021 - Kickstarting our 21st

MJ & Nath are back and celebrating their 21st (episode) the only way they know how, with a whole lot of pop culture chat and absolutely zero maturity.

MJ dips a toe into the Kickstarter waters, while Nath is already doing cannonballs yelling, “the water’s fine!” There’s also a bit of fanfare for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, because what’s a celebration without a friendly neighbourhood hero swinging by?

Plus, all your favourite segments return, the ones you definitely wanted and the ones you didn’t know you needed… but now you’re glad you’ve got them.

Party hats, hot takes and maximum pulp, it’s the Pulp Culture Podcast.

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SPEAKER_02 0:00

And he did it, and it sounded like a film. It was just perfect. Whereas trailers now are like a mini movie.

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In a world where Nick didn't make the last black.

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Let's get this podcast started. It's your butt. MJ at night.

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Hey, welcome to the Pop Culture Podcast, your weekly dose of all things pop culture, freshly squeezed for you. I'm Neith.

SPEAKER_04 0:43

I'm MJ.

SPEAKER_02 0:44

And uh welcome to another exciting episode. Hello, everybody. And uh we hope that you're giving it a squeeze for this week. What with that? I'm just I'm just trying out some new material that the uh marketing department gave us.

SPEAKER_04 1:02

Okay, well that's what like pre-recording production meetings are for.

SPEAKER_02 1:07

Well, if you turned up to some, then maybe you know you would know. I'm a busy man.

SPEAKER_04 1:14

I've got movie trailers to not watch.

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Well, we're trying on a couple of slogans to uh to go with our our merch that we'll that we'll eventually announce. Okay.

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So uh that one is not going on a t-shirt.

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Give it a squeeze. Nope.

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Done.

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Let's put a big line through that one with two with two pop culture logos on it, right? No? No. Oh my goodness. What is happening? We're starting off with a bang. I reckon. Yeah. Well, happy 21st.

SPEAKER_04 1:46

I can get any better.

SPEAKER_02 1:47

Yeah, okay. All right. Well, let's let's get dig up, stupid. Let's let's uh let's make uh let's make things better with you then. Alright, Mr. Trailers, what do we got? We've got some trailers. Yes, we do. We've got a lot of trailers.

SPEAKER_04 2:06

You know, as I was uh preparing for this recording, I was looking at looking at the list of trailers that came out this week, and I realised that of all the ones I'd written down, I'd only watch one of them.

SPEAKER_02 2:15

Oh really?

SPEAKER_04 2:16

Did you do a quick quick zip? I did, I did. I I did I just so I've caught up.

SPEAKER_02 2:21

So should we leave Spider-Man to last? Yeah. Of those trailers? I think so. So I think we'll talk about that one more than probably the other ones.

SPEAKER_04 2:27

I think so, yeah. Yeah, okay, go for it.

SPEAKER_02 2:29

Bit of a big deal, isn't it?

SPEAKER_04 2:30

Yeah, absolutely. Um what do we had? We we had we had Jack Ryan Ghost War.

SPEAKER_02 2:34

Yeah, that looks fantastic. It does look great. Yeah, I'm I'm really excited to see where this goes based on the fact that we've had is it three seasons of Jack Ryan? I think it was. Uh I'm not sure. I think at least two. I think it was three seasons with Jack with um uh John Krasinski as uh as playing Jack Ryan on it. Was it Prime?

SPEAKER_04 2:56

It was on Amazon Prime, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 2:57

Amazon Prime uh production, yeah. Um, which was fantastic, really nice way of bringing Jack Ryan into sort of the modern age. Yeah, uh, and um yeah, really great ensemble cast, yeah. And um fantastic sort of um poignant stories that they that they were telling.

SPEAKER_04 3:16

He's got one of my favourite character actors in it, Wendell Pierce.

SPEAKER_02 3:19

Oh yeah, he's so good, isn't he? Yeah, yeah, he's good in everything. Yeah, he is good in everything.

SPEAKER_04 3:23

Um yeah, I'm looking forward to that. I think it looks really good. Although I have to confess, I I haven't caught up with the whole um TV show yet.

SPEAKER_02 3:29

Yeah, but you'll you'll really enjoy the third. This is the and because of what's happening in the world right now, uh, with what's going on with Venezuela, uh, you know, with Venezuela at the what's happening with Venezuela? Yeah, well we'll talk about politics off so off there.

SPEAKER_04 3:46

I saw they won the baseball world championships.

SPEAKER_02 3:48

Yeah, that will that'll be on our um on our on our other podcast, which is um Bulls and bats. Bats and balls.

SPEAKER_04 3:59

I thought you meant it, I think we thought you were gonna say we were gonna do a sports podcast.

SPEAKER_02 4:03

No. I don't know where to start with that. You you'll you'll carry the load for sure. Yeah, that's fine.

SPEAKER_04 4:08

Yeah. I'll try not to be too parochial.

SPEAKER_02 4:11

Yeah. The interesting part about this is that it's going to cinemas. Um okay. I didn't I didn't see that. Yeah, yeah. So it's so so that the plan is is to to to launch it in cinemas. So I'm interested to see what that looks like for the for the for the film.

SPEAKER_04 4:25

I think that's fun because that's the that'll be the fifth Jack Ryan movie to be in cinemas. Yes, that's right. So he's got I mean he's got a long tradition of theatrical releases and some really good movies.

SPEAKER_02 4:36

Yeah. So Patriot Games, yeah, and Clear and Present Danger and Present Danger to uh Harrison Ford ones. We had for Red October October, and then we had uh the Ben Affleck. The Ben Affleck one and Chris Pine. Oh the day after the day after tomorrow? Is that is that what it was no The Sum of All Fears was uh was was his Affleck Affleck, and then you had Chris Pine, yeah. Uh and I can't remember what that one was called. Star Trek Wonder Woman 1984. Yeah, I don't know. I can't remember that one. I mean it was easily forgettable, unfortunately.

SPEAKER_04 5:10

Uh it's the only one I haven't seen. But um uh yeah, I'm I'm excited that it's gonna be in theaters. I think that's where um Jack Ryan belongs.

SPEAKER_02 5:19

Yeah, and and John Krasinski's great as his character. Yeah, sits right in the pocket of of uh of of that uh that that genre. So um yeah, really looking forward to it. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 5:30

What else we got? Um what else we got? We got we uh this is one of the ones I just watched a minute ago. It's um the June 3 teaser. Yes, interesting. It looks really good. Yeah, it looks great. Um, I still haven't caught up with the previous film, so um I'm gonna do a whole rewatch of the first two. But um looking at this trailer, I think I might have to see this one in IMAX.

SPEAKER_02 5:50

Oh, for sure.

SPEAKER_04 5:51

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 5:52

Interestingly, we're talking about uh that you mentioned IMAX. Uh we we've been talking about uh uh Doomsday, um, with having uh Dune and also Avengers Doomsday on uh showing at the same time or starting at the same time, which will be December 18th, I think it is. Yeah. Uh and uh essentially Dune has booked out most of the IMAX uh sessions already. Interesting. And uh Marvel have come out uh in our time today to say that they are not going to compete with Dune for IMAX space.

SPEAKER_04 6:33

No, I don't think it's necessary.

SPEAKER_02 6:36

So it's an interesting it's interesting. Uh we have been talking about how one of them may shift. Yeah, uh I'm starting to wonder whether it might be uh uh Avengers Doomsday. No, it's an still neither of them will move. But they're not competing in in the same cinemas. No. So that's a that's an interesting new sort of turn of events that has sort of taken place.

SPEAKER_04 6:59

Yeah, it sort of fits uh what I sort of uh predicted. I think um like I mean Dune's a bit more niche. Yeah, it's it's a bit of a more of a niche audience, but uh Avengers Doomsday and Disney product in general is is um a quantity. Yeah, it's pretty broad. Like they're trying they'd be trying to get uh lots of people in lots of big groups to go and see the movie multiple times. And I don't think that June is the same sort of thing.

SPEAKER_02 7:25

No, um No, you're right, it is a niche marker, uh but it will I mean it's still it'll still you know pulling in an audience and make quite a bank.

SPEAKER_04 7:35

But I think that um makes me even that makes me even more certain that neither of them will. No, because they I mean it's effectively different venues. Like I mean, I know that IMAX theaters are in normal fitters, but but there's a separation there as well. So um, yeah, no, I'm still convinced that neither of them will move.

SPEAKER_02 7:52

I don't think it'll be a a a Barbenheimer though where you went and saw one where where a lot of a lot of people were going to see one uh and then straight after that going into into another cinema to go see that see the other.

SPEAKER_04 8:06

No.

SPEAKER_02 8:06

Um I don't think that that's I think that that's kind of an an anomaly or uh But that was a very weird set of circumstances. That that really was. I don't think it'll ever be replicated again.

SPEAKER_04 8:16

No, um that was like ice cream and french fries, yeah, which are fantastic, by the way. Yeah, I still haven't really got into it, but but it's like but it's like ice, you know, it's like ice cream and french fries. It's two things that shouldn't go well together that make make each other more palatable. Yeah, it's uh you know, Oppenheimer was, you know, um fairly heavy material, and I think the fact that Barbie was out at the same time just made it easier to go, you know, it's a spoonful of sugar.

SPEAKER_02 8:40

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 8:41

I'm making another another pop culture reference. I'm just referencing Mary Poppins.

SPEAKER_02 8:45

We need a we need a sound effect for that now.

SPEAKER_04 8:47

Yeah. Please no. But um, yeah, no, I I I think that that's interesting and I I think that that sort of works. I think it it it it it kind of pushes each of those movies, June 3 and Avengers Doomsday, into their own niches.

SPEAKER_02 9:04

Um it shows also too that Marvel are are going, okay, we're gonna be selective in how we present it as well, because now they're they're they're they're not gonna compete, right? They're they're saying clearly we're not gonna compete. We're just gonna see how well it goes.

SPEAKER_03 9:21

Have Marvel ever been like in IMAX? In IMAX?

SPEAKER_02 9:24

Uh I think we got maybe it's I think I think we got in Endgame.

SPEAKER_04 9:28

I'm pretty sure we got Endgame in uh but it wasn't like you know the Nolan stuff. No, it wasn't filmed for IMAX.

SPEAKER_02 9:35

It wasn't exclusive to IMAX. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 9:37

I don't think I don't think Disney and Marvel sort of care as much.

SPEAKER_02 9:40

Well, I mean, you know.

SPEAKER_04 9:42

Like but the like a lot of the IMAX releases it seem to be like Warner Brothers, don't they? Like June is Warner Brothers. Yeah, yeah. Um, you know, the Dark Knight trilogy was Warner Brothers.

SPEAKER_07 9:52

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 9:52

Um even Z Zack Snyder's Justice League.

SPEAKER_02 9:55

Do they have a do they have a sort of a any sort of investment in IMAX? No idea.

SPEAKER_03 10:01

Yeah.

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I wonder I wonder if that's that has something to do with it as well.

SPEAKER_03 10:04

Yeah, maybe.

SPEAKER_04 10:05

Yeah, I mean maybe it's just uh creative philosophy or I'm sure somebody knows out there. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 10:09

Um hit us up on on all our socials pop culture pod if you do know.

SPEAKER_04 10:14

Yeah, but um yeah, no, I think it's it's obviously like a philosophical sort of um decision.

SPEAKER_02 10:21

But yeah, yeah. Yeah, definitely, definitely. What else are we what else are we watching trailer wise?

SPEAKER_04 10:26

Uh what else have I got? Um I watched the Moana trailer.

SPEAKER_02 10:30

Oh yeah, I saw that too. Yeah. Yeah, it's interesting. I I uh look, I have I have reservations about doing a live action um from a from an animated um film.

SPEAKER_04 10:41

Um only because in general or just because this one's like a recent film?

SPEAKER_02 10:45

Uh I think it's just it's a little bit too recent um for me. Yeah. Um, you know, Leo and Stitch had been quite a significant amount of time um, whereas Moana I think is probably what what is it? What have we got five, six, seven years?

SPEAKER_04 11:01

Yeah, maybe.

SPEAKER_02 11:02

Since since it's been done. So it it it is relatively new. And I mean we only had Moana two a couple of years back as well. So um it was funny.

SPEAKER_04 11:13

Um uh ten years ago, though. Yeah, oh ten years ago it was the original. Okay, yeah, okay. Um it feels relatively new though. I think we might as well be clear about like um why they're bringing this one out. It's to make money.

SPEAKER_02 11:27

Oh, for sure.

SPEAKER_04 11:28

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And and perhaps it's a bit um uh unlike the other Disney live action remakes, this one's probably a striking while the iron's hot.

SPEAKER_02 11:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 11:37

Like I don't think that Moana Moana's appeal is going to wane anytime soon. I think it's gonna um endure as a classic just like most of the Disney movies do. But there's no doubt, um, as I sp said recently, you know, when I was at Disneyland a couple of years ago, one of the things that was a real eye-opener for me was exactly how popular Moana was. I was surprised.

SPEAKER_02 11:57

You knew it was popular, but you didn't realise that was that popular.

