1 00:00:00,930 --> 00:00:02,957 This is a DynaMic Network podcast. 2 00:00:24,174 --> 00:00:28,116 Hi and welcome to the Dynamic Duel Podcast, a weekly show where we review superhero films 3 00:00:28,396 --> 00:00:33,320 and debate the superiority between Marvel and DC by comparing their characters in stat-based 4 00:00:33,460 --> 00:00:39,544 battle simulations. I'm Marvelist Joe. And I'm his twin brother Johnny DC. And this is the 5 00:00:39,584 --> 00:00:44,727 episode where we review the latest Marvel Studios cinematic release, Deadpool and Wolverine. 6 00:00:45,228 --> 00:00:49,170 Was it awesome? I'm not going to say right now. I'll let you know my thoughts later on this 7 00:00:49,210 --> 00:00:55,114 episode. Yeah, it was awesome. It was awesome. Of course it was. It was pretty damn awesome. 8 00:00:55,414 --> 00:01:00,616 But yeah, I can't wait to talk about it. Before we get into that, there was a shit ton of San 9 00:01:00,636 --> 00:01:05,739 Diego Comic-Con news to come out this past week for Marvel and DC. Not all of it great news. 10 00:01:06,059 --> 00:01:11,141 In fact, most of it was really disappointing news. So I'm like really glad that Deadpool 11 00:01:11,161 --> 00:01:15,463 and Wolverine was a good movie. Otherwise I'd be pretty damn depressed right now. But we're 12 00:01:15,483 --> 00:01:20,125 gonna be talking about how the Russo brothers are attached to direct Avengers Doomsday and 13 00:01:20,145 --> 00:01:27,008 Avengers Secret Wars. We learned that Robert Downey Jr. has been cast as Dr. Doom. I'm still 14 00:01:27,028 --> 00:01:32,471 not over it. Joker Folly I do got an official trailer. DC Studios unveiled their new logo. 15 00:01:32,952 --> 00:01:38,475 Fantastic Four announced their subtitle for the film, First Steps. We got the Penguin official 16 00:01:38,495 --> 00:01:43,958 trailer and we got an official teaser for Creature Commando. So a lot to get through. As always, 17 00:01:43,978 --> 00:01:47,860 we list our segment times in our episode description. So feel free to check out the show notes if 18 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:52,869 you wanna skip ahead to a particular topic. Our artificially intelligent duel simulator 19 00:01:53,029 --> 00:02:00,478 AJ 9K has a quick message for our listeners. So listen up. Why hello there, do you want 20 00:02:00,538 --> 00:02:05,440 even more from this podcast? Then become a part of the dynamic duel community on Patreon, where 21 00:02:05,460 --> 00:02:09,922 you can choose from three tiers. The dynamic two-oh tier gives you access to our Discord 22 00:02:09,962 --> 00:02:14,884 chat server. The fantastic four tier gives you two bonus episodes each month, and the X-Force 23 00:02:14,904 --> 00:02:20,222 tier makes you an executive producer of this show. 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On the Send Your World podcast, host Zachary 32 00:03:01,043 --> 00:03:06,846 Hepburn speculates on fights between fan favorite anime and manga characters. The show is currently 33 00:03:06,946 --> 00:03:12,109 on a season hiatus, but it's coming back real soon, guys, and Zach's kicking things off with 34 00:03:12,169 --> 00:03:19,769 a matchup between Hiyai of Yu Hakusho and Yuta Okatsu of Jujutsu Kaisen. And on the console 35 00:03:19,809 --> 00:03:24,512 combat podcast, hosts John and Dean find out who'd win in fights between popular video game 36 00:03:24,532 --> 00:03:30,035 characters. In yesterday's episode, they reviewed the 1993 Super Mario Brothers movie. Visit 37 00:03:30,095 --> 00:03:35,298 dynamicpodcasts.com or click the link in our show notes to listen to all of the shows in 38 00:03:35,338 --> 00:03:42,430 the DynaMic Podcast Network. But with that out of the way, quick to the no prize. A no 39 00:03:42,470 --> 00:03:47,112 prize is an award Marvel used to give out to fans. Our version, the Dynamic duel No Prize, 40 00:03:47,372 --> 00:03:52,495 is a digital award that we post on Instagram for the person that we feel gave the best answer 41 00:03:52,555 --> 00:03:56,938 to our question of the week. Two weeks ago, we asked you guys what has been your favorite 42 00:03:56,998 --> 00:04:02,421 Disney Plus original series from Marvel Studios so far. And we got a lot of answers, let's 43 00:04:02,461 --> 00:04:06,964 go ahead and run down our honorable mentions as well as the no prize winner. Our first honorable 44 00:04:07,004 --> 00:04:15,104 mention goes to Daniel Alonso, who said... Alright, so best show on Disney+. Man, I don't know 45 00:04:15,144 --> 00:04:20,568 how you guys don't like Moon Knight. That show is amazing. I didn't grow up with the comics 46 00:04:20,648 --> 00:04:25,712 or anything, so that was my first introduction. And you can't beat that suit. I actually really 47 00:04:25,752 --> 00:04:31,996 love that story. The fighting was amazing. Man, that's the best show on Disney+. That's a Disney 48 00:04:32,016 --> 00:04:38,620 original. Hands down, Moon Knight, dude. So good. Now imagine if they had actually adapted 49 00:04:38,761 --> 00:04:42,502 the story from the comics. how much better it would have been then. Yeah, I mean, if you 50 00:04:42,522 --> 00:04:46,544 guys are familiar with the Moon Knight character from the comics, I definitely recommend going 51 00:04:46,704 --> 00:04:52,207 all the way back to what was episode two in our Batman versus Moon Knight duel episode. 52 00:04:53,227 --> 00:04:58,789 The show was not bad. Like acting-wise, special effects-wise, action-wise, it was pretty cool. 53 00:04:58,849 --> 00:05:03,871 I just thought it was pretty inconsistent with the rest of the MCU. And inconsistent with 54 00:05:03,911 --> 00:05:09,050 the source material. I didn't dislike it. Even though a lot of the story was original. to 55 00:05:09,090 --> 00:05:14,374 the series, they weren't bad elements, you know? It was still fairly interesting. Not as interesting 56 00:05:14,414 --> 00:05:19,379 as the comic books, but interesting enough to kind of develop a following for the show. Great 57 00:05:19,439 --> 00:05:26,025 answer, Daniel. Our next honorable mention goes to Cat Stevenson, who said, Hi guys, it's Cat 58 00:05:26,065 --> 00:05:31,590 again, and I really want to say that the best Disney Plus show is Hawkeye. I know a lot of 59 00:05:31,610 --> 00:05:36,386 people are gonna say like Loki, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but Hawkeye was so good. with 60 00:05:36,586 --> 00:05:41,609 multiple really good character introductions slash reintroductions with Kingpin, Echo, Kate 61 00:05:41,629 --> 00:05:47,834 Bishop, really, really well done. I loved the Christmas undertones. Everything about this 62 00:05:47,874 --> 00:05:54,098 show was amazing. I loved the action. I loved the acting. Everything was really good. Yeah, 63 00:05:54,138 --> 00:05:58,101 Hawkeye was pretty good. I really liked the Christmas setting. I think it really made the 64 00:05:58,121 --> 00:06:03,325 show stand apart and introduced a lot of fun elements with Hawkeye, such as the whole I'll 65 00:06:03,345 --> 00:06:07,706 be home for Christmas theme. workshopping his own trick arrows in the vein of like Home Alone 66 00:06:07,746 --> 00:06:12,068 or something like that. Yeah, Hawkeye was a lot of fun. And definitely deserved for a character 67 00:06:12,108 --> 00:06:17,089 that never received his own film. A lot of the story revolved around Kate Bishop, but I thought 68 00:06:17,129 --> 00:06:22,991 it was a great passing of the torch or bow as it were. Yeah. So great answer, Kat. Our next 69 00:06:23,031 --> 00:06:28,532 honorable mention goes to Travis Herndon, who said, What's up dudes? Travis here. Shout out 70 00:06:28,552 --> 00:06:34,566 to my other twins. So my answer had to be Werewolf by Night. I was very surprised when they announced 71 00:06:34,586 --> 00:06:40,988 that, to finally see Werewolf by Night, Madding, and Elsa Bloodstone within the MCU was just 72 00:06:41,068 --> 00:06:46,290 sick. It was awesome. This just opens the door to the supernatural part of the MCU, which 73 00:06:46,330 --> 00:06:53,212 was more my favorite sort of element within Marvel. So yeah, Werewolf by Night was my favorite. 74 00:06:53,592 --> 00:06:59,093 Great. Yeah, I loved Werewolf by Night as a Halloween time special presentation by Marvel. 75 00:06:59,273 --> 00:07:04,867 It's to this date. probably the most unique thing that Marvel Studios has done with its 76 00:07:04,887 --> 00:07:10,510 short runtime, its black and white cinematography, the clear homages to past horror films. I thought 77 00:07:10,530 --> 00:07:15,612 it was just incredibly fascinating. Yeah, there's been a number of projects that Marvel has done 78 00:07:15,712 --> 00:07:21,615 post-Endgame, like War Wolf by Night, like Eternals, like Moon Knight, that they really haven't 79 00:07:21,995 --> 00:07:26,677 picked up on. But I think of all of those things, I would love to see them run with War Wolf 80 00:07:26,697 --> 00:07:31,827 by Night and the world that sets up. Yeah, like the dark underworld of monsters and demons 81 00:07:31,867 --> 00:07:35,829 and stuff like that. Yeah, yeah. And monster hunting. It was awesome. Want to give a quick 82 00:07:35,849 --> 00:07:42,433 shout out to Abner O'Terry, who gave the answer of what if, and the kingpin. Someone did a 83 00:07:42,593 --> 00:07:47,736 really solid impression of Vincent D'Onafrio's kingpin who gave the answer of Echo. But the 84 00:07:47,836 --> 00:07:55,180 winner of this week's no prize is Scott Camacho, who said, Odo Loki is my favorite. I'm going 85 00:07:55,200 --> 00:08:02,296 to have to give it to WandaVision. only because they did a great job of the different universes 86 00:08:02,416 --> 00:08:09,020 within episodes and then finally ending it with the good movie to follow. So I think out of 87 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:13,882 all of them, that's pretty much the one that nails it for me. So I'm gonna go with Wandavision. 88 00:08:14,383 --> 00:08:19,946 Yeah, Wandavision was the first Marvel Studios Disney Plus original series to come out. And 89 00:08:20,226 --> 00:08:25,189 in some ways, to me, it still feels like one of the most special because not only did it 90 00:08:25,209 --> 00:08:30,624 have the unique element of riffing on classic television series throughout the decades, but 91 00:08:30,644 --> 00:08:35,387 towards the end, it also felt really cinematic in that you're like watching a movie on the 92 00:08:35,427 --> 00:08:40,330 small screen. And yeah, it was hugely influential on the greater MCU, you know, spawning movies 93 00:08:40,370 --> 00:08:45,814 like Multiverse of Madness and the upcoming Agatha all along. It was just really well made. 94 00:08:46,114 --> 00:08:51,017 And that's likely why Matt Shackman was hired to direct the Fantastic Four first steps movie 95 00:08:51,137 --> 00:08:55,166 coming up. Yeah, I don't think I was the biggest fan of WandaVision when we reviewed it, but 96 00:08:55,206 --> 00:09:00,768 I do have to admire it for its artistry. Like my favorite Disney Plus series is Loki, and 97 00:09:00,788 --> 00:09:05,009 I'm kind of surprised no one gave that as their like definitive answer. But WandaVision, I 98 00:09:05,029 --> 00:09:10,571 would say is more unique and very ambitious. Absolutely. So great answer, Scotty. You win 99 00:09:10,591 --> 00:09:14,652 this week's No Prize. If you the listener want a shot at winning your own No Prize, stay tuned 100 00:09:14,672 --> 00:09:18,813 to later on this episode when we'll be asking another question of the week. And now that 101 00:09:18,853 --> 00:09:20,813 that's done, on to the news! 102 00:09:26,382 --> 00:09:31,326 Alright, this past week we had the San Diego Comic Con event in which we get a ton of news 103 00:09:31,366 --> 00:09:36,470 from Marvel and DC regarding their upcoming film, comic book, and television movie Slates. 104 00:09:37,591 --> 00:09:41,274 There wasn't a whole lot of news, I feel like, this year that came out of San Diego Comic 105 00:09:41,294 --> 00:09:46,118 Con, and the news that did come out kind of pissed me off. I'm not gonna lie. But let's 106 00:09:46,138 --> 00:09:50,161 go ahead and get started going through the rundown of everything that happened. I think one of 107 00:09:50,181 --> 00:09:57,115 the biggest major news items we received was that the fifth Avengers movie, has been renamed 108 00:09:57,195 --> 00:10:03,139 to Avengers Doomsday. When I saw that, I actually got really excited because I think a lot of 109 00:10:03,199 --> 00:10:09,124 us were expecting that Kang was gonna get replaced due to the offscreen drama regarding the actor 110 00:10:09,184 --> 00:10:14,268 Jonathan Majors who plays the character of Kang. Now, you know, if it were me, I wish they would 111 00:10:14,288 --> 00:10:18,232 have just recast Kang. I don't think anybody would have minded that. But it seems like they're 112 00:10:18,252 --> 00:10:25,357 going in a completely different direction by going with Dr. Doom instead of Kang the Conqueror. 113 00:10:25,906 --> 00:10:31,268 And that normally would really thrill me until I heard about the casting. But before I talk 114 00:10:31,288 --> 00:10:36,051 about that, we got release dates for the next two Avengers movies. So Avengers Doomsday is 115 00:10:36,071 --> 00:10:42,254 going to come out in two years, May 2026, which seems really damn soon. It's likely going to 116 00:10:42,314 --> 00:10:47,596 be filmed back to back with Avengers Secret Wars, which comes out May 2027, just due to 117 00:10:47,636 --> 00:10:51,863 the proximity of those two release dates. Yeah, and of course, that's what the Russos did with 118 00:10:51,923 --> 00:10:56,205 Infinity War and Endgame. Those two films came out almost a year apart, and I believe they 119 00:10:56,225 --> 00:11:00,707 were filmed simultaneously. Yeah, we haven't had an Avengers film for about six years now, 120 00:11:00,787 --> 00:11:04,389 and we won't have another one for two years. You know, the Avengers are the crown jewel 121 00:11:04,429 --> 00:11:10,713 of the MCU, those movies. So it'll be nice to see them come back and get those epic team 122 00:11:10,753 --> 00:11:14,895 stories where we have a lot of characters involved. They're always a lot of fun. So I'm really 123 00:11:14,935 --> 00:11:18,957 excited for these upcoming two movies, even though I have no idea now what Doomsday is 124 00:11:18,997 --> 00:11:25,573 going to be about. But let's talk about Doctor Doom. Doctor Doom, as I think most people know, 125 00:11:25,753 --> 00:11:31,996 especially Marvel fans, is probably Marvel's biggest villain. And I'm talking about bigger 126 00:11:32,016 --> 00:11:37,819 than Thanos in terms of popularity and threat level to Earth's heroes on a consistent basis. 127 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:43,983 Thanos is very threatening, but he's a cosmic villain that makes fewer appearances than Doctor 128 00:11:44,023 --> 00:11:49,694 Doom. Doctor Doom is huge. He's primarily a Fantastic Four villain, posed a threat to almost 129 00:11:49,794 --> 00:11:54,776 every single Marvel hero throughout his span in the Marvel comics. He was the inspiration 130 00:11:54,796 --> 00:11:59,358 for Darth Vader. Right. Was he? Yeah. I heard that was a rumor. I don't know if that's actually 131 00:11:59,418 --> 00:12:02,920 true. I believe it. But it wouldn't surprise me. Yeah. Yeah, I believe it. For sure. The 132 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:07,622 mask that he wears, very intimidating. You know, he has his own country. He's the monarch of 133 00:12:07,682 --> 00:12:13,084 Latveria. He's a master of occult magic, similar to Doctor Strange, but he's also a technological 134 00:12:13,124 --> 00:12:18,107 genius much like Reed Richards or Tony Stark. So he's very formidable. A lot of people have 135 00:12:18,127 --> 00:12:23,332 been looking forward to an accurate depiction of the comic book character ever since, you 136 00:12:23,352 --> 00:12:28,538 know, before the 2005 Fantastic Four movie because the Doom we got in that one sucked. You know, 137 00:12:28,578 --> 00:12:33,963 they gave him bioelectricity powers. The Dr. Doom that was in the 2015 Phantaforstick movie 138 00:12:34,463 --> 00:12:38,787 also sucked. You know, he was like some kind of weird telekinetic mutant birthed out of 139 00:12:38,808 --> 00:12:43,571 the negative zone. They never got him right. And so with the advent of the Fantastic Four 140 00:12:43,591 --> 00:12:47,815 movie coming out, a lot of people were really anticipating who they were going to cast as 141 00:12:47,875 --> 00:12:53,279 Dr. Doom, whether he show up in Fantastic Four or in Secret Wars or whatever. And what's really 142 00:12:53,319 --> 00:12:58,784 sad is that all of these Dr. Doom fans are still going to have to wait for an accurate depiction 143 00:12:59,244 --> 00:13:04,408 of the comic book character because fucking Robert Downey Jr. is gonna play Victor Von 144 00:13:04,448 --> 00:13:12,878 Doom? I don't know. What? What is happening? Such a dumbass idea. So basically you have 145 00:13:13,098 --> 00:13:18,980 one of the most beloved and most popular actors to portray a Marvel Studios character coming 146 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:24,161 back, but not as that character, as a completely different, perhaps, variant of Doctor Doom, 147 00:13:24,301 --> 00:13:28,502 or perhaps, you know, they're taking a cue from one of the comic book storylines where Doctor 148 00:13:28,542 --> 00:13:32,843 Doom became Iron Man. And note that I said Doctor Doom became Iron Man in the comics. It was 149 00:13:32,883 --> 00:13:36,964 never really the other way around outside of like a couple issues where an alternate universe, 150 00:13:37,024 --> 00:13:42,466 Tony Stark, became Doctor Doom. And maybe that's what they're doing here. I think the only way 151 00:13:42,506 --> 00:13:48,530 this could possibly work is if Robert Downey Jr. is Victor Von Doom in the alternate universe 152 00:13:48,550 --> 00:13:52,432 that the Fantastic Four come from. Because we know that the Fantastic Four movie is taking 153 00:13:52,472 --> 00:13:56,034 place in an alternate universe. And that's why we're getting like a female silver surfer and 154 00:13:56,054 --> 00:14:00,297 everything like that. That's the only way I see this working. But there's no way in hell 155 00:14:00,837 --> 00:14:07,301 I will accept Robert Downey Jr. being Victor Von Doom in the primary 616 cinematic universe. 