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Ep. 107. My interview with Rhys from The Crook Cut Podcast! · Vigilante Vibes Podcast

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Hello to all the comic geeks, marvel fans and all the nerds in
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between. Welcome to another episode of
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Vigilante Vibes podcast where we talk all things Marvel along
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with other fandoms but without the toxicity that's taken U way
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too much time in each and every fandom.
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I'm your host Megan Nicole and today I have a very special
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guest with me. She is the creator by the crook
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Cut the Movie podcast and has joined us to talk all about
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herself and her podcast. Please welcome Reese Crook.
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Hi everyone. Oh sorry I didn't know.
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I was like, do I just jump in and say hello?
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I realize I don't give much opportunity there to figure that
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out. I just realized that.
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I I think I nailed the hello and now I'm making it awkward.
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Well, now you're, you're good. The the biggest awkward thing is
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when I mispronounce someone's name and they're like, hi, it's
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actually this. I'm like, I'm so sorry.
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Well, you got the pronunciation right and or the pod name right
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and everything, so you're also nailing it.
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Look at us, we are just killing it today.
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So your podcast, The Crook Cut it is brand new.
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It is a movie podcast. Why don't you tell us about it?
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Yeah, so I love movies, obviously, and I really wanted
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to jump in online and create something.
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I don't feel I'm personally at a point yet where I was like
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comfortable enough to do like a lot of video content on my own.
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So I was like, why not just do the pod, mainly audio, and then
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we'll see how we go from there. So I just took a leap of faith.
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I had my mic and all the equipment bought months and
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months and months ago, and I was just sitting on it.
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And then I joined the Threads app and the community on there.
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So like it's the safest place on the Internet that I've
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discovered. And then I grew like have a
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little bit of a following and then they will like just go for
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it. And I was like, you know what,
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I'm just going to go for it and see what happens.
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So it's been really good so far. I've listened to some of it and
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I really dig it. I think you have a great thing
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going, and you're 100% correct. The Threads Podcast Network,
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I've said it so many times, that is the best place to go if
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you're starting off, if you're a veteran podcaster.
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These people just want you to succeed and they want to be your
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friend and they want to collaborate, and you don't find
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that ever. And it's so nice.
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Yeah. And I really enjoy the fact that
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Threads is mostly so faceless, like I feel and other platforms
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you get comments about like what you look like and like the
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equipment you have and like even like my background right now.
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And like I really enjoy that they're all judging me on my
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content and the words I put out and not like me and stuff like
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that. So I think that was definitely
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the hold up. But I don't know, I get so many
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lovely DMS and like messages from people all the time.
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Like it's such a safe space. It is.
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And you're right, like YouTube is a terrifying place, but I
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mean, every place on the internet's going to have those
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people. You just at some point you're
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just like, I want to do what I want to do.
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I used to be the same way. I was terrified.
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I was like, don't put my face anywhere, Don't put my name
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anywhere. I want nothing to do with
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anyone. But then after a while, you grow
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very confident in your content and your audience and your
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listeners really do help. They bring you so much.
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I don't want to say confidence again, but they give you so much
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reassurance that you're on the right path and I really think
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you are. Thank you.
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Yeah, I, I tried to like, I feel like a lot of people out there
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doing movie content. So I was like, how can I kind of
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put my own spin on it while being like, and I I'm never
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going to sit here and be like, oh, doing what everyone else is
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doing is boring. I might go for it, put do it
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like, you know what I mean? But that's why I've tried with
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mine to be less about, like reviewing and like doing what
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other people are doing. I keep my format very short and
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I try and do like multiple movies at once, maybe with like
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a connecting thread of some sort.
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I think the one of my episodes I dropped was like my favorite
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scores. So that's like a little bit
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random, a little bit different. So yeah, I'm really enjoying it.
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I tried to do a movie review and then it just felt like I was
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like, you have to like this, 'cause I like it.
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And I got like, I was like, I can't put that out.
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I can't tell people that, 'cause you know, you get so passionate
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about things you care about. And I listened to it back and I
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was like, oh, I'm accidentally kind of like bullying everyone
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into liking this. So I better, better woo back a
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bit. But yeah, so I've been enjoying
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doing the stuff I've been doing. I've tried to plan as much as I
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can because it goes the time goes so fast when you're trying
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to work on a project as well as well as like your own in real
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life stuff going on. Yes, I 100% get that.
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I spent so much time this week just editing and I was like, I
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don't even know what I talked about.
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Like you just you work on it for so long.
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You're like, I don't even know what episode this is.
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It doesn't even matter. It's a lot.
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But I do like how you bring something very new to the movie
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podcast because like you said, a movie podcast is a dime a dozen.
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And you know, everyone has their own little kind of spin on it.
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They all make it their own, which I love.
