Phantom of the Megaplex

Summary

Pod Meets World: "Phantom of the Megaplex"

A Deep Dive Recap
Original Air Date: October 28, 2025
Episode Focus: Will Friedle and Sabrina Bryan review and break down the Disney Channel Original Movie "Phantom of the Megaplex," discussing 2000s nostalgia, movie-going memories, behind-the-scenes trivia, and their underwhelmed response to the film.

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Main Theme

This episode takes listeners on a rewatch and comedic review of "Phantom of the Megaplex," a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM), contrasting cherished memories of moviegoing with a critical (and funny) look at a film trying to blend spooky comedy with family-friendly mischief. Will and Sabrina reflect on the era of multiplexes, the decline of movie theaters, and what makes a DCOM succeed or flop.

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1. The Enduring Power of Moviegoing Nostalgia

[03:11] – [10:27]

• The hosts discuss their favorite movie-going memories: from popcorn obsessions (Sabrina’s dad gets popcorn for every occasion) to the excitement of lining up for tickets before apps were a thing.
• Will reminisces about family outings and how, as the youngest, he’d end up at movies he “shouldn’t see” (with his eyes covered during the bad parts!).
• Both agree that cinema feels less “magical” today due to streaming and empty megaplexes.
• Sabrina: “Now that the theaters are so grand... there’s not as many seats packed in them. And it’s still like crickets in there... I don’t think I’ve been to a movie theater that was packed in years.” [11:18]
• Will shares his personal connection to payphones, including finding out he landed his iconic Boy Meets World role from a Hollywood street payphone. [13:20]

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2. Initial Impressions and Cultural Dissonance

[14:44] – [17:58]

• Neither host had seen "Phantom of the Megaplex" before.
• Will summarizes the plot: a teenage assistant manager must solve the mystery of spooky happenings at his theater during a Hollywood premiere.
• Sabrina came in expecting "a fun, spooky movie," but “it went down pretty quickly. Like the Titanic.” [15:34]
• The film is called a "PG Disney Channel version of 'Scream'" or "Scooby Doo," but Will and Sabrina challenge those comparisons, feeling it's neither truly scary nor funny enough.

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3. Context, Cast, and DCOM Evolution

[17:58] – [22:46]

• Will highlights that this era of DCOMs (late '90s, early '00s) was a "weird lull" before hits like "Cheetah Girls" or "High School Musical" would reinvigorate the brand.
• Cast rundown includes Taylor Handley (Pete), Caitlin Wachs, Jacob Smith, and the legendary Mickey Rooney as Movie Mason.
• Sabrina: “He was my favorite part of this movie… he’s that like grandpa you just want to give the biggest hug to.” [21:34]
• A shoutout to writer Stu Krieger, the “DCOM daddy,” behind hits like "Cowbells," "Smart House," and "Xenon"—though both agree this was a rare miss.

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4. Plot Breakdown & Commentary

Opening Set-Up & Atmosphere

[29:08] – [31:22]

• The movie begins with a classic horror organ and black-and-white footage, hinting at spooky fun.
• Will: “We see old-timey footage of the Phantom of the Opera… with some narration from Pete about how history can blow your mind. Which is completely false. History is the best. I love it so much.” [29:08]

Introducing the Overwhelming Cast:

[31:22] – [31:42]

• The movie throws in a barrage of minor characters with silly nicknames (e.g., Rick "Ricky Rules," “Scary Terry,” “Hillary Honey”), most of whom are ultimately irrelevant.
• Sabrina: “There was so many… but no one really matters.” [31:37]

Family, Responsibilities, and the Lousy Stakes

[33:43] – [36:59]

• Pete is tasked with chaperoning siblings Karen and Brian—on the biggest night of his work life, while his mom goes on a date.
• Will: “You’re 17, running the theater, mom’s out with George… It’s a lot.” [34:11]
• Dead or absent parents—a Disney staple—are referenced, then dropped.

The "Phantom" Antics (& Lack Thereof)

[37:06] – [40:33]

• The "haunting" disasters are farcical and minor: gumballs on the floor, runaway popcorn, a stuck escalator, errant balloons—“Phantom of the Slight Inconvenience.”
• Will: “This is such a really weird element of the movie. The Phantom doesn’t do terrible things at all. They’re just kind of little inconveniences... give us some consequence! People could disappear!” [39:46]
• Sabrina: “Everyone seemed to be able to very quickly get over it.” [40:16]

Sidetracks, Plot Holes & Unnecessary Characters

[41:15] – [43:36]

• Will and Sabrina pick apart the lack of stakes, the forgettable “cinema sitter,” erratic pacing, and characters who appear and vanish without relevance.
• Sabrina: “Who am I supposed to care about?” [42:13]

The Same Old Mystery (& A Goofy Climax)

[64:36] – [66:15]

• After a parade of mild pranks, the Phantom is unmasked—no big surprise as it’s Sean, the overworked manager.
• The much-hyped "big finale" involves a giant inflatable balloon descending on a theater, barely endangering anyone, causing more confusion than excitement.
• Sabrina: “I legit do not think that I would have even moved out of my seat. I would have just been looking around. Like, what is happening right now?” [66:00]

Movie Themes and Takeaways

[72:44] – [73:26]

• Movie Mason supplies a ring for George’s proposal, in a finale both hosts find awkward and unearned.
• Pete, offered the theater manager job, opts for spending more time with his family and a bland romance.

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5. Notable Quotes and Moments

• On Movie Nostalgia & Prices:
  Will: “Everything’s $100 nowadays. Everything is. I told you... ended up funding the Boy Scouts for the next nine years by buying two tubs of popcorn.” [03:54]
• On Forgettable Movie Characters:
  Will: “Who are the characters I actually need to care about right now?” [42:11]
  Sabrina: “She could be a really fun character to play with... but it doesn’t matter. I didn’t need to worry about it too much because I never saw her again.” [42:22]
• On the Underwhelming Stakes:
  Will: “The Phantom of the Making Things Slightly Inconvenient For You.” [40:33]
  Sabrina: “This is when I started to get irritated.” [41:02]
• On the Mystery:
  Will: “I still don’t know who the star of this movie is.” [31:42]
• On Sean as the Phantom:
  Will: “The idea of putting on a silver mask and slightly inconveniencing people just doesn’t seem the way to go.” [71:25]
• On the Poor Use of Mickey Rooney:
  Sabrina: “He’s that like grandpa you just want to give the biggest hug to and just a true legend…” [21:34]

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6. Critical Analysis & DCOM Context

• Will and Sabrina both agree the film represents a “weird lull” for DCOMs—between earlier hits like "Brink" and the explosion of later musicals.
• The film is unfocused, with too many irrelevant characters, uneven tone, and almost no suspense.
• They credit the young cast for good performances, but wish they'd had more to work with.
• Both would love to see a DCOM properly adapt the “Phantom of the Opera”—with real songs, real stakes, and perhaps "Wednesday’s" Jenna Ortega in the modern lead. [95:04]
• Both rate the film a disappointing 4/10 Little Phantom Inconveniences.
  • Sabrina: “It was such a miss for me. I, like I said, I fell out of interest time and time again… probably the worst movie.” [92:32]
  • Will: “This movie did not know what it was… It was weird.” [93:51]

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7. Game Segment – “Movie in a Movie!”

[82:21] – [85:35]

• A playful trivia game about movies within movies (e.g., "Stab" in "Scream 2," "Angels With Filthy Souls" in "Home Alone").

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8. Final Thoughts and Next Week’s Preview

[95:14] – [96:04]

• Hopes are high for the next rewatch ("Under Wraps" 2021 remake).
• Sabrina and Will look forward to rediscovering the “diamond in the rough.”
• Teaser for bonus content: An interview with actor Ricky Mabe (Ricky Rules), including Mickey Rooney stories.

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Key Timestamps

• Moviegoing Nostalgia: [03:11] – [10:27]
• DCOM Discussion and Era Context: [17:58] – [22:46]
• Recap of “Phantom of the Megaplex”: [29:08] – [74:49]
• Ratings Section: [91:14] – [94:22]
• “Movie in a Movie!” Game: [82:21] – [85:35]

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Tone & Language

The review is witty, irreverent, and warm—full of fun asides, honest gripes, offhanded nostalgia, and the loose dynamic fans expect from the cast-turned-podcast crew. The hosts smoothly mix pop culture references, playful jabs at each other, and candid DCOM analysis that would give both new listeners and die-hards a clear sense of episode flow and content.

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Listen to this episode for:

• Laugh-out-loud takes on both beloved and mediocre DCOMs
• Memorable behind-the-scenes stories about ‘90s Hollywood and movie theaters
• A riotous, critical, and occasionally affectionate breakdown of Disney’s “Phantom of the Megaplex”
• Trivia, quotable moments, and nostalgia for fans old and new

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Next episode: "Under Wraps" (2021) remake—tune in for more DCOM nostalgia and honest reviews!

Transcript

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[Will Friedle]

How important were movies to you when you were growing up? Did your family go to the movies and stuff?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes, I love the movies. First of all, one of my favorite things that my dad is obsessed with is popcorn. It's his jam he loves. I mean, I get him a giant thing of different kinds of popcorn every year for Christmas and his birthday. Like he loves popcorn.

[Will Friedle]

Have you ordered the specialty stuff from Chicago.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No.

[Will Friedle]

So there's a place in the Chicago airport. I mean, it's part of Chicago, but they have a big stand, a kiosk at the airport where there's, like, a line of people. And you go there at the airport.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And just o', Hare, because I'm going to be there in, like, a couple of weeks.

[Will Friedle]

There you go. So go to the popcorn stand. They have, like, 19 different flavors, but it's, like, famous Chicago popcorn, so.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And is it like, $100? Because popcorn.

[Will Friedle]

Everything's $100 nowadays. Everything is. I told you. I fund without even knowing it. Ended up funding the Boy Scouts for the next nine years by buying two tubs of popcorn.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Seriously? Oh, my gosh. I know. My dad is the guy that gets the giant popcorn, eats as much as he can, and then gets a refill on.

[Cheekies and Chill Host]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Yes. I love that. Does he like popcorn balls?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I don't know. I don't know if he's had one or not. I. I'm sure if he has, yes. He loves them because he. Any kind of popcorn is his jam. But, yeah, movies have always been such a big thing. We made a huge deal of taking Monroe to her first one. Ledger's not there yet. He can't sit through a movie theater just yet, but. Oh, yeah. And it's one of my favorite date nights still. Like, I love it. And I love the upgraded movie theaters now where you can, like, order.

