FMC PreShow For Episode 99

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This episode of Filmmaker Commentary offers a lively pre-show discussion between Reginald Titus Jr. and Casey G. Smith, covering recent movie releases, streaming trends, and upcoming podcast topics, all while sharing personal viewing experiences and fun banter.

Opening Discussions and Podcast Updates
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Welcome to the pre-show of Filmmaker Commentary.
Casey G. Smith: Hey.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Reginald Titus Jr.
Casey G. Smith: Casey G. Smith.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Welcome.
Casey G. Smith: It's good to be back.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yes, indeed. And this is our pre-show going into our, you know, our weekly show, getting published every Monday. So, this Monday we're it's either going to be The Exorcist, which we said last time, right? Or, uh, the movie Us, by Jordan Peele.
Casey G. Smith: Either way, get ready.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, some kind of way during the pandemic, the numbers got all wonky with our podcast and, uh, we're trying to figure out what is what, but we're going to get on track.
Casey G. Smith: Either way, do you exercise? Eat your vitamins, say your prayers.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, man.
Casey G. Smith: 'Cause it's about to get scary.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yes, indeed. Um, what's been, what's been happening in the news?

Latest Film News and Streaming Trends
Casey G. Smith.: So, in the news, as of this recording, the long-awaited premiere of Black Widow has taken place as it has dropped both in theaters and through premium access on Disney Plus. And it has opened to a, a pandemic-era record of over 87 million dollars.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Pandemic?
Casey G. Smith.: Pandemic, yes, indeed.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Pandemic dollars?
Casey G. Smith.: Pandemic dollars. So, uh, it seems to be like a pretty good sign that theaters are obviously are beginning to not only open up more, maybe lift some more restrictions, but also that people are willing to, to go back and check things out. Fast 9 is still actually doing pretty well at the box office also.
Reginald Titus Jr.: The Black Widow, um, that's on Disney, right? And people can purchase that, or is it included?
Casey G. Smith.: Right. Yeah, you could purchase it. So it's like what, just like they did with, uh, Raya and the Last Dragon, right? For that, you know, a certain window of time, you can pay a premium price to be able to watch it from home from Disney Plus. So,
Reginald Titus Jr.: How much was it? Did you watch it?
Casey G. Smith.: I went to the theaters and watched Black Widow. I'll discuss a little later.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Oh. Okay. Okay. Um, okay. How much was it though? Just curious, like if people were to purchase it on Disney, how much would that be?
Casey G. Smith.: Let's have a look-see.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Let's have a look.
Casey G. Smith.: So if you're looking to check out, again, the long-awaited Black Widow on Disney Plus,
Reginald Titus Jr.: At home, the comfort of your couch.
Casey G. Smith.: If you're looking to purchase Black Widow on Disney Plus for $29.99.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Why'd I buy that for a dollar?
Casey G. Smith.: Still getting used to this. All right. Well, $29.99 to be exact. So that is available. Uh, so if you want to watch Black Widow from the comfort of your own home, 30 bucks, you and the fam can take it in.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Wow. Okay. Man, 30 bucks. I don't know. Uh, how much was one ticket at the show?
Casey G. Smith.: Ten dollars.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I'll do that.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, and considering, I mean, you go, I mean, if, if you and a date go, you're going to spend 20 just on that alone. If you ordered the tickets online, you didn't have any kind of special membership, you're going to pay at least two or three dollars in processing fees. That's always going to get you close to 12 to 15. And then you're definitely going to probably buy something at the theater. So you're going to be at 30 pretty, pretty quick. I saw, yeah. You'd be at 30 pretty quick.
Reginald Titus Jr.: So why did you choose to go to the theater instead of watching at home, with that being said?
Casey G. Smith.: I want the theater experience. And I'm vaccinated. So I was like, let's do this.
Reginald Titus Jr.: But my buddy that I went with, he, he's not vaccinated. So,
Casey G. Smith.: Risky. Yeah, so we're like, hey. But yeah, we, we have been wanting to see that and, and check it out there. So, that's what we did. And I felt, you know, I felt fine. I felt safe, you know, we did the ticket thing, got them, got them online and, um, and the theater was, it wasn't like, it was, it was, it was full. It was actually it was, it was fairly full. I'd say about 75 to 80, 80 percent capacity.
Reginald Titus Jr.: People are ready to get out and just do some normal stuff. Um, what, uh, franchise? I want to say franchise, but what chain, theater chain did y'all go to?
Casey G. Smith.: We went to AMC.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Oh, okay. Perfect. Perfect. Uh, hopefully they're doing well, you know, I got some shares of AMC, uh, stock and I saw that it was going up so I'm like, okay. It's hanging in there.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, they are, they are hanging, hanging in there. So, uh, yeah, it was a good experience and even, you know, the parking lot seemed like there were, you know, there were vehicles coming, vehicles coming in and, and, and out or, you know, just being parked there. So, they got some business coming through. It was the local spot that we normally go to. And, uh, yeah. So, I was glad that they were still there.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Right. Right. They hung in. My goodness. Um, is that it for news?
Casey G. Smith.: That is it for news.

Black Widow Review and Movie Musings
Reginald Titus Jr.: Movies, what have you been watching?
Casey G. Smith.: All right. So, of course, Black Widow. We took that in, uh, against our opening night on a Thursday. And, you know, like, maybe like some others, I was, I was uncertain how I'd feel about it. I wanted to see a Black Widow movie. The trailers, the trailers were okay. They didn't just totally wow me, but I was like, no, I'm going to go see this regardless, right? Um, our actress Scarlett Johansson has put so much time and effort into the into the role. I like actors like David Harbour, Frances Pugh, who plays, uh, Yelena Belanova, uh, is an Academy Award-nominated actress. I'm like, right, let's go in and take this thing in. I was pleasantly surprised.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Really? I was.
Casey G. Smith.: What was, what were you uncertain about?
Reginald Titus Jr.: Uh, just the execution. You know, what it, uh, again, again, the trailers didn't give too much away. You know, it was going to be some, some action, but you, and you see, you know, the character Taskmaster in the trailers. But you know nothing about the character. And I mean, I know who Taskmaster is within the comics and things like that. But you, it's very much so shrouded in mystery. And so, yeah, so just a lot of questions going in. And they kind of kept it that way on purpose. And you know, it deals with the Red Room, which has been foreshadowed and talked about a lot throughout the Avengers films, why we all know that's where Natasha came from, where she was trained. You know, if you haven't watched any of the Avengers films, what are you doing? What are you doing? Uh,
Reginald Titus Jr.: I was watching art. Just kidding.
