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the superiority between Marvel and DC by comparing their characters and stat-based battle simulations.
I'm Johnny DC. And I'm his twin brother, Marvelous Joe. And in this episode, we are doing a review
of the Harley Quinn spinoff series, Kite Man. Hell yeah. It wrapped up season one a while
ago, but we're just getting around to it now because, of course, everything else... from
Marvel and DC has been released within the past few weeks and these upcoming weeks. There's
gonna be a lot of reviews. Yeah, we are still in the middle of review hell. Again, bear with
us folks. We will get through all these reviews eventually. We'll be talking about Kite Man
Hell Yeah later on in this episode. Before that, we're gonna break down the comic book movie
news to come out this past week, including the Thunderbolts teaser trailer that was released,
the news that Kyle Chandler has been cast as Hell Jordan in the Lantern series, and the
news that a Bane and Deathstroke combined film project is in development.
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in our show notes to listen to all of the shows in the Dynomic Podcast Network. But with that
out of the way, quick to the no prize. A no prize is an award Marvel used to give out to
fans. Our version, the Dynamic duel No Prize, is a digital award we post on Instagram for
the person that we feel gave the best answer to our question of the week. Last week we asked
you guys, what musician would you cast as a live action Marvel or DC character and what
character would that be? And this is coming off of Lady Gaga's casting in the upcoming
Joker Follyado film. You guys came out of the woodwork for this question even though Apparently
we've already asked it before like a couple years ago when Lady Gaga was first cast But
we got a lot of great new answers So let's go ahead and run them down as well as our no prize
winner our first honorable mention goes to Travis Herndon who said let's our dynamic dudes Travis
here shout out to my evil twin So my answer would have to be the great ice cube as what
character you ask Luke Cage I mean, he's got that look He got the swagger, he got the attitude.
I think Ice Cube could pull off a cool ass Luke Cage. I mean, come on, he got the look. And
I could definitely see him rocking the yellow tee, painting tea in the bracelet. So yeah,
Ice Cube is Luke Cage. I thought this was a fantastic answer. I think Ice Cube would definitely
make a great Luke Cage because he definitely has the attitude, right? But part of me also
hates this answer because I feel like I would wanna give Cube a lot of flak for representing
Harlem over Compton, you know, I think it would be weird for rap fans to see cube representing
the East Side. Yeah, they'd have to like retcon the character in the film universe so that
yeah, he's from California. There you go. Not New York. I mean, otherwise you'd have to get
like someone from the Wu-Tang Clan or I don't know, Puff Daddy, although he's in a lot of
trouble right now. So maybe not him. Yeah, not him. Puff Daddy, Diddy, whatever he's calling
himself, the Diddler, that guy. Great answer, Travis. Our next honorable mention goes to
John Speas, who said, Hey fellas, John Speas here. This one's a little far out, but stay
with me. I would cast Danny Elfman as Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin. I think he's just
crazy enough to do it. There you go. So one of the reasons Willem Dafoe was such a great
Norman Osborn is because he has a goblin face. I've been saying this for years, but there
is another person in this world. who also has a natural goblin face. And that man is Danny
Elfman, the former singer for Oingo Boingo, and of course the famous film composer, you
know, who actually wrote the music for the initial Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy. I think he would
be a great Norman Osborn. I think he'd be an even better Green Goblin. You know who he would
be perfect casting for though? Who? Cletus Kasady Carnage. He looks exactly like that character
from the comics. Oh, interesting. Yeah, I could see him as either character. Whenever I think
of characters like Norman Osborn or Cletus Kasady, I just think of evil Ginger. That's what Danny
Elfman is, there you go. Exactly. Great answer, Jon Spears. Our next honorable mention goes
to... Miggie Mathingian, who said... Hey, what's up guys, this is Miggie. And this question
was inspired by Lady Gaga, which, uh, who recently released a single with Bruno Mars, who's Filipino
and half Puerto Rican, so I was thinking, oh, he would be a good vibe because they're both,
like, great dancers and they both have Puerto Rican. heritage and then I was thinking he
was in a duo with uh it's called silk sonic with anderson pack who is african-american
and korean heritage just like connor hawke so I would just Bruno Mars as vibe and anderson
pack as connor hawke thanks guys yeah connor hawke is a pretty obscure character he's the
son of green arrow and took up the green arrow mantle for a while not a terrible answer I
do like Bruno Mars as vibe a little bit more just because I feel like Bruno Mars as Vibe
is like peak casting for the character of Vibe. Like you cannot do better casting than that.
If Vibe ever was cast as Bruno Mars, like the character has arrived. Like he's A-list now.
That's right, because the character Vibe has a music background in the comic books, right?
Right, exactly. He was a break dancer. But you know, you could turn it into like Bruno Mars
smooth style of dancing. I don't know what you call it. It's smooth as hell, though. I think
it's just hip hop style. Boom. Smooth hip hop style. I like Anderson Paak though. He did
some music for the Shang-Chi soundtrack and yeah, he definitely looks like Connor Hawk.
I think the Anderson Paak casting is peak casting too. So great answer, Miggy. We wanna give
a special shout out to Brandon Estregard who said Jenny Ico is Poison Ivy. Cyrus Moore who
said Justin Timberlake as the Riddler. Daniel Alonso who said Ren Gill as Ragdoll. Josh Hayward
said Post Malone as Tattoo Man. Kat Stevens said Metallica as The Sinister Six. Luke Bradley
said Taylor Swift as Dazzler, Mason Thompson said Childish Gambino as the Hypno Hustler,
and Mike Williams forgot to leave an answer. But he called in anyway and we appreciate that.
But the winner of this week's No Prize is Judson Batty, who said, Hi guys, Judson Batty here.
