Guy Ritchie - The Man from U.N.C.L.E

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So just a few days ago,
The Ministry of Ungentlemately Warfare is released.

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It's not doing it's not blowing up
the box office, but there's some good

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stuff out there. This past weekend, you know, Civil War and Abigail

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just came out. But it's got
an A minus Cinema score, and I,

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for one cannot wait to see this
one. What about you, Andrew?

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I have been chomping at the bit. This is this is the first

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movie this year that I'm genuinely psyched
to get to go see. Yeah,

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you've got Guy Ritchie, Henry Cavill, World War two action. What's not

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to like? Right? Yeah,
Guy Ritchie and period piece goes together perfectly.

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So let's talk about another period film
by Guy Ritchie, starring Henry Cavill,

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his twenty fifteen underrated spy film The
Man from Uncle. Hello everybody,

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I'm Jeff Johnson and I'm Andrew Blakeley, and this is a film by podcast

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Andrew. I know we talked a
little bit about that. We've been talking

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about Richie's The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, and I am excited to talk about

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this one because I forgot how great
this film was. Yeah, same.

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I'm so glad this came up.
I loved it when it came out,

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and then honestly it's just slipped my
mind. I haven't watched it in years,

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so I love the excuse to get
to watch it again and just you

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know, enjoy the ride. If
you like seeing Henry Cavill in a period

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piece by Guy Richie and it's you
know, dealing with the you know,

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whether it's World War two or the
Cold War. This is your right,

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absolutely, it's I think this is
the strongest case yet that Cavill could still

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pull off Bond. I mean,
it's the suits, the sunglasses, everything,

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it's it fits that. If that's
your jam, If early Bond is

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your thing, I feel like this
is right up your ally. I am

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so happy you said that, because
I think Bond is gonna come up more

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than once as we have this conversation. But before we had the conversation,

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I do want to say hello,
I wanna wanna want to welcome someone out

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there, Andrew. We have a
new Patreon subscriber. Ben Handel has just

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is clearly a fan of the nineteen
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fantastic comments on some of our lost
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Wisdom out of Bounds and our recent
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have been on several of those episodes. So Ben welcome and uh we're excited

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by podcast you can. We got
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day free trial get in there just
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we got right, Yeah, I
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we got some deep cuts in there. We absolutely do. Uh. I

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love that we got. We're getting
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series there where we got like ten
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you're going to join us for one
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Well, I'll tell you what.
Let's let's talk. Let's talk man

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from Uncle Andrew. For for those
that have not this film. Give us

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a little synopsis if you will.
Absolutely, I'll try my best to not

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fall into the in a world voice, but if it happens, it happens.

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At the height of the Cold War
in the early nineteen sixties, CIA

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agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Ilia
Curryeaiken must put aside long standing hostilities to

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stop a mysterious criminal organization he bent
on destabilizing the fragile balance of world power.

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With only one lead, the agent's
race to find vanished German scientist who

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is the key to infiltrating the organization. In this cool, stylish action adventure

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from director Guy Ritchie, it is
absolutely cool and stylish. I love the

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aesthetic in this film. Love Yeah, it's it's perfect. I always like

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if you've mentioned Guy Richie's name,
I think of some of his earlier work,

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the gangster style films, and his
style lends itself so well to this

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like cool six, He's spy vibe. It's everything is so stylish and cool,

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and that also has a lot to
do with the actors in it.

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Absolutely, let's just talk about how
this movie opens up. If you didn't

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get your money's worth in the first
fifteen minutes of this movie. I have

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to wonder what film you were watching. I mean, we got this thrilling

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extraction. It's god it boast an
excellent car chase. I love that Armie

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Hammer is pulling a T one thousand, chasing after the vehicle and catching a

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car with his bare hands. Catching
a car with his bare hands. She's

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She's like, he's he's trying to
stop the car. And for a second

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you're like nah, but then you're
like, wait, he is stopping the

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car. Yeah. And it's such
a great introduction to Henry Cavill's Napoleon Solo

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because he plays everything so cool and
so methodical in a way that I think

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we're just not used to seeing from
him. And it's so it's so great.

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He's almost too cool under pressure.
Yeah, It's it's almost like he's

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he's enjoying the danger. Yeah.
I speaking of that, let's let's just

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let's just talk about that name,
Napoleon Solo. I don't know about you,

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but I absolutely I love when a
hero character has a name that's that's

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almost too fantastic to be real,
you know, Remington Steele, Remo Williams,

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Beatrix Kiddo, Napoleon Solo. That
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there. Yeah, it absolutely is, uh Cavill. This is what two

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years after Cavill does Man of Steel. Yeah, so we are right in

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that zone where he is. He
is at the height of his popularity.

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This is Superman, you know,
being James Bond basically. Yeah. I

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think honestly, at the time it
came out, that kind of heard it

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for me because it's such a departure
for him, and he was so like

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tied to that role of Superman for
a while. I think that it kind

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of tainted my expectations. So to
get to see him do this and just

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absolutely crush it as this cool spy
type, I think that really opened doors

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for him. I think if he
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not be getting some of the other
stuff you've gotten for him. Since that's

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an interesting observation, because I wonder. You know, this film famously did

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not do well at the box office, and I am scratching my head as

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to why. But you might have
just dropped an interesting piece of the puzzle.

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A lot of us loved him as
Superman, still love him as Superman.

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We wanted more of his Superman and
then we get a nineteen sixties spy

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thriller and we're like, no,
we we want the son of Krypton.

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You know what we don't want this
right now? Is that? Yeah,

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lover hate, lover hate the Superman
movies. Because I'm sure there's a lot

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of opinions both ways out there.
I think we can all agree he was

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a fantastic casting absolutely, but yeah, this is this character is not a

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good person. Napoleon Solo. He's
very good at his job, he's not

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a good person. And I think
it's you know, that's such a departure.

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It might have been a bit jarring
for some people. Although that's what

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you're gonna get with a Guy Richie
movie. Yeah, Guy rich you know

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you're you're gonna have a bit of
an anti hero, right, Yeah,

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a little bit of a rogue,
a little bit of a a fiend,

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if you will. But charming is
all hell though. Charming, Yeah,

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charming to the nth degree, And
I think that's what makes you like him,

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even though there's times you shouldn't like
him. But he's definitely Cavil's doing.

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I think this is the closest we're
gonna get to him playing James Bond

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unless the Broccolis are like, you
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You know, we want a forty
early forties bond for the next the next

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bond, because if we don't get
that, then I feel like this is

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our best shot at it. Yeah, and I mean I think he almost

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feels a little too on the nose
for Bond at this point. Yeah,

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it's just charming, handsome, strong
jawline spy guy. It's just I don't

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know, maybe that's just me.
I want I want a little more of

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a surprise. I think you're gonna
get a surprised you know. They're they're

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talking about an early thirties bond,
you know, which which is unfortunate for

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him because before Casino Reale, he
he has a lock on the roll and

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loses it to Daniel Craig because and
they tell him like, hey, you're

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you're just too young. And now
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we're looking for another bond. He
is, you know, has always expressed

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interest in the role. But now
they're saying, well, we're looking for

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a younger bond. You're just a
little bit too wold, Like, yeah,

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I feel like I feel like we're
kind of with all with all due

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respect, I feel like we're wasting
Henry Cavill, like we you know,

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Warner Brothers completely wasted his Superman yep, and wasted a lot of his time.

