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002: The Dragon & Mutant Stand (House of the Dragon & X-Men '97) · Concession Stand

• Nick: Hey, what's up everybody? Welcome to the concession stand. I'm Nick. Across the screen is my co-host Jules. Julian: Let's do it. Nick: Today we're going to be diving into the reception for Spider-Man Brand New Day as well as the box office performance. It is pulling off right now. We're gonna talk trailers, we're gonna talk and watch trailers for Primetime starring Robert Pattinson, Violet Knight 2, and your mother, your mother, your mother. And we're gonna be discussing X-Men Julian: Mm-hmm. Nick: 92 season two, episode eight, and House of the Dragons season three, episode seven. So we got a lot to talk about. Let's get right into it. Stick around, grab a refill. let's go. so first things first, Spider Man brand new day. We had our review episode last week. we both loved it. We both thought it was great. Julian: Dude. Dude. Nick: It's in and right now in the box office, it's you know, er it seems like everybody in the world is kind of thinking the same thing because it is doing gangbusters. Like saw a tweet recently that was like that was like when people say they got the number one movie in the world, this is what they're talking about. Like we he we hear movies, you know, every other week you see a trailer for a movie saying, the number one movie in the world. But this Julian: Mm-hmm. Nick: this This is like this is undisputed pound for pound heavyweight number one movie in the world. Wha wha what kinda what kinda milestones have we crossed so far, Jules? Julian: So I'm looking at the box office numbers right now. brand new days production budget was twenty-two point five or twenty-two f two hundred and twenty-five million, excuse me. opening weekend, let's just take a guess, Nick. How what you think how much they you think they cleared that? We know they cleared it, but Nick: a hundred percent hundred percent they cleared that, hundred percent they cleared that and we contributed. Julian: opening weekend they they cleared it by at least a hundred and twenty five million. And yeah, Nick: Yeah. Julian: so we opened up at three hundred and sixty million, but domestically we're at half a billion and worldwide we're at one point two billion so far and counting. Nick: Whoo hoo. Julian: So I think by time this is even out of the box office it's gonna clear two billion, potentially, has eight hundred million left to go. It's a lot of money, a lot of numbers. But we'll see. You know, it might just get to a billion and a half, we'll see, but it still has generated the most money out of most of the Spider Man you know, movies. Like I got I have Spider-Man across the Spider-Verse. That was at six point nine or six hundred and ninety million. the next closest one was Far From Home at, you know, a billion. We we haven't passed far away, far from home yet, but we'll we will pass far from home eventually. Nick: I think I think I think No Way Home p might pass far from home 'cause that No Way Home was people were going crazy for No Way Home. I I c Okay, okay, bet okay, I bet. Okay, bet. Julian: I meant No Way Home. My fault. I I got I read wrong. I read wrong. Wha No Way Home is at one point nine billion and then f Far From Home was Nick: Who Julian: one point one billion. So Nick: True. Julian: he I think this could definitely catch no way home. So Nick: I think it's I think it's passing I think it's passing two bill. Like I think it's I think it might honestly this is maybe this might be bold, but I think oops. I think we might get I think we might get close to three. I'm not gonna hold I don't know maybe not like close like more than halfway to three is what I'm thinking. Because two point three? Julian: I'ma say two point three. I'ma go ahead and put my number at two point three, two point five. If it gets over Nick: Okay. Julian: that, I'll eat my words. But I I I 'cause just to put it like that, Nick: Yeah, I'll go I'll go t yeah, I'll go yeah, probably same thing. Two point four, maybe two point five. Julian: the amount of money in the world that was spent to f on on just the Spider Man thing would be like three billion dollars just to see Spider Man. Worldwide. Nick: That's insane. Yeah, that's insane. I mean, sp Spider-Man is for the people. I'm sorry. That is like one of that is one of the most popular Julian: I I mean clearly i if the numbers dictate Nick: one of the most popular fictional characters of all time right there. And like, it's it's just it's just ridiculous. They had the biggest Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of all of all time domestically in the box office. So like People are going to see this like you know, like it like like it's easy. And this is a two and a half hour movie, mind you. So Julian: And just so everybody's clear and where we at where we're at with like these numbers when we're talking about these billion dollar numbers and whether or not like the Toby well who Spider Man made the most money, put it in perspective, Toby's first movie made eight point two eight hundred and twenty three million worldwide. the next closest would be Spider Man three. and then after that, to Andrew's first movie was seven hundred and fifty eight million, his second seven nine, and then once we get to Homecoming it's eight hundred and seventy eight million. Then, you know, we get into the Spiderverse three D, three hundred thirty seven million Far From Home, that's when you get back to one point one billion and then one point nine Nick: Yep, yep. Julian: billion and so and then half a billion for basically for the, you know cross the Spider-Verse but they do and you know there's zero production numbers or op you know for every you know any of the upcoming Spider-Verse movies so we don't have any details for that. Nick: Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think with okay, th this maybe maybe this is a tangent, but in the talking