WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:16.600 Joe Escalante live from Hollywood. By Hollywood, you mean Burbank, 2 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:19.800 across the street from a Wiener Snitzl that serves beer. 3 00:00:20.199 --> 00:00:23.800 And I'm joined today by not only producer engineer Sam, 4 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:24.600 but producer Nikki. 5 00:00:25.239 --> 00:00:26.559 Hello, good to be back. 6 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:27.280 What's up best? 7 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:30.039 Hey? Yeah? 8 00:00:30.079 --> 00:00:34.240 So during the NFL season, it's just too hard to 9 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:39.960 make shows fit all our schedules, so it gets always 10 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:45.560 gets weird. But the season is winding down and just 11 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:48.320 a couple of weeks left the playoffs and then the 12 00:00:48.359 --> 00:00:52.359 Super Bowl of Football takes place, so we should be 13 00:00:52.679 --> 00:00:56.000 live like we are tonight a few times at least, 14 00:00:56.200 --> 00:00:59.880 and then we'll be back in a regular schedule. So 15 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:02.359 for those of you new to the program, this is 16 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:05.159 two hours of the business end of show business, and 17 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:10.920 we do it every Sunday on KiB eleven fifty on 18 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:14.079 your AM dial. This is good old fashion AM radio. 19 00:01:14.719 --> 00:01:16.200 That's why you're cool for listening to it. 20 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:22.120 Let's, of course, there's a lot of fires going on 21 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:25.480 right now, and that's why I didn't drive into the 22 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:30.040 studio today, so I didn't want to get there. And 23 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:32.120 I think the less people that drive into Los Angeles 24 00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:35.239 right now, the better are you guys, Okay, and your properties? 25 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:38.599 All right, Let's start with you, Sam. You live on 26 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:39.560 top of a movie theater. 27 00:01:39.879 --> 00:01:41.480 Yeah. No, so far, so good. 28 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:45.079 It's pretty safe where I'm at. I actually have people 29 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:49.359 who are evacuating coming to my place, so hopefully fans 30 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:51.760 stay that way because I would really really like to 31 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:54.120 avoid having the same issues that everyone else is having 32 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:54.760 here in La. 33 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:58.760 How about you, Nikki, Yeah, it's been pretty wild. I mean, 34 00:01:58.799 --> 00:02:01.239 I'm in Highland parks, so it's not too bad. 35 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:05.760 But I mean, yeah, the air has been pretty crazy. 36 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:08.080 But I have I have some funny stories to tell 37 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:12.439 you about something that's not as funny. My dad lives 38 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:15.680 in Alta Dina and is very very close to the 39 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:19.960 Eton fire, and it luckily only got a little bit 40 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:23.120 of our property, Like it wasn't so bad, but he 41 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:28.000 refused to evacuate, so he was playing rogue cowboy firefighter, 42 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:30.240 putting out fires. 43 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:31.919 For the last and stuff. 44 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:35.439 I guess, I mean, I guess it's good enough. But 45 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:38.520 I can tell you, guys a little story he told me. 46 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:42.319 I was calling him the other day and of course 47 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:44.840 freaking out because this is a crazy time and you 48 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:47.240 never know what's going to happen. And he's telling me 49 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:49.759 about all the losses in the neighborhood and and what's 50 00:02:49.800 --> 00:02:52.080 going on. And then you know, I'm just you know, 51 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:56.000 I'm freaking out. And he's like, oh, but do you 52 00:02:56.240 --> 00:02:59.120 He's polish, I'm gonna do the accent. He's like, do 53 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:04.919 you want to hear the good news? And I'm like, oh, God, Like, 54 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:07.680 what's the good news after all that? You know? I 55 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:11.280 was like, yeah, I guess I do. And then he's like, okay. 56 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:14.879 So I was on the roof watering the roof and 57 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:18.680 around the house, and then I went to the backyard. 58 00:03:18.919 --> 00:03:20.800 We have like a tiered backyard that he made, like 59 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:24.240 there's kind of some some landscaping and agriculture he did there. 60 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:27.319 But he's like okay, And I water the first level. 61 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:31.280 It is good. I water the second level, it is good. 62 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:33.800 And then I go to the last level. And then 63 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:37.479 I realized a little too late that I have to pee, 64 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:41.759 and before I hit the grads ipee a little bit. 65 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:49.280 I'm like, that's that's the good news. That was. 66 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:53.520 The good news that he can pete. Yeah. 67 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:55.479 I was like, I mean I think he meant like 68 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:59.039 I want to hear a funny story. 