156 00:14:07,961 --> 00:14:13,051 It just doesn't work. No, it boggles the mind, honestly. I remember when we were talking about 157 00:14:13,251 --> 00:14:17,393 Silver Surfer and how she was going to be a female, and it was like, OK, does Norenrad 158 00:14:17,433 --> 00:14:23,115 not exist in the 616? And in the same way, does that mean Victor Von Doom does not exist in 159 00:14:23,155 --> 00:14:28,757 the 616? It's just weird to me. I feel like what they're trying to do is make it weird 160 00:14:29,038 --> 00:14:34,120 for the 616 heroes when they see Victor Von Doom and they're like, oh, what, Tony? Oh, 161 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:41,887 I'm so conflicted. But it's stupid, I feel like. I just think he's really miscast. When I think 162 00:14:41,947 --> 00:14:47,489 of Doctor Doom, I think of someone very sinister and very cunning. And not that RDJ can't play 163 00:14:47,529 --> 00:14:53,212 that, but he's known for playing these fast talking, wisecracking characters. And I really 164 00:14:53,252 --> 00:14:58,714 don't want to see that in Doctor Doom. No, absolutely not. No, he's not Doctor Doom. Maybe they'll 165 00:14:58,754 --> 00:15:02,636 alter his voice. You know, maybe they'll cover up his face. I mean, they should cover up his 166 00:15:02,676 --> 00:15:06,917 face. You never really see Doom's face. And if you do, it's allegedly scarred to hell. 167 00:15:07,222 --> 00:15:11,024 from when he burned his face when he put the mask on for the first time, as the legend goes. 168 00:15:11,545 --> 00:15:16,108 But even if we don't see his face, I still don't want Robert Downey Jr. to play Dr. Doom. I 169 00:15:16,128 --> 00:15:20,511 mean, that's even more of a reason to not cast him, because you could literally cast anybody. 170 00:15:20,891 --> 00:15:25,034 You could literally cast anyone with a great voice who could act behind a mask, and there 171 00:15:25,074 --> 00:15:30,638 you go. It does not have to be someone who was notorious for making an insane amount of money 172 00:15:31,118 --> 00:15:37,115 on these Marvel films. It feels like creative bankruptcy, right? You know... The MCU is kind 173 00:15:37,195 --> 00:15:41,378 of in shambles right now because over the past couple years, they haven't been getting as 174 00:15:41,418 --> 00:15:47,223 much of a return on their films. So it's like a big marketing move in that they're getting 175 00:15:47,263 --> 00:15:52,868 their biggest star back in an effort to entice viewers back to the theater. But it's not the 176 00:15:52,908 --> 00:15:57,111 right call. There are so many great actors out there that could have played Doctor Doom that 177 00:15:57,131 --> 00:16:02,535 would have gotten me so excited. I did not watch Marvel movies to see Robert Downey Jr. I watched 178 00:16:02,596 --> 00:16:08,420 Marvel movies to see Tony Stark. And that's all I'm gonna see when I'm watching Avengers 179 00:16:08,460 --> 00:16:14,625 Doomsday, which can I just mention is a horrible fucking title? Doomsday, really the Superman 180 00:16:14,645 --> 00:16:19,990 villain? I know it's not based off of that, but it's like a movie coming out That's called 181 00:16:20,250 --> 00:16:26,555 Justice League Dr. Doom Exactly. Well, they should have just called it Avengers Doom. I 182 00:16:26,615 --> 00:16:31,779 think that would have been better Doomsday Yeah, of course is a DC villain one of the most popular 183 00:16:31,819 --> 00:16:35,989 DC villains, you know, the guy that fucking killed Superman I just don't know what they're 184 00:16:36,009 --> 00:16:41,143 doing over at the MCU, especially with this Robert Downey Jr. casting choice. And that 185 00:16:41,183 --> 00:16:42,487 brings us to our question of the week. 186 00:16:47,094 --> 00:16:53,457 What the fuck? Record your answer at dynamicduel.com by clicking on the red microphone button in 187 00:16:53,497 --> 00:16:57,080 the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, which will prompt you to leave us a voicemail. 188 00:16:57,380 --> 00:17:01,242 Your message could be up to 30 seconds long, and don't forget to leave your name in case 189 00:17:01,262 --> 00:17:06,105 we include you on the podcast. We'll pick our favorite answer and award that person a Dynamic 190 00:17:06,125 --> 00:17:11,268 Duel No Prize that we'll post to Instagram. Be sure to answer before August 3rd. Can't 191 00:17:11,308 --> 00:17:12,469 wait to hear you guys' answers. 192 00:17:20,274 --> 00:17:27,117 In DC news, in good news, we got to the official trailer for Joker Folly I Do, the sequel to 193 00:17:27,397 --> 00:17:31,820 the Joker film, which was fantastic. A lot of people aren't looking forward to this Joker 194 00:17:31,860 --> 00:17:35,802 sequel because they don't like the idea of a musical, but the more I see from the movie, 195 00:17:35,942 --> 00:17:42,125 the more I'm falling in love with the concept, the more I just am in awe of the cinematography 196 00:17:42,486 --> 00:17:46,768 and the acting performances that it looks like we're going to get for this movie. It looks 197 00:17:46,788 --> 00:17:53,707 like it's going to be a masterpiece. Oh my God. I'm sorry, what? Calm down, OK? It looks mid 198 00:17:53,847 --> 00:17:59,868 at best. Oh, my gosh. If this doesn't look like a masterpiece, I don't know what a masterpiece 199 00:17:59,948 --> 00:18:06,990 looks like. And clearly, you don't either. Sure, I do. Then it's OK. So then you recognize this 200 00:18:07,130 --> 00:18:12,252 looks like one. No, it doesn't. Well, then you don't know. You don't know what you're talking 201 00:18:12,272 --> 00:18:19,542 about. You could just sit this one out. The the trailer starts off with. Arthur Fleck being 202 00:18:19,722 --> 00:18:24,806 escorted, I think, to a courtroom. And on the radio, you hear different voices talking about 203 00:18:24,866 --> 00:18:29,269 him. The first time I watched this trailer, I watched it without subtitles, which I like 204 00:18:29,289 --> 00:18:34,612 to do because sometimes subtitles can give away different lines before you hear them. So I 205 00:18:34,632 --> 00:18:40,136 had no idea that one of those voices was Harvey Dent. I had no idea Harvey Dent was going to 206 00:18:40,156 --> 00:18:45,980 be in this movie. That gets me so much more pumped up to see it, because you have to imagine 207 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:51,719 if he's involved in the courtroom scenes. Something's gonna happen to him. And that's gonna be wild 208 00:18:51,759 --> 00:18:57,063 to see how that happens in this Joker universe, because it's just so surprising and violent. 209 00:18:57,403 --> 00:19:01,005 Do you think Joker's gonna throw acid in his face or something like that? I don't know, 210 00:19:01,045 --> 00:19:05,447 him or Harley Quinn, maybe he gets shot in the face. I have no idea. I just imagine it's gonna 211 00:19:05,487 --> 00:19:10,690 be very intense. We get to hear Joaquin Phoenix singing for the first time in this movie, along 212 00:19:10,730 --> 00:19:17,574 with Lady Gaga as well. They're not coming across as like very polished singers. Which is interesting 213 00:19:17,594 --> 00:19:21,516 because I thought the musical numbers were going to be much bigger. We haven't really seen anything 214 00:19:21,636 --> 00:19:26,419 like that yet in these trailers, though I do imagine they will be in the film in Arthur's 215 00:19:26,479 --> 00:19:32,282 sort of imagined sequences in his mind. We see a number of those sequences in this trailer, 216 00:19:32,302 --> 00:19:37,485 like when him and Harley are on stage or when they're dancing in the courtroom or on the 217 00:19:37,545 --> 00:19:43,268 rooftops and stuff like that. But in this trailer, you also get a sense of the origin of how Harley 218 00:19:43,288 --> 00:19:48,747 Quinn became enamored with Arthur Fleck. You know, she saw him on TV for the first time 219 00:19:49,088 --> 00:19:54,572 and he spoke to her in the same way that the Joker has spoken to a number of people, particularly 220 00:19:54,612 --> 00:19:59,196 in Gotham City. But also you see that spilling out into the real world, where in like political 221 00:19:59,236 --> 00:20:04,220 protests, you'll see people wearing Joker masks or clown makeup in the same way that people 222 00:20:04,380 --> 00:20:09,084 used to wear the Guy Fawkes mask from V for Vendetta. But it's believable, you know, that 223 00:20:09,164 --> 00:20:14,368 someone like Harley Quinn would be influenced by him. It does look like she is a patient 224 00:20:14,609 --> 00:20:19,791 in Arkham Asylum. Though my theory is still that she's manipulating the Joker. We'll see 225 00:20:19,831 --> 00:20:24,293 if that's a valid theory or not. She definitely influences the Joker and makes him feel like 226 00:20:24,513 --> 00:20:29,795 he's a star if he didn't feel like that already. And one of the guards played by Brendan Gleeson 227 00:20:30,256 --> 00:20:34,657 mentions that. And I think that totally makes sense that the Joker would think that he was 228 00:20:34,677 --> 00:20:39,920 a star based on the ending of the first Joker movie, how he just stood up on that police 229 00:20:39,940 --> 00:20:45,778 car and felt like seen for the very first time. He's conflating fame with infamy. Sort of. 230 00:20:45,858 --> 00:20:51,182 Like people are influenced by him in this weird way. And yeah, it could be infamous, the guy 231 00:20:51,423 --> 00:20:57,447 is a violent killer. But like, people were praising him around that cop car. So he probably feels 232 00:20:57,467 --> 00:21:01,451 like he's doing the world a favor in some weird way. I don't know, maybe drawing attention 233 00:21:01,531 --> 00:21:06,415 to people who feel unseen. I don't know. The first movie of course was a sympathetic look 234 00:21:06,555 --> 00:21:10,318 at the Joker. So I imagine they'll continue to run with this. And that's kind of horrifying, 235 00:21:10,538 --> 00:21:16,430 I agree. But it makes for damn good cinema. The music in this trailer. so damn good using 236 00:21:16,530 --> 00:21:22,431 Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland. It really gives you the vibe of what kind of musical numbers 237 00:21:22,451 --> 00:21:27,873 they'll be doing in the movie, like these classic mid-century tunes. They're just nailing the 238 00:21:27,913 --> 00:21:35,895 tone. They're crushing the tone. All it is tone. That's all it is. But damn, that tone, though. 239 00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:40,356 Yeah, there's not much substance to these trailers. You know, it's like you get a line here or 240 00:21:40,396 --> 00:21:46,771 there and then you get a crescendo swelling of music. Yeah, and you see the Joker and makeup 241 00:21:46,791 --> 00:21:49,912 and stuff like that and then you see the title and then it's over like You really have no 242 00:21:49,992 --> 00:21:54,294 idea Too much of what the overall story is going to be or how they're going to make it interesting 243 00:21:54,334 --> 00:22:01,157 like is it a trial movie? Uh, is it a romance? All of the above who knows yes all of the above 244 00:22:01,317 --> 00:22:06,939 I imagine honestly I'm sold on tone like I don't want to know too much of the story Like if 245 00:22:06,959 --> 00:22:10,501 you can get me with the performances if you could get me with the music if you could get 246 00:22:10,521 --> 00:22:15,723 me with a hint of a story If you could get me with the revelation that Harvey Dent is going 247 00:22:15,743 --> 00:22:23,246 to be in this movie, you got me. Check your expectations, man. Fuck you. It's too late. 248 00:22:23,466 --> 00:22:28,849 I'm too far gone. There's no hope. I just need to see the movie. Well, it comes out in just 249 00:22:28,889 --> 00:22:33,891 a little over two months and I will be there day one. I honestly hope to get like an early 250 00:22:33,951 --> 00:22:38,193 screening for this. I want to see as many times as I can in theaters before we have to review 251 00:22:38,253 --> 00:22:42,824 it. And I'm really looking forward to it. Mind you, you did not like the first Joker movie 252 00:22:42,864 --> 00:22:47,388 the first time you saw it. That's very true. That's very true. You better watch yourself. 253 00:22:47,848 --> 00:22:53,673 This time I'm not going to take all my coworkers so I can feel like uneasy and almost like embarrassed. 254 00:22:53,693 --> 00:22:58,897 It's just me going in. And I love how these trailers are letting me know what to expect. 255 00:22:59,298 --> 00:23:03,341 Now, the Joker trailer came out before Comic-Con so that it could play in front of the Deadpool 256 00:23:03,361 --> 00:23:09,102 movies at Comic-Con. There wasn't too much of a presence from DC Studios. James Gunn wasn't 257 00:23:09,122 --> 00:23:16,247 there, but he did record a video to unveil the new logo for DC Studios and DC in general. 258 00:23:16,828 --> 00:23:23,533 I say new, but it's really not. It's just a return to the classic DC Bullet logo that was 259 00:23:23,573 --> 00:23:29,818 designed by the renowned graphic designer Milton Glazer. Now let's be real, it's a step down 260 00:23:30,158 --> 00:23:37,262 from what came previously. The existing DC Comics logo. I thought was a great modern interpretation 261 00:23:37,422 --> 00:23:42,745 of the bullet logo. You know, it simplified it and made it really clean and bold. Returning 262 00:23:42,765 --> 00:23:49,367 to the logo that they used in the 80s and 90s seems dumb. Which was my initial reaction because 263 00:23:49,467 --> 00:23:53,949 I was under the impression that it was only DC studios that was going to be using this 264 00:23:53,989 --> 00:23:58,631 logo and not the comics, not the merch, not the video games or anything else. Which I thought 265 00:23:58,651 --> 00:24:05,134 was really bad for brand synergy. Like you don't want one division using one logo for DC and 266 00:24:05,194 --> 00:24:12,497 other divisions not using that same logo. I do really like DC's most recent logo. I agree 267 00:24:12,517 --> 00:24:17,439 with you. I thought it was a great interpretation of not only the DC bullet, but a lot of other 268 00:24:17,479 --> 00:24:24,642 logos from DC's past. It was perfection in my opinion. That said, my second favorite DC logo 269 00:24:25,002 --> 00:24:29,144 is absolutely the bullet. It's the one that was around when I first started reading comics. 270 00:24:29,304 --> 00:24:34,354 So I don't know if nostalgia plays a factor, but yeah, the design is not bad. Well, I mean, 271 00:24:34,394 --> 00:24:39,939 it's inferior, but I understand why they needed to do this because they needed to make it clear 272 00:24:39,979 --> 00:24:44,624 to the general public that DC is moving in a new direction, that they're like establishing 273 00:24:44,664 --> 00:24:50,489 a new cinematic universe and whatnot. But the issue is that DC has rebranded like 50 fucking 274 00:24:50,549 --> 00:24:56,415 times in the last couple of decades. Yeah. You had the swoosh logo. You had the stupid like 275 00:24:56,515 --> 00:25:02,055 fold over logo. That was a really bad logo. But then you also had the most recent modern 276 00:25:02,115 --> 00:25:06,939 DC logo, which was fantastic. Because of all these changes, I think DC knew that they couldn't 277 00:25:07,079 --> 00:25:12,503 really afford to go in another new direction and still maintain that solid brand awareness. 278 00:25:13,023 --> 00:25:17,366 In that regard, they had to go back to something that had come previously, and so they went 279 00:25:17,386 --> 00:25:23,791 with their classic logo. Something that is arguably more iconic. When I talk to people about DC 280 00:25:23,831 --> 00:25:29,395 comics, I talk about Watchmen, I talk about Dark Knight Returns. All of these things came 281 00:25:29,495 --> 00:25:36,944 out during the DC Bullet logo era, so it's not surprising that they would want to remind people 282 00:25:37,104 --> 00:25:42,290 of that and be like, hey, remember when you loved DC Comics? Well, get ready to love it 283 00:25:42,310 --> 00:25:47,556 again, because here we are. I do agree that they probably wanted something new. I don't 284 00:25:47,576 --> 00:25:51,527 know if they needed it. But yeah, you're right. It would have signaled to everyone that, hey, 285 00:25:51,567 --> 00:25:55,588 this is a brand new era. And there's a lot of different companies who are going back to their 286 00:25:55,688 --> 00:26:00,050 old retro logos. Like fast food chains like Pizza Hut and Burger King. You know, they're 287 00:26:00,070 --> 00:26:05,892 all going back to the 70s and 80s. So, you know, I guess it's just DC's turn. I don't love it. 288 00:26:05,992 --> 00:26:10,394 I wish it never happened. But if it had to happen, you could have done worse logos than the bullet. 