1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to Movie Mike's Movie Podcast. I 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: am your host Movie Mike, and today I want to 3 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: share with you my top five public domain movie ideas. 4 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,719 Speaker 1: If you don't know what public domain is, I'll explain it, 5 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: along with some characters that have already entered the public 6 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: domain and will be public domain within the next ten, fifteen, 7 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: twenty years. In the movie review, what we talk about 8 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,760 Speaker 1: Self Reliance, which is a new comedic thriller on Hulu. 9 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 2: And in the trailer. 10 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: Park what could be one of the best live action 11 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: kids movies in a long time. It's a movie called If, 12 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: from director John Krasinski, starring Ryan Reynolds and Steve Carell. 13 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 1: I have a good feeling about this one. Thank you 14 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: for being subscribed, Thank you for listening every single week. 15 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: Shout out to the Monday Morning movie crew. Now let's 16 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: talk movies. 17 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 3: In a world where everyone and their mother has a podcast, 18 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 3: one man stands to infiltrate the ears of listeners like 19 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 3: never before in a movie podcast. A man with so 20 00:00:55,880 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 3: much movie knowledge, he's basically like a walking imt wo's 21 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 3: glasses from the Nashville Podcast Network And this is Movie 22 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 3: Mike's Movie Pop. 23 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: I was inspired to do this episode after Mickey Mouse 24 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: entered the public domain. What exactly does that mean? Well, 25 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: in this case, Steamboat Mickey was introduced back in nineteen 26 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: twenty eight, so it's now been ninety five years since 27 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 1: the debut of Mickey Mouse. So now it has entered 28 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: the public domain, meaning you can make a movie, you 29 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: can make a TV show using Steamboat Mickey, and Disney 30 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 1: cannot sue you because technically the copyright has now expired 31 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: for Steamboat Mickey. So in its simplest terms, the public 32 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 1: domain refers to the content, ideas, or creative works that 33 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: are not protected by intellectual property laws like copyright or patent. 34 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: So this is different from say Nike put out something 35 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: ninety five years ago. You can't just start making Nike stuff, 36 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: But when it comes to art, you can, whether it 37 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: be movies, music, or TV ideas. After ninety five years, 38 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 1: anybody can use them, share them, modify them freely without 39 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: the need to request permission or request payment, which is 40 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: probably the most important factor in all of this. And 41 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: you may be thinking, well, why does law allow this? 42 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 1: This sounds kind of like an infringement on somebody's ideas, 43 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,799 Speaker 1: on somebody's creativity, and I had to kind of think 44 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: about that too, because if I created something that went 45 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: on to build an entire media empire like Disney or 46 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:34,959 Speaker 1: even as we get into some of these other characters 47 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 1: like Marvel and DC, I wouldn't want that taken away 48 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: from me. But in the research I did on public domain, 49 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: they say that this allows for the widespread availability and 50 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,679 Speaker 1: use of creative and intellectual works that goes to benefit 51 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: the public. So essentially, something has become so popular and 52 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: so great that allowing other people to interpret this art, 53 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: to make their own versions, to change it a little bit, 54 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:04,959 Speaker 1: actually benefits everybody. And they also want to limit monopolies 55 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: when it comes to characters. If one company just has 56 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: control of an intellectual property like this, it's seen as 57 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 1: a monopoly. And in the United States in the world, 58 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: monopolies aren't great. So okay, Steamboat Mickey debuted back in 59 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: nineteen twenty eight, meaning that all the way through twenty 60 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: twenty three you couldn't do anything. So this would be 61 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: the ninety sixth year. This is the first year that 62 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: you could put out something with Steamboat Mickey, and they're 63 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,640 Speaker 1: already working on things. There's a trailer that dropped that 64 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: is a horror movie with Mickey as the villain. But 65 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: of course there are some rules that you have to follow. 66 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: First of all, you have to make sure that the 67 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: version you are using is the exact same version that 68 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: is public domain. So you have to use the character 69 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: design that is over ninety five years old Steamboat Mickey. 70 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: You can't go and grab a Mickey from the sixties 71 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: or eighties and say, oh, I'm good, he's totally public 72 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: go it is only that version. So when we're looking 73 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: at some of these works, it has to be the 74 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: actual work that debuted ninety five years ago, from that creator, 75 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: from that artist, from that author. It has to be 76 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: that version, otherwise you will still end up getting sued. 77 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: And there are some other gray areas because Disney has 78 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 1: been fighting for the rights for Mickey Mouse to not 79 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: be public domain, saying that, hey, this is a part 80 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: of our entire brand, so allowing people to use him 81 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 1: will hurt our brand because it's embedded in every single 82 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: thing that we do. But still that went away and 83 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 1: it was able to enter the public domain. And this 84 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: isn't a brand new concept. It's just now that a 85 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: lot more of these iconic characters that we only associate 86 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: with one company like Disney. These have now been around 87 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: for ninety five years. 88 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 2: But there are other. 89 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 1: Examples in movies and TV that have been public domain 90 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 1: for a while. Now I'll go through some of those now. 91 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: Characters like Tarzan, Homes, Alice in Wonderland, Dracula, Hercules, Robinhood, 92 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: Sleeping Beauty, snow White, the Wizard of Oz, King Kong. 93 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 1: Those are all public domain characters. So that is why 94 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: you have seen different versions of these stories. And that's 95 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: also why so many of these have different versions that 96 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,919 Speaker 1: come out every few years, because you don't have to 97 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 1: pay for the rights to them. We often associate a 98 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: character like snow White with Disney, but in the last 99 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 1: ten to fifteen years, we have seen darker versions of 100 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: snow White, We've seen spin offs of it, and it's 101 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 1: because that character is public domain. So anybody is allowed 102 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 1: to make a movie for profit as long as they 103 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: are doing it based on that original character in that 104 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: original source material. That is the key component here. The 105 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 1: other thing we've seen is very wholesome characters enter into 106 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: the public domain, and once that happens, they don't have 107 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,679 Speaker 1: to be wholesome anymore. There is what is being called 108 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,839 Speaker 1: a public domain horror universe happening right now, and Jagged 109 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: Edge Productions is behind a lot of these movies coming 110 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: out right now. Winni the Pooh Blood and Honey was 111 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:08,719 Speaker 1: a movie that came out that took Winnie the Pooh 112 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: and made him a serial killer. It's even getting a 113 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,799 Speaker 1: sequel that is introducing Tigger called Blood and Honey two, 114 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 1: which is coming out later this year. They're also working 115 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: on Bambi The Reckoning, which looks like maybe it's gonna 116 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: be something of Bambi finally getting her revenge. You also 117 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 1: have Peter Pan's never Land Nightmare. All these movies are 118 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: becoming a part of this public domain horror universe. Here 119 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 1: are some other characters that people are just itching waiting 120 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: for them to enter the public domain in the next 121 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: ten to fifteen years. 