1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome back to movie Mike's Movie Podcast. I 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: am your host Movie Mike. Today I want to share 3 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: with you why Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from nineteen ninety 4 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: is one of my favorite movies of all time. It 5 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: is a top ten film for me, and that is 6 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: in honor of the new animated Ninja Turtles movie coming 7 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: out this weekend. We'll get into a spoiler free review 8 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,800 Speaker 1: of Mutant Mayhem and in the trailer park we'll talk 9 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: about Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon and something really crazy and 10 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:26,119 Speaker 1: interesting I learned about Napoleon's height. 11 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 2: Basically, we've been lied to our entire lives. 12 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: Thank you movie crew for being a part of the podcast, 13 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,319 Speaker 1: for listening every single week, for telling a friend, and 14 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: now let's talk movies. 15 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 3: In a world where everyone and their mother has a podcast, 16 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 3: one man stands to infiltrate the ears of listeners like 17 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 3: never before in a movie podcast. 18 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 2: A man with so much movie knowledge. He's basically like. 19 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 3: A walking IMTB with glasses. From the Nashville Podcast Network, 20 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 3: this is Movie Mike's Movie Podcast. 21 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: I wanted to do a deep dive into one of 22 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: my favorite movies of all time, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 23 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: from nineteen ninety is a top ten film for me, 24 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: and I think in my movie reviewing career, I've been 25 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 1: maybe not afraid to say that, but I feel like 26 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,559 Speaker 1: movie critics have such a high regard for their top 27 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: ten films, and I feel like some critics and reviewers 28 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: want to have a top ten that showcase their taste 29 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: and their film browless of being superior than others. But 30 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: when I sit down and think about my top ten 31 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: movies of all time and throw all that stuff out 32 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 1: the window, I think about the movies that have influenced 33 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: me and movies that have stuck with me since I 34 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: was a kid through my adult life, especially ones that 35 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: have reincardinated themselves in several different ways through reboots and 36 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: through television shows. I think about those that are the 37 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: building blocks of what make me do this podcast every 38 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: single week. And for me, the original teenage Mutant Ninja 39 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: Turtles movie from nineteen ninety is a film for me. 40 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: So I'm not afraid to say that, and today I 41 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: want to share with you why it is a top 42 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: ten film for me, and I've given you hints at 43 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: some of my other top ten movies, like Willy Wonka 44 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 1: I've been talking about recently with the trailer, so I 45 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: want to look at all of the aspects surrounding the 46 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety film, how this movie was based on a 47 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: comic book in the eighties turned TV show. But before 48 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: I get into all that, I want to share with 49 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: you how I was first introduced to the teenage mutant 50 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: Ninja Turtles, and it all stems from my older brother, 51 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:31,959 Speaker 1: who was born in the eighties and who was such 52 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: a big fan of that original cartoon and is really 53 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: the reason that I love the Turtles as much as 54 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: I do. Because I was born in nineteen ninety one, 55 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 1: this first movie came out before I was born, but 56 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: I just remember seeing it so much because he was 57 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 1: such a big fan of it, and through me wanting 58 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: to be just like my older brother and into all 59 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,799 Speaker 1: the things that he was. Ninja Turtles was one of 60 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: those first few fandoms that I was completely a part of, 61 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: even though it was just maybe a little bit before 62 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 1: my time, with the cartoon coming out in the eighties 63 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: and these movies being out when I was a baby, 64 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: but all through my childhood I remember watching these VHS 65 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: tapes with him and bonding so much that over the 66 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: years it has been a form of how we stay 67 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: connected as brothers, with the two thousand and seven animated 68 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:19,959 Speaker 1: movie being one of the movies I remember going to 69 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: see in theaters with him and being really excited about it, 70 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: and even with the live action movies coming out in 71 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: the twenty tens, it has been a way that we've 72 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: always bonded and connected with each other. So I think 73 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: for a lot of kids, there is a deep personal 74 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: connection with this franchise unlike anything else really out there, 75 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: and even more so than Marvel movies and superhero movies. 76 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: There is just something that instantly connects us with our 77 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: childhood when it comes to the teenage mutant Ninja Turtles. 78 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: And that's why I love now that there is another 79 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: reincarnation in the twenty twenties that is going to be 80 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: that for some kid. And I'll get into more of 81 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: that later, but let's go back to just years before 82 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: this movie came out. The first incarnation of the Ninja 83 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: Turtles was in a comic book. You had two r 84 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: a is Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, who were really 85 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: just trying to do a parody of superhero comics, which 86 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: you had X Men, which was huge at the time, 87 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: all of the Marvel comics, and one of them literally 88 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: just drew a sketch of a turtle wearing a ninja 89 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: mask and having a weapon, and they just thought it 90 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: was funny the idea of a ninja being as slow 91 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: as a turtle. 92 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 2: But then when they looked at this drawing, they thought, maybe. 