Last Looks: War of the Worlds

Summary

How Did This Get Made? – "Last Looks: War of the Worlds" (Sep 12, 2025)

Hosts: Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, Jason Mantzoukas

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Episode Overview

This episode of How Did This Get Made?’s "Last Looks" revisits the recent "War of the Worlds" discussion. The hosts dive into listener corrections and omissions, share bonus insights, and engage in their signature banter. Listeners call in with intriguing fact-checks and fun anecdotes, clarifying everything from first aid accuracy to the pronunciation of “Data,” and dissecting the movie’s many plot holes. Afterwards, Jason and Paul catch up and offer a whirlwind of TV/movie recommendations, touching on Taskmaster, new British comedies, hidden streaming gems, and more.

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Table of Contents

1. Cold Open & Tech Trouble Skit (01:10–03:48)
2. Listener Corrections & Omissions (07:22–23:29)
3. Bonus Deleted Scene: June Relates to Ice Cube (23:29–24:30)
4. Catch-Up: TV and Movie Recommendations (28:04–54:16)
5. Next Week's Movie Announcement (54:16–57:36)

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Cold Open & Tech Trouble Skit

(01:10–03:48)

• Skit: The episode opens with a recurring bit: Paul is ready to do the episode but discovers all "Last Looks" data has mysteriously vanished. Jason blames an "A.L.I.E.N. invasion"—aliens that eat podcast data.
  • "Aliens invading Earth to eat data? That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard." (Paul, 02:04)
  • Alexa (voice) miraculously restores everything: “Last Looks data recovered. Oh, I also destroyed all the aliens.” (03:22)
• Tone: Playful, tongue-in-cheek, setting up the episode’s irreverence.

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Listener Corrections & Omissions

(07:22–23:29)

Each segment draws from calls and Discord messages, responding with jokes and new information.

Facebook Privacy & Ice Cube’s Character

• Discord user Soap Trail flags that Ice Cube’s hacker character would definitely have snooped on his daughter’s baby-daddy via Facebook.
  • Paul counters that maybe Ice Cube lost touch with Facebook after his wife died.
  • "It feels to me more like Ice Cube hasn’t checked Facebook in a long time after his wife died." (Paul, 08:15)

Plane Chyrons & Newsroom Chaos

• Dove points out the movie’s on-screen caption: “Passenger jets are falling to their death.” Paul riffs on the panic of newsroom graphics creation and reminisces about TV projects that never got made.

Amazon Delivery Truck Surveillance

• Johnny Unusual notes the improbable number of cameras (six!) in Amazon trucks.
  • Producer Scott (posthumously): Vice reports Amazon does use AI-cameras monitoring speed, location, and more.
  • "Wow, that's scary to me. But I'll tell you one thing, my Amazon packages come on time." (Paul, 09:36)

First Aid Realism: Tourniquets and Foreign Objects

• Riley from New York, volunteer EMT, corrects hosts about tourniquets:
  • Tourniquets don't guarantee limb loss—if treated within 6 hours most retain function.
  • Reinforces: Never pull out an embedded object.
  • "Applying a tourniquet does not mean that you're going to lose that limb. The science has changed..." (Riley, 10:29)
  • Paul is amazed and grateful: "Medicine, science, all working together to make us live longer." (Paul, 11:34)

Pronunciation of "Data" vs. "Data"

• Simon from the UK educates: “Data” became the norm thanks to Patrick Stewart on Star Trek: TNG, as per Gene Roddenberry’s phonetic rule.
  • "Gene Roddenberry had a rule that the first person to say the name... that becomes the way that you say it." (Simon, 12:36 & Paul, 13:22)

Ice Cube's Parenting and Email

• Amy from Baltimore: Notes the odd lack of apparent affection for Ice's son, who only gets attention late in the movie.
  • "He seemed to hate his son so much that he didn’t even add his name to that email until... after he found out his son was The Disruptor. I thought it was wild." (Amy, 14:24)
  • Paul riffs: "He didn’t even seem that upset when his son almost got killed. This guy is bad news." (Paul, 15:40)

Government Secrecy and Social Media

• David: "No way someone with defense clearance would have Facebook or social media—massive government fail."
  • Paul: "My son’s computer from school has more restrictions than Ice Cube’s does now." (17:10)

The Pointlessness of Data-Eating Aliens

• John from Minnesota: “Wouldn't aliens just write programs to generate 'dummy data' if they're so advanced?” His experience as a developer pokes a hole in the very premise.
  • Paul: "With any amount of research, this movie falls apart." (18:48)

Ludacris Lyric Reference

• Caroline from Texas: Points out an Ice Cube “Move, bitch, get out the way” line, a Ludacris reference.
  • Paul: "The way he said it just didn’t feel like an homage… it sounded more aggressive and misogynistic." (19:29)

Miscellaneous Discord Corrections

• Sean McBee: "Why would Goliath suddenly 'ring the dinner bell' for aliens if the whole internet already exists?"
• The Mighty Beard: Amazon drivers were heroes during COVID, thus their central role in the movie—a director/producer’s decision, not product placement.
• Permutator: Suggests biblical symbolism between "David," "Faith," and the "Goliath" AI—Paul awards them “winner” of the week. "Congratulations, permutator. You've done more thinking than the writer of this film." (21:59)

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Bonus Deleted Scene: June Relates to Ice Cube

(23:29–24:30)

A candid moment where June discusses feeling stressed seeing disorganized computer screens—mirroring Ice Cube's character. Jason and Paul riff on the anxieties of desktop clutter, with June defending the "working parent" digital chaos.

• "Occasionally I will see June’s computer screen and it gives me an anxiety attack because there’s too many files on that desktop." (Paul, 23:48)
• "I wasn’t comforted by it, but I understood... he’s got a lot going on, you know, and he’s a working dad." (June, 24:09)

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Catch-Up: TV and Movie Recommendations

(28:04–54:16)

Paul and Jason’s beloved pop culture catch-up—rapid-fire but detailed and enthusiastic.

Jason Recounts Taskmaster Fame

(28:44–29:09)

• Jason shares joy at his recent Taskmaster UK stint: "Just being out in the streets, people are talking to me about Taskmaster, which is delightful." (29:00)

Jason & Paul’s Top Recommendations & Viewing Habits

TV Highlights

• Andor (Disney+): Both call it possibly the best show of the year.
  • Jason: "Absolutely must-see TV... just an incredible season of television." (29:39)
• Dark Winds (AMC+): Jason raves about the Zahn McClarnon drama as the best current procedural.
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Paul’s family rewatch and ongoing praise.
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+): Beloved return of the franchise.
• Ballard (Amazon Prime): Bosch spinoff; both hosts want cameos.
  • Jason: "It's better than Bosch: Legacy; it's better than late-season Bosch. Maggie Q is fantastic." (33:16)
• Naked Gun (theatrical re-release) – Paul: “A movie to see in a theater; bring friends.”
• British TV Panel Shows & Comedies:
  • Last One Laughing (UK) — Jason: "Just them fucking with each other in a room where you can't laugh."
  • Would I Lie To You, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and more — many can be found on YouTube or BritBox.
  • Ludwig (BritBox): David Mitchell’s procedural.
• The Comeback (HBO): Lisa Kudrow classic; both rewatching and raving about its satire.
• Medical Drama 'The Pit': Both admit to being too anxious to handle the grotesque content.

