035 - Super Monster Length

MJ & Nath are back with an as promised Super Monster Length show, packed to the brim with pop culture goodness and just enough chaos to keep everyone on their toes.

The boys kick things off by reading your reviews from the Pulp Nation. Let's just say... spoiler alert: they all d!3. You'll have to listen to find out why.

Over in The Weird Files, MJ isn't buying the existence of the Bread Roll Inspector, while Nath somehow ends up being compared to Cyril the deformed toast and Salacious B. Crumb. It's not the glow-up he was hoping for.

There's plenty to get excited about with chat on X-Men '97, Supergirl and M.A.S.K., while The Aisle gets a brand-new magazine sponsor from 1991.

Big laughs, big fandoms and even bigger insults, it's another gloriously oversized episode of the Pulp Culture Podcast.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:21

Hey, welcome to the pop culture podcast, your weekly dose of all things pop culture, freshly squeezed for you. I'm Nath.

SPEAKER_05 0:30

And I'm MJ.

SPEAKER_00 0:33

And we're back. Uh I'm not too sure if you've seen our reels over the last week, uh, but MJ has made some serious threats. So welcome to a six-hour-long monster episode.

SPEAKER_05 0:49

Friendly, friendly suggestions.

SPEAKER_00 0:56

It's started already. So welcome to a six-hour long monster. Uh as I quote UMJ.

SPEAKER_05 1:04

Yep. Um can we already go off on a tangent?

unknown 1:08

Oh okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:10

I was just listening to our theme. I was just listening to our theme music then, and and in in my mind, our theme music sounds like I think Cyril probably sounds.

SPEAKER_00 1:21

Oh no, no, no.

SPEAKER_05 1:23

It's all it's all upbeat, peppy, electronic. Um, yeah, I I don't understand what what your beef is, because I reckon that sounds like like Cyril sounds.

SPEAKER_00 1:32

No, I don't think so.

SPEAKER_05 1:35

Yeah, I reckon we should find him and he should become the mascot, official mascot of our show.

SPEAKER_00 1:40

Yeah, I um well well we'll uh we'll we'll find out from the listeners whether they uh whether they think that's that's the case. Uh seeing we're going off on a tangent. Uh let us know on our socials under Pop Culture Pod whether you think Cyril should be our official mascot or not. Uh I'm uh first tangent of the week. I'm putting in a in a vote for uh for no, officially no, which my vote counts as a hundred. So um that's already a hundred against one. So wow.

SPEAKER_06 2:11

Okay, all right. That's news.

SPEAKER_00 2:17

But uh, you know, we digressed. Uh before we get into some news in the zest, uh let's get into uh we've got we've got some uh something in the bag. Yeah, there you go.

SPEAKER_05 2:43

That's more sterile music. That's new, isn't it? I haven't heard that before.

SPEAKER_00 2:47

Yeah, that's a new that's that's that's our new uh our copyright free music for uh for the for the bag.

SPEAKER_05 2:55

Uh I reckon that music should I reckon that music should play when um you're trying to fix a technical difficulty.

SPEAKER_00 3:02

Well, I could make things worse. Yeah, when it's technical difficulties, we get the glitch, remember? See?

SPEAKER_05 3:15

No, no, no. No, I like that. I like that one. I think that one's indicative of um your efforts to fix things on a regular basis.

SPEAKER_00 3:23

Yeah, sure. Okay, all right. Well, anyway, we've got uh we've got some uh we've got some news in the in in the bag. Uh we do. We had we had uh it's comic book boy uh hit us up on uh Instagram.

SPEAKER_05 3:38

Uh yeah, regular listener, regular follower.

SPEAKER_00 3:41

Yeah, and he had uh he had a couple of suggestions for some books. Uh so maybe we'll start with those first. Um first up he had uh It's Lonely at the Center of the Earth uh by uh Zoe uh Thorogood. Um I believe you you grabbed that book, have you?

SPEAKER_05 4:00

I have, yeah, I haven't read it yet, but it's it's one that I um bought a while ago, um, but just haven't got to yet. It's it but it's in my reading pile. The other one I'm not familiar with, the other one was um uh seconds by Brian Leo Malley. Yeah. I yeah, I actually don't know anything about about that one, but I'm I'm definitely gonna look into it based on um it's Comic Boys recommendation.

SPEAKER_00 4:22

Yeah, it it reminds me of um the artwork reminds me uh it like it's a little bit influenced by uh Scott Pilgrim. Um so um yeah, and and both of those look look quite stunning. So I'm I'm I'm interested in both. Um so uh so yeah, thanks for thanks for the uh for the recommendations there. Uh it's comic book boy. Um he also had uh he had uh some some comments to say. Um but uh maybe we'll we'll we'll start that uh we'll we'll start that off. I'll just read you a little bit what he what he had to say. He said he's really digging um the pod guys. He says he loves having uh locally produced uh something that to listen to. Um and he thinks it's a huge credit to both of us um that while we discuss and cover very similar topics and interests to other pods, especially like the weekly planet, um, which he's a huge fan of, um, and I am as well, um, we differentiate ourselves um so that it feels uh so it doesn't feel repetitive or redundant, um, which given the pop culture boom um of the last few years, especially when it comes to superhero movies, it's easier said than done. So huge credit to you both. Um, so thanks. That's really kind of you. Um it's um really, really, really, really nice words. Um checks in the mail, as uh Jack Burton would say. Uh so um, but uh thanks, thanks for that. Um it's Comic Book Boy. He did have a question for us though, uh MJ, uh, which was uh he wanted to know uh which uh which podcasts that we or our favorite podcasts that we actually listen to. Um so um maybe you kick off uh which ones uh what's what's we're probably your maybe your top three?

SPEAKER_05 6:18

Uh top three. No, I'm gonna go on longer than that.

SPEAKER_00 6:21

Oh, okay.

SPEAKER_05 6:23

It's comic book.

SPEAKER_00 6:26

Here we go.

SPEAKER_05 6:27

I I look, I wasn't joking. Um, yeah, it's Comic Book Boys opened up a bit of a Pandora's box there because I do love my podcasts.

SPEAKER_01 6:35

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 6:37

Um I actually uh I I did I did narrow it down though, because I've got a long list in a notebook of podcasts that I keep an ear on, I suppose. Um, but I narrowed it down and I I I selected some based on uh different types of podcasts and categories.

SPEAKER_00 6:54

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 6:56

Yeah, so um I'll probably mention more in the future, but just as a quick list, um uh I wanted to mention uh my favorite uh movie podcast, um, which is uh You Must Remember This by Katrina Longworth. It's a very uh famous and long-running uh Hollywood podcast, sort of dealing with um all of the uh history and and drama of of uh Hollywood throughout the years. Um it's a really well-produced podcast that I take a lot of inspiration from. Um so that's that's my favorite movies podcast, although definitely not my only one. So as I said, we might have to do this again at some stage. Um I'm a big history buff. Um, and one of my favorite uh history podcasts is from NPR in the US Um Through Line. Um their whole mantra is uh reframing the present by looking to the past. Um they discuss topics that are sort of in the news these days, but uh by looking back, uh trying to help us understand the the through line of history, hence the name. Um how about you throw one into the mix here, Nate, before I go on?

SPEAKER_00 8:14

Yeah, I can I can throw a couple in the mix actually. Um for me, um probably the one that I that I go to on a weekly basis um is uh Friends of the Pod, which is the Rockton Adult podcast. Um and uh that uh features uh Paul and Bill. Uh and it's a uh and it's a uh a toy podcast. So they talk all things toys, um, from action figures to figurines to um to to kids' toys, to everything, really. Um and it they've been going for uh quite a long time now.

SPEAKER_05 8:52

Um and they're up into like 300 episodes or something, aren't they?

SPEAKER_00 8:56

Yeah, yeah, they're about five years in. Um and uh they're they're they're great to listen to. So um, so highly recommend if you're you're into toys or you want to listen to a bunch of guys that are um really enthusiastic and excited about toys, uh, then um then then definitely give the Reluctant Adult podcast uh a listen to. Um yeah, I got you onto that. And um, yeah, I know you you enjoy it just as much as I do. Um another one that I that I've I I've been listening to, and they've been going for probably as long as we have now, um, is the uh Once We Were Spacemen uh podcast. Um do you know are you aware of this one?

SPEAKER_05 9:38

Uh this is uh Nathan, Nathan Fillion and Tudic.

SPEAKER_00 9:42

Yeah, and now and Tudic. So um and uh it's it's essentially them uh getting uh friends, uh their friends, their famous friends, on the show and each week and and uh you know putting them through their paces and asking them questions that they um that you might not necessarily get asked. And uh it's really light and friendly and and and a lot of fun. So um those are those are two that springs of mine. I've got one more, but um maybe hand it back to you for the next 800 that you've got on your list.

SPEAKER_05 10:16

Yeah, well, uh 800's being conservative, but uh I'll try and get I'll I'll be as brief as I can. Um yeah, another uh one that I've been listening to quite a lot lately. Um this is another history podcast, but um it's called uh After Dark. Um it's part of a a network of history podcasts that I listen to called History Hit. Um uh and After Dark's great. It's uh called After Dark Myths, Misdeeds, and the Paranormal. So it's sort of um uh history, but through a lens of you know, uh darkness and murder and ghosts and hauntings and all sorts of stuff. Um, and that's a really fun, sort of um uh surprisingly lighthearted podcast that uh I really I really get a kick out of. Um yeah, with with House of the Dragon back, I've uh been uh tuning back into my favorite um Game of Thrones podcast. It's called Game of Owns. Um it's uh hosted by Zach and Hannah. I've been listening to them since um uh sort of midway through the original show, Game of Game of Thrones. Um, but that's a really good podcast if you like to get into the nitty-gritty and the minutia of the the world of Westeros. Um, they do episode breakdowns as well as breakdowns of chapters from the books, and um their uh dynamic is really fun, uh lighthearted, and they're very knowledgeable. So I really enjoy that one. Um in terms of comic books, um uh probably my favorite at the moment is the comic book couples counseling. Um that's a really great podcast. Um, and they've been going from strength to strength over the last couple of years to the point where um they've got regular guests along the likes of uh Tom King. Um recently they had Frank Miller. Um, yeah, they they really uh uh talk to people about the current comics that are coming out. They talk to the guys behind Absolute Batman before I think it was before the Joker um storyline came into play. Um, but yeah, comic book couples counseling's uh really, really good, uh, really fun, the well-produced podcast. Um, and the only other two, there's two more that I'll mention. These are two local ones. Okay. Um yeah, one of them's uh my uh probably my favorite Star Wars podcast at the moment is um Star Wars Spelt Out, which is hosted by Josh Chapman. That's another Melbourne podcast. Um, I really enjoy uh when they do their uh occasional episodes. Um they they do them more often when there's uh sort of content to be disseminated. So uh when there's a new show or movie or that sort of thing. But yeah, Star Wars Spelt Out's really good. Um and the other one, of course, um, I've got a vested interest in this because I'll be on an episode in a few weeks, is um Film in 40 with uh Adam and Ryan. Um they do weekly breakdowns of some of their favorite movies. They usually have a guest join them and um, you know, just uh have a uh uh sort of friendly uh discussion about um some of their favorite movies. So um yeah, Film in 40 is one worth checking out as well.

SPEAKER_00 13:44

Yeah, cool. Yeah, cool. I um I I I have a couple more um that I can definitely uh chime in about when it comes to comics. Um one that's uh one that's one that's great to listen to, and I don't know if you've um if you've listened to it at all. Um MJ is uh Ink Pulp, the Ink Pulp podcast, um which uh which features uh Mateo Scalera and Sean Crystal, aka Ink Pulp, um, and uh Eric Kenneth um and uh and they have uh a number of uh they have a guest on each usually each week. Um they've uh had some uh some locals like uh like Lauren Marshall on the show in the past. Uh and uh I think this uh this week's episode's got uh probably one of my uh favorite um artists at the moment is uh Derek Luffman. So um he's he's on this uh this week's show. Um another one that's been around for a long time and probably a uh a very reputable comic uh podcast, if you ever want to sort of you know hear from uh industry uh specialists, uh is Off Panel, uh, which is uh which features uh David Harper. Um and uh just absolutely love that podcast. It's great for him to um and very well respected uh that podcast. So um that's another great one. Uh other than that, uh if you're into movies and you want to sort of uh dissect uh uh a film but have a have a laugh and really enjoy it. Um the Ringer Podcast Network does a uh a show that's been going for a number of years now. Um and uh a friend of mine, Sparky, uh he uh uh he uh put me onto this. It's called The Rewatchables, uh, which uh which is hosted by uh Bill Simmons and then has a a round table of of uh of uh his friends um and uh those that that are in the know. Uh and they essentially uh pick apart a film uh that that that they've rewatched after a period of time. Uh and um so that's that's a lot of fun. Um if you're into sports, uh they do a lot of sports references that um sort of coincide with film as well. So um another another great podcast to uh to um to listen to or to to to watch uh we're uh on on YouTube. But uh uh let us know. Um what's uh podcast or podcasts uh do you recommend? Uh we'd love to know about it. Uh if you uh if you can hit us up on the socials under uh pulp culture pod. Uh and uh yeah, let us know. We we're I'm in the car a lot, so I'm driving and so uh for my job, so I'm happy to uh to listen to podcasts and um MJ's traveling uh when he's going to and from work, etc. And so uh so yeah, so we're both happy to um to take any uh any uh advisement on uh a good podcast. Let us know.

SPEAKER_05 16:45

Yeah. I love talking about podcasts almost as much as I like talking about TV and comics. Um yeah, that's it.

SPEAKER_00 16:52

That's our next one. It's uh pulp podcast podcast.

SPEAKER_05 16:55

Pulp culture pod pod. Pod podculture podcast podcast. Yeah. I'm in. Um yeah, no, I'm uh I yeah, and I love talking about podcasts. I've uh you know, I I know I've mentioned quite a few there, but I've got I've literally got a notebook where I have to keep track of all of the ones that I I try and keep an ear on. Um on all sorts of different subjects. And yeah, and I I do uh just like I like hearing about what people are reading and what people are watching, I like to to hear about what people are listening. I also like to hear about what people are doing while they're listening to them. Some people like to do housework. Um, I know I try and listen to them when I'm you know mowing the lawns or um drawing when I'm doing my colouring, uh that sort of thing. Um yeah, so look, yeah, hit as Nay said, hit us up, let us know what you're listening to because I find it fascinating.

