FMC 133: Beverly Hills Cop 2 directed by Tony Scott

Full Episode Transcript
This episode of Filmmaker Commentary the 1987 action-comedy sequel "Beverly Hills Cop 2," directed by Tony Scott, exploring its production, critical reception, and lasting impact, alongside current pop culture discussions.

Opening Discussion & Film Overview
Reginald Titus Jr.: Filmmaker Commentary, episode 133. Welcome to Filmmaker Commentary, where we give you insights from our favorite filmmaking commentaries. These commentaries can be heard on your DVD and Blu-rays of your favorite movies. We'll show you how you can use these commentaries and apply them to improve your video production and filmmaking techniques. All of this here on Filmmaker Commentary. I'm your host, Reginald Titus Jr. Welcome to another episode of Filmmaker Commentary. I'm Reginald Titus Jr., I'm joined with Casey G. Smith. Welcome back, sir.
Casey G. Smith.: Good to be back, sir.
Reginald Titus Jr.: And today we're talking about Beverly Hills Cop 2, 1987, directed by Tony Scott. This film actually had a couple awards. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Music, Original Song. Yeah. "Shakedown."
Casey G. Smith.: By Bob Seger.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Ah, there you go. And then another, yeah, yeah, Best Original Song. That was pretty, that was a good song.
Casey G. Smith.: It was, it was hot.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Um, it was a winner for, uh, it was an ASCAP Award. Yeah, ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 1988 Top Box Office Films, Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures. "Shakedown" again. Um, Golden Globe nominee, Best Original Song, winner of Golden Screen Germany. It doesn't say anything else besides just winner for the Golden Screen. Uh, Image Awards nominee Outstanding Actor, Eddie Murphy. Okay. Winner of the Kids' Choice Awards, Favorite Movie Actor, Eddie Murphy. Favorite Movie, Paramount Pictures, the production company. Uh, nominated Best Video from a Film, Bob Seger "Shakedown."
Casey G. Smith.: "Shakedown."
Reginald Titus Jr.: And then a winner for the Razzie Awards, Worst Original Song, George Michael for the song "I Want Your Sex."
Casey G. Smith.: That is, wow, unexpected because that song was pretty popular in the, uh, I was surprised when I heard it. I was like, because I always think George Michael, I think, I think more 90s than 80s, but he was, gosh, that song—
Reginald Titus Jr.: He was like on the cusp. He was like in that, that little weird—
Casey G. Smith.: That's right after, right after the Wham! phase, he was breaking out, doing his thing, and yeah, yeah. Yeah, because in the 90s he had, you know, "Funky" and he was doing his thing. But, good old George Michael and his Levi's. Uh, what was the budget for this film?
Reginald Titus Jr.: The budget was estimated 27 mil.
Casey G. Smith.: What kind of box office did this film?
Reginald Titus Jr.: It opened up on a 27 million dollar budget, opening weekend made 26 million. Not bad.
Casey G. Smith.: That's pretty awesome to almost make your principal budget back.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yes.
Casey G. Smith.: In the first weekend, like the first five days. Like, we got a hit.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Oh, yeah. And then it ended up with a worldwide gross of 300 million dollars. Hey, that's a win.
Casey G. Smith.: Absolutely, absolutely.
Reginald Titus Jr.: What? Well, well done. Riding off the wave of the first Beverly Hills and Eddie Murphy solidified superstar at this point.
Casey G. Smith.: Totally.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Uh, just came in and, and did his thing. And of course the production company with, uh, Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, doing their thing, putting their magic on it.
Casey G. Smith.: Oh, yeah. That, there's a, that's a powerful combination.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Uh, anything else you would like to add to—
Casey G. Smith.: Nope, I'll have some more, some more tidbits, some more goodies. Okay. Stay tuned, boys and gals.
Reginald Titus Jr.: All right, all right. But before we talk further about Beverly Hills Cop 2, let's talk about news, TV and movies. So in the news, according to Variety, Jurassic World Dominion has a debut of 143 million at the box office. Okay. Yes, yes, very, very good. And also Top Gun Maverick continues to soar, still raking in another 50 million dollars. It's approaching I think 700 million total gross. Oh, well done.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. Indeed. Well done.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Considering we're covering a film that was directed by the late Tony Scott.
Casey G. Smith.: The original Top Gun.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That's right. So, it's fitting.
Casey G. Smith.: Indeed.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Still making money.
Casey G. Smith.: Oh, yeah.

Pop Culture & Current Viewings
Reginald Titus Jr.: Um, have you been watching any TV, movies, anything?
Casey G. Smith.: I've been out here, Reginald, out here. Actually just in here, watching things on the screen.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Anything new?
Casey G. Smith.: Anything new? Let's see. So I, I'm just going to talk about some of the, some of the movies that I've watched. So I took in The Northman. Oh, so that, that's on digital now, right?
Reginald Titus Jr.: It's on streaming on Peacock.
Casey G. Smith.: Okay.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Took that one in. That was pretty, pretty good. It's got a very, it feels like almost like a Game of Thrones and Conan kind of mixed but set in a Nordic setting and Alexander Skarsgård is excellent, of course, along with, let's see, young lady. She's in so many things. Um—
Reginald Titus Jr.: I've been looking at the key art and seeing that. Like I think I've seen the Blu-ray at Movie Trading Company. I was like, I've been hearing a lot about this film, but nothing about the key art makes me want to watch it. Just looks cold with a bunch of upset people on the front.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, it was, it was fascinating. It's not, I don't think it would be for everybody. It's, it's pretty brutal, pretty violent.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Ah.
Casey G. Smith.: But it's a, it's a, it is a warrior's, like a warrior's journey kind of thing.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Close-ups of bone breaking, let's go.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. And there's again, a lot of Nordic mythology that, that pops up here and there and it's interesting. Yeah, Anya Taylor-Joy, that's her name. She, uh, she, she always does a pretty strong performance. But yeah, the, the, the, The Northman.
Reginald Titus Jr.: The Northman.
Casey G. Smith.: Was interesting. Okay. Then I also took in, you know, something much more lighter.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Light, okay.
Casey G. Smith.: I watched the original Toy Story. Oh, you took it back. I did take it back. I'm, I'm looking forward to, I've, I've become more interested in, in Lightyear.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah. When's that one dropping?
Casey G. Smith.: In the, uh, kind of origin. That's, I want to say June 17th. I think because when it drops. Yeah, there was a feature on Disney like heading into Lightyear where they did this kind of retrospective of how they came up with the concept of Buzz Lightyear originally for the first Toy Story movie. And then how they're then taking that and saying that basically the kid Andy would have gone to the movies and watched the movie Lightyear. And that's where the toy would have been made off of of Buzz Lightyear and then him, you know, thinking he was the original.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Uh-huh.
