Dune doubled. What was it went from forty to eighty one million doubled the
first the second makes sense, non atro Max, COVID gone. So that's
great. And then this weekend forty four percent drop. Let me look at
the numbers. Did Kung Fu Pana end up beating it? Which is still
a little surprising. I thought it could hold a little bit better, but
it's still forty four percent drop. Really great when we live at okay Kung
Fu Pana fifty eight and doing part two forty six. Ah, it's not
too bad, right doing the plus three screen theaters. Imaginary came out ten
million. Didn't even know it was out. I didn't know it was out
til I saw Maddie uh drop a letterbox review for and I was like,
really, what is the budget for Imaginary? Can't be much? Right?
Budget the thirteen millions? Yeah, they'll make its budget back. I've heard
it's not the greatest, but uh, headshaving for extra ice stream not the
after life stream. I know, you like just be smoke interesting in the
Afterlix. It's the afterline stream. Fuck, man, do something wrong.
I'm doing a podcast for the dead, you know. But yeah, probably
I'll probably do it there. I'll probably do it for that to raise some
money, and if not, I guess I'll keep them. It's got a
haircut, but yeah, probably fraxture life, so I'll probably keep it then.
But forty four percent drop really good. It already outpaced domestically the first
one, so all good science. To me. It's just like a question
of where is Warner Brothers and everything like that right now. But to me,
if it's doing this much better than the first one and you relet the
sequel, you better relet three. Maybe they're not doing it because Dediaz said,
hey, it's gonna be a bit, so it's part of me.
That's fine. I just would like it confirmed that. It's just hey,
that's our attentions to make it at some point, right, But I think
it's gonna happen. Big shout out. I don't think I've tweeted this out
either, so I've just gotten all the ways around. But big shout to
everybody that listened shared it three days. Biggest episode of the year, and
it beat every episode last year. So I don't know what the last episode
was for twenty twenty one or twenty twenty two, but for twenty twenty three
beat every single episode with like just just a week. I think it was
a week. It was maybe just under just over by whatever, seven days.
Pretty much everybody listened to it and got us past every episode in twenty
twenty three, So thank you very much. I'm bummed I couldn't be on
the review. It was a fun conversation listener and there's a couple two it's
like, oh, I want to make a point there, but I can't.
So yeah, just a big thank you to everybody that listen. It's
nice because we haven't had like a really really big episode in quite a while,
just because I feel like a lot of those big ones people weren't going
to see and disappointing and like, eh, not too much exciting to talk
about. We're doing had a bunch of exciting. So yeah, thank you
to the boys for holding that down because I was deadly sick. But thank
you everybody listening, because that stuff helps when you get downloads, like it
helps with algorithms. When you download it's like recommend its, like oh,
if you don't subscribe as podcasts, this is something you might like. So
just a big thank you. I'm very excited to see what ends up.
But after a week, I'm more than happy. Beat every episode last year.
Yeah, so I really appreciate it. Thank you everybody. That means
a lot just to have those, especially when you don't have one a while,
you're like, man, we ever gonna have a big one. And
it helps for creating other shows, helps our payroll, helps paying our fucking
taxes. Fucking where are we at? Like it's like three at thirty five
hundred dollars, be paying all our tax everything just like the work and everything
comes like small business man, it's great, but fuck man, like,
ooh, we could be stressful. I've almost visial all my tax stuff I
did for the business but out for me personally. But uh so, yeah,
thanks for the episode. Is done three gonna have to happen, I
think so. I think it'll just be delayed, but I would like an
official announcement to get that going. And would I want it? Where my
excitement level? What did I think of done too? I specifically some people
buged me, didn't put it on my list for letterbox, didn't rate it,
didn't tweet about it because it's that time about trust told you and I
need it talk about here, right, so lots of different opinions out there,
and I might have a surprising one of just I didn't think i'd be
like talking about potentially failing doing No, I'm joking, I'm kidding. I
I wouldn't be feeling it. Uh. I am in the camp of even
some film. I think it's like an overrat take. And for me it's
tough to say because it is so new, but it's just like something for
me, I was sitting there and be like, this is one of the
greatest films ever fucking made, like period decade, genre whatever. This did
feel like when people made The Lord of the Rings comparison apps of fucking luteley
Man like it had that vibe to me. It made the first one,
which is a great film, you could argue one of the best, better
top twenty sci fi films. It made that film look like fucking nothing like
Amateur Hour. And that's not to just like put that down. That's still
great. The second one, man, holy fuck everything, every cylinder,
acting, score, visuals, this movie looks so fucking good. Scene choreography,
cinematography, everything I can name out film, the pacing, it's that
perfect him out where it was two whatever hours and like two forty six something
didn't feel it. It's like that thing for me we were talking about on
Originals a couple weeks ago, where like I think I shaved off or like
last month whatever or somehow I shaved off about ten minutes of our film,
and we talked about like Joe mo Old director's cut and stuff like that,
and I'm more in a sense of no, like this cut for me is
the best one. It's a little shorter, and you know, I didn't
think it was gonna be that short when we started making it, but and
not that short. It's not like it's like long, it's not a short
film, but it's just like I thought when I wrote the script and we
filmed it, I was like, oh, it's at least looking like me
like an hour and a half or some It's not that now. I think
it's closer to an hour pretty much. When all sudden done, hang,
I'm wiping the camera because I got spit on it. I'm not gonna lie.