SPEAKER_00 17:47

Yep, absolutely. Uh again, thanks to uh it's comic book boy uh for uh for his comments uh and suggestions. Uh we we we love those. If you want to uh if you've got a suggestion or you want to comment, uh tell us tell us uh whether we should get rid of Cyril or not, um, then you can hit us up on the bag uh under all the socials under Pulp Culture Pod. Um we'd love to do that.

SPEAKER_05 18:14

Do do um uh do before we just leave that as well, um like do look up It's Comic Book Boy on Instagram and give him a follow because um if nothing else, every week he posts um his weekly pickups and it's fascinating to see what he's got. Um yeah, he's clearly a an avid reader, and um yeah, I really enjoy uh those videos when they come through every week. So yeah, no, check him out on Instagram.

SPEAKER_00 18:38

Yep, fantastic. All right, well, uh let's get into uh the zest.

SPEAKER_05 18:52

Breaking news.

SPEAKER_00 18:54

All right, what have you got for us, Mr. Trailers?

SPEAKER_05 18:58

Well, no breaking news, but um the I've got breaking news, I've got breaking news, but I'll I'll reserve that for later. All right, let's let's go with the trailer first. Um I've got a Star Wars trailer, the Ninth of Jedi.

SPEAKER_00 19:11

How exciting!

SPEAKER_05 19:13

Doesn't it look great?

SPEAKER_00 19:14

And what a nice surprise, too.

SPEAKER_05 19:19

What do you mean?

SPEAKER_00 19:20

Well, I wasn't expecting this to be a series, I didn't know this was coming as a series. We'd seen it.

SPEAKER_06 19:26

You didn't know until you saw the trailer.

SPEAKER_00 19:28

Well, uh no, no, I didn't know until I saw the trailer come out.

SPEAKER_05 19:32

I'm pretty sure I'm pretty sure we wanted to say that they they announced this at Star Wars Celebration in Japan.

SPEAKER_00 19:38

Oh, okay. I didn't know. I didn't know that. I knew that it was um so uh before we get too far ahead, we should probably say what it was. It was Star Wars the Ninth Jedi, uh, is the series that's that that's coming out. Is it limited series or is it or we're not sure at the stage?

SPEAKER_05 19:55

I believe it's a limited series, but I I'm not sure whether there's the potential for it to go into a second one. Um yeah, it's it it comes out of uh one of the first episodes of Star Wars Visions on Disney Plus.

SPEAKER_00 20:08

Um and then and then they did a second one in the third in the third uh season.

SPEAKER_05 20:12

The third season, yeah. So um so so if you want to get a taste of what it's gonna be like, the first two episodes effectively are already out. So um if you go back to Star Wars Visions um season one and season three, there's there's already sort of two episodes to to show you what um we're in for with this series, but yeah, they've um uh produced this uh spin-off series, which um obviously spends a lot more time with the characters that we meet in the the ninth Jedi um shorts, I guess, from uh the first two seasons. And um, yeah, I'm really excited about it. I've loved Star Wars Visions. Um, I think it's one of the best things that's happened um to Star Wars uh since the Disney acquisition. Um I think it's a really great uh sandbox for which in which uh creators can you know really try some sort of far out concepts. The yep, um in theory, the the the stuff we see in visions is is not canon. So um they can sort of go off in all sorts of wild directions. We've talked about it on the pod before. Um and yeah, so I'm I'm excited about them spending a bit more time uh with one of these storylines. They could spend time with just about all of them as far as I'm concerned. But um, yeah, this this this one, the ninth Jedi in particular, has a lot of um really interesting concepts about uh lightsabers and kyber crystals and and stuff that um I really think is is exciting and and worth exploring. So um yeah, no, I'm really pumped.

SPEAKER_00 21:49

Yeah, agreed. I I'm I'm I'm really excited for it. I wonder whether they'll put those first two episodes in front of the series or not, or whether they'll just get you to go back to video. And rewatch those.

SPEAKER_05 22:02

Yeah. I suspect that they'll um uh leave them in season one and season two where they are. I don't know whether they'll, you know, um, I think they'll probably let leave them there in the hopes that people will go back and sort of stumble across some of the other stuff as well if they haven't seen those episodes. But um, you know, who knows with all of the uh I'm gonna sound old when I say this, but the fancy technology they've got on the Disney Plus app. But um, but uh yeah, no, I'm I'm I'm excited about it. How about you?

SPEAKER_00 22:36

Yeah, absolutely. Uh look, the animation is amazing. Uh it's it it draws heavily from uh from anime. Um, so you've got those real sort of dynamic uh lightsaber battles.

SPEAKER_05 22:48

Um and um I mean really it is it is anime, isn't it? It's it's anime, it's produced produced by an anime studio, so yeah, it's it's well and truly within that genre.

SPEAKER_00 22:58

Yeah, Star Wars anime at its best. Um, so really looking forward to that. Um yeah, what uh what what other is there any other trailers that came out this week that are worth noteworthy?

SPEAKER_05 23:09

Uh honestly, I don't think there is. Like, I don't have to do that.

SPEAKER_00 23:12

I don't think so either.

SPEAKER_05 23:14

No, I think it's been a bit of a light week. We're we're in that uh period of the uh American summer where there's there's not so much stuff coming out, and also because we're sort of just ahead of Comic-Con as well. Yeah, it's that time of year, I think, where there's a bit of a lull in um in news and trailers and announcements and releases and stuff. Um while they roll into the last couple of big movies of the summer. I think all of the attention at the moment's gonna be on uh the Odyssey and then on Spider-Man. Um, and we won't get a whole lot of news and trailers until um San Diego Comic Con, but yeah, that's okay.

SPEAKER_00 23:53

Um there's always something else to talk about. Agreed. Uh, I got some news. So do a power bomb, uh, murder Falcon and Transformers artist Daniel Warren Johnson's next project's been announced. Yeah, I saw this. I would never have expected Chicks with Chainsaws in Space Uh as the uh as the subject matter, but uh uh I think that was their words, not ours, wasn't it? Yeah, that that was their words. Yeah, that's that's yeah, chicks chicks with chainsaws in space. Uh and it's it it which is the the theme, the running theme, but it's uh it's called Chain Carter, uh from uh Daniel Warren Johnson. Uh so if you've uh if you've read any of his um his his own books, uh like Do a Powerbomb or Murder Falcon, uh you'll definitely know that this is gonna be uh dialed up to 11 and and um and gonna be amazing. So uh so that's due out uh November 26th. Uh so happy birthday to me, uh, or just after my birthday. So um I will I will gladly accept uh that as a gift from anybody if they want to.

SPEAKER_05 25:06

What a seven what a 70th for you, eh? Really exciting.

SPEAKER_00 25:12

Um Wow, you you uh you you you may be younger than I am. Thanks. I appreciate that.

SPEAKER_05 25:18

And that's uh that's just cool. What that's what we do. Um yeah, no, I'm looking forward to um by placing a lot of orders for um chain carter at at the shop. I wasn't in at work today, but I'm sure there's already been people putting it on their their pull lists. Um yeah I know as soon as I get an opportunity, I'll be doing the same. So um yeah, really exciting. Real exciting to hear about a new image series coming from DWJ.

SPEAKER_00 25:45

Yeah, absolutely. Can't can't wait for that. What other news have you got on your list?

SPEAKER_05 25:50

Um uh nothing to be honest.

SPEAKER_00 25:52

Like oh, I've got I've got some good ones then. I've got some really good ones.

SPEAKER_05 25:57

Hit me up. I was kind I was kind of hoping that you had a lot of news because I I've got um a lot of stuff for our other other segments, but not so much for the Z.

SPEAKER_00 26:05

Yeah, no, no, absolutely. It's all good. Uh we uh we we've talked about this on the on the show before, and we we've talked about uh in length about the the um uh boycotting uh DC comics and and what's involved there, especially when it comes to um you know different uh different representation. Uh and it sounds like uh DC uh uh listening because uh static shock is uh coming to uh New Titans for issue 38. So uh not too sure if you knew about that one being a Titans fan, MJ, but um uh I did see the announcement.

SPEAKER_05 26:45

Yeah, I did see Sanford Green posting about it yesterday.

SPEAKER_00 26:48

Yeah, which is fantastic. And he's doing a uh obviously a cover for it, uh, and it's a it's a great cover. You can check him out on Instagram, uh, under Sanford Green, I think it is, and uh you can see his work there. But that's that's great news about Static Shock. Um that would probably lean into also too that they're really trying to um uh that it sounds like they're trying to promote Static Shock uh in into the the DC universe when it comes to either a TV series or a film. So um I I I think that's a a good way just to sort of reintroduce him, uh especially in the in the new Titans um you know universe.

SPEAKER_05 27:28

Yeah, I mean from a certain perspective, it's surprising that it hasn't happened sooner. Like static seems like a perfect a perfect fit for um the Titans. I really liked some of the the artwork that that Sanford Green uh posted along with his sort of announcement yesterday. Um there's like a cover with uh static and cyborg, um which I think is really exciting and and and part of I think what Sanford was saying as well is that um a lot of people have been jumping to conclusions about the mix of um uh the variety of types of characters that DC have got at the moment, whereas this sort of stuff has always been in the in in the making. Um so uh uh hopefully this is just going to be the beginning of of things starting to even out a bit more and and us getting some more um sort of uh uh uh uh diversity in in in our DC comics because um yeah, I think you know, pretty pretty much everybody wants to see it. Um you know, everybody wants to be able to see themselves represented in in DC stuff. Um, I know I want everybody to be able to see themselves represented in DC stuff, and and hopefully this is just the beginning.

SPEAKER_00 28:41

Yeah, agree. 100% agree. Um, so yeah, looking forward to that when that's uh when that's released in uh in issue 38. So that's that's not too far away.

SPEAKER_05 28:51

So um no, I can't remember where I can't remember where we're up to exactly, but um no, it's not too far away.

SPEAKER_00 28:57

No, not too far away at all. Uh what is a little bit far away, um, but looking forward to it is creature commandos season two uh has been confirmed uh for uh 2027 release. Uh so that's that's that's good to good to know. Um if you haven't checked out creature commandos, uh this is the uh DC animated series. Uh this was was this James Gunn's first before Peacemaker, or was this after Peacemaker season one?

SPEAKER_05 29:28

I can't remember after Peacemaker season one, but I think it was the first after James had been appointed as um co-head of DC Studios.

SPEAKER_00 29:39

Yeah, right. With Safra. So gotcha.

SPEAKER_05 29:42

Yeah, okay. Um Creature Commandos was really the beginning, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 29:56

Yeah, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. Yeah, I understand. Um uh talking while we're keeping up with uh with DC news, uh HBO Max uh is uh in very early stages uh or early development of a uh Mr. Terrific uh series uh which will uh which will um feature uh what's his name? Eddie Gath Gather Gathige? Is that is that how you pronounce his name?

SPEAKER_05 30:25

Eddie Gathige.

SPEAKER_00 30:27

Gathige, okay. See, there you go. I always plan on butchering a name, um, and I did it quite well.

SPEAKER_05 30:33

So that at least at least you're trying, dude.

SPEAKER_00 30:36

Yeah, well, uh at least I'm consistent.

SPEAKER_05 30:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 30:42

Yeah, that's I guess that's consistently butchering names.

SPEAKER_05 30:49

Consistently trying, though. Oh what are they looking at? Like a are they looking at a live action series with Mr.

SPEAKER_00 30:58

Yeah, live action series. So um sim it's similar to uh you know it's in in the same sort of vein as uh like a Lanson style, you know, series. So um I think it's really exciting.

SPEAKER_05 31:12

Yeah, well that's uh that combined with the Jimmy Olson one as the second spin-off from that movie.

SPEAKER_00 31:17

Yeah, yeah, which is which is great. You know, you know what's really interesting about Jimmy Olson while we're just just running off on the tangent really quickly, is is that uh it's being promoted as uh the grill uh the Gorilla Grod TV series. Yeah, and and it's really bothering me uh that that's um that's sort of doing the rounds that it's being promoted as that, because it's actually not it grill Gorilla Grod features as the villain, um, which is called DC Villains, but it's um it's actually about Jimmy Olsen. So uh it really bothers me that um that it's being sort of uh headlined as that.

SPEAKER_05 31:56

Why does it why does that bother you?

SPEAKER_00 31:58

Well, it's it's it's not it's it's not a gorilla god T V series, it's Jimmy Olson's TV series where he features a villain. Um so like like first of all, get them get the name right. It's not Gorilla Grod the series, it's DC Villains. And second of all, it's Jimmy Olsen who's the who's the lead for this, not Gorilla Grodd. So I just you know, just just get it right. That's all I'm saying. What does it matter? Well, it matters a lot. So um, because Gorilla Grod's featured in The Flash and other things, and you know, it's good for Jimmy Olsen to get a get a get a get his time in the song.

SPEAKER_05 32:39

I had no I had no idea that you were such a a passionate Jimmy Olson stan.

SPEAKER_00 32:44

Yeah, I'm not really, but I just thought I'd just throw that in the mix. So there you go.

SPEAKER_05 32:48

Oh, okay. All right. Well I know I didn't I didn't see that coming. That was a real curveball. I'm I'm fascinated by that. Um as you as your therapist.

SPEAKER_01 32:56

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 32:59

Just my therapist, I'm in trouble. Yeah, no, that's something I'll have to have to to to stew on. We'll I'll get back to it.

SPEAKER_00 33:06

Okay, yeah, I love that. No, I'd love to uh to yeah, no, it doesn't bot doesn't bother me.

SPEAKER_05 33:11

Um, as long as Jimmy's in it, if Gorilla Grod's in it, it's called villains. There's bound to be other ones. So um, yeah, no, I'm I'm I'm pumped for it. Uh bring it on. You can call it whatever you like. Um uh a rose by any other name still smells as like Jimmy Olsen. So yeah, bring it.