Casey G. Smith.: There's a lot of art.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Just kidding. Don't want to get anybody angry. Don't get me started. Don't get me started.
Casey G. Smith.: You can never go wrong with a film starring Scarlett Johansson.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Oh, indeed. She is a national treasure. Uh, just to, I mean, she gives everything in all that she does. And she is giving a lot over the past 10 years in this role as Black Widow. So, she's great, right? You know she's going to hold down and do her thing. The person that kind of steals the show in almost every scene that he, he is in is David Harbour as as, uh, Red Guardian.
Casey G. Smith.: Really?
Reginald Titus Jr.: He's, he is great. He, he is great in every scene. He's, he's hilarious and, uh, but also Frances Pugh as, as, uh, Natasha's sister, Yelena. She has some, some really good lines. Uh, she has some, some good action and their, their chemistry together is, uh, is a lot of, a lot of fun, playing that dynamic of older sister, younger sister. Uh, so, again, there were some, some, some very cool action scenes. And, and, it flowed. The film flowed really well. It, it wasn't like a, a dry moment in it. So it moves along. So, I would, it's not the greatest MCU film. By no means is it the worst. It's, it's kind of right there in the middle. I would say, I think I, I need to see it one more time. I'm not going to go to the theater and see it the second time, I don't think. It's been crossing my mind of, of late. But, uh, after I watch it the second time, I'll, I'll kind of know where it sits in my mind within the Pantheon of MCU films. But it's at least in a, in a good, a good mid-tier level. It's a solid MCU film.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Okay. Hey, when you check it out again, are you going to purchase it, or are you going to wait till it officially drops?
Casey G. Smith.: You mean, I'm going to spend $30 on Disney Plus to watch it?
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: No, I've already spent.
Reginald Titus Jr.: You said you're going to watch it again. You got to watch it again, so.
Casey G. Smith.: Right. But I mean, I always, I'll wait till it's free on Disney Plus, which I, which I pay for already. But yeah, but yeah, I wouldn't go and pay then 30 dollars on top of the 10 I already paid to see, yeah, no. I will, I will.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Not gonna. It's not worth like going to watch again.
Casey G. Smith.: Potentially. Again, again, it's in my mind. So maybe if I caught like a matinee, you know, I, I've got, of course, it's expensive, right? So, I would be, I would be economical, economical about it. Plus, grad school is starting up. So time is going to be limited. So yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: My goodness.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, so maybe like a, you know, I don't know, maybe like a Tuesday or something like that. I know AMC has specials on a Tuesday. So maybe something like that, I would potentially would maybe pop in and, and check it out again. But, uh,
Reginald Titus Jr.: Not going to turn up like 2018.
Casey G. Smith.: No, not, not quite. But, uh, but I did enjoy it. I, I really did enjoy it. I, I enjoyed the music. I've been trying to find the soundtrack because when we watched the, the credits roll, I was like, man, I'm digging this, I'm digging the soundtrack. And I, and when I study, I like to study to, uh, to scores. So, from different films, especially a lot of different, uh, like superhero films. It's just different action movies in general. I like to just let those scores roll on while I, while I work.
Reginald Titus Jr.: So, is it, um, because I noticed, that's one thing I love like listening to some of the scores and things like that. But I know with the soundtracks, a lot of times those are prerecorded songs that are a compilation of songs, which is separate from the music score. So which, so are, which one are you listening to? Or are they two separate ones?
Casey G. Smith.: When I, right, so when I say scores, I mean like the, the original composed work versus say like, right, okay, like prime example, right, with like Guardians. Guardians of the Galaxy, right? They have Guardians of the Galaxy mixtape, which will give you Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, singing Ain't No Mountain High Enough, and the Jackson 5, I Want You Back.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That's like all the synth music.
Casey G. Smith.: Right, right, soundtrack. Versus then you go and you can find the score and you, you get songs like, uh, again, there's one of them I listen to actually from Guardians, like called something it's called Black Tears. And I think it may be the piece that plays towards the end when they're all holding, he's holding the power stone in their hands are, yeah, coming together, like, I listen to that, that score, piece of the score from the, from the film. So,
Reginald Titus Jr.: Okay. Just wanted to clarify, you know, because sometimes people use those interchangeably like,
Casey G. Smith.: Now, there are a couple of soundtrack songs like from Karate Kid, right? You, uh, you're the best around. Nothing's ever gonna hold you down. Right? I like to look at that one, you know, it pops in, we'll play every now and then. But for the most part, it's all scores.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Okay. Good question, sir.
Casey G. Smith.: Yes, yes.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Um, I watched Army of the Dead. Zack Snyder's joint.
Casey G. Smith.: Aha.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Zombie Fest on Netflix. Okay. And I will actually read the synopsis on that one. After a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble by venturing into the quarantine zone for the greatest heist ever. So it's a heist film, basically, surrounded by zombies. Have you seen it?
Casey G. Smith.: Yes, it is. I have seen it.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Man, what did you think? 'Cause,
Casey G. Smith.: I was impressed.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I was too. I was like, all right, this seemed like a fun film. Yes. You know, him not to take too seriously and just have a go at it. And he was also the DP.
Casey G. Smith.: He was.
Reginald Titus Jr.: So I was like, I know he enjoyed himself. That's basically what, uh, Quentin Tarantino did when he did Death Proof. He was a DP on that one.
Casey G. Smith.: Ah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: We all know how much fun he had on that. But, um, yeah, I was surprised. Yeah. And I watched it that night. I was like, I was up. Like, why not? Boom, just played that one. Yeah. So it was, it was a good time. It was a good time. It was kind of messed up. Spoiler alert, fast forward. Uh, what's our man? Uh, that played, the, the brother from Power?
Casey G. Smith.: Whoa. Dave Bautista. Wait. Dave Bautista?
Reginald Titus Jr.: No, the brother from Power.
Casey G. Smith.: Oh. I don't know his name. I was trying to play. I was like, I've seen this guy before. And it wasn't clicking in my head.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Uh, the brother who was in Power. Um, he should know his name by now. Um, I should really. Um, yeah, nevertheless, until you when you find that. But our brother from Power, uh, he's, what's his name?
Casey G. Smith.: Omari Hardwick.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yes. Like, duh. Like, Omari Hardwick. Um, towards the end of the film, he's like one of the last people left in the little Las Vegas, the, one of the guys sacrificed himself to put Omari Hardwick into the case full of like hundreds of millions of dollars. And after they nuke the place, he's the last one left and he has those bags and he's like, just taking it along with him. And we're like rooting for those guys like, then we find out, you know, while he's departing on the private jet that he paid for in cash, that he has been bitten. It's like a little, a little bite too. It wasn't like a big chunk, like they're ripping skin off. And I was like, oh, man. But then,
Casey G. Smith.: Go ahead.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Go ahead. It just makes it, uh, I was like, man, this is, it's probably how it would happen in real life, you know, you're trying to get away, just, it's heartbreaking.