[Will Friedle]

It's like a bar. Yeah, yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Like, you can order food to your, like. Yeah, Wishy. I mean, but that's the bad thing is I fall asleep very easy in a comfy chair in a dark room. So I can't even in a movie theater. Especially in a movie theater. I think that the. The big chairs that can, like, lean back and recline now. Oh, it's a death. It's a deathbed for me. I. I am comfy. I am good. I've got Jordan's arm, and I'm so newsing probably 40 minutes into it.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, God. Yeah. I can't. I can't. I cannot fall asleep watching a movie. I just have to know how it ends. Anyway. Yeah, we were big. We were big movie people. We go to the movies all the time. As a family.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Like, as a family, all you. All three boys and everything.

[Will Friedle]

Yep. As a family friend, and because I was the youngest, my brothers would want to go see stuff that I shouldn't see. So my mom just got, you know, perfect at covering my eyes or my ears or both.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

For certain parts of movies. Yeah. So because my brothers are older, so I wanted to go see stuff, and they're like, well, you can't not bring your brother. We can't not go as a family, so.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right.

[Will Friedle]

And we're not gonna make a 17 year old sit through something Disney. So it's like I was seeing R rated movies when I was young and just having my eyes covered most of the time.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Do you remember what your first movie was?

[Will Friedle]

My first movie ever in the theater, I believe was Empire strikes back in 1980. Wow. I was four. Yeah. I was four years old.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Wow.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I have no idea. I cannot remember what my first movie was in the theater. Isn't that so, so sad?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. You know what's really sad is when you find out somebody that you like and admire that you work with has never seen the Star wars movies. Isn't that crazy? Have you seen the Star wars movies?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Sure.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, wait. Have you not? I'm talking about Michaela. Have you not seen the Star wars movies? Oh, my God. What is wrong with you people? I'm done.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Definitely not in a theater. Definitely not in the theater. That have been a waste of time for my family.

[Will Friedle]

I can't do this. I can't do this with you anymore. I think. I can't do it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I. I've seen them. My dad's a pretty big fan. But I can't tell you which is one. First of all, there's, like, so many of them, and I can't tell you which one I like. I get them mixed with, like, Planet of the Apes. Like, I honestly, I'm not sorry. I know it's killing you. Softly. Just like, one word at a time. I just.

[Cheekies and Chill Host]

What?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I go into the Star wars land at Disneyland. I'm lost. I have no idea what any of this stuff is. It looks cool. It's big. I go on the rides. I don't get it. I think it seems like Star Tours is pretty much the same thing. I really. Did you just leave? He just turned. He turned his video off.

[Will Friedle]

Are we done with this now? Are we done with this craziness?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm sorry. It's true. I. I know I've seen them because my dad liked them, but I couldn't tell you. Which is what?

[Will Friedle]

Do you know what a sith is?

[Sabrina Bryan]

That sounds like an std.

[Will Friedle]

Great. I went to the doctor yesterday. It turns out I have sith. Yeah, no, the Sith at the bed. All right. We're not kidding. This is a whole other podcast. Oh, my God.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm sorry.

[Will Friedle]

That was a shot at Mikayla. I figured you'd be like, of course I've seen Star Wars. I'm a normal person.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, no. Rise of the Resistance is okay. So she's at least saying she loves the land at Disneyland. Michaela, I don't think that's gonna get you back.

[Will Friedle]

No. This is just so wrong. Forever producer Lisa, we will go hang out as friends.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I knew Lisa would be upset about.

[Will Friedle]

It because she's awesome. That's the problem, is with the rest of you. Anyway, welcome back to Magical Rewind, the show that makes you want to grab your friends, your PJs and your popcorn and go back to a time when all the houses are smart, the wave, tsunamis, and all your friends didn't suck. I'm Will Friedle.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And I'm Sabrina Bryan.

[Will Friedle]

This week we're throwing a big celebrity premiere for our newest E. Com. Line up at your local movie theater and make sure the popcorn is fresh. And get one on the way out. Apparently, as well get it refilled because it's time to review 2000's Phantom of the Megaplex, released on November 10th of 2000. As the title might suggest, this movie is loosely Based on the 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux, who that later morphed into a Broadway mega blockbuster and many, many movies. Phantom of the Opera. Did you assume that was the case, Sabrina, when you saw the title, that Phantom of the Megaplex was going to be Phantom of the Opera? And have you seen Phantom of the Opera? Or do you throw that on the pile with Star Wars?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I've seen Phantom of the Opera. I have. No. I honestly didn't even really put that. I didn't either together at all. At all. Not even a little bit. I was thinking, we're going to watch a scary movie. It's spooky season, and I'm in.

[Will Friedle]

That's what I thought too. And then we watched this one. Yeah. Many of the fans of Phantom of the Megaplex. Sorry. Many fans of Phantom of the Megaplex call it the PG Disney Channel version of Scream, the meta Halloween horror hit of the 90s. But others might notice similarities to Scooby Doo. And truthfully, both of those things are correct and both are also wrong. But I think maybe we expected a bit more scary hearing those comparisons. Like, this wasn't scary.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I mean, there was a moment where I'm like, okay, I'm glad I didn't. I was gonna have Monroe watch it with me, but I'm just really nervous about getting her into scary movies. Just because I don't know what's gonna trigger her to, like, have bad dreams. And I don't want.

[Will Friedle]

Starting with a scary dcom is probably the way to go as opposed to, like, this Nightmare on Elm Street. Like, it's like, yeah, but in our.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Interview with someone, we were talking about, you know, doing Hocus Pocus, and someone was like, oh, that's kind of scary. And I was like, it is. So it's like, I gotta rewatch. I gotta watch.

[Will Friedle]

Still haven't seen it. Still haven't seen it. While watching these older dcoms, we frequently run into small elements that have become pretty dated since the release. Whether it's a flip phone, a beeper, or a neon scrunchie, it can stand out at times. But here in this movie, it's kind of the entire concept of the film because it's the movie theater. So you said you went growing up. I went growing up. But movie theaters are completely different things. Most people aren't going at all.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I know.

[Will Friedle]

Kind of dying, which sucks, because they were the best.

[Cheekies and Chill Host]

Best.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I mean, it's like, to the point where it used to be you had to get your tickets early for some mega movies. Right? Like, you had to go and get them not on an app. You had to go to the theater and sit in line and get a ticket to, like, the big weekend of the opening that you see.

[Will Friedle]

And wait in line. And wait in line and wait in line. Yep.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And I'm telling you. And now that the theaters are so grand and have like. Like I said, the easy, easy seating type things, like the. The lazy boy type things in the service, they're smaller. Right. There's not as many seats packed in them. And it's still like crickets in there. It's like, not. It's. They're still not selling out. Like, I don't think I've been to a movie theater that was packed in years.

[Honey German]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

It's also. It's one of those things where every. Everybody knows that it's like, okay, am I going to go out, do everything I got to do, get the movie, go to that stuff, when in a week it's going to be streaming, it's.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Going to be available.

[Will Friedle]

And it's like, so why? So this entire movie is kind of like, not the thing. Yeah, it's.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I know. It felt dated, even though it's not like it felt dated just purely upon the fact that it's a movie.

[Will Friedle]

I agree 100%. Also worth noting, there is a payphone used in this movie. For a crucial plot point. And those don't even exist anymore. Do you remember how much pay phones were?

[Sabrina Bryan]

25 cents.

[Will Friedle]

See, they were.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And then it. And then it went up to 35.

[Will Friedle]

You know how much they were in Connecticut?

[Sabrina Bryan]

What?

[Will Friedle]

A dime.

[Sabrina Bryan]

A dime.

[Will Friedle]

It was 10 cents to make a phone call in Connecticut. And everybody. To the point where everybody, when I came out to la, thought I was lying when I said that. I'm like, 25 cents. What? Because. So the. The very quick payphone story. It's my favorite payphone story ever, and I've got a lot of them. When I booked Boy Meets World, I was in Los Angeles, obviously, for a screen test with my dad. My dad and I flew out and I walked out of the audition saying this. Man, that was a horrible audition. I can't believe I didn't get it. I so wanted it. That's terrible. My dad looked at me, he could see it in my face. He goes, so where do you want to go? What do you want to do? And I had only been here a couple times. I was 16. I was like, I want to go to the Ripley's Believe it or not museum in Hollywood and then go walk around Hollywood. My dad's like, fine, let's go do that. So we drive into Hollywood and we're walking around the museum. But right before we were about to go in, though, there's a bank of payphones right across the street. My dad goes, why don't you just call your agent?

[Sabrina Bryan]

What's a bank of payphones mean? What does that mean?

[Podcast Host]

A bank.

[Will Friedle]

A bank. Like the phones in the. In the. The movie you just saw, there's like 10 of them in a row. That's called a phone bank.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

There would be a bank of phones. So there's like multiple pay phones together. Oh, that's so sad. Got it. And so he goes, why don't you just go and call your agent? Because nobody had cell phones. It wasn't Such a Thing 1993. So I walked across and walked across the street and picked up the payphone, put in the change, called my agent in New York, and he went, you got it. And that bank of phones was there until, like, two years ago. Oh, and they finally took it. I literally drove by about a week and a half ago with Susan, and we looked over and there's still like an imprint of where we were. And I was like, that's where I was standing when I found out I got booby throat. My life had changed, so it was there forever. So payphones Very important to me. Yes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

That is awesome. I mean, I remember, you know, having to stop while I was out auditioning with my dad, you know, and they always seem to be at, like, at or by, like, gas stations, too. They were always kind of like.

[Will Friedle]

They're always a little bit gross. There's, like, no was going on. Everybody's using them.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Everyone just treated them terribly. Graffiti on a spilled, like, yes. Sodas or whatever. Just.

[Will Friedle]

And. Yeah, but. But I miss him. I do.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, man.

[Will Friedle]

Now, I know we've mentioned this movie in the past, but we always ask this. Did you know anything about this movie going in?

[Cheekies and Chill Host]

No.

[Will Friedle]

No, me neither.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Never saw it. This is the first time for me.

