200 --> 01:16:22,200Wow. Wow. Yeah.165501:16:22,280 --> 01:16:25,740So I'm going to give it a three point five.165601:16:25,820 --> 01:16:28,120OK. I think I was close.165701:16:28,200 --> 01:16:29,540Yeah. Three point five and four.165801:16:29,540 --> 01:16:33,540Initially, I wanted to give it a three, but I think after having kind of discussed it165901:16:33,620 --> 01:16:37,540and kind of just definitely implementing and embedding that idea166001:16:37,620 --> 01:16:42,620that this was not made for me, but still I had fun watching it,166101:16:42,700 --> 01:16:45,700that kind of went from a three to a three point five for me.166201:16:45,780 --> 01:16:49,780So I did enjoy it and it does deserve better than a three.166301:16:49,860 --> 01:16:52,040So three point five is where I'm at.166401:16:52,120 --> 01:16:53,540Yeah, I think those are both respectable.166501:16:53,620 --> 01:16:56,160And I think it's both recommendable from both of us that you should.166601:16:56,240 --> 01:16:58,540If for some reason you listen to this and you have not watched it,166701:16:58,540 --> 01:17:00,540but Mario Brothers movie, go check it out.166801:17:00,620 --> 01:17:03,660Go watch on the biggest screen, the loudest speakers you can find.166901:17:03,740 --> 01:17:05,160And I think you'll have a good time with it.167001:17:05,240 --> 01:17:08,000If you have any attachment to the Super Mario Brothers franchise,167101:17:08,080 --> 01:17:11,920you're going to really enjoy this or kind of, you know, you'll you'll have fun with it.167201:17:12,000 --> 01:17:15,000As Aaron and I like to say, so that'll do it for our review167301:17:15,080 --> 01:17:16,420of the Super Mario Brothers movie.167401:17:16,500 --> 01:17:18,920Aaron, let's get into my favorite topic of this show.167501:17:19,000 --> 01:17:21,000And that, of course, is Aaron's arcade.167601:17:21,000 --> 01:17:27,000Aaron's arcade, it's time for Aaron's arcade.167701:17:30,620 --> 01:17:33,240Fucking love that music, man.167801:17:33,320 --> 01:17:34,380I fucking love it.167901:17:34,460 --> 01:17:37,340Love it. Welcome to Aaron's rockative provocative.168001:17:37,420 --> 01:17:38,920It gets the people going.168101:17:39,000 --> 01:17:39,960Gets me going.168201:17:40,040 --> 01:17:42,500Welcome to Aaron's arcade, where I get to talk about whatever the hell168301:17:42,580 --> 01:17:43,880I want for the next few minutes.168401:17:43,960 --> 01:17:46,160And you have no choice but to listen, brother.168501:17:46,240 --> 01:17:47,720Hmm. I got you for three minutes.168601:17:47,800 --> 01:17:49,080No, three minutes.168701:17:49,080 --> 01:17:51,080Three minutes playtime.168801:17:51,160 --> 01:17:54,120So I've been so talking about Megacon earlier.168901:17:54,200 --> 01:17:57,540I had a great time, again, hanging out with a lot of really cool artists.169001:17:57,620 --> 01:18:00,620One of the people that I got to hang out with was Ryan Otley.169101:18:00,700 --> 01:18:06,880Ryan Otley is most famously, I would say most famously known for Invincible.169201:18:06,960 --> 01:18:08,660So I had to take an opportunity.169301:18:08,740 --> 01:18:11,500And, you know, I have seen the show on Amazon,169401:18:11,580 --> 01:18:14,580but I really wanted to read it and see what all the excitement was about169501:18:14,660 --> 01:18:17,300because they're actually getting ready to talk about or to release.169601:18:17,300 --> 01:18:19,080Was it season two season two?169701:18:19,160 --> 01:18:20,420Yeah, they've released a trailer.169801:18:20,500 --> 01:18:22,300So people are asking like, what's going to happen?169901:18:22,380 --> 01:18:23,760You know, talking to Ryan Otley about like, love.170001:18:23,840 --> 01:18:25,000I love Invincible. What's going to happen?170101:18:25,080 --> 01:18:26,800Season two. Who's going to be the big bad?170201:18:26,880 --> 01:18:29,120Whatever. So I was like, I got to know more about