SPEAKER_04 12:00

Yeah, I was I was I was um pleasantly surprised by the scale at which um uh its popularity uh existed. Yeah, right. And so I think that's what they're doing at the moment. They're just trying to keep the um to use a Moana metaphor, keep the wave going. Um send my Pulitzer to no. Um so yeah, no, I think that that that's what it is. I think it's a slightly different thing to the other ones. It's not playing so much on nostalgia, yeah, it's playing on what's red hot right now.

SPEAKER_02 12:30

Yeah, yeah. The only the only thing I I mean I I the the trailer looks like it's pretty much shot for shot for the for the animated series. It looks fine. The only thing I I I I would question is is the rock's hair. I would have liked to have seen it a little bit more buffonty, like like like the character was.

SPEAKER_04 12:48

I didn't hate it, I saw a still image of it this afternoon on um Alfred Al Yankovic posted it out with some sort of joke about you know uh it was too soon to be revealing something about um the Alf Al Yankovic movie 2 or something. And and in that image it looked pretty comical. But um I have to say, well, like watching the trailer, I thought it looked looked quite good. Yeah, I just think it's a hard thing to achieve. Like um Maui's hair in the animated movies pretty wild. Oh, it's crazy.

SPEAKER_02 13:22

But uh it just needs a little bit of soul glow, I think.

SPEAKER_04 13:24

I don't know what that is.

SPEAKER_02 13:25

Oh, it's from um coming to America.

SPEAKER_04 13:28

Oh, right, yes, yeah, okay. Yep, no, I've got that reference.

SPEAKER_02 13:32

It will just be it will just put the uh the theme song right about here. There you go. See, so hope everybody enjoys it. Let your salt glow, right?

SPEAKER_04 14:04

So, but um no, I thought it looked alright. Like, uh and while I was watching it too, I thought, you know, I mean, who who who are you gonna get that's gonna play Bowie better than The Rock? Oh no, definitely. Like as as as far as a live action version of that Chris Rock huge character, Chris Rock. Alright. Um no, but but it's Kevin Mark. It looks it looked it looked fine. Like I mean, I'm probably not gonna go and see it in the cinema or wait for Disney Plus, I think. But um Yeah, it's fine. But like I was saying, it'll make a billion dollars.

SPEAKER_02 14:38

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 14:39

Two billion dollars.

SPEAKER_02 14:40

Yeah, I don't know about two billion, but it'll definitely make a billion money.

SPEAKER_04 14:43

It'll make a lot of money.

SPEAKER_02 14:44

Yeah, they know it, they know it's gonna make money. They they they definitely know it's not it's not a snow white, so it'll it'll definitely make money.

SPEAKER_04 14:51

So no, um, but it it's it it it will make a hell of a lot of money. Yeah, it'll encourage them to make more, and before we know it, we'll have uh Hoppers, the live action um version.

SPEAKER_02 15:03

Right. Well, we'll see. I haven't I still have to watch that.

SPEAKER_04 15:05

So I haven't seen it either, but it's probably again probably gonna be a Disney Plus one. I'm just saying. So here it's fun. Yeah. I hear it's really fun. Well, uh it's from uh the We Bear Bears, one of the Wee Bear Bears riders.

SPEAKER_02 15:16

Oh, even more reason why I'm interested. Yeah, I love that show. Yeah, it's fantastic.

SPEAKER_04 15:20

Yeah, yeah. Um, so that's that's all I've got for trailers, as aside from of course Spider-Man, Spider-Man brand new day.

SPEAKER_02 15:27

Brand new day. So uh we we we saw a a a pretty full lengthy trailer which introduced us to a lot of the villains. It was a long trailer. I don't know whether it was two minutes and two minutes twenty, I think it was. I don't think it gave much away though. I I I think that we saw a a pretty big snippet of what to expect. Um one thing so so essentially what what this is is this is a follow-on from uh brand new, what was it, what was the one before it? Brand new car. Brand new car, yeah. Unless he's driving that buggy. I don't think.

SPEAKER_04 16:05

I'm not good with these names that are.

SPEAKER_02 16:07

Yeah, so so the previous film that we saw, which had uh um Dr. Doc Doctor Doctor Strange in it, and uh was was the three spiders. Yeah, and the three spideys.

SPEAKER_04 16:18

So uh this is about Spider-Man in the multiverse of madness.

SPEAKER_02 16:22

Oh, okay. We'll go with that.

SPEAKER_04 16:23

No, we won't.

SPEAKER_02 16:24

Crossing the streams.

SPEAKER_04 16:25

No, um because we don't want to make spider we don't want to make Spider-Man fans angry.

SPEAKER_02 16:29

But uh we um we this is about two about two years, two or three years, I think, after uh that that film. Yeah. So it's kind of insinct with with the last film anyway. Um No Way Home. No Way Home, that's right. Yeah. And uh we're we're seeing sort of the aftermath of everybody forgetting about uh who Peter Parker is, um but not Spider-Man.

SPEAKER_05 16:55

Yep.

SPEAKER_02 16:55

And uh I I don't know about you, uh whether you picked up on it or not, but this this the the wash on this um trailer felt very dark. It was very dark, it wasn't very it wasn't light and bright. If you go back and you look at um the the previous trailer for the film, yeah um not not this one in particular but the previous film, yeah. Um it was light and bright and you know it was really sort of um had a lot of hope to it, um, even though it was no way home.

SPEAKER_04 17:29

I just you you you're saying that the trailer was dark, it literally had the Punisher in it.

SPEAKER_02 17:34

Yeah, I know, but the wash, right? What I'm saying by the wash is that is is the tone of the colours felt very uh felt a lot darker. So the scene went darker.

SPEAKER_04 17:45

Well, I don't know whether I don't know whether it's a colour.

SPEAKER_02 17:46

Oh well that's not gonna help you.

SPEAKER_04 17:47

Well, I don't know whether it's a colourblind thing.

SPEAKER_02 17:49

It looked dark anyway.

SPEAKER_04 17:49

Yeah. But I mean the t but but I mean I mean, undeniably the tone of the thing was dark. Yeah, but um I think that's fair enough. Like where we left Peter was in a dark place. Like I I hated the end of the last movie, yeah. And not because of the movie itself, but I hated where Peter was. Yeah, like I I really hated that for him.

SPEAKER_02 18:06

You wanted to change, right?

SPEAKER_04 18:08

Yeah, of course. And and that's no doubt what this movie's gonna be about. It's gonna be about his um the redemption of his situation, hopefully. Yeah, um, God, can you imagine if it ended on a grimmer note than the last one?

SPEAKER_02 18:20

Um, well, it'll be interesting, right? Because um Tom Holland is uh you know going to he's I don't think he's playing Spider-Man anymore. I think he'll as in a feature-length film with sp as Spider-Man, yeah. I think he is only now going to do um uh spots in other films as Spider-Man. Yeah. So that's that's an interesting sort of you know what what to expect from this. Yeah. So they must be able to tie it up in a way that we will be happy to see him in other films, but not have to, you know, hold on for another film.

SPEAKER_04 18:57

Miles Morales will be next, won't he?

SPEAKER_02 18:59

Well, I I I mean, look, the the fans have been calling for this for for years, right? They were kind of calling for it in the last film, expecting, you know, they they sort of were talking about the other two Spider-Mans turning up, and so there was a lot of talk about Miles Morales also turning up.

SPEAKER_05 19:16

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 19:17

Um and I believe that they entertained that idea, but it was just too crowded, obviously.

SPEAKER_04 19:23

I still think there's a lot of um a lot of the theory that they're waiting to bring to bring Miles into the MCU proper until after they've finished the Spider-Verse trilogy.

SPEAKER_02 19:35

I agree.

SPEAKER_04 19:36

Um they're leaving that as his as as the cultural um uh spotlight for Miles. And until that's finished, like there's no need to bring Miles in. And if they want to keep things if they want to keep the Spider-Man train going, which they obviously do, he's you know, arguably the m the most popular superhero in the world, yeah. Um then that I think that's a really smart way to do it. Um, you know, bring out this latest Tom Holland film. And if that's the end of it, then that that's fair enough. Yeah. We've we've had we've gotten some great material out of Tom Holland's Spider-Man. You know, he's been in I was thinking about it the other day. How many movies have we had him in? It must be eight, nine, ten. Yeah, oh yeah, he's you know, we've had him in two two Avengers, we've had him in Civil War.

SPEAKER_02 20:22

I think he's been in more more than I think he's on on track with with Iron Man and Wolverine, I think.

SPEAKER_04 20:30

Yeah. So it's it's all it's sort of unprecedented, isn't it? Like to get four solo movies out of a character, like we had four from we've had four from Thor, yeah, which again was kind of unprecedented in superhero movies, because normally franchises don't last that long, yeah, and then they get rebooted. Like we're in a real golden age for superhero media where things are happening that we've never seen before. Um, but in addition to that, we've had him in multiple other films. So if that's all if that's all we get out of Tom Hollander's like uh uh headline character, we've done pretty well.

SPEAKER_02 21:04

Yeah, I and and let's face it, even when he's his first uh when he first arrived in uh was it Civil War? I think I'm pretty sure it was Civil War.

SPEAKER_04 21:14

With the with the with the shield on top of the airport.

SPEAKER_02 21:18

It was so good. So even even that that part um that he played, um, even though it was short, yeah, was was definitely that was a massive cultural moment. Yeah, absolutely. And so so the presence was there right from the beginning. So I I think that anytime he's gonna be popping up in another film, the presence will be still there. Yeah, completely. And and I think that that's probably a smart way to go so that he can, you know, focus on other projects. Yeah. Um so I'm looking forward to seeing him anyway.

SPEAKER_04 21:53

I don't think it's I don't think it'll be the last we've seen of him as as Peter Parker.

SPEAKER_02 21:56

No.

SPEAKER_04 21:57

But um whether whether he's headlining another film or not, who knows? I don't think that's necessary. You know, the the Marvel universe, like the DC universe, is rich. It's full of amazing characters. But many that we've yet to see um highlighted in a way that that really puts them on the um the the the stage in the in the way that we as comic fans know that they can be showcased. And um yeah, I I I think that if Spidey's you know floating around as a supporting character in all of that, then then that would be great.

SPEAKER_02 22:30

Yeah, a hundred percent. So uh the trailer gave us uh uh The Punisher, so we saw The Punisher, which was quite a fun little part that they they showed between um uh Frank Castle and and uh and Spider-Man.

SPEAKER_04 22:46

Yeah, I'm I'm look I'm looking forward to it. But I'm like I'm a Frank Castle Punisher fan. Yeah um I really like the character, I really like John Bernthal's version of the character. Yeah, I'm I'm I'm still not quite sure how it's gonna fit. Yeah, I'm glad we're seeing it. As a as a and again, as a comic book fan, like Punisher and Spider-Man cross paths.

SPEAKER_02 23:07

They just do all the time.

SPEAKER_04 23:08

Yeah, yeah. Um was it Spider-Man that Punisher debuted in?

SPEAKER_02 23:13

Oh, good question. Uh let us know. Uh hit us up on the socials under pop pod.

SPEAKER_07 23:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 23:20

But um, but yeah, we got we we obviously got uh the Punisher. We also saw a um uh a bit of a cameo of um of uh Bruce Banner. Yes. Uh which was interesting.

SPEAKER_03 23:35

Um tell me if I'm stupid, but yeah, he was wearing like a very prominent sort of yeah, wrist guard, something.

SPEAKER_02 23:44

So from Do we know do we know what that is? That is uh that is to uh stop him from hulking out. Yeah. Uh so it's sort of an inhibitor.

SPEAKER_04 23:53

Okay. So yeah, there like the fact that it was so visually prominent is significant.

SPEAKER_02 23:57

And that might that might go with the I don't know if it's rumour or fact. I haven't really sort of um investigated it, but the grey hulk would be making a presence in this film. So this could have something to do with that inhibitor that he's wearing on his on his arm. Okay. Um so we'll just have to wait and see. But uh as long as we get to see a Hulk. Oh, I think it'll be fun. I look it if they don't, if they don't, I'd be very surprised.

SPEAKER_04 24:24

He's still my favourite.

SPEAKER_02 24:25

Oh, he he's awesome, but it'll be a very different Hulk than what we've seen in the in the past iterations of of the Hulk. Okay, we'll see.

SPEAKER_04 24:33

Um just to clarify as well, I was yeah, I I didn't know the answer to this, but uh the the Punisher's first appearance was in Amazing Spider-Man 129.

SPEAKER_02 24:43

Is that that is that that issue that's got like Spider-Man in the Oh, that's exactly what I was gonna say in this in the crosshairs. The crosshairs, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 24:50

So it's a it's that amazing cover. I just that was uh I'm gonna call that a brain fart. Yeah. But um, yeah, so it it just demonstrates that yeah, uh Punisher and Spidey, it is something we want to see on the screen. Yeah. I'm just not sure how I'm just not sure how it's gonna land. Like I'm I'm sure it'll be fine, but um, yeah, I mean this this version of the Punisher is so dark and gritty and um I don't know, maybe that that'll be where the fun is. Yeah, it's it's like light and dark meeting boomer. But um, I'm looking forward to seeing it anyway.