[Will Friedle]

Nope. Same, same, same, same. All right, well, the synopsis. Before we roll Midnight Mayhem, let's talk about what this movie's about. Yes. When a massive movie theater multiplex prepares for a big Hollywood premiere. A string of spooky events makes employees suspect that the theater is haunted. Teen manager and training Pete must solve the mystery before the big event is ruined. And I was wishing it was Hatching Pete, but it's not. And as per usual, you can watch Phantom of the Megaplex right now on Disney. Not Disney Minus, though. Don't even buy that one. It's just filled with unboxing videos and the sound of a sad bassoon. They're probably gonna put in a sad bassoon sound, but I imagine it's gonna sound like that because I can do a pretty good sad bassoon. What did you think of the movie? Early thoughts. What did you think?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I had great hopes for this movie. I was ready to watch a fun, spooky movie. And then we watched this, and I watched it, and it was. It went down pretty quickly. Like the Titanic. It was the Titanic.

[Will Friedle]

Took longer to go down than this movie to watch.

[Cheekies and Chill Host]

And I've.

[Sabrina Bryan]

You know, I'm ready to see, like, a really good one, so I can't wait to. I. I feel like I haven't been floored.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, Halloween Town 2 was okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It was.

[Will Friedle]

It was not. It was not bad. It brought us back into that world. But we've had a couple stinkers now in a row, and this was not a good movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And Halloween. The. The Halloween Town 2, I feel like a lot of times we see the second Disney, like, you know, of the. Of the brand, you know, in these movies, the second ones tend to have been better, and it wasn't. That's the only thing that was kind of like, I was ready for it to be even better than the first. 1. And that was not the case. This was even worse.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. This is not. This was not a good movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And I felt bad. I had. Like I said I was excited to watch it.

[Will Friedle]

Me, too.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I heard so much about it, but a lot of people kind of bring this one up.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. I'm not sure why. I feel like we're. One of the things that I'm starting to notice is every time it kind of says this, a movie is from 2000 or 99 or even 2001 up to, say, Cheetah Girls. This is kind of a weird time in the channel when it comes to movies. It seems like they're really trying to find. They're not doing Brink and they're not doing High School Musical.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right.

[Will Friedle]

So it's like there's.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Though.

[Will Friedle]

There's some weirdness in the. In, like, the end of 99, 2000 era. Yeah. That it's kind of like they're not really knowing what they are right now.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And I know I've said this before, but I also think it's because this was the era of the channel that was putting these out every month.

[Will Friedle]

Right. Just bumping them out.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So I feel like a little bit like they're The. The bar's not that high because it doesn't really matter. They're doing them so often that it's not like. I feel like once you started getting the Cheetah Girls and you started getting into the High School Musical, they were taking a lot more time, investing a lot more into the scripts and the writers and the. The sets and stuff. I. Seems like they were just pumping them out, just to pump them out type of thing.

[Will Friedle]

I guess maybe that's why it feels like that. I don't know. But it's just. It just feels like they're trying to find themselves in the decom world at this. At this era.

[Sabrina Bryan]

They haven't hit the. That. That token. This is a. This is a decom type.

[Will Friedle]

Right. But the Xenons and the Brinks and the stuff before this all were great. And they kind of went into this lull, and then Cheetah Girls came, and I think that kind of changed the whole ball game again, where they're like, oh, this is what we have to do. So, yeah, I think this is just a bit of the law. This is like the Anthony Michael hall season of snl, where people kind of forget that. It's like, oh, yeah, that's right. He was on it, too. That's kind of. That's kind of the decoms. We're doing right now. Anyway, this movie was directed by Blair. True, we talked about Blair, a Utah local, during our recap of Wish Upon a Star, a movie he also directed. He's a BYU graduate who started his Hollywood journey as an assistant to Senior VP at Disney, then got his first movie for the studio in 1993, just like dad, starring Nick Cassavetes and Wallace Shawn. Inconceivable. He'd go on to direct another Disney movie, the Paper Brigade, and direct some episodes of TV. But over the past 10 years, he's focused mostly on Mormon and BYU content and the movie stars Taylor Hanley as Pete Riley. This was one of Taylor's first jobs as a kid. He also appeared in TV shows like Frasier, Dawson's Creek and the OC and he stayed a very busy actor ever since in shows like Griselda, movies like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, and most recently he was in the critically beloved series Mayor of Kingstown alongside Jerry Renner and Diane Wiest. Corinne Bower plays Julie Reilly. I'm hoping that's how I say it. And Corinne was also a very busy actor in movies like they Call Me Bruce, Joysticks and Police Academy 4 Citizens on Patrol, as well as TV shows like Friends, Mr. Show, and Veronica Mars. But Magic Rewinders will most definitely recognize her from Under Wraps, where she played the Moss. And then we have Caitlin Wax is Karen Reilly. Some of you may know her as a frequent collaborator with a Hollywood legend of the screen, Air Bud. Yes, she was in Air Bud World Pup and Air Bud Seventh Inning Fetch, as well as movies that don't star a canine sports star, such as the Divine Secret of the Yaya Sisterhood and the straight to video sequel to Inspector Gadget. She appears to have left the business, though her last credit is from 2014. Then we have Jacob Smith, who plays Brian Reilly. Jacob is best known as Owen Salinger in Party of Five and he played Jake in the Cheaper by the Dust movies. And we have Rick Mabey playing Ricky. Ricky has become a frequent Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchell collaborator over the years, seen in movies like Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Goon Preacher, Future man, and most recently the new record holder for the most Emmys in a night the studio. And I'd like to point out because of course this is a podcast and it's not on video most of it. Sabrina giggled over the word porno and in the Dabney Reynolds, she's giggling right now. And in the Dabney Reynolds chair, it's a Big one people. And that has nothing to do with his size because he is a legend. We've got 5 foot 2 inch Hollywood man himself, Mickey Rooney as movie mason. Mickey's career spanned nine decades. That's 90 years. People bursting onto the scene as a child actor in the 20s. He'd later become a major box office draw for MGM studios. Known for his loud personality and size, eventually starring in movies like Babes in Arms and Boys Town. He'd earned an honorary Oscar as well as multiple Emmy and Tony nominations. He was a true star for as long as there was a Hollywood. Rooney died in 2014 at the age of 94. Sabrina, did you know who Mickey Rooney was?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

He was just a legend. It was always like Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. I mean these were like the original, original, original people that were.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah, he was my favorite part of this movie.

[Will Friedle]

I don't disagree.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Literally loved him.

[Will Friedle]

Do not disagree at all, ever.

[Sabrina Bryan]

He was on the screen. I was big smile, loved it. I think he's absolutely adorable. He is that like grandpa that you just want to give like the biggest hug to and just a true legend. He'll pull out like fully a legend. He'll do the quarter with the ear type thing. You know, he just seems like that, like, you know, always has like candy to give. He just seems amazing.

[Will Friedle]

He was the man. And sure, this all sounds well and good, but let's hope the movie runs less than the 94 years that Rooney lived. Okay, here we go. Phantom of the Megaplex clocks in it 89 minutes, people. One away from the target and sitting on the right side of history. Beautiful. Almost a perfect landing. I'm thrilled for everyone involved and I'd like to thank my family, I'd like to thank my friends. I'm sorry, I'm being played off and this should come as absolutely no surprise, but guess who wrote it. That's right. It's the DCOM daddy himself, Stu Krieger, a friend of the show and a true Disney icon. Hey, Sabrina. Yeah, Porno. There we go. Works every time. Krieger.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm like an 8 year old. I can't help it. It's just like so out of norm. Like, what are we talking about right now?

[Will Friedle]

I love it. Krieger has the most writing credits in DCOM history, clocking in titles like Cowbells, Going to the Mat, True Confessions, Gotta kick it up the Poof Point, Smart House and the Xenons. God Made Stew, Then he Threw Away the Mold.

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[Will Friedle]

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[Sabrina Bryan]

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[Will Friedle]

So let's hide the monster inflatables because even tied down we can't promise anything. It's time to learn about Phantom of the Megaplex. We open with spooky organ music, which is a great way to start any movie if you ask me. We see old timey footage of the Phantom of the Opera with some narration from Pete about how history Sometimes can really be boring, but every once in a while it can blow your mind. Which by the way, is completely false. History is the best. I love it so much. We get our title treatment as the organ gets louder while the grainy black and white footage and narration continues. He explains that the first movie theater, the Grand Theater with a nice extra E on the end. So it's like Grande opened in 1925 and Phantom of the Opera was the first film it showed. Eventually, as times changed, the theater was condemned with a rumor that one of the theatergoers was actually still inside when it exploded. Some even say he survived in some fashion. And I was like, oh, it's going to be spooky. And then it wasn't. Now in modern day, a new huge movie theater was built in its place. And the legend of the condemned patron grew. 17 year old Pete Riley works at the Grand Theater as the youngest assistant manager ever. And every time a light flickers or something breaks, they blame this theater phantom. Then we meet Sean McGibbon, the stuffy senior manager. He's freaking out because the theater owner, Wolfgang Niedermeyer, great name, Scored a big Hollywood style movie premiere for Midnight Mayhem, a flick that filmed nearby. When they meet Ricky, AKA Ricky Rules. Now bear with me, people, because this is where we get just a ton of akas. Oh, and it was a little much for me. We meet Ricky, AKA Ricky Rules. He's an employee who knows all the rules and does everything by the book. There's also Terry Tortora, also known as Scary Terry. She's always telling stories that end in death and destruction. Then you've got Hillary, AKA Hillary Honey. She's a grandma in a teen's body. Always making sure the staff is eating enough and wearing a jacket if it's cold. And Mark, AKA Question Mark. He seems to only answer anything asked of him with a question. But after that, Pete also runs into Lacy Ling, or Racy Lacy, who is an overachiever who works at rapid speed. Yes, there are a ton of people we're meeting now. They're barely in the movie and for some reason they're all named like they're Garbage Pail Kids. It was really weird.

[Sabrina Bryan]

There was so many. I mean, you love them. Hillary Honey, like Lacy Ling. You love those names. I'm like, oh my gosh. But how many of them are?

[Will Friedle]

And they just don't, kind of don't matter to the movie. And it's really weird, honestly.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Well, we'll get to it. But no one really matters.