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As far as I'm concerned, you
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him his bond. We we got
him briefly in The Witcher, just like,

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give Henry Cavill some time to time
to cook, is what I'm saying.

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I'm sure I'll want to talk about
this later, but you know,

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even sequels to this would have been
very, very welcome. It's definitely could

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have spun you know, multiple This
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a franchise starter, and I you
know, well we'll talk. We can

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talk about that later. But uh, it's a it's interesting. I can't

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imagine anyone else in this role other
than Cavil. But Clooney had the role

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when it was a Steven Soderberg film. Uh he dropped out ding a back

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injury. I think he got that. Yeah. Uh. And then inexplicably,

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Tom Cruise enters talks to take on
the role until he remembers, hey,

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wait, I have my own spy
franchise. He drops out so he

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can go do a mission impossible,
Rogue Nation. I just uh, yeah,

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I'll tell you because I was reading
through those names earlier, and you

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know, I think Soderbergh could have
done a cool version of this. It

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would have been very different than what
we got. Yeah. But if I

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think Sodaberg and uh and Clooney,
I'm picturing like the Ocean series. And

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I'll tell you this kind of gives
me Ocean's eleven vibes a little bit,

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just in the cool, handsome character
that's kind of always a step ahead and

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is a little bit smarter than everybody
in the room. I can I can

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see that. I definitely think we
got the better version with the guy Ritchie

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and and Henry Cavill, but I
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here. It could have been.
Uh, I'll tell you something. I'm

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watching this recently and damned his Cavil
just wear those suits. He is impeccably

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dressed in this film. I love
I love his h his clothing in this,

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and it's hard to do for a
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he's he's a large man. It's
hard to get a suit to fit and

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look good and move in it,
and yeah, he pulls it off.

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Man. I know we're gonna circle
around some names quite often on this conversation,

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but the suits he's wearing are thanks
to British tailor Timothy Everest, who

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has also outfitted James Bond and Ethan
Hunt. So if you're you're thinking,

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hey, I've seen that's how it
looks familiar, there's a reason. Uh,

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let's talk a little bit about Armie
Hammer. Yeah, say it again,

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give it, give it to me
a game one more time. Ilia

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curryaken Iliah curriaked. Okay, because
I knew I was gonna butcher that the

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only cast member to prepare for the
film by watching the original TV series.

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No one else look at it.
I've never seen it. I considered going

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back and giving it a try,
but yeah, who's got that kind of

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time? You know who's got Who's
got you know what? I think?

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It ran like four four years,
five seasons over four years. You know,

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I don't even if it's streaming,
but I will be honest, it's

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uh. Watching this time, it
did make me curious about what what the

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TV series might look like. But
uh, I am I'm loving I'm loving

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Hammer in the role. Yeah,
he interestingly he was kind of the nice

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one, I guess, not necessarily
nice. He was very violent man,

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but more pure hearted than than Cavill's
character, which I thought was interesting.

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It was an interesting way of doing
it. He's this giant, giant man.

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I mean, Army Hammer's what like
six four sixty five six five.

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Yeah, it's it's hard to be
intimidating standing next to Cavil, but he's

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just a big dude. But I
think he plays it really almost innocent while

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also being incredibly violent, and that's
just a really cool way to handle it.

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I think it's I think it's fair
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He has several moments with with Alicia
vick Anders's character Gabby where he's he's really

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soft. Yeah, and there's some
of the better scenes as far as I'm

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concerned. Yeah, I mean,
he definitely pulls his weight. I think

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he's had He's had a couple opportunities, and I don't think I mean,

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I think he first came on the
scene in Fincher's uh The Social Network mm

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hmm, and I think ever since
then, like anything he's in, he

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was always great I just but I
feel like nothing ever really blew up.

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You know, it didn't. I
you know, I don't want to get

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into it, but there's you obviously
he he was a victim of a cancel

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culture. He you know, there's
some trouble with him. And last I

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last I read he's he's like selling
time shares in South America or something something

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strange, and I truthfully, yeah, I like, again, I don't.

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You know, we don't like to
sling mud when we're on this show

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talking about it. But what I
read, I was like, Okay,

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I get it. It's kind of
creepy, but is it enough to like

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completely just abolish this guy and you
know, put him on a course of

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setting time shares in another country?
I don't know. I don't know,

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but yeah, I I I checked
because I don't want to put my foot

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in my mouth. There's no been
no criminal charges against him, no criminal

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charges. Yeah, So I don't
I don't get it. I think I

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think there's a chance for him to
come back because he is a a sensational

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actor. Uh and just like obnoxiously
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but I don't mind it, you
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at all. I'm I'm here for
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love Hammer's got one of my favorite
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Network, when they're like, you
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Looss twins yeah, and someone's like, what are you gonna do? And

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he goes, I'm six five two
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that is something something like what a
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I don't know, you know,
I know you, I know you did

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some research for this one. But
if you don't know this, I think

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you'll appreciate this. He's an accomplished
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some great motorcycle work in this movie. That's him, you know, yeah,

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famous, you know. Apparently him
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stunts, so much so that the
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on on screen at some point.
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I know you, I know you
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was like, I like it.
Uh, Andrew, this bike is a

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limited addition Matisse Desert Racer, and
here's the kicker that's gonna put a smile

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on your face. It happens to
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that was designed for Steve McQueen.
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it was given McQueen vibes. You
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leather jacket. I very much felt
Steve mcqueene. That does put a smile

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on my face. You're not wrong. I'll tell you what puts a smile.

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What's got to put a smile on
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the Candor as a as Gabby Teller. She beats out a who's who of

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actresses including Alice Eve, Amelia Clark, and Felicity Jones. Could you imagine

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this movie with Felicity Jones? I
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so she can probably, yeah,
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if if gotten to my head had
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movie, I think she was underused. I think she is an amazing actress

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and her character doesn't really get a
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there's a couple of good scenes and
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character. I love the turn yeah
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we could say or you know,
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you know, I don't know if
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but I mean it's I say,
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because it's a spy thriller. There
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we'll keep watching the light. Yeah. So at Leasta does ex Makina Alex

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Garland's X Macana in twenty fourteen,
okay, and then a year later she's

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in Man from Uncle. You know, it's one of three movies that she

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does in twenty fifteen. The other
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bother with because one I never heard
of and the other one I think as

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a as a garbage move. Anyways, but uh, moving on. I

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do I love the fact that she
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You know, you would think here's
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was Superman, almost was Batman,
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and she is there with them beat
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kind of push her out of the
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light. I think, really well, yeah, absolutely she She is incredible,

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and I mean he said absolutely stunning. There's a scene specifically where she

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and Elia are pretending to be fiance, says they are through most of the

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movie and he's trying to refrain from
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two guys, and she's like trying
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is impressive. It's like she is
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clearly got rage in his eyes.
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think it's really well done. Can
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the playful energy that she has in
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tell you something. Anytime you watch
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in a room and uh, cry
to me from Solomon Burke comes on the

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radio, something's about to happen.
It's about to get hot, right.

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then she kind of catches them off
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then you know, it takes a
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she's like, oh, you don't
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wrestle. And man, what a
great scene. I mean, that's it's

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a hot scene too. Nothing nothing
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You know, it's hot, it's
tense, it's it's really cool. It

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fits right in with that guy Ritchie's
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you what really made me smile was
the fact that she had she had instigated

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this whole moment right but she was
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know, a few minutes before,
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it's about to happen. I love
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goes to sleep. It's a total
Indiana Jones move, you know, because

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he's like, Okay, this is
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then she just but again back to
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of soft, kind of sweet when
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moment where he kind of picks her
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her and takes her, takes her
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in. At that point, I'm
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am. Yeah, absolutely, and
it seems like that that just still kills

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me to this day of this movie
bombed because we really should have gotten more.