this.170301:18:29,200 --> 01:18:32,120So I started reading Invincible from the beginning.170401:18:32,200 --> 01:18:34,760And Chris, what did you tell me?170501:18:34,840 --> 01:18:36,420It's a lot. There's a lot.170601:18:36,500 --> 01:18:38,500There's a lot. It's three omnibuses were.170701:18:38,580 --> 01:18:41,800Yes. And I'm already hundred and thirty issues.170801:18:41,880 --> 01:18:43,080I think. Yeah, I'm already.170901:18:43,160 --> 01:18:45,880I want to say 40 issues in.171001:18:45,880 --> 01:18:47,920Wow. Yeah, that's awesome. Yeah.171101:18:48,000 --> 01:18:53,120So you're basically you're into like, have you met on shoot?171201:18:53,200 --> 01:18:56,540I'm forgetting his name now, but he's the guy with the mustache bald mustache.171301:18:58,120 --> 01:18:59,240Maybe not. You may not be there.171401:18:59,320 --> 01:19:02,200A lot of Viltrum mights.171501:19:02,280 --> 01:19:04,460The Viltrum. He's a Viltrum. Yeah, one of the Viltrum.171601:19:04,540 --> 01:19:06,920A lot of Viltrum bites have mustaches.171701:19:07,000 --> 01:19:08,000Yeah, I guess they all do.171801:19:08,080 --> 01:19:10,120So I guess I guess I would say the most171901:19:11,200 --> 01:19:14,200really relevant character that I've met recently.172001:19:14,200 --> 01:19:16,600Maybe I'm not 40 ish. I thought I'm pretty far in.172101:19:16,680 --> 01:19:19,800But I have met Mark's little brother.172201:19:19,880 --> 01:19:21,960OK. Yeah. OK.172301:19:22,040 --> 01:19:24,320Because so you're close than what I'm thinking.172401:19:24,400 --> 01:19:25,800I'm not going to spoil anything. OK.172501:19:25,880 --> 01:19:29,520So I will tell you, it's it is an amazing book.172601:19:29,600 --> 01:19:33,320Although there are some issues that are a little wordy,172701:19:33,400 --> 01:19:36,840it's a very good book and I really enjoy reading it.172801:19:36,920 --> 01:19:40,040So I'm going to keep people abreast172901:19:40,040 --> 01:19:43,080of where I'm at while while we're doing this show.173001:19:43,160 --> 01:19:50,320But I am I'm very much enjoying this more in-depth look at Mark173101:19:50,400 --> 01:19:55,360and his journey into becoming invincible and and learning that he has to173201:19:55,440 --> 01:19:59,720because there's a lot of stuff, obviously, that we don't see in the cartoon173301:19:59,800 --> 01:20:01,360or in the show that's in this.173401:20:01,440 --> 01:20:05,960And so I'm excited to read more about that on the other side of Aaron's Arcade,173501:20:06,040 --> 01:20:08,160where I'm actually playing games.173601:20:08,160 --> 01:20:11,520I've been playing. I don't know if you know this, but I'm a huge Doom head.173701:20:11,600 --> 01:20:16,400I love Doom games. Mighty Doom on the mobile devices is super fun.173801:20:16,480 --> 01:20:20,080If you haven't played that, there are some microtransaction you can do,173901:20:20,160 --> 01:20:22,000but I've been actually having a great time again.174001:20:22,080 --> 01:20:26,800I am a free to play whore and I love this game.174101:20:26,880 --> 01:20:29,600It's it's it's just super fun because you can almost upgrade174201:20:29,680 --> 01:20:31,240just about anything in this game.174301:20:31,320 --> 01:20:33,560All of your weapons, all of your armor. It's super fun.174401:20:33,640 --> 01:20:36,520And then the last thing that I'm going to talk about is they finally174501:20:36,520 --> 01:20:43,440finally released the I guess the update that allows the Halo Master Chief174601:20:43,520 --> 01:20:47,680collection to be used and played on the Steam Deck.174701:20:47,760 --> 01:20:51,960It is finally playable and it is good. Nice.174801:20:52,040 --> 01:20:56,200This is all I've ever wanted from a mobile gaming device was to play174901:20:56,280 --> 01:21:02,680things like Halo and Doom, Doom Eternal on a mobile platform.175001:21:02,680 --> 01:21:07,800And it looks great. So if you own a Steam Deck, make sure you pick