SERIES REVIEW: The Mandalorian Season 3

100:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,320Hey, this is Charles Soule, author of Daredevil, She-Hulk, Cursed Words, Undiscovered Country,200:00:06,320 --> 00:00:17,4808 Million Genies, and tons of Star Wars, and you are listening to the Oblivion Bar Podcast.300:00:17,480 --> 00:00:40,960Welcome to the Oblivion Bar Podcast with your hosts, Chris Hacker and Aaron Knowles.400:00:40,960 --> 00:00:46,280Hello everyone, welcome to episode 116 of the Oblivion Bar Podcast, the official podcast500:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,760of the fantasy shop in St. Charles, Missouri.600:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,080I'm Chris Hacker, one of your co-hosts here, and joining me this week as he does every700:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,400single week, my BFF and foundling, Aaron Knowles.800:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,840He means more to me than you will ever know.900:00:59,840 --> 00:01:00,840I have spoken.1000:01:00,840 --> 00:01:02,840Are you talking about me there?1100:01:02,840 --> 00:01:03,840Are you talking about Grogu?1200:01:03,840 --> 00:01:04,840Are you talking about you?1300:01:04,840 --> 00:01:05,840Oh, thank you.1400:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,120Thank you so much.1500:01:07,120 --> 00:01:08,120This is the way.1600:01:08,120 --> 00:01:09,120This is the way.1700:01:09,120 --> 00:01:10,120This is the way.1800:01:10,120 --> 00:01:11,120This is the way.1900:01:11,120 --> 00:01:15,720And of course, since we're talking in Mandalorian quotes and such, of course, we're reviewing2000:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,000Mandalorian season three this week on the Oblivion Bar Podcast.2100:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,520We have things to say, Aaron, lots of things.2200:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,760This is slightly polarizing in the Star Wars community.2300:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,680Yeah, you know, the nerd community in general.2400:01:27,680 --> 00:01:28,880We'll get into it.2500:01:28,880 --> 00:01:30,680I don't want to say too much.2600:01:30,680 --> 00:01:32,400We'll get into it here in just a bit.2700:01:32,400 --> 00:01:36,840Before we get into that review, though, of course, we got to talk about Patreon, patreon.com2800:01:36,840 --> 00:01:38,120forward slash Oblivion Bar Pod.2900:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,620Of course, if you want to support the show, you want to support the Oblivion Bar Podcast,3000:01:41,620 --> 00:01:45,800make this show better, go support us over on Patreon for your contribution.3100:01:45,800 --> 00:01:49,280You could have access to the grid, which is our patron exclusive show.3200:01:49,280 --> 00:01:51,320It's the Oblivion Bar After Dark.3300:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,200Things that we wouldn't generally say here on the normal show.3400:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,000We talk about there on the grid.3500:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,560It's I would say and I think, Aaron, you would agree here.3600:01:58,560 --> 00:02:02,560The grid is sometimes maybe even more fun than here on the Oblivion Bar.3700:02:02,560 --> 00:02:03,560Absolutely.3800:02:03,560 --> 00:02:07,720It's just us talking as a consummate professional on the show.3900:02:07,720 --> 00:02:08,720Yeah.4000:02:08,720 --> 00:02:15,040That is definitely a place where I can loosen my tie, let my hair down, unbutton my pants.4100:02:15,040 --> 00:02:16,040Yeah.4200:02:16,040 --> 00:02:17,840Wear no pants.4300:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,840Which is majority of both shows.4400:02:20,840 --> 00:02:21,840Yes.4500:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,360As you see when I get up to grab things.4600:02:24,360 --> 00:02:25,360Yes.4700:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,760But thankfully, this is an audio, an oral medium.4800:02:28,760 --> 00:02:29,760An audio.4900:02:29,760 --> 00:02:30,760Yeah.5000:02:30,760 --> 00:02:31,760Auditorial.5100:02:31,760 --> 00:02:32,760Auditorial.5200:02:32,760 --> 00:02:33,760Maybe.5300:02:33,760 --> 00:02:34,760Something like that.5400:02:34,760 --> 00:02:35,760Whatever.5500:02:35,760 --> 00:02:36,760We're not scholars.5600:02:36,760 --> 00:02:37,760Don't come here for grammar.5700:02:37,760 --> 00:02:38,760We're not learned doctors.5800:02:38,760 --> 00:02:39,760All right.5900:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,160He said he's going to go into the family business.6000:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,360He knows you're a doctor, right?6100:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,360Little stepbrothers reference there.6200:02:48,360 --> 00:02:52,080And so yeah, on Patreon, of course, the grid, you can get what you just heard there is pretty6300:02:52,080 --> 00:02:53,080much exactly what the grid is.6400:02:53,080 --> 00:02:54,880It's just two friends talking.6500:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,520Episode transcripts, early access to these episodes.6600:02:57,520 --> 00:02:58,520You get a special shout out.6700:02:58,520 --> 00:02:59,520You could get a t-shirt.6800:02:59,520 --> 00:03:00,680You could get lots of things.6900:03:00,680 --> 00:03:01,680You could get a comic.7000:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,720You could get our Phantom Road number one by Christian Ward for free.7100:03:04,720 --> 00:03:08,960All of that is over on Patreon at patreon.com forward slash a blood and bar pod before we7200:03:08,960 --> 00:03:09,960get into our news notes.7300:03:09,960 --> 00:03:10,960Aaron, what's up?7400:03:10,960 --> 00:03:11,960Like, what's going on with you?7500:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,880Do you have anything new in your life that you want to talk about here on the normal7600:03:14,880 --> 00:03:16,280show before we go into our news and notes?7700:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,960I feel like we just like rushed into Patreon and we didn't really talk at all.7800:03:19,960 --> 00:03:20,960We didn't really talk.7900:03:20,960 --> 00:03:22,560We're just down to business.8000:03:22,560 --> 00:03:23,560Yeah.8100:03:23,560 --> 00:03:24,560No, no, man.8200:03:24,560 --> 00:03:25,560I'm good.8300:03:25,560 --> 00:03:26,560I'm good.8400:03:26,560 --> 00:03:27,560I just been I've been man.8500:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,920I've been kind of going against my going against the grain in life recently.8600:03:30,920 --> 00:03:33,200I haven't really been playing video games very much.8700:03:33,200 --> 00:03:34,200I've been reading.8800:03:34,200 --> 00:03:35,200Right.8900:03:35,200 --> 00:03:36,200That's what I thought.9000:03:36,200 --> 00:03:40,880I have been reading so much like I have just been binging ever since I got done with the9100:03:40,880 --> 00:03:42,720entire run of Invincible.9200:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,480I've just jumped fully into comics and reading.9300:03:45,480 --> 00:03:47,000I've been picking up books.9400:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,800I really haven't played very much any video games, really.9500:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,560And it's it's it's shocking to myself, but I like it.9600:03:53,560 --> 00:03:54,560You know, yeah.9700:03:54,560 --> 00:03:56,440You recommended several episodes ago.9800:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,160You recommended God Country and God Country.9900:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,000I read Donny Cates and Jason Jeff Shaw.10000:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,120Yeah, it's image comics.10100:04:04,120 --> 00:04:05,600Fantastic book.10200:04:05,600 --> 00:04:06,960Not at all what I expected.10300:04:06,960 --> 00:04:07,960I cried.10400:04:07,960 --> 00:04:08,960I laughed.10500:04:08,960 --> 00:04:09,960I don't know.10600:04:09,960 --> 00:04:12,600I've just it's it's been crazy.10700:04:12,600 --> 00:04:14,440The things that I like invincible.10800:04:14,440 --> 00:04:15,440The ending of invincible.10900:04:15,440 --> 00:04:16,440Oh, my God.11000:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,640Yeah, I absolutely I I I wept.11100:04:19,640 --> 00:04:20,640Wept.11200:04:20,640 --> 00:04:21,640I wept little boy.11300:04:21,640 --> 00:04:22,640So it's just yeah, there's a lot.11400:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,000There's you know, there's a lot going on.11500:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,000I've been slowing down.11600:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,800I've been working on a lot of crafts, a lot of projects.11700:04:27,800 --> 00:04:32,720I got a really cool craft that I'm working on that was inspired by a piece of art by11800:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,560Josh Kisara.11900:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,120It's a black Wolverine artist.12000:04:36,120 --> 00:04:41,400Yes, famed Wolverine artist, actually one of our interviews recently.12100:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,840And yeah, just it is a Black Panther art that he did.12200:04:45,840 --> 00:04:48,280And I'm I'm turning that into a mosaic and I have photos.12300:04:48,280 --> 00:04:52,320I've been kind of capturing the whole thing and I'll be, you know, posting about that12400:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,200once I get close to being it's it's going to be a long process.12500:04:55,200 --> 00:05:00,200You do not realize how hard it is breaking glass into the smallest pieces like you think12600:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,360it's easy, but it's not.12700:05:02,360 --> 00:05:03,360Yeah.12800:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,200Well, it's funny you were kind of talking about how you've been doing different things,12900:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,120you know, just kind of reading instead of playing video games and all that stuff.13000:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,600I've been kind of breaking outside of my mold, too, but it kind of bleeds into my Christmas13100:05:12,600 --> 00:05:13,600corner.13200:05:13,600 --> 00:05:14,600So I'm going to hold off a little bit.13300:05:14,600 --> 00:05:15,720We'll talk about that here in just a bit.13400:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,320I think we put it off long enough, though.13500:05:17,320 --> 00:05:23,720Let's go ahead and get into our News and Notes.13600:05:23,720 --> 00:05:29,840News and notes.13700:05:29,840 --> 00:05:32,640All righty, our News and Notes this week is, of course, sponsored by what not, whether13800:05:32,640 --> 00:05:36,760you're looking to buy or sell comics, Funko pops, trading cards or even shoes.13900:05:36,760 --> 00:05:38,120What not has you covered?14000:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,000You can download what not any iOS or Android device.14100:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,560Please use our referral link and the show notes to get fifteen dollars upon 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00:06:16,800Exactly.15500:06:16,800 --> 00:06:17,800Yeah.15600:06:17,800 --> 00:06:18,800Yeah.15700:06:18,800 --> 00:06:19,800First off, Aaron, this is big news.15800:06:19,800 --> 00:06:20,800I sent this to you the other day.15900:06:20,800 --> 00:06:26,160I.D.W. and Dark Horse announced Stranger Things and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic crossover16000:06:26,160 --> 00:06:27,160series.16100:06:27,160 --> 00:06:31,320So I you sent me this and I don't mean to interrupt your news, your first news.16200:06:31,320 --> 00:06:32,320No, no.16300:06:32,320 --> 00:06:33,320OK.16400:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,960But you sent me this and I did not really know that I believe.16500:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,600Am I wrong to believe that Daniel Warren Johnson is actually working on this?16600:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,880Well, he's doing a cover, which had just been announced yesterday.16700:06:43,880 --> 00:06:47,000So he has a cover coming out for it, which I am already getting.16800:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,160I already have it on my poll list until I heard that.16900:06:50,160 --> 00:06:51,720I was like, you're off.17000:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,160You're like, man.17100:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,400But now I'm in.17200:06:55,400 --> 00:06:56,400I'm in.17300:06:56,400 --> 00:06:57,400I want that to sound hard.17400:06:57,400 --> 00:06:58,400I just want to.17500:06:58,400 --> 00:06:59,400I'm in.17600:06:59,400 --> 00:07:00,400I'm in.17700:07:00,400 --> 00:07:01,400So.17800:07:01,400 --> 00:07:06,560So, yeah, this for issue miniseries is being written by Cameron Chittok, who actually did17900:07:06,560 --> 00:07:07,560the Mapmaker trilogy.18000:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,560I'm actually not super familiar with that.18100:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,920And we've got art by Firo P. Is that how you say that for Firo P.?18200:07:12,920 --> 00:07:13,920I think so.18300:07:13,920 --> 00:07:14,920OK, cool.18400:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,680I didn't want to mess it up because I don't want to just say his name, his last name is18500:07:17,680 --> 00:07:21,440P. The last time that we assumed someone's last name was something funny like that, we18600:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,440offended one of our favorite directors of all time, which is David A. Weiner.18700:07:24,440 --> 00:07:30,240So and actually, P. has worked on the mainline TMNT series over at IDW.18800:07:30,240 --> 00:07:31,560So that's pretty awesome.18900:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,040We also don't really have any details yet for this series.19000:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,320We've basically just got a cover reveal on the creative team, but it is being rumored19100:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,040to be released this summer.19200:07:39,040 --> 00:07:43,080It's saying here that the Stranger Things and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles actually19300:07:43,080 --> 00:07:48,120have crossed over for Aaron in form of action figures thanks to Playmates, which they released19400:07:48,120 --> 00:07:52,760a kind of a series of two pack versions of the turtles paired with a character from the19500:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,760Stranger Things.19600:07:55,760 --> 00:08:00,800We had Raphael and Jim Hopper, Michelangelo and Dustin, Donatello and Lucas and Leonardo19700:08:00,800 --> 00:08:02,000and Eleven.19800:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,960Which of those would you have wanted more?19900:08:03,960 --> 00:08:05,480Which of those two packs would you have preferred?20000:08:05,480 --> 00:08:09,680So I think I would have liked the Leonardo and Eleven, even though I'm a Ralph fan.20100:08:09,680 --> 00:08:13,120I think the Leonardo Eleven would probably have been my taste.20200:08:13,120 --> 00:08:15,160Most likely the Michelangelo and Dustin.20300:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,520I do like those two characters.20400:08:17,520 --> 00:08:23,280I would say most I am a huge fan of Jim Hopper just because of the actor.20500:08:23,280 --> 00:08:24,280Donatello.20600:08:24,280 --> 00:08:25,640They're all good.20700:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,040I like all of them.20800:08:27,040 --> 00:08:28,600Like they definitely like all four.20900:08:28,600 --> 00:08:32,040They paired them well to make you want them all.21000:08:32,040 --> 00:08:33,040Yeah.21100:08:33,040 --> 00:08:34,040Yeah.21200:08:34,040 --> 00:08:35,040Like say you don't love Dustin as much.21300:08:35,040 --> 00:08:36,040Hey, you got Michelangelo.21400:08:36,040 --> 00:08:37,320Say you don't love Donatello as