Ep 280: A Hate Hurricane Of Movie Spoilers

Summary

Podcast Summary: "This Is Important" – Ep 280: A Hate Hurricane Of Movie Spoilers

Date: January 20, 2026
Hosts: Adam Devine (A), Anders Holm (D), Blake Anderson (C), Kyle Newacheck (B)

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Episode Overview

In this episode, the crew dives headfirst into a spirited, meandering, and frequently hilarious discussion about the state of movies and comedy, with a special focus on recent films, the decline of classic MTV, and why comedies don’t hit the way they used to. The conversation is raw, unfiltered, and full of coarse camaraderie—peppered with pop culture nostalgia, movie gripes, and plenty of personal perspective on Hollywood’s current landscape.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

Netflix Deal & Studio Talk

• The guys reveal that their podcast is heading to Netflix, with a "pretty excited" attitude but no specifics on timing yet.
  • "We are going to be on Netflix. We're pretty excited." (A, 04:49)
• Studio revamp plans kick off a tangent about podcasting setups, ego, and hanging (or hiding) their own posters.

The Great MTV Conversation: Death, Nostalgia, and “Ridiculousness”

• Mourning the end of the MTV they loved, the hosts reminisce about how MTV once “controlled culture” and devolved into endless “Ridiculousness” and “Catfish” reruns.
  • "[MTV] literally was, the entire culture was through MTV." (A, 09:36)
• Debate erupts over whether MTV is truly “gone” or if certain music spinoff channels are just being retired—which leads to confusion, jokes about AI news, and nostalgia for shows like "Celebrity Deathmatch", "Unplugged", "Jackass", and more.
• Hilariously personal (and raunchy) detours into adolescent memories of spring break specials and learning the limitations of 'story' in modern internet-era porn.
  • "I bet Blake has masturbated more to things that weren't pornography than any other friend that I have." (C, 10:31)

MTV Unplugged Favorites (14:18)

• The group shares their picks for the greatest MTV Unplugged performances:
  • Anders: Alanis Morissette (“You guys can’t say Alanis - that’s mine!”) (D, 14:26)
  • Adam: Jay-Z with The Roots or Nirvana
  • Blake: Nirvana, calling himself a “basic bitch” for the pick

Comedy, Mockumentaries, and Why They Don’t Make Movies Like They Used To

• Passionate discussion about classic comedies and the form, highlighting movies like “Spinal Tap,” “Airplane,” and work by Zucker brothers.
  • “It's so funny and it's so well done.” – Blake on Spinal Tap (20:30)
• The absence of comedies in modern cinema is lamented:
  • "They stopped making comedies. They truly used to make 50 a year. And now there's like three..." (C, 30:21)
• Possible reasons include: the death of DVDs (home video profits), internationalization of streaming (comedies don’t “travel” well), social media (comedy skits everywhere, immediately), and studios being risk-averse.
  • "There's a different muscle that you get when you do it on stage.” (D, 29:48)
• The group notes today’s funny is often just physical bits/gags online, referencing Jackass, “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” Instagram, and viral “lemons in eyes” guys.
  • "Comedy is on the Internet... No notes are given." (A, 39:57)
  • “Girls be walking like this, guys be like yes sir…” – Blake parodies internet video tropes (C, 40:54)

Movie Roundtable: Major Spoilers, Harsh Takes, and Shia LaBeouf Fixation

Most Discussed Films:

• "Weapons"

  • Hosts universally praise "Weapons" as their favorite this year, though Adam's mother thought it was "stupid" (41:41).
  • "That was probably my favorite... of the handful of movies I've seen, yeah, Weapons." (A/C, 59:04)

• "One Battle After Another" ("1BAA")

  • Divides the group: Adam praises, Anders calls it "stupid" and claims DiCaprio was “miscast.”
  • Extensive, comic argument on whether Shia LaBeouf would be a better lead.
    • “Let me just say this. Shia's hitting it. Leo's not hitting it. Shia's hitting it.” (D, 46:49)
    • "Why are you so convinced that Shia LaBeouf throws the dick down so hard?" (A, 47:00)
    • “She loved him for his mind!” (A, 44:42)
    • "He was trying to please her. She's an absolute psychopath who wants to lead the revolution." (C, 49:28)

• "Sinners"

  • Anders calls it “laugh out loud” bad: “The white guys, like, doing like Irish jigs as vampires... where's the tension? This is a bad movie.” (D, 59:42)

• "Roof Man" (Channing Tatum), “Predators,” Denzel & Spike Lee’s “Highest to Lowest”

  • All referenced as new/interesting but largely unmemorable or not yet seen.

Movie Industry Frustrations & Hollywood Notes

• Frustration at how modern movies are written/edited: executives force over-explained scenes and dumbed-down characters.
  • “You can't just have him punch the wall. You got to have him go, 'I'm pissed because of the thing.'” (A, 39:57)
• The guys reflect on how today's comedies are "made with an editor," losing the organic, loose timing of stage and improvisational performers.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Netflix podcast move:
  "We are going to be on Netflix. We're pretty excited." (A, 04:49)
• On Viacom/MTV culture:
  "All hail Viacom!" (C, 08:16)
• On death of comedies:
  "They stopped making comedies. They truly used to make 50 a year. And now there's like three..." (C, 30:21)
• On modern internet comedy:
  “Comedy is on the Internet... no notes are given.” (A, 39:57)
• On Shia LaBeouf’s hypothetical casting:
  “Let me just say this. Shia's hitting it. Leo's not hitting it. Shia's hitting it.” (D, 46:49) "Why are you so convinced that Shia LaBeouf throws the dick down so hard?" (A, 47:00)
• On mom's movie taste:
  "My mom thought it was so dumb. My mom, stupid. She's like, oh, gosh. Well, that was just a goofy movie to watch." (C, 59:12)
• On streaming movies feeling forgettable:
  "When you watch a movie on streaming, unless they eventize the movie, it was just like a thing..." (C, 61:39)
• On internet spoiling everything:
  "I took back. I did my take back all the spoilers." (A, 62:54) "And I apologize for all the spoilers." (C, 63:09)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Netflix Podcast Move: 04:29 – 06:14
• MTV Nostalgia & Death: 08:22 – 13:36
• MTV Unplugged Discussion: 14:18 – 15:55
• Classic Comedy & Mockumentary Talk: 18:48 – 22:11
• The Death of Comedies in Hollywood: 29:01 – 31:36
• Why Streaming Killed Comedies: 31:36 – 33:41
• Internet Killed Physical Comedy: 33:00 – 34:41
• Debate over 'Weapons', 'One Battle After Another', and Casting: 41:41 – 47:00
• Shia LaBeouf vs Leonardo DiCaprio Rant: 44:05 – 47:50
• Movie Spoiler Apology: 62:54 – 63:12

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Closing Thoughts

The hosts end with apologies for massive movie spoilers and a plea for the return of comedies in theaters. There’s a shared sense of loss for the communal laughter and memorable characters of classic comedy movies—tempered with the group’s usual goofball banter and meta-aware critiques on Hollywood, internet culture, and their own movie-watching habits.