[Will Friedle]

I still don't know who star, who the star of this movie is, I still have no idea. Then there's the head projectionist, Merle, who's a bit older and very much into the technical details of his quickly disappearing job. And then we've got, of course, movie Mason, played by the great Mickey Rooney. Mason doesn't even work at the theater. He just pretends he does. His family opened the original theater back in the 20s and he just loves movies. And every week he writes up his own schedule and then just shows up. Pete also mentions Caitlin Kerrigan. Ooh, Caitlin, his big school crush. To score points, he got her and her friends two passes to an early movie and the premiere. So everything's got to be 100 perfect for the night. A point Sean emphasizes during an all out staff meeting. He wants the Hollywood bigwigs to see greatness from their humble theater. People's Jobs are on the line here, everybody. And on cue, owner Wolfgang Niedermeyer calls with some news. He's hired his son in law as the new general manager, which visibly hurts Sean. But Sean puts on a good face and gets back to work, even praising Pete about his future in the organization. But also he says if anything goes wrong tonight, he'll be to blame. That sounds fair. Once home, Pete walks in on an argument between his sister Karen and their mom, Julie. Karen is being asked to babysit their little brother while she goes out with her boyfriend George tonight. Pete wonders if she's gonna propose soon, and it seems they really, really like this guy. Karen and the youngest brother Brian seem to relate everything to movies, and ironically, Pete, the guy whose entire life is spent in a movie theater, lives more in reality. He's all about the money, which of course, you know, as a kid you want money, you work at a theater. Brian wants to see Farmer Brown Goes to Town, while Karen wants to see the horror flick University of Death with friends. But Julie thinks University of Death is too gory for Karen, who now hates her life because she isn't allowed to see it. They end up compromising, though. The two young kids can go see Farmer Brown, but Pete has to drive them home on his dinner break, which feels an awful lot of responsibility put on the shoulders of a 17 year old kid who's also working at a job just so his mom can go out with her boyfriend. It seems a little. It's like, really? How about you take care of the kids while I go to work, Ma? Great.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, man. I mean, let the lady have a.

[Will Friedle]

Date night occasionally, but come on.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Also, like, can't you just, like, get a sitter.

[Will Friedle]

I mean, it's big Hollywood premiere night. It's like a huge night in my career night.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And he's at work.

[Will Friedle]

I've.

[Sabrina Bryan]

How long is this break? I don't know anyone that gets like. Like what? I mean, to drive them all the way back home and then get back.

[Will Friedle]

You're 17 years old. You're running the theater. On the. The lunch break that they give you. You can't eat or take any time to yourself. Drive your brother and sister back home because I'm going out with George to get some strange. No, I don't think so.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I don't mind that she's on a date. Let the lady live her life.

[Will Friedle]

But I get it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

But come on, you need to get somebody else to help you.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. On this night of all nights. It's like, bob, go out with George tomorrow. He's not going anywhere. Go out with George tomorrow night, pick him up.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Pick him up and take him back.

[Will Friedle]

How hard is that? Jeez. Anyway, inside, Pete is eating cereal from a bowl bigger than his head. Julie informs him of the plan for tonight, and he is bummed. He thinks the kids will cramp his style with Caitlyn. They will. They also reminisce about his dad, who was a movie lover and, yes, appears to be dead, a rarity in decoms. Where, again, what did they say? One D is good, divorced, the other D dead, not good. Now, keep in mind, this is something else that never comes up again. Thank you very much.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right, yeah.

[Will Friedle]

They mention it, they move on. I get it. But it's strange. Why not just make George his dad? Anyway, Julie does wonder if that's why Pete works at the megaplex. But he quickly insists he's not there for the movies. He's there for the cold, hard cash. But either way, his mom thinks he's working too much. Well, maybe it's because you're giving him all the chores while you're out doing what you do. Ma. But he swears he doesn't need time away, especially because tonight's premiere is going to be fun and he's not nervous about it at all. And then we get what we call on pod meets world. It's become famous. There's even a shirt made about it. Optical flip. It's a total disaster at the theater. Half of the staff is called in sick, and Niedermayer has been checking in all day long. So we find out that all lunch and dinner breaks have been canceled. Ricky rules. AKA Knows that that's a Violation of union rules, but admits there's nothing that can be done about it. Back at the Riley house, Karen is trying to make a sneaky plan so she can still see the forbidden University of Death. But she'll need Brian's assistance, and that could cause even more problems. We're now back at the theater. Movie Mason is greeting visitors. The concession stand is busy. And there's also a very weird setup where people can try to win a prize by pulling a sword out. It was an asteroid, right? It was like. It was like, for a science movie. Or was it pulling the sword out of the stone like Excalibur, But Excalibur situation. Yeah, but so you can pull the sword out of the stone to. To win a prize. Okay. That's when we meet Pete's bully, Donnie Holly, who shows up just because he heard that Caitlyn was coming. Yes, it turns out that this guy is what they used to call in 2000, a blocking jerk. Pete ignores them, but his cage seems rattled by the better looking, cooler Donnie, which I didn't get at all. I thought Pete was better looking. He's taller. He's in charge. Like, what that guy? Come on.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I know, but it just plays right into like. Just like. Jerks get so much attention from girls, which is sad but true.

[Will Friedle]

They do. Nice guys finish last.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So sad.

[Will Friedle]

That's why George isn't going to get any tonight. It's true. Outside, Karen and Brian are dropped off by their overprotective mom and George. The theater is very backed up and not even Movie Mason can help, especially since he isn't taking tickets for the movie he thinks are a waste of time and money. So, yeah, he's ripping tickets and telling the people they shouldn't go to these crappy movies, which I actually thought was pretty funny. As moviegoers continue to line up on the door, GM Sean pulls him off of his post and kicks the Movie Mason man himself out of the theater. He's called an insurance liability. So Movie Mason finally walks out. Can't believe it. Because it's so close to his heart, this beautiful theater, he has to leave. Karen and Brian eventually meet up with their brother, who is still assuring them he hates movies. And then he sees Caitlyn Kerrigan and runs off to say hi. Brian makes a beeline for the candy dispenser and accidentally breaks the handle off. Then, alongside Pete's bully, Donnie, they spill thousands of gumballs onto the floor, causing customers to violently slip over and over again like they're marbles. But I don't. If your feet are on the ground. And the things. Anyway, it's a Disney movie. And so they were fought. They were falling over the gumballs, which happens. Donnie tries to blame Brian, but Brian points out it's the Phantom. And that's when I realized the first time that the Phantom has been mentioned in this movie at all, essentially, that they're talking about him doing Something is 25 minutes into the movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right.

[Will Friedle]

25 minutes in.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Lots of backstory.

[Will Friedle]

Lots of stuff.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Lots of akas, people to meet.

[Will Friedle]

Lots of akas. Lots of akas. This is such a really weird element of the movie. The Phantom doesn't do terrible things at all. They're just kind of little inconveniences. Like, I thought the people would be disappearing or somebody's guts would be somewhere or turned into something or abducted or injured or dropping lights. I mean, something that, like, if a light fell next to somebody, like, it doesn't hit anybody, but, like, it falls and it smashes. It's like, oh, my God, there's real danger. But instead, it's like the gumball machine breaks and there's some more popcorn than we can have. And the movies skipping. It's like, there's no danger.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Water in the balloons. I wasn't expecting it to be, like, dangerous, but, yeah, it did.

[Will Friedle]

They threw in brink. They threw 10 kids down a mountain on rollerblades. And they're like, knocking each other aside like that. And this one, they're like that. Popcorn machines broken. It's like, give us, give us. I mean, like, even in Halloween Town, people are turning gray, you know, like, magic is dying. There's, like, real stakes. This is like, you gotta clean up.

[Cheekies and Chill Host]

Yes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And the. Yeah, I. There it was. It wasn't. It didn't. It could have gone and pushed a little bit more towards the scary side.

[Will Friedle]

Something. Just give us some. Some consequence. Like, people could get hurt. People could disappear. The little boy goes missing. I mean, like, something right where it's. You know. But this is just. These were. This Phantom gave us mild inconveniences.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It was like everyone seemed to be able to very quickly get over it.

[Will Friedle]

Exactly.

[Amara La Negra]

Even.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Even when we get to, like, the balloons situation, it's like, oh, here's a.

[Will Friedle]

Time we dry off.

[Sabrina Bryan]

We're good. Let, like, you know, it didn't ruin anything.

[Will Friedle]

No, it's a terrible phantom. Yes. The Phantom of the Making things slightly inconvenient for you. Yeah, it was weird. Pete leaves Caitlyn to help clean up by using a nearby hockey stick to Swat the gumballs. You know, hockey sticks are always just sitting around movie theaters. So he grabbed the. What they call movie theater hockey stick, and he used that to clean up a single gumball at a time. Why not use a broom, you idiot?

[Sabrina Bryan]

You know this. And to be honest, though, like, this is when I started to get irritated too. Like, I'm just kind of like, okay, this is.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, it was.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I know.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. So, yeah, so he's using that. But during the 10 seconds he was focused on his job, Donnie comes in and steals Caitlyn away. Wow. What a. Karen is ready to see her horror movie, but first sets up Brian in the kitty movie. She explains if Pete comes looking for her, just say she's in the restroom. And this is when we hear about the cinema sitter, which apparently was a job back in the day, which I don't remember at all. In this case, it's an old lady walking theater to theater to make sure everyone's behaving. Did you. Had you heard of this? A cinema sitter? It must be a thing, I guess, where somebody would go and sit with a kid. I had never heard of this either.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, I'd never heard this. And it's. I don't. I don't believe it was ever a thing.

[Will Friedle]

Maybe it wasn't. I don't. Yeah, I've never heard of it either. It's an interesting character possibility because you need.

[Sabrina Bryan]

But again, it comes out of nowhere and disappears and then disappears. We never see her again. This is what I'm starting to catch on. Like, who are the characters? I'm questioning who are the characters that actually.

[Will Friedle]

Who do I care about something?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Who do I need to care about right now? Who am I supposed to.

[Will Friedle]

Camera.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay, so, no, now we've got the sitter. She could be a really fun character to play with.

[Sebastian Yatra]

Right.

[Will Friedle]

She also could have been the Phantom.

[Sabrina Bryan]

She could have been the Phantom. Yeah. And it's kind of like. But it doesn't matter. I didn't need to worry about it too much because I never saw her again.

[Will Friedle]

Never saw her again. Don't have to. Don't have to follow your backstory, ma'. Am. I don't know who you are, nor do I care about you even slightly. Cinema sitter lady. And so Karen makes her way to University of Death, avoiding that cinema sitter while Pete reunites with Caitlyn in her theater, promising that her and her friend will get to meet hot celebs at the premiere later. She's impressed with his power, especially when he announces he may Even get a promotion tonight. Again, is this movie about a phantom or just the inner workings of a movie theater?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I don't know.

[Will Friedle]

I don't know what it is.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I don't know. I'm starting to get a little irritated.

[Will Friedle]

That was the problem with this movie. What was? I didn't get the tone. Is it supposed to be. Is it a romcom? Is it a. Is it a scary Halloween town kind of movie? What is it?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Kinda. I think it would be more towards that. It's definitely not a rom com. We don't even like. Did you care about the love interest?