much.21500:08:37,320 --> 00:08:38,320Hey, you got Lucas.21600:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,060So like exactly you got a little of everything.21700:08:40,060 --> 00:08:43,780The toy crossover actually came with like a narrative reason.21800:08:43,780 --> 00:08:47,160Why do you need a narrative reason to pair these two franchises together?21900:08:47,160 --> 00:08:48,240We don't know yet.22000:08:48,240 --> 00:08:49,240Here it is.22100:08:49,240 --> 00:08:53,960It says here that the turtles have tracked TCR eyes, latest illegal experiments from22200:08:53,960 --> 00:08:55,800NYC to Hawkins, Indiana.22300:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,000Why the hell are they in Hawkins, Indiana, where they're trying to harness the power22400:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,240of the upside down?22500:09:00,240 --> 00:09:04,760The half shell heroes must team up with Eleven and her friends to try to stop TCR eyes next22600:09:04,760 --> 00:09:06,720experiment before it succeeds.22700:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,160I'm in.22800:09:09,160 --> 00:09:12,320And I think I wouldn't honestly I wouldn't be surprised if the series like the actual22900:09:12,320 --> 00:09:15,960IDW Dark Horse comic series essentially has the same exact narrative.23000:09:15,960 --> 00:09:17,320I think that would be pretty cool.23100:09:17,320 --> 00:09:18,320And I'm in.23200:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,520I'm actually invested now because that makes sense.23300:09:20,520 --> 00:09:26,200So the it sounds like obviously, you know, during the show, you know, spoiler alert,23400:09:26,200 --> 00:09:30,360if you haven't watched one of the greatest series in all of Netflix history.23500:09:30,360 --> 00:09:36,800But in that show in Hawkins, Indiana, the company has that the government who is running23600:09:36,800 --> 00:09:43,760these experiments has ripped open the fabric of space time into the upside down.23700:09:43,760 --> 00:09:49,600OK, and created this this this almost infection between universes.23800:09:49,600 --> 00:09:56,200And so it makes sense that this is where everybody needs to go to get to this infection.23900:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,440And obviously, this is where the turtles are going to get to.24000:09:58,440 --> 00:10:00,920They're going to have to do some kind of fighting.24100:10:00,920 --> 00:10:07,600What would be really cool is if we see the turtles fighting someone like, what was that24200:10:07,600 --> 00:10:08,600person?24300:10:08,600 --> 00:10:09,600Vecna.24400:10:09,600 --> 00:10:10,600Yeah.24500:10:10,600 --> 00:10:11,600Yeah.24600:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,680You know, what if Vecna and Crang combined powers?24700:10:13,680 --> 00:10:15,600Oh, yeah, there you go.24800:10:15,600 --> 00:10:16,600Yeah.24900:10:16,600 --> 00:10:17,600Hey, let us write a comic.25000:10:17,600 --> 00:10:18,600We'll do it.25100:10:18,600 --> 00:10:19,600Yeah.25200:10:19,600 --> 00:10:23,640Vecna, Crang, Crang, Crang, Crang, Crang.25300:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,640I'm in on this.25400:10:25,640 --> 00:10:30,600I mean, when I sent you this, I was like, love Stranger Things, love TMNT.25500:10:30,600 --> 00:10:34,640I think TMNT is one of those franchises that you can kind of just put with anything and25600:10:34,640 --> 00:10:36,120it will make sense somehow.25700:10:36,120 --> 00:10:40,040And honestly, even if it doesn't, it's still fun because you love all four of those turtles25800:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,520and all you know, like it just it feels fun.25900:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,000It doesn't matter the reason I'm in.26000:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,000I'm going to buy this for sure.26100:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,280Like I said, the WJJ's cover is going to be on my poll for sure.26200:10:49,280 --> 00:10:55,600Now that I know that it is a only a four issue mini series, I'm more in.26300:10:55,600 --> 00:10:56,920I'm more in than.26400:10:56,920 --> 00:10:57,920Yeah.26500:10:57,920 --> 00:11:01,480Moving on, there's a new Transformers animated film in the works, which is kind of a, you26600:11:01,480 --> 00:11:06,240know, this is a nice little segue from, you know, an animated cartoon and comic.26700:11:06,240 --> 00:11:08,440So eighties, eighties, baby.26800:11:08,440 --> 00:11:13,480There's a new Transformers animated film and it's an origin story on Cybertron, which26900:11:13,480 --> 00:11:14,480I love.27000:11:14,480 --> 00:11:15,840OK, this is run up your alley.27100:11:15,840 --> 00:11:17,080This is OK.27200:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,060Let me say this when it comes and I'll get more into this.27300:11:19,060 --> 00:11:23,720But the one thing that I have always wanted to learn about the Transformers, because I27400:11:23,720 --> 00:11:31,600love just the entire thing so much, is the lore, like the history, like house, because27500:11:31,600 --> 00:11:32,600where do they come from?27600:11:32,600 --> 00:11:33,880They obviously didn't evolve where they were.27700:11:33,880 --> 00:11:38,440They create it because because there's different lore saying that they were created by more27800:11:38,440 --> 00:11:39,600powerful beings.27900:11:39,600 --> 00:11:43,120So it's like I've always wanted to kind of jump in there and maybe we'll get some angry28000:11:43,120 --> 00:11:46,300letters and at least maybe some angry tweets and the28100:11:46,300 --> 00:11:47,800living bar pot on Twitter.28200:11:47,800 --> 00:11:55,160Actually, well, actually, actually, the Transformers were trans were Cybertronians.28300:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,320So let us know if you know, but anyway, we're going to find out in this movie what it sounds28400:11:58,320 --> 00:11:59,320like.28500:11:59,320 --> 00:12:00,320Exactly.28600:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,280Paramount Pictures is developing a new untitled animated Transformers movie that is coming28700:12:03,280 --> 00:12:06,080to theaters in twenty twenty four.28800:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,160Lots of new details are coming out.28900:12:08,160 --> 00:12:11,860The franchise producer is going to be Lorenzo de Bonaventura.29000:12:11,860 --> 00:12:15,160The movie is helmed by Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley.29100:12:15,160 --> 00:12:18,600And it sounds like it's going to be an epic story that's going to deliver on the origin29200:12:18,600 --> 00:12:22,080story for Cybertron itself and all of the Transformers.29300:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,400So hopefully we'll learn more about the primes.29400:12:24,400 --> 00:12:32,320We'll learn more about if Megatron and Optimus are actually brothers or not.29500:12:32,320 --> 00:12:33,320And then how does that work?29600:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,320How do robots have siblings?29700:12:36,320 --> 00:12:37,320How does that how does that work?29800:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,120Do they have similar serial numbers?29900:12:39,120 --> 00:12:40,120That's my question.30000:12:40,120 --> 00:12:44,080So during a recent interview with Collider, Bonaventura was asked about the film being30100:12:44,080 --> 00:12:48,720set on Cybertron and he revealed that it was going to tell was going to tell the story30200:12:48,720 --> 00:12:51,240of a young Optimus and Megatron.30300:12:51,240 --> 00:12:55,400So it's like every time you ask a question, the exactly the notes keep giving us answers.30400:12:55,400 --> 00:12:56,400Exactly.30500:12:56,400 --> 00:12:57,400So getting somewhere.30600:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,120Well, that's the thing is like I want to go on a journey with our listeners.30700:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,000OK, I want them to be like, well, what's it going to think?30800:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,000What's it going to say?30900:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,000What's it going to do?31000:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,800And then all of a sudden, boom, like there's the answer for you.31100:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,000There's the answer for you in your face.31200:13:09,000 --> 00:13:14,240OK, so if you know the origin story, they started as friends and over time, things devolved31300:13:14,240 --> 00:13:17,520for them and they ended up on two sides.31400:13:17,520 --> 00:13:18,800So these are words for Bonaventura.31500:13:18,800 --> 00:13:21,640OK, so we're telling the young Optimus and the young Megatron story.31600:13:21,640 --> 00:13:26,040We are really telling the origin story of all Transformers, both what they were at the31700:13:26,040 --> 00:13:29,800beginning of it and how they grow to what how they grow apart.31800:13:29,800 --> 00:13:31,120So I love this.31900:13:31,120 --> 00:13:32,280I'm excited for it.32000:13:32,280 --> 00:13:33,440I honestly have not.32100:13:33,440 --> 00:13:39,800I've tried watching the newer series that are on Netflix, and I was not.32200:13:39,800 --> 00:13:41,600I don't think I was in the mindset to watch it.32300:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,400But with this news coming out and these, I think I'll pick it up a little bit more.32400:13:45,400 --> 00:13:49,120Again, I do love just about anything with robots.32500:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,140So this is right up my proverbial alley.32600:13:52,140 --> 00:13:57,000It feels like Paramount has had a somewhat hard time figuring out what they want to do32700:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,280with the Transformers franchise.32800:13:59,280 --> 00:14:03,000Of course, we've got this brand new Transformers movie coming out here in a couple of months.32900:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,280We had the Bumblebee movie.33000:14:04,280 --> 00:14:05,280Yeah.33100:14:05,280 --> 00:14:06,280Yeah.33200:14:06,280 --> 00:14:07,280Which looks pretty good.33300:14:07,280 --> 00:14:08,280I think it looks amazing.33400:14:08,280 --> 00:14:09,280Kind of exactly.33500:14:09,280 --> 00:14:10,280Yeah.33600:14:10,280 --> 00:14:11,320Kind of exactly what fans have been wanting for a while.33700:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,360But have they been burned too much?33800:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,400That's the question I ask myself when I see this.33900:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,120No, you're like, no, absolutely not.34000:14:17,120 --> 00:14:22,440Well, so I'm going to cut you off because the Bumblebee movie was honestly one of the34100:14:22,440 --> 00:14:28,000closest like cinematic like like, you know, interpretation interpretation.34200:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,000I loved.34300:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,800So again, I loved.34400:14:30,800 --> 00:14:33,480We all know the problems with the original with it was a James Cameron.34500:14:33,480 --> 00:14:34,480No, not James Cameron.34600:14:34,480 --> 00:14:35,480Who is it?34700:14:35,480 --> 00:14:36,480Michael Bay.34800:14:36,480 --> 00:14:37,480Michael Bay.34900:14:37,480 --> 00:14:38,480Yeah.35000:14:38,480 --> 00:14:39,480The Bay Formers.35100:14:39,480 --> 00:14:40,480OK, there was a lot.35200:14:40,480 --> 00:14:42,200There were a lot of problems as they went through the series.35300:14:42,200 --> 00:14:49,200They did fix a lot of the glaring issues like I think one of the best analogies of the first35400:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,960film of the robot fight scenes was somebody just taking like a Coke can and a Pepsi can35500:14:53,960 --> 00:14:58,280and just like smashing them into each other because it was happening so bad so quickly35600:14:58,280 --> 00:14:59,840at such a bad scale.35700:14:59,840 --> 00:15:00,840You could fighting who?35800:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,560Yeah, you could see what was going on, but it was still really cool.35900:15:04,560 --> 00:15:10,560But the problem was there was so much of like it didn't really make sense, you know, you36000:15:10,560 --> 00:15:13,680know, and then later on they introduced like the Matrix of Leadership.36100:15:13,680 --> 00:15:19,160The AllSpark was the the cube, but it's like none of it really kind of fit into what it36200:15:19,160 --> 00:15:20,280was supposed to be.36300:15:20,280 --> 00:15:24,040And so with Bumblebee, it kind of made it a little bit more sense.36400:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,440And so I'm excited for where this goes.36500:15:26,440 --> 00:15:31,560I'd love to see more and I'm excited for this for Bot Adventures adventure into the Transformers36600:15:31,560 --> 00:15:32,560realm.36700:15:32,560 --> 00:15:36,200And who knows, maybe I'll actually get way more into Transformers now.36800:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,640Yeah, I mean, it's been one of those things.36900:15:38,640 --> 00:15:45,620It's often been compared to, you know, He-Man or what's another GI Joe as these properties37000:15:45,620 --> 00:15:50,180that just don't have an identity in twenty twenty three in present day.37100:15:50,180 --> 00:15:53,640Like they were created, let's be honest, to sell toys.37200:15:53,640 --> 00:15:54,640Absolutely.37300:15:54,640 --> 00:15:58,160And while that was lightning in a bottle and while those cartoons were highly successful37400:15:58,160 --> 00:16:02,320because there weren't very many options back in the day, there was no because.37500:16:02,320 --> 00:16:03,320Yeah, exactly.37600:16:03,320 --> 00:16:04,320Exactly.37700:16:04,320 --> 00:16:09,120And again, like how do we create something in twenty twenty three that captures audiences37800:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,840when they have unlimited amounts of entertainment?37900:16:11,840 --> 00:16:16,000Like Aaron, whether you want to believe this or not, we compete with Transformers.38000:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,920People are listening to this podcast instead of going and watching whatever those Netflix38100:16:19,920 --> 00:16:21,200shows those Transformers.38200:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,740I mean, they come to us for our interpretation.38300:16:23,740 --> 00:16:26,920They come to us to know how we feel about these things.38400:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,920If it's a legitimate show, I waste my time or not.38500:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,240They come here to see if we're in or not.38600:16:31,240 --> 00:16:32,240Right.38700:16:32,240 --> 00:16:36,320We're in and we're sure we're in on the Transformers.38800:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,600I'm actually thinking, Chris, should I?38900:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,560Should I obsess over Transformers?39000:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,520Are you going to be a simp for the Transformers?39100:16:44,520 --> 00:16:45,520I don't know.39200:16:45,520 --> 00:16:47,280Like the leader of this.39300:16:47,280 --> 00:16:48,280Should I?39400:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,900I'm just saying because I really went full tilt into invincible.39500:16:51,900 --> 00:16:55,320Should I go full tilt into the comics?39600:16:55,320 --> 00:16:56,320Watch all the shows again?39700:16:56,320 --> 00:16:58,720Go go go hoard in the hoard.39800:16:58,720 --> 00:17:00,000Should I be in?39900:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,720Yeah, I think we should do a post.40000:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,800We should do a poll on Twitter.40100:17:03,800 --> 00:17:05,440What should Aaron obsess about next?40200:17:05,440 --> 00:17:06,440What's this?40300:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,480Let us know.40400:17:08,480 --> 00:17:09,480Let us know below.40500:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,240Like, subscribe, follow for more info.40600:17:12,240 --> 00:17:13,240All right.40700:17:13,240 --> 00:17:14,520Let's get into our last one.40800:17:14,520 --> 00:17:19,640And here we have Adam Driver is rumored to be making a run at the role of Reed Richards40900:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,160in the MCU, everyone.41000:17:21,160 --> 00:17:22,160Oh, here we go.41100:17:22,160 --> 00:17:24,840We're getting some fantastic forecasting news.41200:17:24,840 --> 00:17:26,000And Aaron, you know me.41300:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,480I'm big, big, big into the Fantastic Four.41400:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,920I love would say it's your doom.41500:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,040I got me.41600:17:33,040 --> 00:17:34,040You nailed it.41700:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,680I definitely love these characters so much.41800:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,160Honestly, I think, again, you could probably make an argument that my love for the Fantastic41900:17:40,160 --> 00:17:44,320Four really comes from their side characters, of course, being Dr. Doom, Silver Surfer,42000:17:44,320 --> 00:17:49,600Galactus, anyone that kind of associates with Batman, Bob Astic, exactly.42100:17:49,600 --> 00:17:54,280So like but I do love Reed, love Sue, love Johnny, love Ben Valeria.42200:17:54,280 --> 00:17:56,800I love Franklin, like everybody in the Fantastic Four.42300:17:56,800 --> 00:17:57,800I'm in.42400:17:57,800 --> 00:18:01,240So the report comes from the reputable entertainment scooper Daniel Rickman.42500:18:01,240 --> 00:18:02,240OK.42600:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,920And I was for everyone listening at home right now, Daniel Rickman on Twitter, extremely42700:18:05,920 --> 00:18:07,560reliable source like this guy.42800:18:07,560 --> 00:18:11,080Anytime something happens in Hollywood, this guy has the scoop.42900:18:11,080 --> 00:18:12,800Yeah, I actually follow him on Twitter.43000:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,840And a lot of times when he breaks scoops, I would say 90, 95 percent of the time, they43100:18:15,840 --> 00:18:19,480become accurate either exactly or somewhat.43200:18:19,480 --> 00:18:23,520And it says here that Driver is currently finalizing a deal with Marvel to play Reed43300:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,160Richards in the films.43400:18:25,160 --> 00:18:29,440Earlier this year, it was reported that Driver was Marvel's top casting choice for the role.43500:18:29,440 --> 00:18:31,480Shortly after that, he was apparently meeting with the studio.43600:18:31,480 --> 00:18:35,240It's also not surprising that Driver has been kind of in the running for this.43700:18:35,240 --> 00:18:38,760He has already a strong relationship with Disney, of course, playing Kylo Ren in the43800:18:38,760 --> 00:18:40,560Star Wars franchise for so long.43900:18:40,560 --> 00:18:44,320Kevin Feige previously said that Marvel's first family is going to be a big pillar in44000:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,920the future of the MCU after they introduced.44100:18:46,920 --> 00:18:51,680He said Fantastic Four is the foundation for everything that came after in the comics.44200:18:51,680 --> 00:18:56,520There are certainly been versions on screen, but never really inhabiting the storytelling44300:18:56,520 --> 00:18:57,840of the MCU.44400:18:57,840 --> 00:18:59,660That's something that is really exciting for us.44500:18:59,660 --> 00:19:01,300People will start to hear more about it soon.44600:19:01,300 --> 00:19:04,160We plan on that being a big pillar of the MCU going forward.44700:19:04,160 --> 00:19:08,660And basically, he's just saying that Kevin Feige is essentially saying that the Fantastic44800:19:08,660 --> 00:19:12,880Four, just the way they've been in the comics, will be a giant pillar in the MCU.44900:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,320So we've got Max Schachman, who is actually the showrunner for Wandavision, is directing45000:19:16,320 --> 00:19:18,360the film, and Jodie Comer.45100:19:18,360 --> 00:19:22,600And this has kind of been less rumored, but there have been rumblings that Jodie Comer45200:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,240has been rumored to be in talks to play Sue Storm.45300:19:25,240 --> 00:19:29,920So both Driver and Comer work together on Ridley Scott's 2021 film, The Last Duel, which45400:19:29,920 --> 00:19:31,900I've yet to see, but I've heard is very good.45500:19:31,900 --> 00:19:36,400So Aaron, my question for you is, and kind of I want to talk about this slightly, thoughts45600:19:36,400 --> 00:19:40,440on Driver potentially playing Mr. Fantastic.45700:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,480And what does this mean for the Fantastic Four in the MCU?45800:19:43,480 --> 00:19:48,360First off, I can definitely see the resemblance between Adam Driver and Kang.45900:19:48,360 --> 00:19:54,000Okay, let's start there for I know the joke, but let's start there because I've already46000:19:54,000 --> 00:19:59,820heard and seen many people complain about how Adam Driver looks nothing like the comic46100:19:59,820 --> 00:20:02,260interpretation of Reed Richards.46200:20:02,260 --> 00:20:03,600First off, the man can get a haircut.46300:20:03,600 --> 00:20:04,920He's never had one, but the man can get one.46400:20:04,920 --> 00:20:05,920Give him some gray sideburns.46500:20:05,920 --> 00:20:06,920Who gives a shit?46600:20:06,920 --> 00:20:07,920It does not matter.46700:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,920It doesn't have to look exactly like him.46800:20:09,920 --> 00:20:16,680In our show notes, okay, in our transcripts, so make sure you guys, if you want to, we46900:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,160actually have, we didn't even talk about it.47000:20:18,160 --> 00:20:19,160We'll talk about this later.47100:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,040We have new Patreon levels.47200:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,280And if you want, join our Patreon, check it out.47300:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,320We have our transcripts that you guys can, you'll get access to.47400:20:26,320 --> 00:20:30,120And in our transcript, there is a photo of Reed Richard.47500:20:30,120 --> 00:20:32,400I couldn't tell you who the artist is, but it's amazing.47600:20:32,400 --> 00:20:33,400Art Jerm.47700:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,480Art Jerm next to Adam Driver.47800:20:36,480 --> 00:20:41,760And to be quite fair, give Adam Driver a haircut and he can pull it off.47900:20:41,760 --> 00:20:42,760Yeah.48000:20:42,760 --> 00:20:48,120I think like I said, like the Dr. Strange grays side and a haircut.48100:20:48,120 --> 00:20:49,120And this is okay.48200:20:49,120 --> 00:20:50,400So here's kind of a weird debate, Aaron.48300:20:50,400 --> 00:20:52,720Here's a little inside baseball for you and the listeners.48400:20:52,720 --> 00:20:57,600A lot of people, including Alex Ross, who was like kind of headline this debate online48500:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,440is should Reed Richards have a beard or not?48600:21:00,440 --> 00:21:05,100And they kind of the idea of the Fantastic Four is they are like they're in this boom48700:21:05,100 --> 00:21:06,400of the sixties.48800:21:06,400 --> 00:21:10,560They like when you think of the Fantastic Four, I immediately think of 1964.48900:21:10,560 --> 00:21:15,040Like they're just like they're in that era always in my head.49000:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,160And back in those days, people didn't have beards.49100:21:17,160 --> 00:21:22,240But in more modern comics, Reed Richards almost always has a beard because oftentimes superheroes49200:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,600relate to whatever's going on in modern culture.49300:21:24,600 --> 00:21:26,120I myself have a beard.49400:21:26,120 --> 00:21:27,120Aaron has a beard.49500:21:27,120 --> 00:21:30,000A lot of people have beards more now than ever.49600:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,360And Reed Richards has a beard in the comics.49700:21:32,360 --> 00:21:34,320Should he have a beard in the movies?49800:21:34,320 --> 00:21:35,320Why are we talking about this?49900:21:35,320 --> 00:21:36,320I don't know.50000:21:36,320 --> 00:21:37,320Are you asking questions?50100:21:37,320 --> 00:21:42,240When I think when I think of I like to think of my Reed Richards with a tuxedo t shirt50200:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,560on singing lead vocals, Litter Skinner.50300:21:45,560 --> 00:21:51,280No, whenever I think of he has he's business and he also likes to party.50400:21:51,280 --> 00:21:52,840I always think of Herbie.50500:21:52,840 --> 00:21:57,080Herbie is always like when I was a kid and I watched the Fantastic Four cartoon, they50600:21:57,080 --> 00:22:02,540always had that cool like plane that would split split into four pieces.50700:22:02,540 --> 00:22:07,000And then they had Herbie, who was like their little robot companion that was just the worst50800:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,760robot, the worst, the worst.50900:22:09,760 --> 00:22:12,480She's the worst.51000:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,400She's the worst person in the world.51100:22:14,400 --> 00:22:15,400Huge skank.51200:22:15,400 --> 00:22:16,400Terrible.51300:22:16,400 --> 00:22:22,560So like but again, my reaction to this news in particular is simply that I think that51400:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,760he'll do an amazing job.51500:22:24,760 --> 00:22:25,760Beard or no beard.51600:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,200I like Adam Driver as Reed Richards.51700:22:28,200 --> 00:22:33,320I think he he has the I think he has the acting chops for it.51800:22:33,320 --> 00:22:39,440And I think that he also has the presence because very much like that Kylo Kylo Ren51900:22:39,440 --> 00:22:44,600ask confidence and and just again, stage presence.52000:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,120I think he'll he'll nail it.52100:22:46,120 --> 00:22:47,120Of course.52200:22:47,120 --> 00:22:49,960I mean, the dude is a two time Academy Award nominee.52300:22:49,960 --> 00:22:51,880Like he's won Emmys for Emmys.52400:22:51,880 --> 00:22:53,540He won the Tony Award.52500:22:53,540 --> 00:22:55,580Like this is the MC.52600:22:55,580 --> 00:22:56,580This is the new MCU.52700:22:56,580 --> 00:23:02,200And it's clear that he's very honest about his life and what he's doing in a good role52800:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,400and he can talk to people he cares about.52900:23:04,300 --> 00:23:11,100his next movie in particular is going to be a super crazy moment where they're going53000:23:04,400 --> 00:23:08,520He can be happy and get53100:23:08,240 --> 00:23:22,240exception for the movieGod of stone did you have a clue what the story is this53200:23:08,520 --> 00:23:09,520to work.53300:23:11,100 --> 00:23:16,200to be taken out of their homes and I think there's been a lot of tell me53400:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,360seasons53500:23:23,360 --> 00:23:28,960Aaron, have you seen it yet? No, exactly. You're not going to for a while until it's on streaming,53600:23:28,960 --> 00:23:34,160just like many people. So is this is his way to get into another thing that's going to put him back53700:23:34,160 --> 00:23:38,480in the zeitgeist. Adam Driver is one of these actors that has always, I think for most moviegoers53800:23:38,480 --> 00:23:44,880thought of as a very talented franchise driving actor, but has he done it? Not since Star Wars,53900:23:44,880 --> 00:23:49,040like he has not been a leading actor since Star Wars. That's the hard boiled truth.54000:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,880And this is his way to get back into it again, with a franchise with a superhero54100:23:52,880 --> 00:23:58,560movie, which is considered taboo to some of these big time actors. Maybe, but he can do it. I think54200:23:58,560 --> 00:24:03,520he can do it. What are you laughing at? I'm sorry. I just I was doing some research on Herbie.54300:24:04,720 --> 00:24:12,560Okay. All right. Well, anyway, let me just say this real quick. So Herbie is it was created because I54400:24:12,560 --> 00:24:17,360guess back in the day, like the seventies or the like before the eighties, the human torch was54500:24:17,360 --> 00:24:21,360optioned for like a movie. And so they couldn't use him in the cartoon. So they had to create a54600:24:21,360 --> 00:24:27,360fourth character, which is Herbie the robot. Right. And Herbie stands for humanoid experimental robot54700:24:28,080 --> 00:24:36,800B type integrated electronic. Yeah. You're really struggling for an acronym.54800:24:39,200 --> 00:24:43,360Yeah. It's also why she hawk was in the Fantastic Four for a while. Like Johnny Storm,54900:24:43,360 --> 00:24:46,880believe it or not, was like a big character in the sixties and seventies, like late 60s.55000:24:46,880 --> 00:24:52,480Nobody else finds that as funny as I do. That's fine. It is funny. It's crazy. You said that with55100:24:52,480 --> 00:24:57,520about as much enthusiasm as when you watch a movie that you really don't enjoy. It was it was Aaron.55200:24:57,520 --> 00:25:03,600It was fine. It was a fine joke. Great job. All right. Well, that'll do it for our news and notes55300:25:03,600 --> 00:25:07,920this week. Let's go ahead and get into our review of the Mandalorian season three. Before we do that,55400:25:07,920 --> 00:25:13,680though, Aaron, let's take a quick break and we will be right back. Have you ever found yourself55500:25:13,680 --> 00:25:18,640confused about the current state of the MCU or whatever the hell is happening with the DC universe?55600:25:19,920 --> 00:25:23,360Do you often have no idea what the hell the difference is between craft beer and that55700:25:23,360 --> 00:25:31,280but I stuff at the gas station? Well, then look no further. 