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<v Speaker 1>episode six and and Or episodes one through three. We're

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<v Speaker 1>out both for our full conversation. Hello, my name is

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<v Speaker 1>Jason Sepsio, and welcome to X ray Vision, the Crooked

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<v Speaker 1>podcast where we're deep it's your favorite shows, movies, comments,

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<v Speaker 1>and pop culture. On episode two this week, the episode

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<v Speaker 1>you're listening to, we are talking to Shee Hulk head

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<v Speaker 1>writer Jessica Gal and we will be discussing She Hulk

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<v Speaker 1>episode six with it, which is a crazy crazy it

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<v Speaker 1>just goes crazy. The episode goes crazy. And we will

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<v Speaker 1>or episodes one through three or out now on Disney Plus,

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<v Speaker 1>the episodes. Then we'll be going on a deeper dive

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<v Speaker 1>in weeks to come, and of course joining us today

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<v Speaker 1>is Rosie Dyke.

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<v Speaker 2>It's me.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm hey yeah. Let's go.

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<v Speaker 1>As always, everyone, check the show notes for the time stamps.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to jump around and listen to the

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<v Speaker 1>things that you want to listen to. Let's go back

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<v Speaker 1>into the courtroom or the wedding, the wedding hall, whatever

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<v Speaker 1>the case may be, and talk about She Haul. Episode six,

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<v Speaker 1>Episode six, Just Jen, written by Cara Brown directed by

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<v Speaker 1>Anu Vallia lots to get into quick recap. Jen has

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<v Speaker 1>to go to a wedding where she discovers that her

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<v Speaker 1>arch rival, her arch foe, Titanya, is also a wedding guest,

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<v Speaker 1>and is this some sort of part of this some

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<v Speaker 1>sort of plot for Titanya to defeat Jen publicly in

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<v Speaker 1>front of everyone. And then back in the law firm,

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<v Speaker 1>Mallory and Nicki are dealing with the case of a

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<v Speaker 1>gentleman who goes by the name of mister Immortal Dun

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<v Speaker 1>Dun Dun dud du Duh, who cannot die because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>according to the comics, he's a flat out mutant and

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<v Speaker 1>he has been using this power to not die to

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<v Speaker 1>you fraud, various romantic partners and business partners by quote

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<v Speaker 1>unquote faking his death. Lots to get into, so let's

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<v Speaker 1>just get into it. Fun episode once again.

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<v Speaker 3>This is just such a fun show, and I feel

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<v Speaker 3>like I'm really impressed by how much fun they have

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<v Speaker 3>digging into the weirder parts of Marvel. Like, obviously, mister Moore,

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<v Speaker 3>that's a big deal. So technically he is everyone in

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<v Speaker 3>the Marvel universe sees him as a mutant, and technically

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<v Speaker 3>he is a mutant. But the thing that's really interesting

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<v Speaker 3>is he is the only member of the evolutionary race

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<v Speaker 3>known as the Homo Supreme, so he's like one above

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<v Speaker 3>a mutant, but he is for all extents and purposes

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<v Speaker 3>and presents as Homo Superior, which is a mutant. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>it's it. That's just like huge to have him here

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<v Speaker 3>and also just use it in such an absolutely hilarious

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<v Speaker 3>she Hulk way where it's like this guy has been

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<v Speaker 3>defrauding people he loves because he can't have confrontation by

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<v Speaker 3>just killing himself. It's like really bleak but also very

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<v Speaker 3>hilarious and very comic.

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<v Speaker 4>Bookie, and he he is like this is an extremely

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<v Speaker 4>big episode in a lot of ways, because it shows

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<v Speaker 4>us not only that the creative team here obviously absolutely hilarious.

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<v Speaker 1>But also this is the most comic book nerdy. Yeah, Like, like.

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<v Speaker 3>He talks about when he's there, he's talking about how

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<v Speaker 3>he's got a lot of money, right, and part of

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<v Speaker 3>how he got a lot of money is because his

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<v Speaker 3>ex wife left him a bunch of gold Baroness Cromwell

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<v Speaker 3>aka Baroness Blood. So this is just like they were

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<v Speaker 3>just like, yeah, go for it. They were like, so,

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<v Speaker 3>tell us, who are up.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell us who Baroness Blood is, and then let's dive

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<v Speaker 1>into the really actually quite funny backstory of who mister

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<v Speaker 1>Immortal is, at least in the comic.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. So, Baroness Blood is like a really weird, creepy

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<v Speaker 3>character who was first introduced hilariously in everyone's favorite comic

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<v Speaker 3>Uni and Jack Number one. So she's actually from nineteen

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<v Speaker 3>ninety eight, which isn't obviously that far away, but she

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<v Speaker 3>is part of now like most well known as a

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<v Speaker 3>part of the Legion of the Unliving, which is like

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<v Speaker 3>a group of vampires who were brought together by Dracula.

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<v Speaker 3>So you can basically say, like we've had a Donnie

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<v Speaker 3>Blaze Johnny Blaze joke, in this season, we're now getting

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<v Speaker 3>into the realm where vampires probably exist.

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<v Speaker 1>They're now just mutant surgery casually.

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<v Speaker 3>Not only that, but as we as we guess, so

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<v Speaker 3>I'm taking this as we were right. We said post

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<v Speaker 3>Miss Marvel, what they were going to do was just

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<v Speaker 3>introduce random mutants here and there. They're gonna say, here's

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<v Speaker 3>a mutant, here's someone who's been living with these crazy powers,

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<v Speaker 3>and we're just gonna build them into the the world.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's exactly what they're doing with mister Immortal, and

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<v Speaker 3>with the way that they're just casually kind of dropping

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<v Speaker 3>in these things. I mean, Baroness Blood is like a supernatural,

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<v Speaker 3>superpowered vampire. Makes sense that she would have married an immortal.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, that's a that's a her cup that works.

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<v Speaker 3>But basically you can now say that vampires one hundred

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<v Speaker 3>percent do exist in the MCU.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me ask you this. My friends, comic book critic

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<v Speaker 1>and sports writer Matt Turtle DMed me and he was like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I think you were talking about you and Rosie were

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<v Speaker 1>talking about why does Atlantis come to the fore. I

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<v Speaker 1>think they're going to do when they introduce mutants. I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's going to be similar to Atlanta's secret Society

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<v Speaker 1>Krakoa era, and they're all there and they reveal themselves

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<v Speaker 1>and then it's a question of how they, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>then become part of the wider society of that's indeed

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<v Speaker 1>what they decide to do. I kind of agree that

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<v Speaker 1>I think Krikoa is going to be around. But here

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<v Speaker 1>is what the appearance of mister Immortal suggests that, because

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<v Speaker 1>if Krocola is a thing, then mister Immortal should be

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<v Speaker 1>on the island, like why are you unless he's just

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<v Speaker 1>like rejected the gift to you, Cricola, because he's already

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<v Speaker 1>immortals that he doesn't need the crocoon gift. Here is

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<v Speaker 1>my Here is the other thing that I think, and

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<v Speaker 1>it you know, kind of details with mister Immortal. I

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<v Speaker 1>do think that kroko exists, But I also think, like

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<v Speaker 1>Warren Worthington and others, in a way that would seem

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<v Speaker 1>insidious to the wider society, have infiltrated human culture. You

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<v Speaker 1>know or you know or are not, have not revealed

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<v Speaker 1>themselves to be mutants, but are around and are doing

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<v Speaker 1>things and are some of them are powerbrokers in human society,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think that, uh, mister Immortal maybe points the

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<v Speaker 1>way at that. I agree it's mutants being around, but

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<v Speaker 1>have been kind of keeping it quiet for most of

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<v Speaker 1>human history until recently when it's like, oh, powered people

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<v Speaker 1>are around, maybe I can start being more obvious with

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<v Speaker 1>the things that I'm doing.

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<v Speaker 3>No, mister Moore makes a lot of sense in that context,

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<v Speaker 3>also because he's essentially living by what I like to

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<v Speaker 3>call like Twilight rules, where he's basically because he's been

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<v Speaker 3>alive for like a million years and he can never die.

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<v Speaker 3>He's just immensely rich. So in its own way, especially

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<v Speaker 3>in America and in like capitalism kind of culture, you

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<v Speaker 3>have infiltrated the highest parts of society just simply by

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<v Speaker 3>being incredibly wealthy. So that's exactly that kind of thing.

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<v Speaker 3>And also, as we know, if GLK and H didn't exist,

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<v Speaker 3>these women and Sebastian probably would never have actually know

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<v Speaker 3>that he was immortal and hadn't actually died. And if

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<v Speaker 3>they had seen the video that we will get to,

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<v Speaker 3>the Intelligencia video, they wouldn't have had a way to

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<v Speaker 3>get recompense. So I think that introducing this superhero law

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<v Speaker 3>firm is a really good way of seeding exactly what

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<v Speaker 3>you're talking about, where suddenly everyone's like, Okay, wait a minute,

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<v Speaker 3>I had a weird experience with this person or that

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<v Speaker 3>thing that I saw that one time, was that it

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<v Speaker 3>was that it like that one time that I randomly

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<v Speaker 3>don't remember something that happened when I got like men

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<v Speaker 3>in blacked and then suddenly my memories white. Like oh,

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<v Speaker 3>they said that was like retrograde amnesia, but maybe that

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<v Speaker 3>was actually like a mute and with mind control powers.

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<v Speaker 3>So this is kind of huge in that way as

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<v Speaker 3>well as just being very fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, because that that paranoia is is a thing that

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<v Speaker 1>we see a lot in X Men comics where parents

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<v Speaker 1>are like, oh my god, I think my child might

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<v Speaker 1>be a mutant. I think my coworker might be and

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<v Speaker 1>it and it creates this feeling of real fear in

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<v Speaker 1>the general population. I want to I want to note

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<v Speaker 1>that it's it's it's remarkable to me that one we

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<v Speaker 1>got mister immoral and he's just presented just as himself

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<v Speaker 1>with his powers, and no one at all has been like,

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<v Speaker 1>where did he get these? Where you're past the point

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<v Speaker 1>in the MCU where yeah, where did they get the

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<v Speaker 1>powers is really a question. They're just accepting that this

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<v Speaker 1>guy can do this, and no one has thought to ask, well,

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<v Speaker 1>how can how is he doing this?

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<v Speaker 3>That's my favorite thing about where we are now. It's

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<v Speaker 3>almost like with that brilliant moment at the end of

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<v Speaker 3>Miss Marvel that we all loved so much, which was

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<v Speaker 3>you know, it's a mutation that has basically opened the

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<v Speaker 3>doors now for us as the viewers to just say, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>well they might be a mutant. Oh everyone has powers now,

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<v Speaker 3>and it is giving a lot of leeway for the

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<v Speaker 3>show is to just say, hey, superheroes exist. You know

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<v Speaker 3>that you've been in this world for twenty five movies.

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<v Speaker 3>Now it's just happening. But yeah, I did find it,

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<v Speaker 3>especially a power like being immortal, Yeah, is a pretty

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<v Speaker 3>intense power to have.

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<v Speaker 1>And nobody he's not an as guardian elf. No, he's

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<v Speaker 1>not a former super soldier, he was not you know,

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<v Speaker 1>subject to a radioactive accident. He's just running around with

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<v Speaker 1>these very intense and yeah, nobody's talking about.

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<v Speaker 3>Making a mallory just like so you can die, you

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<v Speaker 3>can't die like do that like which one? Like, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>it's very it's a very interesting time to be in

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<v Speaker 3>the MCUs.