SPEAKER_00 33:30

Um we uh we we we mentioned uh we I think it was either last week or the week before uh about the uh new Ghostbusters animated series uh which has been announced called Ghostbusters. What was it called again? Ghostbusters night shift. Um so uh what what the reason I'm bringing that up is that we've got more uh we've actually got uh a bit of a synopsis now about what it's about. Uh so uh it's set in uh New York 1994. So this is probably about 10 years after uh the uh first film.

SPEAKER_05 34:08

Um about five or six after the second one.

SPEAKER_00 34:12

And five or six after the second one, and it follows a new team uh of uh who uh the new wave of super uh as a new wave of supernatural threats uh threaten them. Uh the original Ghostbusters have kind of hung up the uh the uh the proton packs and uh and and this team of kind of doing like DIY gear um in a delivery van. Um and but it will connect with the original films apparently. So um so that's that's what we're getting at the moment. It's uh I think it's about four or five uh I think it's about five characters. We don't see them. Uh the we see uh an image of them with their backs. Uh but they what's really interesting about this is is that uh one of the demo dogs is in the uh in the actual uh shot. It's like uh like a little puppy. So um so I'm I'm really excited about that uh to see what that what that looks like.

SPEAKER_05 35:18

Um the demods aren't the dema dogs from Stranger Things.

SPEAKER_00 35:21

They are from Stranger Things, you are correct. What are they called again? What was Ghost's dogs called?

SPEAKER_05 35:27

Uh I think they're called Demodogs.

SPEAKER_00 35:29

Oh well thank you, see it was close. Yeah, tomato potato, all right.

SPEAKER_05 35:38

Yeah, no, I'm I'm really I'm really excited for that for that show as well. Um the Ghostbusters uh is a world that you know I think there's endless possibilities for storytelling, and um I I don't mind them bringing in other characters. I've enjoyed all the other movies. Um so yeah, no, I'm I'm excited about that.

SPEAKER_00 35:57

Yeah, well it's definitely Canon, so uh so it'll be interesting to see how they uh sort of tie it all together. I'm looking forward to it.

SPEAKER_05 36:03

Oh well, Canon's important, as we know.

SPEAKER_00 36:05

Canon's important, yeah. Especially if you're a pirate. Uh yeah, gotta watch out for them. Um uh we've we've got news. Uh we we we uh broke the story quite a number of weeks ago about Danny McBride and G.I. Joe uh movie. Uh that uh we know that there was sort of two at the at the same sort of rate.

SPEAKER_05 36:29

Um I did see him speak about this on the on the podcast, and I and I'm really excited this.

SPEAKER_00 36:36

As a G.I. Joe fan, I'm I'm really behind this. I'm really excited. Uh he's a fan himself. He uh on the podcast he mentioned that he was uh that he still has his original G.I. Joe's and uh he um you know so he is a fan, it's a fan writing uh uh a fan treatment of of the film. Um he when when he uh first uh went to Paramount to uh to talk about this this film, he actually wanted to do a film in uh in regard to the dreadnoughts. Now the dreadnoughts is is sort of a uh a gang, uh like a biker gang um that are into all sorts of uh all sorts of things that are no good. And uh they um and they they're they're wacky and zany in their own own right.

SPEAKER_05 37:26

Uh and went to Paramount which is Cartoon's version of the the Mad Max movies.

SPEAKER_00 37:31

Yeah, yeah. It's a good way of good way of presenting it, yeah, for sure.

SPEAKER_05 37:35

I wasn't I wasn't familiar with the dreadnoughts at all until the recent run in um in the the comic book.

SPEAKER_00 37:40

Um version, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 37:43

Yeah, I really enjoyed meeting him in that, but um as I've said, I'm I'm just sort of a casual GI Joe fan. I um wasn't wasn't um familiar with them.

SPEAKER_00 37:54

So and so so um when he went to went to Paramount, uh Danny McBride presented this and they said, Look, really, we we really want to do a GI Joe film. Um do you think you've got a concept for us that would would work? And he's gone away with uh with uh two of the writers from uh Righteous Gemstones and come back with uh what he believes is uh is a is a great film. This is pretty much not going to be an origin film, which I'm really excited about. I don't think we need another origin film. I think if you uh if you if you do this right, like he's proposing, um, we get uh a bunch of G.I. Joe uh key members um and put them straight into um a precarious situation which is behind enemy lines. Uh uh and let's let's see how it sort of runs. But uh this will be sort of uh centered around a town which Cobra is uh secretly um uh you know running um uh on the surface, it looks like a normal uh average everyday uh American town called Springfield, uh not the Simpsons one, but uh the one that Cobra runs and uh putting the G.I. Joe's in that town and and discovering uh that it's not all it seems to be. So I'm looking forward to this.

SPEAKER_05 39:15

You don't you don't think that we need another origin story for G.I. Joe?

SPEAKER_00 39:20

I I I I think that we can I I I think that you could probably do this quite well and have maybe some flashbacks or you know, it's like their first mission together, that type of thing. Um, you know, he said that it's definitely not a uh it's not written to be a comedy. This is supposed to be quite action-packed. Um, it's not like the Stephen Summers productions. Uh, so yeah, I'm I'm I'm really hoping that it's quite loyal. Um, you know, I I you I I do the only thing I get nervous, a little bit nervous about is that we've had um, you know, something like say Master of the Universe, which I really enjoyed, um, but wasn't well received based on the property uh at the time. And so this is sort of sitting in the same era. So I'm really hoping that um this is a lot more well received than say, you know, Master of the Universe. However, saying that we've had two, three, three films, three Joe Joe films that I can think of um with snake eyes as well. So um here's hoping, fingers crossed.

SPEAKER_06 40:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 40:29

Oh, actually, we've had five. We've had five because we had the Stephen Summers ones, um and then we had the ones uh after that, didn't we?

SPEAKER_05 40:39

So uh I I don't know. Like I I I confess, um, because I've been enjoying the comics, like I've wanted to catch up on um other GI Joe media. Um so I actually bought um a a triple pack um right on Blu-ray of um the um G.I. Joe, is it Right Rise of Cobra, Rise of Cobra, Retaliation, and uh Snake Eyes.

SPEAKER_00 41:08

I was I was right there three. I I was saying that there was five, but it's actually not, so um, so yeah, yeah, yeah. So I was incorrect. Um had chatting table.

SPEAKER_05 41:19

More homework to do. Um, but I've definitely not. Yeah, and I I got those because I'm really excited about seeing all of uh those and and embracing the the property in general, just because I've been enjoying the comics. I've already seen like I know I've seen all the Transformers movies, um, and so I want to sort of refresh my uh memory on uh some of this uh other G.I. Joe stuff. I'm really hoping that they do do a bit of an origin story um for Joe, just because um I don't I don't think it's I don't think the G. I Joe mythos is sort of cemented in uh the general audience's mind um as much as perhaps you'd need for it to be a proper relaunch. Yeah. Um yeah, I I I think a bit like Masters of the Universe. I thought Masters of the Universe did a really good job of of showing us the the backstory and the origins, but without sort of spending the whole movie doing it. And I think G.I. Joe kind of needs that as well. My other hope with the movie is that um uh Danny McBride and his uh co-conspirators, I I hope that they sort of do it in conjunction with the guys at An Image and Skybound. Like I'd like it to be sort of a a united creative front. Um I know that they've got plans for like an animated series of like the Energon Universe or something like that. Yeah, correct. Yep. Yeah, I just I just think it'd be really good if they uh you know presented a united front and did do some sort of a bit of a relaunch because I think you know, if if if people like me are still sort of um hazy on the the origins of G.I. Joe, I think there's probably a need for uh a bit of a refresher. Um they don't have to go on about it for ages, they don't have to spend a whole film. But yeah, um, yeah, I'm hoping that they do touch on that slightly at least.

SPEAKER_00 43:11

Yeah, no, I I I get what you're saying. Um only time will tell, and let's hope that uh it's uh everything we want and more.

SPEAKER_05 43:19

Hey, um that's that's that's all us that's all us fans want, is is everything we want and more.

SPEAKER_00 43:27

Yes, absolutely. Um we we we spoke about quite early on in our in one of our episodes about uh C3PO head uh up for auction. Um another piece of Star Wars memorabilia is now up for auction, uh which is uh Luke Skywalker's uh severed hand holding lightsaber prompt uh uh uh prop. So uh that's uh that's an interesting one.

SPEAKER_05 43:55

So his hand.

SPEAKER_00 43:57

Yeah, so his hand, the one that got chopped off in in Uh Empire Strikes Back.

SPEAKER_05 44:02

I thought 3PO's head was gruesome.

SPEAKER_00 44:04

Yeah. You just got this like hand holding lightsaber and uh on your table.

SPEAKER_05 44:13

Where would you keep it? On your bedside table? Sure, why not?

SPEAKER_00 44:18

That would be my desk. That that would be my lamp on my bedside table.

SPEAKER_05 44:22

So that when you went to turn your alarm off in the morning, you accidentally grab Luke's severed hand.

SPEAKER_00 44:27

Yeah, well, you could have a finger out and you could just like, you know, you like pull it or push it and it just turned the lightsaber on. Right.

SPEAKER_05 44:37

Not sure that I'm not sure.

SPEAKER_00 44:38

I thought too much about this already.

SPEAKER_05 44:41

A prop that old would still have that level of flexibility, but oh yeah, sure.

SPEAKER_00 44:46

Well, if you've got a if you've got a spare uh one million dollars, that's the uh that's the reserve price at this stage. Uh million dollars. Million dollars, so good luck. Um to whoever the winner is.

SPEAKER_05 44:59

No, that's twisted.

SPEAKER_00 45:00

Yep. So uh so anyway, uh we'll uh once we find out how much it goes for, we'll let you know uh in an up-and-coming episode.

SPEAKER_06 45:09

Uh some very morbid stuff.

SPEAKER_00 45:11

Yep, absolutely. Um, but it is uh Star Wars memorabilia, and we know that fans uh will pay pay uh all sorts of uh cash for for uh a one-of-a-kind, especially.

SPEAKER_05 45:23

This is true.

SPEAKER_00 45:24

Yeah. Uh in last in last little bit of news, I've got uh really hot rumor uh and uh that's uh sort of come out today. Uh and uh that is uh regarding Joe Kerry. So for those of you who might remember Joe Kerry, he was in uh the Stranger Things uh series uh who played Steve, who we on the show absolutely love. Um and um and we're really out of uh out of all of them, I'm really hoping that he's the one that really sort of you know lands on his feet when it comes to film uh and TV. And uh I think if this rumor is true, this is really going to be amazing. Uh he is apparently in talks to play Nova uh in the MCU. Um so this is uh this is a big one. This is uh this is huge news. Um and uh yeah, I uh what's your what's your thoughts on that?

SPEAKER_05 46:20

Uh it's interesting. Like um uh so who would he be playing? The older, like the father version of Nova, or would he be playing is it Sam Alexander, the younger Sam Alexander, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 46:31

So yeah, I look, I I really don't know um whether he's playing the the son, um, which is uh it was Richard Ryder, I think it was. Um and and then you had the son, which was Sam Alexander, I think. I think that's what it was. Um but uh yeah, look, uh this could be this could be amazing. This could be really amazing with with him at the mantle.

SPEAKER_05 46:55

Um and I think it's be interesting to see how it ties back to um Captain Marvel and the Marvels, because I mean you can't sort of introduce a character like that without uh at least having some acknowledgement of of the Nova Core and um yeah or Guardians.

SPEAKER_00 47:14

Yeah, they were in Guardians. No, the Nova Corps were in the Guardians in the first one.

SPEAKER_05 47:18

So that's yeah, no, that's what I'm thinking of. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 47:21

Yeah. So you could definitely uh getting the wires crossed. No, no, it'd be it'd be very easy to have uh a couple of the Guardians sort of feature or part of the Nova Core feature again. Um so or John C. Riley from the Nova Core uh pop up. So yeah, this is this is a this is a a huge hot rumor um that's being uh that that's being sort of you know talked about at the moment. So watch this space. We look forward to uh hopefully um you know confirming that that's a hundred percent true.

SPEAKER_05 47:53

Yeah, well, I mean, as you say, you know, we're we're Joe Curie fans here, so um, you know, any involvement he can have in this um genre stuff, uh yeah, bring it on. I I don't I don't know enough about the Nova um stuff. I I know they've got ties to the the Cree and Guardians and Captain Marvel and all that sort of stuff, but um yeah, I'd be interested to see that. And I'd be interested to go back into space with the the Marvel uh cinematic universe as well. Um I really enjoyed Captain Marvel in particular, um, and the Marvels and all the Guardian stuff. Um, you know, anything that takes us back into space, um, yeah, bring it.

SPEAKER_00 48:31

Yeah, I totally agree. So um uh so with that's pretty much it for the Zest. But if you've got any news or anything that you uh you you think worthy of uh of being on the show, we'd love to know about it. Uh you can hit us up on uh on the socials under pulp uh culture pod. Um yeah, just just let us know. We will we'll definitely uh put it on, that's for sure. Um uh well that's pretty much it for like I said for the zest. Uh now we'll get into uh your favorite segment of the show, uh MJ. Whoa, he really doesn't like this show at all.

SPEAKER_05 49:25

It was actually just it was just timing, but I thought it'd be dramatic if I uh if it looked like I'd gone. But no, it's actually I was letting the dog back in, but um yeah, no, I like the timing of that. That was Chef's kiss.

SPEAKER_00 49:38

It it it really wasn't. Uh so for those of you who may have uh joined us for the first time, the weird files is uh is a segment uh that that that we started very early on in uh in in in our inception of the show. Uh filler where what's that?

SPEAKER_05 49:58

It's just it's filler.

SPEAKER_00 50:03

Uh where we where where I find a uh something weird and wonderful that uh that I've discovered on the uh of a story that I've uh found on the internet. Usually it features uh our uh our regular on the show uh Florida man uh uh and his wacky and zany uh adventures. Uh this week uh is a little bit different, uh, which I call uh bread roll inspector. Uh so uh strap in again, uh MJ. Uh get ready to to hear about the uh the bread roll inspector. Uh so Nashville Man.

SPEAKER_05 50:44

I don't like anything I have to strap into.

SPEAKER_00 50:49

Well, it's a wild ride, this one. It's great. I really enjoyed this one. Uh as I do with most of them this uh every week. Uh but Nashville man, uh we haven't had that one for uh for yet. So uh so welcome, Nashville man. So uh so Nashville man uh was arrested after allegedly posing as an official Texas Roadhouse bread roll quality inspector, and I use that in inverted commas, uh, and visiting four separate locations in a single uh in a single day while demanding unlimited samples.