93 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 1: There's something here, and they changed the design of it 94 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: a little bit to look less like a slow turtle, 95 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 1: gave a more human like features, and then realized there 96 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: actually may be something here. So again, they were pulling 97 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: from that inspiration of X Men and a character being mutants, 98 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: but just thought the idea of giving those characteristics to 99 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: an animal would be funny, And the first issue of 100 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: the Ninja Turtles was released in nineteen eighty four. They 101 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: started a company called Mirage Studios, and it ended up 102 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: being surprisingly a pretty big success, so much so that 103 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: they were able to license these characters to a toy 104 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,119 Speaker 1: company called Playmate's Toys. And this is where the money 105 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: starts to come in, because they created a line of 106 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: turtle action figures. But in order to sell action figures 107 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,160 Speaker 1: back in the eighties, what was everybody doing? What was 108 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: ThunderCats doing, what was he Man doing? Barbie Gi Joe? 109 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: They were creating cartoons, so they had this deal with 110 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: the toy company that you had to make a cartoon 111 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: to go along with it, because the cartoon really serves 112 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: as the commercial for kids to buy the toy. So 113 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: what had to change was the tone of the comic, 114 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: the tone of the Ninja Turtles because in that first issue, 115 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 1: the entire story was very dark, which will come into 116 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: play later when we talk about the movie. Because the 117 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 1: subject matter and the tone of the comic book was 118 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: a lot grittier and darker and more vengeful. So in 119 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: order to make it appeal to kids, their look was 120 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: changed in the cartoon to make them a little softer, 121 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: more appealing to kids. 122 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 2: They also had to distinguish. 123 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: The characters a little bit more because in the comic look, 124 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: they really just all looked like Rafael. They all had 125 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: the red mask, and you couldn't really tell one turtle 126 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 1: from the other. When you're trying to sell toys, you 127 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: have to distinguish them, so they gave them each different 128 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: colored mask. You have the orange as Michelangelo, the red 129 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: as Rafael, the blue as Leonardo, and the purple as 130 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: Donna Tello, and then to further distinguish all of our characters, 131 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: they also had on their belts the letter of their 132 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 1: first name. 133 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 2: So the cartoon went on to be a huge. 134 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: Success, but more importantly, they were able to make a 135 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: lot of money because the Turtles toys sold one point 136 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: one billion dollars between nineteen eighty eight and nineteen ninety two, 137 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 1: making them the third best selling toys of all time 138 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 1: when it comes to action figures. So the animated series 139 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: premiered in nineteen eighty seven. It ended up running for 140 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: almost a decade. So at the successful animated show with 141 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 1: a successful toy line, now came the time to make 142 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 1: a movie. I feel like this is where things get 143 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 1: interesting because the movie was a lot more closely centered 144 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: on the comic than it was the animated series, which 145 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: at that time, when the animated series came out, a 146 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: lot of fans of the comic were upset with it 147 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: because they thought, oh, they really lost the edge of 148 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: the comic books. So when they started making this movie, 149 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 1: which at the time it was an independent movie, it 150 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: wasn't funded by a major studio, they decided to have 151 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: this darker, grittier tone that was showcased more in the 152 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: comic books, because I feel there were only certain movies, 153 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: maybe ten total, that I love every single aspect of 154 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: the film, and I don't even look at it as 155 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: a movie when I sit down and watch them. It 156 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: just feels like I am watching a part of myself, 157 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: a part of my life that I don't focus on 158 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 1: the directing style, I don't focus on the cinematography. I 159 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: just think of them really as life experiences. And TMNT 160 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: from nineteen ninety is. 161 00:07:57,840 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 2: A movie like that. For me. 162 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: Everything from the New Line Cinema logo in this movie 163 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:06,119 Speaker 1: I just have embedded into my head. I hear this sound, 164 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: I see this logo, and I immediately associated with this 165 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, and there are very 166 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: few movies that do that. And then after that logo, 167 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: well you get that opening scene, but what really sets 168 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: it off is that theme song. 169 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:41,680 Speaker 2: Let's go Yeah, and there you just have me. 170 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: You just grip me with that song and it doesn't 171 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: let go through the rest of the movie. So what 172 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: this first movie served as was the introduction to the 173 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 174 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:52,959 Speaker 2: And in this movie you. 175 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: Find our four friends who are living underground in the 176 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 1: shadows of the sewer and are protecting New York City 177 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: from a gang of criminal ninjas. 178 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 3: Ah. 179 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 2: I love that storyline, but that's really what this story is. 180 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: They are just trying to make the world above them 181 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 1: a better place by taking out all these bad guys. 182 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: But they can't be seen because they have a dad 183 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: named Splinter, who is a rat who rescued them as 184 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: kids after stumbling upon to this ooze, and they turned 185 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: into these creatures. 186 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 2: Who love pizza and love kickin butt. 187 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: And it all starts from the opening scene of this 188 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: movie where you really get the tone of this entire film. 189 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: April O'Neil is attacked by a group of thugs and 190 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 1: then the Turtles come in to rescue her, with Raf 191 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: leaving behind his weapon and being totally upset about it. 192 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: And then you get into finding out about their life 193 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: of doing things like this that are noble and heroic 194 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: but not being able to get any of the credit 195 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 1: because they cannot be seen. They work in the shadows, 196 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: they work in the dark at night, and then they 197 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 1: go back into the sewer and just kind of hang 198 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: out and be teenagers. And then you get to know 199 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 1: all of the Ninja Turtles, with Leonardo being the leader, 200 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: Dona Tello being the nerdier one, Michelangelo being the goofball, 201 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: kind of the young one who gets away with everything 202 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 1: and is just the comic relief in the entire movie, 203 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: and then Raphael being the moody teenager with really something 204 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: to prove that has this chip on his shoulder and 205 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: kind of sets himself apart from all the other Ninja 206 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 1: Turtles because he just kind of goes off on his own. 207 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 2: It is very emo. 208 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: I think as a kid growing up, I really saw 209 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: myself and Michelangelo, and that is actually why my family 210 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 1: gave me the nickname. Growing up as Mikey. Everybody knew 211 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 1: me as Mikey, and it was because of my love 212 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: of The Ninja Turtles and my love of the character. 