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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back, midnight viewers to Father Malone's weekly round up.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Father Malone and with me parsing through the waves

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<v Speaker 1>of streaming services is my co host Ripley. Jean. Say

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<v Speaker 1>hi to the folks. Ripley. There she is, and here

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<v Speaker 1>we are once again. We're going to go with the

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<v Speaker 1>most current choice of the week, and then we'll get

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<v Speaker 1>to our individual picks. Because you're the co host, you

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<v Speaker 1>can decide the order when you're the host. Never okay,

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<v Speaker 1>this one's still in theaters, though I'm pretty sure you

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<v Speaker 1>can get it on any streamer right now, though it's

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<v Speaker 1>going to cost you in more ways than one. Remember

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<v Speaker 1>when James Cameron took a meeting at twentieth Century Fox

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<v Speaker 1>and he wrote on a whiteboard alien, and then at

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<v Speaker 1>the end he wrote S and then he drew two

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<v Speaker 1>lines through the S, turning it into a dollar side.

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<v Speaker 1>That man was a prophet or is it profit fit?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm technically your dad, so every joke to you is

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<v Speaker 1>a dad joke.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>As popular as Aliens was, that pluralization craze just never

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<v Speaker 1>really took off. Maybe it was a unique occurrence here

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<v Speaker 1>to help solidify that theory is twisters s plural more

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<v Speaker 1>than one, though there was more than one in the

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<v Speaker 1>first film, so it doesn't really make sense. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>in Alien there was one alien. So when you called

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<v Speaker 1>it aliens and a fuckload of aliens showed up, it

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<v Speaker 1>made sense anyway.

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<v Speaker 3>Twisters, Gosh, whatever's in there, it's big and it's moving fast.

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<v Speaker 4>Drive God, fort it's Tyler Rowens calls himself Tornado Wrangler.

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<v Speaker 5>If you feel it, I said, if you feel it.

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<v Speaker 6>All right here?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh she's perfect, she's gorgeous.

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<v Speaker 6>You thought you'd could destroyed a tornado, We never had

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<v Speaker 6>a chance.

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<v Speaker 1>You want one.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't face your fears, you're rid them.

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<v Speaker 6>We got to dance, dance?

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<v Speaker 2>Was that it?

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<v Speaker 5>Nope.

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<v Speaker 1>Back in nineteen ninety six, when the trailer for Twisters

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<v Speaker 1>hit theaters, it was pretty exhilarating. It resonated along with

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<v Speaker 1>Backdraft as far as ideas that had just been sitting

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<v Speaker 1>around forever without any cinematic attention. Storm Chasers Tornadoes sounds

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<v Speaker 1>like a million dollar idea or a two million dollar idea,

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<v Speaker 1>which is what Michael Crichton got for that pamphlet of

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<v Speaker 1>a screenplay that required on set rewrites at a cost

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<v Speaker 1>of one hundred thousand dollars a week by the likes

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<v Speaker 1>of Joss Whedon and Steven Zaleen. Now, this definitely wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>the first time a trailer over promised on a premise.

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<v Speaker 1>What was gripping to me wasn't the CGI devastation or

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<v Speaker 1>that fucking cow. It was the tense use of the

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<v Speaker 1>film's prologue, young Helen Hunt and her family trying desperately

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<v Speaker 1>to survive when the tornado hits, the father just holding

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<v Speaker 1>on for dear life. I thought it was pretty harrowing.

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<v Speaker 1>It's less so in its full state in the film,

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<v Speaker 1>which was never really sure why it was other than

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<v Speaker 1>they kept dropping black frames into the trailer as if

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<v Speaker 1>the lights were going off and on, which was super

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<v Speaker 1>effective and missing from the film. But then that film,

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<v Speaker 1>to me, is wildly disappointing overall. Why are there villains

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<v Speaker 1>an evil science team? The film has the biggest, most

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<v Speaker 1>ferocious antagonist in history, but I guess it's not looking

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<v Speaker 1>to make a few bucks, so it isn't as evil

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<v Speaker 1>as carry always. Oh my god, this was my first

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<v Speaker 1>experience with Philip Seymour Hoffman. My god, they made me

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<v Speaker 1>really dislike Philip Seymour Hoffman suckage. Ugh, that film has

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<v Speaker 1>barely anything to do with twisters because in decades later

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<v Speaker 1>and there are no returning characters, and there are only

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of clumsy callbacks to the original film. By

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<v Speaker 1>the way, is there no other frame of reference with