Spider-Ver, with how long it's taken for them to crank that movie out and Julian: Mm-hmm. Nick: how good it could potentially be, that that could be the first billion dollar movie of the Spider Verse right there. Or like or the only because that's it's gonna be the last one of the trilogy. But Julian: I would say it's probably gonna be the only one 'cause just based off and that's if they make it there. They b like six hundred and ninety million, that's not e that's nowhere really that's you know, as far as money goes, you're halfway to the bil you're a little bit more than halfway to a billion, but that's still a lot of money to like, you know, that's a lot of people that would have to come out. So this would have to have Nick: Mm-hmm. you already know. You already know. Julian: you know, it would have to be advertised very well. Like they're gonna have to have a crazy, crazy, crazy, you know preview I feel like because it needs to grab a people's attention. Like 'cause this they Nick: Yeah, and we've been Julian: previewed well for for this for brand new day, which is why I think, you know, Nick: of course. Julian: the marketing really helped it get out there. Nick: Yeah, yeah. And like people have been waiting for for the next Spider-Verse movie. Like it was supposed to come Julian: Mm-hmm. Nick: we were supposed to get it in what, twenty twenty five six, five or six originally? Or no no, five. I wanna say five 'cause the the Julian: Yeah. Nick: last one came out in twenty twenty two. So no no no no. We we're I just can't rem we were supposed to get it a year after twenty twenty three. Okay. So we were supposed to get Julian: Twenty twenty three. It was twenty twenty three. Yeah. Nick: it a year after the last one came out, after Cross came out, and then it got delayed a year And then it got delayed like two years. And so now we're getting it. Julian: And then Shamik said some things that made people uncomfortable a little bit. Now we're gonna have to wait a little longer. Sorry, Haley, but Nick: Hey man. I don't know We're not gonna say we're not gonna say it's Shamik's fault that the movie's delayed, but we're also not gonna say that Julian: We're not. But sorry, Haley. Nick: we're not gonna yeah, we're also not gonna say that Shamik's behavior is condonable. We're not. We're not gonna sit here and do that. So Julian: Since and since we're getting into this, not saying, you know, just to get into the box kit like, you know, tie up the box office stuff, Spider-Man's already the top grossing movie of this year. Biggest Monday box office of all time at forty-seven million, biggest Tuesday box office of all time at forty-two million, and biggest visit biggest Wednesday box office of all time. But yeah, folks, that's what we the numbers for Spider Man brand new day. It beat Avengers Endgame if you were wondering. And, you know, for the biggest Wednesday box office of all time, it's pretty great. You know, three hundred and sixty million domestic, nine hundred and twenty seven worldwide. Well, one point two n one point two five worldwide right now. But with Nick: Yep, yep. Julian: that being said, Nick, let's get into prime time. Our f with our first trailer for Robert Pattison. I think Robert Pattison is coming for the Oscar. I think this is it. I'm sorry. T Nick: I mean you th okay, okay, okay, let me ask you that. Let me ask you this before we watch the trailer. You say okay. Julian: Because look, look, hold on. Before you go into that, I thought it was I it took me a second to realize who the person was in the trailer. And you know who we didn't see in brand new day? Nick: Yeah. Julian: Just saying, I'm just saying, I thought that was hilarious. man. flash. Nick: My boy Ned s has switched up I mean not Ned, my boy Flash Thompson has switched up so fast. He you take Spider-Man out of his life and he's resorted to Julian: So who knows, man? I thought that was hilarious Nick: Something bad is resorted to something bad. Julian: because I was like, time out. That's that is him. That's Flash. Nick: I didn't even realize I had to get that pointed out for me on Twitter. I didn't even realize it was him off the trailer. like when I first saw it. but so yeah, we've both we've Julian: I had to watch it twice, I was like Nick: we've both already seen the trailer, but we're gonna we're gonna watch it on the show with you guys just so we can, you know, get all the you know, get the vibes going and and talk about it after the fact. So but I was gonna say, if okay, you think he's coming for the Oscar in this, but He's coming for an Oscar and something with all the movies that he's coming, he's been coming out with this year. Because we got the drama, Julian: Yeah. Yeah, true yeah. Nick: we got this, we got the Odyssey, Julian: Odyssey. Nick: and we got Doom Part Three. Or yeah, Doom Part Three at the end of the year. So there's an Oscar, it there's at least two to three nominations Julian: Mm. Something something's happening. Nick: sprinkled in there somewhere. I'm sorry. What do you think? Okay, Julian: 'Cause he was he was a all star hater in Odyssey. Just put that out there. Like you don't like Nick: D one. D one. Wait. Julian: him and you're like, wow, why is he good at playing people I don't like? Nick: No literally. He's lit just like he says to Tom in the trailer, he's just like so snivelling, like a sniveling bastard. Like God. Okay. Yeah, Julian: Alright, but with that being said, let's get into it. Nick: let's let's let's play the trailer. Julian: Ugh. That's gonna be really good. That's gonna Nick: Damn. Damn. Damn. Julian: be really good. I'm sorry, but Nick: Damn. Julian: his his voice for him is so well. Like very good. It's very, very good very good. Like mmm Nick: Yeah, yeah. Yeah. And like, man, I'm sad. I'm so I'm so sad. Because like and I think honestly, I think you're right. I think that's the one. That's the nomination right there. Julian: I'm sorry, but like that's gonna be nuts. Like the first Nick: Yeah, like my