Zenon: The Zequel

Summary

Pod Meets World – "Zenon: The Zequel" (Nov 18, 2025)

Podcast: Pod Meets World (iHeartPodcasts)
Hosts: Will Friedle, Sabrina Bryan, and co-host (possibly Lisa)
Episode Theme: A nostalgic, detailed, and exuberant rewatch and discussion of the 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) Zenon: The Zequel—covering background, casting surprises, impact, behind-the-scenes trivia, and their fresh reactions and ratings.

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode of Pod Meets World is a gleeful deep-dive into Zenon: The Zequel, the first-ever sequel (“zequel”) in the Disney Channel Original Movie universe and a cult favorite among late-'90s/early-2000s fans. The hosts watch and reminisce about the film, unpack its production quirks, discuss the legacy of the Xenon franchise, debate its place in DCOM history, dissect its story beats, and rate it with a generous helping of enthusiasm and humor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting the Stage: The Significance of Zenon: The Zequel

• First DCOM Sequel: The episode opens with Will expressing excitement:

  "We got a biggie today. We got like a legit big movie for the channel today. ... It's not just fan, it's fanatical about this movie and this whole—what's the word I'm looking for?" — Will Friedle [03:39]
  Franchise status is confirmed, and the hosts note the special place Xenon holds as a repeat DCOM protagonist, setting it apart from standalone hits like Smart House and Brink.

• Airdate & Impact:
  The hosts recall that Zenon: The Zequel (2001) debuted leading into the Lizzie McGuire premiere—securing its spot as a milestone in Disney Channel history:

  "Quite a big day on the channel." — Co-host [05:11]

2. Cast Reshuffling & DCOM Inside Baseball

• Raven-Symoné’s Departure (Nebula Recast):
  Raven-Symoné didn't reprise her role due to filming commitments (Dr. Dolittle 2), triggering a rare recast. Newcomer Ashadia Simmons (from Color of Friendship) stepped into Nebula’s shoes.

  "She was replaced, which is not very common in these movies that we review." — Co-host [05:52]

• Meta-commentary about Franchise Job Hopping:
  Sabrina and Will joke about Raven’s tendency to "bail" from part threes in franchises, referencing The Cheetah Girls:

  "Whoa, whoa, whoa. ... She was great. No, she wasn't in it. But hey, listen, when the jobs come at the same time, I get it." — Sabrina Bryan [06:06]

• Protozoa Returns:
  The hosts cheer Philip Rhys’s return as Protozoa and preview their upcoming interview with the "cult-hero" rocker played by Rhys.

  "Never be on a text chain with 14 people who want to meet Protozoa. That's all I have to say." — Will Friedle [15:36]

3. The Possibility—and Desirability—of a Xenon Reboot

• The hosts toy with whether Xenon should be rebooted for new generations, weighing in on updating it for a "micro-world" obsessed, tech-savvy audience.
• Sabrina argues that the space setting is "still a goldmine":

  "There has not been a lot of space type stuff on the channel yet. So I think there's definitely a place for it." — Sabrina Bryan [07:37]

4. Hidden Z's, Online Easter Eggs, & Cultural Effects

• Fanship and Innovation:
  The movie’s original website hosted a hidden "Z hunt" contest—an analog precursor to today’s digital Easter egg hunts.

  "This was the first DCOM ever to have its own website. ... made people go crazy." — Will Friedle [08:57]

• The "Mandela Effect":
  The group jokes about people misremembering Xenon spelled with an X instead of a Z:

  "There's an entire generation that thinks it was Xenon with an X, not a Z." — Co-host [09:50]

5. Film-by-Film & Scene-by-Scene Breakdown

Early Plot Discussion

• Xenon's newly acclaimed hero status, followed by trouble as the military comes to disassemble parts of the space station.
• Recounting the “overly eager space slang” (like "Cetus Lapidus" and "fabulo")—a subject of both admiration and gentle ribbing.

Margie’s Arc

• Will and Sabrina praise Margie’s frenemy arc and how she evolves from adversary to ally.
• Realism gaps and classic DCOM logic are playfully lampooned (e.g., the glued socks, teenage drama, and impossibly quick problem resolution).

Visual Effects & Setting

• Repeated appreciation for the special effects, especially given the era and budget:

  "When they were separating the modules and they're doing. It all looked really good. I was super impressed." — Co-host [33:09]

Family and Adult Character Notes

• Special attention to Xenon’s parents—mom’s anxiety and her “anxiety helmet” get a funny, sympathetic take.
• Substantial praise for a rare, nuanced parental subplot about overcoming anxiety for your kid’s sake, offering a strong message for young viewers:

  "There are times where you're scared and you just have to do it anyway." — Will Friedle [52:44]

The Absence of a Villain

• The group muses that the film is unique for not having a true villain—Hammond’s goals are logical if harsh.

  "Really? There isn't a villain like there was in the first one." — Co-host [49:06]

Protozoa’s Expanded Role

• Sabrina beams about Protozoa’s character development, screen-time, and comic energy:

  "He adds. Almost steals it. Yeah. And some points of it." — Sabrina Bryan [41:44]

Nods to DCOM DNA

• Stu Krieger, the “Dcom Daddy” (writer), gets shoutouts for the script’s heartfelt messages and for originating multiple DCOM classics.
• Production trivia: the film was shot in New Zealand, leading to comparisons with newer Disney Channel musicals filmed in the same locations (notably Zombies).

6. Alien Movies Mini-game: "Alien Concepts" [63:35–67:39]

The group plays a rapid-fire, tongue-in-cheek trivia game about movie aliens, complete with groan-worthy jokes and victory laps.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Xenon’s iconic DCOM status:

  "This is big. And here's the thing too. I feel like although we had Brink and Smart House and all of that, because it was a franchise, I want to say this was like the first, like, mega fans of a Dcom." — Sabrina Bryan [03:59]

• On the replacement of Nebula/Writing about Raven’s franchise exits:

  "She was replaced, which is not very common in these movies that we review. But as somebody I'm friends with knows very well this was not the first time Raven has dipped out of a franchise." — Co-host [05:52]

• On the expanded scope of the sequel:

  "I remember saying in the first one, like, I wish we had been in that set environment way more than just being down on Earth. So this one, I was really excited... and I was never once disappointed throughout this movie." — Sabrina Bryan [12:16]

• On the visual effects:

  "For the budget and for the time, it all looked great. When they were separating the modules and they're doing—it all looked really good. I was super impressed." — Co-host [33:09]

• Heartfelt parenting message:

  "There are times where you're scared and you just have to do it anyway... This was a woman in full panic attack who's like, I gotta feel the fear and do it anyway." — Will Friedle [53:00]

• Joking about Protozoa and the music:

  "It's called the Galaxy Is Ours. And it's not the best song in the film... It was no zoom zoom." — Will Friedle & Sabrina Bryan [57:18–57:25]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [03:35] – Main episode begins (post-ads): nostalgia and opening reactions to Zenon: The Zequel
• [04:57] – History and significance of the "zequel" phenomenon
• [05:52] – Raven-Symoné recast, and DCOM franchise inside jokes
• [08:57] – Movie's online “find the Z” contest and references
• [13:14] – Recapping cast, director, and writer backgrounds
• [22:35] – Detailed film plot and scene breakdown (Star Wars homage, opening set-up)
• [47:34] – The ‘is there a villain?’ debate
• [53:00] – The subplot of Xenon’s mom overcoming anxiety
• [63:35] – "Alien Concepts" movie trivia mini-game
• [67:44] – Sabrina’s “Sabrina Sees” section: costume, prop, and set Easter eggs
• [73:41] – Host ratings and closing thoughts
• [77:08] – Preview of next episode (Hocus Pocus) and guest (Philip Rhys/Protozoa) highlight

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Ratings & Final Thoughts

• Rating System: 1–10 "Spanish words for beautiful"
  • Will: 8.5/10
  • Sabrina: 9/10

Hosts’ Consensus:

• Zenon: The Zequel is a top-tier DCOM sequel—fun, fast, visually impressive for its era, loaded with likable performances, and packed with positive messages about courage, friendship, and believing in yourself. The group celebrates its charm, notes its minor flaws (a few logic leaps and forgettable sequel songs), but overall, sees it as a "great sequel to an already awesome movie." [75:04]

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Additional Highlights

• Upcoming guest: Philip Rhys (Protozoa) is set for an interview, with a preview snippet about how his iconic hair for Protozoa was a carryover from a previous movie role. [77:18]
• Next episode tease: A shift to a theatrical Disney classic, Hocus Pocus.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode...

This episode offers a joyful, exhaustive rewatch breakdown of Zenon: The Zequel, filled with insider tidbits, playful banter, and thoughtful perspectives on why this "zequel" continues to orbit the hearts of DCOM fans. There’s warmth, fandom-fueled humor, and the perfect blend of nostalgia and critique—making it essential listening for any '90s Disney kid or pop culture devotee.

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“I loved watching this movie. ... This is just. It was awesome. It was a great sequel to an already awesome movie.”
— Sabrina Bryan [75:04]

“It really kind of hit all the boxes that you're supposed to hit for a DCOM.”
— Co-host [74:51]

Transcript

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[Sabrina Bryan]

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[Will Friedle]

All right, so, Sabrina.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

We got a biggie today.

[Sabrina Bryan]

We do.

[Will Friedle]

We got like a legit big movie for the channel today. And this is one where fans are hugely like when it's not just fan, it's fanatical about this movie and this whole. This whole. What's the word I'm looking for?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Franchise.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Franchise.

