1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha. I want to put 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 1: his stuff. I never told you affliction if I heard you. 3 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,639 Speaker 1: And today we are bringing back another fun one. It 4 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: is the twenty fifth anniversary of the Mummy, and it 5 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: was in theaters briefly. 6 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:29,159 Speaker 2: I wanted to go see it, but I think I 7 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 2: missed the window. 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:36,599 Speaker 1: But as you know, listeners, I hope we did a 9 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: feminist newbe Friday on that and the Mummy returns. 10 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 3: I don't think you watched that third one. 11 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: I've been seeing so much conversation about it and why 12 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 1: people love it and uh, and I've heard there's talk 13 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: of bringing back the Mummy and making a new one. 14 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: I don't know if it's been confirmed, but I've to 15 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: love chatter about it. So we shall have to see. 16 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: But in the meantime, please enjoy this classic episode. Hey, 17 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: this is Annie and Samantha and welcome to Stephano Never 18 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: Told You production of iHeartRadio. It is time for another 19 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: feminist movie Friday, the first of twenty twenty one. Yeah, yes, 20 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: and we're starting it with one of my absolute favorite 21 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: movies of all time, the nineteen ninety nine classic The Mummy. 22 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 2: The Mummy and by Samantha's insistence. 23 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 3: The Mummy too, Philia has to be there. 24 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: According to you, you're very very passionate about it. Yes, 25 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: and the Mummy was a listener suggestion, So thank you, Kayla. 26 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: I always love when listeners suggests something that I love anyway, 27 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: So it's like I get to just. 28 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,639 Speaker 2: Rewatch something that I already really enjoy. 29 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: And she sent us a link to a blog post 30 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: by Lena in a Red Dress that was really helpful. 31 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: In all of this made a lot of great points 32 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: about the kind of feminist take on this movie. We'll 33 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: be getting into that later. Also, I recently ish watched 34 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: this with coworker and friend Lauren Vogelbaum, and we kept 35 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: saying how much Rachel Advice's character still holds up. 36 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 3: We kept being like, wow, like that, Yeah, I feel 37 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 3: like unlike a lot of the movies or TV that 38 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 3: we watched from twenty years ago, twenty years ago, I 39 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 3: know it doesn't hold up and you kind of squirm 40 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,399 Speaker 3: and have to accept that it was made back when 41 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 3: even though it shouldn't have been made back when, And 42 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 3: this one doesn't do that as much. So you were 43 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 3: like okay, or cool, woor cool, although the second one 44 00:02:53,800 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 3: a little less held a little less. We'll say that. 45 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I absolutely adore The Mummy. It's one of 46 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: six movies that I can quote the whole way through 47 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 1: the Egyptian in all which I have no idea if 48 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: that's actually Egyptian, but I can say it similarly. 49 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 2: To how they say it to the movie. 50 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: And I remember I had to campaign really hard to 51 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: see this movie in theaters as my dad because he's like, 52 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: I think it might scare you, and I don't know. 53 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: I was at the age where it still my parents 54 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 1: would go with me to PG thirteen movies, and I 55 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: just I worked so hard convince him, and then I 56 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: was trying really really hard to hide how scared I 57 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: was because he was right. The Beatles, the scare of 58 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: Beatles really scared me. And I think I had a 59 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: crush on pretty much half the people in this movie 60 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,119 Speaker 1: at one point in time. And I love the ride 61 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: at Universal. It is so fun. That is a good ride. 62 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: I hope they don't take it down because it's funny. 63 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: It's like about the making of the movie right, And 64 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: I'm not sure how much like the younger generation gets it. 65 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 3: But right right, And it's definitely old Brendan Fraser too. 66 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 3: It's definitely way back when Brendan Fraser, right, because when 67 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,839 Speaker 3: you see him today looks a little different. Has gone 68 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 3: through a lot of stuff, unfortunately, or dude, and it's 69 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 3: trying to come out of it on the other side. 70 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 3: But it's definitely taking him a minute. I don't know 71 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 3: how else to do this, So it was prime Brendan Fraser. 72 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 3: I will say that, although I will say he was 73 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 3: one of my first Prussis not because of this movie, 74 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 3: but because of movies like in Sino Man and School Ties. 75 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 3: Those two movies are the one things that made him 76 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 3: for me. 77 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 2: That's so great. 78 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I've never seen any of those, but I 79 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: know the image like on the cover. 80 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 3: So oh yeah. In Sino Man, my friend and I 81 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 3: in high school we memorized that movie. We know all 82 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 3: of everything to do with that movie. We even got 83 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 3: the soundtrack to that movie. Yeah, we were really into it. 84 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 3: Oh wow, Oh yes, wow. I know I've spoken before 85 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 3: about my my New Year's tradition on this show, where 86 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,479 Speaker 3: I very specifically choose the last movie I want to 87 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 3: end a year on in the first movie I want 88 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 3: to start the New year on, and a couple of 89 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 3: years ago. I was in South Africa for work over 90 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 3: New Years and the last movie I saw was. 91 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: The New Mummy with Tom Cruise on the plane. Oh no, 92 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: it was not good. It was bad, bad, bad, bad 93 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 1: movie to go out on. So when I got home, 94 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: the first movie I watched the New Year was the 95 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety nine versions for it. 96 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 3: Never had a desire to see the Tom Cruise version 97 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 3: because I was like, what is this. I trying to 98 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 3: make something that was like, yes, action filled, but also 99 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 3: fun to just action watch Tom Cruise get hurt and 100 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 3: hurt things. Okay, cool? 101 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:42,960 Speaker 2: Yeah? 102 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, And I mean the ending was pretty weird too, 103 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: because they were trying to set up that whole like 104 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: the new Universal Monster series. So it's like, clearly meant 105 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: to be a series, but you just knew it probably 106 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: wasn't gonna happen, so what fuff? 107 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 2: Yeah? 108 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 1: Yeah, and also when The Mummy too, the Mummy return 109 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: and so I keep taking yeah, mommy returns, let me 110 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: get it correct. But when that came out that there 111 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: was this website for the movie, which I actually after 112 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: we watched You've Got Mail, I got really into that 113 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: for a minute, remembering those like old remember when movies 114 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 1: would come out, they would have these like websites and 115 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: you can play games on them and stuff. Well, The 116 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 1: Mummy Returns had one where you could see what you were. 117 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: You would take this test and it would tell you 118 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: what you were in a past life. And I got 119 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 1: dumb beetle, and I've never forgotten it. I have never 120 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: forgotten it. 121 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 2: I see. 122 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,239 Speaker 3: I mean, you've come out on top. That's the good news, 123 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 3: I guess. So you're not a dung beetle. Congratulations, proud 124 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 3: of you. 125 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you, Samana, I am not a dug beetle. 