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What were we doing in twenty fifteen, because this, like I said,

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this should have kicked off an awesome
franchise for us. Yeah, with

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all three of these characters getting back
to to Cavel and Hammer for a minute,

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their first moment when they realize they're
going to work together, and they

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basically destroy this bathroom. This this
this fight scene, I'm gonna ask you

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something. Let's let's talk Cavil fighting
in bathrooms. Is it what? What?

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What's got your money? Andrew?
Is it? Is it this the

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man from Uncle where they're they're just
thrashing the bathroom and taking out stalls,

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or is it? Is it Mission
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are going after the guy and he
does the you know, he does the

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reload on on the on the on
the fists. Look, I I love

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this movie. I do. But
the things I love about this movie aren't

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necessarily the action of the stunts.
I think it's a lot of the other

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things that really stand out, whereas
that that is one of the best fight

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scenes. Just ever, how many
years ago is that and people still are

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asking him like, hey, how
do you cocky? You like you wanted

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a fight and it works so perfectly. It does, and I think that

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that is iconic. That is iconic
fight scene. So I gotta give it

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to mission impossible. Okay, at
a minute, every time you're in a

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every time since then, when you've
wore a dress shirt and you've cuff you've

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cuffed your your sleeves, you know
you're doing that in the bathroom mirror.

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You have to. You have to. I mean, you immediately feel cool.

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You do what you think. Let's
talk about that scene when they finally

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they're sitting down at the cafe,
Jared Hess kind of excuses himself, kind

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of sizing each other up. I
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on point here. This is this
is Henry Cavill, you know, British

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guy doing an excellent American accent.
And then you got hammer, Who is

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is he American? Is he British? I can't remember. He's American.

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He's American and he's doing he's doing
a perfect Russian accent. Yeah, it's

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his is really I like his a
lot. Like watching this, I find

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myself just accidentally doing a Russian accent. I do that a lot when I

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watch movies. It's yeah, a
person I can't help. But uh,

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you know, I can't say the
how accurate his accent is because I don't

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know a whole lot of Russians,
but I will. I gotta give it

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to Cavill. Like a lot of
Brits when they do their American accent,

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I can't quite explain what they're doing
that's off, but they're doing something off.

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Is If this is all I saw, I would believe he's American,

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you know what I mean? Absolutely, It's it's like a house, like

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Doctor House every time I watch Hugh
Laurie with it. When I found out

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he was British or blew my mind. I feel like that would happen if

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this was my only introduction to Henry
Cavill. I'll tell you who I don't

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believe as American. And I'm not
saying it's a bad accent that he's doing,

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but I just don't buy it.
Is Jared Harris, his boss,

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Adrian Sanders. It's jarring to hear
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I've never I don't know about you, but everything I've ever seen him in

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he has he's using his his native
accent. Yeah, and when you hear

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him doing this, it just feels
wrong. He's got such a unique and

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a unique voice, it's hard to
separate it from the accent. Okay,

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so it's not just me, it's
what I think. Yeah, it's it's

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that raspiness. It's like even just
the way he holds his mouth. I

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thought on several occasions, I was
like, this feels off, but it

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feels wrong. I know him,
I know what his voice sounds. You

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know. Yeah, what'd you think
of the other boss? Uh? You

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Grant playing Alexander Waverley, He's fine. He doesn't get a whole lot of

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screen time. I feel like that
that gets chocked up to the this being

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a setup for maybe a franchise where
he could have, you know, had

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a little more room to to stretch. Yeah. This this movie acts as

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an origin story for the man from
Uncle, and I feel like where we

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were we not denied, this would
have been, like you Grant as like

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the like the m character. Yeah, and man, this it's such a

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fun premise. You know, you've
got you've got the you know, commander

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of the British Navy who is handling
a CIA guy and a KGB guy and

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putting on missions. I needs a
fun premise. I get why this show.

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And the fact that the show came
out during the Cold War. Yeah,

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that's so cool. That's so much
fun. Yeah, I think about

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this. This this movie or the
show debuted like I think, like two

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years after the Cuban missile crisis,
yep, so we're still in the heat

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of it, you know. Yeah, it's such a bold swing and I

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love that. And you know,
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fun with it because you don't have
to take the Cold War as seriously in

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twenty fifteen. Yeah, but it
you know, it's interesting because that was

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the source material and they're playing in
that space. The name doesn't make a

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whole lot of sense for the movie
unless you know it's the show. So

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I think that could be one of
the minor reasons going back to reasons this

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movie bombed is I had never heard
of it the show before this, and

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even watching it, I really didn't
get any of the references. So I

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think that that's a detriment to the
movie, not because the movie is not

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good, but because how do you
market that? How do you push that?

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Yeah, I'll tell you one one
more thing. I know, we

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got to take a break here real
quick. But before we do, before

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people start googling, you know,
or getting distracted by what Uncle stands for,

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listeners, Andrew, do you know, do you want to tell them?

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I looked it up and I don't
have it. It is the United

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Network Command for Law Enforcement. Ah, that's that's a liar as it could

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be. That's about as well.
You know what's funny though, it makes

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me immediately thought of that. I
hear that, and then I think a

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shield. Yeah, how you're just
how you're just just cramming words together just

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to make a regular word. I'm
going to have forgotten that by the end

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of the episode. Absolutely. Well, more on that later. We're gonna

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take a quick break, and when
we come back, we'll talk a little

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bit about the film's background. We
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of these scenes. We are back
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You know, we were talking about
the TV series Andrew it ran four

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years on NBC and here's you know, back to back to more James Bond

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talk. The series itself was partially
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that? Yeah, uh, I
kind of dug into this. Turns out

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Napoleon Solo was initially in his Goldfinger
book. He scrubbed it, but but

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that's where Napoleon Solo began. Yeah, yeah, I guess. I guess

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either that or he's like, hey, you know what I can I can

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throw this guy to uh to the
TV show. Maybe I like it as

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a counterpoint to Bond, because you
know, Bond's always the righteous, do

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the right thing. You know,
he's a playboy, but he's he's always

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for God and country and whatever.
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It's just as talented, but he's
very self serving. And I like

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that that was a fun counterpoint.
I'm wondering if he if he gave away

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the Napoleon Solo character, and then
that's how we got Felix Lighter because Bond

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always had his counterpart in the CIA, and it's always been Felix Lighter.

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Yeah, so maybe maybe we have
Felix Lighter because Napoleon went to uncle.

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I don't know. I mean,
they're both ridiculous first names that have never

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heard anybody actually have, So that
there you go. Absolutely, this movie

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takes spends ten years in development,
was initially greenlit with Steven Soderberg directing,

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George Clooney and Emily Blunt. Clooney
leaves, you know, we talked about

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his back injury that he got on
Syriana Sodaberg soon leaves after, you know,

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after Clooney citing budget and casting disagreements, and then Emily Blunt leaves right

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after Soderbergh because Soderberg left, So
yeah, she was pretty upfront about it.

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Yeah. Yeah, that's a good
call in her part, I think.