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What not buy sell go live.57600:27:16,640 --> 00:27:21,440For episode 116 of the oblivion bar podcast, we're talking about the Mandalorian season three.57700:27:21,440 --> 00:27:29,200People are scattered like stars in the galaxy. What are we? What do we stand for?57800:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,200Being a Mandalorian is not just learning about how to fight.57900:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,880You also have to know how to navigate the galaxy.58000:27:44,880 --> 00:27:50,160That way you'll never be lost.58100:27:50,160 --> 00:28:05,440I'm going to Mandalore so that I may be forgiven for my transgressions.58200:28:05,440 --> 00:28:09,440May the force be with you!58300:28:09,440 --> 00:28:11,440This is the way.58400:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,440There's something dangerous about this.58500:28:13,440 --> 00:28:20,720And by the time it becomes big enough for you to act, it'll be too late.58600:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,720Hang on, kid.58700:28:26,720 --> 00:28:28,720This is the way.58800:28:56,720 --> 00:29:00,720This is the way.58900:29:00,720 --> 00:29:04,640Alrighty, Aaron, here we are talking about the Mandalorian season three.59000:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,760And I just want to add a little something here. Spoilers ahead.59100:29:08,880 --> 00:29:12,800Because we're going to go full on talking about the entire series.59200:29:12,800 --> 00:29:13,840Season or series?59300:29:14,480 --> 00:29:19,920Well, it's the series is the Mandalorian. The season is season three. Did I say series?59400:29:19,920 --> 00:29:21,760We're going to talk about the entire series.59500:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,840Let's not talk about the entire series because that's a lot.59600:29:23,840 --> 00:29:26,720Let's talk about the season. Let's just talk about specifically season three here.59700:29:26,720 --> 00:29:31,840And my question for you is that thoughts like I said at the beginning of the episode,59800:29:31,840 --> 00:29:33,200this is kind of polarizing.59900:29:33,200 --> 00:29:37,840There are hardcore Star Wars fans that are very much on the fence with this brand new season,60000:29:37,840 --> 00:29:38,880the Mandalorian.60100:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,960What were your thoughts on the season?60200:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,400I really enjoyed it. I thought it was great.60300:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,000I won't say that I loved it.60400:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,960It definitely wasn't as good as like season one.60500:29:48,960 --> 00:29:54,480I don't think I don't think anything even future Mandalorian seasons will ever live up to season60600:29:54,480 --> 00:29:58,560one, but it was it was great. I really, really enjoyed it.60700:29:58,560 --> 00:30:03,040Yeah, I think I'm in a similar boat, maybe slightly less enthusiastic about it.60800:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,440Like I agree. Season one is perfection.60900:30:05,440 --> 00:30:09,040It's breathe a new life into me in terms of being a Star Wars fan.61000:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,240Like think about the time frame that that first season of the Mandalorian came out.61100:30:12,240 --> 00:30:16,080It was right around the time where the last Jedi and the rise of Skywalker was coming out.61200:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,360The franchise was at an all time low in terms of morality.61300:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,720The fans were at each other's throats constantly on social media or otherwise,61400:30:22,720 --> 00:30:24,640or at least, you know, that's that was the interpretation.61500:30:24,640 --> 00:30:28,800Of course, social media is not a great gauge for where one was game changing.61600:30:28,800 --> 00:30:32,160And we all know that now, because without season one,61700:30:32,160 --> 00:30:38,160we would not have the insane amount of Star Wars content that we are preparing for.61800:30:38,160 --> 00:30:42,800It's so crazy how impactful season one was.61900:30:42,800 --> 00:30:48,320And maybe that's why it's so polarizing when it comes to follow up seasons,62000:30:48,880 --> 00:30:50,640because you just will never have that.62100:30:51,200 --> 00:30:55,280It's like the first time you eat like your favorite type of ice cream.62200:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,920You know, you're never going to be able to experience that for the first time again62300:30:59,920 --> 00:31:03,440and be in that same awe. But that's the way it is.62400:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,640I mean, and season three was in my opinion, it was really good.62500:31:06,640 --> 00:31:07,840So yeah, I think that's well put.62600:31:08,640 --> 00:31:12,160You always say when you introduce something to someone, you're like, oh, man,62700:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,400I wish I could go back and just do what you're doing.62800:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,280Like Aaron, for you with invincible, man, I really wish I could go back62900:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,040and just read invincible for the first time.63000:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,760Or when you went when you watch Game of Thrones, it's like, man, I envy you63100:31:21,760 --> 00:31:23,040because you're seeing this for the first time.63200:31:23,040 --> 00:31:27,760You're experiencing a lot of the great the greatness of that.63300:31:27,760 --> 00:31:29,360There's a little bit of incest and invincible, too.63400:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,560I know we didn't really talk about that, but there is one particular arc63500:31:32,560 --> 00:31:35,520that's very incestual and we will talk about it right now because63600:31:35,520 --> 00:31:36,640from the Mandalorian season three.63700:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,920But I think that will definitely get I told you we're not talking about right now, Aaron.63800:31:39,920 --> 00:31:41,200We'll talk about it on the grid.63900:31:41,200 --> 00:31:44,640But you want to hear about our incestual thoughts on invincible.64000:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,000We'll get there eventually at some point.64100:31:46,000 --> 00:31:50,160But Mandalorian season three, kind of diving into my thoughts a little bit more is that again,64200:31:50,160 --> 00:31:50,640I agree with you.64300:31:50,640 --> 00:31:51,600The first season is incredible.64400:31:51,600 --> 00:31:52,960Season two is really good.64500:31:52,960 --> 00:31:58,080Season three, while I enjoyed, I wasn't excited each week.64600:31:58,080 --> 00:32:00,160Stop thinking about everyone can't see right now.64700:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,640Aaron's like looking to the sky, trying to figure out what I'm talking about.64800:32:02,640 --> 00:32:06,320We'll talk about it in the lock in lock in the man.64900:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,480I'm I'll stay on target.65000:32:08,480 --> 00:32:09,440Stay on target.65100:32:09,440 --> 00:32:10,800Locked lock in target.65200:32:10,800 --> 00:32:15,600The Mandalorian season three felt like to me a natural progression for the series,65300:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,680but it's not what I love about the series.65400:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,760The season one and we talked about this briefly and I know you want to talk about this65500:32:23,760 --> 00:32:29,840is the lone wolf and cub comparison of the Mandalorian and how it's kind of it's a space65600:32:29,840 --> 00:32:30,160western.65700:32:30,160 --> 00:32:31,040Let's be honest.65800:32:31,040 --> 00:32:31,760It's exactly that.65900:32:31,760 --> 00:32:32,560Absolutely.66000:32:32,560 --> 00:32:39,920And Mando is I feel like the cups this season brought it back to that more so than season two66100:32:39,920 --> 00:32:41,040did.66200:32:41,040 --> 00:32:43,840Well, yeah, because Grogu is like not really with Mando most of season.66300:32:43,840 --> 00:32:49,120Yeah, season two was such a kind of a step away from like I feel like, yeah, it was it66400:32:49,120 --> 00:32:52,960was a step away from what season one definitely was because they are again trying something66500:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,840new and then they realized, oh, we made a mistake for season two.66600:32:55,840 --> 00:33:00,000Let's bring back the adventures of Grogu and and Mando.66700:33:00,000 --> 00:33:04,640Yeah, you're in and and oh my God, I just had a flashback to season three and there's a66800:33:04,640 --> 00:33:08,640moment that made me like just seriously cry and it's amazing.66900:33:08,640 --> 00:33:12,080So again, I'm probably this is going to be one of those conversations where we're going67000:33:12,080 --> 00:33:16,480to talk about this season and it's going to make me realize how much better it was than67100:33:16,480 --> 00:33:17,520what I actually thought.67200:33:17,520 --> 00:33:18,800So I love that.67300:33:18,800 --> 00:33:20,080Let's get into it a little bit more.67400:33:20,080 --> 00:33:21,360Let's talk about the summary.67500:33:21,360 --> 00:33:25,280So the summary is set after the events of the Book of Boba Fett.67600:33:25,280 --> 00:33:29,680We pick back up with Din Djarin being reunited with his adopted son, Grogu.67700:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,720Meanwhile, I mean, spoilers.67800:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,440He's not he's not adopted yet.67900:33:37,440 --> 00:33:38,000Right.68000:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,520He's like spiritually adopted.68100:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,920Yes, literally adopted so much later.68200:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,320Guardian is Guardian, his Padawan.68300:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,160So yeah, his family is what he was.68400:33:46,160 --> 00:33:46,640His family.68500:33:46,640 --> 00:33:46,960Yeah.68600:33:46,960 --> 00:33:50,640Meanwhile, the New Republic struggles to lead the galaxy away from its dark history.68700:33:50,640 --> 00:33:56,400Din eventually reunites with fellow Mandalorian Bo Katan Kryze as they team up to reclaim ancient68800:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,280Mandalore and bring it back to its former glory.68900:33:59,280 --> 00:34:04,640So I kind of I know we normally just really like delve into how we feel about certain69000:34:04,640 --> 00:34:06,720things, but I really want to get through the show runners.69100:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,600I want to get through the cast and I just want to talk about the meat of this.69200:34:09,600 --> 00:34:10,320Yeah, let's go ahead.69300:34:10,320 --> 00:34:10,880Is that OK?69400:34:10,880 --> 00:34:11,840Is that OK with you?69500:34:11,840 --> 00:34:13,040Yeah, let's switch it up.69600:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,360OK, so the show runner, John Favreau.69700:34:16,480 --> 00:34:18,720Chris, I don't know if you want to talk about that.69800:34:18,720 --> 00:34:23,360Yeah, I mean, John Favreau has him and Dave Filoni have been the spearhead of this brand69900:34:23,360 --> 00:34:27,280new era of Star Wars, and it has been great since they've taken over.70000:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,280Star Wars is in good hands, people.70100:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,840We've got people who really care about source material.70200:34:31,840 --> 00:34:32,320Exactly.70300:34:32,320 --> 00:34:34,720Yeah, like we need this for every franchise.70400:34:34,720 --> 00:34:40,800And, you know, Aaron and I, we are like many a we are at the heel of franchises,70500:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,520Disney specifically, like they have our money.70600:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,240And if that's going to happen, if we're going to be on me, Disney.70700:34:47,120 --> 00:34:51,680Yeah, it's we're like we are just always going to be paying attention to what's going on,70800:34:51,680 --> 00:34:52,960whether we like it or not.70900:34:52,960 --> 00:34:57,520And it's nice to know that Star Wars is in good hands with John Favreau and kind of along71000:34:57,520 --> 00:35:01,600that same token, Favreau actually wrote all eight episodes of season three.71100:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,360He worked with Noah Clore on episode three.71200:35:03,360 --> 00:35:06,240And of course, you were Dave Filoni on the fourth and seventh episode.71300:35:06,240 --> 00:35:07,520So that's good news.71400:35:07,520 --> 00:35:14,160The finale, which we'll get into here in just a bit, I think is from it feels very Filoni71500:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,640Favreau, the F squared, if you will.71600:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,520Like it's very much their brand of Star Wars.71700:35:20,240 --> 00:35:21,920Season three had six different directors.71800:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,040I love this, though.71900:35:23,600 --> 00:35:24,320What's that?72000:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,440That some of the directors that we had for season three.72100:35:27,440 --> 00:35:27,760The fact.72200:35:27,760 --> 00:35:28,560Yeah, yeah, good.72300:35:28,560 --> 00:35:29,120No, no, go ahead.72400:35:29,120 --> 00:35:32,880You were I was going to say the fact that Carl Weathers himself actually directed one72500:35:32,880 --> 00:35:38,640of these. So you had Rick Famiua, Rachel Morrison, Lee Isaac Chung, Carl Weathers,72600:35:38,640 --> 00:35:44,160Peter Ramsey and Bryce Dallas Howard for having this many directors for a single season.72700:35:44,720 --> 00:35:46,400It really worked well together.72800:35:46,400 --> 00:35:50,080And I think they all must have like sat in a room and was like, OK, what's your thoughts?72900:35:50,080 --> 00:35:50,880What's your thoughts?73000:35:50,880 --> 00:35:51,920What are your thoughts?73100:35:51,920 --> 00:35:53,200I think I have a job.73200:35:53,200 --> 00:35:53,920Yeah, exactly.73300:35:54,720 --> 00:35:59,200The consistency of each episode felt very much like, of course, you're going to have your73400:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,840takes and things like you're directing.73500:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,040I don't know what I'm trying to say here.73600:36:03,040 --> 00:36:05,840Like they will include their own brands into these episodes.73700:36:05,840 --> 00:36:07,840But for the most part, yeah, of course.73800:36:07,840 --> 00:36:08,400Yeah.73900:36:08,400 --> 00:36:14,240And but it felt very much like a cohesive story, like there wasn't any like lapse in tone or74000:36:14,240 --> 00:36:14,960anything like that.74100:36:14,960 --> 00:36:16,480It all felt very Mandalorian.74200:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,880So Aaron, why don't you go and get into the cast here, too?74300:36:18,880 --> 00:36:19,200All right.74400:36:19,200 --> 00:36:20,320Let's zoom through the cast.74500:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,320Let's let's speed her bike through the cast.74600:36:22,320 --> 00:36:23,280OK, that's right.74700:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,600Pedro Pascal is Dinger in the Mandalorian.74800:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,760Katie Sack off as Bo Katan Krees.74900:36:27,760 --> 00:36:29,760Carl Weathers is Grief Karga.75000:36:29,760 --> 00:36:31,760Emily Swallow as the Armorer.75100:36:31,760 --> 00:36:33,760Giancarlo Esposito as Moff Gideon.75200:36:33,760 --> 00:36:35,760Omid Apti is Penn Pershing.75300:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,760Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Carson Teva.75400:36:39,760 --> 00:36:43,760Simon Cassianides as Axe Wolves.75500:36:43,760 --> 00:36:45,760Mercedes Varnado as Casca Reeves.75600:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,760Tate Fletcher as Paz Vizsla.75700:36:47,760 --> 00:36:49,760Jack Black as Captain Bombardier.75800:36:49,760 --> 00:36:51,760Lizzo as the Duchess of Plyzar XV.75900:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,760Christopher Lloyd as Commissioner Helgate.76000:36:53,760 --> 00:37:05,760So Omid Best, who played Jar Jar Binks in the prequel trilogy, he got some very and you've I'm sure people have seen this on social media, much needed redemption during Chapter 20, the Foundling.76100:37:05,760 --> 00:37:13,760Best plays the Jedi Master, Kellaren Beck, basically single handedly saving Grogu from Order 66.76200:37:13,760 --> 00:37:17,760So we see Grogu in his little egg flight flying through.76300:37:17,760 --> 00:37:19,760Yeah, I was going to say like a pod or something.76400:37:19,760 --> 00:37:23,760Yeah, his little flying egg, OK.76500:37:23,760 --> 00:37:31,760And basically he's being guarded by three Jedi who are this is happening in the temple right after Order 66 has been announced.76600:37:31,760 --> 00:37:37,760And all three of them die to get Grogu into an elevator.76700:37:37,760 --> 00:37:43,760And once it comes up, there's this this very high anticipation moment where the door opens and it's back.76800:37:43,760 --> 00:37:45,760It's Kellaren Beck.76900:37:45,760 --> 00:37:49,760And again, many people already knew that he was Jar Jar Binks.77000:37:49,760 --> 00:37:54,760And obviously, Jar Jar Binks really, really received a ton of hate for just his character in general.77100:37:54,760 --> 00:38:05,760So I thought it was amazing to have this one guy just be able to take and get Grogu to safety and really just give him give him his moment.77200:38:05,760 --> 00:38:07,760And it felt so good.77300:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,760Everything's going to be all right, kid.77400:38:09,760 --> 00:38:16,760ёт77500:38:39,760 --> 00:38:55,040Take this difference, fueled and ready to go!77600:38:55,040 --> 00:39:00,040Come on!77700:39:00,040 --> 00:39:13,400Such a crucial moment in Star Wars, right?77800:39:13,400 --> 00:39:16,600That is a giant moment to save