213 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 1: He had so many iconic lines in this movie, like 214 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:48,560 Speaker 1: this one. 215 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 2: Eats the dudes got thirty seconds. He had the charm 216 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:54,239 Speaker 2: like in this line. 217 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 1: She called me Mikey. 218 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:58,359 Speaker 2: But looking back. 219 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 1: At this movie as in adult, I really just think 220 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 1: I am more of a Raphael who he is the 221 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: moody teenager in this movie, and I think that is 222 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: what lots of kids watching this they were able to 223 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: identify with a different character, and who are you most like? 224 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: Are you more like Leonardo Michelangelo Donatello or a Rafayel. 225 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 1: Now as an adult, I think I am much more 226 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: of a Rafayelle, who I actually think is a lot 227 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: more sophisticated than a teenager. In this movie, he just 228 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: has this rage for no reason. It showcased in his 229 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,959 Speaker 1: first battle with Casey Jones freaka. 230 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 2: Frank Frank, like that come back, I'm not finished for you, 231 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 2: that vocal performance, all of that. It just gets me. 232 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 1: Of like, like I just feel that now more as 233 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,959 Speaker 1: an adult, of when I feel like an outsider, when 234 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 1: I feel like people don't get me, I feel very 235 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 1: much like Rafayel. And sorry if I got a little 236 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 1: bit excited and talked over that clip. I just really 237 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: felt that Rafayel performance there. And there's just so much 238 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:05,239 Speaker 1: emotion showcase in this movie, and it's greatly reflected through Raphael, 239 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: who is going through this mental journey of just finding 240 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 1: this place and trying to get Splinter back after he 241 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: was taken by the Foot Clan and having the thing 242 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: you love the most and care about being taken away 243 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: from you. So you hear it first in his encounters 244 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: with Casey Jones, but then later once he finds out 245 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:35,560 Speaker 1: that Splinter has been taken. So when I look back 246 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: on this movie, it is surprising to me how big 247 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 1: of a hit it became because it was so different 248 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: than the cartoons. You hear it here, you hear all 249 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: the emotions, You see the action in this movie, which 250 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: is for a kids movie. 251 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 2: Pretty violent. 252 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,719 Speaker 1: They actually use their weapons in this movie, and I 253 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 1: think that's why whenever the sequel came out Secret of 254 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: the that they got away from the use of their 255 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: weapons and instead they were using other things like sausages 256 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: or other objects to inflict pain on other people because 257 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: kids were starting to emulate the Ninja Turtles and whacking 258 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: their brothers and sisters with a stick or even worse, 259 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: trying to find a sword to stam somebody with. So 260 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: there was such a big tone shift between the first 261 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: one and the second one, and never again in a 262 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: teenage mutant Ninja Turtles, whether it be a TV show 263 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: or a movie, was this same energy captured. I don't 264 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 1: think you could ever really do a movie like this again, 265 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: unless like a big director like Christopher Nolan gave it 266 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: the Dark Knight treatment, which would be amazing, because I 267 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: think there is a darker Ninja Turtle story to tell, 268 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: even more so. 269 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 2: Than this one. 270 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: But aside from just the character of Rafael, I just 271 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: identify a lot with the Ninja Turtles, of having to 272 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: live in the shadows and being rejected by society, and 273 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: even their fascination with pizza, which I did rewatch the 274 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 1: movie in preparation for this episode, and after all the 275 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: times I've watched this movie, it finally just clicked with me. 276 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: The reason they love pizza is because at the time, 277 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: in the eighties and nineties, it was the only food 278 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: that you could really get delivered, and they can't go 279 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 1: out in public and be seen, so they would get 280 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 1: pizza delivered because you never had to see the person. 281 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: So that's the reason they love pizza, at least in 282 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: this movie, at least the conclusion I've come to. The 283 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: other reason I love this movie is a lot of 284 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: my vernacular, a lot of the way I speak has 285 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: been influenced by this movie, and there's just very small scenes, 286 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: in small moments that I continue to use these phrases 287 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: as an adult. There is a scene at the beginning 288 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: of the movie where Raphaela is gonna go watch a movie, 289 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 1: and he tells everybody he's going out. 290 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 2: To watch a movie. Is that okay with you? 291 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: And Leonardo gives a very casual yeah, And I find 292 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: myself saying that so much now in my adult life. 293 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: And along the same lines of the use of vernacular, 294 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: this movie just is a really good snapshot of what 295 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: late eighties and early nineties culture is like. 296 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 2: And I think that is what a great teenage. 297 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: Mutant Ninja Turtles movie does, is embody the culture of 298 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: teenagers at that time, because whatever is popular with teenagers 299 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: is really the driving force of what is popular in 300 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: America and the best representation of what is happening in 301 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: America at that time. And I think above all else 302 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: that is what this film really spoke to. The teenage 303 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: rebellion and relatability of feeling like nobody is taking you seriously. 