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<v Speaker 1>It's great. Yeah, okay, so so much. In that last

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<v Speaker 1>kind of stinger scene where you know, Jen is having

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the kind of the plate of frime at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the wedding, after the big fight with Titania,

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<v Speaker 1>kind of bonding with this guy who seems, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>pretty accepting and certainly maybe attracted to Jen, and they're

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<v Speaker 1>they're sharing this plate of fries, and then we zoom

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<v Speaker 1>out and it's clear that somebody is keeping track of Gen.

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<v Speaker 1>We go to a futuristic lab where there is a

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<v Speaker 1>screen where we see someone named Hulk King capitalized in

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<v Speaker 1>a very interesting way, certainly in a way that would

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<v Speaker 1>lead us to speculate about hulk cling hulk ling? Is

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<v Speaker 1>that what that means? Saying, okay, where are we with

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<v Speaker 1>with Jen? We should note that this is exactly how

0:14:40.440 --> 0:14:46.080
<v Speaker 1>mister Blue communicated with mister Green in h in the

0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:51.080
<v Speaker 1>Incredible Hulk movie starring Ed Norton. And then you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we see the the bench needle that the wrecking crew

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<v Speaker 1>attempted to stab Jen with, and then we see another

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<v Speaker 1>needle being snapped onto a new syringe and it's early,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm gonna call we were right on this, the

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<v Speaker 1>adamantium needle because the sound effect the sound effect listen,

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<v Speaker 1>it might be vibradium, but the sound it was so distinct,

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<v Speaker 1>and it led me to one in the comics, the

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<v Speaker 1>only thing that can penetrate the Hulk skin is an

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<v Speaker 1>adamantium needle. We've seen it, seen it numerous times in

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<v Speaker 1>the comics. And two, the sound it makes is very

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<v Speaker 1>much it's evocative. It's evocative of Wolverine's claw.

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<v Speaker 3>Also, I would just say we were right. We can

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<v Speaker 3>do a two part we were right.

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<v Speaker 2>One.

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<v Speaker 3>I also agree, I think it has to be adamantium needle.

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<v Speaker 3>They're just throwing mutants around now. I don't see any issue.

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<v Speaker 3>We've had multiple wolverine stick like Easter eggs at this

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<v Speaker 3>point with stuff and magical but also as well, we

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<v Speaker 3>were right. We knew they would make a new needle

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<v Speaker 3>that would be made of some kind of super strong

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<v Speaker 3>metal adamantium or vibranium. So I will be yeah, I

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<v Speaker 3>would say we can take aw we were right. And

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<v Speaker 3>also if it's an adamantium needle, obviously that's so exciting

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<v Speaker 3>because most people who are listening, I think will probably

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<v Speaker 3>know Adamantium is the metal that covers Wolverine's bones and

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<v Speaker 3>his claws in the X Men comics, and in that

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<v Speaker 3>plays a large part in the in the X Men movies.

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<v Speaker 3>So again we're moving towards that mutant space.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so let's talk about two things here in that scene.

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<v Speaker 1>One Hulk King. Who is he? Okay, who is he

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<v Speaker 1>or her? Who are they?

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<v Speaker 3>So? I think I think that you're very right that

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<v Speaker 3>they want it. Again, if we're talking about evocative stuff,

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<v Speaker 3>I think they want it to evoke hulk Ling. It

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<v Speaker 3>looks the same. Also Hulk Link and hulk Ling is

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<v Speaker 3>Scroll Royalty, you know, so he is technically a Hulk King.

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<v Speaker 3>I also think so. The reason that we know is

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<v Speaker 3>that another thing we need to talk about is the

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<v Speaker 3>way that it pops up. It is very evocative of

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<v Speaker 3>a website that we just saw, which was called the Intelligentsia,

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<v Speaker 3>which was kind of this MRA four chan esque website

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<v Speaker 3>where a lot of dudes would just told me how

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<v Speaker 3>much they hate Sheaholk and they want to kill Shee Hulk.

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<v Speaker 3>But that in itself is really important because in the comics,

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<v Speaker 3>the Intelligentsia was this villain knowledge sharing group that ended

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<v Speaker 3>up becoming a supervillain group, and they were the ones

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<v Speaker 3>who created Red Hulk, which you find out in twenty

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<v Speaker 3>ten's Hulk twenty three. They were the ones who convinced

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<v Speaker 3>Thunderbolt Ross to take the Hulk serum and become Red Hulk.

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<v Speaker 3>So there's also that aspect where it's like, we thought

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<v Speaker 3>we're heading towards I think we're heading towards Red Hulk

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<v Speaker 3>slash Red she Hulk for sure. Yeah, yeah, And so

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<v Speaker 3>like is what I think is really interesting is we

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<v Speaker 3>thought Tim Blake Nelson the leader, was gonna be the

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<v Speaker 3>one kind of the Machiavelli and guy behind the curtain.

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<v Speaker 3>He could be he could see himself because the Hulk King.

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<v Speaker 3>But I will also say he is a really good scientist.

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<v Speaker 3>He could actually just be running that lab. And whoever

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<v Speaker 3>is actually behind this, who is the Hulk King?

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<v Speaker 1>You know?

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<v Speaker 3>For all we know this is I'm gonna throw out

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<v Speaker 3>a really out there one. Yeah, what if like in

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<v Speaker 3>the comics, so what if Bruce has gone back to Saka,

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<v Speaker 3>Jen cannot Jen cannot get in touch with him?

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<v Speaker 2>Right?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Tim foyl hatting this one, right? What if Scar

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<v Speaker 3>Hulk's son is already on Earth and is the one

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<v Speaker 3>who is doing all of this because he hates his dad,

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<v Speaker 3>which is a very canon comic book thing. And he

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<v Speaker 3>is actually the one who's trying to find out about

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<v Speaker 3>how Hulk blood works. He's the one who's trying to

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<v Speaker 3>find out who she Hulk is. There's all different things

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<v Speaker 3>that could be coming into play here, and I kind

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<v Speaker 3>of I'm very impressed by how they took what we

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<v Speaker 3>thought was a pretty simple but with a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>fun stuff, Like we had the Elliot Franklin theory, we

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<v Speaker 3>had a lot of different fun stuff. But I love

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<v Speaker 3>that now they've turned it on its head and now

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<v Speaker 3>there's like ah other people because Intelligency has so many

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<v Speaker 3>Hulk villains in it too, so as well as like

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<v Speaker 3>modoc Red, Ghost, Doctor Doom, like all different kinds of people.

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<v Speaker 3>So there's just so much here that they're playing with

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<v Speaker 3>that the whole King thing just kind of blew my

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<v Speaker 3>mind because I'm like, I need to know. And also,

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<v Speaker 3>isn't just one of these crazy Intelligency website guys who

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<v Speaker 3>just has a ton of money. I know one of

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<v Speaker 3>the discs in our discord. A lot of people have

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<v Speaker 3>been guessing that the guy who went on a date

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<v Speaker 3>with who was like a real creep who then ended

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<v Speaker 3>up at the office. Yeah, he might be the villain.

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<v Speaker 3>And now we know that there's a whole king, super rich,

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<v Speaker 3>wealthy like hate strong women, you know, so that would

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<v Speaker 3>also be really interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris producer Chris uh is raising a theory in the chat.

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<v Speaker 1>Could Josh cute guy at the wedding who eat the

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<v Speaker 1>fries with in that moment in that you know, as

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<v Speaker 1>the secret camera wherever that's hidden, like zooms out and

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<v Speaker 1>we see that she's being observed, Josh is there with her.

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<v Speaker 1>Could Josh cute guy at the wedding end up being

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<v Speaker 1>a fake out name and he's actually the whole king.

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<v Speaker 1>I like that as well.

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<v Speaker 3>I think Chris is definitely onto something.

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<v Speaker 1>Because they introduced that guy in a way. He can't

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<v Speaker 1>be just like another nice thing exactly, and he knows.

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<v Speaker 3>He goes in there with the exact specific attack of

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<v Speaker 3>I don't just like sheehowk I like gen which publicly

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<v Speaker 3>was just a huge thing in a lawsuit, And then

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<v Speaker 3>it seems very unlikely to me that he would. He's

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<v Speaker 3>got her in her gen form because he likes Jen. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>and he so that means you can get her blood

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<v Speaker 3>even without an adamantium needle. Potentially, but adamantium needle's a

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<v Speaker 3>good choice just because you don't know how someone's human

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<v Speaker 3>skin could take on its hulk skin form. But then

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<v Speaker 3>he's sitting right in the right place in front of

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<v Speaker 3>the camera so that she can be seen. I think

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<v Speaker 3>Josh is sadly at least intelligentsia.

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<v Speaker 1>Adjacent adjacent. Yeah, I'll say this, we I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>it's the leader for the following reason. Just put a

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<v Speaker 1>syringe in your own arm, right, Okay, so he's that

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<v Speaker 1>you got the game blood? Is he being established? I'll

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<v Speaker 1>just say that we have established that gens blood is

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<v Speaker 1>super special and even in the context of gamma radiated blood,

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<v Speaker 1>it allowed Bruce to heal his arm. It has different properties.

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<v Speaker 1>That said, it feels like the leader would be focused elsewhere.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe the Leader wants Gen's blood to cure himself because

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<v Speaker 3>he's like deformed and kind of messed up by it.

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<v Speaker 3>But also, how would he know that Gen's blood is

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<v Speaker 3>bad blood? I think I think with the intelligentsia, the

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<v Speaker 3>whole king, I think that all leads to this idea

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<v Speaker 3>of somebody creating a Red Hulk or a red Shea Holk,

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<v Speaker 3>which we had long wondered about, and I will just say,

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<v Speaker 3>would be a very cool way to reintroduce liv Tyler

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<v Speaker 3>to the MCU, because Betty is Red she Holk in

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<v Speaker 3>the comics originally, and I just think that would be

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<v Speaker 3>so cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think I agree with the jilted date as

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<v Speaker 1>being an intelligencier person? But do you think there's any

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<v Speaker 1>you think Modoc or any of the super ape or

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<v Speaker 1>any of the rest are involved in this.

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<v Speaker 3>I think that they. I think they have long they

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<v Speaker 3>have long talked about bringing Modoc to the MCU. I

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<v Speaker 3>think he's going to be in the MCU. I don't

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<v Speaker 3>think this is where, but I do think that knowing

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<v Speaker 3>she Hulk, we could see some super weird characters like

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<v Speaker 3>awesome Android and like other people who've been in the intelligentsia.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, so Chris just mentioned that he Yeah, Modoc's

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<v Speaker 3>confirmed in Quantumania. We've already seen some leaked mm HM

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<v Speaker 3>visuals of what potentially he could look like. But like,

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<v Speaker 3>I think that knowing Sheeholt, they're gonna go for the

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<v Speaker 3>weird now. Now, look, Modoc is very weird I'm not

0:23:13.880 --> 0:23:20.560
<v Speaker 3>saying that, but Modoch is unbelievably complex character to bring

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<v Speaker 3>to life. Yes, and I think that in Quantumania you

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<v Speaker 3>probably can dedicate a couple of years to somebody just

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<v Speaker 3>building Modoc and working out how he would look. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>if you haven't seen him, he's like basically a giant

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<v Speaker 3>floating head.

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<v Speaker 1>Producer Saul with a extremely tinfoil hat comes with I

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<v Speaker 1>wonder if Josh's Amideas show.

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<v Speaker 3>Like, oh my god, I wish that was the case.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think that that. I like where your head

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<v Speaker 1>is at. But one, this feels a little bit low

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<v Speaker 1>stakes for the the genius of Amidea's Chow. And two

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<v Speaker 1>I think they probably cast youngerls.