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For the Listeners Who Haven’t Tuned In

If you missed the episode, expect a fast-moving, highly opinionated blend of Hollywood insights, hysterical sidebars about pop culture, and signature “This Is Important” energy. The group delivers honest and irreverent takes on the current state of movies and comedy, all while keeping things funny, self-deprecating, and sometimes intentionally messy.

Warning: Spoilers galore—listen after you’ve seen Weapons, 1BAA, Sinners, and anything else released in the last 12 months!

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Theme in a nutshell:
The death of MTV and comedies, the rise of streaming and internet skit culture, plus a bulldozing round of movie reviews (and spoilers), all done through the filter of the TII crew’s unapologetically honest, hysterical lens.

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Welcome to this Is Important, a production of I Heart Radio, the show where we talk about what's obviously most critically, crucially important. Today on this Is Important.

[A]

Why are you so convinced that Shia LaBeouf throws the dick down so hard?

[C]

It sucks that you guys guys aren't Eugene Levy.

[D]

Guys, what the Is happening?

[C]

Let's go. Oh, yeah.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

Blake, go through it.

[C]

Go through it.

[A]

Blake.

[B]

Another one, Another one.

[D]

Go smoke weed every day.

[C]

Please don't stop the music.

[D]

Remind him I was intoxicated.

[C]

Okay. And we're done. He said we're done now. We're done.

[A]

That's.

[C]

We're done.

[A]

That's it. What is up, guys?

[C]

This podcast may or may not be on Netflix next. Hit us with that.

[A]

I do not have that prepared.

[C]

Whoa.

[A]

No. Whoa.

[D]

Dude.

[A]

I do not have a Netflix scene. I will get it as soon as we're.

[C]

Because we signed a deal with Netflix to be on Netflix.

[A]

We did.

[C]

We don't. We don't know when officially we're starting that deal. So we don't. We don't know. But we are going to be on Netflix. We're pretty excited.

[D]

I'm going to do a whole revamp. A studio.

[A]

Very excited. I'm very excited.

[C]

It's crazy to me. And we've talked about this before, that you have our poster.

[D]

That's what we do. Yeah.

[C]

On the ground directly behind you where you can see it. And then when I brought that up to you, you said, well, I don't want behind me to be all about me. And I'm like, we still see the poster. It's just not hanging.

[B]

Notice me, senpai.

[C]

Notice me.

[D]

I think I told you that I don't hang things up around the house of me.

[C]

Okay, why not?

[D]

But I also. I just don't want to. I'm not going to hang that up. That's not what I'm going to hang up. It's going to stay on the floor.

[A]

Hang it up.

[D]

I mean, it's literally. You can't even see. It's. It's still wrapped in.

[C]

I don't think I have that. I don't think Isaac sent that to me, which is pretty cool.

[D]

I'll send it. You can have it.

[A]

I have it. I have it up in my garage. It looks great.

[D]

Dude, if you get a navigator and come over, throw right in the back.

[C]

I might. That. And that is the game over poster. If you're still listening via audio and not possibly Netflix, if and when that deal finally closes.

[A]

Cannot wait. Cannot wait.

[C]

Can't wait. I. It's my. He's. I think Papa Netflix is my favorite corporate overlord.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Would you say what's. What's your favorite corporate overlord?

[A]

I'm trying to coin the evil end empire. I'm trying to coin that the evil empire.

[D]

Okay, and how does that. How do you do that? How does one do that?

[C]

And. And they're evil to you because they give you bigger paychecks than you've ever gotten in your life. And they're how you pay for your family, feed your family and afford your mortgage.

[A]

Well, because it doesn't sound cool to say, like, the awesome empire. It's got to be the evil empire. It's a cool Rage against the Machine album.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, come on.

[C]

Yeah, okay. Yeah, I guess that makes sense.

[A]

I mean evil in a nice way.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Like Dr.

[D]

Evil.

[A]

And it's cool.

[D]

It's cool.

[A]

Like we're, We're. We're like teaming up with Darth Vader, sort of. That's cool to me. I like being the bad guy.

[D]

Oh, that's right. You right. You're got a bad boy streak.

[A]

We're the bad guys.

[D]

Right.

[A]

Don't you guys like to be the bad guy?

[C]

I guess so.

[D]

I can only think of one other evil overlord, Adam, and that's Zaslav.

[C]

Yeah, Zaslav is a good sounding name for a evil overlord.

[D]

Yeah. I think that's just a fun one to say. Zaslav seems kind of like evil and throwing up.

[A]

The Z is kind of sick.

[C]

All hail Zaslav.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Remember when we did that, we did like an all hand. They called it All Hands. And I still don't quite know what that means, but it was A4 Viacom, where they have a bunch of their people on their hit shows come and do perform basically for all the head marketing people that then spend like an upfront. Yeah, but they called it all hands.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

And so for whatever reason, Anders couldn't go. So Blake and I just went by ourselves. And our bit was that we just came out doing this and we just go, all hail Viacom. Oh, good, Viacom. And then got the crowd of 500 or so, like ad executives to all put up their V's like this and chant, all hail Viacom.

[A]

Yeah, this is very fun.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

And it crushed. It crushed.

[A]

Turns out it did.

[C]

That worked.

[A]

You know, what did we even talk about? Some of the saddest news to hit the airwaves.

[C]

Mtv. Andy.

[A]

MTV is gone.

[C]

I knew it. I knew you're going to say it.

[A]

Dude. Speaking of Viacom and Blake just got.

[D]

Into it a couple of years ago.

[C]

Oh, dude, you're like a channel that's fully dedicated to, To Rob Diedrich's ridiculousness. Yeah, absolutely, man. Does it get any better?

[A]

Dude, that is crazy.

[D]

It's sad to me that somebody there. And I think we've covered this, but like some programmer there was like, I crunched the numbers and if we just play ridiculousness all day and catfish all night, we do better than any other possible combination of TV shows.

[C]

Perfect.

[D]

And then they did it. Yeah, they did. They didn't go. We know, we know that does the best. But we can't just do that. We're MTV. We gotta least do something that resembles a specific voice.

[C]

And that's, and that is why Viacom and I don't know, maybe they're under new ownership. Maybe it'll change. But they were the worst. The worst.

[D]

Soulless.

[C]

Soulless.

[A]

It is a giant bag fumble. Like, do you remember how like MTV controlled culture? It literally was, the entire culture was through MTV that like.

[C]

And it was mostly Ja Rule and Ashanti based and Cisco, a little Cisco song.

[A]

Song was off the chain.

[D]

The spring break, like the spring break Beauty and the beach shit raised me.

[A]

I used to record that on a VCR just to watch it back.

[D]

Dude, grind on the beach was wild.

[C]

Hey, Blake, how many times did you jerk off?

[B]

Yes, sir.

[C]

To Beauty and the beach. 10 minutes in spring break.

[A]

MTV in, in, in. In an insane amount of time.

[D]

Crazy.

[C]

I, I bet, like, I, I'm.

[D]

I might have to Throw that on tonight.

[C]

I bet Blake has masturbated more to things that weren't pornography than any. Than any other friend that. I have.