289 00:26:10,834 --> 00:26:14,356 All I know is that Marvel better not do this shit because I'll be pissed. What? You don't 290 00:26:14,376 --> 00:26:19,150 like the classic Marvel logo with the lettering on top of the giant and with yellow? comics 291 00:26:19,250 --> 00:26:23,753 written across it? It's fine. You know, that's the logo that they had when I grew up reading 292 00:26:23,773 --> 00:26:27,616 the comics and everything like that, but it's been improved upon and I don't want to see 293 00:26:27,636 --> 00:26:34,081 them doing a DC. Oh, you mean being badass? No, I mean fucking up. You guys are fucking 294 00:26:34,101 --> 00:26:40,205 up plenty. Don't. Exactly. Don't act like you're not. Speaking of fucking up, back to Marvel 295 00:26:40,225 --> 00:26:45,289 news, we got the first subtitle announced for the Fantastic Four movie. A lot of us just 296 00:26:45,329 --> 00:26:50,910 thought that. This upcoming MCU Fantastic Four film would just be called Fantastic Four or 297 00:26:50,990 --> 00:26:56,435 The Fantastic Four. But no, it's going to be called Fantastic Four First Steps. And the 298 00:26:56,715 --> 00:27:03,001 title treatment kind of makes it seem like a kid's cartoon. And I understand that's probably 299 00:27:03,041 --> 00:27:09,507 due in part to the 60s sitcom vibe that they're kind of going with. But I don't know why they 300 00:27:09,547 --> 00:27:13,890 needed a subtitle for this movie. It makes it sound like. Fantastic Four are learning how 301 00:27:13,910 --> 00:27:18,474 to walk. Now, the only way that this subtitle works, I think, and really it could work on 302 00:27:18,534 --> 00:27:23,798 multiple levels. First Steps could allude to the Fantastic Four taking their first steps 303 00:27:23,838 --> 00:27:28,061 on the moon or something like that. If in fact, you know, this is the 60s and part of their 304 00:27:28,162 --> 00:27:32,525 space exploration where they run into their cosmic ray accident is part of the space race 305 00:27:32,845 --> 00:27:37,289 or something like that. I can see that working. But I think more than that, in order for this 306 00:27:37,309 --> 00:27:42,228 subtitle to work... A big part of the storyline needs to revolve around Reed and Sue becoming 307 00:27:42,308 --> 00:27:47,993 parents for the first time. Because then you have first steps alluding to Franklin and maybe 308 00:27:48,033 --> 00:27:52,976 Valeria as well, as their children taking their first steps. I feel like Valeria is a bit of 309 00:27:52,996 --> 00:27:57,980 a stretch, maybe all you need is Franklin, but even then that seems really soon. I guess it 310 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:03,144 is a way to differentiate this Fantastic Four film from other Fantastic Four films in that 311 00:28:03,424 --> 00:28:08,843 Reed and Sue would become parents and maybe make this film feel more family oriented. So 312 00:28:08,863 --> 00:28:13,726 it's not a terrible idea. I just don't think it needed the subtitle. It didn't. I'm not. 313 00:28:13,786 --> 00:28:18,349 I'm not a fan of the subtitle. Fantastic for first steps. I don't ever want to call it that. 314 00:28:18,369 --> 00:28:23,972 OK, can I just say that Marvel has really been sucking lately when it comes to subtitles? 315 00:28:24,492 --> 00:28:31,997 I think it started with homecoming. I was like, what? Homecoming? No, just stop with the sucky 316 00:28:32,217 --> 00:28:38,503 ass subtitles. Give us like real subtitles that we actually want. You know, Brave New World 317 00:28:38,583 --> 00:28:44,244 is not a bad one, but Asterisk? I guess that's not really a subtitle. It's just it's just 318 00:28:44,365 --> 00:28:48,686 weird. Are you talking about the Asterisk that comes at the end of the Thunderbolts title? 319 00:28:49,166 --> 00:28:53,487 Yeah, yeah. Yeah, who knows what's going on there? That's weird. I feel like I'm complaining 320 00:28:53,507 --> 00:28:58,248 a lot for a subtitle, but it just confuses me and I hate being confused. And people really 321 00:28:58,268 --> 00:29:03,046 shouldn't be confused at this stage in Marvel because they need wins. Like they can't really 322 00:29:03,086 --> 00:29:09,091 afford bad news. I mean, maybe they can because Deadpool and Wolverine totally killed, but 323 00:29:09,211 --> 00:29:14,915 that could be forgotten so easily with one more bad Marvel movie. Yeah, Goodwill only lasts 324 00:29:15,035 --> 00:29:20,239 as long as your most recent announcement or decision or movie. You know, I've been online 325 00:29:20,259 --> 00:29:25,002 a lot and it seems like the majority opinions regarding the first step subtitle and Robert 326 00:29:25,022 --> 00:29:30,806 Downey Jr.'s return as Dr. Doom are mostly negative, and deservedly so. I hope Marvel listens to 327 00:29:30,826 --> 00:29:37,368 the fans because making them happy is how they make money. You know what makes me happy? The 328 00:29:37,408 --> 00:29:42,149 new Penguin trailer. Everyone who's been listening to the podcast knows that I love the Batman, 329 00:29:42,449 --> 00:29:47,851 that I've really been looking forward to this show and how it expands the world of Matt Reeves 330 00:29:47,871 --> 00:29:52,972 the Batman. I think Colin Farrell totally nailed the performance of the Penguin. I still can't 331 00:29:52,992 --> 00:29:59,090 believe it's him in this role. And it looks like this show is going to be one epic. crime 332 00:29:59,110 --> 00:30:03,952 drama of how the Penguin rises to power. We see him being heavily influenced by his mother 333 00:30:04,032 --> 00:30:08,393 in this trailer who makes him feel like he should be the one in charge of Gotham's underworld. 334 00:30:08,734 --> 00:30:13,896 And the trailer does a really good job of making the Penguin appear like a threat. You see him 335 00:30:13,956 --> 00:30:19,398 freaking stab someone, you see him shoot people with machine guns, you see him plow into people 336 00:30:19,418 --> 00:30:24,100 with his car. It's freaking crazy. Yeah it looks a lot more violent and action heavy than most 337 00:30:24,220 --> 00:30:28,778 other crime shows and films. Like something like the Sopranos. Sure it's but I wouldn't 338 00:30:28,798 --> 00:30:33,861 say there's a lot of action. The Penguin seems to have a lot of action. Yeah, I think we mentioned 339 00:30:33,901 --> 00:30:40,204 that in our review of the last trailer that they put out and how the explosions and stuff 340 00:30:40,324 --> 00:30:47,328 sets a step above, action-wise, other crime dramas that you see on networks like HBO. This 341 00:30:47,368 --> 00:30:52,051 is grounded, but it's still very much oriented in that comic book world. Yeah, it looks more 342 00:30:52,071 --> 00:30:57,126 like Heat as opposed to something like The Wire. Yeah, yeah, I could see that. This trailer 343 00:30:57,166 --> 00:31:02,809 also gives us a really good idea of who is going to be Oswald's main antagonist in the show, 344 00:31:02,829 --> 00:31:07,872 and that's going to be Sophia Falcone, the daughter of Carline Falcone, who we saw get shot and 345 00:31:07,892 --> 00:31:12,494 killed in the Batman movie. It looks like both of those characters are going to be fighting 346 00:31:12,534 --> 00:31:16,877 to see who comes out on top and rule Gotham's criminal underworld, but the wrench thrown 347 00:31:16,917 --> 00:31:22,040 into the mix is that Sophia Falcone was apparently an inmate at Arkham, which definitely makes 348 00:31:22,060 --> 00:31:25,862 things interesting. It looks like we're going to get to see the inside of Arkham. and I'm 349 00:31:25,902 --> 00:31:29,843 wondering who else we're gonna see there. Maybe we'll see the Riddler, maybe we'll see the 350 00:31:29,883 --> 00:31:34,144 Joker again. Maybe, that would be incredible, it's probably unlikely, that feels like a pipe 351 00:31:34,184 --> 00:31:39,685 dream, but who knows. We got to a release date with this trailer, finally. It's going to be 352 00:31:39,725 --> 00:31:45,647 debuting on HBO, they're really branding it with HBO instead of Just Max, on September 353 00:31:45,727 --> 00:31:50,928 19th. Do you know how many episodes it's gonna be? Eight episodes. So we'll be reviewing this 354 00:31:50,988 --> 00:31:56,923 like in mid-November. Also coming out this year in December, is Creature Commandos, which we 355 00:31:56,963 --> 00:32:02,988 got the first teaser trailer for during Comic-Con. Of course, this is the first official project 356 00:32:03,408 --> 00:32:08,773 in James Gunn's DCU Cinematic Universe, but it really looks like it's stemming off of the 357 00:32:08,813 --> 00:32:15,318 events that happened in Peacemaker Season 1, with the outing of Amanda Waller as the head 358 00:32:15,358 --> 00:32:20,522 of Task Force X, and it looks like here she's kind of doing more of the same, except instead 359 00:32:20,562 --> 00:32:27,880 of creating a Suicide Squad, she's creating the Task Force M, which is somewhat in keeping 360 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:32,803 with the comics. They didn't call it Task Force M there, but they called it Project M. Interesting. 361 00:32:33,203 --> 00:32:37,927 The show looks really good, actually. I was kind of blown away by how quirky everything 362 00:32:37,967 --> 00:32:43,591 feels, how great the animation was, and how cool the character designs are. And the voice 363 00:32:43,631 --> 00:32:48,734 cast is awesome. And the great thing is that the cast will also be playing live action versions 364 00:32:48,794 --> 00:32:54,526 of these characters in the films. So you have David Harbour as Frankenstein. You have Sean 365 00:32:54,566 --> 00:32:59,949 Gunn as Weasel, who of course played the character in The Suicide Squad, directed by James Gunn 366 00:32:59,969 --> 00:33:05,792 a few years ago. Alan Tudyk is Dr. Phosphorus. Indira Varma is The Bride. But of course, you 367 00:33:05,812 --> 00:33:11,655 also have Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Frank Girlo as Rick Flagg Sr. and Steve Agge, who's 368 00:33:11,715 --> 00:33:16,738 returning as John Economus. The teaser trailer we got was not very long. It was only a minute 369 00:33:16,758 --> 00:33:21,961 and 30 seconds. We didn't get a great idea of what the story is, but it looks to be in keeping 370 00:33:22,261 --> 00:33:28,673 pretty much with The Suicide Squad just a little bit more monstrous as it were. Well, it sounds 371 00:33:28,693 --> 00:33:33,797 like they're fighting Nazis according to GI Robots line. Right, yeah. I love the fact that 372 00:33:33,837 --> 00:33:37,960 these characters are getting their own show. The Creature Commandos have always been a really 373 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:43,744 cool team to me and I love the fact that James Gunn is kind of continuing his Suicide Squad 374 00:33:43,844 --> 00:33:49,568 kind of zany character team group dynamic because he did a phenomenal job with the Suicide Squad 375 00:33:49,608 --> 00:33:53,687 film. Again, the show is coming out in December. I'm not sure how many episodes there are for 376 00:33:53,747 --> 00:33:57,071 it, but we're definitely going to review it. Well, if it starts in December, it's probably 377 00:33:57,091 --> 00:34:01,616 going to lead into January, which means that the show probably won't qualify for a Brothers 378 00:34:01,656 --> 00:34:06,341 Award. It'll probably go into the 2025 awards. Oh yeah, it's definitely going into January. 379 00:34:06,421 --> 00:34:06,861 Absolutely. 380 00:34:13,998 --> 00:34:17,582 But I think that does it for all the news for this episode, so let's go ahead and get into 381 00:34:17,622 --> 00:34:23,909 our main event where we review the latest Marvel Studios movie release, Deadpool and Wolverine. 382 00:34:39,138 --> 00:34:43,660 All right, Deadpool and Wolverine was directed by Sean Levy and stars Ryan Reynolds, Hugh 383 00:34:43,700 --> 00:34:49,403 Jackman, Emma Corrin and Matthew McFadden. It's one of the most anticipated movies of the year, 384 00:34:49,783 --> 00:34:54,886 the only film that Marvel Studios is releasing this year. But did it deliver on the hype and 385 00:34:54,926 --> 00:35:02,050 expectations? Well, John, Adam, what do you guys think? I would say it did. Not just did 386 00:35:02,110 --> 00:35:09,594 it, it massively lived up to the hype, my man. Welcome back to the show, guys. Longtime listeners 387 00:35:09,614 --> 00:35:14,018 will know John and Adam Spies. They were the hosts of the blast from our past podcast. They 388 00:35:14,078 --> 00:35:18,721 are the hosts of the throwback trivia take down podcast. And longtime listeners know them from 389 00:35:18,781 --> 00:35:24,266 our reviews of X-Men Origins Wolverine, Batman Forever and Batman the Movie. Both of them 390 00:35:24,506 --> 00:35:29,590 have been or are executive producers of Dynamic Duel. They are the self professed biggest Deadpool 391 00:35:29,610 --> 00:35:34,894 fans in the world. And I believe it. And they are also the most requested guests. from our 392 00:35:34,954 --> 00:35:39,276 fans. To this day, people still ask when we're going to do another review with Adam and John. 393 00:35:39,897 --> 00:35:44,579 And I couldn't think of a better movie than the one that probably ends the journey that 394 00:35:44,599 --> 00:35:50,303 was started with X-Men Origins Wolverine. John, Adam, glad to have you guys. How you guys been 395 00:35:50,343 --> 00:35:55,266 doing? Been doing great. We just both had to body slide over from the BeFop Network podcast 396 00:35:55,306 --> 00:35:59,188 verse, if you will. We've been doing great. We actually got to hang out with y'all just 397 00:35:59,208 --> 00:36:04,359 a couple of weeks ago, which was wonderful in person. I was very excited for you all to invite 398 00:36:04,499 --> 00:36:10,562 us for this amazing movie, which I have no doubt will be the first six of all time on your ratings. 399 00:36:10,682 --> 00:36:14,964 Six out of five. That's obvious. So I want to jump in real quick and give a quick spoiler 400 00:36:14,984 --> 00:36:19,626 warning to the listeners. This is a spoiler review. So don't like ruin the surprises for 401 00:36:19,646 --> 00:36:23,748 yourself. If you haven't seen the movie yet, definitely go see the movie. It's absolutely 402 00:36:23,828 --> 00:36:29,471 worth the ticket price. Like regardless of end quality. The movie itself is a big deal in 403 00:36:29,491 --> 00:36:33,593 that it brought Hugh Jackman out of retirement, who had hung up his claws about seven years 404 00:36:33,633 --> 00:36:39,977 ago after the Logan movie. John Adam, I want to get real quick your reactions to the Deadpool 405 00:36:40,037 --> 00:36:44,639 3 announcement teaser that Ryan Reynolds did that announced that Wolverine would be in the 406 00:36:44,679 --> 00:36:51,663 movie. I mean, I was as pleasantly surprised as everyone else. I didn't think it was something 407 00:36:51,683 --> 00:36:57,962 that was beyond the realm of possibility because, you know, money talks. and never say never. 408 00:36:58,483 --> 00:37:03,125 Patrick Stewart also said that he would never play Professor X again and then we saw him 409 00:37:03,225 --> 00:37:08,328 a few years later in Multiverse of Madness. So the truth is, is any story that's worth 410 00:37:08,368 --> 00:37:15,152 their weight is gonna entice an actor to any role regardless. I mean, even I heard James 411 00:37:15,192 --> 00:37:20,675 McAvoy was asked, you know, would you ever return? He said, listen, if the story is there, if 412 00:37:20,715 --> 00:37:26,326 it's a story worth telling, I'm in. And I think especially, actors who have been around for 413 00:37:26,347 --> 00:37:33,433 a while where maybe money isn't necessarily the biggest draw, it's creativity. If you come 414 00:37:33,453 --> 00:37:39,077 to them with something really good, they're probably in. I came in with a whole heart of 415 00:37:39,197 --> 00:37:44,082 optimism. I mean obviously with Deadpool in the comics, him and Wolverine have a very interesting 416 00:37:44,142 --> 00:37:49,026 relationship. It's not that buddy-buddy relationship that he had with Cable, which honestly I think 417 00:37:49,066 --> 00:37:54,802 they botched in Deadpool 2 a little bit. I did not like Cable being as... kill hungry as he 418 00:37:54,862 --> 00:38:01,327 as he was in that movie. But time and time again in Deadpool one and two, Hugh Jackman and Wolverine 419 00:38:01,668 --> 00:38:05,811 was brought up by Deadpool like, you know, that first movie you take the mask off, you see 420 00:38:05,831 --> 00:38:11,335 the Hugh Jackman mask on top. He was obviously a driving factor for creativity for Ryan Reynolds. 421 00:38:11,355 --> 00:38:16,459 And so seeing them sitting together, him walking behind, you know, oh, hey, Hugh, you in for 422 00:38:16,499 --> 00:38:20,986 it? And he's like, yeah, sure. Chills, man. It got me super excited. That's not without 423 00:38:21,026 --> 00:38:27,028 hesitation because we all saw Logan and Logan is a phenomenal film. Could they make it work? 424 00:38:27,068 --> 00:38:31,330 It's all about the story. Yeah, for sure. That totally makes sense. I remember seeing that 425 00:38:31,350 --> 00:38:36,372 announcement trailer a couple of years ago and just being pumped, like bouncing off the walls. 426 00:38:36,652 --> 00:38:40,694 Just I think I'm still writing the energy from that announcement. And it's definitely taking 427 00:38:40,834 --> 00:38:45,756 me through all the disappointing comic news, the fact that this movie was good. And I definitely 428 00:38:45,776 --> 00:38:51,099 think lived up to the expectations because. My big takeaway from the movie was that it 429 00:38:51,119 --> 00:38:57,804 110% delivered on the dynamic between the main characters and gave us scenes that we've always 430 00:38:57,984 --> 00:39:02,367 wanted to see as fans and even some scenes that we never knew we always wanted to see. It's 431 00:39:02,407 --> 00:39:06,790 so weird because Ryan Reynolds, he definitely has his finger on the pulse marketing-wise 432 00:39:06,950 --> 00:39:12,254 in terms of like what fans want. Like this is the movie that Doctor Strange and the Multiverse 433 00:39:12,274 --> 00:39:16,877 of Madness should have been. This is the multiverse movie that all of the fans have been asking 434 00:39:16,917 --> 00:39:21,036 for. They delivered in such a big way with all the different cameos and stuff like that. Yeah, 435 00:39:21,056 --> 00:39:25,238 it was ironic that at the end of the film, Deadpool was like, can we cool it with the multiverse 436 00:39:25,258 --> 00:39:30,041 thing? When, you know, in reality, he's probably done it better than any other film has thus 437 00:39:30,081 --> 00:39:34,083 far. It's one of those kind of things where because they did so well in this film, it kind 438 00:39:34,103 --> 00:39:37,905 of adds validation to some of the older ones. Go like, OK, I kind of had to sift through 439 00:39:37,925 --> 00:39:43,008 the shit to get to where it actually makes sense. For sure. Yeah, like 20 years of shit. Right. 