Speaker 1: Welcome to Movie Crush, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Hey everybody, and welcome to Mini Crush. No small talk
Speaker 1: here with nol. We didn't even speak too words to
Speaker 1: each other. It's all for the pod, Chuck. You gotta
Speaker 1: keep it fresh, keep it real, for all for the potty.
Speaker 1: What I did it all for the potty? So you're
Speaker 1: supposed to say the potty. It's a it's a limp
Speaker 1: biscuit reference. You say I did it all for the
Speaker 1: party that I go what? And then you go to
Speaker 1: the potty, you go what? So you can take that
Speaker 1: naughty and stick it up here. Hey remember that song
Speaker 1: that was after your Time? No, what's funny? No? Was it?
Speaker 1: That's what I was referencing. I thought it was. I
Speaker 1: just didn't know anything except for all for then, So
Speaker 1: when you said what, I was like, well, well that
Speaker 1: was part of the joke. But boy, how are you man?
Speaker 1: It's Friday, but it's Monday for everyone else, but for
Speaker 1: us it's Friday. So that's cool. Yeah. No, And I'm
Speaker 1: gonna get political for five seconds, So if you don't
Speaker 1: want to hear that, just mute me. I am so
Speaker 1: glad I never have to say the fucking words President
Speaker 1: Donald Trump ever again in my life. Yeah, I tried
Speaker 1: to avoid saying that exact combination of words, and never possible.
Speaker 1: But I'm with you, my friend. All Right, it's been
Speaker 1: a it's been a it's been a hell of a
Speaker 1: four years and even the hell of a of a year.
Speaker 1: That's right. And now everything is fixed now, you know,
Speaker 1: baby steps, Chuck, baby steps, No baby steps, just little
Speaker 1: things NOL like oh, the White House stuck gov site
Speaker 1: has a Spanish language version. Again, you know they took
Speaker 1: Spanish language off of it, NOL. Shitty moves. Fine, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's true. Uh, lots of lots of potential. Let's just
Speaker 1: let's let's leave it at that. And you know, not
Speaker 1: not perfect, but potential like you and I. Yeah, just so,
Speaker 1: just so, Chuck, we are America. We are like a
Speaker 1: microcosm of the American experience, you and I. Chuck. Snola
Speaker 1: announced this on the on the movie Crush page. I
Speaker 1: I uh was on Many Drivers podcast on Wednesday, and
Speaker 1: then she was on Movie Crush yesterday, and so we're
Speaker 1: old friends. Now. We we spoke to each other for
Speaker 1: probably close to four hours between those two days, and
Speaker 1: I don't think i've talked to my mom long you
Speaker 1: know over the past year. That's great. Many Oh I
Speaker 1: saw your post. It sounded like it went very well. Dude,
Speaker 1: She's amazing. She's just so lovely and nice and a
Speaker 1: great talker. And uh, I think her show is going
Speaker 1: to be really good. The episode we recorded was great.
Speaker 1: She just couldn't be a level your person. And you know,
Speaker 1: I've had some some pretty big names on this show,
Speaker 1: but not many people I've had can sit around and
Speaker 1: talk about hanging out with Robert de Niro, uh, and
Speaker 1: Isabella Rossellini, and like, she's quite an accomplished actor over her,
Speaker 1: you know, twenty something years in the business, so she
Speaker 1: had a lot of cool stories to tell, and I
Speaker 1: was I could have gone all day, But eventually we
Speaker 1: had to talk about TUTSI, which was fun too. You know,
Speaker 1: I've never seen TUTSI should check it out. Very eighties,
Speaker 1: very funny movie, probably couldn't make today. How does it
Speaker 1: age is that? That's what that was? That was that? That
Speaker 1: That was what I was getting out. I guess, well,
Speaker 1: you know the concept, right is, uh, it's an out
Speaker 1: of work actor who can't get any work because he's
Speaker 1: a pain in the ass. So he dresses up like
Speaker 1: a woman and gets a role on a soap opera. Um,
Speaker 1: so it's like a Mrs doubtfire kuntry. It has a
Speaker 1: very feminist message, but it's told through the length of
Speaker 1: a man taking a job from a woman, So it's
Speaker 1: kind of like but it's two and you know, I
Speaker 1: think they tried to deliver a positive message of feminism
Speaker 1: throughout it, but it's you'd probably tackle it differently today,
Speaker 1: That's what I would say. But it's a classic. It's
Speaker 1: probably an interesting time capsule as well. They'll check it out.
Speaker 1: Very eighties, the number two grossing movie that year, behind
Speaker 1: et Did it? Did it do well with awards? Was
Speaker 1: it louded? Was it the critical nine nominations? Yeah? I
Speaker 1: thought I remember that. Yeah, and it one I think
Speaker 1: Jessica lang one the best Supporting Actor or actress is
Speaker 1: what they call it. Hey, Chuck, you know what, you
Speaker 1: know what's a pretty good movie? The Godfather? Fuck? Yeah
Speaker 1: it is. I watched it the other night. Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: I I did my semi yearly rewatch of the entire
Speaker 1: Sopranos series, and when it ended, I was just craving
Speaker 1: more of that kind of content, So I immediately started
Speaker 1: watching The Godfather and I hadn't seen it in years,
Speaker 1: and I mean, of course it holds up. It's so,
Speaker 1: it's so it's a thing. But it's just fabulous. Everything
Speaker 1: about it is just pitched perfect. The performances, the you
Speaker 1: set pieces and all of the family events and the
Speaker 1: you know, it's just like, I what an undertaking. I
Speaker 1: was trying to picture what it must have been like
Speaker 1: to be on that set. You know, it must have
Speaker 1: been very fascinating time. Yeah, that's set that feels like
Speaker 1: New York, but is really the Paramount back lot in
Speaker 1: the middle of Hollywood. Is that right? So the scenes
Speaker 1: where like when Sonny beats the ship out of his
Speaker 1: sister's ship, bad husband, and like the fire hydrants exploding
Speaker 1: and the kids are all playing, that's that's on a
Speaker 1: lot that's on Paramounts lot. It looks fantastic or famous
Speaker 1: New York set. I have worked on that set and
Speaker 1: walked by those places and thought, man, the Godfather was
Speaker 1: right here, So pretty cool. Man, that's pretty cool. And
Speaker 1: number two is great and number two is a lot
Speaker 1: better than people give it credit for number three. You mean, no,
Speaker 1: number two is great and number three is a lot
Speaker 1: better than people give it credit for. Is that what
Speaker 1: he said? You said number two is great and number
Speaker 1: two is better than people give it credit for. Good Lord,
Speaker 1: are you are you? Are you aware of this recut
Speaker 1: of three that just came out that I've heard something
Speaker 1: about that? What's the deal there? I I just know
Speaker 1: it's a recut and it's supposedly fixes it. I have.