I know the chances are incredibly unlikely, but I would cast Elton John as Arcade, the
X-Men villain. I think he's got the looks pretty much on par. And it's not a very physical role,
so the older age wouldn't be much of an issue. And I feel like Arcade's the sort of random
character who can get away with bursting into song or any of that sort of stuff in a similar
way that Joker could. I think it would just be a very funny thing to watch. Right. He got
cut off there, but this is the perfect answer people. Yes. Elton John as the X-Men villain
Arcade. If you guys don't know who Arcade is, he is a trickster villain for the X-Men who
sets up really elaborate video game and amusement park death traps for heroes. And if you guys
have seen the sequel to Kingsman, which was called Kingsman and the Golden Circle, you've
seen Elton John in that film and you know just how perfect an answer this is because he was
fucking hilarious in Kingsman and he kicked a whole lot of ass in that movie and he's a
great musician. So you gotta give it to him. Yeah, Elton John is a very colorful character
and arcade creates very colorful and chaotic environments for the X-Men. I think it totally
works. Plus, you know, when I think of arcade, I think of evil ginger. And that's also what
I think of when I think of Elton John. What do you have against gingers, man? Well, nothing
against gingers, just the evil ones. Oh, OK. All right. That makes sense. I just want to
see the X-Men escaping a death trap. to the tune of Tiny Dancer while we see Arcade singing
that song. Yes. MCU X-Men, get it done. Kevin Feige, hope you're listening. Great answer
Judson, you win this week's note prize. If you the listener want a shot at winning your own
note prize, stay tuned to later on in this episode when we'll be asking another question of the
week. And now that that's done, onto the news!
Alright, just over a week ago we got the first trailer for Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts asterisk
movie that's gonna come out in theaters in May of 2025. And I thought this was a fantastic
trailer. It was pretty much exactly what we saw from the D23 Thunderbolts presentation,
but with some additional footage toward the end. And I thought that was one of the more
promising looks to come out of D23 was this footage. So I'm really pumped for this movie.
Okay, I'm- Also really pumped by how cool this trailer was. This looks like the Avengers,
but cooler to me. The Avengers are already really cool. So I don't know what you mean by that.
But yeah, but I'm just talking about like the cast of characters here. Like when this project
was first announced and they were talking about the lineup, I was like, oh damn, like that's
a pretty damn cool lineup. Like you're essentially just taking Marvel's coolest characters that
are like still alive and like putting them together. But I'm also not gonna lie. When I first saw
this, I also thought, okay, I see what they're going for. Fucking the Suicide Squad. First
of all, they're completely different concepts. Like, the Thunderbolts is all about reformed
heroes actually working to do good. It's not under threat of getting your head exploded
or something like that. That's fair. But can you admit it? I want to see you admit it. That,
yeah, this looks like it's taking inspiration from the Suicide Squad. I think that if this
was ripped off of Suicide Squad, it's going to be a million times better than any iteration.
of the Suicide Squad anything ever was. Especially that 2016 movie, right? You mean the Oscar
winning Suicide Squad 2016 movie? Fuck off. All right, anyway, the trailer starts with
Yelena Belova visiting her surrogate father, Alexei Shostakov, played by David Harbour,
who I think gives a great performance as the Red Guardian. I love the moment where she knocks
on the door and he's trying to get things cleaned up for her so that she could come in. And he
brushes his teeth with his finger and dish soap. Like, just the whole character is just hilarious.
Sure, he's used for comic relief and sure, the team already has like five different versions
of a super soldier, but I'm here for it. Oh, yeah. No, David Harbour is fantastic as the
Red Guardian. He was one of the best parts to come out of the Black Widow movie. I thought
I'm really glad that we're getting to see him again. His comedic timing is so subtle yet
so good. I'm guessing that he's not with Melina Vostokov anymore. played by Rachel Weisz in
the Black Widow movie. And that's why he's kind of down and out here. She must've dumped him
or something. But Yulana talks about how she's also depressed and she's been diving into her
work. One of her jobs puts her at odds with John Walker, the US agent, Ghost from Ant-Man
and the Wasp, Taskmaster with a very different costume here, and Bob Reynolds the Sentry.
Well yeah, Taskmaster and Ghost both have very different costumes. Yeah, I like Ghost's costume.
She actually removes her mask here, which I thought was interesting because Taskmaster
did not. I know Olga Korolenko is cast in the film. I'm not certain why they're so afraid
to show her face though, considering we all know who she is. Well, I don't know, maybe
some people who haven't seen Black Widow still don't know that Taskmaster has been gender
swapped. I'm wondering if it's in fact the same Taskmaster or if it's somebody else. Oh, that's
interesting. I don't know. That's hearsay, but we'll see what happens. I am intrigued by the
fact though that Taskmaster never takes off her mask. The fight between the group in that
warehouse bunker was fantastic. I thought it was really cool to see how they can play off
each other even though they had never met each other until this point. But they're so in tune
that they're able to counter each other's moves as they're being made. It's pretty interesting.
Yeah, of course, and then the sentry pops out of nowhere. Yeah, of course, that role was
originally played by Steven Yoon and I kind of wish he was still in the role because I
think that would have been a f- Fascinating character for him to play now. He's being played
by Lewis Pullman still pretty interesting here I'm really interested in seeing where they
take the character and how faithful they will be to the comics We do see in a shot later
on that he's being shot at by a group of guards and all the bullets are basically Bouncing
off of him and not hurting him So he'll be a cool character if you guys don't know much
about the sentry and want to learn more check out our episode where? We put him against general
Zod. I wonder if these Thunderbolt characters were sent in there to kill Bob the sentry or
if they were sent in there for him to kill them. That's a great question. We don't know what's
really going on because we see Bucky attack the Thunderbolts group later on at the end
of this trailer. So it seems like somebody's trying to get these people killed but Bucky
joins the team, Sentry joins the team. It's really interesting how this is all playing
out. And which of them is being manipulated by the Contessa Valentina Allegra da Fontaine,
played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who apparently has bought Stark Tower. and she's throwing
parties with like Loki Scepter in them and everything like that. She puts together the Thunderbolts
and the MCU has been hinting at her involvement in films like Black Widow and shows like Hawkeye
and the Falcon and the Witcher Soldier. And Wakanda Forever. Oh yeah, that's right. She
was in that too. It'll be nice to finally get that payoff of what her motives are and what's
all going on here. Fingers are still crossed that she's Letharian. Yeah, if they like maybe
merge her character with Lucia von Bardis or something like that, that could be pretty cool.
Again, Thunderbolts asterisk comes out on May 2nd, 2025. And speaking of that asterisk, that
asterisk though, that brings us to our question of the week.