Animation & Other:

• Digman! (Comedy Central): Andy Samberg/Nick Kroll animated comedy — needs more attention.
  • Jason: "One of the funniest pound for pound joke machine shows that’s on television." (47:23)
• South Park, King of the Hill (new): Paul’s animated highlights.
• Marvel Cinematic Universe: Paul introduces his son via Guardians and Spider-Man instead of recommended order.
  • Jason: "They don’t have to suffer through bad origin story movies." (50:04)

Films:

• Weapons (Zach Cregger): June stars, Paul touts it as “Paul Thomas Anderson meets John Carpenter.”
• Nolan’s Odyssey (rumored production): Paul shares a Hollywood gossip nugget about Christopher Nolan being furious over harmless set photos of the boat.
• Alone (Season 12, History): Jason recommends “Alone: Africa.”
• Sherwood (British crime drama): Jason: "One of the best shows I've seen in a long time."
• Wolf Hall (BBC): Jason touts Mark Rylance’s performance, recommends PBS app.
• Mobland (Paramount): British gangster series.

Notables & Shout Outs

• Predator: Killer of Killers (animated): Both agreed—"Incredible, absolute blast."
• Amy Sherman-Palladino’s Etoile (ballet drama): Already canceled, but Jason enjoyed the “insane” run.
• South Park and King of the Hill new seasons.

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Next Week’s Movie Announcement: "Jack’s Back"

(54:16–END)

• Film: Jack’s Back (1988), starring James Spader & Robert Picardo.
  • Paul: "A movie where a serial killer is in Los Angeles celebrating Jack the Ripper’s hundredth birthday by committing similar murders. But here’s the twist, people—it has nothing to do with that." (54:38)
  • Paul quotes Roger Ebert: "What makes Jack's Back worth seeing is the work of Spader."
• Availability: Stream it on Hoopla, Prime Video, Tubi, Roku Channel, and more. Paul shouts out public library services like Kanopy and Libby for free digital media.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "What better place to hunt for beloved data than 15 years worth of podcast assets in the How Did This Get Made Dropbox folder?" (Jason, 02:09)
• "Medicine, science, all working together to make us live longer." (Paul, 11:34)
• "Congratulations, per mutator. You've done more thinking than the writer of this film." (Paul, 21:59)
• "With any amount of research, this movie falls apart." (Paul, 18:48)
• "There's so many things, so I get it. Amazon workers are heroes. You heard it here first." (Paul, 20:38)
• "It feels to me more like Ice Cube hasn’t checked Facebook in a long time after his wife died." (Paul, 08:15)
• "Just being out in the streets, people are talking to me about Taskmaster, which is delightful." (Jason, 29:00)
• "If you’re listening to this, go and find it. Find a way to watch Digman. Tell people about Digman. I think it’s one of the funniest pound for pound joke machine shows that’s on television." (Jason, 47:13)

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Final Thoughts & Takeaways

• Tone: Affectionate chaos, full of tangents and listener engagement.
• Major Listener Fixations: Plot holes, hacking realism, parenting inconsistencies, and tech jokes.
• TV & Movie Section: Exceptionally dense with recommendations—viewers won’t want for suggestions, especially in international and animated comedy.
• Meta-Humor: Several jokes at the expense of their own show (“producer Scott is dead,” “winner gets nothing”) and affection for avid callers.
• Next Up: James Spader in a Ripper-themed thriller.

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Essential Segments & Timestamps

• Listener Tourniquet Correction: 10:03–11:21
• Data Pronunciation Story: 12:15–13:22
• Parenting Dynamics Call: 14:13–15:40
• Amazon Heroics Discussion: 20:07–20:38
• Paul & Jason’s TV Catch-up: 28:04–54:16
• Next Week’s Movie Setup: 54:16–end

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For more, join the Discord or call 619-PAUL-ASK to be featured! Next up: Jack’s Back—watch along and get your corrections, omissions, and alt-taglines ready.

Transcript

[Paul Scheer]

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[Jason Mantzoukas]

Get a Big Mac Extra Value Meal for $8. That means two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun, and medium fries.

[Paul Scheer]

And a drink. We may need to change that jingle. Prices and participation may vary. Okay, let's see here. Time to record today's Last Looks episode. All right. On War of the Worlds. Okay, yeah, let's see here. It's gonna open up my Dropbox folder, download my script, voicemail messages, the theme songs. Wait, what the hell? Everything's gone. The corrections, the omissions, all the listener submitted theme songs. All of it's been erased. Oh, man. If producer Scott accidentally deleted the Dropbox again, I am gonna fire his hairy little ass. Scott, what's going on?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Paul, thank God.

[Paul Scheer]

Where did all the Last Looks data go? I don't know.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

There's a freaking A.L.I.E.

[Paul Scheer]

Invasion.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I think they ate all our data.

[Paul Scheer]

Aliens invading Earth to eat data? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I know it's stupid, Paul, but think about it. What better place to hunt for beloved data than 15 years worth of podcast assets in the how did this get made Dropbox folder?

[Paul Scheer]

I don't care, Scott. Just get me the Last Looks data now.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

The aliens are eating her, and then they're going to eat me. Oh, my God.

[Paul Scheer]

Scott, move.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Scott, get out of there.

[Paul Scheer]

Run. Run. Scott, get out of there. I'm dead. Oh, that didn't look good. Well, I mean, I really never like Scott. I mean, everyone knows producer Molly is like the real backbone of the show anyway, so. Only trouble is, without all The Last Looks data. How am I supposed to respond to the listener corrections and omissions on War of the Worlds, a movie that discord user Vinod S thinks should have had the tagline War the worlds straight outta computers. Vinod. That's good. And how am I supposed to play my pre recorded just chat with Jason where we talk about all the TV and movies that we're currently obsessed with? And how am I supposed to end the episode by announcing next week's new movie? If only I could simply fix everything by saying, hey, Amazon, Alexa, recover all of the last looks data. Last Looks data recovered. Oh, I also destroyed all the aliens.

[Caller/Listener]

Hooray, Amazon.

[Paul Scheer]

Whoa. Thanks, Alexa. I guess I can start doing the episode again. Alexa, play opening theme to how did this Get Made?

[Caller/Listener]

Last looks playing the how did this Get Made Opening theme song.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Now.