That's what happened shot Projectile. So because it sucks, we hear there's
stuff that they cut, but that was something where it's two forty six.
I could keep going and stay there. That's one of those things where the
long movie is moving. It's great, and so spoilers were doom but not
I'm not going big time and just certain plot points. I think this is
one of the bet like what they did with Paul Trade's. I know you
can't do the exact same, but what they did Paul Trainings here is exactly
what I would have wished happledankin Skywalker. The way they ruined for me some
aspects of Darfaar's character, this was like, oh if I got to see
that done correctly right. And what I love about this is like it's a
complete gray area tale. It's like a what would you do right? Because
I've seen that so many times and people are talking about because I kind of
got I knew it was kind of go all away, but people talked to
I think a little spoilery about like oh, like, oh, he's that
sort of he has that arc right, which I didn't know he for sure
would get that, but going in like okay, it sounds like that's happening
the whole time I'm watching, like I fully agree with him here, you
know. Now, don't get me wrong, People are like, what are
you saying, Taz, there's a certain point, right because the first movie,
his dad talks about you know, leading, right, and it's you
don't choose the lead, like leading chooses you pretty much right, like it
finds your way. Where he, to me, does get chosen to lead
by the furman, to lead to free them. He gets chosen to lead
the fight back, to kill the emperor, to you know, kill the
bear and all the stuff, like for revenge and to get back a racus.
Right, That to me is like where he's in the right, where
he has chosen lead. Where he's not is at the end where it's like,
hey, they don't accept you his emperor, and it's like we're going
to fucking war and killing a bunch of people. Even though yeah, that's
what I like, where it's not black and white where you go. Fuck,
he's just a back guy. Now, No, why wouldn't these houses
meet with him? Why didn't they fucking look into the fucking hole? Oh
god, what's Paul? I forget Paul's line, like blood line and everything
like that, But like he gets they get massacred and no one takes a
glance. So it's just like there, of course, you don't want to
be going out just killing people. It's like no one's doing anything about what's
happened to House Tranes, right, it's just like it's so good, and
that's what it's like for me. I like and stuff like again all these
personal stuff. I believe in the death penalty. So at the beginning,
when it's just like all they're doing is just killing, like the Arcan people
and the people specifically that fucked up his family, I'm something like, yeah,
fuck it, kill mall, Like I don't. They don't need to
do prison time for me. They massacred, massacred your people, everybody,
men, women, chilled, like they fucking need to go. Now,
that's where it comes down to why you need to be the amper, Like
you just kind of want to revenge righting to bring your house back. I
think there's even a way, but you being so aggressive wanting war. That's
where it's like, whoa, you're going too far. That's the perfect type
of villain story, right is you're with them until you're not, so you're
like, oh it's too far. And even now I could still semi understand
when the houses are like nah, fuck you man, like we're not gonna
even listen to you, you go all right, fuck this, take down
the whole system right again. I think he's gonna go more on the route
that Eh, maybe you shouldn't do that part. But I thought all the
layers are great, with all the characters, all the different situations were fantastic,
awesome. Butler, man, holy fuck. I loved the voice.
Sometimes it's little goofy, like Baane, but that's what I wanted. I
love they try to make themselves kind of sound like a version of Stelen the
Scars card. But I'd heard that. I'd heard the comparison of oh,
you know Joke or Anton Sugar as like, all right, like Auso.
Butler's a really good actor. But that is putting a lot on this,
And I didn't say it was wrong. I was just like, hey,
that's high expectations. I don't know. I'd have to do a treshold you
of the top ten cinematic villains. I don't know if he's in the ten,
but I don't know if he's not in the ten, I think he's
definitely top twenty, top twenty five. He fucking delivered. Man, he
was a scary villain. I love that portion of just it's as many origin.
I love that they showed his fucking weak points with women and lias to
do and this fucking seemed like a romance novel. He was like, they
show this powerhouse, but still ways you can take him down. I love
that the second that happens in her action, then they go away and she's
pregnant. It literally just shows like what they're doing to faint as I think
the same fine, or I'll just say awesome Butler because I forgot the name.