SPEAKER_05 51:25

So according to four separate locations of what?

SPEAKER_00 51:28

Of of the Texas Roadhouse.

SPEAKER_05 51:31

Uh is it that's a restaurant, is it?

SPEAKER_00 51:34

It's a restaurant, yeah. Yeah, oh I can't.

SPEAKER_05 51:36

I thought it was just like a generic, yeah, but it's a brand, all right. Fair enough.

SPEAKER_00 51:39

It's a brand, right? So it's a restaurant.

SPEAKER_05 51:41

Uh and they have they have bread rolls, presumably.

SPEAKER_00 51:44

They have bread rolls, they serve these these uh these delicious bread rolls.

SPEAKER_05 51:48

Is that like breadsticks at the other place?

SPEAKER_00 51:51

Uh Olive Garden.

SPEAKER_05 51:54

But is that what it's like? Is that what it is? Is that what we're referring to?

SPEAKER_00 51:57

Same thing. Yep, same thing.

SPEAKER_05 51:58

Okay, I'm just trying to try to get my facts straight. If I'm gonna have to eat it, no, no, good, good.

SPEAKER_00 52:02

I'm glad I'm glad you're getting into the story. That's good. I'm glad you're no no I'm just putting it.

SPEAKER_05 52:06

I'm attempting to get to derail it, but all right.

SPEAKER_00 52:11

So, according to police, the man arrived at each restaurant carrying a clipboard, a tape measure, and a laminated badge that he reportedly printed at a local office supply store. So he's committed, all right? He's 100% committed to the job. So employees say that the man introduced himself by announcing corporate sent me. The roles have been getting complacent.

SPEAKER_05 52:35

Uh witness, I'm not sure that's something that a role can do, but okay.

SPEAKER_00 52:41

Yeah, absolutely. It can't be be complacent. But uh anyway, it's not great branding if they're complacent roles. Uh, witnesses claim that he spent nearly three hours evaluating bread baskets uh using a self-created scoring system that included fluffiness, butter absorb absorption, uh, emotional warmth, and overall yeeha factor. Managers became suspicious when the man requested a fourth bread basket for comparison purposes. Uh, that's when police reports state that uh that he visited four locations in under eight hours and wait for this, he consumed 63 rolls. I I don't know if I could eat that much bread in one day, that's for sure.

SPEAKER_05 53:34

They can't be as big as what I'm thinking.

SPEAKER_00 53:36

That's obscene. Maybe they're just like little baby rolls. I'm not too sure. Uh, if you've been to a Texas roadhouse and you have uh seen these bread rolls, please let us know. We'd love to know what size they actually are.

SPEAKER_05 53:49

Um, I hope the lockups in Tennessee have got decent plumbing.

SPEAKER_00 53:54

Oh, they've got uh great bread rolls, anyway. Uh the scheme reported we collapse when uh one manager contacted corporate and learned and and uh learned no such position existed. I I would have been judging that position in the first place, but uh anyway, uh bread roll inspector does not exist at the Texas Roadhouse. Uh when officials questioned him, the man allegedly defended his actions by saying that somebody has to protect the integrity of America's bread. Uh as he was excort as he was escorted out, witnesses say that he attempted to deduct the arrest from his inspect inspection expenses. Uh so uh that there you go. Uh you want uh you you want a free bread roll? Uh maybe uh get yourself a uh bread roll inspector's badge and uh visit your local Texas roadhouse in in the US and um see how you go.

SPEAKER_05 54:55

Just ridiculous.

SPEAKER_00 54:56

Great, great. I just I just love how uh he's protecting the integrity of America's bread. I think that's wonderful.

SPEAKER_05 55:04

Yeah, yeah. Thank him for his service.

SPEAKER_00 55:06

Yeah. So uh so that's it for the weird files. If you've got a uh a weird files that uh you'd like us to uh to feature on the show, uh definitely hit us up on the socials under pop culture pod. Uh we'd love to feature it.

SPEAKER_05 55:23

Um but uh as always I have got my eye out for some of these weird files stories. Like at some stage I am gonna find one. And you won't believe what hits you because it'll be an actually good story.

SPEAKER_00 55:36

Oh well, I'll be the judge of that when that happens, all right. So uh, but uh you know you say you you say you are, but I haven't seen anything yet.

SPEAKER_05 55:48

So uh no, no, I just I've got higher standards than you. I'm just I'm I'm just waiting waiting for the right one.

SPEAKER_00 55:55

Well, I I I I liked this one. I thought this was fun anyway. So uh that's it was a real real banger. Yeah, yeah. Okay, all right. Well, uh, well, you know, there's there's nothing to, you know, you know, don't no don't need to knead it in on me, all right. So uh um that's not good. But uh anyway, uh that joke that jug was half baked. But uh anyway, um, you know, if you've got anything we'd love to know about it, uh you can hit us up on the pop culture pod. Uh in the meantime, uh let's get into uh the aisle.

SPEAKER_05 56:48

And um I like to start an end to that audio then. That was just that was fantastic.

SPEAKER_00 56:55

It's just instant, right? Um one one one thing I wanted to do is that uh we've we've got a sponsor this week. So uh so thanks to thanks to our sponsor. I'll uh I'll play the ad for our sponsor for this week's aisle.

SPEAKER_05 57:08

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 57:37

Nintendo Power. Get the power. So I don't hate that. Thanks thanks to our uh 1991 sponsors, uh Nintendo Power magazine.

SPEAKER_05 57:49

Yeah, I like that. That's uh first I thought how how is this a sponsor for the aisle? Like, where's the corporate synergy? I didn't realize it was for a mag yeah, I didn't realize it was for a magazine or book or whatever.

SPEAKER_00 58:01

Right, got it. Got it, got it, got it.

SPEAKER_05 58:04

Very nice. All right, uh welcome, welcome aboard Nintendo.

SPEAKER_00 58:08

Yeah, well, in the Nintendo Power Magazine, anyway.

SPEAKER_05 58:12

Oh, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 58:15

Nintendo Power Magazine for sure. Uh what have you what have you been reading this week, MJ?

SPEAKER_05 58:20

Uh well before we get into what I've been reading this week, I just wanted to give a bit of a shout-out. I had some feedback from uh a couple of listeners, my nephews. Um they came and visited, they came and visited me in the shop and um bought some some books and and they sent me their reviews um as per our request for people to um give us their feedback on what they've been reading and all that sort of stuff. So I thought I'd just briefly touch on um uh what uh my nephews, Elliot and Archie, have been reading. Um they each bought books when they came in. I've got examples of them here. One of them is one that I've got in my reading pile, but I haven't read yet. Um, and one is that I've read. Uh, the one that I haven't read yet is this uh manga. Uh it's uh Star Wars uh The Legacy, the Legends of Luke Skywalker, the manga. Um and uh Elliot bought this one. Um and he said um, yeah, no, his his his review of it was that um I just realized I've got notes. Hang on. I've got five notes. Jeez. Doing great. Uh so yeah, Elliot's review of the Luke Skywalker manga. Um, is Luke a myth? Is he just a story people tell their kids? People who aren't in the Star Wars movies meeting up with Luke and their stories. He rates 4.5 lightsabers out of five. Oh, I like that rating. I like that.

SPEAKER_00 59:55

Nice rating.

SPEAKER_05 59:56

I like the lightsaber rating.

SPEAKER_00 59:58

So 4.5 is that like a lightsaber that's only half up? Is that right?

SPEAKER_05 1:00:04

I guess so. Or maybe it's like a smaller one, like uh one of Ahsoka's ones, you know, the little yeah, it's like a training lightsaber.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:13

Right, okay, gotcha.

SPEAKER_05 1:00:15

Yeah, it's like like the sort they give you. Um and then he says, and then his final note on this Luke Skywalker manga. This is from Elliot. He says, and no spoilers, but they all die. Did he really? He did. Kid after my own heart. Well done.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:35

Well, well, well done.

SPEAKER_05 1:00:36

He said a note, yeah. So he's clearly listening to the pod, as you can as you can see.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:41

Oh, you know what? You know what he gets? He gets he gets the audience, he gets the audience.

SPEAKER_05 1:00:50

Very nice.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:50

Yep, even I don't get those. No, definitely not.

SPEAKER_05 1:00:54

Um no, uh uh, all right. So on to uh nephew Archie's book. Um, this one is one of my favorite books, and we've talked about these on the the pod before, but um, he read uh Teen Titans Beast Boy nice by Cammy Garcia and Gabriel Piccolo. Um I was really pleased that he bought this one. Um his review was was short. He sent it to me by a video, which I won't play here, but um basically the gist of it was uh four stars. Uh he didn't give it five stars because apparently the characters use the a word a couple of times. Oh, so oh uh yeah, he gave it a little bit of a downgrade there just for language, which you can't use the a word. Um can't use the a word. No, you can't no, no, I can't use the a word, not in kids' comics. Um, so yeah, four four stars out of five instead of five, um uh because of the language. Um, and he also made a point of pointing out that um uh they all die. No, so uh that that was the end of his review as well. Um, so yeah, there's a common theme happening there.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:01

Yep, love it. Yep, see, yeah, they all die always gets an applause. Yep, for sure. Yep.

SPEAKER_05 1:02:06

Yeah, so that so those are two those are a couple of book reviews from my from my nephews, just to start off the aisle. And um yeah, nice. Yeah, they've nice got something in common in the end there. So you're happy with that? You're corrupting the youth.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:20

Oh, I love it. I love it. That's gonna be on our that's that's one of our new merch t-shirts, pop culture pod on the front, and then they all die on the back. So it should be.

SPEAKER_05 1:02:29

It's pretty, it's pretty iconic.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:30

Yeah, absolutely. It's iconic. It's yeah, for sure. Um, uh well, thanks for those. Thank thanks for those reviews. We love that. Um, you know, if you've got a if you've got a review for a comic, um, or you want us to check it out, let us know on the socials under Pop Culture Pod. We'd we'd love to know that. Um now last week, last week I uh talked about uh The Last Starfighter, which was the uh motion picture um edition. Uh and I didn't realize I thought that that was the first issue. I thought I was getting into the the first issue, that's why I grabbed that. Um not realizing that the week after, which has uh just come and gone, uh is the last Starfighter issue one. So uh this is the uh this is the follow-on from the from the film. Uh and uh this is uh it's written by Benjamin uh Rab and uh and and Derek Hughes or Derek Derek A. Hughes. Uh and uh the art is done by uh Will Roberts. Uh this is a great book. This is really fun. Um this is taking this is sort of taking place directly after uh the uh the the the Xur and uh Kodan Armada uh battle that they had and defeated them. And uh this is sort of picking up the pieces of what's left over with uh with our um our our lead uh Alex uh Rogan um and uh he uh being one of you know the last starfighter, I suppose, and uh and what what comes next. Uh and there's no um and and then and there's there's no I sitting idly by because they need to uh to uh to to rebuild their uh to rebuild the starfighters and uh and so they're they're on the hunt for a for a new team uh to to defend the universe. Um this is great. The artwork's great, uh the the the story reads really well. Uh I'm really I I really like the adaption uh of taking it into uh sort of a a new area. My only concern about this book is that uh this sort of takes place uh by the time we sort of we sort of see the the aftermath and then it sort of jumps forward about six months. You've now got an 18-year-old who's sort of um now in charge of uh you know the next breed. Uh and and it's it's it's a little bit the way that he that they write his dialogue, he feels a lot older. Um than I would I would sort of when I was reading it, I've sort of pictured him to be in his you know mid-20s, um, as opposed to being 18. And I don't know whether it's just that um you know he's been through a lot and so he's a little bit more grown up and a more of a leader, but in the original series he wasn't a leader, he's very reluctant, and um we're that we're not getting that. Um so so like I said, I I I just feel that maybe they could have jumped maybe a couple of years into the future. Uh, but other than that, it's it's really good. It's a it's a fun read. Uh they're really setting up sort of a a really big world building uh event. And um yeah, it's great. Really good.

SPEAKER_05 1:06:00

Yeah, I I uh am out of touch with Last Starfighter. I'd need to rewatch the movie, but um we have been selling quite a lot of copies of the the it's a trade paperback uh adaptation of the movie and then and then the new issue. Um there's been some interest, there's been some interest in it, and it's clearly driving people back to watch the original as well. I've had several people mention that yeah, I've had several people mention that they've gone back and watched it and watched it with their kids too. Yep. Um so that's yeah, it's really nice to see um uh that that getting uh some some fresh attention and and some fresh material for people to uh to chew over because yeah, it was a really beloved movie back in the day.

SPEAKER_00 1:06:44

Oh, for sure. And um, yeah, it's great. So uh so yeah, highly recommend that one. Uh Last Starfighter issue one. Uh and um, yeah, good good job. It's from Mad Cave, by the way, if you're looking for for who it's who it's done by, so um, who publishes it? So yeah, nice work, Mateco. Love it.

SPEAKER_06 1:07:03

They're doing some good stuff, aren't they?

SPEAKER_00 1:07:05

Yeah, absolutely. What are you what about you?

SPEAKER_05 1:07:08

Um yeah, bits and pieces. Um, probably the highlight of my week was I finally got a hold of um my Kickstarter purchase from Benji Bajora.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:20

Nice Troubleshoot.

SPEAKER_05 1:07:21

Um, yeah, yeah, and I was I believe I was one of the first to to get a my hands on my copy of Troubleshoot, and I sat down and I read the whole thing that night. So um, yeah, congratulations to our mate Benji um on the publication of Troubleshoot. Yeah, yep. Um it was really good. Yeah, I I really loved it. I'm just about to pass it off to producer Kim for her to have a read because she really loved Dead Sheet, um, like I did. Um and yeah, it's it's uh a wonderful read. It's a really lovely um collaborative effort between Benji and a bunch of artists from around the globe. Um, but there's some really good stuff uh with his uh featuring Benji's own art in it as well, some great pinups. Um yeah, just a really nice um uh book to have. I'm I'm really excited about uh it getting out into the world more broadly um over the next uh yeah few weeks, I guess. Um but yeah, troubleshoot. That was that was probably that that was the highlight of my my um acquisitions this week. Um really good to have it in my collection.