SPEAKER_02 25:20

Well, we also got uh tarantula, scorpion, and uh who was the other who was the boomerang. Boomerang, that's right.

SPEAKER_04 25:28

Yeah, I reckon I was proud of myself because I recognized boomerang from the shot in the yeah, it was pretty quick.

SPEAKER_02 25:35

It was a pretty quick shot.

SPEAKER_04 25:36

If you blink, you miss it. Pretty epic shot though. Yeah, it was like they were both falling off a building or something and he's throwing boomerangs. Yeah, I didn't see Tarantila.

SPEAKER_02 25:44

He was uh he had some type of um uh sort of foot sort of knives that was sort of jabbing into into the wall or trying to I've only watched it, I've only watched it twice. It's pretty pretty quick blink and you'll miss it. Yeah. Same with same with Scorpion.

SPEAKER_04 25:59

I've only watched it twice, and I haven't like gone through and paused or anything. Like um it's this movie's a bit like so many movies at the moment where I don't need to see the trailers. No. Um you know, I I I could I could sit and pick them apart um uh you know if I had a podcast or something, but um I don't feel a need to do it because I'm in. Yeah, you know, like I'm I'm I'm so in for Spider-Man.

SPEAKER_02 26:24

So I I was all in as soon as it was announced. So uh and the interesting the interesting part is that we've we've got three of the Sinister Six in this. We also saw a uh a hooded figure or a figure that could potentially be um you know uh somebody else that's oh yeah, that's right. It could be Gene. This is sort of this speculation of Gene Gray uh popping up because we have a um a number of of of guards that their necks seem to be snapping or they seem to be being knocked out or something or other without any person being visible.

SPEAKER_04 27:03

No, we didn't see Sadie Sink in this.

SPEAKER_02 27:05

We didn't see Sadie Sink, and I think they'll just keep it. I think that's the one they're gonna keep under wraps as long as they possibly can. Yeah. Um the we also have the hand that was introduced into this. Yes. So the only time that we've seen the hand in any of the the Marvel universe has been in the Daredevil universe.

SPEAKER_04 27:25

Is it essentially was it in Daredevil or Iron Fist?

SPEAKER_02 27:27

Uh well it's Iron Fist, but it it's obviously crossed over into the into Daredevil. Um so yeah, we see the hand and they're wearing their traditional sort of red garb in this. Uh there's been some speculation that um based on what happened in the previous film's trailer where they cut out Toby Maguire and Andrew Garfield, uh they cut those out of the of the original trailer to keep that a secret.

SPEAKER_04 28:00

Yeah, well, I'm glad they did.

SPEAKER_02 28:02

And there's a scene at the very end where they show uh just Spider-Man launching into the air with a whole bunch of the hand launching towards him.

SPEAKER_04 28:11

That's a great shot.

SPEAKER_02 28:12

And there is a lot of uh foreground left on the left-hand side of the screen. Okay, which they're which there's a lot of speculation saying that they've cut out at least two characters out of that shot to preserve it for the film. Right. So there's been a little bit of tooling on the to to remove them out of shot. And the reason that they're saying that is because there is some sort of mist that's in the air.

SPEAKER_04 28:38

I always think it's weird when they do that. Like, why why not just use a shot that doesn't have them in it?

SPEAKER_02 28:42

Well, I you know, again, it's a it's about hype, right? So those that are eagle eye and they take a lot of time and they have YouTube channels where they tell you the 65 Easter eggs that are in the in the you know trailer, um, this is for them. This is to them to hype up the film and say, oh, this is what I saw and I noticed and all the rest of it. Okay. Um look, if that's the case, content baby. If if that yeah, if that's the case, then I'm I'm I'm excited for that. I think that'll be great. I and you know, um with my design hat on and looking at that, yeah, I can see what they're talking about. Um is that gonna be the case? I don't know. But if it is, that's awesome. I can't wait to see who those two characters are being the being in. So brand new day. Uh so yeah, brand new day, isn't it? It is. Yeah, brand new day. Brand new day. Uh that's coming out in uh that's that's not far away actually.

SPEAKER_04 29:37

It's uh July.

SPEAKER_02 29:38

Yeah, around um Yeah, I think it's sort of late July.

SPEAKER_04 29:42

Yeah, it's it's round about super girl. So it's yeah, uh and end of July. End of July. July 30 in Australia, apparently.

SPEAKER_02 29:50

Yeah, fantastic.

SPEAKER_04 29:51

So yeah, it'll be here before we know it.

SPEAKER_02 29:52

Yep, and we'll be talking about it when it comes out. So um yeah, look out for that. Any other trailers?

SPEAKER_04 29:58

No, that was it. Yeah, no, okay. Uh the only other thing that I wanted to mention just briefly about the Spider-Man trailer, this is just nerd stuff, but um, I recognized an actor in it that I didn't know was gonna be in it, and that was um Iman Isfandi.

SPEAKER_02 30:13

Which is MJ's boyfriend, which is Ezra Bridger in uh Ahsoka. Yeah, is that what you're gonna say?

SPEAKER_04 30:20

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I just I I recognized him as soon as I saw him, and and I thought, oh, that's uh Ezra.

SPEAKER_02 30:26

But um he seems like like to be the up and comer, doesn't he?

SPEAKER_04 30:29

He does, yeah, yeah. Um pleased to see him um popping up in in Spider-Man as well.

SPEAKER_02 30:34

While we're talking about Marvel, um did you see the news in Our Time Today about Wonder Man?

SPEAKER_04 30:40

I did, yes, yeah. I only saw this a couple of hours ago, but yeah, um that's exciting news.

SPEAKER_02 30:44

Yeah, season two has been Greenlit. Didn't expect that, and it's only months after the uh after the series is finished. I mean it it is probably one of Marvel's biggest um uh screened um um series. I didn't realise it was so popular. Um yeah, it's it's it's done done exceptionally well um for streaming. And so uh as far as we were sort of were told it was a it was a one and done. Um we weren't gonna get any more seasons, but uh obviously they've got more stories to tell.

SPEAKER_04 31:18

Um it was I mean it seemed clear to me at the end of season one that we were gonna see um him turn up in other films, right? Exactly, or somewhere, yeah. Um and now, you know, at least we know that um one of those places is gonna be in season two. So yeah, I was really pleased to see that. And uh to be honest, I was actually pleased more generally to see that they'd greenlit um another Marvel or Disney no, sorry, Marvel or Star Wars show. Yeah. Because we sort of don't like uh unless I'm wrong, like we don't seem to have a whole lot greenlit.

SPEAKER_02 31:53

No, not at the moment, no.

SPEAKER_04 31:54

It's all it's all very like with Star Wars Beyond Ahsoka. Um I don't know what's sort of next.

SPEAKER_02 32:00

Yeah. Um well that's that's all that's all hinging on um Mando and Grogu. There's lots of there's been lots of chatter this week about about concerns for um the the prospective audience that is going to go see that. Um and it's it's definitely got got some nerves about it from the executives so at Disney. So, you know, I think Star Wars is one of those ones that's kind of on the on the pendulum of what's going to happen based on on what what we see from uh the audience of Mandal and Grogu.

SPEAKER_04 32:37

Because one of the things that I I mean my some of my favourite franchises, as we know, are Star Wars, Marvel and DC.

SPEAKER_07 32:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 32:45

And um DC I've been a little bit concerned about lately just with the you know the merger with Paramount, because you know who knows what that's gonna mean for all of this stuff. And I I I'd just been getting to a place where I was really excited about seeing shows of the likes of Peacemaker and Lanterns continue to come, sort of linking the universe with the movies that keep getting released, and and I I hope that that still happens.

SPEAKER_02 33:12

So far, we've got no indication that it's not going to, but we've had a lot of cancellations this week, too, of um uh properties that were going to be brought into the DCU. So we had uh there was a Flash um film that was being written. I hadn't heard about that. That's now being cancelled.

SPEAKER_04 33:33

Um we that sounds a bit soon after the last one.

SPEAKER_02 33:36

Booster Gold. Uh uh a Booster Gold uh TV series.

SPEAKER_04 33:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 33:42

That's now being cancelled.

SPEAKER_04 33:44

None of this was like confirmed though, was it?

SPEAKER_02 33:46

Well, it was part of part of his original announcement of what he was going to. Okay, yeah, I hadn't heard about these canceled. And so so I I'm wondering whether that's whether there's a little bit of traction going on behind the scenes of some of these, like, let's just slow down a little bit while the this merger takes place.

SPEAKER_04 34:04

Yeah, well, I mean, pff if if that's the case, you know, business-wise, that isn't isn't surprising. No, it's it's disappointing and it's a little bit concerning.

SPEAKER_02 34:11

Yeah, as a fan, for sure.

SPEAKER_04 34:13

Yeah, but I mean, in reality, it's not all that shocking. Yeah, so yeah, I mean, I'm I remain concerned for the DC stuff because I'd love to be in a place where we get one or two films a year and we get TV shows, the likes of um yeah, Peacemaker, lanterns, yeah, even creature commandos, yeah, Mr. Miracles coming up, yeah. Um, you know, linking it all together. I just I I want that, I want to be able to look forward to that with some sort of consistency.

SPEAKER_02 34:40

Blue Beetle, like you'd have a Blue Beetle TV series.

SPEAKER_04 34:42

Well, I think there's an animated one coming.

SPEAKER_02 34:44

Well, there's another one. Unless I've cancelled that as well. No, no, no. Uh I think that's still on the I mean it's been made.

SPEAKER_04 34:49

Yeah, so yeah, bring it on. Um, you know, I I'm looking forward. Batgirl had been made too, hadn't it?

SPEAKER_02 34:54

Yeah, well that's true, that's true.

SPEAKER_04 34:56

I mean that's a different case, but that's gonna hurt forever. Yeah. Um the but but as far as Star Wars and Marvel go in terms of streaming, like I know that they've announced movies and stuff, but I don't really I don't want to go back to a place where it's just movies. Like I wanna I wanna I want to be able to split these universes between cinema experiences and streaming. Um because that that that was kind of I don't want to say it's what we were promised, but it was kind of what we it was, it was sort of was like what we were told to expect with the onset of the whole streaming revolution. Yeah, and I was excited about it. Yeah, and I want to continue to be excited about it. And frankly, Wonder Man season two being greenlit is uh uh gives me great hope.

SPEAKER_02 35:44

Yeah, I I I and I agree with you. Um keeping on with uh Marvel news, we we had a bit of a uh a bit of a teaser for Daredevil um season two, where we saw a little bit more of the suit, uh that you know the black suit that is going to be gonna be featured in season two.

SPEAKER_04 36:03

I did see that that video today. That was that was really cool.

SPEAKER_02 36:06

Yeah, it was very cool. Um, and in further news to Daredevil, yeah, um Finn Jones, who played Iron Fist, I had this one written down as well, uh shared a photo of him working out in the gym, which was right next to where Daredevil season three is being shot at the moment.

SPEAKER_04 36:24

And he looks in Iron Fist shape.

SPEAKER_02 36:26

And he looks in Iron Fist shape, doesn't he? Yeah. Um so I really hope that that leads to something that would be look, I I really think that that is just the beginning, it's a teaser to what to expect.

SPEAKER_04 36:36

I would just I would love some redemption for that version of that character and for that actor as that character.

SPEAKER_02 36:42

Yep.

SPEAKER_04 36:43

Because I really don't think we've seen him at his best.

SPEAKER_02 36:47

I I I think that what what Marvel are cleverly doing in the background is they're building up some of these characters to be able to feature in secret wars.

SPEAKER_05 36:58

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 36:58

And so now's the opportunity that use the platform like Daredevil, for instance, yeah. Um, and give them um a little bit of you know, shine a spotlight on them.

SPEAKER_04 37:09

Get them back on their feet, so to speak.

SPEAKER_02 37:11

Exactly, and then put them into secret wars.

SPEAKER_04 37:14

Well, bring it.

SPEAKER_02 37:14

I I absolutely agree.

SPEAKER_04 37:16

Yeah, if we could I mean if we could get all four of those defenders back into the MCU proper, I think that would be amazing.

SPEAKER_02 37:24

I I yeah, I I think it'll be just so much fun.

SPEAKER_04 37:27

That would that would make my Marvel Netflix heart soar.

SPEAKER_02 37:34

But uh we also uh got some uh awesome news today. Uh that the regular show uh new series, yes, The Lost Tapes, yes, starts May 11th. Yeah. Uh it's gonna be 44 episodes, amazing, which is so good. Yeah. Um, obviously, those episodes are short episodes. They usually go for what about 11 minutes. About 11 minutes.

SPEAKER_04 37:59

So they are short episodes that they are going to continue on that model. So I think that's that's great. I love I love having a short little show to watch. Yeah. Like I love having those Cartoon Network shows like Adventure Time, We Bear Bears.

SPEAKER_02 38:12

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 38:13

Um, I I love having those sort of handy to watch when I need a bit of a pick-me-up. So um, yeah, bring it on.