[D]

Nailed that one, dude.

[A]

I think you are right. I definitely, yeah. I like my imagination to do a little bit of the walking. You know what I mean?

[D]

Do you like a story in your porno?

[A]

I. Yeah.

[D]

Do you really?

[A]

Yeah, yeah, I used to. I enjoyed when porno had a storyline. I wish that would come back. I think we really.

[C]

They still do, but the storylines are stupid. And you click through it. It's always just like where stepbrother. Get out of here. Stepbrother and the story stepsister. I have to. Mom says I have to be in here. Meanwhile, they're both story 36 and you're like, what is. What are we doing?

[D]

Right? And then the stepmom shows up and somehow she's younger.

[C]

Yeah, she's 27.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

That's not a story like getting stuck in like the washer or dryer or whatever. That's not.

[D]

Those are good.

[C]

Taylor's oldest time.

[A]

Maybe you could count the like the real estate ones. Those are kind of a story. I'll count that as a story where they're like, oh, like I. I love this house, but how am I gonn for it?

[C]

It used to be epic tales. It used to be like shipwrecked espionage, right?

[A]

Yeah. I remember this one called Ravenous. Oh man. It had this dude name. I think his name is Randy Spears. He's one of my favorite porno actors. This dude was killer dude.

[C]

So Isaac just wrote a very cryptic, doesn't make much sense chat here. In the chat he goes, that's main. MTV is not gone. It's just the MTV Music channels. MTV, Classic, MT 80s etc, punk rock getting radical.

[A]

So that doesn't make any sense.

[D]

I don't know.

[A]

What is that?

[C]

That's main. MTV is not gone.

[A]

But when you put it like that, that's main mtv.

[D]

That.

[A]

That's main. MTV is not gone.

[C]

And by the way, you are so dumb.

[D]

Sorry. The main MTV channel is not dark. Then what is everyone talking about? I don't feel like there'd be like an international rip for MTV. 80s or MTV, like classic or whatever the fuck they call it.

[A]

Right?

[C]

It's just channels that play music videos.

[A]

That's mtv, isn't it? Okay, are you saying ridiculousness lives on?

[C]

So wait, so the AI video that I posted wasn't exactly truthful?

[D]

Cheers. Yeah, exactly. Adam.

[C]

Okay, wait, no.

[D]

What? What no, this makes no sense.

[A]

No, MTV is gone.

[D]

So did everyone take. Everyone is following the wrong story then, Isaac. Everyone just heard and ran with it.

[C]

Allegedly.

[A]

No, MTV is. Is gone. It's gone.

[D]

Then turn it on right now, Isaac. If it's still there, turn it on right now. Right now.

[C]

She gone. Ok, well, maybe. I mean, maybe Isaac straight. He does know some stuff.

[A]

That AI thing you posted, it was dope, though, because I totally forgot about Celebrity Deathmatch. That show used to kick ass, dude.

[C]

Oh, yeah. They went down like, I was trying to find it, but I posted it more than 24 hours ago, so it's no longer in my story. But it. You saw Kurt Loder. You saw. Yeah. Carson Daly, you know, his celebrity death match. It was the Jackass guys.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

It kind of went down the little laundry list of. Of classic MTV stuff. And you're like, man, there were some. These guys were juggernauts. Yeah, these guys were major, major stars.

[D]

Ended with Simon Rex.

[C]

Yeah, I don't think Simon made it.

[D]

Then maybe I saw another one that ended on him.

[A]

It had Unplugged. Remember? Unplugged was off the hook. Nirvana. Unplugged album is great.

[D]

This is important. This is important.

[A]

Thank you.

[D]

Yes. Favorite MTV Unplug.

[A]

Ooh, that's.

[D]

You guys can't say Atlantis. That's mine. No, but go ahead, go off.

[A]

King. I. You know what I really like? Jay Z's. Jay Z's Unplugged album is dope.

[D]

Dude with the Roots were his backup band.

[A]

Yes, I believe they are. Yeah. It's really good. It's very good.

[D]

Erykah Badu comes out on it. Someone comes out on it. Are you at Lauryn Hill? Did Lauryn Hill have one or did she come out on his. Mary J. Blige says.

[A]

Todd, it's Mary J. Blige.

[C]

I mean, this is so basic, but I think I just have to say Nirvana. And I know that that's the one that everybody thinks of.

[A]

He's the great.

[C]

But I'm a basic bitch, and I do admit that.

[D]

Adam, that's kind of right where you're at.

[A]

No, that's a good. That is great. That one is great. And that album is. Is perfect.

[C]

It was so good. And that. That. That song that they sang by the Meat Puppets, where they go Right. Where the bad rose go when they die don't go to heaven where the angels fly.

[D]

Perfect.

[C]

Go to a place.

[D]

Yeah, Adam, what about. He does the song, that one.

[A]

What's Going On?

[D]

And then he finishes and goes, that's.

[A]

Probably the one song I. I Didn't like.

[C]

I love that song. And I still love that song.

[A]

Why do you love that song so much, dude?

[C]

It just tickled me. Give me a little tickle to my pickle.

[D]

I don't like. Polly wants a cracker.

[A]

Oh, that one's sick. Paulie wants a cracker. That one's dark, dude. That one's dark.

[D]

Cuz It's. When you're 12, it's cool. Cuz it's like she won't get off or whatever.

[A]

You're like, oh, that one's dark.

[D]

And they were the first ones to do covers that kind of set that trend. Or am I crazy? Am I all? Am I off my rock?

[A]

Oh, because they. They did David Bowie cover.

[D]

Well, they did like four covers, I think.

[C]

Well, and also Meat Puppets. That song. That's not theirs. Bam.

[D]

They did a bunch of covers.

[A]

Yeah. I don't count the Meat Puppets one. Really?

[D]

And. And that's always been your thing.

[C]

I'm always talking meat puppets, no matter what.

[D]

He never counts meatballs.

[C]

Yeah, no, maybe I say Meat Puppets. Top. Top five favorite bands of.

[A]

Whoa. Big swing. I like that.

[D]

Them and Butthole Surfer for ad.

[A]

It's a real. It's a real. If you know you.

[C]

The presidency. United States of America.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Specifically Trump, dude. Venezuela.

[D]

Have you guys ever had a moment like this? And this is regarding this.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

When I was an assistant in Bones, I was. I was pretty. Not like, super tight with a writer, but, like, we would hung, hang out and like, throw the football, like, outside the office and, like, kick it when we were bored or whatever. And we were talking about the man who Sold the World. That song. The Bowie song.

[A]

Great.

[D]

I was like, yeah. Like, I mean, it's such a good song. Even Bowie covered it.

[C]

I don't know that song.

[A]

I don't know.

[D]

That sounds.

[A]

So.

[D]

It's the. It's the famous one from that album.

[C]

Oh, that's.

[D]

So that's a Bowie song.

[C]

Oh, that's not their song.

[D]

No, that's a Bowie song. And he was like, such a good song. Even Bowie covered it from them. And I was like, you stupid. No, they covered Bowie. And he goes, no, they had it first. And I was like, you're telling me that the man who Sold the World was a Nirvana song and not a Bowie song first? And he's like, yeah, why would he.