Casey G. Smith.: And the film has, like, as action-packed as it is, it has some heartfelt moments. Right? You have these different relationship dynamics. I mean, Dave Bautista, I, I give him a lot of credit for the kind of roles that he chooses. Obviously, it's easy to try and typecast him because of his size. But he has been showing his range in, in, in the choices that he makes. Um, and in this film, again, he's not just a, you know, this big dude. He, he's, he's a character with, with heart and motivation and complicated relationships. And that plays out and it makes some of the things that happens towards the end a little bit, like, oh, come on, man.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Come on.
Casey G. Smith.: But yes, the movie's, it's, it's got, I think it uses humor very well.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah. Pardon me?
Casey G. Smith.: The visuals are, are very, very nice. And there is, if you watch any of the interviews with Zack Snyder, I, I, I recommend checking out some of the interviews where people are talking to him about the film. There's a lot going on. Like it, it's the kind of film, I haven't gone back and watched it twice, but they say it's definitely worth watching twice 'cause there's stuff that you potentially can miss the first time through. There's a lot going on.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Well, all right. Yes. Interviews, like where? Like YouTube or 'cause I saw the behind the scenes, 'cause after the movie plays, there's like a whole 30-minute, you know, behind the scenes montage of everything that happened. I was like, oh, that was pretty cool. I'm glad Netflix put that on there.
Casey G. Smith.: And there's more coming. Like they, uh, so, I think Dieter, the safecracker. There is a, like a prequel animated feature that he, that they're doing that's dealing with, like, him and then maybe either how he became a safecracker or something like that. Or, like, kind of, yeah, but there's a, there's a prequel that's going to feature some other characters from this and some, introduce some new ones.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That'd be fun.
Casey G. Smith.: So it's like a little mini world, if you will, that they're kind of building and working with it. So yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I like it. I like it a lot. Yeah. Yeah. It's solid entertainment. Yeah. And I forgot that Zack Snyder already done a zombie film.
Casey G. Smith.: That was his first, it's like his first major film. Yeah, when everybody's like blocked into the mall or whatever. And I don't think I've actually, I've I actually haven't seen that film yet.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah. Dawn of the Dead, right?
Casey G. Smith.: Dawn of the Dead. There you go.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Dawn of the Dead.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, I actually haven't seen that one yet. That's one of the few Zack Snyder films that I have not seen yet. So, I'll have to get around to it.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Going back to his roots. So yeah, man. So you got the heist genre in there, it's like, wow, okay, throwing some zombies. Uh, yeah, pretty solid film. Uh, what else have you been watching?

Anime, Documentaries, and Retro Cartoons
Casey G. Smith.: So, I, I saw this trailer for this Netflix animated series called Record of Ragnarok. Okay. And it was the premise is that you have these different gods, uh, whether they're of the myth, you know, Greek mythology or Roman mythology, or, um, Middle Eastern, like just all kinds of different mythologies, even maybe, yeah, all kinds of different gods, in a battle, a tournament battle against mankind, against humans. And it's, it's, it's arena kind of Gladiator style. And so I saw the trailer for it. I was like, hmm, it looks kind of interesting. So, this week I had a little time. I was like, let me just pop in one episode just to see what this is about, see if I like it. And I watched and I was like, okay, as it got deeper into the premise, it got really interesting. And I found myself selecting, and, and, and the, the, the battles sometimes take place over like a couple of episodes because as, as different characters are introduced onto the battlefield to fight, kind of in, in traditional anime style, they'll stop and then give you a backstory kind of thing. And so like, one of the first battles is Thor versus this other guy who I can't, I can't remember the dude's name. But he was a, he was a warrior. Um, I want to say he was a, he was a, like a Chinese warrior. And just like, just amazing, right? But this version of Thor, obviously it's not, you know, obviously it's not Marvel Thor. But it's still Thor, the Norse God of Thunder and his hammer, Mjolnir, is huge. It is gigantic. So anyway, it's cool that gives him his backstory, then gives the other guy's backstory and, and you, and you wonder, wait a minute, how on earth can this human stand against this God? And they get into reasons why that's possible. It's cool. Anyway, I ended up watching the whole first season just throughout the week. And I, 'cause I didn't look to see how many episodes it was.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Is animated? Was this animated?
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, it's anime. Straight, straight anime, Netflix animated series. Okay. And I ended up last night, like, or yesterday, saw, you know, what was the last episode of the season? I think it was like 12 episodes. And I was like, wait a minute. Wait, is this the first season is done? 'Cause they're about 30-minute episodes.
Reginald Titus Jr.: 30 minutes are easier to digest.
Casey G. Smith.: I was like, dang it. I'm, I'm, I'm ready for the second season.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That's how I felt like with Invincible.
Casey G. Smith.: Ah, nice.
Reginald Titus Jr.: On Amazon. Like everybody's like, come on, come on, bring it. Now people are reading the comic now and all that.
Casey G. Smith.: Oh yeah. That's, that's, it's, so, it's, that, that is just I love that that has got that kind of traction and it's, it's pulling people back in. And I've been tempted to crack open my omnibus two of, of Invincible. Um, but yeah, but yeah, Record of Ragnarok, it was pretty cool, pretty interesting, some very cool action, uh, and some very interesting takes and just kind of takes on these different gods and this, you know, this, this struggle between mankind and some interesting kind of philosophical questions being brought about it. Even some, some twists on some different, some mythologies, but even like some biblical stuff like being, like brought in, like Adam, Adam. They're, they're version, their version of Adam is brought in.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Careful now. Careful now. Right, right.
Casey G. Smith.: But it's, it's fascinating how they kind of work that. And even, yeah, diving into some of the, some of those origins and, and what happened here, what happened there. But yeah, Record of Ragnarok on Netflix, very, very interesting and I'm, I'm ready for the second season. Bring it.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Bring it. Uh, I watched recently, same night, I was watching Army of the Dead. Kill Bill, Volume 1. Hey. I don't know, just it popped up. I was like, all right, Netflix, let's go. Boom. Um, solid. Um, it's, I think my favorite sequence is the fight sequence between, uh, Vivica Fox and Uma.
Casey G. Smith.: Uma? Yeah. That's good stuff.