[Will Friedle]

Nope.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No.

[Will Friedle]

Nope. One second she was with one dude, the next second she was with another. They don't kiss. They don't really touch. They don't care. She doesn't have any lines.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, he literally doesn't have any lines. This whole movie.

[Will Friedle]

I think she says two things and. Yeah, one of them is, what movie is this? And why am I in it? Yeah, very strange. So bully Donnie breaks up the flirt fest and says that the popcorn machine in the lobby won't stop popping. When Pete gets there, it's overflowing onto the snack counter. Even turning it off won't help. So finally, in this movie, we have something that could be the work of the Phantom. But no, because Pete just unplugs it and it stops. So once again, I'm there. The Phantom of the slight inconvenience. Yeah, it doesn't roll off the tongue, does it? But sorry, Phantom of the Opera movies, they're great. Slowly, gently. Popcorn. It won't stop popping. Yeah. But when one of the movies in the theater is out of focus. Oh, now we're getting crazy. Sean or Pete cannot be found. Pete's with his brother in theater 17, concerned that their sister is supposedly in the restroom for this long. But still, Brian is quick to blame the focus issues on the Phantom. He explains that the monster doesn't like this big Hollywood premiere coming to his home, Even if they can't agree on why it's happening. Little Brian hears an evil devilish laugh in the hallway, but no one's around. When he runs off in fear. We see that the Farmer Brown movie Stand Up. Eyes are moving now. In the University of Death Theater, Karen and her friends play a game of double dare, causing her friend Ashley to stand up and yell, I love Paul Dalton, the star of the movie, also adding that her name is Karen Reilly. To avoid any more embarrassment, Karen leaves to check on Brian. But he's disappeared and she's caught the attention of the Cinema sitter. She quickly takes her seat in Farmer Brown and hopes her brother returns soon. And we're back at the snack counter. It's still packed. SEAN is still MIA and Mr. Niedermeyer keeps calling for him. And now there's a disaster in theater 21. The lights on the projector are out. The projectionist, Master Merle, has no idea why it's happening. He thinks someone or something is trying to sabotage their big night. They need to find. Sure. Obviously, little Brian thinks this is the Phantom again and wants to help Pete solve the mystery. Meanwhile, Hillary and Scary Terry. Remember them from the beginning of the movie. Remember them, see someone in a flowy black cape running in the halls. But nothing is more concerning than what Pete and Brian find in the basement. It's manager Sean, tied up and gagged. He didn't see who did it, but he was attacked by the Phantom. We're now back on the job. Sean finally picks up Niedermayer's call. The owner is set to arrive in an hour. The Riley kids finally reunite on an escalator just as it breaks down more Phantom Brian. You know, he thinks so. By the way, one of my favorite jokes ever is Mitch Hedberg, who just says escalators can never break. They can only become stairs. And that's exactly what happened. So it's true. The littles are sent back to Farmer Brown while Pete continues to try and solve this big Phantom mess. Their dad always used to say that watching a movie can teach you lessons about life. But Pete is more pragmatic. But Brian points out one of the big similarities between all the night's issues. In the movie Glimpse of Guinevere. In that theater, the projection was out of focus. In the theater showing Cut to Black, the projector's lights went off. The titles are matching the problem. Well, except the popcorn and the gumballs and the escalator and all the other stuff. Who's keeping score?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm out.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, I was kind of by this point, too. I was just like, I. I don't understand what's happening. I don't understand what's happening. And it just. Every time they said Pete, it made me long for hatching Pete. I know somebody would put on a chicken costume and do a dance, for the love of God. Karen and Brian need to figure out where this bad guy will strike next. And they figure it out quick. He's placed a massive fan in the theater for Cyclone Summer, causing customers to run for their lives or get pelted by debris after everyone felt the thrust of the G forces. Pete finally turns the fan off, but the damage has been done, kind of. On the other side of town, George and Julie's big date is bust when they lost their first reservations. Now the second restaurant they plan to go to went out of business. It's a tough economy. Even in the Phantom of the Megaplex, Julie keeps dropping awkward hints that she wants to get married. But it also seemed like she didn't want to get married. But George seems hesitant as well. They use this metaphor of plants to deal with it. And in the end agreeing that when they know, they'll know. And I found this whole thing to be really odd because didn't it sound like she was kind of like, see those two plants? They're in separate pots. They seem really happy. Don't touch me. Right?

[Sabrina Bryan]

She didn't seem into it. He didn't seem into it. By the end of the movie, I completely forgot that they were ever even talking about anyone getting married of any sort. Like, I don't know. I didn't understand. Again, I didn't understand what or why it mattered.

[Will Friedle]

It doesn't. Because they want the big ending. That was the joke, is that they said, like, oh, and now we need a big Hollywood ending. So he proposes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right.

[Will Friedle]

But it was so tacked on. Weird.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Pointless. It also seemed like, at least in the first scene, if you go back and you watch the first scene, George's entire scene, his. All of his dialogue was dubbed. Like, I thought they brought in another actor to dub him. And later I was like, okay, it seems to be really his voice. But the first scene, if not the first two, completely dubbed. There was a lot of VO work in this.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I was gonna say that that was one of my Sabrina Cs. Like, this is probably the worst of the sound. Like, even. I mean, you know, obviously we're watching it on Disney plus, but then these movies aired. There were commercial breaks. Breaks or, you know, have commercials on the channel, but whatever.

[Will Friedle]

But this movie was clearly shot with commercial breaks.

[Cheekies and Chill Host]

And there was.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah. And. And it's like the sound is so harsh. Like, it. And it comes back and it sounds so different than when it was before. The audio in this was really kind of just all over the place.

[Will Friedle]

I agree. 100. It was. It was noticeably weird. The audience. Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

To the point where I think even anyone who was watching obviously, were kind of critiquing stuff and whatever. But I think anyone that was watching would have noticed. Would notice.

[Will Friedle]

100.

[Sabrina Bryan]

The audio, very strange.

[Will Friedle]

100%. So, yeah, they'll know when it's time to get married. But right then, Julie gets a page from a number she doesn't recognize. It's Pete from the theater's payphone. He informs his mom that the dinner break was canceled so he can't take his siblings home anymore. And since the date's gone to anyway, she can now pick them up no problem. But guess what? George's car won't start. Is it the Phantom spoiler? It's not. By listening to it, it was definitely the starter motor. So that was the problem. Back at the theater, Sean says to Pete he thinks he knows who's behind all of this. It's movie Mason's doing. The old man is mad he got kicked out and now he's seeking revenge. But Karen and Brian say he'd never do that. But Pete and the manager aren't so sure. So he needs his siblings to sit and wait for their mom while he goes and figures it all out. And then, while just sitting there picking the gum off of his shoe, Brian finds Mason's quote unquote work schedule and is very interesting. He runs off to find where this weirdo takes his supposed breaks during the day. Outside, the premier prep is in full swing. Preston fans are everywhere, and one employee tells Pete they saw Mason an hour ago. He bought a ticket to see Merlin on Mars. Which, considering he was kicked out like an hour ago, sounds pretty psychotic. Karen and Brian are on their own mission to find movie Mason. They're in the back staircase on their way to the basement when they see that same character, that weird shadowy figure lurking in the background. Karen wants to leave, but Brian wants to finally unmask this phantom, so she follows his lead. Pete, having found no sign of Mason, returns for his brother and sister and realizes they're gone. Things aren't necessarily going great for him right now, but he thinks there's a chance that maybe his mom picked him up and it's like finally at least one thing is going right. Of course, that's not what happened. And boyfriend George, this guy is a useless dude, is still having trouble with his car, so any plan to pick up the kids is very delayed. Especially when she calls the theater's payphone and finds out no one is waiting for her anymore. And I guess that makes sense because Karen and Brian are deep in the bowels of the theater, Scared by the darkness and the tons of creepy props that they find. They stumble on a long tunnel leading them to an office filled with expensive items and pictures of the Phantom of the Opera. And that's when they get an actual jump scare from the movie. There was one. It's Movie Mason. He greets them and rattles off some very ominous bs. The kids ask if he's the Phantom of the Megapod and he takes a second to respond, eventually spewing off even more nonsense about magic and babies with butterflies and a toddler in the bath. He explains that true wonder is hard to come by, but there will always be magic at the movies. And no, he doesn't actually answer them at all right then. He actually sounds a bit like Nicole Kidman in those AMC commercials, just making no sense. But Mason obviously loves movies and finally says he could never negatively affect a movie going experience for someone, so he is definitely not the fate Phantom of the Megaplex. Shawn is still missing and now Pete can't find Caitlyn. The staff thinks they should just cancel the premiere, but Pete ain't having it. This is the biggest thing that's ever happened at the grand and they are sticking to it. And that's when a woman in a professional yellow suit and sunglasses comes looking for Sean. They stall and find out that she is a publicist or some big time celebrities waiting in their limos, angered by the confusion and the delay of everything going on tonight. She needs things to start soon or her clients will return to LA at once. And if that's not enough, Donnie pulls the sword out of the stone. The meteor, whatever. And now he wants premiere tickets for his prize. And considering he's still with Caitlin, that would make it a date. Let's just say there's a lot going on at this point. Very confusing. Pete promises that he'll get Donnie his tickets later and threatens to kick him out. And just as they're starting to stand nose to nose, a bell goes off. It's the fire sprinklers. They've soaked a theater full of people. Again, horribly inconvenient. He promises refunds and tries to get them out of the lobby because the premiere starts in just an hour. This movie should have been called Guy who Runs a Theater. Just going through each theater going, I'll give you a refund. It's no problem. We'll start the movie again. Like this movie is just watching a dude work at a movie theater.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes, I know. And truly, like this movie theater is making no money. They are literally giving everyone free tickets constantly. I mean, it is just a mess. And halfway.

[Will Friedle]

This is weird. This was weird.

[Sabrina Bryan]

This movie, like a lot of theaters nowadays, is going under.

[Will Friedle]

Yes, exactly. This is. This is why they. Thank you, Pete. You've killed movie theaters. Well. He finally spots Karen and Brian, who return to the bench to wait for their mom and tell Pete they've identified the Phantom. Brian is sure it's Merle the projectionist, because technology is passing him by and the theater won't need him soon. And this theory seems validated when a scary trailer runs over and over in one of the theaters, and something like that could only happen with Merle's expertise. The Rileys rush to the booth to catch Merle, but he vehemently denies he's the Phantom and promises he's actually trying to turn the trailer off. He has no idea how it's happening. And that's when they see the cloaked man inside the theater fidgeting with some tubing. He's scary and good at home improvements. Apparently. It's now obviously not Merle, so they run off to try to catch him. And then the tubing starts letting out smoke, filling the theater until the kids turn it off. So they literally just have to walk down and turn it off. And now, thanks to the movies, the three siblings know exactly where to look to finally catch whoever's doing this. They're going to look at this new thing called the intranet. He asks if the building is set up for it, and that is the most 2000 question a human being can ask in a movie. Is this building set up for the intranet?