Grogu.77900:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,760Grogu is all of our baby right now.78000:39:18,760 --> 00:39:19,760He's our foundling.78100:39:19,760 --> 00:39:24,640He told America, the world's foundling.78200:39:24,640 --> 00:39:30,720And Favreau and company, they rewrote Ahmed Best's contribution to Star Wars.78300:39:30,720 --> 00:39:33,880Again, Best did not deserve any hate that he got from Jar Jar Binks.78400:39:33,880 --> 00:39:39,640If nothing else, Jar Jar Binks, the character is hated not for how he was acted or anything78500:39:39,640 --> 00:39:40,640like that.78600:39:40,640 --> 00:39:42,440That's on George Lucas and the way he wrote the character.78700:39:42,440 --> 00:39:48,240Ahmed Best did a great job in terms of like voice acting and also character acting, you78800:39:48,240 --> 00:39:51,680know, like emotion capturing the character of Jar Jar Binks.78900:39:51,680 --> 00:39:52,680And he just did what he was told.79000:39:52,680 --> 00:39:53,840And he got a ton of hate.79100:39:53,840 --> 00:39:58,000Like there should be a documentary about Ahmed Best and his journey through Star Wars.79200:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,000Yeah, exactly.79300:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,000Yeah.79400:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,040But this definitely rewrites that and it makes it much.79500:40:02,040 --> 00:40:03,720I mean, he was incredible in that scene.79600:40:03,720 --> 00:40:06,240It's one of the coolest moments of season three.79700:40:06,240 --> 00:40:10,880Steve Bloom, he reprised his role as the Rebels character Zeb Aurelius.79800:40:10,880 --> 00:40:15,280The last rebel was the pilot of the starship, the ghost in the animated Star Wars.79900:40:15,280 --> 00:40:18,200Excuse me, the animated series Star Wars Rebels.80000:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,480Steve Bloom, I kind of want to talk about him very briefly.80100:40:20,480 --> 00:40:22,600I mean, of course, everyone knows Steve Bloom.80200:40:22,600 --> 00:40:25,440He's one of the most decorated voice actors of all time.80300:40:25,440 --> 00:40:27,720He was in Cowboy Bebop.80400:40:27,720 --> 00:40:30,720He was the voice of Tom and Toonami.80500:40:30,720 --> 00:40:34,120To list his credits, we would be this would take an entire episode.80600:40:34,120 --> 00:40:37,480And you know, a little peek behind the curtain is that Aaron and I, we were giant fans of80700:40:37,480 --> 00:40:42,120Steve Bloom and it was really cool to see on the show.80800:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,180Answer our emails, Steve.80900:40:44,180 --> 00:40:46,040If you're listening right now, we know you are.81000:40:46,040 --> 00:40:47,040Come on the show.81100:40:47,040 --> 00:40:48,040We've sent you many emails.81200:40:48,040 --> 00:40:49,040Please.81300:40:49,040 --> 00:40:50,480We want to talk to you.81400:40:50,480 --> 00:40:55,000And it was cool to see him back as Zeb, like obviously Zeb is a giant fan favorite character81500:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,200over on Star Wars Rebels.81600:40:56,200 --> 00:40:57,240Aaron and I are very notoriously.81700:40:57,240 --> 00:41:01,600We have not seen Rebels definitely want to at some point, but even without seeing the81800:41:01,600 --> 00:41:06,880series, you know, the pervasiveness of that character just through Star Wars fandom, we81900:41:06,880 --> 00:41:07,880know who he is.82000:41:07,880 --> 00:41:12,040And we knew immediately when he showed up on screen, it was like, oh, that was a fun.82100:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,540Those were fun moments in that Cantina.82200:41:14,540 --> 00:41:17,200Those were such fun moments to have.82300:41:17,200 --> 00:41:22,640Like I never expected from the first time we see, you know, the Rebel Cantina, right?82400:41:22,640 --> 00:41:23,640Sorry.82500:41:23,640 --> 00:41:24,640The New Republic Cantina.82600:41:24,640 --> 00:41:26,760I wouldn't even say that was a Republic Cantina.82700:41:26,760 --> 00:41:31,920It was just, it was a random Cantina in the outer rim where a lot of New Republic pilots82800:41:31,920 --> 00:41:32,920were hanging out.82900:41:32,920 --> 00:41:39,240You know, it was like that bar in Top Gun, you know, just where the pilots go.83000:41:39,240 --> 00:41:41,200And then like, I don't know.83100:41:41,200 --> 00:41:43,320I loved those scenes.83200:41:43,320 --> 00:41:48,280And the more we talk about this season, the more I'm realizing how much I actually enjoyed83300:41:48,280 --> 00:41:49,280so much of it.83400:41:49,280 --> 00:41:53,680Well, and I think this is a perfect, this is a perfect example of a great easter egg.83500:41:53,680 --> 00:41:58,640Like they do it later in the series as well during the episode with with a pen Pershing,83600:41:58,640 --> 00:42:02,000you know, that whole episode where they're talking about his like, you know, he creates83700:42:02,000 --> 00:42:03,000the clone episode.83800:42:03,000 --> 00:42:04,000Oh, absolutely.83900:42:04,000 --> 00:42:05,000Yeah.84000:42:05,000 --> 00:42:09,120He creates the clone and then under the leadership of Moff Gideon, eventually is beaten by Dinger84100:42:09,120 --> 00:42:10,560and company.84200:42:10,560 --> 00:42:15,640He is trying to redeem himself by being in this like New Republic redemption program.84300:42:15,640 --> 00:42:17,960You know, we've got Pershing on the on the table.84400:42:17,960 --> 00:42:21,520He's about to basically get a lobotomy and you've got the Mon Calamari doctor who's like,84500:42:21,520 --> 00:42:22,520no, no, no, you're good.84600:42:22,520 --> 00:42:24,120You're just getting a quick fix up.84700:42:24,120 --> 00:42:28,480And they have that scene where someone says behind behind the screen, it's a trap.84800:42:28,480 --> 00:42:29,480Take a massive action.84900:42:29,480 --> 00:42:32,480Green group, step across the whole detector from each other.85000:42:32,480 --> 00:42:37,480Admiral, we have any new ships in sector 47.85100:42:37,480 --> 00:42:38,480It's a trap.85200:42:38,480 --> 00:42:43,800And they just kind of pause for a second.85300:42:43,800 --> 00:42:44,800That is a great Easter egg.85400:42:44,800 --> 00:42:49,400And of course, you know, seeing Zeb there at the bar for a quick moment is also just85500:42:49,400 --> 00:42:50,400another good example.85600:42:50,400 --> 00:42:51,720I think they did a great job with that.85700:42:51,720 --> 00:42:52,720Yeah.85800:42:52,720 --> 00:42:53,920So let's let's talk about that episode real quick.85900:42:53,920 --> 00:42:58,000So episode three or or or chapter 19, the convert.86000:42:58,000 --> 00:43:04,240OK, so we see Pershing and we see, you know, it was cool to see course on again.86100:43:04,240 --> 00:43:05,240Yeah, yeah.86200:43:05,240 --> 00:43:08,160That's the opening scene from I think was an attack of the clones.86300:43:08,160 --> 00:43:09,160Yeah.86400:43:09,160 --> 00:43:10,560Which we see another we see it again.86500:43:10,560 --> 00:43:13,880We see that same place where he goes and touches the top of the mountain.86600:43:13,880 --> 00:43:20,440You see that same area in the I want the episode where they say, you know, the same one we86700:43:20,440 --> 00:43:22,320were just talking about with back.86800:43:22,320 --> 00:43:25,920But anyways, that's one of the reasons I loved this season.86900:43:25,920 --> 00:43:32,040And it's because they took that that one episode felt much like its own little like, you know,87000:43:32,040 --> 00:43:34,760obviously, sub story that kind of like filled in the whole thing.87100:43:34,760 --> 00:43:39,360Like you read a book and you have like a chapter that kind of is a standalone chapter, you87200:43:39,360 --> 00:43:42,880know, but it feeds into the overall beast of what the story is.87300:43:42,880 --> 00:43:50,160And I love that one with the convert because you see this guy who really looks like he87400:43:50,160 --> 00:43:54,440has not, you know, raised in the empire, learned everything was taught by the empire, was trying87500:43:54,440 --> 00:43:58,800to do something that he thought was good, wanted to just do his science, wanted to do87600:43:58,800 --> 00:44:02,440his just wanted to do his his job.87700:44:02,440 --> 00:44:04,920And there's been there's always been this discussion where like people are saying like87800:44:04,920 --> 00:44:08,280the empire was right, you know, or Vader was was right.87900:44:08,280 --> 00:44:13,040You know, you have these tyrants who only do it.88000:44:13,040 --> 00:44:14,040Brainwash.88100:44:14,040 --> 00:44:15,040Yeah.88200:44:15,040 --> 00:44:19,960Like Dr. Doom only does it because he knows in his heart of hearts that it may be not88300:44:19,960 --> 00:44:24,680the right way, but it's definitely not the wrong way because the ends justify the means.88400:44:24,680 --> 00:44:27,680Yeah, they're not thinking about the process or thinking about where they need to get to88500:44:27,680 --> 00:44:29,760exactly to do to make a bigger impact.88600:44:29,760 --> 00:44:34,480So that's Pershing is just like that he he doesn't necessarily believe in the empire88700:44:34,480 --> 00:44:39,480and what they stood for, but he believes in the progress and the betterment of all of,88800:44:39,480 --> 00:44:40,720you know, the galaxy.88900:44:40,720 --> 00:44:45,440And so to have that guy go through that and you can see those moments where he's like,89000:44:45,440 --> 00:44:48,040oh, I can just be here and have friends.89100:44:48,040 --> 00:44:52,720But it's not about just having friends like I can't pretend to go to a job.89200:44:52,720 --> 00:44:54,080I can't pretend to go to a nine to five.89300:44:54,080 --> 00:44:56,480I can't pretend to sit and have drinks.89400:44:56,480 --> 00:45:02,920But also the empire is still there in the shadows, like pushing the little buttons.89500:45:02,920 --> 00:45:04,920And it's the small little maneuvers.89600:45:04,920 --> 00:45:09,480It's a small little toggles within society that they're just playing with that will lead89700:45:09,480 --> 00:45:15,040to an overall boff Gideon re you know, re integration into society.89800:45:15,040 --> 00:45:20,120And it's like I thought that that was a perfect execution of such a small idea that could89900:45:20,120 --> 00:45:22,160turn into something so big.90000:45:22,160 --> 00:45:27,280And the fact that they're willing to do so.90100:45:27,280 --> 00:45:34,280Here's where I'm confused because Dr. Pershing had not perfected his research, but the woman90200:45:34,280 --> 00:45:37,520that was working for Moff Gideon came came.90300:45:37,520 --> 00:45:40,760Yeah, just completely erased it.90400:45:40,760 --> 00:45:41,920Yeah.90500:45:41,920 --> 00:45:42,920Like what was the point?90600:45:42,920 --> 00:45:47,240Also, Moff Gideon uses that technology later in the season during the finale, where you90700:45:47,240 --> 00:45:50,760see all of those four sensitive versions of Moff Gideon.90800:45:50,760 --> 00:45:51,760Were they?90900:45:51,760 --> 00:45:52,760Yeah.91000:45:52,760 --> 00:45:54,320He said he almost got there.91100:45:54,320 --> 00:45:55,880He didn't say that he had perfected it.91200:45:55,880 --> 00:45:59,800I was under the interpretation that he had gotten it and that they just weren't perfect.91300:45:59,800 --> 00:46:03,040Or maybe he hadn't gotten it, but he was extremely close.91400:46:03,040 --> 00:46:06,760And Dingeran and Grogu obviously ruined all that because they killed all of those versions91500:46:06,760 --> 00:46:07,880of Moff Gideon.91600:46:07,880 --> 00:46:11,880So that's what I was worried about was because to me, I wasn't sure if they actually again,91700:46:11,880 --> 00:46:12,880we didn't see any bodies.91800:46:12,880 --> 00:46:13,880Yeah, exactly.91900:46:13,880 --> 00:46:16,260Yeah, we just saw an explosion.92000:46:16,260 --> 00:46:19,520And then kind of briefly before we continue on, I want to talk about the music.92100:46:19,520 --> 00:46:24,440Of course, it's Star Wars music is such a giant part of the franchise.92200:46:24,440 --> 00:46:29,680And Ludwig Gorson's first two seasons of The Mandalorian were perfection.92300:46:29,680 --> 00:46:35,800The Mandalorian theme is, in my opinion, and this is Zero Hyper Bowl, a top three Star92400:46:35,800 --> 00:46:37,520Wars tune of all time.92500:46:37,520 --> 00:46:39,320Like, it is one of the great.92600:46:39,320 --> 00:46:40,320It's like Star Wars.92700:46:40,320 --> 00:46:41,320It's iconic.92800:46:41,320 --> 00:46:42,320Star Wars theme.92900:46:42,320 --> 00:46:46,000You know, you've got Darth Vader's theme, which I'm why am I spacing the actual name93000:46:46,000 --> 00:46:47,200of the Imperial was the March.93100:46:47,200 --> 00:46:48,200Imperial March.93200:46:48,200 --> 00:46:49,200Thank you.93300:46:49,200 --> 00:46:51,440And then the Mandalorian theme like that's my top three.93400:46:51,440 --> 00:46:54,400There are many, many other great versions.93500:46:54,400 --> 00:46:59,560Get that Mandalorian whistle in there anytime you can.93600:46:59,560 --> 00:47:03,640But in season three here, we actually had Joseph Shirley come in and compose this season.93700:47:03,640 --> 00:47:05,880My thoughts were pretty much sounded the same.93800:47:05,880 --> 00:47:06,880Not much of a difference.93900:47:06,880 --> 00:47:09,680I thought there was a lot of Mandalorian whistles.94000:47:09,680 --> 00:47:14,540It was almost used as like, you know, you're watching like a sitcom on ABC or Fox.94100:47:14,540 --> 00:47:16,120And it was like it's like a laugh track.94200:47:16,120 --> 00:47:19,440The person will say a thing and then you'll hear a laugh track afterwards.94300:47:19,440 --> 00:47:26,600It was almost the this was used as like a defining like, oh, this is a big part.94400:47:26,600 --> 00:47:29,560This is something big is either about to happen or something big just happened.94500:47:29,560 --> 00:47:34,600We call it the foot stomp in like military education courses.94600:47:34,600 --> 00:47:37,880Like your instructor will be like, OK, when I you know, this is a foot stomp, something94700:47:37,880 --> 00:47:38,880you should remember.94800:47:38,880 --> 00:47:40,600Maybe write down, take a note.94900:47:40,600 --> 00:47:41,600Yeah.95000:47:41,600 --> 00:47:44,280So but yeah, again, I thought it was great.95100:47:44,280 --> 00:47:46,600Pretty much was almost exactly like Gorson.95200:47:46,600 --> 00:47:50,680So Aaron, there was a little subsection of this that I really wanted to talk about.95300:47:50,680 --> 00:47:54,200We need to dive into this because it's a big part of the series.95400:47:54,200 --> 00:47:55,720That's the legend of the mythasaur.95500:47:55,720 --> 00:47:58,360So big part of the beginning of the series.95600:47:58,360 --> 00:48:03,480And then, of course, the reuniting of the many different sects of Mandalorians come95700:48:03,480 --> 00:48:09,480together basically on the idea and the promise that Bo Katan saw a mythasaur.95800:48:09,480 --> 00:48:11,760So the mythasaur is I'm going to go through all this.95900:48:11,760 --> 00:48:13,720And this is kind of like a setup for what we get to.96000:48:13,720 --> 00:48:18,040So the mythasaur's were native to a planet in the outer rim, uninhabitable by any sentient96100:48:18,040 --> 00:48:22,760species and thus their great size afforded them domination over other creatures who made96200:48:22,760 --> 00:48:24,080the world their home.96300:48:24,080 --> 00:48:28,640Many mythasaur's roamed the planet's surface unopposed until the day of Tongue, who arrived96400:48:28,640 --> 00:48:34,160on the world around seven thousand BBY, which is in Star Wars, Lingo or seven thousand years96500:48:34,160 --> 00:48:38,240before the Battle of Yavin, which is the battle in Star Wars and New Hope.96600:48:38,240 --> 00:48:41,600So immigrating from the planet of Rune and led by the warrior known as Mandalore the96700:48:41,600 --> 00:48:46,600First, Tongue sought to colonize the mythasaur's world as their own.96800:48:46,600 --> 00:48:50,720Mandalore the First led the campaign against the giant mythasaur's, his warriors slaughtering96900:48:50,720 --> 00:48:54,800the native beasts using swords and axe as a test of their skills until they finally97000:48:54,800 --> 00:48:56,880drove the creatures into extinction.97100:48:56,880 --> 00:49:02,520Tongue then assumed the name