Reginald Titus Jr.: It's solid. And the dialogue that they have.
Casey G. Smith.: When you, don't do this in front of my daughter.
Reginald Titus Jr.: You know, and they're trying to schedule when they want to do it. Well, depends, when do you want to die? Oh. Tonight? Tomorrow? How about tonight? You know, it's just like the back and forth was great. And they were like in super, superb shape.
Casey G. Smith.: Seriously. And they're going at it and even even when they when they're in the kitchen and finally when the when the little girl comes in and they're trying to like make things look like it's not a death match happening.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Oh, man.
Casey G. Smith.: You get it, where they give like a juice box or something like that. I forget what she comes in for.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Um, she came up from the bus and was like, Mommy, um, and then she's like, I didn't have to introduce you to so and so. But they like when she tried to introduce Uma's character, the name is like blurred out. Like,
Casey G. Smith.: That's right. And then, uh,
Reginald Titus Jr.: she makes her go upstairs.
Casey G. Smith.: Okay. And then when she goes upstairs, she's going to make her some cereal. That's right. Some cereal. I was trying to remember what the, uh, McGuffin was. So,
Reginald Titus Jr.: Man, yeah, that's a Kill Bill. Fantastic. Fantastic film. That one's a good one. And then of course, they had some animation in there, you know, for Lucy Liu's character. Yeah. Yeah, that one's good. It's entertaining.
Casey G. Smith.: Yes, it is.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, pretty entertainment and the bride. Over the top. Over the top. I think, uh, originally Tarantino had, uh, Warren Beatty as the main villain, who was going to be Bill. It was originally fashioned after him.
Casey G. Smith.: Interesting. I like, I like David Carradine, man. I can't imagine, I can't imagine anybody else.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Nobody. You can't imagine. That's it. But you know, after Warren Beatty wasn't available, he changed the character to for David Carradine. Good on him for, for, for doing so. Now, again, hey, Warren Beatty, world-class. But I think it went the way it was supposed to go.
Casey G. Smith.: Yes, it did. Kill Bill on Netflix. Yes. Good stuff.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah. Good, good stuff. It's one of, it's, it's like one of those you can just play in the background, just let it play. Yes. I also, after our conversation last time, I checked out several episodes of This Is Pop, also on Netflix. So, saw The Voice of Men episode.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, solid. Man, so good. So, so good. And yes, they respect The Men.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Respect, again, they're one of my favorite groups all time. I've, I've, I have quite, quite a bit of their material. Um, when they covered Motown stuff and they released an album back in like 2008 or so. It was like a dual, one of those dual CD sets where they, they, where they rerecorded a lot of their original hits with just the three of them.
Casey G. Smith.: Minus the bass. Yes. But they, they, they, they circumvented it very nice, right? Between like Nate is able to get a pretty low register. And so he kind of, he fills in those parts. And I, I hate to say, but you don't even, like, all right, you know, they, they make it work. They make it work. And what I found interesting in that episode, when they do kind of address the, the, the Michael situation. Right? Wanya gives his story of, oh, you know, Mike wanted to be an accountant, and then when we blew up, oh, it's like, okay, either, you know, you take on the fame or, you know, the kind of the mediocrity or whatever. And then you see Nate and Shawn talk. And they were like, you know, it's hard to continue with a, with a relationship when you don't respect anybody anymore. And, and like, yeah, and, you know, Shawn's like, the relationship's over then. I was like, ooh, this, they, they seem to have a different take, or there, there's some obvious some things that unfolded unfortunately. Yeah. Um, you know, a lot of people believe that, that he's, that he has passed away.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That's 'cause he has a disease. I can't think it's like MS or something like that. Like he's been diagnosed with something.
Casey G. Smith.: But a lot of people think that he is passed away. But I believe he is still alive.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, 'cause I did some research afterwards. I'm like, okay. He's, he's one of those people where people assume that they're dead. 'Cause like I told a friend about it like, didn't he die? I'm like, no, he's, he's still alive. And maybe 'cause they don't really talk about him. Maybe it's just like, maybe that's the reason, you know, there's not, it seems like something messy happened, but they just don't talk about it.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, and yeah, they're but this they they seem that they came really close. Like when Wanya gave his, his story and then Nate and Shawn, like, you could tell they were, whatever went down was not good. When you say like, lack, lack of respect and the relationship's over, I'm like, oh, this wasn't just like a mutual parting of ways. This was, uh,
Reginald Titus Jr.: I bet a woman was involved. I bet more than anything. He was like, hello, you shouldn't go with him, you should come with me. Uh.
Casey G. Smith.: Ah. Man.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Whoa. So yeah, they, they, yeah, so anyway, I watched that episode, then I watched the second episode with T-Pain, which was really, really good, very interesting. He just hearing about the origins and the creator of autotune. How it was just like this well-kept secret within the music industry for years before T-Pain got a hold of it. So he did not create, uh, autotune or anything like that. And just, yeah, it's, it's a very good episode. I, I, I, I, I found that crazy that people thought, you know, thought that he did, you know, created it. 'Cause when you have people like Zap, you know, Roger, you know, it's like, there's already been variations of that anyway.
Casey G. Smith.: One hundred percent. People have been doing different things with their voices, modulating their voices with technology for a while. Yeah. So this is not the, the first to do it. Right? You can listen to stuff with the Beatles where they're messing with the reverb and playing things backwards. And it's all kind of different ways you can manipulate the sound. Uh, and then I watched the, the episode that, that featured, uh, talked about Abba and just kind of how, how pop, how a lot of pop songs come from, uh, like Sweden. Yeah. And this, and this, these, this specific recording studio that kind of began to to churn out hits after hits. Again, Abba, and then Ace of Base and then eventually Blackstreet.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That's the one where The first two, I was in. And then the third one, 'cause I was playing them back-to-back. And then the third one hit and I was like, fade in a way. It was an interesting story though. Interesting story. I faded out about halfway, but I found, you know, I'm going to go back and watch that one. It's not as, I guess 'cause not as connected to it as the other two. And so I was like, ah, it's across the world.
Casey G. Smith.: It's, yeah, it's, I didn't know they were going to have, I don't, I, I didn't know they were going to have Ace of Base on there. But man, eighth grade, Ace of Base, The Sign. I loved that song. Loved that song.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I found, uh, the composer that did the Black Panther soundtrack. He's from that country and I was like, ah, it makes sense. He's got a lot of flavor.
Casey G. Smith.: Oh, man.
Reginald Titus Jr.: For real. I can't think it, I can't pronounce his name. I forgot what it was. Yeah. I think he got an Oscar and all that, didn't he?