[Paul Scheer]

From the California accent of Jason Statham to the giant jodor, we proudly present to you a universe containing five stars. Proprietors of trash is what we are. How did this get made? Got a law cliched. How did this get made? Who the hell got paid? Surely not Chasing Juniper. We're the ones that have to watch you. They've got to watch them on a bus or a train or the middle seat of an airplane where people think that they are going insane. Oh, yes, thank you, Tom McWaters for that opening theme song and rip to our producer Scott. But I'm glad the show will go on and it's all due to Alexa. You know, for a long time I thought War of the Worlds didn't make any sense, but now that I've lived through it, it makes every bit of sense. Now remember, if you have an alt movie tagline like Vinod S did, submit it to us on our Discord at Discord GG hdtgm. And if you have a Last Looks episode theme song, go to HDTGM and click Submit a song. It's super easy. Now remember, keep these songs short. 15 to 20 seconds is best. Before we dive into corrections and omissions. Just a heads up, how did this Get Made? Is returning to Largo in Los angeles on the 22nd and 23rd. There are still a few tickets available, but get them fast because they sell out quickly. Dinosaur Improv will also be at Largo on the 18th with Jack McBrayer. That's right, Danielle Schneider from Bitch Sesh, Corrine Wells and Rob Riggle. It's going to be a fun one, so get your tickets la. I also wanted to shout out an awesome new book called Podcast Pantheon by culture critic Sean Mallon. It's a comprehensive canon of podcast history told through the perspective of 101 different shows. And there's an entire chapter in the book covering how did this Get Made, which I am honored to be a part of. The book comes out on September 16, and we will drop a link in the episode description if you are interested in checking it out. I like Sean a lot. I think this book is going to be great for all you podcast nerds. I will say slightly offended that how did this Get Made did not make the top 100 podcasts that kind of covered the scope of podcasting. We've been around for 15 years. There's another list we weren't on. I was a little bummed, but lists aren't everything. You're everything. People who listen to to the show make the show. And you know what? I'm just gonna focus on that. I don't need those damn accolades. Yeah, sure, I was bummed about it, but I don't need them. And you know what? I'm not gonna stop it from putting on a great show. So let's get into it. Last week we talked about War of the Worlds. Well, we had questions and we might have even missed a few things. Here's your chance to set us straight. Fact check us, if you will. It is now time for corrections and omissions.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Got an error.

[Paul Scheer]

Don't you worry about a thing. We're here to correct correction and omissions. We're on the case.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Take it away.

[Paul Scheer]

Thank you, Carlo. Teofilo. I hope I'm pronouncing it right for that theme song. Let's go to the discord. Soap trail writes, are we to believe that Ice Cube, a hacker who regularly checks his daughter's fridge cam, I should add, because he has no boundaries of his kids privacy, would have not accepted a Facebook friend request from his daughter's baby daddy? I think you're missing for several years. He would have accepted it instantly to snoop on this guy from day one. Soap trail, you are right. You left out a couple of key words. But yes, it feels to me more like Ice Cube hasn't checked Facebook in a long time after his wife died. That. That to me is where I feel like, look, I want to agree with you, but I also want to pay homage to the great writing of War of the Worlds. Dove writes the Chiron on the TV over the footage of a plane crashing, said passenger jets are falling to their death. I'm pretty sure that planes aren't alive. Yeah, Dove, you're right. But you know what? When the aliens are attacking, that person has to come up with those graphics. They're going too quick. Too much news happening. By the way. I would love to. That should be a show, right? People who just have to put up news chyrons. I mean, I guess that's not a show. I had a great show with Adam McKay. Oh, it was so good. Andrew Guest, one of the greats. He had a good show and then Pandemic killed it. Anyway, it was about the cable news. Anyway, Johnny Unusual writes, there are six camera angles in the Amazon delivery truck. Is that the case with actual Amazon trucks? I mean, it wouldn't surprise me, but that is terrible. Scott, our producer, who is deceased, did say, although six cameras seems excessive, according to Vice, Amazon does use AI enabled cameras to monitor drivers speed, location and actions on the road.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Wow.

[Paul Scheer]

Wow, that's scary to me. But I'll tell you one thing, my Amazon packages come on time. Although occasionally I'll get something from ups like, oh, we couldn't make it out today, or there's some sort of obstruction. It just seems like they didn't get to it, but they make it like it's your fault. And then when you kind of follow up on it, it was their fault. Anyway, let's go to the phones. Riley from New York, what do you say?

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, Paul, I just finished listening to the War of the Worlds episode and I wanted to comment as a volunteer EMT on your discussion about first aid. First of all, Jason was completely right that if you have a foreign body embedded in you like a shard of something, you do not want to take it out. That thing is probably keeping pressure in your blood and taking it out will release that pressure and also maybe rupture an artery. But however, your discussion about tourniquets wasn't exactly right. So applying a tourniquet does not mean that you're going to lose that limb. The science has changed and there's been a lot of progress made in after care of applying tourniquets. And the general consensus is if you apply a tourniquet and then seek hospital care within six hours, there won't be any lasting damage. After six hours, there's the potential for nerve damage and necrosis and maybe you'll lose a limb, but it's not guaranteed. But for in the case of this movie, if the character had gone to the hospital within six hours of the tourniquet, then they would not have lost that limb. Hope that's interesting to you. All right, bye, Riley.

[Paul Scheer]

Thank you for this. Thank you for your service, but also for opening my mind about a tourniquet. I, first of all, didn't even know that that was a possibility. A tourniquet meant you were going to lose a limb. So when Jason said that, I took it at face value. And now you have disputed it. And I appreciate it. Oh, my gosh. And look at that. Medicine, science, all working together to make us live longer. But great to know that if you apply a tourniquet, someone's not gonna be like, you're making me lose a limb. So I feel like, you know, because I imagine when you're tying it off, if you were to have that in your head, you're like, wait, wait, can I just see a doctor before you just do this action? This is probably because Jason's watching that show. It's like a battlefield show that he likes to watch. And I'm sure he's probably equating the two things. Thank you, Riley from New York. Simon, what do we got?

[Caller/Listener]

Hi, Paul. I wanted to talk about something you touched on in the War of the Worlds episode. The multiple ways that people were saying Data or Data. And as Gene says, there's only one way of saying it right, which is data. I thought you might find it interesting to give a little background of how that became the standard pronunciation, as it could be due to one of my British countrymen. The story that Brent Spiner tells, who of course plays Commander Data in Star Trek, is that there was at the first ever table read for the first ever episode of Star the Next Generation, Patrick Stewart announced something like, Mr. Data, please scan that waltz signature. Everyone said assumed this new character was pronounced Data. But Gene Roddenberry had a rule that the first person to say the name of a character or an alien or whatever made up word they needed in that show, that becomes the way that you say it. So Mr. Data became set in stone. And because everyone pronounced Data that way, whereas they used to say Data, but they were saying Data on a primetime TV show, that became the standard way to say it in general. Anyway, love the show. Saw you in London last year and it was wild. And I hope you come back here soon. Thanks very much. Bye.