Speaker 1: That's all I know. Really, it's called I think it's
Speaker 1: called like Godfather Legacy. It's not that, it's it's definitely
Speaker 1: not as lazy as that. Uh, let's see Godfather three.
Speaker 1: What is it called? It doesn't matter. It's something like
Speaker 1: that though Chuck, and it is a re cut of
Speaker 1: number three. People gave Sofia Coppola a bad rap for
Speaker 1: her depiction of I guess she's not Michael Corleon's daughter. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I guess he's not great. But you know, she went
Speaker 1: on to do interesting things. Yeah, she's a better director
Speaker 1: than an actor, and I think she knew that. Did
Speaker 1: you see her new movie, Chuck on the Rocks? I
Speaker 1: did recently. I heard it wasn't great. What did you think?
Speaker 1: I enjoyed it. It wasn't great, but it was good.
Speaker 1: It was pretty light fair. It did not feel like
Speaker 1: a Sofia Coppla movie very much. But um Rashida Jones
Speaker 1: and Bill Murray like, give it to me all day long.
Speaker 1: She's great, he's awesome. It was good, it was worth
Speaker 1: a watch. Cool, but definitely not, you know, award worthy
Speaker 1: or anything. It was no Loss in Translation. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: hard to follow that one because it's just so singular
Speaker 1: and uh, nostalgic, and there's something just like in the soundtrack.
Speaker 1: Everything about losson Translation is as a very special film
Speaker 1: to me, and I think to a lot of folks agreed,
Speaker 1: it all works. So we're gonna get going. We're gonna
Speaker 1: stream this at the end. But I wanted to do
Speaker 1: a couple of crusher posts. No, we should tell everyone
Speaker 1: we're recording on a Friday afternoon. Yeah, yeah, it's it's unusual.
Speaker 1: It does like it's funny to chuck. My kid is
Speaker 1: here with me today and she's of the age where
Speaker 1: she's very self sufficient, but I don't usually have her
Speaker 1: on a Friday, and I've had a very busy day,
Speaker 1: or I've been in my little you know, uh podcast
Speaker 1: cave slash studio, and I emerged briefly and like totally
Speaker 1: forgot she was here, and she scared the ship out
Speaker 1: of me. I'm like, why are you here? What are
Speaker 1: you doing? I thought you're gonna say she she painted
Speaker 1: the living room. Now now now she does want to
Speaker 1: re decorat her room. She's she's at that age where
Speaker 1: she's very like self directed and very independent and wants
Speaker 1: to do everything her way. Do you want to come in?
Speaker 1: And she's, uh no, she definitely doesn't. I appreciate it.
Speaker 1: Check all right, So we're gonna start off with a
Speaker 1: great the movie crushers just quite frankly, they're crushing me
Speaker 1: and the ideas for these um episode segments. That's why
Speaker 1: I'm using them more and more because they're really creative,
Speaker 1: and then just come up with some really good ship.
Speaker 1: So um Ashley McPherson or McPherson, I'm not sure I'm
Speaker 1: going with McPherson. She said this, nol uh, this is
Speaker 1: so good. Give me three movie titles, one that holds up,
Speaker 1: one that has not aged well, and then one that
Speaker 1: gets better with age. What a great question. And she
Speaker 1: said the Matrix holds up. Agreed, Austin Powers has not
Speaker 1: aged well. I could see that. And the Human show
Speaker 1: gets better with age. And I could see that too,
Speaker 1: so that those are Ashley's picks. Who is the Truman show?
Speaker 1: Is that? Milosh Foreman? Did you do that one? I
Speaker 1: think no, it's uh Peter Weir, Oh, Peter Weir. Okay,
Speaker 1: milosh Foreman did Man in the Moon? Right? Milo s
Speaker 1: Foreman did do Man on the Moon? Got it? Got it? Uh?
Speaker 1: And by the way I'm looking now, I believe Ashley
Speaker 1: is a man. And maybe if people want, we can
Speaker 1: start doing pronouns. People want to start including that, I'm
Speaker 1: happy to totally. It's up to you people, if you
Speaker 1: want to. It's all the rage. Yeah, if you want to.
Speaker 1: If you want to include your protown, pro town, your
Speaker 1: pro tools, your proton packs, you want to include your pronoun,
Speaker 1: I'm happy to. Uh. I'm happy to include that. So
Speaker 1: uh and it helps us out quite honestly. Um. Matt
Speaker 1: Consono says this, Uh, Jurassic Park holds up. Idiocracy does
Speaker 1: not age well. Inception gets better with age. Idiocracy recently
Speaker 1: and I thought it was funny and all of the
Speaker 1: offensive parts of it are by design, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. And like you know, it's a bit of
Speaker 1: a stretch to say we're living through idiocracy right now.
Speaker 1: But it's certainly there was some fun little signposts that
Speaker 1: you could definitely, you know, jump onto. Agreed. Benjamin Clement says,
Speaker 1: Gangs of New York has aged well. Adventures of ford
Speaker 1: fair Lane does not hold up. I'm not sure if
Speaker 1: it ever did. And The Great Escape gets better with age.
Speaker 1: I would agree with that. That's good stuff. That's when
Speaker 1: we talked about recently that I have not seen The
Speaker 1: Greate Escape. Yeah, yeah, it's good. I mean, if you're
Speaker 1: into war movies and in prison escape, it's the best.