god. Julian: the first time he comes out and he does that whole you see how this looks, right? Like theater erupts right there. Telling you right now, calling it. Cause like Nick: Y no, literally. Yeah. Julian: everybody's gonna be like, dude, like cause we've all probably seen it once or twice. Even if you you haven't, like when you were a kid, like you've s you Exactly. So Nick: You've seen at least clips. You've seen you know, you've seen if not full episodes. Julian: Everybody has enough, you know, cultural knowledge to know Chris Hansen. And if you see him on a TV screen or if you're the you know if you're despicable enough to see him actually, you know you're cooked. That's it. You're Nick: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Julian: just either call your lawyer or go ahead and just let them do whatever they're about to do to you because at this point you're done. And nowadays, Nick: No, literally. Julian: you know, like this is like what they used to do. Nowadays We got, you know, Yns or whoever you wanna call Not even Y we have Y Ns doing it but there are actual catch a predator groups who literally do that. Nick: Yeah, w liter we got people on TikTok in the out in the streets just doing it. Like just you know, and they they this was this was paid programming back in the day. And we got we got people out here on TikTok just pulling up and doing it 'cause they can. Like serving serving civil justice. Like Julian: It's crazy. And like and some of these guys like commend you. Like I literally I like hat off hat off to you. Nick: Hat on then off for you because Julian: Just literally for you because that's doing God's work there, bud. Especially, you know, the ones who are very nonviolent, 'cause then you save your own, but but like, you know, they literally just justice is just served. You know, you you you hand over everything to the police, it's just good. It's great. But Nick: facts. Julian: that being said, also, let's get into, you know Nick: wait, wait, wait. Before we before we before we get into the next one. I was just gonna say, that which I what what you were just saying is kinda where I what I think is gonna be interesting about it, because like the pr on paper, just the premise of it. Right. We got Robert Pattinson, one of the world's best current actors, playing Chris Hansen, an iconic figure that we all kinda know, you know, what we know him from. on paper that's just that sounds great. But then you see the trailer and you see like they're talking about these like themes of like what you know what real good and evil is, and like even Julian: Mm-hmm. Nick: though even though he's do you know he's kinda doing this good thing and doing it for a good reason, like Is or are or is the reason inside of him really good and pure, or is you know, do is is there a darker side to it? And like Julian: Or do we find out it was all T V and they just faked it off? Nick: I I who knows? Who know? But like that Julian: That cause if that comes out Nick: That would be cra I mean who that would be I don't know if th that would be wild for them that could like drop on us in a movie adaptation of it But if that were the if they made that the Julian: Yeah. They would have to like explain and make sure like at the end of this, like yeah, that was true or that was not true. They would have to probably do some at the end. Because I can't Nick: Yeah, yeah, they could. Yeah, facts. Julian: imagine Chris Hanson's legal team would let that go out if like that wasn't supposed to be out. Nick: Yeah, yeah. They couldn't have s they would probably wouldn't have signed off on it unless they were g they they knew that they were dropping a bomb. I don't know. I don't know. But just like something that just something that complex of like a premise or not complex, but just like something like like a a character that complex is like I feel like right in Robert Pattinson's ballpark and he like I I think he's gonna kill it. So Mm hmm. Julian: he plays very complex characters well. Like like Lighthouse. I mean, even Edward's kind of complicated. Like like like when you really do the thinking, like, huh, two to three hundred year old vampire hits on a seventeen year old, sixteen year old. Hmm. Total Nick: Layers to it. There's layers to it, to this shit. Okay? yeah, Julian: Yeah, exactly. But Nick: that comes out September 25th. So that's you know, right kind of right around the corner. But we also got our first trailer for Violet Night 2, starring Dale Julian: my gosh. Nick: David Harbour and Kristen Bell as Mrs. Claude, Mr. and Mrs. Claus. yeah. Julian: Yeah, I I'm excited to watch this trailer specifically again because like the Mrs. Claus aspect of it, you know, because like I loved her in g the good place. I thought she was really good in the good place. And Nick: Mm, true, true, true. Yeah. Julian: You know, I've seen her in a few other things too, but like I'm excited for this one because I think she's like she's actually funny. And like David Nick: No, yeah, she is. Julian: yeah, and David Harbour he's funny too, and espe depending on his character. So I'm I'm excited for this one, but go ahead and let's go ahead and play it. 