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before October 5th. Moving on to DC news, Kyle Chandler has been set to star in HBO's Lanterns
series for the DC Universe. This will be produced by both James Gunn and Peter Safran. Of course,
Chris Mundy and Damon Lindelof have been announced as writers for the series. There's been some
speculation for a while now as to who was going to be playing Cal Jordan. And we had A-list
talent in the running, including Josh Brolin and Matthew McConaughey, Chris Pine, Timothy
Elephant. But ultimately it came down to Kyle Chandler of Friday Night Lights fame. And I
gotta say, I'm not thrilled by the news, especially considering the names we could have gotten
and the names that were being thrown around. It's kind of hard to get excited about Kyle
Chandler. I feel kind of let down by that. I think it's kind of funny. I think out of...
everyone you could have gotten. Nobody expected Kyle Chandler to get the job. I mean, he'll
be serviceable. He's been in a few movies. He's popped up in like Godzilla, King of Monsters,
and he was in the Neil Armstrong biopic First Man. He's just not a household name. And I
guess I kind of assumed that Hal Jordan would be considering the last actor to play him was
Ryan Reynolds. You know, we didn't get a version of Hal Jordan in the Snyderverse. So I kind
of thought that they make up for the bad reception of Ryan Reynolds film by casting someone really
big in the role to say hey Hal Jordan is still really important to us he's still a really
big character so much so in fact that we got this actor i guess that's not the case though
i shouldn't be that disappointed i mean after all Kyle Chandler is an Emmy-winning actor
like you said he'll be serviceable considering the talent behind the scenes i'm not too concerned
about the direction of the show I was just expecting bigger names. It looks like from who's currently
in the running for Jon Stewart as well, like that's not going to be a big name either. Currently
they're looking at Alan Pierre and Stephen James to play the role of Jon Stewart. Of course,
Alan Pierre is the star of the Netflix thriller Rebel Ridge and Stephen James was in films
like The Piano Lesson and 21 Bridges. Actually he starred opposite Chadwick Boseman in 21
Bridges and I always thought that Stephen James would have made a good Black Panther. after
Chad Oak Boseman's tragic passing. That said, I'll be fine to take him for the DC Universe.
He's actually my favorite pick out of those two for Jon Stewart. Yeah, same here. I'd like
to see him get the role. I think he could pull it off and I think he'd be a great addition
to the DC film universe too, if they end up putting Jon Stewart in a Justice League roster
down the line. Apparently they're looking to make a decision for Jon Stewart sooner rather
than later. Maybe by the time we record our next episode, we'll have our Jon Stewart. So
look forward to that. In other DC news, it looks like James Gunn and Peter Safran are developing
a Bane and Deathstroke conjoined film that's going to be written by Matthew Orton, the same
writer who wrote the upcoming Captain America Brave New World movie. I have no idea what
that film would look like. Maybe it's just like an Assassin's movie and there'll be other DC
like assassin or mercenary characters all going for like a single target or something like
that. That sounds pretty cool. Or maybe Deathstroke has to infiltrate Santa Prisca prison to eliminate
a target and he encounters Bane. I don't know, it's all speculative right now. I think the
concept is the most intriguing bit of news to come out of this though. So they never would
have assumed that they would have taken Bane, who's a Batman villain, and Deathstroke, who's
primarily a Titans villain, and put them in the same movie. Yeah, that's a pretty odd couple
there. I saw a rumor that said that the film is potentially setting up a Secret Six movie.
Well considering that Deathstroke was not a part of the Secret Six, I find that hard to
believe. Deadshot was in the Secret Six, so people might be confusing him for Deathstroke,
but I don't know, it might be as good a guess as any, but I find that hard to believe. As
James Gunn has said in the past, they're not going to greenlight a film until the script
is completed, so who knows when this movie will be released, if it will at all. But the fact
that they're developing it is just fascinating in regards to what James Gunn has planned with
these films. Is there a plan? I'm gonna say no. It's starting to look that way. Like it
may just be a shared universe with no overarching story. So basically like they have to see you
right now. Oh, during the multiverse saga? Yeah, kind of, but you see how that's going for them.
Yeah, yeah. I don't know. We'll see what happens with this. We'll keep you guys updated if any
other news surrounding it develops.
That does it for all the news for this week, so now let's move on to the main event of this
episode where we review season 1 of the Max animated series, Kite Man. Hell yeah.
Hell yeah is a spin-off series of the critically and fan-acclaimed animated max-exclusive series
Harley Quinn, for which we've reviewed two seasons and a Valentine's Day special on this podcast.
Harley Quinn is a good series, with enough over-the-top violence and raunchy humor to entertain its
mature audiences, but also a surprising amount of heart and psychological insight into the
characters of Gotham that make it relatively groundbreaking amidst DC's massive library
of animated fare. Now despite the success of The Harley Quinn Show, I had mediocre expectations
for season one of Kite Man Hell Yeah, a series based on a D-list Batman villain and minor,
albeit charming side characters from Harley Quinn. The Harley Quinn Show already features
a pretty obscure cast of Gotham characters, so would a show that scrapes even further into
the bottom of the barrel actually work? I'm glad to say it did. I wouldn't go so far as
to recommend the show as must-see TV, but if you're a fan of the Harley Quinn series, this
show is definitely worth your time, though I wouldn't expect it to be as innovative. If
you're interested in watching the show but haven't yet, skip this review for now and come back
after you've watched it as this review, like all of our reviews, will contain spoilers.
Yeah, I'm not sure this show has any appeal to people who aren't fans of the Harley Quinn
comedy, you might still find something here to enjoy. The show is actually pretty different
from what I was expecting it to be. I thought it was going to be much more of a sitcom, something
like Cheers, but it actually ended up having more of an overarching story than I thought
it was going to have. For the most part, the show is purely focused on laughs, though it
does revolve somewhat around the romance of its two lead characters, Kite Man and his girlfriend
of 14 months, Golden Glider, an obscure Flash villain. The two work well together, though
I'd say most of the laughs don't come from their interactions. Rather, most of the show's humor
comes from the ensemble of recurring side characters that frequent the bar Kite Man and Golden Glider
purchased in episode 1. This includes Bane, a character from the Harley Quinn show and
my favorite of the bunch, Malice Vunderbar, a trendy apocalyptic socialite forced to work
at the bar, Sean Noonan, the aloof former owner of the bar who knows all of its secrets, The
Queen of Fables, also from Harley Quinn, now just a decapitated head looking for a body.
