Speaker 1: You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
Speaker 1: KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2: But now it's Friday Nights with Notica Dalla Crue.
Speaker 3: Well, thank you so very much, Mo, and happy Friday.
Speaker 3: We finally made it. And since the weekend is right
Speaker 3: around the corner, I just want to let you know
Speaker 3: that I went to a few places in Santa Barbara
Speaker 3: to check them out just for you. So I was
Speaker 3: discovering SoCal went to Santa Barbara. I went to the
Speaker 3: Botanic Garden. It was established in nineteen twenty six, seventy
Speaker 3: eight acres of breath taking landscapes where nature and conservation
Speaker 3: blends smoothly. Now, this garden provides a remarkably opportunity to
Speaker 3: explore the state's diverse native plants, from majestic redwoods to
Speaker 3: vibrant wildflowers.
Speaker 4: And originally it was dedicated to research and conservation.
Speaker 3: It was one of the first US botanic gardens focused
Speaker 3: solely on native flora. And you know, we have a
Speaker 3: lot of botanic gardens here in Los Angeles, but I
Speaker 3: have to say this was probably one the biggest and
Speaker 3: the most beautiful that I have been to. Now, the
Speaker 3: garden is not only a hub for conservation and education,
Speaker 3: but it's also a serene retreat where visitors can unwind
Speaker 3: and connect with nature. Strolling along the picturesque trails, one
Speaker 3: can delight in the sounds of the bird song hummingbirds
Speaker 3: and the sight of beautiful butterflies dancing among the flowers.
Speaker 3: With each season bringing new colors and blossoms, every visit
Speaker 3: to the garden offers a fresh and unique experience. The
Speaker 3: garden also serves as a place of discovery, featuring several
Speaker 3: specialized areas that showcase different aspects of California's rich plant life.
Speaker 3: Now for instance, the Meadow Garden, it bursts into a
Speaker 3: vibrant display of wildflowers each spring, while the Desert section
Speaker 3: introduces visitors to resilient plants thriving in California's arid regions.
Speaker 3: In addition to the outdoor attractions, the Santa Barbara Botanic
Speaker 3: Garden houses a wealth of resources that support ongoing research
Speaker 3: and education. The Blakesley Library, located within the garden, a
Speaker 3: boss an extensive collection of books, journals, archives dedicated to
Speaker 3: botany and environmental conservation. These resources are invaluable to students, researches,
Speaker 3: and anyone eager to learn more about California's plant life.
Speaker 3: The garden also hosts a variety of lectures, workshops which
Speaker 3: you could check online, and guided tours providing further insights
Speaker 3: into the plants and ecosystems that divine California. You could
Speaker 3: bring your walking shoes, your hiking shoes and just walk around.
Speaker 3: Like I said, it's seventy eight acres. It's beautiful where
Speaker 3: you're sunscreen. I have to say that a reservation is required.
Speaker 4: Let me repeat it.
Speaker 3: A reservation is required online at Sbbotanicgarden dot org. That's
Speaker 3: sb Botanic Garden dot org. And the garden is open
Speaker 3: daily from ten am to five pm. Now I know
Speaker 3: that we love free ninety nine and free ski.
Speaker 2: Unfortunately hearing the same free.
Speaker 3: Now, Unfortunately this beauty costs. So adults are twenty dollars,
Speaker 3: seniors and militaries sixteen, students is fourteen, youth is twelve,
Speaker 3: and children under three of course are free ninety nine.
Speaker 3: But you still could see some of the poppies, you know,
Speaker 3: the poppies is the California state flower. You could see
Speaker 3: them bloom and it really is a beautiful place to
Speaker 3: check out. So if you like some more information make
Speaker 3: your reservation, go to Sbbotanicgarden dot org. Now, while I
Speaker 3: was in Santa Barbara, because I spent the entire day
Speaker 3: in Santa Barbara, which I mentioned before, it's one of
Speaker 3: my favorite places to go here in southern California, I
Speaker 3: stopped for breakfast at Cody's Cafe on Hollister Avenue, which
Speaker 3: is just amazing. I had some boba at eight oh
Speaker 3: five Boba, which is on State Street, and I had
Speaker 3: one of.
Speaker 4: The best sushi spots. It's called Teru Te Ru. It's
Speaker 4: on State Street.
Speaker 3: And there's two beaches I checked out, so one to
Speaker 3: watch the sunset was Butterfly Beach.
Speaker 4: That is a beautiful beach.
Speaker 3: And mo, I know you have some four legged children, Yes,
Speaker 3: even though you know you have grown children, but you
Speaker 3: have four legged children that you really love a lot.
Speaker 3: Arroyo Beach is one of the best beaches to take
Speaker 3: your four legged children. If you want to just enjoy,
Speaker 3: have walk, just let them loose.
Speaker 4: Beautiful beach. It does have a lot of rocks, but
Speaker 4: the dogs.
Speaker 3: Don't mind them. I mind it because you know they're
Speaker 3: a little hard on the feet, but just walk around them.
Speaker 3: But when I say clean, very clean Butterfly Beach and
Speaker 3: Arroyo Burro Beach. I don't know why it's called Burro,
Speaker 3: but these are some great places to go in Santa Barbara.
Speaker 4: So I've just kind of planned a whole day for you.
Speaker 3: So go to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, then go
Speaker 3: to Cody's Cafe. Then if you like Bobah, you like
Speaker 3: the black pearl like I do, like a t tea
Speaker 3: with black pearls eight o five Boba on State Street,
Speaker 3: have sushi at Taru, and check out the beaches as well.
Speaker 5: I think probably you're leaving out the best part. Well,
Speaker 5: that's the drive up there.
Speaker 4: Oh, that's that is that is the best part.
Speaker 3: You know, But it's I just love if you have
Speaker 3: your sunroof open and the you know, it's a beautiful
Speaker 3: day and the sunroof is open and the windows are down.
Speaker 3: You could just smell the sea. You could just take
Speaker 3: in the beauty of the beach and just the view
Speaker 3: is just amazing and it's like, what is it about
Speaker 3: like two hours too? Yeah, so you know, going and coming,
Speaker 3: but a great place, you know. It's it's the reason
Speaker 3: why Santa Barbara is my favorite place. To go is
Speaker 3: because it's an escape from Los Angeles. It's an escape
Speaker 3: from the one ten freeway, from the from the ten,
Speaker 3: from the four or five, you know, freeways that we
Speaker 3: are not in love with, you know what I mean.
Speaker 4: And it's just it's just a beauty of a drive.
Speaker 3: You sometimes, either if you go by yourself or you
Speaker 3: go with great company or your partner or a date.
Speaker 3: You know, if you do go by yourself like I did,
Speaker 3: it's a great a two hour drive to just kind
Speaker 3: of clear your mind, bringing your thoughts or make a
Speaker 3: bucket list or a to do list in your mind
Speaker 3: of what you want to do, and just just enjoy
Speaker 3: time by yourself. And I think sometimes we need that
Speaker 3: we forget that where it was so busy with our
Speaker 3: work and our lives and our partners that we forget
Speaker 3: about us.
Speaker 2: How much time did you actually spend at the Botanic Garden?
Speaker 4: Oh? Okay, Well, is it something.
Speaker 2: That you could really fully enjoy in a single day?
Speaker 1: Yes?
Speaker 4: Oh no, no, no, in a few hours. You know, it
Speaker 4: really depends on how.
Speaker 5: Fast you are, cause you're talking about there were lectures,
Speaker 5: there are other things to do at the site, So
Speaker 5: I don't know if you could really take it.
Speaker 2: All in a given day.
Speaker 4: Oh no, you can.
Speaker 3: Well, like I said, it's open daily from ten am
Speaker 3: to five pm. But there are people like I saw
Speaker 3: students that were there and they were sitting down and
Speaker 3: they were sketching. They were just sketching. I saw people
Speaker 3: taking picture. I saw a couple. I don't know if
Speaker 3: they were maybe doing an engagement picture like kind of thing.
Speaker 4: But you see all kinds of people and you see.
Speaker 3: Them enjoying, and you see them, you know, taking close
Speaker 3: up pictures of you know, the cactuses with the butterfly
Speaker 3: standing on it. It's just it's it's kind of I
Speaker 3: want to say, it's like, now, what do you call
Speaker 3: it national geographic? But in person you know what I mean.
Speaker 3: So it's it's really it's beautiful.
Speaker 4: But it really.
Speaker 3: Depends on how how fast you walk, you know, how
Speaker 3: you want to take in nature, what are your thoughts?
Speaker 3: Just the beauty of what Santa Barbara has to offer.
Speaker 3: And like I said, this is one of the oldest
Speaker 3: botanic gardens that was established in nineteen twenty six, way
Speaker 3: before we were born.
Speaker 5: But you're going to have to set up and reserve, yes,
Speaker 5: your spot in advance online at sb Botanicgarden dot org.
Speaker 4: Correct, plan your visit, correct.
Speaker 5: It's late with Mokela. We'll come back with not a
Speaker 5: Coadela Cruz and a Hitden gym. For this we can
Speaker 5: est a moment.
Speaker 1: You're listening to. Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
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Speaker 2: Let's continue with Notica day La Cruz and her hidden
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Speaker 3: Well, thank you our hidden Jim. This week is Brenda Lewis.
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Speaker 5: I remember when I went to college when I was seventeen,
Speaker 5: and I remember, you have, even if you're let's say
Speaker 5: you're going to community college or you're going to a
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Speaker 5: but hopefully not all the responsibilities. There are times, though,
Speaker 5: where you have young people who have all the responsibilities
Speaker 5: of an adult as well, and they're just getting to
Speaker 5: the point where they're learning about being an adult, and
Speaker 5: it can be a heavy heavy weight. You're trying to
Speaker 5: get the grades and let's say you're also responsible for
Speaker 5: paying for your education. I get it, I absolutely get it,
Speaker 5: where it can be emotionally overwhelming. Look, I got to
Speaker 5: figure out how I'm gonna pay for school. I still
Speaker 5: got to do the grades, and you might also be
Speaker 5: a parent at that time. It's a lot for someone
Speaker 5: who's still is just on this on the other side
Speaker 5: of puberty.
Speaker 3: I would say, no, I have to completely agree with you.
Speaker 3: When I was in college, I put myself through school.
Speaker 3: I was on a five year program there it is,
Speaker 3: and my first semester. After my first semester, I was
Speaker 3: on academic embarrassed to say, but I was on academic
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Speaker 3: But my parents weren't smart enough to put money for
Speaker 3: college for me, so I had to work. I worked
Speaker 3: three jobs in order to put myself through school, and
Speaker 3: in summertime, summertime, I never went to summer school.
Speaker 4: I used to babysit.
Speaker 3: I used to call it babysit rich folks kids because
Speaker 3: they all of their parents. There were six of them,
Speaker 3: and like one was a doctor, one was a lawyer,
Speaker 3: one was a hygienis, one was a nurse.
Speaker 4: One I don't know. I don't know what they did.
Speaker 3: But I would purposely go, hey, mister, you know, let's say,
Speaker 3: mister Kelly, don't you want to take your wife out
Speaker 3: for dinner?
Speaker 4: This weekend, and.
Speaker 3: It was so I can make some money little babysitting,
Speaker 3: so I could rack up my dollars, and I would
Speaker 3: work so hard during the summer so I wouldn't have
Speaker 3: to work during the school year. But I know what
Speaker 3: it's like to balance school, balance life, then try to
Speaker 3: have a boyfriend which I broke up with, and it's
Speaker 3: it's a lot. And so you know, I feel I
Speaker 3: understood Brenda's story because you're you're you get so tense
Speaker 3: and you're like, how am I going to do this all?
Speaker 4: But there's always help. And I think that if you
Speaker 4: speak to someone, or you go.
Speaker 3: To your counselor or you you do a kind of
Speaker 3: kind of a bullet point or a diagram of Okay,
Speaker 3: from this time, at this time, a schedule, this is
Speaker 3: what I'm going to do, this is what I have
Speaker 3: time for. We get so overwhelmed in life, and then
Speaker 3: you know social media and how it's supposed to be
Speaker 3: when you're in college, and and then the stress of
Speaker 3: of of all the schoolwork and your parents. It's a
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Speaker 3: want to hear more about that.
Speaker 2: I don't know. Do you ever circle back with some
Speaker 2: of these individuals?
Speaker 4: One or two?
Speaker 3: Okay to uh one move to Nicaragua. I can't think
Speaker 3: of her name right now. But then I try to
Speaker 3: keep in touch like an email, and most of the time,
Speaker 3: like one the holiday's head, I'll send an email saying, hey,
Speaker 3: I just wanted to reach out and say Happy Thanksgiving
Speaker 3: or Merry Christmas or so for.
Speaker 2: Well, I would love an update as they come across.
Speaker 4: Okay, okay, sounds good.
Speaker 1: You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
Speaker 1: kf I, A M six forty talks pop Culture, Ron
Speaker 1: and Report with Mark Ronner.
Speaker 6: Kelly, Mark Ronner, take it away tonight we'll talk about
Speaker 6: The Crow. I know a lot of people love The
Speaker 6: Crow with Brandon Lee, I admit more than me. But
Speaker 6: I don't know anyone who wanted a remake or a
Speaker 6: reboot of it, or be a remaker reboot starring Bill
Speaker 6: Skarr's guard. He was Pennywise in the remake. Remember the
Speaker 6: original it came out? My god, it was thirty years ago.
Speaker 6: Pardon me while I changed diapers and set my teeth
Speaker 6: in a glass. Here. The original Crow became a big
Speaker 6: goth emo clove cigarette smoking touchstone, and Brandon Lee died
Speaker 6: an unbelievably tragic death at a horribly young age, which
Speaker 6: made people, I think, cleave to it even more. And
Speaker 6: by the way, I think of everything that's happened in
Speaker 6: that time, including JD Vance totally ruining eyeliner for guys.
Speaker 6: Brandon Lee was, of course the son of Bruce Lee,
Speaker 6: and he also died at an unthinkably young age. Brandon
Speaker 6: got killed by a prop gun during the Crow production,
Speaker 6: sort of similar to the Alec Baldwin Rush shooting we've
Speaker 6: been hearing about for months, but he'd already filmed most
Speaker 6: of his scenes and the movie was released and it
Speaker 6: was a big hit. It spawned some sequels with different
Speaker 6: characters in casts that no one really bothered much with.
Speaker 6: The Crow came from a fairly obscure underground comic by
Speaker 6: James O'Barr, not from Marvel or DC, but a joint
Speaker 6: called Caliber Press. How obscure is that, Well, I write
Speaker 6: comics and I never heard of Caliber Press. I have
Speaker 6: come across Obar at assorted comic cons in professional events.
Speaker 6: He always looks sullen, like he went to get a
Speaker 6: five dollars foot long and was told it's fourteen dollars now,
Speaker 6: and for good reason. He had a tough early life.
Speaker 6: He was orphaned, he lost his girlfriend to a drunk driver,
Speaker 6: and Lee's death hit him hard too. I hope he's
Speaker 6: at least filthy rich now. Because his comic didn't stay obscure,
Speaker 6: it wound up selling more than three quarters of a
Speaker 6: million issues, and along with four movies, it also spawned
Speaker 6: a TV show. Now it's five movies. Here's a bit
Speaker 6: of the trailer for the new one.
Speaker 2: What's the first thing you liked about me?
Speaker 4: I felt that you are quite brilliantly. You true like
Speaker 4: my person, you feel like my puss. What's the worst
Speaker 4: thing you've ever done?
Speaker 2: I saw things I shouldn't have seen any of this.
Speaker 6: Please don't know that.
Speaker 4: When someone dies a crow carry less soap to a
Speaker 4: nun of the.
Speaker 2: Dead, sometimes something so bad happens.
Speaker 4: And the soul cannot rest until you put the wrong
Speaker 4: things right.
Speaker 2: Well there's your setup right there.
Speaker 6: It's your standard revenge story death wish with a supernatural
Speaker 6: anger and angle rather some hipster clothes, some makeup, the
Speaker 6: young couples killed by some sleeze bags and a mystical
Speaker 6: crow resurrects the guy Eric for revenge. Nothing revolutionary about
Speaker 6: the concept, but fine. The nineteen ninety four Crow I
Speaker 6: had a really stylized, dark, grungy look, along with a
Speaker 6: new wave soundtrack that pretty much guaranteed a bunch of
Speaker 6: people getting crow tattoos. The youthful angst, the youthful love,
Speaker 6: the youthful tragedy. It was hard for me to get
Speaker 6: into this new Crow. I went today, but not because
Speaker 6: I'm thirty years older and have a job, and not
Speaker 6: because of the acting. Although I'm agnostic about the thespian
Speaker 6: stylings of FKA twigs. At this point, Scars Guards blameless,
Speaker 6: but there's a lot of blame in this one. We
Speaker 6: meet Eric Draven as an inmate at some sort of
Speaker 6: co ed prison rehab facility where everyone has to wear
Speaker 6: pink sweats, which is presumably some kind of Joe or
Speaker 6: Pio humiliation thing. He's incapacitated by flashbacks, I mean, some
Speaker 6: sort of childhood trauma that involves a dead horse, junkie
Speaker 6: parent rundown trailer, And I gotta tell you, with scars, guards,
Speaker 6: mullet and tattoos, I could almost be down with a
Speaker 6: white trash crow story, but they don't do anything with that.
Speaker 6: Think about like the crow fridge on the front lawn.
Speaker 6: It would be fun, but this doesn't go anywhere very interesting.
Speaker 6: Ms Wigs gets herself thrown into the rehab joint to
Speaker 6: escape some bad guys who are after her because she
Speaker 6: has a secret about him on her phone. The boss
Speaker 6: is some sort of soul vampire played by Danny Houston,
Speaker 6: and when his thugs kill Eric and the twig Lady,
Speaker 6: Eric makes an afterlife deal to get revenge as you
Speaker 6: heard in the trailer, and bring her back. And he
Speaker 6: can feel pain, but he can't be hurt. So get
Speaker 6: ready for lots of cgi of wounds healing, and we're off.
Speaker 6: Sort of Okay, not so much. This thing just creaks along.
Speaker 6: It takes its time, and it almost seems like it's
Speaker 6: going to grind to a halt until it gets to
Speaker 6: the third act and the violent revenge part kicks in.
Speaker 6: About the most I can say about it is that
Speaker 6: it's exceptionally violent for a short time as Eric works
Speaker 6: his way through the thugs with a sword while they
Speaker 6: keep shooting and stabbing him like he's a trailer park wolverine.
Speaker 6: But even all this ultra violence, it's just too stupid
Speaker 6: to enjoy because it involves Eric killing his way through
Speaker 6: henchman at an opera, an opera where apparently no one works.
Speaker 6: Nobody in the auditorium can hear all the copious gunfire,
Speaker 6: and the Danny Houston bad guy just kind of sits
Speaker 6: inside the opera watching the show, issuing commands on his
Speaker 6: cell phone while it all happens. I like that actor.
Speaker 6: But think of all the worst comic movie bad guys,
Speaker 6: worst written. You get Susan Sarandon in that awful Blue
Speaker 6: Beatle movie, John Travolton, one of those Punisher movies, your
Speaker 6: standard I Want Him Dead stuff. This is in that category.
Speaker 6: Really terrible, lazy, poorly thought out, unsatisfying, even with all
Speaker 6: the mayhem, and this thing was in development a long time,
Speaker 6: like fifteen years. At one point, Jason Momoa was even
Speaker 6: reportedly attached to it. It's not like they didn't have
Speaker 6: time to come up with a passable story. The director
Speaker 6: of the remake is Rupert Sanders, who also perpetrated the
Speaker 6: live action Ghost in the Shell movie that most of
Speaker 6: us would rather forget. Say what you want about the original,
Speaker 6: and how well you think it's aged, but it had
Speaker 6: some visual style to it, and that director Alex Proyis
Speaker 6: also did Dark City and a couple other pretty decent things. Publicists,
Speaker 6: here's your pull quote. I predict you will not want
Speaker 6: to get attached two of this crow, at least not
Speaker 6: where anyone can see it. But if you do, you
Speaker 6: can send the photos to me here at iHeartRadio. Please
Speaker 6: blur out the gross stuff and don't try to tell
Speaker 6: me it's a Willie Nelson tattoo. And this has been
Speaker 6: your Murder of crows on the Runner report. MO mark it.