SPEAKER_00 1:08:32

Yeah, too too easy. I uh what one one that's been out for a little bit now, and we're near I think it I think it's this week, coming this week, or the week after we're getting uh issue two. But uh finally I got my hands on mask issue number one, thanks to MB.

SPEAKER_05 1:08:51

Your delivery guy got his act together.

SPEAKER_00 1:08:54

Yeah, comic comic book delivery service. Uh but uh yeah, finally got my hands on it. This is awesome. This is everything that I wanted and more. Uh you enjoyed this. Dan Dan Waiter's uh and uh Pai Par uh do the uh uh Dan Waiters does the writing and Pai Par does the um does the artwork in this. Uh this is this is fantastic. Uh this is really, really good. Uh I loved the direction it was going. It ties back to uh some older issues that uh the image uh have done. They've done some limited series runs uh in the past, and so that ties nicely back and then uh sort of circles back into the Energon universe and its uh crossover with G.I. Joe and as as uh and also Transformers. So uh this is this is great. I I love where they're going. I really didn't uh being a fan of the of not only the toys but also the the the the first season of the of of the animated series, not the second because that was horrible. Um the uh this is this is great, and I really didn't know what direction they were going to take and where they were gonna go, but this is um this is fantastic. It's a really fun read. Uh the artwork is fantastic. Uh I love the direction that they're going in, and um, I'm really looking forward to issue two.

SPEAKER_05 1:10:25

I know you've mentioned it a couple of times, but how good's Pi Pars um drawing of the the vehicles and stuff?

SPEAKER_00 1:10:32

Oh they they're fantastic. I mean they're they're they're there to scale, they it they're slightly modernized as well, which is really nice. I mean, they they um and it's only just just slightly. It's not it's it's just enough to to to to to make them not feel like they're their 80s, uh they're they're from the 80s, uh, but they they're still very loyal to uh their transformations. Uh and so uh so yeah, I'm loving that. I'm I'm really looking forward to seeing um the others because we've only seen two vehicles at this stage. Uh and uh so and we've we've got an introduction to a couple of the villains, uh the extra villains, uh with um with with Rex in particular, who's an absolute psychopath. Uh so um so yeah, I'm uh but we haven't really seen their their masks in in effect, so to speak.

SPEAKER_05 1:11:29

Uh yeah, we'll get a bit of that at the end, don't we?

SPEAKER_00 1:11:32

Yeah, just just a little bit, but it's enough and it's and it's awesome. It's uh it's a good page turner, that one. Uh so so yeah, if you're if you're not uh if you're not getting it yet, definitely check out it's from Image Uh and Skybound. Uh it's uh Mask, which stands for Mobile Armored Strike Command uh issue number one. Uh rabit while you can, uh if you can. If it's is it still available, MJ, in the store?

SPEAKER_05 1:11:59

I think there's still copies around, yeah. Not not heaps of them, but that there's still some. And I I would be surprised if it's not gone to a second print. I think I think it has. Um yeah, I don't think people will have too much trouble getting a hold of um over the first issue. And and yeah, I I second that. Um it was a really great read. I'm not as beholden to mask as as you are. I really thought that the the first issue was great in that um, as you say, it it did only spend time with a couple of vehicles, but um it was a good refresher for people who sort of only half know the property like me as to what they're capable of. Um uh and and I just thought it was yeah, a visual feast. Um, and the story by Dan Waters was great too. Um, yeah, I I I really enjoyed it. I'm excited for more.

SPEAKER_00 1:12:48

You know, it it's funny you should say that about the story. Uh it just got me thinking about you know, us talking about G.I. Joe. Um, the good thing about this story is that it's a it's it's a good uh jump on point for new readers who may not know anything about mask. Um, but at the same time, there was some really nice nods to to those that that have have a history with the property. Uh and I wonder if they did it similar like that for the GI Joe movie. I I'd be all down for that. Uh you know, it's a jump on for for for new uh viewers, but at the same time, we've got some nods from their from their past that that would be okay. Do you know what I mean? So I I think this would be a good way of doing it, uh, for the G.I. Joe film.

SPEAKER_05 1:13:32

Yeah, and I really loved it. I love that that is the expansion of the Anajon universe, and I'm just really excited that there's that additional dimension. Um, you know, as we've been talking about, we've been loving it anyway. So the fact that it's gotten bigger is just really exciting.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:46

Yeah, 100%. So um, so that's great. But uh, yeah, I'll just I'll just have to show it one more time.

SPEAKER_06 1:13:52

Oh no, it's glory, it's very pretty.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:56

Yeah, oh, and it's got wraparound. Yeah, I'll show you, I'll show you wrap around wraparound cover. So wraparound cover. Yeah, look at that. Vanessa on the back with Sly and Miles, and then we've got uh our uh our mate Matt on the front with some shadows of uh pretty gorgeous great colours future characters, so uh so yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:14:20

Great colours, it looks like retro tour packaging.

SPEAKER_00 1:14:23

Yeah, it really does. It's as it should. Yeah, as it should, and it's um it's definitely uh definitely worthy. Uh okay. Uh is have you got anything else that you've been been reading?

SPEAKER_05 1:14:36

Yeah, um I do. I've got a few bits and pieces. Um, one thing that relates to what you've been reading is that this afternoon I read the latest issue of G.I. Joe. Um, nice. Have you read this one?

SPEAKER_00 1:14:47

Yes, I have read this one. Yes.

SPEAKER_05 1:14:49

Yeah. Um33. Uh no, G. I Joe number 19.

SPEAKER_00 1:14:55

Oh, number 19. My apologies. Sorry, sorry, yes, yes, yes, you're on the right. I'm saying 33 for transformers.

SPEAKER_05 1:15:02

I knew what you were doing. Um, and I was thinking of you when I was reading this because it's got your boy Hound in it. It's got my boy Hound.

SPEAKER_00 1:15:10

He's the man.

SPEAKER_05 1:15:10

Yeah. Um, he's awesome. It was another really good issue. Very concerned about the um sort of double crossing. Uh what's his what's his name? The guy with the the disguised face?

SPEAKER_00 1:15:23

Uh uh Zartan.

SPEAKER_05 1:15:25

Zartan, yeah. I'm very very worried about him. He he's he's got way too much power, in in my opinion. But um uh my fight, my highlight of the issue was the bit between um Hound and Clutch and Duke.

SPEAKER_00 1:15:40

Yep.

SPEAKER_05 1:15:41

Where it's it's spoilers, but Clutch says that Hound's a Joe. Yeah. And and I just thought that was so cool. Like um, the the thought of a transformer being in a I mean, I know that Duke immediately shoots him down, but um the the just the thought that that a transformer could be a Joe, and I guess uh I guess a Joe could potentially be an Autobot is um uh it's just so cool. It's such such a uh a fun fun world that we find ourselves in at the moment.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:11

Absolutely. Well, if you really enjoy that issue, uh you'll enjoy um an issue coming up, which will be a crossover with a game with Transformers. Uh Hound will feature in it, and Optimus Prime will feature in it. Um so if you really enjoyed that interaction between Hound Quatsch and uh and Duke, you'll you'll really enjoy uh this this up and coming issue that you can.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:36

Because I said this was I said this was the latest issue, but it's not the latest issue. This is the latest issue.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:40

For you, it's the latest issue.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:42

It's the latest issue I'm up to. Yeah, no, sorry. I've I mixed my words, but um, yeah, no, I'm I'm uh looking forward to reading more because this again, it it like every issue of G.I. Joe, it doesn't disappoint.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:54

Nah definitely not. It's it's been a lot of fun. Um and uh I love I love the direction it's going at the moment for sure.

SPEAKER_05 1:17:02

Um speaking of image as well, I've been uh catching up on uh the Hornsby and Halo and Rockefellers um sort of crossover. Um I think I mentioned last week that I read the trillion dollar kid, yes. Um, which is the the uh well it's not a one-shot, but it's a the mini-series that's um crossing over with Hornsby and Halo and Rocketfellas. And I just wanted to give a shout out to that whole um crossover because I I'm really enjoying it. I'm really enjoying the um interaction between the different characters from different books and um the whole analysis of what uh the unbelievables are and their relevance in this universe. Um so yeah, I've been reading that one as well.

SPEAKER_00 1:17:47

Yeah, nice. Nice.

SPEAKER_05 1:17:49

I'm I'm way behind in Rocketfellas, so I've I've got a lot of catching up to do, but uh looking at the when I realized when I realized that it was all gonna start crossing over, I um moved Hornsby and Halo and Rocket Rocketfellas up my my reading list so that as those issues come out I can can can read more because I think there's another issue of trillion dollar kid uh due soon, which is the next chapter in that. Um, then yeah, I'm I'm enjoying being up to date with those. So yeah, get a move on.

SPEAKER_00 1:18:21

Yeah, sorry, sorry everyone. I've left the team down again.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:24

No, no, you don't have to apologize, just get get your act together. Um well so uh what what what else have you been reading? Anything else?

SPEAKER_00 1:18:33

Yeah, that's pretty much it for me for this week. Um uh, but uh, you know, uh it's it is there's another week ahead, and there'll be plenty to read more. So um I'm looking forward to that.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:44

Um I've got two more that I'll just briefly mention because um I uh read the last issue of uh Rafael Grumpa's um Batman Gargoyle of Gotham. Oh, cool. Um that's taken a long time to come out. I can't remember when issue number three came out, but it was something like a year and a half or two years ago. Or um, so I went back and I reread the first three issues of that before I read issue number four, um uh which I didn't mind doing because uh I really love Rafael Grandpa's art. Um it's yeah, beautiful and detailed, and the character designs are spectacular, and um, yeah, so it was a pleasure to go back and read the first three issues. Um, and I love the fourth one. Um, I love the conclusion of this. Um, the only thing that I don't like about it is the uncertainty of knowing whether we're gonna get to spend any more time in this universe. It's a real sort of Else Worlds kind of story, and it sets up uh the potential for future stories. Um, I'm really hoping that uh, you know, despite the delay in uh public public uh publication of these uh first four, um, I really hope that uh perhaps there's potential for for more in that universe because yeah, it's just such a cool book. Um yeah, really brutal, really fun, really great spins on uh some of the Batman villains and some fresh new ones as well. Um, but yeah, I really enjoyed Gargle of Gotham. That was great. Have you read any of those?

SPEAKER_00 1:20:17

No, I haven't, no, definitely haven't. Um it's not not on my list, but it should be, that's for sure.

SPEAKER_05 1:20:24

Um put it on your list for when it comes out as a trade paperback because um yeah, it'll be a real a real real uh page turner and a real one, nice, real nice one to have in the collection.

SPEAKER_00 1:20:35

Do you reckon they'll do it as a compact?

SPEAKER_05 1:20:38

Uh no, I don't think so. Not not anytime soon. Um, I'd be surprised. I reckon they might do it as a hardcover. Um it has hardcover vibes. Um so I'm kind of hoping that they do that because it'll be a beautiful book. Um, I've got no doubt it'll do really well. So um uh speaking of hardcovers as well, the last book that I mentioned, I'll mention, um, I've only just started reading this one today, but I'm already obsessed with it. Um I've been reading uh from Drawn and Quarterly uh Tilly Walden's Charity and Sylvia. Um it's a historical sort of biography based on a true story about two women in the 19th, early 19th century living in Vermont, um, in America, um as as queer ladies, as an openly queer couple. Um and it's a it's a beautiful read so far. Um uh yeah, Tillia Walden, um, I know her from uh the Clementine series, the Walking Dead spin-off. Um, yeah, she did a tree a trilogy of uh graphic novels that were sort of a young adult, uh albeit very gritty, very um uh uh violent um at times um uh stories, but um I I love those. And yeah, I'm really pleased to be reading uh this book. I think this is gonna um it's gonna go places. Like I I'd really be surprised if this doesn't get nominated for awards and and and win them and all sorts of stuff. And that's just from me reading the first part of it. So um yeah, I just wanted to shout out Charity and Sylvia because yeah, um, a beautiful book. Um, yeah, beautifully illustrated book, um, but also a really lovely object, too. Um a really nice one to have in your hands. So yeah, that's the R for me this week. Cool.

SPEAKER_00 1:22:36

All right, well, what we might do is we might go to uh to a commercial break, uh, and we'll be uh we'll be right back.

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SPEAKER_00 1:23:45

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SPEAKER_05 1:23:47

We're gonna have to come up with Yeah, we're gonna have to come up with another warning, though. It's like it doesn't apply to the VPN thing, but um you're putting up all these magazines that I can't subscribe to anymore.

SPEAKER_00 1:24:01

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SPEAKER_05 1:24:10

I I desperately want to read that article relating to the photo on the front of Will Smith and Jeff Jeff Goldblum in Independence Day.

SPEAKER_00 1:24:19

I love how they skirted around the edges and they had sci-fi magazine, and there was there was definitely some horror in there. So uh I uh I I'm not too sure how Michael Myers sort of sits into the sci-fi genre, but anyway, look, that's fine. Uh they're obviously leaning into something somewhere along there.

SPEAKER_05 1:24:39

The streams of horror and sci-fi sometimes cross.

SPEAKER_00 1:24:43

Oh, well, they did with uh with with Jason Moor's when they did uh Jason X when he was in space.

SPEAKER_05 1:24:49

So uh even X-Files has got a touch of you know horror and the sci-fi. There's there's yeah, there's um yeah, and Ghostbusters and yeah, you know, they've they've got a lot in common.

SPEAKER_00 1:25:02

I I'd love to know how how that does cross the streams though with uh with Michael Myers, though. I'm not too not too sure on that one. But anyway, by the by, that's fine. Uh get your site, you know, get your side. I won't be finding out anytime soon. Yeah, yeah. Hey, uh, have we got anything in the two?

SPEAKER_05 1:25:21

Uh I've watched another episode, so yeah, we can got something in the two.

SPEAKER_00 1:25:25

Well, let's roll it on. Yeah, there we go.

SPEAKER_05 1:25:38

That was better than some of the animation in the show.

SPEAKER_00 1:25:45

Oh, look, it's uh yeah, look, yeah, the animated's here. Look, they they had their liberties, right? So uh it's um it's yeah, it it it has its moments, but it they're special. They're special.