Joe and Moe doubles, mobster conjoined twins with two heads. Six pack, a lewd drunkard and
wannabe villain I think. And a random ass guy named Gus. Now most of the ensemble works,
particularly Bane, Malice, and Noonan. Like Bane's obsessive nature and Mack forgetting
himself into embarrassing situations are hilarious. I thought Malice was going to be annoying when
we were first introduced to the character, but she ended up being a fantastic foil for Golden
Glider, and her demonic cat Cheshire allowed Malice to get involved in some of the show's
action scenes. Noonan was great as a loyal mentor figure for Kite Man not only when it came to
running a seedy bar in Gotham, but also in navigating relationships. Some of the cast, however, like
the doubles twins Sixpack and Daryl, were good for maybe one joke the entire season. It's
always been interesting to see how some characters are adapted in this quote-unquote quin-verse
like a character like Malice. And I would have much rather seen other D-list villains frequenting
Noonan's than some of what we got here. Yeah, actually going back to your idea that the premise
was going to be more of a sitcom where we see a revolving cast of D-list villains showing
up at the bar, I was surprised at the lack of cameos and stuff that we got from this show.
Yeah, we got Frank the Plant, we got Clayface, we got Martian Manhunter just out of fucking
nowhere. But yeah, I thought we were going to get a lot more villains. Now regarding the
humor, the show's irreverent gags are pretty much nonstop, and most of the jokes land, especially
as the season progresses and continues to build on past jokes. Like in Harley Quinn, there's
a touch of commentary in the humor, particularly when it comes to one of the show's three villains,
Helen Villigan. who turned her themed bar, Villigans, into an online Amazon slash Google-esque data
empire that spies on its user base in a send-up of big tech and capitalistic excess. Usually
LexCorp fills that role in DC media, so I'm not convinced that Helen Villigan was necessary,
especially considering Lex Luther already serves as one of the season's villains. He was voiced
by Lance Riddick of John Wick fame. for eight episodes before his untimely passing. Yeah,
for as ubiquitous as Villigans was in this universe, you think that we would have seen Villigans
in the Harley Quinn show. We might have maybe if they were setting this up, but I just don't
remember Villigans any time prior to this season. No, I think she was made up for the show. Although
that's not entirely true. I was able to find a character named Helen Helligan. I don't know
if they're the same though. You think they have to be. Well, Helen Helligan is an FBI agent,
not a villain. Well, never mind then. Now, the surprise villain for me was Darkseid, who we've
seen in past seasons of Harley Quinn. But, you know, to make the central conflict of the season
revolve around the anti-life equation made for some pretty lofty stakes for a show about D-list
villains. Considering the high stakes, I thought the conflict would have been more appropriate
for a fifth season of Harley Quinn or better yet, maybe like a Suicide Squad spin-off series.
that I think people would have been much more interested in than Kite Man. Now seeing Kite
Man in the Suicide Squad would have been much more interesting to me than seeing him run
a bar. That's just an idea, though. Like for me, the premise of Kite Man running a bar is
almost like a web series at best. Right. But it definitely has great potential in the sort
of sitcom style. Like you, I was hoping the show would go a different route because. I
don't think we need another Harley Quinn series, essentially. This show explored a lot of different
things, but I'm wondering how they're going to incorporate what happened in this show into
the upcoming Harley Quinn season. If we're going to see a lot of these characters jumping back
and forth, I think they're kind of basically setting themselves up for a continuity nightmare,
especially in this universe which is so wacky that almost anything can go from episode to
episode. Yeah, I definitely agree. To me, this could have also just been a subplot within.
the next season of Harley Quinn. Like maybe get rid of some of the minor subplots from
this series, like Queen of Fables looking for a body to attach her head to or something like
that. And just, you know, get it streamlined and insert it into the Harley Quinn show. I
think that could have worked. Exactly. And let me just say this. It shouldn't have been Kite
Man who got his own spinoff show. For as funny as Kite Man is, he didn't have as much to do
here as like Harley Quinn does in say her own show. It's more about this whole cast of characters,
including Bane, who has probably just as much, if not more, screen time than Kite Man does.
I think this should have been a Bane spinoff, because to me, he's the standout from the Harley
Quinn show, not Kite Man. Yeah, he's the standout from both shows, Harley Quinn and Kite Man,
I felt. I would love to see Bane get his own show, and I agree he probably should have gotten
his before Kite Man did. Now, regarding the romance of the series, it truly is the heart
of the show, as it is in the Harley Quinn series. Kite Man and Golden Glider are great for each
other, but let's talk more about them and their relationship in our character breakdown. Charles
Chuck Brown slash Kite Man was voiced by Matt Oberg. I haven't talked too much about his
voice performance in past seasons of the Harley Quinn series, but if it wasn't for Oberg's
lovable, loser-esque comedic take on Kite Man, the character would not have been endearing
enough to sustain his own spinoff series. The show owes a lot of credit to Oberg's charm.
which I think could translate into live action if they ever want to put Kite Man in a Suicide
Squad film or something like that. For sure. Yeah, that would be hilarious. The guy's delivery
is something special. I'll say that. It's more than spot on. It's charming, it's pitiful,
it's comedic. It's all of these things in one package. Yeah, it could go anywhere from super
heroic to super sad and everything in between. And still be funny all at once. Kite Man's
arc this season revolves around self-acceptance, and it's an arc that stems from his appearances
in Harley Quinn. He broke off his engagement to Poison Ivy in that show because he had the
self-worth to not be with a woman he loved who didn't love him on equal footing. Kite Man
and Golden Glider make a better couple in that they're both fully committed to each other
despite their flaws. But Kite Man becomes insecure during the show by his father's disapproval,
the appearance of a rival bar like Villigans across the street, as well as Golden Glider's
mom, Rebecca Chen, telling him he's not good enough for her daughter. So he makes the decision
to go to his rival, Helen Villigan, to gain a superpower in order to be more than the loser
he suddenly feels he is. But by the end of the season, he learns that he doesn't need a superpower
because his power all along had been his kindness and friendliness that got him his dream girl
and bar from the very start. The superpower of Beast Mode. Might be my favorite moment
with Kite Man. His douchebag power, it's just so unbelievably wacky and hilarious. Oftentimes
I've been asked if you could have any superpower. I think I kind of want douchebag superpower.
His power was telekinesis, which was activated by him throwing up the middle finger, right?