SPEAKER_02 38:18

Yeah, so uh 44 episodes, which will be 22, 22 episodes, really. That's what it'll be. 22 episodes. Oh yeah. But uh it's it's it's gonna be it's gonna be fun and we'll definitely be uh talking about it when it when it is released. Uh comprehensive reviews. There's no weekly. Yeah. It'll definitely be a weekly. It'll be a regular segment. Love it, love it. Uh we got uh we got in comic news, we got a synopsis for Absolute Superman issue 20. Have you heard about this? I haven't, no. So uh for those that that are reading it, um you you'll be just as excited as as we are, uh, that we're going to get a battle between uh Absolute Superman, uh King Shazam. Oh, okay. Uh Clockman and a redacted name. So it doesn't say who it is. All right. But we've got a four-way battle going on. Okay. So it's interesting that they're referring to him as King Shazam.

SPEAKER_04 39:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 39:29

Uh I don't know whether that's Black Adam uh or not. That's where my imagination is gone. That's where uh that's where mine's sort of gone too. Uh so yeah, interesting. Yeah. Um looking forward to when that that drops. I think I think we've got quite a number of issues to go before that, isn't it? Um, it should be a few. I think it's like two or three.

SPEAKER_04 39:49

I'm I'm not sure. So I'm notoriously bad with remembering the issue numbers.

SPEAKER_02 39:53

So um in other absolute universe uh news, uh we were we've we've been talking backwards and forwards a little bit about a absolute universe event. Yes and I and you were saying in um in uh KO DC KO that there was there was an event. There sure was. Uh well Scott Snyder's come out uh this week in our time uh to say that a crossover event is coming in November. Yeah, okay. So that's gonna be cool. I'm looking forward to that.

SPEAKER_04 40:25

No, that'll be amazing. Um in thinking further about all of that, it was a crossover between the two universes, but there wasn't a lot of interaction between the absolute characters themselves.

SPEAKER_02 40:36

Right. It was more about their counterparts from other universes.

SPEAKER_04 40:40

It was it was more about the clash between, you know, the Batman and Batman Batman and Batman, Superman, Superman. But um uh not so much about um, you know, interactions between like so yeah, we've had interactions between Batman and Wonder Woman in the Absolute Universe, but we haven't had a lot of interactions between the other characters, yeah. I go like there is still material obviously to be explored um in all of that. So yeah, I'm very excited about that. I think I think um yeah, the uh the continued unfolding of the absolute universe is one of the most exciting things happening in pop culture, yeah. Um let alone let alone comics um at the moment, and I'm really looking forward to it.

SPEAKER_02 41:22

Yeah, and we got our first look at uh the penguin and two face in the absolute universe as well, which is um which is wild.

SPEAKER_04 41:31

The penguin design made me giggle. Yeah, um obviously his scars on his face are grotesque, but he the fact that he's using two machine guns as crutches, yeah, just made me laugh.

SPEAKER_02 41:45

In a in a in a good way, like I'll just like the horns on on Batman's Cow, you know, being being but even more so, like it just it look it it it's such a striking image, but also so freaking dangerous. Yeah, I know.

SPEAKER_04 41:59

Um yeah, no, I just I loved it. Uh I thought that that was great. It's um a nice extension of the umbrella as a gun that we've seen in so many versions of the penguin previously, yeah. Um having him use now guns in a different practical setting. Yeah. Um, I think is really fun. And um I also uh read uh some stuff in I think it was in comics the magazine. Oh the new um periodical that spoken.

SPEAKER_02 42:28

Yeah, there was a there was a viral photo of you there was uh at All Star Comics. Yeah, there was. Uh and uh you holding a uh comics magazine.

SPEAKER_04 42:38

Yeah, myself and Sean from the show. Sean, yes, yeah. Um we shout out to Sean. Yeah, shout out to Sean. Yep. Um sounds like a segment we could have in the future. Shout out to Sean. Shout out to Sean.

SPEAKER_02 42:48

Oh, I like that. Yeah, okay. We'll work on it. Sean, give us give us some uh give us some things to shout out to you about. Yeah, hey Sean, give us a shout. Yeah, tell us. Um tell us.

SPEAKER_04 42:57

Yeah, uh so yes, uh in Comics the Magazine, I think there was a bit of a breakdown about um uh the design of Too Faced and uh the philosophy of the like the hair and yeah, covering his face and um and I really like the sound of it. Oh, and it and it and it also sort of acts as like a judge's wig uh I was saying it's it it's reminiscent of a judge's wig, but it's sort of like he parts the hair depending on which which side of him is in control or I don't know. It just it all sounded very appealing, but um yeah, no, as I say, bring it.

SPEAKER_02 43:35

Yeah, I I'm I'm I'm all for it. Yep, we know that the absolute universe is is going gangbusters and it's definitely not going to end anytime soon. No. Uh so uh talking about um it's so I'm not too sure if you're familiar with the Dark Horse comic uh Powers. Uh so powers is um it was uh it did get a a TV series, I think, I think it was a early Netflix TV series if I remember rightly. This is the but it's not the one that was on uh Brian Michael Bendis uh uh who who wrote it yeah um and and it wasn't it wasn't great it was it was it really sort of moved away from the from from the the comic itself but this is different to the Powers show that was on TV uh years and years ago wasn't it yes it was yeah yeah okay so um so forgive me if that's a dumb question so Netflix and Dark Horse have come out and said that um they're going to produce a Powers um animated series I think with Invincible I think what this has done is it's really showed um you know um properties that they don't necessarily have to do a live action and that they can probably be truer to the medium by doing an animated series. Okay. So I'm really excited that that they're gonna give this property another go. Yeah uh and I I like the fact that they're gonna do it in an animated series because they probably can't really I mean they can but it's just it just doesn't have the same you know I mean it's like having an invincible um you know TV live action TV series or film. Yeah it would be really difficult to rate that based on its blood count and all the rest of it but because it's animated it can be seen as a little bit softer if you know what I mean. Yeah yeah yeah it's a it's it's it's not not as realistic.

SPEAKER_04 45:26

No it's it's a bit more palatable that way.

SPEAKER_02 45:29

Yeah absolutely and so I think the same is going to be with this with this new Powers production there's no there's no datas of yet it's just been an announcement but um for for those who are fans of um of the Dark Lost comic Powers I you know I have to confess I haven't read any of Powers but I am a fan of Bendis yeah um like I really enjoy uh his writing the the stuff that he did on Superman um and uh I really enjoyed the new Avengers stuff that I read back in the day yeah um Miles Morales of course and um you know he's the co-creator of Miles and and also Jessica Jones so um yeah no bring it on and he's and he's a lovely guy too so when he was out in Australia um quite a number of years ago um I had the opportunity of of meeting him um through um you know uh from the Watcher show and uh we we we met him we spoke to him and he was just such a really easygoing guy um had a lot of time for his fans I I remember um while we were waiting to to talk to him we were watching fans who had been lining up for hours to get them to sign their their books um and uh one guy came up and he had two bags full of books yeah and you could tell that he was an eBay seller and uh and he just quite happily just sat there and just signed every single one of them didn't question it um was happy to chat to him at the same time okay and and you know whereas now I mean it's a lot different you know if you've got more than two or three I think they charge for for that now and fair enough and fair enough um but yeah he was just so gracious and so so kind and and of his time yeah to his fans um superhuman levels of patience oh absolutely um and and um and and a great rider to boot as well so yeah no but I'm I'm excited about that bring it on absolutely I hadn't read anything of Invincible until I saw the show either so yeah yeah um we've also got um oh in in interesting news um Darth Vader's lightsaber so the lightsaber from the original movie yes uh has just uh sold at auction okay um for 3.5 million dollars wow yeah so that's uh that's a pretty and and it's literally the is it the handle is that what they call it the handle or the hilt the hilt the hilt yeah um without the actual lightsaber as well at all it's just got a a small um prong sticking out of it yeah where they would slide the uh where they would slide the the the light unit onto it yeah uh so so yeah it's so the one from the the original it's the original uh trilogy amazing uh that that it's that lightsaber there must have been more than one though oh there was multiples there was multiples because they broke they also broke them too oh yeah um so they had to have multi I think it's like anything really you have to have more than three of anything in in in films when there's action involved yeah uh so so yeah so that's that's just sold for three and a half million dollars I just love the thought of um David Prouse and Alec Guinness back in the day dicking around and breaking the prop master standing off to the left rolling his eyes going oh and uh and and and Sir Alec Guinness I mean he he he probably would have done it on purpose because he really didn't want to be in the film so you know he's like whatever well I'm glad he was I'll just go with that yeah before we get into into uh other segments just wanted to uh to open the weird files so uh I know that you've really enjoyed I can't remember what the weird files are well we had the uh we had the painkiller ice cream uh and uh we last week uh we we we talked about uh the Garfield phones that are washing up on on French shores so what is it what is it now in insoles that make your your feet smell like cheeseburgers well I I thought I'd I thought I'd give you um probably um the the greatest uh food delivery request of all time for this for this time round okay so we've got a um we've got a delivery driver uh who uh has um has picked up the uh Chipotle uh meal thank you hero for this uh for for for this particular person yeah who's left instructions and I thought I'd just read those instructions to everybody uh uh right now the driver's left instructions this is the uh this is the person who's ordered the food to the delivery driver all right okay so here's here's the greatest as they say the greatest food delivery request of all time is this going to be obnoxious it's fantastic right when you get to my stoop please press 5B on the buzzer and wait for me in capital letters to come down it says if there's a big dude sitting on the uh sorry I'm having to read this on on my phone and my eyes aren't so fantastic so uh when if there's a big dude sitting on the steps is that what he said or is that what you said sitting on the steps claiming the food is his do not believe him that's Larry please look him dead in the eye and say okay oh no Larry right right he has successfully hijacked my dinner on two separate occasions and I refuse to let him feast on my dime a third time protect the bag at all costs I'll tip extra you'll want to if Larry comes up and punches him in the face but uh yeah I I I I would uh say that's probably one of the greatest food delivery requests of all time that I've ever heard that's a shocker yep so um you get yours Larry yep there you go yeah yeah take that Larry no more no more sponging no no go for it Larry I wonder if that's Larry Boxhall do you reckon it might be uh well shout out to Larry anyway if it if it is you well done let us know let us know um pulp culture pod on the uh on the all the socials he'll send me a text message um so uh so yeah that's that's it for the weird file okay uh one one other quick segment let's get into the two yep we've got more more more uh more more more it can't it can't be yeah absolutely uh so uh so it was announced in our time uh that the uh mummy four goes into film prep in May so what is film prep yeah so real really good question so um we've we've got um photography sort of uh will be happening soon so scouting sites and getting that all ready and all the rest of it I'll say still photography yeah um but but what this is this film prep is kind of like what we've seen with um like the Tomb Raider film where we're seeing her in her outfit um we're seeing her working out there's not like costume yeah cost tests tests and stuff like that um it's also going to be for someone like Brendan Frazier who's got a little bit of weight on him he's gonna have to lose some weight tone up get get into the role okay um Rachel Weiss has been out since 2001 she did Black Widow as an action so so she's got obviously going there's going to be some action scenes so there's going to be all that um choreography that that needs to be done for that so this is all that prep work in May um because they're expected to start filming in August. Okay. So we're definitely going to be on a bit of a roll very very soon of seeing shots and costume and you know them together and you know that sort of stuff. So um yeah we'll be continuing to bring you the tomb it's a solid tomb segment. It's always a solid tomb segment.

SPEAKER_04 53:56

No it's not always a solid tomb segment.

SPEAKER_02 53:58

Sometimes they're absolute stinkers but that one was that was a good one.

SPEAKER_03 54:02

Yeah I thought so yeah it's always worth mentioning Bretton Frazier doing pushups.

SPEAKER_02 54:06

Yeah well I mean you heard it here first I'm looking forward to seeing him back in shape and you know um I don't care if he's not in shape as O'Connell he can do what he wants yeah well he can but you know I just I just I mean it was like indie I mean we saw indie in in good shape so when's Harrison ever not been in good shape? I don't know I don't think he has but you know that's that's his that's his stick right yeah so shtick what being handsome being handsome and rugged yeah um so yeah look we're looking forward to seeing what's uh what what comes about from um from the pre-work.

SPEAKER_00 54:41

Yeah okay very nice watch this space yeah uh shall we get into the aisle yes okay good it's the exploding bridge with Batmobile and activator Batman's included pretend Robin is held prisoner Batman's in the Batmobile you can send him to the rescue imagine the villain uses the comic action activator to stop Batman as he crosses the bridge he's made it in the nick of time set the activator place Batman on it and you can send him to the rescue the Exploding Bridge with Batmobile and activator comes with Batman from the comic action heroes collection. Robin sold separately from Ego.

SPEAKER_02 55:15

Well what have you been reading this week yeah great um you and I probably have been reading the same thing.

SPEAKER_04 55:21

Oh okay let's see uh Lobo number one Death Stroke number one no really uh we've had a delay at the shop oh so we haven't got them yet oh no um yeah our DC stuff didn't turn up so no this week uh all going well we'll have our hands on those physical copies but because you're already digitally this in this case it's it's mine it's all mine it has worked out well for you so it's all mine uh without spoilers yes what did you think all die um it it's great it's really good um we have Scotty Young writing it yeah and it's it's a Scotty Young book hands down he just writes that he it's so off the wall it's so crazy pretty wild it's only it's it's only something that would happen in in the world of Lobo.