440 00:39:43,168 --> 00:39:47,916 I mean, like they went back to the Electra movie. They went back to the Fantastic Four movie. 441 00:39:48,436 --> 00:39:52,160 They gave us the Channing Tatum Gambit movie that we never actually got to see that was 442 00:39:52,180 --> 00:39:56,825 canceled. And their writing and the allusions to that, you know, the meta side of that was 443 00:39:56,925 --> 00:40:02,590 so perfectly done. And something you could only have done in a Deadpool movie. Any other movie, 444 00:40:02,610 --> 00:40:07,215 it doesn't make sense. It seems cheesy. This movie, it works. Right. Yeah. All those like 445 00:40:07,315 --> 00:40:11,730 meta in jokes where you not only have to know. The films themselves were probably some of 446 00:40:11,770 --> 00:40:16,351 the behind the scenes stuff as well, like how Wesley Snipes was not a fan of Ryan Reynolds. 447 00:40:16,731 --> 00:40:20,152 And he was like, I don't like you. And then this movie is like, he never did. That was 448 00:40:20,212 --> 00:40:24,614 so good. Like in a way, this movie almost makes Blade Trinity better because it gives you some 449 00:40:24,654 --> 00:40:29,215 closure to that whole shit storm. And like it never felt good watching Blade Trinity, not 450 00:40:29,235 --> 00:40:32,556 only because it wasn't a good movie, but because you knew all the behind the scenes drama and 451 00:40:32,596 --> 00:40:36,957 stuff like that. So it was nice to get a lot of closure. And I think that's one of the best 452 00:40:36,977 --> 00:40:41,410 things that this movie has going for it. In addition. to all the fan service. But speaking 453 00:40:41,450 --> 00:40:46,893 of the fan service, how did you guys feel about the movie leaving the theater? I had a shit 454 00:40:46,953 --> 00:40:51,895 eating grin from beginning to end. First time I saw it, I saw it with my wife and we walked 455 00:40:51,935 --> 00:40:57,277 out. And she, who knows very little, she knows basically just from marrying me, you know, 456 00:40:57,357 --> 00:41:02,779 some tiny things about Deadpool. And she enjoyed the film. And I just turned her I said, I fucking 457 00:41:02,959 --> 00:41:08,161 loved that. And then the second time I went with a buddy from work, who is a huge Batman 458 00:41:08,201 --> 00:41:14,224 fan. And we've had some fun little Deadpool versus Batman things. And I talked to him and 459 00:41:14,285 --> 00:41:18,747 I was like, so what do you think? He was like, yeah, that's better than any Batman recent 460 00:41:18,767 --> 00:41:25,691 Batman movie. And I'm like, fuck yeah, it is. No lie. No, it's better. It's better than anything 461 00:41:25,711 --> 00:41:30,554 you've had recently. I mean, because it's just a fun film and you're getting more for like 462 00:41:30,834 --> 00:41:35,557 the extra nerds like us who have read comics and know enough about extra things. But because 463 00:41:35,737 --> 00:41:41,296 it just brings the fun. I couldn't help but be in a state of euphoria at the end of this 464 00:41:41,316 --> 00:41:45,538 film both times. I mean, I really don't have too much to add. That's basically how I was. 465 00:41:45,558 --> 00:41:49,540 I saw it Friday morning, I saw it Saturday morning. Friday morning I left it and all I could do 466 00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:53,243 the rest of the day was think about it. And I finally told my wife, I said, I got to go 467 00:41:53,263 --> 00:41:57,885 back. I got to go back and watch it again. So my son and I went back the second time. And 468 00:41:58,205 --> 00:42:02,588 I told my son as soon as we walked out, I said, I think I liked that even more the second time 469 00:42:02,668 --> 00:42:06,710 I went in, even already knowing what was going to happen. I would agree. I think actually 470 00:42:06,750 --> 00:42:12,572 seeing the second time, I felt like I was able to absorb maybe even more of a wider picture 471 00:42:12,873 --> 00:42:17,494 because I'm not trying to take in so much detail. Yeah, there was a lot in this movie. I remember 472 00:42:17,594 --> 00:42:22,136 my first reaction coming out of the theater was texting Joseph, letting him know, hey dude, 473 00:42:22,416 --> 00:42:28,799 you need to see this movie more than once. I think my biggest takeaway coming out too was 474 00:42:29,059 --> 00:42:35,194 just how much of a fan service movie this was and how rewarding it was to see as a fan. because 475 00:42:35,214 --> 00:42:40,116 you got so much more out of it. My wife went to go see it with me as well and she enjoyed 476 00:42:40,176 --> 00:42:43,958 it. But I just know that I got so much more out of it because I understood all of the different 477 00:42:44,018 --> 00:42:49,221 references and meta jokes and stuff like that. And it's probably the most rewarding film in 478 00:42:49,241 --> 00:42:53,303 terms of fan service than anything else that has ever existed. It's like even more than 479 00:42:53,444 --> 00:43:00,908 Endgame. Definitely more than The Flash, for sure. Hey, hey. OK. My big takeaway walking 480 00:43:00,928 --> 00:43:04,822 out of the movie was, I mean, I was entirely pleased with what they had done here. I did 481 00:43:04,882 --> 00:43:10,546 feel like there was a story structural problem that Deadpool 2 had as well where there were 482 00:43:10,606 --> 00:43:16,189 almost four acts or more of like a prequel as it were. Everything kind of felt more episodic 483 00:43:16,249 --> 00:43:20,652 or like a series of comic issues than it did like a typical narrative structure. Why is 484 00:43:20,692 --> 00:43:25,916 that a problem? It does make the film feel a little bit long and I think that moment at 485 00:43:25,956 --> 00:43:29,759 the end when Deadpool's like hang tight folks were almost there, at that moment I was like 486 00:43:29,899 --> 00:43:33,961 okay, yeah, I am kind of feeling that. Because you had what felt like a big third act fight. 487 00:43:34,346 --> 00:43:40,848 with the resistance against Kuzantronova's army. And then you had almost an epilogue going back 488 00:43:40,888 --> 00:43:45,230 to Deadpool's universe. You had the Deadpool core fight. And then even after that, you had 489 00:43:45,270 --> 00:43:49,812 the big sacrifice to destroy the time ripper machine. So it felt episodic. There was a lot 490 00:43:49,832 --> 00:43:55,755 of sequences strung together as opposed to watching a singular movie narrative. I will say this, 491 00:43:56,015 --> 00:44:00,737 the first time I watched it, I felt that, I felt the length. The second time I watched 492 00:44:00,797 --> 00:44:05,993 it, went by like that. Absolutely. I completely agree. And I think that has to do with you 493 00:44:06,013 --> 00:44:09,836 already having the right expectations for what the story is going to be. Yeah. So, yeah, I 494 00:44:09,876 --> 00:44:13,600 definitely didn't mind that as much the second time I watched the movie. And each of those 495 00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:18,424 beats gave you something exciting, gave you something fun. Because, yeah, you had that 496 00:44:18,504 --> 00:44:24,249 climactic, you know, oh my God, Blade and Electra and Gambit are all kind of getting their hero 497 00:44:24,309 --> 00:44:28,133 moment. And that's cathartic. And then you're like, okay, oh shit, I'm still going on a journey 498 00:44:28,153 --> 00:44:31,726 here. But then you're getting that. bus fight in that Deadpool core fight, which is incredible. 499 00:44:32,067 --> 00:44:35,628 And then you're like, OK, shit, we are still going here. But then you have the emotional 500 00:44:35,668 --> 00:44:40,510 tie of their kind of sacrifice, which wasn't a sacrifice, but I'm that didn't bother me, 501 00:44:40,550 --> 00:44:45,992 honestly, because it works for Deadpool. But that emotional moment, it hits you in a lot 502 00:44:46,012 --> 00:44:50,154 of different fields. Like this film did a great job, even though I agree. I'm actually with 503 00:44:50,194 --> 00:44:53,915 you guys 100 percent, where it kind of felt like, OK, we got another thing to conclude 504 00:44:53,976 --> 00:44:59,342 and then another thing to conclude. But I got satisfied conclusions from each of them. Yeah, 505 00:44:59,682 --> 00:45:03,843 the good thing about the sort of episodic nature of the story is that you got a lot of great 506 00:45:03,903 --> 00:45:08,645 moments at the end of each like little beat, right? There are so many moments in this movie 507 00:45:08,666 --> 00:45:13,107 that will be contenders for the Brothers Awards that we do at the end of the year. You know, 508 00:45:13,127 --> 00:45:16,709 there was the scene where they're sacrificing themselves listening to Madonna. Like I got 509 00:45:16,749 --> 00:45:20,831 chills. I got teary like watching those moments of them thinking of like their entire arcs 510 00:45:20,851 --> 00:45:24,512 culminating in that moment thinking they're about to die. I got chills during the Deadpool 511 00:45:24,532 --> 00:45:29,034 core fight scene. What was your favorite moment from? the movie, would you say, if you had 512 00:45:29,054 --> 00:45:35,018 to pick one? I want to say the one that got the biggest reaction from me in the theater 513 00:45:35,258 --> 00:45:40,521 was the bait and switch of Chris Evans. Yep. Was the Captain America to flame when he said 514 00:45:40,561 --> 00:45:44,863 flame on. I about shit myself because that's I mean, they did such a great job of peppering 515 00:45:44,923 --> 00:45:49,946 in Captain America multiple times before. And Deadpool's love of him, which is pretty comic 516 00:45:50,006 --> 00:45:55,789 accurate. And then, oh, my God, yes, it's Cap. And then, oh, it's not. And I just I was floored. 517 00:45:56,094 --> 00:46:00,077 I fucking died in the theater and I can't believe I didn't see it coming. Yeah. But right when 518 00:46:00,097 --> 00:46:04,100 you get that reveal, that's when you figure out, oh, I know exactly what this movie is 519 00:46:04,140 --> 00:46:08,244 going to be here, at least in the void setting. Yes. It's just going to be a ton of cameos 520 00:46:08,324 --> 00:46:13,708 and all this just so much fun, just so much fanboy excitement. Like I definitely had to 521 00:46:13,728 --> 00:46:21,034 grab my special sock. Yeah. It was so good. I didn't think in a million years that Chris 522 00:46:21,094 --> 00:46:26,446 Evans would be playing Johnny Storm again. It was so good. I... I wouldn't say that it was 523 00:46:26,506 --> 00:46:32,350 spoiled for me, but I'd heard numerous people say, hey, he could come back as Johnny Storm 524 00:46:32,410 --> 00:46:36,753 because they're doing this here. So that was kind of in the back of my mind. It was still 525 00:46:36,773 --> 00:46:42,337 a surprise, but I was like, oh, of course they did this because it's the funny thing to do. 526 00:46:42,897 --> 00:46:48,001 The thing that got the biggest reaction out of me, other than the initial very first trailer, 527 00:46:48,561 --> 00:46:53,084 I didn't watch anything. I didn't watch anything else. I did have a couple of things spoiled 528 00:46:53,124 --> 00:46:57,851 for me just because social media sucks. Big time. X23 was spoiled for me, and that was 529 00:46:57,871 --> 00:47:02,154 without having seen the trailer. I really was disappointed that they spoiled that. The thing 530 00:47:02,174 --> 00:47:06,817 that got the biggest reaction out of me was Wesley Snipes. Oh, yeah, that shocked the hell 531 00:47:06,857 --> 00:47:11,300 out of me. I literally shouted, holy shit, in the theater right next to my 14 year old son, 532 00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:15,322 who surprisingly didn't hear me because everyone else in the theater was also yelling, holy 533 00:47:15,382 --> 00:47:20,305 shit. It was one collective holy shit. Uh-huh. So Wesley Snipes was actually spoiled for me. 534 00:47:20,658 --> 00:47:25,159 And I messaged you guys on Facebook Messenger. I said, stay off the goddamn internet because 535 00:47:25,399 --> 00:47:30,460 there are spoilers out there. I had opened up Instagram and I saw the clip of Wesley Snipes 536 00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:35,602 and it was unforgivable. At that point, I just completely like did not get on Instagram or 537 00:47:35,642 --> 00:47:39,643 anything until I saw the movie. It was a great feeling. It was another kind of like chills 538 00:47:39,663 --> 00:47:45,344 down the back. Like, oh, my God, he's back. Oh, my God. Where's my white pants? It was 539 00:47:45,484 --> 00:47:52,511 exactly because we're never fucking getting Mahershala Ali. I know, it's like 10 years 540 00:47:52,531 --> 00:47:56,973 in the making now already almost. But I'm excited for Mahershala Ali's. I thought it was a great 541 00:47:57,013 --> 00:48:00,795 meta joke when Wesley Snipes was like, it's only one blade and there's only gonna be one 542 00:48:00,815 --> 00:48:05,758 blade. It was so good. I was like, I hope that's not actually true because we gotta get that 543 00:48:05,798 --> 00:48:10,981 Mahershala Ali movie. I already knew that Elektra was gonna be in the film because that was revealed 544 00:48:11,021 --> 00:48:15,183 by the trades back when she was actually cast. But I did not know that Channing Tatum was 545 00:48:15,203 --> 00:48:20,306 gonna be in the movie. What was your reaction to Channing Tatum's look, accent, all I would 546 00:48:20,326 --> 00:48:26,007 say pleasantly surprised. I felt like his headpiece was a little thick. That part took a little 547 00:48:26,027 --> 00:48:29,328 way for it. Also, I don't think his hair was big enough. I feel like his hair needed to 548 00:48:29,348 --> 00:48:35,150 be bigger, taller. There needed to be more. His accent I thought was fine. It's not an 549 00:48:35,310 --> 00:48:42,192 easy accent to do unless you're a native speaker. So the shock of him being in it was fun. It 550 00:48:42,212 --> 00:48:47,173 was the fun surprise. It wasn't the holy shit surprise that Blade was, but it was the fun 551 00:48:47,193 --> 00:48:51,874 surprise of like, oh, we get to do this. This is cool. I thought what they did with the visual 552 00:48:51,914 --> 00:48:57,357 effects with his cards was cool. I thought his fighting was fine. I thought the lines he had 553 00:48:57,397 --> 00:49:01,859 to say was fine. Like I said, I thought his accent was fine. It wasn't perfect. But the 554 00:49:01,879 --> 00:49:04,920 thing that took me, not out of it, but the thing that bothered me the most was I thought the 555 00:49:04,940 --> 00:49:09,202 headpiece was too thick. For some reason, that kind of bothered me. Yeah. I always think of 556 00:49:09,242 --> 00:49:15,225 Gambit as just having a very gaunt facial structure. And when you combine Chyney Tatum's rounder 557 00:49:15,265 --> 00:49:18,738 face, especially as he gets older... with that headpiece. I just wish they got rid of the 558 00:49:18,758 --> 00:49:22,540 headpiece. I think it would have been fine just with the jacket. I agree. Or make it may have 559 00:49:22,580 --> 00:49:26,902 a cloth. It didn't have to be out of leather. Yeah. Or a rubber or whatever it was. I thought 560 00:49:26,982 --> 00:49:32,504 that moment of Channing Tatum in there was another perfect moment for us, the extra nerds, the 561 00:49:32,544 --> 00:49:37,726 people who really have given in the time to not just watch all the movies and shows because 562 00:49:37,746 --> 00:49:41,328 we've all done that. And so many people have done that. But the people who know, oh, this 563 00:49:41,348 --> 00:49:44,609 is the extra stuff that we know this is going to happen or that, you know, all this stuff 564 00:49:44,649 --> 00:49:50,265 is rumored, etc, etc. This was for the real deep cut people. And when he was talking, I 565 00:49:50,345 --> 00:49:55,149 loved his bad accent. I mean, it wasn't even that bad. But I know because even when you 566 00:49:55,189 --> 00:50:01,074 watch X-Men 97 and you know that stuff, it's a real hard accent and even rogues is that 567 00:50:01,114 --> 00:50:05,578 Louisiana accent's real fucking tough to do. And so them just making fun of it. And also 568 00:50:05,598 --> 00:50:09,641 the meta jokes of your fourth wall breaks of who's your dialect coach, like all that stuff. 569 00:50:09,961 --> 00:50:16,038 I thought it played off exactly the way a Deadpool movie can do it in a very interesting and funny 570 00:50:16,078 --> 00:50:20,259 and met away. But like my wife, who was sitting next to me, had no idea. Like, well, why the 571 00:50:20,279 --> 00:50:23,200 hell is Channing Tatum in this? And I was like, well, you see, you see, because he was cast 572 00:50:23,240 --> 00:50:27,081 and he was supposed to be in it. And like all the jokes of him, like, yeah. And I some people 573 00:50:27,121 --> 00:50:30,222 feel like they were born in the void. And I'm like, because he never got the movie, honey. 