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, he absolutely did. Absolutely did, man. Dude, that that, okay, talk about listening to to scores. The Killmonger, the Killmonger track on Black Panther. Yeah, that one, that's solid. Come on. Come on, man. Come on. Boom boom boom boom. Come on. Oh, man. I, I, I love, I love that cut. And I, I love how amongst the, the Swedes, how it's culturally they avoid bragging about themselves. So they, so they were like really fine with being in the back, the background while the artists get the acclaim because it's very un-Swedish to, to like brag on yourself on your accomplishments. It's very interesting. And, and, and you see it throughout. Like 'cause even like at times they'll be hesitant to say what they did. They'll give credit to the group, this, that. It's, yeah, very interesting. So yeah, so I checked out the first three episodes of that. The next one deals with, uh, Country Going Pop, which I, you know, eventually I will check that out as well.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Country going pop. Country going pop. I'm still, did I mention a show called Manifest last time when we were on here?
Casey G. Smith.: No, but it's like, that's like ranking, ranking very high on Netflix as far as, uh, what's being watched. It might be number one or number two.
Reginald Titus Jr.: So, I watched the trailer 'cause, you know, I watched like little conspiracy theories and things like that on YouTube, here and there. Why not? Uh, even like, like, uh, paranormal stuff. So, like, for example, there, the, the Bermuda Triangle. We all know about the Bermuda Triangle.
Casey G. Smith.: We do we?
Reginald Titus Jr.: Depends on what timeline you're on. Uh, but, um, there's been a lot of stories, you know, coming at the Bermuda Triangle, where there was a pilot, I listened to this on YouTube. The pilot, he was flying through it and he knows a storm. And the storm like, he was surrounded in like darkness. And then he could see like a little bit of light. And he felt like it was like a vortex or something like that. But anyhow, he made, of course, he made it through it and lived to tell. However, that's a true encounter. But, this Manifest, this TV show is about, uh, Air Flight 828 landed safely after a turbulent but routine flight. The crew and passengers were relieved, but in the span of those few hours, the world had aged five years.
Casey G. Smith.: Wow.
Reginald Titus Jr.: So, they're just flying in from Jamaica to New York and just regular flight is normal. But as they land, they discover that five years has passed.
Casey G. Smith.: That show originally aired on like NBC years back. Yes, I remember the trailer and everything for it. Yeah, that originally ran on NBC maybe, ooh. Check the, the date on that because that, yeah, that show almost an exact same premise of that show ran years ago. Anywhere from maybe five, six years ago.
Reginald Titus Jr.: It says, uh, uh, first episode date, September 24th, 2018.
Casey G. Smith.: Okay. Yeah. NBC. All right. All right.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, uh, I didn't expect it to be, I saw the trailer and I was like, I'm in. 'Cause after, you know, listening to like real accounts from the Bermuda Triangle and all that stuff is like crazy.
Casey G. Smith.: Tell me more.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, so anyhow, Manifest, solid. How many episodes, uh, within the first season and it, run time?
Casey G. Smith.: It's about three seasons. Run time is about 42 minutes. I didn't know it was that many seasons. Yeah, it's solid. Um, it's about 42 episodes. Yeah. Solid. Um, we're in season one, towards the end.
Reginald Titus Jr.: How many episodes per season?
Casey G. Smith.: Uh, I think it's 12. Okay. If I'm not mistaken. Did I do my math right? 12ish 'cause it's 42 all together. Um, go to episode guide, my friend. We're looking at 16 episodes for that first season. So we're like at episode 12. So 13 for the second season and then 12 for the third season. So, I guess they kind of went in with that first one. All right. Uh, yeah, so far, so good. I, uh, can't seem to stop watching it. Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Binging. Yeah, binging it with the wife. This is like one of our, I wouldn't say this is a guilty pleasure. This is another show that we're watching that's a guilty pleasure. That goes unmentioned. Because it's guilt.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Uh, uh, what else have you been watching?
Casey G. Smith.: Rick and Morty, season five.
Reginald Titus Jr.: What episode?
Casey G. Smith.: I, I finished episode two and three. So I'm caught up. I mean, episode four should drop tomorrow. I think it drops on Sundays.
Reginald Titus Jr.: How are you watching it?
Casey G. Smith.: Uh, through on demand, um, Adult Swim through Spectrum.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Oh. That's right. All right. Um, would you, I, I've seen the first two episodes. Nimbus and then the one where they're like the family's like killing copies of themselves.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. Oh, that was, that was brilliant. That was bloody and brilliant. Yes. So, and bloody brilliant. Yes. And again, I always I hadn't even paid attention to the title of that episode until I was preparing for this and I was like, ah, okay. And the, the play off of, um, Multiplicity, uh, the, the Michael Keaton movie from years past where duplicates were being made of, of.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Early nineties, right?
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, that was a while ago. Um, but man, the, the fact that they talk about these duplicates, right? Are they clones? No, duplicates, Morty. Very, very different. Like, what? And just, man, oh, slight, spoiler alert if you haven't watched the episode. The fact that they, the, the how meta it gets, right? Where I mean, you never, you just don't know. You think you're following the family and they're the real deal. Only to just pull out further back and you're like, no. And then you begin to see these, I mean, just again, as you make more duplicates of something, right? It becomes less and less sharp. And then you get to versions that are, you know, wooden people, you know, wooden duplicates. And eventually you get down to the final ones that look like freaking Muppets. Yeah, it was, it was, it was, it was very fun. Like, like you said, like, I don't know if you watched the, uh, kind of commentary at the end, like, so as, as each episode ends, Yeah, the credits. Yeah. Then you have like the creators of the show. So Dan Harmon, other people who work on it. They talk about, they talk about kind of the inspiration behind it and this and that and, and, and, and, and, yeah, that's really fun. But they, they had, uh, said that they used to have a joke about, it was kind of a running gag amongst the team about, you know, duplicate families and all this kind of stuff. And so they finally gave it over to one of the writers to really run with it. And so, even when when Rick does the whiteboard, he said, those were drawings that, that one creator kind of came up with like at 3:00 in the morning when he was kind of trying to think through the whole thing himself. But yeah, fun, fun episode. But definitely episode three. Uh, I think it's called we can't reduce and reuse anymore, I think was the, is the, is the name of it. But, uh,
Reginald Titus Jr.: Interesting.