[Rosalind Sanchez]

Hi, I'm Rosalind Sanchez, and this Sounds of My Cultura Spotlight is sponsored by Nissan with the Nissan Rogue, who is partnering with my Cultura podcast network to help celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Here's how singer songwriter Sebastian Yatra incorporates his culture into his music.

[Sebastian Yatra]

My culture has inspired my music and songwriting. I. I think from generations on over, I have it in my blood, my family, my grandparents. I feel like all this lineage with me everywhere I go. The mountains in Colombia, it's all there somehow, and it's inexplicable in certain ways, but then you hear the music and you feel it. I think language and family and culture and ways of seeing life and the passion that Colombia has and everything it does and the things we've been through together as a country, they really inspire you to create and give your best.

[Rosalind Sanchez]

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[Will Friedle]

And back on the street, a mechanic has finally started working on George's car and Julie still can't get a hold of her kids at the theater. She's scared. They're all dead. But they aren't dead. They're on their way to Sean's computer now. Joined by Caitlyn, they search for the plot of Midnight Mayhem on a movie spoiler site. That way they'll know exactly what the Phantom plans to do to sabotage it. Now this was also very 2000s. And I know this is kind of before your time, but do you remember movie spoiler site?

[Cheekies and Chill Host]

Yes. Yes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I mean, I don't think I ever went on them, but I know you.

[Will Friedle]

I wouldn't want the movie spoiled.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah, I. I don't think I ever. But I remember for sure. Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Yeah, I remember them, too. And I was like, why would anybody want to ruin the movie?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Why would they do that? I know. So weird.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

But this. That was like, one of the first things I remember being like, I hate the Internet because of that kind of stuff.

[Will Friedle]

Right. Well, it's just there's people out there that are just. That just want to ruin stuff for other people. That's their whole point, is just. Yeah, mean people suck. Now in Sean's office, the group tiptoes in, only to find Sean with his mouth taped, hanging on the back of the door. This was actually kind of scary where he's like, wow, he's like taped up there. How, though? We'll get into that.

[Sabrina Bryan]

We'll bring that up later.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. And he's not dead. They're running out of suspects. Just as neidermeyer arrives with the film's director. Sean makes sure no one mentions anything about the Phantom, then greets him. And just as things are coming together, Lacy innocently pulls a cord and hundreds of water balloons come crashing down to the floor, dousing the entire group. A true nightmare prank from the Phantom. And over the Internet thing, the Internet machine, Brian learns the plot of Midnight Mayhem. It involves a kid. Okay, so he's like, from what I understood, he builds a balloon so big inside of a room that it sucks all the air out of the room, I think is what it is. So, yeah, maybe we should have watched that movie instead. I don't know. But in the lobby, everyone is toweling off because, again, the Phantom of the slight inconvenience. And Niedermaier reveals that someone has stolen the huge Midnight Mayhem monster inflatable that was on the roof of the building. He wants answers, and so does the snooty publicist from earlier, who is now ready to leave and take her clients with her. But Niedermeyer doesn't want her to leave. He demands Sean open the doors and let the festivities begin. Pete leaves to find out what happened to that inflatable monster. And outside, it is a zoo filled with busy premier traffic. Movie Mason has once again just slid into the non job, welcoming guests and singing Hooray to Hollywood. Hooray for Hollywood to fans. The crowd loves it, but Sean doesn't He wants to know what that little weirdo is still doing there at the grand after he kicked him out. Shawn gets aggressive, and a nearby woman asks what the problem is. Came from movie superstar Madison Ashley Metz. She exits her limo and jumps to the defense of Mason. Apparently, they're old friends, because of course they are, because Ashley used to come to the theater as a kid, and he was the first person to encourage her to act. Shawn now looks very stupid as Madison walks Mason into the premiere as her escort. And then George and Julie finally, you know, finish what they're doing and make it to the theater. By that, by the way, I meant fix the car. And they're focused still on finding Karen and Brian, but they are still on a mission now with Pete and a key that they found on the ground, they rush to the roof to learn more about this missing monster balloon. But all that's left is a rope. And while they contemplate who could have taken it, they have a nice little moment of teamwork and compassion and come together as a family. Because why not? At this point in the movie, just as our hearts are with family connection, the shadowy figure, who Canalsi is also wearing a silver mask, lurks behind him. And after a few seconds, the phantom pounces, engulfing them in a blanket and tying them together with a rope. Things just got serious. The phantom laughs in his evil tone, and the kids scream. The monster eventually runs off, happy with himself, leaving the Rileys alone and scared. On the roof, George and Julie continue to check the lobby for any signs of her kids. They've only seen Katey Seagal and Levar Burton, which was a nice nod to another dcom that Daddy Stu wrote, Smart House. The Riley kids are still on the roof now, shuffling together as a tied team, trying to do anything they can to escape. And this was another one of those. I could tell that they had to dub something in because they're obviously covered and they start to move as a unit, and then they adr to line where they go, well, don't worry, we won't fall off the roof because there's obviously handrails, like they said. They had to point out that there were, like, barriers. So the kids couldn't fall off the roof.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

So they had to, because everything is.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Safe in the Disney World.

[Will Friedle]

Yep. So they're like, dub it in after. That's good. There's rails. We're fine. Yeah. So they're on the roof, shuffling together as a team, trying to escape. And then Pete has an idea. He saw it in a movie. Maybe he doesn't hate the cinema as much as we thought back at the Midnight Mayhem premiere. Everyone is taking their seats, and Julie is scouring the audience. Niedermayer welcomes everyone to the event and brings up the director, who thanks everyone for coming out so late. And that's when it hit me. Of course, it's at midnight, so Julie now has lost Brian past midnight. I feel like this is a bit of a child protective service issue at this point, and somebody should be calling cps, but that's what it is.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm at the point where I could care less.

[Will Friedle]

I couldn't either. It was so I just. It was like, can we please just end this?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, I. Yes, exactly.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, it was.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I know. I obviously know who this villain is. Like, it's just kind of like.

[Will Friedle]

And the villain isn't even. There's no danger. No, there's no danger.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It's.

[Will Friedle]

And there's. That's not even, like, fun, wacky stuff happening. Like, make it a weird, like, almost like an Abbot of Costello or. Or Three Stooges kind of movie where wacky stuff has happened. They could have gone that way. They did it with the gumballs and all that. But then they tried to go scary, but without going scary. It did this movie. Did not know what it was. No. And just as he cues the movie to begin, a large rumbling starts from the balcony. Everyone looks up to see the commotion. And it's a huge monster. The outside one, the inflatable thing that's slowly inflating. It eventually gets so big, it starts seeping out into the main theater, falling on the crowd almost like Godzilla onto a terrified Japanese city. The audience tries to fight back, but the balloon is just too much. Cause balloon, eventually, it's open mouth devours the director. Everyone's running in different directions, some ending up luckier than others. And then one of the exits becomes blocked by another inflatable monster. This time it's King Kong. And then the other exit gets blocked by a pink female King Kong. The Phantom has thought of everything except making this movie good and has unlimited access to all of these inflatables.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I legit. Do not think that I would have even moved out of my seat. I would have just been looking around. Like, what is happening right now?

[Will Friedle]

This is a giant balloon. Like, it seems like a premiere. Yeah. Yeah. Like, what would you say?

[Sabrina Bryan]

It wasn't scary. It wasn't anything. It was just, like, annoying.

[Will Friedle]

Yes, it was. Again, the Phantom of the slight inconvenience on the Roof. The Rileys are still wrestling in the blanket, shuffling to a valve to untie the rope, which they've eventually accomplished, but now they must block the Phantom's big finale, so they sprint to the theater. Pete also announces he knows the Phantom's true identity, but it doesn't matter because the inflatables have blocked every doorway. So they pivot to the balcony. Pivot. Pivot to the balcony. And see true chaos below. Someone could die. And then Movie Mason appears. He's got an idea. He tells Pete to go pull the sword from the meteor in the lobby, but Pete knows It takes 10,000 tugs. I had too many jokes going through my head, so I'm just gonna go past this. And he doesn't have the time. And then Projector Merle appears and also reveals himself. What do you read about? What are you laughing about? You didn't even know what I was talking about. He also appears and reveals himself that he's totally innocent. He turns off the display and shows Pete how to get his weapons. Pete hurries back to the premiere, where George and his mom are now pinned against the wall alongside other customers. And then, from the highest part of the balcony, Pete takes a big, deep breath and jumps, spread eagle, sword out onto the back of the giant lizard. He stumbles, but eventually slices the monster with his sword, stabbing it multiple times and deflating it. Just in the nick of time for some reason. Reason. And you're laughing as. I'm just saying what happened?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I just. This entire time he's on this monster, I'm thinking, like, putting myself in his position, filming this, right? Like, how lame do you feel like he thought he was? Like, if he did have a crush on this girl, that was his.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, that's over. Yeah, that's over.

[Amara La Negra]

Done.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah, like. Like, just, like. Just, like, you know, when you do, you know, like, I have several things that I've done. A lot of them ended up being around the third Cheetah Girls of, like, embarrassing. This is so embarrassing.

[Will Friedle]

Like, I can't wait to see the third Cheetah Girl.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Well, it's not the movie itself. It was the, like, things that we did for promoting and, like, having to say lines and doing this.

[Will Friedle]

Like, that's why I wanted another reason. I could never do Dancing with the Stars. I see all the stuff Danielle has to do, and it's like, come on. Oh, it's like, hi, I'm here tonight to dance. Oh, I could. Couldn't do it. Yeah, Couldn't do it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Anyway, I just. I. That's All I could think of watching this scene was, he's a older kid, right?

[Amara La Negra]

He's.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, he's supposed to be 17, 18.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Years old, you know, 18 years old, whatever. And having to, like, manhandle this big lizard.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, it's like, what's happening? At least make it a joke. Like, make it like, what the hell is going on? Oh, man. Ye. But it's.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And he wasn't. He wasn't like a Shia LaBeouf doing something like this, right?