Casey G. Smith.: I was like, oh, that's a pretty cool back story.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I like it.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, so it's its own universe. But I'm, I'm very interested in checking out Lightyear. So anyway, I watched the original Toy Story. It's still pretty awesome.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Holds up, yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, still pretty awesome. It's got timeless, just timeless themes within it. So took that in, then also on Hulu, I watched, I watched several episodes of the, the Pam & Tommy. Uh, where they're, you know, talking about Pamela Anderson and, and Tommy Lee, and that, Yes, that—
Reginald Titus Jr.: Oh, I—
Casey G. Smith.: Is it more documentary style or is it, um, reenactment?
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, that one was a reenactment. And Seth, Seth Rogen is awesome in it. As well as are the actors.
Casey G. Smith.: Jenny, Jennifer Lee? Is that her name? I think it's Jennifer Lee, and of course our man, uh, who plays the, the Winter Soldier, uh, Mr. uh, I can't.
Reginald Titus Jr.: The guy from I, Tonya.
Casey G. Smith.: Can't think I'm, uh, is it a Tom?
Reginald Titus Jr.: I can't think I'm blanking on his, I can't think I'm blanking on his name. I know about that.
Casey G. Smith.: Uh, it's, uh, yeah, supporting actor from I, Tonya. And he played Winter Soldier. And he had an arm, he had an arm that was silver. Or was it Vibranium?
Reginald Titus Jr.: I think it was Vibranium.
Casey G. Smith.: His name was Wolf.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Sebastian Stan, goddammit.
Casey G. Smith.: There you go. Sebastian Stan, he's, he's, he is rapidly becoming a, uh, a for, he's a, he is a formidable character actor. Seeing him as Tommy Lee, it's like, whoa.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Oh, I could see that.
Casey G. Smith.: But this, when they say this thing is mature, it is mature. There are, there are some scenes in there. I'm like, oh, I've never seen that before.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I can see him pull that off.
Casey G. Smith.: And the movie—
Reginald Titus Jr.: And that's not, that's a, that's strange.
Casey G. Smith.: Nonetheless, but as a whole, the series is very fascinating.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Somehow.
Casey G. Smith.: Very, very fascinating because they do a good job of kind of jumping between, all right, we're dealing, this episode we're dealing with this aspect of what's going down, and over here we're switching back over, we're dealing with what Pam & Tommy are dealing with. And over here we're dealing with Seth Rogen's character. And then there's just, there's a, like a, uh, the story behind it is actually very interesting and how they go about getting it and putting up. Anyway, so I'm, I'm about five episodes into that. It's like 10 total. So I'm still working through that.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That's interesting.
Casey G. Smith.: So, to add to that, there's, I can't remember, remember I was listening to or watching, uh, the behind the scenes of the or like the mini-doc about how Girls Gone Wild and how that was happening? So there is one for Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson. And so we started watching that and kind of seeing like the crooks behind how the sex tape got exposed. And just listening to these real characters talk about, I was like, oh, there was a lot of crap going on that led up to the exposure of this sex tape, which was supposed to be their private situation going on.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Exactly. And this, this is that dramatized. And Seth Rogen is playing, he's playing the—
Casey G. Smith.: The dirt bag?
Reginald Titus Jr.: The, yeah, you can call him, you can call him. Yeah, you can call him that. But he was a carpenter, at least, at least in the dramatization, he, you can see why he was slighted and made the decision he made. At least the way it's dramatized, I'm not saying it's justified what he did, but you see his motivate his motivation in the show behind doing it. I don't know if that's 100% true of what it was in real life, but yeah, he was slighted and basically trying to get compensation and thought he—
Casey G. Smith.: Oh. So he's, he's playing, he deserved to take them down a peg.
Reginald Titus Jr.: So he's the character that has access to this tape and gets another party involved into that.
Casey G. Smith.: Exactly.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Okay. From the documentary standpoint, we know more about the guy that the carpenter's talking about. Like just what he did like in porn and like all the stuff that he was into.
Casey G. Smith.: Right. That guy, that guy's being played by Nick Offerman, who's always awesome. So, yes. Yeah, Nick Offerman's playing that character and Seth Rogen's character approaches him about that. But Pam & Tommy, again, mature with a capital M. But well, it's well performed.
Reginald Titus Jr.: NC-17, would you agree?
Casey G. Smith.: Well, yeah, if it was anywhere else, it would, yeah, it would have, would have been NC-17.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Definitely got it.
Casey G. Smith.: I was like, what the heck? What the heck is going on? This guy's, anyway.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Congratulations.
Casey G. Smith.: So, there's that. Then I took in also, I ordered this, this Rambo Blu-ray box set that came in. And so I last night I watched First Blood. And then today I watched the first, no, Rambo First Blood Part II, which is confusing. I think most people have probably seen the first Rambo, Rambo First Blood Part II. But I'm, but like me, before I saw, before I saw First Blood, I thought that, you know, Rambo was just Rambo movies. But there, it, it starts off weird, right? There's a book called First Blood, and that was made into a movie starring John J. Rambo, played by Stallone. Then they made a sequel, which was called Rambo First Blood Part II. And then from there it just becomes Rambo Part III and so on and so on and so on. Which is confusing. Mhm. But First Blood is, I enjoy it. It's, it's, it's really good. There's some, some interesting topics and Stallone does a solid performance, as well as Brian Dennehy. So that's what I've been watching.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Mhm. Yeah. I like it.
Casey G. Smith.: Okay.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I watch The Boys on Amazon.
Casey G. Smith.: Likewise.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Sucked my wife back into the debauchery.
Casey G. Smith.: Man.
Reginald Titus Jr.: And she was like, what do you have me watching?
Casey G. Smith.: You know, you know, you know what scene? I mean, everybody, if you watch, if you watch the first episode of The Boys Season 3, you know the scene with the termite.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Spoilers.
Casey G. Smith.: Yes.
Reginald Titus Jr.: And she watched and she was like, what the hell do you got me watching? Who comes up with this stuff? I think I've seen almost everything in movies for the most part that you can possibly come up with outside of some weird sci-fi stuff. But everything's pretty much been done.
Casey G. Smith.: Until now.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, until to, until this past week. I've seen something different.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, that was—
Reginald Titus Jr.: And I'm not even mad. It's just like, I wouldn't do that, but somebody else did.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. It's like, they, they did that. They went, they went there. They did that. And now it feels like, yeah, all bets are kind of off. Like, oh, whatever. How far along are you in the season?
Reginald Titus Jr.: So I'm caught all the way up. So it drops every Friday, right?
Casey G. Smith.: Okay.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Mhm. Yeah, so I'm caught all the way up. I was like, is the season over? Like something like four or five episodes.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, they did the first three like all at once. And then, you know, number four, maybe they did the first two. No, I think they did the first three. Yeah, I think they did the first three episodes and then so then episode four dropped this past Friday.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Mhm. And so I'm waiting on the fifth episode, right?
Casey G. Smith.: Yes, sir.
Reginald Titus Jr.: So yeah, I'm patiently waiting. Yeah, it's, um, it's been a pretty good ride. I mean, uh, what's our guy Homelander, very horrible.
Casey G. Smith.: I told you, he gets even crazier.
