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• Nick: What's up everyone? Welcome back to the concession stand. I'm Nick, and across the screen is my co-host Jules. Julz: How you guys doing today? Nick: Today we are going to be discussing the new Paramount and Warner Warner Brothers merger into Skydance. We're gonna be talking the first trailer for the Avengers Infinity War game mode in Marvel Rivals. And we're gonna be talking about you know, just a few short short short news subjects from from the film world. And then we're gonna lead up to our, you know, to our our our big our big bulk of it all, the lanterns season finale, dirt episode eight, Dirt and Stars. We're gonna get into to the ins and outs of that. We're gonna, you know, talk about what Julz: Mm-hmm. Nick: it can mean for the future, and we're gonna just talk about the season as a whole, you know, what we liked, what we might not have liked. and all that so stick around grab a refill let's get right into it we got a lot to talk about so first on the docket big big big news Paramount and Warner Julz: Huge news. Nick: brothers have officially merged to become Skydance and like you know we've been waiting on this to officially happen for like over a year now right like it's but this has been in the works for you know just dealing with So and so is signing this petition to make sure that this merger doesn't happen or you know, like the Supreme Court is like, you know, trying to make z you know, look into this to make sure this is gonna gonna work. And it's just like they pulled it off. They finally pulled it off. So Julz: And for so for us and what this means is in the arts yes DC studios Nickelodeon Cartoon Network will all be under and HBO and Paramount Plus will all be under the same umbrella for political reasons. The reason why they're trying to stop this is because a lot of the pushback the president has the president has received. They're just you know from certain networks CNN CBS they're just going to you know get their hands into this. Now, if that's a good thing or a bad thing, time will only tell. My opinion on it, I'll keep out of our film. But I do think that it could be a thing where it doesn't look too well, gets little Orwellian. So we'll see. But as far as the nerds and how we will feel about this, we might like it. It might be great for us. but only time will tell. Nick: Yeah. Apparently they said that they said that DC is gonna stay as is, like, you know, James Gunn and Peter Saffron are gonna stay, you know, in charge and you know, you know, just keep Julz: Okay, good. That's good. Nick: keep the plan the plan. So, you know, in the nerd space Julz: Basically. Nick: that it's as a as a child who grew up surfing the channels and and whatnot, it's gonna be weird having Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network rule like you know, under the same company. Like that in my mind it's it was always Cartoon Network versus Nickelodeon. Julz: It was for me to exactly. Nick: versus Disney. Exac so n you know, now it's just like I don't Julz: I don't know how I feel about that when it comes to that, but I will say this though, to cap on the political side of this thing that what this could mean for us as nerds is that we could see some type of political stuff bleed into our, you know, our shows and our comics. So we, you know, take that with a grain of salt, obviously, you know, whether it's a good or bad thing. But I think that, you know, for example, Reacher had a I'm pretty sure the Alan Richardson Richardson Richardson or Nick: Richson, I think. Julz: Alan Rich and listen sorry but during that but he Nick: There you go. Julz: the Jack Reacher the guy who's Reacher he came out and said that the season that they just did was supposed to be more of a white supremacy thing and he's like kicking their butt but like because of who got elected it changed. Nick: He said that? Julz: Yeah, it was only a podcast. I can't remember the name of it. No, I mean, he's more to clearly he's an ally. Clearly he is an ally. Nick: Hey, shout out Reacher, bro. Shout out Reacher. Shout out Reacher. Shout out Alan Richon. Nah, for real. Cause bro, like, I cause I remember I think I saw like some clip on TikTok or Instagram with him on a on a podcast. It could have been the same podcast where he was like, he st like it started by with him being like, like, I don't know if you know, I they say that I like to shake things up or that I like to, you know, like kind of stir stir things up and I don't really care. And I'm just like I just I just think I'm doing the right thing. And I was like I just kinda kept stroll scrolling past that. I didn't really look much much more into it. But if you know, if that if what you're saying is true, then I guess that I shit. I I I like to see it. I like Yeah, yeah, yeah. Julz: I mean, we can fact check it if we want real