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<v Speaker 3>What if if it was Amadeus Chow. What if hypothetically

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<v Speaker 3>me and Chris are right but wrong, Like, instead of

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<v Speaker 3>just being a part of the intelligencia, he's actually there

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<v Speaker 3>to protect Jen because of his super genius. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>I would I agree with you, though I think if

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<v Speaker 3>you're going to do Amadeus, you're going to probably make

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<v Speaker 3>him like a super teen. But I do really like

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<v Speaker 3>that idea, and I don't think it's that of the

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<v Speaker 3>realm of possibility simply because we know that this is

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<v Speaker 3>a place where they're basically introducing slash reintroducing a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of the Hulk family.

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<v Speaker 1>I agreed, And I also, you know, to Chris's point,

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<v Speaker 1>the monarch is confirmed for Quantumnia, it does. It feels

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit like, you know, not to not to

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<v Speaker 1>ruin the magic by peaking too far behind the curtain.

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<v Speaker 1>But I imagine that one and part of the reason

0:24:53.200 --> 0:24:56.520
<v Speaker 1>they're digging so deep into the crates is because whoever

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<v Speaker 1>the Marvel lore keeper is at mcu is, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>was like, oh no, you can't use that person because

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<v Speaker 1>we're using them for this. Can we use modoc No,

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<v Speaker 1>Monoc's and Quantumanians we can't use them. Can we use

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<v Speaker 1>you know, us Asian and I can't use you as Yeah, ZIGGI,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean.

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<v Speaker 3>That's like, you know, he was there to he was

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<v Speaker 3>pulling those deep cut places out, so you didn't have

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<v Speaker 3>that crossover for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>So I feel like, you know, for all the implications,

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<v Speaker 1>and there are many, I would imagine that it's there's

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<v Speaker 1>a world where Marvel is having similar conversations where they're like, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>they use this weird character. I wonder what all the

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<v Speaker 1>implications that we could then generate stories off of from there.

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<v Speaker 3>I also think as well, the other thing that we

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<v Speaker 3>know that the MCU loves to do. I mean, it's

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<v Speaker 3>part of why we're here with our tim for hat

0:25:46.880 --> 0:25:49.040
<v Speaker 3>theories and are we will writes and stuff. They love

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<v Speaker 3>to seed stuff. So I'm sure that by introducing the intelligentsia,

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<v Speaker 3>they knew people were going to make that connection to

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<v Speaker 3>monoc And there is a world where we even hear

0:25:59.359 --> 0:26:03.879
<v Speaker 3>someone fends, you know, the machine designed only for killing

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<v Speaker 3>or something like. There's I feel like there's a way

0:26:07.280 --> 0:26:09.919
<v Speaker 3>that they can they can still have or they have

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<v Speaker 3>someone just say you know, of course, and they send

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<v Speaker 3>an email and the emails to light modoc, like they

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<v Speaker 3>can do that fun stuff where they see it in

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<v Speaker 3>without necessarily having to show like the giant floating head creature,

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<v Speaker 3>you know. So yeah, I just like, I this was

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<v Speaker 3>such a fun episode, but like you said, it's the implications,

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<v Speaker 3>like they're having fun, but they're also like vampires exist Wolverine,

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<v Speaker 3>Like it's it's really fun stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Adamantium versus Vibranium here is my take. And obviously

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<v Speaker 1>you know there's also the possibility there could be some

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<v Speaker 1>other weird super you know, some titanium alloy that they're like, okay,

0:26:48.080 --> 0:26:51.040
<v Speaker 1>maybe this will you know that it's not necessarily adamantium,

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<v Speaker 1>although again clearly they want us to think that. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>why I think here's my case for it not being vibranium.

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<v Speaker 1>We stablished. While we have established that vibranium is a

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<v Speaker 1>wonder metal that has a lot of really amazing properties,

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<v Speaker 1>among them being extreme durability, the other thing that we've

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<v Speaker 1>established with vibranium is that the number one thing about

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<v Speaker 1>it that really makes it special is that it absorbs

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<v Speaker 1>and releases kinetic energy. We see that with the Black

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<v Speaker 1>Panther suit. It's got this property of it can absorb

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<v Speaker 1>all the damage and all the hits that are being

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<v Speaker 1>directed towards it, and then it can release it as

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<v Speaker 1>like a focused energy plast So it's got that property

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<v Speaker 1>to it that is a very distinctly different Like you

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't necessarily need that for a needle. What you need

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<v Speaker 1>for a needle that you want to pierce the hulk

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<v Speaker 1>skin is just is it unbreakable? Will it bend? Is it?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it indestructible? Basically, and that is the key difference

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<v Speaker 1>between these two wonder metals is that both are really

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<v Speaker 1>really really strong. Viranium is almost indestructible, but adamantium, unless

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<v Speaker 1>you bring it to its melting point, is basically in

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<v Speaker 1>destruct yea, like you can't bring it there.

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<v Speaker 3>Is like there is like obviously times because it's comic books,

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<v Speaker 3>where like I believe it was like Ultimate Hulk managed

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<v Speaker 3>to break an adamantium needle or something. Yeah, but like

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<v Speaker 3>in general, Adimantium's going through whatever they want it to

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<v Speaker 3>go through. We've seen it with Wolverine, We've seen it.

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<v Speaker 3>And also, look, they make these shows. These shows are

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<v Speaker 3>made by people who love this stuff. They're made by

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<v Speaker 3>people like zeb Wells and Zig who make the comics.

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<v Speaker 3>They know if you create, if you end an episode

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<v Speaker 3>with a needle that looks really big and shiny and

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<v Speaker 3>goes into a syringe with a kind of like click snick,

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<v Speaker 3>they know that people are going to say, oh, that's

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<v Speaker 3>an adamantium needle. Now we also know that because of

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<v Speaker 3>how this show has been and how funny they are

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<v Speaker 3>and how much they kind of enjoy playing with expectations,

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<v Speaker 3>it could literally next week they'll be like, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>this is a this is a very strong needle called

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<v Speaker 3>like adamantium, and there's something that they it's like this

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<v Speaker 3>step before adamantium on like the But you know that

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<v Speaker 3>it's just the reason it's fun is because we get

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<v Speaker 3>to guess. And also I will say, I think with

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<v Speaker 3>everything else in this episode, I believe it being Adamantium

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<v Speaker 3>is very very likely because, like I said, they just

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<v Speaker 3>casually revealed that vampires just fully exist fully are real,

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<v Speaker 3>and also this mutant vampires are running around. I think

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<v Speaker 3>that Adamantium in that context could definitely be real and

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<v Speaker 3>a thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, let's welcome She Hulk head writer Jessica Gow to

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<v Speaker 1>the show now and ask her some questions potentially including

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<v Speaker 1>whether or not that's adamantium, and is mister Immortal a mutant?

0:30:17.480 --> 0:30:20.240
<v Speaker 1>And does that mean Kurkoha is not a thing right now?

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<v Speaker 1>Questions I'm sure she will answer.

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<v Speaker 3>This week in the Hive Mind, where we bring on

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<v Speaker 3>experts to discuss their work and more, X ray Vision

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<v Speaker 3>is thrilled to welcome she holkhead writer Jessica Gow.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello, thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, thanks so much for coming on. So like one

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<v Speaker 3>of the questions we always ask, because this is the

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<v Speaker 3>bread and butter of what we do and what we

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<v Speaker 3>care about, like what's your origin story of comics? Like

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<v Speaker 3>how did you find comics? What do you care about?

0:31:34.680 --> 0:31:36.720
<v Speaker 3>What was it about comics that made you fall in

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<v Speaker 3>love with them? Or do you not care about comics

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<v Speaker 3>at all and just ended up on the nam Shiyusha.

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<v Speaker 5>I was a lifelong comic book reader. When I was

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<v Speaker 5>a kid, I read mostly manga because I was born

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<v Speaker 5>in China and I immigrated to America when I was young,

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<v Speaker 5>and my relatives in China, you know, I was like

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<v Speaker 5>a bookworm, and so they would always want to send

0:31:57.960 --> 0:32:00.680
<v Speaker 5>me gifts, you know, because they missed me, or because

0:32:00.680 --> 0:32:02.000
<v Speaker 5>somebody went to visit and you have to send.

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<v Speaker 2>A gift, you know.

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<v Speaker 5>And they would all because the one thing they knew

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<v Speaker 5>about me.

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<v Speaker 2>Was that I loved reading.

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<v Speaker 5>They were they would constantly send me Chinese bootlegs of

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<v Speaker 5>whatever was like the hot manga in at the time.

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<v Speaker 5>And so I just had like stacks of bootleg comics

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<v Speaker 5>that I that I read constantly, you know. And so

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<v Speaker 5>it was a lot of like dragon Ball and like

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<v Speaker 5>Grandma and U U Hockey Show, City Hunter Cati, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>stuff like that, like whatever was hot in Japan and

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<v Speaker 5>that the bootleggers felt was worth bootlegging.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what I got.

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<v Speaker 5>And then when I got more into when I was more,

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<v Speaker 5>when I was a teenager, that's when I got into

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<v Speaker 5>reading like more, you know, like American comics, and like

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<v Speaker 5>my first job in high school was at the local

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<v Speaker 5>com book store.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh that's so yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>But I was never, like, to be fair, honest, I

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<v Speaker 5>was never huge on mainstream comics. Like I didn't read

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<v Speaker 5>a lot of Marvel or DC. I mostly like the

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<v Speaker 5>most mainstream I read was probably like Image and Vertigo comics.

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<v Speaker 5>And then I and but I really got heavily into

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<v Speaker 5>like the indie stuff, you know, like anything that like

0:33:18.840 --> 0:33:23.239
<v Speaker 5>fanographics put out slave Liver graphics drawn and quarterly like

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<v Speaker 5>that was like more my jam, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>So how did you get attached to Sheehook? What was

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<v Speaker 1>the process, Like, what was your take on the character

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<v Speaker 1>that got you the gig?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, they they knew me.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean I've told the story a few times now.

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<v Speaker 5>Where she helped was the fourth time I pitched at Marvel.

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<v Speaker 5>So it's the fourth project I pitched there, which means that,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, I was rejected three times before I got home.

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<v Speaker 5>But she was always my favorite character from Marvel Comics,

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<v Speaker 5>and so I like all three other times that I

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<v Speaker 5>got rejected, I would bring up she Hulk and be like, guys,

0:33:58.560 --> 0:34:01.360
<v Speaker 5>if you do she Hulky, gotta you gotta call your girl.

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<v Speaker 5>And then I would threatened Arson if they didn't, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>just so they knew I was serious. Yeah and yeah,

0:34:08.239 --> 0:34:11.600
<v Speaker 5>And so when I went into pitch she Hulk, I mean,

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<v Speaker 5>anytime I pitched TV, it always starts with character, you know,

0:34:15.000 --> 0:34:18.279
<v Speaker 5>like you have to care about this main character to

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<v Speaker 5>want to hang out with them a week after week.

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<v Speaker 5>And for me, like you know, what I loved about

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<v Speaker 5>she Hult from the comics was just how meta the

0:34:27.560 --> 0:34:29.200
<v Speaker 5>burn run was. That was the run that made me

0:34:29.200 --> 0:34:31.040
<v Speaker 5>fall in love with she Hulked and her break and

0:34:31.080 --> 0:34:34.360
<v Speaker 5>the fourth Wall, Like how irreverent she was, how funny

0:34:34.400 --> 0:34:37.279
<v Speaker 5>she was. You know, she didn't take like being in

0:34:37.360 --> 0:34:40.040
<v Speaker 5>comics too seriously. Like there was just this levity to

0:34:40.080 --> 0:34:43.239
<v Speaker 5>it that I really found really refreshing, you know, and

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<v Speaker 5>so especially since you know, like I think the most

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<v Speaker 5>mainstream stuff I read in when I was a teenager

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<v Speaker 5>was probably Batman comics, and that's always very dark and serious,

0:34:54.320 --> 0:34:57.040
<v Speaker 5>you know, so like something like she Hulk is just

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<v Speaker 5>it's so like the polar opposite and tone wise, and

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<v Speaker 5>I just it was just.

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<v Speaker 2>Like a breath of fresh air.

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<v Speaker 5>So how I approached the character was, you know, I

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<v Speaker 5>just felt like I could really relate to her.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I thought about our similarities. You know, we're

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<v Speaker 2>both women in our.

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<v Speaker 5>Thirties with careers, like very focused on work, and but

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<v Speaker 5>also you know, had friends, had like you know, family

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<v Speaker 5>that we talked to, unlike a lot of comic characters.

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<v Speaker 5>But then I thought, like, you know, if this thing

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<v Speaker 5>happened to me one day, I there was an accident

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<v Speaker 5>and I got superpowers and I became a Hulk, and

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<v Speaker 5>there were all these expectations that now I would have

0:35:40.120 --> 0:35:41.000
<v Speaker 5>to be a superhero.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd be fucking furious.

0:35:44.160 --> 0:35:46.720
<v Speaker 5>Because I mean, if you look at the shirt I'm wearing,

0:35:47.000 --> 0:35:49.800
<v Speaker 5>it says I'm tired, and that's how I feel like

0:35:49.800 --> 0:35:53.239
<v Speaker 5>every day, and so I would be like, I'm too

0:35:53.360 --> 0:35:56.680
<v Speaker 5>tired to add one more thing to my plate. And

0:35:56.760 --> 0:36:00.120
<v Speaker 5>also like I didn't ask for this, like no, thank you.

0:36:00.120 --> 0:36:01.480
<v Speaker 2>You know, like if I was.

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<v Speaker 5>A lawyer and I'd gone through like law school and

0:36:03.920 --> 0:36:08.400
<v Speaker 5>I'd rapped up six figures in student loans, like who's.

0:36:08.120 --> 0:36:08.640
<v Speaker 2>Gonna pay that?

0:36:09.040 --> 0:36:11.040
<v Speaker 5>They're not gonna forgive the debt just because I'm a

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<v Speaker 5>superhero nowt Like I'm still on the hook to pay

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<v Speaker 5>that off, you know, Like oh, I'm supposed to just

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<v Speaker 5>like stop everything and but still have to deal with

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<v Speaker 5>all the ramifications like just because it happened, like I

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<v Speaker 5>would be you know what I mean, Like there's oh, yeah,

0:36:25.520 --> 0:36:28.600
<v Speaker 5>there's so much messiness in the minute sho of what happens.

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<v Speaker 5>Like yeah, there's the big concept of like, oh, you

0:36:31.400 --> 0:36:32.840
<v Speaker 5>have powers and now you have to be a superhero.

0:36:32.920 --> 0:36:35.520
<v Speaker 5>But it's like, but let's look at all the detail,

0:36:35.719 --> 0:36:37.760
<v Speaker 5>you know, like where are you gonna get.

0:36:37.600 --> 0:36:41.080
<v Speaker 2>Your health care from? Who's who's providing that? Like, yeah,

0:36:41.080 --> 0:36:43.200
<v Speaker 2>how do you get paid? Like how do you what's

0:36:43.200 --> 0:36:47.319
<v Speaker 2>your retirement place? Girl? Like that's all stuff we have

0:36:47.360 --> 0:36:48.160
<v Speaker 2>to think about. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I actually wrote an article off the falcon in the

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<v Speaker 3>Winter Esolgia, the episode where Sam Wilson said that the

0:36:55.320 --> 0:36:58.160
<v Speaker 3>Avengers didn't get paid and that Tony didn't pay them,

0:36:58.320 --> 0:37:01.880
<v Speaker 3>and I was like, this has broken my breath on

0:37:02.000 --> 0:37:05.319
<v Speaker 3>this side of my brain. It's like, how do they live,

0:37:05.480 --> 0:37:08.920
<v Speaker 3>how do they have insurance? How do they do anything?

0:37:09.080 --> 0:37:09.319
<v Speaker 2>You know?

0:37:09.840 --> 0:37:12.040
<v Speaker 3>And so something I'm interested about because that kind of

0:37:12.120 --> 0:37:14.920
<v Speaker 3>aspect of Minutia and the slice of life aspect of

0:37:14.960 --> 0:37:17.160
<v Speaker 3>the show is something that we love so much. Do

0:37:17.160 --> 0:37:21.000
<v Speaker 3>you feel like your love of like indie comics stuff

0:37:21.040 --> 0:37:23.560
<v Speaker 3>like you mentioned fantographics, I'm guessing like Love and Rockets,

0:37:23.600 --> 0:37:25.760
<v Speaker 3>stuff like that. That's like one of my favorite comics.

0:37:25.840 --> 0:37:29.560
<v Speaker 3>Do you feel like you brought those storytelling sensibilities to

0:37:29.600 --> 0:37:31.520
<v Speaker 3>Shee Hulk as well by kind of looking more at

0:37:31.560 --> 0:37:34.480
<v Speaker 3>like the holistic life of the character, like indie comics

0:37:34.480 --> 0:37:37.800
<v Speaker 3>sometimes do, rather than just that big concept superhero stuff.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, definitely, because you know, I didn't really approach this

0:37:43.600 --> 0:37:49.160
<v Speaker 5>following a traditional superhero formula. You know, it was definitely

0:37:49.239 --> 0:37:52.719
<v Speaker 5>more about like the tone was a lot more important,

0:37:53.040 --> 0:37:56.319
<v Speaker 5>you know, and like it's not a plot heavy show.

0:37:56.320 --> 0:37:56.960
<v Speaker 2>It's an episode.

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<v Speaker 5>It's a very episodic show, and it's very much about

0:37:59.840 --> 0:38:03.080
<v Speaker 5>the life of life, you know, and it really is.

0:38:03.320 --> 0:38:05.440
<v Speaker 5>It's exactly like you said, it's this like kind of holistic,

0:38:05.440 --> 0:38:08.920
<v Speaker 5>well rounded look of like what is the totality of

0:38:08.960 --> 0:38:09.960
<v Speaker 5>this person's life.

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<v Speaker 1>One thing that is really resonating with us as comic

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<v Speaker 1>book nerds is just how this is the most comic

0:38:18.560 --> 0:38:23.040
<v Speaker 1>book nerd show from Marvel. Yeah, it really is. Like

0:38:23.480 --> 0:38:26.399
<v Speaker 1>the way it just present, you know, the way mister

0:38:26.400 --> 0:38:29.120
<v Speaker 1>Immortals shows up and he's just been around, he's just

0:38:29.120 --> 0:38:33.080
<v Speaker 1>been around doing his mister Immortal thing in the world,

0:38:33.719 --> 0:38:38.680
<v Speaker 1>and it's taken as part of the texture of this space,

0:38:38.840 --> 0:38:42.720
<v Speaker 1>and that is that's part of the excitement of reading

0:38:42.719 --> 0:38:44.440
<v Speaker 1>comics when I was a kid, to me is just

0:38:44.640 --> 0:38:47.640
<v Speaker 1>having a window open into this entire, vibrant world where

0:38:47.680 --> 0:38:50.840
<v Speaker 1>people are running around doing things, going to the gym,

0:38:51.280 --> 0:38:55.879
<v Speaker 1>going shopping, using their powers for good and ill. How

0:38:55.920 --> 0:38:59.279
<v Speaker 1>much of that was really was what you were going for,

0:38:59.320 --> 0:39:01.040
<v Speaker 1>where you're going to like, we're gonna pull from all

0:39:01.080 --> 0:39:03.160
<v Speaker 1>these different things, and we're not even going to be like,

0:39:03.680 --> 0:39:06.400
<v Speaker 1>how did mister Mortal get his powers? Forget about it,

0:39:06.400 --> 0:39:09.120
<v Speaker 1>We're just going to present it's running around.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I mean, you know, it just it felt like

0:39:12.160 --> 0:39:17.400
<v Speaker 5>we're over a decade into the MCU, like and you know,

0:39:17.800 --> 0:39:21.760
<v Speaker 5>every other movie introduces a new character, a new superhero,

0:39:21.920 --> 0:39:25.799
<v Speaker 5>somebody with powers, you know, and like they're they're in

0:39:25.800 --> 0:39:28.640
<v Speaker 5>the double digits now, you know, so people in their

0:39:28.680 --> 0:39:30.960
<v Speaker 5>world have been living with this for years and years

0:39:31.000 --> 0:39:34.920
<v Speaker 5>and years, so it's no longer like a shock you know,

0:39:35.080 --> 0:39:37.800
<v Speaker 5>to the system of like that people with superpowers exist.

0:39:38.160 --> 0:39:41.640
<v Speaker 5>These people exist, you know, and not every single person

0:39:41.800 --> 0:39:44.200
<v Speaker 5>is going to make the news and become an Avenger.

0:39:44.360 --> 0:39:48.920
<v Speaker 5>There are you know, people like mister Immortal who are like, oh,

0:39:49.000 --> 0:39:56.480
<v Speaker 5>I'm only going to use this for my personal life, and.

0:39:56.440 --> 0:39:59.840
<v Speaker 2>There's no contribution to society, you know, like there's.

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<v Speaker 5>Just there's just people around who have these powers. And

0:40:03.520 --> 0:40:05.560
<v Speaker 5>you know, we really wanted to focus on the lower

0:40:05.640 --> 0:40:09.680
<v Speaker 5>level stuff, not the global save the universe kind of thing.

0:40:09.719 --> 0:40:12.760
<v Speaker 5>We wanted to focus on like the everyday street level

0:40:12.800 --> 0:40:15.640
<v Speaker 5>people who aren't making the news and are just kind

0:40:15.640 --> 0:40:16.240
<v Speaker 5>of existing.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and how fun was it as a process to

0:40:20.120 --> 0:40:22.120
<v Speaker 3>kind of get to go through and pick you know,

0:40:22.400 --> 0:40:24.759
<v Speaker 3>we get mister Remore here, we get a reference to

0:40:24.920 --> 0:40:28.680
<v Speaker 3>Baroness Blood. So I'm like, now, definitely the vampires exist

0:40:28.760 --> 0:40:30.920
<v Speaker 3>in the MCU. That is my head canon. But like,

0:40:31.000 --> 0:40:33.359
<v Speaker 3>how fun was it in the room? So you know,

0:40:33.400 --> 0:40:35.520
<v Speaker 3>we talked to Zig and he was talking about, you know,

0:40:35.560 --> 0:40:37.600
<v Speaker 3>pulling out names like the Wrecking Crew and stuff. So

0:40:37.600 --> 0:40:39.319
<v Speaker 3>how far is it to kind of get to dig

0:40:39.360 --> 0:40:43.400
<v Speaker 3>in and find those characters who fit this low ground

0:40:43.600 --> 0:40:45.640
<v Speaker 3>level superhero world that you were building.

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<v Speaker 2>It's it's really fun.