What they're doing is exactly what they did ascares like years ago. That's
always was surprised in the first like, oh I should marry you. She
just met him. Jessica just met him, probably fucked him, got a
kid and said oh yeah we're in love. But just played on his insecurity
as weaknesses. Right. So that's why I love because I've seen some people
be like, oh, there' stuff in here that I didn't get what I
was in there wasn't needed to me. That was like a perfect allegory to
show like this is what they do, This is how they get their hooks
and everybody and this is exactly what happened to Paul's to have like all that
little stuff that portion there of the black and white, the natural lighting,
that's good. All the stuff with the baron and like Advatista, which I
was happy is anymore, the kissing and the feed your embarrassment is all this
villain stuff was good. It's just it was people have said before, like
before the first one, like Dune is Game of Thrones in space. Apps
of fucking lutely, that's what that was. And somehow they pull it off
with like to me, all stories they did have and being on the Game
of Thrones in a under three hours, what a fucking achievement, you know,
just very very good. Some of the big action scenes, the battle
scene is fantastic. At first I was not disappointed, but I was surprised
the ending, like, oh, it's gonna be very helms deep, but
then it wasn't. But it kind of fit the story as far as they
were kind of what is the word underestimated, And they planned already planned all
out right, and Paul can fucking see the future at times, right,
So teyley Shall may always been great, really good league here, but fuck
when he was doing this whole speech about being the chosen one stuff, yeah,
man, like I'm not saying that was Oscar worthy, because I think
like that was like I think he has some really great, like best I
think his best actor scenes, but I don't think the whole performance is best
Actor. And even the nominee, I don't think you'd get there because I
think overall will probably be more, but who knows, we'll see what the
feel is like. But he was great at least for me. He's like
locking a Golden Keek nomination and if we have five performances better than him,
then it's like, man, fantastic like that that's a great year. But
yeah, he just I'm not gonna say leveled up, but it's just like
he's getting better and better, So he is fantastic. Zandeya really good,
like great, kind of heart ass at times, but like Sweden understanding and
just like kind of almost puppy dog love with Paul, but not in the
sense that she's gonna sacrifice her morals, which I appreciate. I think there
was sometimes where you go, hey, like why are you against this,
Like there's no there's no way out. I know she doesn't want to kill
Paul to become a leader, but there are times where it's Okay, once
they're shooting your home, it's like you kind of gotta be with the kill
plan, right, Like there's only so much you can do, Like they're
gonna extinct you. It's you or them, right, But I think that's
just to show Shawnie's kinda just like not innocence, but in a sense of
just trying to leave the absolute emperor rule are also powerful. Paul as the
very last option and don't want to get there, and that scene all when
she realizes because he says kind of goodbye and he's gonna marry Florence pewed In
is that three way? If he's in mill and they're looking and I just
love each time he's saying someone doing somebody looks back at Johnny and just like
doesn't want to do this. It just would pretty much just be like and
hey, if you're into that, great, but if you're not into that,
like this starts scenario of you're watching the person you love fuck somebody else
and they keep looking back like, oh, like I don't want to do
this, but like I gotta, you know, And that's what it felt
like. And this was like a deeper level of course, right, But
uh yeah, it was fantastic. I really I have no if it's cons
It's like what I've said before, where's it's mineor stuff where I go,
oh, you know, like I heard the boys bring up on the review
where hey, they didn't show they would have liked to see how did Butler
find their base and take them all out? So like he just kind of
knew right, and it's like, yeah, but I didn't need a whole
scene of oh, we talked to a guy and I put my hand,
my air, my finger in the air to know which way the vermin live.
Like I just took it as he told them, I'm gonna go do
everything in my power to find these people kill him. And that's what he's
doing right. Where Bautista will sometimes seem to scare, seems like he wasn't
as motivated. It seemed like it felt like he was doing good enough.
Butler is full on, No, I'm gonna fucking take these people out.
That's my job. And here we go, even that girl out, They
got flame floor and that's why I want to try. On the reviews like
oh, they said she was like a spy, staying back for information,
like the plan was for her to stay back and give info out right,
be like, hey, they're being attacked, we can't go back here.
But unfortunately she got caught and just fucking flamethrower for pleasure. Yikes, yikes.
You know, yeah, it'd be like minor stuff, but it's uh,
you know, I hate to show my cards and it doesn't even matter,
right because same with the Golden Geeks. You know, listen to winners.
My favorite film last year still Saltburn. But to me the best film
was Off and im same thing as last year. My number ranking film was
Batman, but everything every roll wants got my vote, right, So maybe
there will be something technically greater, but I don't see it for me.
I'm already like locked for Golden Geeks. For a lot of them, it's
like dude, man like that has the fucking juice, the sand juice,
but it's got the juice. And yeah, was everyone was great, even
though there's small rolls great stuff, even walking I mind because people, of
course joke like always stills the accent, but with him being the Emperor and
almost like a loof a figurehead and being like off by himself, I didn't
mind if you like talked a little bit a little differently, you know.
So, yeah, I absolutely loved it. It was everything I wanted more.
It's just one of those experiences of when you're sitting there, like in
Appenheimer Barbie for like a fun Factor, but like a Dark Knight, which
an inception, even everything overall once like those are some recent examples, but
when you're sitting there, nothing better. When you're like, fuck, like
I might be seeing one of the greatest films of all time, whether it's
part of a genre, the director's fomography, or just in general, yeah
that thing. There's just times where I'm like, man, that so impressed,
so impressed by Denie and the whole crew. So yeah, I love
doing Hope we get that third. Can't wait, So uh, let's take
our last at break and talk a little bit of wrestling, so we'll be right back