126 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 3: You're not a dung beetle. Proud of you. Thanks for 127 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 3: being here. But yes, let's talk about the Mummy and 128 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 3: all the dung beetles. So The Mummy is a nineteen 129 00:06:55,320 --> 00:07:00,040 Speaker 3: ninety nine, twenty two years old, we are Old t 130 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 3: nine American adventure movie and remake of the nineteen thirty 131 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 3: two film, and it stars yes, Brendan Fraser and Rachel 132 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 3: Weiss and has written and directed by Steven Summers. Apparently 133 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 3: there were all kinds of issues while they filmed it 134 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 3: in Morocco, like snakes and sandstorms and yeah, no, thank you, 135 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 3: But I think that's also how they play into the ride. 136 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 3: But when the movie came out, it was a financial success, 137 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 3: which is why we have three of them. The critics 138 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 3: were so so on it, but the audio is obviously 139 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 3: like us really love it. 140 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 2: You know, there's like a cartoon series too, Oh is there. 141 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot of stuff. I think it is 142 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: something in twenty seventeen some series came out. So yeah, people. 143 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 2: Really really dug it. 144 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: It's funny because a lot of reviews I was reading 145 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: of it, like recent reviews said, you know. 146 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 2: The CGI isn't great, but it holds up. I think 147 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 2: it holds up pretty. 148 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 3: There's clearly oh this is obviously for the first one, Scorpian. 149 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: King is like notoriously one of the worst CGI things ever. 150 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 2: But in this one. 151 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, so the plot I could again, I could just 152 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 1: quote the whole movie. I could do the sound effects. 153 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: I could do it all. But I know that you 154 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: don't want it, so I won't. It opens an ancient 155 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: Egypt and we learn that a ox in the moon, 156 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: the pharaoh's mistress, is having an affair with its high 157 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: priest Emotep, whose spoiler alert is the Mummy. On one 158 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: of their forbidden pays. The Pharaoh catches them making out 159 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: and they both kill him. The guards are hammering down 160 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: the door to get in so a ox and the 161 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: Moon convinces Emotep to leave, telling him to use his 162 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: abilities to resurrect her. So he does, and before the 163 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 1: guards can arrest her, in Oxyna Moon kills herself. Emotep 164 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:37,559 Speaker 1: and his priest steeal her body and take it to the. 165 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 2: Lost City of the Dead Hominoptra. 166 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 1: Immotep begins the ritual to bring her back, but is 167 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: interrupted by the Magi, who are the pharaoh's bodyguards before 168 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: he can complete the ritual. So as punishment for this, 169 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: Emotep is sentenced to the Hondai, which is a punishment 170 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: so horrific that it's never been used before. Basically, he's 171 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: mummifiedal his tongue is cut out, he's wrapped tightly in bandages, 172 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: put in a sarcophagus, and buried alive with those flesh 173 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,079 Speaker 1: eating beetles. A curse has placed on him too, for 174 00:09:11,160 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: good measure, that if he's ever brought back, he would 175 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 1: unleash the seven plagues of Egypt and you know, like 176 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: destroy everything. So to top it off, the Megi are 177 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 1: sworn to guard him to make sure no one brings 178 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: him back. 179 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 3: So cut to the early nineteen hundreds American Ric O'Connell 180 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 3: played by Brendan Fraser leading some soldiers in the midst 181 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 3: of the battle at the sights of the ruins of Hawenoptra. 182 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 3: He also meets his Weasley acquaintance Benny. We all know, Benny, 183 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 3: You're gonna get yours. And as the battle goes on, 184 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 3: Rick realizes there's something supernatural going on, warning him away 185 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 3: and he makes off into the desert under observation of 186 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:45,959 Speaker 3: the magi. 187 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: Then we jump to nineteen twenty six and we meet 188 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 1: Ev played by Rachel Weis, who is the daughter of 189 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: famous egyptologist. She's a librarian, but she wants to follow 190 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: in her parents' footsteps. However, this movie opens, she has 191 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: once again been rejected by the prestigious Bimbridge scholars and 192 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: she has one of the best worst intros ever in 193 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: my opinion. While she's precariously balanced on a ladder trying 194 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: to replace a book on the top shelf, the ladder 195 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,319 Speaker 1: falls into the shelves and it's a domino effect, knocking 196 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: over all these huge shelves. 197 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 2: The books go askew there's papers everywhere. Oh so good. 198 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: Then we meet her screwup brother Jonathan, who shows her 199 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: an ancient key he quote found aka stole. Jonathan takes 200 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: Ebe to a jail to meet the person who stole 201 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: it from, because she recognizes immediately like this might be 202 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: something special. And of course he stole it from none 203 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 1: other than Rick O'Connell, who is scheduled to be hanged. 204 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: O'Connell promises to take them to Haminoptra if they can 205 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 1: secure his release, and this is after he grabs Evie's 206 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: face and kisses her. Of course, she's able to cut 207 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: a deal with a warden and O'Connell is freed in 208 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: the nick of time, So off they go to Hamnatchra. 209 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 3: You know. So they introduce Alex in the second one, Yeah, 210 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 3: the kid by having the Domino effects with the pillars, 211 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 3: so you know, they leak it a little bit, so 212 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 3: our intrepid crew SEUs off for Hemonopdra and Evie is taken, 213 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 3: of course with O'Connell's new cleaned up look, as would 214 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 3: I be. On their way, they encounter a group of 215 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 3: cocky Americans. Those those nasty Americans also also making their 216 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 3: way to Homonoptra with a cut with the help of 217 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 3: O'Connell's old frenemy Biddy. As EV's ruminating about the kiss 218 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 3: between her and O'Connell, the boat they're on actually gets 219 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 3: attacked by members of the Magi, which they don't want. 220 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,719 Speaker 3: They're not aware of who they are, and they make 221 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 3: a narrow escape, switching over to Cammel's and it's the 222 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 3: O'Connell's turn to be impressed with Evie's new clothes and 223 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 3: looks right. 