122 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 3: J R. R. 123 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: Tolkien's The Hobbit will be public domain in twenty thirty three. 124 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 1: In twenty thirty four, Superman will enter the public domain. 125 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 1: Also in twenty thirty four, James Bond will enter into 126 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,239 Speaker 1: the public domain. This is a big one. In twenty 127 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: thirty five, Batman will enter in because he first debuted 128 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: in nineteen thirty nine's Detective Comics number twenty seven. Captain 129 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: America will enter in twenty thirty six. Wonder Woman will 130 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: enter in twenty thirty seven, who debuted in the nineteen 131 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: forty one All Star Comics. You also have some more 132 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:09,559 Speaker 1: Disney characters like Pluto in twenty twenty six, Donald Duck 133 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: in twenty thirty, DC Shazam in twenty thirty five, The 134 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: Flash in twenty thirty six, Aquaman in twenty thirty seven, 135 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: and Godzilla in twenty fifty. So it sounds like the 136 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: pressure is on James Gunn to get this DC universe 137 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: in order before all these characters enter the public domain. 138 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: Imagine if we could get to a point where all 139 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: the DC and Marvel characters are in public domain and 140 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: we can finally get that Marvel versus Capcom movie I 141 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: love that video game. That would be amazing. But what 142 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: I want to share with you are my top five 143 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: ideas for public domain movies. These are characters from my 144 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: favorite movies and ideas that I would have if I 145 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: had free reign to use these characters without having to 146 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: pay for them. So I'll give you the character the 147 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: year that this movie could potentially come out, because it'll 148 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: be the first year they'll be eligible in public domain. 149 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: I'll give you the title of my public domain movie 150 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: and the overall synopsis of what I think this movie 151 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: would be about, and I put them in order from 152 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: earliest to latest. At number five, I have my favorite 153 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: superhero of all time, Spider Man, who will enter in 154 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: the public domain in twenty fifty three. He first debuted 155 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 1: in a comic book back in nineteen sixty two titled 156 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: Amazing Fantasy, Number fifteen. So this actually wasn't even the 157 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: first ever Amazing Spider Man comic, which this was kind 158 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 1: of a throwaway issue. Amazing Fantasy wasn't really working. They 159 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 1: were going to cancel this comic, so stan Lee was like, 160 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: all right, I've been working on this character. 161 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 2: Spider Man. 162 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: Let me just throw him in, introduce his origin story, 163 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: and then we'll see what happens. This issue debuted and 164 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: people loved it, and the character was so popular that 165 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: he went on to get his own series, The Amazing 166 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: Spider Man. So he was created by writer Stan Lee 167 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: and artist Steve did Go, and he was an instant 168 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:58,439 Speaker 1: sensation with readers. 169 00:08:58,760 --> 00:08:59,839 Speaker 2: So I would seek. 170 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:03,319 Speaker 1: My inspira from this comic, which I think the movies 171 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: have really kind of not incorporated all the things that 172 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 1: make Spider Man spider Man from the comics, which, of course, 173 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: to make big movie adaptations, you got to change the 174 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: character up a little bit, but going back to the 175 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,319 Speaker 1: source material, making him a ultra nerd again, but also 176 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: reminding people of the level of strength that Spider Man has. 177 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: If you read these early comics, he gets those powers 178 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: from a spider, which a spider can do really amazing 179 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: things and lift things compared to its body weight. So 180 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: you take that and put it into a human. How 181 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: strong he actually is sometimes isn't showcased as much as 182 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: it should be in the movies. The other thing is 183 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: his humor. Spider Man has always been a very witty 184 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: character and written so well in the comics that that 185 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: personality just oozes out of the character. So I think 186 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: for this movie, it very much needs to be a 187 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 1: Spider Man high school comedy. Think about a superhero movie 188 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: that meets the comedy of and I would call the 189 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: movie Peter Parker. We haven't really seen a movie that 190 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: just focuses on the story of Peter Parker. Where in 191 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: this film, I don't think you do any of the 192 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 1: superhero stuff. I want all of this to focus on 193 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: a storyline of him and high school, his best friend 194 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: Harry Mary Jane, and all of the funny situations that 195 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 1: happen with that. And I would pull a lot of 196 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: the source material from that original Amazing Spider Man run. 197 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,560 Speaker 1: In that first issue, there is a situation he gets 198 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 1: into where he gets paid and they make the checkout 199 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: to Spider Man, and then he goes to the bank 200 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 1: and tries to cash that check and they won't cash 201 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:40,440 Speaker 1: it for him because they're like, hey, you need some 202 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: form of ID, you need a social Security number, you 203 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: need a way to prove to us that you are 204 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: Spider Man. And he's like, what, this suit isn't enough 205 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,199 Speaker 1: and they're like, no, anybody could put. 206 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 2: On the suit. 207 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: So he got paid for doing something as Spider Man 208 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: and then can't catch the check. There are a lot 209 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 1: of things in the comics that are very funny like this, 210 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: and I think it would be great to show case 211 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 1: some of these moments and not so much about all 212 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 1: the action, the origin story, all the things that we 213 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: just expect out of a Spider Man movie. 