WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:06.240 You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty on 2 00:00:06.320 --> 00:00:10.160 this Friday Night with Narco Daila Cruz. Well, thank you so very much, 3 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:12.759 Mo. Happy Friday. All right, it is about that time. 4 00:00:12.839 --> 00:00:17.480 It's time for discover Southern California. I went to the Los Angeles Arboretum and 5 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:22.920 Botanic Garden, located at three zero one North Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia. I 6 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:26.760 don't know why they don't call it botanic gardens. They just call it botanic 7 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:31.960 Garden. The Los Angeles Arburidum and Botanic Garden is one hundred and twenty seven 8 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:36.320 acres of colorful plants, flowers, and trees from all over the globe. 9 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:40.600 The Arboretum is located across the street from the Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia. 10 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:45.320 It's home to plant collections from all over the world, including many rare and 11 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:52.000 endangered species, while also serving an animal sanctuary, including many loud and exotic 12 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:56.679 pea fowl, which my friend and I got to see up close and personal. 13 00:00:57.439 --> 00:01:00.840 The peacocks, which are the male worst thrutting their stuff trying to get 14 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:07.239 the pea hens the female's attention. The pea fowl that roam around the grounds 15 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:12.760 are descendants of a pair imported by Elias Jackson aka Lucky Baldwin from India back 16 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:18.359 in eighteen eighty. The peacocks are as loud as they are beautiful, and 17 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:22.640 I heard many of them around the arboretum, and the neighbors seem to be 18 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:26.920 complaining about the noise as well, but hey, they are there to stay. 19 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:30.879 One of them even greeted us as we entered. However, we kept 20 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:36.079 our distance because it's mating season right now, so you know, we're He 21 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:40.000 was a little rallied up, but we just let him be now. After 22 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:45.959 encountering the bedazzling mister peacock, we headed right along the path. Following different 23 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:51.120 paths. You could smell the eucalyptus trees and see the variety of trees that 24 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:55.400 were imported from all over the world. They have a plant collection from Africa, 25 00:01:55.719 --> 00:02:01.920 Australia, Canary Islands, and Madagascar. You could also see beautiful magnolia 26 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:06.519 trees, which are one of my favorites, and they are in bloom right 27 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:13.240 now. Alo engleman ox Plumeria trees that are also blooming in different colors from 28 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:16.039 yellow to pink to a hot pink. Now, if you want to spend 29 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:20.719 a day in nature on paths and smelling the roses, having a picnic, 30 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:23.240 or enjoying lunch with friends, you might want to take a visit to the 31 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:29.400 Arboretum. There is also quite a bit of wildlife there, so wherever you're 32 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:32.000 walking, just make sure you look because something is just, you know, 33 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:37.520 walking across the paths, and they don't have not just peacocks. Apparently, 34 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:43.080 there are about two hundred and sixty different species sighted at the Arboreatum. At 35 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:46.800 the Arboretum, some even birds I've never seen before. I don't know. 36 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:51.240 They're like different colors. I don't know exactly where they come from. But 37 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:53.280 the only thing I can tell you is that there are two hundred and sixty 38 00:02:53.319 --> 00:03:00.319 different species. You can also see the four historic structures on the premises and 39 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:05.840 cottage, the coach barn, the Reed Balwyn Adobe, which is a bit 40 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:10.280 under construction right now, and the Santa Anita Depot, of which has been 41 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:16.520 refurbished with the turn of the sentry housewares and period railroad equipment to recreate the 42 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:23.039 ambiance of the bustling station stop it once was. They also have a cute 43 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:28.080 cafe, a gift shop with some intricate gifts. It also has a great 44 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:32.759 place. It's for photography and a lot of beautiful, beautiful, just a 45 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:37.639 lot of nature stuff. Now, being there is like taking a five mile 46 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:42.039 pleusterol around the world. So you might want to put on your hiking shoes 47 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:46.080 or comfortable crocks if that's what you like with your little gifting. There's nothing 48 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:51.800 comfortable those horrible shoes. Stop it. Well, you know, some people 49 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:55.039 have different tastes in shoes. As I was saying, taste, maybe you're 50 00:03:55.080 --> 00:04:00.360 comfortable crocs and enjoy the great outdoors again. Now, the Los Angeles Arboretum 51 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:05.199 and Botanical Garden is definitely a beautiful place to wander around. You could get 52 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:11.960 your tickets online, make sure you read the rules before you go, and 53 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:15.399 also look at their monthly calendar. So I was looking online at their monthly 54 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:20.079 calendar, and they have a lot of different great activities such as yoga. 55 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:26.879 