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So, I don't know if you
see it in this movie, but

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guy Ritchie took inspiration from Butch Cassidy
and The Sundance Kid. Huh. Specifically

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00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:21.319
he was using it as a template
to blend humor, action and serious moments

404
00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:26.000
that I can see. Yeah,
yeah, because I mean I love that

405
00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:30.559
movie, and there's definitely that like
that vibe of like sometimes this is serious

406
00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:33.039
and as that emotional beat, but
also it's kind of silly and we all

407
00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:37.960
accept that. So absolutely, absolutely
we mentioned Steve McQueen's motorcycle earlier. The

408
00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:44.480
nineteen sixty Hillar helicopter used in this
film at the you know, the third

409
00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:49.400
act where they're making their skate Andrew, you might have recognized that it was

410
00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:56.279
also used in nineteen sixty four's Goldfinger
when it was flown by Bond fem fatal

411
00:29:56.559 --> 00:30:02.400
Lasi Galore That's Badass, the exact
same helicopter. I love that. I

412
00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:04.720
absolutely love that. K Kay Ritchie
is such a nerd in the best way.

413
00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:07.559
I mean, he is such a
nerd in the best way, and

414
00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:14.720
it absolutely is amazing. This Actually, this is his first film he shoots

415
00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:18.759
entirely on digital cameras as well,
so yeah, it's an interesting transition.

416
00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:22.640
I worry about the long term ramifications
of that, but we're still in the

417
00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:27.279
area where digital looks great. So
good it does. I want to talk

418
00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:36.359
about the torture scene. Henry cavill
Is strapped down with who's it uncle,

419
00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:41.119
Uncle Rudy I think his name was, Yeah, he was like the Nazi

420
00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:45.880
butcher, based on the Nazi butcher. Yep. This is one of my

421
00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:48.440
favorite scenes in the movie, not
not for what's going on, but for

422
00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:52.720
how it ends. Oh, yeah, and you know we I think we

423
00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:56.839
opted to not givet spoilers, so
I don't know. It is such a

424
00:30:56.160 --> 00:31:00.160
scene, and I think this is
especially a place where a lot of movies

425
00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:03.599
they get to play in the space
of like torture scenes or cool spy gadgets

426
00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:07.720
and things. So for somebody to
be able to give it a fresh take,

427
00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:11.480
especially one that there's tension but also
so much humor, is really really

428
00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:18.279
well done. I was cracking up
at the how that scene climaxes. It's

429
00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:22.839
just it was. It was the
perfect use of of camera angles, of

430
00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:27.920
dialogue. The lighting is what does
it for. The lighting is what really

431
00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:32.720
gives everything away. And it's such
a subtle build. It's so gold it's

432
00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:37.400
key. All Right. I asked
you about the bathroom scene. Let me

433
00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:40.200
ask you. I'm gonna throw another
one at you, all right, So

434
00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:48.240
let's talk best torture by a homemade
electrocution? Is it rigs in lethal weapon?

435
00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:53.799
Is it Rambo and Rambo two?
Or is it is it Cavil than

436
00:31:53.799 --> 00:32:00.599
the man from Uncle? You know, I think now I might actually give

437
00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:04.200
it to Cavil, And I think
part of the reason for that is,

438
00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:08.599
you know, that's been done so
many times that going back and seeing some

439
00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:13.680
of those originals start to feel a
little bit cheesy. They lose some of

440
00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:15.359
their punch. So the fact that
this one was able to take it and

441
00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:20.880
kind of give it its own unique
twist really upstanty for me. I think

442
00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:22.680
we've seen it. Yeah, you're
right, I think we've seen it enough

443
00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:28.920
that I watch I watch these scenes
now and I tell myself, well,

444
00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:35.079
you know, think about this,
Andrew. We've run tough mattern countless times,

445
00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:37.839
we have to go through electric shock
therapy, We've we've been electrocuted.

446
00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:39.000
So like you watch these movies and
you see these scenes and you're like,

447
00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:45.119
I'm totally fine. I could handle
that. That that torture, you know.

448
00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:51.160
But but Cavels where he's like strapped
in, he's got the head gear,

449
00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:54.240
and ye, his his looks a
little more scary. Like if if

450
00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:57.680
I'm taking my pic, you know, you can strap me to like the

451
00:32:58.079 --> 00:33:01.240
bed, the bed mattress, the
mattress from Rainbow two. I think that

452
00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:07.200
one's a little a little more user
friendly. But Cavil looks uncomfortable and it's

453
00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:12.119
a little a little scary the way
they've got him tied down. I will

454
00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:15.279
tell you too. Part of the
The first thing that comes to mind when

455
00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:19.799
you say, like, you know, homemade alecution torture is actually a kiss

456
00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:23.920
kiss bang bang. I forgot that
one. But the reason for that is,

457
00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:28.039
and I think the reason that one
is so impactful is because Robert Danney

458
00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:30.799
Junior's character in that is he's not
a spy. He's not cool, he

459
00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:36.240
is not handling it well at all. There's a level of humor there where

460
00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:38.400
you know, Cavell is a badass
and Rainbow is a bad ass, and

461
00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:42.920
you know Rigs is a badass.
And so I think that anytime you can

462
00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:45.400
put a twist on it, I'm
on board. Yeah, good, good

463
00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:49.799
callback to kiss kiss bank Man.
I left that one out of the conversation.

464
00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:53.480
That's a good one. Any other
scenes you want to you want to

465
00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:59.319
talk about you want to bring to
uh yeah, I think this uses Uh.

466
00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.920
There are two that I really want
to talk about. The first,

467
00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:07.559
which is this happens a few times
where it plays on the spy thriller like

468
00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:12.119
twist where something will happen and then
they'll kind of rewind it a minute or

469
00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:15.400
two show you what's actually going on. And I think that it's done well

470
00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:20.440
because it's not overused. It's not
like, you know, Ocean's eleven or

471
00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:23.039
hey, everything we just showed you
is fake. So it's a really cool

472
00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:28.320
use of that, and it leads
to one of my absolute favorite parts of

473
00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:32.079
the entire movie, where Cavil realizes
he's been drugged and he walks over to

474
00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:36.559
the couch straights this lays down on
the couch. She's like, what are

475
00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:38.239
you doing. He's like, I've
been in the situation before and I fell

476
00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:44.360
out a hurt in my head quite
badly. So it's just so great and

477
00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:49.159
so calm. But really, the
thing that I remembered about this movie,

478
00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:51.760
and the thing that I loved the
first time watching it and rewatching it,

479
00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:54.239
i thought it was so well done, is near the end of the movie

480
00:34:54.239 --> 00:35:00.440
there's a great chase scene with Hammer
on a motorcycle cave Will. He's you

481
00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:04.679
know, in a in a ATV
offered view, I don't know, you

482
00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:07.039
call it buggy. Yeah, it's
like a dune buggy, and you know,

483
00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:09.599
they're on this island and they're all
kind of chasing around, and what

484
00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:14.559
the camera does is it'll focus on
one then zoom out, so you can

485
00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:15.920
kind of get a big picture of
what the whole island looks like, then

486
00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:21.159
zoom in on somebody else. So
in a way that these chases usually get

487
00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:25.199
very hard to follow or the action
becomes unbelievable because they're all just ramming each

488
00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:30.199
other a bunch. Richie found this
really really cool way of showing you the

489
00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:34.159
whole picture, showing you what they're
doing and where they're going, while keeping

490
00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:36.880
the tension of the excitement up.
And I thought that was just brilliant.