214 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:08,559 Speaker 2: You really take all of. 215 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 1: That out and just focus on the things that would 216 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: be funny of being a teenager with super capabilities and 217 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 1: helping people, getting into relationships, hooking up with people, all 218 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: the things that you do find funny in a movie 219 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: like super Bad. Put him in with the character of 220 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 1: Peter Parker, and Peter Parker is also a very clean cut, 221 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,959 Speaker 1: straight lace, kind of square guy who I think Toby 222 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: maguire really got that across in his movies. You amplify 223 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: that up even a little bit more, and you make 224 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: Harry Osborne kind of a bad influence. For some reason, 225 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 1: I just have this plotline of Harry trying to convince 226 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: Peter Parker the entire time to say a curse worre 227 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: Come on, man, I'm gonna get you to say the 228 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:50,959 Speaker 1: F word, and then maybe by the finally at the 229 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 1: end of the movie he actually does. And the tone 230 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: I'm thinking in my head if you remember that scene 231 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:59,200 Speaker 1: in Spider Man three where he starts to become the 232 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: jerk Peter Parker. He looks so emo and he does 233 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: that dance scene with this song, which at the time 234 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: this scene seemed like it totally killed the vibe in 235 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: this movie, like it totally messed up the tone. But 236 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:15,719 Speaker 1: looking back on Spider Man three, that is one of 237 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: the biggest things that we remember. It is the funniest 238 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: moment and really is the true essence of Peter Parker 239 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 1: and how funny he actually was. So you take this 240 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: same tone and you throw it into this high school comedy, 241 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: and I just think that feels super fresh, super funny. 242 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 1: And in twenty fifty eight, which who knows the superhero 243 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 1: movies will still be a thing, it would feel a 244 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: little bit nostalgic to have that two thousand comedy vibe. 245 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 1: So at number five, I have Peter Parker, which could 246 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 1: first come out in twenty fifty eight, at number four 247 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:51,839 Speaker 1: on my list of public domain movies. The group of 248 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:55,439 Speaker 1: characters are the teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which were introduced 249 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: in the first TMNT comic book back in nineteen eighty 250 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: four by artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, who financed 251 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: this entire comic with a tax refund and a family 252 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 1: loan and have created an entire empire of teenage mutant 253 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: Ninja Hurtles from TV shows, action figures, movies and have 254 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: brought it all the way back around to the comics 255 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: and are putting out some really great graphic novels right now. 256 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 1: This one will be a while, but TMNT will enter 257 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: into the public domain in twenty eighty and my idea 258 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: for a TMNT movie would be a sci fi action movie. 259 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: Think about Blade Runner twenty forty nine meets the Batman 260 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: with Robert Pattinson, and I would call the movie TMNT 261 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: twenty eighty four. So if it comes out in twenty eighty, 262 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: it will be set in the not so distant future, 263 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,839 Speaker 1: and that is what I envision, So go with me 264 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 1: on this journey. Picture a dystopian not so distant future 265 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:59,079 Speaker 1: in New York City. It's cold, it's dark, but also 266 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 1: an orange haze that hangs over the city, and at 267 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 1: night we have these neon bright lights take over the scenes. 268 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: And emerging from the shadows from underground beneath the sewer 269 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: are the teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Leonardo, Raphael Donatello and Michelangelo. 270 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: And on screen they are recognizable as those beloved TMNT characters, 271 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: but their personalities are so different and darker. They're still 272 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: teenagers with man. They have seen some stuff because the 273 00:14:47,480 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 1: future is not a happy place. The criminals are more hardened, sadistic. 274 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 1: Evil Shredder is a madman taking over New York City 275 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: and they must stop them. This also is going to 276 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 1: be a very expensive movie. I'm thinking TMNT movie with 277 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: a two hundred and fifty two hundred and seventy five 278 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: million dollar budget. I wanted to feel epic, I wanted 279 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: to feel grand. I wanted to feel unlike anything you've 280 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: ever seen from a TMNT movie. No comedy, just straight 281 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: brutal action. People getting decapitated by the Turtles. That is 282 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: what I want to see, And sadly, I just don't 283 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: think we'll ever get there in our lifetime because they 284 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: are so much associated with childhood memories and they're wholesome 285 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: and they teach lessons and they're colorful and bright. But 286 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: the way I see the teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is 287 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: entirely different. Because that first movie that came out in 288 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: the nineties had that tone. It didn't really feel like 289 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: a kid's movie, but over time they had become more 290 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: and more cartoonish. So, man, I would love for this 291 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 1: movie to happen. Twenty eighty is the first year it 292 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: could happen. My movie would be called TMNT twenty eighty four. 293 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: Let's go number four. At number three, we're going over 294 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: into the animated side. The movie is Toy Story, which 295 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: originally came out back in nineteen ninety five. It was 296 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: the first computer animated feature film released by Pixar and 297 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: distributed by Walt Disney. Since the movie came out in 298 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety five, my version could come out in twenty 299 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 1: ninety one. Oh man, that's a long time away. But 300 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: my movie would be titled Toy Story Play times over, 301 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: and it is an animated horror movie. Think about it 302 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: as that original movie, but in a parallel universe where 303 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: Woody actually kills Buzz and Toy Story. He tries to 304 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: just knock Buzz off so Andy can't find him, and 305 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: instead of taking Buzz with him to go to Pizza Planet, 306 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: he takes Woody with them. But in my version, Woody 307 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: actually kills them, ices them, takes them out, makes them 308 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 1: sleep with the fishes, thinks he gets away with it, 309 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 1: but then Old Slink starts to become a little bit 310 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,400 Speaker 1: suspicious of Woody and he tries to crack the case, 311 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 1: and at the same time Woody is trying to tie 312 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 1: up Blue Sends. Other toys start getting killed because they're 313 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,160 Speaker 1: all good to rat on Woody. They start to question themselves. 314 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 1: Should we get Andy involved, should we reveal to him 315 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 1: that we actually come alive? And the entire thing ends 316 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,959 Speaker 1: with Woody dying by being thrown into a garbage disposal. 317 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 4: Why the toys kill him after he admits the killing 318 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,719 Speaker 4: Buzz an animated horror movie. 319 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 1: That is what I want to see. Toy story play 320 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,679 Speaker 1: times over come to you from Movie Mike's Productions in 321 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:55,640 Speaker 1: twenty ninety one. 322 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 2: That's at number three. 323 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: At number two. The media franchise here is Pokemon. I 324 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,400 Speaker 1: grew up with Pokemon. There's a game series that debuted 325 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 1: from Nintendo in Japan back in February nineteen ninety six. 326 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: The actually came out with Pokemon Green and Pokemon Red. 327 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: In the US we got red and blue. Oh, I 328 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 1: was much more of a red kid. My go to 329 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,920 Speaker 1: starter Pokemon was Charmander. He was the only great choice. 