69 00:03:59.159 --> 00:04:01.639 I was like, looking for the good news. 70 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:06.919 The goods that he has steady prostate function exactly. 71 00:04:06.919 --> 00:04:10.159 I'm like, well, it's good that like you mostly didn't mess. 72 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:12.800 I agree, you know, it's been a hard week for everyone, 73 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:14.520 and if this is the way you need to phrase that, 74 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:17.600 like you peed a little bit, like I'll it's lot. 75 00:04:17.560 --> 00:04:19.519 You know, did he put out the fire with it? 76 00:04:20.399 --> 00:04:21.199 That's what I was thinking. 77 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:23.759 I was like, Okay, the better news would be like 78 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:29.720 if there was a hot ember and you saw an opportunity, 79 00:04:29.800 --> 00:04:32.279 you know, But I think it's this is gonna be 80 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:33.839 one of those stories where it's like the fish gets 81 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:36.519 bigger every single time he retells it, and I bet 82 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:40.199 he'll invent an ember somewhere along his oral history of 83 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:40.759 this moment. 84 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:46.680 Well, that's really fortunate. Good news Dad's in and didn't 85 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:47.240 get burned. 86 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:51.079 Yeah, I mean, like only part of the backyard. We're 87 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:53.839 really lucky it's been out of the. 88 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:56.959 House though, like as like taking it somewhere else or you. 89 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:59.560 Just well, I mean the good thing is that, like 90 00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:02.600 it's the neighborhood, it's not going to come back that 91 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:05.560 way because it already it burned through everything that it 92 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:06.079 could burn. 93 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:09.120 So it's like he feels fine. 94 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:11.120 Well on the. 95 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:18.519 Legal front, as we know that in on YouTube you 96 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:21.399 can pretty much use anybody's song and do whatever you 97 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:24.920 want with it. And then when YouTube first started that 98 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:28.160 would be an infringement. And now they got they just 99 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:35.360 kind of pay the artists when they don't pay you. 100 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:40.800 They pay the artists when you use their song. So 101 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:45.160 and that, you know, for the most part, that's pretty cool. 102 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:47.600 I like it when they use vandal songs and it 103 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:51.079 makes our streaming income get bigger, and I see what 104 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:53.560 people are doing and they're clever with them or whatever. 105 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:56.279 And you know, same with TikTok. It can be really 106 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:59.240 good for a band. But Chuck d from Public Enemy 107 00:05:59.399 --> 00:06:03.759 is now alarmed and telling his fans stop using the 108 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:09.839 song burn Hollywood Burn in wildfire videos, and he's trying 109 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:13.959 to say that the track originally was a critique of 110 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:19.040 racial stereotypes in Hollywood films. It has been repurposed online 111 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:23.519 content showing destruction of film studios and sets by wildfires. 112 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:27.079 Chuck Die has emphasized that the song's message is being 113 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:31.160 misrepresented and its use in his context is both inappropriate 114 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:35.000 and insensitive to those affected by the fires. You're just 115 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:38.040 content creators to respect the original intent of the music 116 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:42.800 and to refrain from exploiting it for sensationalism. So what 117 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:45.079 can he do anything about it? Is my question for 118 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:45.639 you guys. 119 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:52.519 I feel like probably not, because sadly, it's like he's 120 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:55.240 basically making a call to action, like, hey, everyone on 121 00:06:55.279 --> 00:06:57.600 the internet, can you please behave appropriately? 122 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:01.040 That's a tough that's a high. 123 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:03.879 Yeah, that's true, and then it's just too hard to 124 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:07.560 We talk about this a lot. You know, they have 125 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:11.079 blanket licenses that just cover all music. You can't really 126 00:07:11.399 --> 00:07:13.519 go in there and say, hey, I don't want them 127 00:07:13.600 --> 00:07:19.199 to do this. You could probably remove your song from 128 00:07:19.240 --> 00:07:21.360 all usage, but then you wouldn't make any money from 129 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:24.800 the appropriate usages. So knowing wouldever that do that, he's 130 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:28.560 doing the right thing. He's talking to the fans don't 131 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:32.439 do this, and then that's about all he can do. 132 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:34.800 And he's not suing anybody. 133 00:07:35.240 --> 00:07:40.240 He's just saying, don't do this. So that's that's about 134 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:41.199 all he can do. Now. 135 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:44.279 Bad Religion has a song called Los Angeles is Burning. 