304 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: That is what the Ninja Turtles embody. But I think 305 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: above all else of why this is one of my 306 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: favorite movies of all time and also just my favorite 307 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: depiction of the Ninja Turtles is because of its use 308 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: of practical effects and puppetry. The original TMNT heads and 309 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: costumes were developed by Jim Henson's company, who you would 310 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: know as creating the Muppets and was so influence on 311 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: so many films of creating real things that in this case, 312 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 1: the actual actors underneath could wear. And for me, that 313 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: is something we have really gotten away from through the 314 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: use of CGI, which I'm not totally against. I love 315 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 1: the fact now that you can create anything through the 316 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: use of CGI and make it be believable to us 317 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: if done correctly, if the right time and money is 318 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 1: spent on it. I'm not against CGI, but there is 319 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: something so special when there is an actual tangible subject 320 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: that can be touched, but most importantly that can be 321 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: interacted with. So even going back to movies like Jurassic Park, 322 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: where they actually created these animatonic dinosaurs that the actors 323 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: could see and react to, that makes a big difference 324 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: on how much of an authentic performance that actor can give. 325 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: But in this situation with the Ninja Turtles, you have 326 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 1: these heads that are controlled through electronics. There essentially these 327 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: puppet heads that not only can the other actors like 328 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 1: April O'Neil or Casey Jones in this movie interact with, 329 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 1: but there is actually a human inside underneath doing all 330 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: the moves, So you have the human doing the martial 331 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: arts moves and then you have the puppeteer doing all 332 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,159 Speaker 1: the movements with the face. It is just something that 333 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 1: doesn't get done anymore, but there is such a charm 334 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: to it. There's also issues with it. If you go 335 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: back and watch this movie, there are a lot of 336 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,400 Speaker 1: mistakes that are made. In one of the opening sequences 337 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: where Dona Tello is skateboarding, you can actually see the 338 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: human hands in a shot that made the final movie 339 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: because well. 340 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 2: That's just what got left in there. 341 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: There are other scenes that just seem a little bit 342 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 1: awkward of when the turtles go into hug and you 343 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 1: have a hand over a face. You know it's not perfect, 344 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 1: but I feel like it's so much more authentic and 345 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 1: also shows you that this movie was able to be 346 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: made on a pretty low budget of thirteen point five 347 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: million dollars, but it went on to open at the 348 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: box office with twenty five million dollars in its opening 349 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:05,479 Speaker 1: weekend and went on to have a worldwide gross of 350 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:10,360 Speaker 1: two hundred and two million dollars and was the highest 351 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: grossing independent movie up until The Blair Witch Project came 352 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: out in nineteen ninety nine. And then what cements this 353 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 1: movie in my top ten is that final scene on 354 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:25,520 Speaker 1: the roof when the Ninja Turtles are taking on Shredder. 355 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 1: It is one of the most impactful moments in cinematic history. 356 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 2: It really is such. 357 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 1: An emotional scene, and the entire movie is just kind 358 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 1: of building up to that of the Ninja Turtles finally 359 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 1: taking on their arch nemesis Shredder, and the emotion poured 360 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:45,400 Speaker 1: out of these characters as they are fighting for their 361 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: life and trying to take down Shredder is just emotions 362 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 1: flying all over the place, which leads to them finally 363 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 1: defeating Shredder. After he goes to attack Splinter, Splinter throws 364 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 1: him off the roof. He lands in the back of 365 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 1: a garbage truck. And then our good friend Casey Jones 366 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 1: kills a guy this movie has a death again, speaking 367 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 1: to the dark tone of this movie, he straight up 368 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: gets taken out. So those are all the reasons why 369 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 1: this is a top ten film for me and why 370 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,919 Speaker 1: I was so excited to see Mutant Mayhem in theaters. 371 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,880 Speaker 1: And I feel like now as an adult in my thirties, 372 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: I am able to speak more freely about the nerdy 373 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:30,479 Speaker 1: things I love and even just ten twenty years ago, 374 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:32,399 Speaker 1: if I were to speak like this, I would be 375 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: seen as a total weirdo because I remember there being 376 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 1: a TV show in two thousand and four hosted by 377 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 1: Fred Willard called Totally Obsessed, and they focused on a 378 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:44,840 Speaker 1: Ninja Turtle fan who goes by the name of Michelle Ivy, 379 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:48,880 Speaker 1: who was actually still around on Instagram at Calabunga Corner, 380 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: but the entire profile on her was really made in 381 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: a way to poke fun at her, like, look, how 382 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: into Ninja Turtle she is. She is a big nerd 383 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 1: and we and I remember seeing that and thinking, why 384 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: are they poking fun at her? She's just passionate about 385 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: something that has meant so much to her as a kid, 386 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,439 Speaker 1: But now that she's an adult, maybe to others that 387 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 1: seems a little bit weird, but I never saw that 388 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:17,480 Speaker 1: as weird. She's not hurting anybody. She owns a lot 389 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: of the original heads from the third movie that was made, 390 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 1: dresses up like a Ninja Turtle, but even uses it 391 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 1: for good because she goes to kids' birthday parties or 392 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 1: goes to visit kids in the hospital. 393 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:31,639 Speaker 2: So I just thought it was weird. 394 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:33,919 Speaker 1: The tone of this entire profile piece, which I'm going 395 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: to play for you a little bit now, and looking 396 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: back on it, I just feel happy that times have changed. 397 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:41,120 Speaker 1: But this was a piece done in two thousand and 398 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: four where they were poking fun at her and how 399 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: much money she spends on all the memorabilia. Because Michelle 400 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:49,880 Speaker 1: works at a factory from minimum wage, she takes out 401 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 1: bank loans to feed her Ninja Turtle obsession. This had 402 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: cost me two thousand dollars. The one thing I like 403 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: now is that she has her own job, she's making 404 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: her own money, and she can waste her own money 405 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 1: on this stuff. Pardon my French. 406 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 2: I paid eighteen hundred dollars for Leonardo. Michelle's going high risk. 407 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 3: She's willing to put herself in the debt in order 408 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 3: to say ah ahead, hope Leonardo. 