[Will Friedle]

Thank you. Like, this is big.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah. And here's the thing too. I feel like although we had Brink and Smart House and all of that, because it was a franchise, I want to say this was like the first, like, mega fans.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Of a dcom.

[Will Friedle]

Yep.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And it was a first for a.

[Will Friedle]

Lot of other things, too, which we'll get into. We? Well, I'll tell you when we get there.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

But first of all, welcome back to Magical Rewind, the show that makes you want to grab your friends, your PJs, and your popcorn, go back to a time when all the houses are smart.

[Will Friedle]

The wave tsunamis, and the high school's musical. I'm Will Friedle.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And I'm Sabrina Bryan.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Well, this week we return to Sequel Town, but this time, it's Zequal town. Yes, people, as we tackle the 2001 return to space dcom, the Zequal only outdone years later when the Chipmunks released their Squeakquel. A word I never thought I'd say ever in my life. I think so, yes. This might just be the pioneer when it comes to creative wordplay for a second film.

[Will Friedle]

Yes, the sequel.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

The movie debuted on January 12, 2001, and set up the premiere of another iconic Disney property, the first episode of Lizzie McGuire. Yes, it aired directly after Xenon, the sequel, and would go on to become.

[Will Friedle]

One of the biggest shows of that year.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Quite a big day on the channel.

[Will Friedle]

Lizzie McGuire. Obviously a show about a girl who.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Is a singer who turns out. Nope, not that at all.

[Will Friedle]

That just became the movie all of a sudden, out of nowhere.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Thank you very much. Send all of your hate emails right to me. I wrap myself in them at night.

[Will Friedle]

And get a great night's sleep.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

This also marked the first Zequal under the DCOM banner. Yes, believe it or not, following Xenon, girl of the 21st century from two years earlier. Now, usually Disney is ironclad with those.

[Will Friedle]

Sequel contracts, but maybe because it was.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

A Zequel and not a sequel, they let it kind of fall by the wayside because, yeah, Raven Simone did not return to play Nebula.

[Will Friedle]

She was reportedly busy shooting Dr. Dolittle 2.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

This time it's personal. So she was replaced, which is not very common in these movies that we review. But as somebody I'm friends with knows very well this was not the first time Raven has dipped out of a franchise.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I'm just saying, Ida wasn't referring to you at all.

[Will Friedle]

But, yeah, hey, I haven't seen the third one.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

How. How. Okay, maybe I'm wrong. How was Raven in the third Cheetah Girls movie?

[Sabrina Bryan]

She was great. No, no, she wasn't in it. But, hey, listen, when the. When the jobs come at the same.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Time, I get it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Gotta make A choice at some point.

[Will Friedle]

I get it.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

100 and I.

[Will Friedle]

And I think obviously for something like this, if you're doing the sequel, another sequel to an Eddie Murphy movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right.

[Will Friedle]

You go and you do that. I completely and totally understand. But we'll talk about Cheetah Girls when we get to Cheetah Girls because I.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Haven'T even seen it yet. But I want all the tea and.

[Will Friedle]

Yes.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And although we haven't gotten there yet this time, Xenon, like I said, is a trilogy. A third movie, Xenon Z3 would be.

[Will Friedle]

Released just three years later.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Do you think they should reboot Xenon?

[Will Friedle]

Do you think the kids want to see it under wrap style, like a whole new version of Xenon, like do.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Do the same movie with the new.

[Will Friedle]

Sure.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

You got all the technology and all the stuff going on now. I mean do you think this is something that kids would want to see or is this.

[Lego Star Wars Advertiser]

Is.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Is Xenon in space not a thing.

[Will Friedle]

That kids are into anymore?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I mean we saw a portion of it with. What was it? The. The third movie of zombies and the kids loved it with the aliens and I mean we didn't even really get to go singing and dancing.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Would they have to add singing and dancing to Xenon? Maybe. Do they make Xenon the musical with the Z? Thank you very much. I.

[Sabrina Bryan]

What I. When I think about Descendants and Zombies, those franchises, I think that the kids really love to find a micro world and totally just embrace a new micro world. And there has not been a lot of like space type stuff on the channel yet. So I think there's definitely a place for it.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I agree.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And I think the fans will embrace it 100%.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I agree with you.

[Will Friedle]

I.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And I don't think it needs to be a musical.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I know I don't.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I think it could be exactly what we just watched, to be honest.

[Will Friedle]

Yes.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And I think actually they don't.

[Will Friedle]

It shouldn't be a musical because now then everything's a musical. And I think they need some movies that are big tent pole franchises that are not musicals.

[Spanish Language Advertiser]

Yes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And I think. But I do, I will say I don't think it would should be the first one. I think it would need to be the second one. Take us out of the normal everyday life. Bring up take us to space. That's what I think it would need to be. Not.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

But I mean it was enough in space, don't you think? You have to introduce it again to.

[Will Friedle]

A whole new generation. So like you'd have to start with the first Xenon in space. And then see the high school a little bit. It's like. And then go back.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Maybe go back. I mean, if you're talking to. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. I do not know. Can we do that in 90 minutes? Well, that's the question.

[Will Friedle]

I know exactly. Or 89. Well, we'll get into that, hilariously, because.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

This was released in 2001, this was the first dcom ever to have its own website. And one thing that was on the site was a contest for fans asking them to find hidden Z's inside the.

[Will Friedle]

Movie, which absolutely made people go crazy.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I did not even know about this.

[Will Friedle]

Before I watched it. And I'm glad I didn't because that's all I would have been looking for, is hidden Z's.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Absolutely. And there were a couple. Now that I'm thinking, oh, there's a.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Ton of them, I'm sure. But yes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

That is such a great idea for Disney to panic.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Well, it's like the Easter eggs. It's like finding the Easter. Eg, here's the thing. Now I'm going back and I'm wondering.

[Will Friedle]

Like, where I missed them in. In places where, like, for instance, when she's walking through the big spider web, was there a Z in the spider web? Like, did the spider. We.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Spider web where there has a Z on it?

[Will Friedle]

Yes, I want to know all that stuff.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

There is also a small Mandela effect.

[Will Friedle]

When it comes to Xenon.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

There's an entire generation that thinks it.

[Will Friedle]

Was xenon with an X, not a Z.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

But they're quickly made to feel stupid when they're reminded it's a zqual.

[Will Friedle]

And that clearly plays off the Z. Silly, silly people.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And yes, Xenon 2 is available to stream right now on Disney.

[Will Friedle]

You can watch it before listening to.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Our breakdown or watch it later after we've tainted your opinion.

[Sprite Advertiser]

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[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I said taint.

[Will Friedle]

Anyway, okay.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Were you excited?

[Will Friedle]

We obviously knew there was a sequel because we watched the first one and we knew there was a second one. But were you excited to see it?

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Had you seen it before?

[Sabrina Bryan]

No. That's why I was so excited, because I obviously loved the first one. You know, had seen that, you know, several times. Never had seen the second one, being that it was in 2001. You're talking, like, my junior year of high school.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

So I'm.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm really, you know, I'm working. I am watching the channel for some things, but not, like, invested in any kind of franchise at that point.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

With 2001 was your junior year in high school?

[Host/Announcer]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, for the love of God.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And it's really, honestly not that young anymore.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I was in. We just got. I was in first grade.

[Sprite Advertiser]

Oh, my God.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

First grade is just 2001. Boy meets world was already done. I was 25.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah. Boy meets World was done. I was your. Your prime demo for Boy Meets World.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, it's because we're awesome.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yes. Okay, so now everybody pop in your.

[Will Friedle]

Protozoa cassette single, which it's not even that it should be. Pop in your one little disc type.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Of thing that they give you in the thing. I don't know what it's called.

[Will Friedle]

It's time for the synopsis.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Teenager Xenon Car's space station is being taken over and dismantled by the military. She receives a mysterious signal and must convince everyone it's from aliens who've appeared to help them. Sabrina, early thoughts on Xenon 2?

[Sabrina Bryan]

So the only thing I knew. We haven't. We didn't really talk normally. The question is, did you know anything about it? The only thing I knew about it, and it's from our interview with Stu, is that the second one was going to be set in space on their. Their ship. We knew that. He had told us in our interview that.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

So the first one was set in space.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Remember we talked about it. It's really not on the spaceship that much.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Well, it's on the spaceship.

[Will Friedle]

Kicked out and then she's back on Earth.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Right. But you at least get to, you.

[Will Friedle]

Know, the spaceship a bit.

[Sabrina Bryan]

You see it. Yeah. It was recognizable for sure.

[Will Friedle]

Right.

[Sabrina Bryan]

But I remember saying in the first one, like, I wish we had been in that set environment way more than just being down on Earth. So this one, I was really excited to know that the predominant amount of it was going to be on this spaceship. And I was so excited and I was never once disappointed throughout this movie.

[Will Friedle]

So you loved it?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Loved it. Okay. Loved love, loved this.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And Monroe liked it, too.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Oh, good. You're going to ask me what I thought.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Popped in and out. I'm.

[Spanish Language Advertiser]

No.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I feel like we're going to breeze by it because you're making me nervous with your eyes. Your Google eyes are making me a little nervous about how you thought about Xenon. What did you think?

[Will Friedle]

Okay. If I'm honest, I loved this movie.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, good.

[Will Friedle]

I did.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I absolutely. This movie flew by.

[Will Friedle]

It was so fast.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Hugely engaging.

[Will Friedle]

It looked great.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I was like, this movie looks like.