They have succulents and sangria, so you drink sangria and you kind of put 56 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:31.399 succulents in a nice pot whatever. They have night walks, they have auctions, 57 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:35.399 They have some amazing South Sound baths and so much more, and you 58 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:42.279 could find all this out at www dot arboretum dot org. That's a R 59 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:46.839 B O R E t U M dot org. Now their hours are nine 60 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:51.000 am to seven pm. The last entry is at six thirty. Adults for 61 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:58.199 fifteen, Seniors are eleven, students are eleven, Children five to twelve or 62 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:01.920 five and children under four are absolutely free. So if you just want to 63 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:05.519 take your girlfriend or you know, take your parents, or take your daughter 64 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:09.680 and just have like a heart to heart conversation or even your son, just 65 00:05:09.759 --> 00:05:14.920 walk around and check out the beautiful roses and just all the nature stuff that 66 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:17.120 they have there. It is a beautiful place to go. A lot of 67 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:21.480 people I was talking, you know, sometimes you just try to converse with 68 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:25.319 people that are walking around, and I have to say that a lot of 69 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:30.199 people do go just to see the peacocks. But you know, it's not 70 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:34.279 a where do you go here in Los Angeles in southern California and you just 71 00:05:34.319 --> 00:05:40.120 walk around and you see a whole bunch of peacocks just walking around. Look, 72 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:43.680 let me just say this and recommend this for the single men out there, 73 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:50.720 Okay, highly recommend take your girl to the Arboretum. Yes, you 74 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:55.839 will win. That's all I'm gonna say. You will win. Thank you. 75 00:05:55.800 --> 00:06:00.879 It's simple yet sophisticated and full of culture. Sure, highly recommend it 76 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:03.959 is beautiful. It's it's a great you know what. It's a great place 77 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:08.399 to have like a first date. Yes, let's just walk and talk and 78 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:11.399 get to know each other. I said, the very New York is right, 79 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:13.920 Yeah you did. It was very New York. What you walk, 80 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:19.639 it's walk, snap out of it talking to me? All right, already 81 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:26.240 forget about it once again. The Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanic Garden is located 82 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:30.160 at three zero one North Baldwin Avenue in the city of Arcadia, and for 83 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:34.639 more information go to Arboretum dot org. That's Arboretum dot org. When we 84 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:38.120 come back, I know you have a hidden gym? Do you not? 85 00:06:38.439 --> 00:06:44.120 I do? You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI AM 86 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:47.600 six forty. Let's get back to Friday Nights. Were not a Codaila Cruz, 87 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:54.399 Thank you mo. Today's hidden gem is rosalind Alarm. Rosalind Alam has 88 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:59.120 quite a unique story. When rosalind Alam was very a very young teen, 89 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:04.079 a family friend who was thirty two coherst her into a sexual relationship that eventually 90 00:07:04.160 --> 00:07:09.160 led to marriage and two children. It was not a healthy marriage and there 91 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:13.439 were times where she felt like she wasn't good enough. She was also not 92 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:16.839 allowed to be around her family, and her ex husband manipulated her in ways 93 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:21.600 that you couldn't even imagine. She attended UC Irvine and walked to receive her 94 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:26.120 diploma eight months pregnant. She is a mother of two. She has a 95 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:30.000 daughter and a son. As a mother, you strive to be the best 96 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:31.959 that you could be. Love your children, be there for your kids, 97 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:39.720 and most importantly, be present. Rosalind feared for her life when her ex 98 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:44.720 husband pulled a gun out on her. That's when she knew that was enough. 99 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:47.959 Plus, she wanted her son to have a good example of how to 100 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:53.639 treat his future wife, and that wasn't it. She finally had the courage 101 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:58.759 to go to an attorney's office and file for divorce. That courage took fifteen 102 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:03.040 years, but right after her divorce, her ex husband manipulated their children into 103 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:07.639 leaving Rosalin the same way he convinced her to leave her parents all those years 104 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:13.240 ago. It is a classic case of parental alienation. An issue that the 105 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:20.600 American legal system rarely intervenes in, even though one out of even one of 106 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:26.360 out of four children involved in a divorce experienced parental alienation according to the American 107 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:33.600 Psychological Association. Rosalin recently released a memoir called Preyed Upon. Her memoir shows 108 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:39.360 parents how to cope with losing their children to parental alienation and hopefully how to 109 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:45.200 win them back By telling her story and revealing tips that she has learned throughout 110 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:50.080 the years since her children left, she has been an advocate for alleviating and 111 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:58.000 fighting against parental alienation by speaking with hundreds of parents and experts, allowing her 112 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:03.960 not to distill her research into this manuscript. In order to help others other 113 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:07.639 parents who are hurting for their loss, rosalind Alam not only wants to bring 114 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:13.279 awareness on the topic of parental alienation, she has taking it one step further. 