But it would do things like wedgies and pull people's pants down and titty twisters and
stuff like that. It was just hilarious. I think that stemmed more from who Beast Mode was as
opposed to what his power was specifically. Okay. It wasn't like his power was like randomly
doing these douchey things to them, I think. But yeah, I would love that power in real life.
People who like cut me off in traffic, I just like throw up the finger and then all of a
sudden their car would shut down or something like that. That type of power does appeal to
me in a totally petty way. Was Beast Mode your favorite Kite Man moment or did you have another
one? No, there were no like real standout action moments or anything really heroic for him outside
of the whole Anti-life equation thing at the end, but even that wasn't really an exciting
action moment for him true. Very yeah He didn't really do anything like impressive with his
kite this season I felt which I was actually really looking forward to considering our last
episode Which was a duel between kite man and stilt man, you know all the different kite
gadgets that he has in the comics weren't really on display in this show, except as random gags.
When he hit his belt and it would shoot out a bunch of little kite throwing stars and stuff
like that. Yeah, you're right. That was it. But you know, like Harley Quinn and Kite Man,
those shows really aren't about the heroics. No, but there is a lot of action. So I would
have expected Kite Man to be more involved in the action more frequently in his own series.
I think the biggest thing he did besides the Anti-Life Equation thing was punch Baby Doll,
but that happened off camera. Well, you look at Golden Glider, she got a whole lot of action
in this season. Oh, absolutely. Yeah. Lisa Snart slash Golden Glider. She was voiced by Stephanie
Sue. I think she's a fantastic actress. She was great as one of the leads in everything
everywhere all at once. And though I didn't care for her performance at the start of this
season, I think that was more due to the writing of the character because by the end of the
season, I was really happy with the character. And I think a lot of that has to do. with Sue's
ability to deliver both comedy and drama. I think at one point we were thinking about pitting
Golden Glider against Shadow Cat from Marvel in a duel episode. And I am totally glad that
we didn't do that because Golden Glider seems OP as fuck. Well, so this is an interesting
adaptation of Golden Glider because in the past, Golden Glider was just a really fast skater.
But in the new 52, they re-imagined the character to be almost like a ghost with blades that's
really fast. So they kind of did both for this show and that she had this like astral projection
that could shoot out these ribbons that could either like liquefy or cut people. I actually
think it was a pretty good adaptation of the character and honestly I hope they adapt that
to the comics. She's a former member of the Rogues? Yes, that's correct. We'll find a matchup
for her eventually somewhere down the line. I think maybe Devin has already come up with
that idea, but I'll have to double check. This is a much better adaptation of the character
from the comics than what they did on the Flash TV show, which is just give her a gun that
turns things gold. Holy shit. That's so stupid. Yeah, it was kind of ridiculous. But you know
what? I bet you Golden Glider in the Kite Man show wished she had that power, though. I mean,
who wouldn't? I want that. Yeah, yeah. Now, like Kite Man, Golden Glider's arc revolves
around insecurity. You know, her insecurity around using her unstable powers. around her
relationship with Kite Man, around the new young, caught-rich barmaid, her unresolved past, and
around the unrequited love from her mother. The only thing that keeps her stable is the
shared love between herself and Kite Man, which makes it all the more tragic at the end of
the season when the only way to seemingly save the world from the anti-life equation is for
Glider to kill Kite Man. That ended up not happening through a bizarre deus ex machina. But in the
end she admitted that she wouldn't have been able to kill Kite Man anyway because she loved
him. And though she never overcomes her insecurities in this season, at least she's supported by
a good partner who brings out the best in her as she does for him. Hashtag relationship goals.
You know it's interesting that Kite Man and Golden Glider make such a good couple considering
they're both highly insecure people. And neither of them have like real secure attachments due
to their upbringing and stuff like that. And usually you need at least one person to have
a secure attachment in a relationship in order for the relationship to work. Otherwise, you
know, the insecurities compound and spiral out of control. But yeah, they both seem like they
have anxious attachments to each other or something. Well, Kymane is usually very secure, like almost
to a fault. Like he should not be as secure as he is. It wasn't until this season that
he kind of started to feel like, oh, maybe he's not good enough because, you know, he told
Poison Ivy straight to her face, like, I'm too good for you. So, you know, that was never
really his problem until he started to get serious with Golden Glider. That's true. That's very
true, actually. I didn't think about that, but you're absolutely right. He kind of has delusions
of grandeur in his security. Exactly. But that's kind of the appeal, right? He's a big loser,
but he doesn't necessarily know that he's a big loser. Right. That's 100% the appeal of
the character. Because it makes you want to root for him. He's the underdog. This whole
show is about underdogs. Him, Golden Glider, Bane, everyone. No, my favorite moment with
Golden Glider was actually in the first episode when she first showed her powers because that's
when I realized how they were adapting the character. And I was like, okay, they're taking like a
mixture between, you know, pre-New 52 Golden Glider and post-Flashpoint Golden Glider. The
funniest moments I think were actually, you know, her naked fighting at the spa, but also
her getting her nipples pierced. when she thought that her mom was going to get it done too,
only to find out that wasn't the case. Oh, so all the raunchy stuff, okay. Yes. Regarding
the naked fight, that was pretty interesting because the animators, it seemed like they
tried to Austin Powers the whole choreography as much as they could in that they were trying
to hide her exposed bits for as long as they could. But at some point they just said, fuck
it, and just decided to blur everything. Right. And just let it in full view of the camera.
I thought that was pretty interesting why they just didn't do that from the get go. But I
actually think it would have been more funny for them to continue the kind of Austin powersing
of the nudity within the fight. That's fair.
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Moving on to our story highlights, the first episode was titled, Pilot Hell Yeah! With the
anti-life equation in his possession, Lex Luthor reluctantly hires Kite Man as an aerial spy
to guard the Legion of Doom against the Justice League due to the Legion's flying villains
being unavailable. Kite Man fails at his task, so Luthor takes revenge by attempting to buy
Kite Man's hangout, Noonan's Bar, for $10 million. Kite Man and his girlfriend Golden Glider strive
to raise the money first, but are unable to borrow it from anyone. Harley Quinn and Poison
Ivy advise the two to rob from villains worse than them. With help from former Legion member
Bane, the group attack the mansion of Kite Man's father, Daryl, who willingly surrenders his
money as a reward for Kite Man finally standing up to him. Luther's revenge is later revealed
to be a deception so that he can hide the anti-life equation in Nunein's freezer, unaware that
Darkseid is also on the hunt for it. Do you think they did Sinestro dirty in this episode?