574 00:50:30,302 --> 00:50:36,343 Do you get it? Like that was great for us. It was for that extra level of deep nerd that 575 00:50:36,563 --> 00:50:41,325 even just the casual fan wouldn't get. They would be fine with it. But like us, we got 576 00:50:41,345 --> 00:50:48,741 a little a little extra boner from that. Just an extra inch there. The Channing Tatum reveal 577 00:50:49,001 --> 00:50:52,904 was actually probably my favorite moment in the entire film, because when I saw the card, 578 00:50:53,185 --> 00:50:58,089 I was like, oh, shit, they brought Taylor Kitsch back. And then sure enough, it's fucking Channing 579 00:50:58,129 --> 00:51:03,873 Tatum. I was like, what? It was amazing. Hands down, my favorite cameo. I got to say my least 580 00:51:03,933 --> 00:51:09,238 favorite cameo, though, was fucking Henry Cavill as Wolverine. I did not appreciate that shit. 581 00:51:09,258 --> 00:51:17,167 That was perfect. The Cavalry was so good. They broke my heart. Well, I think DC and the executives 582 00:51:17,187 --> 00:51:21,348 broke your heart when they fired him. Yeah. I'm going to insist everyone on the Discord 583 00:51:21,368 --> 00:51:29,931 that's part of Team Marvel now refer to Team DC as the shit fucks down the street. Yes. 584 00:51:30,811 --> 00:51:35,413 It was such a good moment. I remember people talking about Henry Cavill being cast as the 585 00:51:35,453 --> 00:51:38,306 new Wolverine in the MCU. I was like, you guys don't know what you're talking about. That's 586 00:51:38,346 --> 00:51:43,388 just wishful fanboy thinking. But apparently the rumor got enough traction to actually warrant 587 00:51:43,428 --> 00:51:47,510 a cameo in this movie. And I was, I'm totally here for it. And he seems like such a nerd 588 00:51:47,550 --> 00:51:51,211 guy that he'd be down for that kind of stuff. Cause you know, you know, he loves all this 589 00:51:51,251 --> 00:51:55,733 kind of nerd stuff. I do have to say that they did drop the ball on one major cameo that they 590 00:51:56,053 --> 00:52:01,035 could have and totally should have done. And that was Joe Manganiello as Deathstroke. You 591 00:52:01,055 --> 00:52:05,237 could have played off of that with like, oh, like I came first, you're a variance of me 592 00:52:05,317 --> 00:52:10,703 kind of thing. Now we only need so many DC cameos in a Marvel movie, okay? All right, whatever 593 00:52:11,003 --> 00:52:16,705 I will tell you one cameo. I was expecting and highly disappointed I didn't get I didn't get 594 00:52:16,745 --> 00:52:22,167 Taylor Swift as dazzler and I was very disappointed. I didn't get that I was totally expecting that 595 00:52:22,647 --> 00:52:26,349 I was too actually well I mean like there was so much buzz around that Taylor Swift being 596 00:52:26,369 --> 00:52:31,370 in the movie and she even sent out like an Instagram post congratulating Ryan Reynolds and Blake 597 00:52:31,390 --> 00:52:35,092 Lively and Hugh Jackman and everybody on their movie and stuff like that So yeah, I felt very 598 00:52:35,132 --> 00:52:38,833 strange that she wasn't in there. I wasn't actually expecting her to be in the film per se I was 599 00:52:38,873 --> 00:52:42,915 expecting to see her in like an end credit scene like and it's just a throwaway thing that didn't 600 00:52:42,935 --> 00:52:48,838 really matter I was not disappointed with the end credit scene. We got yeah It was exactly 601 00:52:48,878 --> 00:52:54,020 like my high school senior class video that they put on at the end of the year Oh, yeah, 602 00:52:54,080 --> 00:52:58,914 the mid credits, you know with Green Day. It was the exact same video. Yeah but a perfect 603 00:52:58,974 --> 00:53:03,758 cathartic moment for the end of an era, if you will. Right. Made me feel sad. Yeah. Well, 604 00:53:03,938 --> 00:53:09,223 like the movie turned out to be a love letter to the superhero films of the early 2000s and 605 00:53:09,243 --> 00:53:14,187 late 90s. You know, the Fox universe, the New Line stuff with Blade. So it was like bittersweet 606 00:53:14,207 --> 00:53:19,832 in that way. We're saying goodbye to all that nostalgia. And now we're in this new consolidated 607 00:53:19,952 --> 00:53:25,997 MCU universe. Sony notwithstanding. Fucking Sony. The end to end credit scene with Johnny 608 00:53:26,037 --> 00:53:29,634 Storm, though. I don't know if it was quite worth staying for, but it did make me laugh 609 00:53:29,674 --> 00:53:34,621 my ass off. I love that this was like a Boston version of a Chinese storm and Chris Evans 610 00:53:34,661 --> 00:53:38,287 brought out like his natural Boston accent. That was that was good stuff. Yeah, I didn't 611 00:53:38,307 --> 00:53:42,072 need it to set up anything new. I was happy to just kind of add an extra laugh. That was 612 00:53:42,112 --> 00:53:42,473 right for me. 613 00:53:50,150 --> 00:53:56,218 fantasies collide and heroes clash, one podcast network rises above the rest. Prepare yourself 614 00:53:56,418 --> 00:54:02,546 for the ultimate showdowns in comic books, video games, movies, and anime. The Dynomic Podcast 615 00:54:02,606 --> 00:54:09,766 Network presents Console Combat, where video game legends brawl every Monday. Comic Book 616 00:54:09,806 --> 00:54:15,950 Titans smash every Tuesday. 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Super lame. Yeah, this, I mean, this is the largest R-rated opening weekend 625 00:55:03,365 --> 00:55:07,835 of all time. Yeah, I think it's projected to make around 205 million. And it's like the 626 00:55:07,955 --> 00:55:11,837 eighth biggest opening worldwide of all time. It's just it's going to make a billion dollars, 627 00:55:12,017 --> 00:55:16,059 which is really good for, you know, people who are talking about super hero fatigue. Yeah, 628 00:55:16,159 --> 00:55:21,401 Ryan Reynolds is a gem. You know, he's just as in command of the Deadpool role as a like 629 00:55:21,541 --> 00:55:25,903 Robert Downey Jr. was for Iron Man or, you know, Christopher Reeve for Superman back in the 630 00:55:25,943 --> 00:55:30,345 70s or something like that. He just very much personifies the role and not even just Deadpool, 631 00:55:30,425 --> 00:55:33,959 even like the other variants that he played like. Nice Pool and stuff like that. I thought 632 00:55:33,979 --> 00:55:39,362 that was hilarious. I forgot about Nice Pool. Van Milder. He was like regeneration. What? 633 00:55:41,824 --> 00:55:46,467 The first time through I wasn't all that big on Nice Pool, but the second time through I 634 00:55:46,487 --> 00:55:49,970 think it worked better for me Sure. I think one of my biggest laughs in the movie was when 635 00:55:50,010 --> 00:55:54,573 Deadpool killed him on purpose. Oh, yeah You know like early in the movie they had set that 636 00:55:54,613 --> 00:55:58,676 up because he was like, you know You don't want me as an owner in case anything happens to 637 00:55:58,696 --> 00:56:03,670 you and he's like what could happen to me and he's like all kinds of things. So you knew 638 00:56:03,690 --> 00:56:07,392 it was kind of lurking there in the background. I think this is the most sinister we've ever 639 00:56:07,432 --> 00:56:12,314 seen Deadpool was in this movie. Like when he got Johnny Storm killed and then he got nice 640 00:56:12,354 --> 00:56:15,635 pull killed. It's kind of funny, especially the part where he's like, you're going to live. 641 00:56:15,655 --> 00:56:21,318 God damn it. Shout it. And he's like, I was laughing my ass off at that point. The thing 642 00:56:21,358 --> 00:56:27,720 that made me laugh the most and it happens very quickly after Wolverine walks past the Deadpool 643 00:56:27,740 --> 00:56:32,591 core with the dog and they're not shooting him. When they cut back, they He's performing CPR 644 00:56:32,611 --> 00:56:38,216 in a headless body. It only happens for a few seconds. But I was giggling for so long to 645 00:56:38,236 --> 00:56:42,900 the point where my son was like, what is so funny? And I was like, I'll tell you later. 646 00:56:43,260 --> 00:56:46,944 And then following that up with him brandishing the gold plated guns, that was just so good. 647 00:56:47,744 --> 00:56:51,148 Again, which was set up earlier, you knew he was gonna end up with those. Right. My favorite 648 00:56:51,168 --> 00:56:54,731 part with NicePool was so when he looked at the camera, it was like, the proposal. And 649 00:56:54,791 --> 00:57:01,436 Deadpool was like, is that what you think I do? So Deadpool's arc here, I think, was about 650 00:57:01,476 --> 00:57:06,121 coming out of depression. He got rejected from the Avengers, which was just the final straw 651 00:57:06,141 --> 00:57:11,285 for him in that moment that put him into a downward spiral, leading to his retirement. It cost 652 00:57:11,325 --> 00:57:16,250 him his relationship with Vanessa, but he comes out of his funk, getting abducted by the TVA, 653 00:57:16,270 --> 00:57:21,454 finding new purpose. He saves his friends and his timeline from destruction in the process, 654 00:57:21,514 --> 00:57:26,579 bonding with a larger team of heroes like Wolverine and the Resistance. culminating in his attempt 655 00:57:26,639 --> 00:57:32,203 to sacrifice himself for those he loves. But here's the thing, in Deadpool 2, he saved Cable's 656 00:57:32,223 --> 00:57:36,606 timeline from Firefist in the process bonding with a larger team of heroes, Cable and X-Force, 657 00:57:36,886 --> 00:57:41,109 which culminated in his self-sacrifice. Like he died in that movie and Cable brought him 658 00:57:41,149 --> 00:57:46,813 back. So the character growth that he went through in Deadpool and Wolverine was pretty damn similar 659 00:57:46,853 --> 00:57:51,797 to the character growth he already had in Deadpool 2. Like if you substitute Wade's sadness over 660 00:57:51,837 --> 00:57:56,716 Vanessa's death, with Wade's depression over his lack of meaning, you have almost nearly 661 00:57:56,796 --> 00:58:04,059 identical arcs. I don't disagree. I found it's more about sacrifice for others, not sacrifice 662 00:58:04,099 --> 00:58:10,003 for himself. I felt like this one was a little bit more about him himself, finding his personal 663 00:58:10,043 --> 00:58:15,265 growth. They had that specific moment where Happy talks about the Avengers, like, you know, 664 00:58:15,285 --> 00:58:20,468 they're Avengers because people need them. And at the end, when he is doing the time-ripper 665 00:58:20,508 --> 00:58:25,407 thing, he says, I'm doing it for others, finally. It's his growth for trying to put others above 666 00:58:25,447 --> 00:58:33,191 him. I think that's valid fucking. I don't care. We're still good I noticed that as I was watching 667 00:58:33,211 --> 00:58:38,074 that thought that was really similar to the second film You just kind of replace the foil 668 00:58:38,094 --> 00:58:43,937 that was cable with the foil that is Wolverine though I have to say I think Deadpool and Wolverine 669 00:58:43,957 --> 00:58:49,100 played off each other a lot better than Deadpool and cable So even if it was the same one we 670 00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:54,262 can agree they did it better in this movie. Yes, absolutely Absolutely. Can I add to that 671 00:58:54,302 --> 00:59:01,046 real quick, though? Sure. That's Deadpool. Deadpool constantly wants to be the hero and then gets 672 00:59:01,086 --> 00:59:04,668 in his own way. And he tries to be the hero, then gets in his own way. Wants to be a part 673 00:59:04,688 --> 00:59:10,951 of team, gets in his own way. That's his whole fucking arc over and over and over again. So 674 00:59:10,971 --> 00:59:15,734 it doesn't bother me that it's the same thing we're getting, but it's done better. Well, 675 00:59:15,754 --> 00:59:19,276 Deadpool is a type of character that you don't necessarily need to take seriously in that 676 00:59:19,316 --> 00:59:24,262 way. So in some regards, he's above this type of criticism. And that could either be to the 677 00:59:24,282 --> 00:59:28,743 character's detriment or you guys are big Deadpool fans, there's a reason that he's such a popular 678 00:59:28,763 --> 00:59:32,884 character is because he's so charismatic and endearing no matter what he goes through. And 679 00:59:32,924 --> 00:59:36,405 you don't want him to change that much. Right. You kind of want him to keep getting in his 680 00:59:36,485 --> 00:59:42,827 own way. Yeah, valid, valid. But to get to Hugh Jackman and Wolverine, I totally see him as 681 00:59:42,847 --> 00:59:47,869 the heart of this film. He actually had a fantastic character arc because he is also battling depression 682 00:59:47,909 --> 00:59:53,715 here, which manifested with alcoholism and self-loathing. His aim was to seek redemption for his past 683 00:59:53,775 --> 00:59:58,757 when he abandoned his X-Men team who died. And though he wasn't able to fix what happened 684 00:59:58,798 --> 01:00:03,280 in his timeline, he was able to help save Wade's and it was enough to help him get through his 685 01:00:03,300 --> 01:00:08,223 depression and find a new life in that timeline with his new surrogate daughter, X-23. I was 686 01:00:08,263 --> 01:00:12,345 really glad that they brought her back into Wade's timeline as well, because then he could 687 01:00:12,365 --> 01:00:17,127 kind of go through the same arc that Logan did in the movie. Logan. Yeah. The arc for Wolverine 688 01:00:17,167 --> 01:00:21,486 is really the one that matters here as we've, as I've kind of already set up Deadpool. doesn't 689 01:00:21,526 --> 01:00:26,110 do these arcs all that well, you know, he just kind of is going to revert to his, oh, I'm 690 01:00:26,150 --> 01:00:31,836 the funny mouth and I kill people and all that kind of stuff. Like say for the end of Deadpool 691 01:00:31,936 --> 01:00:36,701 one, where he kills Ajax at the end, even though Colossus is giving him that speech of, you 692 01:00:36,721 --> 01:00:40,365 know, we don't kill them for five moments and then he shoots Ajax in the head in this movie. 693 01:00:40,385 --> 01:00:44,609 It parallels that, you know, but Wolverine is the one who says, no, we're not going to kill 694 01:00:44,649 --> 01:00:48,672 Cassandra Nova. He's the real hero. He is the one who goes through this arc. And because 695 01:00:48,772 --> 01:00:54,035 he is the important one, he is the hero guy. He is that hero type and he is the anchor being. 696 01:00:54,275 --> 01:00:57,337 I think it totally makes sense why he is the one who goes through more of the character 697 01:00:57,357 --> 01:01:03,521 arc than Deadpool. Yeah, absolutely. I do have to say, though, that I thought the reason for 698 01:01:03,821 --> 01:01:09,665 why he was so depressed and how he failed everybody was going to be much more interesting. And 699 01:01:09,725 --> 01:01:15,052 I was at first initially. disappointed that was basically, oh, he went to a bar and while 700 01:01:15,072 --> 01:01:19,095 he was away, everyone died. I thought it was going to be something more like in Logan where, 701 01:01:19,215 --> 01:01:23,658 you know, Professor X started to get seizures and those seizures kind of killed everyone. 702 01:01:24,078 --> 01:01:29,082 So for it to be something so simple, again, initially I found kind of disappointing, but 703 01:01:29,482 --> 01:01:34,946 later on I kind of appreciated how simple it was, I guess, because that really wasn't what 704 01:01:34,986 --> 01:01:40,514 the story was about. All he needed to do was kind of feel that survivor's guilt, which Logan 705 01:01:40,574 --> 01:01:45,197 is bound to do because he has such a high longevity. He was going to outlive everyone anyway, and 706 01:01:45,217 --> 01:01:49,860 they could have gone with that even. But that ultimately wasn't as important to a story arc 707 01:01:50,180 --> 01:01:54,283 as the fact that he did grow. We don't need to make things more convoluted than they are. 708 01:01:54,303 --> 01:01:58,025 I thought it was pretty well done. Well, it wasn't just that he got drunk and kind of ran 709 01:01:58,065 --> 01:02:03,349 away. He talked about how he basically went to a berserker rage and he killed fucking everybody. 710 01:02:03,689 --> 01:02:09,274 And then. All humans turned on mutants afterwards because of that. That's true. So he started 711 01:02:09,314 --> 01:02:14,338 that because of his rage. He was the downfall of all mutants. And to add on to what Adam 712 01:02:14,378 --> 01:02:19,763 said, the first time he tells you what happens, he says he was away when they revisit it. At 713 01:02:19,803 --> 01:02:26,429 the end, he actually says, it wasn't just that I was away. I walked away. I heard them basically 714 01:02:26,469 --> 01:02:32,442 being killed and I walked away. Then when I saw the bodies, I went into my rage. So. It 715 01:02:32,462 --> 01:02:37,364 was not just that he happened to be away. It was his active choice to walk away from it. 716 01:02:37,524 --> 01:02:42,466 Yeah. And then his guilt with that. And that's why he was wearing the suit. The pajamas, as 717 01:02:42,486 --> 01:02:47,328 Deadpool called them, because he felt guilty about rejecting that earlier. What did you 718 01:02:47,368 --> 01:02:52,190 guys think of the suit? God damn, that suit looks good. Yeah, I loved the suit. I have 719 01:02:52,230 --> 01:02:57,312 thoughts on the cowl. Yeah. I mean, the cowl, you when I saw it, I was like, oh, I mean, 720 01:02:57,352 --> 01:03:03,168 of course, you know, extra another extra inch. just came on me. But after a while you kind 721 01:03:03,208 --> 01:03:09,293 of realize, okay, that's why they didn't do this. Right. It's the eyes. Also, it's hard 722 01:03:09,333 --> 01:03:14,958 to make that mask a perfect size because I feel like the wings needed to be slightly bigger 723 01:03:15,158 --> 01:03:20,323 to make them look more comic accurate, but at the same time, they would look ridiculous. 724 01:03:20,543 --> 01:03:25,547 The blow job handles? Yes, if they were actually that big. So it was a hard thing to do in live 725 01:03:25,607 --> 01:03:30,863 action. I think they did the absolute best they could. They stuck to the white eyes because 726 01:03:30,883 --> 01:03:36,526 they're already doing it with Deadpool. Although I feel like they didn't make them as expressive 727 01:03:36,686 --> 01:03:40,848 as Deadpool's are because I know that the way they do that is he actually takes the eyepieces 728 01:03:41,028 --> 01:03:46,171 out when they're filming and they track his eyebrow movements so that Deadpool's eyes are 729 01:03:46,191 --> 01:03:50,693 expressive. I don't feel like they did that with Wolverines and I wish they had. Yeah, 730 01:03:50,753 --> 01:03:55,976 I think the issue was his eye line was always off. It was like he was blind when he should 731 01:03:55,996 --> 01:04:02,460 have been looking at Wade. you have that kind of line that really shows you where his head 732 01:04:02,500 --> 01:04:09,985 is pointing. And it's kind of an issue in live action. Kind of like Batman. Yeah. I thought 733 01:04:10,045 --> 01:04:14,868 his Wolverine suit was great. It did look a little football patty at times. I actually 734 01:04:14,888 --> 01:04:19,532 think I slightly preferred the brown and yellow, the mustard and brown one that they use for 735 01:04:19,552 --> 01:04:23,474 that short little moment for the Hulk thing. I was like, that looks a little bit more simpler. 