Reginald Titus Jr.: And I was like, how is it getting worse? They figured it out though, man. I like, I like that actor playing the psychopath. He, he pulls it off. He just has a strange smile and then the glazed over look that he has sometimes when he's just zoned out, it's perfect. He's perfect psychopath.
Casey G. Smith.: He is, he could, it's hard not to imagine a Superman, like in real life, that level of power. But then it's in the hands of a amoralistic psychopath that initially postures himself as being the paragon of virtue. But secretly is an absolute psycho and sociopath with no way to be stopped at this point that nobody knows. And even the most powerful of individuals are terrified of them.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah. Everybody's scared.
Casey G. Smith.: They're like, I can't kill him.
Reginald Titus Jr.: It's almost like a, um, it feels like a horror film the way that they did it this year. Because everybody's like afraid, they're just like trying to be quiet, but, you know, he's murdering your friends, while this is happening, so people are just horrified, terrify, petrified. I said that wrong. Petrified and terrified of this guy. You know, he's—
Casey G. Smith.: It'll leave you petrified. Pyrrhic aid.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yep, for sure.
Casey G. Smith.: It's again, there have, you know, there have been a lot of different, uh, different mediums that have tackled the evil Superman archetype. There was a series I read a couple years ago called Irredeemable. There was this character called the Plutonian. Evil version Superman. All the same powers and everything and this dude was, I mean, terrible. Like he ends up, spoiler alert, this dude ends up, he's got a Justice League like team. He ends up like merking all them. Same thing we've seen with Omni-Man and, and Invincible. Same kind of idea.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Mhm.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Waiting for that series to come back. That was great.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, it's, it's in the works. I mean, they're working on. Yeah, it, it was fantastic. But this dude at one point, the woman who's like the Lois Lane type, she finds out his secret identity. He, you know, he, he reveals it to her. He finally gives up the courage to reveal it to her. And instead of being grateful, she's pissed. And so she goes on the air and says, "The Plutonian secret identity is," and as she says it, this guy like works at a radio station as a DJ or something like that. He hears it. He's so damn fast. He flies into outer space, crushes the satellite that was sending the signal, and then flies back down into the studio. Because he was like in the studio with them. And there was like two or three other people who were there. And he tells them, he goes, "The three of you are dead." He goes, "The rest of your lives, you will live in fear and hope that my enemies don't come after you because you are the only ones now who know this secret. I stopped, you know, the signal from getting out." And all three of those people like end up dying of just like, this mental breakdown, of the stress of knowing that this guy's enemies could come after them because they know his secret. That was, it, it's a crazy series. But just those ramifications and, yeah, Homelander is continuing to epitomize that.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Wow.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, man. And there's just this ominous, looming danger, you know, and you're just like, there with the characters, like waiting for the next body to die.
Reginald Titus Jr.: The fact that he hears everything. That, that, that super hearing, that gives it a, a god-like quality. Even though he's not a god, but that person who can hear you even whisper something. Oh, what was that?
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: What was that? A-Train?
Casey G. Smith.: Oh, nothing. I think you're great. You're, you're great.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Just those useless legs of yours.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, and the way, golly, he's, he's brilliant at the same time, he's brilliant at sliding people to their core. When he makes the Deep eat that octopus, eat his own octopus. Oh, man, that's rough. No, dude, that's terrible. Cause then his—
Reginald Titus Jr.: His name is Larry!
Casey G. Smith.: Whatever you said. Then it's his, his racism when he has that, that, uh, that traditional like Mexican dish for, uh, the, the singer dude who just joined the group. And then he says something like, I don't, I don't speak, muchachos. I was like, man, this guy is the ultimate jerk, man. Yeah, it's gonna be interesting to see where this season lands.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Bienvenido. The Boys. The Boys is, um, I wouldn't recommend to everybody. It's, uh, debauchery at its best. Just saying, throwing that out there.
Casey G. Smith.: It is, again, if you, if you've been rocking with us, like, you know, we, we taken, we taken all, all kinds of, of content.
Reginald Titus Jr.: True. And, uh, on both sides of the spectrum.
Casey G. Smith.: Sometimes we take, take buns for the team. So, we're, we're giving you the warnings that yeah, when when stuff says mature, especially in, in these streaming days, mature truly means—
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: You could get anything. There are no, there are no limits.
Reginald Titus Jr.: And I think I, I think I can respect that more because, you know, I was trying to label something, you have to pay for those ratings. So if you want something to be PG-13, you gotta pay a fee to use their trademark in your, you know, your marketing and promotional stuff. So, I like that it is just something generic and they kind of let you know what's in it, you know, guns, smoke, violence, and hoochie, you know.
Casey G. Smith.: Strong sexual content.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah. So that, I think that's, that's fair enough, you know, for anybody to make a decision what they want to watch. Uh, but this is definitely a guilty pleasure, so.
Casey G. Smith.: There you go.
Reginald Titus Jr.: You do feel a little dirty afterwards, like, oh, man, what did I—
Casey G. Smith.: Let me watch some Toy Story now. Cleanse my palate.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Uh, anything else for movies watched?
Casey G. Smith.: No, I think I've seen enough.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Um, if y'all been watching, uh, everybody, our listeners out there, if y'all been watching this, you know, you know, post on our Instagram, our social media, let us know what you think about some of the TV shows and movies we've been watching.
Casey G. Smith.: Yes. Participate and comment on the craziness.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yes. And the goodness, there's a lot of, there's a lot of really good content that, that's out there. I didn't go into everything that I'm watching, but there's a lot of stuff, there's a lot of really quality content that's out there today.
Casey G. Smith.: It is.

Beverly Hills Cop 2: Analysis & Production
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Reginald Titus Jr.: And now, let's jump back into the show. Thank you for tuning in to Filmmaker Commentary. Today, we're talking about Beverly Hills Cop 2, 1987, starring Eddie Murphy. Here's a synopsis. Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to help Taggart and Rosewood with investigate Chief Bogomil's near-fatal shooting and the series of alphabet crimes associated with Beverly Hills Cop 2. And if this is your first time listening to Filmmaker Commentary, please know that there will be spoilers. You've been forewarned. Also as a little bit of a disclaimer with this particular film, this is one of the few times we're watching a film that did not have an actual commentary track on it. So when it comes to our filmmaker tips, it'll be a little light this go around. Yes. Um, how did you watch this film? Did you go, did you go purchase the film? Did you watch it streaming? And then also, did you watch it when it first came out?
Casey G. Smith.: No, I did not watch it when it first came out. I was little, even though I, I, well, the casing, he's in the Rated R movies. This wasn't one of them. I think I would, I would see maybe highlights here and there, bits and pieces, but I finally sat down and watched the whole thing during my Netflix disc binge run in the early, in the mid-2000s and I, I think I went through one and two and saw them then. So this was nice to come back and revisit it again. And it, I seem, I don't know, it seems even better, because I know I, I'd watched it and thought it was good, but it's just refreshing like, man, this is still really good. And they, they struck a nice balance of able to do more action and more comedy. And like, that's, not easy thing to, not easy thing to pull off, but they, they pull it off.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah. Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Right.