'Cause this one I'm Nick: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Julian: excited to see this one again. Nick: 'Cause yeah, that I haven't seen this trailer yet, but I love the first one. The first one is just like a kick ass movie, like and you know, kick ass Christmas movie. So Why why they got Mrs. Claus walking around looking like magic? Julian: Yeah. I I I was gonna say she kinda looks like w like how Faye kinda looked a little bit. Like for the God of War thing. Nick: Faye? yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. That's wild. That looks good though. I'm I'm I'm there. I'm there. Cause like I don't even know Julian: With ki the carrion page, I'm here for it. Yeah. That's gonna be good. Nick: what I was expecting them to do, but I like how they like kinda took took it to the North Pole in this one since like obviously last one he was in somebody's house and you know, fighting all these bad guys and now like they're coming for him and he's lost his magic or you know, on the naughty list or whatever. Julian: Yes, exactly. Which is, you know, hey, whatever. But like I think this is gonna be fun. It's gonna be like if Santa Claus was John Wick almost it gives. Like like i which Nick: Exactly. Exactly. Julian: is why instead of using a pencil he used the cookie cutter of a gingerbread man. Nick: That's what I come to see these for. That's why I why why I pay money to see these. Because like I wanna see Santa Julian: 'Cause and then I mean, him smelling good, that's we're gonna have to break that down. The the human flesh part, but mm. Yeah, and the guy well they put the guy in the oven, like that's gonna ha they're gonna have to we're gonna have to break that down because I think that's is that King Batch? Who that guy is? Yeah, or King Bat So Nick: yeah, King Bach. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I literally thought that as soon as I saw him, I was like, is that is that King Bok pulling up? Julian: Yeah, so I think that's his name, but or his G handle, whatever it is. But basically though, I think that's gonna be funny because he's obviously gonna be a part of it. It's not like he that's gonna be his one scene. So I think you know, Nick: Yeah, right. Like he Julian: they have they left a lot of meat on the bone, as far as what they didn't show in the trailer. So I think it's gonna be pretty good. And that comes out, ladies and gentlemen, December fourth. So get your get yourself ready Nick: Fourth, right in time for Christmas. Julian: for that. But now we need to talk about this. This is gonna be something that like I know we both a movie we both are gonna whole gear. I'm super excited to see this movie. We got our first trailer for Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother starring Maharsha Ali and a s comes out October 9th, ladies and gentlemen. Now Nick, please, please explain to you know the group why this is gonna be peak sword play. Nick: Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is gonna be peak sword play because Mahorshala Ali took a year's worth of sword training for this film that was supposed to be used for a little film called Marvel Studios Blade. And Julian: Hold on Nick, wait w now say that again for the people in the back. What movie? Nick: The s he Mahershala Ali took a year's worth of sword training for Blade for Marvel Studios and he couldn't use it. So he had to use it for this movie instead. Why couldn't he why couldn't he use it? Because after being announced in 2019, Blade is now dead in the water after what? Seven years? Seven years of dragging the fans, Mahershula. Whoever else along thinking that this movie was gonna be tough, it was gonna it was gonna be coming soon, it was gonna be in the MCU. None of that. None of that. A year of this man's life. Julian: He trained for a year, ladies and gentlemen. A year. They wasted a year. He could have done so much other stuff with that time. Nick: Right. Before you know, we'll watch the trailer after this, but like if I'm Mahersula and I do a year's worth of sword trail, I gotta put it to you somewhere. Like I'm I I'm telling my I'm tell yeah, exactly. Julian: It's it's gonna come out. Nick: I'm telling he told his agent, he said, Yo, find me a movie with a sword in it, because I'm not about to this I'm not I'm not letting this past year to go to waste, which is why Julian: And and you what's crazy? Now, this isn't a spoiler 'cause it's in the trailer, but whenever he goes and says, I thought I was the sword your sword, like to me, if he was able to have added something into into it where if like there was a producer or an executive, you know, Kevin, what who were watching it, they would watch this and be like Like That's what you need to do. Because anytime I watch this, I'm like, how was this not blade? What did we How did we think this wasn't profitable? Pla play the clip. Play the clip and let everybody else see it too. Because Nick: They he he Julian: they're gonna fuck they're gonna feel it. Because how did we watch this? It's not like they didn't know he was training. They've had to have they had to have seen some update videos at some point. Nick: Yep, yep. Julian: How was anybody like, yeah, I don't think that's gonna be good. I'm sorry, but sorry, Nick. Not to cut you off, but go ahead. Nick: No, you good. You good. I mean I I I I got the same the same fire in my chest. I feel you. So let's let's see what they're missing out on. Come on, man. Come on, man. I'm not even going into the trailer, I was I thought I was gonna be more sick about like the the sword play that we're missing out on. And like we barely even got sword play in the trailer. I'm more sick now that I hear this man's voice and it's just it's evident. It's so it's it's it's silky smooth like that this dude could be blade so easily. Like the cadence and charisma this man has just talking about being a single father of three. And like and that's talking about being a single father of three. Imagine if he was talking about slaying vampires. Julian: Like man. And then like the way his story sets up, like his mom's turned the moment he's like like basically like while he's like about to be burnt or her being turned triggered his birth. Whatever came first. That's how Blade gets his powers, excuse me. That's how Blade gets his powers and becomes Daywalker. And so You know, whereas the one who c the only vampire walk in the sunlight. Which is, you know, kind of sick. As far as, you know, vampires go and him being a black vampire Nick: Yep. Julian: and, you know, the sun being the ones that kill all the white ones, but he's the only black one that's that I've really seen. Like I don't I can't really remember too many too many other black vampires in the original Blade movies. Like none that's Nick: Yep. Julian: popping out of my head at least. So but that's gonna be cool. I think that's gonna be cool. So we'll see how that goes. And it and to be make it clear, it's I don't think it's because he's black that he can walk in the sun. It's because of how he became a vampire. That's why he can walk in the sun. Just to clarify for everybody watching. Nick: For our next piece of news, we have found out amongst a l a bit of or not not really drama, but due to injury, Dave Batista has been recast is in the role of Kratos in the new God of War series for Amazon. Jules Julian: And if you guys are any fans of that, I'm your guy. I'm playing Ragnarok right now. I'm planning to get the DLC. I also plan to get God of War Laufhe when it comes out. Now, I have not played the originals, so I didn't grow up playing it. So for anybody who wants to know, that first game came out in 05. And then you know it's been running ever since. You know, pretty much a game every two years they came out with, or a remastered version or a collection version. So it was it's pretty good. And so, you know, 'cause if anybody who doesn't know, he kills it the entire Greek pantheon, essentially. And then because they help made him kinda kill his wife and kid, his first children. And so angry, he kills the whole pantheon. And eventually he goes and, you know, makes his way to the North Pantheon and which is where w I'm assuming we're gonna see him because, you know, Atreus, his son, is, you know, casting this as well. So they would be pulling mainly from God of War Ragnarok, I think, which came out in twenty twenty two, November. n November ninth, twenty twenty two, for the PlayStation four and Playstation five. So marking its first cross gen release in the series at all. But I think that's you know, we're gonna exp we can expect to see Odin. We can expect to see Thor because that's the first fight you have in the game is against Thor. And so Nick: No. Julian: it's pretty cool. If anybody's playing it, I'm ha playing through it right now. I got I think Freya's on my side right now, back at the you know, at the camp with the elves on Idrisil and then Radatoskar's also in it, who's funny enough, like just a little legit tiny squirrel who talks and it's really funny. So like I'm here for that. So like I think he'll have some comedic relief if they can find a good guy good person. Like, he would basically be a Bradley Cooper rocket, except like like he's not he's supposed to be kinda funny. Nick: Wait, pause. I don't mean to to interrupt interrupt your train of thought or anything, but isn't Radatasker also in Rivals? Like the cause Julian: Yes, Raditaskar's in Rivals and it's a g the giant squirrel, but it's not supposed No Yeah, so Nick: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah, yeah, yeah. That's cool. Julian: so that's that's also, you know, that's Thor's, you know, mythology, 'cause Raditaskar knows Thor and all that, 'cause he knows Odin. But in this, Odin is not good. So don't think of Odin as good in this. Just whenever we get there and whenever the show comes out, like don't expect Odin or Thor to be prov like to be portrayed in any good light. These guys are the bad guys in this. So It's gonna be cool. So I'm excited for that. that being said, Nick: How do feel about Dave Batista? Julian: I'm excited for him mainly because he's gonna be Kratos. Like it's gonna be good because he's really funny. Like and serious. Like he's good at being both. So a and Kratos is Nick: No, yeah. Julian: arguably very serious, so I can see like a bit of Drax bleeding into like his wordplay as Kratos where it makes him funny in certain moments, even though he's being extremely serious. Nick: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That like kinda kinda dry humor a little bit. Yeah. And and Julian: Exactly. Exactly. It's which it'll which will land. Nick: I might go as far as to say Dave Batista might be the best, Ooh, it's either Dave Batista or John Cena, but the best wrestler turned actor, in my opinion. 'Cause like Julian: Okay, see look, John is really, really, really good. Like like that Ricky Stanicki thing he did, pfft, hilarious. Nick: That's what's funny. But th the thing that's the thing about John, he's able to do stuff like that Like, you Rihi Stanicki, I think he has another like Coyote vs. Acme, he's gonna be in Coyote vs. Acme, you know, he could be like that comedic relief. Or no, that's good, right? That's we got that needs justice. Julian: Mm-hmm. Okay. I wanna see that. That's one of my that's one of the th I'm excited for that. Nick: But or he could do he does things like Peacemaker, where like obviously he's still funny, but like he really has to kind of get in his bag for Peacemaker, and he has to, you know, he has to Julian: Hey. Well then I mean, see, i you bringing all that up makes me think that the argument is not but Dave Batista it has it's gonna be him. You say it on Nick: No, you're right. I started talking I started defending John Cena too much. Okay, then okay, maybe maybe in my heart of hearts, John Cena's at number one, Dave Batista's at number two. But like Dave Batista, obviously we have Drax, like that's you know, we all know Drax, but then Julian: Jeff. That's he's great. Nick: what he was in he w He was in Avatar Aing, the last airbender, as as what's his name? the airbender guy that they found. Julian: he was target! Yeah he was target Nick: Yeah, he was talking. And so like I it took me a second, like, and I and then I re-realized that I learned I heard that somewhere, and I was like, that's good. Like, that's a good great and he killed that jump. He killed it. So I you know, and I mean that's just off the top of my head. Yeah, yeah. Blade Runner 20 2099. Like Julian: I I I agree. He he has range though. They both have range. Let's put it like this. There's there's not Exactly. I wonder if there's a wrestling match where they fought each other. There's definitely one out there somewhere. I've definitely used