136 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:49.079 I think about it every time I see the fires, 137 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:53.519 but I don't look around YouTube to see if anybody's 138 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:53.920 using it. 139 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:55.879 But there are people that do that. 140 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:58.680 When I was on the radio in the morning in 141 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:02.199 the morning's, I had a newslady that would every time 142 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:05.879 there was a incident that involved race, she would search 143 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:10.879 or just whatever she could always search on the internet 144 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:14.160 for like racial hate, to see if she could find 145 00:08:14.199 --> 00:08:17.639 any white supremacist that had a bad take on something. 146 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:20.800 And I was just like, why do you do that? 147 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:23.800 Just leave it in the gutter and go on with 148 00:08:23.839 --> 00:08:26.759 your life. But so I haven't looked around and see 149 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:33.080 if anyone's using that bad religion song. But it's pretty bad. 150 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:35.759 When people ask me what's going on with my properties, 151 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:40.080 I'm like, nothing with mine. But you know, it's hard. 152 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:44.000 So many people are screwed. You can't do business right 153 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:47.519 now in a normal Hollywood way because whoever you're talking to, 154 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:50.000 you call them and say, I just check in to 155 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:52.000 see if you have read this or you're going to 156 00:08:52.080 --> 00:08:56.399 send me that they are, you know, they lost their 157 00:08:56.440 --> 00:08:59.960 house quite possibly, and a lot of houses have been lost. 158 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:02.159 People are going through it, and then people are calling 159 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:04.039 me and going, hey, can you help me. I'm trying 160 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:06.559 to I was working with someone whose house was lost, 161 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:08.840 and now I gotta get this thing done. 162 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:10.759 Can you help, and. 163 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:14.399 It's hard to I was I was gonna try to 164 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:18.639 raise some money for a project, an artistic project, restoration 165 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:21.559 of something here in Seal Beach, and now I just 166 00:09:21.600 --> 00:09:24.399 don't feel right doing it. Get it all teed up, 167 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:29.039 but raising money for a restoration of a historical thing 168 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:33.759 doesn't It just doesn't seem that tasteful. When the fires, 169 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:36.679 you know, people are raising money and we gotta take 170 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:38.360 care of these people. But we got to take a 171 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:40.279 break here and we'll come back. We'll talk more about this. 172 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:42.120 I got more stories related to the fire and other 173 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:48.279 Hollywood stuff. It's Joe Ascolante Live from Hollywood. Joe Ascolante 174 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:54.799 Live from Hollywood. Hey, uh, you know, maybe wait, let's 175 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:56.440 before we go back to the fires. I would like 176 00:09:56.519 --> 00:09:59.320 to let's check the box office, because it was for 177 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:00.879 the rest of the country. He is a normal week 178 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:04.279 and show business world number one at the box office. 179 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:06.320 Let me know if you saw it. Den of Thieves 180 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:10.000 two Pantera, I don't know. 181 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:10.639 I don't get it. 182 00:10:10.799 --> 00:10:14.120 I don't know why Pantera the word Pantera gets used. 183 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:17.120 But if I was in the band Pantera, I would like, 184 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:19.440 what are you guys doing? 185 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:22.679 Why? Why are you talking about me? 186 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:26.840 But have any of you seen sending of these Pantera 187 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:28.759 movies or these Den of Thieves movies? 188 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:31.000 No, no, I haven't. 189 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:33.519 Gerard Butler, yeah, I don't think they're really good. 190 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:36.159 One for me, probably not for any of us, but 191 00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:40.840 they're doing very, very well. He did fifteen million this 192 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:43.240 weekend at the box office. It's not staggering, but it 193 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:46.440 was good enough to put him as number one and 194 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:51.600 move Fassa that is still killing it number two Sonic 195 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:52.240 the Hedgehog. 196 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:54.240 Are either of you two going to go see Sonic 197 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:54.840 the Hedgehog? 198 00:10:55.159 --> 00:10:58.480 Yes, I am, yeah, all right. 199 00:10:58.360 --> 00:10:58.879 If you are. 200 00:10:58.919 --> 00:11:01.960 I amn't seen it yet, not recommend one of you 201 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:02.879 saw in a Saratu. 