Speaker 1: Is it as good as The Rock? It's much better
Speaker 1: than The Rock? Okay? You know there's a Criterion collection
Speaker 1: release of The Rock. I always found that funny. Is
Speaker 1: it really there? Really is? Criterion just went down a
Speaker 1: notch in my book. You know, our oldest of friends,
Speaker 1: Anna with a great name Shress thea says, uh, total recall.
Speaker 1: I watched that the other day actually, while I was
Speaker 1: cleaning the house, sort of the background movie while you're
Speaker 1: doing something. Um and I agree, it's it. It holds
Speaker 1: up in its own way. It's a lot of fun. Still,
Speaker 1: Forrest Gump does not hold up to Anna. I think
Speaker 1: I agree with that. I think I've heard that pretty
Speaker 1: universally said and seen in a long time. And Shan
Speaker 1: gets better with age. Sure, I agree. Yeah, our oldest friend,
Speaker 1: Zach Poynter boy, Zack has all kinds of little icons
Speaker 1: next to his name. Got a coffee cup because he's
Speaker 1: steaming hot, and then I don't even know what that
Speaker 1: other one is. These are Facebook bestowed badges of you know,
Speaker 1: because zax is Zach is the man. When it comes
Speaker 1: to the Crushers four star Facebook group general, I think so, Uh,
Speaker 1: Princess Bride holds up Episode one, fanom Menace does not
Speaker 1: Dead Poets Society gets better. I like that one. That's well,
Speaker 1: no one. I don't think anyone was expecting any of
Speaker 1: those to hold up. I don't think they held up
Speaker 1: at the time. Maybe Ian Lyon says the professional or
Speaker 1: leon uh holds up Groundhog Day does not interesting a bit?
Speaker 1: You Ian got a little ship for that, and true
Speaker 1: romance gets better with age. I would think the professional
Speaker 1: would be problematic because if it's Lolita ness, yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: because that's you know, seen as problematic more so than
Speaker 1: ever I think these days. So there's a little side
Speaker 1: chat here about his well go over. One of our
Speaker 1: old friends, Marios Alexander rot Side says, what's your issue
Speaker 1: with groundhog Day? And Ian said, it feels so rapey
Speaker 1: and poorly paced. He is a bit aggressive, that is
Speaker 1: the one thing about groundhog Day is like he continually
Speaker 1: does not take no for an answer. But that was
Speaker 1: a time in movies where that's kind of what happened
Speaker 1: a lot um And he's also using his like time
Speaker 1: travel powers to basically gaslight this woman into like falling
Speaker 1: in love with them under fake pretenses. So and then
Speaker 1: I guess it becomes real and it's sort of sweet,
Speaker 1: but it's like he's he sort of changes. I guess
Speaker 1: that's what makes it a little more stomachable. But well,
Speaker 1: that's what Maria says. He said fair enough, But I
Speaker 1: personally see a more positive message about him truly learning
Speaker 1: not to be a creep and to value others. So yeah,
Speaker 1: I can see both sides. I'm gonna both sides it yep.
Speaker 1: Yavon Bodette, one of the world friends says, Bridge on
Speaker 1: the River Kuai holds up wild Wild West does not
Speaker 1: Scott Pilgrim versus the world gets better love Scott Pilgrim
Speaker 1: Wild Wild West another one that I don't think held
Speaker 1: up at the time. It was such a clusterfuck weird movie.
Speaker 1: You know, Yeah, I think I kind of agree there. Uh.
Speaker 1: Karen Schlump Hughes, one of our oldest friends, says Dr
Speaker 1: Shivago holds up Gig does not. Lawrence of Arabia gets
Speaker 1: better with age. I've only seen it once, but it's great. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we were talking about that last last week. Huh. I
Speaker 1: need to see that and really quickly, Chuck. Just to
Speaker 1: put this in in here. The Godfather three re cut,
Speaker 1: the name is is hilariously clunky. It is Mario Puzzo's
Speaker 1: The Godfather coda the death of Michael Corleone doing. We
Speaker 1: thought that was a good idea. Francis for Coppla is
Speaker 1: drinking too much wine. Yes, exactly too much of his
Speaker 1: own wine. Pearson Hunt says, pulp fiction holds up. Lost
Speaker 1: Boys does not. Sure, it depends on what you're in
Speaker 1: the mood for Scott Pilgrim gets better. Yeah. I I
Speaker 1: think Lost Boys is exactly what it ever was and
Speaker 1: exactly what it's supposed to be. And it's a time
Speaker 1: capsule of that the eighties and the it's it's a
Speaker 1: lot of fun. I I quite enjoy that movie, and
Speaker 1: I should mention this fun exchange ahead with Ashley. Uh.
Speaker 1: I said, Ashley, can I use this for a minie?
Speaker 1: And he said, do I get royalties? And I said sure.
Speaker 1: I said, I'll break down what movie Crush brings in,
Speaker 1: divided by the number of episodes and number of second
Speaker 1: it's and I owe you about a dollar twenty seven
Speaker 1: and uh, he said, keep the change. You have Filthy
Speaker 1: Animal Nice that's like Spotify streaming money right there. Uh,
Speaker 1: Mick knee or nice, says mad Max holds up sixteen candles,
Speaker 1: does not age well, to Kill a Mockingbird gets better
Speaker 1: with age. Classic classic, Let's go with Austin Depski, one
Speaker 1: of her old friends. Starship Troopers holds up all of
Speaker 1: the Star Wars prequels do not and Hook gets better
Speaker 1: with age. That was a big movie for me in
Speaker 1: my youth because it was like a big tent pole
Speaker 1: fantasy thing when Robin Williams was in his like kind
Speaker 1: of kid movie Heyday. Uh. And you know they had
Speaker 1: like McDonald's toys and stuff around it, which was always key.
Speaker 1: And I loved that movie. And there was there was toys.
Speaker 1: There was you know, like you get like the swords
Speaker 1: and stuff, and I just remember being very taken by
Speaker 1: that movie at the time. I bet you if I
Speaker 1: watched it now, I would think it was not great.