736 01:04:23,734 --> 01:04:28,177 I think I liked it just a slightly bit better, but still super exciting to see him in a more 737 01:04:28,510 --> 01:04:32,813 Accurate costume for sure. That was great I kind of feel like the whole reason they did 738 01:04:32,853 --> 01:04:37,197 the Deadpool core scene at the end and I could be wrong Was just so that they could show the 739 01:04:37,217 --> 01:04:41,420 mask I kind of like that whole scene didn't really need to be in the movie I think that's 740 01:04:41,440 --> 01:04:44,683 when the movie started to feel long for me. I don't really care about the Deadpool core 741 01:04:44,703 --> 01:04:49,787 personally Well, that's because you're wrong I think if they just put the mask on earlier 742 01:04:49,867 --> 01:04:53,711 when they were going up against Cassandra Nova's team I think that would have been perfectly 743 01:04:53,731 --> 01:04:57,698 fine. I would have been happy with that. It all kind of felt a little bit extra I can see 744 01:04:57,718 --> 01:05:01,579 where you're coming from because the Deadpool core was shoehorned in they could have immediately 745 01:05:01,639 --> 01:05:05,460 just gone to destroy the time Ripper because they already had really their third act fight 746 01:05:05,861 --> 01:05:10,903 back in the void But here's the thing how can you have a multiversal Deadpool movie and not 747 01:05:10,943 --> 01:05:14,904 have the Deadpool core you have to I was just gonna Say they had to have them because this 748 01:05:14,924 --> 01:05:18,225 is the only place you can do it anywhere else It doesn't make any sense. Yeah secret oars 749 01:05:19,242 --> 01:05:23,343 Well, because that would take over too much. Yeah, there's going to be too much in too much 750 01:05:23,523 --> 01:05:28,184 Deadpool. But I mean, they tied it in well enough. They set it up, you know, multiple times. We 751 01:05:28,284 --> 01:05:32,145 you know, we when we first met Nice Pool, he kind of alluded to it. And then Cassandra Nova 752 01:05:32,165 --> 01:05:35,666 said Deadpool's are a diamond dozen here, but we do, you know, this is like our first Wolverine. 753 01:05:35,906 --> 01:05:40,768 So we got little glimpses. And then when they came out for the Deadpool nerds like us, I 754 01:05:40,788 --> 01:05:45,289 was in there looking at like, oh my God, which ones do I recognize? Which ones have I seen 755 01:05:45,329 --> 01:05:49,007 in the comics? There's only one I'm gonna mention that disappointed me that wasn't in there because 756 01:05:49,107 --> 01:05:53,490 I imagine John was as well If he thought of it is agent X was I would have loved to see 757 01:05:53,530 --> 01:05:57,713 him It's somewhere in the background as well, but that's it. I see I don't see him as a Deadpool 758 01:05:57,733 --> 01:06:03,736 variant I know he is but I kind of see him. I see him as his own thing. Sure. So fair Let's 759 01:06:03,756 --> 01:06:08,519 go ahead and move on to the villains of the piece. I Think the Deadpool films their main 760 01:06:08,559 --> 01:06:14,207 weakness has always been the villains sure especially Deadpool 2 I didn't love either Cassandra Nova 761 01:06:14,347 --> 01:06:18,950 or Mr. Paradox. Dude, I loved Cassandra Nova. What are you talking about? I'm with Jonathan. 762 01:06:19,411 --> 01:06:23,834 Cassandra Nova I really liked. I guess I've never really been a fan of Cassandra Nova from 763 01:06:23,894 --> 01:06:28,717 the comics. Now she was a Grant Morrison creation. She's the twin of professor Charles Xavier. 764 01:06:29,198 --> 01:06:34,221 In the comics, I always saw her as more bitter and nasty and stuff like that. But here she 765 01:06:34,241 --> 01:06:39,385 was like deceptively sweet. And I guess that kind of threw off my preconceived notions of 766 01:06:39,405 --> 01:06:43,631 what the character. should and would be like in the movie. I don't know, it sounded like 767 01:06:43,891 --> 01:06:47,974 maybe she was still a little bitter, but I mean, it's not gonna be the exact same thing. I mean, 768 01:06:47,994 --> 01:06:54,117 she was evil. I will say, that shit sounds like something Grant Morrison would do, so I totally 769 01:06:54,157 --> 01:06:58,720 understand that. I'm actually with them, I actually really liked her. I liked her better even the 770 01:06:58,780 --> 01:07:02,121 second time than the first time, because there's a lot of things that I noticed about her the 771 01:07:02,202 --> 01:07:07,484 second time. Some of the mannerisms in her facial expressions were really good. The fact that 772 01:07:07,524 --> 01:07:12,935 they actually elongated her fingers. which made her seem more creepy. She was fairly creepy. 773 01:07:12,955 --> 01:07:17,477 I thought the actress did a good job. Yes, I agree. And I'll be honest, I'm kind of glad 774 01:07:17,537 --> 01:07:22,199 we didn't get like an all out fight at the end with her, because by the time we got to that, 775 01:07:22,219 --> 01:07:26,160 I was already fought out. Also, realistically, they weren't gonna win a fight with her. They 776 01:07:26,200 --> 01:07:31,002 had to do something out of the ordinary in order to, well, say finish her off sounds weird. 777 01:07:31,022 --> 01:07:37,105 But, I'd finish her off. It's a Deadpool review, you're fine. Especially when she talked about 778 01:07:37,945 --> 01:07:43,239 flicking her bean. Yeah, to end you- oh man. Yeah, I was happy there. Now I got a new box 779 01:07:43,259 --> 01:07:47,661 set, I gotta go find- Yeah, I'm gonna listen to White Flag tonight. There's a box set? White 780 01:07:47,681 --> 01:07:51,883 Flag is Dido, isn't it? Oh yeah, you're right, that's Dido, my bad. I always confuse him. 781 01:07:51,903 --> 01:07:57,545 Come on, man. It's the same person. Fine. I thought the way they portrayed Kassandra Nova's 782 01:07:57,585 --> 01:08:01,807 powers was really fascinating here because, you know, she has all the powers of Professor 783 01:08:02,007 --> 01:08:09,202 X in addition to his potential latent powers according to his DNA. So- She has telekinesis. 784 01:08:09,282 --> 01:08:14,824 She has the ability to phase. And I thought the way that they combined those aspects here 785 01:08:15,064 --> 01:08:20,606 by giving her more tactile telepathy and she has to like phase into their minds in order 786 01:08:20,646 --> 01:08:25,347 to read their minds. That was creepy as hell. Oh, yeah. It was incredible. Very cinematic. 787 01:08:25,567 --> 01:08:31,209 Great decision to do that. Absolutely horrifying. It's just a new great way to visualize telepathy 788 01:08:31,269 --> 01:08:34,882 without. doing the same old boring thing of, you know, two people standing across from each 789 01:08:34,922 --> 01:08:37,983 other. One of them raises their fingers to their forehead and then, you know, they read their 790 01:08:38,023 --> 01:08:42,585 thoughts. I guess to move over to Paradox, the other villain, I actually really like the actor. 791 01:08:42,685 --> 01:08:47,146 I thought he was wonderful. I liked, you know, the very Britishness about him. And he's the 792 01:08:47,506 --> 01:08:52,568 white collar villain in this one. I do think he had some motivational issues. I thought 793 01:08:52,588 --> 01:08:57,329 it was kind of strange that they're going off grid and they're going to build this time ripper 794 01:08:57,429 --> 01:09:02,791 and prune stuff themselves. But yet he also decided to pull Deadpool out because his bosses 795 01:09:02,831 --> 01:09:05,971 told him to. Like, why are you listening to your bosses on this when you're just gonna 796 01:09:05,991 --> 01:09:10,173 like turn around and not listen to them for other stuff? Right. I will say this, the one 797 01:09:10,193 --> 01:09:14,454 thing they say is that basically that timeline was going to get pruned, it was just gonna 798 01:09:14,474 --> 01:09:20,535 take 2,000 years for it to happen. But I just think he just wasn't patient. Also, my first 799 01:09:20,595 --> 01:09:26,677 thought was why would he have so many of these people with him? Because he had like a whole 800 01:09:26,757 --> 01:09:32,403 section of people. However... If we're taking this to kind of happen not long after Loki 801 01:09:32,443 --> 01:09:38,145 season two, their decision to change the way they do things is a very stark change in a 802 01:09:38,185 --> 01:09:44,148 very fast time. And I could see that being iffy for people who are used to doing the same thing 803 01:09:44,188 --> 01:09:49,870 for probably thousands of years at that point and not wanting to change and say, oh, this 804 01:09:49,890 --> 01:09:53,391 guy wants to go back to the way we did do it. I'm more comfortable there. Let's go with him. 805 01:09:54,252 --> 01:10:00,566 It's not a good motivation though. It's my biggest issue with the film. was to destroy Wade's 806 01:10:00,606 --> 01:10:04,628 timeline because it was more efficient to do so and it would impress him to his higher-ups 807 01:10:04,648 --> 01:10:09,910 so that he would become leader of the TVA. But since Loki took over the timelines and they're 808 01:10:09,950 --> 01:10:15,233 allowing these branches to grow and a multiverse to exist, the TVA's function is no longer to 809 01:10:15,273 --> 01:10:19,534 prune timelines. You're assuming that he knows about Loki. Even if he doesn't, his directive 810 01:10:19,554 --> 01:10:25,617 would be to let the multiverse thrive. TVA has reset charges that they used to use to prune 811 01:10:25,657 --> 01:10:30,544 timelines all the time. I don't understand why he had to use this time ripper device. It was 812 01:10:30,745 --> 01:10:35,869 very strange and definitely not in accordance with a lot of what we saw in the Loki television 813 01:10:35,909 --> 01:10:40,653 series. Also considering that, you know, they're in the TVA, time doesn't exist, there was no 814 01:10:40,733 --> 01:10:47,358 reason why they were like, oh, we have to rush this 2000 year thing. Exactly. That doesn't 815 01:10:47,378 --> 01:10:51,802 make sense. And it was clear that even if he did prune this timeline with the time ripper, 816 01:10:52,242 --> 01:10:55,745 he's not going to impress anybody with it. They would have actually admonished him and they 817 01:10:55,865 --> 01:11:01,933 did. for what he tried to do. So it just made no sense and because his whole motivation doesn't 818 01:11:01,953 --> 01:11:07,296 make sense, the story almost falls apart because of that. Also I have an issue with anchor beings. 819 01:11:07,556 --> 01:11:12,779 The idea of anchor beings, it makes me wonder how any timeline branch survives more than 820 01:11:12,899 --> 01:11:17,941 a couple thousand years because humans only have so long of a lifespan. The idea of anchor 821 01:11:17,961 --> 01:11:22,904 beings means that eventually any timeline branch is going to die and that the multiverse is 822 01:11:22,944 --> 01:11:29,549 then essentially self-containing. and the TVA beforehand would seem irrelevant prior to Loki 823 01:11:29,669 --> 01:11:34,513 taking on his throne. I don't know, that's reading a lot into it, I think. The issue of anchor 824 01:11:34,553 --> 01:11:39,878 beings didn't really bother me. I actually liked the idea that they exist and that Wolverine 825 01:11:39,918 --> 01:11:45,242 would be one of them. I'm sure there is some kind of, you know, paradoxical nature to it, 826 01:11:45,643 --> 01:11:52,328 but then it bothered me so much as we never learned who Paradox was like answering to or 827 01:11:52,348 --> 01:11:56,151 working for, because it seemed like... He really wasn't answering to the TVA. He was answering 828 01:11:56,192 --> 01:12:01,496 to some kind of like shadow organization, perhaps within it or even outside of it. And we never 829 01:12:01,536 --> 01:12:05,619 got that closure. Well, he was working for himself. He was selfish. He wanted to be in charge of 830 01:12:05,639 --> 01:12:09,823 the TVA. It was all bullshit. So then why pull out Deadpool? Why pull out Deadpool at all? 831 01:12:10,203 --> 01:12:14,406 Because his higher ups wanted Deadpool to be part of the Sacred Timeline because it's part 832 01:12:14,426 --> 01:12:17,929 of his destiny. He has some kind of big role to play in the Sacred Timeline's future. Oh, 833 01:12:17,949 --> 01:12:22,813 yeah. He has to die in Thor's arms. Yeah, exactly. So he could die. The motivational problems 834 01:12:22,853 --> 01:12:27,215 were there. But at the same time, it didn't anger me like it seems to have angered you, 835 01:12:27,395 --> 01:12:31,337 Joseph, because at the end of it, it's a fucking Deadpool movie, and I was able to kind of cut 836 01:12:31,357 --> 01:12:35,538 that cord from my head and be like, alright, fine, fuck it. Also, I'm gonna say this is 837 01:12:35,558 --> 01:12:38,820 why I think you're wrong. First of all, you're assuming that all the anchor beings are happening 838 01:12:38,880 --> 01:12:43,782 now. Instead of maybe one timeline, anchor being doesn't happen for another 5000 years. In which 839 01:12:43,822 --> 01:12:48,264 case, that timeline doesn't get trimmed. Also, everything up until this point, up until Loki, 840 01:12:48,604 --> 01:12:52,665 was one timeline, yes? Correct. Yeah, it was the secret timeline. Everything else was being 841 01:12:52,765 --> 01:12:58,708 pruned. So in this case, anchor beings is probably a new thing because they have all these different 842 01:12:58,728 --> 01:13:02,950 timelines. Some people say like if it doesn't happen on screen, it shouldn't happen, but 843 01:13:03,170 --> 01:13:06,791 to me, I don't need to hear about them discovering anchor beings. They just say, hey, we discovered 844 01:13:06,811 --> 01:13:11,373 it. Each of these timelines has an anchor being. So all of these little variant timelines are 845 01:13:11,413 --> 01:13:15,175 not all going to be the same length. I think it just brings it back to even if that were 846 01:13:15,215 --> 01:13:20,257 the case, the TVA never needed to exist because the multiverse was self-sustaining in that 847 01:13:20,337 --> 01:13:25,764 sense errant timelines would eventually die. But Kang started the pruning because he didn't 848 01:13:25,784 --> 01:13:29,908 want the multiverse wars. And so even with like over these thousands of years, that war still 849 01:13:29,928 --> 01:13:35,272 might have happened. And so it got pruned because he, you know, knew that the even the sacred 850 01:13:35,292 --> 01:13:39,695 timeline would get exploded. And so that was kind of why he started the prune stuff and 851 01:13:39,715 --> 01:13:44,519 the TVA. So, I mean, yes, it could be self-sustaining, but it wasn't about it being self-sustaining. 852 01:13:44,599 --> 01:13:49,845 It was about Kang stopping the war. The other Kang's. Yeah. And now that is the TVA's new 853 01:13:49,885 --> 01:13:56,499 primary function, is stopping the multiversal war. It's all convoluted. Super! As John says. 854 01:13:57,281 --> 01:13:59,145 So convoluted. Multiverses suck. 855 01:14:06,414 --> 01:14:10,315 I think that does it for the character breakdown, so let's go ahead and get into our story highlights. 856 01:14:10,916 --> 01:14:15,698 Deadpool visits Logan's grave where he's attacked by a group of time variance authority hunters. 857 01:14:16,178 --> 01:14:20,700 In a flashback to when Deadpool used Cable's time travel device, he ends up on the Sacred 858 01:14:20,740 --> 01:14:26,042 Timeline in 2018, where he tries to join the Avengers in an interview with Happy Hogan, 859 01:14:26,262 --> 01:14:31,505 but is rejected. I thought it was really interesting that typically the Deadpool films don't take 860 01:14:31,545 --> 01:14:36,360 the credit scenes seriously. And like this one didn't, but like it actually had actual credits 861 01:14:36,660 --> 01:14:40,824 for the people that were involved in the production. And I kind of missed those gags. But it was 862 01:14:40,864 --> 01:14:46,288 really funny to see Deadpool dancing to N-Sync. Oh, yeah. I mean, it was a ton of fun. They 863 01:14:46,348 --> 01:14:50,992 set up what you're getting. You're getting a lot of dumb fun. And I agree, like as the first 864 01:14:51,012 --> 01:14:55,195 two movies, they had like the fake title cards. And this one, they use extra real ones. But 865 01:14:55,315 --> 01:14:59,939 I do specifically want to mention because of that scene, all of us were worried about how 866 01:14:59,979 --> 01:15:06,227 the fuck are we going to respectfully bring and deal with Logan and then we don't. And 867 01:15:06,247 --> 01:15:11,070 that's so perfectly fucking done that way. And only a way a Deadpool could do it is, yeah, 868 01:15:11,090 --> 01:15:15,693 we're not going to be respectful. We're going to literally play with his fucking bones, desecrate 869 01:15:15,733 --> 01:15:21,617 his body. And we'd love it. And I love every second of that. It was so good. I was horrified. 