Reginald Titus Jr.: How about you?
Casey G. Smith.: I, um, this movie feels like a memory. I remember like the orange red tones and I remember seeing this out and about, probably going over a family member's house and this kind of playing. So it's part of a memory, but I don't have a full memory of the movie. I remembered the ending with all the orange and the like the shoot out at the oil rig. I remember that. I remember Eddie Murphy like cracking jokes about what's our tall actress name?
Reginald Titus Jr.: Mhm.
Casey G. Smith.: Brigitte Nielsen.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Brigitte Nielsen. Stallone. Oh, at the time, yeah. Um, I remember him cracking jokes, you know, about her and him standing on his toes and stuff like that. And how like much of like just a villain she was in, but she had like that perfect look. Um, for that, you know, stature and everything. Uh, so that's, it's a, it felt like a memory, uh, but I don't remember how the story came together.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. Okay.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Uh, so, this is actually my first time watching the whole story. went to, um, I didn't actually, I didn't even rent it since we, there was no commentary. I just pulled up streaming on Showtime and they have all three of the, uh, movies there. And so I just have watched it and, uh—
Casey G. Smith.: Hey.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Indeed. It was, um, it looked very, very professional. Um, what did you like or not like about this film this time around?
Casey G. Smith.: I liked Eddie's laugh. I think he laughs more in this movie and it's, it's, it's always, exactly, it's always just infectious and so he does that more. So I like the laugh. I like the fact that he got a new car in this one. Not, not just the Ferrari he's pushing earlier, but when he actually drives the Beverly Hills, he's got a nice red, I don't know if it's a, I don't know what kind of vehicle it is. I'm not a man vehicle connoisseur, but it's, it's a, it's an older vehicle that's been taken care of very well. Yeah, it looks like a classic car, like you would see like a classic Mustang. That's kind of what this feels like. Agreed, agreed. But it looks good, especially like the little red rims on the, the back, the back wheels. Very nice. And I also like that, like I mentioned before, the, the equal increase of both action and comedy. Like the, the jokes like constantly hit. And I mean, they, they do hit. It's, I don't feel it's like a lot of duds. It's like bam, bam, bam, bam, like Eddie, Eddie described it in one of the behind the scenes. He says, this one has way more jokes. It's more like, it's like the first film was like, okay, they would just hit you with a left hook every now and then. But this one it's like, jab, jab, jab, jab, like a bunch of jabs. Like, yeah, that's, uh, that's how it feels. So yeah, I liked those things. I dislike, the soundtrack was nowhere near as strong as the first one. I mean, you got "Shakedown," which is a, a nice catchy song, but all the other songs are forgettable.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I, um, for me, I feel like from a visual standpoint watching it the way that I did, I feel like the transfer could be better. Like it, it was kind of, it was grainy. Um, and I, like there's such a richness to, uh, Tony Scott and what he delivers as a director. I was like, that needs to be seen. Um, maybe like when they do if they've done a 4K, maybe it's, it looks better in the 4K version if they have that out. Um, but I think the transfer could be better. Um, I, I think they played the, the Axel from a, I think they played the Axel Foley theme a little, a little too much.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, it's, it's in there way, way more this go around. Whereas before it was like specifically if he was doing something mischievous. And he does a lot of mischievous stuff in this one, but it does play like almost whenever they get to a new location. Like—
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, it's like a, like a, it's like a cheat code. I feel like the theme is a cheat code. Makes you feel good, but like they, yeah, they were doing it. They were pushing it a little, pushing it, pushing it.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, yeah. That's, that's a cheat code.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, they worked it. And I like when, like when the guys, when, when Eddie Murphy is, um, convincing him to go on their first trip together, like, hey, let's go ahead and do this and get them away from the job. Uh, the music plays. It's like, oh, the guys are back together again. And they played the theme like just chilling in the background. But it wasn't like right on. It was just like a variation of the theme. And it's like, okay, feels good, but I think they did that. But I've, I like the visual style of the film. But I just think there were some things that the formula was kind of being, they were hitting us hard with the formula from the first film. The first film basically laid the blueprint. And if you just follow it, you're gonna win.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: True, true.
Casey G. Smith.: It was nice to see the, the jump from again, uh, Taggart and Harwood, uh, Rosewood. Rosewood. Or Billy. Taggart and Rosewood. Or yeah, Taggart and Billy chasing Axel to now they're, boom, they're just there working together. And I felt, I felt like the themes more or less were just pretty much the same from the, from the first one. I mean, the, the formula, you're right, is, is still there. Eddie has a friend who doesn't get killed, but is close to, an attempt, an attempted murder takes place on one of Eddie's friends and he has to go to Beverly Hills to find out why. Same way the first, the first film started. And Taggart and Rosewood are in a position where they're scared to take initiative. They sell the authority figure that's in place. That then is kind of rebooted. Different authority figures, but it still kind of has them quote unquote handcuffed. And it takes Axel coming in and his freelancing, free-spirited, Detroit style of policing and shenanigans to, to, to push them through.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Uh-huh.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. Yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Pun intended. Yeah. Follow the formula, you won't lose. Um, what, like the , so there was no commentary, right on this, on the DVD and thing. What kind of special features were on, were on the DVD?
Casey G. Smith.: I'm glad you asked, Reginald. Yes, there were a couple on there.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yes.
Casey G. Smith.: All right. So there was a, here they are up here. I was like, where are they on this, on the back of this case? All right. So there was a feature of new exclusive cast and crew interviews. And there was an original behind-the-scenes featurette. There was one deleted scene with an introduction by Tony Scott. There was a "Shakedown" Music Featurette where they, they really have the two producers talking with the sound engineers who helped, who helped record "Shakedown." They're talking about just how involved the, the producers are in the musical process. They also show them in the studio and them listening back, like, yeah, you know, punch it in here. So there were, they were all very excited about the, about the song itself. And there was a theatrical trailer. One thing I've started doing is before I watch the movie, I'll play the trailer just to kind of—
Reginald Titus Jr.: Oh.
Casey G. Smith.: That was on YouTube, by the way.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Oh, yeah. I think I remember you saying that early on before we decided to check this out.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, I remember seeing that actually on there. And there was also a "Shakedown" music featurette where they, they really have the two producers talking with, uh, the sound engineers who helped, who helped record "Shakedown." They're talking about just how involved the, the producers are in the musical process. They also show them in the studio and them listening back, like, yeah, you know, punch it in here. So there were, they were all very excited about the, about the song itself. And there was a theatrical trailer. One thing I've started doing is before I watch the movie, I'll play the trailer just to kind of—
Reginald Titus Jr.: Mhm. What style was the trailer in? Was it the voiceover typical voiceover? Eddie Murphy stars again, or whatever the voiceover. You know, you had like a voiceover person that was popular for years. And depending if it was like a horror film, or if it was more lighthearted.