[Will Friedle]

It cost $50 million.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. It looked so good. It was good. And one of the first things that pops up, I'm like, oh, I'm hoping this just, like, gets Will right on. Is like the Star Wars. Yeah, the retelling. So that. Which made it great because I felt this movie, you don't really have to see the first one to see the second one.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

No, you don't have to. They recap it well.

[Sabrina Bryan]

The recap that they do in the front is so good. And it was such a fun way to do it. Four kids. It still looked like it was four kids. Wasn't too old, you know, like Star wars feeling.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Oh, great. I thought it was great.

[Will Friedle]

I did, too.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It was directed by writer director Manny Cotto, who did not direct the original. That was Kenneth Johnson on the directing side. Manny helmed and wrote the cult horror.

[Will Friedle]

Movie Dr. Giggles in 1992 and Starkid.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

In 1997, but we know him as the director of the Andy Lawrence clone.

[Will Friedle]

Dcom the other me.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

On the writing side, Manny was well.

[Will Friedle]

Accomplished with credits on TV shows like.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Star Trek, Enterprise, Dexter, American horror story, and 24, which you won an Emmy for. Sadly, Xenon 2 was his last directing job.

[Will Friedle]

He passed away in 2023 from pancreatic cancer.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

The star, Xenon herself, Kirsten Storms, is back. We all remember her from the first.

[Will Friedle]

Movie, obviously, which was her first acting job ever.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

You may also remember her from Johnny Tsunami, making her a bit of a dcom legend around these parts. And in adulthood, she conquered another niche, becoming a massive soap opera star on Days of Our Lives in General Hospital for over two years. Decades.

[Will Friedle]

Insane.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

As mentioned, Raven Simone was replaced as Nebula Wade. Now we have Ashadia Simmons, a very.

[Will Friedle]

Familiar face to Rewinders.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

She played Piper in what is likely.

[Will Friedle]

Best E Comm nominee the Color of Friendship. Oh, man, we love that movie.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And she was in Quints, which we didn't like as much. She was also on the Canadian show Life with Derek, which apparently is just a bunch of people apologizing, which aired on Disney Channel and in the US.

[Will Friedle]

I'm kidding, It's Canadian. So that was the joke. Forget it. Canadians are awesome people. They're just.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

They're very apologetic people. They're wonderful. Philip Reese is back as Protozoa. He became an always working actor on.

[Will Friedle]

Shows like 24, Nip Tuck and Glee.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And he's our guest this week on the Magical Rewind feed, ready to talk all about Xenon. Very exciting. Everybody here was freaking out. Never be on a text chain with.

[Will Friedle]

14 people who want to meet Protozoa. That's all I have to say.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So good.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

The very recognizable Stewart Pankin also returns as Commander Edward Plank.

[Will Friedle]

He was in classic movies like Congo, Fatal Attraction, and Arachnophobia.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

But big HBO fans might recognize him from Not Necessarily the News. Great show. And new for the sequel, another just stellar character actor, John Getz is General Hammond. By the way, for everybody out there.

[Will Friedle]

Who'S a MASH fan, I swear to God that's who they named it after, General Hammond.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

This guy's IMDb is a murderer's row of good projects.

[Will Friedle]

He's been in movies like Blood simple, the Social Network, the Fly, Zodiac, Don't.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Tell mom the BabySitter's dead, and TV shows like the West Wing, Mad Men, Homeland, and Bosch.

[Will Friedle]

I mean, this is the dude.

[Host/Announcer]

Yes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So recognizable. He's got that face.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, man, the pops on that guy. Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. That guy. Yes.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I. I would say while he's probably.

[Will Friedle]

Not to the level that we.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

We need for a Dabney. Dabney Reynolds chair.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Because that's really.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

But we should come up with a.

[Will Friedle]

New chair of, like, killer character actors. Maybe it's a stool.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Character actor stool.

[Will Friedle]

Because, yeah, it's. He's in everything.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

But enough about those bozos. How about the thing we really care about?

[Will Friedle]

And that's the running time.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yes. Xenon 2, the ZQUAL clocks in it 89 minutes. Yes. A time we're seeing more and more. One off target, but still on the right side of history. So for me, that's like a win. Much like my dating profile requirements, I.

[Will Friedle]

Like to keep it under 90.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It also flew by, as we've already said. It didn't even feel like an hour and a half.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It didn't.

[Will Friedle]

And it felt so nice. It just was. I wasn't looking at my phone. I wasn't watching it.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I actually watched this on an airplane.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, yeah, I did. I downloaded it. I watched it. I had a long flight from Boston.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And I was like, oh, I'll watch it. This will at least kill the time.

[Will Friedle]

And it finished. And I was like, that's it.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

That was fast.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I honestly didn't even have a bunch of Sabrina sees because I normally have lists and lists of stuff that I'm saying not. I have like six things that I'm like, all right, these are thoughts.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yeah. Cause it was great. Really flew by. And writing wise, we've got Marilyn Sadler and Roger Bolan. They are the original writing team behind the book these movies are based on. They made a book out of that. Kidding. And they go on to create one of the bigger kids shows of the past two decades, running from 2006 to 2011, with an unfortunate name that makes Rider Strong giggle every time we say it.

[Will Friedle]

They made Handy Manny and just leaving it at that. Go back to the Pod meets World Feed to hear all of Rider Strong's thoughts on Handy Manny.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And the teleplay is credited to the one and only, the Dcom Daddy himself, Stu Krieger, who wrote not only the original, but the other channel classics like Smart House, Going to the Mat, Gotta Kick It Up, Cowbells, and our recently reviewed Phantom of the Megaplex.

[Will Friedle]

Apparently, Dcom Daddy Stu was not happy with our review of Fate of the Megaplan. Oh yeah, I'm sure sorry, Stu, it wasn't her favorite. No los alert. Informal.

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[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Let's not waste another minute though. Let's zoom, zoom, zoom our way into a shuttle, find these aliens and get right into Xenon 2 the Zequel. We start with a reference to Star wars, like Sabrina was saying. As a zap pad, the communicator tablet from the first movie spins through space, eventually landing so we can read a.

[Will Friedle]

Preface about Chapter 2 of Xenon on its screen. The text scrolls from the bottom up.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Reminding us that 15 year old xenon Carr saved her space station from evil.

[Will Friedle]

In the last movie.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It's now a year later and Xenon is on top of her game, able to do whatever she wants in the space station. Seen as a bit of a local hero, but now everything in her life.

[Will Friedle]

Is about to change.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

We are thrown directly into the busy space station. Nebula and Xenon are walking the halls. Nebula nervous about what they're about to do. Zenon knows she's seen as too much of a hero to get into any trouble. And then they run right into Commander Plank, who seems stern at first, but Zenon was right. He just joyfully lets them go about their way. Xenon then takes Neb to a restricted communication zone, using a card to enter. Now, slang wise Sabrina, Xenon has already told Nebula not to be ice when she's being uncool. And now this control center they enter is Thermo. If I had one criticism of this.

[Will Friedle]

Movie, it was that they really pushed the slang in this movie. Yeah, she must have said situs lapidus 42 times. Like you couldn't make this a drinking game, you'd be dead. Yeah, so? And again, it's a small criticism cause I get what they're doing, but it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Was a little much when we. When we get a little bit later on, I'm going to tell you why it felt too much too.

[Will Friedle]

Okay. Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Because it was just a little much. This little.

[Will Friedle]

A little too many reference after reference after reference in this.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. Yeah. But I will say, Kirsten, it's like it just rolled off the tongue. I think I would stumble on these words.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, you'd get them.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I mean, I feel like I'd stumble.

[Will Friedle]

You'd get them. You know, you would. Hearing kids talk nowadays with the words they say, I don't know what any of this mid. And I'm like, what? I just assume they're. They're calling me an idiot. And they're probably right.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Well, the room they go into looks important, but Xenon says she's found an interesting monitor and turned it into a new game. She's transformed this very important CPU into.

[Will Friedle]

A video game like Arachnoid or Pong.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Frankly, it seems innocent, but we see they're playing. Has opened a door in Commander Plank's office, and now all of his belongings.

[Will Friedle]

And furniture are being sucked out into space. Now, I was worried here, because if.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

She'S done this before, how has all.

[Will Friedle]

Of his stuff not been sucked out into space already?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I did, too. I went, okay, wait a minute. But then my brain was so determined already to love this movie.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I was the same way.

[Will Friedle]

I was like, let it go. It's fine.

[Sabrina Bryan]

You let it go. I was thinking, like, it probably happened somewhere else. Not his room.

[Will Friedle]

Great.

[Sabrina Bryan]

That's what we'll say happened somewhere else.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

On the space shuttle, in an unknown.

[Will Friedle]

Little closet she was opening and closing. Perfect. Great. I'm with you.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And so when Plank returns, he's shocked.

[Will Friedle]

To see his things floating outside.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And then he's almost sucked out the window himself. He holds on for dear life while the girls giggle and play what they think is an innocent arcade game on the other side of the ship. And as he's being pulled, Plank somehow knows who's behind this and yells, Xenon.

[Will Friedle]

Z9 is now back in her room.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Talking on her zap pad, wishing someone a nice life. She tells Nebula that Greg, her Earth boyfriend from the first movie, has dumped her and in turn has been written out of the sequel.

[Will Friedle]

I hope that didn't affect his SAG insurance.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

She can't.

[Will Friedle]

That's got to be the worst. He's got to be like, oh, my.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

God, this is great. They're doing a sequel. Oh, I can't.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, no. Seriously, how that happens? Oh, gosh.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Well, because they basically I was gonna say, oh, they're gonna keep the entire.