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And it's you can't go wrong with a movie podcast because a movie
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podcast is usually all about someone's thoughts on a movie.
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That's very much what they think of it.
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So you'll never find the same one yours.
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I like because it does give you something more, like you said,
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more than reviews. It gives you like the score it
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you do multiple movies and I think that's really cool.
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Like that's something very out-of-the-box and you're
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offering so many different things to so many different
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types of movie nerds. Like I have a friend who's all
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about scoring. He would die for that.
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And you, you nailed that. Thank you.
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Yeah, I, I really tried to brainstorm and I was like, how
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can I be like a little bit different?
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And I've like definitely tease it.
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I'll like do reviews in the in the future maybe.
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But I at the moment, I'm just really happy with the format I
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have going. And then like a little bit about
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how I got into movies. I actually had my wisdom teeth
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taken out and I was stuck in a chair.
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So I was like, how am I going to make the time pass?
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And I put on screen and I watched 1-2 and three in one day
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and I was like, like, this is going to be my new favorite
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thing. Movies are my new favorite
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thing. So I've also been doing this
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like series where because in my, in my opinion, like the there's
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so many movies and like I look at myself when I first started
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and I was like, imagine I watched Interstellar.
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I would have been like, no, I'm not like this is too.
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This is too tricky for me. So I've actually got a like
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series running in the pod as well where I like I has it to
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say entry level, but I'm trying to like encourage people who are
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getting into films, some movies they could watch in each genre
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that are going to touch on different aspects of the genre
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and that they can enjoy before they go into like Interstellar
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and like, you know, deep diving into these more like phenomenal,
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like maybe a little bit more critical thinking films.
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Because I really am scared that like people are going to go in,
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try and watch these good movies and be like, like, this is not
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for me. So I've been doing that series
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as well, which I quite enjoy. I actually have received a
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little bit of like unsureness from other people.
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They've been a bit critical of it, but I don't know, I feel
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like I just want people to come to my page or like be feel that
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they can like contact me and like ask questions and stuff
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like that. And I just want to help everyone
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enjoy movies and everything like that.
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I like that. So you're kind of like the
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gateway into these because there are a lot of genres.
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I don't know a thing about that I would really like to know.
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Like horror genre. I get nightmares like crazy.
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So I don't know anything about it, but I'd like to.
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So I think that's a really cool thing you do.
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Yeah, I just want everyone to be able to come to like any sort of
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genre, any movie, and just be like, I can enjoy this.
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And I think like, the invention of like letterbox is great, but
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like, everyone can be so critical.
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And I obviously have movies I don't like and don't enjoy, but
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I always try and find, well, I can see why people enjoy this or
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I can see, like the silver lining here.
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And yeah, I just really want to encourage everyone to take out
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of movies and cinema what they take out of it.
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And that if you like something a different capacity to someone
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else, that doesn't mean you don't like it, you know?
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Yeah, I just want it to be like a safe space for everyone.
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I love that we need more safe spaces.
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Everyone I have on my podcast is a safe space and like it just
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does my heart so good to see new safe spaces because it's scary
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out there. The Internet is scary, People
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are scary, The world is scary. We need somewhere where we could
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just turn off our brain. We know we won't hear something
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that kind of triggers us. We know this person won't add
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toxicity to our life. We just need a safe voice to
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talk us through the things we really like.
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Yeah, and I know like I started my MCU journey six months ago
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and it is very hard to ask questions on the Internet about
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it. As you would know, I'm very
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fortunate that I I started a new job and met like one of my Co
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workers was like getting into the MCU and I'll like no, he
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encouraged me to get into the MCU.
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So I go to him with all my questions because even when I
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sound so ridiculous, he's like no race.
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He's very kind and stuff. The Internet is less forgiving
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when it comes to the MCU. I they're so mean.
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They are. I misquoted something from
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Winter Soldier. I thought in one of the scenes
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Natasha was saying, do you want to play a game from Saw?
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The movie Saw And I was trying to find the scene.
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And I was like, guys, like I'm trying to find this scene.
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And then the first comment I got was, oh, it's actually from War
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Games. And I was like, oh, silly me, no
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problem. And then I got about 80 comments
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just being like, you're so stupid.
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Like I can't believe you thought that.
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And I was like, guys, I don't think it was that serious.
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Like I'm so sorry. It's so excessive, like you
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didn't hurt anyone. I know, I know.
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And I got DMS being like, take this down, you're spreading
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misinformation. And I was like, oh, like I don't
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think it's a problem making a mistake and like acknowledging
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the mistake or whatnot. So.
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This is real. The movie is not real.
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Natasha isn't real. My God.
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Yeah, it was definitely. That was the that was the day I
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was like, oh, like the Internet can be very unforgiving on it
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it. Absolutely.
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Can I remember an end game Natasha in the Marvel Comics?
