1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,693 Speaker 1: from news Talk said Be. 3 00:00:12,933 --> 00:00:15,493 Speaker 2: Carl Pushman is here this morning with two shows to 4 00:00:15,573 --> 00:00:18,933 Speaker 2: recommend for watching or streaming from your place. Go out 5 00:00:18,933 --> 00:00:22,053 Speaker 2: to Carl. Good morning Jack. Hello. We're going to begin 6 00:00:22,333 --> 00:00:25,293 Speaker 2: this morning with the latest show from the creator of 7 00:00:25,693 --> 00:00:29,333 Speaker 2: Stranger Things, tell us about something very bad is going 8 00:00:29,373 --> 00:00:29,813 Speaker 2: to happen. 9 00:00:30,613 --> 00:00:32,813 Speaker 3: Yes, I'm going to have some minor spoilers, but nothing 10 00:00:32,853 --> 00:00:35,173 Speaker 3: more than you might have gathered from that title. It's 11 00:00:35,253 --> 00:00:38,653 Speaker 3: very descriptive, and indeed, something very bad does indeed happen 12 00:00:38,933 --> 00:00:41,973 Speaker 3: throughout and continues to happen pretty much from the word go. 13 00:00:42,533 --> 00:00:45,533 Speaker 3: The show's sort of a horror romance that perhaps not 14 00:00:45,613 --> 00:00:47,733 Speaker 3: the way you might think. The romance comes from the 15 00:00:47,773 --> 00:00:50,813 Speaker 3: show revolving around a wedding and the idea of marrying 16 00:00:50,813 --> 00:00:54,013 Speaker 3: your soulmate. Then the horror comes from a generational curse 17 00:00:54,093 --> 00:00:56,533 Speaker 3: that kills the bride on the evening of her wedding 18 00:00:56,613 --> 00:00:59,653 Speaker 3: day in quite gruesome fashion if the man she's married 19 00:00:59,733 --> 00:01:02,413 Speaker 3: is not in fact said soulmate, which is quite a 20 00:01:02,533 --> 00:01:06,413 Speaker 3: unique idea. And the show follows a bride Rachel a 21 00:01:06,453 --> 00:01:09,653 Speaker 3: week leading up to her wedding as she discovers first 22 00:01:09,813 --> 00:01:11,653 Speaker 3: why all these bad things are going on around her, 23 00:01:11,933 --> 00:01:15,893 Speaker 3: secondly if he f fiance is actually her soulmate, and 24 00:01:15,933 --> 00:01:17,853 Speaker 3: then thirdly finding a way to sort of survive the 25 00:01:17,893 --> 00:01:20,933 Speaker 3: curse if it turns out he isn't. And of course 26 00:01:20,933 --> 00:01:26,133 Speaker 3: there's loads of bad things happening. This idea isn't waste 27 00:01:26,133 --> 00:01:28,013 Speaker 3: And there's been a lot of buzz around the eight 28 00:01:28,093 --> 00:01:30,133 Speaker 3: part show. Like you said, it was produced by the 29 00:01:30,173 --> 00:01:34,093 Speaker 3: Duffer brothers who created Stranger Things, and that was a 30 00:01:34,133 --> 00:01:38,093 Speaker 3: slick show and sort of set a visual visual tone 31 00:01:38,093 --> 00:01:40,733 Speaker 3: for the zeitgeist in a way, and this does the 32 00:01:40,733 --> 00:01:43,573 Speaker 3: same sort of thing, but it doesn't lean on nostalgia 33 00:01:43,733 --> 00:01:47,333 Speaker 3: like that does. It's very modern and flashy, which you 34 00:01:47,333 --> 00:01:50,133 Speaker 3: know you sort of expect from those guys, right, Yeah, 35 00:01:50,173 --> 00:01:53,653 Speaker 3: And I think this would have been an absolutely cracking movie. 