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<v Speaker 5>And so our writer's room, the makeup of the writer's

0:40:50.200 --> 0:40:54.960
<v Speaker 5>room was fifty percent like Marvel super Nerds and like

0:40:55.120 --> 0:40:58.360
<v Speaker 5>Zig and like zeb Wells and you know, Jackie Gales

0:40:58.360 --> 0:41:02.360
<v Speaker 5>and like and then the other half were just comedy

0:41:02.360 --> 0:41:05.759
<v Speaker 5>writers who were like, yeah, I have never touched the

0:41:05.760 --> 0:41:07.640
<v Speaker 5>comic book and I don't really need to unless I'm

0:41:07.640 --> 0:41:09.920
<v Speaker 5>being paid to do it, you know. But it's a

0:41:10.160 --> 0:41:12.520
<v Speaker 5>but I like, we needed that balance, you know, because

0:41:12.560 --> 0:41:16.200
<v Speaker 5>we can't be completely inside baseball when it comes to comics,

0:41:16.600 --> 0:41:19.360
<v Speaker 5>like because this is still a sitcom, you know, first

0:41:19.360 --> 0:41:22.040
<v Speaker 5>and foremost, So it was nice to have that mix

0:41:22.080 --> 0:41:24.120
<v Speaker 5>of people to kind of balance out like what is

0:41:24.200 --> 0:41:26.880
<v Speaker 5>going to be funny, you know, but what's also going

0:41:26.920 --> 0:41:28.840
<v Speaker 5>to be true to the comics. And so it was

0:41:28.880 --> 0:41:31.799
<v Speaker 5>really nice to have half the room be able to

0:41:31.880 --> 0:41:36.720
<v Speaker 5>like start pulling from the comics, like you know, like

0:41:36.719 --> 0:41:41.000
<v Speaker 5>like Zig and Zeb and everybody would they already had

0:41:41.040 --> 0:41:44.359
<v Speaker 5>like their their kind of mental list of characters they've

0:41:44.360 --> 0:41:48.840
<v Speaker 5>always wanted to And our philosophy was always like the

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<v Speaker 5>lower level, like the C level, D level, like give

0:41:53.280 --> 0:41:55.759
<v Speaker 5>us the low rent guys, because then you have the most.

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<v Speaker 2>Freedom, you know for sure. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>Well also like a, you have the most like highest

0:42:01.520 --> 0:42:04.799
<v Speaker 5>probability that it would be available that whens like you know,

0:42:04.960 --> 0:42:08.040
<v Speaker 5>creating like that Marvel isn't already doing some sort of

0:42:08.080 --> 0:42:11.239
<v Speaker 5>like trilogy about them. But two also like you have

0:42:11.239 --> 0:42:15.080
<v Speaker 5>more freedom because they're not this like Precious Revere like

0:42:15.640 --> 0:42:19.839
<v Speaker 5>have like a crazy fandom character. They're characters that people

0:42:19.840 --> 0:42:21.560
<v Speaker 5>are like, oh, I recognize them, that's funny that they're

0:42:21.640 --> 0:42:24.360
<v Speaker 5>using them, you know, or characters where they're like I

0:42:24.800 --> 0:42:27.279
<v Speaker 5>don't even know where they pulled that from. And then

0:42:27.320 --> 0:42:29.239
<v Speaker 5>you can really like kind of play around with them

0:42:29.320 --> 0:42:31.400
<v Speaker 5>and come up with like funny stuff for them. So,

0:42:31.840 --> 0:42:34.960
<v Speaker 5>you know, we pull like characters that we just thought

0:42:34.960 --> 0:42:37.080
<v Speaker 5>would be funny, and then the whole room would kind

0:42:37.080 --> 0:42:39.879
<v Speaker 5>of go to work on coming up with, like what's

0:42:39.880 --> 0:42:41.799
<v Speaker 5>a funny reason they would be in legal trouble? Like

0:42:42.040 --> 0:42:47.720
<v Speaker 5>what is specific to this character that would require a lawyer?

0:42:48.560 --> 0:42:50.680
<v Speaker 5>And and that's where we went from there. And that's

0:42:50.760 --> 0:42:52.480
<v Speaker 5>really really fun to pitch, you know, because at the

0:42:52.560 --> 0:42:55.080
<v Speaker 5>end of the day, you're just they're characters. Whether or

0:42:55.120 --> 0:42:57.160
<v Speaker 5>not they're comp of characters or sick on characters, they're

0:42:57.200 --> 0:43:00.400
<v Speaker 5>just characters that you're coming up with very like character

0:43:00.520 --> 0:43:02.200
<v Speaker 5>specific stories for.

0:43:02.960 --> 0:43:06.240
<v Speaker 1>This seems very obvious to me, but I was wondering

0:43:06.280 --> 0:43:07.960
<v Speaker 1>if you might spell it out for our audience. It

0:43:08.000 --> 0:43:11.920
<v Speaker 1>seems what is it that makes comedy writers like yourself,

0:43:12.680 --> 0:43:18.800
<v Speaker 1>Jeff love no zeb So the right person to develop

0:43:18.840 --> 0:43:22.160
<v Speaker 1>and adapt these stories for TV for film?

0:43:22.560 --> 0:43:25.399
<v Speaker 2>I think it's that well, I think it is.

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<v Speaker 5>What I loved about Marvel movies was that they're all

0:43:30.040 --> 0:43:32.360
<v Speaker 5>very like even the serious ones, there is the sense

0:43:32.400 --> 0:43:35.000
<v Speaker 5>of joy, you know, there is the sense of like

0:43:35.560 --> 0:43:36.799
<v Speaker 5>of this love for this.

0:43:36.840 --> 0:43:39.160
<v Speaker 2>Medium, and like, you.

0:43:39.040 --> 0:43:42.680
<v Speaker 5>Know, if you could be very reductive and say like, oh,

0:43:42.719 --> 0:43:47.200
<v Speaker 5>it's like for kids or whatever, but but I think

0:43:47.960 --> 0:43:50.480
<v Speaker 5>being able to see.

0:43:50.280 --> 0:43:54.280
<v Speaker 2>The way that like comics have these like strong themes

0:43:54.320 --> 0:43:56.760
<v Speaker 2>and can tell these like very.

0:43:58.480 --> 0:44:01.560
<v Speaker 5>Like metaphor lateen story, you know, and kind of be

0:44:01.600 --> 0:44:04.960
<v Speaker 5>a reflection of of ourt of the times and.

0:44:05.120 --> 0:44:06.080
<v Speaker 2>Of people.

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<v Speaker 5>Being able to like take that seriously but also balance

0:44:10.680 --> 0:44:14.040
<v Speaker 5>that with like, okay, but it's still you know, a

0:44:14.120 --> 0:44:18.120
<v Speaker 5>person with superpowers or some guy who decided to dress

0:44:18.200 --> 0:44:18.600
<v Speaker 5>up like a.

0:44:18.520 --> 0:44:22.120
<v Speaker 2>Frog, you know, Like I to kind of balance that

0:44:22.680 --> 0:44:24.120
<v Speaker 2>and like treat it like.

0:44:24.400 --> 0:44:28.960
<v Speaker 5>With the right level of seriousness. Like these characters are

0:44:29.000 --> 0:44:31.879
<v Speaker 5>taking their lives seriously, you know, so we respect that,

0:44:32.040 --> 0:44:34.920
<v Speaker 5>but we also understand that it's inherently a little silly

0:44:34.920 --> 0:44:37.319
<v Speaker 5>and lighthearted, you know. And also the stakes on our

0:44:37.320 --> 0:44:40.319
<v Speaker 5>show are very low. It's not it's not like half

0:44:40.320 --> 0:44:42.719
<v Speaker 5>of humanity is going to die. It's like, well, is

0:44:42.760 --> 0:44:44.880
<v Speaker 5>this guy gonna have to pay like pay out a

0:44:44.920 --> 0:44:45.680
<v Speaker 5>law a settlement?

0:44:45.800 --> 0:44:45.960
<v Speaker 2>You know?

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<v Speaker 3>H yeah, in that way. Actually, it kind of seems

0:44:50.320 --> 0:44:53.400
<v Speaker 3>wild that there hasn't been like a superhero sitcom like

0:44:53.480 --> 0:44:55.640
<v Speaker 3>this seems like the perfect balance. So could you talk

0:44:55.680 --> 0:44:58.279
<v Speaker 3>a little bit about that choice and going obviously it

0:44:58.320 --> 0:45:00.799
<v Speaker 3>makes so much sense for shee holp. But why was that?

0:45:00.920 --> 0:45:02.480
<v Speaker 3>How did you know that was the right pitch?

0:45:03.000 --> 0:45:08.799
<v Speaker 5>Well, I come from writing for TV comedy, so so

0:45:08.880 --> 0:45:13.000
<v Speaker 5>I was always going to do comedy. I just I

0:45:13.000 --> 0:45:15.560
<v Speaker 5>don't write dramas, you know, so it's always gonna be

0:45:15.600 --> 0:45:18.320
<v Speaker 5>a comedy. But I think like she Hulk, of all characters,

0:45:18.440 --> 0:45:22.160
<v Speaker 5>is like so, I mean, the most iconic she Hulk

0:45:22.239 --> 0:45:26.760
<v Speaker 5>runs are so like fun and light, you know, and funny.

0:45:27.000 --> 0:45:30.040
<v Speaker 2>So I think like it's that's just what's true to

0:45:30.080 --> 0:45:30.560
<v Speaker 2>the character.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, okay, here we go. We're gonna we're gonna hit

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<v Speaker 1>you now with the questions that we're pretty sure you

0:45:36.760 --> 0:45:38.080
<v Speaker 1>can't answer, but we're gonna try.

0:45:39.600 --> 0:45:41.400
<v Speaker 2>Let's see how good my perker face.

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<v Speaker 1>Is adamantium needle at the end.

0:45:44.239 --> 0:45:50.480
<v Speaker 5>Yes, now I'm saying, yes, it is.

0:45:53.040 --> 0:46:00.839
<v Speaker 1>That an adamantium needle. Uh No, okay, wow, oh interesting. Uh.

0:46:00.960 --> 0:46:03.279
<v Speaker 2>We're not talking about adamantium on the show at all.

0:46:03.320 --> 0:46:04.520
<v Speaker 3>There's no talking about it.

0:46:04.600 --> 0:46:08.439
<v Speaker 1>But you know, here's it. It's a guess we here

0:46:08.520 --> 0:46:12.200
<v Speaker 1>is why we guess that because of the Hulk's history.

0:46:12.719 --> 0:46:16.280
<v Speaker 1>Uh with Adamanteta, you know, it's always the only solution

0:46:16.440 --> 0:46:18.320
<v Speaker 1>to be like, how do we turn his blood to

0:46:18.360 --> 0:46:20.160
<v Speaker 1>Hulk back at or get his blood or turn him

0:46:20.160 --> 0:46:22.040
<v Speaker 1>back into Banner. We got to hit him. What's the

0:46:22.040 --> 0:46:23.880
<v Speaker 1>only thing that could pierce the skin is an adam

0:46:23.880 --> 0:46:27.319
<v Speaker 1>antium needle and it made it made a very satisfying

0:46:27.440 --> 0:46:29.759
<v Speaker 1>snack dish sound, which is why we thought that.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, that's good. I mean, it's rare to get a

0:46:33.200 --> 0:46:37.320
<v Speaker 3>conclusive answer, so I'm very excited about that. I'm okay,

0:46:37.719 --> 0:46:46.439
<v Speaker 3>So Baroness Blood aka mister Immortal's wife potentially potentially, I mean,

0:46:47.800 --> 0:46:51.759
<v Speaker 3>so Baroness Cromwell is his ex wife? Is that? Does

0:46:51.800 --> 0:46:53.799
<v Speaker 3>that mean? Was he married to a vampire? I feel

0:46:53.800 --> 0:46:56.640
<v Speaker 3>like it would make sense because he's immortal. But was

0:46:56.640 --> 0:46:58.319
<v Speaker 3>that or was that just like a fun name poll.

0:46:58.960 --> 0:47:00.000
<v Speaker 2>That was just a fun name talk.

0:47:00.040 --> 0:47:03.000
<v Speaker 5>We don't know which we don't know who this person

0:47:03.200 --> 0:47:04.759
<v Speaker 5>is that he was married to.

0:47:07.160 --> 0:47:12.759
<v Speaker 1>Okay, Obviously you've had a lot of fun over this

0:47:12.800 --> 0:47:18.279
<v Speaker 1>season with like names that are one letter off from

0:47:18.440 --> 0:47:19.680
<v Speaker 1>names that we recognize.