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I don't know if you have much. I know nothing about the comics.
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That's perfectly fine. So in the comics.
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Anything and I'll be like, yeah, yeah, cool.
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So in the comics she's like a a ballerina.
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She's very heavy into ballet. And in Avengers End Game and on
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the side you see some ballet slippers, which was a reference
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to her being a ballerina. And I went online and I was
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like, Oh my gosh, look at this Easter egg I just found.
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And everyone, it was like 200 comments that were like, how did
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you not see that? Are are you stupid?
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Are you blind? Did you even open your eyes when
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you watched a movie? And I was like, Oh my God, Oh my
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God, did I offend you? That's weird.
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But then you like, some of them are so mean that if you just
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like go out, I'm super nice. They're like, oh, oh shit, I
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don't know. So a few of them I said, Oh my
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gosh, that's so great that you saw that, that that's awesome.
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And they're like, oh. Yeah.
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So it's like. Kill them with kindness, hey?
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Yeah, but you're not doing it with good intentions, you're
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just doing it to make them feel weird.
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So it's like, is it coming with kindness or are you just being
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petty? Who knows?
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Yeah, but it worked out. I I find that when I match them
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with kindness as well, they usually delete their comments.
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So I'm like, oh, you're just, you're just upset and that you
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just realize that I'm a human on the other end.
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So you've like chilled out a bit.
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But my point to all of that was just like, yeah, I hope people
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find my page and can listen to my podcast and feel like I'm not
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telling them they have to. And I always say at the end of
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my pod, like, if you disagree or you took something different
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from this movie, feel free to let me know.
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Like, I'm so open to discussion. And I think people forget that
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we all view media and pop culture through the lens in
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which we live in. Like, I can't look at something
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from like, you're in America and I'm in Australia.
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I'm not going to look at something with an American
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identity. I'm looking at something through
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an Australian identity. So I think sometimes people
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forget that we're all going to take different things out
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because we're all in different facets of life and experience
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life differently. So I just heard people feel like
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that when they find me. I will say you're very, very
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warm, like you're very comforting to talk to and even
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listening to you on your podcast, I was just like, it's
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like drinking a hot cup of tea. Like it's just nice.
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It's there's no drama. It's just very, very sweet and I
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really like that. Oh, thank you so much.
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I'm glad that you feel that way. I'm that's definitely what I try
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and put out it. I almost sometimes feel like I'm
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like, OK, I think they get it. I think I get that you're OK,
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like with different opinions, but I just want to remind
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everyone like, I don't know, we're all different.
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I'm OK with that. Like, I don't mind.
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Yeah, but you also to think like that episode, you're telling
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them that that could be the first episode they listen to
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you. So like I said, like I say, in
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all of every single one of mine, there's no racism, there's no
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sexism, there's no homophobia, none of that toxicity.
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You won't find any in any of my channels.
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And I feel like you do have to reiterate that point because
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it's like, this is my vibe, this is my channel, this is what
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you're not going to get and this is what you are going to get.
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Yeah, no, that's awesome. Yeah, it's good.
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It's good that people can find stuff like that.
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And there's definitely room for more like, I don't know the
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correct word, more like crude or more like crass, like content.
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There's definitely room for that.
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And some people enjoy that. It's just, like, not something I
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want to facilitate or foster. Yeah.
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I want to remain true to who I am and stuff like that.
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And yeah, I just want to be open and, you know, warm, as you say.
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So I appreciate you. Saying that, it's no problem.
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So you're basically a movie expert.
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What has been your favorite movie to dive into?
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Oh. Like on the pod so far.
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Yeah, Yeah, we'll do that. Hi, I'm coming across a bit
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biased, it's actually Sebastian Stan.
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Big fan over here. Stop.
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I haven't stopped thinking about him in like 4 years.
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Literally, I'll I just got my phone down here.
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I'll show you my spy background if you can see.
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I can. It's The Winter Soldier, but my
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favorite movie probably for the year that I watched so far is
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called A Different Man and it got Sebastian's Stan and it just
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explores like the themes of like identity crisis and impostor
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syndrome. And I just like I experience a
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bit of like impostor syndrome and inferiority complex
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sometimes and it kind of interchangeably explores all
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those themes. And it was like the first time
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I've like watched a movie where I was like, Oh my God, like, I
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get that. And it was more than like, oh, I
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don't feel like myself in my body because of my appearance,
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but it's like, I inherently like in my soul, don't feel like
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myself. And I felt like, wow.
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And just the way they like displayed it on screen and like
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the the metaphors and everything in it, like it's so beautiful
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that movie. I honestly will praise it till
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the end of time. Like, I love it so.
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And I think they do it in such a unique way in that our main
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character has, and I don't know his proper condition, but he has
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like dysmorphia, like in his face and stuff like that.
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Just just this genetic disease that he has.