[Paul Scheer]

Oh, Simon. I love anyone who comes on with a Star Trek anecdote, and that is a great one. I actually always like that. Data. Or. Yeah, Lt. Data. Data. Data. I felt like it was a more formal name because why would you name a robot Data? You know, that that would be a weird Data. Lieutenant Data. Weird. It's weird. Data was a Much more sophisticated way of kind of handling it. It's a funny play on words, in my opinion. So hats off to Patrick for creating the confusion, but also for creating a longer lasting legacy of a great character by not just naming him Data. All right, thank you, Simon, by the way, for all the shout outs. Amy from Baltimore.

[Caller/Listener]

Hi, Paul, longtime listener and third time caller calling about War of the World. It's kind of a small thing, but you guys touched on the difference in the relationship between Ice and his daughter and Ice and his son, and I also thought that was crazy. I was also flabbergasted by the fact that he seemed to hate his son so much that he didn't even add his name to that email until, like, almost the end of the movie. Well, after he found out that his son was the disruptor. So I'm not really sure what that was about. Was that a choice to show that he had grown? I don't know. I thought it was wild. And then, super quick side notes. I started watching Taskmaster for the very first time so that I could catch Jason in series 19, and I am hooked. I'm loving it. It's so fun. Jason is hilarious. It's great. And I went to the movie theater to see Weapons upon your recommendation, which is not a movie I would normally see in the theater, and I loved it. And June was incredible. And not to leave you out, Paul, we saw Dinosaur when you guys came to D.C. and it was great. We had an amazing time. It was so much fun. We missed Jason, of course, but you guys were all incredible. So I'm actually going to see some improv back in D.C. tonight. So thank you for continuing to broaden my horizons, both in the worst ways and the best ways. And can't wait till you guys come to the D.C. area again. Better yet, come to Baltimore, huh? All right, take care. Bye.

[Paul Scheer]

Amy from Baltimore. Great catch there. You know, I didn't even put that together, but I'm thinking about it now, and it's all kind of circling in my head and I'm realizing, you know what? He didn't even seem that upset when his son almost got killed. This guy is. Is bad news. Maybe he thinks, oh, maybe my son killed my wife, if that. I mean, I want to get into that kind of drama of Ice Cube's world. By the way, thank you for coming out. Thank you for supporting. That DC show was a weird one. I remember that in our run of shows, we're going to be back in D.C. in November. Yeah, it's not been Announced yet, but we will bring you a much more controlled show. We got mics now. We got a lot of things under control. That one, that story, the woman in the audience kept on taking us on these detours. It was horrific for us, but we figured it out. All right, people, let's go next to David.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, Paul, you talk about Ice Cube being on Facebook all the time. And my friend works for a defense contract company that makes one small component of some sort of military technology. And he's not allowed to have any social media accounts at all. So the fact that IceCube has Facebook and is going on some of these sites is apparently a big no no in defense and government circles. Thank you. Have a great day.

[Paul Scheer]

Yes, exactly. David. My son's computer from school has more restrictions than Ice Cubes does now. You could say, well, he's a hacker. You hacked into it. No, no, no. Because they would keep that shit at the door. It's like the Old West. You put your guns in the front when you go in to have a drink. How do I know? Time travel. Anyway. Yes, this movie falls apart with any hard research as John from Minnesota brings forth.

[Caller/Listener]

Hey, Paul. I've been listening since the first episode is my first time calling. Love you guys. Call. About the War of the Worlds episode. I am confused about the data or data that these aliens are consuming. I assume it's, let's call it records in a database. I'm system developer. I've built many systems that contain databases, large data center, big data, things like that. Often what we will do is we will create programs that generate dummy data to simulate user data. So my question is, does the data need to be user generated? It's extremely confusing to me. Why an interplanetary species that figured out how to travel between planets to consume other species data can't write a very simple program to generate enough data or food for themselves to never have to worry about this again. Yeah, that's my question. I have more questions, but I'm not sure the writers were too concerned about these types of problems. Love you guys. Paul, love the Dark Web. Jason, your season of Taskmaster was absolutely the best. Dune Weapons. Loved it. Excited to see you guys and more. That's it. Love you guys. Bye.

[Paul Scheer]

Exactly, John. Exactly. And you know what? With any amount of research, this movie falls apart. Yes, John, and I like that you even know how to generate dummy data. I didn't even know that was a thing you can generate dummy data, but yes. And Caroline from Texas, what do we got?

[Caller/Listener]

Hi, Paul. I just was Wondering if you guys had noticed his shout out to ludicrous when he says, move, bitch, get out the way when he's get going around the. The snake things that go into the data center. I just thought that was kind of funny. Thanks. Bye.

[Paul Scheer]

You know what? I did. But the way that he said it was. It wasn't in the spirit of Luda, and it sounded more aggressive and misogynistic in a weird way, like it didn't come across as planned. I think you're right. It was there. I felt it. But it didn't feel like an homage as much as he's this angry. Thank you, everybody, for all the support. So much love coming at us. Thank you for listening to the show. Thank you for calling in multiple times. Thank you for. For calling in first times. We love it. We love y'. All. And yeah, and Taskmaster and weapons is great. It's so, so good. All right, let's go back to the discord to Sean McBee. The government has known since 1948 that these things feed on data, yet just decided to roll the dice with the creation, rollout, and exponential growth of the Internet. No matter how invasive Goliath is, it's a drop in the bucket compared to the data footprint of the entire Internet. The idea that Goliath is what rang the dinner bell is absurd, Sean. Yeah, it is. I have nothing to add, but, yes, well researched, well thought out, easy point. The mighty Beard writes. I think there was an interview with the director or producer where they said that the reason they chose Mark to be an Amazon driver is because during COVID Amazon drivers were out there delivering all of our stuff, and they were heroes. And this is why Amazon had such a big role in the movie versus Amazon, forcing them to put a bunch of product placement in the movie. And you know what? I read that too, Mighty Beard. And I actually don't disagree with this. This is a movie made in Covid. The people that were out there on the trucks delivering the things, whether it was door dash. So I appreciate that. And I don't understand. I mean, I think when Amazon bought it, it feels a little bit weighted, frankly. I. Yeah, look, I can also. I could understand this guy being like, Amazon's saving my ass. By the way, Amazon saved my ass during COVID It saved my ass many times as a new parent, you know, moving. There's so many things. So I get it. Amazon workers are heroes. You heard it here first. By the way, we have created a shirt for this show. Yes, you asked for it. We made it. Check it out. Right now at Teepublic, it is the Grandpa Shark shop shirt. So get that Grandpa shark. It's a little Ice Cube face on a shark. It's pretty great Permutator. I don't think you mentioned a possible connection between his kids names and the Goliath program. Ice Cube was afraid of losing faith, but then regained it by becoming David's sling to take down Goliath. You know what? Congratulations, per mutator. You've done more thinking than the writer of this film. And no offense to the writer of this film. And that's why you are the winner of this week's corrections and omissions. And you get this song by Chris Finky. Hit it.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You.