Dave Batista Nick: Probably. Yeah, I'm just Julian: and John Cena against each other in Nick: yeah. Julian: like the wrestling video game. Me and my brother probably played back in the day. If anybody played that, that WWE Nick: Yeah. true, true, true. Julian: stuff. Like, but this would have been like Nick: I never played it myself, but Julian: dude, it was it was elite. It was elite. It was for his time it was pretty good. But let's so now that we're here, let's get to the X-Men ninety seven season two, episode eight discussion. I know everybody's gonna be excited about that. Nick: Alrighty. So we got official spoilers for X-Men 97, season two, episode eight. If you haven't seen season two, episode eight, dip out, come back later. Alright. Julian: Mm-hmm. Nick: One more, one more time, spoiler warning for X-Men 97, season two, episode eight. Okay. Womp, womp, Julian: Red flashing alarm. Red flashing alarm. Nick: womp womp. Alright. so F the I I in the in the outline I put I I put something else to start, but we're gonna start with the probably the most important thing. We got our gambit back. Right? We got our boy back, but not in the way that we wanted. I mean it's the way that we all kind of thought, you know, at the after seeing that post-credit scene at the end of season one, and like that's probably the only way that he was gonna get brought back. But seeing it this way. Julian: was a little it was a little heavy. A little heavy. Seeing to see him and Rogues reunion, Nick: Was it was it was interesting. It was very it was it was pretty interesting. Julian: to see Rogue be kinda down for some of the stuff. To see her not be down for some stuff. I was like, snap. Nick: Bro. Cause she was fully she was fully about to to buy into his whole scheme. And this in rogue, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but this isn't the first time that you've done this. Julian: Magneto. Nick: This is the this like she just loves Julian: When when he died actually you did that shit. Excuse me. But like when he died he she did that. Nick: I'm sorry, if you if you give rogue the opportunity to touch a man. He might he might damn well get her to do anything. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. And I know that sounds terrible. I know that sounds bad. And I I don't mean it like that. But like she as soon as she knew she could touch Magnus, she was she was almost she was damn near ready to rule Jenosha with him. Soon as she found out Gambit could touch her, Gambit could touch her and he was back, she was ready to she was ready to, you know what I'm saying, get the get the get the the piece of apocalypse and become immortal forever. Like and do what and do God knows what. So Rogue. Rogue. Come on now. Come on Julian: Mm-hmm. Nick: now. What's going on? Julian: I think that otherwise like we had some stuff that was really cool. Then we had, you know, Professor X, you know, where where I'm like, okay, this is how he got stronger, you know, 'cause now he's fighting in his his mental escape or the the psych you know, Nick: The yeah, the mindscape. Julian: in this the mind scape and he's like armored up doing all types of stuff. Now granted Gambit Nick: Yeah Julian: was still giving it d giving the hands still. Don't matter, 'cause he found out that it was actually Apocalypse who was really giving him the hands. And then once Nick: Yep, yep. Julian: Rogue comes in, dude, that was pretty cool. I thought you know that Nick: That was sick. That was like that was the moment, you know, I th I and I mean that's like the climax of the episode, but that was like the best moment of the episode for me when 'cause I Julian: completely. Like Nick: I was like I was 'cause I I really liked the whole cause honestly, like just the whole like how they handled the whole gamut thing and like him like making his own acolytes and everything and just the fact that he killed Apocalypse, which like obviously we don't know if Apocalypse is fully dead or whatever, but I don't know. I just I I didn't expect it to go that way. And obviously, like you can't get all your expectations right, but I I felt kinda iffy about it, up until you find out that apocalypse is like being is still alive within within Gambit and stuff. and I was like, okay, that's cool. Because I just with how we started the season with all the apocalypse stuff. Julian: It would be too easy. It would be too easy to do p Apocalypse away like that. Like off screen at that you can't off screen kill apocalypse and expect us to believe you. Nick: Exactly. Exactly. Right. Right. Right. And even this, like, I don't obviously like they kinda extinguished him in that last scene with Rogue and Professor X and stuff, and bringing Gambit back to normal and everything. But at the same time, I'm like, Is that g is that gonna be the final scene we get with Apocalypse? Or like you know, is there gonna be but cause with how they set up the finale It seems like the finale is just gonna be the X-Men having to fight off X-Force or having to fight with X-Force against Julian: K B One. Nick: aga yeah, w against X. What's the other team? Julian: I think that's they're so Nick: no, cable in them is X-Force and then the government team that's that has Scott's brother on it. what's the their Julian: Mutant friends? I'm not sure. Nick: damn, it's like it's X X Factor, X Factor, X Factor. Yeah. Julian: X Factor, you're right, it is X Factor. It is X Factor. Nick: So it's gonna be X Force and X and the X-Men against X Factor. but like, is that gonna be the main like the biggest cli climax or the biggest conflict of the episode? Or are we gonna get more apocalypse stuff? That's what I'm kinda on the fence about. Julian: We'll see. And like however they do chose to fin to wrap that up, like I'll be okay with it. Like I think that overall season's been great. I've not been upset by any of the episodes. If anything, Nick: Yeah, no. Julian: I want more content and that's about it. But I think it's gonna be