224 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: So as the sun rises, I'm not sure is revealed 225 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:58,079 Speaker 1: like no longer these ruins, but fully restored, and these 226 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:03,200 Speaker 1: groups race to the Americans, and our heroes race to 227 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: howm Nature to see who can get their first, and 228 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: Evie wins. 229 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 2: Yeah. 230 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: After a few run ins with the Americans, you know, 231 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: like O'Connell stole some tools to get to ev they 232 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: fought over dig site, Evie realizes that they can go 233 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: underneath the Americans and dig up through there to beat 234 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,080 Speaker 1: them to this book that they both want this bury 235 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: there are this treasure that they both want this buried there. 236 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 1: So while doing so, they find a sarcophagus of a 237 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: still quote juicy mummy. The Americans on the other hand, 238 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: find the Book of the Dead after setting off a 239 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: booby trap protecting it, and they also find some ancient 240 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: jars holding organs, which they divide amongst themselves. 241 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 2: Big mistake. 242 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: And this is where one of my most quoted lines 243 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 1: of all time. Check over a movie, kush wantz ask me, like, 244 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: what's a movie thing? You say a lot that you 245 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:54,360 Speaker 1: think no one gets? It's this beware of the US beware. 246 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 3: And every time she says that, she says in that 247 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 3: manner exactly too. Yeah, and that would exactly and you 248 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,560 Speaker 3: can't see her, but she's definitely doing the fist of 249 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 3: the air. Yes, she does that every time as well. 250 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 3: Just go ahead and that. So yeah, the Magi attacked 251 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 3: their camp their back to warn them away, giving them 252 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 3: a day to leave. The warden dies, by the way 253 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 3: by a scara beetle because it goes inside of his skin, 254 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 3: drives him mad and he runs into a wall with 255 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 3: his head first. So you know, Evie gets really drunk 256 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 3: and flirts with Rick while who of course flirts back. 257 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 3: And also a great line quote You're wondering, what is 258 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 3: a place like me doing a girl like this? Of course, 259 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 3: but then she passes out right as she's about to 260 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 3: kiss him, and he does the okay, And the following night, 261 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 3: Eve steals the book because she can't help it, which 262 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 3: is the Book of the Dead from the Americans. And 263 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 3: he's a professor, right, He's not an American though, who is? 264 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 3: He's English, He's an Egyptologist. 265 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 2: He's English. So there's like one non American in. 266 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 3: The He knows what he's going for and is for 267 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 3: the same like intellectual properties as where they're all looking 268 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 3: for treasure. And she has the key, uses it to 269 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 3: open it, and she dumbly reads it out loud, accidentally 270 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:08,959 Speaker 3: bring him back em tip yes, good job. Chaos ensues, 271 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,199 Speaker 3: Locus descends on them, scare beetles, swarm people, and strip 272 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 3: them of their flesh. Eve falls down a trick passage 273 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 3: where she sees the shambling mummy, who calls her a 274 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 3: knucks on the moon and Rick finds her shoes in 275 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 3: the face, but as they flee, they don't see him 276 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 3: rise back up. And by the way, right before the 277 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 3: mummy takes the eyes of one of the Americans for 278 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 3: his itself. 279 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, and just note in case you haven't seen this, 280 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 1: at this point he's like a mummy like there's skin 281 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: hanging off with him. You know, he's like a corpse 282 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: walking around. And yeah, this part with the America where 283 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: he takes the eyes. Friends of mine that have glasses 284 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: or have trouble seeing, they always tell me the scene 285 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: is terrifying because he breaks his glasses down in the 286 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: dark tombs and he can't see, and he's like, sees 287 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: this shape and thinks that somebody's gonna help him, and 288 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 1: then it's the Mummy and it takes his eyes. 289 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 3: Right. Yeah, I would say that except last night I 290 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 3: watched it again and I was like, but wait, his 291 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 3: glasses are way too thin, especially way back when because 292 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 3: I have horrible eyesight, and y'all when I say I 293 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 3: have to get those special duty glasses where it thins 294 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 3: them out, it's literally hundreds of dollars to make it thinner, 295 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 3: because if not, I would have the bottle of capped glasses. Yeah, 296 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 3: there's no way his hotsite was that bad. Yeah, when 297 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 3: they turned to is a point of view, I was like, 298 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 3: there's no way it was that bad. Like he may 299 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 3: have had trouble seeing for sure, but it would have 300 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 3: been that bad. Those glasses were way too thin. 301 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 2: Maybe his night vision there was. 302 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 3: Nothing about night vision on those glasses, then he couldn't 303 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 3: have seen in the first place. 304 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 2: That's true, that's what I saw. 305 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 3: I was like, wait, because I'm so aware, like I 306 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 3: just recently bought some more glasses and I had to 307 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 3: pay an extra fee to make it not you know, 308 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 3: bottom of like it's really sad y'all anyway, But yeah, 309 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 3: so I just I think he's his eyesight was not 310 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 3: as bad as. 311 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 2: I love this. 312 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: I love when you see a movie with anybody with 313 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: a certain profession and after they leave there like, actually. 