[Will Friedle]

Thing on the space station, but then.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

They go to Earth. They easily could have put them in the movie, but they didn't. Yeah, she, by the way, cannot believe that he dumped her and thinks that the Margie Girl, quote unquote, had something to do with it. And even worse, Plank has revoked her roaming pass after her little stunt today and sent her to the alien patrol lab to work it off. One month of three hour shifts and six hours on Saturday, she'll be side by side with Orion, who's been working there for five full years and is very quirky. He's never picked up a signal, but still gives her a tour of what.

[Will Friedle]

To do just in case that happens.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And during their first night shift, she's already fallen asleep on the job, only to be woken up by an alarm. She's ready to alert everyone of an alien signal, but it's just Orion with an alarm clock. And so the next day, Zenon is already complaining about the punishment to her mom and breaking the news about Greg. And just when she thinks things can't get any worse, a breaking news bulletin.

[Will Friedle]

Cuts into their TV features feed her.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Favorite pop star, Protozoa is missing. Since his triumphant concert in space, he has yet to be seen.

[Will Friedle]

There are rumors he's retired and Xenon is devastated.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And then the entire space station is alerted to meet in the mess hall.

[Will Friedle]

For an emergency briefing.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

At the meeting, Planck announces someone has stepped in to fill the management void.

[Will Friedle]

Left behind by, obviously, the first movie's villain, and it's oh, the US military. They're sending up troops to assess each.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Module and decide who is important and who is expendable. And this means a lot of the shuttle's families could be reassigned to Earth.

[Will Friedle]

The new leader, General Hammond, again, great.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Mash reference, will arrive soon and explain.

[Will Friedle]

Everything in greater detail.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Zenon is stressed and lets Planck know it. She can't believe these military guys would be making such important decisions. And Planck explains he has no control.

[Will Friedle]

Over who will stay and who will go.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And once this Hammond arrives with troops, he surprisingly wants to see Xenon immediately. The high ranking military official says he's always looking for the best and brightest for missions, and everyone says that Xenon.

[Will Friedle]

Is the best he could find. She's down for whatever his dangerous instructions.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Are, but instead he just asks her to supervise his daughter. And his daughter is Margie, the brat who may have stolen Zenon's boyfriend. She arrives on the shuttle looking like.

[Will Friedle]

She just walked out of the movie.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Clueless, Hammond orders his daughter to get some rest, but as soon as she starts fake crying and clearly manipulates him.

[Will Friedle]

He gives in and lets her stay awake.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

She was in the first one, right?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. Okay, we liked her in the first one.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

We did.

[Sabrina Bryan]

We liked her as a. She was a good villain. Yes, she was a good villain in the first one.

[Will Friedle]

She.

[Sabrina Bryan]

She did.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

But you'd also. I'd have to imagine if she came.

[Will Friedle]

Up to the space station and you think she stole your boyfriend. You'd rather have her where you can see her than down on Earth with your boyfriend, Right?

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

So there you go.

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[Will Friedle]

She's gotta be kind of happy about that.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah. You've picked up some good girl talk, right?

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I'm trying to. Hey. Trying to.

[Will Friedle]

After this many dcoms, it's hard not to.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Now, in Zenon's room, Margie starts rubbing Gregory in her face. The two girls already start to butt.

[Will Friedle]

Heads about whose turf they're on, and.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Margie quickly throws, threatens Zenon. If she's not nice to her, she'll have her family removed from the station.

[Will Friedle]

Cetus Lapidus.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Now in the dining room, a visibly peeved Xenon has become Margie's servant, even cutting her meat for her. And that's not all. Xenon also finds herself doing her arch nemesis homework and forfeiting the last piece of cake to her. And later, Xenon complains about the situation to Nebula. She even has to paint her nails later. But for now, Zenon will go along with it to keep her family safe. But she doesn't plan on rolling over and playing dead. Later, during the pedicure, Xenon gets a little mischievous and includes glue in the nail polish. So later, when Margie goes to take her socks off, they're stuck to her nails. And this, of course, makes no sense. As anybody who's ever been around a.

[Will Friedle]

Woman knows, the second you get your nails painted, they don't put socks on.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

No, even I know that. I mean, if I said to my.

[Will Friedle]

Wife, as she's like, she just paints.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Her nails, and I'm like, hey, let's throw on a pair of socks. Come on. We know that's not how it works, right? Meanwhile, Xenon is back in her alien lab, bored and waiting for any sort of life form when it happens again, she's getting little wavelengths on the monitor, so she reaches out to Commander Plank, who rushes to see the action, but he's not impressed. It's a small spike and could be hundreds of different Things. And although they'd love to believe it's.

[Will Friedle]

Something alien, they chalk it up to being nothing at all. Okay.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

This is supposed to be in the.

[Will Friedle]

Future, and it's supposed to be very high tech equipment that she's watching.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And it seems like maybe they just shot it in a weird way where she's getting these spikes that are clearly something. And then other people are. She's bringing other people in instantly.

[Will Friedle]

She's not keeping it to them, to herself.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And then it's like they don't see the spikes. Wouldn't she be. Wouldn't the equipment be recording so that she can go back and be like, look what happened. Yeah, I found that weird.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah, Well, I thought they were looking back at it and going, so.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

So that was my question. Maybe I just missed it.

[Will Friedle]

They're.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

They're seeing what she's seeing.

[Will Friedle]

They just don't believe it's anything.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Right.

[Sabrina Bryan]

That's how I took it.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

That they just.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

When I first saw it, I thought it.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah. Because I felt like Orion. He was like. As much as I want to believe it is, it was almost like he's already seen that kind of stuff before. It turned out to be nothing. That's how I said, okay.

[Will Friedle]

I think I must have missed that because I thought it was like they were. It was like the frog who was like, hello, my baby.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Hello, my honey.

[Will Friedle]

And then you bring it over and the frog ribbon. Like, that's what I thought it was.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I felt like it was like it was. Yeah. Because there. There are. They are in space. And like, he was saying, like, he's like, sometimes that we just don't know that there's like, another country that, like, sent like, right, right saddle.

[Will Friedle]

He said there's satellites and stuff.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So he's like, I. He's like, I figured I missed it. Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, I figured I missed. Okay.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

We're back with her parents. She pleads with them to believe her, but they aren't sold. Her dad even thinks she's just reeling from the last few days of disappointment. The breakup protozoa disappearing and Margie showing up. He wonders if she's just saying this to get back into the spotlight. And just like that, do we have a new member of the Bad Dcom dad hall of Fame? I don't know. This.

[Will Friedle]

I'll.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I'll let it slide because he was good in the rest of the movie, but it.

[Will Friedle]

He's instantly not believing her and then saying maybe she's making the whole thing up. I was like, ooh, not good, dad. Not good.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And now she's even being bullied at school about her alleged alien encounter. But she's staying confident in what she saw. All the while, Margie's becoming increasingly popular on the space station, even with Nebula.

[Will Friedle]

And there's absolutely nothing she can do about it.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And that night in the alien lab, while she's feeling bad about herself, it all happens again. She hears the Zoom, or Zum, because.

[Will Friedle]

We don't want to give it away.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

So she calls it the Zum from the satellites and notices the spikes on the radar. And when she goes to tell somebody, she bumps right into Commander Plank. And he doesn't believe her again. But this time, General Hammond joins them and wondered if these Zums are a sign that the lab's machines are too old and the entire department needs to be deactivated. Xenon fights back. She knows what she heard. So as a result, Commander Plank relieves her of her duties and bans her from the lab. The following morning, it's the big day where section 7 will be detached from the station. Everyone seems affected by the separation and are war of a large jolt at the moment of release. Xenon just doesn't get why their station is being chopped up. Her dad explains that without these changes.

[Will Friedle]

They could crash into Earth. But Xenon doesn't believe that.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

She thinks someone needs to stand up.

[Will Friedle]

And that person could be her. And here's where, once again, I wanted.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

To point out how for the budget and for the time, it all looked great.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

When they were separating the modules and they're doing. It all looked really good. I was super impressed.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I again, like, I was, like, excited, excited to see this movie, but also a little worried. We're talking 2001 on the Disney Channel, right. Creating a space shuttle that they're going to be like, you know, doing these special effects and stuff.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yeah, Well, I think. Didn't Stu tell us that they were.

[Will Friedle]

Going to make it into a show.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

But they wanted to then put the show on Earth?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And it's kind of like why the.

[Will Friedle]

Whole point is to be in space. And maybe it's just way too expensive.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

To do a space show.

[Will Friedle]

I don't know. But it seems, because this, to me, I was fully impressed with basically how everything looked.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It wasn't. There wasn't a moment even where I.

[Will Friedle]

Was like, ooh, that looks terrible.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It didn't look bad.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, it didn't. It really didn't. And. And I. It made me kind of go like, I wonder what this Because I. I don't ever remember hearing, and it wasn't in any of our stuff, that this was, like, a huge budget for the channel at the time.

[Will Friedle]

Right.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Either. So.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

No, it's.

[Sabrina Bryan]

They just. Just did it. Like, they just nailed it.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It worked. It really did.

[Sabrina Bryan]

They really did.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I thought. I thought it looked great. Commander Plank now has his own issues, though.

[Will Friedle]

His office has been taken over by.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Hammond and he's been moved into the small supply closet. Xenon tries to get him riled up, to fight back, but Plank seems defeated.

[Will Friedle]

And overwhelmed with the responsibilities of living on the space station.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

He wonders if Earth is just easier.