[A]

Dig his heels in?

[C]

I don't know.

[D]

And I was like, but you're wrong.

[C]

You are so dumb.

[A]

It's a Bowie album.

[D]

He looked it up and then he was like, all right. And we never threw the football again. We never threw the football again after that. It was just a little awkward, like. Like the power dynamic, because I was, like, the assistant and, like, whatever.

[C]

Wow.

[D]

He'd be like, hey, let's go throw football around. I'm like, you're a writer, and I like the guy. Nice guy.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But, like, why didn't you just let him have that?

[C]

And now you threw the. No, no, no. Durst doesn't let people have things. No, you're not gonna have.

[A]

If there's one thing I know about Durst, he ain't gonna let you have.

[C]

No, you're not.

[A]

Boy is coming.

[D]

He's gonna let you know.

[C]

He's gonna let you.

[D]

By the way, he wasn't really catching the football at all.

[A]

What?

[D]

What? No, it'. Now I'm just throwing shade. But I do remember being like, well, see you around.

[A]

There it goes. And that's how Hollywood works. That's how Hollywood works.

[D]

But that. No great album, David Bowie.

[C]

That album came out in 1970. That's a long time ago. Band.

[A]

I love that album.

[D]

What, are you siding with the writer now?

[A]

I love that album.

[D]

Adam's like, give him some grace. Give him some grace.

[C]

Well, you know what? I. I started to. I. For the first time, I think we talked about on the podcast. I have not seen Spinal Tap. I've never seen it.

[D]

Oh, it's time to tap it, dude.

[A]

That's a great. That. That has great music in it as well. Stonehenge. That one's so good, dude.

[C]

And. And I. I wrote a movie this past year, or we wrote a treatment to a movie that we hope to write different with Jerry Zucker.

[A]

Oh.

[C]

Of the Zucker Brothers.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

And he's so funny, and he's older guy, 75 years old now. And I'm like, he's so funny. I'm like, I think I have to give some flowers. Not to him, but to.

[A]

Careful.

[C]

It's hard to. You know, Jerry, if you are. You're listening. Don't. I'm not not giving you flowers.

[D]

And you know that he is.

[C]

But if I give flowers, people pass away, so I'm not giving you flowers.

[D]

Right.

[C]

It's science. I'm like, I think I have to go back and watch some of these older comedies that I never seen before.

[D]

Have you seen Airplane?

[C]

I have. Yes.

[A]

Airplanes. Alzheimer.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Have you seen Kentucky Fried Movie, dude?

[C]

Yes, I watched it.

[D]

Only after Amazon. Women on the Moon.

[C]

No. No. Never saw it.

[A]

How deep into Spinal Tap are you?

[C]

I'm Only I. I'm watching it while at the gym. So I watch it while I'm on the bike. So I'm like 40. I rode the bike for like 45 minutes.

[D]

Only way to do it.

[A]

That's how they intended to be watched.

[C]

Well, dude, I like watching it because there's no. I actually get deeper into movies that way.

[A]

Oh, you zone in.

[C]

Because there's no. I'm not looking phone. Cuz it's playing on my phone.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

So literally. And I'm locked in to it.

[D]

And when it like the sweat drips and it just starts fast forwarding like, that's all part of the experience.

[A]

It's really good.

[C]

But it's so funny and it's so well done.

[A]

Hilarious. Smell the Glove. The album Smell the Glove. That is so good. That is so good.

[C]

When they get lost. When they get lost trying to get to the stage.

[D]

Yeah, right.

[A]

Have you had. Has the egg happened where he's like, like trap. Has that happened yet?

[C]

The 18 inch Stonehenge has happened.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Which is very fun.

[A]

It is a very, very funny movie. It might be one of the funniest movies of all time.

[C]

Yeah. And I don't know why I never. It's not that I didn't give it love. Everyone said that it was great and very funny and I just hadn't seen it and I was like, I don't know if I want to watch this old movie.

[D]

To. To your credit, to your point, earlier, it is old. It's from 1980 or 81 or some shit, right?

[A]

Is it?

[D]

Yeah, maybe earlier. Way old. And it wasn't a normal movie. Like, it was a mockumentary. And so like, you really gotta re. Like now mockumentaries are. We all know it, right?

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

But back then, as a kid especially, you kind of had to like reframe the whole like concept of like. Okay, got it. They're making fun of this band. It's not just like a straightforward silly movie.

[A]

What was the first mockumentary? Was it Spinal Tap?

[D]

It's some Italian movie. It's some Italian movie. I think there's. There's some movie where they say the original mockumentary was like Sartre.

[C]

Well, it's. It's fucking awesome. And it made me go and have a deeper appreciation for older comedians and how fucking trailblazing and funny they were. And I watched the John Candy documentary.

[A]

I gotta watch that.

[C]

All of those guys were just so damn good. And they all came up together and it made me, you know, just be.

[A]

That your friends aren't that aren't as funny.

[C]

Yeah, I'm like it sucks that you guys aren't Eugene Levy.

[A]

Yeah, he's the B.

[D]

Well Adam, none of you are to your point. And by the way, I think it was the one I'm looking the one I was thinking of was Fellini's the Clowns is some someone talks about that movie.

[A]

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[D]

The the amount of funny people who I'm like, in awe. Like, I thought were funny then, but now after working in the business and being like, oh, you guys were all super talents. Not only were you funny, you played instruments. Oh yeah. And like wrote this and like this was all improvised. Like, even the people who. You were like the eighth banana in a movie. Like, like a mart even. Because, like a Martin mole. If you go back and watch early Martin Mole. Which, bro, is that this dude's out of control funny. He's not even in in. This is Spinal Tap. But then like, like the dude who shows up is like the captain with like the captain's hat who's in like every Christopher Guest movie, but he just pops in and like lights it up and then pieces out.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Super funny.

[A]

I mean, just like, I mean, there's so many funny people in that movie too.

[C]

And it was cool. It's. It's what they used to do with comedy and, and they still would if, if they made comedy movies. But they've, they've stopped making them. And I like when you say that people get mad. People are like, they still make. They don't. They don't make them.

[D]

No, they don't. No, they don't. And by the way, those people, Adam, were like stage comedians. Like, yes. They got like, whether they were standups or like improv comedians, they got in reps back when, like, that was it.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

And then they got put on. Now you get put. You do your reps in front of the world and you could make it and be funny. And there's plenty of Instagram or Tiktokers who are funny, but there's a diff. But you're doing it out into space. There's a different muscle that you get when you do it on stage.

[C]

When you're doing it on stage, for.

[D]

Sure, you hone it and you hone it and you hone it with your homies and then you have like a thing together. So when you are doing it in the Void, AKA a camera for a movie. You know, what worked and, you know, the rhythms and all that shit. That's what I think they have that is missing from comedies now. I think comedies now are made with an editor, you know, like they, they. They let it roll in those movies in a way that you're like, the timing is less edited than.

[C]

And also, they stopped making comedies.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Because they used to make.

[D]

They're manufactured now.