202 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:06.840 I bet I did do sam uh that would be 203 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:08.080 a nose Speratu. 204 00:11:08.279 --> 00:11:12.440 No ooh ooh, all right, yeah, I saw, yes Speratu. 205 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:16.559 I saw it on the twenty sixth. It was amazing. 206 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:19.879 I mean from a movie perspective, I think I gave 207 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:22.759 it like four and a half stars on letterboxed. 208 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:27.159 I thought that the story itself was like fine. 209 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:31.679 It doesn't beat out Bram Stoker's Dracula for me personally. However, 210 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:37.639 the candlelit shots were enough to give this film whatever accolades. 211 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:40.679 It wanted because they were just stunning and Lily Rose 212 00:11:40.679 --> 00:11:42.200 Depp's performance was fantastic. 213 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:44.600 Well, I wanted to see it, but then I was 214 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:47.720 trying to catch it at an Imax or a Cinemak 215 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:50.919 XD and I couldn't and the showings were at weird time. 216 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:54.039 So I haven't seen it yet. But let me see. 217 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:57.840 I told this story before. Our drummer Josh Freese, his kid, 218 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:01.480 he took him to see it on Christmas Day actually 219 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:05.919 in Palm Springs, and he said when the credits rolled up, 220 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:08.120 I mean, he said, it was just gnarly like the movies, 221 00:12:08.279 --> 00:12:13.000 like it's dark, right, yeah. Yeah, So the credits roll 222 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:16.720 up and he gets it's very quiet, and I don't 223 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:19.720 know if you remember this moment in the in the experience, 224 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:22.639 but and then he just yells out. His son yells out, 225 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:28.679 Merry Christmas. Everybody the whole theater erupted in laughter. 226 00:12:29.799 --> 00:12:30.440 That's touching. 227 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:31.159 Yeah. 228 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:35.039 Okay, so number five Malana two, Now we're down to 229 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:42.200 the movies I've seen. Mahana two is freaking huge, but 230 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:46.399 you know, and the animation is amazing. It's really a 231 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:49.480 fun experience, especially if you watch it in the vibrating seats. 232 00:12:49.159 --> 00:12:49.919 Like I did. 233 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:54.919 And but the story is kind of like cares. The 234 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:58.240 writing's like who cares? It's not the top of what 235 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:01.720 Disney or Pixar can do. A complete unknown number six. 236 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:08.399 I saw it pretty good. Timothy shot me is uh 237 00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:12.279 just incredible, credible. This guy needs to go to Coachella. 238 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:16.399 Uh take it on the road. It's so good. Uh 239 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:21.559 and then you know don but you know, what's his name? 240 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:26.240 A Bob Dylan. He was never that good looking. We 241 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:34.039 know that. And it's that uh that lady who's co star. 242 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:37.240 So Dakota Fanning right. 243 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:42.360 Well, the I'm like, I'm having a I'm getting old 244 00:13:42.360 --> 00:13:43.720 and sorry I forget everybody's name. 245 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:48.679 But she was she was not ever that good looking. 246 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:54.480 So Joan Baiaz, oh gotcha, John bas So these are 247 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:57.919 two like like, you know, imagine a world where Bob 248 00:13:58.000 --> 00:13:59.759 Dylan and Joan Bias were stunning. 249 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:05.559 That's you know what, Hey, I'll sign up for that. 250 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:09.120 So that's it makes the movie, you know, pretty good. 251 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:11.840 And but Shallomaye's worth it for shallow may I think 252 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:13.320 I've kind of mentioned that before. 253 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:15.559 They did a good job of acting like they were 254 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:16.440 not so good looking. 255 00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:20.440 They you know, what that's that's not easy and they 256 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:20.679 did it. 257 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:22.679 You're right, I will actually know what. 258 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:25.399 I would see that movie just to watch a more 259 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:28.480 humble Timothy Shalla may. I think that would actually be 260 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:30.639 the premier part of my viewing experience. 261 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:32.159 It's some humility. 262 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:37.159 Do you have some problems with Timothy Timothy's sports chalet, Yeah, 263 00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:39.639 Timothy sports shall at exactly. 264 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:43.240 He didn't. You didn't like him? And Willie Wanka you weren't. 265 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:46.759 I you know what, I couldn't even I couldn't bear 266 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:47.399 to look at it. 267 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:48.279 Wow. 268 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:51.639 I couldn't bear to look at it because I love 269 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:54.360 some cringe and I. 270 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:56.720 I have to say, I think Timothy's a great actor. 