the Mandalorians or Mandaride in the Mandalorian language of97200:49:02,520 --> 00:49:07,400Mendoa, children of the Mandalorian, and renamed the conquered Ward Mandalore in honor of their97300:49:07,400 --> 00:49:08,400leader.97400:49:08,400 --> 00:49:13,360The mythasaur skull was taken as a sigil of the ancient Mandalorian Kaldal clan, renowned97500:49:13,360 --> 00:49:15,040for its combat and strength.97600:49:15,040 --> 00:49:18,800In the meantime, the mythasaur skull became a common symbol in Mandalorian society used97700:49:18,800 --> 00:49:22,000to decorate Mandalorian armor, equipment, and banners.97800:49:22,000 --> 00:49:27,080So all that to be said, in Chapter 18, The Minds of Mandalore, this offered some insight97900:49:27,080 --> 00:49:30,320about the fall of Mandalore and the mythasaur itself.98000:49:30,320 --> 00:49:35,140Again kind of throughout Star Wars history basically just being the symbol of the Mandalorians.98100:49:35,140 --> 00:49:39,960The idea of the mythasaur wasn't really known until this newest season of the Mandalorian.98200:49:39,960 --> 00:49:44,480Bo-Katan tells a different story here saying that Mandalore the First didn't actually kill98300:49:44,480 --> 00:49:47,800these creatures but instead tamed them and kept them in the living waters of the Mind98400:49:47,800 --> 00:49:49,020of Mandalore.98500:49:49,020 --> 00:49:52,480We also learn in the final moments of the Minds of Mandalore that at least one of these98600:49:52,480 --> 00:49:55,280creatures has survived and somehow remained hidden.98700:49:55,280 --> 00:50:01,000Now Bo-Katan is the first and only Mandalorian in centuries to lay eyes on a living mythasaur.98800:50:01,000 --> 00:50:06,640This is a big deal for the children of, I'm forgetting the name of the armorer and her98900:50:06,640 --> 00:50:08,680clan who are basically like purists.99000:50:08,680 --> 00:50:14,160They are extremists within the legend and the religion of Mandalore and Mandalorians.99100:50:14,160 --> 00:50:19,460They're like, whoa, you should lead our people because you've seen this creature.99200:50:19,460 --> 00:50:25,600Everything that we base our culture off of, you've seen one or at least we think you have.99300:50:25,600 --> 00:50:30,280So they essentially don Bo-Katan as their new leader because of this.99400:50:30,280 --> 00:50:31,280Big deal.99500:50:31,280 --> 00:50:33,440Big deal in the Star Wars universe that we finally see a mythasaur.99600:50:33,440 --> 00:50:41,160The other thing was like Mandalorian, Dingeran giving up the dark blade to her for, did I99700:50:41,160 --> 00:50:42,880agree with that situation?99800:50:42,880 --> 00:50:50,100Not necessarily, but did they see the fact that she did take it away from somebody who99900:50:50,100 --> 00:50:51,100had bested Dingeran?100000:50:51,100 --> 00:50:53,840Yeah, I mean it makes sense kind of, right?100100:50:53,840 --> 00:50:59,040That thing takes Mando under his, it's like about to start testing on him and Bo-Katan100200:50:59,040 --> 00:51:02,160meets that dark saber and defeats him with it and then becomes the owner of the dark100300:51:02,160 --> 00:51:03,160saber.100400:51:03,160 --> 00:51:06,060So, Aaron, why don't you talk about the finale here and then that'll kind of almost round100500:51:06,060 --> 00:51:07,060out our review.100600:51:07,060 --> 00:51:11,080I'd like to talk about one more thing that was kind of polarizing during the series and100700:51:11,080 --> 00:51:16,000that was my favorite one, which my favorite episode, which was episode six or chapter100800:51:16,000 --> 00:51:17,60022, guns for hire.100900:51:17,600 --> 00:51:18,600Yeah.101000:51:18,600 --> 00:51:22,160And I'm talking about this because I don't know, there seemed to be some hate for the101100:51:22,160 --> 00:51:27,480fact that Lizzo and Jack Black were in this episode, but to be honest, this was one of101200:51:27,480 --> 00:51:34,400the most fun and entertaining episodes, not because of those two, of this season, simply101300:51:34,400 --> 00:51:40,920because it was very much what I wanted in an episodic Western-101400:51:40,920 --> 00:51:42,160Like adventure of the week.101500:51:42,160 --> 00:51:44,080Yeah, adventure of the week type thing.101600:51:44,080 --> 00:51:45,080Like-101700:51:45,080 --> 00:51:46,520I felt like season one more than any other episode.101800:51:46,520 --> 00:51:51,520Yeah, it was like the two cops paired together who didn't want to be, like who didn't really101900:51:51,520 --> 00:51:53,560like you're good cop, I'm bad cop.102000:51:53,560 --> 00:51:57,040Oh, we've got our own different methods of how we do this, but they work together and102100:51:57,040 --> 00:52:03,560it was, you know, it was Bo-Katan and Dingerin solving this crime of, and also just come102200:52:03,560 --> 00:52:06,480on like an amazing like cast.102300:52:06,480 --> 00:52:07,480Yeah.102400:52:07,480 --> 00:52:08,480Christopher Lloyd is in this episode.102500:52:08,480 --> 00:52:10,560Christopher Lloyd, you know, Doc Brown himself.102600:52:10,560 --> 00:52:13,440I wanted to put that out there real quick before I talk about the finale, because that102700:52:13,440 --> 00:52:17,200honestly was my favorite episode because of what we're talking about, the adventure of102800:52:17,200 --> 00:52:22,720the week style, where it was a very self-contained episode that had connections at both the beginning102900:52:22,720 --> 00:52:30,800and the end to the overall season, but that just- and it didn't necessarily focus at all103000:52:30,800 --> 00:52:32,320really on Grogu.103100:52:32,320 --> 00:52:36,720Yeah, Grogu was just kind of along for the- or no, actually isn't Grogu like off somewhere103200:52:36,720 --> 00:52:37,720else?103300:52:37,720 --> 00:52:38,720He's hanging out with the princess.103400:52:38,720 --> 00:52:39,720Oh, that's right.103500:52:39,720 --> 00:52:40,720Yeah, he's with Lizzo.103600:52:40,720 --> 00:52:41,720With Lizzo.103700:52:41,720 --> 00:52:45,920And so I just, again, I just, I wanted to point that out because I loved that episode103800:52:45,920 --> 00:52:47,840and I thought it was so much fun.103900:52:47,840 --> 00:52:54,160And so yeah, getting into the finale, which just damn.104000:52:54,160 --> 00:52:55,160It's awesome.104100:52:55,160 --> 00:52:57,680What a fucking finale, man.104200:52:57,680 --> 00:53:01,680I'm sorry, I had to step back from the mic because I felt myself getting- Chris tells104300:53:01,680 --> 00:53:04,920me when I get excited to possibly like back up a little bit if you're going to get too104400:53:04,920 --> 00:53:05,920excited.104500:53:05,920 --> 00:53:06,920If you're going to get too excited, you made it into the week.104600:53:06,920 --> 00:53:12,120I preemptively got really excited because this finale was phenomenal finale.104700:53:12,120 --> 00:53:13,240Okay?104800:53:13,240 --> 00:53:17,480So after Din Duran is captured by Gideon and his Praetorian guards, which we see-104900:53:17,480 --> 00:53:19,120We see some Praetorian guards.105000:53:19,120 --> 00:53:20,120That's awesome.105100:53:20,120 --> 00:53:21,120We see Praetorian.105200:53:21,120 --> 00:53:23,640So here's the mind blowing things about this episode, man.105300:53:23,640 --> 00:53:26,720The Praetorian guards that we see that are just kicking ass.105400:53:26,720 --> 00:53:34,640Oh, also the loss of that one of the, I'm going to call him the tank DeLorean.105500:53:34,640 --> 00:53:35,880That dude was a badass.105600:53:35,880 --> 00:53:36,880I loved him.105700:53:36,880 --> 00:53:38,800Him and his fucking mini gun.105800:53:38,800 --> 00:53:40,320Yeah, he had a Gatling gun on his back.105900:53:40,320 --> 00:53:41,320The Gatling gun.106000:53:41,320 --> 00:53:42,320That guy was my favorite.106100:53:42,320 --> 00:53:43,320I want to be him.106200:53:43,320 --> 00:53:47,400Well, I want to say really quickly, the Praetorian guards, are they really that badass?106300:53:47,400 --> 00:53:52,160Because the only two times you've ever seen them, they get their ass beat by, well, they106400:53:52,160 --> 00:53:59,440eventually get beat by Bo-Katan and Din Duran, but also in The Last Jedi, Kylo and Rey beat106500:53:59,440 --> 00:54:00,440the shit out.106600:54:00,440 --> 00:54:01,440It's like coolest scene in the movie.106700:54:01,440 --> 00:54:04,800One of the best scenes in the Star Wars universe.106800:54:04,800 --> 00:54:10,880After the Phantom Menace, this is one of the best fight scenes that's ever been created.106900:54:10,880 --> 00:54:14,400People have the audacity to say The Last Jedi isn't good.107000:54:14,400 --> 00:54:18,360Anyway, that's another conversation.107100:54:18,360 --> 00:54:21,640So after Dintrid is captured by Gideon and his Praetorian guards, Bo-Katan and their107200:54:21,640 --> 00:54:26,000reconnaissance squad retreat from Moff Gideon's base with assistance from Grogu.107300:54:26,000 --> 00:54:28,680We're not even talking about the coolest part, my man.107400:54:28,680 --> 00:54:33,640The fact that we have stormtroopers in Beskar armor.107500:54:33,640 --> 00:54:35,560Like that shit was awesome.107600:54:35,560 --> 00:54:36,560That was awesome.107700:54:36,560 --> 00:54:41,080And we have a sector of the Mandalorian, all of the other Mandalorians have to go up, grab107800:54:41,080 --> 00:54:45,840their ship and basically just ram into Moff Gideon's ship.107900:54:45,840 --> 00:54:50,520With assistance from Grogu, Din Duran eventually escapes from captivity and seeks out Gideon.108000:54:50,520 --> 00:54:55,280Jiren and Grogu discover cloning tanks filled with clones of Gideon who can use the force108100:54:55,280 --> 00:54:58,280and Jiren destroys them.108200:54:58,280 --> 00:55:01,960After a lengthy skirmish between the Mandalorians and the Beskar enhanced stormtroopers within108300:55:01,960 --> 00:55:06,000the base, Bo-Katan, Jiren and Grogu make a final stand against Gideon and his Praetorian108400:55:06,000 --> 00:55:08,520guards in which the dark saber is destroyed.108500:55:08,520 --> 00:55:09,520Crush!108600:55:09,520 --> 00:55:11,280That's a big deal by the way.108700:55:11,280 --> 00:55:13,120Like the dark saber finally being destroyed.108800:55:13,120 --> 00:55:14,120Wow.108900:55:14,120 --> 00:55:17,520Wolves ram the Mandalorian capital ship into the Imperial base and Gideon is consumed by109000:55:17,520 --> 00:55:19,320the resulting blast.109100:55:19,320 --> 00:55:20,320Is he dead?109200:55:20,320 --> 00:55:21,320Allegedly.109300:55:21,320 --> 00:55:22,320Is he dead?109400:55:22,320 --> 00:55:23,320We don't know.109500:55:23,320 --> 00:55:24,320Allegedly.109600:55:24,320 --> 00:55:28,080We've seen people get crispified before and then come back.109700:55:28,080 --> 00:55:29,080Hello, Anakin.109800:55:29,080 --> 00:55:30,080Hello, Anakin.109900:55:30,080 --> 00:55:31,200I have the high ground.110000:55:31,200 --> 00:55:34,680And the 13 original herbs and spices.110100:55:34,680 --> 00:55:35,960That's right.110200:55:35,960 --> 00:55:40,720Grogu protects Bo-Katan and Jiren from the blast with his force bubble.110300:55:40,720 --> 00:55:44,680He used but Grogu uses bubble.110400:55:44,680 --> 00:55:45,680It's super effective.110500:55:45,680 --> 00:55:47,600It's super effective against the fire.110600:55:47,600 --> 00:55:49,480OK, let's talk about this real quick.110700:55:49,480 --> 00:55:53,760A, if you have never wanted a jetpack, I don't know why you're listening to this show.110800:55:53,760 --> 00:55:55,560And if you have packs are in full display.110900:55:55,560 --> 00:55:59,440If you have ever wanted a jetpack, this is the fucking episode to watch.111000:55:59,440 --> 00:56:02,880The greatest jetpack fight scene I have ever seen.111100:56:02,880 --> 00:56:08,720If you grew up watching like the Rocketeer or like watching like loving Iron Man or whatever,111200:56:08,720 --> 00:56:10,840like this is the episode for you.111300:56:10,840 --> 00:56:11,840Yes.111400:56:11,840 --> 00:56:15,000If you watch any episode, it's this one with the jetpack battle.111500:56:15,000 --> 00:56:16,000It was amazing.111600:56:16,000 --> 00:56:18,160That scene was was fantastic.111700:56:18,160 --> 00:56:24,220We see Woves like rammed this Imperial cruiser into the base and just finally does something111800:56:24,220 --> 00:56:25,220right.111900:56:25,220 --> 00:56:27,440Well, it's such a dickhead in the whole entire season.112000:56:27,440 --> 00:56:28,720He does something right.112100:56:28,720 --> 00:56:30,600The cocky cockhead.112200:56:30,600 --> 00:56:31,600Cocky cock.112300:56:31,600 --> 00:56:33,480Scott Pilgrim.112400:56:33,480 --> 00:56:36,640You cocky cock.112500:56:36,640 --> 00:56:41,120But the meaning of the word, you're encourageable.112600:56:41,120 --> 00:56:43,200You slap the highlights out of her hair.112700:56:43,200 --> 00:56:45,960God, we're going on such a tangent now.112800:56:45,960 --> 00:56:51,320As you can see, we love we should have we ever talked to eggs a vegan moving on.112900:56:51,320 --> 00:56:52,320Smoking eggs, bitch.113000:56:52,320 --> 00:56:53,320It's bull.113100:56:53,320 --> 00:56:54,320No vegan diet.113200:56:54,320 --> 00:56:55,320No vegan powers.113300:56:55,320 --> 00:56:56,320But but it's only my first offense.113400:56:56,320 --> 00:56:57,320Don't I get three strikes?113500:56:57,320 --> 00:56:58,320I mean, take it.113600:56:58,320 --> 00:57:05,200Twelve twenty seven a.m. on February 1st.113700:57:05,200 --> 00:57:06,200You know, only in just a gelato.113800:57:06,200 --> 00:57:09,200I wasn't thinking it's milk and eggs, bitch.113900:57:09,200 --> 00:57:11,920We need to do a Scott Pilgrim episode.114000:57:11,920 --> 00:57:12,920OK, let's go.114100:57:12,920 --> 00:57:13,920Let's keep going.114200:57:13,920 --> 00:57:17,920It's a good day's bitch.114300:57:17,920 --> 00:57:18,920Sorry.114400:57:18,920 --> 00:57:23,080OK, so this is great episode.114500:57:23,080 --> 00:57:27,200OK, so you got the and you got the Boca tons like flying down.114600:57:27,200 --> 00:57:31,480She's she's like she pulls the dark saber out and does like a war call for a bad ass114700:57:31,480 --> 00:57:32,480in this true bad.114800:57:32,480 --> 00:57:33,480So awesome.114900:57:33,480 --> 00:57:34,480So awesome.115000:57:34,480 --> 00:57:36,640She's got her little like invisible shield on her arm as well.115100:57:36,640 --> 00:57:40,520Her little little Dr. Strange guard thing.115200:57:40,520 --> 00:57:44,600Didn't didn't Black Widow have like a laser shield on her arm at one point?115300:57:44,600 --> 00:57:45,600Somebody.115400:57:45,600 --> 00:57:50,320Somebody was it was it Captain America or someone had like a like a projector shield115500:57:50,320 --> 00:57:51,320at one point?115600:57:51,320 --> 00:57:52,320I don't I can't.115700:57:52,320 --> 00:57:53,800I want to say it was Black Widow, but could have been.115800:57:53,800 --> 00:57:54,800Yeah.115900:57:54,800 --> 00:57:55,800So, yeah, she had that cool.116000:57:55,800 --> 00:58:01,560What I thought was kind of funny was after Woz crashes the ship and everything starts116100:58:01,560 --> 00:58:05,080engulfing in flame, she puts that thing in front of everybody like it's supposed to do116200:58:05,080 --> 00:58:06,080a goddamn thing.116300:58:06,080 --> 00:58:07,080What are you doing?116400:58:07,080 --> 00:58:09,800It's like it's like what was it?116500:58:09,800 --> 00:58:12,000And it was an IV sore when everybody's in the ocean.116600:58:12,000 --> 00:58:13,000It's like, what are you doing?116700:58:13,000 --> 00:58:14,000The best I can do.116800:58:14,000 --> 00:58:15,000The best.116900:58:15,000 --> 00:58:18,920It's like it's like and everyone I don't know why I'm making this connection, but it's in117000:58:18,920 --> 00:58:25,680Batman v Superman, Donald Justice, when Doomsday is about to blow Batman away and he like is117100:58:25,680 --> 00:58:30,040his eyes are on fire about to shoot at Bruce and he just puts his arms up like this.117200:58:30,040 --> 00:58:32,200And then, of course, one of them comes in with her shield.117300:58:32,200 --> 00:58:34,840Ironically enough, one of them comes in with her shield and blocks it.117400:58:34,840 --> 00:58:36,120But like, what what do you do?117500:58:36,120 --> 00:58:37,120Why you put your hands up?117600:58:37,120 --> 00:58:38,640What's that going to do?117700:58:38,640 --> 00:58:39,640Who the fuck knows?117800:58:39,640 --> 00:58:40,640Who knows?117900:58:40,640 --> 00:58:42,280Yeah, he's a billionaire engineer somehow.118000:58:42,280 --> 00:58:45,120So yeah, now so the we see that happen.118100:58:45,120 --> 00:58:48,920The the you know, allegedly, Moff Gideon is dead.118200:58:48,920 --> 00:58:50,560Allegedly his clones are gone.118300:58:50,560 --> 00:58:52,000I highly doubt that.118400:58:52,000 --> 00:58:53,600Just they're going to be saved the day.118500:58:53,600 --> 00:58:55,160I highly doubt that.118600:58:55,160 --> 00:59:02,760And the next thing we see, did it go from that to the lighting of the the I think it118700:59:02,760 --> 00:59:06,040went from that to the lighting of the the forge.118800:59:06,040 --> 00:59:07,040Right.118900:59:07,040 --> 00:59:08,040Yeah.119000:59:08,040 --> 00:59:10,720So they basically the reformation of Mandalore, Mandalore.119100:59:10,720 --> 00:59:11,720Yeah.119200:59:11,720 --> 00:59:16,720So the coming together of the two clans, the Dark Watch and the, you know, and children119300:59:16,720 --> 00:59:17,720of whatever.119400:59:17,720 --> 00:59:21,920And yeah, the Mandalore offshoot, the heretics or whatever.119500:59:21,920 --> 00:59:26,160And then and then the next thing we see is we see after the battle, the Mandalorians119600:59:26,160 --> 00:59:29,480restart the great forge, the heart of Mandalore and Jiren formally.119700:59:29,480 --> 00:59:32,560OK, so so I want to talk about this.119800:59:32,560 --> 00:59:35,840This is this is the scene that that that I loved.119900:59:35,840 --> 00:59:43,160OK, so after they relight the forge, they go down to where Bo Katan and Jiren washed120000:59:43,160 --> 00:59:46,520themselves in the in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.120100:59:46,520 --> 00:59:51,840No, and in the pancakes in the living waters of the Mandalorian.120200:59:51,840 --> 00:59:52,840The minds of Mandalore.120300:59:52,840 --> 00:59:53,840OK.120400:59:53,840 --> 00:59:56,040And we see that mythos or I.120500:59:56,040 --> 00:59:57,040Yeah.120600:59:57,040 --> 00:59:58,040Well, come on, man.120700:59:58,040 --> 00:59:59,040Give me a second.120800:59:59,040 --> 01:00:00,040Sorry.120901:00:00,040 --> 01:00:04,640So the youngling that we see who like the one who gets bested by Grogu, he gives he takes121001:00:04,640 --> 01:00:06,560his vows in the fucking water.121101:00:06,560 --> 01:00:12,880This is and then and then we see Jiren bring down Grogu and they're like, well, Grogu cannot121201:00:12,880 --> 01:00:15,080take the vow because he cannot speak.121301:00:15,080 --> 01:00:16,080He's too young.121401:00:16,080 --> 01:00:17,080He battles, though.121501:00:17,080 --> 01:00:18,080Yeah.121601:00:18,080 --> 01:00:19,080But what about his?121701:00:19,080 --> 01:00:20,080What if his parents say that he can?121801:00:20,080 --> 01:00:22,120And they're like, well, his parents are not here.121901:00:22,120 --> 01:00:24,800They're probably very far away if they're not if they're not dead.122001:00:24,800 --> 01:00:27,000And he goes, what if I adopt him?122101:00:27,000 --> 01:00:32,400And in that moment and they call Grogu Din Grogu.122201:00:32,400 --> 01:00:33,720And I lost it.122301:00:33,720 --> 01:00:36,400Yeah, I fucking lost it, man.122401:00:36,400 --> 01:00:40,840I'm like, it's not thinking, man.122501:00:40,840 --> 01:00:42,360He's dead.122601:00:42,360 --> 01:00:43,360And I lost it.122701:00:43,360 --> 01:00:46,920I was I was it was like six in the morning and I'm watching this episode and I'm like122801:00:46,920 --> 01:00:48,440crying on the couch in the dark.122901:00:48,440 --> 01:00:53,160I mean, think about where where Dindran started in season one.123001:00:53,160 --> 01:00:59,400A lowly bounty hunter just making his way through the outer town, walking, walking fast,123101:00:59,400 --> 01:01:02,120faces past its homebound.123201:01:02,120 --> 01:01:07,080But now and like and even at the time, although he didn't want to kill Grogu, he saw this123301:01:07,080 --> 01:01:13,180as just a means to get it, get some more credits or to do a job.123401:01:13,180 --> 01:01:16,800And now he truly I mean, for a while we've known this, but he truly cares about Grogu123501:01:16,800 --> 01:01:17,800as one of his own.123601:01:17,800 --> 01:01:18,800He loves him.123701:01:18,800 --> 01:01:19,800He loves him.123801:01:19,800 --> 01:01:20,800Yeah, I fucking love him.123901:01:20,800 --> 01:01:22,260And of course, not the Jedi.124001:01:22,260 --> 01:01:23,260They can have attachments.124101:01:23,260 --> 01:01:24,260Exactly.124201:01:24,260 --> 01:01:25,260Yeah.124301:01:25,260 --> 01:01:26,260Like sand.124401:01:26,260 --> 01:01:27,260You can like sand if you want.124501:01:27,260 --> 01:01:29,260Yeah, of course.124601:01:29,260 --> 01:01:32,140And then, you know, of course, as we keep going, we see the rebuild I.G.124701:01:32,140 --> 01:01:36,040Eleven, who becomes kind of like the marshal of Navarro.124801:01:36,040 --> 01:01:37,240That was great.124901:01:37,240 --> 01:01:43,040You've got Dindran basically saying going up to Carson Teva and saying, hey, listen,125001:01:43,040 --> 01:01:46,560I will work for the New Republic with I want to be a contrary.125101:01:46,560 --> 01:01:50,200He said he even says he want to I want to be like a contractor for the New Republic.125201:01:50,200 --> 01:01:52,600Like I'll do shit, but on my terms.125301:01:52,600 --> 01:01:53,600Right.125401:01:53,600 --> 01:01:58,520And then, you know, you see that Navarro or you see the Dindran gets his own little house125501:01:58,520 --> 01:02:00,680on the outskirts of Navarro, which is pretty cool.125601:02:00,680 --> 01:02:02,880So from grief cargo, car weather.125701:02:02,880 --> 01:02:04,760So yeah, no, it was a great finale.125801:02:04,760 --> 01:02:07,560I think you were talking earlier about your favorite episode.125901:02:07,560 --> 01:02:09,340I think the finale is probably my favorite episode.126001:02:09,340 --> 01:02:14,560It's probably kind of a great tie, a little tie, but a little bow tie at the end of the126101:02:14,560 --> 01:02:18,040series, and it kind of opens things up for whatever they want to do next.126201:02:18,040 --> 01:02:19,920I mean, Mandalore is back in full power.126301:02:19,920 --> 01:02:23,000You've got Dindran and Grogu together once again.126401:02:23,000 --> 01:02:26,960And they basically said that the next season is probably going to be just again, more of126501:02:26,960 --> 01:02:29,660an adventure based season.126601:02:29,660 --> 01:02:33,800So I assume that there's going to be more, you know, self-contained episodes with maybe126701:02:33,800 --> 01:02:40,400an overall function and overall like bad baddie, who I think, you know, we'll see because with126801:02:40,400 --> 01:02:45,880Ahsoka coming out, crispy Moff Gideon, yeah, crispy Moff Gideon with, you know, extra crispy.126901:02:45,880 --> 01:02:46,880Yeah.127001:02:46,880 --> 01:02:51,880So, yeah, just man, I think it bleeds into, we should probably just go into our final127101:02:51,880 --> 01:02:53,560thoughts because I think this kind of bleeds into that.127201:02:53,560 --> 01:02:55,080And I'll kind of give mine off the top here.127301:02:55,080 --> 01:02:56,080I was going to ask that.127401:02:56,080 --> 01:02:57,080Give me yours first.127501:02:57,080 --> 01:02:58,080Yeah.127601:02:58,080 --> 01:02:59,080I mean, it's good.127701:02:59,080 --> 01:03:01,920It's like you said, I think you guys can tell from our review here, everyone listening right127801:03:01,920 --> 01:03:03,800now that we liked it.127901:03:03,800 --> 01:03:04,800I really liked it.128001:03:04,800 --> 01:03:09,960I think it's something that the Mandalorian is my favorite sector of Star Wars right now.128101:03:09,960 --> 01:03:15,160Like it gives me a lot what I want all that to be said, though, this season felt like128201:03:15,160 --> 01:03:18,640a slight departure from what I generally love of Mandalorian.128301:03:18,640 --> 01:03:21,080And you kind of you said that it kind of gets back to it.128401:03:21,080 --> 01:03:25,640I feel like it's straight so far from what makes the Mandalorian, especially season one,128501:03:25,640 --> 01:03:30,480so great that it's almost the identity is completely gone, like from what it used to128601:03:30,480 --> 01:03:31,480be like.128701:03:31,480 --> 01:03:35,200But again, if we're getting back into that, if they had to tell the story with Bo Katan128801:03:35,200 --> 01:03:39,200and with Moff Gideon and kind of tie all those bows to, you know, that there's a pun128901:03:39,200 --> 01:03:43,800right there with Bo has to tie all those bows, you know, all together and be good to go and129001:03:43,800 --> 01:03:49,680have Grogu Din, Din, Grogu and Dinger in back together, just kind of doing their thing on129101:03:49,680 --> 01:03:50,680the outer rim.129201:03:50,680 --> 01:03:51,680Cool.129301:03:51,680 --> 01:03:52,680I'm all about it.129401:03:52,680 --> 01:03:57,040But season three for me is probably I would say probably my least favorite of the three.129501:03:57,040 --> 01:03:59,040But that's not really saying I mean, I still liked it.129601:03:59,040 --> 01:04:00,640So what about you, Aaron?129701:04:00,640 --> 01:04:01,640I loved it.129801:04:01,640 --> 01:04:02,640I think I'm great.129901:04:02,640 --> 01:04:07,240Once again, I'm grateful for what we have here, the show and discussing these things130001:04:07,240 --> 01:04:12,680because I think discussing this show in depth, the season in depth has really shown me how130101:04:12,680 --> 01:04:14,480much I really enjoyed it.130201:04:14,480 --> 01:04:21,380And so, yeah, I think I think this might very, very close to almost a tie, like very slightly130301:04:21,380 --> 01:04:25,600below season one, but well above season two.130401:04:25,600 --> 01:04:29,880OK, even more so than that weird CGI version of Luke Skywalker.130501:04:29,880 --> 01:04:30,880You know, yeah.130601:04:30,880 --> 01:04:32,840Yeah, yeah, I'll say yeah.130701:04:32,840 --> 01:04:37,440Because it was I mean, again, that was a very cool, unexpected surprise.130801:04:37,440 --> 01:04:39,200And the fact that we'll never get that back.130901:04:39,200 --> 01:04:40,200Right.131001:04:40,200 --> 01:04:41,200All right.131101:04:41,200 --> 01:04:42,680Well, that'll do it for our review of the manual and let's go.131201:04:42,680 --> 01:04:43,680Excuse me.131301:04:43,680 --> 01:04:44,680The Mandalorian season three.131401:04:44,680 --> 01:04:46,200Let's go ahead and rate this thing out of five David A.131501:04:46,200 --> 01:04:47,200Winer's.131601:04:47,200 --> 01:04:48,200Of course, David A.131701:04:48,200 --> 01:04:51,680Winer being documentarian, director, producer, writer.131801:04:51,680 --> 01:04:53,720He deserves a Mandalorian sound.131901:04:53,720 --> 01:04:54,720He should.132001:04:54,720 --> 01:04:56,240He should get one of these David A.132101:04:56,240 --> 01:04:59,520Winer out of five David A.132201:04:59,520 --> 01:05:00,520Winer's.132301:05:00,520 --> 01:05:02,320Aaron, what are you going to give the Mandalorian season three?132401:05:02,320 --> 01:05:03,320Four.132501:05:03,320 --> 01:05:04,320Four David A.132601:05:04,320 --> 01:05:05,320Winer's.132701:05:05,320 --> 01:05:06,320That's your first four in a while, I think.132801:05:06,320 --> 01:05:07,320Right.132901:05:07,320 --> 01:05:08,320Yeah.133001:05:08,320 --> 01:05:09,320Yeah.133101:05:09,320 --> 01:05:10,320Wow.133201:05:10,320 --> 01:05:11,320OK, I'm going to give it a three point five.133301:05:11,320 --> 01:05:12,320I think it's pretty good.133401:05:12,320 --> 01:05:14,920Again, I find it's it's not it's not fine.133501:05:14,920 --> 01:05:15,920It's fun.133601:05:15,920 --> 01:05:16,920I think it's fun.133701:05:16,920 --> 01:05:20,040It's just it's slightly above fine and right.133801:05:20,040 --> 01:05:21,040Right.133901:05:21,040 --> 01:05:22,040The first stage of fun.134001:05:22,040 --> 01:05:23,040And it's recommendable.134101:05:23,040 --> 01:05:26,320Of course, if you're a fan of this series, we're not telling if you're if you're listening134201:05:26,320 --> 01:05:27,800to this, you've already seen season three.134301:05:27,800 --> 01:05:30,000So we're not telling you anything you don't already know.134401:05:30,000 --> 01:05:35,400But it's it's another great entry into the Mandalorian series.134501:05:35,400 --> 01:05:37,120So stretched and hurt myself.134601:05:37,120 --> 01:05:39,120This is the pain of getting old.134701:05:39,120 --> 01:05:40,560Everyone at home, don't get old.134801:05:40,560 --> 01:05:42,640If you can help it, don't get old.134901:05:42,640 --> 01:05:46,880And in a way to fight getting old, I think I think one of the best ways to get to kind135001:05:46,880 --> 01:05:51,600of keep yourself young and fresh is to go on a journey with us here on the Ablobby bar135101:05:51,600 --> 01:05:55,800into Aaron's Arcade.135201:05:55,800 --> 01:06:02,400It's time for Aaron's Arcade.135301:06:02,400 --> 01:06:04,400What a beautiful segue.135401:06:04,400 --> 01:06:07,200We're getting good at it.135501:06:07,200 --> 01:06:09,440You are just a wordsmith, my friend.135601:06:09,440 --> 01:06:12,200You have such a beautiful mouth.135701:06:12,200 --> 01:06:15,080You want would say that I am in on Aaron's Arcade.135801:06:15,080 --> 01:06:16,540All right.135901:06:16,540 --> 01:06:17,920So welcome to Aaron's Arcade.136001:06:17,920 --> 01:06:20,560It's my five to plus minutes.136101:06:20,560 --> 01:06:23,400I'm just talking about whatever the hell I want.136201:06:23,400 --> 01:06:28,160And usually it's video games, but today we're going to do a nice little mux, you know, because136301:06:28,160 --> 01:06:30,360I'm in it.136401:06:30,360 --> 01:06:33,720So as I've talked about before, I went to Megacon.136501:06:33,720 --> 01:06:38,200Chris is supposed to be there, but he is he was unable to do to sickness, cancers and136601:06:38,200 --> 01:06:40,920such just the things.136701:06:40,920 --> 01:06:43,600And so when I was there, you know, I took Chris's lead.136801:06:43,600 --> 01:06:44,600I discussed it.136901:06:44,600 --> 01:06:47,260We discussed it many times on the grid and in the arcade.137001:06:47,260 --> 01:06:49,880And we talked about what I should take to Megacon.137101:06:49,880 --> 01:06:57,000Chris, you remember how many things I was torn with taking and 20 copies, 20 different137201:06:57,000 --> 01:07:02,680comics, things and majority of them were for Mirka and Dalfo.137301:07:02,680 --> 01:07:06,600Very, very famed, talented Italian artist slash writer.137401:07:06,600 --> 01:07:07,600Yes.137501:07:07,600 --> 01:07:09,040Who is amazing.137601:07:09,040 --> 01:07:10,040Her art is amazing.137701:07:10,040 --> 01:07:11,040I love her art style.137801:07:11,040 --> 01:07:12,040Spicy.137901:07:12,040 --> 01:07:13,080It's some of it's spicy.138001:07:13,080 --> 01:07:15,340Some of it's just normal.138101:07:15,340 --> 01:07:17,240But I had I got to speak to her.138201:07:17,240 --> 01:07:20,400I got to speak to her husband, who is a really nice guy.138301:07:20,400 --> 01:07:21,880Just got the and I got a sketch.138401:07:21,880 --> 01:07:26,320I got my first ever commission and I got it back.138501:07:26,320 --> 01:07:33,120It's a nine point six, but it's just it's so Aaron's holding up in a natural blue blood138601:07:33,120 --> 01:07:35,160sketch and yeah, it's awesome.138701:07:35,160 --> 01:07:38,040It is my first sketch, my first commission ever.138801:07:38,040 --> 01:07:39,880And I'm super happy with it.138901:07:39,880 --> 01:07:40,880I love it.139001:07:40,880 --> 01:07:43,120It was it was it was such an experience.139101:07:43,120 --> 01:07:45,920The first time I saw it, I like I teared up because I just I was like, oh my God, this139201:07:45,920 --> 01:07:49,880is mine and that's a really cool experience getting a commission from one of your favorite139301:07:49,880 --> 01:07:50,880artists.139401:07:50,880 --> 01:07:51,880I cannot wait for the next time.139501:07:51,880 --> 01:07:52,880I cannot wait.139601:07:52,880 --> 01:07:59,800But the other things that I got back that I wanted to show you were I got Jay Anacletos139701:07:59,800 --> 01:08:00,800this predator predator.139801:08:00,800 --> 01:08:01,800Yeah, that's that.139901:08:01,800 --> 01:08:04,000And that's a nine point six there.140001:08:04,000 --> 01:08:08,400And we talked about this, Aaron does nine point six is in CDC are a real a