330 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: And from the game debut the TV show which is 331 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 1: what set this Pokemon craze on fire. It came out 332 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: in nineteen ninety seven. My movie has to be based 333 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:35,160 Speaker 1: more on the TV show than the video game, because 334 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 1: I just draw a lot more inspiration of the way 335 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 1: that show was set up and the way I fell 336 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 1: in love with that show. So what I want to 337 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:47,640 Speaker 1: create is an R rated crime thriller starring Pokemon. Think 338 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: about The Departed meets Zodiac and I wanted the movie 339 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: to be titled Palettetown, which is where Ash Ketchum is from. 340 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: And in my film, Ash turns to a life of 341 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 1: crime after he burned through all all the money he 342 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,360 Speaker 1: has won battling his Pokemon, winning all these championships. All 343 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 1: that money is gone. He's got to pay the bills, 344 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: so he turns to his team of Pokemon to help 345 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,159 Speaker 1: him rob a bank. Because if you think about it, 346 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 1: if Pokemon actually existed in the real world, the first 347 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 1: thing people would think of is how can I use 348 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 1: these for crime? They are essentially weapons. They are essentially 349 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,600 Speaker 1: things that you could use to force people to give 350 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 1: you money, to take over countries. They would be used 351 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 1: for war and battle, Oh no doubt. We wouldn't be 352 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,239 Speaker 1: going to a Pokemon stadium to watch kids battle their 353 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: Pokemon against each other. These would be on the front lines. 354 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: So it's probably a good thing that Pokemon don't exist 355 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: because they would be a part of our military, and 356 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: that is a very dark route to go into. I 357 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: wouldn't go fully that route in this movie. I would 358 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 1: just think of the everyday person using them to their 359 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 1: advantage to rob banks, to rob people, to take over 360 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 1: and create their own drug lord media empires. So that 361 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 1: is what you would experience in this movie. You see 362 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 1: his first ever heist go down, which will go a 363 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 1: little bit of rye. I could see Squirtle getting a 364 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,719 Speaker 1: bullet to the leg, something very dramatic happening as he's 365 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: trying to figure out how to do crime with his Pokemon. 366 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,440 Speaker 2: But then he teams up with this evil nemesis. 367 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: Gary and together they form a very sophisticated organized crime 368 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: with Pokemon as they plan to pull off the most 369 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 1: perfect heights. So you're throwing the Little Ocean's eleven in there, 370 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,199 Speaker 1: and that is what I envisioned in this movie. I 371 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,640 Speaker 1: can even hear the song and I would maybe think 372 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: something like if Lincoln Park did the Pokemon theme song, 373 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: super dramatic fits the tone of the movie, makes it 374 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 1: a little bit more hardcore catch them. Although, now that 375 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: I think about it, when I hear Lincoln Park singing 376 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 1: the Pokemon theme song, it makes me feel a little 377 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,880 Speaker 1: bit more like it's two thousand and seven and we're 378 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:00,080 Speaker 1: watching a Transformers movie, and this song plays it at 379 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: the very end game John, which that is another route 380 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: you could go down, and I'm kind of surprised we 381 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 1: haven't had a Pokemon movie like that. It very much 382 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 1: feels like a big Hollywood blockbuster with very epic action 383 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: that as a Pokemon fan, I think that's what I 384 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:24,600 Speaker 1: really want to see. Instead, in twenty nineteen, we got 385 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: to take a Pikachu, which was cute, which was fun, 386 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: but we really wanted to see Pokemon being Pokemon and 387 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: battling and fighting each other the things we know from 388 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 1: the video game and the TV show. 389 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 2: We haven't really had that yet. 390 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 1: So I hope in my lifetime we get something of 391 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: that caliber. If not, we're gonna have to wait until 392 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: twenty ninety three when Movie Mike's Movie Production comes out 393 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,680 Speaker 1: with Palatown, because that is what I have at number two, 394 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: but at number one because the most amount of time 395 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:55,119 Speaker 1: would have to pass in order for this movie to happen. 396 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 1: The franchise is Harry Potter, and at the earliest this 397 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 1: one could happen is twenty ninety because the first book 398 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 1: came out back in nineteen ninety seven, and that would 399 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 1: be Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which is the 400 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 1: original title. We probably know it more as The Sorcerer's Stone. 401 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: But there's kind of a weird gray area when it 402 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 1: comes to books. But I found when it comes to 403 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: Harry Potter, the character is protected by copyright from creation 404 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 1: until seventy years after JK. Rowling passes, so we don't 405 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 1: know when that is gonna be, but whenever she passes away, 406 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 1: it's gonna have to be seventy years until Harry Potter 407 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 1: enters into the public domain. So I'm going back to 408 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 1: using the first book as my source material, looking at 409 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: the earliest of twenty ninety three. Since maybe there's the 410 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: only gray area with Harry Potter, I'm gonna make a 411 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 1: movie about Hermione Granger, who is the unsung hero of 412 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: the Harry Potter franchise. In my opinion, Emma Watson did 413 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: a fantastic job portraying the character in the movies, and 414 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 1: it's gonna be very highly influential on my film, which 415 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 1: is a coming of age indie film. Think of The Holdovers, 416 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 1: which just came out last year, meets a Wes Anderson movie, 417 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 1: and also the perks of being a Wildflower, which Emma 418 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: Watson was also in and is also a big inspiration 419 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: in this movie. A very aesthetically pleasing movie, very bright colors. 420 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,919 Speaker 1: The magic is very muted again, kind of like in 421 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: My Spider Man idea, not so much of an emphasis 422 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:30,400 Speaker 1: on all the wizardry and the magic and the special effects. 423 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 1: It is very much just a straight ahead drama and 424 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,680 Speaker 1: coming of age story. And I just think, if you're 425 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: gonna make a new version of Harry Potter, why not 426 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 1: focus on her mindy instead of Harry Because she is 427 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 1: a very level headed, book smart and always logical character. 428 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 1: So why not highlight her intellect and her cleverness and 429 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 1: how she can use her abilities to learn and absorb 430 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,439 Speaker 1: information to defeat any possible threat. I think that is 431 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: what makes her amazing. So in my head, I have 432 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: a very indie looking trailer that has just like that 433 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: film quality of it looks like it was maybe made 434 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 1: on a really old camera. And then you have like 435 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 1: an indie song from the two thousands playing in the 436 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: background with some light hearted, maybe a little melodramatic voiceover, 437 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: and I think the trailer would go a little something 438 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:21,399 Speaker 1: like this. My name is Frmonie Granger. I was just 439 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,719 Speaker 1: an ordinary muggle born girl with a love for books 440 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:28,159 Speaker 1: and a thirst for knowledge. Little did I know that 441 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: my life was about to take a turn beyond my 442 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 1: wildest imagination. 443 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 2: You've got the Hogwarts express. 