[Paul Scheer]

You win. You win nothing.

[Caller/Listener]

You.

[Paul Scheer]

You win. You win nothing. Except for this song. Paul asked. Looks all right. If you want to chime in with your own thoughts about the latest episode, hit up our discord or leave us a message by calling 619p a u l a s k. That's 619paul ask. Call it anytime. It's a Google voicemail. So wherever you are, whenever you want to call it, you leave a message, we'll get it and we'll play it on the show anyway. Coming up after the break, Jason and I will catch up about all the TV and movies that we are currently loving. But first, let's close out our War the Worlds episode by listening to this bonus deleted scene where we learn how June can actually relate to Ice Cube. Here, take a listen.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

How much the movie exists on a cluttered computer screen is a scathing indictment of how we live and also quite stressful. Like how many open windows he had active, how much clicking around he. I did not like it because of how much like the world it looked.

[Paul Scheer]

I. I mean, occasionally I will see June's computer screen and it gives me an anxiety attack because there's too many files on that desktop. There's too many things open. And that's a world in which I like. I like to keep a nice and tidy workspace. I gotta know what's up. I can't. I can't take it. I can't do it. Now, June, were you comforted by his work screen? I wasn't comforted by it, but I understood.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Like, did you feel validated? Well, I just was like, he's got a lot going on, you know, and he's a working dad.

[Paul Scheer]

A lot of it is his own stuff.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Like a lot of it's saying though.

[Caller/Listener]

And a lot of.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

A lot of my workspaces is my.

[Paul Scheer]

Own stuff, like my personal stuff too.

[Caller/Listener]

So it's the struggles of a working parent.

[Paul Scheer]

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[Jason Mantzoukas]

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[Paul Scheer]

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[Jason Mantzoukas]

And it's a fact that we can all call in.

[Paul Scheer]

They're watching their movies. They're watching Jason. It's just you and me back, baby.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, it feels good to be back.

[Paul Scheer]

Ah. We are going to do a straight up recommendation segment, but I know a lot of people have been asking questions about Taskmaster and we will. We will do a special last looks chat about Taskmaster now that it's completed. The season is over. You have invaded the uk.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

We did it. I've got a foothold over there.

[Paul Scheer]

You're finally in. You got in. It was.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

It was. I'm. I will say it's been incredible. Finally getting to see these episodes air right has been awesome. And it. I really, I'm loving that people are loving it. Just being out in the streets. People are talking to me about Taskmaster, which is delightful.

[Paul Scheer]

Got it.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So great. So great.

[Paul Scheer]

All right, well, let's. Let's get into what you have been watching and doing, because I know you've had some time to. To watch, to read, to get into stuff. So where are we at?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, man, I've been pretty prolific. I've watched quite a bit and, and listened to a lot. I've got a big list, so. And, and also part of it is my list includes stuff that, like, we haven't done one of these in a while. So. Yeah, you know, we never talked about andor which. Yeah, I can't believe we didn't do that.

[Paul Scheer]

Oh my God.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Absolutely. Must, must see tv. Like maybe the best show of the year. One of my favorites, I'm willing to say at this point. Just an incredible season of television. I'm gonna shout out. I don't even know where to start. I mean, I think I talked about it in the past, but I'm gonna keep talking about it. I think maybe the best show on television right now, the best continuing show on television is Dark Winds. Yes, the. The Zahn McClarnon, George R.R. martin, Robert Redford produced adaptation of the I think Tony Hillerman novels, which are just banger police procedurals that take place on a. On a reservation. It is tribal police. Every season are these big beautiful sprawling cases. The characters are incredible, the stories are fantastic. But there's nobody better right now than Zahn McClarnon in this show, you know, and it is so incredible to watch Dark Winds. There's three seasons of it. It's fantastic.

[Paul Scheer]

I. I am, I'm right there with you. I have been, I've been watching. I told you. We've been watching a Brooklyn nine. Nine. That's what we have been doing as a family all summer. I love it. And watching that show in beginning to. We are in almost at season six so we've been really just chunking along. Oh, wow. But you know, we're going. And this has been a summertime show and it's. I gotta just say one of the best shows. I mean really, one of the best shows. It was so funny, so good. You're so good on it.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

A fantastic sitcom. Like one of a. That, you know, before I was able to be on it, I was a rabid fan of. I love that show.

[Paul Scheer]

They really, really, really nail it. And I was gonna tell you the other thing that I kind of missed my radar early on and I'm reading Tom King's Supergirl right now in the world of tomorrow. I did not read that book. And wow. It's great.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Wow, wow, wow.

[Paul Scheer]

Like, I am actively, whenever I have a chance running to continue reading that.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I love that book. I think that book is absolutely fantastic, you know, and that's like applicable to almost every Tom King.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah, we love that.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You know, like, like I think from, you know, from the beginning Sheriff of Baghdad, you know, to now like all of the books that he's been doing. The Rorschach book, the. The Mr. Miracle book, the and this book especially, I think is just phenomenal.

[Paul Scheer]

I really, I mean, there's certain ones that you miss. We were talking about the Helen of Windhorn too, which is another. Yes, great one. All right, so what else have you been watching? Because I want to give you some wide berth here.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, I'll shout out some returning stuff that I thought was great. This new season of Star Trek, Strange New worlds. I'm having a blast watching.

[Paul Scheer]

I'm so excited. I love that show and I feel like it's getting some of its. Just deserve at this point. Like, I feel like it's. It really is. Is kind of like. I feel like people are coming around to it in a great way.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, I love it. I'm having a blast with it, as I always do. It is a super fun, super silly at times show that I just really enjoy. And I think the dude that plays Spock I think is just fantastic.

[Paul Scheer]

So good.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Really great. I can't recommend enough. What will be one of my favorite shows at the end of the year is the Amazon prime show, Ballard, which is an adaptation of the Michael Connelly Ballard book. So it is a Bosch spinoff, technically. And don't you worry, Bosch is in the mix.

[Paul Scheer]

Bosch is in the mix.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

It's great. It's better than Bosch Legacy. It's better than. It's better than late season Bosch. I think Maggie Q is fantastic as Renee Ballard. I think having John Carol lynch in there is so smart and so great. He is such an incredible grounding element to the team. I think it's fantastic. I think the cases are great. She is a terrific lead and I love Ballard. I'm. I'm. This is my, my begging to please let me be on season two of Ballard.

[Paul Scheer]

I've been working on trying to get on Ballard at Amazon because we have a. I have a show over at Amazon. I'm like, get me. Let's get on this. Come on. I need to get in that Bosch universe, you know, it's such a good show. She's great. And I do hope that, you know, look, I had issues with Bosh Legacy. Slight, slight issues. But this is bringing me back to what I fell in love with. Original Fox for sure.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, it's great. It is unimpeachably, I think, a fantastic season of television. And it is, it's long too. It feels like a season.