[C]

They truly used to make 50 a year. Yeah. And now there's like three that come out in theaters, like huge releases and that obviously, that's a lot less. Yeah. So people aren't breaking from. They used to, like, you know, some funny, funny kids, they make a movie, they put it out. If it pops, they get to make more movies. And now that they don't do that and it.

[D]

But what do we think the science is behind this? Does anybody have a theory?

[A]

Not having comedies besides, like, the executive.

[D]

Reason, where it's like, hey, comedy doesn't travel and we don't want to make a movie just for here. It's gotta play so we can make our back end.

[A]

I think that's a major.

[C]

I think that's a lot of it. And then I think it's DVDs.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

The fact that there's no DVDs anymore. So that's where comedy's made a lot of their money was. Even if it came out and made some money in the theaters, then if it's a hit and they have a cult following, like, it would make all their money. And plus.

[D]

Right. But what's the difference between DVDs and streaming?

[C]

The amount of money you have to pay. Yeah.

[A]

To pay for the dvd.

[D]

So you're saying they don't recoup as much, but if you're.

[C]

Because streaming is. They wanted every movie to be worldwide because that's how they get new subscribers. Right. So if they just release movies that are only successful in America. America is saturated.

[D]

And there's no A24. There's no A24 for comedy.

[A]

Yeah. Like.

[D]

Like A24. Who. They're like, we don't want to make that much money.

[C]

David Gordon Green, I guess he was telling me that Blumhouse. So he's friends with what? What, The Blum house guy? What is his name? Jason Blumhouse, I guess. Jason Big Blum. Yes. So he's friends with David Gorda Green is friends with Jason Blum. And I don't think I'm speaking out of turn because he told me this. Hey, Jason told him to Say that he should do Blumhouse, but for comedy, make them super dirt cheap. And then once one hits, right, then they're off to the races, you know.

[D]

Well, is that the end? Sorry, I thought, I thought Jason Blum was gonna go. We've thought about that, but here's the reason we don't do it.

[C]

No, I mean, I don't know. He says Jason Blum was like, it could work. Like, it needs someone like a David Gordon Green with a pedigree and with. Because, you know, David's directed a lot of big movies and do you think.

[D]

There'S anything to just. The style of consuming comedy has changed so much because of phones and scrolling.

[A]

Absolutely. The funniest stuff, that's the other thing.

[D]

Like physical, like physical gags. You used to have to go to the movies to see like somebody fall off a roof and like land on their nuts or whatever. And even if it wasn't like fully accurate, if it was good enough, slapstick, whatever, stuntman, you lost your shit. And that's. And I'm speaking base level comedy as opposed to like smart guy comedy, because I still think there's a place for that. But just like baseline 12 year old boy comedy, you kind of can't beat the real shit you see on the Internet with somebody just really falling off of a roof, landing on their nuts.

[A]

It's like, we have.

[D]

And then you scroll up. Yeah, it's America's Funniest Video.

[A]

America's Funniest Home Videos 24 7. Which was the greatest show ever.

[D]

Or Jackass.

[A]

Totally.

[D]

Like, you can't do Jackass anymore because you're competing against the population of planet Earth.

[A]

Right, right. Well, kind of remember, because there. Who was that one dude, remember he would like squeeze lemons in his eyes all the time. Remember him? Supreme Patty or something. Remember that dude?

[D]

This is an Internet guy.

[C]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Internet guy. I remember him.

[A]

Him.

[C]

I think you're right.

[A]

That was kind of like the, the next wave of like Jackass. It was just people like themselves up.

[C]

Well, now it's just you have your YouTube channel or your, you stream constantly and that's your Jackass. And those, by the way, those guys have made more money than Johnny Knoxville. Like they. You know what I mean? So. And Johnny Knoxville has to like piss in a bag or whatever. I don't know if he still has to, but for a long time he did. So I don't know. Yeah, things have changed. It does suck because I do really miss comedies in the, in the theater.

[A]

But oh, for sure.

[D]

What's the last funny comedy you guys saw?

[A]

Naked Gun.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

Naked Gun. Yeah. I haven't seen. I have not gotten to go to the theater yet, but I plan on going to see Anaconda.

[D]

Oh, that's funny.

[C]

But I've yet to see it.

[D]

Oh, yeah, it's funny.

[A]

What the hell? That's right. That's a comedy, right?

[D]

Yeah, hell yeah.

[C]

Yeah, Blake.

[D]

Yeah, that came out, but it has it. But. But here's the thing, is that.

[A]

Well, the original wasn't.

[D]

It's a horror comedy. Like, it's got a killer snake. So it's. It's. Yeah, it's not more that than it is a comedy, but it kind of rides the line in a way that.

[C]

You'Re like, you have to do. You have to be something else that isn't just a comedy.

[D]

Right.

[C]

Even when we did Game over, man.

[A]

It was like action comedy.

[C]

It was. It was an action comedy. So you.

[D]

Did you guys see Just One of those Days or Just One of. Just One of Them Days?

[A]

What's that?

[C]

No, that.

[D]

That was the one with Kiki Bulmer.

[A]

Oh, I heard it was very good.

[D]

Super funny. Yeah, super funny. That's the last funny movie I've seen.

[A]

I want to check where.

[D]

I'm like, this is it. And by the way, it's just about getting rent.

[A]

There you go.

[D]

Classic. It's just about getting rent.

[C]

Love it. I love it.

[D]

But through a new lens. Girls in the hood figuring it out. Very specific. So funny.

[A]

I gotta check that out. I'm trying to. I'm really trying to watch a lot of movies right now. I just saw one battle after another. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

[D]

Really?

[A]

Yeah. You weren't in on that one?

[D]

No, dude, that movie's stupid. That movie. I was watching it going, I hate what. I hate that. This movie feels kind of stupid.

[A]

Stupid?

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Like. Like how?

[A]

What do you mean?

[C]

Well, I thought it was, like, funny in. In ways. Like, it was making me laugh. Is that it was funny.

[A]

What do you mean?

[D]

No, like. Like kind of not thought out. Like, just not. Not good. I didn't. I just didn't. I didn't believe anything.

[C]

Yeah, it looks like PTA is not going to call you back.

[A]

He's mad because he cut him out of that movie.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, he's mad.

[D]

That also wasn't that good. I like licorice pizza. I like licorice pizza. That was good.

[C]

Was great.

[D]

But this seems like it was the year of dumb movies. I just watched the Long Walk on The airplane from Mexico.

[A]

That one's about literally like a long walk.

[D]

It's a Stephen King movie. It's literally like, like Running man or like Hunger Games where it's. The society has crumbled, everyone's poor. So you sign up, up to walk.

[C]

And okay, I like taking a walk.

[D]

Whoever is the last one standing wins a bunch of money and then one wish. And I haven't finished it. It's gonna take a lot for me to go back and turn this on.

[C]

You know, I watched the Running.

[D]

They're like, Mike, keep. Oh, the Running man is also just dumb, dude.