444 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 1: Her looking out the window pulling up to Hogwarts, all 445 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:49,919 Speaker 1: indie movies style like that is what I have envisioned 446 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: for that movie, and the earliest time that that could 447 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: come out twenty ninety three. I just think that would 448 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 1: be an interesting film to follow those early days at 449 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,920 Speaker 1: Hogwarts without any of the crazy magic things happening, less 450 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: fantasy and just more feel good filmmaking. So those are 451 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: my top five public domain movie ideas. I do have 452 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: an honorable mention the Incredible Hulk, which would be public 453 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: domain in twenty fifty. 454 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 2: Eight, which really is that far away. 455 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,919 Speaker 1: The Incredible Hulk debuted in the comic book series of 456 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 1: the same name back in May nineteen sixty two, created 457 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 1: by Marvel comics by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. 458 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: So I would take the source material from those original 459 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: comics and make like an Oscar bait movie that's a 460 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 1: lot of drama and a lot of romance, and just 461 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: call it Bruce and I would kind of create a 462 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: similar storyline like they did in Age of Ultron, which 463 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: I make into some sticky waters there of taking inspiration 464 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: from them, but I don't care. 465 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,120 Speaker 2: Sue me, but I always just thought that was an. 466 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: Interesting plot point for them to work in and really 467 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 1: try to make work, and I would focus on the 468 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 1: idea of them actually getting away and escaping together and 469 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 1: going into hiding. So the tone I have here is 470 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 1: kind of like Marriage Story, which also stars Scarlett Johanson 471 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 1: and Manchester by the Sea, a movie that's very dramatic 472 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 1: and you're not gonna feel good by the time you 473 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,520 Speaker 1: finish this movie. So they run away together. They've been 474 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 1: ten years into this relationship, but it's starting to fall apart. 475 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: They have a son who is half human and half Hulk, 476 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: but then they end up losing their son, so it's 477 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: all the fallout and grief of that. I just think 478 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:28,679 Speaker 1: making something that's seems so fantasy like but making it 479 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,399 Speaker 1: feel very grounded, I just think that would be a 480 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: great take on the Incredible Hulk story, which has always 481 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: been a little bit emo and maybe why it hasn't 482 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: so much worked out when it comes to his standalone films. 483 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,120 Speaker 1: So I say go full emo and make it an 484 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 1: all out drama. So that is my list. Thank you 485 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: for indulging me in these ideas. Well, come back, I'll 486 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 1: give my review of Self Reliance. Let's get into it now, 487 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: a spoiler free movie review. Talking about Self Reliance, which 488 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 1: is on Hulu. Survive thirty days while being hunted, Win 489 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: a million dollars. That is the premise of this movie. Now, 490 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:08,160 Speaker 1: that tagline is so slick and so smooth, great elevator 491 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 1: pitch for this movie. But sometimes that worries me. When 492 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: a movie has that great of a tagline where you 493 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 1: can explain the entire thing in one sentence, I think 494 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 1: it's gonna have a hard time delivering because it's so 495 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: focused in on that premise. But in this case, this 496 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 1: movie delivered. It is written, directed, and co produced by 497 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: Jake Johnson, who you probably know best from New Girl. 498 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 1: I never watched that show. People have recommended it to me, 499 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:32,879 Speaker 1: but it's one of those shows that I've just not 500 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: went back and watch. I really know Jake Johnson more 501 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 1: for his film roles Let's Be Cops with Damon Wayne's Junior, 502 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: who was also his New Girl co star. He was 503 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 1: great and safety not guaranteed. Also a movie called Drinking Buddies. 504 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: But what I really know him for and what I 505 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: would pick out while watching this movie is Peter B. 506 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 1: Parker and into and across the Spider verse. So when 507 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 1: I see him on screen and hear his voice, I 508 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,200 Speaker 1: associated with that role and some times also win an 509 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: actor directs and stars in a movie. I'm also a 510 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 1: little bit hesitant of it. So two things that I'm 511 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: always worry about. This movie had a really great tagline, 512 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 1: because I feel like that's compensating for something later down 513 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 1: the end, and then you have somebody directing and starring 514 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 1: in the movie. But this movie delivered, and what I 515 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 1: really enjoyed about it is it gets right to the action. 516 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 1: This movie is ninety minutes long and waste no time. 517 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,880 Speaker 1: You get just a little background on his character as 518 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: far as who he is as a person. You get 519 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 1: a glimpse into his life, and then right away this 520 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 1: premise is thrown upon him. He meets Andy Samberg, who 521 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 1: plays himself in this movie, takes him to a warehouse 522 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 1: and you have these two guys who give him this shows. Hey, 523 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 1: you want to play this game. If you survive for 524 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: thirty days, you win a million dollars. There are people 525 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: who will be hunting him, and the only rule is 526 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: they can't kill him if he's with somebody else. You 527 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: get right into him playing the game, and then all 528 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 1: the crazy things that he has to do to try 529 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 1: and stay alive and win the money. I also love 530 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: movies that give you a question like this and make 531 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 1: you think what you would do. And the entire time 532 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: I was watching this movie, I had to go back 533 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 1: and think, like what, I actually played the game, try 534 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 1: and survive for thirty days and win a million dollars. 535 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: When I really think about it, I think a million 536 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 1: dollars isn't. 537 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 2: Enough to do this. You can blow through a million 538 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 2: dollars pretty quickly. 539 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 1: I would need at least ten million dollars to even 540 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 1: consider it. A million dollars you could win that on 541 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 1: a scratch off down the street, play in the lottery 542 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 1: for something like this where the consequences are you dying. 543 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 1: I need more than a million dollars because I think 544 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: for me, I could really play off of that loophole 545 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,000 Speaker 1: pretty easily. Being somebody who is married. This past week, 546 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: my wife and I have been snowed in for so long. 547 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:49,840 Speaker 1: We have spent an entire week together where we really 548 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 1: haven't been separated that much. So you throw in maybe 549 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 1: going to the bathroom and showering together, and there you go. 550 00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 1: I could easily make it through a week. So they 551 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 1: probably we wouldn't find married people to play this game. 552 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 1: That'd be a little less entertaining, but I definitely think 553 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,160 Speaker 1: I could do that aspect of it. I would just 554 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 1: want more money to put my life on the line. 555 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: But I think that's what a great movie does. It 556 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: asks a question, it starts to debate. It makes you 557 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 1: want to share this movie with other people and think 558 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,320 Speaker 1: what they would do in these situations, and the movie 559 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: does it so effortlessly. It is just a fun, entertaining 560 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 1: ride from start to finish. And this is one of 561 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 1: the only movies that I didn't have completely figured out 562 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 1: by the time the second act started. 