409 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,639 Speaker 1: I have been downright told by several people just drop 410 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: the Turtles. So I would like to say justice for 411 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: Michelle Ivy. I'm glad that you're still showcasing your love 412 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 1: for the Ninja Turtles through your Instagram Cawabunga corner and 413 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: the fact that now all of us old schoold Ninja 414 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,159 Speaker 1: Turtles fans have something else to be excited about. I 415 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: am no longer ashamed of it. I am no longer 416 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 1: afraid to say that this movie from nineteen ninety is 417 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 1: a top ten film for me. So thank you for 418 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: coming to my Turtle Ted talk. Gonna come back and 419 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 1: talk about the new one, Mutant Mayhem after this. Let's 420 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,679 Speaker 1: get into it now. A spoiler free movie review of 421 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mutant Mayhem. I went into this 422 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 1: movie wanting to feel like a kid again. As we've 423 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: been talking about all episode long, the Teenage mut Ninja 424 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: Turtles are very near and dear to my heart, much 425 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 1: like a lot of other thirty thirty five forty year 426 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 1: olds right now. And the great thing about the Teenage 427 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 1: Mutant Ninja Turtles is about every decade we get a 428 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:24,639 Speaker 1: new introduction. So since their debut in the eighties and 429 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 1: the nineties, twenty twenty tens, and now twenty twenties, depending 430 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: on your age, you have a different opinion on what 431 00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: the best teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle series is of all time. 432 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 1: I am a product of the nineties, so really, to me, 433 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,639 Speaker 1: it's those nineties movies that really captured the essence of 434 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 1: what made the Turtles great. And the reason I was 435 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: excited about that going into this movie is because it's 436 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: produced by Seth Rogan, who, much like me, is also 437 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 1: a fan of that iteration of the teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 438 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:57,439 Speaker 1: And I was excited about that because I knew with 439 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: him as a producer on this movie, he was going 440 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: to want to capture that same energy that made those 441 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 1: movies great and bring that into this whole new story. 442 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,760 Speaker 1: And what I was pleasantly surprised by in this movie 443 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 1: is that sometimes when a movie comes out like this, 444 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: it just feels like a cash grab. To me. You're 445 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: banking on the fact that all the people that grew 446 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 1: up with this franchise in the eighties and nineties are 447 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,200 Speaker 1: now adults with adult money, and they're gonna go spend 448 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: money to watch this movie to relive their childhood. But 449 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,679 Speaker 1: now those adults also have kids of their own, So 450 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:35,239 Speaker 1: what better moment of having this family bonding experience of 451 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,679 Speaker 1: you taking your now kids to go see something that 452 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: you were a fan of when you were a kid. 453 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: So I feel like sometimes movie studios and franchises like 454 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 1: this just bank on that, and what they end up 455 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: coming out with really is a cash grab. There's nothing 456 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: added in. They just rehash old storylines and make it 457 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,439 Speaker 1: a movie that is just essentially what we knew as 458 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: kids and don't really give us anything new. And I 459 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: am happy to say that that is not the case 460 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 1: with Mutant Mayhem. Quite the opposite, that this is a 461 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 1: Ninja Turtle story that I haven't seen told in the 462 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: comic books and the TV shows or in the movies. 463 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: It's a whole new, more emotional look on the lives 464 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,399 Speaker 1: of the Ninja Turtles and what they face. So in 465 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,120 Speaker 1: this movie, you have all of our iconic characters back, 466 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 1: you have Splinter voice by Jackie Chan, and then you 467 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 1: have all of the Ninja Turtles, Michael Angelo, Leonardo Raphael, 468 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 1: and Donna Tello, all voiced by actual teenagers, which I 469 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,880 Speaker 1: think adds a great level of authenticity to their performances. 470 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 1: And I heard Seth Rogan talking about how he wanted 471 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,440 Speaker 1: to capture that energy in this movie, and I think 472 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:42,199 Speaker 1: was greatly reflected out of all of their performances. Is 473 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 1: he has been a part of animated movies where you 474 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,919 Speaker 1: recorded everything completely different and you didn't see your co 475 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 1: stars until you went to that movie's premiere. He said, 476 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: the entire thing felt a little bit disconnected because you're 477 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: not getting to interact with those people until the very end, 478 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 1: so you don't really get this type performance that really 479 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: has a lot of emotion into it. It wasn't until 480 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: he worked on a movie later in his career where 481 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 1: he actually sat down with the other actors that he 482 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: felt like, oh, you can actually connect with other people. 483 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:13,800 Speaker 1: So he took that idea and applied it to this 484 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: movie and had all of the kids in a room 485 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,560 Speaker 1: together to interact. And what you get and what you 486 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,679 Speaker 1: hear in the movie is very authentic performances of just 487 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:26,920 Speaker 1: teenagers hanging out being teenagers. And I've never really seen 488 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: that fully encaptured in a movie, whether it be live 489 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 1: action or whether it be animated, of just capturing that 490 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 1: young innocence energy, and it's very much a snapshot into 491 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 1: what teens are like right now. With the use of 492 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: words like busting' or riz, all of those things are 493 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: used and really effortlessly in their performances. So you don't 494 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 1: have like adult actors trying to sound like teenagers. You 495 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: have actual kids delivering the lines, which as just another 496 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 1: layer of authenticity. So you have the teenage part now 497 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: and you get to the mutant part, which doesn't really 498 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: stray away from the origin story. We know about the 499 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:03,439 Speaker 1: teenage mutant ninja turtles. They come into contact with Ooz. 500 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 1: In this case, it is the product of a scientist 501 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: who is trying to create all these animals. To create 502 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: this mutant animal family. You have a Fly who later 503 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 1: becomes the villain in the movie as super Fly. You 504 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: also have the classic OG villains Bebop and rock Steady, 505 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,879 Speaker 1: and then all these other new characters that are a 506 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 1: lot of fun. 507 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:24,919 Speaker 2: But his place gets rated. 