Speaker 1: That's uh, that's prime time for Ruby right now. She
Speaker 1: needs to see hook, right, I think so? Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think so six year, five and a half year all
Speaker 1: could see that. I think, Oh, I'm pretty sure. I
Speaker 1: think it's only PG. I aired a big time nol
Speaker 1: as a dad. Would you do, Chuck? I gotta hear it.
Speaker 1: I let her. We had family movie night and I
Speaker 1: let her watch. I just wasn't thinking the Latest Spider Man,
Speaker 1: not the latest, but the first Spider Man movie with
Speaker 1: with what's his face Toby maguire, No, with the the
Speaker 1: new kid. Oh yeah, had Homecoming well yes, of course,
Speaker 1: with Michael Keaton as the flying villain. And it wasn't
Speaker 1: so much that it was too intense for because she
Speaker 1: was kind of fine with all of it, but it
Speaker 1: was just it was just too much, too long, too
Speaker 1: over her head. She didn't get what was really going on,
Speaker 1: asking too many questions. It was just it was just
Speaker 1: a big, big fail on my part. Well at least
Speaker 1: she didn't accidentally show are like basic instincters? No, no, no,
Speaker 1: it wasnt. Yeah, I wouldn't have fail and said much
Speaker 1: of that. She was damaged. It was just like we
Speaker 1: should have watched so many other different movies. It should
Speaker 1: have had a better time at the movies. So I
Speaker 1: think that's what you're saying. Cold Stretton frequent guests and
Speaker 1: friend says broadcast news holds up. Revenge of the Nerds
Speaker 1: does not age. Well, boy, you said it there, and
Speaker 1: Galaxy Quest gets better with age. That's a movie I
Speaker 1: have only seen once and I don't even even remember
Speaker 1: that much. And I know it is so beloved. It's
Speaker 1: a it's a really good satire kind of of like
Speaker 1: Fame and you know, all of that stuff. And yeah,
Speaker 1: I haven't seen it a long time either, but I
Speaker 1: would love to. Um, what about Meatballs, Chuck? You think
Speaker 1: those movies hold up? You know I saw Meatballs not
Speaker 1: too long ago. The problem with Meatballs is it's just
Speaker 1: not that funny. I remember it being way funnier when
Speaker 1: I was a kid. It's not that funny. Didn't Harold
Speaker 1: Ramos have something to do with one of those? I think? So?
Speaker 1: I mean, Bill Murray started Meatballs, but it really leaned
Speaker 1: on his charm and the bill marine is to get
Speaker 1: any kind of yucks. It was not very funny. Yeah, oh,
Speaker 1: Ivan Ritman directed Meatballs, Okay, that makes sense, who obviously
Speaker 1: went on to direct Ghostbusters, and the new Ghostbusters is
Speaker 1: directed by his son, I I had forgotten, has done
Speaker 1: some really awesome ship he did Up in the Air.
Speaker 1: He did he did Juno. Yeah, thank you for smoking.
Speaker 1: And he also got this new Ghostbusters. And there's like
Speaker 1: a really touching article that I saw come through where
Speaker 1: apparently Ivan got a chance to see a screening of
Speaker 1: it at the lot and he was in tears by
Speaker 1: the end of it. So it sounds like it's going
Speaker 1: to be great, because obviously that last one was a
Speaker 1: bit of a miss. I can't wait for new movies,
Speaker 1: although I had been on that good run of of
Speaker 1: newer movies that have come out on streaming services, but
Speaker 1: I feel like kind of exhausted those already, all right.
Speaker 1: Daniel Chadwick Man after My Own Heart, says Jaws age
Speaker 1: as well. Jaws two through four does not, and Jaws
Speaker 1: gets better with age. Got it? Good stuff? I love it,
Speaker 1: and let's finish this one up. Let's do these last two. Uh, Boccia, Randy,
Speaker 1: I don't think we've met yet. Boccia. Welcome. Um die
Speaker 1: Hard holds up. Agreed, Mash does not age well, unfortunately,
Speaker 1: and that's true. And the big Lebowski gets better with age. Oh,
Speaker 1: completely agree on that one. Why do you think Mash
Speaker 1: does not age well? It seems to be like it's
Speaker 1: supposed to be a slice of kind of a time
Speaker 1: and place. Uh, it's not. Is it's just not so
Speaker 1: funny and there are some really outdated stereotypes and sexual
Speaker 1: stuff and ethnic stuff, and it's just it's a movie
Speaker 1: of its time. Got it? Got it? But you know,
Speaker 1: I mean, it's an Altman classic, but it just it's
Speaker 1: and it's should state and it's little mash Camp got it?
Speaker 1: I think? And that that that that the show was
Speaker 1: based on the movie right the other way, Okay, I
Speaker 1: always forget it was great that still it was funny.
Speaker 1: That was it was a time no when I was
Speaker 1: growing up where I watched Mash. Uh three times a day,
Speaker 1: came on at like five and five thirty in reruns,
Speaker 1: and then once it like or four times a day,
Speaker 1: and then like ten and ten thirty and then on Thursdays,
Speaker 1: I think the new ones were coming out, so I
Speaker 1: would see five Mash episodes on a Thursday. It was
Speaker 1: a little too subtle for me. When I was a
Speaker 1: kid and it was on reruns all the time, I
Speaker 1: would always kind of give it a miss because I
Speaker 1: just didn't quite get it. But now it's it's it's
Speaker 1: very good. Yeah. I was in Let's Finish up here
Speaker 1: with John d called well Biloxi blues holds up, repo
Speaker 1: man does not age well okay, and a raging bull
Speaker 1: gets better with age. Repo man is a tough call.
Speaker 1: See what he's saying. You know, I did it on
Speaker 1: the show, and it was the first time I've seen it,
Speaker 1: so it's it's kind of hard for me to say
Speaker 1: whether it's aged well except in the context of watching
Speaker 1: it now. But I can't compare it to what it
Speaker 1: was like watching it then. You know, it's an odd movie. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I can't really think of anything else quite like it.
Speaker 1: It was okay. Yeah, that's always my fear, as that
Speaker 1: a guest is going to pick a movie I don't like, Well,
Speaker 1: how do you how do you handle that? Chuck? Are you?