Casey G. Smith.: the image that you see of the, what looks like a, like a female Captain Planet if you've seen that in the trailers. That's what this episode deals with and it's, yeah, it was, it was, it was very, very interesting. It, it's a good one. So,
Reginald Titus Jr.: Okay. I won't give any more than that. Okay. Okay. Um, the show that I've been telling you about that's the guilty pleasure is Sex and the City. I might have brought this up before. It's on HBO. Okay. Uh, my wife and I watching it. Oh my God. Um, it's a different experience 'cause I've seen, I think, I'm trying to remember. I watched a little bit years back, uh, but it's a different experience when you're waiting a week to watch, uh, a show versus watching specifically this show like back-to-back. I mean, God, like Sex and the City is the truth. And because you're following, how many, four women and like every episode, I swear like, when it opens up, they're with different people. Every episode. Which you don't really think about if you're waiting a week to watch it. You're like, oh, this is Miranda or Charlotte or, you know, their new little thing that's happening. But when you're watching it back-to-back, it looks pretty bad. Wow. That's what I was like, did anybody, just off statistics alone, there should be some sexually transmitted diseases going off. Yeah. They got something different now instead of STDs, like ST, I don't know, something like that. I'm not asking you for details.
Casey G. Smith.: They call something different now instead of STDs. I'm not asking for details.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Not these streets. It just, I mean, what do they call it? Just going back to the news. I don't know what you, I don't know what. I heard, I heard, I heard, I heard, I heard, I heard like a new acronym or something like that. Anyway, but, yeah. I don't know. But anyhow, it's a guilty pleasure. It's, uh, it's rough. Yeah, it's funny. It's funny though. There's like some real stuff in there. Uh, I knew my wife would dig it just 'cause it gives like that female perspective. But it's real, you know, dealing with relationships and stuff. But, it is risky behavior when you're watching it back-to-back. You're like, wait a second. Like this is Wow. This is, uh, not good.
Casey G. Smith.: Right. Not good. 'Cause I remember with, uh, Issa Rae's show, uh, what's the name of her show on HBO? Um,
Reginald Titus Jr.: Insecure. Insecure. Sorry about that, Issa. Uh, but with her show, they were, I remember they were getting onto her for not talking about like protected, like having like protected sex or things like that. Not being so risky because of the images that you're putting out there, people are watching. And this is, this is recent, you know, 2019, 2020. When they were kind of getting on her about that. But like when you're watching that show back-to-back, she's, her character's nothing like the Sex and the City characters in regards to that, you know, being with new people every single episode. And so, yeah, going back, since this was in the '90s, going back and looking at that, I was like, man, that's, uh, I don't know if that was, I don't know what word I'm looking for. Uh, but, they should have used a little bit more caution.
Casey G. Smith.: In my opinion, you mean like the, the characters, the, the creators of the show and how they, you know, talk about or how they present sex to the public. Why? Why? Uh, because people will watch that and emulate that behavior. Is that the creator's responsibility to produce content to to to to either hinder, protect the potential activities of the viewers as a, as an HBO premium channel adult-oriented show?
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah. I mean, you have, uh, there's censorship for a reason. You know, HBO.
Casey G. Smith.: Doesn't matter. I, I think it does. I, I, I would 100% think it does. When you go HBO and people paying a premium.
Reginald Titus Jr.: You're not having pornography on there. So, it's like, so it's, so there is a form of, uh, censorship, even if it's political or if it's for health reasons. It's, it's a way to kind of putting your, 'cause you know that people are going to copy what they're doing. A lot of women did. That was like a big deal, you know, in the late '90s. A lot of women copied what these characters were doing. It is what it is. Sure. Uh, with that, knowing that and being aware of that, is just, do you want to be responsible for that?
Casey G. Smith.: So, I, I, I don't know. I, I don't know that otherwise, I mean, if they're so concerned about the activity, they being of, let's say the creators of the show, right? If they had any concern about the activity. I, I, honestly, I don't think they care. Right. Right. So, so my thing is that, when, when they're healthy public. Why would they even create the show then? If the whole premise literally is in the title, Sex and the City. Right? Not Sex in the City, but Sex and the City. Is that the, the, the proper title?
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yes. Sex and the City. Sex and the City. Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Like, you kind of have it like right, right there. So I, I, like, I mean, why I don't know. I, I just don't know where that how would you, you don't know how you would talk about having sex, safe sex. Well, I don't know, again, if it's, if it's there for entertainment and if, I guess if the premise is, we have to structure our show so that society does or doesn't emulate what these characters do, then how could you have any violent shows at all then? Right? I mean, yes, you have ratings and things like that for a reason, but I think once you have it a show and it's geared towards adults and you say, this is what you can expect in this show, right? When you, when the show starts, all right, this has, you know, mature content, yada, yada, yada, yada, yada. At the end of the day, people are responsible for, for their actions. Can you say they saw something like, oh, I, I decided to try that out. I decided to do this, do that? Yes. But I think they're ultimately responsible. Now again, we're talking children shows, things like that.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I think that's a different, a different level. But when you talk a, a show geared towards adults and when you say MA, like mature audiences, then it was a different time too. It was the early nineties, you know, it, because Issa Rae's show is on HBO as well. Very true. You know, and they, they do talk about that stuff. And kind of bring it up as, and they're more woke as a, as creators of the show. Issa Rae is one of the producers of the show. A lot of women are producers of that show and they are, they are aware that people are looking at them as leaders. And so that, you know, they're going to put certain things in there. They're not going to show, you know, especially African-American women in a certain light because, 'cause they're leaders. Right. And I think, I think there is at least at this point, maybe to some degree, like almost like a double standard, like an extra level of maybe pressure that an African-American woman might feel in terms of doing a show. Like you, you mentioned, you know, even when you look back at, at some of the, the scenes that are in Insecure versus as much as it's within Sex and the City, and but she's getting backlash just for a little bit. And again, whether that's because of the culture where it's at now and being woke, but you know, talking about safe sex, talking about safe sex though wasn't a new thing. I mean, TLC and, I mean, that that stuff was being talked about. So I, I, I wonder. I'm curious. See, now you're making me very curious about the show like, will it come up later on? Right? Will we have issues, show to somebody, to somebody? Yeah. But I think they're ultimately responsible.