271 00:14:57.120 --> 00:14:58.360 I think he's very talented. 272 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:01.360 I couldn't bear to look at at it, and I 273 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:04.120 think that has spared his reputation in my eyes, because 274 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:07.200 I refuse to watch that film. I think I saw 275 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:09.919 some of the promo shots, maybe the trailer, and I 276 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:12.639 was just thinking, like, Oh, he doesn't want to be 277 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:15.799 here is the feeling that I got, which is not 278 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:17.360 the vibe that you want from the lead. 279 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:20.799 Go watch the original Willy Wonka. 280 00:15:21.039 --> 00:15:22.679 I mean, I'm a big fan of the original. 281 00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:24.679 Person that's personally he doesn't want to be the reader. 282 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:28.080 He's he's he looks all the time like his thoughts 283 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:31.039 are being you know, he's placing his thoughts elsewhere and 284 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:33.360 he's just going through it for the kids. This guy 285 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:35.399 to do it. So maybe there's a little bit. Maybe 286 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:38.200 he was acting very well when he was doing that. 287 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:41.679 But I saw Willy Wonka in Shallow May's version. 288 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:46.000 It was great. I mean, the original is the best. 289 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:49.679 I'd say Willy Wonka challow May is second best, and 290 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:50.799 then the Tim Burton one. 291 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:56.600 Really that's my that's my ranking me. 292 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:59.559 I'll you know what, I'll watch it next time I 293 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:00.960 am buy a little too heavily. 294 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:03.240 I'll turn that on and see if I can give 295 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:03.919 it a bonus star. 296 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:06.639 They're good, So that good songs in that movie. 297 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:11.919 Okay, Number seven is Wicked, which uh I was at 298 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:13.919 dinner the other day. I kind of remember if I 299 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:17.120 told the story and then like, oh did you see Wicked? 300 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:20.399 You know, and there's like maybe six people and two waiters, 301 00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:23.480 three waiters around that I know, and not one of 302 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:25.960 them saw Wicked. And I was the only gay in 303 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:30.080 the village at that time, Like, are you telling me 304 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:32.200 I'm the only one in this room that saw Wicked, 305 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:34.879 and they're like looking at me like you saw Wicked. 306 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:39.440 I just just talk about something else. But Nikki, you 307 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:41.759 missed my take on that, which is did you see it? 308 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:43.919 First of all, I have not seen it yet. You've 309 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:45.720 seen the media realm of it. 310 00:16:46.120 --> 00:16:47.240 Sam, have you seen it? 311 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:50.600 No, sir, I'm still the only gay in the village, 312 00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:54.559 all right, it Well, it doesn't make any sense to 313 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:55.960 tell you guys that, but I'll just tell you when 314 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:56.320 you watch it. 315 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:56.639 Look at it. 316 00:16:56.679 --> 00:17:00.519 The chorus dancers, they're all ugly, okay. Number eight is 317 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:04.240 a baby girl, and they do it on purpose, Nicky. 318 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:06.640 They're like purposely trying to challenge you with ugly people 319 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:07.119 in the course. 320 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:11.079 How you care challenge. 321 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:14.599 Beautiful people? You don't have a right to beautiful Oh, 322 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:18.400 I get it. The chorus people should be beautiful performers 323 00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:21.079 all put together. How about some weird looking people that 324 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:21.920 aren't that good looking? 325 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:24.799 Take me back, Take me back to old Hollywood where 326 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:26.839 I can't even be looked at in public. 327 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:28.640 So I miss it. 328 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:30.960 So number eight is baby girl. 329 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:33.720 Number nine is The Brutalist, which I haven't seen yet, 330 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:36.759 but I have seen a couple of movies. 331 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:38.759 Let's talk. 332 00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:41.759 Let's uh, maybe we should take a break, and when 333 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:44.559 we'll come back, we'll go over my letterbox and Nicky 334 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:46.079 can make her comments on it, because she has some 335 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:48.400 weird comments on my letterbox reviews. And that's why I 336 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:50.599 put all That's why I put all the movies that 337 00:17:50.640 --> 00:17:53.920 I see, and then we can we can continue from there. 