SPEAKER_05 1:26:00

I don't know whether you haven't got any news for the the mummy this week.

SPEAKER_00 1:26:03

No, we don't have any news as as as so to speak for for the mummy this week.

SPEAKER_05 1:26:09

Um well in that case, we'll just we'll do it we'll do a quick review of an episode. Um yeah, okay.

SPEAKER_00 1:26:16

Episode four that we're doing, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:26:18

Uh episode four, the deep blue sea. The deep blue sea, okay. The mummy of the the mummy of the animated series, to be clear. Um, yeah, so season one, episode four. Um have you do you remember this? Do you remember this one?

SPEAKER_00 1:26:34

Uh no, I don't think so. Refresh my memory. Help me, help me help me go.

SPEAKER_05 1:26:44

If it helps refresh your memory, it was about um uh it was an adventure on a submarine. Um they uh ended up going under the ocean with uh a guy called Dimitri, um who's from uh Greece or from the Greek Isles somewhere.

SPEAKER_00 1:27:00

Uh he was gonna say, do they go to Greece? Is this the one where they go to Greece?

SPEAKER_05 1:27:05

They go to Greece, it's all very picturesque until they go under the ocean.

SPEAKER_00 1:27:08

Um in the sunken sunken city or something. Is that right? Is that the one?

SPEAKER_05 1:27:12

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I can't remember the name of the city. I can't remember the name of the city, but um, yeah, they were sort of searching for uh them and imitep were searching for the same artifact in this sunken city. So they had to marine seriously. And then they had to, I know he's he's a wacky guy, isn't he? But they they had to um uh go underneath uh under the water in scuba suits. Um I have to say I hated this episode, I thought it was awful. Um yeah, it it it it just didn't have a lot of the sort of hallmarks that we like of of the mummy, like it was in a different setting, obviously. It was in a sandy setting, but obviously it was under the ocean, so it wasn't kind of the same sort of arid desert. Um the uh character of Dimitri was. uh sort of like a not a not a not a love rival for Rick but it was sort of a coolness rival like um rick rick was really uh sort of irritated by the guy's charisma and how much he was impressing Evie and Alex and um yeah it just wasn't a great episode there were lots of um uh lot lots of lots of points in the show where I was worried about the physics of things too. Um uh they were doing stuff in submarine this submarine that you know I don't it just didn't check out for me. They'd all get the bens uh if I remember that they they sort of shot up pretty quickly uh and jumped out and uh yeah it all happened no no just it was just it was really taking me out of it and Imitep changed into the like this uh sort of sea monster creature that was doing them at one stage and it looked like a I don't know it sort of looked like a Ben 10 alien. Yep um yeah yeah just it it wasn't wasn't a good episode I was pretty pretty glad when it was over so I'm hoping that next week we'll get back there was no jonathan in this one so no that's a no an immediate like loss of about three stars um uh and yeah it was just uh it it it just fell a bit flat it didn't didn't have all of the the charm that um uh the mummy uh episodes and movies um uh I normally expect so would you would you say that they probably jump the shark no I wouldn't say that but thanks for asking oh no worries no that's uh that's my my my uh my my point that's the tomb for this week yeah yeah well I mean it is it well I I've got a theory about Imitev and how he turns up he seems to be turning up every every episode in the same location as they are I reckon he's got a uh he's got an an apple he's got one of those apple tags stuffed on you know in Rick's pocket or and he's just looking it up on his phone. Yeah see that was another thing that didn't check out for me this because these movies are set in what the 1930s yes and they had they had like radios in their um uh scuba gear yes like they had they had sort of and I'm like that they didn't have that stuff back then no um no it was really it was really really taking me out of it and um it's it's a it's a really obscure episode it wouldn't from what I remember it was yeah yeah another thing that really took me out of it as well is that uh I don't know whether Imotep always we was wearing like these little short shorts and so you can see he's like his emaciated sort of purple dead legs and that was freaking me out too it was like sort of sort of a little bit too sexy beach Immitep and I I didn't like that. That that was probably the most horrifying thing I've seen in the whole show.

SPEAKER_00 1:31:01

I could see that as a uh I could see that as a uh an interesting uh figure yeah I won't be buying that one yeah well uh next uh hopefully uh you'll you'll you'll watch the next episode um and we can we can we can talk about it next week on the on the tomb uh because this one they uh they visit Australia so um oh get get ready for some some horrible accents some oh are you saying Australians have horrible accents no I'm just saying those that do Australian accents are horrible well so so my Australian accent no yours is fine but uh those uh voice actors that are doing the Australian accent are pretty horrible oh okay well I'm I'm gonna go into it with an open mind and an open heart and and hope that um that's what Immitab wants from you he wants your open heart no I'm hoping that hoping that all of this hate is for now so uh I'll I'll watch the episode and we'll talk about it next week. Okay well let's uh let's talk about it definitely next week uh but that's it for the tomb uh if you've uh if you if you've there's anything that you want us to talk about in relation to the mummy we'd uh we'd love to know about it you can hit us up on all socials under Pulp Culture Pod. Uh shall we get into uh should we get into the rewatch into the review the review we should get into the review that film's going off the rails a bit like that's the point in about 40 minutes into the movie where everyone in the theater goes boo uh and the gremlin and the uh and the gremlins pop up yeah yep Hulk Hogan comes to save the day sure so we're probably talking about three three of the most talked about either film or TV shows this week uh I think we're talking about the same things uh which one do you want to start with first uh I think we should start with Supergirl okay that's what I had on the top of my list as well uh I've seen it you've seen it you've seen it I've seen anything you've seen it yeah look uh there's there's lots to like about this film there's there's um look there is it's it's not a perfect film and I'll I'll start that I'll start that off straight away it's not a perfect film um and there's definitely some continuity issues and stuff like that with it but this is this is really fun this is another fun film um you know I put it in the same vein as Masters of the Universe where we have uh we we we have a beloved property um a very well known uh character in pop culture uh and um and they've they've done something with it that's that that's really just a really enjoyable film. Uh for me um you know Crame of the Yellow Hills was kind of a bit of a meh character but um I didn't expect too much of it going in knowing that he was going to be that way. But I thought that um Millie Olcock did a great job of being um our new supergirl and uh and and and really enjoyed it. I liked that uh crypto um is is is is a character in this film um but doesn't dominate the film either um which was kind of a little bit my concern um you know having having a an animal in there they can have a tendency to to dominate um the screen um but I I felt that it was just balanced just just enough and just right especially with that type of storyline that they had um yeah what did you what what was your thoughts on it I really enjoyed it um yeah I I I mean I always try to ignore reviews and sort of other people's hot takes and opinions and that sort of thing when it takes me a little while to to see one of these films because I want to form my own opinion um but it was it was difficult not to be uh aware of the some of the negativity that was surrounding um this film especially because it took me so long to see it like normally these superhero ones I'll see within um you know the first day or two of of them coming out but because I wasn't well it took me um almost a week yeah um uh and but I did I I went in with an open mind because I wanted to try and understand what it was that all of the negative takes were saying as well.

SPEAKER_05 1:35:57

Like I I didn't want to be I don't want to be a shill I mean because I you know it's clear that I love this DC stuff. I love my Star Wars stuff, my Marvel stuff. You know I'm sort of you know I'm I'm always there on on um the occasion of these movies coming out um sort of I'm a guaranteed quantity but I wanted to to try and make sure that I was being open minded to what it was that people were saying that was so negative and I can kind of I can kind of see where some of it's coming from but um in short I loved it. I thought it was great. I really going into the film having read the graphic novel upon which it was based I wanted it to be um a a movie about uh trauma and grief and um I wanted it to be about a character that was uh messy that was messy messy um and and and and going through some stuff and and and even right up until the film until the end of the film you know um car Cara's going through some stuff um you know but by no means do I think she's at the end of her recovery journey um for want of a better expression um and and and that was the story that I wanted to them to tell and I thought that they did a really great job. As you said I I thought Millie Alcock was was fantastic. I felt very comfortable that she was going to be having seen her in House of the Dragon um having seen her in uh Upright um Australian show um you know and just having heard her speak about this movie and other things I I I felt very confident she was going to be good and and she was I was really impressed with the girl that played uh Ruthie um and really impressed with the character of Ruthie I thought that was um yeah she was a really welcome addition to to the DCU um and I'm glad that more people were able to to see her on uh a broader stage than than just in you know graphic novels and and comics yeah um yeah and I I did I Lobo what's your thoughts on Lobo um I thought Lobo was really good I've had uh there's been a few people that have sort of said oh we didn't really need Lobo um and I can kind of see that um I I I see that too I and I agree like it he didn't it was kind of uh you know it kind of felt like an afterthought like he didn't really he didn't carry the story he didn't really help to move the story forward he was just he was just there for for being there right yeah but I mean the the same can be said about lots of characters in these sorts of movies um you know there's there's the any any sort of ensemble adventure story um you know if you're looking closely enough there'll be times when you know if you watch a Guardians of the Galaxy movie or a Star Wars movie um there'll there'll be times when um some of the characters story wise are uh passengers um or not so much passengers but I guess window dressing um I'd probably felt that I I definitely felt that look don't get me wrong I mean you know Jason Momoa did a great job as Lobo um however I just felt I felt like he was just window dressing more than anything else I don't feel that um I I mean you know for from a um looking outside of the movie itself you know we know that Lobo is not in the original comic and that the the movie the movie is not beholden to the original comic there's a lot about the movie that's very different to the comic it takes it takes inspiration from it in a really good way but yeah um you know Lobo's not not in that comic um but I kind of saw him as like you know um as as icing I mean one of the things we want with these expanded superhero universes it's what people always uh demand in Marvel movies it's what people always are going to want going forwards in these DC properties is the introduction of other characters that will um further stories further down the line um and we and we've seen it you know in in the MCU you know black widow and and hawkeye were not um introduced in their own movies you know hawkeye came in through a Thor movie Black Widow came in via an Iron Man one yeah and this is the same sort of thing um I I'm I feel confident that Lobo will get his time to shine I wouldn't be surprised if he shows up in Man of Tomorrow um you know Man of Tomorrow is a movie that's going to be taking place in in space. You know for all we know he's gonna show up in Green Lantern stuff. Yeah you know they certainly those characters cross paths in the comics um at times frequently yeah yeah no I I I still really enjoyed Lobor and I thought he was a welcome addition to the to the the crew and I thought that his reason for being in the story was was solid um you know though he she was chasing um what are they what do they call them they call them the brigands um yeah you know that she she was chasing brigands he was chasing a brigand um so of course their their paths would cross but um yeah no i was I was really pleased with the the the film as a whole I I can see plenty of reasons why people might not like it um I I think if if all you knew of supergirl was the original Helen Slater film or um even something like Smallville or even even even the TV adaptation like if if all you knew of of Supergirl was those things and and that was what you went into it expecting very then yeah I can see that you would have been surprised um you know we we come into it with not the knowledge of having some experience with the the graphic novel but but I I I really liked it and I and by no means do I think that this is the end of Cara story in no James Gunn's DCU. Like I think we'll see more of her in Man It Tomorrow and then I think we'll see more beyond that. I think she's at the the start of a redemption arc in this movie right up to the end.

SPEAKER_00 1:42:33

And I and I love that because that's how that's how life goes especially when you've been through some some trauma and some loss like she has so yeah um but yeah I I thought it was I thought it was really fun it made me smile um it had lots of really great moments I I I enjoyed the stuff we saw um cara doing both before she was wearing her suit and afterwards um there were some really iconic moments um and yeah I just I thought it was fun it was good good gritty fun okay here's here's my question and definitely to uh pulp nation we'd love to know your thoughts on this as well um I was talking to producer Mandy about this after we watched it and uh it was probably about 24 hours after we'd seen it and I said to her why are people not going to see this film now this film has unfortunately hasn't done um anywhere near the budget that they were expecting um it was a $130 million film to make uh it's got to make $350 million to be seen as a um as a hit uh right now I think it's sitting just over a hundred million dollars worldwide uh and it's had a 77% drop off rate um which is right up there with something like Morbius um I I've just I don't know what it is about this film that people you know people can hate on it right but they've actually gone and seen the film I don't understand what it is that didn't get people to go and see the film because you had months and like a hundred million dollars worth of um you know promotions that uh that that really drew you towards this film right especially on the back of um the first Superman film and her as a cameo at the end of the at the end of it um we couldn't answer that question I don't know what it is that people didn't want to go to see this film no i i don't understand it either um but uh I mean there's there's obviously reasons but as far as what they are I've got no idea um I can speculate you know till the cows come home um is it because you know people know that these things are going to end up on streaming before too long and they'll they're just waiting to watch them then um is it because it's a a a female led superhero movie you know for me for me that's a that's a draw card you know for me for me the fact that it's led by a a young female character is is is a reason to go and see it because um you know I I want diversity um across all lines in in these movies I want everybody to be seen and to to to be able to you know I I believe in the the whole if if you if you can see it you can be it um you know I I I want I want that but for um you know is is that not a a draw card for most people I don't know we we you know producer Vanier did bring that up to me as well and said you know do you think it's because it's a female led driven you know film um and I and I said well you've got something like Wonder Woman Wonder Woman did exceptionally well she was introduced in in another film um so you know that's an exception to the rule you think about something like uh Black Widow uh film that came out later after the Avengers etc etc it didn't do well at all it was it was uh considered a bomb um I I actually really enjoyed that film so I I I'm just I'm just unsure as to why people didn't go and see it.

SPEAKER_05 1:46:35

Um yeah well I mean one of the reasons that Black Widow didn't do so well was the COVID pandemic. Um you know it was meant to be released and then it was delayed and then eventually I think it might have had a limited release and then it was put out on Disney Plus there were lawsuits and all sorts of stuff about it. So yeah that's true yeah I mean that was that was that was pretty hamstrung so yeah I'm not sure I'm not sure what I'm not sure why it hasn't done um better uh some of my theories include there's a whole lot on it the cinemas at the moment um I have to admit I'm I'm feeling a little bit of fatigue like um I I know that uh the Odyssey's out is it this week yep yeah like the Odyssey's out this week um and Spider-Man's out in the a week or two or something um and the thought of going uh to the cinema again um doesn't have me particularly hyped and and I mean that's saying something um you know what I'm like when with this stuff I'm normally all in um it's probably just something to do with my general demeanor at the moment I've been unwell so um but but there's been a lot on like um yeah you know that there's there's there's been heaps to keep up with and and it hasn't always been easy um the last month so who knows maybe there's just maybe there's just too much on offer.