SPEAKER_02 56:14

Awesome um yeah he's become uh a celebrity as such yeah on a game show yeah and uh yeah what the adventures that are gonna take place from it are just yeah off the wall and crazy and only it it can only happen to Lobo. Yeah so yeah it's great artwork is really good it's done by is it uh George uh Jorge Corona Jorge Corona thank you um I was gonna say George Corona's a perfect perfect um fit for like incidentally like just it's an an aside but um I actually reread for the first time in many years the um first issue of the 1990 oh yes Lobo miniseries yeah this week um because I bought the um back to back which has got that and the Lobo's back miniseries collected in it.

SPEAKER_04 57:06

Yeah um and yeah it reminded me how much fun those comics were and and it's just got me even more hyped for um this new Lobo series. Yeah because as you say you know the art by uh by Jorge and and the writing by Scotty Young I just think it's a really great fit. Um kind of makes me wonder why we haven't had more Lobo like this uh in the years sort of since then but um I'm just really excited that we're hopefully entering a new um uh golden age of Lobo.

SPEAKER_02 57:37

Yeah it feels like Scotty's just like like he's been let off the leash. I don't I I I really don't know whether um DC had much input into what what he was actually doing. I think they've just said go for it we'll trust you with the property and and he's and he has he's he's um yeah he's he's running all over the place.

SPEAKER_04 57:58

So I'm not like again I'm not advertising but uh uh Comics the magazine that came out this week yeah has a really good roundtable interview between um Scotty and I think it's Tony Fleeks and uh the other writer of I think it's the uh Batwoman Batwoman and Deathstroke yeah um and so Tony Fleeks does uh does does terminate uh Deathstroke yeah yeah um and and it's a really good uh chat um b between them all and and that's kind of what they said these these um the latest all-in comics from DC um have a bit of a an independent comic vibe um in that they have been given largely free reign to um explore these characters in a way that um they perhaps didn't expect yeah sort of unconstrained yeah um again which for Lobo and Deathstroke as well um and I guess probably Batwoman is perfect.

SPEAKER_02 58:54

Um well it's funny that you should talk about Deathstroke because um yeah Tony Fleeks is doing the writing and Carmine D Giadomin Dominico I think it is I think yeah I don't know that was delicious watching you do that Giando uh Domenico I think it's called I think that's how you pronounce his name but anyway um I'd pronounce it but you got me confused and I haven't got it in front of me so uh so he's doing the artist uh car is the artist on it Carmoy I did say Carmoine yeah um no I'm just I'll just call him Carmine Damon yeah Carmen D. Uh Jean Domenico Sean Domenico great thanks I'm gonna go with that okay great excellent sorry I butchered your name Carmoine sorry Carmine uh but uh yeah this is uh again another crazy um book that really feels like Tony yeah it's great action packed like because I'm dying for a good death stroke I I don't I don't think we've seen an action packed comic like this for for a while. Okay. Yeah I think since since Absolute Batman one. Oh wow so yeah it's pretty much from start to finish okay um is very I I like I don't know how he does it I I would be taking several breaths and having a sit down and a nap on the couch but he seems to be just going full tilt the entire this is the artwork issue artwork you mean or just the the storyline okay yeah the storyline um and um yeah I'm I'm really excited to to to continue this series. Yeah exciting yeah it's really it's really really good um the the interesting I I read that they're going to be bringing in more um of the wildstorm universe and for those that might not know the wild store universe was from image which was um uh pretty much a property from Jim Lee yeah uh so we had um we had the likes of um grifter and and and um wildcats and midnighter yeah so we we we had a a large sort of um you know sort of universe just in that wild storm universe yeah they're gonna be bringing more of those over and um I read this week that uh Death Blow is going to be brought into uh the um into into Deathstroke they will seem like a good fit for death stroke yeah well I mean when you think about it like there really isn't a a lot of um a lot of uh people that can go up against Deathstroke no um other than Robin um but you know really I don't I don't think that there's there's there's a lot that I can sort of you know count on one hand yeah but I think Deathblow is a great um definitely a great character to bring into to to go up against him because they're very similar right yeah no I'm really excited about reading both of those titles and also Batwoman um but yes I've got to get a hold of the physical copies before I do that. Last one on the list uh is uh Transformers number 30.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:55

How's it going?

SPEAKER_02 1:01:56

Holy cow we've uh we've we've we've gone into Uncharted waters now. In what way? Well we've got a a a brand new story arc that's that that happens in 30. Okay. Uh so they've closed off the last one. Yeah and uh we all I can say is uh without giving any spoilers we have a lovers tiff which ends with a very surprising new leadership okay for the Autobots. Oh interesting uh and uh yeah I'm I I did not see this coming and uh I'm really interested to see how they're going to unpack this new storyline. The change the dynamic a bit change a massive like this is game changer okay for the Transformers. Alright nice um so so yeah I again we've you know we've got um you know Robert Kirkman writing it we've got Dan Mora doing the art on it um you know Mike Spicer does amazing colour for it so I'm really really just looking forward to um uh to to to it shout out to Russ Wooten who does um the the the lettering on this as well I I I think that it's it's really difficult to do lettering in such a in such a a a really um I I think the Transformers can be very claustrophobic as a book because you've got so many characters on the page um all at one time. Yeah yeah yeah and so I I think that um I mean obviously that that has a lot to do with Dan Moore and where he's positioning and all that sort of stuff but yeah but I think that I I think that Russ Rutin does a really good job of trying to fit in um and because sometimes we get a little bit of exposition or a bit of um um uh plot splaining from from from Optimus yeah and so so you know to fit all that in is is is a is a real talent so it's a really it's really um fascinating the art of lettering isn't it like when when you hear a letterer talk about the thought that goes into some of these books and and the fonts that they use and the types of bubbles and where they position them it's it's actually it's really fascinating. Yeah absolutely it is um and it's and that's and that's an art on its own and it and it should be credited and so um yeah we always talk about the artist and the writer yeah um but we never we don't really talk much about the um the the uh the colours or the or or or the lettering so um I just sort of make a make a point of um of of of that because they're both of both of those guys are doing a a fantastic job on this book.

SPEAKER_04 1:04:31

Okay so we'll catch up eventually um it's it's on on the list. Yep so those are my top three oh nice yeah okay well um yeah I've read a little bit this week um I read as I mentioned um the old uh Lobo number one from 1990 um in anticipation of reading the new logo number one um which I'll hopefully do this week um I read uh issue number two of uh bleeding hearts the DC Vertigo um zombie book oh yeah I haven't I haven't read that yet yeah um I just like the first one I really enjoyed this one um this one's told from a slightly different perspective it's told from the point of view of um some of the the humans that are um still surviving in this version of a zombie apocalypse yep um and yeah I I really enjoyed it um it it it felt like a a really satisfying um second chapter that expands the world um in in that in that book so did you say this is a TV series? Definitely yeah it's interesting there's talk about it yeah it's it's um definitely got the the makings of a a TV series with some interesting uh characters going through um you know a a variety of different um I guess amusing but also you know heart wrenching situations in the zombie apocalypse but um again the artwork fantastic um yeah I'm I'm r really enjoying that um that series and and I really think that the The second issue uh probably got me more excited even than the first one did, um which is um is exciting.

SPEAKER_07 1:06:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 1:06:10

Um I read also the second issue of um Tiny Howard and Babstar's um DC Sirens Love Hertz uh series, uh and again really enjoyed it. Um as I think I've mentioned previously, um, you know, it's a really fun, um you know, cheeky, naughty um series uh about some of our you know favourite Gotham girls. Um and yeah, and I really love that. Um it also featured uh uh some cameos from uh a bunch of other DC characters, including Dick Grayson, um and also uh Barbara Gordon, which was fun to see uh Babstar drawing Barbara Gordon again after her famous uh run with the the Burnside Batgirl stuff from uh probably ten years ago. Um so yeah, that was really good. Um a bit uh sort of more left field. Um I read uh a comic biography. I've been really getting into sort of comic biographies of real historical figures. Um I read one that's in a uh an English translation of an Italian book. Um it's a biography of Mary Shelley.

SPEAKER_02 1:07:17

Um was that the one with the skull on the skeleton on the front cover or whatever?

SPEAKER_04 1:07:21

Uh it's not a skeleton, it's sort of a an image of Mary Shelley herself. Yep. Um kind of uh reminiscent of uh Bride of Frankenstein type stuff. Mary Shelley obviously Bang Bang, the um very famous uh author of uh the original Frankenstein book. Yeah. Um and yeah, that was I really enjoyed that. It was um uh sort of a a a quick kind of read, um, but it was basically informing um as to um Mary Shelley's life uh in the lead up to her uh creation of Frankenstein, um about the various um uh I guess men in her lives and influences and the pressures of being a uh uh a a woman back then, uh particularly a creative one. Um but I I really enjoyed that biography of Mary Shelly's called Mary Shelly's from Mad Cave. Um highly recommend it if anyone's um into that sort of thing. Um especially with the resurgence in the interest of um in with Frankenstein um with the Del Toro movie. Yeah. Um yeah. And the other books that I've read this week, um I treated myself to a couple of local books. I did treat myself. Um treated me to a book too. I did. Yeah, to uh hooked you up with Nightwing Leaping Into the Light.

SPEAKER_03 1:08:40

I know.

SPEAKER_04 1:08:41

That is like definite trick. Yeah, happy with that?

SPEAKER_03 1:08:44

I love it. Thank you. Have you have you read those issues? No, I have not. You haven't read any of them? No, I have not. Oh wow. I apologise. In that case, it is a real treat.

SPEAKER_02 1:08:55

I apologize to um to to the author and also the illustrator of this as well. Tom and Bruno. Tom and Bruno, I apologize.

SPEAKER_04 1:09:05

No, well treat yourself. Oh no, it's I'm really excited. I didn't realise that he hadn't read any of those.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:12

Yeah, I I and so yeah, uh reviewing coming soon.

SPEAKER_04 1:09:16

Soon well, you have to text me as soon as you've finished at least the uh even the first issue, you have to let me know what you think.

SPEAKER_02 1:09:21

2 a.m. tomorrow morning.

SPEAKER_04 1:09:23

Do it, do it, it doesn't matter what time. Okay, you treated yourself. I don't sleep, I'm a creative. Um I do, I just sleep at weird times. Um uh yeah, I treated myself to a couple of local books. Yep. Um, I treated myself to uh Ginger Origins um by Paul Borsches, um uh listener to the to the pod. Yep. Um shout out Paul. Yeah, shout out Paul. Um and I was really pleased to finally get my hands on uh one of the last copies on the shelves at All-Star Comics, uh, hopefully restocking soon. Um but I really loved it. Um it's a nice uh big format um sort of uh d deluxe um feeling kind of book. Um so it's bigger than the standard size? It is, it's bigger than the standard size, which I have really gotten into um over the last few years with like the DC black labels and um a lot of the reprints of the old um uh DC uh big format. I can't remember what they're called, but you know, like the old Superman Spider-Man that sort of thing. Um I I quite enjoy the the bigger pages.

SPEAKER_02 1:10:28

Um bigger than an A4, but not as big as an A3.

SPEAKER_04 1:10:31

Correct. Um but yeah, no, I I really enjoyed it. Um it's uh whimsical, sort of joyful. Um the art is really mesmerizing. Can't get over the detail of some of Paul's stuff. Um uh it's it's really, really fascinating, but no doubt it it obviously takes um a long time to do, but it's definitely uh worth it. Um and so yeah, I was really glad to finally get a copy of um Ginger Origins and and and have a read because it really is wonderful. It was also fun. Um I know that Paul's a musician. Um he's got stuff on um Spotify and uh other places. Um and he uh in in the inside cover of Ginger Origins, he's got a a playlist um that you can get uh I think you can get it as an uh uh I was gonna say LP, but this all sound old a vinyl, um also a cassette, um, but also streaming. And because I was reading this on the tram on the way to work, um I put the music on in my ears.

SPEAKER_02 1:11:35

And what was it like? It was awesome. A great, great immersive experience. Really great.

SPEAKER_04 1:11:39

And the mus the music in itself actually is um I've added it to my favorites because it's really good reading music, if nothing else. Yeah. Um it was really good to read Junior Origins to, but it's um it's really great um uh I don't know what the genre is, but um it's really great sort of you know, chill, chill, uh uh atmospheric, um ambient sort of music. Um and yeah, it's definitely gonna be stuff that I read to a lot in the future. I always read with music um just yeah, to my experience. So um yeah, that was a really nice discovery as well. Um so yeah, I really enjoyed Ginja Origins. The other book that I read um was uh by listener uh Benji, Benji Bujoric, um The Unknown Road. Um we reviewed this for our Aussie special a while ago. Yeah. Um and uh I really enjoyed it then. Um at the time I didn't read the whole lot that had been submitted to us because I knew that I was gonna get it as a physical copy. Yeah, um, because it's beautiful. Um I saw Benji a couple of days ago and I told him this. It's a it's a beautiful object, it's a really nice um hardcover book. Um I didn't realise, but it's actually got a ribbon bookmark in it as well, which I think is a really lovely touch. Oh, okay. Um and yeah, it's a premium book. It's it's beautiful, yeah. Yeah. Um and not for a premium price though, which is which is interesting. No, it was was for a great price, well worth the money.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:08

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 1:13:09

Um, but no, I I really enjoyed this. Um uh I said on Instagram and I'll say it again now, Benji's gift for spectacle is amazing.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:21

Um he's got a very theatrical sort of approach to to his books, doesn't he?