563 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 2: Because I would consider this movie a thriller. 564 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: It's a very light thriller, and I wouldn't call it 565 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: a full on comedy. It has a lot of funny parts, 566 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 1: The character interactions are great. The entire cast is superb 567 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: in this movie. It really walks the line between both 568 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 1: of those things, and. 569 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,719 Speaker 2: For me it worked really well. 570 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 1: So for me, it was really refreshing to watch a 571 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,480 Speaker 1: movie that was not predictable and kept me guessing until 572 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: the very end and kept me engaged and entertained through 573 00:30:58,240 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 1: the very end. 574 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:00,760 Speaker 2: Also, yeah, to think about. 575 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 1: It's a streaming movie, and even me, when I try 576 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:05,959 Speaker 1: to be as dildated as I can while watching a 577 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 1: movie at home, sometimes you just get a little bit distracted. 578 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:12,080 Speaker 1: If ever there's a lull in a movie you want 579 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 1: to look at something else, your phone is right there. 580 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 1: You don't really have the same restrictions that you do 581 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: while in a movie theater, where my attention is one 582 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 1: hundred percent on what I'm watching. So I feel like 583 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:26,680 Speaker 1: sometimes streaming movies have to be so much better just 584 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: to keep my attention and keep me fully engaged. And 585 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: this movie did that, which I've found that if I 586 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 1: had gone to see this movie in theaters, I probably 587 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,160 Speaker 1: would have loved it even more. And like I said, 588 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: the movie has a great cast. Anna Kendrick is a 589 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 1: supporting role in this movie, and I don't know how 590 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 1: Anna Kendrick does it, but any role she has, she 591 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 1: is just incredibly charming. She could play the exact same 592 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:53,760 Speaker 1: character in every single movie, every single TV show, and. 593 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:54,800 Speaker 2: I would love it. 594 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 1: It's just something about her essence, something about the way 595 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 1: she delivers lines, something about her interactions. It's just so 596 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: grateful a movie like this. If there was one thing 597 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,959 Speaker 1: I wanted more out of it is for her character 598 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 1: to have more scenes. And I still stand by this 599 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 1: that Hulu has the best movies out of any streamer, 600 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:15,080 Speaker 1: and I'm talking about original movies. If you just go 601 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:18,440 Speaker 1: on Hulu and search through their Hulu originals, you will 602 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 1: find something new and refreshing that's not connected to any franchise, 603 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 1: that's not really banking on the stars in the movie. 604 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: It is just great entertainment and movies that are really 605 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 1: pushing the envelope or at least trying to bring a 606 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:35,480 Speaker 1: different perspective to a type of story. This movie did that, 607 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:37,880 Speaker 1: and a lot of the recent movies I've really enjoyed 608 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 1: on streamers have all been from Hulu. So if I 609 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,760 Speaker 1: had to go to one streamer to pick original content, 610 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 1: my go to is still Hulu. Now they specialize a 611 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:50,560 Speaker 1: lot in comedies, dark comedies, and a little bit on 612 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 1: the horror side, but I really think they own that 613 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 1: so well to the point that that's what I identify 614 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: Hulu with of just having great original movies and if 615 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 1: something is on there to click it and I'm gonna 616 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:01,400 Speaker 1: watch it. 617 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 2: And probably enjoy it. 618 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 1: Now, if I'm looking for big stars and movies that 619 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,480 Speaker 1: really resemble what it's like going to the theater to watch 620 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 1: a movie that level of Hollywood film, I'm going over 621 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:14,400 Speaker 1: to Netflix. But I feel like those are fewer and 622 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 1: far between, and sometimes they just really get behind promoting 623 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 1: something like with Kevin Hart that's just all out terrible, 624 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:23,280 Speaker 1: and they're just banking on the fact that they have 625 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: a list stars and they're saying this has been the 626 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,760 Speaker 1: most watched movie since since the history of the streamer. 627 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:30,840 Speaker 2: That means nothing to me. 628 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,920 Speaker 1: Every now and then Netflix will have a hit or 629 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 1: like a hitten Gem in there, but I just don't 630 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: really rely on them to go and watch good movies Max. 631 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 1: I really only go to for anything that's Warner Brothers 632 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 1: or DC. They really kind of got out of the 633 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 1: original movie game. They did it a lot early on 634 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 1: in the Pandemic, and then since then Ma's originals have 635 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,840 Speaker 1: really gone out the window. I don't really look to 636 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,160 Speaker 1: them to watch a whole lot of new movies. It's 637 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,080 Speaker 1: really just all the things that were in theaters, and 638 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 1: then they go there eventually, and then I go over 639 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:05,160 Speaker 1: to Apple if I want to watch something really high quality, 640 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,800 Speaker 1: also with an A list star, but that's still a 641 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:10,120 Speaker 1: little bit kind of like the boutique streaming service. They 642 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:12,040 Speaker 1: don't have a whole lot over there, but I feel 643 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,560 Speaker 1: like it's more on the drama side, and they've kind 644 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,960 Speaker 1: of dipped their toes a little bit in action in comedy. 645 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:19,040 Speaker 1: I feel like in the next two to three years, 646 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 1: Apple could be up there with Hulu, but right now 647 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,400 Speaker 1: it's like third on the list of what I go to, 648 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 1: and then Amazon, Paramount and Peacock are all kind of 649 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,839 Speaker 1: grab bag, but Hulu is still my number one. In 650 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,719 Speaker 1: this movie just solidify that for me. I also love 651 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: that for me, it really elevated Jake Johnson in my 652 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,839 Speaker 1: list of actors that I just enjoy anything that they 653 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,360 Speaker 1: are in and now want to see more of what 654 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: he is going to direct, because as a leading actor, 655 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,719 Speaker 1: he did a really great job and I feel like 656 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,480 Speaker 1: he put a lot of himself into this character. This 657 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:53,640 Speaker 1: was a movie that he first pitched to Netflix back 658 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:56,680 Speaker 1: in twenty seventeen. After he wrote it. He described that 659 00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:00,320 Speaker 1: early script as Jacob's Ladder meets Bottle Rocket, WHI Rocket 660 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,879 Speaker 1: is one of my favorite Wes Anderson movies. Definitely got 661 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,960 Speaker 1: some Bottle Rocket vibe and kind of that nineties independent 662 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: feel to this. And the crazy thing is that this 663 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:11,360 Speaker 1: movie was shot in nineteen days, less than three weeks, 664 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,400 Speaker 1: and as I was saying earlier, the movie wasted no 665 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,400 Speaker 1: time and I was really great pacing throughout the entire film. 666 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,200 Speaker 2: Quick ninety minutes. So maybe that nineteen day filming. 