Casey G. Smith.: I don't know. I, I just don't know where that how would you, you don't know how you would talk about having sex, safe sex. Well, I don't know, again, if it's, if it's there for entertainment and if, I guess if the premise is, we have to structure our show so that society does or doesn't emulate what these characters do, then how could you have any violent shows at all then? Right? I mean, yes, you have ratings and things like that for a reason, but I think once you have it a show and it's geared towards adults and you say, this is what you can expect in this show, right? When you, when the show starts, all right, this has, you know, mature content, yada, yada, yada, yada, yada. At the end of the day, people are responsible for, for their actions. Can you say they saw something like, oh, I, I decided to try that out. I decided to do this, do that? Yes. But I think they're ultimately responsible. Now again, we're talking children shows, things like that.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Different times. Yeah, I think eventually something's got to pop up. I forgot, you know, I don't know 'cause we're still, what season are we on? I think we're on the second season. Nothing has happened so far. Interesting. Just to, just to statistically, somebody should have crapped out by now. Wow. That's bad. Wow. Okay. That's very fascinating. Yeah. I never, I never, I think I may have I'd seen maybe like one or two episodes. But I mean, when in its heyday, it was all the rage. All the rage. I mean, HBO. I mean, HBO, man, as a, a content creator, they may they may be the best. Like, as far as like when you talk about shows, they have some of the, man, some of the, the best shows that have come out over the past, I, I guess decades, if you will. I mean, there's a lot of great, uh, content out there, but man, yeah, they've made some huge hits whether it's Sex and the City, The Wire, whatever, it's Six Feet Deep, Six Feet Under. Yeah, Six Feet Under. Whether it's, um, Game of Thrones. Yeah. Um, True Blood. Dang, that was on that was HBO. Oh, yeah. That was True Blood. No, I thought it was like Max or something. No, man, True Blood, Entourage. Okay. Yeah, duh. Entourage was solid. Yeah, man. Um, I think that's it for me as far as movies. What else you got?
Casey G. Smith.: You know, I always like to have some little nostalgia going on. Uh, just taking in something, something older. You see something old animated thing. So, right now I've been on a little kick on of, of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. And again, I it's always fun going back and watching something like with, with adult eyes and, and it's always interesting seeing how characters are, are handled on different shows, right? And so in this particular show, right? Spider-Man, everybody knows Spider-Man, Peter Parker. Everybody loves Spider-Man. I don't know anybody who doesn't love Spider-Man. He's just like the, he was that prototype for like that everyday hero. And then you got Iceman, right? Bobby Drake. Cool power, right? And you used to love seeing him like when he would turn Iceman, he would freeze himself from the ground up to coat himself in ice and then break out of the block of ice. Very cool. But then you have the introduction of one Firestar. Now, originally the concept for the show was it was going to be the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four. Okay. But for whatever reason, uh, they decided, oh no, let's, uh, let's make a new character. Firestar, Angelica Jones, who emits like microwave radiation. That's hell of dangerous. That's y'all all. Now, that's not bad. That's not cool. That's, that's not cool. But you know, she could emit this like microwave radiation. Radiation. And she can fly and and generate heat and everything like that. Everybody like gets cancer when she's flying around. She's super powerful. And I think Spidey would probably be protected 'cause his blood's already irradiated from the spider that bit him. And Iceman could be okay 'cause he can generate, you know, ice and and cold. And like all that kind of stuff. And you constantly have, like the science is pretty cool that they use between those two. Like they always have different stuff happening. Um, but you also, you, you have this very interesting love triangle if you will, right? Because you could tell that, uh, Peter, he digs on, he digs on Angelica. But Bobby digs on her also. Uh oh. Uh, but like, and they, and they, you know, between Iceman and Spider-Man, they're both wise crackers and so they're always, they're always going back and forth. But here's the other thing like, they all live in the same house. They all live in Aunt May's, uh, house and like that, because they're all college students. They're all, they're all college level students. Okay. Um, but they all get along great, right? They get along great. And they, they do their thing and they fight the villain of the week. And, and the thing I, I find very cool about Firestar is that she's, you know, she's not dating either of them exclusively. Um, but she's, she's, you know, she's she's doing her thing, man. She'll, she'll go on a date here and there. There was a little episode where they were, the whole episode while they're fighting Magneto, they keep asking her who she's, you know, she has a date coming up that night. And they're like, who, who are you going out with? Who is it? And she won't, she won't tell them. And then they, they keep guessing different dude's names or whatever. Wow. And then at the end like, Peter's like, all right, cool. Look, we're going to make sure we take care of Magneto, get rid of him. So we make sure you can get to your date on time, right? Like they're, it's, it's very cool. The dynamic between these three, the, the friendship and all the kind of stuff, it comes through. Um, and actually I, I went through and finished the show. And I, and I went back to the beginning because I hadn't watched it from the beginning. I kind of jumped in midway. And I realized there were a lot of episodes I hadn't seen before. Like I'd never seen before. I was like, I've never seen this episode before. I'm like, okay. Um, but yeah, it's, uh, I've, I've been really enjoying. Where's this at? Where's this at? It's on Disney Plus. Disney Plus. Okay. Yeah. Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. But one last thing I'll mention, one of the latter episodes, something happens in, in, in Spidey decides to literally to, literally to leave the planet with some alien girl. Yeah, we won't go into all the details. But as he's getting ready to leave, 'cause it seems like definitive, right? It's like the second to last episode. He's been ready to bounce. And he's like having to say goodbye to them. And like him and Angelica, they, they share an embrace and then, you know, a little kiss, right? She gives him a kiss. Oh. And then gives him another, another kiss. But it's, but it's very, very sweet moment. I'm like, man, and this is, this is, this is, this is Saturday morning cartoon. What year, what, what year is all this? '83. Oh. Yeah, man. Got a throwback going. Yeah, dude. And but it's just, it's, it's, it's well, I, I, I see it as, as, as very well done and not only the action, but just the dynamic between these three, the, the friendship and all the kind of stuff, it comes through. Um, and even again, it's every every week, right? A cameo by a different, you know, different Marvel character and, and all that kind of stuff. And this is well before we got the X-Men cartoon or any of that kind of stuff. So this was one of the ones that really just gave you constant little peaks. And they're very smart with their cameos or putting a character's name in a museum. It was just very, very well done. But yeah, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends on Disney Plus. Lovely little throwback. And uh, yeah, some '80s goodness. Watch it. And watch it. Um, I'll quickly. Kids are getting antsy. Um, the one trailer that I watched, I watched a couple of them. What if? on Disney, coming out August 11th. Yes. Animated, right? Yes. It