SPEAKER_00 1:48:00

Well let me give you let me give you a bit of a a a bit of a look into what's at what the what's happening at the box office at the moment and you'll get an idea of what what we're looking at. So so far for 2026 um the box office looks like this okay we've got Super Mario which made over a billion dollars um then we've got uh we've got Michael which has made 977 million dollars which is just under we've had Project Hail Mary which has made 682 then there's a uh a film which is a Chinese production called Pegasus 3 it's like a like their version of F1 uh which was 650 Toy Story 5 has done 610 Hoppers has done 388 Obsession has done 374 Devil Wears Prada oh it should have been up a little bit higher but it was actually 685 then you've got minions versus monsters which I think is around about 300 million already uh and then you've got Scream 7 very eclectic very unusual um a lot of those properties are except for Michael um and uh are all and Hoppers and Obsession are are all sequels uh to to to other films uh so a lot of sequels so interesting right um there's been a lot of films out already this year uh and it's not gonna slow down either like you say with the likes of um you know Spider-Man and the Odyssey etc so who knows maybe people are just just judging which ones they really want to see.

SPEAKER_05 1:49:45

Yeah like I mean before twenty twenty six we all talked about you know oh what a year for for movies and there's gonna be all this sort of stuff uh coming out and there's gonna be heaps and I don't know maybe it's too much. Um I'm not sure but I I Don't know what it is. Um, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:50:03

We know Spider Man's gonna do well. Spider-Man will do well regardless, you know. They're they're already saying that pre-sales are uh well and truly into the $300 million.

SPEAKER_05 1:50:16

So yeah, Spider-Man will do well. But families will go and see it, people will go in in large groups and and see it. Um yeah, I'm I I don't know. It's it it's disappointing to me that Supergirl has not done better. Um and I don't understand. I don't I don't really understand why. Um like I'm I'd like to I'd like to think that it's not because it's a a movie with a female protagonist, but um I don't know, maybe it is. Uh as I said, it's it's a it's a um it's a it's a tick in the wing column for me, but yeah, maybe it's not for for most people. Like I said, I'd like I'd like to I'd like to feel like we're not there as a society, but maybe that's where we are. Um yeah, but uh no, it's it is it's interesting. It's interesting how not well it's done. Um I'm I'm I'm really uh quite stunned. But when it comes down to it, um you know, like like most things in life, um, we can only control what we can control. Um I can only focus on what I can focus on. Um and when it comes down to it, I really enjoy the film. Um looking forward to seeing it. I'm looking forward to buying it physically. I'm looking forward to having it as part of my collection, and I'm looking forward to watching it as uh just one of what will hopefully be many chapters in the the unfolding DCU that we're we're getting more of with lanterns when it starts in a month. August. Can't wait. Yeah, I'm hoping that it's just gonna be, you know, one of one one of those chapters that um you know hopefully people will appreciate down the track. Um, hopefully it'll it'll do well on streaming. I don't know, but um yeah, I love it. I thought I thought Supergirl was great. Um, I love Millie Orcock's performance. As I said, I loved Ruthie. Um, I didn't think I'd get to the end of the film and and be wishing that we might see Ruthie in future projects, but yeah, I am. Um I loved Lobo, you know. Um, I don't care whether he was supposed to be there or not. Um I thought he was great. Um, I can't believe we got to see Jason Momoa play uh Lobo. I think it was perfect. I look forward to seeing um Lobo unleashed at some stage in something with a higher rating, like an R rating or something like that.

SPEAKER_00 1:52:44

Yeah, he was saying that he'd he he would do he would only do it if he got an R-rated.

SPEAKER_05 1:52:48

So yeah, I I feel very confident that at some stage we will see that.

SPEAKER_00 1:52:53

Um like like uh like like the uh like the Punisher one one kill, uh one last kill.

SPEAKER_05 1:52:59

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah, whether it's something on HBO or whether it's a film of its of itself or whether it's uh as part of a you know another film with other characters or I don't know, but um, you know, uh this is just another step on the journey. Um it's it's a shame that it hasn't made more money, but um as far as the film goes, I loved it. Um yeah, agreed.

SPEAKER_00 1:53:23

Yep, agree. Uh let's get into some TV watching then. Uh let's talk about should we talk about uh silo?

SPEAKER_06 1:53:31

We should.

SPEAKER_00 1:53:32

So silo uh silo is back for season three. Uh for for those that um might not know what uh what silo is, uh this is a TV series uh brought to us by uh Apple TV, not a sponsor.

SPEAKER_05 1:53:48

It's on Apple, so it's not it's on Apple, so by definition, people won't have heard of it.

SPEAKER_00 1:53:52

Yeah, which is a lot of the shows that we talk about, right? So um, which is really really interesting. But uh it stars Rebecca Ferguson, uh, who you might know from from other uh films, uh such as the Mission Impossible series. Um but uh this is this is a great greatest showman. Yep, greatest showman as well. Um but uh this is this is about uh uh a society that that that lives underground um in a dwelling which uh is referred to as the silo um and has uh different classes of um of uh of of citizens and uh the rules that that are wrapped around living in the silo and uh and the uh the conspiracy that that that unfolds slowly through the series. Um it's great. This is this is great. Uh yeah, I mean we talked about this a couple of weeks ago when we talked about the trailer, and you had some concerns about dipping into the past and not seeing our um our regular characters. Um uh but uh as I said uh back then and and still agree with now, I think we got a really nice equal mix of of uh both past and present uh in this first first episode for season three.

SPEAKER_05 1:55:11

Yeah. No, I agree. I I think the balance was was was really good in the first episode. It was um I I didn't feel unsatisfied with the amount of time we got to spend with the characters that we uh have known from previous seasons, um, but it certainly had me uh glad to be uh revisiting with the characters in in the um the past as well. Um yeah, I was I was really sort of enjoying uh th those scenes and I'm I'm really invested in that story and and and um definitely want to see where all of that's going. Um I don't I don't love felt a bit supernaturally the past.

SPEAKER_00 1:55:49

There was a particular scene. I won't I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen it, but there was a particular scene, um the fighter pilot scene, um, which got a little bit supernaturally um for me.

SPEAKER_05 1:56:02

Supernatural the gen supernatural the genre or supernatural the show?

SPEAKER_00 1:56:05

The supernatural the genre, um right where or or a bit a bit science fiction-y, um, which yeah, that was it was yeah, yeah, it was bonkers, and and yeah, I as you say we won't talk about it too much.

SPEAKER_05 1:56:19

No, no, I don't want to spoil it. Yeah, but that was very strange. Um, I don't know what's going on there, and I I I love that I don't know what's going on there.

SPEAKER_00 1:56:29

Um I and I think you I think you I think you sort of um that it that was the whole time I was watching this this episode in a good way. I was like, what is going on? What is going on here? What is going on with these people? What are their agendas? Why is this happening the way it is? Uh, and then it slowly sort of unfolded for us. But yeah, there is I'm I'm really looking forward to um the coming episodes and unpacking what actually happened to to our to our lead um uh Juliette, Juliet, that's right, that's her name, Juliet. Uh her and and what actually happened to her after re-entering the silo.

SPEAKER_05 1:57:12

So yeah, I I have to, I mean, I I'm willing to sit with it for a few weeks, but I have to admit I'm a little bit frustrated with Juliet's storyline at the moment just because of the whole amnesia thing. Yeah, I sort of like I'm frustrated for her and I'm frustrated for us because like uh it's sort of I don't know, which I feel like we've been taken backwards with her with her story. Like I'm willing, I'm willing to sit with it and and see what the reason for that is, but I'm hoping that she's not in that um ignorant, for want of a better expression, state for for too long. Um because yeah, I I'm I I'm I'm I'm a little bit frustrated by that.

SPEAKER_00 1:57:56

But um I think I think the end of the I think the end of this this episode without giving anything away gave us a clear indicator that she is definitely on the track that won't frustrate you, if that makes sense. Yeah, yeah, totally. And that there are others involved that are going to help move that story along a lot quicker than you know.

SPEAKER_05 1:58:20

I just I just hope we get there quickly. Like I just hope we get there quickly. I don't want it to be like the end of the season type thing.

SPEAKER_00 1:58:27

We've got we've got we've we've got what 10 10 episodes uh in the season uh per season. Uh so I I I think that we will in those in that 10 episodes, I think um you know this will be sort of the first or the the you know the the the first act if you want to call it that. So I reckon by episode three or four, I think we'll be back, she'll be back to her to her reasonably normal self.

SPEAKER_05 1:58:55

Okay, yeah, well I hope I hope that's I hope that's true.

SPEAKER_00 1:58:58

Yeah, yeah. Um so yeah, do yourself, Fabio, if you haven't watched uh the silo, uh highly, highly recommend it. Uh it's um it's well worth a watch. If you like science fiction, you like dystopian futures, um this is definitely um definitely your bag like it is ours.

SPEAKER_05 1:59:18

Um really really good high high concept stuff.

SPEAKER_00 1:59:22

Yeah, but tell us if you if you're watching so let us know what your thoughts are on it. Uh hit us up on the socials under Pulp Culture Pod. Um we'd love to know your thoughts on on that in particular. Uh last thing on the list, um, and I was gushing to you about this uh via uh text message um is X-Men 97 uh came back uh this last week uh for season number two. Um and again the trailer got us all hyped up for it. And and I I think that that that trailer was just the beginning of um how awesome this this season two uh has has actually been so far with the three episodes that we've got.

SPEAKER_05 2:00:07

Yeah, yeah, I think the general consensus um around the the comic book shop. There's been a lot of talk about the show. Um I I got a new X-Men 97 um t-shirt and I deliberately wore it once I'd watched all three episodes because I thought that'll make me a magnet for conversation about it. And it really worked. And um, yeah, I had some good chats with people, and I think um the general consensus is that everybody's just really excited about it. That second episode was amazing. Um, the action sequence in it. I won't spoil it in case people haven't watched it, but the the the big sort of musical action sequence that's in it is um uh I don't use the word iconic lightly, but it's gonna be an iconic moment in um Marvel television and Marvel um the MCU stuff. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 2:00:58

Um I think that's it, I think they've done some really good iconic moments. I mean, we've had two that I can think of in in the first season. So I I I think this is I I think they they really just go to ground and just try and find ways to make make those scenes even more iconic um as it's gone along. You're right about season uh about episode two. I think I said to you in the text message, I said I said it was it was a perfect episode. Like there was nothing about it that I could fault, um, whether it came to the storyline, the animation, the voice acting, that opening title, uh, which I was gonna say the title sequence. That title sequence was just like that was just the best to change. What a title sequence.

SPEAKER_05 2:01:46

Yeah, what I what I what I loved about that title sequence is that, yeah, I mean, in recent years, there's become a bit of a habit with title sequences. I'm thinking of things like Game of Thrones and um, you know, from one episode to the next, they sometimes change just to give you a bit of uh a glimpse into what you can expect in the upcoming episode. Um it's very it's very rare, especially in animation, for them to give you a complete new title sequence. Like the amount of the amount of work and thought and and it was it was different music too, wasn't it? Like it was a bit of a more electric guitar. Yeah um yeah, like like the amount of the amount of effort and work they put into that just showed is shows it's indicative of the the the the love and passion uh and care of the creators of of this show, like they really are pulling out all the stops, and yeah, um you know at whatever whatever level the people that are paying for this show are paying for it, they're they're they're they're giving them the resources to be able to put everything into it that they possibly can. Um and yeah, I just thought it was a joy. I was saying to someone in the store, I was talking to someone in the store yesterday, and that we were talking about it, and I and and it occurred to me that this show kind of, you know, back in the day, sort of endgame infinity war era, you know, that there was all these iconic moments um that the MCU gave us, whether it's the the snap or um you know, I'm thinking of like Captain America sort of appearing out of the shadows on that railway platform in wherever it was, and the music kicking in, you know, those those moments sort of make your heart sore. And I think it's safe to Thor's hammer, Thor's hammer, Thor's hammer, all that sort of stuff, you know, um portals, that sort of thing. Yeah, um I think in recent MCU stuff, we haven't had so many of those moments, and that's okay, because they're they're they're difficult to achieve. But I feel like X-Men 97, um, in the stuff that happened with Gambit in season one and the Jubilee scene in this uh second episode, it it's sort of giving us those same sensations, just in a different media medium. It's like it's it's keeping that keeping that um torch of excitement uh still going along. Um yeah, I just I feel like it sort of gives us those those moments if that makes any sense. But um, yeah, no, I'm really I'm really loving it. I'm I'm loving it so far.

SPEAKER_00 2:04:35

Yeah, yeah, agreed. I mean, you know, it was hard, it was hard to watch, I I think it was harder to watch um episode three directly after episode two because it was such a such a great episode. Um I would have much I you know if I'd known if I'd known that it was doing a time jump in that sec in that third episode, because I didn't know that, I probably would have waited for the second part of of uh like for episode four to come out and watch those two back to back because they yeah, they're a part of it.

SPEAKER_05 2:05:10

Episode three, yeah, episode three was really back back to work. Yeah, episode two, episode episode two was like a real blowout weekend, and then episode three was like, okay, it's Monday, it's back to work.

SPEAKER_00 2:05:23

Yeah, I'm hungover and I'm going back to work.

SPEAKER_05 2:05:26

Yeah, no, but I mean it was a real it was a really good episode. I remember it was a good episode. Yeah, two, two was a really hard act to to follow. It's it's interesting. Yeah, it's interesting. I've been like watching House of the Dragon the first few weeks as well, and they kind of had a similar thing between episodes two and three as well. Episode two, like episode one was a an explosive beginning, episode two was like a real banger plot-wise, and then episode three was literally like back to the grind, yeah. Right. And it was still a good, good, good episode. I really enjoyed it, but but at the same time, it's like yeah, yeah, you sort of you know, you've got to go back to work at some time.

SPEAKER_00 2:06:10

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Um almost felt like that maybe it was just we were just better with one and two, and and then and then bring out you know, three and four this week for us. But uh possibly regardless, um still great, great series. If you if you're not watching it, uh check it out on uh Disney Plus. Not a sponsor, but should be. Um and uh what what day is it coming out? I think it's Fridays, Fridays, I think it is.