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<v Speaker 1>tornadoes than the Wizard of Oz? The evil science team

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<v Speaker 1>in this one has another Dorothy. But now we've got

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<v Speaker 1>three new components, tin man, scarecrow, and lack of vision

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<v Speaker 1>of the screenwriter. What's the plot this time? Instead of

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<v Speaker 1>Helen Hunt losing her father to a tornado as a

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<v Speaker 1>young girl, we get our lead character, played by Daisy

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<v Speaker 1>Edgar Jones. She's like a waspy mirror sorvino. She bungles

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<v Speaker 1>an experiment that leads to the death of three of

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<v Speaker 1>her friends, including her boyfriend. In a prolong set five

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<v Speaker 1>years ago. One of the friends that get sucked up

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<v Speaker 1>into the sky is Kiernan Shipka Sabrina, the teenage witch.

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<v Speaker 1>I can never decide if she's a good actress or

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<v Speaker 1>if I just feel proud of her like a surrogate dad,

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<v Speaker 1>having watched her grown up on Mad Men. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Someday I'll figure that out. Daisy Edgar Jones has to

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<v Speaker 1>come back to the storm chasing life after five years,

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<v Speaker 1>and when she does, everything's changed. Now there are teams.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a good team and a bad team. But Witch

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<v Speaker 1>is witch doesn't matter. They're both insufferable. Glenn Powell leads

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<v Speaker 1>the YouTube group of wacky folk. They've got drones, they

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<v Speaker 1>got fireworks, they got trucks that drill themselves into the ground,

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<v Speaker 1>even at an airport. No spoilers, but if this film

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<v Speaker 1>was at all interested in reality, Glenn is going to

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<v Speaker 1>spend a long time speaking to the TSA and other

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<v Speaker 1>government agencies. As the credits are rolling, this twisters. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not a good movie. The effects are superior, and it

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<v Speaker 1>looks fucking fantastic. This has more beautiful Americana than three

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Bay films put together, and the scenes of destruction

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<v Speaker 1>are admittedly spectacular, but you know what it cost one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty five million dollars. It better look fucking great. Though.

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<v Speaker 1>I will commend the film for not making the grievous

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<v Speaker 1>mistake of including a scene with the shining playing at

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<v Speaker 1>a drive in. That was the first time I noticed

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<v Speaker 1>the phenomenon. I'd rather be watching the film. The characters

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<v Speaker 1>are watching than the film with them in it. I

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<v Speaker 1>think Twisters is actually superior to the first film, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's far more frustrating because in the middle of the

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<v Speaker 1>second act, Daisy Edgar Jones and Glenn Powell dispense with

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<v Speaker 1>their teams for an interlude with Jones's mom, played by

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<v Speaker 1>the always welcome more Tyranny. Put her in more things.

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<v Speaker 1>She's always solid in drama or co remember her in

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<v Speaker 1>news radio? Remember her? On er nuff said. Anyway, the

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<v Speaker 1>scenes between the two leads they hint at a far

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<v Speaker 1>superior film. Once they stripped it of action movie and

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<v Speaker 1>romantic comedy cliches, it became a movie about two people

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<v Speaker 1>finding each other through a shared obsession. And suddenly there

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<v Speaker 1>were stakes, Suddenly there were characters. Suddenly I cared, and

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<v Speaker 1>then the teams came back, and it's a race against

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<v Speaker 1>time and blah blah blah. I checked out. Like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>it's better than the original in a lot of ways,

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<v Speaker 1>but I hated that movie. So it's not really a recommendation.

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<v Speaker 1>But I suppose if you don't want to waste your money,

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<v Speaker 1>then it is a recommendation. But I am not recommending Twisters.

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<v Speaker 1>See it for free. When you want to see it.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course you didn't like it. The concept of wind

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<v Speaker 1>confused is you. We're gonna do my selection next because

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<v Speaker 1>you just keep picking bangers, so we're saving that for last.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know why first equals best to you. Phoenix

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't open for the undeads. She's the headliner. You're the headliner,

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<v Speaker 1>your Phoenix. I'm the undeads. I'm the juicy fruits. I

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<v Speaker 1>did used to rock Amene Papadar. It was green and

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<v Speaker 1>a foot high. You would have loved it. And here's

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<v Speaker 1>something I loved. It's on Max right now, so it's

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<v Speaker 1>free if you subscribe. Seeing Alien Romulus last week got

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<v Speaker 1>me pondering the career of fedde Alvarez, particularly his American debut.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a remake. My god, is there anything original? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>this movie. This is exactly how you remake a classic

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<v Speaker 1>film from twenty thirteen. This is the evil Dead.