0:47:19.719 --> 0:47:20.520
<v Speaker 3>Donnie Blaze.

0:47:20.960 --> 0:47:25.239
<v Speaker 1>Donny Blaze, for instance, is a fantastic icon. And then

0:47:25.280 --> 0:47:26.759
<v Speaker 1>at the end of this episode, you know, when we

0:47:26.760 --> 0:47:28.959
<v Speaker 1>see that that secret lab where they're working to collect

0:47:29.040 --> 0:47:33.120
<v Speaker 1>gens blood, we see it a chat on a screen,

0:47:33.360 --> 0:47:38.600
<v Speaker 1>a computer message from someone named Hulk King, which seems

0:47:38.640 --> 0:47:45.160
<v Speaker 1>like very specifically one letter off from Hulk Hulkling. Is

0:47:46.120 --> 0:47:50.239
<v Speaker 1>that another Donny Blaze, Johnny Blaze Hulk King hulk Ling?

0:47:50.880 --> 0:47:53.120
<v Speaker 1>Is that another one of those Donny Blaze situations?

0:47:54.320 --> 0:47:57.160
<v Speaker 5>What I will say is you have to think about

0:47:57.239 --> 0:48:01.200
<v Speaker 5>the world of the show as this is a world

0:48:01.239 --> 0:48:08.280
<v Speaker 5>where people are aware of all these kind of superheroes.

0:48:07.560 --> 0:48:09.799
<v Speaker 2>Beings, villains, aliens.

0:48:10.280 --> 0:48:13.680
<v Speaker 5>Everyone's aware that these types of people exist, you know,

0:48:14.120 --> 0:48:17.279
<v Speaker 5>so you have to think, like there are people in

0:48:17.320 --> 0:48:23.600
<v Speaker 5>this world who are like our world fans, like you know,

0:48:23.719 --> 0:48:26.359
<v Speaker 5>people who are into like fan fiction, people who are

0:48:26.360 --> 0:48:30.560
<v Speaker 5>modeling themselves after these people. You know, people who know

0:48:31.080 --> 0:48:35.040
<v Speaker 5>like the name Hulk and are you know, coming up

0:48:35.120 --> 0:48:39.319
<v Speaker 5>with like coming up with just a screen name that

0:48:39.480 --> 0:48:41.560
<v Speaker 5>is a reflection of what.

0:48:41.440 --> 0:48:43.400
<v Speaker 2>They're interested in and who they're interested in.

0:48:43.719 --> 0:48:45.719
<v Speaker 3>Okay, this is less of a this is less of

0:48:45.719 --> 0:48:48.399
<v Speaker 3>a spoiler question, but links to the hul King women.

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<v Speaker 3>Could you talk a little bit about introducing the intelligence

0:48:51.920 --> 0:48:55.200
<v Speaker 3>here is this kind of like MRA website and how

0:48:55.200 --> 0:48:58.800
<v Speaker 3>that plays into how well you guys kind of preemptively

0:48:59.600 --> 0:49:02.160
<v Speaker 3>joke about what you knew the response to the show

0:49:02.200 --> 0:49:02.560
<v Speaker 3>would be.

0:49:03.239 --> 0:49:05.399
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I mean I think it just we I mean,

0:49:05.400 --> 0:49:07.160
<v Speaker 5>we had our writers room in twenty We started our

0:49:07.200 --> 0:49:10.360
<v Speaker 5>writers room in twenty nineteen. That's how long ago we,

0:49:10.480 --> 0:49:12.759
<v Speaker 5>you know, we started writing this show. So I mean

0:49:12.800 --> 0:49:15.840
<v Speaker 5>it truly preempts a lot of the stuff because we knew.

0:49:15.880 --> 0:49:17.520
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think it just goes to.

0:49:17.480 --> 0:49:21.680
<v Speaker 5>Show how completely unoriginal and tired and boring.

0:49:21.560 --> 0:49:24.520
<v Speaker 2>Actually, guys are you know that three years.

0:49:24.280 --> 0:49:27.680
<v Speaker 5>Ago we could predict like exactly what they weren't gonna say,

0:49:27.920 --> 0:49:33.840
<v Speaker 5>like fucking get a new song man. And it's just

0:49:34.200 --> 0:49:37.040
<v Speaker 5>I mean, it's it's funny, but it's also sady that

0:49:38.080 --> 0:49:40.120
<v Speaker 5>like it's so accurate.

0:49:39.760 --> 0:49:43.520
<v Speaker 2>And also that it is so common and so.

0:49:43.640 --> 0:49:49.040
<v Speaker 5>Predictable at that we could this accurately like just pull

0:49:49.040 --> 0:49:52.280
<v Speaker 5>it out, you know, because it's not it's not really

0:49:52.600 --> 0:49:54.520
<v Speaker 5>it is specific to the show, but it also isn't

0:49:54.560 --> 0:49:59.000
<v Speaker 5>like that type of like like hate and like stupidity

0:49:59.360 --> 0:50:02.479
<v Speaker 5>is not specific to this show. Only you know, it's

0:50:02.560 --> 0:50:06.759
<v Speaker 5>so prevalent that that's why we were able to just

0:50:06.840 --> 0:50:11.319
<v Speaker 5>know exactly, you know. So it was very funny when

0:50:11.360 --> 0:50:15.200
<v Speaker 5>the show premiered seeing all the responses where I was like,

0:50:15.880 --> 0:50:20.480
<v Speaker 5>you just wait till the third episode comes back, because

0:50:20.680 --> 0:50:24.279
<v Speaker 5>because the little troll inside of me was also giggling.

0:50:25.719 --> 0:50:30.759
<v Speaker 1>And baby, well, Jessica, this has been a fantastic conversation.

0:50:30.880 --> 0:50:33.520
<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for joining us, Thanks for having me.

0:50:33.560 --> 0:50:34.040
<v Speaker 2>This is great.

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<v Speaker 3>That was such a joy. Thank you.

0:50:46.160 --> 0:50:48.319
<v Speaker 1>Folks were stepping out of the air lock onto the

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<v Speaker 1>streets of Ferrick's beautiful company town Ferrix for the first

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<v Speaker 1>three episodes of and Or, written by Tony Gilroy, directed

0:50:57.600 --> 0:51:02.040
<v Speaker 1>by Toby Haynes. Again, we just want to touch on

0:51:02.080 --> 0:51:05.600
<v Speaker 1>this these episodes because we want to give everybody time

0:51:05.640 --> 0:51:08.759
<v Speaker 1>to process them and to really digest them, and then

0:51:08.800 --> 0:51:12.480
<v Speaker 1>we're gonna be talking about it regularly as the series progresses.

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<v Speaker 1>But first off, Rosie, what are your thoughts?

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<v Speaker 3>So, I thought it is very beautiful. I'm happy to

0:51:20.640 --> 0:51:22.480
<v Speaker 3>I love to see die go back. You know, we're

0:51:22.560 --> 0:51:25.080
<v Speaker 3>big fans of Rogue One on this show.

0:51:25.160 --> 0:51:27.279
<v Speaker 1>Huge fans, such huge fans of Rogue One.

0:51:27.480 --> 0:51:31.520
<v Speaker 3>So yeah, I love the landscape. I love that it's

0:51:31.560 --> 0:51:36.480
<v Speaker 3>not a nostalgia fueled show. I think like we've all

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<v Speaker 3>talked about this. People in the discord have been talking

0:51:38.520 --> 0:51:41.000
<v Speaker 3>about this. This is a show that is almost has

0:51:41.000 --> 0:51:42.840
<v Speaker 3>a similarity to Lord of the Rings in that the

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<v Speaker 3>first episode maybe a little bit homework heavy, a little

0:51:46.440 --> 0:51:49.239
<v Speaker 3>bit introductory heavy, but you get those three episodes so

0:51:49.280 --> 0:51:52.359
<v Speaker 3>by the end you've really kind of dived in. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I thought it was like a good show. I'm a

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<v Speaker 3>big fan of Tony Gilroy, who they bring in to

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<v Speaker 3>save everything, so I'm really happy to see him getting

0:52:00.080 --> 0:52:02.480
<v Speaker 3>to have this space to do this. I do have

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<v Speaker 3>some moments that like bumped me though, so that's how

0:52:05.200 --> 0:52:07.279
<v Speaker 3>I'm excited to talk to you about it.

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<v Speaker 1>So I too, I think it looks absolutely like jaw

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<v Speaker 1>dropping stunning. Actually, like the volume is doing incredible or

0:52:18.800 --> 0:52:22.480
<v Speaker 1>clearly I think they shot on location somewhere. It looks amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>I you know, Rogue One is probably my favorite Star

0:52:27.600 --> 0:52:31.439
<v Speaker 1>Wars movie, and I think the vibe of Rogue One,

0:52:31.480 --> 0:52:37.960
<v Speaker 1>which is which kind of recontextualized the part of the

0:52:38.000 --> 0:52:41.440
<v Speaker 1>impact of the original Star Wars as a as a

0:52:41.640 --> 0:52:45.240
<v Speaker 1>flipped allegory to the Vietnam War, you know, in which

0:52:45.680 --> 0:52:50.800
<v Speaker 1>you know, scrappy rebels take on this superpower with weapons

0:52:50.800 --> 0:52:54.719
<v Speaker 1>of mass destruction and actually defeat it. Rogue One took

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<v Speaker 1>that and brought it into the twenty first century with

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<v Speaker 1>an allegory that is senttually says that acknowledged the power

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<v Speaker 1>of the kind of like freedom fighter narrative. Yeah you

0:53:11.280 --> 0:53:15.560
<v Speaker 1>had you had these You had these rebels fighting to

0:53:15.600 --> 0:53:21.040
<v Speaker 1>defend a holy city with rare natural resources that were

0:53:21.080 --> 0:53:25.200
<v Speaker 1>being exploited by a superpower. You know, it's like this, Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the grievances of the Middle East with regards to

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<v Speaker 1>the United States as empire, but uh mixed up and

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<v Speaker 1>put back uh, you know, and and digested back and

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<v Speaker 1>given back to us as a Star Wars story. I

0:53:43.200 --> 0:53:45.080
<v Speaker 1>think that was part of like what really gave it

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<v Speaker 1>its power. And I think and Or is similarly continuing

0:53:48.400 --> 0:53:52.200
<v Speaker 1>to do that same thing, which is taking really really

0:53:52.280 --> 0:53:59.400
<v Speaker 1>provocative ideas and saying, Okay, at what level does violent

0:53:59.560 --> 0:54:05.600
<v Speaker 1>resistance to corporate power become morally acceptable? At what point

0:54:05.719 --> 0:54:14.280
<v Speaker 1>does violent resistance to the security state become, while clearly illegal,

0:54:14.800 --> 0:54:19.600
<v Speaker 1>morally acceptable. At what point does the destruction of the

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<v Speaker 1>environment warrant a morally potentially violent response.

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<v Speaker 5>Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>And those ideas are really really, really just very very

0:54:33.080 --> 0:54:36.560
<v Speaker 1>interesting and kind of like radical to explore in the

0:54:36.680 --> 0:54:40.359
<v Speaker 1>contexts right now. And I think that part of it

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<v Speaker 1>has me absolutely hooked. Here is where is the thing

0:54:43.560 --> 0:54:46.400
<v Speaker 1>that bumps me as well? I do bump on certain things.