115 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:20.840 Other than a book, she has established Unbreakable Bondfoundation dot org that's in 116 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:26.879 Breakable Bondfoundation dot org to support parents who are going through custody battles in hopes 117 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:35.000 of preventing parental alienation and preserving the parent child bond. Her organization offers therapy, 118 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:41.440 financial and legal advice as well as workshops regarding co parenting and other important 119 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:46.399 topics. Ultimately, there needs to be a change in the family court legal 120 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:50.799 system to prevent parental alienation. There was a recent study done by the Parental 121 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:58.440 Alienation Study Group in January of twenty twenty four that states three point nine million 122 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:03.279 children in the United States are going through moderate to severe alienation from one parent. 123 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:11.200 If you would like more information, please visit Unbreakable Bondfoundation dot org for 124 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:15.879 the ways that you can support her. Rasan Alam, thank you for telling 125 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:18.919 me your story. Thank you for being our hidden gem today. And I 126 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:24.080 also want to thank one of our previous hidden Gems, Elvira Barnett, who 127 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:28.679 put me in contact with her. She is still on the fight to get 128 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:33.879 a connection with her children. To hear the entire interview that you could also 129 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:37.600 go to the Frequent She podcast. That's where I interviewed her on her that 130 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:43.000 again, the Frequent She the Frequent She podcast. Yes, and on Mother's 131 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:48.480 Day, which was her birthday, I hosted her book release and I asked 132 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:52.879 her some very hard questions and her story is very compelling. You know, 133 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:56.759 parental alienation is something that I think a lot of us have gone through as 134 00:10:56.879 --> 00:11:03.559 children. You know, sometimes parent as they're going through a divorce, you 135 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:07.000 know, don't want them to spend more time with another parent, or they're 136 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:09.600 say they're you know, the father is not a good person. You're holding 137 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:16.519 back. I'm holding back because you know about this personally. Okay it. 138 00:11:18.200 --> 00:11:22.120 I'll call you out here because I love you, because this is something it's 139 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:28.240 very important, and you know more about it than most people do. I 140 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:33.120 do. I think it's because of my personal situation, and you know, 141 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:37.759 in my personal situation in my divorce, and also my parents as well. 142 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:43.200 You know, my my mother, my mother didn't really bad mouth my father 143 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:46.120 much, but she did give me inklings of who he really was, and 144 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:50.679 so that made me upset. But I used to be upset with myself thinking 145 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:54.480 that their divorce was my fault and it really wasn't my fault. And I 146 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:58.360 think a lot of children also blame their selves for that too. But I 147 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:03.039 also believe that you have to see the signs. And one thing that she 148 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:09.320 said in her interview was start documenting everything if you are going through this, 149 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:15.600 start documenting everything when you're when your children say something like, oh Dad said 150 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:20.559 this, or Mom said this. Also another thing is start checking their behaviors. 151 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:26.159 How are their behaviors changing. That's also something that you need to that 152 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:31.480 you need to document as well. And you know, she she was also 153 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:35.519 telling me about sometimes how her ex husband were kind of cohers her children, 154 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:39.440 and you know, like if you know, if they wanted to go somewhere 155 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:43.720 and she couldn't because she had to work or she had to do a project 156 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:46.679 for work, you know, they would say something like, oh well, 157 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:50.360 dad would drop everything and he would take us. Let's just to say Disneyland 158 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:54.559 or something, you know, And I think that really hurts the soul of 159 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:58.000 a parent, whether it's a mother or a father. And at the end 160 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:01.080 of the day, mo I think what it is is that we have to 161 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:03.240 be the best parents that we can be. I've always said we have to 162 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:07.440 be better than our parents, because you know, I'm fifty years of hip 163 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:11.960 hop and so that means I was born in the seventies. But also you 164 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:16.240 know, how our parents