[Will Friedle]

Correct. He was playing it very real.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, it's. Can you imagine now, Shia in this totally different movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Totally different.

[Will Friedle]

Totally different movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It just. Oh, man. It was just so funny to watch. I was just like, oh, man. You know, this kid is just going, okay.

[Will Friedle]

It's for the channel, Right. One of my big. This is my big break. I'm 17. It's like the first thing I'm doing. But wow. Yeah. Anyway. All right, so everyone applauds, but the hidden phantom looks peeved. Brian quickly spots him, forcing the guy back into the darkness. While the inflatables are being taken care of, Pete rushes after the phantom, eventually running into him behind the big screen, where everyone can see their silhouettes fighting. It is a back and forth battle with everyone watching with bated breath. The organ continues to play, and just when it looks like the Phantom's gonna get away, Pete holds onto the bad guy with all of his strength. They end up swinging on a rope from one side of the stage to the other as the crowd gasps in fear. Eventually, they change direction and come barreling through the screen, ripping it in half. They fall to the ground, and Pete grabs the Phantom. He wrestles with him, hoping to take the mask off, and when he does, he finally reveals it's. Did you know who it was Instantly, like, well before any. Of course.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Except for there were. There's some holes that it doesn't quite make sense that.

[Will Friedle]

Of course not. How did he tie his up and everything? He's, like, hanging on the back of the door. How the hell did you do that, bro? Like, not. Yes. So it was Sean. Whoa. The man who's been missing for the entire movie, basically.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right? Right.

[Will Friedle]

Niedermeyer escorts him out, saying there's no time to have him arrested because of the impending premiere, but he promises he'll make the former manager's life miserable. He's fired and banned from the premises for life, which honestly feels like he just got away unscathed after doing all this stuff. He should be going to jail, but. But whatever. As far as motive. Sean is clearly overworked and mad about being passed over for. For the promotion. But even with that in mind, I think becoming a phantom was a bit of an overreaction. Sean, get another job as a manager at another movie theater. Bro, not that big a deal.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Theater? Yeah, go to another theater. You're good. Seriously. Fine.

[Will Friedle]

Go manage a McDonald's or something like a restaurant. So you've got management experience. Now go do something else, bro. The idea of putting on a silver mask and slightly inconveniencing people just doesn't seem the way to go.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Just irritating the shit of everyone.

[Will Friedle]

Exactly. It's not how you should do it. Yikes. But okay. Yet another weird development. After he tells off, Dietermeyer, the director of Midnight Mayhem, rushes after Sean to talk about making his life story into a movie. Phantom of the megaplex, the Sean McGibbon story. He invites him to LA, and Sean accepts. And luckily, Sean certainly won't be the craziest person in Hollywood.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah, but he'll be fine.

[Will Friedle]

That was like, I want to make your movie. A manager who gets upset about being fired so slightly inconveniences people. Ooh, it's going to be a blockbuster. I see Tim Cruise starring in it. Yes, I said that properly. Tim Cruise starring in it. Now Pete, alone with his brother and sister, admits he's ready to lighten up a bit and enjoy his teenage years. Need to work 24 7. Brian says all they need now is their Hollywood ending. And that's when George speaks up. Remember George, this guy? He uses another plant analogy to get on one knee to ask Julie to marry him. He doesn't have a ring, but Movie Mason chimes in with a prop ring he keeps in case of emergencies. Yeah, Julie says yes, but kind of like, yes, like she's not still into it. She just had this conversation in your busted ass car.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah, like, she is really not pumped about this.

[Will Friedle]

No, no, I. Ironically, I think they can both do better. Yes, so. But of course, the lobby celebrates. Niedermayer says he needs a new manager, and it pays a lot. He asked Pete to take the position, and the inspiring employee immediately says he'd be honored, which, again, now you're managing this thing, you could be 17 years old, making what, 50, 60 grand a year take that job? But then he takes a second to think about it. He sees the reaction of his family and knows he has to make a change with his life. Why? He says he can't take the job. He wants to spend more time with his family. And apparently Caitlyn who's now hanging all over him. Yeah, of course, because he's. He just killed a fake dinosaur. I can't either.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And I realized I don't even know what her voice sounds like, because I don't think she really said anything.

[Will Friedle]

I ate the whole thing. Yeah. He asked for the night off to see a movie, and not only does Niedermeyer give him permission, but he throws in 50 bucks to take her to breakfast to Brex. So apparently he's like, after you bang her tonight, which you're gonna go take her to breakfast.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Like, the premiere was at midnight. I get it. You know, go to Denny's.

[Will Friedle]

I know, but the way you said is like, go get her some breakfast in the morning.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I know. It was so strange. But not the strangest thing in this movie, though. That's the thing.

[Will Friedle]

By this point, I was. I was just kind of lying on my couch going, this has to be over soon.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It's gotta be done.

[Rosalind Sanchez]

It's gotta be done.

[Will Friedle]

It's gotta be done. And with that, everyone piles back into the new theater to enjoy the show. The Rileys regroup, and Julie tells the Littles it's time to go home. But Pete keeps his promise and begs his mom to let them stay for the movie. It's late, but it's also summer, and their detective work helped crack the case. What better place for the whole family to get together than at the movies? Julie agrees and gives in. They enter the theater together, greeted by movie Mason, who's once again working for free, breaking numerous labor laws and seeming totally creepy. He tells Pete he never used to believe in the Phantom of the Megaplex, but the Werewolf of the Megaplex, that's a different story. We hear the howling of a wolf, and that's our movie. Thankfully, it was done.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Done.

[Rosalind Sanchez]

Hi, I'm Rosalind Sanchez, and this Sounds of My Cultura Spotlight is sponsored by Nissan with the Nissan Rogue, who is partnering with my Cultura podcast network to help celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Here's how singer songwriter Sebastian Yatra incorporates his culture into his music.

[Sebastian Yatra]

My culture has inspired my music and songwriting, I think from generations on over. I have it in my blood, my family, my grandparents. I feel like all this lineage with me everywhere I go. The mountain mountains in Colombia, it's all there somehow, and it's inexplicable in certain ways. But then you hear the music and you feel it. I think language and family and culture and ways of seeing life and the passion that Colombia has and everything it does and the things we've been through together as a country. They really inspire you to create and give your best.

[Rosalind Sanchez]

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[Will Friedle]

Can we do some real reviews? I think Sabrina, you've got the one star review this week. What do you got?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Sabrina Brienne has it. The name of this reviewer is in Name and Blood. Okay, I'm nervous already.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, I am too.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I woke up one day with a bad hangover. Switched on the TV and this came on. It had fresh faced teens, it had fresh face Mickey Rooney, and it had a giant. A giant inflatable monster that somehow chases people around. All of that was fantastic, as was the amusing side story about some. But I found the whole story too complicated. I was lying in my bed eating a couple of sausage rolls, trying to frantically write down clues that could lead me to guess who the Phantom was. I really thought it was the mom's new boyfriend.

[Will Friedle]

I mean, one star. Such a weird review.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Such a weird review. And how, how would it have been the boyfriend when he was with the.

[Will Friedle]

Mom, he wasn't there the whole time. The best part about that is I just want to say sausage roll because they're great. So this is.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And I had a bad hangover so I switched on the Disney channel.

[Will Friedle]

What? Okay, Yes, I have the five star this week and it's from DEZ Warren. D E S. Warren. This is the funniest movie that I've ever seen. Who needs Oscar winners when you have David Johnston and Mickey Rooney? How this movie disappeared off the face of the earth, I have no idea. Good thing I filled 12 six hour tapes with this movie in case 11 are destroyed or something. I don't sleep. I just watch this movie. How can I bathe, eat, or reenter society when I can watch this 24 7? I'm watching it right now. Granted my skin is gray from lack of sunlight and my leg muscles have atrophied, but I can't get enough of it. Five stars. I think that was ironic. I think that was ironic. I don't think that was real. Well now, of course, we come to our favorite portion of the program and that is when producer Jensen tries to stump us with weird questions in this one. This little side game is called Movie in a Movie. In Phantom of the Megaplex, we find ourselves watching characters in a movie whose main goal is to also watch a movie. In their case, it's called Midnight Mayhem. This is a common thing in metafilms. So we're gonna be given a movie and a list of possible titles to choose from, hoping to pick the movie that is inside of the other movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Movie.

[Will Friedle]

Does that make sense? So three out of five WIMs. So we're going to get the name of the movie, and we have to talk about the movie that they're seeing in that movie. Okay, who do we have with. I don't think we have producer Jensen with us today. So who do we have with us today is going to be helping us out?

[Sabrina Bryan]

You have producer Lisa, because she's seen Star Wars.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, thank God. Producer Lisa. Someone who speaks my language, which is human. That's the language. My, oh, my. All right, here we go. So number one. Our number one movie is Scream 2. So in which I've never seen in Scream 2, was the movie they were watching. Sl, A, slash, B, Cut, C, Stab or D, Slice. What do you got?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I think it's a slash.

[Will Friedle]

I'm gonna. I'm gonna agree with you. I'm gonna say a slash.

[Sabrina Bryan]

You've never seen the Scream movies, Will?

[Will Friedle]

I saw the first one. I'm not a horror guy. They're scared instantly.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'd seen all the Scream movies. It is sea. Stab.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, Seb. Well, then you saw him, Sabrina. Oh, jeez. Never trust Sabrina.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I've never seen the movie Stab, so I. Honestly, that was just a shot in the dark for me.

[Will Friedle]

Well, no, I think Stab is the fake movie they're watching in Scream. That's the whole point. Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

In Scream 2, it's the movie that is made about what happened in Scream 1.

[Will Friedle]

Oh.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And they're watching it at, like.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, yeah, gotcha. Number two, Home Alone is the movie he's watching A, Demons Without a Conscience. B, Saints with a Heart. C, Heavenly Devils Tonight. Or D, Angels with Filthy Souls.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, I don't know. I have no idea.

[Will Friedle]

I think it's D, Angels with Filthy Souls. Because doesn't he say, like, here's some hot lead for you, filthy animal. I think it's Angels with filthy.

[Sabrina Bryan]

All right, I'll go with D. Two. It is D. Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Number three, the Big Lebowski is the movie they're watching. A, log jamming, B, wood stuffing. C, stick Hunting, Or D, rod Hiding. What do you got, Sabrina?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm going with B. Woodstuffing.

[Will Friedle]

I'm going with the correct answer, which is a Log jammin.