Casey G. Smith.: I think it, I think it may have had the voiceover.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Mhm. Cause you had the guy—
Casey G. Smith.: Eddie's back. Axel Foley is back in Beverly Hills.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: I have to, I don't know. I watched it though before I jumped into the, into the film. So, featurettes were, were actually decent. They, they, they gave me a couple of trivia bits that I'll share later on. So, you know, again, worth buying?
Reginald Titus Jr.: Or just streaming?
Casey G. Smith.: Uh, I think if you find it on sale, you could, you could scoop it. And again, this was just the DVD because where I, I had, I had reserved a Blu-ray. Get another.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Debacle.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, this week. Yeah, I had reserved the Blu-ray. I went to go scoop it. From an unnamed, a name.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yes. A company that should be—
Casey G. Smith.: The main, unnamed. I reserved the Blu-ray. I said, we got you. Gave my name. All right. Went to go scoop it. I, like, no, I don't have it here. I was like, this is just this week, this week, I tell you. I was like, all right, so then they went, and they, you know, waiting in lines, people waiting as well. And so the guy came back with the DVD. And in my mind, I'm like, why wouldn't you, why wouldn't you grab me a Blu-ray? You know. But I'm like, you know what? I'll just, I'll just go with it. You know, people are waiting in line. I didn't want to, you know, I was like, I don't make a scene. If he ain't a cop, why can't I frisk him? If he ain't a cop, why, why can't I frisk? Why can't I frisk? That's anotherly quote for you all. Yes. So I just said, all right, I'll just take the DVD. And I thought, I thought the transfer on DVD was actually pretty decent. There's a couple of spots where you can see some. This is talking about this week.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah. Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Yes, I did. For the, for the team. Hey, team!
Reginald Titus Jr.: Plus the Blu-ray is cheaper, right? $4.99 or something? Yeah, you know, right. I had to do the, what did I do the DVD on? It was on one of them. I was like, all right, fine, I'll do the DVD. That may have been the first one.
Casey G. Smith.: Yes. Yes, I did.
Reginald Titus Jr.: New York. It was the New York, Escape From New York. Had to get the DVD. Cause remember the whole 4K situation and no Blu-rays were available and that was a debacle.
Casey G. Smith.: Oh. Oh, hell. These things happen. These 80s movies, man, they'd be moving. People be cutting deals.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I would. I think there, nostalgia, man. There is a price for nostalgia and for us to go back and look with fresh eyes on, on our childhood.
Casey G. Smith.: Agreed. Agreed. I've, I've enjoyed this time in the 80s revisiting some of these classics, modern, modern classics.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah. I wonder, did you ever watch?
Casey G. Smith.: Like Cobra!
Reginald Titus Jr.: My god. Oh boy. Made money, but man.
Casey G. Smith.: And see, I tell you what's been fun is seeing the connections of where, of where people jump off, like seeing the connection between Cobra and the original Beverly Hills Cop. And then seeing Brigitte Nielsen, who was in Cobra also in Beverly Hills Cop 2. Which Stallone was originally going to bring in, be in, and it was going to be Axel Co, Corretti, but, you know, became Corretti/Cobra, his own film. And she was like the damsel in distress in that one. Exactly. And this one she's a stone cold killer. Which I like her better as. I agree. She's got the, she's got the, the look and everything. And then with Rambo First Blood Part II, that was directed by the guy who directed Cobra. Oh, how about that? That's right. So it's just, yeah, these wild connections. Then again, yeah. Make it easier. I mean, it's like a, a working shortcut. It's like, oh, yeah, we know them, like, let's go ahead and get this thing going. We'll disattach so and so. You know, Eddie. Just bring Eddie back. But he wants 35 million dollars. Anyhow. Pay that man his money because we're going to, it's a good investment. There you go. Bet on Black. Um, I felt like the tone, it had like a, this time it had a, a polished look. It actually feels like a blockbuster. Like, the last one it felt like an indie film that leaned more towards comedy and it, and I didn't really feel like it had a visual style per se, where you would remember what that style is. This Tony Scott wears his style and you know when you're watching that Tony Scott film, without a doubt. Um, and I to me, I feel like there was comedy in it, but I felt like because of the artistic choices, it felt a little bit more serious than the first one. In my opinion.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah. Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: I tend to agree. Uh, definitely still, it's still an action comedy, but there is a little more twinge of suspense. It's also in some of the lightings, also in some of the, the slow motion, uh, shots that happen with certain things, some of the, some of the cuts, some of the angles. And some of the, some of the lighting choices as well, give it a more suspenseful feel.
Reginald Titus Jr.: The, um, style, I think that he was going with is, it it's a, a Hollywood color palette that's very specific. Um, it's a orange mixed with blue or teal. And you'll see like in the Transformers movies, they use that heavy in there. And that's like a style that, the color palette they decided to go with. Agreed, agreed. I, I had made a note visually that, you know, there's seen, at least I, I notice between like when you see stuff in Detroit, it's all like cooler. Like cooler colors in Detroit and of course when you get to Beverly Hills, not just because of the, well, yes, because of the weather, but there's, it's, it's warmer, warmer tones though. Even inside different spaces it seemed to be warmer as well. True. Yeah, you can definitely pick it out. Um, for themes, I just kept it real simple, a theme of loyalty, especially with our, our main character. Uh, what kind of themes did you come up with on there?
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah.

Character Dynamics & Memorable Scenes
Reginald Titus Jr.:: Likewise, man, loyalty and initiative. And also Eddie, Eddie mentioned this in the behind the scenes deal. He said that, you know, he goes, my character in Axel Foley, he's, he's always leading the charge. He's always on the forefront. He said, a lot of times, you know, you got brothers moving, you're like, uh, so, what's going on? What's happening next? Like you, he said, you got characters like that. He said, but Axel is leading the charge. He goes, I, he goes, I'm a lot like Axel. I said, you know, the black guy one step ahead is kind of a theme. I like that. I like that in general. I think that, I like that in life. Winning. And then I just said the big three back together. Back together again. Do you have any favorite scenes or memorable scenes? I know you do. Okay. What, what, what, what's memorable to you?