870 01:15:22,037 --> 01:15:27,640 I never understood the confusion because it always said that Logan takes place in the future, 871 01:15:27,741 --> 01:15:32,876 like 2029 or some shit. There is nothing to say that Deadpool and Wolverine had to take 872 01:15:32,896 --> 01:15:38,221 place after that. So I was never confused about how they were going to include him in the story 873 01:15:38,781 --> 01:15:44,867 because it's fucking time. Logan was set in the future. Jesus H Christ people, it is not 874 01:15:45,247 --> 01:15:51,092 that difficult. I have the same issue with people who couldn't figure out why in Endgame affecting 875 01:15:51,132 --> 01:15:54,776 the past does not affect the future. And I've talked to so many people who are like, I just 876 01:15:54,836 --> 01:16:00,103 understand. It is not fucking hard. It's not hard to understand that when you move to the 877 01:16:00,143 --> 01:16:05,687 past that past is not your past It is now your future and it is a completely different Timeline 878 01:16:05,747 --> 01:16:09,670 essentially in this case, but it's funny cuz Deadpool 2 they use the dead they use back 879 01:16:09,690 --> 01:16:15,534 to the future style because the bear that cable was carrying was burned and then when he Sacrificed 880 01:16:15,554 --> 01:16:20,237 himself at the end the bear turned to bright and it's showing that his kid didn't die. So 881 01:16:20,257 --> 01:16:23,932 they Fucking, well granted at that time, there wasn't part of the MCU, but it's- I mean, you 882 01:16:23,952 --> 01:16:28,256 could also say that it was not cyclical. He went back and changed it, and what he went 883 01:16:28,296 --> 01:16:32,239 forward to was a completely new timeline. And look at Days of Future Past as well, you know, 884 01:16:32,259 --> 01:16:36,943 the way they handled time there. I guess time works differently depending on which branch 885 01:16:36,983 --> 01:16:41,807 of the Marvel multiverse you're in. Yeah, I was one of the people who was not thrilled 886 01:16:42,087 --> 01:16:47,772 when I found out that Hugh Jackman was returning to the role of Logan, not because I was wondering 887 01:16:48,052 --> 01:16:53,039 how they were going to do it story-wise. but because we already had that cathartic goodbye 888 01:16:53,059 --> 01:16:57,441 for the character. But I will admit that I am happy that he decided to make the return back 889 01:16:57,501 --> 01:17:03,184 and that they brought him back in such a fantastic way. I liked the heartfelt scene of when Deadpool 890 01:17:03,204 --> 01:17:06,445 was trying to join the Avengers because he really felt like he wanted it. And I thought that 891 01:17:06,466 --> 01:17:10,167 was a great bit of acting. That confused me. That really confused me. Okay. So I get he 892 01:17:10,207 --> 01:17:15,442 breaks the fourth wall, right? And so he would know about the Avengers. But the fact that 893 01:17:15,562 --> 01:17:22,568 they established him as being on Earth 1005, whatever it was. So he traveled through the 894 01:17:22,608 --> 01:17:28,653 multiverse to Earth 616. He's wearing a cable's thing. So that's how he moved across. But so 895 01:17:28,693 --> 01:17:33,717 he was willing to leave his friends and everything that he had saved to be a part of the Avengers. 896 01:17:34,237 --> 01:17:39,302 And yet when he was offered that opportunity later on, that's when he got upset. Six years 897 01:17:39,342 --> 01:17:45,602 changes a man. OK, that's a great question. I didn't think of that. I guess my assumption 898 01:17:45,622 --> 01:17:49,365 is that he probably would have wanted to bring his friends and family over to the Sacred Timeline 899 01:17:49,425 --> 01:17:55,449 with him if he got the job. I don't know. In 2024, in his native timeline, Wade works as 900 01:17:55,489 --> 01:17:59,512 a used car salesman with his friend Peter, who throws Wade a surprise birthday party with 901 01:17:59,532 --> 01:18:04,255 all their friends, including his ex-girlfriend Vanessa. A group of TVA hunters show up and 902 01:18:04,295 --> 01:18:08,838 take Wade to meet Mr. Paradox, an agent who offers him a place on the Sacred Timeline. 903 01:18:09,279 --> 01:18:13,261 Paradox informs Wade that due to the death of Logan, who was his timeline's anchor being, 904 01:18:13,770 --> 01:18:18,251 his universe is slowly dying. He goes on to tell Wade that he intends to speed up the process 905 01:18:18,691 --> 01:18:23,953 using a time ripper device to prune Wade's universe in order to improve the TVA's efficiency so 906 01:18:23,973 --> 01:18:28,895 he can get promoted to the head of the organization. Unwilling to see his friends die, Wade steals 907 01:18:28,915 --> 01:18:34,317 the TVA Tempad to visit Logan's grave. I love this scene when the TVA hunters show up at 908 01:18:34,337 --> 01:18:38,955 the party and he's like, this isn't like Pretty Women. We're going to be kissing. Oh, yeah. 909 01:18:40,036 --> 01:18:43,940 This is the one where he talked about pegging is not new for me, but new for Disney. Right. 910 01:18:43,960 --> 01:18:47,282 That's the and then the wink to the camera. I mean, that's perfect. Absolutely perfect. 911 01:18:47,543 --> 01:18:52,146 Hilarious. Deadpool travels the multiverse looking for a Wolverine variant substitute to save 912 01:18:52,187 --> 01:18:57,991 his timeline. He visits short Wolverine, Brown Suit Wolverine, Age of Apocalypse Wolverine 913 01:18:58,332 --> 01:19:05,023 Patch Crucifixion Wolverine. Old Man Logan and Cavalryne before coming upon an alcoholic Wolverine 914 01:19:05,063 --> 01:19:10,184 whom he brings back to the TVA. Mr. Paradox calls this variant the worst Wolverine who 915 01:19:10,224 --> 01:19:14,866 abandoned his X-Men during their tragic deaths. He then uses a time stick to send Deadpool 916 01:19:14,886 --> 01:19:18,927 and Wolverine to the void at the end of time. And just wanted to reiterate, Cavalryne is 917 01:19:18,967 --> 01:19:22,908 awesome. He's a better Wolverine than he ever was a Superman. 918 01:19:26,329 --> 01:19:31,863 The crucifixion Wolverine. was dark as hell. I mean, that's like a classic iconic cover 919 01:19:31,903 --> 01:19:35,444 from the comics. I remember the cover. When the X-Men went up against the Reavers. But 920 01:19:35,484 --> 01:19:39,186 like seeing it in real life, I was like, holy shit, you don't want to be that Wolverine for 921 01:19:39,246 --> 01:19:43,908 sure. It also made me realize that I don't want them to actually cast a five foot three actor 922 01:19:43,928 --> 01:19:50,951 to play the character. No. Seeing short Wolverine. That's hilarious. I was cracking up the whole 923 01:19:50,991 --> 01:19:55,413 time just because of that. And then I stopped laughing when I saw Cavalereen. Sucker. 924 01:20:00,019 --> 01:20:04,622 In the Void, Deadpool and Wolverine fight before Deadpool promises that if they escape the Void 925 01:20:04,642 --> 01:20:09,145 they can not only save his timeline, but also have the TVA save the X-Men from Wolverine's 926 01:20:09,165 --> 01:20:13,489 timeline. They're discovered by a Human Torch variant who tells Deadpool and Wolverine about 927 01:20:13,549 --> 01:20:18,292 Cassandra Nova, Professor X's twin sister who rules over the Void, and about the resistance 928 01:20:18,332 --> 01:20:22,795 force in the Borderlands formed against her. The three are attacked by Cassandra Nova's 929 01:20:22,855 --> 01:20:27,674 gang who brings them before her. And I do think- You know, obviously we mentioned already the 930 01:20:27,774 --> 01:20:32,455 importance of the cameos, getting some of these moments. But fan service was that was this 931 01:20:32,495 --> 01:20:37,176 movie. And we're getting things like, you know, Wolverine and Deadpool fighting. We're getting 932 01:20:37,337 --> 01:20:41,498 Wolverine and Sabretooth going up against each other. And it didn't bother me. I know a lot 933 01:20:41,518 --> 01:20:45,759 of people might have wanted like an actual bigger battle with them. Now we got a lot of other 934 01:20:45,799 --> 01:20:49,480 battles down the line, so I didn't care. You know, he just kind of sliced his head off pretty 935 01:20:49,520 --> 01:20:56,498 quickly. And, you know, in the comics, he beheaded him. And that's how Sabretooth died. It didn't 936 01:20:56,518 --> 01:21:01,699 bother me one bit, but, you know, I enjoyed seeing all those characters come in kind of 937 01:21:01,779 --> 01:21:05,340 one by one and be like, oh, shit, there's pyro. Oh, shit. There's this person. There's that 938 01:21:05,360 --> 01:21:10,122 bro. Tyler mains back. Those were wonderful moments. I mean, John and I have talked about 939 01:21:10,162 --> 01:21:16,363 nostalgia ad nauseam. I love nostalgia. I live on nostalgia. I mean, I can just feed off of 940 01:21:16,423 --> 01:21:21,645 it and I sustain myself. You had a whole podcast about it. Exactly. And so it makes me happy. 941 01:21:22,225 --> 01:21:27,272 I have to say next to a cavalry. Tyler Maine as Sabretooth was the cameo that I was most 942 01:21:27,352 --> 01:21:31,395 disappointed in because I expected a bigger match between the two. I would have taken a 943 01:21:31,515 --> 01:21:36,119 bigger match between those two and maybe skipped the whole brawl and the Honda Odyssey fight. 944 01:21:36,239 --> 01:21:39,762 Oh, you're fucking wrong. The Odyssey was amazing. What? That was so good. That was such a good 945 01:21:39,782 --> 01:21:44,266 fight. The Honda Odyssey fucks, man. Yeah, the Honda Odyssey fucks. I don't know. So good. 946 01:21:48,029 --> 01:21:52,532 The first fight between Wolverine and Deadpool where you see Wolverine running on all fours 947 01:21:52,572 --> 01:21:57,354 and stuff, very animalistic. Holy shit. Love it. Oh, that was so good. See, there were too 948 01:21:57,374 --> 01:22:01,556 many fights between the two and it just felt redundant to me because no, they're not hurting 949 01:22:01,576 --> 01:22:05,677 each other anyway. They have fucking healing factor. So why do I need to see this five fucking 950 01:22:05,717 --> 01:22:09,958 times in the movie? You saw it twice in the movie. Yeah, and that's what they would do 951 01:22:09,978 --> 01:22:15,519 with the twice what they would fucking do. Yes, exactly. If you look behind Adam over his right 952 01:22:15,539 --> 01:22:20,821 shoulder, there is a cover of Deadpool holding up Wolverine's body because that is all they 953 01:22:20,881 --> 01:22:25,775 fucking did in the comics was fighting each other. Wolverine 88 this is one of my favorite 954 01:22:25,795 --> 01:22:29,916 comic covers of all time. Yep, same so fucking good same nice color That's a great one. That 955 01:22:29,996 --> 01:22:34,379 is really good. They can't hurt each other though. It's wasted film doesn't matter It doesn't 956 01:22:34,399 --> 01:22:38,580 matter if you ever if you ever just wanted to get out aggression Have you never punched a 957 01:22:38,620 --> 01:22:43,663 wall or something you know the wall is not gonna win or you're not gonna win against the wall 958 01:22:43,843 --> 01:22:50,702 I don't think I have I did that just a few hours ago When I lost my microphone cable They're 959 01:22:50,762 --> 01:22:54,543 just they just got to get out aggression. They don't care. They're they're definitely trying 960 01:22:54,563 --> 01:22:59,884 to kill each other But they just know it's not gonna happen And I think the two fights were 961 01:23:00,004 --> 01:23:05,906 so drastically different in style because you get a wide Brawl right out in the open for 962 01:23:05,926 --> 01:23:12,387 the first one and then this really nice contained almost defensive fight Inside of the car. I 963 01:23:12,808 --> 01:23:16,349 loved it. I could have gone with another one. Yeah for sure Oh, we kind of got it with the 964 01:23:16,369 --> 01:23:20,670 Deadpool core fight It was will ring going up against a whole legion of Deadpools Cassandra 965 01:23:20,690 --> 01:23:24,491 Nova kills the human torch and buries Wolverine underground with her telekinesis before using 966 01:23:24,531 --> 01:23:29,733 her tactile telepathy to read Deadpool's mind. Wolverine stabs Cassandra Nova, who heals and 967 01:23:29,774 --> 01:23:34,816 leaves the pair to be devoured by Eliath, a temporal entity that feeds on reality in the 968 01:23:34,856 --> 01:23:40,518 void at the end of time. Now you guys all saw Loki, right? Absolutely. Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm 969 01:23:40,558 --> 01:23:44,460 reminded of, my son and I were discussing it after the second time and he goes, you know, 970 01:23:44,480 --> 01:23:49,286 the thing I don't understand is I didn't identify with like, Eliath? What was his name? And I 971 01:23:49,306 --> 01:23:54,430 go, bitch, you saw Loki season one. He goes, yeah, but I didn't really remember. I'm like, 972 01:23:54,470 --> 01:24:00,755 well, that's on you. Why is that my problem? Deadpool and Wolverine escape Aliyah on a jet 973 01:24:00,795 --> 01:24:05,299 powered Sentinel leg and decide to find the resistance force in the Borderlands. They come 974 01:24:05,319 --> 01:24:10,243 across Dogpool and his owner, Nicepool, who lends them his Honda Odyssey. This is so ridiculous 975 01:24:10,263 --> 01:24:16,788 to read out loud. Can we talk to Dogpool for a little bit? I think the casting choice for 976 01:24:16,828 --> 01:24:22,336 Dogpool was perfect. The most ugly dog of all time. They've actually won the 2023 Britain's 977 01:24:22,376 --> 01:24:27,481 Ugliest Dog Award. Oh, really? They cast that thing. Yes. And it was perfect. Definitely 978 01:24:27,501 --> 01:24:31,384 didn't look like the comics version of Deadpool. But yeah, I super appreciated this version. 979 01:24:31,504 --> 01:24:36,008 I didn't care. Yeah, I didn't care. Yeah. Wolverine learns that Deadpool lied about the possibility 980 01:24:36,048 --> 01:24:40,471 of the TVA fixing the tragedy of his timeline and the two fight, knocking each other unconscious. 981 01:24:40,972 --> 01:24:45,035 They're discovered by an X 23 variant who takes them to the borderlands where they meet the 982 01:24:45,075 --> 01:24:49,899 resistance consisting of Electra, Blade and Gambit. Together, they decide to attack Cassandra 983 01:24:49,939 --> 01:24:55,063 Nobra's brotherhood to steal Juggernaut's helmet which offers protection from her psychic powers. 984 01:24:55,383 --> 01:24:59,086 Speaking of Juggernaut, I'm really disappointed that Vinnie Jones didn't come back for his 985 01:24:59,126 --> 01:25:04,650 role. A little bit. This random dude did nothing for me. Like Vinnie Jones, Olivia Munn, I don't 986 01:25:04,670 --> 01:25:08,072 know if they didn't cast them because they really didn't need to. They didn't have speaking lines 987 01:25:08,092 --> 01:25:12,816 or anything like that or if it was a budget concern. Maybe both. Vinnie Jones was quoted 988 01:25:12,876 --> 01:25:16,522 in an interview saying they called him for the role. But he didn't want to do it because he 989 01:25:16,542 --> 01:25:20,443 didn't like wearing the juggernaut suit, but he fucked up Why is he being a little bitch? 990 01:25:20,463 --> 01:25:25,444 He is. One day at work. Come on, Vinny. I tell you what it would have been funny. That whole 991 01:25:25,464 --> 01:25:33,687 thing was a Mad Max sort of pseudoism If they'd gotten the giant guy from Fury Road to be Juggernaut 992 01:25:33,707 --> 01:25:37,988 Yeah, was it Nathan Jones? Yeah, that would have been a funny twist That would have been 993 01:25:38,028 --> 01:25:41,709 great. At least then it would have kind of made sense with the Mad Max name Honestly, Vinny 994 01:25:41,729 --> 01:25:47,910 Jones probably just grew a beard, got lost the abs after all these years. That's what CGI 995 01:25:47,930 --> 01:25:52,552 is for. Yeah, fair. The Resistance fights the Brotherhood, and X-23 is able to decapitate 996 01:25:52,572 --> 01:25:56,493 Juggernaut and throw Deadpool the helmet, while Cassandra Nova uses her telepathy to try and 997 01:25:56,533 --> 01:26:02,314 convince Wolverine to join her crew. Her psychic powers are subdued, then Pyro shoots her, revealed 998 01:26:02,334 --> 01:26:06,416 to be working with Mr. Paradox in exchange for a way out of the void. Knowing that she is 999 01:26:06,436 --> 01:26:11,477 their only way back home, Wolverine chooses to save her life. In exchange, she uses a Doctor 1000 01:26:11,497 --> 01:26:16,396 Strange variant sling ring. to open a portal out of the void. I don't think it's a Doctor 1001 01:26:16,416 --> 01:26:20,559 Strange sling rings. I heard a theory on this and I'm choosing to believe it. She said like 1002 01:26:20,599 --> 01:26:26,584 a half-rate magician. I think it is a variant of the shitty magician that they had in She-Hulk 1003 01:26:26,784 --> 01:26:31,028 that they went to court over. Johnny Blades or Donny Blades. I think it was him. Yeah. 1004 01:26:31,048 --> 01:26:36,072 Could have been, yeah. I do feel like Strange would have put up a better fight. I agree. 