508 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: The Ooz goes down into the sewer and there you 509 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 1: find are four characters who come into contact with the ooze, 510 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,679 Speaker 1: and that is where Splinter finds them and tries to 511 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: rescue them, in turn turning into a mutant himself. One 512 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 1: of my favorite sequences in this movie is all the 513 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 1: Ninja turtles as kids, and they are so adorably cute 514 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 1: that I would want to see a spin off of 515 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 1: this movie of just their adventures as kids. So maybe 516 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: down the line they want to do baby mutant Ninja Turtles. 517 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 1: I think that would be a home run hit because 518 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: they are so adorable to look at and so funny 519 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: but I feel like what really brings this entire story 520 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:05,159 Speaker 1: together is the animation style. So we have the teenage, 521 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: we have the mutant, the Ninja Turtle part comes out 522 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 1: in its animation style, which I think now owes a 523 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: lot of credit to Spider Man into and across the 524 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 1: Spider Verse of showing that animated movies can be a 525 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 1: lot more sophisticated, not only in the style of the animation, 526 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: but also in the. 527 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 2: Storytelling, which you see a lot in this movie. 528 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,359 Speaker 1: So in a way, I feel like that movie paved 529 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: the way for this movie to be made. Essentially, it 530 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 1: was the blueprint of this movie. Because we did get 531 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 1: a TMNT animated theatrical release in two thousand and seven, 532 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: which was a lot more kid friendly. It was still fun, 533 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,360 Speaker 1: but in no way does it compare to what they 534 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: did in this movie. And it's a very unique animation style. 535 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 1: I don't really think it ripped off the Spider Verse 536 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: animation style, which to me that just feels like a 537 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 1: comic book come to life. What they did in this movie. 538 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: It almost feels like a kid's book that you would 539 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 1: read maybe in like third or fourth grade that had 540 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 1: this very like unique, colorful, almost watercolor based illustrations. It 541 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,680 Speaker 1: was almost like that Come to Life had this very 542 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: fun and warm, inviting tone that I think this movie 543 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,239 Speaker 1: will greatly speak to kids, but also me as an 544 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 1: adult and a fan of animation now just gives me 545 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,880 Speaker 1: something very unique to look at. All of the character 546 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 1: designs were very nicely updated, kind of along the same 547 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 1: lines of the look we got in the late two 548 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 1: thousands and early twenty tens of The Ninja Turtles, So 549 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: I would say if they were trying to recreate any 550 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 1: era of the Ninja Turtles, it would be that era, 551 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: not so much the original eighties cartoon. So you have 552 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 1: the animation style, and then you have the soundtrack and 553 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 1: the score in this movie, which a lot of the 554 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 1: soundtrack is nineties hip hop, which is perfectly used in 555 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 1: this movie. To hear wound tang in an animated movie 556 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 1: like this also just really wore my heart and I 557 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:53,520 Speaker 1: find it surprising how well this entire soundtrack worked in 558 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,480 Speaker 1: this movie. Maybe it's because ice Cube is the voice 559 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 1: of Superfly. You also have my favorite artist post alone 560 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: as ray fill a ray filet, So maybe the nineties 561 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: hip hop aspect was just the easy plug and play. 562 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: But Aside from the nineties hip hop, you also have 563 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 1: this menacing score synthpop rock that is very charging throughout 564 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 1: the entire movie. Now that did remind me a lot 565 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 1: of into the Spider Verse of having this kind of dark, 566 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 1: unsettling tone that something bad was going to happen. So 567 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: this entire score just really helped drive home the tone 568 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 1: in this movie, which I feel like is one of 569 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 1: the most emotional stories told in a Ninja Turtles movie. Really, 570 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 1: the main message of this movie is them wanting to 571 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 1: feel like humans do and be accepted by humans. When 572 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 1: you have their dad Splinter telling them how awful humans are, 573 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: and they are trying to prove him wrong by going 574 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: out and experiencing the real world for the first time 575 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 1: after a lifetime of living down in the sewer. So 576 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 1: this is really their true origin story of becoming heroes. 577 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 1: And one of my favorite scenes is the first time 578 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: they get into a real fight, which brings one of 579 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 1: my favorite things of superheroes discovering their powers. It's them 580 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: finally getting to use all of their iconic weapons against 581 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,480 Speaker 1: this new enemy for the very first time. So it 582 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 1: is a very mature and more developed Ninja Turtle story. 583 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 1: Proving it doesn't just have to be that cheesy eighties 584 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 1: cartoon or the silliness of the nineties, or the more 585 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 1: playfulness and family friendly iterations that we've had in the 586 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 1: two thousands and twenty tens. Now showing that these characters 587 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 1: have a little bit more depth can be taken a 588 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 1: little bit more seriously, at least to the adults to 589 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 1: see this movie, but also being warm, fun and inviting 590 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 1: to all the kids, because surprisingly this movie does have 591 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 1: I don't want to say bad language, but a little 592 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 1: bit more suggestive than. 593 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 2: I was expecting. 594 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: There are times that I feel like ice Cube had 595 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: to kind of pull the reins in a little bit 596 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,520 Speaker 1: where he easily could have dropped some s maybe even 597 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: some F bombs in this movie. He probably did while 598 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 1: recording his lines, and they're like, hey, you gotta tone 599 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 1: it back. This is a Nickelodeon film, but as far 600 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 1: as the violence, it is far less violent than the 601 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: original TMNT movie. So I feel like this movie was 602 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:06,160 Speaker 1: very much a love letter and an ode to all 603 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,560 Speaker 1: those classic og fans of the franchise. Even from the 604 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: opening scene where all of the Ninja Turtles are on 605 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 1: this roof in New York, City where it's essentially the 606 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: cover of that first ever Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic 607 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 1: book that was kind of like, hey, we see all 608 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,200 Speaker 1: you original fans, and then quickly just opens up to 609 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 1: here is what we're actually going to do and introduce 610 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 1: these Turtles to a whole new generation, and I think 611 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,720 Speaker 1: they completely nailed it. I can't wait to see what 612 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 1: they do next. I can't wait to see what all 613 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: other villains they incorporate in this franchise, which again I 614 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:39,280 Speaker 1: won't spoil anything, but they. 615 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 2: Have a whole new take on the way the. 616 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 1: Ninja Turtles interact with the villains, which was really what 617 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,800 Speaker 1: made this movie for me. So for Teenage Mutant Ninja 618 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 1: Turtles Mutant Mayhem, I give it four out of five 619 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: heroes and a half shell turtle power. 