[C]

I wanted to love it because I love Edgar Wright. I think Glenn Powell's great. Like, I. I like him. And I was really excited for it because it looks really cool. Like, it looks sick. Like a fun movie, a world you wanted to live in. And it just didn't get me. I was just like, ah, yeah. I mean, it was fine. I didn't. I didn't hate it. I, like, enjoyed my time watching it. But I wasn't blown away like I was by some of his other movies. Like Baby Driver I thought was sick.

[A]

That was.

[D]

Baby Driver was cute.

[A]

That was fun.

[D]

But there was no, like, into the Running Man. There just was no, like, intelligent move. Like, there was no part where I was like, oh, this guy's a smart character. He did something really genuinely intelligent about this whole. Not like here and there, like, oh, he outsmarted him there. I'm saying, like, satisfying at the end where you go, yeah, this guy fucking rocks.

[A]

Well, Arnold didn't do that.

[C]

It's like, the reason the Fugitive is fucking cool is because he does things throughout that you're like, oh, what a brilliant idea.

[D]

And it's a detective movie at the same time. Right, right.

[A]

Well, that's.

[D]

But. And by the way, the Running man, for me, they're like, he's like a tough guy. And he's like walking around like, tough guy. And I'm like, just, just chill. Just chill.

[A]

And then.

[D]

And then he gets cattle prodded and like, holds on to it and it's like. And they're like, he's.

[A]

Don't do that again.

[D]

And they're like, whoa, you're just pissed off at everything. And I was like, okay, so that's gonna be the thing. He's just like an angry, pissed off guy. And then they kind of just abandoned that. And he's. He's not that.

[C]

What?

[A]

I gotta watch it. It just started.

[C]

Yeah, you're right.

[A]

Kind of cool.

[D]

I just. There's These. These moves.

[C]

I.

[D]

And by the way, I know if you're listening, you're like, well, then fucking write one, dude. I'm trying. It's really hard. And when you write something that isn't stupid, they don't want to make it okay. They give you a note that goes, hey, can you just kind of. Not if stupid it up. Explain this scene. They do. Because now they go, can you explain this? And I go, well, you don't get it. They go, no, no, no, we get it. But, like, no, no, we get it. It seems like you need to have the character. Have the character say it out loud. You can't just have him punch the wall. You got to have him go, I'm pissed because of the thing. And it's like, well, the thing just happened. And then he punched the wall because of the thing.

[A]

I think you guys are also explaining why, like, comedy is on the Internet and on Instagram is because it's people's pure comedic perspective. It's. No notes are given.

[D]

They're just, this episode's fun.

[A]

They're giving you the funniest, bro. The funniest shit. So they don't. It doesn't have to go through any of those filters of people going, ah, can you explain this? Or.

[C]

I know, but also the. The annoying thing is it doesn't tell any sort of story. Like, I like a story narrative.

[D]

And when the guy takes his mask off, you're like, like, wait, who's the guy?

[A]

I've never. I've never.

[D]

The, like, main hunter or whatever.

[C]

I'm like, no, I'm saying on the Internet. Sorry. I mean, like, on the Internet, I'm like, there's no story to it. It's just like, yeah, girls be walking like this, and guys be like, yes, sir. Blake likes it. But I'm like, I like it. I like it. Some kind of story, but.

[D]

Or just a guy dressed as a bush jumping out at people. Like, boardwalk.

[A]

No. You know what's kind of funny? You know what's really funny?

[D]

You know what?

[C]

I want to see that movie. And we follow him home, and he takes off the bush costume, and you see how sad his life is.

[D]

He's got nine children he can't feed.

[A]

Yeah, dude, you know what's really funny? I love those videos, the golfers where they, like, tie snakes, fake snakes to the golf people golfing. I can watch those for months.

[C]

Yeah, you're the reason comedies are out of the theaters. They.

[A]

Thanks.

[C]

Thanks, bud.

[A]

You need to watch those fake snake videos. They are very Good.

[C]

I will say I watched Weapons, which I really liked. I thought that was. That. That one stuck with me. That was really cool movie.

[A]

Yeah. Weapons Rock.

[D]

Yes.

[A]

Weapons was probably my favorite.

[C]

My mom goes, well, that was stupid.

[D]

And I'm like, he gets. Okay?

[C]

And she goes. She goes, that was just one of those silly movies that you just watch. And you go, stupid. And I go, I don't know. I think people like it. And she goes, no, this is one of those movies that you just put on and go, stupid. And I'm like, mom, this was. This is the biggest movie, like, horror movie come out this year. People really liked it. And she's like, I don't. I don't know. I don't.

[A]

I.

[C]

She was like. She couldn't believe that anyone likes the movie.

[D]

Here's what I'll say. I saw. Thought again, the Internet. Somebody just go. So no one checked the basement of the house. And no one thought those parents. No one thought those parents stupid. The fact that the parents were missing and couldn't come to the school, but an insane, deranged, seeming woman came, and everyone seemed cool with that.

[A]

Yeah, man. Hey, maybe your mom, but.

[D]

And so I do think, like, I do think that the premise. The premise was thinner than the execution. I think that movie was executed. Executed really well, with the exception of the gun over the house at that one moment. Gun over the house, the AK47 shadow.

[A]

I forgot about that.

[D]

And I was like, I feel like we've covered this. Because I was like, I saw that. And I go, forget it. You didn't see it. Don't worry about it. Don't let it ruin it. Don't let it ruin it. And then I liked the ending. I thought it was fun and blah, blah, blah. But, man, the movies this year, I'm like, I don't care about these movies.

[A]

Well, come on.

[C]

I love how you say movies. Durst says movies in such a specific, fun way. Movies.

[D]

Movies.

[C]

You say movies.

[A]

Movies.

[D]

If here's what I. I would have liked one battle after another if Instead of Leonardo DiCaprio, they got Shia.

[C]

That's your hot take. So instead, you would have liked this movie. So instead of the biggest movie star who's also a great actor, Leo was good.

[D]

Here's my hot take.

[C]

Take.

[D]

I'm not saying he's a bad actor. I think he was miscast.

[C]

Great actor.

[D]

I think he was miscast.

[C]

We get a certified looney Tune. Also a great actor.

[D]

Here's my take. Isn't. Isn't he our. Our best for his for his age, for his generation.

[A]

Shia LaBeouf.

[C]

That's a good.

[D]

I'll stack him up. I'll stack him up. Here's what I'll say.

[C]

Who are others?

[D]

If he.

[C]

Hang on.

[D]

Let me just. Let me. I. I'm. I'm willing to get into this, but I do want to just say I think the movie didn't work for me because fundamentally, Leo just seemed too sloppy. I'm like, this girl's not fucking this guy. There's no fucking way in the world. This tough, beautiful has her fucking shit together, doesn't take shit from anybody. Is like, yeah, but I fuck this clown. There's no way, dude.

[A]

She loved him. And for his mind, it wasn't just because he's.

[D]

What mind? He was. I'm the bomb guy.

[A]

He was. He was devoted man.

[D]

This is my take is that.

[C]

Well, then maybe she was miscast, because you're right.

[A]

She was.

[D]

She was great.

[C]

Stunningly hot.

[A]

She was awesome.

[D]

I liked her. I like.