looks pretty solid. Yes. I actually look forward to watching that. Yes. What if? One of my favorite comic book series of all times 'cause it was based off of, it was a comic series. Bolt statement. Bolt statement. Again, they would, it was all about what if, you know, yeah, something happened in, in the comics. This would say, okay, what if it did happen this way instead? Right? What if Peter Parker continued to have six arms when he was, you know, mutated further? What if Captain America never came out of the ice? What if Captain America ran for president? What if, uh, Wolverine stayed a agent of Shield? What if the Hulk killed Wolverine? What if Wolverine killed the Hulk? It's cool way to like play out storylines without having to be committed to them. Exactly, man. One of my favorite ones was, uh, what if the alien symbiote stayed on Spider-Man? I read that one when I was been like in, I was in elementary school. And it is one of my favorite reads of all time because that symbiote, it, it, it uses up Spidey and it goes to other people and it's so powerful. Oh, it's, man, great read, but it was just 'cause they get, they get dark, right? It gets pretty morbid 'cause you like you said, they don't have to commit to it. So, looking forward to seeing this, this take and I love the fact that it's being applied to the MCU. Uh, you can see in the trailer right, Tachala. What if, you know, Tachala was abducted by the Avengers instead of Peter Quill? Yeah. So, Tachala now is Star-Lord. But you see other things like what if Agent Carter got the Super Soldier Serum instead of Steve Rogers? You see Killmonger as well. Rescuing Tony Stark. That one I didn't, I did not see that coming. Yeah. Uh, that was a great opening, right? That, yeah, what if he rescued Tony in the desert? Which matches up perfectly 'cause you know he was in the military and Yeah. Like, whoa. So, it's going to be very curious to see, does that mean that his dad never got killed? Did Tchaka never kill his dad and he actually went, they all just went back to Wakanda and was he raised there? 'Cause he seems like he's a quote unquote good dude. Yeah. Yeah. And I love that the, the actor He may, he may be the Black Panther. Quite possibly 'cause you see me in a couple of clips, like he's like leading the armies of Wakanda. Yeah. So, and you have the actual actors voicing their characters. So, that's, that's, that should be Chadwick voicing himself. Wow. So, it's one of his, you know, the one of the last performances that we get to, to hear. It is the last. It would be the last performance of, of Tachala by, by Chadwick. I look forward to it. Yeah. Um, another trailer, my last one that I watched, uh, on Netflix. I think it's yeah, Netflix. Beckett, starring Denzel Washington's son. Yeah. Is it David Washington, right? Yeah. David Washington. Um, dang. Basically, him and his girlfriend are going, I think it's Greece. It's in international. I want to say Greece. I could be completely wrong 'cause I don't have the synopsis in front of me. They get in a car wreck, she's missing or dead. And he's like in the middle of like some, like international conspiracy and they're trying to get him killed. So you just see him running the whole time. Getting shot and all kinds of crazy stuff. Oh, wow. Beckett. Beckett. Yeah. Beckett. Yeah, it's, I saw a trailer. Not super excited to see it. All right. But, um, it'll probably be one of those things that it probably entertaining, you know, passing time. Right. 'Cause he's, I mean, he's, he's just so solid in, in Oh, yeah. In the projects that he chooses as well. So you're like, come on. Come on, man. Come on, man. Beckett. All right. Beckett. So for me, again, it's, uh, after going into the theaters in to see Black Widow, of course they, they played the the second trailer for Shang-Chi. Which I'm going to see because it's an MCU film. But I was, I'm not going to go out of my way to watch it. But I'm going to watch it. I'm going to support it number one from a diversity standpoint. I think it's, I think it's, I think it's great that we are seeing more groups get represented. And so, I want to be, I want to be and contribute to the box office of that, right? Especially a film. Just like so many came out. I'm going to watch it down to theaters. Yeah. Yeah, it's definitely it's coming out to theaters. Yeah, I thought it was going straight to Disney. No, it's come dropping in September. Like we'll get basically three MCU films this year. Black Widow, Shang-Chi, and then we'll get Eternals in November, but Shang-Chi will drop in September. So, at minimum, I wanted to to put money in the box office towards this film. Right? So, just like, you know, Black Panther got all that love, uh, with the predominantly, they got all that love. From real. Three or four times. Yeah. But I want to, I want to, I want to give that love to, to Shang-Chi 'cause I think it, I think it's, so you're going to go three or four times if it's good. I'll at least go once. Just messing with you. I'll at least go once. I'll go if you say it's good. All right, yeah, I'm going to put that box office and if even if I wasn't going to say go, if I wouldn't feel comfortable going in the theater, 'cause the trailer, the trailer didn't push, do it for me. Keep it real. I, I, I agree there. Like, they, they, I think, I think the third trailer really needs to show more of the story. Um, because we don't, I mean, we know, okay, Shang-Chi, he left home and his dad's powerful and all that kind of stuff and he has to come back. We get that premise, but we need more meat on the bones because most people don't know who Shang-Chi is. They have no connection at all. So, include me. Yeah, and, and again, I know a little about him, but yeah, we do, we do need more. I think the action's going to be solid. And there's going to be some nice cameos like Abomination is, like, he makes an appearance in the second trailer. Abomination from the, from the Incredible Hulk movie. That dude's been locked away for minutes. He's been a, it's been a hot minute. But he shows up there. I'm like, ooh, okay, what's going on here? So anyway, yeah, so I saw that, but also again, another, uh, thing I'm super excited about. Again, the, the Kevin Smith's Masters of the Universe, Revelation. Oh, yeah. I forgot about that. When does that drop? Uh, on the 27th, no, maybe 23rd of July. Of July on Netflix. On Netflix. Yeah. Yeah. Definitely going to check that out for sure. That, that I'm very, very excited for. It's, it's like a to a certain degree, it's like a spiritual successor to the original film nation show. Yeah, he's been on his podcast talking about him and Mark Verment. Mm. They've been talking about that quite a bit. They, they put in some work on that. And it's going to I think it's going to be solid. I think so too. I think it's going to go to some, some, uh, some dark places. I mean, there's a lot of rumors around what's going to happen. But I, I think, honestly, I think that that, that, you can when you see the second trailer, it's, it's, it's becoming clear that I think Tila is going to be the Tila the main character. Like, kind of carrying a lot of the story. I think something is going to happen to to He-Man. But Prince Adam is still going to be rocking. I think, you know, because they talk about in the trailer, right, that something's happened to the magic within attorney and that's going away. They have to the universe. I haven't seen that. Oh. Yeah. There, yeah, there, there's the second trailer. You watch that second trailer. It's, it's it is fire. But yeah, Master of the Universe, Revelation coming to Netflix. Netflix, we need you to sponsor because, uh, yeah, we'd have dropped your name a whole lot. Yeah, bro. Um, anything else before we close out today? That's all I got. Well, well, y'all, don't forget this Monday, we drop. Hope y'all are having a good weekend. Uh, we drop the next episode, this coming up Monday. Oh, it'll either be The Exorcist or the movie Us. We shall see. Until next time, peace.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Respect.