were raised it was rough for them, and how 165 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:22.879 our grandparents were raised it was rough for them too, So every generation in 166 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:26.159 your family raises your children a little differently. But I also have to say 167 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:31.159 that you know, as a woman, you have to see how your spouse 168 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:37.759 is treating you. You know, what are the red flags? How is 169 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:41.559 it that he is, you know, alienating you from your family because oh, 170 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:45.919 you know you're my wife now and you're all mine. No, that's 171 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:50.120 not how it works, you know what I mean. She has an amazing 172 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:54.759 story. She also has an amazing memoir that I couldn't put down, and 173 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:58.600 she's you know, getting a lot of great feedback and a lot of people 174 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:05.000 are feeling like, you know, she's telling the story through someone else's eyes, 175 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:09.240 but it's really her story. And you know, I think it's it's 176 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:13.600 something that we need to be more aware of, especially with with either family 177 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:16.480 members or friends that are going through something and say, hey, you know, 178 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:18.600 let's check you. You know what I mean, A true a true 179 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:22.039 friend and a true family member will check somebody and go, don't do that. 180 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:26.720 Don't don't alienate your son or your daughter from your your husband or your 181 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:33.679 wife. So and her organization, she started this organization because she wanted to 182 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:35.879 help, she wanted to do more, and she wanted to spread the word 183 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:41.480 about parental alienation. And she even told me there are a lot of podcasts 184 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:46.720 about parental alienations that there are kids trying to connect with their parents, trying 185 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:50.519 to find their parents, trying to have a bond with their parents, you 186 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:52.840 know, and I and if that's where you are in your life right now, 187 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:56.360 try to try to make a connection with your parents. Also. Once 188 00:14:56.399 --> 00:15:03.720 again, her organization is Unbreakable Bond Foundation dot org Naanica. You know, 189 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:05.919 you know I called you out love because I knew that there was an opportunity 190 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:09.679 there. It's like, tell your story, girl, tell your story because 191 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:13.759 it matches with the story you were telling. You know. Mo. It's 192 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:16.080 funny because every time I do a hitting gym. I said this last week, 193 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:20.440 the last time I was here. I feel like every time I meet 194 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:24.600 these people, I connect with them some way. I don't know if it's 195 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:28.279 the universe or God telling me, hey, have a conversation with them. 196 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:31.919 And yes. And I want to thank Elvira Barnett too, because she was 197 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:37.320 like, hey, you should talk to her. And Rosalind was just such 198 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:41.159 an amazing woman, a great soul. And what I love about her is 199 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:43.879 not only her beautiful eyes and her smile. She just glows. You don't 200 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:46.600 see the pain through her, even though I'm sure in her heart. You 201 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:50.759 may feel it because she still is not connected with her children, but she 202 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.120 is a beautiful, beautiful soul. Well, we appreciate what you do, 203 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:58.679 Nica de la Cruz. When we come back, we will have the Runner 204 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:03.360 Report, and maybe coming up soon before the show's over, your chance to 205 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:10.360 win a Disney four pack. Better keep listening. Can'fi AM six forty you're 206 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:17.440 listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty. Camfi 207 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:19.919 A six forty is Later with Mo Kelly Live Everywhere in the iHeartRadio app is 208 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:25.559 now tied for the Runner Report with Mark Ronner tonight. The Strangers Chapter one 209 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:29.519 now mo the world loves an optimist, and what's more optimistic than calling a 210 00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:33.759 movie chapter one? Well, filming the next two chapters before you see how 211 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:36.840 the first one does. It's sort of like breaking the ice with somebody by 212 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:38.879 saying hello the first time and adding that you bought a case of condoms. 