36 00:01:53,653 --> 00:01:56,133 Speaker 3: It would have been amazing. I would have been six episodes, 37 00:01:56,173 --> 00:01:58,213 Speaker 3: would have been a very good show. But at eight 38 00:01:58,653 --> 00:02:02,253 Speaker 3: it really does start to drag and lose that momentum 39 00:02:02,253 --> 00:02:06,733 Speaker 3: that it has in the first half. The first four episodes, man, 40 00:02:06,813 --> 00:02:09,813 Speaker 3: I was all in on the show. It was moving fast, 41 00:02:09,853 --> 00:02:12,493 Speaker 3: it was creepy as heck, it was dark, it was 42 00:02:12,773 --> 00:02:16,013 Speaker 3: you know, quite quite scary at times and had it 43 00:02:16,053 --> 00:02:17,933 Speaker 3: almost like a David Lynch vibe to it. It was all 44 00:02:17,933 --> 00:02:20,853 Speaker 3: this weird stuff happening, and it was very, very creepy 45 00:02:20,893 --> 00:02:25,253 Speaker 3: and tense. And then there's a reveal which is I 46 00:02:25,253 --> 00:02:27,773 Speaker 3: guess supposed to raise the stakes, but it kind of 47 00:02:27,813 --> 00:02:32,133 Speaker 3: just deflated them for me, which was a bit disappointing. 48 00:02:33,573 --> 00:02:36,493 Speaker 3: And then the pace really slows down and characters have 49 00:02:36,573 --> 00:02:39,533 Speaker 3: lots of earnest conversations where you're thinking, can we just 50 00:02:39,573 --> 00:02:42,493 Speaker 3: get back on with what's going on? So I think 51 00:02:42,533 --> 00:02:45,213 Speaker 3: they just like cut it down to six episodes. That 52 00:02:45,253 --> 00:02:48,453 Speaker 3: would have helped a lot, but it's still you know, 53 00:02:48,613 --> 00:02:50,573 Speaker 3: I still wanted to see. I stayed right to the end. 54 00:02:50,613 --> 00:02:52,533 Speaker 3: I wanted to see what was happened, what would happen, 55 00:02:52,573 --> 00:02:54,493 Speaker 3: how they're going to resolve this thing. I was very 56 00:02:54,533 --> 00:02:57,973 Speaker 3: curious to see what was going to go on. But 57 00:02:58,093 --> 00:03:01,373 Speaker 3: it did feel not a slog. But you know, there 58 00:03:01,373 --> 00:03:03,053 Speaker 3: were differently get. 59 00:03:02,973 --> 00:03:06,013 Speaker 2: Out more than was necessary sometimes Lisa's more with these things. 60 00:03:06,253 --> 00:03:08,293 Speaker 3: I think so, and especially with you know, with Horror, 61 00:03:08,333 --> 00:03:12,573 Speaker 3: you want to keep that kent awful atmosphere, and it 62 00:03:12,573 --> 00:03:15,653 Speaker 3: does lead to like sort of like a commediately horrific finale, 63 00:03:15,693 --> 00:03:18,333 Speaker 3: I think is a way to almost compensate for that 64 00:03:18,653 --> 00:03:21,453 Speaker 3: slow sort of pace that it falls into. But by 65 00:03:21,493 --> 00:03:26,093 Speaker 3: then it wasn't enough. It was almost comedically comedically gory 66 00:03:26,133 --> 00:03:29,733 Speaker 3: in a way. So it's not very it's not very bad, 67 00:03:29,773 --> 00:03:31,693 Speaker 3: but I would say it's probably average. It would have 68 00:03:31,733 --> 00:03:34,973 Speaker 3: been an amazing an amazing movie. But yeah, eight episodes 69 00:03:36,453 --> 00:03:37,013 Speaker 3: so long? 70 00:03:37,173 --> 00:03:39,173 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, Well it depends how the weather is of 71 00:03:39,173 --> 00:03:40,813 Speaker 2: your plays, you know, if it's if it's one of 72 00:03:40,853 --> 00:03:43,853 Speaker 2: those weekends, then maybe eight episodes isn't actually too many. 73 00:03:43,893 --> 00:03:46,613 Speaker 2: But yeah, okay, get the message there. So that's that's 74 00:03:46,933 --> 00:03:49,973 Speaker 2: something very bad is going to happen. That's streaming on 75 00:03:50,093 --> 00:03:52,773 Speaker 2: Netflix and on Apple TV plus. Tell us about your 76 00:03:52,773 --> 00:03:53,653 Speaker 2: friends and neighbors. 