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And yeah, I just think it's so clever.
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I don't know if you've seen that one or seen much about that.
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One I have, I wanna see you said it's a better man.
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Yeah, I think it might have been sorry.
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There was another movie released this year with like an identical
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name and I get them confused. Oh, that's OK, I do too.
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Anything that's not Marvel has tend to confuse at all.
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I know, but you said, oh, I'm a film expert now I sound so
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silly, don't I? You're still a film expert.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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It's a different man. A different man.
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OK, I'm putting that in my notes right now.
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A Better Man was like about one of our singers here, I think.
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And he was actually, he was played like he was a monkey,
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like he was a monkey in a human world.
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I don't, I haven't really seen much about that one.
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But yeah, it was called The Better Man and then we got a
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different man and then there was like another one coming out.
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That's something, man. And I got them all confused
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there. There's just too many men.
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Yes, too many. Where's the women?
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Well, just let's say a different.
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Let's not even put their to it. Yeah, they're all so complex.
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These men need to calm down. Yeah, but that one for sure.
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And Nora, I don't know if you've seen Nora, they won quite a few
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awards that the Golden Globes, I think.
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Oh, I don't know. I'm getting the more confused.
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Now I never get don't worry about the word shows.
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None of us know. Don't worry.
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There's so many and they happened like kind of together
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and I just, yeah, I get them a bit all like blended in with
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each other. Yeah, yeah, I get it.
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Nora. I haven't seen.
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I'm not, I'm not very adventurous when it comes to
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starting new movies. I'm a comfort movie, girly all
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day. Like I rewatch everything I
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watch now. I have rewatched before and
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like, I'm fine with that. I'll try a new movie like
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Marvel, I'll try anything, but I think that's just who I am as a
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person. But Enora, I heard a lot of good
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things about it, but I never was like, I got to watch it right
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now, what is it? What's What's it about?
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Well, it's funny you say, because a lot of the marketing
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didn't really reach Australia. So I was in the cinema with my
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mom and I was like, do you want to go?
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We can either watch Nosferatu or Enora.
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And she was like, oh, I'm not really into like Nosferatu.
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And I was like, fine, we're watching Nora.
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I was like, I don't know what it's about.
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Like, I don't know what we're walking into.
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And yeah, we walk into this movie that starts off with our
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main character fully nude, like she's working in a strip club or
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something. And I was like, I'm really not
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sure what we're watching, mum. Like I was like, I'm so sorry.
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I'm really not sure what we're watching.
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And on paper it sounds a bit silly.
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It's like, oh, you know, like a sex worker gets married and then
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the parents of the son want to get it annulled.
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Is that the word annulled? Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah. And I was like, oh, I don't like
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it sounds a bit trivial, Like, it sounds so silly, but it's
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just this, like, exploration of, again, like this identity, like
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her whole identity is tied to the fact that she's a sex
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worker. And then by the end, you
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realize, like, she's a human being.
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Like, you know, she's still a human being.
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And like, I can't really say too much without like spoiling too
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much. But essentially like she gets,
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she marries one of her clients in this like whirlwind romance.
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And then the parents are like, no, no, like we're not doing
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this. And then it's just like the
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story of how they like kind of unfold the marriage and stuff.
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And yeah, it's it's actually very beautiful piece of media.
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And I remember when the last scene plays and you could have
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heard a pin drop in the cinema. It was dead silence.
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And then? I'm not sure how your cinemas do
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it if they're a little bit different, but as the credits
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start rolling and they roll for maybe like 10 seconds and then
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the lights will slowly like come on and then you can leave.
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Well, the credits were rolling, the lights went on and everyone
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was just like frozen like it. No one was moving, no one said a
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word. And then we all just silently
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exited out. And I was like, it's like taking
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your breath away, but in like the best way possible.
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Almost like when you like start choking up, like you're about to
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cry. That's what I felt like I was
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like, like it was just so it's such a beautiful movie and I can
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definitely see why some people get lost a little bit in like
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the sex work aspect of it because the first like 30-40
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minutes are heavily about that. So like my advice to you would
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be as like sticking it out. I reckon like just just get past
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that if you're not like, you know, it's all the most
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entertaining things ever on screen.
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But I don't know, I think, I don't know.
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I feel like we can all find ourselves in the theme of like
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lack of identity or loss of identity or just struggling to
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know who we are because we're all just trying to find that
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place in the world. And movies like Enora and A
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Different Man, like, to me really highlight that, but in
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like, the most real, like, human way.
21:26
I know obviously some movies, like, are so unrealistic.
21:29
You're just like, yeah, OK, like that's the theme.
21:31
But like, that could never happen.
21:32
But these ones just feel so like, real and authentic and
21:36
like, you're just looking at someone's life.
21:38
I don't know. I find them so just like special
21:40
and stuff like that. They're almost haunting in a way
21:44
because it's like that could happen.