Speaker 1: Are you honest about it? Or do you try to
Speaker 1: silver lining it. It has only happened a few times.
Speaker 1: Repo Man was one of them, but I liked it.
Speaker 1: It just I didn't love it, and it was hard
Speaker 1: for me to really gush about it. I don't think
Speaker 1: I should say the other one I don't really like.
Speaker 1: Um oh might as well, who cares? The Village was
Speaker 1: was Manky's favorite movie. I found that interesting Mankey being
Speaker 1: such a literary guy. Um, I know he does, and
Speaker 1: I think that's fast fascinating and I obviously to each
Speaker 1: their own and and you know, whatever does it for you.
Speaker 1: But that one is just so universally pan and that
Speaker 1: twist is just so kind of I rolly to me.
Speaker 1: But there's some good, some good things about I love
Speaker 1: I love that episode because it is interesting hearing someone
Speaker 1: he's obviously aware of the legacy other the movie has
Speaker 1: and the reputation I don't remember. I mean, we had
Speaker 1: a good conversation a lot of times. It's it's a
Speaker 1: good thing that I'm able to U to look deeper
Speaker 1: and try and find a connection with it. Um So
Speaker 1: the episode goes better. But I don't really think there's
Speaker 1: been a whole lot of them. I mean, usually I'm like, fun, Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's do it. That sounds great. I love it. One
Speaker 1: of my favorites too. But yeah, occasionally you just gotta
Speaker 1: do it. You gotta do it. And I've never told
Speaker 1: to guess, like, why I really hate that movie? Can
Speaker 1: we not do it? I got Michael Etan Black too,
Speaker 1: He's coming. Oh cool, I love him coming soon. He
Speaker 1: has great taste of movies. He wanted to do a
Speaker 1: Miller's Crossing, but I've already done it, so he said,
Speaker 1: all right, my or two is supporting with Disaster. It
Speaker 1: was like, oh, buddy, it's gonna be fun. Don't that
Speaker 1: one rings a bell? But David or Russell, great movie.
Speaker 1: I think your own record is not having seen it. Yes,
Speaker 1: six yeah, it is one of my favorite comedies. David
Speaker 1: or Russell just fantastic. He's got so many movies that
Speaker 1: I don't even think I realized or him. I really
Speaker 1: love Three Kings and obviously what was another really great one? Well,
Speaker 1: all of them are great. Spanking the Monkey was great,
Speaker 1: Three Kings is great, Flirting with Disaster is great, Heart
Speaker 1: Huckabees is great. Ah, that's the one. I really love.
Speaker 1: Silver Linings Playbook is great, the one he did after
Speaker 1: that with Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence
Speaker 1: American Hustle. American Hustle was great, and I thought Joy
Speaker 1: was really good. And that's what Jennifer Lawrence as well.
Speaker 1: I like them all. Yeah, what about the Fighter? Did
Speaker 1: you see that one with the Great He's awesome, he
Speaker 1: can do anything. Talent to fella. All right, We're gonna
Speaker 1: move on to Liz and one of my favorite crushers. Um,
Speaker 1: she's just lovely, has very nice things to say. She
Speaker 1: gave us a compliment and all that was just very
Speaker 1: lovely about how how we gush about our daughters and
Speaker 1: how we just seem like such great dads, uh raising
Speaker 1: a future great women. And it was just a very
Speaker 1: kind thing to say. It is nice to hear that,
Speaker 1: and I appreciate uh people that right in because honestly,
Speaker 1: it's like I just kind of this is the one
Speaker 1: show I've I've mentioned that I feel really comfortable talking
Speaker 1: about my personal life on the shows I have to
Speaker 1: do a little bit but try to lean away from it.
Speaker 1: But this just feels very welcoming to do that, and
Speaker 1: we both do it, and so I think for some
Speaker 1: folks that that's part of the draw, is that they
Speaker 1: enjoy the candidness and all that. So it's nice to
Speaker 1: hear I think. So, I mean stuff. You should know.
Speaker 1: I talk about my personal life, son, but I've not
Speaker 1: talked about Ruby a whole lot on that show. Um,
Speaker 1: just because it's a whole lot bigger and you know,
Speaker 1: but I feel I feel comfy with the crushers knowing
Speaker 1: about her. All right, listen this. If you could choose
Speaker 1: any two characters to flank you as your personal bodyguards,
Speaker 1: who would they be? And uh, Liz said, Thor and
Speaker 1: Kylo Wren are Liz's bodyguards? This is a great question.
Speaker 1: All I chimed in and said, uh, Sarah Connor and Ripley.
Speaker 1: Sarah Connor from like Terminator two or Beyondest and Ripley
Speaker 1: from please believe it or not from anywhere, but probably Aliens.
Speaker 1: I mean that's where she really, you know, uh, toughened
Speaker 1: up and got to be a super badass. Absolutely, And
Speaker 1: I think it would just be fun to have a
Speaker 1: couple of badass women by my side killing people. Do
Speaker 1: you have a well, one that came to mind right
Speaker 1: off the bat was Dracks from the Guardians of the
Speaker 1: Galaxies movies. He got those two cool like sickle sword things,
Speaker 1: and he's just pure badass and he's funny, So that'd
Speaker 1: be fun conversations. Yeah, drags, humor would be a lot
Speaker 1: of fun. Uh and then maybe gosh, I immediately think
Speaker 1: of the Mad Max character and Fury Road or no,
Speaker 1: you know what, screw that, I'm gonna go with Furiosa
Speaker 1: from Fury Road as played by Charlie s Thron who
Speaker 1: I think we've talked about this briefly on the show.
Speaker 1: There is a prequel movie coming out with Anna Taylor
Speaker 1: Joy playing Furiosa that's going to be directed by George Miller.
Speaker 1: George Meyl of course, Wow, Yeah, I do remember hearing
Speaker 1: about that. I didn't know about Anna Taylor Joy because
Speaker 1: I just remember hearing um that. I think Charlie's was
Speaker 1: a little bummed out right sure, but maybe she can
Speaker 1: be in Flash Forwards, who knows, you know, But like
Speaker 1: they wanted a younger, like like an origin story in
Speaker 1: situation Boy. Now I'm thinking of the ultimate badasses. John
Speaker 1: Wick would be a pretty good bodyguard and pretty fun.