314 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. It's definitely like anything I 315 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 3: see with the social work involved are in like school 316 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,720 Speaker 3: law and when i'm you know, guvenile detention stuff. But 317 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 3: that's not how that goes, but you know whatever. By 318 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 3: the way, when this is all happening, he stumbles on Benny, 319 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 3: who can speak many languages, and starts praying to every 320 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 3: god there is, and when it says, oh, you're speaking 321 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 3: the language of my slaves, he assumes that he could, 322 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 3: you know, serve him, and so promises Benny a fortune 323 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 3: if he helps the Mummy regenerate, which of course involves 324 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 3: killing all the Americans and retrieving the jars, and because 325 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 3: he is Benny, he says, of course, yes, yes, please, 326 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 3: let's do this. 327 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, So now the mummy and it's got a 328 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: little psychekick Benny a henchman. Yeah, that's better. So Evie 329 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: refuses to leave. Like they've fled the scene and they're 330 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 1: back in a city. They're back in Cairo, I believe, 331 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 1: but they're like. Evie refuses to leave until she can 332 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:00,080 Speaker 1: put a stop to the curse, despite Rick's attempts to 333 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: convince her otherwise, and more and more of the plagues 334 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 1: are starting out. The water turns into blood, they're slained 335 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 1: in the sky. Darkness descends, even though it's the. 336 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 2: Middle of the day. 337 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: The Mummy arrives, kills one of the Americans, kisses ev 338 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,640 Speaker 1: while she is asleep, again, calling her a Oxuna moon. 339 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 1: Rick arrives and scares him away with a cat, as 340 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: you know cats regardings the underworld in Egyptian mythology, and 341 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 1: the group meets up with a member of the magi, 342 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 1: artist Bay and the egyptologist at the library ev works at, 343 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: who also works with the magi, and they realize that 344 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: the Mummy is planning on using ev as a sacrifice 345 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:38,440 Speaker 1: to bring back his beloved an Oxuna Moon. Evie is 346 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 1: able to correct a mistranslation to learn the location of 347 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 1: the Book of the Living, which should be enough to 348 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: destroy the Mummy, and it's a Bimbage scholar mistranslation, so 349 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,480 Speaker 1: that's a powerful moment. But the Mummy corners them after 350 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:53,120 Speaker 1: killing all the Americans and fully regenerating himself, so now 351 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: he looks human, and Evy agrees to go with him 352 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 1: in order to save the rest of the group. 353 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 3: Right, so Rick and John then and the Magi are 354 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 3: at Bay Sexy self make their way to Haminaptra, fight 355 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 3: their way through the mummy five priests, a half resurrected 356 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:11,120 Speaker 3: a knocks on the Moon and the Mummy himself and 357 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 3: succeed in killing him thanks largely to Evie's wits, and 358 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 3: escape the collapsing city. Of course, then Rick and ev 359 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 3: kiss after they're like, oh, you know, I didn't get 360 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 3: anything out of that, that at any treasures, and Rick says, oh, 361 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 3: I don't know about that, and they ran right off 362 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 3: happily ever after, of course, until the second one of 363 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 3: comes run. 364 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:32,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's always a funny thing when a movie. 365 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,880 Speaker 1: And so happily after every but then you know there's 366 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: a sequel, so you're like, well, sure to. 367 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 3: Give it sometimes? 368 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, sometimes? 369 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,640 Speaker 1: And I just wanted to put in here because every 370 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,880 Speaker 1: time I watch this I think that this. Even as 371 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,920 Speaker 1: a kid, I remember believing like Evie's armpits were so 372 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:51,360 Speaker 1: well shaved, and I was like, did women do that 373 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: back then or did they get that close? Like I 374 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: don't know, but every time that sticks out to me, 375 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 1: that's true. All right, So that's the Mummy. And now 376 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: I guess we should talk about The Mummy Returns the 377 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 1: Mummy Too. But first let's pause for a quick break 378 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: forward from our sponsor. 379 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 2: And we're back. Thank you sponsor. 380 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:29,199 Speaker 3: Okay, so yes, the Mummy Too, or the Mummy Returns 381 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 3: as it's actually correct. Honestly, I love all of the 382 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 3: Mummy movies. I know they're not great, not all of 383 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 3: them are winners, but yes, I love them. And I 384 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 3: just really wanted to make any watch this because she 385 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 3: refuses to do so. And honestly, I would have chosen 386 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 3: to do the third one too, but I thought it 387 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 3: maybe too much for her to handle, so I gave 388 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 3: it up. But I mean, come on, Russell long Gently 389 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 3: and Michelle, yao, they're some of my favorite actors, and 390 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 3: I really do love who they are and the fact 391 00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 3: that they are part of this franchise too. 392 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, and okay, so Samantha was very adamant that we 393 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 1: watched this, and I'm actually not even sure why I'm 394 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: so resistant to it, but so I watched it last night. 395 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 1: I kept putting it off and putting it off, and 396 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: I was like, well, I guess I'd better watch it. 397 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 1: And then after it was over, I checked the outline 398 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,479 Speaker 1: and yeah, we so this was happening. 399 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 2: We're recording it the day after. 400 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 1: And I had a moment because Samantha hadn't added anything 401 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,120 Speaker 1: to the outline about the Mummy returns, where I thought 402 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 1: she had played a prank on me and tricked me 403 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:32,640 Speaker 1: into watching it, And I. 404 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:34,960 Speaker 2: Was like ourge. 405 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 3: By the way it was done. But I did have 406 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,959 Speaker 3: a moment of like, what if I just deleted all 407 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 3: that part she put it in about the Mummy too, 408 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 3: and just moved on, I. 409 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 2: Would have been furious. 410 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,080 Speaker 1: So like last night, I was fuming, even though for 411 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: all I knew you were going to we were going 412 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 1: to talk about it, even the possibility, right it wouldn't 413 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: be a good prank. 414 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,400 Speaker 3: But fortunately for everyone around. It's not a prank. And yes, 415 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 3: we are going to talk about it very briefly though, 416 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,160 Speaker 3: because we are mainly going to focus on the original. 417 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,639 Speaker 3: But I just had to put a very quick synopsis 418 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 3: so we can all bask in this glory of the sequel. 419 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 1: Sure, all right, So like the first movie, we have 420 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: the opening scene that begins with a legend, the Legend 421 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,159 Speaker 1: of the Scorpion King, played by the one and only 422 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 1: the Rock, Dwayne at the Rock Johnson, who I believe 423 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: this is one of his first acting It was us actually, yeah, 424 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 1: and I that was one of the first things I 425 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,440 Speaker 1: texted Samantha last night was Wow, the acting is He's 426 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 1: improved a lot, I'll say. And yeah, so he the 427 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 1: Scorpion King, became the Scorpion King by giving his soul 428 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 1: to the god and knew this who takes him after 429 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: giving him victory over his enemies with the help of 430 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 1: his army. So there's just like the Scorpion King will 431 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: rise again with the Army of the Dead thing. And 432 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: then we cut to the O'Connell's Rick and Evelyn Evy 433 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: with their son Alex, and yeah, they're still getting into 434 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: mischief by digging up things. 