[Paul Scheer]

Yes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

It's not six episodes. It's not eight episodes. It's longer. It luxuriates in it, which I had a blast with.

[Paul Scheer]

Now.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, go ahead.

[Paul Scheer]

Can I Just say, too. I know that I was. I just deferred the floor to you. But I wanna also say, like, if you've not gone out to the theater and seen Naked Gun, go do yourself a favor. I saw it for a second time last Wednesday. It was packed on a Wednesday night. It is a movie to see in a theater. Bring some friends. Have a. It's just very good. Very, very good. And worth. Worth going out and seeing. I just want to support our friends Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, who wrote.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That with Akiva Shaffer, who is a Lonely island director. Incredible. So funny. Great director. Yes. Great shout out. And. And also I have now gone back and rewatched the Naked Gun. The original Naked Gun movies.

[Paul Scheer]

Yes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Then a bunch of Police Squad, which is so funny. The original TV show.

[Paul Scheer]

The TV show is so good. It like.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So good.

[Paul Scheer]

It like, you know, and the reason they canceled that TV show was because. And this is at the time, the president of ABC said, well, you have to pay attention to it.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah.

[Paul Scheer]

That was the reason for cancellation. You have to pay attention to it. We gotta get rid of that. Yeah. Gotta get rid of that show. Gotta get it off the air. I will say this. I find the Police Squad movies, as I watch over the Naked Gun movies, they really degrade quickly and to a point where I'm like, wow, what happened? But I guess what really. What happened was less and less of the guys who created the original were there and that. And I think that's it. Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I can't recommend enough now that I'm so British because of Taskmaster.

[Paul Scheer]

Yes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

There's a couple of shows that I will shout out, some of which are if you liked Taskmaster. I can't recommend enough past seasons of Taskmaster, including if you watched Taskmaster as a family, Taskmaster Junior. Great stuff. But other similar shows that will scratch that itch. There's a show called last1 laughing. LOL. There's a UK version of it. There's an Australian version of it. I believe there's a Canadian version of it. The UK version is the one that I watched. It's six episodes and it is just six comedians in a room together and you cannot laugh. And for six hours. And that's the challenge. And each episode is one of the hours. And it's just them fucking with each other.

[Paul Scheer]

Wow.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

In a way, that is so funny because two of the people on the. There's only one season of it.

[Caller/Listener]

It.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And it is all banger. The cast is bangers. Almost everybody is a Taskmaster alum. But the two, except for the two geniuses they have, are Richard Aoadi.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Who is just such an icon of British panel shows from would I lie to you? To 8 out of 10 cast us cat Countdown, all that stuff. But the true legend, Bob Mortimer, who is absolutely one of the funniest people on the earth currently. They are both in this season of Last one Laughing. And it. I cannot recommend it enough. It is so fucking funny. And then as well, would I lie to you as well. 8 out of 10 cats does countdown or big fat quiz of the year. These are all British panel shows that incorporate all. Many of the same cast of comedic. Of comedians who are just on this circuit of shows where they are just constantly roasting each other and being funny.

[Paul Scheer]

Wherever you find all these shows, though.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, they're all over the place. A lot you can find on YouTube.

[Paul Scheer]

Okay.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

A lot of them you can find on YouTube. Last one laughing is on Amazon.

[Paul Scheer]

Okay.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

It's just. It's. It's licensed to Amazon. I subscribe to Britbox. Not to brag.

[Paul Scheer]

Right. Well, you know, I didn't know Brit Box had comedy on there.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, it does. Okay. It's got sitcoms and it's got panel shows.

[Paul Scheer]

Oh, great.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I think Britbox has what I like.

[Paul Scheer]

Okay.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And I think 8 out of 10 cats is on YouTube. I think I just found it on YouTube. Also on BritBox is one of my favorite shows of the year. It is the David Mitchell show Ludwig, which is a. This is the setup of the show. He is a character who is a kind of shut in, who is a puzzle maker. He. He makes puzzles, blah, blah, blah. His twin brother, who is a police detective, goes missing. So he, in an effort to try and figure out what's happened to his twin brother, he pretends to be his twin brother who is a homicide detective and inexplicably starts solving cases because of his puzzle expertise.

[Paul Scheer]

Oh, wow.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And gets embroiled in this much larger criminal story. But it is a very light one hour police procedural. There's only one season of it. It's a blast. I'm. The way I'm explaining it is a little bit convoluted.

[Paul Scheer]

So give me the title again.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Ludwig. It's just called Ludwig. It's on Britbox. I can't recommend it enough. It's fantastic.

[Paul Scheer]

Okay.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And again, a show that I'm dying to be on in that way. Like, there's a lot of shows right now, Elsbeth High potential Poker Face, that are that kind of case of the week show.

[Paul Scheer]

Yes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That Also has a larger in the background macro storyline.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And this is why. This fits right in with those and is maybe a little better than all of them.

[Paul Scheer]

I think just because it's so. This is right up my alley. So excited about this.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I think you'll really like that. I think that's great because they announced it's coming back. I am re watching the Comeback, the Lisa Kudrow Michael Patrick King show the Comeback, which is talk about a show.

[Paul Scheer]

I want to be on that show.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

My God, Dying to be on it. But the rewatch is a blast. The show, so funny. So funny and still so savage and so brutal and such an indictment of our world and TV and everything. It's great.

[Paul Scheer]

It's. And, you know, I was talking to certain people behind there and, you know, as of all good things based in some reality, some things that are dark moments that people have experienced, especially at a time when sitcoms were a lot more produced.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So that first season, you know, there is a pretty savage takedown of a network sitcom.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And when you're.

[Paul Scheer]

And.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And some. And Jimmy Burrows is in there as the director and blah, blah, blah, what you're watching. This is one year after Friends ended. And you cannot help but see it through the lens of.

[Paul Scheer]

Yes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

All of these people have just made Friends and Sex in the City, and this is the show they're making now. Now, you know.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Super interesting. Great, great, great stuff.

[Paul Scheer]

I. I totally agree. Have you watched the Pit?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You know, yes and no. I watched the first like three or four episodes of the Pit.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Loved it. But it stressed me out so much medically.

[Paul Scheer]

Yes, I, I agree that I.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That I had to stop watching it simply because it was giving me, like, I was. It was giving me sympathetic health.