0:54:47.440 --> 0:54:52.839
<v Speaker 1>One and this is all with the caveat that we

0:54:52.880 --> 0:54:54.719
<v Speaker 1>need more contacts that I need to see where this

0:54:54.800 --> 0:54:55.400
<v Speaker 1>is going.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, and is twelve episodes long, so we're literally

0:54:58.320 --> 0:55:00.239
<v Speaker 3>a core of the way through the show. There is

0:55:00.280 --> 0:55:03.799
<v Speaker 3>a lot that we can still discover, but we both

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<v Speaker 3>definitely got caught on a couple of the same things.

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<v Speaker 1>The kind of like reframing of and then a story

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<v Speaker 1>about indigenous people fighting against a technological colonial foe made

0:55:21.760 --> 0:55:25.000
<v Speaker 1>me feel a little bit weird that being Diego's backstory,

0:55:25.160 --> 0:55:28.359
<v Speaker 1>just not weird in that the idea of doing it,

0:55:28.840 --> 0:55:33.960
<v Speaker 1>but the way they presented it makes me maybe like

0:55:34.200 --> 0:55:37.399
<v Speaker 1>tad uneasy if I don't know where it's going at

0:55:37.400 --> 0:55:40.040
<v Speaker 1>this point, I'm like, it's definitely something. I'm like, hmm,

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder where this is going, because this is either

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<v Speaker 1>like again another super super radical theme in detail in

0:55:49.880 --> 0:55:53.319
<v Speaker 1>the context of a Star Wars show, or maybe a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of a miss.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I totally agree. I feel like I love to

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<v Speaker 3>see We're living in an age right now where there's

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<v Speaker 3>finally we're getting a lot of really brilliant like indigenous

0:56:06.680 --> 0:56:09.960
<v Speaker 3>storytelling in a mainstream, accessible space. The storytelling has always

0:56:10.000 --> 0:56:12.200
<v Speaker 3>been there, but now it's getting a platform. Whether it's

0:56:12.239 --> 0:56:15.440
<v Speaker 3>like you know, Reservation Dogs, Blood Quantum like one of

0:56:15.520 --> 0:56:17.759
<v Speaker 3>my favorite movies from the last few years, there's a

0:56:17.840 --> 0:56:24.920
<v Speaker 3>lot of great stuff being made saying that, I too wonder.

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<v Speaker 3>I love the notion of an indigenous exploring an indigenous

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<v Speaker 3>culture in Star Wars. That's incredible. It fits with me too.

0:56:34.440 --> 0:56:40.080
<v Speaker 3>I personally, my first feeling about it was like this

0:56:40.160 --> 0:56:42.960
<v Speaker 3>could have been the prequel to Just See, so we

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<v Speaker 3>could have spent time there and got to know them,

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<v Speaker 3>and it wasn't so much of just kind of flashback

0:56:48.800 --> 0:56:50.959
<v Speaker 3>to trauma, which is a lot of what we're getting

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<v Speaker 3>right now. So I'm I'm interested in that. You know

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<v Speaker 3>what I feel like in a post Wakandan world, Let's

0:56:58.160 --> 0:57:04.440
<v Speaker 3>say I think at fantasy and sci fi and ideas

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<v Speaker 3>of indigenous populations in sci fi and fantasy, I feel

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<v Speaker 3>like I want to see where they're going with this

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<v Speaker 3>idea of like nature versus technology, because I feel like

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<v Speaker 3>in the Star Wars world, that indigenous culture could have

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<v Speaker 3>been like a a very highly it could have been

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<v Speaker 3>represented differently in a way that embraces both nature and

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<v Speaker 3>sci fi. That would have felt maybe a little bit

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<v Speaker 3>less simplistic.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, the main thing for me is the decision to

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<v Speaker 1>not have us understand what they are saying.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, that's the biggest.

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<v Speaker 1>It felt like an unnecessary othering to you to like,

0:57:44.680 --> 0:57:46.920
<v Speaker 1>you know, for lack of a better, uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>more subtle phrase of a people that doesn't really occur

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<v Speaker 1>in Star Wars usually. Usually it's like, especially if this

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<v Speaker 1>is like the main character, you want us to empathize

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<v Speaker 1>and understand what a particular ethnicity or a people, or

0:58:07.760 --> 0:58:11.520
<v Speaker 1>a race, or an alien group or or androids are saying.

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<v Speaker 1>And you want to And I guess you could say, well,

0:58:13.480 --> 0:58:17.200
<v Speaker 1>they don't subtitle the droids, but people translate what they're

0:58:17.240 --> 0:58:20.040
<v Speaker 1>saying by telling me they translate it right back.

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<v Speaker 3>I will also say it's very different than say, I remember,

0:58:24.560 --> 0:58:26.560
<v Speaker 3>you know, when West Side Story came out, the Steven

0:58:26.560 --> 0:58:32.920
<v Speaker 3>Spielberg one, there's a lot of unsubtitled Spanish in that,

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<v Speaker 3>and and I thought that that's actually really interesting and

0:58:37.640 --> 0:58:42.600
<v Speaker 3>cool because you're basically allowing Spanish speakers to experience part

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<v Speaker 3>of the film that non Spanish speakers can't, and that

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<v Speaker 3>is an interesting subversion of how English speaking is usually

0:58:52.280 --> 0:58:55.600
<v Speaker 3>non subtitled. But this is a I just double checked

0:58:55.600 --> 0:58:56.960
<v Speaker 3>because I wanted to be sure. But this is a

0:58:57.000 --> 0:59:00.520
<v Speaker 3>made up language. It's Canari, So I don't in that

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<v Speaker 3>way understand why that does.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to see where it's going. And then the

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<v Speaker 1>other thing, because again I think the idea, again, as

0:59:12.960 --> 0:59:16.200
<v Speaker 1>you said, presenting an indigenous people through the lens of

0:59:16.200 --> 0:59:19.040
<v Speaker 1>Star Wars and exploring their culture, I think is there's

0:59:19.080 --> 0:59:22.680
<v Speaker 1>nothing inherently weird or wrong about that. In fact, that's

0:59:22.720 --> 0:59:26.360
<v Speaker 1>fascinating and an idea I'd love to dive into. I

0:59:26.400 --> 0:59:30.000
<v Speaker 1>also think it's really fascinating and radical to explore the

0:59:30.040 --> 0:59:39.800
<v Speaker 1>idea of what an indigenous people could do to defend

0:59:39.840 --> 0:59:43.680
<v Speaker 1>themselves that would be morally right considering the encroachment on

0:59:44.160 --> 0:59:47.040
<v Speaker 1>their spaces, which is clearly an idea that this show

0:59:47.120 --> 0:59:49.800
<v Speaker 1>is exploring. When when young and Or comes to the

0:59:49.960 --> 0:59:54.080
<v Speaker 1>edge of that great mining pit and sees what's being

0:59:54.160 --> 0:59:56.920
<v Speaker 1>done to his planet, there's an anger and a defiance

0:59:56.960 --> 0:59:59.360
<v Speaker 1>that flashes in his eyes and it's the same anger

0:59:59.400 --> 1:00:02.800
<v Speaker 1>and defiance that flashes in his eyes as an older

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<v Speaker 1>man throughout the episodes that we see. And I think

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<v Speaker 1>it draws a through line there of this idea of

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<v Speaker 1>how much And he says, you know, no one would

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<v Speaker 1>expect a person like me to be the one who

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<v Speaker 1>gets paraphrasing now the thing he says in the trailer

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<v Speaker 1>in other places, But I think that there's that through

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<v Speaker 1>line there of how much does the does people have

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<v Speaker 1>to put up with before it's okay for them to

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<v Speaker 1>fight back? And I think that's clearly an idea that

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<v Speaker 1>this show is presenting. And it's a really interesting idea

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<v Speaker 1>that said.

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<v Speaker 3>I just want to jump on that just quick because

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<v Speaker 3>I know the next thing I totally agree with you.

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<v Speaker 3>I totally agree with you. I just the other thing

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<v Speaker 3>that kind of gets to me a little bit about it, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>is like I love that because I love radical ideas

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<v Speaker 3>of struggle. The sad thing is in this case is like,

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<v Speaker 3>wouldn't it have been? I know it doesn't work because

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<v Speaker 3>we have to have and Cassie and have some kind

1:00:58.840 --> 1:01:02.200
<v Speaker 3>of loss, but like, didn't we imagine a world where

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<v Speaker 3>and indigenous people fought back in like one because it's

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<v Speaker 3>a utopian Star Wars style space where you're imagining it. Also,

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<v Speaker 3>like the other thing that I find interesting in the context,

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<v Speaker 3>and like we said, I'm very interested to see where

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<v Speaker 3>it goes because this could all be very intentional and

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<v Speaker 3>be kind of expanded on or explored or excavated as

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<v Speaker 3>we go through. But also, like you know, who never

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<v Speaker 3>worried at any point about where the killing people was

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<v Speaker 3>right in Star Wars, Like every white person who's ever

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<v Speaker 3>in Star Wars who just blows stuff up and kills

1:01:32.880 --> 1:01:35.440
<v Speaker 3>people and is seen as a hero. So I just

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<v Speaker 3>I wonder I want to see that moral I want

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<v Speaker 3>to know why the moral weight is so heavy on

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<v Speaker 3>Cassian because the things that he is fighting against are

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<v Speaker 3>are arguably so much more obviously deserving of rebellion or revolution.

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<v Speaker 3>But again, that could definitely be something that we see

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<v Speaker 3>expanded on as the show goes forward. There are a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of points here where if these moments that we're

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<v Speaker 3>talking about and are about to talk about another one

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<v Speaker 3>are intentional and get explored and extrapolated on, and that

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<v Speaker 3>could be a really really radical space in the Star

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<v Speaker 3>Wars universe, or like you know, you were saying, if

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<v Speaker 3>not then it could be there's a chance that could

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<v Speaker 3>end up being like a bit of a missed opportunity.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and so I think the thing that bumped me

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<v Speaker 1>really the hardest is at the end of the and again,

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<v Speaker 1>this could be really interesting and I'm holding out. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't wait to see more, to see how this, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>reframes the context. Potentially Marva, who you know, has followed

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<v Speaker 1>this ship that crashed on Knari, is scavenging whatever kind

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<v Speaker 1>of tech and different stuff that they have, and they

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<v Speaker 1>want to get out before the republic answers. And they

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<v Speaker 1>come across this young indigenous person who is Cassie and

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<v Speaker 1>or young Cassian and or doesn't have that name yet,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, and they're concerned that, you know, the Republic's

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<v Speaker 1>going to show up and everybody's going to be potentially

1:03:12.680 --> 1:03:19.240
<v Speaker 1>facing you know, real danger that could end up with

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<v Speaker 1>the extinction of this tribe. I guess is with their concern,

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<v Speaker 1>and so Marva kidnaps, you know, like let's just say

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<v Speaker 1>what it is, kidnaps Cassian and takes him away on

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<v Speaker 1>her spaceship. And so my question is this is are

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<v Speaker 1>we framing that as this like unambiguously good rescue or

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<v Speaker 1>is there necessary, in my mind necessary ambiguity to this action,

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<v Speaker 1>Because while I don't doubt that Marva thinks I'm saving

1:03:53.800 --> 1:03:58.680
<v Speaker 1>this young man's life, what is functionally happening is you

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<v Speaker 1>are kidnapping him, making them away from his tribe, from

1:04:02.320 --> 1:04:05.040
<v Speaker 1>his people, from his culture, from his entire world because

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<v Speaker 1>you're concerned that he's in danger and that may or

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<v Speaker 1>may not be true. But also like, that's not your role.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and the way that you just framed that, that's

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<v Speaker 3>not your responsibility, I think it's very clear fingers crossed.