Speaker 1: Not the best sense of humor, of course, pends on
Speaker 1: what you're looking for just a pure ass kicker or
Speaker 1: you know, having Charlie's their own at your side is
Speaker 1: not too grit, not too terrible, you know that's true. Alright, No,
Speaker 1: we're gonna go with the Vanessa Lopez, one of our
Speaker 1: oldest pals, Moderator Deluxe, uh, Donnie and Andre the Giant. Okay,
Speaker 1: Ellen Day says Torretto and Hobbs from The Fast and
Speaker 1: the Furious movies. Okay, e j uh Lvac says Clark
Speaker 1: Kent and Tony Stark. Okay, I guess see what you're
Speaker 1: doing there. It's like, oh, look at that person. Just
Speaker 1: a couple of mile manner dudes and then what Yeah,
Speaker 1: as needed, keep a low profile until until the time comes.
Speaker 1: That's right, Lucy McKinnon says The Rock and Jason Momoa.
Speaker 1: Jason Momoa, He's a beef cake. He's pretty eascky slice
Speaker 1: of beef cake. He seems like a good guy. Oh,
Speaker 1: I've heard nothing, but he's always around town shooting stuff,
Speaker 1: and everyone that's run into him says he's just an
Speaker 1: absolute sweetie. Yeah. I've seen some of the things he's
Speaker 1: done with charities and helping people, and he seems like
Speaker 1: a nice fellaw. Kevin Eggleton says John Wick and John Rambo. Hey,
Speaker 1: I'm picking up what you're laying down, my friend. Chris
Speaker 1: Fairchild says Captain Marvel and Ray. I guess that's Ray
Speaker 1: from Star Wars. Not bad, no, no, George Duke Bass
Speaker 1: says Ruby Roundhouse and Nebula, who's Ruby Roundhouse? Ruby Roundhouse?
Speaker 1: Is that? Let's see Ruby. Oh that's from the Jamanji movie. Yes, yes, yes,
Speaker 1: that's right, played by Karen Gillen. She is, uh, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know her, but I haven't seen that movie.
Speaker 1: Oh it's fun. That'd be a good one to watch
Speaker 1: with the kid. By the way, the first two, both
Speaker 1: of them, the Jamanji like um reboots are delightful, okay.
Speaker 1: Nathan ben Ziel says Captain Marvel in her money Granger, hermione,
Speaker 1: her my own her, my own granger. Is that are
Speaker 1: you joking? Oh? It's a Harry Potter anything, you know.
Speaker 1: It's one of those things though, where like a lot
Speaker 1: of people mispronounced that name for years in their heads
Speaker 1: until the movies came out and they heard it spoken
Speaker 1: like Hermione. I think a lot of people went through
Speaker 1: life again it was Hermione. Is it hermione? It's hermione? Yeah? Okay,
Speaker 1: what's her back like? Would she be a good bodyguard?
Speaker 1: She's so she does wizard ship. I don't know, all right,
Speaker 1: I don't know. You don't know, dude, Oh I I do.
Speaker 1: By the way, Karen Gillen, there there was a there
Speaker 1: was a buried kind of leaster egg in that previous one.
Speaker 1: Karen Gillen. Uh, the actor plays Ruby Roundhouse and Nebula,
Speaker 1: and you would never know that she was Nebula because
Speaker 1: she's all decked out and you know, like prosthetics and
Speaker 1: doesn't look like herself. Adam, glad you said that because
Speaker 1: people made a bunch of emoji faces that I didn't understand.
Speaker 1: That makes sense, okay, I love it. Clever clever crushers. Indeed, Uh,
Speaker 1: let me see Carly uh Pato Vanni Petite, one of
Speaker 1: our favorites, says Kara Dune and a Shoka Tano. I
Speaker 1: don't know these people. Shoka is uh isn't that star wars? Okay?
Speaker 1: I know? Cardoon is from Mandalorian played by Gina Krano,
Speaker 1: and so as a Sho Katano played by Rosario Dawson.
Speaker 1: And she's a fan favorite from the animated Uh whatever, okay,
Speaker 1: the c g I Cartoony Star Wars series is that
Speaker 1: people seem to love. Yeah, alright, I'm done with that Carly.
Speaker 1: Although she'd have to be in character because if you
Speaker 1: had to sit around and listen to Gina Krano blaberon
Speaker 1: about her bullshit, Oh my goodness, hot take, I don't
Speaker 1: know who this is? What what is her bullshit? It's politics? Okay,
Speaker 1: got it? It would be like having a ask kicking
Speaker 1: James Woods at your side or something. Oh no, thank you,
Speaker 1: thank you? Or he's a fucking guy, Hercules, Kevin Sorbo? Yeah,
Speaker 1: or what's his name? Who's Angelina Jolie's dad, who's like
Speaker 1: a super I don't know if he was. I mean,
Speaker 1: I know he's a big term conservative, but like Sorbo
Speaker 1: is an actual like you know, election rigged? Uh you know?
Speaker 1: Oh so was? Uh? Who's why? I have not think of?
Speaker 1: His name? Is John Boyd? John? I mean, he's he's
Speaker 1: definitely down that time. God, he's dopes, all right. John
Speaker 1: Hoskin says Molly Millions in Gomera. I don't know Molly Millions,
Speaker 1: but Molly sounds like a great bodyguard. Stacy Elfors says
Speaker 1: thor in Vulkrie. Sure, why not? Noah Hubbard is Ron
Speaker 1: Swanson and Hawkeye from Mash. I'm pretty big, so I
Speaker 1: think we can handle anything that came our away. Nice. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Ron Swanson would just like shame you to death. I
Speaker 1: think No, Noah, No, it's a big fellow. He's a
Speaker 1: key grip and the best boy too, and a guest
Speaker 1: best boy. That's great. I didn't know the best boy.
Speaker 1: He's in the biz. Uh. Nicole Park says John Wick.
Speaker 1: And Sydney Bristow. Uh what was that? Sydney Bristow was
Speaker 1: what's it called? Alias? Right? That's correct. I never saw that.