They do so many villains dirty in the Harley Quinn series and this show. I was not happy
with what they did to Sinestro. I was like, okay, really Lex Luthor? I guess. I thought
that Kite Man's dad, Daryl, giving him the money, I thought there was going to be some kind of
catch to it or something like that. He was going to reveal like, This is your inheritance I'm
giving it to you now, don't ask me for anything else in the future or something like that.
But the way he gave it to him was actually pretty earnest, which surprised me considering how
he was kind of a big douchebag to his son. Yeah, I think it was meant to be funny. I actually
think the show gets funnier as it goes. These first few episodes I didn't think were that
great. Yeah, it was kind of weird the way he just kind of gave it to him. I will say the
funniest part of this episode I thought. was actually a setup for a gag that was recurring
throughout the rest of the season when Moe Doubles was shot. And so his conjoined twin brother
is just like walking around with his dead brother's head right next to him. Just like totally aloof.
Like it's not even a big thing. Yeah, that was hilarious. I love that. Episode two was titled
Grand Reopening. Hell yeah. While preparing for Noonan's grand reopening, Kite Man hires
Darkseid's entitled goddaughter Malice. as a server despite Glider wanting to hire Bane
for the job. Meanwhile, Kite Man grows desperate for Daryl to respond to his invite to the event.
Displeased with Malice's attitude, Glider invites Luthor, among other notable Legion members,
to the party, unaware that Luthor is throwing his own party to ensure Nuenans stays irrelevant.
The latter event is subsequently ruined by Malice's cat Cheshire, who escapes and temporarily becomes
kaiju sized after eating several civilians. unintentionally drawing attention to Noonans.
After realizing that he should focus more on impressing people who actually like him, Kite
Man fires Malice, but Glider promotes her to social media manager to make Darkseid happy
while Bane takes a job as bouncer. Elsewhere, a goon named Gus takes the Queen of Fables
head in as his kindergartner's class pet where she is forced to entertain his students before
stealing the body of one boy's mother after being taken home. Now, I didn't know who Malice
was when watching the show, so I wanted to make sure that I looked her up and she looks nothing
like her adaptation in the show. Yes, another one of those instances of the Quinnverse really
doing a decent job of adapting the character from the comics. In the comics, Malice is much
more like Baby Doll or Alice, and I think that would have just been way too much if they had
done that with her character. I really like what they did with Malice. Who is she related
to on Apocalypse? I have no idea who that is. Okay. Yeah, he's like this Monocle general
type guy, kind of like Baron Shucker in Marvel. Oh. Moving on to episode three titled, Villigans.
Hell yeah. Villigans, a themed chain restaurant opens across the street from the bar, threatening
Newton's business. Meanwhile, Kite Man feels that he is not moving fast enough in his relationship
with Glider and asks if they can move in together. though she avoids the subject upon noticing
that he found her secret relationship spreadsheet on her computer. Kite Man tries to reignite
their bond by discovering Villigan's intentions, but proves reluctant to kill the manager as
he has never killed before. Meanwhile, Glider accepts Villigan's offer for a free spa day
with the Queen and Malice. During this, she confesses that she loves Kite Man and has been
ready to move in with him, but is afraid that she might kill him due to her unstable powers.
The group later learn they stumbled onto a deathtrap owned by Babydoll, who reveals her intent to
kill Kite Man and destroy Nunes with a rigged gift basket. However, Kite Man throws the basket
at the last second, destroying Villigans. Kite Man and Glider later reconcile and agree to
move in together. I thought one of the best gags in the entire season was how Bane started
working for Villigans just by going there and seeing how poor of a service the costumed Bane
there was giving. You're giving Bane a bad name. He always finds himself in like the most embarrassing
situations, but he just has like the best heart about it. So he just kind of always has to
deal with whatever is thrown at him. He's a great character. Episode four was titled Portal
Potty. Hell, yeah. While moving above Noonan's, Kiteman notices the lack of photos from Glider's
youth, but she refuses to discuss her background with him. Meanwhile, Bane accidentally travels
back to 1986 after defecating in the apartment's toilet, where he falls in love with Glider's
mother, Rebecca Chen. Through Glider's brother, Captain Cold, Kite Man learns their alcoholic,
bickering parents frequented Newnans in 1986, which is where Glider accidentally killed them
upon using her powers for the first time. After falling out with Glider, Kite Man travels back
in time to prevent her parents' deaths, with Glider following soon after. Glider's father,
Lawrence Snart, is killed in an explosion. Glider ultimately decides to focus on the present
instead of the past, only to discover that Rebecca is still not around in the present. Unbeknownst
to Glider, Rebecca ran away following Lawrence's death before being trapped in a jail cell and
gassed by an unknown figure. A few questions here. Who is Rebecca? Because she was very
prominent this season and I don't know if she's from the comics at all. She's actually not
a major character in the comics. If anything, the Snart Father is more of a major character
for his involvement in the origin of Captain Cold. Well, by the end of the show, Rebecca
became like the evil queen in Fairy Tail Land or something like that. Yeah, they made her
an evil fairy godmother, but like, that's not really a character in DC. So I'm not sure what
that's gonna lead to. How did you feel about... the year that they went back to being 1986,
because that would mean that Kite Man and Glider were around their mid 40s by this point in
the present day. Doesn't that seem a little bit old for them? They definitely look younger
than that, I would say. Just makes me feel like I need to get my ass to the gym. Yeah, I know.
I'm starting to think that my potential superhero days are over. But, you know, not if Golden
Glider's over here kicking ass at age 44. Right? On ice skates, it's wild. Episode 5 was titled
Prison Break. Hell yeah. After returning to the present, Bane learns Rebecca was imprisoned
in his old home, The Pit. He, Kite Man, and Glider head there, where they discover Villigan's
owner, Helen Villigan, purchased the pit from the League of Shadows, and is using brainwashed
prisoners as slave labor. Braving the workers and various death traps, the trio rescue Rebecca
and bring her back safely. When she awakens later, however, Rebecca is not enthused to
see Glider. Meanwhile, Malice closes Nounen's early to prepare for the arrival of her immortal
boyfriend, despite the presence of a health inspector. She asks everyone present to pretend
she does not work there, but the boyfriend kills several patrons, leading to her telling the
truth and him dumping her. This causes her to feel emotions for the first time. Through her
actions, Nounen's receives a D- from the inspector, narrowly saving it from being closed down.