667 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,480 Speaker 1: Schedule really added to that pacing of we don't have 668 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,000 Speaker 1: a whole lot of time. We got to go in shoot, 669 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:25,759 Speaker 1: get what we need, and then cut it up in 670 00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 1: the end, and it came out wonderfully. And finally, because 671 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,680 Speaker 1: going into this film, the only thing I did was 672 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:34,319 Speaker 1: watch the trailer, I really didn't know anything else about 673 00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:36,839 Speaker 1: what was going to happen, and I didn't really have 674 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 1: the highest expectations of it, and I think that is 675 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:42,360 Speaker 1: the reason I ended up enjoying it even more, because 676 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:45,200 Speaker 1: I didn't expect to feel so novel and so fresh. 677 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,960 Speaker 1: So for self reliance, I give it four out of 678 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:49,440 Speaker 1: five missing teeth. 679 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:57,040 Speaker 3: It's time to head down to movie Mics trailer Paul, 680 00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:02,040 Speaker 3: where have all the good live children's movies gone. 681 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,239 Speaker 1: Seems like when I was a kid, I gotta start 682 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,200 Speaker 1: yelling at the clouds here. But when I was a kid, 683 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,360 Speaker 1: it feels like at least every couple months, at least 684 00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:14,280 Speaker 1: every summer, there would be like a really cool live 685 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:18,799 Speaker 1: action kids movie to get excited about. And now there 686 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:23,880 Speaker 1: have been a lot of blackluster animation movies, maybe because 687 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:28,000 Speaker 1: a live action kids movie isn't as profitable, or now 688 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,919 Speaker 1: studios really just want to build franchises and you can't 689 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,280 Speaker 1: really do that so much with live action kids films 690 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,960 Speaker 1: unless they're attached to a book series. But there's a 691 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,920 Speaker 1: movie coming out on May seventeenth, Calls If It is 692 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,799 Speaker 1: from director, writer and co produced by John Krasinski. Yes, 693 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,000 Speaker 1: the guy from the Office, who is also known for 694 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,960 Speaker 1: the horror movie franchise A Quiet Place, but now he 695 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:53,640 Speaker 1: is really flexing his muscle in fantasy in the kids genre. 696 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,960 Speaker 1: It's about a girl who can see imaginary friends also 697 00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:00,399 Speaker 1: known as ifs. Get it imaginary friends. If she must 698 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,840 Speaker 1: help these ifs who have been abandoned by their kids. 699 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,600 Speaker 1: We also have Ryan Reynolds starring in this movie, and 700 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,640 Speaker 1: Steve Carell voices an if named Blue, who is featured 701 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:10,120 Speaker 1: in the trailer and on the poster. 702 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:11,520 Speaker 2: Before I get into. 703 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,200 Speaker 1: More why I think this movie is going to be 704 00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:15,880 Speaker 1: a hit, here's just a little bit of the IF trailer. 705 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:23,120 Speaker 2: I'm an IF get it imaginary friend. Our kids grew up, 706 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:27,240 Speaker 2: so we need new ones. You could save all of us, 707 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:27,680 Speaker 2: all of. 708 00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:36,000 Speaker 1: Who and don't say I. 709 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:34,359 Speaker 2: Let him say it or I think his head may 710 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:35,280 Speaker 2: actually explode. 711 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:43,960 Speaker 1: Fine, thank you? 712 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,120 Speaker 2: You ready for this? 713 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:50,160 Speaker 1: This is one of the best live looking action kids 714 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:53,600 Speaker 1: movies I have seen in a very long time. The 715 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,840 Speaker 1: premise of this movie really reminds me of the plot 716 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,360 Speaker 1: point in Inside Out that has to do with Riley 717 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:03,400 Speaker 1: and her imaginary friend being Bong. Oh. We all remember 718 00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:06,240 Speaker 1: the tragic story that is bing Bong, but I almost 719 00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,200 Speaker 1: feel like this is a little bit of a ripoff 720 00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:11,080 Speaker 1: of that. But it's okay because it's all these imaginary 721 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,399 Speaker 1: friends who are kind of abandoned, so it's a little 722 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:15,880 Speaker 1: bit of that. And also toy story really in the 723 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:19,760 Speaker 1: mix here, where their entire dilemma is their kids getting 724 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:22,440 Speaker 1: older and no longer playing with them, which is a 725 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:26,839 Speaker 1: toy's worst nightmare. So an imaginary friend's worst nightmare would 726 00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:30,080 Speaker 1: be being abandoned by those kids who no longer believe 727 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,960 Speaker 1: in them. And I think this concept will hit with 728 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:35,880 Speaker 1: a lot of kids and that feeling of being lonely 729 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,480 Speaker 1: to the point where you need to develop an imaginary friend. 730 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,320 Speaker 1: It'll also sit in with adults who maybe had imaginary 731 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,640 Speaker 1: friends as kids, which I had an imaginary friend. 732 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:44,040 Speaker 2: Back in the day. 733 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,440 Speaker 1: I didn't have a whole lot of real friends growing up. 734 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,680 Speaker 1: It was really tough for me to talk to kids 735 00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:51,839 Speaker 1: my own age. But in the trailer park I would 736 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:53,600 Speaker 1: run around with a group of kids and my best 737 00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:57,480 Speaker 1: friend was named Zach, and we spent so many summers together. 738 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:00,920 Speaker 1: But eventually Zach moved, got out of the trailer park, 739 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:04,840 Speaker 1: went to oh, the coveted place of a real house 740 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,760 Speaker 1: with four walls and a roof, I thing every trailer 741 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:11,800 Speaker 1: park kid dreamed of achieving. But his house was in 742 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,760 Speaker 1: a town two towns over, so I never saw Zach again. 743 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:17,560 Speaker 1: Back in the day, when your friends would move away, 744 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,200 Speaker 1: it was a death sentence that you were never going 745 00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:21,960 Speaker 1: to see this person again. There was no social media. 746 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,840 Speaker 1: I didn't have parents who would take me to visit Zach. 747 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:27,680 Speaker 1: So anybody moved out of the trailer Park, they were 748 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,120 Speaker 1: gone out of my life, and as a result of that, 749 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:33,719 Speaker 1: I decided to create my own friends, an imaginary friend 750 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:37,200 Speaker 1: named Gary. And the weird thing is that eventually Gary 751 00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:39,480 Speaker 1: stopped being my friend too and moved away, much like 752 00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:42,040 Speaker 1: Zach did. Why did I do that to myself? It 753 00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:44,440 Speaker 1: was the only trajectory I knew for a friend that 754 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:47,640 Speaker 1: eventually they would all move away. So hopefully in this movie, 755 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,160 Speaker 1: same thing doesn't happen to traumatize kids to go and 756 00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:52,280 Speaker 1: see this film, but I think we can all relate 757 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:55,960 Speaker 1: to at some point in our lives creating an imaginary friend. 758 00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:59,560 Speaker 1: I loved the character design in this trailer, primarily Steve 759 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:04,200 Speaker 1: carrell character, who is this really big creature, very colorful. 760 00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,239 Speaker 1: His name is Blue, but in the trailer, in the 761 00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:09,040 Speaker 1: poster he looks like a big purple creature. And the 762 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:12,920 Speaker 1: trailer just has this big, whimsical feel to it. And 763 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:17,000 Speaker 1: I love it when movies don't downplay the emotions or 764 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:19,400 Speaker 1: also the brain power of a kid. You don't have 765 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,360 Speaker 1: to dumb everything down. Kids are very smart, and I 766 00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:25,480 Speaker 1: think when you deliver a story and don't take away, 767 00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:28,560 Speaker 1: don't water things down to talk down to them or 768 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:31,560 Speaker 1: downplay a concept, you deliver it just like you would 769 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:34,400 Speaker 1: any film. I think that has a better chance of 770 00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,280 Speaker 1: resonating with kids because they're gonna get it, they're gonna 771 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:40,280 Speaker 1: understand it, probably a lot more than you think they will. 772 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:42,440 Speaker 1: So this is the type of movie we need to 773 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:47,160 Speaker 1: be making more to give kids an inspirational movie that 774 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:49,640 Speaker 1: they're gonna have with them for the rest of their lives. 