435 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 2: They shouldn't. 436 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, archaeologists that keep digging things up, and it is 437 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: really funny because it plays on the whole how many 438 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 1: mummies and dead armies and things can we raise? And 439 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 1: they seem to have just accepted this, I guess. So 440 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 1: they discover a new treasure, the bracelet of Anubis Oh, 441 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 1: which is huge mistake. And as they discover it, they 442 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: also learned that there is a trap that for anyone 443 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,440 Speaker 1: who removes it too late. Do they see the inscription 444 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: saying like don't open this warning you And we cut 445 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 1: to like waters from the nile rushing into their dig site. 446 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 2: Where are they almost drowned? 447 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 1: But by chance, their son, who is trying to protect 448 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: the site from some shady thieves, breaks through the wall, 449 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 1: releasing them. And yeah, that's the pillar scene. That's very 450 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:47,560 Speaker 1: reminiscent of how we meet Ev in the first one. 451 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 3: Right, and poor kid, I really like him, but his 452 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 3: acting is on par with the rock as well, just 453 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 3: going put that out there. All the while, Ev is 454 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 3: having visions as if she wasn't during the time of 455 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 3: the pharaoh SETI. It is able to know where everything 456 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 3: is mysteriously as if she's been there before. Cut too, 457 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 3: we see a crew of the bad guys digging up 458 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,639 Speaker 3: the mummy Emmotep, and the crew is led by the 459 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 3: reincarnation of Immotep's love a Noxana Moon, who, like ev 460 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,639 Speaker 3: is able to know where things are without being there before. 461 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,479 Speaker 3: And of course they bring him back to life and 462 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 3: try to retrieve the bracelet from the O'Connell's so that 463 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:30,200 Speaker 3: Imotep can command the Army of Anubis and take over 464 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 3: the world. Unbeknownst to all the adults, Alex has actually 465 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 3: put the bracelet on and started the journey of the 466 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 3: Bracelet that will lead them to the Scorpion King. 467 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 2: Why does everybody want to rule the world with these armies? 468 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 3: I don't need to tell me. 469 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 1: Also, just just note Phariseeti is the one that an 470 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 1: oxynommon Emotep killed, so that's kind of the visions EV's having. 471 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: Alex is then kidnapped by the Mummy and the bad dudes, 472 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: which lead all of them on a journey to get 473 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: to the location of Scorpion King. And we couldn't have 474 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,119 Speaker 1: a good Mummy adventure without magi Ardith Bay. He returns 475 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 1: Evie's brother Jonathan, and this time we added a dirigible. 476 00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: Of course, I was like, oh my god, flown by 477 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: an old friend of Rick's, Izzy and some shrunken heads 478 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,400 Speaker 1: pygmy mummies to the mix. We also discover that not 479 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,400 Speaker 1: only do we have the reincarnation of a Oxuna Moon, 480 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 1: but Princess nepher Titi, which turns out to be Evie 481 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,919 Speaker 1: from a past life who was the daughter of Pharaoh SETI. 482 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: Uh yeah again a Noxa Moon and Emotep kills him, 483 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,520 Speaker 1: and she she witnessed that from like a balcony away 484 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: and she is the protector of the bracelet as well. 485 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,160 Speaker 1: I guess we should also say Rick is apparently some 486 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 1: like guardian. 487 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,120 Speaker 3: I meant to look that up, but yeah, somebody he 488 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 3: is the guardian of He's like part of the magi 489 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, brotherhood of sorts because he has. 490 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: To do the the two as they say, and yeah, 491 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 1: this is where my whole dumb beetle past. 492 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 2: Life past comes from. 493 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 1: So as they arrived to get Alex back and try 494 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: to stop the Scorpion King, Evie is killed. 495 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 2: And then brought back to life through the Book of 496 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 2: the Dead, of course by Alex. 497 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,720 Speaker 1: She fights a knocks in the moon while Rick is 498 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: fighting a really ridiculous looking CGI of the Rock as 499 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 1: a scorpion king. I'm not exaggerating when I say this 500 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:31,399 Speaker 1: consistently comes up on list of the worst CGI at 501 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 1: all time, especially from like a big budget movie. 502 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:37,640 Speaker 3: I think it was like I remember seeing this either 503 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,880 Speaker 3: in the theaters I can't remember, but the audible laughter 504 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 3: of the two years seeing him come out of the 505 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 3: wall or the doors or the cave and we were 506 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 3: all like. 507 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:55,399 Speaker 1: What, Yeah, that guy like appears out of nowhere, the 508 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 1: kind of top he was ahead of the British Museum 509 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:00,400 Speaker 1: and he's sort of like top goon. Yeah, he sort 510 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 1: of appears into the scorpion King rips him into five pieces, 511 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:04,640 Speaker 1: and I was like, why. 512 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:05,160 Speaker 2: Is what. 513 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 3: He's got to show strength? 514 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, they were trying to they were trying to show 515 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: what he could do with his little scorpion limbs. Again, 516 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: if no one's seen this, this is essentially the rock 517 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 1: with the scorpion bottom right, he's the top half is 518 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 1: the rock. 519 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 3: But it's all CGI, is all badly CGI, And at 520 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,479 Speaker 3: this point in time, there's really no excuse about how 521 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 3: bad it was. Why it was so bad. 522 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 2: I'm sure that people working on it would argue, do 523 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 2: you think so. 524 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 3: I've seen but that's the thing, is like we've seen 525 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:37,399 Speaker 3: so much better. 526 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,600 Speaker 1: Why, Yeah, they were working things out back then. 527 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know. Okay, she made the 528 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 2: Mummy noise noise. 529 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: So as these fights are going, Evy races in, so 530 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 1: does the Noxy the Moon. 531 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:59,160 Speaker 2: See they're kind of loves in this battle. 532 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,119 Speaker 1: All the Emo Tep is really thrown Rick under the bus, 533 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 1: which I get, but yeah, whatever, So Rick is able 534 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 1: to kill the Scorpion king, and Emotep and Rick are 535 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: both like hanging precariously over this chasm of dead souls 536 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 1: heale essentially yes, and they're trying to pull them the 537 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 1: these souls are trying to pull Rick in Emo Tip 538 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 1: down and the whole place is collapsing. Ev runs in 539 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: and saves Rick, while an ox in the Moon abandons 540 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: Emo Tip and Emotep is so heartbroken he lets go 541 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: and presumably dies. 542 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 2: Who knows. 