Speaker 1: It's good. Did you watch it? I watched the first
Speaker 1: season or so. It's good. Yeah, It's just it's what's
Speaker 1: his name. It's the guy that went on to do
Speaker 1: Lost and stuff. It was his first first venture. What's
Speaker 1: his face? You know? That guy? Star Wars thing he did,
Speaker 1: He did a lot of things. Um not, Damon Lindeloff
Speaker 1: the j J J J j Our boy j J.
Speaker 1: Stop yelling at your earbuds everyone. Dan Haynes says Mando
Speaker 1: Mandalorian and Jerry from Stuff you should know. Yeah, Oh,
Speaker 1: that's funny. It's great. I watched the first episode of
Speaker 1: Mandalorian and that's all I've watched so far. It's good, dude. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I'll get back into it. I did the same thing
Speaker 1: with the second scene of The Boys. I watched one
Speaker 1: up and then got distracted. Those are Chuck solo shows,
Speaker 1: and also it's it's hard to find that time. I
Speaker 1: need to catch up with that one too. I've got
Speaker 1: a handful of friends that are quite taken with the Boys.
Speaker 1: It's good. I'm just I kind of got to season
Speaker 1: two and I was like, do I really need to
Speaker 1: invest in this? Like? I like it, but there's so
Speaker 1: much out there? Do I love it enough? I heard
Speaker 1: season two is when it really heats up, all right,
Speaker 1: like things Bronwyn Collins says Hermione Granger and John McClaine,
Speaker 1: M yeah, John mclown. John McClean is good in a pinch,
Speaker 1: that's for sure. No one, have you seen uh one
Speaker 1: Division yet? Yeah? I love it. I think it's great.
Speaker 1: I watched the first two apps. Is there a third yet? No?
Speaker 1: I think they've dropped two and you know, back to back.
Speaker 1: I'm curious where it's going. I'm very curious to there
Speaker 1: than meet c I obviously like, they're not gonna stay
Speaker 1: in that world. I don't think, Yeah, they can't possibly.
Speaker 1: I mean, even between the first two episodes they slightly
Speaker 1: changed the style of of sitcom. Even the opening you know,
Speaker 1: credits changes and then you know it pulls back and
Speaker 1: it's on a monitor being looked at by unseen creepy
Speaker 1: you know forces. So probably some kind of like what
Speaker 1: the simulation that they're stuck in for nefarious purposes. But
Speaker 1: I said the same thing, and like, how are they
Speaker 1: gonna they can't possibly just keep this ham you know,
Speaker 1: hammy kind of like sitcom thing going no, no, no,
Speaker 1: but very very cool take on it anything, Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: I dig it. I like it, and and it looks great.
Speaker 1: I mean it's they really nailed the whole thing. Speaking
Speaker 1: of which, really quick aside, you did not like MANK, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I was gonna talk about that and stream this. In fact,
Speaker 1: let's just go ahead and go to stream this. Uh.
Speaker 1: I I think Make is a movie that you have
Speaker 1: to be in the right mood for, and I think
Speaker 1: I maybe wasn't. And I was watching with Emily and
Speaker 1: I could tell she wasn't super into it. So I
Speaker 1: was like, halfway through us, like, why don't we stop
Speaker 1: and watch something else? I think I will finish it
Speaker 1: everything about it I should like. I mean, it looked amazing,
Speaker 1: the acting was great. So it's not like it sucked
Speaker 1: or anything. I just had a hard time in like
Speaker 1: connecting to it. And I was surprised at how much
Speaker 1: I did connect to it. I was expecting it to
Speaker 1: be a bit of a slog or a bit challenging
Speaker 1: or kind of slow paced, and you know, it is
Speaker 1: on one hand, but on the other hand, it's got
Speaker 1: all this great rapid fire dialogue. It's really witty, it's
Speaker 1: it's it's beautifully shot. There's a you know, a host
Speaker 1: of all these characters that you know about from like
Speaker 1: being film history nerd, but like you never really see them,
Speaker 1: like Perch Trade, like you know, what is it sALS
Speaker 1: Neck and like o Orson Wells obviously that up is
Speaker 1: well cast. Uh, and then who's the guy at Thalberg
Speaker 1: irving Jay Thalberg who Like there's a lot of cool
Speaker 1: history and also the political stuff that I wasn't aware of,
Speaker 1: like um uh, what's the guy that wrote the jungle? Um?
Speaker 1: The uh Upton Sinclair ran for like governor of California
Speaker 1: and Manx character supports him, and all of the little
Speaker 1: ins and outs, and there's a whole thing not really
Speaker 1: a spoiler, but where they're they're like basically making fake
Speaker 1: news reels of using actors to to to act like
Speaker 1: real people, saying, how you know, um, Sinclair is a
Speaker 1: communist and all this stuff. And it really had a
Speaker 1: ring of like the now of what's going on up
Speaker 1: on some of that for sure, and I think I
Speaker 1: hadn't even gotten to that part. But there were definitely
Speaker 1: some allegorical connections to these days, I did think, And
Speaker 1: it was kind of uh. We turned it off not
Speaker 1: too long after the big party scene in the first
Speaker 1: half of the film at the Mansion, Yes, which was
Speaker 1: just I was just like, man, how do you shoot
Speaker 1: that scene? It was so big and so beautiful and
Speaker 1: so much cross cutting from way across this big room
Speaker 1: to these people having conversations all over the place. I mean,
Speaker 1: it must have taken two weeks to shoot that scene. Um,
Speaker 1: So I did appreciate what I was seeing, and I
Speaker 1: think it just bears a rewatch from second one when
Speaker 1: I'm in the right headspace, you know. Yeah, It's just
Speaker 1: also like it can be a bit of a drag
Speaker 1: on you. If you're gauging someone else's interest in a
Speaker 1: movie and you're sensing that they're drifting. That can sort
Speaker 1: of affect the way you look at it too, if
Speaker 1: you're feeling like you're inconveniencing somebody else who's not having
Speaker 1: a good time. I happened to watch it with an
Speaker 1: old friend of mine who was in town, and we
Speaker 1: were both on the same page and kind of loving
Speaker 1: it and like big upping how much we were loving it.