SPEAKER_04 1:13:26

I don't know if it's cliche, but cinematics probably one of the words that I would describe.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:31

Yeah, I I think that's a better word than theatrical. So yeah.

SPEAKER_04 1:13:34

There's some of his like a lot of his um pages are full page artworks, yeah. Um and they're well worth the space. Yeah um it's just just stunning.

SPEAKER_02 1:13:46

And it's very easy to put yourself in them.

SPEAKER_04 1:13:48

Definitely, yeah, absolutely. It's it's one of those books that you read and you want to reread it, and I will reread it because you kind of want to go to that place. Yeah, um but it's also very um uh it's got a lot of heart. Yeah. Um I found it quite fun and and funny at times. Um but it's it's also it packs quite an emotional punch. Um I won't spoil it, but um, but no, it's it's it's a really, really great book. But yeah, as I said, um spectacle was really the word that um uh I kind of couldn't stop smiling when I was reading it. Um but it just just because it was it was it was I don't know, it was a joyous experience reading it. And as I said, it's a nice object. I like the physical experience of um of reading. I don't begrudge people that read digitally by any means, um, but but for me the the physical experience can't be beat. Yeah, and um this was a really fun one.

SPEAKER_02 1:14:44

Um I think if you remember in that Aussie special, I said I'd really love to see more of this. Yeah. So you can understand why now that you've sort of got to the end, that you're like, I want more. I want more of this. Like totally like you know, chuck it in a bag and chuck it in my arm, thanks. I'll I'll take more of that.

SPEAKER_04 1:15:02

And I'm I'm gonna have to explore because I know that Benji's got other stuff on the shelf at All Star, and and I by no means am all over exactly what he's produced uh when and what's come out in what order and all that sort of stuff. I but I'm definitely going to explore because um yeah, I I really, really enjoyed this. And as you said, it does it it does kind of leave you wanting more, although it's a really great self-contained story in itself, too.

SPEAKER_02 1:15:27

But you want to see more of that world, right? Totally.

SPEAKER_04 1:15:34

Um is expansive beyond the borders of just the pages. Yeah. Um but no, I I really, really loved it. And um uh I'm so glad that I finally got my hands on a copy of uh of this book. Um further to that, I also dipped my toe this week in the world of Kickstarter for the first time.

SPEAKER_02 1:15:53

Oh, should we talk about that a little bit later? Because I've got a whole bunch of shouts that are specifically Kickstarter related. We can do that.

SPEAKER_04 1:16:01

Uh but I mean for the moment I'll just say do stay tuned to to later in the episode because um yeah, no, I've what's that? Don't leave now. No, you can if you want.

SPEAKER_03 1:16:12

You can do what you like, no pressure. Um how do you how do you feel about it? I feel really good about it. I feel really positive about it.

SPEAKER_04 1:16:18

Yeah, I've downloaded the app, yeah, signed up with an account, nice, um, and back to Benji's um latest Kickstarter, which is and I've got mine on another one, which I'll talk to you about later.

SPEAKER_02 1:16:29

Okay, well we'll definitely talk about that because we've got a couple of uh we've got about we've got three actually uh Kickstarters that that I'd like to mention in the show. Yeah, we can do that.

SPEAKER_04 1:16:39

Um as I said, I've I've I've um uh kicked things off by um by uh backing uh Benji's latest one, and I'm really excited about it. Yeah, love it. Yeah, maybe let's get into the review. Let's do that. All right, we've been watching I've been watching two old movies. Oh. That's about it. Oh. Um producer Kim dared to go away for the whole weekend this this week. She was gone for several days. Is that why this show's off the rails? That's yeah, well I had the house was half on fire, and um I don't know where their kids are, and it's been a complete schmuzzle. Like she's trying to get things back on track now that she's back from from Tasmania, but um yeah, it's not going well. No, um but uh uh as we know, like I watch a lot of my TV and stuff with producer Kim. Yes, um despite having been with her for a very long time, married for a long time as well. Yeah, we still enjoy each other's company incredulously. I have no idea why that happens. But um uh hence I haven't been watching a lot of my shows while she's been away because uh I'm waiting for her. Yeah, um, but I have watched a couple of movies. Okay. Um while she was away, uh we watched uh my favourite movie of all time, Raiders of the Lost Ark. 17-year-old uh who's become a bit of a cinephile. We've watched some Spielberg movies recently, um, some of the well, the heaviest stuff. Yep. Shinna's list and we watched Saving Pirate Ryan. Yes. Um definitely the heavy stuff. And he reminded me that it's been a while since he's seen Raiders, um, perhaps as much as 10 years. Yep. Um, and so he was eager to watch that um, you know, now sort of having watched some other Spielberg stuff recently. Did you watch the VHS? No, no, we watched it on Disney Plus. No, not Disney Plus, no. We're not on Disney Plus. No, it was on Disney Plus, it was on Paramount, yes.

SPEAKER_02 1:20:31

They pulled it and put it over on Paramount.

SPEAKER_04 1:20:33

Yeah, I think they had it on Disney Plus when the last movie came out.

SPEAKER_02 1:20:38

Dial with Destiny, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 1:20:39

But it's uh back on Paramount. So we watched it on um Paramount, yeah um so I do have the VHS, I do have the DVD, um, but uh uh it's I've only watched it a couple of times in 4K. Yeah. This might have only been in like maybe the second or third time, so I was eager to watch it in that um definition, and I was really pleased to watch it. It's a it's a really good version of it. Yep. Um so yeah, we watch Raiders. Um as I say, it's never disappoints. It's it's my favourite film. I don't pretend to perfect film by any means, but um, it's just one of those films that from start to finish it entertains me. It's got my favourite actor in it, um, Indiana Jones. It's got one of my favourite uh female um uh uh characters in Marion Ravenwood, played by Karen Allen. I think she's um kick ass and an inspiration. Yep. Um and yeah, so we watched Raiders and then we followed it up. Uh I dug out my uh DVD box set of the first three indies, yeah, which has a fourth disc, which is the uh behind the scenes bonus features. Why don't we get these anymore? Oh, because they're cheap and they don't want to give them to us. Like because the companies are cheap and they don't want to put the money into them. And that's I mean, I did a shout-out on Instagram about it earlier this week because like the the the DVD of the bonus features itself had a Drew Streusen cover. Oh nice. Uh like it had uh you know original artwork just for that DVD. Yeah. And the documentary that we watched probably it must have gone for like half an hour, 40 minutes, and that was just on Raiders. Yeah. And so eat and and there was a documentary for each of the three original indie movies, and then a whole bunch of other bonus features as well.

SPEAKER_02 1:22:27

Was that was that the one where they where they did a like a mini documentary on uh on the bar scene and you know setting people on fire and and how it all nearly went horribly wrong?

SPEAKER_04 1:22:38

It was great, they they went through the whole thing and they they had new at the time interviews with Harrison Ford, George Lucas, Spielberg, Karen Allen, everybody. Yeah, Martin uh Paul Freeman, um who played uh Bellok. Yep. Um Bellok. Yeah, it it it had interviews with just about uh John Reese Davies, who's always great to hear from, such a good storyteller.

SPEAKER_02 1:23:01

Egyptian male, run.

SPEAKER_04 1:23:04

He's the best. Um so we so we watched the the the behind the scenes documentary too, which um, as I said, you know, 17-year-old Cinephile I think found fascinating and I really enjoyed it, but it did. It made me sad that we don't get behind the scenes stuff like that anymore, partly because physical media's fallen by the wayside a bit.

SPEAKER_02 1:23:24

Um we are getting a little bit uh on Disney, right?

SPEAKER_04 1:23:27

So we will we do, although apparently they they've pulled a lot of it. Like a lot of those I I haven't had a look, but a lot of those event behind the scenes Avengers like assembled, I think they're called. Yeah, apparently they're not on there anymore. I've got I'd I'd have to check to be sure.

SPEAKER_02 1:23:39

Cost some money. Well, you know, I doesn't know like every time. Once well, if if any star appears in that, Robert Downey Jr. say for instance, yeah, he makes an appearance in that. Oh, so every time it's streamed, every time it's streamed, they get paid. So this is why they're big deal. This is why they're there for a period of time and then they pull them, and then they'll re-release them later when they feel that there's reason to do it.

SPEAKER_04 1:24:06

This is why they need to give them on to us on discs so that we can own them and watch them as many times as we like.

SPEAKER_00 1:24:11

100%.

SPEAKER_04 1:24:11

Um yeah, no, it does make me a bit sad that we we don't get um behind the scenes stuff like that, and it does make me sad that we can't own the friggin' things. Yeah. Um I hate that I don't have a physical version of the last Indiana Jones movie in my collection. Um I can only watch it on Paramount Plus.

SPEAKER_02 1:24:30

So there's no Dollar Destiny. There's no Dollar Destiny on Not in Australia. Not in Australia, okay.

SPEAKER_04 1:24:35

We're the we're the we're like the canaries in the coal mine or the guinea pigs or something for you know completely eliminating physical media.

SPEAKER_02 1:24:44

Well, I I heard that that's actually turning around at the moment, based on the trend that that that has sort of had a bit of an uptake in in physical media. Good. Um that some of the some of the uh studios are now starting to re re-release some of these uh some of these.

SPEAKER_04 1:25:02

Well, good, because like I mean I had a very I have a very comprehensive collection of superhero and science fiction media and DVD. And there's a gap from like four or five years ago, yeah, particularly with the Marvel and Star Wars stuff, because they just haven't released these things anymore.

SPEAKER_02 1:25:22

All right, so here we go, Popsters. Here's the challenge for you. If you know where there is a copy of Dial of Destiny on DVD here in Australia, hit us up on the socials, give us a DM. Hit me up. Hit him up. Let's let's let's let's hook a brother up, right?

SPEAKER_04 1:25:37

So I I yeah, I it does uh stick in my stick in my crawl. Yeah, I really need to stay away from these metaphors. Threw me the whip. And the idle. But um, yeah, no, it was was was was fun going back and watching that. And the other one that I watched, yes, I did what I did watch on DVD. Oh because I got home the other night and I had uh had so much housework to do because producer Kim wasn't here. So you watched it while you were ironing? I did. I didn't do heaps of ironing because I don't I don't really iron. Yeah and I don't do a good job. I don't do ironing. Plus I'm old, I'm a sore back. I couldn't stand up. I made sure that one was lowered all the way, so that was at knee high.

SPEAKER_02 1:26:20

Oh and you were sitting down.

SPEAKER_04 1:26:22

No, I couldn't even bring myself to reposition everything like that. I just I made sure that there was a school shirt for the boy for the next morning. So I ironed that and then that was where I was but I folded lots of stuff. Anyway, uh so um the Wi-Fi was out when I got home. Yeah. And so, of course, you know, the boys were virtually catatonic. Losing their minds. Yeah, yeah. Uh the house was literally on fire. Pretty much. Um, but no, because even the w the fire needs Wi-Fi these days. Um and so I decided that um I'd break out my X-Men 2 single disc edition DVD.

SPEAKER_02 1:27:01

Oh, nice, because you you you you're keeping on with this.

SPEAKER_04 1:27:05

Yeah. Yep. And so while I did uh my your challenge uh housework, my challenge, you know, single dad, yeah, while I was doing I've said too much.

SPEAKER_02 1:27:15

You Mr. Mum.

SPEAKER_04 1:27:16

Yeah, no, I'm I'm getting I'm worried I'm gonna get in trouble now. But uh no, while I was doing all of that sort of stuff, I decided I put on X-Men 2. So I put on my DVD copy, not nice, not even Blu-ray, of X-Men 2 and um scratches and all. No, no scratches. Oh no, I take care of my stuff. Um and it was uh and um it was really good. Yeah, yeah. And it was fun watching it on DVD. Obviously, the picture quality is you know a little lesser, but yeah um it was it was a charm, right?

SPEAKER_03 1:27:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 1:27:45

No, I really enjoyed it. Uh and um, you know, it reminded me what a solid movie that one is. Um better than the first?

SPEAKER_02 1:27:52

Uh yeah better sequel? Yes. We should get into that. We we'll definitely get into that in a future episode where we'll talk about that.

SPEAKER_04 1:28:00

Yeah, I think it's dead definitely better. Um Wolverine. Yeah. Like Wolverine is great in the first one, don't get me wrong. But in the second one, he just seems uh Hugh Jackman seems much more comfortable in the and established in the role, right?

SPEAKER_03 1:28:12

Yeah, and also the the the look of him, too.