real I mean,140101:08:08,400 --> 01:08:10,300I think six is still a high grade.140201:08:10,300 --> 01:08:14,020But like for a modern comic that you get signed, you're like, come on, man, like what's crazy140301:08:14,020 --> 01:08:15,020though?140401:08:15,020 --> 01:08:19,040It's like I got some back.140501:08:19,040 --> 01:08:22,760I have some back that should not have been a nine point eight.140601:08:22,760 --> 01:08:25,640Like clearly they should not be a nine point eight.140701:08:25,640 --> 01:08:31,360But and like the only the only other one I wanted to show you was I actually sent all140801:08:31,360 --> 01:08:32,360these to you.140901:08:32,360 --> 01:08:33,640So you saw I've seen all of them.141001:08:33,640 --> 01:08:34,640Yeah.141101:08:34,640 --> 01:08:37,320If you want to if you want pictures of these, everyone listening right now, of course, we'll141201:08:37,320 --> 01:08:38,320post them.141301:08:38,320 --> 01:08:39,320If you ask, we will put them up.141401:08:39,320 --> 01:08:40,320Patreon.141501:08:40,320 --> 01:08:42,060A lot of times we post stuff like that on Patreon.141601:08:42,060 --> 01:08:45,740So if you want to see that, Patreon.com for slash will be more fun.141701:08:45,740 --> 01:08:47,200This was absolutely my favorite.141801:08:47,200 --> 01:08:55,040Just this Captain America, Cap Wolf in uncivil war that American Dolph, American Dolph.141901:08:55,040 --> 01:08:59,800It's Captain America as a wolf, like a wolf man homage to the 1980s.142001:08:59,800 --> 01:09:03,760Of course, when Cap Wolf first premiered in the comics, very famed.142101:09:03,760 --> 01:09:08,280It's almost like Bambasic Bambasic, Batman, like that kind of like weird departure from142201:09:08,280 --> 01:09:09,280a character.142301:09:09,280 --> 01:09:10,280Yeah.142401:09:10,280 --> 01:09:11,280Yeah.142501:09:11,280 --> 01:09:15,040So the next thing I want to talk about is I'm still playing Mighty Doom on the phone,142601:09:15,040 --> 01:09:17,080like just like on my mobile devices.142701:09:17,080 --> 01:09:21,200So if you haven't checked it out, make sure you guys give that a check real quick, especially142801:09:21,200 --> 01:09:24,000if you're a fan of of the Doom franchise.142901:09:24,000 --> 01:09:29,760Again, I don't pay anything when I play like a like a mobile game and I haven't paid anything143001:09:29,760 --> 01:09:30,760in this game.143101:09:30,760 --> 01:09:32,420I'm still having a great time.143201:09:32,420 --> 01:09:37,760So I highly recommend that if you're looking for a quick, you know, game to play when you're143301:09:37,760 --> 01:09:43,880on the can taking a poopy, just pull out some some doom, Mighty Doom and just, you know,143401:09:43,880 --> 01:09:45,800rip and tear until it is done.143501:09:45,800 --> 01:09:46,800And we mean it done.143601:09:46,800 --> 01:09:49,240I mean, you're number two saying that.143701:09:49,240 --> 01:09:55,440Let's go into my favorite section of this show, which, oh my God, is getting so nerdy.143801:09:55,440 --> 01:09:56,440You fucking weeb.143901:09:56,440 --> 01:10:01,120Let's go into Chris's corner.144001:10:01,120 --> 01:10:09,480It's time for Chris's corner.144101:10:09,480 --> 01:10:13,160Alrighty this week for Chris's Corner, as we kind of teased earlier, I generally talk144201:10:13,160 --> 01:10:15,960about comics during Chris's Corner or movies or television series.144301:10:15,960 --> 01:10:20,680But this week we're going to be talking about an anime and Aaron and I we've talked about144401:10:20,680 --> 01:10:21,680often.144501:10:21,680 --> 01:10:22,680Aaron's more of the anime guy.144601:10:22,680 --> 01:10:24,800I like anime, but I'm kind of a passive fan.144701:10:24,800 --> 01:10:25,800I like a lot of the big ones.144801:10:25,800 --> 01:10:31,400You know, your your Pokemon's your Dragon Balls, your Yu-Gi-Oh's and One Punch Man's144901:10:31,400 --> 01:10:32,720all that kind of stuff.145001:10:32,720 --> 01:10:36,640But I decided to step outside of my comfort zone just a little bit and try a new thing145101:10:36,640 --> 01:10:39,360that Aaron's been trying to get me to watch for quite a while.145201:10:39,360 --> 01:10:44,120And that is My Hero Academia over on Hulu or as the weeds.145301:10:44,120 --> 01:10:52,040Well, actually, well, if you're reading actual here, it's actually Boku Hero Boku No Hero145401:10:52,040 --> 01:10:53,480Academia, right, Aaron?145501:10:53,480 --> 01:10:56,600Yes, actually, Boku No Hero.145601:10:56,600 --> 01:10:58,840And what's the what's the weeb?145701:10:58,840 --> 01:10:59,840We are.145801:10:59,840 --> 01:11:00,840Oh, man.145901:11:00,840 --> 01:11:07,800So my hero academia, this is it feels like a slam dunk idea for me.146001:11:07,800 --> 01:11:10,800Everyone knows I love superheroes and I love comics.146101:11:10,800 --> 01:11:14,400My Hero Academia, of course, was a shone and jump manga for a very long time.146201:11:14,400 --> 01:11:17,920I think there's 37 volumes of My Hero Academia.146301:11:17,920 --> 01:11:23,280And of course, now it's a very successful, very popular show or anime.146401:11:23,280 --> 01:11:24,280Very popular.146501:11:24,280 --> 01:11:27,760So if you're not familiar with My Hero Academia, and I wasn't until here recently, let me go146601:11:27,760 --> 01:11:29,460and give you a little synopsis here.146701:11:29,460 --> 01:11:33,640So in a world where most of the population is gifted with special powers known as quirks,146801:11:33,640 --> 01:11:38,320Azuka Midoriya is a young boy who always dreamed of becoming a hero despite not having a quirk146901:11:38,320 --> 01:11:43,380himself until one day he is attacked by a villain made of sludge and is rescued by none147001:11:43,380 --> 01:11:47,760other than All Might, the most famous hero ever and his idol since childhood.147101:11:47,760 --> 01:11:51,920And I even put the plus ultra because that's at the end of every episode.147201:11:51,920 --> 01:11:57,720So I am currently on episode 12, which is ironically named All Might, where All Might's147301:11:57,720 --> 01:11:58,720arrival to the USJ.147401:11:58,720 --> 01:12:00,200OK, this is a slight spoiler.147501:12:00,200 --> 01:12:03,280If you've not seen My Hero Academia thus far, I'm not very far.147601:12:03,280 --> 01:12:05,200I'm only up to episode 12.147701:12:05,200 --> 01:12:09,780And the show kind of moves kind of somewhat slowly as most animes do.147801:12:09,780 --> 01:12:11,080Like it's only 30 minutes.147901:12:11,080 --> 01:12:16,320And a lot of times you've got like a 12 minute long intro and outro on both ends.148001:12:16,320 --> 01:12:20,160And there's like a break in between a lot of, you know, I'm a Hulu subscriber, but I have148101:12:20,160 --> 01:12:24,560the commercial version, so I still get commercials, which is annoying.148201:12:24,560 --> 01:12:30,560But up to this point, All Might has, you know, he arrives at the USJ where the League of148301:12:30,560 --> 01:12:33,240Villains are attacking the school.148401:12:33,240 --> 01:12:39,320And I'm going to say this name wrong, but Tamura Sigeraki unleashes a secret weapon,148501:12:39,320 --> 01:12:43,360the multi-quirk monster known as NOMO against All Might.148601:12:43,360 --> 01:12:47,920After All Might looks to be defeated, Azuku, Kasuki, and a couple of the other students148701:12:47,920 --> 01:12:51,240come to All Might's aid against the League of Villains.148801:12:51,240 --> 01:12:52,240So pretty cool stuff.148901:12:52,240 --> 01:12:58,480Of course, All Might in the series kind of has like a spawn power where he only has like149001:12:58,480 --> 01:13:01,440a, he has a time limit to how, when he can be, when he can be All Might and when he can149101:13:01,440 --> 01:13:04,600be his normal self because he's been injured in battle.149201:13:04,600 --> 01:13:08,240Basically and the only person that knows that is Azuku.149301:13:08,240 --> 01:13:12,400And he, so Azuku basically gets into fight and as soon as he gets into the fight with149401:13:12,400 --> 01:13:18,640NOMO, his arch rival in the series, Kasuki comes in with a couple other students and149501:13:18,640 --> 01:13:19,840they try to help out All Might.149601:13:19,840 --> 01:13:21,400So I'm really enjoying it.149701:13:21,400 --> 01:13:23,040I really liked the series thus far.149801:13:23,040 --> 01:13:28,000I kind of, it's almost like making me want to invest in Hulu plus or whatever, whatever149901:13:28,000 --> 01:13:31,440the non-commercial version is, because I feel like I'm not getting through it very quickly150001:13:31,440 --> 01:13:36,380because I'm breaking again constantly for you, the intro, the three minute commercial150101:13:36,380 --> 01:13:39,600break in the middle, and then the 12 minute outro as well.150201:13:39,600 --> 01:13:41,220Cause that's all anime is.150301:13:41,220 --> 01:13:43,720So Aaron, great recommendation.150401:13:43,720 --> 01:13:44,720I really like it.150501:13:44,720 --> 01:13:48,400And everyone out there, if you have like even a slight interest in anime or manga, definitely150601:13:48,400 --> 01:13:53,760check out My Hero Academia or again, as the Weaves call it, Boku no Hero Academia.150701:13:53,760 --> 01:13:58,520That's the one thing that I love about, about My Hero is the fact that it's most of the150801:13:58,520 --> 01:14:03,840time you have this like story where you're, you're following a main character or a group150901:14:03,840 --> 01:14:07,360of characters and like they're on their journey to figure out like, am I a good guy?151001:14:07,360 --> 01:14:09,520Am I a bad guy?151101:14:09,520 --> 01:14:10,520Like what is my journey?151201:14:10,520 --> 01:14:11,800Like where am I going?151301:14:11,800 --> 01:14:16,780Like the best example I can give is Full Metal Alchemist.151401:14:16,780 --> 01:14:19,040You know, they're on a journey.151501:14:19,040 --> 01:14:21,080You know they're good guys.151601:14:21,080 --> 01:14:24,080They've made mistakes, but there's just so much going on in the world.151701:14:24,080 --> 01:14:27,360It's like sometimes you have to like blur that line between good and evil.151801:14:27,360 --> 01:14:33,440Whereas in My Hero, you know exactly like these are hero students, like they're the151901:14:33,440 --> 01:14:37,680good guys and you just root for them to get better or to be the best they can be.152001:14:37,680 --> 01:14:42,960And I just think that that's a phenomenal, just different look at like a character development152101:14:42,960 --> 01:14:47,000when you know they're a good person and they're just doing their best and they have to learn152201:14:47,000 --> 01:14:48,680to make it to those different levels.152301:14:48,680 --> 01:14:52,960And I just, I thought, I think it's such a great, a great concept for a show and I've152401:14:52,960 --> 01:14:55,080enjoyed watching all of it as well.152501:14:55,080 --> 01:14:57,560Well, and it's also these are, gotta remember these are kids.152601:14:57,560 --> 01:14:58,560Yeah.152701:14:58,560 --> 01:15:00,000So remember what you were like at 10 years old, right?152801:15:00,000 --> 01:15:05,720Like imagine being a 10 year old with these powers and you just want to make it.152901:15:05,720 --> 01:15:08,760You don't, a lot of times you don't even care like how you make it.153001:15:08,760 --> 01:15:09,760Yeah.153101:15:09,760 --> 01:15:13,360For instance, like his rival in this, in the show, and I'm so sorry, I'm still trying to153201:15:13,360 --> 01:15:19,600learn names here, but Katsuki, he like just wants to be recognized as powerful and I don't153301:15:19,600 --> 01:15:23,860know this yet, but I assume he's going to go down a path of probably evil at some point153401:15:23,860 --> 01:15:27,080or maybe slight, maybe not totally good.153501:15:27,080 --> 01:15:29,480So yeah, I'm like I said, I'm enjoying it.153601:15:29,480 --> 01:15:30,480I'm going to keep watching it.153701:15:30,480 --> 01:15:34,360Of course, I'll keep you guys updated on my progress as we go.153801:15:34,360 --> 01:15:37,520And yeah, my hero academia, that'll do it for Christmas corner.153901:15:37,520 --> 01:15:41,600And Aaron, I think that'll probably do it for episode one 16 of the oblivion bar podcast.154001:15:41,600 --> 01:15:42,600We've done it once again.154101:15:42,600 --> 01:15:48,640I want to say that for everyone keeping track at home, we did not talk to Kevin Smith on154201:15:48,640 --> 01:15:51,920this episode and we're not sure if we will.154301:15:51,920 --> 01:15:53,340The guy is extremely busy.154401:15:53,340 --> 01:15:55,080Of course he's doing a lot of things.154501:15:55,080 --> 01:15:59,080We don't hold that against him, but if we can get him on the show, we will and we'll154601:15:59,080 --> 01:16:01,360keep you guys updated if and when that happens.154701:16:01,360 --> 01:16:05,400If not, honestly, Aaron, as much as it saddens me to say this, this will probably be our154801:16:05,400 --> 01:16:07,800last episode for a while.154901:16:07,800 --> 01:16:12,480Of course, many people who have been keeping track, I found out that I have stage three155001:16:12,480 --> 01:16:16,240colon cancer and I have surgery coming up in two weeks.155101:16:16,240 --> 01:16:20,000So if we don't get that conversation with Kevin Smith, maybe we do another one.155201:16:20,000 --> 01:16:21,000Maybe we stop at one 17.155301:16:21,000 --> 01:16:23,880Well, obviously Aaron and I will talk about it and figure it out.155401:16:23,880 --> 01:16:28,940But as of right now, this will be our last episode until after I recover from surgery.155501:16:28,940 --> 01:16:33,260So yeah, as much as I don't want to take a break, I do not want the quality of the oblivion155601:16:33,260 --> 01:16:34,820bar to ever suffer.155701:16:34,820 --> 01:16:40,180And if I'm recovering from that, I just don't think that we can keep up with everything155801:16:40,180 --> 01:16:42,360and we will live stream his surgery, though.155901:16:42,360 --> 01:16:46,100Yes, Aaron will be there and he will be live streaming the entire thing on Twitch.156001:16:46,100 --> 01:16:49,720So make sure you subscribe to better actions on Twitch.156101:16:49,720 --> 01:16:51,840It's not happening.156201:16:51,840 --> 01:16:52,840But yeah, no.156301:16:52,840 --> 01:16:55,640So I'm glad that this was a great this.156401:16:55,640 --> 01:16:56,640I think this is a great episode.156501:16:56,640 --> 01:17:00,120I'm glad that we're stopping at this one if if you have of course, Kevin can't come on156601:17:00,120 --> 01:17:01,120the show.156701:17:01,120 --> 01:17:03,360But but yeah, that'll do it for episode one 16.156801:17:03,360 --> 01:17:05,240Aaron, why don't you go and take us out of here?156901:17:05,240 --> 01:17:06,240Absolutely.157001:17:06,240 --> 01:17:09,320Subscribe to our podcast, Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcast, Amazon, Amazon Music157101:17:09,320 --> 01:17:11,080and I Heart Radio.157201:17:11,080 --> 01:17:14,000Join our Patreon community, patreon.com forward slash oblivion bar pod.157301:17:14,000 --> 01:17:18,520Thank you to our patrons, Aaron, Greg, Sebastian, Brad B, Rob, David, Travis, Cassidy, George,157401:17:18,520 --> 01:17:23,040Chrissy, Alex, Kyle, Haley, 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show.158601:17:48,480 --> 01:17:52,240And last but not least, do not forget to tip your bartenders 20 percent or more or you158701:17:52,240 --> 01:17:54,680will doom the planet.158801:17:54,680 --> 01:17:55,680That's right.158901:17:55,680 --> 01:17:56,680Yeah.159001:17:56,680 --> 01:17:59,240The only thing saving the planet is your 20 percent or more tip.159101:17:59,240 --> 01:18:00,600Just that is correct.159201:18:00,600 --> 01:18:02,160We will see you soon, everyone.159301:18:02,160 --> 01:18:03,720Thank you for listening to episode one 16.159401:18:03,720 --> 01:18:06,120Thank you for listening to the Oblivion Bar in general.159501:18:06,120 --> 01:18:07,120We will let you know.159601:18:07,120 --> 01:18:10,960Follow us on social media like Aaron had said, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook at Oblivion159701:18:10,960 --> 01:18:11,960Bar Pod.159801:18:11,960 --> 01:18:14,200We will keep you updated on when we will return.159901:18:14,200 --> 01:18:17,240But until until then, thank you so much for listening to the Oblivion Bar.160001:18:17,240 --> 01:18:19,060We really do appreciate it.160101:18:19,060 --> 01:18:45,960And we will see you soon.