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah. Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Axel meeting the credit card fraud guy for, for the, not the first time, but you know that, that, that opening scene. And which is reminiscent of the first film where he's meeting the guy with the cigarette truck. And I love how they ultimately tie that back in. That was, that's good writing and thoughtful. Build the scene up, man. What did, so what happens? Cause we see Eddie Murphy from the beginning. Exactly, with, this, this opens up and we see Eddie, he is looking, he is putting on this, this 80s, you know, suit that's like, you know, it, it, it's sharp, it, it's fitted, it's, it's a slim fit. He's got the black skinny tie on. He's looking in the mirror while he does it. And he's pulling his gun out and he's smiling. And he, you know, he's laughing, he's doing his laugh. That's gonna be on the trailer, right? Everything. Oh, yeah. He's, he's doing all of that. And then he gets, he gets into a Ferrari and pulls out of his place. I see this. I'm like, man, what is? Okay. Got upgrade. Are you working for CIA? What's happening? Detective Foley? Like, what is going on here? He's, and then he goes, he goes into a bar and he meets up with a guy who's, who's there with a, with a, a buxom blonde. And that, that guy says, yo, Eddie, I need you to meet Miss, Miss so and so. And, and this guy actually gets to know him like, course, she says, she can, she can suck a, a golf ball through a 20-foot hose. And then Eddie, Eddie's like, and he smiles. Oh, I'm, I'm impressed. All right. I need you to go sit over there. And he's already in, already in character, right? And he's, he's doing his, I'm a businessman, and he snaps. I need to make things move. I'm over here. I'm going, I gotta go. I got business to take care of. Like, he's just, just fast talking. He's doing his thing. Just hustling. He's straight hustling. But that, the scene plays out. It's just hilarious. Like Eddie is on his game. He's so quick. He's so fast and quick-witted. And he says so much and it's always clear. It's, it's amazing what he does. Truly. I, um, I don't know why I have this one. Oh, well, I, I'll skip that one. And so, did you see when they visit Billy's apartment? Uh, Detective Rosewood. And you see the Cobra poster behind the door when he closed it. Oh, yeah. So like, you know, without any contest, you're like, what's that about? You know what I mean? But we see Axel Foley look at the Cobra poster and just kind of like, like kind of just giving some shade. Yeah. Doesn't say anything but just, that's, I feel that's an inside joke because in the behind the scenes, him and Brigitte Nielsen are, are joking around because she, she says something about Eddie says he's, that he's 5'9" and then I'm 6'2". She goes, but I'm really, I'm, I'm 6'2". And I think Eddie's like 5' whatever. Like she kind of, and, and like you got both of them on camera. He's like, and they're both kind of talking at the camera. He's like, you know, she says she's this tall, but really she's, she's in love with somebody who's only 5' whatever. And, and she kind of, and, and it pushes him off camera. She goes, I need to talk. It, it's a funny little back and forth between the two. But I think that Eddie did that just, just to poke fun. Uh, I think the whole Cobra, Yeah, I think the whole situation is funny because he's supposed to be Beverly Hills Cop. And he's not in Cobra is like a jacked up version of Beverly Hills Cop. Cause remember that happened in the same neighborhood. All the way back. Yeah, man. So, yeah, I think it's, I think that was done totally in, in, uh, in fun. But there's also another poster. He had the Rambo poster in the living room. Yeah, there you go. And I was like, why is that back there? Um, you know, and Billy, his character has all the guns and all that stuff. But when we go to the Cobra, he's like, okay, this is on purpose. Absolutely. So I thought that was funny. But it's all, it also kind of plays into Billy's psyche that he's going towards this vigilante style. I got, I need more guns. And, you know, Stallone's characters at that time, I mean, more, more guns, more violence. So it's, it's funny to see how that's interpreted and worked off of. But yeah. Did you have any more, uh, favorite or memorable scenes?
Reginald Titus Jr.: That's very impressive.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it is. That's cool.
Reginald Titus Jr.: True.
Casey G. Smith.: He's fast talking. He's doing his thing. Just hustling. He's straight hustling. But that, the scene plays out. It's just hilarious. Like Eddie is on his game. He's so quick. He's so fast and quick-witted. And he says so much and it's always clear. True. It's, it's amazing what he does. Truly. I, um, I don't know why I have this one. Oh, well, I, I'll skip that one. And so, did you see when they visit Billy's apartment? Uh, Detective Rosewood. And you see the Cobra poster behind the door when he closed it. Oh, yeah. So like, you know, without any contest, you're like, what's that about? You know what I mean? But we see Axel Foley look at the Cobra poster and just kind of like, like kind of just giving some shade. Yeah. Doesn't say anything but just, that's, I feel that's an inside joke because in the behind the scenes, him and Brigitte Nielsen are, are joking around because she, she says something about Eddie says he's, that he's 5'9" and then I'm 6'2". She goes, but I'm really, I'm, I'm 6'2". And I think Eddie's like 5' whatever. Like she kind of, and, and like you got both of them on camera. He's like, and they're both kind of talking at the camera. He's like, you know, she says she's this tall, but really she's, she's in love with somebody who's only 5' whatever. And, and she kind of, and, and it pushes him off camera. She goes, I need to talk. It, it's a funny little back and forth between the two. But I think that Eddie did that just, just to poke fun. Uh, I think the whole Cobra, Yeah, I think the whole situation is funny because he's supposed to be Beverly Hills Cop. And he's not in Cobra is like a jacked up version of Beverly Hills Cop. Cause remember that happened in the same neighborhood. All the way back. Yeah, man. So, yeah, I think it's, I think that was done totally in, in, uh, in fun. But there's also another poster. He had the Rambo poster in the living room. Yeah, there you go. And I was like, why is that back there? Um, you know, and Billy, his character has all the guns and all that stuff. But when we go to the Cobra, he's like, okay, this is on purpose. Absolutely. So I thought that was funny. But it's all, it also kind of plays into Billy's psyche that he's going towards this vigilante style. I got, I need more guns. And, you know, Stallone's characters at that time, I mean, more, more guns, more violence. So it's, it's funny to see how that's interpreted and worked off of. But yeah. Did you have any more, uh, favorite or memorable scenes?
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. Yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: True.
Casey G. Smith.: He's fast talking. He's doing his thing. Just hustling. He's straight hustling. But that, the scene plays out. It's just hilarious. Like Eddie is on his game. He's so quick. He's so fast and quick-witted. And he says so much and it's always clear. True. It's, it's amazing what he does. Truly. I, um, I don't know why I have this one. Oh, well, I, I'll skip that one. And so, did you see when they visit Billy's apartment? Uh, Detective Rosewood. And you see the Cobra poster behind the door when he closed it. Oh, yeah. So like, you know, without any contest, you're like, what's that about? You know what I mean? But we see Axel Foley look at the Cobra poster and just kind of like, like kind of just giving some shade. Yeah. Doesn't say anything but just, that's, I feel that's an inside joke because in the behind the scenes, him and Brigitte Nielsen are, are joking around because she, she says something about Eddie says he's, that he's 5'9" and then I'm 6'2". She goes, but I'm really, I'm, I'm 6'2". And I think Eddie's like 5' whatever. Like she kind of, and, and like you got both of them on camera. He's like, and they're both kind of talking at the camera. He's like, you know, she says she's this tall, but really she's, she's in love with somebody who's only 5' whatever. And, and she kind of, and, and it pushes him off camera. She goes, I need to talk. It, it's a funny little back and forth between the two. But I think that Eddie did that just, just to poke fun. Uh, I think the whole Cobra, Yeah, I think the whole situation is funny because he's supposed to be Beverly Hills Cop. And he's not in Cobra is like a jacked up version of Beverly Hills Cop. Cause remember that happened in the same neighborhood. All the way back. Yeah, man. So, yeah, I think it's, I think that was done totally in, in, uh, in fun. But there's also another poster. He had the Rambo poster in the living room. Yeah, there you go. And I was like, why is that back there? Um, you know, and Billy, his character has all the guns and all that stuff. But when we go to the Cobra, he's like, okay, this is on purpose. Absolutely. So I thought that was funny. But it's all, it also kind of plays into Billy's psyche that he's going towards this vigilante style. I got, I need more guns. And, you know, Stallone's characters at that time, I mean, more, more guns, more violence. So it's, it's funny to see how that's interpreted and worked off of. But yeah. Did you have any more, uh, favorite or memorable scenes?