SPEAKER_04 1:28:14

It's like the makeup and hair artists became a bit more comfortable with like the slightly outlandish look. It just looks more natural. Yep. Um, I really like Nightcrawler as well. Um in the second film. Yeah. Um that opening scene in the White House is hard to beat. Um Wolverine versus Lazy Lady Death Strike at Alkali Lake is top-notch. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:28:37

Um yeah, it's a really good actually some really good moments now. You say that. I'll have to go back and rewatch it.

SPEAKER_04 1:28:42

Yeah, no, it's a really, really good film. Um, so yeah, it was nice to be able to watch that. But that's pr pretty much been the extent of my watching this week. Yeah, nice. That's not too bad, is it? That's that's pretty good.

SPEAKER_02 1:28:53

I think you I think you covered all the bases. Yeah. I think you did did really well. And how about yourself? Yo, uh, so I watched a movie and a TV series this week. Okay. Uh I checked out uh the new Netflix film uh War Machine, which has uh Alan Richardson. Yep, yep. Uh who is uh for those of you who might know, he plays Reacher in the Jack Reacher series. Yes, uh Hawking Hawk from the Titans, Titans, uh, which he was fantastic in. He was. I think I think that was pretty much his uh audition date to become Reacher. Oh, totally.

SPEAKER_04 1:29:31

Uh he was I thought he was great as I I loved Hawk and Dove. Yeah in Titans. Yeah. Again, that's an aside. Again, they could have had their own series. Yeah. Now you give me talking about Titans, and I'm off.

SPEAKER_02 1:29:42

But uh yeah, so this is this is uh War Machine, it's a Netflix production, uh, and this is just sort of sitting right in the pocket of of what he does best, which is which is action. Yeah, uh the the the film is about um uh it's a he's um training to become a US Army Ranger. Um, and this is the sort of the final stage of that selection, okay, where they sort of send them into the wild on a on a um on a mock operation, yeah. Uh and whoever makes it through the mock operation gets selected to become an army ranger.

SPEAKER_04 1:30:18

Let me guess, it all goes pear-shaped.

SPEAKER_02 1:30:20

And it really does go all pear-shaped. Uh, and the reason for that is is because uh they encounter a um they encounter an unimaginable um threat, which is uh an a transformer. That's probably the best way to describe it. Okay. It's like but it's a war machine and it and it so richon is not the war machine.

SPEAKER_04 1:30:46

No, no, no.

SPEAKER_02 1:30:48

Well that that's that's that's the play on words, right? Is it him or is it the is it the bot that's no? I like that. So this is kind of like it's it's really hard to describe. It's probably the best way to describe it is um it's predator meets any sort of uh it meets Rambo, right? Okay. Um so it's it's uh meets meets Transformers. It's it's a really interesting take. Um is it a perfect movie? Definitely not. Is it is it a silly movie? Yeah, absolutely. Are you gonna pick holes in it? For sure. But it's it's a really fun ride. One of the things I really liked about this is that it was um all shot here in Australia in Bright. Okay. Uh, so just beautiful landscape that they're they're that that they're in, um in the in the in the forests of Bright. Yeah. Uh and uh so so yeah.

SPEAKER_04 1:31:41

So this is what he and his family were over here shooting.

SPEAKER_02 1:31:43

That's right. Uh right. Yeah, so it's got Dennis Quaid in it, it's got Jay Courtney, it's got is it S.A. Moravov? Is that how you pronounce his name? Yes. Yeah, he's he's oh there you go. Gold star for me. I actually pronounced the name right. Right.

SPEAKER_03 1:31:55

Don't get cocky here.

SPEAKER_02 1:31:56

All right. Um it's got Jack Patton in it. Um stay on target. Uh so so yeah, so it's a great um, you know, sort of great cast. Uh and yeah, if you if look, if you've got nothing to do on a Saturday afternoon and you want to, you know, make some popcorn and sit down and watch a fun film, then watch this.

SPEAKER_04 1:32:20

You mentioned like Predator and Rambo. Yeah. Is it that sort of film? Is it like a bit of a throwback to that sort of genre?

SPEAKER_02 1:32:27

Yeah, yeah, it's a bit of fun. Yeah, it's a it's a single-handed, you know, we we were talking about one man against the world. Yeah, we were talking about weeks ago how we have this sort of ensemble cast now going up against the big bad. We kind of have that, but you know, eventually it's all about him. The the story is very much focused on him. Yeah, um, and that's probably because of the actor that he is right now, you know, he really commands a a stage really well on his own. Yeah, uh, so so yeah, it was um yeah, a lot of fun. I'm a big fan of um Alan Richson. Is it Rich Rich Rich Richson? Richson. Richson. Um so yeah, I would uh look, I'll get it someday. But um, but for now I'll just keep fumbling on. No, no, I'm I'm laughing at you, not laughing at you, no, I know that's okay.

SPEAKER_04 1:33:15

I'm laughing at something remembering something funny.

SPEAKER_02 1:33:19

Uh the other the other one I watched, uh the this TV series that I watched, uh which uh which dropped uh last week uh for us was Invincible. So the new series of Invincible is out, uh season four, uh and the first four episodes have now dropped, and I've watched all four. Okay. And it is don't it just it doesn't disappoint. No. Um I think they're gonna finish it off in season I think I think um Kirkman came out this week in our time saying that I think they're gonna finish off in uh uh it's sort of scheduled to finish off in seven. Okay, but he'd like it to go to nine, so to season nine.

SPEAKER_05 1:34:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:34:02

So if that's the case, we're only halfway through of the actual story.

SPEAKER_04 1:34:09

Like I'm not caught up, but it is it is really good.

SPEAKER_02 1:34:12

Yeah, and um this is again, you know, sort of flipping some of the some of the uh stories that we've seen um in the comic on its head, okay, giving us a little bit of direction, but at the same time keeping that flavour of what we what we know and love. Um it's great, it's a great universe, great action, well, you know, the the actors who do the voice the voice work for this is um fantastic.

SPEAKER_04 1:34:40

It's an amazing voice cast. Yeah. Like yeah, when you when you see the list of names assembled, it's it's really impressive.

SPEAKER_02 1:34:47

Well you you think about it, right? Uh I don't think I can I yeah, I really don't think I can think of another animated series that has uh an ensemble cast of this caliber. No. Right? I I just don't think that it's it's no, there isn't one.

SPEAKER_04 1:35:04

Um not of not of uh actors that are better known for on-screen acting, yeah, as opposed to voice acting.

SPEAKER_02 1:35:14

Yeah. I mean Kirkman has you you know lended a lot from The Walking Dead, where we've got most of the cast of The Walking Dead who have turned up in the series. Stephen Yun most notably, yeah. Yeah. Um playing Mark or Invincible. Um but yeah, I mean it's it's just a just a cavalcade of of stars that are are lending their voices to this.

SPEAKER_04 1:35:39

Multiple Oscar winners. Yeah, multiple. And that's even amongst the regular casts.

SPEAKER_02 1:35:44

Yeah. So um in our time, there was a an interview with um with uh Robert Kirkman and uh were asking him um about who his white whale would be to have on the show. Yeah, and um he said Brian Cranston would be um his white whale. Okay, and they have um continued to pitch um every season with a different character to him, yeah. And he keeps saying no, and he said he will not stop the series until such time as he's had Brian Cranston on the show. That's funny. So that's that's like his bar. I wonder why he keeps saying no. Oh I don't know, maybe maybe he's maybe he's scheduling he's got scheduling issues, or um maybe he doesn't, you know, take the property seriously, or I'm not too sure, but um it feels like something that Cranston would do. Yeah, so anyway, look, let's let's let's wait and see. But I mean, whenever he turns up, it's going to be marvelous because you know Kirkman will definitely write a um a or you know have him cast as as the perfect character. He'll make it worth it worth the while. Yeah, absolutely.

SPEAKER_04 1:36:53

Um I love Brian Cranston, so bring it on.

SPEAKER_02 1:36:56

Yeah, absolutely. So yeah, that's um those are those are sort of the the two shows worth uh worth worth talking about this week. Uh movie and TV series. Okay. All right, we are getting into the um sort of the tail end of our show. Um so let's uh get into the shout.

SPEAKER_03 1:37:17

Alright.

SPEAKER_02 1:37:21

Alright. Uh what have you got? Shout last year.

SPEAKER_04 1:37:24

Uh well, I just wanted to um acknowledge that the Geelong Comic and Toy Fair was last weekend. Yep. Um, and from everything that I've seen, it looks like it went really well. So just wanted to say well done to um Evan and everybody that was involved in uh the organization and running of that.

SPEAKER_02 1:37:41

Yep.

SPEAKER_04 1:37:42

Um I wanted to briefly have a look at the Asta program because uh we looked at the last one when it came out. Um I haven't actually looked at this. I just I printed it out because I'm old.

SPEAKER_02 1:37:54

I know I wasn't allowed to talk to you about it before before we went on air.

SPEAKER_04 1:37:58

No, but I just thought I'd do a bit of a live reaction. Or is it a live is it an unboxing? Is it an unboxing if it's a piece of paper? No, it's definitely not an unboxing. Oh, okay. Yeah, well, in that case, I'm doing a a live unbox officing of the Astor Theatre program. Uh I've had quite a lot of caffeine today.

SPEAKER_02 1:38:18

Oh my, that's uh that's a new, that's a new um, yeah, that's a new one.

SPEAKER_04 1:38:22

Yep, but yeah, no worse than your Chuck Norris jobs. So um, yeah, no, I just thought I'd have a quick look at the Aster program. I've I noticed that they've got like a a large um uh blockout for Mandalorian and Grogu towards the end of the program. Yep. Um they've got a couple of uh interesting uh celebrity guest appearances. Yep. Um Ernie Hudson from Ghostbusters and Oz is gonna be uh appearing at the Aster. I'm not sure what's um uh whether they're doing a screening. I assume they're doing a movie screening as well, but um I might see that further down the list. Um uh the other one is they were also doing a screening of um I think we saw this together back in the day, and it was one of those movies one of one of the very few movies that I seriously contemplated about walking out of halfway through.

SPEAKER_02 1:39:13

Which I was um Spawn. Oh no, we actually didn't see it together. I remember seeing it with a um uh with a friend who's now past, and um we sat down and we watched it. Whoever and I felt the same way as you, I was ready to walk out. He thought it was fantastic, but he had really bad taste in films. So um, but uh yeah, I think good good taste in bad films. Well, yeah, okay, good spin. Um, but yeah, I I look it's it's become a cult classic now. Yeah, um, so uh it wouldn't surprise me if if audience uh if the if the seats are full in.

SPEAKER_04 1:39:52

Well they're but it's they're screening it, um but they're showing spawn, yeah, and they're and Michael J. White is gonna be there.

SPEAKER_02 1:40:00

So it'll be full it'll be full.

SPEAKER_04 1:40:02

I've become a fan of his since then because he played with what I thought was a really quite a good version of Bronze Tiger in Arrow and in the CW, uh the DC CW universe.

SPEAKER_05 1:40:14

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 1:40:14

Um so that'll be a bit of fun. But yeah, consecutive consecutive nights. They've got Michael J. White one one night and then Ernie Hudson the next. Yeah. That's a heck of a weekend. It's um at the Astor. They'll definitely be busy, that's for sure. Um, but yeah, just having a quick look through, like I know that they're I saw that they're doing um uh a bit of a Muppets Jim Henson retrospective, which is fun. Um one night they're showing the Muppet movie, um, another night they're showing the Great Muppet Caper and the Muppets, the Jason Siegel version is a as a double feature. Yeah. Um they're showing Muppet Treasure Island and Muppet Christmas Carol, um Christmas in June, I guess that is. Um anyway. Um also uh the aforementioned uh Raiders of the Lost Ark has got a number of screenings at the Asters.

SPEAKER_02 1:41:01

Yeah, I've seen that. And they're there's sort of an afternoon, afternoon, sort of um you know, early, early afternoon on a Saturday. Oh, there's there's a couple of evenings showing a couple of evenings during the week.

SPEAKER_04 1:41:13

Um so they're I think they're showing it at least three or four times.

SPEAKER_02 1:41:16

I think I'm gonna I'm gonna try and go to go to one of those actually.

SPEAKER_04 1:41:19

So I've seen Raiders on the big screen at the ASTE years and years ago, and it was uh quite an experience. It was a great, great movie for the.

SPEAKER_02 1:41:27

I think it's in its original 35mm run too.

SPEAKER_04 1:41:31

I believe so, yeah. Um yeah, no, so I'm excited about that. If I can get along, I will, because yeah, I'd watch that movie uh every day between now and eternity if necessary. Cool. Um uh yeah, more Muppets. Um Muppets take Manhattan um and Labyrinth as uh 40th anniversary, isn't it? Yeah, uh well it was last year. Yeah. But no, last year or this year. I think it's this year. Okay. Don't well don't confuse me. I'm looking at the Aster program.

SPEAKER_02 1:42:00

Oh, sorry.

SPEAKER_04 1:42:01

Um no no. Well, I don't know, it's a very small print.