up175101:21:07,880 --> 01:21:11,120that that Master Chief collection and start playing with it.175201:21:11,200 --> 01:21:15,080I went online and I made sure that I found the correct settings,175301:21:15,160 --> 01:21:18,040the video display settings to get the most out of my Steam Deck.175401:21:18,120 --> 01:21:22,000And it's capabilities as far as battery life, all that stuff.175501:21:22,080 --> 01:21:24,400But it's so good. It's so good.175601:21:24,480 --> 01:21:25,920So make sure you go check that out.175701:21:26,000 --> 01:21:28,240It's finally available. Halo on the Steam Deck.175801:21:28,320 --> 01:21:29,800Mighty Doom on mobile.175901:21:29,800 --> 01:21:33,640And if you haven't read it yet, Ryan Otley's run or like, I mean,176001:21:33,720 --> 01:21:37,400it's all these guys run of invincible.176101:21:37,480 --> 01:21:38,800So good.176201:21:38,880 --> 01:21:41,560And with that, I'm going to shut up because I've been talking for way176301:21:41,640 --> 01:21:43,280too long, or at least it feels way too long.176401:21:43,360 --> 01:21:46,640We're going to my favorite part of the show, which is Chris's Corner.176501:21:46,640 --> 01:21:58,080It's time for Chris's Corner.176601:21:58,160 --> 01:22:01,200All righty. For Chris's Corner, we're going to be talking about Beef,176701:22:01,280 --> 01:22:04,160which is a brand new series over on Netflix.176801:22:04,240 --> 01:22:08,080This is a 10 episode television series that was created by Lee Sung-jin,176901:22:08,160 --> 01:22:10,680who is the writer and soon to be.177001:22:10,760 --> 01:22:13,480Well, I think he's just I think actually he's just writing the Marvel177101:22:13,560 --> 01:22:14,960Studios Thunderbolts film.177201:22:14,960 --> 01:22:16,680So exciting stuff.177301:22:16,760 --> 01:22:19,160He does actually doesn't have a ton of credits to his name, but that's OK.177401:22:19,240 --> 01:22:22,880Beef, it stars Stephen Yen and Ali Wong.177501:22:22,960 --> 01:22:27,360And these are two people who have had an involvement in a road rage incident177601:22:27,440 --> 01:22:29,040that begins to consume their lives.177701:22:29,120 --> 01:22:33,120So essentially what you have is you have Stephen Yen, who is this kind of handy177801:22:33,200 --> 01:22:37,960man, can't get up in the world, just world against him kind of guy.177901:22:38,040 --> 01:22:39,200Just nothing goes right.178001:22:39,280 --> 01:22:40,800So he's got some anger issues.178101:22:40,880 --> 01:22:44,160And then you have Ali Wong, who is, you know, a very, very178201:22:44,160 --> 01:22:49,040you know, upper class, has a family, but is unhappy with her husband and just178301:22:49,120 --> 01:22:50,120like her career.178401:22:50,200 --> 01:22:52,880And they get in this altercation during this road rage incident.178501:22:52,960 --> 01:22:53,960It goes viral.178601:22:54,040 --> 01:22:56,960And a lot of people are talking about it and they just get consumed.178701:22:57,040 --> 01:23:01,000They eventually figure out who each other are and they start like going after each178801:23:01,080 --> 01:23:05,880other. And when something goes wrong in one of their lives, instead of dealing178901:23:05,960 --> 01:23:09,720with it inside their own lives, they go after each other like they almost are179001:23:09,800 --> 01:23:12,760using each other as like a springboard for their own anger issues.179101:23:12,840 --> 01:23:13,840It's really interesting.179201:23:13,840 --> 01:23:15,320It's produced by a twenty four.179301:23:15,400 --> 01:23:17,880Aaron, you know, I'm a big a twenty four whore.179401:23:17,960 --> 01:23:20,840So anything a twenty four does, I will at least check out.179501:23:20,920 --> 01:23:24,480And I'm so happy I did because beef, if you're on the fence for some reason179601:23:24,560 --> 01:23:26,360about checking the series out, definitely check it out.179701:23:26,440 --> 01:23:27,200It is awesome.179801:23:27,280 --> 01:23:30,320I don't know if they have any plans to do any more than one season, but I'm179901:23:30,400 --> 01:23:33,800only I think I'm four episodes in and it's really awesome.180001:23:33,880 --> 01:23:36,200So cannot recommend beef over on Netflix.180101:23:36,280 --> 01:23:38,040It just came out this week, came out April 6th.180201:23:38,120 --> 01:23:39,600So go check it out.180301:23:39,680 --> 01:23:40,800Really, really good.180401:23:40,880 --> 01:23:42,360Once again, beef on Netflix.180501:23:42,360 --> 01:23:45,800So that'll do it for Chris's corner and that'll do it for episode one.180601:23:45,880 --> 01:23:50,080Fourteen of the Oblivion Bar podcast, everybody truly appreciate it.180701:23:50,280 --> 01:23:54,280Next week, Aaron, on the show, finally, we're going to be talking to the one180801:23:54,360 --> 01:23:55,120and only Kevin Smith.180901:23:55,200 --> 01:23:55,920Yes.181001:23:56,080 --> 01:23:57,800And this is a big deal for us.181101:23:57,880 --> 01:24:00,360This is one of the biggest accolades on the show.181201:24:00,440 --> 01:24:04,000One of the biggest guests we've ever had here on the Oblivion Bar podcast.181301:24:04,680 --> 01:24:05,760It's been a long time coming.181401:24:05,840 --> 01:24:07,760We've had to reschedule a couple of times, but that's OK.181501:24:08,000 --> 01:24:11,480Any any chance we can get him on the show, we will work with it and be flexible.181601:24:11,480 --> 01:24:13,120So excited to talk to Mr.181701:24:13,200 --> 01:24:13,600Smith.181801:24:14,320 --> 01:24:19,200He is a nerd legend and just excited to pick his brain.181901:24:19,360 --> 01:24:21,000So that'll be coming up on episode one.182001:24:21,080 --> 01:24:21,600Fifteen.182101:24:22,240 --> 01:24:25,960Once again, I will keep everyone updated on my progress in terms of, you know,182201:24:26,720 --> 01:24:29,200the the colon cancer of it all.182301:24:29,520 --> 01:24:32,600So make sure you follow us on socials if you care to follow that.182401:24:32,680 --> 01:24:33,520I'll follow along with that.182501:24:34,000 --> 01:24:35,680And yeah, that'll do it for episode one.182601:24:35,760 --> 01:24:37,000Fourteen. Aaron, go and take us out of here.182701:24:37,000 --> 01:24:41,040I'm really looking forward to the sequel series to beef chicken.182801:24:42,280 --> 01:24:42,880Liver.182901:24:46,080 --> 01:24:49,680Subscribe to our podcast, Apple Podcasts, to your Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon,183001:24:49,760 --> 01:24:51,240Amazon Music and iHeartRadio.183101:24:51,880 --> 01:24:54,920Join our Patreon community, patreon.com forward slash Oblivion Bar Pod.183201:24:55,000 --> 01:24:59,000Thank you to our patrons, Aaron, Greg, Sebastian, Brad B, Rob, David, Travis,183301:24:59,080 --> 01:25:03,880Jeff, Jay, Cassidy, George, Christie, Alex, Kyle, Haley, Jeff, S, Lozi, Jeremy,183401:25:03,880 --> 01:25:07,040and Brad and Lisa from Comic Book Couples Counseling.183501:25:07,320 --> 01:25:10,520Follow us on social media, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter at Oblivion183601:25:10,520 --> 01:25:13,600Bar Pod. 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Thank you.184801:25:45,200 --> 01:25:48,960And last but not least, as Chris would tell you every single day, every single184901:25:48,960 --> 01:25:52,880night before he kisses you to sleep, softly, right on the forehead.185001:25:53,240 --> 01:25:56,960Do not forget to tip your bartenders 20 percent or more, or you will wake up in a185101:25:56,960 --> 01:25:58,600sweat because of all the nightmares.185201:25:59,120 --> 01:26:00,680That's right. Yeah, 20 percent or more.185301:26:00,680 --> 01:26:02,760Anything less than 20 percent is wrong.185401:26:02,760 --> 01:26:05,640And thank you guys so much for listening to the Oblivion Bar Podcast.185501:26:05,640 --> 01:26:31,920We appreciate it. We will see you next week for Episode 115.