[C]

Maybe we gotta ug her up a little bit.

[D]

No, no, no, no. I think she popped. I don't think Leo popped. But here's my take, is that Shia has a more, like, rigid kind of militantness to him. I would much have rather seen a militant, dumb guy. Okay, hang on. Who loses everything, becomes an alcoholic stoner, but then is like, hell bent on getting his daughter, but is a dumb, militant guy instead of, like, a sloppy dumb guy.

[A]

But that's what Sean Penn is. That's why they're the opposite.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

No, no, no. You. But. But who. It didn't work. Well, didn't work.

[C]

Producer Anna is saying, I don't know. Girls stay doofy ass dudes.

[A]

Which is true.

[C]

Which is true.

[A]

Thank you, dude. Girls do be doofy ass dudes. Because it's not like he probably had good.

[C]

Well, look at my wife. My wife.

[D]

I've.

[C]

I've got a beautiful wife. And look at me.

[D]

She. Fuck. You're rich, Adam.

[A]

You're rich.

[D]

You're rich, Adam. Get over it. You're rich.

[C]

I'm not over it.

[D]

This guy's living in the middle of nowhere, building bombs.

[A]

Dud.

[C]

True. He was great at building bombs.

[A]

He stood for something. He stood for something.

[C]

That's better than I am.

[A]

He was rich. Rich in his beliefs. Come on, man.

[D]

And it just didn't seem like a world that I was believing. I'm like, yeah.

[C]

And also under. Underneath the doofy ass, he's Leonardo DiCaprio. So, you know, she probably. She probably saw him shaved once, and he was Shaved. He wore a suit. He had to go to a wedding. And she saw what he could be.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And she was like, jesus Christ.

[A]

When he pulled his hair back, he was hot. Dude in a little pony.

[D]

Let me just say this. Shia's hitting it. Leo's not hitting it. Shia's hitting it.

[A]

Why are you so convinced that Shia LaBeouf throws the dick down so hard?

[D]

I'm not saying he. He throws the dick down. What I'm saying is.

[C]

I'm saying it. He's. He's crazy, dude.

[D]

He wants to. Like, he's into it. I don't think Leonardo Capro's laying down and that chick's riding him. She can get that anywhere. Why is she married? Like, why she.

[C]

No, I see. And now. Now I've turned the page, and I'm with you, bud. Thank you. Because when you broke it down.

[A]

I love this critique. I love this critique.

[C]

When you broke it down like this. This makes perfect sense, because Leo, he's just. Is a guy that has been with thousands of women, and it's good of an actor as he is.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

He's bringing that to a performance. He's bringing that to a performance. So he's lazy. He's lazy in bed. He's not giving it at all. Oh, Shia. I don't know. He's the kind of guy that. I can see him.

[A]

He's a giver.

[C]

I could see him just give her. Going on, like, a. A fast.

[D]

It's a mission.

[C]

Does it? He's like, I actually haven't had sex in six years.

[D]

Right.

[C]

And then when he dives back in, he's gonna be such. Such a lover. Oh, and these women will be pleased. Left and right. 69 dudes that.

[A]

This isn't even what the movie's about.

[C]

Yeah, but then they're bringing that to the performance. See, that's.

[D]

You know, in five years, when AI gets there, I'm plucking. I'm plugging in Shia to this movie. Pluck it and plug in, and it's gonna be better.

[A]

See, no, because that's not even what the movie's about. It's not.

[D]

Can you imagine a serious. A serious dumb person trying to save the world is so much better than a guy who's like, I got a long jacket. I don't know what I'm doing.

[A]

You're worried about the wrong relationship. It's about a father and his daughter. It's not about the lovers.

[D]

I don't believe that this guy's a good dad either. I think that.

[A]

Oh, man, he's trying his best.

[D]

No, I'm telling you, one battle after another.

[C]

Well, he's just a stoner, dude. He's just a stoner.

[D]

I know, but he's. He seemed like a stoner already. So then for him to become what? More of a stoner? It's not a turn. That's a. I want to see a guy who, like, is fixated on doing this thing and fighting the revolution. Who's too stupid to do a good job.

[C]

No, but he wasn't fixated on fighting the revolution. He was fixated on pleasing his psychotic girlfriend.

[D]

He wasn't, though. He was. She was like, let's. Right here. Let's do this. And he was like, gotcha, bitch. All right.

[C]

Yeah, well, he was. I mean, he was trying to please her. She's a absolute psychopath. Who wants to lead the revolution, by the way. Who turned on his ass. Fuck her.

[D]

And I'm.

[A]

Yes.

[D]

And I'm wondering why. And I'm asking. I'm asking, I'm asking. And I'm not like, this is not like a me. This is not a takedown.

[C]

And if you haven't seen this movie. Sorry. Sorry.

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And what's the girl's name? What is her name? Tina Taylor. Is that right?

[D]

Tiana Taylor.

[C]

Tiana Taylor.

[D]

Tiana Taylor.

[A]

She's great.

[C]

Tiana Taylor Taylor.

[D]

Why? She's Sean Penn and like, you can get into the, like the like power dynamic. Da da, da, da, da. But like, gross.

[A]

Like.

[D]

Yeah. There's got to be somebody else you want to overpower who isn't that guy. Well.

[C]

And also, it's because she was an absolute psychopath. And by the way, Tiana Taylor, I'm looking at her. She was strikingly. She's a striking looking woman.

[A]

Woman.

[D]

She's unreal.

[A]

She's gorgeous.

[D]

But so here's my thing. You're letting that guy come in.

[C]

You fuck.

[A]

It.

[D]

Ends up being his daughter. Right?

[A]

It's love.

[D]

My whole thing is that chick that they illustrated that they kind of defined as this thing is not letting that guy come inside of her. When they show this. When they show. The second she pulls a gun out and I'm guessing puts it in his asshole is what they're kind of alluding to. Right?

[A]

I guess I gotta rewatch it.

[D]

I'm like, so like, okay, yeah, you're.

[C]

Getting me little chubbed up over here.

[D]

I'm kind of getting that. I understand. I go, okay, so she sticks a gun in the of a militant white guy. Love that. But then she lets him come in her. Don't understand that. That's a huge leap for me.

[A]

I don't know, bro. Maybe.

[C]

Maybe she scooped it in herself. Maybe she scooped it in herself as a power move.

[D]

We don't know even more.

[A]

You guys are. I. I think you're getting hung up on the wrong things.

[D]

There's.

[A]

It's a father daughter mo. Not about calm.

[D]

He's not even the dad, dude.

[C]

For Ders, it's always about calm, dude. It always. That's why he couldn't watch Wonka. That's why Wonka fell off for him. It was.

[D]

I'm gonna.

[A]

It was too come based comedy. Make comedies.

[C]

Make comedies great again.

[D]

And I thought I. I found it super boring until they had the like device super Boring. Until they had the device where it's like, is it his kid or the other guy's kid?

[C]

Also, Isaac's chiming in, in with a thing that I brought up 15 minutes ago. She also snitched on all of her friends. We know. Isaac.

[A]

I, I liked the movie a lot. I thought it was really awesome. I thought it was reminiscent.