1005 01:26:36,132 --> 01:26:40,716 Kind of thing. Now, can the sling rings go through time? Cause I feel like then why do you need 1006 01:26:40,736 --> 01:26:45,619 the time stone? Oh. Did they go through time? Well, it went through time because like all 1007 01:26:45,639 --> 01:26:50,343 time ends at that point. It's like the end point in time. Right. Then you know what? Yes, they 1008 01:26:50,363 --> 01:26:59,829 can. OK. All right. Sure, Jonathan. Damn it. It's a good point. Who cares? It does seem 1009 01:26:59,869 --> 01:27:04,753 like it would be really risky to send any sort of magician back to the void because they could 1010 01:27:04,773 --> 01:27:09,476 just escape pretty easily. Yeah. Back in Deadpool's timeline, he and Wolverine learned that Mr. 1011 01:27:09,516 --> 01:27:13,770 Paradox's time ripper device is nearly ready. Cassandra Nova also comes through the portal 1012 01:27:13,810 --> 01:27:18,451 to take over the Time Ripper and destroy all time except for the Void. Before Deadpool and 1013 01:27:18,471 --> 01:27:21,732 Wolverine can stop her, the Deadpool core also comes through the portal and they're forced 1014 01:27:21,752 --> 01:27:29,055 to fight. Peter, aka Peterpool, comes in to stop the fighting. Okay, so Peterpool, this 1015 01:27:29,095 --> 01:27:34,876 is the level of absurdity in Deadpool that I feel like just... There's a certain absurdist 1016 01:27:34,916 --> 01:27:41,218 humor threshold that I have, and Peterpool was that. I was like, really? That ended the whole 1017 01:27:41,258 --> 01:27:46,740 battle with the Deadpool core? It made sense. That the do us mock in a side of him. I didn't 1018 01:27:46,760 --> 01:27:51,121 know I needed it, but I'm good with it. Like I am. I'm totally fine with it. Well, for some 1019 01:27:51,161 --> 01:27:55,242 reason, Deadpool had such a high regard of Peter. Nobody knows why he was his favorite member 1020 01:27:55,282 --> 01:27:59,023 of the X-Horse. I like the idea of him having such a high regard for Peter, that all the 1021 01:27:59,043 --> 01:28:02,884 Deadpools having a high regard for their universe is Peter, that they would stop fighting just 1022 01:28:02,924 --> 01:28:08,519 for him. It made sense. OK, I'll say two things. One. They actually kind of, I don't know if 1023 01:28:08,539 --> 01:28:12,141 this is directly related to this, but in my mind it is, they actually set up in the scene 1024 01:28:12,161 --> 01:28:17,045 where they're, uh, the two are in the diner, about Deadpool having ADHD, and being distracted 1025 01:28:17,085 --> 01:28:21,308 by Peter is something that would absolutely distract all of the Deadpools, and them having 1026 01:28:21,368 --> 01:28:29,173 ADHD. Second of all, did you guys see the fucking cojones in the suit? I tried not to, but they 1027 01:28:29,213 --> 01:28:33,937 were there. Impossible, don't you? They were enormous. The moose knuckle was... They were 1028 01:28:33,957 --> 01:28:38,295 like, grapefruit sized. I think he has some kind of like illness or something. They're 1029 01:28:38,335 --> 01:28:43,677 swollen. Elephantitis. I hope I'm not misremembering this, but I think I could also see there was 1030 01:28:43,697 --> 01:28:48,199 like a little patch under his belly button that was still open. You kind of see the ring in 1031 01:28:48,219 --> 01:28:53,381 the chain from the nipple rings and chain that they show earlier. That's why it's funny. That 1032 01:28:53,401 --> 01:28:58,403 was such a good gag. And the fact that Hunter B-15, I guess she's Judge B-15 now, was like 1033 01:28:58,463 --> 01:29:01,524 really into him. I thought that was hilarious. She's like, damn, you look good in that suit. 1034 01:29:01,604 --> 01:29:10,714 Yeah. Peter Poles, man. Peter Poles. Peter fucks. Let's be honest. Yeah, that's like a hot Odyssey. 1035 01:29:10,734 --> 01:29:14,396 Deadpool and Wolverine learn from Paradox that in order to stop Cassandra Nova, one of them 1036 01:29:14,416 --> 01:29:18,379 will have to sacrifice themselves to destroy the Time Ripper device. They both attempt to 1037 01:29:18,419 --> 01:29:22,702 make the sacrifice, allowing them to survive while destroying the machine and Cassandra 1038 01:29:22,722 --> 01:29:27,185 Nova in the process. My least favorite part of the movie was the exposition given by Paradox 1039 01:29:27,405 --> 01:29:34,722 on how anti-matter and matter combine to destroy the universes. And only one person. can't stop 1040 01:29:34,782 --> 01:29:40,166 it and they must complete the circuit, but it will destroy them. And I'm like, shut up, just 1041 01:29:40,546 --> 01:29:44,549 do it. I don't care how you explain it, just say you got to destroy the device. I mean, 1042 01:29:44,829 --> 01:29:49,612 they needed to go through that though. I will say though, if they didn't say that, then enough 1043 01:29:49,652 --> 01:29:53,255 of the nerds would bitch about why did it work and blah, blah. Yeah, it would have been confusing. 1044 01:29:53,735 --> 01:29:58,438 That was cool with it. I like how the time ripper, the way it destroyed universes was exactly 1045 01:29:58,478 --> 01:30:01,900 like the spaghettification that we saw in Loki season two. I always thought that was a cool 1046 01:30:01,920 --> 01:30:07,307 effect. Yeah, that was cool. to me makes sense because now you can identify what is happening 1047 01:30:08,287 --> 01:30:13,028 in the world. TVA Judge B-15 arrives to arrest Mr. Paradox, revealing to Deadpool and Wolverine 1048 01:30:13,048 --> 01:30:17,169 that the timeline is now healing due to Wolverine being the new anchor. Or at least that's how 1049 01:30:17,209 --> 01:30:21,470 I understood it. She returns the resistance members from the void to their respective timelines, 1050 01:30:21,530 --> 01:30:27,132 including X-23 who joins Logan in Wade's timeline. They all celebrate with Wade's friends and 1051 01:30:27,172 --> 01:30:31,853 Wade reconciles with Vanessa, telling her he saved the universe for her. And that's the 1052 01:30:31,873 --> 01:30:36,708 end of the movie. of each of the Deadpool movies has been Vanessa. You know, that is his heart. 1053 01:30:36,768 --> 01:30:41,492 And so kind of always tying in his love for her and the romantic element. I was very good 1054 01:30:41,512 --> 01:30:45,075 with that. The whole relationship between the two when they weren't together was just heartbreaking 1055 01:30:45,095 --> 01:30:50,059 to me, like seeing Vanessa talking about her new boyfriend through work and stuff like that 1056 01:30:50,200 --> 01:30:54,743 and like the whole breakup conversation. He's like, just say it like you don't want me anymore. 1057 01:30:55,044 --> 01:31:00,688 Like that was hard to watch, but it was really nice that it ended in the way that it did where 1058 01:31:00,908 --> 01:31:04,262 they're coming back together because. They're crazy, match each other, and they belong together. 1059 01:31:04,903 --> 01:31:08,304 That brings us to the end of the review. I don't know if you guys have heard, but we're on Rotten 1060 01:31:08,324 --> 01:31:15,087 Tomatoes now. Yeah, you guys haven't said it every five seconds. So I gotta give my blurb. 1061 01:31:15,347 --> 01:31:20,670 The titular duo delivers a one-two punch with their iconic performances and brutal action 1062 01:31:20,710 --> 01:31:26,772 scenes in a chaotic, messy, and hilarious film full of fun surprises. I'm giving the movie 1063 01:31:26,832 --> 01:31:33,395 four out of five stars a fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Can I convince you otherwise? I can 1064 01:31:33,435 --> 01:31:40,742 be convinced. Okay. So let's go through the Deadpool films. Deadpool 1, you gave a 4. You 1065 01:31:40,782 --> 01:31:46,106 gave Deadpool 2 a 3.5 and you gave this one a 4 now currently. I argue that this is the 1066 01:31:46,166 --> 01:31:53,032 best Deadpool film of the bunch. I think this is the most amount of humor, the most amount 1067 01:31:53,052 --> 01:31:58,436 of fan service and overall the most fun film. Yes, it has some faults, which I will be willing 1068 01:31:58,456 --> 01:32:03,724 to say maybe doesn't deserve a 5. But I want to push hard for that 4.5 because going through 1069 01:32:03,744 --> 01:32:11,251 some of your other movies. Here comes we've got. Yeah. OK, buddy. Here it comes. Buckle 1070 01:32:11,311 --> 01:32:16,195 up, Buttercup. Yeah. Blue Beetle was a four. This is better than Blue Beetle. Simple as 1071 01:32:16,215 --> 01:32:20,739 that. Across the Spider-Verse is an amazing film. 4.5 I think this is pretty much this 1072 01:32:20,799 --> 01:32:26,504 is the right kind of Deadpool movie. This is the movie you need for Deadpool. I think that's 1073 01:32:26,544 --> 01:32:31,932 why this deserves to be there. Guardians 3, 4.5, this is as good as Guardians 3, without 1074 01:32:31,952 --> 01:32:38,277 question, without question. Loki season 2, 4.5, this is as good as Loki season 2. Wakanda forever, 1075 01:32:38,457 --> 01:32:42,981 this is as good as, if not better than Wakanda forever, I can absolutely tell you that. Multiverse 1076 01:32:43,001 --> 01:32:47,825 of Madness, this is as good or better than Multiverse of Madness, which you gave a 4.5. Well, the 1077 01:32:47,845 --> 01:32:51,668 Batman you gave a five, and I think that's fantastic. The Batman worked so well as a Batman movie, 1078 01:32:51,908 --> 01:32:56,346 this works so well as a Deadpool movie. The one I really want to give it home to is you 1079 01:32:56,386 --> 01:33:01,629 gave Eternals a fucking four. You cannot give this the same score as the Eternals. This is 1080 01:33:01,649 --> 01:33:06,291 a four point five. Are you fucking kidding me? I knew this was coming. Reach within your soul, 1081 01:33:06,331 --> 01:33:11,353 sir. You have to give this the proper rating. So the way I do this is if I have no notes 1082 01:33:11,493 --> 01:33:15,614 on a movie, really, if it's pretty good, I give it four and a half. If I have no notes and 1083 01:33:15,654 --> 01:33:20,516 it exceeds my expectations, I give it a five. If I have notes, but it's good, I give it a 1084 01:33:20,536 --> 01:33:26,952 four. That being said, any rating. I ever really give could be plus or minus half a star. I 1085 01:33:26,972 --> 01:33:31,335 think this has notes, but also exceeds expectations. So it's kind of got you got to bump it back 1086 01:33:31,375 --> 01:33:35,758 up for that. You're not wrong. And all the DC movies that you listed, I don't take any credit 1087 01:33:35,778 --> 01:33:39,900 for it because Jonathan always rates his shit half a star higher than he should. You just 1088 01:33:39,920 --> 01:33:44,483 said it fluctuates within a half a star. Yeah, but you always round up. I always round down. 1089 01:33:44,784 --> 01:33:50,359 OK. In this case, you know, I. Debated heavily whether or not this should be four or five 1090 01:33:50,379 --> 01:33:55,781 stars and I'm willing to Four point five Round up Four point five Come on with me guys Four 1091 01:33:55,821 --> 01:34:02,284 point five Wait, even you Jonathan Four Alright Okay, sure It's not a hard decision to make 1092 01:34:02,344 --> 01:34:06,285 really I could easily go four point five with this review It's a good movie I had a lot of 1093 01:34:06,305 --> 01:34:09,687 fun John, I'm assuming that you would also rate it four point five or would you go higher? 1094 01:34:10,347 --> 01:34:13,968 Um You know what I give it? I give it a ten A ten, a fucking ten Ten I'm giving 1095 01:34:17,366 --> 01:34:22,948 I'm giving it a five. I want to go back and see it again. Very few of these movies do I 1096 01:34:22,988 --> 01:34:27,110 actually want to go back and see it again while it's in theaters. I'm like, oh cool, I can't 1097 01:34:27,130 --> 01:34:31,472 wait to see that again when it comes out on Disney+. I want to go back and see it again. 1098 01:34:31,492 --> 01:34:34,974 I've already seen it twice. I'm waiting for friends to call me and say, hey, have you seen 1099 01:34:34,994 --> 01:34:38,856 this? I'm going to be like, no, I haven't. I'm going to go back and see it again. It's a fucking 1100 01:34:38,876 --> 01:34:45,083 five for me. Because you want to see, you want to be there when they gasp. at fucking flame 1101 01:34:45,203 --> 01:34:49,246 on when they see Wesley Snipes, you want to you're going to get joy out of those moments 1102 01:34:49,266 --> 01:34:53,729 from them as well. Experiencing the movie again vicariously through people who haven't seen 1103 01:34:53,749 --> 01:34:57,712 it yet is something that I love doing with these Marvel films. It's why I saw movies like the 1104 01:34:57,752 --> 01:35:02,495 first Avengers and even the first Deadpool movie multiple times. I think I saw all of those 1105 01:35:02,515 --> 01:35:07,158 like six times in the theater. I would absolutely see this movie again. It's really fun to experience. 1106 01:35:07,198 --> 01:35:13,675 It's a perfect summer movie. So a lot of people who have been know that I don't put as much 1107 01:35:13,815 --> 01:35:20,640 stock into entertainment and quote unquote fun as I do story. Like I want to be moved in these 1108 01:35:20,761 --> 01:35:26,265 theatrical experiences. I don't always necessarily need to just be entertained. You must be fun 1109 01:35:26,285 --> 01:35:32,891 at parties. I tell him that all the time. I'm sorry, Jonathan, I really am. That was low 1110 01:35:32,911 --> 01:35:39,436 hanging. Now that said, while the story I think was bare bones here, I did think it was touching. 1111 01:35:39,636 --> 01:35:44,603 I did think it was moving. Do you think there was heart to it? Absolutely. You know, entertainment 1112 01:35:44,643 --> 01:35:48,645 is just the cherry on top. And so when Joseph and I were talking about, you know, oh, you 1113 01:35:48,665 --> 01:35:52,607 know, what would you rate this? That's usually all we talk about prior to doing a review is, 1114 01:35:52,667 --> 01:35:57,149 you know, what is your star rating? I was saying four point five. Yeah. And I think I'm going 1115 01:35:57,169 --> 01:36:02,991 to stick with that because I do think this was intentionally so the ultimate Deadpool movie. 1116 01:36:03,391 --> 01:36:10,347 Yeah. Very fair. There you go. Four point five, guys. Yeah. We did it! We did it! A lot of 1117 01:36:10,367 --> 01:36:16,472 that has to do with the fact that Adam has badgered me since we did that initial Deadpool review 1118 01:36:16,913 --> 01:36:21,357 constantly about how I rated that movie wrong. So, this is for you, man. This is for you. 1119 01:36:21,377 --> 01:36:27,382 Thank you. Thank you. But that does it for this review, guys. John, Adam, thank you guys so 1120 01:36:27,422 --> 01:36:32,306 much for being able to do this review with us. We truly appreciate having you guys on board. 1121 01:36:32,326 --> 01:36:37,814 We're big fans and we're really sad that Blast From Our Past podcast is gone. I'm not gonna 1122 01:36:37,974 --> 01:36:42,557 beg you guys to bring it back because I know that you guys are busy, you're busy men. But 1123 01:36:43,197 --> 01:36:48,180 I do expect it to eventually return one day. Well, much like Hugh Jackman retiring from 1124 01:36:48,220 --> 01:36:53,003 Wolverine, never say never. Yes. Alright. Actually, I want to reach out and say for your final 1125 01:36:53,063 --> 01:36:58,086 episode that you guys did for that show, you had a bunch of shows call in trying to advertise 1126 01:36:58,146 --> 01:37:04,550 their podcasts so that viewers can leave your show and go on to theirs. I- did not submit 1127 01:37:04,670 --> 01:37:08,673 a recording in time and that will be my lifelong regret that I didn't get to do that for you 1128 01:37:08,693 --> 01:37:12,556 guys final episode. I did think it was weird at the time when Adam was like, oh yeah, you 1129 01:37:12,576 --> 01:37:15,197 guys could plug your show. I'm like, I don't wanna plug my show. I just wanna talk about 1130 01:37:15,217 --> 01:37:21,341 how much Blastformer Past meant to me as a listener. So I never got around to it. I apologize, but 1131 01:37:21,522 --> 01:37:26,385 yeah, your show meant a lot to me. You know what the good thing is? There's still 300 episodes 1132 01:37:26,525 --> 01:37:31,168 still out there that you can go back and revisit. That's true. And I encourage listeners to do 1133 01:37:31,208 --> 01:37:37,168 so and to listen to Throwback Trivia take down. And we'll have to have you guys again on sometime 1134 01:37:37,428 --> 01:37:43,692 in the future. For the Cavalry movie, maybe. You're right. No, no. I'll just sit out on 1135 01:37:43,712 --> 01:37:50,637 that review. I refuse a boycott. Always a joy to have those guys on the show reviewing films 1136 01:37:50,657 --> 01:37:54,880 with us. Remember to check out their podcast Throwback Trivia Take Down, of which their 1137 01:37:54,920 --> 01:37:59,863 first episode, Jonathan and I were actually contestants. And we went head to head on Marvel 1138 01:37:59,883 --> 01:38:05,055 and DC trivia. It was a whole lot of fun. Go check them out. Absolutely. That does it for 1139 01:38:05,096 --> 01:38:12,840 this review. AJ9K help close this out. Thanks for listening to Dynamic duel. Visit the show's 1140 01:38:12,880 --> 01:38:18,764 website at dynamicduel.com and follow us on Instagram at dynamicduelpodcast. You can support 1141 01:38:18,804 --> 01:38:24,528 the show on Patreon at patreon.com slash dynamicduel and joining a tier that works for you, or by 1142 01:38:24,568 --> 01:38:30,752 rating and reviewing Dynamic duel on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser or on our website. Don't 1143 01:38:30,772 --> 01:38:35,315 forget to listen to the other shows in the DynaMic Podcast Network, including Max Destruction, 1144 01:38:35,656 --> 01:38:42,756 Senjow World and Console Combat. In our next episode, we're doing another review. Actually, 1145 01:38:43,057 --> 01:38:49,002 we'll be doing reviews for a while. But this will be of my adventures with Superman season 1146 01:38:49,102 --> 01:38:55,447 two. I really enjoyed season one. I have not even started season two yet. No, that's a lie. 1147 01:38:55,467 --> 01:38:59,971 I've seen the first episode, maybe first two episodes. Anyway, I'll be reviewing all of 1148 01:38:59,991 --> 01:39:04,374 the episodes next week. But that does it for this episode. We want to give a big thanks 1149 01:39:04,394 --> 01:39:09,078 to our executive producers, Ken Johnson, John Swarovski, Zachary Hepburn. Dustin Abelcom, 1150 01:39:09,198 --> 01:39:14,280 Miggy Mathengian, Brandon Estregard, Nathaniel Wagoner, Levi Yaten, Austin Wazilovski, AJ 1151 01:39:14,300 --> 01:39:20,503 Dunkerley, Scott Camacho, Gil Camacho, Adam Spies, Andrew Shunk, Dean Molesky, Devin Davis, 1152 01:39:20,803 --> 01:39:26,205 and Joseph Kerstink for helping make this podcast possible. We'll talk to you guys next week. 1153 01:39:26,726 --> 01:39:33,268 Up up and away, true believers. She's a megalomaniacal psychotic asshole, a finger licking dead inside 1154 01:39:33,328 --> 01:39:38,039 pixie slapping third rate dime store nut milk. she can lick my god damn cinnamon ring clean 1155 01:39:38,060 --> 01:39:42,003 and kick rocks all the way to bald hell. In fact, I don't give a shit if she removes all 1156 01:39:42,023 --> 01:39:46,407 my skin and pops me like some nightmarish blood balloon. If the last thing I do in this godforsaken 1157 01:39:46,427 --> 01:39:50,952 cum gutter existence is light that fuckbox on fire, I still won't die happy. That's right, 1158 01:39:51,092 --> 01:39:56,096 I won't be happy until I've urinated on her freshly barbecued corpse and husk remains while 1159 01:39:56,136 --> 01:39:58,619 gargling juggernaut juggernuts. And you can quote me.