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. Yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: True.
Casey G. Smith.: He's fast talking. He's doing his thing. Just hustling. He's straight hustling. But that, the scene plays out. It's just hilarious. Like Eddie is on his game. He's so quick. He's so fast and quick-witted. And he says so much and it's always clear. True. It's, it's amazing what he does. Truly. I, um, I don't know why I have this one. Oh, well, I, I'll skip that one. And so, did you see when they visit Billy's apartment? Uh, Detective Rosewood. And you see the Cobra poster behind the door when he closed it. Oh, yeah. So like, you know, without any contest, you're like, what's that about? You know what I mean? But we see Axel Foley look at the Cobra poster and just kind of like, like kind of just giving some shade. Yeah. Doesn't say anything but just, that's, I feel that's an inside joke because in the behind the scenes, him and Brigitte Nielsen are, are joking around because she, she says something about Eddie says he's, that he's 5'9" and then I'm 6'2". She goes, but I'm really, I'm, I'm 6'2". And I think Eddie's like 5' whatever. Like she kind of, and, and like you got both of them on camera. He's like, and they're both kind of talking at the camera. He's like, you know, she says she's this tall, but really she's, she's in love with somebody who's only 5' whatever. And, and she kind've, and, and it pushes him off camera. She goes, I need to talk. It, it's a funny little back and forth between the two. But I think that Eddie did that just, just to poke fun. Uh, I think the whole Cobra, Yeah, I think the whole situation is funny because he's supposed to be Beverly Hills Cop. And he's not in Cobra is like a jacked up version of Beverly Hills Cop. Cause remember that happened in the same neighborhood. All the way back. Yeah, man. So, yeah, I think it's, I think that was done totally in, in, uh, in fun. But there's also another poster. He had the Rambo poster in the living room. Yeah, there you go. And I was like, why is that back there? Um, you know, and Billy, his character has all the guns and all that stuff. But when we go to the Cobra, he's like, okay, this is on purpose. Absolutely. So I thought that was funny. But it's all, it also kind of plays into Billy's psyche that he's going towards this vigilante style. I got, I need more guns. And, you know, Stallone's characters at that time, I mean, more, more guns, more violence. So it's, it's funny to see how that's interpreted and worked off of. But yeah. Did you have any more, uh, favorite or memorable scenes?
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. Yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: True.
Casey G. Smith.: He's fast talking. He's doing his thing. Just hustling. He's straight hustling. But that, the scene plays out. It's just hilarious. Like Eddie is on his game. He's so quick. He's so fast and quick-witted. And he says so much and it's always clear. True. It's, it's amazing what he does. Truly. I, um, I don't know why I have this one. Oh, well, I, I'll skip that one. And so, did you see when they visit Billy's apartment? Uh, Detective Rosewood. And you see the Cobra poster behind the door when he closed it. Oh, yeah. So like, you know, without any contest, you're like, what's that about? You know what I mean? But we see Axel Foley look at the Cobra poster and just kind of like, like kind of just giving some shade. Yeah. Doesn't say anything but just, that's, I feel that's an inside joke because in the behind the scenes, him and Brigitte Nielsen are, are joking around because she, she says something about Eddie says he's, that he's 5'9" and then I'm 6'2". She goes, but I'm really, I'm, I'm 6'2". And I think Eddie's like 5' whatever. Like she kind of, and, and like you got both of them on camera. He's like, and they're both kind of talking at the camera. He's like, you know, she says she's this tall, but really she's, she's in love with somebody who's only 5' whatever. And, and she kind've, and, and it pushes him off camera. She goes, I need to talk. It, it's a funny little back and forth between the two. But I think that Eddie did that just, just to poke fun. Uh, I think the whole Cobra, Yeah, I think the whole situation is funny because he's supposed to be Beverly Hills Cop. And he's not in Cobra is like a jacked up version of Beverly Hills Cop. Cause remember that happened in the same neighborhood. All the way back. Yeah, man. So, yeah, I think it's, I think that was done totally in, in, uh, in fun. But there's also another poster. He had the Rambo poster in the living room. Yeah, there you go. And I was like, why is that back there? Um, you know, and Billy, his character has all the guns and all that stuff. But when we go to the Cobra, he's like, okay, this is on purpose. Absolutely. So I thought that was funny. But it's all, it also kind of plays into Billy's psyche that he's going towards this vigilante style. I got, I need more guns. And, you know, Stallone's characters at that time, I mean, more, more guns, more violence. So it's, it's funny to see how that's interpreted and worked off of. But yeah. Did you have any more, uh, favorite or memorable scenes?
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. Yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: True.
Casey G. Smith.: He's fast talking. He's doing his thing. Just hustling. He's straight hustling. But that, the scene plays out. It's just hilarious. Like Eddie is on his game. He's so quick. He's so fast and quick-witted. And he says so much and it's always clear. True. It's, it's amazing what he does. Truly. I, um, I don't know why I have this one. Oh, well, I, I'll skip that one. And so, did you see when they visit Billy's apartment? Uh, Detective Rosewood. And you see the Cobra poster behind the door when he closed it. Oh, yeah. So like, you know, without any contest, you're like, what's that about? You know what I mean? But we see Axel Foley look at the Cobra poster and just kind of like, like kind of just giving some shade. Yeah. Doesn't say anything but just, that's, I feel that's an inside joke because in the behind the scenes, him and Brigitte Nielsen are, are joking around because she, she says something about Eddie says he's, that he's 5'9" and then I'm 6'2". She goes, but I'm really, I'm, I'm 6'2". And I think Eddie's like 5' whatever. Like she kind of, and, and like you got both of them on camera. He's like, and they're both kind of talking at the camera. He's like, you know, she says she's this tall, but really she's, she's in love with somebody who's only 5' whatever. And, and she kind've, and, and it pushes him off camera. She goes, I need to talk. It, it's a funny little back and forth between the two. But I think that Eddie did that just, just to poke fun. Uh, I think the whole Cobra, Yeah, I think the whole situation is funny because he's supposed to be Beverly Hills Cop. And he's not in Cobra is like a jacked up version of Beverly Hills Cop. Cause remember that happened in the same neighborhood. All the way back. Yeah, man. So, yeah, I think it's, I think that was done totally in, in, uh, in fun. But there's also another poster. He had the Rambo poster in the living room. Yeah, there you go. And I was like, why is that back there? Um, you know, and Billy, his character has all the guns and all that stuff. But when we go to the Cobra, he's like, okay, this is on purpose. Absolutely. So I thought that was funny. But it's all, it also kind of plays into Billy's psyche that he's going towards this vigilante style. I got, I need more guns. And, you know, Stallone's characters at that time, I mean, more, more guns, more violence. So it's, it's funny to see how that's interpreted and worked off of. But yeah. Did you have any more, uh, favorite or memorable scenes?