[C]

I liked it too. I, I, yeah, I thought it was dope. It wasn't. People are like, best movie of the year.

[D]

I would call it a masterpiece. And I'm like, what are we doing? What are we doing?

[A]

I thought it was really great.

[C]

A little underwhelmed by that because I'm like, I liked, I, I liked it. But I wasn't like, this is the best we have all year long. This is number one.

[A]

I think weapons is one.

[C]

I liked weapons more.

[D]

Let me ask you guys a question. Would you ever watch that movie again?

[A]

Yes. Because Benicio Del Toro, bro, dude's a fucking man.

[D]

He's lukewarm in that movie. What?

[A]

He kills it.

[D]

He's a nice guy. He's a cool guy. He's like, I gotta be here, let's go. And you're like, great.

[C]

Yeah. And he's helping, you know, he's helping out.

[D]

That's it. I not enough.

[A]

I don't watch a lot of movies twice. So that's a odd question, but I would watch it. Yeah, I liked it a lot.

[D]

I put a gun to your head. You would watch it.

[C]

Blake, I'm surprised you even watched these movies when you're too. When guys are getting their nuts kicked on the Internet and when guys are putting lemons, trust me, lemons in their eyes on the Internet.

[A]

Well, I watched the movie while I was on Instagram. But yeah, okay, it was really good in the background.

[C]

That checks out.

[D]

And by the way, PTA has made many masterpieces.

[A]

PTA rocks many.

[D]

So he's, he's good, he's good to go. This just for me. I was like sitting there going, no, interesting.

[C]

That ain't it.

[A]

The whole time he's just like, I wish it was Shia LaBeouf.

[D]

As soon as I walked out, I go buff boy. Should have been shy. Should have been Shia or like a Jon Berenthal. Some like serious.

[A]

I don't think he works anymore.

[D]

Hard edged guy is way funnier to watch. Failing because they're stupid. Because they so seriously want it. That to me is because for me the comedy of it is like a guy who's incapable of saving the day. He's just really Trying to save the day and he's failing. He can't remember the. Oh, I don't know the password. It's funny. One time, I think they did it three or four times, and I'm like, we know he doesn't know it. That's funny. It is funny the first time. And then when he doesn't know the second time, you're liked at the second.

[C]

And third time, too. I like to beat a dead horse, though. But any take backs, any apologies, Any epic slams?

[D]

Just a bunch of double downs for me. Weapons is number one for you. But Blake or you, Adam?

[A]

I think so. I think that was my favorite movie.

[C]

This year of the handful of movies I've seen. Yeah, weapons.

[A]

Weapons was really good.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

I don't even know what I've seen this year.

[C]

My mom thought it was so dumb. My mom, stupid. She's like, oh, gosh. Well, that was just a goofy movie to watch. And I'm like, yeah, I. It's. It's a big hit. Mom couldn't wrap her head around it.

[D]

Yeah. But that doesn't make it good. Good Sinners. Also awful.

[A]

Wow, D, you're on a ra.

[C]

Sinners is the other big movie. I like sinners.

[D]

Laugh out loud. I laughed so hard at that movie. I was like, the.

[C]

The. The white guys, like, do. Doing, like, Irish jigs. Was pretty funny.

[D]

Howling in the theater. I'm like, we're really watching these white people Irish jig as vampires outside of a house that they're trapped in.

[C]

In.

[D]

Where's the tension? This is a bad movie. Wait a second. You've been walking in and out of here all night, and now you're asking me if you can come in? And you're not just coming in. You guys. You guys pick up on this. I'm like, what are we doing here? And then when the woman just screams everybody in.

[C]

Well, it's because in the other room, the guy's already turned into a vampire. So it's. That's already happened. And now they're like. Like, wait.

[A]

And for anybody I know.

[D]

Audience is already.

[A]

We already know.

[D]

Like, you want us.

[A]

Anybody who hasn't seen these movies, I would like to take back.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Talking about them and ruining them for everybody.

[C]

That's right. We did. And by the way, if you haven't seen these movies, what are you doing?

[A]

Get into the theater. Support the art.

[C]

Well, by the way, they're all on streaming now.

[A]

They are.

[C]

Just stream it.

[A]

Just stream?

[C]

Yeah. You could easily watch it.

[D]

What did I watch this year? I'm like, I'm online now and I'm looking at these movies and I'm like, what was good? I did like weapons.

[C]

I want to watch Roofman. I want to watch Anna Wrote. Have you seen the new Channing Tatum movie, Roof Man?

[A]

Anything Channing does is usually pretty good.

[C]

Yeah, I like him.

[A]

I'm a chaining guy.

[C]

I'm a Channing head.

[D]

Was the New Predators good? I heard that. The New Predator. I heard that was cool.

[C]

I hear that's cool. Yeah, I have yet to see that one. That has to be streaming by now.

[D]

But, guys, what the fuck is happening? Like, even this Denzel, Spike Lee movie, highest to lowest, I haven't seen it, but I also haven't heard anybody talk about it.

[C]

Oh, I saw it.

[D]

Was it good? Cool.

[C]

I can't remember.

[D]

That's what I'm saying.

[A]

This is the crazy movie podcast of all time.

[D]

Isn't this crazy? Oh, my God. It was cool.

[C]

It actually was really cool. It was cool. Okay, but it's on Apple. I feel like when you watch a movie. Yeah, I feel like when you watch a movie on streaming, unless they eventize the movie, it was just. It was just like a thing that just was there. And I was just like, oh, there's a Washington click. And I watched it and I liked it, but it wasn't eventized at all. So I don't remember it in the.

[D]

Same way I saw Eddington. I thought Eddington was okay until I saw one battle after another. And now I really like Eddington. I think that's kind of the same movie, but better.

[A]

Better.

[C]

Any apologies?

[A]

Is this your double?

[D]

I'm going through movies now. F1. I liked. F1 was cool.

[C]

F1. F1 was fine. I thought F1 was fine.

[D]

Yeah, I thought it was cool.

[C]

People, like, loved it. I was just like you. You were absolutely right when saying, like, F1 is basically like, you're just sort of learning that they need to stop for tires all the time. And that's kind of the whole movie.

[D]

It's a movie about tire.

[C]

Tires. Yeah, it's a movie about stopping for tires. Great.

[A]

Show Tires. Tires on Netflix.

[D]

Tune in. Tune in. Better Netflix. Better.

[C]

Okay, Any take backs? Apologies? Any epic slams?

[A]

I took back. I did my take back all the spoilers. I'm sorry to the fans who had to hear that.

[C]

Yeah. And I would like to glob on glom Glom or glob glom?

[A]

You're about to.

[D]

What?

[C]

To what Blake just said. And I apologize for all the spoilers.

[D]

Isn't it crazy. You guys like did you. Did anyone see Springsteen?

[C]

All right. And that's another episode.

[D]

What he see Wicked too.

[C]

This is important. We've lost him.

[D]

What is this movie?

[C]

We've lost him. We've lost him.

[D]

These movies.

[C]

Yeah, we've lost him.

[A]

He's lost. He's in a hate hurricane.

[B]

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