338 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:56.000 How does that, Sam, Sam, I'm. 339 00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:56.279 Good with that. 340 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:59.039 Let's do it. This is a good plan almost. I'm 341 00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:00.599 really excited to be a part of it. 342 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:10.799 Don't mock Me's. 343 00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:11.759 Goante live from Hollywood by Hollywood, you mean Burbank. All right, 344 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:14.960 let's go over to the letterbox page and talk about 345 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:18.960 the movies that we saw this week and in weeks past, 346 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:21.400 because I pretty soon I'm gonna have to put together 347 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:27.799 my uh celebrated top ten list, and it's very easy 348 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:29.480 when you have a letterbox account. This is the best 349 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:33.880 thing about a letterboxed account because if you at the 350 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:35.640 end of the year, you just look and see which 351 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:39.319 ones did you give five stars too? And I'm just 352 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:42.559 just a cursory glance over here. I had a lot 353 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:44.680 of five stars from movies that had already been seen, 354 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:52.160 and I see that I've got kneecap and uh the 355 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:56.759 wild Robot. They they're they're popping out at me. But Nora, 356 00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:59.079 I gave a four. I gave a four and a 357 00:18:59.119 --> 00:19:02.759 half stars. Yes, I don't know. Yeah, you know what, Yeah, 358 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:05.720 because Sean Baker is one of my favorite directors, so 359 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:11.400 he's just gonna get uh you get five stars if 360 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:17.480 it wasn't for the the the morally offensive content. But uh, 361 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:22.559 all right, so I saw I've talked about a Nora 362 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:25.720 and everything on this list, but I did. I just 363 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:30.839 mentioned briefly Amelia Perez. Either of you seen this. 364 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:34.799 Not yet, but I've heard some reviews and I've I've 365 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:38.519 heard some or I've read some interviews with Angelina Jolite. 366 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:42.119 Right, she's the lead in that. Yeah, oh wait, no, 367 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:46.240 that's not right? Is that that's not a different one? Sorry? Different? 368 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:48.079 This is the one with Selena Gomes. 369 00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:50.279 Yes, Selena Gomes's okay, I've. 370 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:52.400 Heard, okay, also a lot. 371 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:56.839 Okay, Amelia Perez, you know it's another one of these 372 00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:59.200 movies where it's just I. 373 00:19:59.440 --> 00:19:59.880 Dare you. 374 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:04.880 Not to think that this is totally stupid, in a 375 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:08.079 waste of your time. I dare you, because if you 376 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:11.200 admit that, you're not going to be cool in Hollywood. 377 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:18.359 So anyways, it's like it is stupid, but whatever, it's 378 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:20.200 free on Netflix, so go ahead and watch it. 379 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:24.240 Then conclave. 380 00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:27.240 Luckily it's free because I'm not giving them any money 381 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:30.599 if they're their blasphemous portrayal of what goes on in 382 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:34.319 the room while they pick a pope. You just already 383 00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:37.359 know if a movie has released by a major studio 384 00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:40.559 and it's about a pope, you know it's going to 385 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:45.240 be anti Catholic and it's going to make Catholics seem 386 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:48.359 they're dumb for buying into everything. 387 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:49.240 So I already know that. 388 00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:52.359 So I watched a little bit of it just to 389 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:55.200 see how long it would take before they got really lame, 390 00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:58.720 and it took about ten minutes. But very well acted, 391 00:20:58.799 --> 00:21:02.119 and it's beautiful to see all the stuff in the 392 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:10.400 Vatican City. But it's it's it's typical, and it's shot 393 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:12.279 too dark. Did any guys have any problems with these 394 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:13.319 movies that are too dark? 395 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:17.440 I personally like my movie is pretty dark. 396 00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:20.400 I mean, I'm also a laptop of viewer sometimes, but 397 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:24.240 I have upgraded my setup to projector in my living 398 00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:28.519 room courtesy of my roommates so we're not you know, 399 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.680 we're not doing too. 400 00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:31.480 Bad with the dark. I kind of like the look. See. 401 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:34.000