[Paul Scheer]

Jason, I am right with you. I was. I watched the majority of the show through a book that I was sitting next to June while she was watching it because it was. I don't. The gore is. The gore is one thing, which I. But I'm also like, I don't want to start to think about diseases.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, that's it. And it kind of the same thing happened to me. I loved and watched all of. But the last few seasons of House.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I was like, I'm just too suggestible. Right. Right now. I'm just too suggestible. And it. I don't want to then be thinking about, like, well, actually I have that. I have a little bit of that.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah. You know, I don't need it. That's why it was kind of fun. June was watching it hardcore and I could sit on the side and like pay attention to the plotting. And then when it got into the sick, I was like, no, I'm not into this anymore. There's an episode with a testicle turned really got me. The sports horror event of the fall is none other than Universal Pictures him, produced by Jordan Peele and starring Marlon Wayans and Tyreek Withers. Directed by Justin Tipping. Horror meets football and hymn, which will shake audiences to their core. When football is life, you have to be willing to sacrifice everything to be the greatest of all time. Marlon Wayne stars as Isaiah White, AKA the Goat, in a performance of his career. Tyreek Withers also stars and is equally intense as Cameron Cade. He's called upon by Marlin's Isaiah, a hero of his, to train at his compound. When things don't go as planned, Cam is faced with the choice to sacrifice everything and make a deal with something sinister to become the Goat. Never meet your heroes in him. A truly terrifying experience to see. In theaters September 19th. As a small business owner, your business is always on your mind. So when you're hiring, you need a partner who is just as dedicated as you. And that hiring partner is LinkedIn jobs. That's right. When you clock out, LinkedIn clocks in. They make it easy for you to post your job for free, share it with your network and get qualified candidates that you can manage all in one place. And LinkedIn's new feature can help you write job descriptions. Then quickly get your job in front of the right people with deep candidate insights. You can post your job for free or choose to promote it. Promoted jobs attract three times more qualified applicants. So post your job for [e-mail] valuable. That's LinkedIn.com valuable to post your job for free. Terms and conditions apply. Thrive Market isn't just convenient, it is a lifesaver. Okay, now that school is back, you can stock up on all your family's must haves from healthy snack packs to high protein meals to non toxic cleaning supplies. I love Thrive. It's healthy groceries delivered trusted brands that I love. And if you're looking to cut out the artificial dyes or processed sugar or seed oils, you got it. Thrive Market has a ton of on site filters so you can easily filter what your family's preferences are. Now the stuff I love from Thrive, let me tell you Van Leeuwen ice cream. Have you had it? It's so good. My family, we live on the Kind bars. Skinny Pop. Yeah, they got it. And I will admit I love myself An Olipop soda. These are just a handful of brands that Thrive have and they will deliver them to your door. So go to thrivemarket.combonkers to get 30% off your first order and a free sixty dollar gift.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I'll just shout out some other shows that I think are Fantastic. Sherwood Season 1. The British Crime drama Sherwood was one of the best shows I've seen in a long time. It's, it's not a new show. It's maybe from four or five years ago, but I just watched it now and thought it was incredible in my pursuit of watching everything that Leslie Manville does, who I think is just absolutely incredible. She's fantastic in this. She's fantastic in all the. The Magpie murders. I've. Now if, if you're wondering if I subscribed to every single subscription service there.

[Paul Scheer]

Is, I think the answer is yes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I Now subscribe to BritBox. BritBox, Acorn TV and the PBS app just for.

[Paul Scheer]

Wow, you're on the PBS app.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Well, the PBS app just for Wolf Hall. Season two of Wolf Hall.

[Paul Scheer]

Oh my God, how did I forget about that? I didn't even watch it. Season two of Wolf Hall. Oh, yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Season two of Wolf Hall. Again, a masterclass in watching someone act in that. Mark Ryland is just full stop unreal in this show. Just next level stuff. Mobland, the Guy Ritchie, Mobland, Tom Hardy, Helen Marin, Pierce Brosnan, British gangster TV series that's on Paramount. I'm having a blast watching that. The new season of Digman is out.

[Paul Scheer]

Oh, I love that show. Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Andy Samberg, our friend Neil Campbell show. Mitra Juhari's on it. And it is so funny.

[Paul Scheer]

It's a really funny show and it's, it's one of those shows that I think unfortunately is, is sidelined by. Yes. Like this is the thing.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

It's like trapped in Comedy Central.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah. And it sucks. That sucks. It's like there are these shows you just can't get out of the, you know, it's like it's hard to find them. You're not specifically looking for them. And that's, it's a bummer. It's a bummer. But that show is very good show.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Should be a massive hit that everybody should be talk about.

[Paul Scheer]

Yes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

But because it's stuck on Comedy Central right now in a way that is not advantageous for the common viewer to come across. I think it is. It needs the love. So if you're listening to this, go and find it. Find a way to watch Digman tell people About Digman. I think it's one of the funniest pound for pound joke machine shows that's on television.

[Paul Scheer]

I mean, and, and I will say that, you know, we obviously everyone else has been talking about, but south park this season is already just like just killing it in what it's doing. And I watched the new King of the Hill, which I really enjoyed.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, I haven't, I haven't watched that. Oh, great, great.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah, so it's really, there's a lot of fun, good animated things right now that I am, that I am enjoying. The other thing that we did is if my, my kids have finally we've passed the Marvel threshold. I didn't know when it was going to happen, but we saw Superman in the theater. Then we saw. But that's not Marvel obviously, but that was the first superhero movie that they saw. Then we saw Fantastic Four. And now, and now I'm doing something that you're going to be very upset with. I think I was like, all right. My son's like, I want to watch a Marvel. And I was like, all right, well, having watched none. None.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, great.

[Paul Scheer]

Okay. So I started them with Guardians of the Galaxy one and that has been a huge hit in the house. And we went on to Guardians of the Galaxy 2. And then, and now we are in the super. Sorry. It's a spider Mans. Which rewatching these have been a blast. Fantastic. Oh man, I forgot how good that first spider. The John Watts Spider man is so good. The original Guardians is so great. And, and I like, you know, it's tricky because, you know, we've been watching these movies, we're all caught up to date and it's like I wanted to bring Gus in. I'm like, he's not, he's not going to make it. He's not gonna get that.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

All the, all the medium stuff.

[Paul Scheer]

Yes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

All those mid movies, you don't want them to lose sight of it.

[Paul Scheer]

You know, I kind of was like, if you get really into this, we can go back and you can watch them as prequels. But like right now let's, let's figure out a way to kind of get you. And so I'm, I am creating some sort of weird backdoor way into the thing because I think, I think what I'm gonna do next after the Spider man, because I have to watch out for the, I have to watch out for when we get to the big Avengers endgame and all that.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I almost feel like at a certain point you're gonna need to do the Iron man, like the early Iron man one. Captain America one. I don't think you need to do Thor one, if I'm honest.