21:45
And I mean, it might not happen just like that, but the way they
21:48
portray it is such a beautiful thing.
21:50
And I've seen some movies that kind of leave you stunned, like,
21:54
oh, I didn't think, I didn't think we were going to do this.
21:58
But you and your mom are so ballsy.
22:00
You just walk into a movie. You know nothing about it.
22:03
I know I I'm not a trailer watcher.
22:05
I feel like trailers nowadays ruin movies.
22:08
I, I don't know, I feel like I've seen half the movie.
22:13
The only trailers I watch is when I'm in this the theatre and
22:15
I'm like, you know, they run some of the trailers beforehand.
22:18
Other than that, I don't watch. I try not to like, spoil
22:21
anything and I try and block out all the noise from people online
22:25
because I get really nervous. I don't know, you would have
22:27
seen like all the Sinners reviews coming out and
22:30
everyone's like so excited about it.
22:33
And I text my friend and I was like, I'm really scared if I
22:36
don't like this. Like I don't know what to do if
22:38
I don't like it because so many people are like, this is like
22:41
cinemas back, cinemas back. But yeah, I never, like, I never
22:46
try and review anything before I watch it.
22:50
And unfortunately I'm sitting next to my mom as we're opening
22:53
up in the middle of a strip club about a sex worker.
22:55
And I'm like, sorry mom, sorry mom.
22:58
I mean mom doesn't mind and like it's fine but I was like sorry.
23:02
But it's still like, it's your mom, you know?
23:04
Like my mom won't get it either. But I'd still be like, I'm so
23:07
sorry I did this to you. You don't deserve.
23:09
This and I like put my hair in front of my eyes and I was like,
23:12
I'm not going to look over. So so most of the movies you see
23:18
you go into just completely blind.
23:21
Yeah, I try to as much as possible and I put it down to
23:25
one of my mates was like, I and I never even considered this.
23:28
This has only been like the last couple months.
23:30
He was like, I hate when someone says this was wrong with the
23:34
movie or this was good with the movie because then I'm watching
23:37
the movie, waiting for that moment, waiting to react.
23:40
And I was like, huh, that's so interesting.
23:43
Like I've, well, I've kind of done it to you now 'cause I'm
23:46
like the end scene, the end scene of Venora.
23:48
So now you're just gonna be like creeping.
23:49
I know. Don't worry, I live for
23:53
spoilers. I actively look them out like I
23:55
have a problem. I don't know if it's an anxiety
23:58
thing or whatever but it makes me more comfortable.
24:00
More excited for a movie to know.
24:02
Like with Thunderbolts coming out, I already know I know it
24:05
all. I'm still hyped to see it
24:08
though, but I some people really, really do hate spoilers.
24:13
I've seen that happen. Like they're like, you just
24:15
ruined the whole movie for me. It's like, my gosh, I get it.
24:19
So I think you going into movies completely blind.
24:21
That's so that's so different because usually movie podcasts
24:25
are like, oh, this trailer came out, let's watch it together.
24:27
Let's look into it. Let's take it scene by scene and
24:32
you go completely blind. That's really cool.
24:35
Yeah, I feel really lucky that I, like, I'm mostly on the
24:38
Internet too, and I do see things and things happen like
24:41
all the time, but I hardly ever stumble across a spoiler.
24:45
Like I get sad when people spoil stuff and don't say spoiler
24:49
ahead. Like, you know what?
24:51
If I see spoiler ahead and I continue to read it or watch it,
24:54
that's on me. I'm OK with that.
24:56
It's just when it's like spoiled, you're like, Oh no, I
25:00
will say for horror movies, I'm a big scaredy cat, but I still
25:03
try and watch them. I definitely, if I'm feeling
25:06
really worked up and nervous, I will do a quick like, OK, OK, I
25:10
can, I think I can handle this. I think I can do it.
25:13
Because obviously words spoiling something on a screen is
25:16
different to your viewing experience.
25:18
Like you say about Thunderbolts, like you may know what's going
25:21
to happen. You don't know what that's going
25:23
to look like though. So you know, it's still
25:25
something you can explore and still be new and exciting.
25:30
So you brought up sinners. Have you seen sinners?
25:33
I haven't seen that one. Yet no, Oh my gosh, I I want to
25:36
see it, but like, I don't like blood.
25:38
So I'm just kind of asking everyone what they think of it,
25:41
just to live vicariously through them.
25:44
Yeah, isn't that another one that's on paper seems a little
25:47
silly, like, you know, 1 actor playing twins and like, you
25:51
know, vampires or something. Like on paper you're like I OK,
25:55
like I'm not sure how this is going to work.
25:57
And then apparently it's like very good.