491
00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:39.519
I've never seen something like that before
or since. Yeah, he's he's fantastic.

492
00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:44.400
I know obviously there's there's gonna be
some cgi in this film, but

493
00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:46.360
I know he made he made it
a point to try and make it as

494
00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:51.199
practical as possible. And I feel
like when you do that, Yeah,

495
00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:57.480
you feel it in this movie because
while the chases in the the action sets

496
00:35:57.519 --> 00:36:04.239
are set pieces are they're spectacular,
they never go overboard like Okay, that's

497
00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:07.079
impossible, No, no one could
do that. Yeah you know the Kingsman

498
00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:10.639
or something, Yeah, exactly exactly. It's it's a little more grounded.

499
00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:19.559
And I dig the fact that he
does that for sure. So I know

500
00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:22.199
we're gonna talk about a little bit
about his filmography, Andrew, I wanna

501
00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:27.559
do something different, you know,
instead of giving you like a book report,

502
00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:29.760
you know, we usually talk a
little bit about who the director is,

503
00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:31.760
where they came from. I'm gonna
tell you two things about him,

504
00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:36.920
and then and then one of his
quotes. Okay, we're gonna a little

505
00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:38.400
more brief, but lost a little
you know, I gotta mix it up

506
00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:40.480
every now and then. It's season
five. We gotta we gotta change things

507
00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:49.000
every now and then. So it
turns out Guy Ritchie never attended film school,

508
00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:57.800
stating that the work of film school
graduates was boring and unwatchable. Talk

509
00:36:57.840 --> 00:37:04.320
about shots fired, because like we've
talked about I don't know, we're like,

510
00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:07.039
yeah, we're like two hundred fifty
plus episodes in right now, and

511
00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:12.440
we've talked about a lot of directors
that went to these prestigious film schools and

512
00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:19.760
graduated this university. So yeah,
no, I love that. I think

513
00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:22.159
that for any kind of art,
you have to have variety, and if

514
00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:25.639
everybody's taught this is the way to
do it, everybody does it that way.

515
00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:30.840
You know. I want filmmakers that
went to film school, just like

516
00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:32.440
I want the ones that are making
it up as they go. You know.

517
00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:37.119
I think that's that's fantastic, and
that's why he stands out he does,

518
00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:39.039
I'll tell you. And I think
he can get away with saying that.

519
00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:44.920
He could probably say whatever he wants
because number two, he happens to

520
00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:52.559
hold black belts in Brazilian jiu jitsu, karate and judo. The guy could

521
00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:55.079
clearly take care of himself. Right, Yeah, I'll tell you. The

522
00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:58.039
first one did not surprise me.
I was like, yeah, that seems

523
00:37:58.039 --> 00:38:00.639
like some guy rich you would say
that. Second one that's surprises me.

524
00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:07.239
Yeah, whoa wait, Okay.
A quote when discussing his films and how

525
00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:12.159
critics respond to him, he has
said, and I'm quoting, I am

526
00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:16.519
relatively familiar with getting a good old
rumping from the critics. In some cases,

527
00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:22.360
the critics just don't like the film. Others I think didn't understand it.

528
00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:27.199
So even there, he's got a
little bit a little bit of sass

529
00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:30.960
in his I dig him. I
like this guy, man, I really

530
00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:32.760
did for sure. Yeah, And
I mean I like that he's just honest,

531
00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:35.440
like, yeah, hey, some
of them just didn't like the film.

532
00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:38.440
That's cool. Whatever. All right, I'll tell you what let's take

533
00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:42.440
one more break and when we get
back, we'll talk about some of his

534
00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:50.679
movies. Okay, yep, Andrew
will be here all night if we try

535
00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:53.719
and cover all thirty one of his
films. So I think we're gonna just

536
00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:59.320
bounce around a little bit if you're
cool with that. Let's talk about the

537
00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:04.119
nineteen ninety eight he does lock Stock
and Two Smoking Barrels. This is kind

538
00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:07.880
of like his his introduction, right, this is where we know the name

539
00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:10.599
guy Ritchie. As far as I'm
concerned, Yeah, I'm a fan of

540
00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:15.119
this one. I'm sorry I said
I'm a fan of this one. Oh

541
00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:17.880
I thought you said you were not
a fan. I thought, oh no,

542
00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:22.719
no, no, no. This
is the gold standard for British gangster

543
00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:27.320
movies, I think. I mean, Richie keeps setting it, and he's

544
00:39:27.400 --> 00:39:30.239
got others that maybe elevated a little
bit, but yeah, this movie is

545
00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:36.159
a classic. I'm pretty sure this
was my introduction to Jason Statham too,

546
00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:40.679
because I'm a big stathem. Yeah, I love it. Two thousand he

547
00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:47.400
does Snatch, which I think everyone
immediately recognizes that movie because of Brad Pitts

548
00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:54.119
incoherent ke Yeah, Mickey, that's
another one of movies. After I end

549
00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:58.480
up watching it, I end up
talking like that and probably annoying anybody.

550
00:39:59.119 --> 00:40:02.079
The sanity it's so cool, but
in the funniest way. Yeah, this

551
00:40:02.199 --> 00:40:07.920
is uh Stathum's back. You got
Brad Pitt, Vinnie Jones, who was

552
00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:13.000
it a bullet tooth is who he
played? Yeah, almost like an unstoppable

553
00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:16.599
guy force in nature, Boris the
bullet Dodger. There's just so many like

554
00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:22.039
iconic characters that are so this.
This really feels like a sequel to Lockstock,

555
00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:25.280
even though it's not in any way
it's not much. It feels like

556
00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:30.599
the next step. Yeah. Uh, it's around this time. He meets

557
00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:35.760
Madonna, they get married, he
starts doing some of her music videos.

558
00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:38.159
He does that that movie Swept Away. I'll be honest, I know,

559
00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:42.519
I know critics destroyed it. I
can't say a word about it because I

560
00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:47.880
never saw it, saying okay,
let's move on. Here's one Andrew we

561
00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:53.519
were talking about Guy Ritchie. I
was circling his two thousand and five film

562
00:40:53.760 --> 00:41:00.199
Revolver. Did did you see this
one? I did? Yeah, what'd

563
00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:05.320
you think? It's not as memorable
as some of his others. I liked

564
00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:07.920
it, but it doesn't. It
doesn't grab you. It felt kind of

565
00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:13.639
slow to me. I want to
see it because this is when I missed.

566
00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:17.719
I watched the trailer. The trailer
is fantastic, but more so because

567
00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:22.599
it's not because of Jason Statham,
because his character looks I'm sorry, like

568
00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:27.079
Jason Statham with long flowing hair.
It just seems wrong. I don't I

569
00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:30.039
can't get it. Yeah, but
just watching the trailer, it's like the

570
00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:34.039
Rayleiota Show, and I'm watching Raleiota
in the trailer, I'm like, okay,

571
00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:40.239
well, he's fantastic and very intimidating. He's and his full Raleiota like

572
00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:47.159
scary, crazy eyes, scary really
okay, all right, so you'd recommend

573
00:41:47.199 --> 00:41:50.840
it? Yeah, it is good. I don't think it lives up to

574
00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:53.400
the the iconic nature of lock Stock
or Snatch, but it's still worth a

575
00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:58.079
watch, all right? Is two
thousand and eight? Would you would you

576
00:41:58.119 --> 00:42:01.800
call Rock and Roller a lot worth
a watch? You know what. I

577
00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:06.519
watched it and I don't even really
remember it, so probably not. You

578
00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:09.360
know. I want to say watch
it because I like Guy Richie and you

579
00:42:09.400 --> 00:42:13.639
know, I love Jar Butler.
But again, I know I've seen it.