620 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 2: It's time to head down to movie. 621 00:31:57,920 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 3: Mike Traylar Paul. 622 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:04,959 Speaker 1: I love it when directors can make history sexy. I 623 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:09,160 Speaker 1: love a sexy historical drama. I think it's probably because 624 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 1: after watching Oppenheimer, now I'm craving it a little bit 625 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:16,000 Speaker 1: to think that there's stories out there to be told 626 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,400 Speaker 1: inside history that we really don't know a whole lot about. 627 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: But if given the right director, you can make us 628 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 1: so passionate about history and. 629 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 2: Make us want to learn more. I am all about it. 630 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,000 Speaker 1: So now we have a new movie coming out later 631 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 1: this year on November twenty second, called Napoleon. It stars 632 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 1: the one and only Academy Award winning Joaquin Phoenix, one 633 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:42,600 Speaker 1: of my favorite actors right now. Really, I would say 634 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:46,040 Speaker 1: in the last ten years, I have loved every single 635 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 1: Joaquin Phoenix movie. If he is in a movie, I 636 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: know it's going to be something special, whether it be Joker, 637 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 1: whether it be Her, whether it be Napoleon. And I 638 00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 1: am all interested in watching this movie now. 639 00:32:58,440 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 2: It is from. 640 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaker 1: Director Ridley's Got, who is an English filmmaker to some 641 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: known as Sir Ridley's Scott, but he is known for 642 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: movies like Alien, The Original, Blade Runner, Felma and Louise, Gladiator, Hannibal, Blackhawk, 643 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,479 Speaker 1: Down the Marsh, and the list goes on and on. 644 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:20,160 Speaker 1: He really has quite the range, I mean, science fiction, crime, historically. 645 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:24,400 Speaker 1: There are so many things inside of his portfolio, and 646 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:29,120 Speaker 1: now he's taking on the story of the French Emperor Napoleon. 647 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,280 Speaker 1: Before I get into my full thoughts about this movie, 648 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:33,800 Speaker 1: here's just a little bit of the trailer. 649 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:37,080 Speaker 2: What is your name, Napoleon. That's the course of my 650 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 2: life just changed. 651 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 1: Napoleon, I'm destined for greatness. I thought that was in 652 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:50,720 Speaker 1: powerful only seeing as the sword, I suggest you take 653 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 1: the throne as king, holding on. 654 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:03,760 Speaker 2: Sorry, vote. So what this movie is about, it is 655 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,000 Speaker 2: the rise and fall of Napoleon. 656 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:10,680 Speaker 1: Napoleon was born in France on August fifteenth, seventeen sixty 657 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,560 Speaker 1: nine and died on May fifth, eighteen twenty one, so 658 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:15,600 Speaker 1: this is a time period I really don't know a 659 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:19,280 Speaker 1: whole lot about. The story focuses greatly on the general 660 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,799 Speaker 1: and emperor's rise to power during that time span, and 661 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:27,239 Speaker 1: most importantly, his relationship with Empress Josephine Bonaparte played by 662 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 1: Vanessa Kirby. I'm probably slaughtering a lot of those names, 663 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,080 Speaker 1: but I'm also trying to be a little overly fancy 664 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:34,360 Speaker 1: on all of these names. 665 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,040 Speaker 2: The thing I found most. 666 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,120 Speaker 1: Surprising about this movie, and what I learned in my 667 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:41,680 Speaker 1: research about Napoleon, is that we always hear about the 668 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 1: Napoleon complex of him being this short guy with a 669 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,799 Speaker 1: big ego and wanting to have all this power and 670 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 1: was seen as being ruthless, and the reason he was 671 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,480 Speaker 1: so ruthless is because he was short and trying to 672 00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:59,480 Speaker 1: compensate for something. And in my research I found that Napoleon, 673 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,840 Speaker 1: really it wasn't as short as we all thought to be, 674 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:06,480 Speaker 1: because it is often reported that he was five foot two, 675 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:10,760 Speaker 1: at least according to history. However, this was pre metric 676 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:15,360 Speaker 1: system in the French inch, so actually Napoleon. 677 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:19,680 Speaker 2: Was not five foot two at all. By today's standards. 678 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:21,720 Speaker 1: He would have been five foot six. And the reason 679 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:24,759 Speaker 1: I stumbled upon this is because I wondered about what 680 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,400 Speaker 1: Quing Phoenix is height and whether he was portraying this 681 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:30,160 Speaker 1: character correctly, because in the trailer he just looks like 682 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:33,640 Speaker 1: a normal human, which what Quing Phoenix is five foot eight. 683 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:35,840 Speaker 2: So when lining that up. 684 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 1: Historically he is five foot eight, only two inches taller 685 00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:42,160 Speaker 1: than Napoleon would have been, it makes me feel like 686 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 1: I've been lied to my entire life. And I thought 687 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:47,560 Speaker 1: that there had to be a reason for this, and 688 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:52,640 Speaker 1: there is is because there was a British political cartoonist 689 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,600 Speaker 1: who lived and worked from the years seventeen fifty six 690 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:59,400 Speaker 1: to eighteen fifty and his caricatures that he drew of 691 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:05,440 Speaker 1: Napoleon were so highly influential on Napoleon's life and everybody's 692 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,480 Speaker 1: depiction of him because they saw him in these cartoons 693 00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:13,040 Speaker 1: that this cartoonist portrayed him as this small, angry man 694 00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:16,680 Speaker 1: who was throwing this childlike tantrum, and this is just 695 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,520 Speaker 1: how everybody started to see him. And the idea behind 696 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:23,000 Speaker 1: these political cartoons was to depict him in a way 697 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:27,439 Speaker 1: that really made him seem inferior because being five foot 698 00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,760 Speaker 1: six at that time, he was really the same size 699 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,840 Speaker 1: of all of his peers. The man this was like 700 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 1: social media before social media was around. The