26:00
Apparently it's like the best reviewed movie in the past
26:02
decade. And I remember kind of like
26:04
making fun of it before. Not like the actors or anything,
26:07
but discussion film on discussing film on Twitter.
26:12
They put out alerts. They're like a movie poster for
26:16
sinners. But they were calling the twins
26:20
Michael B Jordan and Michael B Jordan.
26:22
And I remember just laughing every time, like, what is this
26:25
about? To Because they're like, here's
26:27
the trailer showing Michael B Jordan and his twin, Michael B
26:30
Jordan. I was like, it's the same guy.
26:32
It's the same dude. So I was like, I'm not taking
26:35
this seriously. They're not taking it seriously.
26:37
So it's just going to be funny. And then everyone sees and
26:40
they're like, this is the best thing I've ever seen in my life.
26:42
Like I I'm so happy about it though.
26:47
I don't know if you have Letterbox, but they have like
26:49
the top 250 narrative list on Letterbox and it's jumped to 197
26:54
already. Yeah, like movies don't get on
26:57
that list. Like 12 Angry Men's on that list
26:59
from like 1953. Like movies don't really get on
27:02
there that quickly and it's already 197 out of 250 that was
27:06
lost. I checked.
27:08
Yeah, I don't have letterbox because that just that's just
27:11
another thing to do because I review movies, Marvel movies and
27:15
that on my my podcast. So it's like I'm not doing all
27:19
that extra work. I'm good.
27:22
Yeah, I like it just to log everything.
27:23
I never, I hardly ever write or review anything.
27:27
Like I just, I don't know how people can write everything they
27:31
see. Sometimes I'm like, I just liked
27:34
it. I don't know.
27:35
Yeah, like, I review comics for nerdinitiative.com and some of
27:41
the people I review comics with, they just have like, this
27:43
beautiful things, like, and then you don't see the climatic part
27:46
of this story that dates back to 1979.
27:49
And I'm like, I really like their outfits.
27:53
I, I think they're nice. It's like, get it?
27:57
They I always have the most random like loves or gripes
28:00
about movies like I'm like not didn't like it, didn't like that
28:04
outfit. I'm like they give off a bad
28:06
energy. Didn't like them.
28:09
I'm the same way. I'm like, you know, I didn't
28:10
like the vibe or the way she walked into the situation.
28:14
She just knew what she was doing.
28:16
And other people are like that, you know, the biggest part of
28:19
the movie was, was the story throughout how everyone felt.
28:23
And I was like, you know, like. But she didn't have to make that
28:27
face, you know? Yeah, Yeah.
28:30
That's, that's actually interesting you bring that up as
28:32
well. That's definitely like one thing
28:35
I didn't say is like what I enjoy about cinema as well.
28:39
I know I just was like saying I will enjoy those movies for like
28:42
the themes but half the time I'm only looking if there's like fun
28:46
names. Like Sky High is one of my
28:48
favorite superhero movies because one of the characters
28:51
names is War and Peace. And I just think that is like
28:54
top tier cinema. That is like, who thought of
28:58
that? I love Sky High so much and I
29:03
remember when I first saw it I was like war and peace.
29:07
Yeah. Stupid name.
29:09
And then my dad was like War and Peace and I was like, that can't
29:13
be it. No one's that smart.
29:14
No one can think about that. That's just not real.
29:17
I literally like draw on the floor every time I see him come
29:21
on screen. Can I just say as a fellow sky
29:23
high fan, Layla and Warren. They were in game to me.
29:27
They should have ended up together.
29:30
Yeah, I think I took issue with that my entire life.
29:34
And we I keep hearing things about a sequel and then they're
29:38
like, just kidding, but but really though, there's going to
29:40
be a sequel, but just kidding. And I just feel like I'm being
29:43
manipulated and gaslit. I don't appreciate it.
29:47
It's probably the only movie ever that I'm like, yes, give me
29:50
a sequel, give me Sky. College give me.
29:53
Give me sky college like. Give me everything you have to
29:56
do it while while Kurt Russell is still alive.
29:59
He has to be there like every, I swear to you, every single day
30:05
of my life, I hear him in my head say what's your name and
30:08
what's your power? Every day.
30:10
I don't know why I think about that every single day.
30:13
And I cannot remember a time I didn't.
30:15
Sky High is such a gateway into the MCU, isn't it?
30:20
It's like the first superhero movie that everyone loves, and
30:22
then it's like, oh, here's the MCU.
30:25
I think that's it was something that we could relate to at that
30:28
level because we were very young.
30:30
I mean, the MCU, if I was that young, I think I'd look at it
30:33
and not understand anything. It's just such a huge concept,
30:38
but then you have sky High, you can relate to it, you understand
30:42
the emotions, the feelings, what's going on.
30:45
Your parents conceive can like it too.
30:48
I think you're absolutely right. It's the gateway.