I'm kind of mixed on this episode. I really liked the stuff. I thought that was hilarious,
mainly because, you know, Bane played a big part of it and Bane is just fantastic. I hated
the whole Malice's boyfriend stuff and the health inspector stuff. It was it was dumb. Like,
why was the health inspector immortal? It was just out of nowhere. It was filler, of course.
I want to talk about I want to go back to Glider's mom, Glider's mom, Rebecca, because a big portion
of the plot revolves around her. And we know she didn't want to be a mom, that was her whole
thing, but we never really got a sense of why she didn't want to be a mom and how that affected
Glider. There was no real closure there in terms of that revelation and Glider's feelings on
it. Well, sort of. She told Glider straight up that she never wanted to be a mom. But you
think there would be more of an emotional fallout from that. They kind of just moved past it
right away. That's fair. I think I would be much more emotionally distraught if my mother
told me that. But... You know, Rebecca was largely out of the picture during that portion of this
season to begin with, so it didn't really bother me that much. It was a non-satisfying side
story, for sure. I would agree with that, yeah. Episode 6 is titled Mother Daughter Day. Hell
yeah. Glider attempts to reconcile with Rebecca via a mother daughter day, with Malice tagging
along at Rebecca's insistence. Before leaving, Rebecca tells Kite Man that he is not right
for her daughter, given his lack of prospects and powers, which gets to him. Rebecca later
abandons Glider, confessing that she never wanted a child and left because she did not want to
be killed by Glider's powers like Lawrence. Angered, Glider tricks her into using the portal
potty to travel back to 1986. Meanwhile, despite his crush on Rebecca, Bane reunites with Betty,
an old fling from Valentine's Day who convinces him to give the relationship another chance.
Concurrently, at the suggestion of Noonan's former owner, Sean Noonan, Kite Man separately
meets with Etchigan and Helen to get superpowers, but is told by her that he must give up his
kite in exchange. He agrees and becomes Beast Mode, gaining the ability to telekinetically
bully others, which costs him his relationship with Glider. Satisfied that her plan is working,
Helen burns his old kite.
kind of switched to the side of Kite Man. We see her throw the kite into the fire and she's
laughing, but we never see her pull it out of the fire when she gives the kite back to him
later on in the season. It feels kind of cheap that we never saw that transformation. It kind
of seems like the writers wrote themselves into a corner and they didn't really know what to
do with the Helen Villigan character, so they kind of just switched up her motivations a
little bit in order to make Darkseid the big bad guy. Right. Yeah, yeah, it does feel that
way. I wonder why he had to give up the kite to get the douchebag powers though. In a way
it was almost kind of like giving up his soul. He loved kites ever since he was a young kid,
so for him to give up the things that he loves as a way to gain powers, he was essentially
making a deal with the devil. Right, but why did Helen need him to get rid of the kite?
It was like she was just fucking with him. Because she knew it was the way that he was traditionally
most effective, and for the purposes that she needed him for, he didn't need the kite. I
was really glad to see Etrigan and Betty from the Valentine's Day special. I totally forgot
about them, so that was a nice reminder. I wish Etrigan made more appearances. Betty and Bane
are meant to be together. I don't know what he's doing around with this Rebecca girl. Right?
That's what I'm saying. Episode 7 was titled Sexiest Villain Alive. Hell yeah! With Bane,
Luther, and Beast mode in the running for Sexiest Villain Alive, Malice upgrades Bane's wardrobe
to increase his chances. containing the anti-life equation that she found in Nunegan's freezer,
which she thinks is an accessory. Meanwhile, Glider deduces that Helen can change Beast
Mode back into Kite Man, so she nabs Helen's power controller with the help of Clayface,
but only the real Helen's eyes can bypass the security. At the awards ceremony, the Queen
and Moe bring Toyman and Insect Queen as dates, with the latter luring Moe back to her hive
to kill him. The Queen and Toyman follow to warn him, only to stumble across the Queen's
old body preserved in honey. Helen has the contest rigged in Beast Mode's favor, ordering him
to distract Luther with his insulting victory speech while her Hummingbird drones hunt down
the equation, which Luther has also located. The briefcase eventually lands in the possession
of Glider, who merges with the equation and finally gains control of her powers. She forces
Helen to let her access the power controller, restoring Kite Man, and the two mend their
relationship. I guess I want to know how Helen knew about the anti-life equation, because
that kind of seemed to come out of nowhere, where suddenly all these villain characters
are going after the same thing. Dude, Helen knows about everything in the same way that
Google does. Or Jeff Bezos. Right, yeah. My favorite moment in this episode, I think, was
when the Queen of Fables asked Toy Man if he had a car, and he was like, sort of, and then
the next thing we see him like carrying her head in a wagon. I don't know why. I thought
that was hilarious. I was kind of sad that we didn't see a battle between Queen of Fables
in her new body and the Hive Queen. It was just mentioned as something that happened off screen.
They should have shown that. Yeah, that was weird. I love how enamored Kite Man's dad is
with this new version of him as Beast Mode. Yeah, it was funny when the dad was like, let's
go to a titty bar, son. And Beast Mode was like, I am the titty bar. And his dad was like, I
don't know what that means, but I've never been more proud.
Everything was beast mode, I don't know why, I just loved it. Episode 8 was titled, Just
Right. Hell yeah. Kite Man and Glider are on the run after obtaining the Anti-Life Equation
and are allowed to hide out for one night at a resort owned by Frank the Plant. Given his
recent experience with a superpower, Kite Man is concerned that the equation is corrupting
his girlfriend and wants to get rid of it, especially after she attacks random civilians out of paranoia
and insecurity. Glider is faced with visions of Rebecca, who suggests that they can rule
the world together now that she has control over her powers. Meanwhile, Bane is tasked
with babysitting and escaped Goldilocks while the Queen is out enjoying her old body, though
Goldilocks' personality gets on everyone's nerves. Bane takes Goldilocks to a meeting between
him, Lex Luthor, and Helen Villigan, who have temporarily joined forces to track down the
equation. Though Goldilocks ruins their talk, Bane decides that he should learn from her
high standards and leaves, though the equation's location is outed thanks to a call from Frank.