775 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,680 Speaker 1: This is a movie that it came out when I 776 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:53,960 Speaker 1: was a kid, it would stick with me and end 777 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,880 Speaker 1: up being one of my favorite movies, and I haven't 778 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,560 Speaker 1: even seen the movie yet. The other thing that surprised 779 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:01,279 Speaker 1: me about this movie is sometimes a project like this 780 00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:03,800 Speaker 1: comes out and it has all these A list actors 781 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:07,000 Speaker 1: attached to it, and that's really all they're banking on. 782 00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:07,239 Speaker 3: There. 783 00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:10,719 Speaker 1: Look, Ryan Reynolds is in this movie. Steve Carell is 784 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,680 Speaker 1: voicing a character. You have Bobby moynihan, Emily Blunt as 785 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,920 Speaker 1: a unicorn, Matt Damon as a flower, John Stewart as 786 00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:22,200 Speaker 1: a robot, Sam Rockwell as s dog, Aquafina as Octocat, 787 00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:23,960 Speaker 1: Vince Vaughan is in the movie. 788 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:25,480 Speaker 2: It doesn't really look. 789 00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:27,600 Speaker 1: Like it has that same cheap quality of them just 790 00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:30,080 Speaker 1: trying to sell all the A list stars to convince 791 00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:31,920 Speaker 1: you to go watch this movie, and then really just 792 00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:34,759 Speaker 1: giving a lackluster performance. And maybe it's because it's from 793 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:38,239 Speaker 1: director John Krasinski, who probably has a little bit more 794 00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:40,400 Speaker 1: of a relationship with all the people in this movie, 795 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:43,600 Speaker 1: seems to have a passion for directing and wanting to 796 00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:45,799 Speaker 1: create something unique. He did it so well with the 797 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:49,400 Speaker 1: Aquiet Place movies, so it's an entirely different genre. I 798 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,200 Speaker 1: would assume he would want to do it well to 799 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:53,279 Speaker 1: be able to make more movies that are outside of 800 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:55,840 Speaker 1: just making horror movies. And the other thing I'm loving 801 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,239 Speaker 1: about this movie right now is the poster. Making a 802 00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:02,520 Speaker 1: great movie poster is a lost art right now. I 803 00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:06,800 Speaker 1: hate the trend that is just making the character posters. 804 00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:10,280 Speaker 1: I posted the character posters recently on my instant story 805 00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:13,960 Speaker 1: for the Madam Web movie, and it's just Dakota Fanning 806 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:18,000 Speaker 1: and Sydney Sweeney's just faces and the name of the movie. 807 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,879 Speaker 1: It in no way does anything that makes me want 808 00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:24,040 Speaker 1: to go see this movie. A great poster is one 809 00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:30,160 Speaker 1: that evokes emotion, whether it be happy, sad, angry, upset, scared, 810 00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:33,440 Speaker 1: and also some level of curiosity of what the movie 811 00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:35,640 Speaker 1: is going to be about and entice you to want 812 00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:38,200 Speaker 1: to go see that movie. Great image on a poster 813 00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:40,959 Speaker 1: goes a long way, and that is what they did 814 00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:44,680 Speaker 1: with this movie poster. It features Steve Carell's character and 815 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:47,800 Speaker 1: his large purple hand opening a window from the inside 816 00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,240 Speaker 1: of a house with a light shining on the window 817 00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:52,120 Speaker 1: with the name of the movie, and under that is 818 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:55,200 Speaker 1: the phrase a story you have to believe to see. 819 00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,600 Speaker 1: The movie is being described as the tale of a 820 00:42:57,640 --> 00:43:00,440 Speaker 1: man who can see and talk to people's imaginary friends, 821 00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:04,880 Speaker 1: befriending those who have been forgotten about or discarded. However, 822 00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:08,160 Speaker 1: some imaginary friends, lacking love and friendship, turn to the 823 00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:10,799 Speaker 1: dark side, and it's up to Ryan Reynolds character to 824 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:13,560 Speaker 1: save the world from those that become evil. If has 825 00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:16,240 Speaker 1: a runtime right now of one hour and thirty minutes 826 00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:18,919 Speaker 1: and it's coming out on May seventeenth, and I don't 827 00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:20,799 Speaker 1: care if I'm the only thirty two year old without 828 00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:22,440 Speaker 1: kids and attendance. 829 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:26,440 Speaker 3: Head that once this week's edition of Movie Line tram. 830 00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,600 Speaker 1: Or Bar and that is gonna do it for another 831 00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:31,160 Speaker 1: episode here of the podcast. But before I go, I 832 00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,640 Speaker 1: gotta give my listeners shout out of the week. How 833 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:35,759 Speaker 1: do you become a listener of the week and get 834 00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:37,840 Speaker 1: a shout out? All you have to do is tag 835 00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:41,360 Speaker 1: me on your instant story listening to a recent episode, 836 00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:43,520 Speaker 1: whether it be the episode that comes out on Monday 837 00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:46,360 Speaker 1: like this one, or any other previous episode that you 838 00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:48,560 Speaker 1: go back in the library and check out. Because there 839 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:51,080 Speaker 1: are a lot up there. We are over two hundred 840 00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:54,600 Speaker 1: episodes into this thing now, so tag me there. Comment 841 00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:57,880 Speaker 1: on the clips I post every week on Reels and TikTok. 842 00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:01,360 Speaker 1: This week's listener shout out to us via a Facebook 843 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:03,680 Speaker 1: comment I got last week on a clip from my 844 00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:07,000 Speaker 1: Mean Girl's review, and it is Jill Aller. And Jill wrote, 845 00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:09,720 Speaker 1: my thirteen year old inter friends saw it this weekend 846 00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:13,319 Speaker 1: and were completely disappointed. They loved the original, they did 847 00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:17,440 Speaker 1: not enjoy the musical aspect and wanted more OG characters. 848 00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:20,680 Speaker 1: So I found that really interesting because I thought that 849 00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:24,279 Speaker 1: the younger generation would want to see more of the 850 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,719 Speaker 1: new actors and the singing and all the things in 851 00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:29,279 Speaker 1: that movie that were really put in to cater more 852 00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:31,800 Speaker 1: to gen Z, whether it be the use of TikTok 853 00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:34,200 Speaker 1: or just the dynamics in high school to make them 854 00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:37,640 Speaker 1: feel more modern, So I'm quite surprised that your thirteen 855 00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:40,120 Speaker 1: year old wanted to see more of the two thousand 856 00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:43,520 Speaker 1: and four version and those characters coming back. It's also 857 00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:45,879 Speaker 1: just interesting to see the amount of people that were 858 00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:48,840 Speaker 1: surprised and didn't know that that was going to be 859 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:52,839 Speaker 1: a musical. I honestly thought the musical elements were going 860 00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:55,359 Speaker 1: to be the things that really defined this movie and 861 00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:57,960 Speaker 1: the things that people were loving because it made it 862 00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:01,399 Speaker 1: feel different than the original movie. Was surprised of how 863 00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:06,280 Speaker 1: many people just wanted a direct, normal remake. So curious 864 00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:09,080 Speaker 1: to see how this will affect other films who have 865 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:12,920 Speaker 1: been turned into musicals. Will they still make musical adaptations 866 00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:16,080 Speaker 1: of those or is this just telling Hollywood naw, let's. 867 00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:18,880 Speaker 2: Just do normal remakes. But appreciate that perspective. 868 00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,520 Speaker 1: Jill, thank you for listening, Thanks to the Monday Morning 869 00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:24,359 Speaker 1: Movie crew, and until next time, go out and watch 870 00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:26,800 Speaker 1: good movies and I will talk to you later.