good though. But Nick: Yeah. And yeah. Yeah, I think I I they never disappoint me necessarily. It's just I I just think the only w place I'm disappointed in just as this as a season overall, like I don't really have a problem individually with any of the like individual episodes. My main problem is just that like we started off so hot and heavy kinda with the apocalypse stuff in the first four. And so I just wanted it to kind of stay in a more like serialized like story for the whole season a and and then as it's it's like as soon as we got back to the present we started like kind of doing these like individual like individualistic episodes like we get a nightcrawler episode, Julian: Yeah. Nick: we get like a Polaris episode and like it's cool because those character you know they represent the characters well but it's also I'm also like I kinda wish we would have stepp you know made the apocalypse draw that out more so that we could s you know live in that but what you got? Julian: Dude, that scene where Nightcrawler was just Two Piece, don't do teleport. Doom doom don't teleport Where Wh where Remy turned him? Nick: my god, that is that boy. That is that boy. He was packing up his family. He was going around to each of the X-Men Julian: Dude. Nick: individually and saying, no, I can carve I could carve you up. I could beat you down. I can Bro. My boy Kurt Wagner is like that. Julian: He be holding back I guess, 'cause what? Nick: Bro, no literally, like you can really see that he's like that he's a priest. Because like, what do you mean in you know, in when when he's j when he's himself, he's not going this crazy on everybody because he, you know, he g he believes in mercy. But Julian: He do, clearly, because he'd giving people hands, feet, tails, toes. Nick: Yeah, when he's corrupted, yeah, yeah. When he's corrupted, ain't no God involved. The only God you're looking at is me. Julian: Speaking about corruption man, let's go ahead and get into that let's that's a great way to segue into House of Dragon. Because look, Nick: Good segue. Good segue. Julian: because look, now this is non-spoilers, so you know if you have seen it, don't expect me to give a good review. Nick: Yeah, I full disclosure, yeah, I have not seen this episode yet, so I'm gonna be sitting back a little bit on this. I'll I'll probably insert some of my thoughts on like the rest the season as a whole as it relate might relate to this, but Jules is gonna take the reins on this one because I haven't seen it. Julian: So and just to get through this, I've seen it about two, three times, but it's I like the episode, it was really good. The end the end is where everybody on Twitter is gonna go nuts and say what they say. It was great. I mean I'm sorry, but you if you watch it, when you watch it especially, and if view you as the viewer are watching it, great episode. I think we're really gonna be able to see how things really start to come apart. And I think that, you know, with certain things, like it's gonna just send Rainier spiraling. And I honestly can't wait to see how they put it together. I can 'cause like she's been spiralling pretty much ever since she's got to King's Landing. Wales has been Nick: Yeah. Julian: spinning everyt because they took the gold, all this. You know, they need to find out who you know, she needed to find Jace's killer, like all that. And so, you know, the way they did it, you know, even when we find out who was riding Sheep Stealer, I think that they really did that well. And another thing I must say is that like I know all of the dragons are CGI mainly and like I know that like everything is not like real but I just really love when we have the dragons in Game of Thrones because they are like over time the time you watch them you can kinda get to see their personality as a dragon. And I really thought that Nick: Mm-hmm. Julian: that was really cool in display on display in this episode as well, via Nick: Mm. Julian: certain scenes. And, you know, Damon in that regard, when you know, talking about him at Caraxis' relationship, the best dragon really I like their relationship even better than I like Danny and Drogon's relationship. Because yeah, dude, Nick: Really? Julian: what Caraxes is that dude. Nick: Okay, wait, which okay, this the o this brings me to a question for you. Would you say that the dragon maybe not necessarily the the relationships like directly, but do you think you the dragon characterization and like how you feel like about the dragons is better in House of the Dragon or Game of Thrones? Julian: House of the Dragon for sure, because like that was still when they all had dragons, like Renere technically has six. Like Nick: Of course. Julian: in a in a f in in this world, a dragon is effectively a nuke. So like if you have a dragon, Nick: Right. Julian: you got nukes. And basically, she got six. So she's like pretty pretty powerful. And I really Nick: Yeah, yeah. Julian: think that like just how they really pay the d attention to detail even between dragon the dragon interactions like with different characters dragons like Ulf and Olf the White and Hugh the Hammer. Like Hugh rides Vermithor and Olf rides I forget who he rides. But he he actually might ride like I don't know who he rides actually. I can't think of it. But his their two dragons like kinda like really get along And so, you know, sometimes you can see that they're a maybe they get along, but, you know, we'll see. And so I I thought, you know, great episode. We got some hot reveals and, you know, certain scenes where you're like, Wow, okay, can't wait to see how that turns out And then so, you know, it's really interesting 'cause like I mean, we really got to see some people's true colors in this episode and mm think they really, really did well. Like it's you know, there's a lot of drama, put it like that. But you know, without giving up Nick: Okay. Julian: too much too much stuff. But what else are what else Nick: Okay. Julian: are you excited