30:50
Yeah, I start and Zoom. I don't know if you've heard of
30:53
Zoom or seen Zoom before, but that's another kind of superhero
30:56
one. I feel like I do, I feel like
30:59
I'm blinking really hard Zoom. If I Google zoom this app is
31:05
going to come up so. That's OK, that's OK, But that's
31:10
definitely another one that I was like, yes, this is great.
31:12
And then I go on the Internet, so I universally hate it.
31:14
I was like ah Dang. I know so many movies that I'm
31:20
like, you know, it's a really good one.
31:22
Everyone's like, oh, you like that?
31:26
Well, yeah. Like on the outside, you have to
31:33
be like, duh. And then on the inside you're
31:35
like, no, that's a little bit embarrassing, isn't?
31:38
It yeah. And then you're like, how long
31:39
have I gone not knowing that people hated that movie?
31:43
And I've been talking it up my entire life like the animated
31:47
Anastasia. I remember I probably watched
31:50
that movie. I there's no way I haven't
31:52
watched it under 500 times in my life.
31:54
I was obsessed. And every time I bring it up,
31:57
someone, they're like that inaccurate movie.
32:00
It is so historically inaccurate.
32:02
I'm like, it's a cartoon. Yeah, it's good.
32:05
It's stuck with me. Yeah, I mean, you like what you
32:10
like, Dezabelle. Yeah.
32:12
So what movies do you like that like most people don't?
32:19
I'm not sure I have like I can't really think of any off the top
32:22
of my head. I know this is 1.
32:25
My brother, if he listens to this, is going to be cringing.
32:28
It's actually called Willy's Wonderland, and it's about
32:31
murderous animatronics and it's got Nicholas Cage in it.
32:35
And the funny part about that movie is he doesn't, he doesn't
32:39
talk, he doesn't say a word the whole movie.
32:42
And it was supposed to be like a little like Five Nights at
32:46
Freddy's before Five Nights at Freddy's and The Thing.
32:48
And the plot is messy. It's like, you know, show, don't
32:52
tell is the best part of cinema. They tell you, they hold your
32:55
hand the whole way. It's not good CGI, It's not good
32:59
graphics. But I love that movie so much.
33:02
I've seen it so many times. And every time I watch it, my
33:05
brother's like, I cannot believe you're watching it again.
33:08
And I'm like, dude, this movie is so good.
33:14
As soon as you said Nick Cage is in the movie, I was like, of
33:17
course he is. You didn't have to tell me.
33:19
I I believe you. And like, yeah, he just doesn't
33:23
talk and he has these little sunglasses on and he's just like
33:26
the whole movie. And yeah, it's really just, it's
33:29
so ridiculous. But I'm like, you know what?
33:31
I always say this in the pot as well.
33:33
Movies are entertainment 1st. And that movie is entertaining
33:37
as hell. Like I love that movie so much.
33:41
Oh my God, I've never heard of it, but it sounds, no offense,
33:46
it sounds horrible. It sounds.
33:48
It is horrible. It's really bad.
33:50
It's really bad, but I think it's got like a 2.2 on
33:54
letterbox, so you know, how bad could it really be?
33:58
Probably pretty bad. Do you have any movies like
34:02
that? Like are you a big fan of like
34:03
Ant Man Quantum Mania or something like that?
34:07
I I liked that movie but I can admit that movie had problems.
34:12
One I I really liked, Well I really like the Ghost Rider
34:19
movies which apparently everyone hates.
34:21
But one that I get the most trash for is Thor The Dark
34:25
World. Have you seen it?
34:27
I have seen. It Yeah, everyone says they hate
34:30
it. They're like, the writing is
34:31
trash, it's trash, this is trash.
34:33
And like you just don't see the vision.
34:35
You just don't get it. You're not a real fan.
34:38
You don't understand. I, I've only seen it once and
34:42
the only reason I struggled to watch it is because I knew
34:46
Ragnarok and Love and Thunder were next and I knew they were
34:50
pretty visually. Like I'm visual like I love it.
34:53
You could have a bad story, but if it's a pretty movie, I'm
34:55
there. So I knew, I think I was like,
34:57
come on and finish. I want to go because that movie
35:00
is, you know, The Dark World. But it also is quite a visually
35:04
dark and like not very colourful movie.
35:07
And I knew they were coming. So I was like, but I didn't see
35:11
the, the hate. I was like, it is what it is.
35:15
Yeah, people were like, if there's a comic book superhero
35:20
movie that people don't like, they immediately bring in the
35:23
comics to it and they're like, well, it's not comic gaccurate.
35:25
It's not this. This is what he's supposed to
35:27
do. This isn't how they're supposed
35:29
to get along. It's like, it's not real.
35:32
It's just a movie. The comics aren't real either.
35:35
It's fine. We're all OK.
35:38
Plus isn't it probably like 100 comics per like movie?