580
00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:16.280
I just don't remember it, and
that's usually a pretty big red flag

581
00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:22.280
for me. Yeah, but it's
got Tom Wilkinson and Idris Elba. Wait,

582
00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:24.639
we should know this movie, right, And every movie he makes,

583
00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:28.400
good or bad, has a great
cast. The dude puts together a great

584
00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:31.960
cast. Speaking of his cast,
I like the fact that he We'll see

585
00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:36.440
a Zack Snyder film come out,
Yep, it'll put someone on the map,

586
00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:39.199
and then a year later they're in
a Guy Ritchie movie to say,

587
00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:42.840
like, you know, talking about
rock and Roller, you know, three

588
00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:45.199
hundred comes out yep, and then
all of a sudden, Jar Butler's in,

589
00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:50.880
Uh, you know, Guy Richie
film Man it still comes out and

590
00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:53.760
hey, here's Henry Cavill and the
man from Uncle. So I guess,

591
00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:57.639
I guess Guy Richie needs you know, maybe maybe Zach Sinner needs to make

592
00:42:57.639 --> 00:43:00.559
some more movies a little bit faster, and you know, we we get

593
00:43:00.599 --> 00:43:07.280
our next star for a a Guy
Richie film. I know you've got to

594
00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:12.079
be a fan of his. Sherlock
Holmes movies. Yeah, Sherlock Holmes is

595
00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:15.079
one of those characters like they just
keep getting made and made and made again,

596
00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:16.480
but like it works and you get
a good cast, you get Guy

597
00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:21.480
Ritchie, you get Robert Downey Junior, Jude Law. It's what's not to

598
00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:25.159
like, what's not to love?
They keep hinting, Oh, yeah,

599
00:43:25.159 --> 00:43:29.000
we're gonna get together, We're gonna
do a third one. To get the

600
00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:34.360
schedules, but like, please,
can someone get these three guys together and

601
00:43:34.360 --> 00:43:37.679
and get the film because you know, and I'm not saying there's a rush,

602
00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:39.840
because like, the great thing about
Sherlock Holmes is I think Downy.

603
00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:44.840
I think Robert Downey Junior can play
at fifty or at sixty or at seventy

604
00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:47.840
because it's Holmes, right. Yeah, I mean, maybe not a passion

605
00:43:47.920 --> 00:43:53.599
pact. But I have heard that
they've had talks about doing the third one

606
00:43:53.679 --> 00:44:00.960
without Guy Ritchie directing. Nope,
don't do it. It's a hold on.

607
00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:02.000
I'm gonna pull up the guy's name
because I can't remember it off the

608
00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:06.159
top of my head. One of
the guys he's in a lot of Richie

609
00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:15.199
movies. Uh, Jason Fleming.
Jason Fleming, Yes, Uh, guy

610
00:44:15.320 --> 00:44:20.800
Richie Staple from All You back in
Lockstock. His name was potentially attached.

611
00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:28.119
Nothing was confirmed last I heard.
I don't know. I just I feel

612
00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:31.239
like you need Richie for that that
flavor of Holmes. Honestly, yeah,

613
00:44:31.280 --> 00:44:36.679
for sure. Did you like his
uh his King Arthur film he did with

614
00:44:36.760 --> 00:44:39.679
Charlie Hunum. I never actually saw
it. I don't know why, something,

615
00:44:39.719 --> 00:44:44.280
but it just really didn't grab me. I never got around to it.

616
00:44:44.280 --> 00:44:47.440
It's it's different, I say,
I say, watch it. You

617
00:44:47.480 --> 00:44:53.199
know, Charlie Humb's fantastic. He
got Jude Law, Jamon Hunsu. It's

618
00:44:53.400 --> 00:44:57.599
yeah, it's a good cast.
It's a it's a great cast. Eric

619
00:44:57.639 --> 00:45:00.199
Bannon is in it. It's one
of those situuas where it's like, Okay,

620
00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:05.920
this is a great cast, it's
great source material, but because it's

621
00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:08.920
guy Richie doing his own spin,
it feels a little off. So you

622
00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:14.000
gotta I think if you're a Guy
Richie fan, you're in. If you're

623
00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:17.280
like a King Arthur fan, you're
probably saying nope, not for me,

624
00:45:19.440 --> 00:45:21.480
for sure. Yeah. I could
have told you that, not even having

625
00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:24.639
seen it. Actual historians maybe avoid
that one. Yeah, I would think

626
00:45:24.679 --> 00:45:28.920
so probably. I'll tell you when
I avoided it. I'm sorry to say

627
00:45:28.920 --> 00:45:34.079
it, but twenty nineteen, he
does Aladdin, the live action Aladdin.

628
00:45:34.440 --> 00:45:37.199
I'm not a fan I'm not a
fan of these live action Disney movies.

629
00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:39.119
I just they don't work for me. I get they're making a bunch of

630
00:45:39.159 --> 00:45:43.519
money, but I'm with you,
and I mean, it was the same

631
00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:46.360
with Lion King. It's John Favarah, He's awesome. It's yeah, it

632
00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:50.519
just felt pointless. So yeah,
I'm with you. It was You can

633
00:45:50.559 --> 00:45:52.519
miss that one unless you're a giant
Disney nerd. I did watch it.

634
00:45:53.039 --> 00:45:57.760
I don't have any intention to watch
it again. I just couldn't get past

635
00:45:57.800 --> 00:46:00.920
will Smith Jennie like, I'm sorry, Robert. Robin Williams is the Genie,

636
00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:04.880
and I get that life goes on. We gotta we gotta make movies,

637
00:46:04.880 --> 00:46:08.000
but some can't do it. Sometimes. It's sometimes that character just becomes

638
00:46:08.039 --> 00:46:12.320
too much. You know. It's
like, uh, you know, people

639
00:46:12.400 --> 00:46:15.719
have always thrown around ideas of recasting
and Nanna Jones you can't. That's that's

640
00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:22.360
the same with Robin Williams and the
Genie. I agree, let's talk about

641
00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:25.840
though he did The Gentleman. Though, yeah, I say, let's talk

642
00:46:25.840 --> 00:46:31.880
about the Gentleman. Yeah, this
one this is you know, whether you

643
00:46:32.280 --> 00:46:37.559
liked or loathed Aladdin, guy Richie
came back and said, hold on,

644
00:46:37.000 --> 00:46:42.960
I got something for you. I'm
still Yeah, I'm still Guy Richie.

645
00:46:43.639 --> 00:46:45.559
You know I brought I brought a
lot of my friends. Hannold's back,

646
00:46:46.400 --> 00:46:52.199
you know, he he brings him
out. Matthew McConaughey. I love this

647
00:46:52.280 --> 00:46:54.199
movie. I think this it's so
good. Yeah, that one. This

648
00:46:54.239 --> 00:46:59.639
one feels like lock Stock and Snatch
again, like he's bringing that energy back.