SPEAKER_02 1:42:06

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_04 1:42:06

Um get your magnifying glass. It's a big poster, it's a big poster on an A4 page.

SPEAKER_02 1:42:11

Get your magnifying glass out.

SPEAKER_04 1:42:12

Uh what else we got? Blues Brothers, 2001 of Space Odyssey, Citizen Kane. I wouldn't mind seeing that on the screen of the Astros.

SPEAKER_02 1:42:20

Blues Brothers would be fun.

SPEAKER_04 1:42:22

Um Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

SPEAKER_02 1:42:24

Have you seen Blues Brothers? Well, yeah, heaps of times. Oh, just making sure. Yeah, no, no, no. You glossed over that so quickly. No, no, no. I was worried that you that that wasn't on your radar.

SPEAKER_04 1:42:35

I've seen Blues Brothers heaps of times.

SPEAKER_02 1:42:37

I reckon the audience would be pretty wild in that.

SPEAKER_04 1:42:40

Well, you hope so. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:42:41

I reckon they get up and dance and all sorts of stuff in that one.

SPEAKER_04 1:42:45

I don't know some big trampoline jumps.

SPEAKER_02 1:42:49

I went to cinema that's no longer around, but I I went to a uh a 24 hour science fiction marathon. Okay. And um there that was that was uh definitely an experience for sure. And part of that they showed uh Star Wars Empire and Return back to back from each other.

SPEAKER_03 1:43:11

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 1:43:12

And they had a stage and people got up and acted out the film while the film was playing.

SPEAKER_04 1:43:18

Okay. But that wasn't irritating at all.

SPEAKER_02 1:43:20

And and like I said, it was an experience. Um but yeah, I can imagine that this would be very similar.

SPEAKER_04 1:43:28

Yeah, I've I've had some experiences after bad burritos too, so and experience is a really broad term. Yeah, yeah. Uh anyway, um Muppet style. They're also showing um yeah, nice one. Uh THX1138. Oh George Lucas's um uh original science fiction uh with uh John Belushi.

SPEAKER_02 1:43:53

Was it? John Belushi's in there.

SPEAKER_04 1:43:55

I haven't seen it for a long time. Yeah, uh that's showing that'd be a good one on the big screen. Yep. Um another one of my favourite movies, The Untouchables, um Brian De Palmer's masterpiece that for which Sean Connery won a Best Supporting Actors.

SPEAKER_02 1:44:09

He did one of the best scenes in the in the cabin. Such a good scene. It's great.

SPEAKER_04 1:44:19

Um yeah, really good movie. Check it out. Yep. Um yeah, so uh as usual, the m the an amazing lineup of great films. I could go on, yeah. Hook, top gun. Oh, top gun. Dust boot, yeah, showing the original dust boot, Malcolm X. Um, yeah, no, so as usual, a great lineup at the Astor. I'm not sure whether I'll get there as much as I have been in the last few months because my new employment uh situation uh makes it a little bit more difficult. Not uh throwing shade at all uh on uh the the all-star working experience. It's top notch as you would imagine. Um anyway, um that's uh the ASTA program. So yeah, no, that's that's about all I've got other than our um our uh Kickstarter talk. You got anything else?

SPEAKER_02 1:45:10

Yeah, let's let's throw into the let's talk about first one. I've got three Kickstarters that I I wanted to mention.

SPEAKER_04 1:45:26

All I just before you say that, I'm I'm new to me in the tracks. No, no, it I'm just I was just gonna say if if I've got any questions, yeah, forgive me. I I am happy to answer because I think I mentioned last week or the week before, like Kickstarter's new to me. Um I uh have been aware of it being a thing, but I haven't I'm not really I'm still not really sure exactly how it all works, um, other than it's to financially support projects and help people get things off the yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:45:59

Um this is this is yeah, Kickstarter is essentially a platform for you to launch whatever it is that you've created, right? So some of the some some films have have um have been uh funded by by fans who want to see it it done. So it could be a a new property, it could be a fan, uh, uh, you know, uh a fan film, uh, it can be a comic, it can be music, uh, it could be an invention. So I've been uh there's quite a large number of um you know modern inventions which have been kickstarted, right?

SPEAKER_04 1:46:33

Well, and sometimes they work out and sometimes they don't. Like sometimes things get funded and sometimes they don't.

SPEAKER_02 1:46:38

Well, that's right, that's right. It just depends, and and it's obviously the audience of of that particular property um will decide whether it whether it uh gets made or not.

SPEAKER_05 1:46:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:46:49

Um and there's the the the good thing about this compared to other platforms is is that if it doesn't get funded, you don't pay, right? Yeah. Whereas other others, if you pay and it doesn't get funded, then you lose the money.

SPEAKER_05 1:47:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:47:03

Right. So so there's there's a it's a real it's a real safe bet. Um and it's not really betting, this is about supporting something that you're not a gambler, that you want to see that you want to see, you know, come to fruition.

SPEAKER_04 1:47:15

No.

SPEAKER_02 1:47:16

And so so Kickstarter's a really good platform to do that. Um the great thing I think about Kickstarter is for um for comics. And if you uh don't have the funds to Kickstarter, you know, to to to to do it, to publish it on your own, this is a great way of getting um an instant audience. Yeah. And and the funding to be able to to do that.

SPEAKER_04 1:47:40

And to raise your platform.

SPEAKER_02 1:47:42

Yeah, to raise your platform to get nota notability, all that sort of stuff. Yeah. Um so I mean, for me, I've you know, I I've been a uh I'm I'm a veteran of of Kickstarter. I've I've been using it, I don't know, even probably from when it first started, um, and backed a lot of and and this is I'm not saying this to you know get a medal or a or or or a sticker or anything like that. I'm just saying that that's lucky because it you won't. Oh okay. No, um, but I I just love this platform to be able to support um any any any type of comic um that is that is being produced and and other things along the way, but yeah, comics is definitely something that I gravitate towards on Kickstarter to try and uh you know get the first issue of whatever that is, or or a uh you know a trade pa trade of all the four issues that came out that I never had an opportunity to get. Yeah. Uh because they're always in short run. Yes.

SPEAKER_04 1:48:43

Well that's I mean, that's pretty much why I've jumped on it.

SPEAKER_02 1:48:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 1:48:46

Like is um, you know, Benji Bujorek's um doing uh a new book where the bunch of collaborators um well, let's talk about that now.

SPEAKER_02 1:48:57

It's it's called Troubleshoot.

SPEAKER_04 1:48:58

Yeah, it's called Troubleshoot. Um and it's a what is this I don't even know, but it is is it a sequel to Dead Sheet or uh Sister Project?

SPEAKER_02 1:49:08

It kind of feels like it's gonna be sitting in the sister project. Benji, you'll have to let us know about this a little bit more. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 1:49:14

Um but I mean I mean and and it's not like I'm I'm not sort of being willfully ignorant, I'm just like um, you know, part of part of me wanting to get my hands on these things is because I want to learn about um yeah, I I just I want to discover it for myself.

SPEAKER_02 1:49:30

Well I just had a read a re read a really quick um synopsis of it, and it is actually sitting in the same uh same world as as uh Deadsheet. That's what I thought.

SPEAKER_04 1:49:40

Uh so which I which I haven't read either. So the op and and I mean there's a variety of options that are available on this, and the one that I've gone for is I'm I think I'm getting the physical edition of both.

SPEAKER_02 1:49:51

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 1:49:52

So uh like a presumably a reprint or a whatever of Deadsheet and um and troubleshoot.

SPEAKER_02 1:49:58

Yeah, so I've I And this is this is originally how I found Benji was through Kickstarter. Yeah. And I backed his uh dead sheet. So I've got a copy from Kickstarter of that. So uh that which is the original one. The one thing I probably haven't so if you're new to Kickstarter, it's not just about um it getting a a copy of let's say a comic, there's also um uh additional rewards that you can get. So if you you might just want to back the digital version for for a lower price, you can then get a uh uh a bundle, so like you're talking about, yeah. Uh other than just getting troubleshoot, say for instance, you also get dead sheet um printed copies. If you back it um for more money, um then you may get um uh something something extra, like a bookmark or a t-shirt or a you know action figure or whatever those those sort of stretch goals they call them, yeah. Uh to to to entice more to buy into this to to to this property.

SPEAKER_05 1:51:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:51:11

Um so I I always enjoy sort of having a look and seeing what the rewards are and then what the stretch goals are and um and sort of taking it from there. Okay. Uh yeah, so troubleshoot um definitely is sitting inside the uh the Dead Sheet universe, yeah. Um and following that same character. Uh and uh I'm I'm really interested. It's 120-page anthology. It looks great. It's it's yeah, it's really, really good. Um, and um uh at time of uh of us recording this, uh Benji's about halfway through. Um if you've uh picked up uh uh Dead Sheet, then we'd highly recommend that you jump on the Kickstarter and look under uh troubleshoot. It's the only one that will pop up straight away. Uh and you'll be able to um uh grab yourself either a digital copy or a physical copy, yeah. Which whatever you prefer.

SPEAKER_04 1:52:09

Yeah, this is a whole bunch of different options.

SPEAKER_02 1:52:11

Yep. So um I want to give a shout out for that one in particular. Uh the other one that I wanted to uh shout out is uh Mycelium Complex. Uh uh for those of you in the Aussie comic scene, you would probably um that probably sounds very similar to something that you've probably seen around. Um and um this is this is another great uh this is done by Daniel Reed. Uh and uh he is now doing a collected works of issues uh one through four. Uh and so this is uh this is this is a a really sort of off the wall horror sci-fi sort of esque um uh series um set around the Great Depression. Okay. Uh so this is this is um this is really cool. Um and uh I think I've got issues one and two. So this is on my radar, so I can get the entire series. Yeah, um, and again, I backed these on on um Kickstarter you know when they first came out, so uh and it didn't didn't manage to get three and four, but yeah, I'll I'll just get it at collective works now and looking forward to it.

SPEAKER_04 1:53:25

Uh it looks amazing. Yeah, I'm just having a look on my new Kickstarter app not paid. No, not paid, not a paid sponsor. No, it looks really good.

SPEAKER_02 1:53:34

Yeah, so um yeah, really looking forward to this, and uh and uh yeah, you can jump on um uh Kickstarter and just look up the My Cillium uh complex and uh that should pop up as well. Yeah for you.

SPEAKER_04 1:53:49

Well it's I certainly did just that, and and um yeah, it looks it looks great.

SPEAKER_02 1:53:54

By the time this episode comes out, uh it will be definitely available on Kickstarter. We did talk about it in last uh episode, um, but do want to talk about it again uh now that it has launched, uh, which is Kouriya the Definitive Collection. Uh this is done by Angie Spice. Uh, and this is the collected works of Kouriya. Yep. So Kouriya's uh set in uh 1940s Tasmania. Um it's a noir adventure, um, and it's in search of um the Tasmanian tiger, and then um, you know, sort of um adventure ensues.

SPEAKER_04 1:54:32

It looks amazing.

SPEAKER_02 1:54:33

Yeah, yeah, and um Angie Spice, super Australian talented artist and writer. Um we'll be having Angie on the show um in a couple of weeks um where we'll uh we'll we'll have an interview with her and she can talk a little bit more about it and and where the idea came from. Yeah, it'll be great. Um which will be super fun to fun to have. So um uh stay tuned for that one, um Popses.

SPEAKER_04 1:55:00

But yeah, we uh I'm really looking forward to that um uh Kickstarter going live.

SPEAKER_02 1:55:06

Yeah, yeah. Well it will be live by the time um uh everyone listens to this. So um for us it's only days away. Yeah um but uh yeah for for you listening uh it'll definitely be uh at launch at that stage. So that's just three comics that uh that are uh sitting on the platform at the moment, um, ready to be to be backed, as they say. Um and so um highly recommend those. But if you if you want to know more, check out um us on the socials. We'll definitely be posting something, um uh, you know, our Kickstarter recommendations um from time to time. And um uh you can then uh go and um and back a winner um because uh if you don't um then they don't get made. Um so yeah, the more the merrier. Yeah. And that's it for the shout. We're at that sad moment of the of the of the podcast where say it ain't so where we where we we don't know what to say. We do. Well it's farewell. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:56:06

So you don't keep going for hours. You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. Yeah. That's what we say.

SPEAKER_02 1:56:12

That's not what you're saying to me. Yeah, pretty much get out. Yeah. But uh thanks for your company. We uh we hope you enjoyed this episode. We um we always enjoy um chatting to you, all things pop culture. Yep. Um if there's anything that you'd like us to talk about, uh, or you've got a question that you'd like us to answer, um, got a Kickstarter you think we would uh we'd be interested in. Yeah, let us know. Um on the shout. Uh or if uh if you just want to uh like Sean, you know, if Sean shouts, you know, Sean, tell us what what you want to shout want us to shout about. Yeah. Um we uh we definitely want to hear about it. But uh stay tuned next week when you hear MJ say.

SPEAKER_04 1:56:58

You have to dance with the devil by the pale moonlight. Very nice.

SPEAKER_02 1:57:03

Stay fresh, everyone.

SPEAKER_04 1:57:04

See y'all.

SPEAKER_08 1:57:05

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