political cartoons 701 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:41,440 Speaker 1: back in the day were brutal that they could completely 702 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:45,120 Speaker 1: change the perception of you, just based upon the image 703 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,440 Speaker 1: that everybody gets in their head by what they are 704 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:50,600 Speaker 1: shown in the media. Crazy to me, that blew my mind. 705 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:53,000 Speaker 1: But going back to what this movie is going to 706 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:56,320 Speaker 1: be about, I think Joaquin Phoenix is the perfect person 707 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,920 Speaker 1: to play Napoleon, and I love it when an actor 708 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,399 Speaker 1: of his caliber portrays a character that we really don't 709 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,200 Speaker 1: have anything to compare it to. We're not going to 710 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 1: go back and compare it to clips of Napoleon because 711 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,600 Speaker 1: they don't exist. But he is an actor who goes 712 00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:14,359 Speaker 1: so far into his character study goes a little bit 713 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:16,800 Speaker 1: method at times, not as crazy as maybe a Daniel 714 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:21,920 Speaker 1: da Lewis, but really is able to give their interpretation 715 00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:24,200 Speaker 1: of what they think a person like this living in 716 00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:26,480 Speaker 1: this time would have been. Like, So I am so 717 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:28,640 Speaker 1: excited for him to do this, but also the fact 718 00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:31,880 Speaker 1: that it's coming from director Riley Scott, who has worked 719 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:35,480 Speaker 1: with Joaquin Phoenix before in Gladiator and in his movies, 720 00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:38,000 Speaker 1: he is just able to have this kind of visceral 721 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:41,719 Speaker 1: tone that's very theatrical, especially when it comes to big 722 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:45,160 Speaker 1: action sequences and big fight scenes, which this trailer gives 723 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,000 Speaker 1: you a bit of a taste from that. And it 724 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:50,520 Speaker 1: also has the Apple TV Plus model backing it, which 725 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:53,480 Speaker 1: tells you it's going to be very visually stunning. So 726 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:56,840 Speaker 1: this movie is coming out in theaters on November twenty second, 727 00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,359 Speaker 1: and then will be released on Apple TV Plus at 728 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:01,640 Speaker 1: a later date. I also just love it when movies 729 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:04,280 Speaker 1: are made about people and they show you the good 730 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:07,480 Speaker 1: but also the worst sides of their character to fully 731 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,719 Speaker 1: flesh out the story. That is oftentimes why I don't 732 00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:13,840 Speaker 1: really like biopics that come out when a person is 733 00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:17,120 Speaker 1: still alive or maybe just passed away not too long ago, 734 00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:19,600 Speaker 1: because I feel like you're really not gonna get the 735 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:22,200 Speaker 1: full story there. You have a lot of influence from 736 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:26,000 Speaker 1: either the person themselves or their families. And with the 737 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,160 Speaker 1: historical drama like this, I feel like we're gonna get 738 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:31,320 Speaker 1: the very, very bad side of Napoleon in this because 739 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:33,520 Speaker 1: just by the looks of the trailer, he does not 740 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,360 Speaker 1: look like a good guy. He's at that for was 741 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:40,160 Speaker 1: this week's edition of Movie by tram Or Park and 742 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:43,000 Speaker 1: that's gonna do it for another episode here of the podcast. 743 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:45,600 Speaker 1: But before I go, I gotta give my listeners shout out. 744 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:47,279 Speaker 2: Over the week, you can get a. 745 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:50,440 Speaker 1: Listener shout out by commenting on one of my reels 746 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:55,160 Speaker 1: or tiktoks, hitting me up on Twitter or threads or Facebook. 747 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,920 Speaker 1: You can find that all in the episode notes. But 748 00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,640 Speaker 1: this week I am going over to the comments of 749 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:04,520 Speaker 1: my Oppenheimer review, and this week's listeners shout out is 750 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,759 Speaker 1: the one and only Jeremy Martin, who commented on that 751 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:10,360 Speaker 1: video and said, love the podcast, dude. I'm wondering what 752 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:13,279 Speaker 1: are your go to snacks and drinks for movies? Also, 753 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:16,600 Speaker 1: is there a chain of theaters you prefer versus one 754 00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:20,000 Speaker 1: you will never visit again. Thank you Jeremy for the question, 755 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:23,760 Speaker 1: because in that video Kelsey and I are getting settled 756 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:27,040 Speaker 1: going to watch Oppenheimer. Kelsey has her popcorn and in 757 00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:29,520 Speaker 1: this video she has their diet pepsi, which those are 758 00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:31,879 Speaker 1: her go to movie snacks. For me, it's a little 759 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,759 Speaker 1: bit different if you don't know, I am vegan, so 760 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:38,560 Speaker 1: really there are very limited options, if any, for me 761 00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:42,000 Speaker 1: at the movie theater. So oftentimes I bring my own snacks, 762 00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:45,680 Speaker 1: which I usually tell them I have dietary restrictions, which 763 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:47,720 Speaker 1: isn't a line. I'm not just trying to sneak in food, 764 00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:50,080 Speaker 1: but there's really nothing there that I can eat that 765 00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:50,680 Speaker 1: is vegan. 766 00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:52,240 Speaker 2: So what I usually bring. 767 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,439 Speaker 1: Is one of my favorite snacks from Trader Joe's called 768 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,719 Speaker 1: Shruse balls. They are like these vegan energy balls that 769 00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:01,880 Speaker 1: are very delicious, in particular the peanut butter and jelly flavor. 770 00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:04,080 Speaker 1: That is a great movie snack. And when it comes 771 00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:06,720 Speaker 1: to drinks, sometimes I'll just get a bottle of water. 772 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,080 Speaker 1: I know, very sexy here. I get my bottle of 773 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:12,680 Speaker 1: water with my fruise balls, or sometimes I will bring 774 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,440 Speaker 1: in a can of High Brew, which is my favorite 775 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:18,319 Speaker 1: cold brew coffee, especially in a longer movie when I 776 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:21,279 Speaker 1: really want to focus in and pay attention. So for Oppenheimer, 777 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:24,839 Speaker 1: I had my own can of Highbrew, which I will 778 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:27,319 Speaker 1: always pick out the right moment of the film to 779 00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:29,759 Speaker 1: crack it open. If there's an explosion or a big 780 00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,799 Speaker 1: talking scene, I'll wait for that and be like and 781 00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:34,000 Speaker 1: open up my high Bruce. 782 00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:36,319 Speaker 2: So thank you Jeremy for that question. I go to 783 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,759 Speaker 2: movie snacks are cruise balls and coffee. 784 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: I'm a wild guy. Everybody. 785 00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:43,120 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to this week's episode. I hope 786 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:44,560 Speaker 2: you enjoyed that. Thank you for. 787 00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:48,200 Speaker 1: Letting me talk all about my love of the Ninja Shurtles. 788 00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:51,920 Speaker 1: Share this episode with a TMNT fan in your life, 789 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:54,800 Speaker 1: and until next time, go out and watch good movies 790 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:56,560 Speaker 1: and I will talk to you later