[Will Friedle]

And is quick to blame Xenon's alien fantasies.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Everyone's blaming Xenon.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Seriously. Come on.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And the whole Poor kid. She just saved you all in the.

[Will Friedle]

Last movie, for God's sakes.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And brought a rock star, international rock.

[Will Friedle]

Star up to see you. Maybe a little something anyway.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And the whole station now.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, that's the other thing I wanted to mention.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It's been, I think, two years since the last movie came out.

[Will Friedle]

It was, I think, 99 and then 2001. The.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

The.

[Will Friedle]

She. Kirsten definitely looks older.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Like, she def. I mean, you could really see a change in. In her. When I saw.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I was like, oh, wow, okay. To the point where, when I first.

[Will Friedle]

Saw her, I was like, oh, is.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

She gonna be, like, working on the space station?

[Will Friedle]

And then I realized, oh, no, they.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Probably still have her in high school.

[Host/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And they actually. I noticed when we were doing the callback, they actually made it a big point of. And now Xenon's 15.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

She is not 31.

[Sabrina Bryan]

31. And nor is she 12 or 13 anymore.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Looks different, kids.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Because she did.

[Will Friedle]

She definitely looked older.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes, she did. She's such a pretty girl.

[Will Friedle]

She is.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And the whole station now sees Xenon as the girl who cried alien throwing in. Let's throw in the fact that Nebula.

[Will Friedle]

Is getting even closer to Margie and.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Even using her slang word, fabulo. What?

[Will Friedle]

That's a big stab in the back.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

This is a disaster. I was like, oh, dude, your friend's bailing on you, too. Poor Xenon.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

So that night, Xenon is doing.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I was like, raven would never do that. Just kidding.

[Will Friedle]

Nice. Right?

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Exactly.

[Will Friedle]

Where's Raven?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Get Raven back. She'd never do this. She'd never.

[Will Friedle]

Nice.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

That night, Xenon is doing what every kid and every kid thing, whether it's Disney, Nickelodeon or whatever, talking to herself in bed.

[Will Friedle]

It's just the Old kid standby. When we were kids growing up on a television show, you always had scenes where you're just talking to yourself.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

That's when her zap pad beeps. It magically downloaded the alien lab radar software and is spiking again. But this time, she recognizes the sound. It's zoom, zoom, zoom from Protozoa. She fetches her old lab coworker, Orion, and compares the zooms from the radar to Protozoa's song. Zoom, zoom, zoom. And they are the same. She quickly deduces that the aliens want to meet the pop star, which seemed.

[Will Friedle]

Like a big jump for me.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It's like, that's where you at. Because the first thing that went through my. I was like, wow, that okay.

[Will Friedle]

Got there quick.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yeah, I thought it was gonna be that. It turned out that it was because they said that Protozoa had disappeared. Right now she's getting these.

[Will Friedle]

I thought they were going where he's reaching out to her.

[Sabrina Bryan]

He's. Me too. That's exactly where I was going. Like, yeah, same with my head. I'm like, oh, she's gonna go save him.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Say, thought the same exact thing.

[Sabrina Bryan]

She's gonna save.

[Will Friedle]

Yep, I thought the st. Same thing.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It's like, it's gotta be Protozoa.

[Will Friedle]

But, yeah, that seemed like a big jump where she's like, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Aliens want to meet him.

[Will Friedle]

Like, wait, what? But, hey, I'm still.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I'm still loving it.

[Will Friedle]

I'm all in. But that was a little bit of.

[Sabrina Bryan]

A. Oh, yes, that's where you got. True. Yeah, yeah.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Orion, of course, buys the story and knows how huge this is. He wants to tell Plank, but Xenon knows.

[Will Friedle]

He or Hammond won't believe them.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And then it's time to say Goodbye to Section 7. Everyone must report to their safe zones for the moment of release.

[Will Friedle]

We get some again, great special effects of space shots of the being removed from the station, and then it's gone.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Now we're in the dining room and.

[Will Friedle]

Zenon finds Nebula, who's obviously bothered by something.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Zenon assumes it's their earlier squabble over Margie, but it's because her family section is being sent back to Earth tomorrow afternoon. They're not even getting time to, like.

[Will Friedle]

Say goodbye to people. They're just like, we're leaving at 1. Like, wait, what?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes, you must pack all your belongings and go.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It's like, this is our home. My God. Xenon, of course, cannot believe it. This is crisis mode extreme. She's not going to let General Hammond.

[Will Friedle]

Get away with this. Then Xenon helps Nebula haul her big.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Moving box into the waiting area for.

[Will Friedle]

Her section's departure to Earth.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And surprisingly, Margie is hiding in the room and hears the best friend saying.

[Will Friedle]

Goodbye to each other.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It's now the big day. Xenon's parents are saying goodbye to Nebula and her mom, but Xenon is just.

[Will Friedle]

Too sad to join them.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Or is she? We cut to Earth, where Section 12 is landed and the luggage is deplaning, and we learn that Xenon was in Nebula's big box. Please don't ever make me say that sentence again. She eventually escapes the luggage, but once she's out, she's welcomed by Margie, who was also hiding in a box for the trip and wants to accompany Xenon on her adventure to prove these aliens.

[Will Friedle]

Do in fact exist.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Zenon can't believe what's going on, but she gives in. Their first stop is her Aunt Judy's place, who's just as kooky as she was last time and kooky enough to believe that the alien story is true and willing to help. So now Aunt Judy, Xenon and Margie powwow, and Margie wonders if Protozoa was actually alien napped. But Xenon isn't hearing it. She knows the singer is just in.

[Will Friedle]

Hiding somehow, which, again, alien naps seem more logical.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

But she decides to study his lyrics to look for clues about where he is. And Margie mentions a Linda, who is referenced in a lot of the songs. Aunt Judy mentions that Linda means beautiful in Spanish, and boom. The zap pad magically has a result. It's a cliffside home.

[Will Friedle]

Not sure how beautiful in Spanish got.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Them there, but did. It's like, wait a second. He said the word blue. He's insane.

[Will Friedle]

Like, wait, what?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Like, I'm telling you, I rewound this part thinking, oh, that. I was like, no, that's. Nope, that's all they gave us.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, that was it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

But I'm telling you, I didn't care. I was like, we gotta find protozoas.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I know, but how do they. How do they not do something where it's like, it's Linda. And then it's like. You know his famous lyric, it's a house on a hill, like something they.

[Will Friedle]

Gave, but they didn't. They were just. They said Linda and now they know where he is.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And then they got the Zillow.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Exactly. It's currently on sale for 6.5 mega kwatlouds.

[Will Friedle]

Yes.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And there's an Open house tomorrow. Yeah. So we now see inside the cliffside.

[Will Friedle]

Home they found by just learning one.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Word in Spanish, and it is Protozoa. He's pacing and talking to his manager.

[Will Friedle]

About what to do next.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

After already being the first rock star in space, he can't be president of the Pope, so he might as well.

[Will Friedle]

Just retire and hide in this house.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I mean, I feel like there are a whole bunch of other options, but.

[Will Friedle]

Hey, who am I to get into an artist's way?

[Sabrina Bryan]

But you gotta pause because this is the first time we are actually getting a look into Protozoa's, like, personality.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And the character. And it's great. I am all in. I was like, he's funny. He's got this great accent.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yep.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, my God.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

The hair is still on point.

[Sabrina Bryan]

The hair is still there. I mean, but we got to see. And I'm like, this guy's a great actor. I feel like we didn't really get to see no much of him. And this is amazing.

[Will Friedle]

And so, yeah, I'm really glad that he's become one of the main characters because he does add to the film. He really does. It's great.

[Sabrina Bryan]

He adds. Almost steals it. Yeah. And some points of it.

[Will Friedle]

I agree. I agree.

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[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

So now Aunt Judy's dropping off Xenon and Margie into basically the jungle to hype again. If you're flying. Did she drive? No, they drove, right?

[Will Friedle]

I don't.

[Sabrina Bryan]

They drove.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, okay, but yeah, they have to.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Now hike to Protozoa's hideaway. They immediately find a green screen waterfall, which it was, and Margie is already tired and annoyed, even falling into a puddle of mud and coming up to face a very big spider.

[Will Friedle]

But she gets through it.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

But now we're back on the space station. General Hammond finds a message from Margie telling him that she went to Earth with Xenon and lies, saying she was forced to go with threats.

[Will Friedle]

I was like, oh, I know.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Just when I was kind of, kind of started to warm up to Marge, I was like, oh, no. Oh no, Marge.

[Will Friedle]

How dare you, Margie. Yep, so that was not cool. But he rushes down to see Xenon's.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Parents, and they all quickly realize Xenon is not in her bedroom like they thought.

[Will Friedle]

She does the full Ferris Bueller thing with like, you knock on the door and she's like, go away. And it turns out to be a recording.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yeah, they call Aunt Judy and they get the whole story. At the same time, Zenon and Margie have found Protozoa's house, but they hit a force field that, when activated, tickles them. Their incessant laugh leads Protozoa right to them. But luckily, he recognizes his old pal Zenon immediately in the house, Xenon breaks down the entire alien story for him. While Margie is starstruck, he also hears the similar zoom, zoom, zoom, but isn't ready to go to space again. He wants a new challenge, so Xenon entices him by explaining he'd be the first musician to ever play for aliens. And then he's in. So what an easy sell that was back with Xenon's parents. They are furious with their daughter and Aunt Judy. General Hammond is now more likely to.