213 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:42.039 And also, by the way the occasional herpies flare ups, nothing at all 214 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:47.120 to freak out about. Oops points for self confidence, the merits for self 215 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:52.519 awareness. The Strangers Chapter one of three is sort of but not really a 216 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:55.240 kind of remake of The Strangers from two thousand and eight. That was a 217 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:57.399 respectable little thriller about a young couple spending the night at a house in the 218 00:16:57.399 --> 00:17:02.799 middle of nowhere and they get tear arise by some people in masks. It's 219 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:04.240 really nicely shot, the original one, the two thousand and eight one. 220 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:07.559 It's got some effective scares, It's nice and short. It gets the job 221 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:11.400 done, gets out. Not a classic, but worth a watch. It's 222 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:15.960 on HBO, I mean Max right now, and honestly the tagline should be 223 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:19.759 the Airbnb movie they don't want you to see. Okay, This New Strangers 224 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:25.039 chapter one is supposedly not a remake of that two thousand and eight or a 225 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:30.000 reboot of it or whatever. It did have a sequel called The Strangers Prey 226 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:33.279 Prey at Night in twenty eighteen. Is this new one an homage? Is 227 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:37.480 it part of a series? Well, based on what I've been able to 228 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:41.200 read, it's meant to take place in the same universe. And I'm not 229 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:44.160 really sure what that means. But here's a little bit of the trailer. 230 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:48.720 Today is the third day of our three day road trip across the country, 231 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:52.519 or our five anniversary, our five year anniversary. Well, they've pretty much 232 00:17:52.559 --> 00:18:02.799 just sealed their fate. What comes do? I actually like this so much 233 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:07.359 better than I'm talking now about the people who live here. Really happy. 234 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:15.400 Now, if you walk into a diner and everyone looks in bread and gives 235 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:18.640 you the stink eye, get back in the car, don't order food. 236 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:30.079 Tough crowd, Hi, Hi, leave the diner, and a couple of 237 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:33.319 little boys who look like they're from Children of the Corn try to hand you 238 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:40.599 religious pamphlets. Your evening's likely to eat worse. Here here are the silence. 239 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:56.480 It's nice. Is Tamar here? No, No, Tamar is not 240 00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:59.240 here. And if you hear a bang at the door at the house in 241 00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:02.839 the middle of the woods, it's not Postmates. You're screwed. The Strangers 242 00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:06.119 Chapter one isn't supposed to be a remake, but it's essentially the same movie. 243 00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:07.920 It adds nothing, it improves nothing, It's a little dumber in some 244 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:12.960 respects no reason I can think of for it to exist completely worthless. Publicists, 245 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:17.680 there's your pull quote. Different cast is all live. Tyler and Scott 246 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:22.440 Speedman were in the first one. This one stars Madeline Petch and Ryan Bound. 247 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:25.039 Never heard of either of them. I don't begrudge them work. Maybe 248 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:27.480 they'll live this down at some point. This is the kind of movie if 249 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:30.960 it weren't absolutely worthless. This's ordinarily fun to see in a theater. You 250 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:34.119 get to hear other people gasp and shriek at the good parts, and you're 251 00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:37.599 not distracted like you would be at home. To illustrate that last point, 252 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:42.319 I paused the sequel at Home earlier to write that last line. Then I 253 00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:47.440 paused again a few minutes later to say this line that I'm saying right now. 254 00:19:47.599 --> 00:19:49.759 This is blowing my mind. Man, Let's get back to the movie. 255 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:55.640 Only the benefit of seeing this non remake remake in a theater is if 256 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:59.160 you're avoiding a process server at home, or it's hot outside and you want 257 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:02.119 air conditioning. And did I mention chapters two and three were shot at the 258 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:04.559 same time. Two comes out later this year. At least that's the current 259 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:08.839 plan. But let me propose something we've seen news in recent months about some 260 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:12.599 other movies that were finished and then just dumped his rite offs and never released 261 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:18.599 Batgirl and Acme Versus Coyote. Those movies. The Strangers Chapter one would be 262 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:22.559 the rare case where I'd be okay with that. Take the right down, 263 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:25.920 keep them on the shelf. Think of it like this picture. Being a 264 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:27.960 judge on one of those awful talent shows, and when it's your turn to 265 00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:33.200 give feedback to some lousy karaoke performer, you say, why don't you just 266 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:36.279 skip the whole music career and start them thing? And goes straight to the 267 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:42.279 overdose In case rich, how if my reaction to this movie wasn't one hundred 268 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:48.000 percent clear? The key exchange from the original was when the terrorized young woman 269 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:52.079 asks why are you doing this to us? And one of the masked terrorizers 270 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:55.400 says, because you were home now. In the two thousand and eight version, 271 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:57.559 I took that as a sign that death and suffering are random and nobody's 272 00:20:57.599 --> 00:21:00.519 safe. When they do a version of those lines in this new movie, 273 00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:03.200 I took it as a sign that they couldn't be bothered to come up with 274 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:07.680 new dialogue. So who do we blame for this? The director is Rennie 275 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:11.920 