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<v Speaker 5>Crazing You mean arlier in this book I'm on.

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<v Speaker 6>You don't understand there was something in the woods.

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<v Speaker 5>And think it's India WI. Now I.

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<v Speaker 3>Released something from that book, something evil.

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<v Speaker 7>This thing is attached to me as soul. You're going

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<v Speaker 7>to have to kill her. You are all going to

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<v Speaker 7>die tonight.

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<v Speaker 6>You're lain again, not another.

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<v Speaker 7>Time to go.

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<v Speaker 1>The original Evil Dead is at classic no doubt, as

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<v Speaker 1>is its sequel, and it's seql and to a lesser degree,

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<v Speaker 1>a far lesser degree that Ash versus Evil Dead series

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<v Speaker 1>and Evil Dead fans a voracious man. Too much is

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<v Speaker 1>never enough. They got three movies and a TV series

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<v Speaker 1>and they're still howling for the return of Ash Williams.

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<v Speaker 1>So when it was announced that an Ash Free remake

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<v Speaker 1>was on the way, let's just say fans weren't thrilled.

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<v Speaker 1>But I remember the establishment backlash against John Carpenter's The Thing,

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<v Speaker 1>So fuck that way of thinking. If someone has a

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<v Speaker 1>good idea and it's not some bi committee nonsense, the

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<v Speaker 1>fucking go for it. You actually have a better chance

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<v Speaker 1>of improving a horror film than pretty much any other genre.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'd gladly stick Alvarez's remake up against The Thing

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<v Speaker 1>or the Fly. That's right, it's that good. He took

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<v Speaker 1>this troumpe of young adults out in the woods, unleashing

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<v Speaker 1>evil and turned it on its head. Here the group

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<v Speaker 1>have come to the cabin to help the lead Mia

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<v Speaker 1>played by Gene Levy, to clean up from her latest

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<v Speaker 1>relapse in drug addiction. It's a potent setup, and it

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<v Speaker 1>pays off over and over, and while we've all grown

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<v Speaker 1>accustomed to the over the top, so excessive it becomes

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<v Speaker 1>laughable levels of gore. In the avil Dead films, Alvarez

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<v Speaker 1>wisely returns the horror to more intimate and relatable levels. Look,

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to rain blood at some point, but it

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<v Speaker 1>feels like an inevitability and not a cheap joke. The

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<v Speaker 1>performances are strong across the board, and there are genuine

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<v Speaker 1>moments of dread, and there were some scenes that, honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>when I watched it the first time, I found so

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<v Speaker 1>hardcore I looked away. And all those effects. They're practical,

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<v Speaker 1>which is another nice nod to the original. They are

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<v Speaker 1>also wildly effective. Here's the thing, this is actually a sequel.

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<v Speaker 1>Ash's car is there rusting away when our characters arrive,

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<v Speaker 1>and I know everyone embraced Evil Dead Rise, which I

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<v Speaker 1>found to be just okay. I never connected with anyone

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<v Speaker 1>in it, so it was just a matter of watching

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of characters run and hide and bleed and drool.

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<v Speaker 1>But I didn't care at all what was said and done.

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<v Speaker 1>I cared about Mia still do, still holding out hope

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<v Speaker 1>for a proper sequel with her in it. Speaking of

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<v Speaker 1>MIAs and now, look, I'm not trying to pit anyone

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<v Speaker 1>against each other here, but everyone's going on and on

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<v Speaker 1>about Mia Goth. But it seems to me like she's

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<v Speaker 1>cultivating a scream queen persona, which to me just reeks

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<v Speaker 1>of effort, just trying too hard. Is that a gen

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>But even if we don't hold that against her, lack

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<v Speaker 1>of eyebrows is off putting. But Jane Levy, who's had

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<v Speaker 1>a damned fine career weaving in and out of many genres,

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<v Speaker 1>is the real deal. She is a scream queen supreme

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<v Speaker 1>this film, and especially in Alvarez's follow up, Don't Breathe.

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<v Speaker 1>They ought to put her in the pantheon of horror icons,

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<v Speaker 1>and she has fine, healthy eyebrows. I think Evil Dead

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<v Speaker 1>still would have worked with a different lead. But I'm

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<v Speaker 1>glad we don't have to find out Evil Dead stop

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<v Speaker 1>being a snob. Go watch it. I know, well, we're here,

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<v Speaker 1>we're here now. I got to reveal something about you.