543 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,920 Speaker 1: Anyway, they escape an Oxen Moon gets eaten by the 544 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: scare of beetles, but Ev and Rick and Jonathan all 545 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 1: the crew escape via dirigible. Did they ever explain how 546 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 1: they fixed it and got the guests? 547 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,440 Speaker 3: He found something? Right? 548 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:55,119 Speaker 2: I shouldn't ask any questions, is he came through. 549 00:27:55,720 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, so they escape and again happily ever after until 550 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: the next one comes along. 551 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,400 Speaker 3: I guess right, And there's a third one. And in 552 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,479 Speaker 3: this one, we're not gonna talk anything, but I had 553 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 3: to mention it because I love it so much, just 554 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 3: the fact that they are now wealthy people. Oh yeah, 555 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:16,360 Speaker 3: and they're no longer digging, they are now retired, and 556 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 3: they're both very bored. And yes, Rachel Weiss is no 557 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 3: longer there. It is now Maria Bellows. So it's not 558 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:27,880 Speaker 3: Mummy three but the Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, which, 559 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 3: by the way, got one star rating. 560 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 2: We only talk about the finest films on the show. 561 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 3: And also twelve percent on Rotten Tomatoes. 562 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: The lowest we've ever hit because Pocus and Practical Magic. 563 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 2: We're like at twenty twenty eight percent. 564 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 3: Okay, oh go twelve percent on that, but eighty three 565 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 3: of the Google users like it, so hey, hey, okay, 566 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 3: maybe three percent. 567 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 2: Sorry. 568 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 3: So anyway, all of that is say, they kind of 569 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 3: jump into a new one where Ali becomes an older 570 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:05,719 Speaker 3: archaeologist and is digging in China and finds the Dragon 571 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 3: Emperor and his vast army in the fields. Whatever I'm 572 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,160 Speaker 3: not gonna go do it, but it's fantastic because I 573 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 3: do love again those Asian actors, and I think they're 574 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 3: fantastic and to see them for just a split second 575 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 3: is delightful. But yes, that's the ridiculousness, like, ooh, I 576 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 3: don't know how Rick O'Connell could possibly beat in combat 577 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 3: gently but okay, yeah, the Dragon King who was also 578 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 3: magical and knows a lot of martial arts, but hey, 579 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 3: who cares? 580 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 2: Right? 581 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,680 Speaker 3: Who cares? But yes, that one is also a franchise. 582 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 3: But The Mummy is no longer a motep. They've now 583 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 3: moved on to China, kind of finished as a China 584 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 3: a little bit, but whatever, still a delight to me, 585 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 3: a delight and worth one watch. But I'm not a 586 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 3: second one to talk about. But I just have to 587 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 3: throw that in there. 588 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, I've only seen it once, and the only part 589 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,080 Speaker 1: I really remember is when it zooms in on should 590 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 1: be Rachel Weiss, and it's like it's like I'm a 591 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 1: whole new person or something. 592 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 3: An American actor was not great English accent, say she's 593 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 3: a whole new person, which is true. 594 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: That was one thing I noticed when I watched The 595 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 1: Mummy returns because I think i'd seen that like two 596 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,280 Speaker 1: or three times before, but it's been I mean since 597 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,840 Speaker 1: it came out. It was it was like a classic 598 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 1: action sequel in the sense that everything was way bigger. 599 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: And Rick O'Connell, like I love him, but he was 600 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: doing things where I was like, Wow, you've really upped 601 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,520 Speaker 1: your game. You caught the knife, like over here, you're 602 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: doing all kinds of stunts. 603 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 2: I'm very impressed. 604 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 3: But right, and also we're not going to talk about 605 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 3: the side of the There was a whole franchise of 606 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 3: The Scorpion King, but yeah. 607 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that's right. 608 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,960 Speaker 1: Oh boy, that was also a one and done for me. 609 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 1: But if you're looking for a laugh the Scorpion King, 610 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 1: there you go. So all right, now that we've gone 611 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:56,760 Speaker 1: through the plots of these, we did want to talk 612 00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 1: about some themes. But first we're gonna pause for one 613 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: work a quick forward from a sponsor, and we're back. 614 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:14,920 Speaker 2: Thank you sponsor. 615 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 1: So I did want to put a disclaimer in here 616 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:18,920 Speaker 1: that maybe I should have put it at the top, 617 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,760 Speaker 1: but whatever, neither of these movies, or I guess none 618 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 1: of these movies, if we're gonna count the third one 619 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: would be a movie that pops into my head if 620 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:30,760 Speaker 1: somebody asked me, like, name a feminist movie. Like if 621 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 1: I was trying to list feminist movies, I might get. 622 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,760 Speaker 2: To the nineteen ninety nine Mommy, but it would be way, way, 623 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 2: way way down the list. 624 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: But then, you know, honestly, I have some trouble thinking 625 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,239 Speaker 1: of feminist movies when people ask me. So I don't know, 626 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,800 Speaker 1: but it's definitely not something that I would come to 627 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 1: mind for me until the listener suggested it. The first 628 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,840 Speaker 1: one doesn't pass the Bechdel test, I don't think. I 629 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: don't think the second one does either. Not that that's 630 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 1: the end all be all of feminist movies, but of note, 631 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 1: and there are definitely some problematic sayings in all of them, 632 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: but there are some excellent feminist elements too, particularly in 633 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 1: the character of ev So let's start with her, and 634 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 1: I'll be focusing on the first one. So Evie is 635 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 1: a really competent, smart, funny, determined, adventurous, charming, and decisive character. 