Speaker 1: So it helped. Yeah, my brother loved it and UH
Speaker 1: texted me it was like, dude, it's a masterpiece, so
Speaker 1: I need to give it another fair shake. It is, Uh.
Speaker 1: I mean, I certainly think Fincher is like one of
Speaker 1: the modern master all tours, so I'll give it a shot. Um.
Speaker 1: The other thing I watched last night that I want
Speaker 1: to recommend is the John Belushi documentary. It's simply called Belushi. Um.
Speaker 1: It is culled from these interview tapes from many years
Speaker 1: ago that had never been released. UM audio tapes with
Speaker 1: all of these people, UM, the people closest to him,
Speaker 1: his friends, Zack Royd and the gang, and people that
Speaker 1: worked with him writers uh and his wife Judy, and UH.
Speaker 1: It was really really good. And I know the Belushi
Speaker 1: story in and out. He's a hero of mine and
Speaker 1: I've just one of the most brilliant comedians to ever live.
Speaker 1: And I've told the story many times about all the
Speaker 1: times I've hung out in the in the bungalow where
Speaker 1: he died at the Chateau Marmont, and uh and I
Speaker 1: and I did know it all. But it was really
Speaker 1: good seeing this documentary all culled together from his high
Speaker 1: school days to his death and just a a what
Speaker 1: an amazing person he was. I mean, he had the
Speaker 1: number one TV show, the number one movie, and the
Speaker 1: number one record all at one time in the United States.
Speaker 1: He was the biggest star in the world across many platforms,
Speaker 1: and it was just he was one of those lights
Speaker 1: that burned so bright. You know, he was sort of
Speaker 1: destined to burn out. It was very, very tragic and sad.
Speaker 1: I would love to see him around today, and because
Speaker 1: he was just starting to get into like real acting,
Speaker 1: and um, I would love to have seen him in
Speaker 1: in like during the Trump administration because he was such
Speaker 1: a sort of a lefty mouthpiece and hippie activist and
Speaker 1: it's just a big shame good documentary. It's called Belushi.
Speaker 1: Check it out. I don't know, I don't know a
Speaker 1: hell of a lot about his story. Um, so I
Speaker 1: definitely check out. Yeah. I mentioned maybe that I've been
Speaker 1: doing my semi annual Sopranos rewatch totally holds up lots
Speaker 1: of great rings of the now and that show as well.
Speaker 1: Looking forward to that new show, the the prequel. Well,
Speaker 1: it's a movie and they pushed it. Yeah, it's a
Speaker 1: full length with David Chase writing and I believe directing.
Speaker 1: But it was originally announced that like Warner Brothers was
Speaker 1: gonna like dump their whole slate onto HBO Max like
Speaker 1: in One Fell Swoop, you know, like they did with
Speaker 1: Wonder Woman. Um, and then the theaters kind of lost
Speaker 1: their ship. Uh, but that was supposed to happen like
Speaker 1: in March. But now it looks like, uh, the Many
Speaker 1: Saints of Newark, which is the Sopranos prequel movie, has
Speaker 1: been pushed like to the end of the year, the
Speaker 1: way way end of the year. Yeah, I'm very excited.
Speaker 1: It's cool. They got James Gandolphine's son cast as as
Speaker 1: Tony soprano soprano. Yeah, and that's the thing, Like, you know,
Speaker 1: I think it's easy to be like, oh, of course
Speaker 1: they is gay with to him goes it's his son.
Speaker 1: But I mean they didn't have to do that, there's
Speaker 1: no like, you know, I mean, they did it because
Speaker 1: I think it was probably the right choice. I agreed.
Speaker 1: What else you've been watching? Oh, let's see. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: I watched UH with my my my lady friend last
Speaker 1: night because she she hadn't seen a whole lot of
Speaker 1: kind of these deeper cut, weird movies. A favorite Asian
Speaker 1: movie of mine a Korean film called Old Boy, and
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people are far with I
Speaker 1: love Old Boy. I mean it's definitely it's a lot,
Speaker 1: but I hadn't seen it in years, and it holds up.
Speaker 1: I love every minute of it, even though it's like
Speaker 1: totally fucked up and nihilistic and statistic. But I still
Speaker 1: haven't seen the seemingly completely unnecessary remake that Spike Lee
Speaker 1: did with Josh Brolin. And after watching it again, I'm like, Okay,
Speaker 1: you know what, why not I'm gonna watch it and
Speaker 1: just compare it because I don't understand why they made.
Speaker 1: It didn't seem to do very well. Um, did you
Speaker 1: what I'm interested to? I haven't. I'm going to, but
Speaker 1: on the stream this tip old boy. The original is
Speaker 1: streaming literally nowhere. Uh, and the new one is so
Speaker 1: I definitely would watch the old one first I had.
Speaker 1: I had to pull up my DVDs, Chuck, I hadn't
Speaker 1: watched the DVD and forever, and I pulled She like it.
Speaker 1: She loved it, but was also like, what the fuck?
Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean, you can't not appreciate the skill
Speaker 1: and the story and the filmmaking. It's just great. Totally.
Speaker 1: You got anything else? Is at it? That's it for
Speaker 1: down Yeah, all right, I'll see if someone keeps some,
Speaker 1: keeps some in my back pocket for next time. Well, thanks, buddy,
Speaker 1: keep it in your pocket, put a bird on it.
Speaker 1: And uh. It's just a few hours before the end
Speaker 1: of the workday, nol and the weekend starts. What turned
Speaker 1: out to be like we got a record on Friday.
Speaker 1: Now I feel energized and and happy. This is the
Speaker 1: last thing I'm doing for the work week. Same. I
Speaker 1: actually have a buddy coming in from out of town,
Speaker 1: and I may have gotten out of my last recording
Speaker 1: for the day, so this might be it for me too,
Speaker 1: and then I can kick it with my pal. So
Speaker 1: sweet man, we'll have a great weekend, and uh love
Speaker 1: to your family and your daughter and I'll see you
Speaker 1: next week. You two brother all right. This movie Crash
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