77 00:03:54,333 --> 00:03:57,093 Speaker 3: Now this is season two has just started, and I 78 00:03:57,173 --> 00:03:59,693 Speaker 3: was super invested in season one. I don't know if 79 00:03:59,693 --> 00:04:01,733 Speaker 3: you know much about it. It's a crime drama with 80 00:04:01,893 --> 00:04:03,933 Speaker 3: you know, a little little comedy thrown in here and 81 00:04:03,973 --> 00:04:06,253 Speaker 3: there the light of the mood, and it hasn't a 82 00:04:06,413 --> 00:04:08,893 Speaker 3: great premise as well. John Ham stars as a recently 83 00:04:08,933 --> 00:04:12,053 Speaker 3: divorced hedge fund manager who gets fired from his job 84 00:04:12,613 --> 00:04:16,053 Speaker 3: so to keep himself in the lifestyle he's accustomed to. 85 00:04:16,573 --> 00:04:20,733 Speaker 3: He starts robbing his neighbors in the extremely wealthy neighborhood 86 00:04:20,733 --> 00:04:23,213 Speaker 3: that he lives in. So he do things like he'll 87 00:04:23,253 --> 00:04:27,013 Speaker 3: break into their house and steal a rolix from their collection, 88 00:04:27,413 --> 00:04:32,173 Speaker 3: or a piece of jewelry from the jewelry draw just 89 00:04:32,333 --> 00:04:34,013 Speaker 3: small little items that are worth a lot of money 90 00:04:34,013 --> 00:04:37,013 Speaker 3: but wouldn't be immediately noticeable, which is how he gets 91 00:04:37,013 --> 00:04:39,453 Speaker 3: away with it. So it was a lot of funny. 92 00:04:39,453 --> 00:04:41,533 Speaker 3: He'd have these great high scenes when he's breaking into 93 00:04:41,533 --> 00:04:44,573 Speaker 3: people's houses and you know the show, and getting around 94 00:04:44,573 --> 00:04:47,093 Speaker 3: their dogs and things like that, and they explained how 95 00:04:47,213 --> 00:04:50,693 Speaker 3: he sort of would bypass alarm systems and things like that, 96 00:04:50,733 --> 00:04:52,973 Speaker 3: so it was a lot of fun and they sort 97 00:04:52,973 --> 00:04:55,893 Speaker 3: of balance that heist with the family drama of him 98 00:04:56,173 --> 00:04:58,853 Speaker 3: and his divorce process and things like that, so it 99 00:04:58,733 --> 00:05:01,133 Speaker 3: was it was quite good, and it ended on an 100 00:05:01,213 --> 00:05:04,373 Speaker 3: almighty cliffhanger that I've been waiting a full year to see. 101 00:05:04,613 --> 00:05:06,613 Speaker 3: How are they going to get themselves out of this thing? 102 00:05:06,813 --> 00:05:09,573 Speaker 3: Like it was major. I was like, Oh, this is 103 00:05:09,613 --> 00:05:12,333 Speaker 3: going to be great, explain away, So I was really man, 104 00:05:12,453 --> 00:05:15,093 Speaker 3: I was ready. So imagine my disappointment Jack when they 105 00:05:15,133 --> 00:05:20,293 Speaker 3: simply hand waved the whole thing away. It was such 106 00:05:20,333 --> 00:05:23,613 Speaker 3: a letdown. You would not believe they do a time jump. 107 00:05:23,853 --> 00:05:26,253 Speaker 3: They sort of a couple of characters mentioned it a 108 00:05:26,253 --> 00:05:26,973 Speaker 3: couple of times. 