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<v Speaker 1>Ripley can be a bit rambunctious. When we're watching potential

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<v Speaker 1>shows and movies to cover here, for instance, Initially, my

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<v Speaker 1>idea for this episode was to be a canine themed

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<v Speaker 1>the flood of memories coming back, Oh boy, did that

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<v Speaker 1>ever happen? When we randomly ended up watching this show

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<v Speaker 1>that I used to consume like a fiend when I

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<v Speaker 1>twist no strings at all from nineteen eighty three Terra Hawks.

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<v Speaker 3>The year twenty to twenty, alien forces attack Mars, destroying

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<v Speaker 3>The Aliens are led by Zelda. Zelda and her evil

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<v Speaker 3>the Cat with nine Lives, is back their devil. Pilot

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<v Speaker 7>What's happening still?

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<v Speaker 7>You know again?

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<v Speaker 3>The Zeroid led by Sergeant Major Zero. They have been

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<v Speaker 1>Why can't he be normal like the rest of us.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's see how that kettlehawks can cope with your little talks. Finally,

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<v Speaker 3>in suspended animation, Zelda's terrifying monsters brought from other planets

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<v Speaker 3>Lord of Felamy, A mighty Spoorrilla, Yury, the space Bear, Mooyd,

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<v Speaker 3>A final message from the White House. Terra Hawks a

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<v Speaker 1>I had an odd relationship with the Thunderbirds. I loved

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen sixty string Tech was pretty hard to swallow after

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<v Speaker 1>there was nary a string in sight. I know that's

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<v Speaker 1>an odd determining factor. But I fully accepted the muppets,

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<v Speaker 1>a puppetry thing because once Jerry Anderson dispensed with super marianation,

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<v Speaker 1>replacing it with super macronation, that's where marionettes are replaced

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<v Speaker 1>distinction shouldn't matter, but it does. It gives the characters

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<v Speaker 1>reason I couldn't get behind the Thunderbirds was how goddamned

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<v Speaker 1>leftover nineteen fifty squeaky clean it was. It was like

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<v Speaker 1>Johnny Quest. They were also goddamned earnest. I'm sure it

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<v Speaker 1>was corny when it was being made, but by nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>eighty three it deserved its own unique popcorn bucket from AMC.

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<v Speaker 1>So you can imagine my confusion one early Saturday morning

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<v Speaker 1>to be nothing more than a Thunderbird's clone, But then

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<v Speaker 1>you a little closer. Not only is it employing the

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<v Speaker 1>superior super macrination, but the entire show is a lot looser, funnier,

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<v Speaker 1>dead layer and really odd ball. You heard that little trailer.

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<v Speaker 1>I cut that together from what I'm assuming was a

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<v Speaker 1>presentation trailer for affiliates who were deciding whether or not

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<v Speaker 1>to program the show. It was fourteen minutes initially, but

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<v Speaker 1>from it, I'm sure you've got a sense of how

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<v Speaker 1>fucking bonkers this show was. Tara Hawks are the Earth

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<v Speaker 1>based defending heroes. Each character has their own signature vehicle,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're all assisted by zeroids, these metal spheres that

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<v Speaker 1>pre date BB eight, though these actually open up to

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<v Speaker 1>reveal faces that look very similar to that of Vincent

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<v Speaker 1>in the Black Hole. The zeroids have distinct personalities and

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<v Speaker 1>their own odd foibles that infuriate our lead character. He's

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<v Speaker 1>constantly dressing down these most helpful characters for yearning to

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<v Speaker 1>be more human. The guy freaking out on them, by

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<v Speaker 1>the way, is a clone and he dies on the show.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a kid's show. I'll get back to that.

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<v Speaker 1>Hold on. So the Tara Hawks are cool, their vehicles,

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<v Speaker 1>their army of zeroids are all totally badass, all of

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<v Speaker 1>the models. The base is underneath the White House, which

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<v Speaker 1>cracks open every time a ship takes off, unless they're

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<v Speaker 1>coming up from their underwater base, in which case they

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<v Speaker 1>create a whirlpool in the middle of the ocean that

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<v Speaker 1>they use to fly out of. The show is incredibly inventive,

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<v Speaker 1>It is incredibly clever, and if you love practical effects,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't get any more practical than this. It is

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<v Speaker 1>ambitious and serialized, and the villains on occasion are genuinely

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<v Speaker 1>fucking scary. The main Badizelda in her offspring aren't just

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<v Speaker 1>out and out scary, but they're androids who have chosen

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<v Speaker 1>a human appearance. But the human appearance they've chosen basically

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<v Speaker 1>look like apples left to dry on a window sill.