for, Nick? Nick: well obviously I'm excited for that finale that House of the Dragon finale. that's gonna be great because all that also means Julian: That's tomorrow, right? Nick: that's tomorrow as of time of recording because we're yeah, it's Saturday today. But to me, in my mind, House of the Dragon I I love House of the Dragon, don't get me wrong. I love it. But House of the Dragon ending for me just means lanterns is about to start. And I can't Julian: Yeah, and that's the season. How long how many episodes we get of that? Nick: Eight episodes, but what it's one per week, just like House of the Dragon. So we're gonna gonna live with it for eight weeks. And I'm I'm hype for that joke, because that's like just the fact that it's like it's not even like obviously HBO Max, you know, all has like the same umbrella of stuff, but like there's a difference between Peacemaker, which is an HBO Max streaming original show, and Lanterns, which is an HBO original. original show like House of the Dragon or like or like Sever Julian: Exactly. Like it's not Nick: yeah Sever Severance is it? No no no not Severance Succession Succession I get those two mixed up all the time like Julian: No, I thought severance was a Apple. Yeah, succession. Nick: Succession so like those you know that's like that's prime time TV like they're putting they're putting production budget into that they're getting you know great cast for that and so like obviously Julian: Yeah. Yeah. Like that's gonna be on cable on their HBO channel. Nick: Yeah, exactly. It's not yeah, not this isn't just for streaming. This is for t for this for everybody. So Julian: Mm-hmm. Nick: so yeah, I'm I'm super hyped for that. We've already seen the trailer and it and like each trailer just seems to get a little more sick and Julian: Exactly. Nick: they s they they wanted to silence the haters that were saying, hey, there's not enough green. Is that hey, let me Julian: yeah. yeah. Nick: let me sprinkle some more here for you. Let me drop some on your head. but Julian: Go ahead. Soap Dane real quick. Nick: yeah, but then but also We gotta talk a little bit about before we wrap up here, just a little bit about Marvel Rivals season nine point five. Julian: yeah. Nick: Dropped yesterday and we got our fur we got the hood as a playable character. He's a vanguard. and you know, we got we got our our vanguard special specialist in the building over here, Mr. Julian Bennett. what wha what what do you think of the hood so far? Julian: yeah. Cause so the hood is great, you know, if if if you're wondering how to play throw your shield out first, do your damage through your shield, and then, you know, anytime you're receiving a whole bunch of damage, bust your your personal shield. But other than that, he's fun to play. I think he's a mid range to up close damage type of dealer, so like you he does more damage the closer you are. And he you know, he has a bunch of different forms. He has a demon form where he turns himself into a giant gun and gets six shots kind of like Black Widow's six shot. But it and it's they Nick: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Big old gun. Yeah. Okay. Julian: it also pierces. Nick: Yeah, it yeah, pierce's shields, which is tough. My question with that is when I've been playing him, for some reason, maybe I'm just I'm just not counting like the first shot or something. Like maybe the first shot goes off without me knowing. But every time I bust the alt and I count. It goes to five shots. And maybe maybe I'm just like I keep counting the makes. I'm like, where's the sixth? But it it it like it it stops after the sixth for some reason or after the fifth. So I'm like, it am I tripping or are they tripping? Like I don't know. But but Julian: Hm. I'll have to play him and check it out then. I'll let you know. I don't know, I'll have to let you know on that one. That's interesting. Nick: nah, he's cool though. He's he's he's our first Puerto Rican hero or villain in in rivals that we've gotten, I'm pretty sure. so that's pretty cool. He'd be speaking Spanish. Julian: Mhm. Definitely is. Like, you know, Namor doesn't really count because, you know It's Nick: Yeah, I mean he's Spanish, but he's not n necessar yeah, he's Spanish-ish. Like or we know he's Spanish in the MCU, but like he kinda just Julian: He's actually I guess it's mo it's better to say he's indigenous. Nick: true. You're right. Yeah, he's indigenous. Julian: Yeah, like he's an indigenous person to the ocean, I guess. But like or Nick: Yeah. Julian: you know, if if his story's like, you know, he was Aztec and then I don't know how that worked. But hey. Nick: Right. No love for the surface world. Julian: Exactly. Nick: But yeah, but he's fun. Julian: But yeah, but that's Yeah, definitely all good stuff though. All good stuff. Give a Nick: He's fun, but yeah, yeah, yeah. Julian: try. But, you know, thank you for watching tonight or today. it was great. Remember, go ahead go out, watch if you haven't, you know, watched with us, make sure you watch those trailers. Prime time, Violet Night Two, Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother. And those, you know, your mother, your mother, your mother comes out October ninth. The trailer for or Violet Night Two comes out December fourth. And then we have Primetime with Robert Patterson as Chris Hansen, September twenty fifth, which is our Nick: Yeah. Julian: next big thing coming out except you know shows you know other than it's gonna be prime time these three movies Dune 2 or Dune 3 and Avengers Doomsday so that's your your guys' next list of what's gonna be coming out and you know there might be some other things we might cover that we'll be like hey go see it this is good too but until next time you guys have a great day Nick: no, for sure, for sure. We'll find some other stuff. 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But Nick: all right everybody. we'll see you guys next time on the concession stand. Peace out.