649
00:47:00.760 --> 00:47:04.239
I'm surprised it took him this long
to work with Colin Ferrell. Yeah,

650
00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:07.960
they just it feels so right,
like that the right energy, the

651
00:47:07.079 --> 00:47:14.400
cool but still really highly talented and
badass but fun like Yeah, and this

652
00:47:14.679 --> 00:47:17.920
I do. I'm skipping the head. But Netflix just released Guy Ritchie did

653
00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:23.239
a Netflix series. He's doing a
Netflix series for the Gentleman. I have

654
00:47:23.280 --> 00:47:27.039
not watched it yet. It's it's
on my queue. You know how hard

655
00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:29.280
it is to keep up with with
content now, but it's it's high on

656
00:47:29.280 --> 00:47:31.519
my list for sure. Yeah,
it's it's it's on my list. I

657
00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:35.280
you know, I currently you know, Netflix pissed me off, so I

658
00:47:35.320 --> 00:47:37.159
got rid of it for a little
while. I'm sure when I bran it

659
00:47:37.199 --> 00:47:39.199
back, I'll be like, Okay, the first thing I'll do I'll watch

660
00:47:39.280 --> 00:47:43.920
is the Gentleman TV series that that
that just came out this year. But

661
00:47:44.480 --> 00:47:49.159
good so I've heard. I've heard
nothing but good things. Uh. Another

662
00:47:49.159 --> 00:47:52.400
one. I missed this in the
theater and it's in my queue right now.

663
00:47:52.519 --> 00:47:57.840
The Covenant with Jake Gillenhall he did
last year. Yeah, yeah,

664
00:47:57.960 --> 00:48:00.679
I I think I got a bad
tastement. Before I realized it was Guy

665
00:48:00.719 --> 00:48:02.519
Richie, I was like, oh, it's just a war movie. It's

666
00:48:02.599 --> 00:48:07.920
Jake Jones jumps at Jake Johnson,
It's, you know, a war movie

667
00:48:07.920 --> 00:48:12.440
with Jake gill at Hall. I
wasn't that on board until I heard it

668
00:48:12.440 --> 00:48:14.559
was Guy Richie. I was like, okay, maybe I'll give us a

669
00:48:14.559 --> 00:48:16.559
shot. Then I remember watching it
is the reason I'm going to give it

670
00:48:16.559 --> 00:48:21.119
a shot. Yeah, I remember. I remember watching the trailer and just

671
00:48:21.159 --> 00:48:23.079
feeling like, you know what,
I I liked it the first time when

672
00:48:23.199 --> 00:48:29.000
Mark Wahlberg did it and Loan Survivor. But then but then it says Guy.

673
00:48:29.199 --> 00:48:30.199
Then you see Guy Richie's name,
and you're like, well, hold

674
00:48:30.239 --> 00:48:34.079
on all right now, I'm back
in now now I want to watch it

675
00:48:34.119 --> 00:48:37.920
again. Yeah, because it could
be like a three King scenario. I

676
00:48:37.920 --> 00:48:39.119
remember the first time I saw the
trailer for Three Kings, I was like,

677
00:48:39.119 --> 00:48:43.320
oh, it's just boring war movie
and I want but it's so clever

678
00:48:43.360 --> 00:48:46.079
and unique and funny, you know. Yeah, yeah, it's it's it's

679
00:48:46.119 --> 00:48:50.639
in my cue. Uh. Definitely
looking forward to to watching that when when

680
00:48:50.639 --> 00:48:52.320
I got some free time. But
uh, i'll tell you what the next

681
00:48:52.360 --> 00:48:55.559
the next Guy Richie movie I'm watching, I'll be in the theater watching,

682
00:48:55.639 --> 00:49:00.199
uh, the Ministry of Ungentleman Warfare, because that's that's out, Like we

683
00:49:00.239 --> 00:49:02.960
said, it came out just a
few days ago. I feel like this

684
00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:06.079
is gonna be one of those,
you know, just based on it's the

685
00:49:06.159 --> 00:49:08.760
critics loving it, in the audience
that has seen it loving it. This

686
00:49:08.800 --> 00:49:12.639
is gonna be one of those like
a sleeper that's like, oh hey,

687
00:49:13.840 --> 00:49:16.039
you know Warfare. It's it's been
like six weeks and it's still out there

688
00:49:16.039 --> 00:49:20.960
and it's still like in the top
three. And now Alan Richardson is so

689
00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:23.159
hot right now, Like he's I
feel like he's everywhere. I'm seeing his

690
00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:27.880
face pop up on social media on
you know, all this stuff. He's

691
00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:30.400
got that Reacher heat. Yeah,
I feel like he's bringing that which is

692
00:49:30.480 --> 00:49:34.719
definitely helping get some buzz out there. But it's just it looks so cool.

693
00:49:35.320 --> 00:49:40.360
It does, and I just I
feel like if Alex Garlands Civil War

694
00:49:40.400 --> 00:49:45.079
had not just come out, we
went and saw a sneak preview, and

695
00:49:45.119 --> 00:49:47.719
I'm telling you right now, this
is probably gonna be one of the best

696
00:49:47.719 --> 00:49:52.719
movies you see this year, and
if A twenty four is smart, they

697
00:49:52.760 --> 00:49:57.440
will re release it like around November
December to get the Oscar talk going yep,

698
00:49:57.599 --> 00:50:02.760
because it is just a tour de
force film that will have you question

699
00:50:04.039 --> 00:50:08.559
things talking. Yeah, Darland is
amazing, so I'm not surprised. Yeah,

700
00:50:08.599 --> 00:50:12.400
I'm telling you this is I don't
want to spoil it. I'll just

701
00:50:12.400 --> 00:50:15.599
stop talking about it. But it's
it's a mussy, absolutely mussy. Uh.

702
00:50:15.639 --> 00:50:21.159
But let's talk about what what guy
Ritchie has coming up. He is

703
00:50:21.199 --> 00:50:29.199
staying busy, Andrew. I've got
four projects that he's attached to to direct.

704
00:50:29.840 --> 00:50:32.159
Let's le let's go through this lineup
because some of this sounds familiar,

705
00:50:32.199 --> 00:50:36.599
some of this sounds new and exciting, and some of it sounds like,

706
00:50:36.719 --> 00:50:42.039
hey, we just just don't do
it. But he's currently in post production

707
00:50:42.159 --> 00:50:46.119
on a film called In the Gray
tell me if you've heard this one before.

708
00:50:47.280 --> 00:50:53.519
Two extraction specialists played by Henry Cavell
and Jake Gillenhall try to help a

709
00:50:53.639 --> 00:50:59.519
female negotiator escape. He's kind of
like the first twenty minutes of The Man

710
00:50:59.519 --> 00:51:02.599
from Uncle. No, it's not
feeling it feels that way, but I'm

711
00:51:02.599 --> 00:51:06.639
sure it's gonna be something completely different. But uh, that one's coming out

712
00:51:06.639 --> 00:51:09.679
next year. Looks like it's uh, they've they're they're about done, they've

713
00:51:09.719 --> 00:51:14.679
locked the picture and there he's working
on editing. But that one sounds fantastic.