35:41
Like there'd be 100. Comics that.
35:44
Yeah, like they're not going to get everything right.
35:48
And it's not. The MCU isn't based off the
35:50
comics, it's very loosely based off the comics.
35:53
So you can keep up with MCU just fine without knowing anything
35:55
comic wise. It just adds a little flavor if
35:58
you do understand the comics because you can see those
36:01
references and get really hyped about it.
36:04
Yeah, like you're excited about the ballet shoes.
36:07
I too would have been so excited about that as well.
36:10
Yeah, it's like, you know. Something that the masses don't.
36:12
You're like, oh, I know what that.
36:13
Means, Oh my God, you feel so special.
36:16
Like I was watching Daredevil Born Again.
36:18
I was like, oh, I understood that reference.
36:20
Oh, I'm so special. Oh my goodness.
36:23
And they get online and everyone's like, Oh my God, did
36:26
you see that? I was like, whatever, I I knew
36:30
it first. Yeah, I love that.
36:33
That's definitely me. Oh, I'm the opposite.
36:35
Because I always watch the Marvel movies and then I'll
36:38
watch the symbol because I know they're going to explain
36:40
something I didn't know. And I know in Multiverse of
36:43
Madness, I thought America was just a random character.
36:46
And then they're like, no, like she's this teenage girl with all
36:48
these Jean jackets. And I'm like, they even did
36:51
costume accurate. Like that's what she looks like
36:54
in the comics. I was so like blown away by that
36:56
so. Yes, that gay little hero.
37:00
I was so glad they gave her a little pride pen.
37:04
They like went so full with it. And we haven't seen her since
37:09
and it's been lonely because I really like her character.
37:12
I really like who they got to play her.
37:15
And it's just like, what are they doing?
37:16
Because she's at every single premiere, Bless her heart, she
37:20
shows up to everyone. It's been years.
37:23
I probably would too. I'd be.
37:24
Like I would see that even. If I was a little back
37:27
character, I'd be like, see that person running?
37:28
That's me. That's me right there.
37:30
A. 100% she's able to get in because she's in the MCU and she
37:34
rides that ticket all the way home.
37:36
And I'm like, you know what? Yeah, I would too.
37:39
If I was like you said, if I was a tiny, if I was cashier #4 in a
37:44
movie 10 years ago, I'm going to the premieres.
37:49
I would be too, why wouldn't ya? Exactly.
37:53
So this has been so much fun talking to you.
37:56
You're amazing. Your podcast is so much fun and
37:59
I wish you so, so much, so much luck in the world.
38:03
Podcasting is it's hard, but once you kind of realize like,
38:08
OK, I'm just doing this for me, I'm not doing this to make
38:10
money. I'm not doing this for
38:11
attention. This is just what I want to do.
38:12
Then it just it's fine. It's good.
38:16
Yeah, I am very. Comfortable.
38:19
Yes, thank you. That's so nice.
38:20
I think on my first episode I was like whispering a little
38:23
bit. I it was like 10:00 PM at night
38:25
and my housemate was asleep. But now I'm like, Nah, I'm, I'm
38:29
filming, I'm recording. Like, sorry.
38:32
So can you tell my listeners where they can find you so they
38:35
can follow you and give your podcast a listen?
38:38
Yeah, sorry, just go onto threads if you can, if you have
38:42
that one. It's just my name, Reece dot
38:45
Crook, I think. And then I have my link tree
38:48
there. I'm just currently based out of
38:50
Threads really at the moment, but I also have my episodes on
38:54
Spotify, Under the Crook Cut, YouTube and Apple Podcast.
38:58
So that'll be a place to find the podcast.
39:00
And then if you want to follow me like Threads is pretty much
39:03
the way to go. It's the only one that matters.
39:06
It's the only one that anyone feels comfortable on.
39:08
It's so safe over there, I never want to leave.
39:11
I never want to either. Whoever is listening to this
39:15
episode, wherever you're listening to it, look under the
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episode into the show notes and you will find where you can.
39:21
You can find the links where you can find Reese on threads and
39:25
you can find her podcast and her link tree.
39:27
Highly recommend check her out. She, as you can tell from this
39:30
episode, she is just the best and I'm so excited to see where
39:33
she goes. Oh, you're making me see how red
39:37
I'm getting. That's so nice.
39:41
Oh, no problem. Well, thank you so much for
39:43
coming on. It's been such a pleasure to get
39:44
to know you. Thank you.
39:46
You as well. Maybe we'll do this again and
39:48
we'll talk marvel or something. Don't threaten me with a good
39:52
time, I am in. So anytime you want to do a
39:56
Winter Soldier episode, I'm there.
40:00
Well, I'm holding you to that. So we're just going to simp over
40:03
Bucky for an hour and I'm fine with that.
40:06
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