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<v Speaker 3>That seems to be a even just in the way

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<v Speaker 3>you frame it, the way you speak, right, it seems

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<v Speaker 3>like the right route to go is to use that

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<v Speaker 3>as an analogous conversation about the times that that has

1:04:32.280 --> 1:04:36.800
<v Speaker 3>happened in real life, but kidnapping of Indigenous children, of

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<v Speaker 3>children from the global community, the global majority, and seeing

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<v Speaker 3>and having that as like we're doing something good and

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<v Speaker 3>then we know that that is obviously historically something that

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<v Speaker 3>has become very horrific and just a way of exploiting

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<v Speaker 3>children and harming children. So it feels to me like

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think Star Wars is going to be like, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>Marv is you know, an evil person. But I do

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<v Speaker 3>think that could definitely be that should be adept and

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<v Speaker 3>a conversation between Marva and between Cassian about the realities

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<v Speaker 3>of what she did and how that shifted the the

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<v Speaker 3>scope of his life and the way that his life

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<v Speaker 3>turned out.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, because it's definitely you know, again, he may very

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<v Speaker 1>well be in danger. You know, we're seeing aside through

1:05:26.000 --> 1:05:29.080
<v Speaker 1>their eyes, through Marv's eyes, of the Republic that is,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, less good than we're probably used to, and

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<v Speaker 1>certainly more exploitive of cultures and planets than aren't technologically

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<v Speaker 1>advanced or part of the Republic large. But again, she

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<v Speaker 1>just like snatches them up without any kind of just

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<v Speaker 1>this would this be okay, who are your people? Do

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<v Speaker 1>you have family here? Who is your family here? And

1:06:01.480 --> 1:06:05.440
<v Speaker 1>kidnaps them from what is essentially a utopian planet. I mean,

1:06:05.440 --> 1:06:07.480
<v Speaker 1>this is another tripe. This is an age old trope,

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<v Speaker 1>right of the of the the people who are less

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<v Speaker 1>technologically advanced live in this more egalitarian, just perfect society.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, like the peaceful And I that's another thing where

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<v Speaker 3>I wonder if there was a technojungle twist or some

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<v Speaker 3>kind of exploration that could have maybe potentially or might

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<v Speaker 3>still happen. We've only seen certain parts. It's been in flashbacks,

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<v Speaker 3>so we might learn that there is more to it.

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<v Speaker 3>But like you said, that segment to me definitely had

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<v Speaker 3>the feeling of that age old trope. It didn't necessarily

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<v Speaker 3>feel like it was adding anything to because let's be real,

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<v Speaker 3>I saw, like a lot of people have said this,

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<v Speaker 3>but like, how many indigenous cultures have we seen destroyed

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<v Speaker 3>in Star Wars? So many?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that many? It's not the first one.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not the first one, And it's like so like,

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<v Speaker 3>yes that my ewoks, Like, is is that necessarily like

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<v Speaker 3>a new story that needs to be told in the

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<v Speaker 3>Stars universe? Hopefully as Cassian because this is a very

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<v Speaker 3>slow burned show as well, So hopefully as it moves forward,

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<v Speaker 3>we're going to get to see that that conversation change.

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<v Speaker 3>But I would like to know about not subtitling the Canari.

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<v Speaker 3>The more I think about it, the more I'm like,

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<v Speaker 3>is is there is that going to change? Is that?

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<v Speaker 3>I think on the on our version there was no captions,

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<v Speaker 3>but I think on the final version it says speaking Canari.

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<v Speaker 1>Heure's the other thing that I think makes it an

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<v Speaker 1>interesting choice. To me, these are flashbacks. How are we

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<v Speaker 1>getting here right? We're getting the presentation is these are

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<v Speaker 1>Cassian's reminiscences, and and by choice, they are not allowing

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<v Speaker 1>us that perspective that he has where he understands what

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<v Speaker 1>these people are saying. They're not letting us in there.

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<v Speaker 1>So even you know, from that perspective of a storytelling

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<v Speaker 1>choice of a flashback, from the perspective of a character,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's a little puzzling to me. That's I think

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<v Speaker 1>really a great people might listen to this conversation and

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<v Speaker 1>be like they didn't like it. I actually love that

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<v Speaker 1>like and here, and the fact that we are able

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<v Speaker 1>to have these really like these big conversations about big

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<v Speaker 1>ideas through the context of Star Wars is at a

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<v Speaker 1>point one why I think this is certainly the most

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<v Speaker 1>interesting to discuss right now in terms of like ideas

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<v Speaker 1>and themes and ideas about morality and ideas about like

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<v Speaker 1>you know, about struggle period. Having those conversations through this

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<v Speaker 1>show it is really fascinating because again, this is a

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<v Speaker 1>show that is straight up like okay if it it

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<v Speaker 1>presents this idea to you and says that this is

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<v Speaker 1>acceptable if the powers of policing fuse with corporate interest

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<v Speaker 1>sounds familiar. It is it is okay to resist that violently.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a kind of radical idea to put forward. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's putting forward and putting it forward in the context

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<v Speaker 1>of a Star Wars show, and I think that's a

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<v Speaker 1>that's like pretty amazing.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And also as well, I think that something that

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<v Speaker 3>you bring up that's really great. There is how this

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<v Speaker 3>carries on the tradition of Star Wars as like a

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<v Speaker 3>radical analogy install Wars, like, look, we know what the

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<v Speaker 3>empire is based on. In Star Wars, it's based on Nazis.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a response to fascistic dictatorships are not afraid to

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<v Speaker 3>kill and exploit. And the story there was you need

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<v Speaker 3>to stand up against those. Those must be stopped and

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<v Speaker 3>it doesn't matter if there's only one of you who

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<v Speaker 3>is standing up. You can make a difference because you

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<v Speaker 3>will find other people. So now you know that movie

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<v Speaker 3>came out in the late seventies, the original Star Wars,

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<v Speaker 3>Like now in twenty twenty two, to have a show

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<v Speaker 3>that's like, by the way, if the police is this

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<v Speaker 3>the Nazis, Yeah, and also saying like we're going to

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<v Speaker 3>make it more specific. If the police and evil corporations

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<v Speaker 3>are destroying your life and your livelihood and your towns,

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<v Speaker 3>it's actually okay to not be okay with that and

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<v Speaker 3>to want to resist it. That is a very cool

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<v Speaker 3>reconsideration and updating and making the message far more specific

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<v Speaker 3>than just like the real bad guy.

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<v Speaker 1>And I love. I mean there's a real class struggle

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<v Speaker 1>aspect to this too, like the fact that we don't

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<v Speaker 1>have royalty royalty lords, you know, sith lords like running

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<v Speaker 1>around making the choices. This is the people who are

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<v Speaker 1>closer to the earth, who are working the way you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Luthen and Cassie and have that conversation, you know, when

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<v Speaker 1>they're meaning for the first time potentially and I have

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<v Speaker 1>the handoff of the device of the of the navigation

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<v Speaker 1>system and they kind of in a roundabout way start

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<v Speaker 1>talking about the empire, and Lutheran's like, yeah, they're they're arrogant,

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<v Speaker 1>aren't they, Like they don't understand how mad we are

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<v Speaker 1>at them. Yeah, they they just they're fat and happy

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<v Speaker 1>and they and they're just using their power to push

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<v Speaker 1>everyone around, Like they don't understand like what they're doing,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't understand the anger they're engendering. That was a

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<v Speaker 1>that felt like, I really, that's an amazing thing to

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<v Speaker 1>watch happen, To watch this like rebellion start to coalesce,

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<v Speaker 1>not at the highest levels but the grassroots. Yeah, anger

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<v Speaker 1>at the empire that actually the leadership then harnessed in

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<v Speaker 1>order to fight their war.

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<v Speaker 3>It's what makes Rogue one so special is you literally

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<v Speaker 3>watch a group of marginalized people, predominantly people of color

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<v Speaker 3>die in order to spark the rebellion in a very

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<v Speaker 3>literal sense where they need. Without them, you would never

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<v Speaker 3>have the blueprints that allowed the rest of the Star

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<v Speaker 3>Wars franchise to happen. So everybody dies, all these people

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<v Speaker 3>of color die, these people from all over the planet,

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<v Speaker 3>from all different places, all over the galaxy, and then

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<v Speaker 3>at the end, Princess Leia of Space Royal has the blueprints.

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<v Speaker 3>You know. That's what's so radical about roguan is like

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<v Speaker 3>who dies so that the people in charge can fight

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<v Speaker 3>the war and win the war?

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<v Speaker 5>Right?

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<v Speaker 3>And that's why I think is very interesting with Cassian

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<v Speaker 3>is like we're coming at it from this viewpoint of

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<v Speaker 3>like we want this to be the best version of

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<v Speaker 3>this story that makes the most of the space that

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<v Speaker 3>it's created because Rogue one really was this really radical space,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's kind of it's very interesting to see that

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<v Speaker 3>explored here, especially the notion of a of a corporate town,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, something a business town, which is something that

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<v Speaker 3>you know, we see in R Again, it's very relevant

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<v Speaker 3>in twenty twenty two.

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<v Speaker 1>There's also I mean, they gave Cassian a real kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like con Solo when he shoots those two PM employees,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a look that flashes across his face and it's

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<v Speaker 1>definitely not regret that he just killed two people. It's fuck,

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<v Speaker 1>now I gotta deal with this, Yeah, you know, and.

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<v Speaker 2>That is a.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that they gave him that kind of characteristic.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the kind of character we're dealing with. Yeah, Han

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<v Speaker 1>Solo never Han Solo pulled the trigger on Grito. Oh

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<v Speaker 1>yeah no never first, never thought about it again.

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<v Speaker 3>Also, yeah, he just did that because he owed him

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<v Speaker 3>some money too, Like it wasn't even a matter of survival. Yes,

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<v Speaker 3>So okay, So something I found really interesting as well,

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<v Speaker 3>Like in that context, Like the one thing that really

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<v Speaker 3>hooked me was they do that great thing, as so

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<v Speaker 3>many storytellers do, where there's a moment that everything hinges

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<v Speaker 3>on and in this it is the PM, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the kind of head of PM. There's a young guy,

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<v Speaker 3>Cyril Khan. Again, I'll be interested to see where they

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<v Speaker 3>go with that. I feel like he was queer coded

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<v Speaker 3>and he is a villain, so you know, we'll see

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<v Speaker 3>where that leads. But what I found was really interesting

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<v Speaker 3>is his boss, who is obviously corrupt and is in

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<v Speaker 3>this way, he was just like, just let it go, man.

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<v Speaker 3>They weren't meant to be there. They got in the

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<v Speaker 3>wrong fight with the wrong person, and I was like,

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<v Speaker 3>wow that. I just thought that was such an interesting

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<v Speaker 3>moment where there's a different version of this story where

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<v Speaker 3>they never look for Cassie and it never leads down

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<v Speaker 3>that way. And but there's this one villainous guy who,

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<v Speaker 3>for some reason that we're still kind of waiting to

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<v Speaker 3>find out, has this fervent hatred of what happens and

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<v Speaker 3>needs to solve the crime, you know, And I'm interested

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<v Speaker 3>to see where that goes. But I really thought that

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<v Speaker 3>was one of the most interesting choices was when the

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<v Speaker 3>kind of corrupt boss of PM was or the security

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<v Speaker 3>kind of corpos was like, you know what, they're in

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<v Speaker 3>the wrong place at the wrong time, Like sorry, to

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<v Speaker 3>those men like you shouldn't. I thought that was a

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<v Speaker 3>really interesting character point that feels much again, much more

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<v Speaker 3>grounded in reality than this idea of the well put

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<v Speaker 3>together empire who will take down anyone who dares to

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<v Speaker 3>question them. This is real people in the beginnings of

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<v Speaker 3>what kind of working in the groundwork, this depressing grunt

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<v Speaker 3>work of this kind of fascistic empire is very interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, this is a show that I'm super excited about

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<v Speaker 1>continuing to talk about because the ideas here are just

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