[Will Friedle]

Send everyone to Earth, which is Xenon's mom's biggest nightmare.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And, and to add insult to injury, General Hammond has placed Xenon's parents under house arrest until she returns. He arrests them, but only we know the girls are at Protozoa's pad, who has finally made it out of his funk and is writing music again. But he wonders why, if the aliens want him so badly, why haven't they just beamed him down and picked him up? Margie suggests that the aliens saw E.T. and they're afraid they'll get probed.

[Will Friedle]

Meeting in space would be much safer. Yeah, okay, I'm gonna leave that. Leave that exactly where it is. And I want.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

As you're wondering what I would say here, I'd like everybody to quickly rewind everything they've heard and just go back.

[Will Friedle]

Please, to Sabrina saying taint.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

But Protozoa is not sold. Since space is huge, how would they even know where to meet up? Zenon logs into her zap pad and finds access to a map. She enlists the help of Orion to figure out what it means and asks Margie to call her dad for a shuttle. She's hesitant to engage with her dad.

[Will Friedle]

Especially since she told him she was kidnapped by Xenon.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

But Xenon knows finding aliens will save.

[Will Friedle]

Their space station, so I don't know how she knows that, but she does.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

So Margie eventually agrees to do it, but when she calls him, it accidentally taps into a meeting where he's announcing his secret plan to send all residents back to Earth and destroy the space station once and for all because it's on the verge of crashing from the intense damage that occurred over the years.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, so I have to ask, because this is interesting.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

He's saving everybody's life. Like, it wasn't. He's. He's not bad. You know what I mean?

[Sabrina Bryan]

He's a bad guy.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Right? It's not like I'm selling it off or this is going to become a military space station. It's. He's literally saving everyone and doesn't want.

[Will Friedle]

To Kick people off.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right. But they're not interested. They want to die on this shuttle.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I know, but it's one of those things, though, where, if you think about.

[Will Friedle]

It, but.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Nobody'S really bad in this movie. There's not a villain.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, that's right.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

You know, Margie is not the greatest, but they. They're traveling together.

[Will Friedle]

Her dad is.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Is trying to save everybody's life. Really? There isn't a villain like there was in the first one.

[Sabrina Bryan]

That's so true.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Which I thought was interesting.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, I figured, obviously this guy's gonna have. Where it's like, oh, they tapped into a secret meeting. What's really going on?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right.

[Will Friedle]

And it was that he's really trying to save everybody's life. I'm trying to make sure that you don't all die. Yeah, that's my evilness.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'd like to, you know, offer you a future.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yeah, exactly.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Don't mind.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

This place is literally going to crash.

[Will Friedle]

Into Earth and be destroyed in the next month. So I'm getting everyone off and saving.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

There's no villain.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

So now with this info, though, Aunt Judy calls Plank and tells him the bad news. She demands a shuttle for the girls to find the aliens, and more importantly, Orion has figured out the map. He shows Planck the exact location of the signal and is sure that if you travel there, you'll come face to face with aliens. Back with Zenon and Margie, they're finally working out their issues. Margie blames her own sarcasm and is surprised people listen to her at all. She's had a rough upbringing, moving from place to place with her dad, and just wants to fit in. She's envious that Zenon can just be popular with no effort. But Zenon explains that everyone has pressures in their life. She must see outside of herself and be a good person.

[Will Friedle]

Anyway, it was very nice message.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Then we jump over to Nebula's house on Earth. She's complaining to her mom about their new surroundings. The house is small, the air is.

[Will Friedle]

Polluted, and she misses the space station.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And that's when the U.S. intergalactic Patrol, dispatched by General Hammond, arrives at her front door. They want to interview Nebula to find out where Xenon is. But our girl stays strong.

[Will Friedle]

She knows that snitches end up in ditches.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And back at the.

[Will Friedle]

That's true.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And back at the station, Plank meets with General Hammond. He says, Aunt Judy, his girlfriend, which I think was a detail I completely and totally forgot from the first movie. Did you remember?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Until they said it. But then I Remembered. Yeah, they met, like, at the very end.

[Will Friedle]

Right. But I had. I spaced on that too.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yeah. But is begging him for a visit. He asked for permission to take a.

[Will Friedle]

Shuttle to see her for 24 hours.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And is quickly, of course, granted said permission. So Aunt Judy immediately lets Xenon know Plank will be coming with the shuttle landing at the beach and will pilot them to go see the aliens. But they have to stay safe because the Intergalactic Patrol is roaming the area to find them. And even worse, while Plank is talking to Orion about the upcoming alien mission, Hammonds overhears everything and places Planck under house arrest too. It seems like if you're going to be discussing breaking all the rules, maybe just a quick look over your shoulder.

[Will Friedle]

To make sure the guy you're trying to discuss isn't right behind you.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Exactly. Like. Or maybe not even be, like, walking around doing it. Like, let's go into, like, a secret area or like a secured room that's like, secured or at least whisper.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It was like, you know, it's like, what are you doing? But the girls and Protozoa are clueless to this and ready for the shuttle. It's also worth pointing out that Xenon's parents are still locked in the room, only to finally be broken out by Orion. And Aunt Judy had made a break from her house as well, with officers at her door. And they've all shown up at Nebula's house, at her house. So they're looking. They're looking all over.

[Will Friedle]

And they're all on ATVs, which I find strange, but hey, so strange. No one's in a car.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

They're all.

[Will Friedle]

They're like a weird ATV gang.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah, they're like you and your buddies back in the day.

[Will Friedle]

It's right.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yeah, they're the Hex Angels.

[Will Friedle]

Xenon's parents call Xenon to encourage her.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

To surrender and come home. But she can't give up on the aliens. With Plank gone, she wants her parents to fly the shuttle, but her mom is just too afraid to fly and.

[Will Friedle]

Apparently has convinced herself she hates Earth.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

But for her daughter, she's going to try. Orion leads her through the pipes to get to the shuttle, but says things are too hot to leave.

[Will Friedle]

In the obvious rocket, she'll need to.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Use the smaller and dumpier waste management transport.

[Will Friedle]

It's obviously not ideal, but this part of the film to me was so, like, struck a chord because as somebody who deals with anxiety, there are times where you're scared and you just have to do it anyway.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And so they really wrote her where she basically has a mental illness. I mean, she's like, she's too scared to leave the shuttle, she's not going.

[Will Friedle]

Back to Earth, she hasn't flown, she hasn't done any of this. And it's like, my daughter needs me. I need to get over my panic. And that's what it was.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

This was a woman in full panic.

[Will Friedle]

Attack who's like, I gotta, I gotta feel the fear and do it anyway. I gotta go. And so it was like, all right, good for you. Like, go fly that ship.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I loved it. The messaging and the I, I don't want to do it until. Because it's like literally my only surprise.

[Will Friedle]

Okay, we'll do it then. We'll do it then.

[Sabrina Bryan]

But so good. Such a great thing, especially for what we're dealing with, which is a kids show. Like, even parents get these big feelings and these and can be scared, but yet, here we go. This is, this is the message, this is the, you know, the learning.

[Will Friedle]

I think so too.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

On the beach now, Aunt Judy and Nebula arrive to help and reunite with Xenon, Margie and Protozoa.

[Will Friedle]

Judy is devastated to hear Plank won't.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Be manning the shuttle.

[Will Friedle]

And when we cut to Xenon's mom.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And Orion flying the Trashmobile, it seems.

[Will Friedle]

Pretty touch and go.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

She's freaking out and very scared of the landing.

[Will Friedle]

But Xenon's mom makes it happen, finding.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

The courage and the love for her daughter and abruptly landing on the beach.

[Will Friedle]

Just as Hammond's troops arrive on their stupid ATVs.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

The now full group, Xenon, Xenon's mom, Aunt Judy, Protozoa, Margie and Nebula take off in the shuttle, just escaping the bad guys. Hammond is of course, furious and ready to take it out on Xenon's dad and Plank. But since his daughter Margie's on the shuttle too, they suggest he helps get them home safely. Safely. On the shuttle, everyone but Xenon and her mom are asleep and they can't.

[Will Friedle]

Find the aliens anywhere.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

The calculations don't appear to be precise. Xenon is still optimistic and her mom is so thankful to be back flying and pushing herself. She is so proud of Xenon.

[Will Friedle]

But their gas tanks are now empty.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And Orion didn't fill up the backup tanks. Way to go, dummy. Like one job, they can't get in touch with the space station and they're close to being sucked up into the gravitational pull of the moon and thrown.

[Will Friedle]

Through space to death.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Also, Aunt Judy is so annoying when.

[Will Friedle]

She thinks she's dying and she won't stop yapping.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And then the moon does pull the shuttle in, but it's not gonna crash, it's to meet the aliens. They've arrived for the rendezvous and their UFO looks like a beautiful laser bird.

[Will Friedle]

It full on reminded me of the Abyss. I don't know if you ever saw the Abyss, but no, straight out, you've.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Never seen the Abyss. You've gotta see James Cameron's the Abyss.

[Will Friedle]

It's great and it kind of. This is what it reminded me of.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

But it was beautiful. And that's when an alien beams into their shuttle. But not to meet Protozoa. It's because Xenon can surprisingly read the aliens minds. She finds out that they've been lost in space for years, unable to return home. If they can borrow a map and some charts, they'll get the crew back to their space station, then return home. They needed permission to use the computers.

[Will Friedle]

Though, because they wanted to be polite, which was very funny.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And now the alien LED plane controlled by the laser bird returns to the space shuttle, completely shocking Hammond and his officials. The crew reunites with their families, but without any actual proof of the aliens, they're still all in trouble and the space station still going to be deactivated. And I was like, what more proof do you need than watching what you just saw?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. Like, was someone supposed to take a picture of it? Like, what was it?