[Paul Scheer]

Well, he's very first in Iron Man. He gets it from Spider man. And so then I'm gonna to get him into Thor Ragnarok. So I kind of feel like I might be. I might be outfitting it in such a way where he might not know everybody, but he's seen enough of these other ones and he kind of gets. Yeah, right, exactly. I'm just like, let's just. Let's just go this way. Because I want to keep him watching. And that's the tricky thing. It's hard. You can't. Hey, you know, these kids, they get this. They get. They get upset. You know, they.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And there's so much. They have so much that's available so that they don't have to suffer through bad origin story movies. They don't have to suffer through all those early. All that nonsense. I just watched. I don't know. Maybe there wouldn't be into. Oh, maybe they would be. I've just rewatched the Nolan Batman trilogy, which is absolutely fantastic. Yeah, I'm. And all I want now is there to be extended cuts of these. I would like the way that, like, I think the. The Lord of the Rings trilogy really benefits from those extended cuts. I think Nolan's Batman trilogy longer would be incredible. And so that I want. I want that.

[Paul Scheer]

I wonder if there is in any extra meat on those bones because it feels like he is taping maybe, or. Yeah. Getting. I mean, now I will say this. If you've not seen Weapons, you got to go see Weapons in the theater. It's fantastic.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Very excited.

[Paul Scheer]

June is obviously in Weapons, and I won't say anything about it, but I will say.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And if you don't know, Weapons is the new movie from Zach Kreger, who made the movie Barbarian. So a lot of people have. A lot of people have seen that. So this is the next movie.

[Paul Scheer]

And this has. And you don't need to know anything about Barbarian to watch this one. But the way I've been describing it to people is it's like Paul Thomas Anderson meets John Carpenter. There's a. There's a Fun.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So cool.

[Paul Scheer]

It's fun. It's really well done. And my point on that was a lot of people have asked June, like, oh, well, the script must add so much more crazier stuff in it. It just like. No, it was what it was. And it like. And I think that when you have A filmmaker especially. At least the way that Zach approached this movie. He knew what he wanted, he got what he wanted, and that was it. There was no. There was no confusion on what he was getting. And. And, you know, so I. It's always interesting. Like, those filmmakers seem like there's a lot less. Although I will say I can share a little story out of school. Oh, this is good. I was on the Universal lot last week, and. And if you've online at all, you will see that they have been shooting the Odyssey, Nolan's new movie, the Odyssey, on the backlot at Universal. And apparently from the ET Parking lot at Universal Studios, you can watch them shoot the Odyssey.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Funny.

[Paul Scheer]

It's a boat out on the water during thunderstorms. And then there's another grouping of houses on the other side of the lot that can also watch it. Now, what can you see? You see a boat in the water with rain and thunder. You're not really seeing anything. And it's the boat that we already saw in the IMAX commercial. Fort and apparently they are pissed. Like, Nolan is furious that anyone is seeing a boat in the water from hundreds of yards away. Like, it. Like, when I say you don't even see people or cameras. You are just. You are just watching, like, big overhead lights. And I was talking to one of my friends there at Universal. Like, you cannot imagine the amount of phone calls that we have gotten that there is. There's essentially, like, bad security footage of a boat that has already been revealed in the preview in water. And I was like, that is a filmmaker that, like, spend that much time being mad that nothing is revealed. No, it's not like, oh, you got the costume.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah.

[Paul Scheer]

Nope. No. No possibility for anything.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That's so funny.

[Paul Scheer]

That's great.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

But, yeah, but I mean, like, also, like. Like, shooting it on Universal lot. That's very public.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah, that's very funny. Great.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I love it. I'll just shout out at the very end here alone. Season 12 is airing. It's alone in Africa for the first time, they're in a desert climate. It is incredible. The Amy Sherman Palladino Ballet show Etoile has already been canceled. But don't worry, I watched every episode and it was great and insane. The Predator animated movie, Killer of Killers.

[Paul Scheer]

Yes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Incredible. Absolute blast.

[Paul Scheer]

That's amazing.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I love that.

[Paul Scheer]

That was, yes, fantastic.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And I'm very excited for Dan Trachtenberg's new Predator movie. Dan Trachtenberg, who did Prey some years ago. Just absolutely fantastic. Anyway, I've got a bunch of other stuff I can shout out. But. But for another time.

[Paul Scheer]

Yes, we'll do it. We have so much more to talk about. Great to finally get back to just us.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Just us just chatting.

[Paul Scheer]

All right, that's enough of me and Jason gabbing about tv. I want to remind you that if you go to our dashery store, that's our new store. If you go to hdtgm.com it's run by Teepublic. I don't know the difference ultimately, but it's better for the artist, it's better for us. You can get any design from the show in a sticker on a coffee mug, on a laptop sleeve, on a sweatshirt, on a onesie. You could do whatever you want. So you don't just have to get T shirts if that's not your thing. Wearing like T shirts. Just get a sticker. I've got some great how did this get made Stickers. Also want to let you guys know that just to bring it back up, that Grandpa Shark sticker is going to look pretty badass on anything you want to put it on. All right, let's talk about next week. Next week we'll be going from a guy who hacks to Jack who's Back. That's right, we'll be covering the 1988 serial killer thriller Jack's Back, starring James Spader, Cynthia Gibb, and Robert Picardo. IMDb calls this film a movie where a serial killer is in Los Angeles celebrating Jack the Ripper's hundredth birthday by committing similar murders. But here's the twist, people. It has nothing to do with that. Rotten Tomatoes rates this film a 71% fresh what Roger Ebert wrote what makes Jack's Back worth seeing is the work of Spader as a young actor who I believe has much promise as anyone in his generation. That is true. Spader is great. This film is worth the watch. Take a listen to the trailer. 100 years ago, there was a series of murders so grisly, some theorize that Jack the Ripper was a medical man. I believe that would also apply in this case, human mutilations so meticulous. My brother didn't kill anybody. That an entire city was paralyzed in fear. Now, 100 years later to the day, I didn't do it. The Ripper has returned. Jack's Back. You can stream Jack's Back on Hoopla, Amazon Prime Video, Tubi, the Roku Channel, Fubu, Pluto tv, and Fossum. In addition to Hoopla, I also encourage you to check out Kanopy and Libby, which are digital media services offered by your local public library that allow you to consume movies, tv, music, audiobooks, ebooks and comics for free. That's it for Last Looks. If you listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, please rate and review us. Please also make sure that you are following us and have automatic downloads turned on. Say that again. Make sure you are following us and have automatic downloads turned on. It helps the show. We appreciate that. And you know what? Here's a little thing for you. Tell a friend about the show. It's always good. It expands our reach. You know why not? We've been around for a long time. Tell a friend. Visit us on social media anytime you want at hdtgm. And a big thank you to our producers Scott Sauni, Molly Reynolds, Kyle Waldron who designs all of our amazing art on our how did this get made page and our movie picking producer Avril Halley who is still recuperating and we are sending her all the best wishes we can. And of course our engineer Casey Holford. We'll see you next week for Jack's Back. Bye for now. Adam Pally here and I'm John Gabris. We're a couple actors and best friends who you may know as the host of the TV show 101 Places to Party before you die. Now we're bringing you a comedic look at health and wellness with our new show, Staying Alive.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

We'll have guests like our friend actor.

[Paul Scheer]

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[Jason Mantzoukas]

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[Paul Scheer]

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