109 00:05:27,733 --> 00:05:28,653 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh. 110 00:05:29,613 --> 00:05:31,693 Speaker 3: I won't spoil what they do, but I will say 111 00:05:31,693 --> 00:05:34,853 Speaker 3: that it was very lame and sort of up there 112 00:05:34,893 --> 00:05:36,533 Speaker 3: with and it was all a dream. 113 00:05:37,213 --> 00:05:37,533 Speaker 2: Yeah. 114 00:05:37,693 --> 00:05:42,093 Speaker 3: So after that, it was very hard to get to 115 00:05:42,173 --> 00:05:44,733 Speaker 3: invest into season two, because you know, once you've been cheated, 116 00:05:44,773 --> 00:05:51,453 Speaker 3: once you're not lying again. They introduced James and Marsden 117 00:05:51,453 --> 00:05:53,253 Speaker 3: to the cast, who you might know from the Sonic movies, 118 00:05:53,293 --> 00:05:54,933 Speaker 3: and you know, he's been a movie since X Men, 119 00:05:55,013 --> 00:05:58,373 Speaker 3: way back in the twenty two thousands naughties, and he 120 00:05:58,413 --> 00:06:01,893 Speaker 3: plays sort of a charismatic, mysterious, extremely wealthy new neighbor 121 00:06:02,333 --> 00:06:04,493 Speaker 3: and he has a sort of like gregarious energy about 122 00:06:04,533 --> 00:06:06,693 Speaker 3: him and he comes in and he's all vibing and 123 00:06:06,733 --> 00:06:10,053 Speaker 3: he's great and quite a perfect foil to John Ham's, 124 00:06:10,053 --> 00:06:13,013 Speaker 3: you know, sort of signature, dead pan, cynical kind of 125 00:06:13,013 --> 00:06:15,813 Speaker 3: performances that he does. So those two work together really great, 126 00:06:15,813 --> 00:06:18,253 Speaker 3: and it's really fun and it's still flashy and it's 127 00:06:18,253 --> 00:06:20,453 Speaker 3: still fun to watch, and it's got the Apple Premium 128 00:06:20,613 --> 00:06:23,973 Speaker 3: look to it, but I just can't get as invested 129 00:06:24,013 --> 00:06:27,853 Speaker 3: because what they did, how they got out of season ones. 130 00:06:29,333 --> 00:06:32,773 Speaker 3: Yeah that is. It's still a fun watch, like you know, 131 00:06:32,813 --> 00:06:34,733 Speaker 3: you sit there, you watch it, but there's just something 132 00:06:34,773 --> 00:06:37,613 Speaker 3: holding you back from being like I'm all investing. 133 00:06:37,813 --> 00:06:40,813 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, okay, So that's your Friends and Neighbors. That's 134 00:06:40,853 --> 00:06:43,813 Speaker 2: on Apple TV Plus. And Carl's first pick for us 135 00:06:43,813 --> 00:06:46,213 Speaker 2: this week is something very Bad is going to Happen. 136 00:06:46,253 --> 00:06:48,933 Speaker 2: That's the one that's from the makers of Stranger Things 137 00:06:49,013 --> 00:06:51,813 Speaker 2: that's streaming on Netflix. All the details for those shows, 138 00:06:51,853 --> 00:06:54,613 Speaker 2: of course, will be up on the News talks 'b website, 139 00:06:54,613 --> 00:06:56,813 Speaker 2: and you can hear more from Carl on his sub 140 00:06:56,853 --> 00:06:58,093 Speaker 2: stack screen 141 00:06:58,173 --> 00:07:02,013 Speaker 1: Crack for more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen 142 00:07:02,093 --> 00:07:05,573 Speaker 1: live to Newstalks'd Be from nine am Saturday, or follow 143 00:07:05,613 --> 00:07:07,213 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio