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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. In this Hound from Hell, growling and

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<v Speaker 1>foaming beside me is none other than Miss Ripley Jean.

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<v Speaker 1>They were invisible on Supernatural, but I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>that's true of all hellhounds. When I think of a hellhound,

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<v Speaker 1>I think of American werewolf in London. That is a

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<v Speaker 1>creature from beyond. Like you, baby, and speaking of creatures

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<v Speaker 1>from Hell, I'm going first, Sorry you Snoss and lost Dog.

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<v Speaker 1>My expectations, my expectations for my choice this week were beyond.

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<v Speaker 1>In the basement, they were subterranean. You know that hole

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<v Speaker 1>in your heart that goes all the way to China,

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<v Speaker 1>the one you can't see the bottom, but believe me,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a long way down. Well, that's where my expectations

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<v Speaker 1>were hovering. This is the third incarnation of this comic book.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to call him a newbie character because I

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<v Speaker 1>assume I'm still in my twenties. But since he debuted

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<v Speaker 1>around the same time as Harley Quinn and people will

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<v Speaker 1>assume she's been around since the Golden Age of comics,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess he's now a classic and as such, deserves

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<v Speaker 1>multiple interpretations. It's just that the first two interpretations were

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<v Speaker 1>just okay. In fact, they were diminishing returns. And I

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<v Speaker 1>think when we all got a look of the out

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<v Speaker 1>of context still from this movie a couple of months ago,

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<v Speaker 1>I figured, well, this should be the equivalent of crow

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<v Speaker 1>Salvation or Scorpion King four. How fucking wrong I was.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's hell boy, a crooked man.

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<v Speaker 2>There's something going on here.

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<v Speaker 3>I need to understand it.

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<v Speaker 4>Like you do.

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<v Speaker 5>That's exactly why you shouldn't be sure, she.

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<v Speaker 2>Might say, demonic entity falls under her expertise.

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<v Speaker 1>Crooked man's waiting on you.

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<v Speaker 5>That's interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh you didn't want me to disquestion this.

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<v Speaker 4>Question's gonna I have tails about him all my life.

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<v Speaker 4>Most just called him a crooked man, a figure.

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't scared of anything.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh I know some are afraid of you.

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<v Speaker 2>Hear something.

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<v Speaker 5>Your road ends in the dark like mine. Let's just

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<v Speaker 5>came on coming.

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<v Speaker 2>It ain't even really be good.

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<v Speaker 3>Snake, let's rattle.

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<v Speaker 4>Let not your horse be trouble by way. They know not.

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<v Speaker 4>I wi me.

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<v Speaker 5>The darkness out.

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<v Speaker 4>And the crookedics straight.

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<v Speaker 5>You doubt the power of prayer song?

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<v Speaker 4>Just in case?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh boy, am I gonna wax nertastic about Mike mgnola,

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<v Speaker 1>a man whose art style was described by Alan Moore

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<v Speaker 1>as Jack Kirby meets German expressionism. Perfect those fucking thick

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<v Speaker 1>black lines, the crazy simple and yet somehow magnificently intricate designs.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember that Disney flick Atlantis with Michael J.

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<v Speaker 2>Fox.

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<v Speaker 1>Me neither, but look it up. Mignola did the design

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<v Speaker 1>work on that film. And speaking of Harley Quinn, she

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<v Speaker 1>made her debut on Batman, the animated series, which contains

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<v Speaker 1>not only my favorite characterization of Victor Freeze mister Freeze,

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<v Speaker 1>but my favorite design of him, Mike Mignola. Again. Remember

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<v Speaker 1>when the Joker killed Robin the image of Batman holding

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<v Speaker 1>Robin's corpse God an entire generation remembers Mike mgnola. How

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<v Speaker 1>about that run of Rocket Raccoon that really put him

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<v Speaker 1>on the Marvel radar Mike Mignola. So you can bet

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<v Speaker 1>I was there opening day when one of the most

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<v Speaker 1>promising new directors decided to adapt mister Mgnola's most popular

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<v Speaker 1>character into a feature and a big budget, splashy studio

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<v Speaker 1>film to boot, with the perfect actor for the role. Weirdly,

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<v Speaker 1>the very first comic con I attended was back in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen ninety three. That is where hell Boy made his

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<v Speaker 1>debut in Comic Con Comics number two. You can bet

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<v Speaker 1>I devoured Seed of Destruction and Wolves of Saint August

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<v Speaker 1>and the Corpse with the Iron Shoes. Oh Man, Wake

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<v Speaker 1>the Devil, y'all. Okay, here's the thing. I love that

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<v Speaker 1>first film because it looks so goddamned good and the

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<v Speaker 1>performances are great, and the villain's got menaced to them.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's all I love about it. Hell Boy, like

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<v Speaker 1>Blade two, ended up being an action movie with a

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<v Speaker 1>virtually no horror, definitely no scares, and that's what I

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<v Speaker 1>loved about those books. What we got in the film

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<v Speaker 1>was a weirdo men in Black clone, an action movie

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<v Speaker 1>with some supernatural touches, and who was that new hire

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<v Speaker 1>who was supposed to be the audience proxy. I'm sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>If you loved the movie, I get it, particularly if

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<v Speaker 1>that was the only exposure you had to this character.

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<v Speaker 1>Golden Army is a sequel that doubled down on the

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful that The designs and locales and even characters are

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<v Speaker 1>better in almost every way except it falls into the

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<v Speaker 1>previous film's trap with the marvel Big Light in the

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<v Speaker 1>sky as the villain that must be stopped third act.

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<v Speaker 1>So I might have been the only one who was

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<v Speaker 1>stoked to hear that Neil Marshall and David Harbor were

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<v Speaker 1>rebooting the series the promise of a more intimate story

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<v Speaker 1>in the director of the Descent and Hard Home. That

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<v Speaker 1>was the episode of Game of Thrones with all the

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<v Speaker 1>fucking zombies. You remember it? What could go wrong here?

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<v Speaker 2>Well? Everything?

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<v Speaker 1>It was disappointing in different ways than the first films.

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<v Speaker 1>It amped up the violence in the language, which was

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<v Speaker 1>not unwelcome. It just kind of forgot everything else. So

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<v Speaker 1>here we are hell Boy The Crooked Man screenplay by

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<v Speaker 1>Mike mgnola and Chris Golden, with an additional pass by

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<v Speaker 1>directed David Taylor. This one stars Jack Keasey, who I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't realize was the man in the makeup in that

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<v Speaker 1>sad still we got a few months ago. But man,

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<v Speaker 1>I glad it is him. Did any of you watch Claws?

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<v Speaker 1>I know you watched it. You watched it obsessively. It

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<v Speaker 1>was on USA Network a few years ago. A breaking

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<v Speaker 1>bad type crime saga set in Florida and centered around

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<v Speaker 1>a Nail Salon. The lead character was played by Nissi Nash,

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<v Speaker 1>and she had an on again, off again relationship with

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<v Speaker 1>a muscly dufust gangster named Roller. I want to say

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<v Speaker 1>he was the best part of the show, but there

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<v Speaker 1>were so many fucking great actors on it that that

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't be fair, So I'm just gonna say he stood out.

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<v Speaker 1>That's Jack Keasey. He was great there, He's perfect here.

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<v Speaker 1>I love Ron Perlman, and I think that character makeup

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<v Speaker 1>looked remarkably like mcnola's original designs. But mcnola's designs look

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<v Speaker 1>great on paper and weird in the real world. The

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<v Speaker 1>Harbor makeup was awful. It made Hellboy look like some

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<v Speaker 1>douche who insisted on going to the club despite his

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<v Speaker 1>obvious mishap with the tanning bed. I think the design

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<v Speaker 1>on this Hellboy is spectacular. It looks real world enough

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<v Speaker 1>and cartoon enough while still being believable. He's walking around

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<v Speaker 1>in full daylight, and it never feels like a mask.

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<v Speaker 1>It looks like a real skin. It looks like that

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<v Speaker 1>guy's face, and gone are the wise cracks, Gone is

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<v Speaker 1>the bro behavior. I just love pizza and beer and

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<v Speaker 1>hanging out with my buds and goon and over, Liz.

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<v Speaker 1>The Hellboy in the books is more Harry Callahan than

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<v Speaker 1>John McClain. That's the version we're getting in this story,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a strip down one off, like a Great

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<v Speaker 1>one issue or a run of issues of a Hellboy comic.

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<v Speaker 1>It takes place in nineteen fifty nine in the Appalachian Wilderness.

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<v Speaker 1>And get this, it's a horror movie. This one's designed

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<v Speaker 1>to scare first and have action and jokes and banter

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<v Speaker 1>a far distant I don't even know if it's second.

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<v Speaker 1>It's more like a roving right field. The creep factor

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<v Speaker 1>just keeps rising throughout. It's a hell of a reminder

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<v Speaker 1>that intimate stories were just as well as those involving

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the world. Here a farmer is fighting

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<v Speaker 1>for his soul against an ancient evil that's been terrorizing

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<v Speaker 1>the denizens of his local community for decades. This crooked

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<v Speaker 1>man is a fearsome opponent. He actually rivals Reverend Kane

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<v Speaker 1>from Poltergeist too as far as elderly terror goes, and

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<v Speaker 1>he's ably assisted by Leah McNamara as this Southern she devil.

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<v Speaker 1>In a slip I might be going light on the

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<v Speaker 1>movie because it's so evocative of the original comics. Actually, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm being very easy on it. Even though this is

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<v Speaker 1>a scaled down film, it ends up kind of overreaching

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<v Speaker 1>given its budget. It does feel like the pilot of

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<v Speaker 1>a television series at the beginning, or maybe the finale

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<v Speaker 1>that the network pumped a lot of money into the effects.

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<v Speaker 1>Particularly at the beginning, Foretel a bad time for all.

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<v Speaker 1>But once it settles down and the story kicks in,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't notice any of the limits tas the action

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<v Speaker 1>isn't John Wick levels either. But this isn't an action movie.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a horror movie based on a horror comic book.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, I'll stop being a snob now. The Hunt

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<v Speaker 1>the hell Boy, the Criocked Man is available on vod

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<v Speaker 1>and yes you should buy it. We could do worse

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<v Speaker 1>than have a continuing series of films or TV movies

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever the fuck, just as long as they keep

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<v Speaker 1>doing it in this tone with this hell boy. All

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<v Speaker 1>dogs love Ron Perlman. It's because of beauty and the beast.

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<v Speaker 1>I bet it has to be a confusing sensation. He's

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<v Speaker 1>clearly a cat, but he's so damn sexy. Hey, do

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<v Speaker 1>not involve me with your fantasy life.

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<v Speaker 2>Help me HP, HP You got any gum dying.

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<v Speaker 1>To know your pick? Young lady. Wow, that's cool. Continuing

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<v Speaker 1>the trend of hell flicks right here in the title.

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<v Speaker 1>This was the director's first horror after a long sojourn

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<v Speaker 1>through crime dramas and superhero flicks. And it's got justin

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<v Speaker 1>Long in it, so you know it's good. I'm being

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<v Speaker 1>totally serious. Horror plus long is a winning equation from

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and nine. It's dragged me to hell, mister Jacks.

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<v Speaker 1>I was wondering if you've made any decision regarding the

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<v Speaker 1>assistant manager's.

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<v Speaker 5>Positions between Stu and yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>Stu Stu someone who's not afraid to make the tough decision.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm perfectly capable of making the tough decisions.

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<v Speaker 5>I'll let you know as soon as I decide. Okay,

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<v Speaker 5>will you help me?

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<v Speaker 4>Please?

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, we have an elderly woman asking for an extension

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<v Speaker 5>on her mortgage payment. You would have to throw her

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<v Speaker 5>out of her house. We've already granted her two extensions.

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<v Speaker 5>It's a tough decision. You're call.

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<v Speaker 1>Another extension is out of the question.

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<v Speaker 4>Wh will I leave? I'm really sorry, have I bicked

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<v Speaker 4>for anything. No, you, she.

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<v Speaker 6>Love, so it would be you who comes begging to me.

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<v Speaker 6>Someone that's cursed you is the Lombia, the most feared

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<v Speaker 6>of all demons.

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<v Speaker 5>For the first three days, that's spit a torments, it's victims.

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<v Speaker 5>After that it will come to take you.

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<v Speaker 3>Take me awhere.

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<v Speaker 5>To burn in hell for eternity.

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<v Speaker 1>It's coming for me.

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<v Speaker 5>Please listen to me. There's nothing coming for you.

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<v Speaker 1>How do I get rid of this? I'm welcome.

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<v Speaker 5>You can give the curse away.

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<v Speaker 1>Time for an annoying autobiographical pause. This was back in

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<v Speaker 1>ninety five. I was crossing a street on Wilshire Boulevard

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<v Speaker 1>in Santa Monica. I was coming from Cuckaroo Chicken, remember them,

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<v Speaker 1>oh man? Besides their potatoes were clouds of buttery delight. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>as I near the end of the crosswalk, I noticed

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<v Speaker 1>the nearest car has a man and a woman in

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<v Speaker 1>the driver in passenger seats, and two children in the

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<v Speaker 1>back were causing a ruckus. Both of the parents turned

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<v Speaker 1>My eyes and my brain was screaming, Hey, it's Sam

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<v Speaker 1>Raimie while a lone voice struggled to be heard over

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<v Speaker 1>man and woman are just trying to deal with their

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<v Speaker 1>on before they noticed my lunatic glare. Anyway, leave it

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<v Speaker 1>to Sam Raimi to bring gypsy curses into the twenty

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<v Speaker 1>It does with his camera. Missus Ganosh is one of

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<v Speaker 1>nun became an instant icon and not Missus Ganosh's handkerchief

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<v Speaker 1>if Ramy still had it as a horror maestro after

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<v Speaker 2>Fuck.

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<v Speaker 1>I love Sam Ray and you know who else? I

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<v Speaker 1>love Alison Lohman. My god, she hit the scene so hard,

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<v Speaker 1>People call this film a throwback, and it is in

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<v Speaker 1>Girl crosses the wrong witch and is cursed to be

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<v Speaker 1>Threadbars a good description of that plot, but Raymie, with

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<v Speaker 1>much excellent careization, in so much observed behavior. Loman's character,

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<v Speaker 1>moral judgment, effectively forecloses on an ancient woman's home for

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<v Speaker 1>she's worthy of advancement. This was during the housing collapse

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of the decade, and it felt irrelevant

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<v Speaker 1>rather than exploitative, and it didn't make us hate her character.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why the film is fortunate to have Loman, because

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<v Speaker 1>what easily could have been ninety minutes of sick thrill

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<v Speaker 1>a human being who made a bad choice and regrets

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<v Speaker 1>it before the supernatural intrigue begins, and we want her

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<v Speaker 1>feel absolutely every defeat because of her performance. Also, missus

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<v Speaker 1>Ganosh is horrifying alive or dead and undead. But the Lamia,

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<v Speaker 1>who boy, I rarely have nightmares after a Frank flick,

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<v Speaker 1>But the Lamia likes to possess other living things. One

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<v Speaker 1>of those incarnations I can see when I close my eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>Goddamn you, Sam ray Me, You know what This film

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<v Speaker 1>is a throwback to when a horror filmmaker wasn't interested

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<v Speaker 1>good story with good characters designed to put the screws

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<v Speaker 1>the lights after you finish watching it. Give me all

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<v Speaker 1>the throwbacks I mentioned justin long but Lorna Raver as

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<v Speaker 1>missus Ganush deserves equal mention, as does Delip Rao as

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<v Speaker 1>of Christine's back. But the special MVP is Adrian Baratza

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<v Speaker 1>as Sean Sandina, a character who's dealt with the Lamia

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<v Speaker 1>before and has returned to deal with it again. She's

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<v Speaker 1>say another thing about it. In case you've yet to

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<v Speaker 1>feast your eyes feast mm shoefly pie delicious? Why would

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<v Speaker 1>we have shoefly pie? You know I've got that gluten thing.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why you get the bun anytime I get a hamburger.

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<v Speaker 1>Fuck that lettuce? Rap shit, you got another in your

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<v Speaker 1>young ripley some more in the tank for one more pick.

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<v Speaker 1>Since we've had two hell films, let's try fecta this motherfucker.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll actually make this brief while I wholeheartedly recommend the film.

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<v Speaker 1>I am certain that ninety percent of you are going

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<v Speaker 1>to hate it. So what do you do if you've

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<v Speaker 1>managed to make two films in a row that are

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<v Speaker 1>absolute perfect documents of punk rock, an absurdist comedy and

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<v Speaker 1>a musical biopic. Make a punk spaghetti western? Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>this is straight to hell?

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<v Speaker 4>Proms closed down?

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<v Speaker 2>What about the money?

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<v Speaker 6>Well bury it choygeous right, raise your killers to town?

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<v Speaker 2>What my nay?

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<v Speaker 4>Sex my down? Is your time day?

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<v Speaker 5>As long as you're like Gunnis too, ain't no better,

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<v Speaker 5>don't know what's not us?

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<v Speaker 4>Town cannot have two bosses? How much longer do we

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<v Speaker 4>have to stay here? Do the job down and only

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<v Speaker 6>What do you want?

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<v Speaker 4>Make me mad?

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<v Speaker 3>Make me mad?

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<v Speaker 2>Right?

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<v Speaker 1>By Alex Cox? Written by Cox and Dick Rude from

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen eighty seven. This film stars Joe Strummer from The Clash,

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<v Speaker 1>Cy Richardson Underrated No No, No, No, wildly underrated, and

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<v Speaker 1>Courtney Love, Yes, Courtney Love as bank robbers who go

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<v Speaker 1>on the lamb and find themselves trapped in a surreal

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<v Speaker 1>western town with cowboys and hot dog salesmen and coffee,

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<v Speaker 1>lots and lots of coffee. Yes, even before David Lynch

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<v Speaker 1>began shouting about America's latest beverage obsession. Alex Cox made

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<v Speaker 1>every character in this film an absolute fiend for Java.

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<v Speaker 1>Those cowboys are mainly played by Irish punk folk geniuses

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<v Speaker 1>the Pogues. It was during the making of this film

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<v Speaker 1>in the Spanish desert of al Maria, that Shane McGowan

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<v Speaker 1>wrote the songs that would make up the fucking masterpiece

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<v Speaker 1>that is, if I should fall from grace with God

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<v Speaker 1>here you'll probably recognize it from a Minivan commercial.

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<v Speaker 4>Links.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care who they sold it to. It is

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<v Speaker 1>a perfect album. And if this film exists just so

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<v Speaker 1>that album could have been made, then this film is

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<v Speaker 1>worth it. But you know what, the film itself is

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<v Speaker 1>worth it. I mean, don't go looking for a plot.

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<v Speaker 1>This is as Italian in presentation as any of Sergio

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<v Speaker 1>Leoni's work. It's a meandering meditation on machismo and myth

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<v Speaker 1>and lots of other m words, and it's in no

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<v Speaker 1>hurry to get to any real story. This might be

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<v Speaker 1>weirdness for its own sake, but I don't care. I

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<v Speaker 1>love the mood here, I love the weird mashup of genres,

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<v Speaker 1>and I love everyone on camera and behind the camera.

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<v Speaker 1>Alex Conx would never be as playful again as he

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<v Speaker 1>is here. Walker isn't exactly a laugh riot. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>the very conceit of it. Yeah, but we're not exactly

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<v Speaker 1>giggling during the invasion of Nicaragua. Plus, this movie has

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<v Speaker 1>Grace Jones. She's in it for one scene and maybe

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<v Speaker 1>has one line, but goddamn Grace Jones is always worth

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<v Speaker 1>the price of admission. That's the wisdom. I'm leaving you

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<v Speaker 1>with young Ripley and all of you at home. You're

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<v Speaker 1>not perfect, but you're perfect for me. Oh Ripley has

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<v Speaker 1>a copy of Inside Story Watch Out, everybody, actually watch

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<v Speaker 1>in what I don't know. Thank you midnight viewers once

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<v Speaker 1>again for rounding up the week with Ripley and myself.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll leave you with a line from the lambia and

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<v Speaker 4>No t me you, Blackhearted.

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