Harlan. It's a familiar name. What yeap Rennie Harlan. It's not as 276 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:15.440 familiar as Chris Nolan or Guy Ritchie, whose name above the title makes you 277 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:18.000 want to buy a ticket site unseen. Here is a guy with some ups 278 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:22.359 and downs. He perpetrated one of the biggest flops of all time, Cutthroat 279 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:25.480 Island. Then he turned right around and did one of the great action movies 280 00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:29.079 of the nineties, The Long Kiss Good Night, both starring his wife at 281 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:33.240 the time, Geane Davis. Now I tried watching one of his other recent 282 00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:37.240 ones on Netflix, a movie called The Bricklayer. Didn't make it through, 283 00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:41.880 how bad look didn't make it through? And I like Aaron Et cart but 284 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:47.759 yeah, yeah, sheep looking awful dialogue, some admirably brutal fight action. 285 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:51.400 But that's enough. It is a code round. Let me stress. It 286 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:56.640 takes a real flusher for me to bail on a reactivated operative action movie. 287 00:21:56.680 --> 00:22:00.119 Okay, that is my thing. Now, to put Harlan's career into perspective, 288 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:03.960 he's been nominated for six Golden Raspberries, and those include The Adventures of 289 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:08.400 Ford Fairlane and his terrible version of The Exorcist The Beginning Remember that one. 290 00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:11.839 Yeah, there's a whole different version of that movie, same film, directed 291 00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:15.720 by Paul Schrader. I've seen them both, and I probably don't have to 292 00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:18.920 tell you which one to go with. Now, your mileage may vary on 293 00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:22.799 neholistic horror films about people getting terrorized at home by random strangers. If you 294 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:26.400 like that stuff, try Funny Games. That is a really messed up one 295 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:30.480 from Austria from nineteen ninety seven, and it had an American remake from the 296 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:34.240 very same director, Michael Hannikey in two thousand and seven. Now, there 297 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:37.480 are certain cowardly types here who I won't name, who won't go to horror 298 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:41.839 movies even if I offer to pay. People like Stephen King compare horror movies 299 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:45.079 to carnival rides, like something that makes you feel danger while you know you're 300 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:49.240 on a safe ride. Ultimately, I've always compared them to spicy foods too, 301 00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:52.039 something to give you more of a jolt than your comfort foods. That 302 00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:56.640 said, there are some horror movies that if they are like carnival rides, 303 00:22:56.640 --> 00:23:00.400 they're the rides put together by the carnies, strung out on mess where your 304 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:03.519 car might fly off and cripple you. Or if it's like food, it's 305 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:06.880 the kind you get from a street vendor that sends you sprinting to the restroom 306 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:11.000 like you saying bold. I should add that even though this ain't no Marvel 307 00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:14.599 movie. There is a brief scene after the credits start, and it's so 308 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:18.839 idiotic that it made me wish I'd just bolted like the guy with clearly superior 309 00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:22.000 instincts ahead of me this afternoon. What I'm saying is, believe all that 310 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:27.200 bad stuff your parents told you about strangers. This one is it's no good, 311 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:32.000 no bueno. Oh, So you're saying you really really did like it 312 00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:36.960 deep down. It's one of the worst things I've seen recently. That says 313 00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:41.039 a lot because we see some trash. We routinely watch trash as a public 314 00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:44.599 service to people, and I think people need to understand that criticism is like 315 00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:48.960 a consumer protection as well as an art. And you want to give Renny 316 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:52.359 Harland the doubt because I think he also didn't he do the second Diehard movie, 317 00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.400 as he didn't one of the Diehard movies. No, No, first 318 00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:56.279 was John McTiernan, So I know it wasn't the first one. Yeah. 319 00:23:56.279 --> 00:24:00.359 I think he did the second one, which wasn't bad. So he seems 320 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:03.920 like a journeyman director who's had his ups and downs. But but after watching 321 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:07.400 this one and The Brick Layer, I'm thinking, no, No, the 322 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:11.279 guy's just kind of a hack. He's he's had a bit of good luck 323 00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:15.319 here and there to break up the hackness, but he no longer gets the 324 00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:21.359 benefit of the doubt. He's like Chris Cuomo and uh oo callback and Kevin 325 00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:26.799 Spacey double call back. There we go. Okay, got it. K 326 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:32.119 IF I am six forty. We are live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 327 00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:36.279 If there's news, there's things shift, if they stay the same, things 328 00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:40.240 changed for better or worse. Regardless of what's happening, you're going to hear 329 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:45.559 in here. It's what we do. 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