[Sabrina Bryan]

That is correct.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. It's one of the best porno titles ever. Number four, South Park Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. The movie they're watching, is it A, A, the fire, B, prostate of power, C, butt cracked, or D, super sphincter. What do you got, Sabrina?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm going with B, prostate of power.

[Will Friedle]

I am once again going with the correct answer. A, the fire. That is correct. Have you seen South Park Bigger, longer on cut.

[Cheekies and Chill Host]

No.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, God, it's. It is genius. It is literally genius. Yes. They're watching fire and number five adaptation. Never seen it. Are they watching A, fire rain, B, vandalize, C, haunting hope, or D, racing heart? A. I'm gonna say B, vandalized. No idea.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It is B.

[Will Friedle]

Hey. Wow. I. I win. Great. Can we thank you so much, producer Lisa, for just being awesome and having seen Star Wars. May the force be with you.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Seen everything. I love it.

[Will Friedle]

So can we do A, Sabrina Seas. Sabrina. See.

[Sabrina Bryan]

We can. I didn't see a lot. Cause I really saw too much. Found myself not paying attention very often.

[Will Friedle]

Yes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

In this movie, I'm gonna be honest.

[Will Friedle]

Yes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I had just kind of more so I guess, questions. And in a movie like this where we are just. Just constantly confused, I think it's more of the questions. For instance, the. The gumball moment. Okay, so we have our bully. Right?

[Will Friedle]

Right.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Who for a second, I'm like, oh, wait, do we like him? Because at first he kind of helps the. The. The little brother. Like, oh, you just gotta put it right back on. Like, super kind of nice, right?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And then, of course, it breaks. He doesn't want to take ownership of it, and he becomes a jerk again. But, like, kind of just like a weird to me that I just wrote, like, such a weird little moment. Like, he was nice out of, like.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. A bully with a heart. What is that?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right? Of course, the Sean tied up just drove me nuts. I'm like, there's just no way. You know, I get the first one. Yes, but no. Like, no. And I feel like he. Then. Then again it was like. But then he was in the area with the balloons, like when they had the water balloons. Also with the balloons. Lacy. Pete seemed to. I almost said, wait, is Pete the Phantom? Because he knew that that string was gonna release the balloons. And he was like, Lacy.

[Will Friedle]

No, see, I think he just thought he. The balloon drop was gonna be for later in the night for the premiere. So he just didn't want to just release the regular balloons. I don't think he knew they were full of water.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

Would be my guess of how they explained that.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Well, I knew. Yeah. It was really strange. That whole aspect of it was so Weird. Then we get into the girlfriend. She drove me crazy. Not needed. A character that in no way was necessary.

[Will Friedle]

No at all.

[Sabrina Bryan]

The girl, the little sister's friends were more needed than this girlfriend situation. So weird. She was not involved in anything.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And then there was a moment after the bully gets the. You know, the Excalibur things.

[Will Friedle]

Right.

[Sabrina Bryan]

He, like, disappeared. We, like, then never saw him after again.

[Will Friedle]

No.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So he was kind of the only character in my sense of leading up to that had any kind of significant. Like, he was trying to ruin, you know, Pete's day and his night. Like, he was also adding in his, like, I'm gonna make this. You know, I'm gonna get your girl.

[Will Friedle]

I'm also gonna make it slightly inconvenient. Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Gonna make it slightly inconvenient. And so I was kind of like. I mean, maybe it would be good for him to be the Phantom because he, like, kind of just disappeared. But then he wasn't, and it wasn't anything. So there was just a lot of questions of, like, where did he go? Why was this character in this movie at all? Like, the girlfriend, even the relationship with the mom and the soon to be stepdad was just kind of like. I didn't understand why there didn't make a lot of sense to have so many of these characters that we got to know and didn't need. Like the theater sitter, who I don't believe is a thing. Where. Where did she go?

[Will Friedle]

And why do we care?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Why do we care? I don't know. I don't know what's happening. So strange and weird, because I feel like we've done. We don't really say this about a lot of, like, Stu's movies. His movies are always so thought out. And it was like. But again, I think this was during time that they were just cranking out movies one after another and not spending the kind of time that a xenon had.

[Will Friedle]

Right.

[Sabrina Bryan]

You know what I mean? Or. Or whatever. Or brink. Those kinds of movies.

[Will Friedle]

I would like to talk to him too, because I'll bet you he was. If we talked to Stu again, he'd be like, oh. Oh. When I first wrote it, it was like lights falling and their kids were in danger. And Disney was like, no, no, you gotta. You gotta bring all that back. You got a Disney 5. I'll bet you he had a draft where it wasn't slightly inconveniencing people. It was like, danger.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Danger. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Or.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Or this was a movie that, you know, he said he was kind of their ringer that came in later on and rewrote stuff. So I wonder if he, like, had.

[Will Friedle]

That's my guess, too. But he also produced this movie. He was one of the producers too.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So then no. Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

So I don't know. I don't know. This was a very rare miss.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I want to say when we talk to him, one of the times we've gotten a chance to interview him twice, I want to say he brought up this movie because I feel like that that's the first time I heard of the. The movie title.

[Will Friedle]

All right, well, go check it out.

[Cheekies and Chill Host]

I don't know.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'll have to re. Listen to.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, we'll go. We'll go listen to the interviews again. You should as well. Thank you, Sabrina. And now it's time to rate our film. I'm not even gonna do the joke about one or ten. One's gonna be the worst. Ten's gonna be the best. I'm guessing it's gonna be closer to one than ten. Our options this week. One out of ten grands with extra e. Tons of unused characters, humongous cereal bowls. One out of ten Little phantom inconveniences. Cinema sitters, hot premiere celebs. One out of ten Tough decon economies. That's a good one. One out of ten babies with butterflies or one out of ten movie spoiler sites. I think I picked this week, don't I? Mm. I'm gonna say little phantom inconveniences.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Perfect.

[Will Friedle]

Obviously, I forget who goes first. Who goes first, you or me?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I think it's my turn to go first.

[Will Friedle]

All right, what do you got?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm okay to do that.

[Will Friedle]

What do you rate this one?

[Sabrina Bryan]

You know, I like I said I am really looking forward to watching a movie that I like, come out going, I love this movie. Yes. I love to love dcoms. It's like the best and most exciting thing of this the week for me sometimes. And that's saying a whole lot, right? Like, give this mom a good movie. She works hard.

[Will Friedle]

She deserves it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Damn it Deserves a good time. This wasn't it, though. This. This movie. I again, I like scary movies. I'm here for a Disney one because I don't love to get too scared.

[Will Friedle]

Right?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'd love to find the first kind of scary movie I'm gonna like, like, get in front of my daughter. And this wasn't it. It was such a miss for me. I, like I said, I fell out of interest time and time again through this movie. So it's. It's probably it wasn't. I don't, I don't want to say it wasn't like the worst movie. It just was like, okay. It was kind of an eye roll for me.

[Will Friedle]

Right.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And I hate saying that. Sorry. Because I love stu. This was a 4 fan. What did we say? Little Phantom.

[Will Friedle]

Little Phantom Inconveniences. A4.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And I think Fuzzbucket was higher than this one.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. I would watch Fuzzbucket a thousand times in a row. Fuzzbucket was short. It was funny because it was crazy. It was so insane. It was like an acid trip. Like, I would watch that all every day compared to this movie. Yeah, yeah. I, I, you literally agree with you 100%. This exact number I was going to go for is 4 hot for little phantom Inconveniences. This movie did not know what it was. A very, very rare miss from Stu Krieger. My guess is he knows he there's some story behind it because this is not a st. This does not read like a stew movie. The characters made no sense. A lot of them didn't have any reason to be there. There was no actual stakes. It was, it was weird. This was just a weird, weird movie all the way around. And not good weird. Not fuzz bucket weird. Just like bad movie weird. So, yes, I couldn't agree with you more. I love finding these little gems. Like, if I sit down and I watch it going to the mat or I watch, there's times I will stop the movie and be like, sue, you gotta come watch this. Like, it's color of French stuff. It's like, you gotta check this out. Even the Xenons and Cheetah Girls too. I, I mean, there have been great movies where it's. You. Even if they're not great movies, you still walk out going like, all right, High School Musical 2 was fun, you know? Yes. Him on the golf course is absurd and singing to himself in the pond is absurd, but it's fun. And Ashley Tisdale's great. It doesn't take itself too seriously. And then you watch movies like this where it's just like, I don't know what this is.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Like, this was like dad napped where it was just kind of like, what, what's actually happening here?

[Sabrina Bryan]

And to be fair, the kids, their acting were, was great to me.

[Cheekies and Chill Host]

Good.

[Will Friedle]

It wasn't fine. Absolutely.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It was just literally the storyline and the didn't, the amount of characters that were in that didn't matter were so strange.

[Will Friedle]

And if there is ever a movie that should Be remade by Disney. Phantom of the Mega Plaque made a musical like Phantom of the Opera with actual stakes would be a great dcom. Yes. So they write all new music for it. Just take it off of Phantom of the Opera again. Do it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Jenny Ortega would slay this movie.

[Will Friedle]

That's what I'm saying.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, my God.

[Will Friedle]

That's what I'm saying. Do Phantom of the Opera for kids. That's a great pitch. But this is.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Sure.

[Will Friedle]

This isn't it. This isn't it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Well, thank you everybody so much for joining us. Our next movie, hopefully we'll find it. Hopefully we'll find the diamond in the rough again because we need a good one. Brought the first TCOM ever back to the forefront. That's right. We are still in spooky season. O so we are watching the remake now of under wraps released in 2021. It is on Disney plus to stream. So maybe get a head start on what I'm sure will be a very fun episode. And this week our Park Hopper episode keeps us in the theater for an after credit scene because we're chatting with Ricky maybe from Phantom of the Megaplex. He's got some great Mickey Rooney stories and we talked to him all about his work with Seth Rogen. Let's listen to a little snippet right now. And the great thing about this project personally was it all pretty much takes place over one day. So, yeah, we were always in the same wardrobe.

[Amara La Negra]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Which as fellow actors like that is just when you don't have to do wardrobe changes all day and you can kind of just like kick it on set. He was hilarious. So make sure to subscribe to the dedicated Magical Rewind feed today and listen to all the interviews we've done with some incredible people, exclusive cast members, some crew, everybody from Disney Channel. I like. We've talked to everybody, so go and listen to it, my friends. And for more info, you can follow us at that Internet thing I was talking about at Magical Rewind Pod on the Instagram machine. Bye, everybody. Okay, okay, real talk. Why is the public bathroom the unofficial bestie club clubhouse?

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