636 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 1: Most of the plans she comes up with them on 637 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: her own, quickly and under pressure. I also really appreciate 638 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,520 Speaker 1: how she's just sort of she's really quick to anger 639 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,840 Speaker 1: or to be happy like she's just ya, I don't know, 640 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:42,000 Speaker 1: fiery or so, I don't know. 641 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 2: I like it. 642 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,080 Speaker 1: She is feminine in a dress and with her long hair, 643 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 1: but that doesn't hold her back. She still has a 644 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,480 Speaker 1: lot of agency and in a flip, her brother Jonathan 645 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,760 Speaker 1: is the mess up in their family. Although it's kind 646 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 1: of funny because, especially in the beginning, I feel like 647 00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:01,400 Speaker 1: there's this vibe where I guess she think she's the 648 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,680 Speaker 1: screw up in the family, but compared to Jonathan, she's 649 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,080 Speaker 1: definitely not right. Evie is the one that gets to 650 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 1: Hamnacha first. She's the one that decides to stop the 651 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: mummy after she brought him back, but she accepts her 652 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: fault in that she's the one to correctly translate something 653 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:20,520 Speaker 1: from the bimbage scholars that they had messed up, and 654 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:23,959 Speaker 1: this is all after they consistently rejected her. She's the 655 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 1: one that helps Jonathan translate an Egyptian inscription that saves them, 656 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,400 Speaker 1: and this is while she's being attacked and strangled by 657 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,840 Speaker 1: a kno sunermoons mummified half alive corpse. Well, you know, 658 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: there's that distracting and I love her reaction when Jonathan 659 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 1: accidentally drops the Book of the Living into that pool, 660 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:42,680 Speaker 1: and as the city is. 661 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 2: Collapsing, she stops and is like, what have you done? 662 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,200 Speaker 1: They have to drag her away because she's just so 663 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,400 Speaker 1: passionate about these things. 664 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:54,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, she's a scholar. Yeah, and Evie generally serves as 665 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:56,960 Speaker 3: the leader of the group. Obviously, she's the one that 666 00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:58,320 Speaker 3: that's like, we need to go dig here instead of 667 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,440 Speaker 3: let's do this this way. And Rick is the muscle, 668 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 3: you know. Even in the second one, she does the 669 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:05,560 Speaker 3: same thing. She leads them to wards they need to 670 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,719 Speaker 3: go and she's like here, you know, start working, and 671 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,440 Speaker 3: then he uses the bigger tools because of course he's man, 672 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,839 Speaker 3: and he's comfortable in that position and comfortable following her lead. 673 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,600 Speaker 3: The only time Rick takes the lead is during physical 674 00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:21,680 Speaker 3: situations or obviously when Av's not there, and he he 675 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:23,719 Speaker 3: pretty much listens to her and trusts her, follows her 676 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:27,120 Speaker 3: lead without complaint, and when they do disagree or argue, 677 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 3: they do as equals. So that's nice. 678 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:34,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, And I mean it is funny because she 679 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: is leader and often especially in the second one, which 680 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 1: again I hadn't seen in a very long time, but 681 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: he's like, are you do we have to do this, 682 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:47,160 Speaker 1: and she's like this, She's just so adventurous and passionate 683 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 1: about these things, and he's kind of resigned to Okay, okay, 684 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,239 Speaker 1: I guess. And I would argue that the first movie, 685 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,080 Speaker 1: especially is driven by her and Rick just follows her. 686 00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,799 Speaker 1: I think she You could make a good argument that 687 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:01,719 Speaker 1: she he's the main character. At the very least, they 688 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:05,719 Speaker 1: kind of share that role of main characters. And even 689 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:09,759 Speaker 1: when Evie is the damsel in distress in the first one, 690 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:11,919 Speaker 1: it is by choice to give the group the best 691 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:16,759 Speaker 1: chance of success. She's not a passive victim. She is 692 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,920 Speaker 1: not cow During her imprisonment, she does use her femininity 693 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:23,040 Speaker 1: to kiss Emotep and distract him from killing her friends. 694 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:27,279 Speaker 1: She threatens and vox Binny, which I do love. That 695 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:31,920 Speaker 1: seems she's like always he's like, oh no. She helps 696 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,960 Speaker 1: her brother translate the inscription while she's being attacked, and 697 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,200 Speaker 1: she's the one that reads the passage that renders the 698 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,520 Speaker 1: Mummy as mortal and allows Rick to kill him. 699 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,200 Speaker 3: Right. And in the second one, they do blame her 700 00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:47,160 Speaker 3: for killing Emotep, and that's why they kidnap her because 701 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,480 Speaker 3: they won't revenge against her. They could care less about Rick. 702 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:52,560 Speaker 3: They obviously blame her, as they should, as well as 703 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 3: the fact that when you look at the second one 704 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 3: is her and a knocks on a moon, who are 705 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 3: the protectors of pretty much the realm, whether it's the 706 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:02,800 Speaker 3: ricelet or the Pharaoh. They protect and they were chosen 707 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,239 Speaker 3: to protect and fight, so it's kind of interesting to 708 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,759 Speaker 3: get that. And yes, she actually gets to fight a 709 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,560 Speaker 3: little bit in this one where she has some sore 710 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:14,520 Speaker 3: play and play with size even yeah, of course it 711 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:19,040 Speaker 3: was very obvious it wasn't her during those scenes, but 712 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,759 Speaker 3: so nice to think on and of golf. Of course, 713 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:23,439 Speaker 3: we could also talk about the constant use of white 714 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:27,400 Speaker 3: women with dark hair for characters like Neffertiindia and Cleopatra, 715 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,600 Speaker 3: but that's a whole other conversation because she is supposed 716 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,040 Speaker 3: to be a lineage of that in English as well, 717 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,560 Speaker 3: from what I understood from the first one, right, her 718 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:37,120 Speaker 3: mother was Egyptian, her father was. 719 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:39,480 Speaker 2: In Oh yeah, yeah, but. 720 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,520 Speaker 3: You know whatever, they know, we know all know this 721 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:44,120 Speaker 3: has to be a stretch to tie things together perfectly, 722 00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:46,280 Speaker 3: to bring it to one. But yes, in both movies 723 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:49,200 Speaker 3: that she also saves Rick, whether she saves them from 724 00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,840 Speaker 3: the gallows or she saves them from the pit of 725 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:55,759 Speaker 3: hell obviously, so she is the hero in both of 726 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,680 Speaker 3: these things. They also still follow her footsteps in the 727 00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,719 Speaker 3: second one, and she even has her maternal instincts as 728 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:03,919 Speaker 3: a drive and a push for this one as well 729 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,600 Speaker 3: to get her son back. So, yeah, you know, she's 730 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,399 Speaker 3: the main character. I would agree with that. 731 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:10,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I definitely think so. 732 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:15,480 Speaker 1: She's the leader for sure, absolutely, And I did want 733 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:19,839 Speaker 1: to talk about the relationship aspect between Evie and Rick, 734 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:23,280 Speaker 1: because Rick is clearly attracted to more than just her looks, 735 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:29,000 Speaker 1: which is unfortunately kind of rare in these adventure action 736 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:32,840 Speaker 1: adventure movies. He gives her the tools that he stole 737 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:35,680 Speaker 1: because he knows that she's passionate about what she does 738 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:38,600 Speaker 1: and good at what she does, and he wants her 739 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:42,200 Speaker 1: to be able to lead them and find what she 740 00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:46,439 Speaker 1: wants to find. And Rick doesn't pursue romance with her 741 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:50,000 Speaker 1: like most male characters from these adventure movies do. He 742 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:54,600 Speaker 1: isn't showing off for her. He's just kind of this consistent, capable, respectful, 743 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:59,759 Speaker 1: kind tender in the way that he follows her and 744 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,760 Speaker 1: expects her that's really allowed in male characters in this genre. 