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<v Speaker 1>They're leathery, walking corpses. They look like Gramma at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of Texas Chainsaw Massacre too. That's what they've chosen

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<v Speaker 1>to assimilate with. But the fact that they have it,

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<v Speaker 1>it's easy to forget that they're synthetic because they're from

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<v Speaker 1>a race of androids that rev volted against their slave

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<v Speaker 1>masters and fled to Mars, and now they want Earth.

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<v Speaker 1>This series is complicated and crazy. One of the leads

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<v Speaker 1>is a pop star, so on occasion the show just

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<v Speaker 1>stops for a performance. Everything is animate, the cars, the vehicles,

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<v Speaker 1>the tools, they all have personalities and again this is

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<v Speaker 1>a kids show. Rewatching these and yes, I watched a

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<v Speaker 1>good twenty or so of the thirty nine episodes available,

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<v Speaker 1>this has solidified my belief that up until recently, British

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<v Speaker 1>people could not conceive of science fiction as anything other

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<v Speaker 1>than for children. This, according to them, is a kids show.

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<v Speaker 1>Doctor who was a kid show. Now it certainly started

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<v Speaker 1>out that way, with lessons from the Doctor for his

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<v Speaker 1>young companions, and it certainly fucking feels like that once

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<v Speaker 1>again this current season, Russell. But I remember watching Genesis

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<v Speaker 1>of the Daleks. That's the fourth Doctor, the Madman with

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<v Speaker 1>the scarf, you know, the best Doctor. That's a two

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<v Speaker 1>the time Lords have been at war with for millennia

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<v Speaker 1>before they were created. And it's scary and it's exciting,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's a contemplation on genocide, no question, no question

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<v Speaker 1>about it. It's a debate that occurs on screen, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's a kids show. The UK television industry absolutely warped

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<v Speaker 1>generations of young minds by showing them shows like that

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<v Speaker 1>and like terror Ox. Now, having said that, I can't

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<v Speaker 1>stress how good this show is, how much it demands

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<v Speaker 1>of its young audience, how much it respects its young audience.

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<v Speaker 1>So I guess I'm kind of recommending this to people

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<v Speaker 1>with kids. I'd say twelve is probably the cutoff. They're

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<v Speaker 1>probably not going to think it's cool after that and

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<v Speaker 1>the intro age. I'm just going to leave up to you.

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<v Speaker 1>But I can't imagine there's much more out there that

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<v Speaker 1>could compare with this show. And it's free on Uroku

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<v Speaker 1>right now, all thirty nine glorious episodes, you know. Before

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<v Speaker 1>about it. The lead character, Doctor nietin Doctor Einstein. He's

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<v Speaker 1>constantly playing this video game, right, He's trying to beat

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<v Speaker 1>entire series, right, whenever he's not around the lead zeroid

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<v Speaker 1>Sergeant Majors Zero, not to be confused with Dix Heut

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<v Speaker 1>the French zeroid, but the handlebar mustache. Anyway, he constantly

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<v Speaker 1>to just to fuck with Einstein. I don't know, man,

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<v Speaker 1>I love this show. I'm glad I rewatched it. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>still rewatching it. I have about nineteen more to go.

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<v Speaker 1>And speaking of going, yes, it's time to say goodbye

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<v Speaker 1>young Ripley. You are absolutely going to watch the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of those episodes with me. It's my TV. Fine, if

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<v Speaker 1>you're poking working the mouse, watch anything you want on

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<v Speaker 1>the computer. Midnight Viewers, thank you once again for joining

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<v Speaker 1>us here at the roundup. Be sure to tune in

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<v Speaker 1>this Friday and we have an all new Anthologies attack

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<v Speaker 1>where Antonio Lapoor and I will be living life on

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<v Speaker 1>the multiplane camera play of Walt Disney's classic Fantasia. Until then,

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<v Speaker 1>these plebes aren't privy two and bonus content that these

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<v Speaker 1>plebs aren't privy to plebs plebes. I heard it in

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<v Speaker 1>a video game as plebs. I always thought it was plebes. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>until next time, I'm going to leave you with a

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<v Speaker 1>line from this pump at Extravaganza Tara Hawks, stay on

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<v Speaker 1>this channel. This is an emergency.

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<v Speaker 4>Show.

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