Speaker 5: So it's not a beat by beat remake. Is a
Speaker 5: completely different story from the ninety four version. It's sort
Speaker 5: of different. But I gotta tell you, even the needle
Speaker 5: drops puzzle me in this thing. So like they're playing
Speaker 5: Gary Newman? Am I supposed to be in the stealthy.
Speaker 2: Cars Gary Newman?
Speaker 6: More obscure Gary Newman? But still good? Who doesn't love
Speaker 6: Gary Newman? Yeah, so the movie's in the present day,
Speaker 6: but they're playing like eighties synth pop. I don't know
Speaker 6: what this means. The whole movie is kind of a mess.
Speaker 6: I think if you're just compelled to watch this kind
Speaker 6: of Thing, and you've seen the Crow sequels, Sure you're
Speaker 6: gonna watch it, but I found it really unsatisfying and,
Speaker 6: like I said, just kind of playing stupid in parts.
Speaker 5: I like Bill Scarsgard as an actor, is he just
Speaker 5: underwhelming as well?
Speaker 2: He is not at all the problem. He could do anything.
Speaker 6: In fact, watching him reminded me of time I was
Speaker 6: I found myself in a social situation with Doug Jones.
Speaker 6: You know who that guy is. He played the creature
Speaker 6: in the shape of Water and a bunch of dings. Yes,
Speaker 6: I was sitting next to him and he mentioned that
Speaker 6: he was going to play a real tough biker in something,
Speaker 6: and I said something snotty along the lines of, hey,
Speaker 6: I think you're terrific, but come on. And then I
Speaker 6: saw the thing and he was fantastic in it because
Speaker 6: he could do anything. And I believe Bill Scarsguard's that
Speaker 6: same kind of actor. But he's not the problem here.
Speaker 6: The problem is just the dumb way it's put together,
Speaker 6: Like it just seemed thoughtless to me.
Speaker 2: Did you lose any real care about the protagonist A couple?
Speaker 5: Because I know when I watched the original I still
Speaker 5: felt the love of the original couple.
Speaker 6: Oh, They spend a lot of time on the love
Speaker 6: of the couple in this one. In fact, got it.
Speaker 6: They do so much of that that I almost knotted
Speaker 6: off a couple times before before they got to the
Speaker 6: third act violence. It takes its time getting where it's
Speaker 6: gonna go, So by the time they get to the
Speaker 6: action and the third act, you're gonna need that just
Speaker 6: to wake yourself up.
Speaker 2: How long is the movie. It's a little less than
Speaker 2: two hours. Yeah, I remember. The first one had a
Speaker 2: little bit more action.
Speaker 5: It had a very solid villain, Windcott who played.
Speaker 2: What was his name?
Speaker 6: Oh, I think I know you're talking about would you believe?
Speaker 6: I don't think I've seen the movie since it came
Speaker 6: out of the original, But is this is one of
Speaker 6: the guys.
Speaker 2: Michael Wincott who played Top Dollar.
Speaker 6: Yes? Was he one of the the voice in The Wonderers?
Speaker 2: I don't remember.
Speaker 5: I don't know, but Michael Winkot has this very distinctive
Speaker 5: gravel voice which scrapes the bottom of the ocean.
Speaker 6: I meant to review the original before I saw it,
Speaker 6: but I just ran out of time and I thought, no, no, no,
Speaker 6: clean slate go into this without comparing it to the original.
Speaker 6: Because they in insist it's not a remake. They insist
Speaker 6: it's not a reboot. To tell you the truth, after
Speaker 6: I saw it, I don't know what it is. Well,
Speaker 6: I know what it's not. I don't know what it is.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it wasn't like I didn't I didn't want them
Speaker 5: to do the remake, not because Brandon Lee died tragically.
Speaker 2: It wasn't that.
Speaker 5: It's just that I don't think anyone was asking for this,
Speaker 5: and I don't think we gained anything by it.
Speaker 2: I don't know if I want to see it. I
Speaker 2: can't recommend it.
Speaker 6: I gotta be honest with you, and I'm not going
Speaker 6: to go so far as to say it profanes the
Speaker 6: memory of Brandon Lee. But it just felt totally unnecessary
Speaker 6: for it never justified its existence, which I think a
Speaker 6: movie has to do, especially like within the first half
Speaker 6: hour you're watching it, Well there.
Speaker 2: You have it.
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