745 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:08,000 Speaker 1: And also you do see, like, as we mentioned when 746 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,200 Speaker 1: we were doing the plot synopsis, you see Evie kind 747 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:12,160 Speaker 1: of pining after. 748 00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:13,879 Speaker 2: Him, which is rare too. 749 00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:17,160 Speaker 1: Like normally it's just like it's the guy's perspective and 750 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:20,120 Speaker 1: he and she's just over the moon about him and 751 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,840 Speaker 1: so smitten with him, and it's very one dimensional. 752 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:27,239 Speaker 2: But in this she's like, it's equally. 753 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:31,279 Speaker 1: You can tell that they're both charmed equally by each other, 754 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:36,759 Speaker 1: which is nice and yeah, pretty pretty rare for this 755 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,399 Speaker 1: genre or especially at that time, right, And it does 756 00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,520 Speaker 1: continue in the second one. You do you see them 757 00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:47,440 Speaker 1: build on that, on this trust and like loving and 758 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,839 Speaker 1: care and being on this equal ground and having their 759 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:54,600 Speaker 1: like areas of expertise right where they trust that their 760 00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:56,560 Speaker 1: partner to handle this part of it or this part 761 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,759 Speaker 1: of it, and the very accepting of each other, I 762 00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:00,440 Speaker 1: would say, right. 763 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,040 Speaker 3: I think, yeah, in the second one, you definitely see 764 00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,319 Speaker 3: the relationship of them compromising because they do still go 765 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:10,560 Speaker 3: on adventures. They do go on a dangerous sight digging, yes, 766 00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:14,120 Speaker 3: but she gives in by saying, let's not go to 767 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:16,239 Speaker 3: the next one. Now, let's go ahead and say here. 768 00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,440 Speaker 3: And of course they also have to add that the 769 00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:23,200 Speaker 3: Bimbridge scholars have been begging her of course for them now, 770 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,520 Speaker 3: so that did equal out. We do get to see 771 00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:29,960 Speaker 3: all of that. You see the conversations they have as parents, 772 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,799 Speaker 3: but at the same time still being madly in love, 773 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,200 Speaker 3: so of course they have to one up that one 774 00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,200 Speaker 3: as well, So it is good to see that type 775 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,279 Speaker 3: of relationship. We also see Jonathan still being a rake, 776 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:43,080 Speaker 3: as they would say, I've been watching Bridger den y'all 777 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:47,759 Speaker 3: it's seeping that language is sleeping in. But yeah, so 778 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:51,600 Speaker 3: you see that as well, and I found that really 779 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:55,520 Speaker 3: of course on par like with everything else, his greed 780 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:59,359 Speaker 3: and his playboy acting, I guess. But it's also fun 781 00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:04,320 Speaker 3: to see relationships still intact and him being pretty childish 782 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:06,799 Speaker 3: still and them kind of taking care of him. 783 00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:11,279 Speaker 2: Yeah, troublemaker for sure. Yes, yes, and I did it. 784 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:12,200 Speaker 2: I did appreciate that. 785 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:16,640 Speaker 1: You get to see Evi and Rick separately as being 786 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:20,440 Speaker 1: I would say good parents are very caring parents like protective, 787 00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:24,520 Speaker 1: so you do like it's kind of understood often that 788 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:26,720 Speaker 1: you're going to see the mother in those maternal instincts, 789 00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:27,759 Speaker 1: but you did with Rick. 790 00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:28,920 Speaker 2: You really saw him. 791 00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:32,000 Speaker 1: Being protective and all the paternal protective instincts too, so 792 00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:36,719 Speaker 1: that was nice. And yeah, you do have the comparison 793 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:41,800 Speaker 1: of because this whole thing starts with a Knox souder 794 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:46,600 Speaker 1: Moon an Amo Tep trying to be together, although I 795 00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:48,640 Speaker 1: guess now after the second one you could argue that 796 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:53,279 Speaker 1: a x suner Moon really wanted power and ultimately, yeah, 797 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,600 Speaker 1: and that moment and the end of the second one 798 00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:59,120 Speaker 1: where Evie and a Knox Suna Moon are watching there they're. 799 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,920 Speaker 2: Husbands, is like, I don't know if is meridamet. 800 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:07,640 Speaker 1: But you know, lovers in danger and eb decides to 801 00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:11,520 Speaker 1: save Rick and a Noxynyum flees. I always thought that 802 00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:15,040 Speaker 1: part was interesting, that there's like which one is the 803 00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:16,920 Speaker 1: true love and that you know, you still have this 804 00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:20,080 Speaker 1: sort of a Oxymum throughout is kind of painted as 805 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:23,640 Speaker 1: this power player who's got something else going on, which 806 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:27,520 Speaker 1: is pretty common among female villains right now. 807 00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:29,400 Speaker 3: The thing is like the first one, she was not 808 00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:32,040 Speaker 3: the villain. She was definitely someone you felt sorry for 809 00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:34,239 Speaker 3: because we don't see. What we don't see is that 810 00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:36,640 Speaker 3: the pharaoh is kind of evil. He keeps her as 811 00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:39,360 Speaker 3: a slave essentially, like he calls her protector and we 812 00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:42,040 Speaker 3: talk about that, but essentially she has no choice because 813 00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:46,080 Speaker 3: we know that her body paint is to show her purity, 814 00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,680 Speaker 3: that she would only be touched by him, right, And 815 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,000 Speaker 3: so she was in love with another man. So it's 816 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:52,680 Speaker 3: kind of a sad story in himself. But at the 817 00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,040 Speaker 3: same time, he don't become a mummy kill everyone else. 818 00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:57,600 Speaker 2: The moral of the story. 819 00:41:58,040 --> 00:41:58,680 Speaker 3: That's not cool. 820 00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:03,479 Speaker 1: The moral of the story. Yeah, I think we could 821 00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:06,520 Speaker 1: end on that. Thanks again to the listener who suggested 822 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:09,799 Speaker 1: this and the blog post lean in Reddress. I know 823 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:12,919 Speaker 1: that that blog post was written after another podcast really 824 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:16,879 Speaker 1: tore into this movie for not being feminists, So we're 825 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,640 Speaker 1: just presenting a different point of view. 826 00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:23,880 Speaker 2: We know it's not the most feminist. 827 00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:27,160 Speaker 3: It's definitely not the most feminist. But is this enjoyable 828 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:29,560 Speaker 3: and there are some things to take away from for sure? 829 00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:32,120 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, And like I said at the top, Evie 830 00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:35,640 Speaker 1: still holds up. Ev is still a pretty great character. 831 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:38,200 Speaker 1: So if you haven't seen it, we highly recommend it. 832 00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:40,399 Speaker 1: Samantha recommends the other two as well. 833 00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:42,959 Speaker 3: Go for it, just go ahead and enjoy it. Enjoy 834 00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:46,840 Speaker 3: I agree. For get your favorite drink God, I agree. 835 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,440 Speaker 1: And in the meantime, we would love to hear from 836 00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:52,040 Speaker 1: you listeners, especially if you've got suggestions for what our 837 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:55,920 Speaker 1: next movies our movie should be, you can email us 838 00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:58,400 Speaker 1: at Stuff Media, mom Stuff at iHeartMedia dot com. 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