SPEAKER_05 2:06:36

Yeah, I think in Australian time.

SPEAKER_00 2:06:38

Friday Friday, Friday, five o'clock, I think it is for us. So um, yeah, definitely check that out. Uh definitely worth it.

SPEAKER_05 2:06:46

Um we're gonna be talking about it, so you might as well.

SPEAKER_00 2:06:49

Absolutely. Next week, yeah. And and you you need to watch uh episode two so that we can talk about it as well. So you you you've had your you've had your week's warning. Yes. Have you got anything for uh for the show?

SPEAKER_05 2:07:07

Uh I I've still got some more stuff for the oh for the review, to be honest. I've been busy this week. I told you.

SPEAKER_00 2:07:14

My apologies. Well, you didn't say it was gonna be a six-hour long monster.

SPEAKER_05 2:07:18

So you know it's uh well at the moment it's shaping up to be more like seven or seven and a half. So no. Um I hope you've got your snacks. Um, I just wanted to briefly mention like I'll one of these I'll I'll push to next week. Um, we started watching The Bear, uh, the latest season of the latest and last season of The Bear. We've watched the first two episodes of that, and that was really good. But that's that'll be something that I can talk about sort of further down the track. Uh suffice it to say, um I really felt like the first couple of episodes of this season, it really started to live up to its reputation as an alleged comedy. Um, right. Really fun, really, really funny stuff. Like I really enjoyed the first two episodes. But as I said, I'll talk about that more later. Um, the one that I wanted to talk about, which is a bit more timely, though, is um uh we watched Denola Holmes 3 on Netflix.

SPEAKER_00 2:08:11

Oh, yeah, I saw that too. Yep.

SPEAKER_05 2:08:13

Yeah, um, and and and really enjoyed it. Um, yeah, it was it was just a good sort of yeah, popcorn type movie, um, a really good showcase for Millie Bobby Brown. Um, yeah, Henry Cavill's definitely a supporting character in this one, as is Helena Bonham Carter, but they still had their really um yeah, their time to shine in in this one. Um, and yeah, I just wanted to give it a shout-out because uh we really love that series of three movies and and really enjoyed this latest installment.

SPEAKER_00 2:08:42

I just didn't enjoy Moriarty. I don't I didn't I don't enjoy the the interpretation of Moriarty in this one. I just felt it's very different, yeah. I I I just felt that you know um Holmes's Moriarty's always been Holmes's equal. Um and I don't feel like this version of Moriarty is Holmes's equal. Like this is this is like more insane, uh, this is more of an insane person, like a like a a very highly intelligent, insane person.

SPEAKER_05 2:09:17

Um comes across like a Batman villain.

SPEAKER_00 2:09:21

Yeah, yeah. Well, and and you know, like uh I I I think that Holmes and Moriarty um are one and the same person, but one one is one has a moral compass and one doesn't, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_05 2:09:35

And and and they're I've watched yeah, I've watched my share of Sherlock Holmes stuff, but I I'm not by any means a mega fan. I don't really know about the dynamic between between the two of them other other than it's at very adversarial. But um yeah. Yeah, I I'd I I didn't mind the um.

SPEAKER_00 2:09:54

That's the only that that was my only real um I mean you know that uh I mean Moriarty featured in the in the second uh in the in the second uh film. Um and I felt that that was much more grounded and um than than this third one was. I felt I felt that it was just written in a way that sort of I don't think it that that it gave her as an actor justice to she she felt more insane than she was actually um you know in highly intelligent and psychopathic, if that makes sense.

SPEAKER_05 2:10:28

No, I I think that's probably fair. Um I think you're right. I think gr I think grounded is a really good way to describe her in the the second one. I think I mean I it it seems to me clear that though they were making a trilogy of these, and I think they were sort of building building to a a crescendo in this, and um I I think that she was sort of playing the role of a villain in that that role, if you know what I mean. Um, you know, sort of the the the the the madness and the the villainy was building it to a crescendo as the film series did. So um yeah, I but I wasn't bothered by it. I thought it's a great performance. Um and I really like it's a really different version of Moriarty. I think that's really cool. Um, but yeah, no, we we really enjoyed it. Um definitely movies we'll watch um again. I'm I'm really glad they exist.

SPEAKER_00 2:11:21

Yeah, I I felt it's really well rounded too for a for you know for a three, three, you know, sort of a trilogy film series. Um and I think it's uh look, I don't think they're gonna get be able to get Henry Cavill back in a hurry to to to do another another one. I mean he he definitely his screen time was very very limited um in this, and you can sort of understand why because he's he's just finished filming Voltron and he's in the process of filming Highlander at the moment. Um so when they were filming this, yeah, he was very much in the thick of doing film, uh other films.

SPEAKER_05 2:12:03

I know it's not going to happen, but uh I I'd in in my mind I'd love to see a a Netflix movie of uh Sherlock Holmes with Henry Cavill and Old Mate that plays Watson, you know, just more of a traditional Holmes movie. Um, even if it was just one. Um, I think that'd be really cool because because they're they're both great great actors, and um, as Helena Bodam Carter says, they're good looking dudes. And um uh yeah, I think that'd be really fun, but I don't think it'll happen.

SPEAKER_00 2:12:34

No, no, but again, well, really well rounded, um, good good series. Um and um, yeah, really, really glad had opportunity to uh to see all three. So what else you got on your list?

SPEAKER_05 2:12:48

Uh that's me done for the for the review. I'll I'll let you rest.

SPEAKER_00 2:12:52

Oh shall we uh should we go into the uh Cyril Haters Club, aka Moss Hisly mailbag?

SPEAKER_05 2:12:59

We should.

SPEAKER_00 2:13:00

Okay. I want that music to go on longer, actually.

SPEAKER_05 2:13:13

Nathan's favorite segment.

SPEAKER_00 2:13:16

Hey, before we get into that, uh I I I I I found another ad which uh goes really well with actually this segment. Um, and it's not a stitch up, this is a genuine ad. So uh I thought I'd just play this for you um because I thought that you really, really, really dig this because it's uh it's in the same fashion.

SPEAKER_03 2:13:37

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SPEAKER_05 2:14:10

Isn't that great? Oh, sorry, I was just on my phone looking up um to see if I can buy some some back issues of of uh look in magazine on eBay.

SPEAKER_00 2:14:24

Isn't that amazing?

SPEAKER_05 2:14:27

Oh look in uh there's one here with MC hammer on the front cover.

SPEAKER_00 2:14:32

Oh, there you go.

SPEAKER_05 2:14:34

Yeah, I'm not paying not paying that delivery fee though.

SPEAKER_00 2:14:37

Right, okay.

SPEAKER_05 2:14:38

Okay, all right. See, see this could be where the Moss I mailbag goes. Um, once I ran out of it.

SPEAKER_00 2:14:46

For Star Wars Looking magazine.

SPEAKER_05 2:14:48

Who knows? Um, you know, so we'll just briefly for Moss I mailbag this week. I realized I don't think we talked about this on the show, but but we lost an episode a few weeks ago.

SPEAKER_00 2:14:59

We did lose an episode a few weeks ago, yes. But we did due to technical issues, we did, yes. There is a lost episode out there, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 2:15:08

Due to technical issues related to you not wanting to um air that episode of Moss Isley mailback because you knew it was gonna be controversial.

SPEAKER_00 2:15:16

Well, you can yeah, so you're gonna rehash it today.

SPEAKER_05 2:15:19

Uh you're gonna be through my no, I'm bringing it back because I had to look back at my notes, and I we we talked about some really important stuff in that episode that was lost.

SPEAKER_00 2:15:27

Okay, okay.

SPEAKER_05 2:15:29

Yeah, so that was the that was the one I don't know whether you remember, but um that was the one where I said we were uh blowing the lid off um uh a bit of a pattern that that that I'd noticed in the letter columns in Return of the Jedi magazines. Yes, and that was that um and and so we opened it up for for feedback, which uh the the the request for feedback never got out there because that's crazy the episode was disappeared by you. Um by the force, the force. Yeah. But basically the gist of of of what I was talking about was that um I'd noticed a a theme in these these magazines. So um the return of the Jedi magazines uh from the UK and they were printed in the 80s. Um there's a lot of love in the letter columns for the dark side and for the empire.

SPEAKER_00 2:16:21

Are you gonna show the show the cover of that one that you're reading out of?

SPEAKER_05 2:16:25

Uh I can see it. You've got a couple, don't you? I do have a couple here. There's this one.

SPEAKER_00 2:16:33

Ah, good old salacious crumb.

SPEAKER_05 2:16:35

Yeah, look, I put it alongside you. It's like twins. Who who who wore it better? Yeah, no, that's that's uncanny. I'd never noticed that before. Part Kowakian monkey lizard. Yeah, no, anyway, that I've been reading all these letters and I noticed that there's a bit of a uh a trend with the kids that write in to the Return of the Jedi magazine, and they're all from the UK, they're all from places with you know UK names. Uh uh, I'm trying to think of some off the top of my head. What Stratford on Avon and uh Kent, Leicester, Nottingham. And they all love the Empire. Like this one, for example, this is from a different edition. I'll show you this one. This is we've talked about this one.

SPEAKER_00 2:17:32

Sexy Luke.

SPEAKER_05 2:17:33

Yeah, that's aha Luke.

SPEAKER_00 2:17:35

Oh, aha Luke, yeah, with his with his uh with his uh early edition uh um uh saber there.

SPEAKER_05 2:17:44

Yeah, and he's he's he's ripped off sleeves and his yeah, he's his bandana around his bicep just to show how rippling his muscles are. And he's he's ready for 80s clubbing right there. Yeah, no, he's he's jumped straight out of the aha music video. Yeah, um, so the letter letter in this one says Um Uh, my favorite person in the Star Wars saga is Darth Vader. I believe in the Empire and not the rebellion, but I don't think that I am evil. Given the chance I would join the Empire, may the dark side of the force be with you. So that's just one example, and then there's another one that where the sign-off goes, um I hope the empire goes on forever. Um and and yeah, there's just like this this trend of of all these kids that that that praising the empire. And I was wondering whether it was like uh um a throwback to like uh adoration for the colonial past of the UK, where kids, kids in Australia, like you know, when we used to run around the front yard or the backyard, we used to pretend to be the rebels, yeah. Yeah, so we were fighting against the empire. So the look of this, all these little British kids back in the day must have been, you know, running around being sort of troopers and Darth Vader and and the Emperor. Yeah, like that, like we were fighting over whether we were gonna be Han Solo or Luke Skywalker, and they were fighting over whether they were gonna be Moff Jer Gerard or an Admiral Piet.

SPEAKER_00 2:19:22

Or Jabba.

SPEAKER_05 2:19:28

Yeah. But anyway, I just I I thought that was really interesting, and I wanted to make sure that it got on the record because I want to know if that's if that if that's the case. Like, were English, British kids back in the day all pretending to be um you know the imperial characters and not the rebels.

SPEAKER_00 2:19:45

So that so so most of these most of these kids who wrote into the column, they're all sort of around our age-ish. Um yeah, well, I guess so.

SPEAKER_05 2:19:54

I I either our age or just a bit older, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 2:19:57

I I wonder if most of them went into uh uh British politics.

SPEAKER_05 2:20:04

Look I mean that that that's the that's the end game of the question I'm asking.

unknown 2:20:11

Right.

SPEAKER_05 2:20:12

Yeah, like it is is is is is Brexit because all these British kids have misinterpreted the the moral of the the Star Wars movies.

SPEAKER_00 2:20:23

Yep, yep.

SPEAKER_05 2:20:24

Yeah, did George Lucas orchestrate Brexit? That's what I'm asking.

SPEAKER_00 2:20:28

Right, there you go. Uh well I you know it also too, I I still go, I still go with it. I I I honestly believe that Cyril is a uh is a is a is a bot that works for the Sith. Uh he has no intentions of doing any good, but is complete evil, and I think he's steering the kids into the column.

SPEAKER_05 2:20:48

Uh yeah, I know you're disappointed that there wasn't a lot of Cyril in that idiotic rant, but um uh I'll give you this as a oh look, there's actually that's a bit of a that's a decent alongside as well. Yeah. No, you've got you and Cyril have sort of got the same dirt face. Yeah.

unknown 2:21:14

Dirt face.

SPEAKER_05 2:21:15

Yeah, yeah. Part Kowakian Monkey Lizard and part McDonald's nugget box.

SPEAKER_00 2:21:22

Uh Deformed Toaster. Yeah, part deformed toaster. Yeah, there you go.

SPEAKER_05 2:21:29

Uh embrace your heritage, Nate.

SPEAKER_00 2:21:31

Yeah, sure. No worries. Uh thank you for that. Well, uh, we would love your thoughts on that. Uh, if you're uh one of our uh watchers or listeners of part of the pulp nation, and uh you grew up, uh were you uh were you on the side of the force or the side of the Sith? We'd love to know. Um hit us up on the socials under Pulp Culture Pod. Uh or let us in know in the comments below. Um, yeah, let us know. We'd love to know. Well, is there anything else that you want to talk about?

SPEAKER_05 2:22:06

No, I think that's it for me this week. Well, it's been a big week. It has. I told you.

SPEAKER_00 2:22:14

Yeah, well, you know what happens? It's the end of the show gong.

SPEAKER_05 2:22:25

The potentially dodgy, inappropriate end of the show gong.

SPEAKER_00 2:22:30

It's like, hey, it's Saturday when they finished, you know, I read faces.

SPEAKER_05 2:22:36

Yeah, because that aged well as well.

SPEAKER_00 2:22:40

But uh, it is the end of the show. Thanks for your company. We uh we hope you've enjoyed this uh this episode. There's been a lot to unpack. Uh there's been lots for us to talk about, um, and for uh lots for us to get cancelled for. Um, but uh we look forward to your company next week when you hear MJ say.

SPEAKER_05 2:23:02

Hey, aren't you that ditz from that dive borrow?

SPEAKER_00 2:23:08

My friend and yours, it's Lobo. Thanks very much. Stay fresh, everybody.

unknown 2:23:13

See you.

SPEAKER_07 2:23:13

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