714
00:51:15.639 --> 00:51:20.599
Yeah, I mean a good cast
guy, ritchie, high stakes hijinks,

715
00:51:20.719 --> 00:51:22.800
like I'm on board. That's that's
all you really need. All right,

716
00:51:22.840 --> 00:51:27.719
let's the Let's talk about his other
one. He's currently in production on

717
00:51:27.800 --> 00:51:32.960
a film called Fountain of Youth.
Two a strange siblings, Nally Portman and

718
00:51:34.039 --> 00:51:38.880
John Krasinski set out to find the
legendary Fountain of Youth, using historical clues

719
00:51:38.920 --> 00:51:45.840
to aid their adventure. No national
bit of that got me. I I

720
00:51:45.920 --> 00:51:51.800
love national treasure vibes. Maybe yeah, you're but like, I don't know,

721
00:51:51.920 --> 00:51:55.480
something that just feels a little silly, a little bit right, Like

722
00:51:55.599 --> 00:52:00.559
maybe he does it though, you
know, he's maybe for the the King

723
00:52:00.639 --> 00:52:01.760
Arthur fans that he won over.
He's like, hey, hey, I'm

724
00:52:01.800 --> 00:52:07.719
still fantasy, Guy Ritchie, I
got something for you, you know.

725
00:52:07.800 --> 00:52:10.000
Yeah, I mean it's it.
I I generally like his stuff, even

726
00:52:10.039 --> 00:52:13.800
the bad stuff is all right,
So I may give it a shot.

727
00:52:13.840 --> 00:52:15.920
But that one doesn't grab me the
same way some of this other stuff does.

728
00:52:16.119 --> 00:52:20.480
We'll have to We'll wait for the
trailer on that one. Yeah,

729
00:52:20.800 --> 00:52:24.440
definitely is he's enjoying TV because he's
in pre production on another television show,

730
00:52:25.079 --> 00:52:30.119
a crime drama called The Donovans,
which is supposed to show two different families,

731
00:52:30.280 --> 00:52:35.760
like over the years. Not a
whole lot out there other than that,

732
00:52:35.880 --> 00:52:38.719
but uh, it could be good, right, Yeah, crime is

733
00:52:38.800 --> 00:52:44.119
I feel like Guy Ritchie's wheelhouse,
Like that's his sweet spot when it's you

734
00:52:44.159 --> 00:52:46.559
know that the CD under belly and
the way it all interacts with each other.

735
00:52:46.599 --> 00:52:49.800
I mean, that's what makes a
lot of his stuff work. So

736
00:52:50.119 --> 00:52:53.400
it does. I can see it. And Uh, lastly, and sadly,

737
00:52:53.480 --> 00:52:59.920
Andrew, he is in pre production
on Aladdin two. Uh, it's

738
00:53:01.320 --> 00:53:07.119
it's a it's a sequel. It's
a sequel. Uh that Richie says may

739
00:53:07.880 --> 00:53:12.960
use elements of the animated sequels Return
of Ja'afar and Aladdin and the King of

740
00:53:12.960 --> 00:53:16.320
Thieves. Fantastic, but it's mostly
but is mostly going to be its own

741
00:53:16.360 --> 00:53:22.400
thing. So that's that's so silly. It's circled back around to I kind

742
00:53:22.400 --> 00:53:27.400
of enjoy it again. That's terrible. I and I mean I like some

743
00:53:27.480 --> 00:53:32.239
Disney sequels, but not almost.
Never good. Almost They're never good outside

744
00:53:32.280 --> 00:53:36.440
of like some of the Pixar stuff. They're they're never well, let's be

745
00:53:36.480 --> 00:53:39.679
I will say, but hot take
here. Frozen two is better than Frozen

746
00:53:39.719 --> 00:53:43.199
one. I've been watching them a
lot because I have a two year old

747
00:53:43.199 --> 00:53:45.880
at home. Oh yeah, you're
yeah, you're you're you're a Disney dad.

748
00:53:45.880 --> 00:53:49.400
Now you're going to start watching all
those those films. Oh, I

749
00:53:49.719 --> 00:53:52.599
have been. It's it's been interesting. That's why. Like I said,

750
00:53:52.639 --> 00:53:55.000
I watched the I watched Aladdin.
It man, it's not it's not great.

751
00:53:55.559 --> 00:53:59.719
Yeah, well, I think I
think the I think The Man from

752
00:53:59.800 --> 00:54:04.920
Uncle is great. I rented it
on Prime. But you got a physical

753
00:54:04.920 --> 00:54:07.400
copy, don't you. Yeah,
I've just got the DVD. But I

754
00:54:07.480 --> 00:54:10.840
was actually looking while I was watching
this. Some of the special features and

755
00:54:10.840 --> 00:54:15.199
stuff. The Blue Rays got some
pretty cool stuff, including a bit about

756
00:54:15.199 --> 00:54:20.480
his motorcycle, which I know we
talked about earlier. So the original twenty

757
00:54:20.519 --> 00:54:22.119
fifteen DVD that I have doesn't have
a whole lot of great features, but

758
00:54:22.239 --> 00:54:25.320
you can find a pretty good copy
out there. If there is a four

759
00:54:25.400 --> 00:54:29.880
K Blu Ray out there, I'm
going to add to my collection this week

760
00:54:30.000 --> 00:54:35.960
probably. Well. Listen, Like
we talked about before, I think this

761
00:54:36.039 --> 00:54:39.960
is the best look at a guy
Ritchie directed James Bond film, and it's

762
00:54:39.960 --> 00:54:45.599
probably the closest we'll ever see Henry
Cavill play James Bond. So for those

763
00:54:45.639 --> 00:54:50.800
reasons alone, I strongly recommend this
film. Couldn't agree more. Yeah,

764
00:54:51.159 --> 00:54:53.800
well, listeners, what do you
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765
00:54:53.840 --> 00:54:58.239
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766
00:54:58.280 --> 00:55:01.679
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769
00:55:10.880 --> 00:55:16.639
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770
00:55:16.719 --> 00:55:20.840
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771
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772
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to Stun. Wayne, David and
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773
00:55:31.039 --> 00:55:37.199
Paramount Plus. Andrew, do you
ever watch a film you expect to love

774
00:55:37.039 --> 00:55:42.199
and ask yourself what the heck happened
when it turns out to be terrible?

775
00:55:44.199 --> 00:55:46.239
A few times? Yes, a
few times? Right? Well, our

776
00:55:46.280 --> 00:55:51.880
friends Jason and Dee over on the
Shirley You Can't Be Serious Podcast have asked

777
00:55:51.880 --> 00:55:55.599
that question several times as well.
Last week I joined them to talk about

778
00:55:55.599 --> 00:56:01.960
what went wrong on Jawl's three D, and this week they had me back

779
00:56:02.000 --> 00:56:07.800
to talk about what went wrong on
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780
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head over to the Sureley You Can't
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781
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MTV generation, for what I promise
is a fun bunch of episodes. Andrew,

782
00:56:19.159 --> 00:56:23.800
always always a blast having you show
up and talk talk movies. You're

783
00:56:23.840 --> 00:56:29.880
back again next week too, for
We're in your wheelhouse too, buddy.

784
00:56:30.760 --> 00:56:36.159
Oh yeah, twenty ten, the
year we make contact more great fake Russian

785
00:56:36.159 --> 00:56:39.079
accent. I'm looking forward to.
Yeah, John Lithgow Russian John Lithgow.

786
00:56:39.199 --> 00:56:43.599
Right, so good? I can't
wait for you to geek out and give

787
00:56:43.679 --> 00:56:47.039
us all the NASA lowdown on this
movie. I'm so excited for it.

788
00:56:47.280 --> 00:56:52.199
I truly am man, So I'm
definitely looking forward to that. And to

789
00:56:52.280 --> 00:56:57.159
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