Helen sends an army of robots to get the equation back, though at Kite Man's insistence, Gleider
tosses it into a nearby nuclear plant, destroying the robots as well as the resort and restoring
Gleider's personality. Ultimately, however, the equation remains intact even after the
explosion. I loved the dynamic between Bane and Goldilocks. Like if they made a Bane show,
I would want Goldilocks to be like his sidekick. Or at least a recurring character from time
to time of someone that he's supposed to take care of. Episode 9 was titled, To Get to the
Other Side. Hell yeah. To keep the anti-life equation from Golden Glider, Luther, and Villigan,
Kite Man steals a chicken delivery truck and keeps the briefcase in the back, which mutates
one of the chickens into a kaiju-sized carnivore. Meanwhile, Malice is visited by Darkseid. who
offers to let her serve him an apocalypse for her dedication at Nuenen's, though she is conflicted
about the proposal. When Sixpack lets slip that Kite Man and Glider have the equation, she
tells him that Luther actually has it, which adds to her guilt. Darkseid learns that he
was misled and sets out to find the equation himself, unaware that Luther plans to recapture
it by holding Nuenen at gunpoint to lure Kite Man back home. His attempt is thwarted by the
rest of the bar gang, including Bane. who unknowingly sends Goldilocks to the portal potty to shield
her from the violence. After Cheshire fails to subdue the giant chicken, Glider and Kite-Man
defeat it by making it cough up the briefcase, dying to keep holding onto it. Back on Apocalypse,
Darkseid, determined to complete his search for the equation, decides to confront Malice
about the truth using a tracking app that came with Cheshire. I didn't love this episode.
The chicken largely felt like filler. Absolutely. And I don't know if the... payoff was quite
there. No, it was definitely just, you know, a stall tactic to get through another episode
for them to go right back to Noonan's. I also thought the whole thing with them being on
the run just felt like filler. We haven't really talked about the look of the equation yet.
I love that they made it like the Pulp Fiction briefcase. Whenever I watch Pulp Fiction now,
yeah, I'm just going to think that, oh, that's the anti-life equation. Yeah, that's my headcanon
now. Moving on to the final episode titled Hero Stuff. Hell yeah. Helen captures Kite Man and
Glider and informs the couple that according to her algorithm, the world population would
be fully destroyed no matter who handles the anti-life equation except for Kite Man. They
are then spared since Helen wants their help to keep her existing business. The couple hold
a meeting with those in Nuenens and decide that Kite Man should commit suicide after absorbing
the equation like the Exorcist and Glider would be the Mercy Killer. As they get ready on the
roof of Nuenens, Lex Luthor tracks down the couple and arrives with the Legion of Doom.
Their friends defend them from the attack until Darkseid shows up after learning Kiteman's
plan for Malice. Darkseid almost takes the equation, but Helen's robots and Glider delay him until
Rebecca, who traveled back to the present upon hearing stories from Goldilocks, grabs the
equation and jumps inside the Queen of Fairy Tales book. The book is then taken far away
by Martian Manhunter, who has been disguised as Gus since the group meeting. Lex retreats
sadly while Darkseid and Helen make peace with Nuenen's group. As Kite Man and Glider enjoy
the blue skies ahead, Rebecca has killed off the current evil fairy godmother and becomes
the new evil fairy godmother with the anti-life equation. As she prepares for a future invasion
with the demonized storybook characters, Brainiac's skullship approaches Earth from outer space.
And now I'm wondering if they're gonna address Brainiac's arrival on Earth in the Harley or
if they're just gonna completely ignore it. Yeah, is that a set up for season two of Kite
Man or is that set up for season five of Harley Quinn? Not sure. I loved all the references
to The Exorcist. Like it came up so much more than I thought it would, which is a spoiler
for The Exorcist for anyone who hasn't seen it, by the way. I like how they turned it into
a verb where to exorcist yourself means to get possessed by something and then kill yourself
to kill it. It's very convoluted, but it's kind of funny the way they do it. I even love how
Darkseid knew about what happens in the movie. Yeah. That's great. I really liked this end
battle. I thought it was cool to see the Legion of Doom go up against Nuenen's bar people.
I thought it was a well planned out fight even though it was fairly brief. I also liked this
episode overall just as a conclusion for season one. Again, I'm not sure how the concluding
moments will set up future seasons, but it was nice to see Kaiman and Glider just kind of
sail off into the sunset. I thought it was kind of weird how Helen Villigan all of a sudden
had these simulation scenarios that she was running, kind of like a Monte Carlo simulator
or something like that we use here. Yeah. But she didn't have access to that information
in previous episodes, so it was just kind of convenient that they introduced that idea in
this episode. Yeah. I am almost wondering if Lance Riddick's death kind of threw a wrench
in everything, because he was the voice of Lex Luthor for a majority of the series, except
for the last two episodes. You know, I thought that exact same thing. Because... once they
got the new voice in there, his role seemed substantially lessened. Oh, for sure, yeah.
And I'll say that the new voice wasn't nearly as good. I agree. Not bad, but yeah, it just
wasn't the same. Noticeably so. But that does it for the show. Overall, I had a good time
with season one of Kite Man, you know, with laugh out load moments. raunchy romance and
high-flying stakes. It offered an entertaining yet all-too-familiar look at Gotham's lovable
losers. It didn't break ground in the same way that I feel the Harley Quinn series does with
its often introspective episodes. There's nothing like that in Kite Man. I do think the show
has promise, though not as much promise as what the show could have been if it was something
slightly different and slightly more unique, I would say. I'm giving it 3 out of 5 stars,
a fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, though I would mostly just recommend this to fans of
the Harley Quinn show. Yeah, I would agree. The show doesn't really hold up to the main
Harley Quinn series, so it shouldn't be rated as high as what we did for those reviews. We
gave the Valentine's Day special 3 stars, and I think this holds up with that because I enjoyed
the Valentine's Day special for Harley Quinn. And yeah, I think ultimately I would also recommend
the show, but again, to certain people. but any sort of fan of comedy I think would enjoy
it. Are you excited for a season two? Not really, no. I could actually take it or leave it. I
am excited for Harley Quinn season five though. So I think that says a lot. Yeah, yeah, I don't
think we have a release date for that yet. I could be wrong, but I am looking forward to
that as well. But that does it for this review. AJ9K, help close us out. Thanks for listening
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