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

The mom is a scientist.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Do you think she's going to go back and be like, aliens?

[Will Friedle]

No.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

No. Like, she's going to lie about it.

[Will Friedle]

Come on.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It's like, what? I was like, wait a minute. I was like literally yelling at the.

[Will Friedle]

Screen in the plane at that point.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I was like, what else do you need to know? Seriously?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Sorry, babe, I'm just watching Xenon too.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Pardon me?

[Will Friedle]

I'm watching the sequel.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Sorry. Yeah, it's a heated debate right now.

[Will Friedle]

It was. Yes. 3C was pretty mad at me.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And just as Hammond becomes more insulting, Margie finally speaks up. She insists they did find aliens and everything about their adventure is true. But her dad needs proof. And then the ship starts shaking. They're being put back into orbit. It's the aliens that are helping. And they're also reattaching the previously removed.

[Will Friedle]

Pieces of the ship.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

The laser bird waves goodbye. And Xenon finally proves she was right. The now intact space station is back on track. And to celebrate, Protozoa performs for the ship. He explains Xenon is the true hero. The aliens didn't Even really want to meet him. But being humbled has creatively woken him back up. He's even performing weddings now. And that's when we realize we're at Commander Plank and Aunt Judy's nuptials. He wishes them the best and dedicates a song to Xenon.

[Will Friedle]

It's called the Galaxy Is Ours. And it's not the best song in the film.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

If I'm on it, it's okay.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It was no zoom zoom.

[Will Friedle]

It's not zoom, zoom, zoom.

[Sabrina Bryan]

You know, it's not. It's tough.

[Will Friedle]

I know your sophomore album is always difficult. Everyone knows that.

[Sabrina Bryan]

But not only that, think about it. Not. Not to, like, ruffle my, like, shoulders and pump them up, but, like, this was before the. The world of musicals in the channel too.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yeah, no, it's true.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It's right, so, like, they hadn't Cheetah.

[Will Friedle]

Girls it up yet. This is.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah, yeah.

[Will Friedle]

And this is pcg. Pre Cheetah Girls.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Right. And although I know Cheetah Girls fans love the first movie, the second movie's music is a beefed up version. You know what I mean? So it's like this is really before Disney was doing music, so I didn't.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Well, we know they had to recast. We know Protozoa is in the third.

[Will Friedle]

One, so maybe there's a new song in the third one that's. That's kicked up. Who knows?

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

But yeah, I gave.

[Will Friedle]

I gave him a pass.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah, because. Yeah, because by then they were in, like, wheelhouse of music. Yeah.

[Will Friedle]

Yep. I agree.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yeah, but who cares? We don't care. Things are good.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I don't.

[Will Friedle]

I don't either.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Margie has even returned to the space station and convinced her dad to let her stay.

[Will Friedle]

She wants to get to know Xenon better.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Xenon pretends to be bummed at first.

[Will Friedle]

But they hug as the sucky song continues to play.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Also, it looks like maybe Xenon and Orion have developed a little bit of crushes on each other. Ho, ho, ho.

[Will Friedle]

Find some aliens together.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And Plank and Hammond have even made.

[Will Friedle]

Up Everything is turning up Space Station. And that is our movie.

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[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Let's do some real reviews. I have the five star review this week. I love how both of our reviews.

[Will Friedle]

Are very short this week.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yes, our five star review is from our old friend Unamid. Unamit is back and here is his review. I've seen every movie and this one is good.

[Will Friedle]

Five stars.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okie dokie.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Thank you.

[Will Friedle]

Ver.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

What do you got Sabrina?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Five stars. I've got the one star. This is from Augusto 140.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, Augusto 140.

[Sabrina Bryan]

This zequal zucks.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

One star. I thought that was great.

[Will Friedle]

I got Zequal Zucks.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

We are now of course to Sabrina's favorite part of the program.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Actually is warming up to me a little bit. I haven't been doing that.

[Will Friedle]

You know why? Because Jensen isn't here.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Not here to make me feel like a complete.

[Will Friedle]

So there you go. No Jensen. And the feature becomes a lot easier, doesn't it?

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

So our feature this week is called Alien Concepts.

[Will Friedle]

To honor Xenon and her new alien.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Friends, we'll be given a description of a movie that includes aliens.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, I should be good at this.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

We have to guess the title of the movie from a little Multiple choice option. 3 out of 5 wins. Who is playing with us today?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Me, Lisa.

[Will Friedle]

All right, here we go.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Wait, before. Lisa, are you. You are one of our just brainiacs of the. Of the producing staff. Are you a, like, alien movie fan?

[Will Friedle]

Oh, she's gonna know all these backwards for me.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I don't even know what the questions are.

[Sprite Advertiser]

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[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay, so it depends on the alien.

[Will Friedle]

She'll know.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

All right, here we go.

[Will Friedle]

Number one.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

After witnessing a ufo, an ordinary man becomes obsessed with the mysterious visions that lead him to a remote site in.

[Will Friedle]

Hopes to make first contact. Is that A fire in the sky? B, Mars Needs Moms. C, Close Encounters of the Third Kind OR D, Super 8. What do you got, Sabrina?

[Sabrina Bryan]

My eyes are gonna cross this game. I'm gonna go with C. Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

[Will Friedle]

It is C. Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Am I right?

[Sabrina Bryan]

You don't even need me, Will.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I don't.

[Will Friedle]

I don't, to be honest with you.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

But I love having you here and hearing your dulcet tones, so.

[Will Friedle]

That's right.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

We're one for one. Number two.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Wow, you guys, I feel like I won already.

[Will Friedle]

She's stepping away.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I'm done.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Mic drop. I'm good.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I just had my one good golf shot. I never have to play again.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes.

[Host/Announcer]

Yes.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Number two. Aliens launch a massive attack on Earth and a group of survivors, including a pilot, a scientist and the US President.

[Will Friedle]

Unite to fight back. Is it A, Independence Day. B, Mars Attacks. C Deep Impact or D, Armageddon? What do you got, Sabrina?

[Sabrina Bryan]

A, Independence Day.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It is A Independence Day. Two for two.

[Will Friedle]

Sabrina, am I correct?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Like aliens more than you think.

[Host/Announcer]

I think.

[Will Friedle]

Apparently I listen.

[Sabrina Bryan]

No, he's like, we'll see with the next one. Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Number three. A young boy befriends a stranded alien and helps him reunite with his family.

[Will Friedle]

While evading government agents and enjoying McDonald's. Is it A, et B, Big Hero 6C gods and Monsters or D, Mac and Me? Sabrina, what do you got?

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

A, E, T, OOH, this is where.

[Will Friedle]

Producer Jensen really gets here. Because he added, enjoying making McDonald.

[Host/Announcer]

I.

[Sabrina Bryan]

That's when I went. I don't remember McDonald's in E.T. but it wasn't. It was so close to it.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Basically a commercial, because it was a rip off. It was a rip off of ET.

[Will Friedle]

Called Mac and Me and I should.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Have seen the Mac. Oh, damn it.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

There's literally, like, in the middle.

[Will Friedle]

There's like a McDonald's commercial, essentially.

[Sabrina Bryan]

You need to go look up every Paul Rudd appearance on Conan o'.

[T-Mobile Spanish Advertiser]

Brien.

[Host/Announcer]

I think it is. He just.

[Sabrina Bryan]

That's great.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Okay, number four, A man claiming to.

[Will Friedle]

Be from another planet is sent to.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

A mental hospital where his calm wisdom and mysterious knowledge make everyone question if.

[Will Friedle]

He'S actually telling the truth. Is it a Lawnmower Man? B, K Pax, C, Galaxy Quest, or D, Home? Oh, I don't know.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm gonna go with BK Pax.

[Will Friedle]

It's definitely not Galaxy Quest. I've never heard of Home. I think Lawnmower man is a horror movie, so I'm gonna say BK packs.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It is. B, I won.

[Will Friedle]

I think we won.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

And so the fifth one, just for those back in me, I did number five. An alien couple crash land on Earth and try to blend in with humans.

[Will Friedle]

Using fake identities and end up living an oddly normal suburban life.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

A, Earth to Echo. B, Paul. C, arrival.

[Will Friedle]

Or D, Coneheads.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Coneheads.

[Will Friedle]

Yes.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It's Decode Heads.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. The only one was Back in Me, and I have never seen that. I don't even know.

[Will Friedle]

You should watch it. It's worth it. It's funny as hell.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Is it funny?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, it's. Yes, because.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So it's supposed to be funny.

[Will Friedle]

No, it's like a comic. It's supposed to be E.T. and it's just not E.T.

[Sabrina Bryan]

It'S just not.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Got it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It's got a.

[Will Friedle]

It's got a great cult following. It really does.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Really?

[Will Friedle]

Yeah, it does.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

All right, well, thank you so much, Lisa. I appreciate it. And now we do some Sabrina.

[Host/Announcer]

Thank you.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Seas.

[Spanish Language Advertiser]

Yes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay, so I have to. I just have to hit it because we sort of. Sort of talked about it at first. And as soon as I pop it up to. To push play on Disney plus, I realized that it wasn't Raven on it, and I was like, I thought Raven wasn't in the third one.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yeah, she tends to bail from the third one.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I thought I was expecting Raven, and I just didn't realize. I thought she wasn't in the third one. I thought she was in the first two, so I was kind of like, ugh. But then I was like, oh, wait, no, that's from the Color of Friendship. She's from the Color of Friendship.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, my God. And she killed it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And she killed it. She did a great job. So anyways, I did have a little bit of an emotional rollercoaster even before pushing Play. And then did you notice that Stu is not just a writer, he's a producer on.