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. Yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: True.
Casey G. Smith.: He's fast talking. He's doing his thing. Just hustling. He's straight hustling. But that, the scene plays out. It's just hilarious. Like Eddie is on his game. He's so quick. He's so fast and quick-witted. And he says so much and it's always clear. True. It's, it's amazing what he does. Truly. I, um, I don't know why I have this one. Oh, well, I, I'll skip that one. And so, did you see when they visit Billy's apartment? Uh, Detective Rosewood. And you see the Cobra poster behind the door when he closed it. Oh, yeah. So like, you know, without any contest, you're like, what's that about? You know what I mean? But we see Axel Foley look at the Cobra poster and just kind of like, like kind of just giving some shade. Yeah. Doesn't say anything but just, that's, I feel that's an inside joke because in the behind the scenes, him and Brigitte Nielsen are, are joking around because she, she says something about Eddie says he's, that he's 5'9" and then I'm 6'2". She goes, but I'm really, I'm, I'm 6'2". And I think Eddie's like 5' whatever. Like she kind of, and, and like you got both of them on camera. He's like, and they're both kind of talking at the camera. He's like, you know, she says she's this tall, but really she's, she's in love with somebody who's only 5' whatever. And, and she kind've, and, and it pushes him off camera. She goes, I need to talk. It, it's a funny little back and forth between the two. But I think that Eddie did that just, just to poke fun. Uh, I think the whole Cobra, Yeah, I think the whole situation is funny because he's supposed to be Beverly Hills Cop. And he's not in Cobra is like a jacked up version of Beverly Hills Cop. Cause remember that happened in the same neighborhood. All the way back. Yeah, man. So, yeah, I think it's, I think that was done totally in, in, uh, in fun. But there's also another poster. He had the Rambo poster in the living room. Yeah, there you go. And I was like, why is that back there? Um, you know, and Billy, his character has all the guns and all that stuff. But when we go to the Cobra, he's like, okay, this is on purpose. Absolutely. So I thought that was funny. But it's all, it also kind of plays into Billy's psyche that he's going towards this vigilante style. I got, I need more guns. And, you know, Stallone's characters at that time, I mean, more, more guns, more violence. So it's, it's funny to see how that's interpreted and worked off of. But yeah. Did you have any more, uh, favorite or memorable scenes?
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. Yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: True.
Casey G. Smith.: He's fast talking. He's doing his thing. Just hustling. He's straight hustling. But that, the scene plays out. It's just hilarious. Like Eddie is on his game. He's so quick. He's so fast and quick-witted. And he says so much and it's always clear. True. It's, it's amazing what he does. Truly. I, um, I don't know why I have this one. Oh, well, I, I'll skip that one. And so, did you see when they visit Billy's apartment? Uh, Detective Rosewood. And you see the Cobra poster behind the door when he closed it. Oh, yeah. So like, you know, without any contest, you're like, what's that about? You know what I mean? But we see Axel Foley look at the Cobra poster and just kind of like, like kind of just giving some shade. Yeah. Doesn't say anything but just, that's, I feel that's an inside joke because in the behind the scenes, him and Brigitte Nielsen are, are joking around because she, she says something about Eddie says he's, that he's 5'9" and then I'm 6'2". She goes, but I'm really, I'm, I'm 6'2". And I think Eddie's like 5' whatever. Like she kind of, and, and like you got both of them on camera. He's like, and they're both kind of talking at the camera. He's like, you know, she says she's this tall, but really she's, she's in love with somebody who's only 5' whatever. And, and she kind've, and, and it pushes him off camera. She goes, I need to talk. It, it's a funny little back and forth between the two. But I think that Eddie did that just, just to poke fun. Uh, I think the whole Cobra, Yeah, I think the whole situation is funny because he's supposed to be Beverly Hills Cop. And he's not in Cobra is like a jacked up version of Beverly Hills Cop. Cause remember that happened in the same neighborhood. All the way back. Yeah, man. So, yeah, I think it's, I think that was done totally in, in, uh, in fun. But there's also another poster. He had the Rambo poster in the living room. Yeah, there you go. And I was like, why is that back there? Um, you know, and Billy, his character has all the guns and all that stuff. But when we go to the Cobra, he's like, okay, this is on purpose. Absolutely. So I thought that was funny. But it's all, it also kind of plays into Billy's psyche that he's going towards this vigilante style. I got, I need more guns. And, you know, Stallone's characters at that time, I mean, more, more guns, more violence. So it's, it's funny to see how that's interpreted and worked off of. But yeah. Did you have any more, uh, favorite or memorable scenes?
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. Yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: True.
Casey G. Smith.: He's fast talking. He's doing his thing. Just hustling. He's straight hustling. But that, the scene plays out. It's just hilarious. Like Eddie is on his game. He's so quick. He's so fast and quick-witted. And he says so much and it's always clear. True. It's, it's amazing what he does. Truly. I, um, I don't know why I have this one. Oh, well, I, I'll skip that one. And so, did you see when they visit Billy's apartment? Uh, Detective Rosewood. And you see the Cobra poster behind the door when he closed it. Oh, yeah. So like, you know, without any contest, you're like, what's that about? You know what I mean? But we see Axel Foley look at the Cobra poster and just kind of like, like kind of just giving some shade. Yeah. Doesn't say anything but just, that's, I feel that's an inside joke because in the behind the scenes, him and Brigitte Nielsen are, are joking around because she, she says something about Eddie says he's, that he's 5'9" and then I'm 6'2". She goes, but I'm really, I'm, I'm 6'2". And I think Eddie's like 5' whatever. Like she kind of, and, and like you got both of them on camera. He's like, and they're both kind of talking at the camera. He's like, you know, she says she's this tall, but really she's, she's in love with somebody who's only 5' whatever. And, and she kind've, and, and it pushes him off camera. She goes, I need to talk. It, it's a funny little back and forth between the two. But I think that Eddie did that just, just to poke fun. Uh, I think the whole Cobra, Yeah, I think the whole situation is funny because he's supposed to be Beverly Hills Cop. And he's not in Cobra is like a jacked up version of Beverly Hills Cop. Cause remember that happened in the same neighborhood. All the way back. Yeah, man. So, yeah, I think it's, I think that was done totally in, in, uh, in fun. But there's also another poster. He had the Rambo poster in the living room. Yeah, there you go. And I was like, why is that back there? Um, you know, and Billy, his character has all the guns and all that stuff. But when we go to the Cobra, he's like, okay, this is on purpose. Absolutely. So I thought that was funny. But it's all, it also kind of plays into Billy's psyche that he's going towards this vigilante style. I got, I need more guns. And, you know, Stallone's characters at that time, I mean, more, more guns, more violence. So it's, it's funny to see how that's interpreted and worked off of. But yeah. Did you have any more, uh, favorite or memorable scenes?
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. Yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: True.