[Will Friedle]

Yes, there's a couple now we've seen that. He's a producer.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yeah. Yes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I think that's amazing. Next. Next hit was. And I get what they were looking for. When we first see Margie for the first time again, you know, she's back and we see that she's in the second movie and they do. They're a little clueless. Those shoes were so horrid.

[Will Friedle]

I didn't even notice something.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, my gosh, they were so awful. I felt terrible. That was just terrible.

[Will Friedle]

Terrible. I love how you see things where it's like, I'll never ever see anybody's shoes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah. I would die if I had it makes it when I watch these movies because it's like, really, when I was doing so much acting was at this age is thinking like, oh, if I had to do that, if they told me I had to paint and touch someone else's toes, I don't know how I would have gotten through the scene.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Are you. Are you that creeped out by female feet?

[Host/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Like, if it was. I mean, imagine like, it's not even like somebody who's like, you're like, really your friend.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Like, girls don't paint each other's toenails when they're like 13, 14.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yeah, I think so, but I don't think. I don't remember doing. I don't know. I don't. My weirdness of feet came, like, later on in life and especially now. Like, I could chomp on my kids feet. I love my kids feet. I'm good with Jordan's feet. If anyone else touched me with their foot like that, let alone ask me to paint their nails, I would probably just throw up all over them.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I know what I'm gonna ask you for.

[Will Friedle]

For my 50th birthday, I'm not gonna do it.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Will you paint my nails?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Pedicure? No, no, no, no. One of the things that I just had to write it down. The mom with her helmet before, like.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

When the anxiety helmet. I want one.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Wait, was that an anxiety. Did they explain that?

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yes, they do. They explained.

[Will Friedle]

She's got.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

She's Wearing her.

[Will Friedle]

Her stress helmet or anxiety helmet. I was like, oh, my God, I want one of those.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I was dying at it. I didn't realize that that's what it was. I thought that was the helmet she was going to be wearing to fly. And I'm like, that is the most ridiculous. It is funny. It was such a stress, funny little, like, fun prop for a Disney movie. I loved it. This was when I, like, almost started getting a little choked up is I'm like, I put Stu and his wisdom. And we're going back to what I was talking before it says. One of it was obviously, you know, the. The idea of the mom really, like we already talked about. But the second part of it was their chat that they have together as a mom and a daughter. And she talks about, you had a kid and kids make the statement. Makes change. When she's talking about her anxiety, she's like, what's wrong with me? And it's so true. And I was like, oh, because it's so, so true. And then it goes through her second one where she says, you never realize how, like you're. You never realize how much your kids are gonna teach you. And I just. I'm like, I rolled up twice in this movie because of Stu, and I feel like he's done that to me before.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

He's great. He's great with the messages.

[Sabrina Bryan]

So good.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yes.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And then my last and final thing, and it's a little bit more of a discussion because we both knew this was from. From Stu, I think, is who told us that. Or we just had it from our producers that this shot in New Zealand.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Did you feel. I felt like there were several times that we were on the set of zombies. Zombies 4.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yes. You can see that.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Specifically when she's overlooking and. And then on the beach. The beach area. I swear there was a shot and I'm like, we saw the night walkers and the day walkers.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Their dance.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

They're dancing.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

There was a section on the beach where I'm like, I swear Paul took them there and that's where they did. It was just so exactly like it, I'm sure. And there was a lot of different areas in the movie when they're out outside, mainly by Protozoa's house, where. When they're actually outside in New Zealand that I'm going, this is. They're. They've got to be shooting somewhere where they. Like around the area that they shot zombies, I'm sure.

[Will Friedle]

Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I think there's.

[Will Friedle]

It's a pretty Famous place for a ton of movies is right there.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. So that was something that I really loved because we're here 20 years later, seeing some of the.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Watching it again things.

[Sabrina Bryan]

And it was. Was pretty cool. I thought that was awesome. I felt like that. I felt like it was like kind of like an Easter egg.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It is.

[Will Friedle]

Well, now I have to watch the movie again to try to find those Z's, because now it's gonna.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I know. I think I'm gonna have to, because Monroe came in at the end and she's like, wait, they live in space?

[Will Friedle]

Oh, yeah, you're gonna.

[Sabrina Bryan]

That's cool. So she watched the rest of it while they were, you know, on the space thing. And so she. I think I'm gonna have her watch the full thing.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, yeah, she'll love it.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm looking for it.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

All right, well, thank you so much. And I think it's time for us to rate our film, our options. This week.

[Will Friedle]

As I was watching this, I was like, okay, we're gonna switch it up. This week. We're gonna do one out of ten.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Okay.

[Will Friedle]

And we're gonna make ten.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

The best one.

[Will Friedle]

Okay.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

So here are our options. One out of ten SAG insurance cards.

[Will Friedle]

Cut pieces of meat.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

One out of ten glued socks. One out of ten zums. One out of ten Spanish words for beautiful green screen. Waterfalls, horribly yapping. Aunt Judy's One out of ten beautiful laser birds. Or one out of ten protozoa's horrible songs.

[Will Friedle]

What would you like?

[Sabrina Bryan]

Oh, I like Spanish words for you.

[Will Friedle]

I do, too. I think it's great.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

So I think I went first last time.

[Will Friedle]

So I think it's your turn.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Did you.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Did. Did I.

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[Sabrina Bryan]

What was our last movie?

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Our last movie?

[Will Friedle]

Was.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Was it under wraps?

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

The new.

[Will Friedle]

Under wraps? Yeah. Yeah.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Did I go. Did you go first?

[Sabrina Bryan]

I went first.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

All right, I'll go first. I'll throw it out there. So. I really liked it. I did. I really liked this movie.

[Will Friedle]

I. It went by quickly. It was engaging. There was a good message. The acting was good.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It really kind of hit all the.

[Will Friedle]

Boxes that you're supposed to hit for a dcom.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I'm giving this a solid 8.5 spit. And it could be a 9. It really could be a 9. But I'm gonna give it 8.5 Spanish.

[Will Friedle]

Words for beautiful because I really did. I had a lot of fun, enjoyed this movie quite a bit.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

It.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I am right there. I loved watching this movie. I thought I. Again, I loved the micro world. I loved how much we were in space. I love that we got to go on, like, I think, like a better spaceship. Like the traveling. The one that the mom drives.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Was cooler than the. What we went on. The last one. The last one looked kind of just like an airplane.

[Host/Announcer]

Yeah.

[Sabrina Bryan]

This one was like a cool looking spaceship. I love even building off of that. All of the special effects were so surprisingly amazing.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I agree. Looks great.

[Sabrina Bryan]

Yes. And, you know, obviously these kids act The. The kids are great. I love seeing Protozoa's. His character being, like, built so much. I felt like we got so much more from this first. The second movie. And I loved the first movie. So this is just. It was awesome. It was a great sequel to an already awesome movie. And I'm giving this nine Spanish words for beautiful.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I can see that.

[Sabrina Bryan]

I'm pushing it. I love it. And I would. I'm. Again, I think I'm gonna watch it soon.

[Will Friedle]

Soon.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Row. No, I don't. I don't disagree.

[Will Friedle]

This was. This was good. This was very, very good.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Okay, so. Well, thank you, everybody, so much for joining us in space, because that's where we were. Our next movie, this is a really big one, everybody. And we're. We're switching it up a little bit. We still have plenty of dcoms to.

[Will Friedle]

Go and plenty of Wonderful World of Disney to go, but we've now talked about this movie so many times, and I haven't seen it yet. And I think Sabrina, if she could reach through the zoom and smack me, she would.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

So it's a theatrical release from Disney and one that has withstood the test of time for my first time ever. We are watching the 1993 classic.

[Will Friedle]

I think I'm pronouncing this right.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Hocus Pocus. Am I saying that right? Hocus Pocus.

[Will Friedle]

Yes.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

I mean, it's available basically everywhere, but.

[Will Friedle]

Most notably on Disney.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

So check it out and get ready for a monumental magical rewind. And yet, before we dig into that, this week on our dedicated magical rewind.

[Will Friedle]

Feed, we talked about this.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

We've got a Park Hopper episode for the ages.

[Will Friedle]

Oh, we're gonna zoom, zoom, zoom over there.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Because we talked to Protozoa himself, the incredible Philip Reese. That's right. We somehow convinced him to come on here and talk about Xenon, despite his dozens of other accomplishments in the field.

[Will Friedle]

And we love him for that.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Check out a little snippet of what you'll hear. So that was you, that was your.

[Will Friedle]

Idea then, to do the hair?

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

Yeah.

[Philip Reese (guest)]

Actually, tell the truth, it was from a previous role I did maybe a month prior with Luke Wilson I did a comedy with Luke Wilson and I had the peroxide blonde hair, a bit like Johnny Boy in train spotting, if you remember Miller. So I did that peroxide and then that audition came so I went in with kind of blondie hair. They liked that. And then they came up with the let's make it all spiky.

[Will Friedle]

We love it. It was so much fun.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

A dream come true to have Philip on the show. Don't forget to subscribe to our dedicated Magical Rewind feed and catch up with all the popular DCOM cast and crew members we've interviewed so far. You can also follow us Agical Rewind Pod on the Instagram machine now. Thanks everybody. Bye bye.

[Sabrina Bryan]

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[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

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[Sabrina Bryan]

Extroverts, the thinker and the doers for.

[Co-host (possibly Lisa or another main host)]

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[Sabrina Bryan]

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