quick, but it's... Nick: But I mean l I mean if he said I I I Julz: I'll fact check in and you can just bring us into the next topics after and then I'll come back in with it. Nick: Okay, bet. or okay, yeah, yeah. So next topic we got the first trailer for the new Avengers Infinity War themed PvP mode coming to Marvel Rivals season ten point five in about three days at time of recording. So we're just gonna dive right into this trailer. Or actually I'll tell you like the you know, the description of what, you know, what this is about to look like and then we're gonna go into the trailer and then we're gonna talk about the trailer and you know what how is this gonna work as a in the game? Is you know, is this new little like kind of style that they're doing gonna like actually turn into anything or is it gonna be a flop because right now Rivals is in is in a kind of trivial spot right now anyway. Like, you know, a lot of the loyal players are still playing, but a lot of the others have dropped off and stuff. So but this Infinity War PvP mode is gonna feature six duos Who battle for the infinity stones, each granting a unique power. So, you're gonna be able to team up with, with with somebody else, and then you're gonna have to fight other duos to take their infinity stones, and getting granted new powers for your characters along the way. So let's Julz: Before we get into that, I got the fact check here. It Nick: Go ahead, fact check that John. Yep. Julz: was correct. It was in response to a fan wanting the book's white supremacist militia storyline adapted. And Richson wrote, yes, Richson wrote. Nick: from the book. yeah, so yeah, so that there's there's proofs in the pudding right there. I completely I didn't even think about the book. Julz: Right. He said, my favorite book. Fun fact. I had it. had it approved until someone got reelected. That is the quote. The book is Lee Child's dying, die trying Lee Child's die trying. And his remark appeared Nick: O Julz: to reference a clearly Donald Trump's reelection, although he didn't name Trump or specify which season was affected. But Amazon hadn't confirmed this. So, you know, but the rap reported it. So that's where the information is coming from. Nick: Yikes Yikes, brother. Julz: And him criticizing, like him, when I was thinking it was the podcast, that's when he was criticizing Trump over the Epstein files. So that's what I was remembering versus the rap thing I seen. Nick: Mm. okay, okay. I think low key, I feel like I have seen part of the Epstein Files thing that you're talking about too. Yeah, 'cause he's he's I Yeah, yeah, yeah. 'Cause yeah. Julz: Like with him talking about it on the podcast. Yeah, I know that, is cool though. But let's get into the first trailer for the new Avengers Infinity War themed PVP mode coming to Rivals. we got the classic Thanos look. Nick: little end game teaser? Julz: hmm. I was here for that. That was cool. That was cool. Nick: Ooh. Julz: So these are six duos who battle for the infinity stones, each granting a unique power. And as you can see, there's cards that you get in that match, get your power up, more than likely you'll fight. And then, you you might, it might be like a, if you ever, if any of you guys ever played Call of Duty, there's a mode, I'm blanking on it, but it's, there's about six of in a squad against another six and you, it's, you you die and then you spectate your partner or partners. So I think it could be something like that. But can't believe I'm blanking on the name of that one. But regardless, we have the Batman part two, which has been paused, sadly. Matt Reeves has had to Nick: Exactly. Julz: step away from the film temporarily for personal reasons. Now, we do not know what these personal reasons are. They're probably very, you know, probably substantial for something like, you know, this movie to probably just pause automatically like that. So. Nick: yeah. Gotta be. Julz: yeah. So we hope he's doing well and that his family's doing well and everyone remains healthy. And if not, we are very sorry. And knock on wood right Nick: Yeah, because Julz: there. Nick: nah yeah, that's like that's just something you hate to see 'cause it's like Julz: Exactly. Nick: I obviously the just the the movie of it aside, it's just we we Matt Reeves is s somebody that's like given us a lot in terms of you know, Julz: Mm-hmm. Nick: j in terms of just Batman and obviously outs in in his other his the rest of his film career and stuff, Planet of the Apes, stuff like that. And it's like, so you hate to see somebody that you're such a fan of have to go through something like that. So hopefully it's nothing too crazy and it's nothing that, you know, he can't easily bounce back from. so yeah, because, you know, and cause we a and then onto the Batman side of it, we you know, this movie's been postponed, postponed, postponed, push Julz: Mm-hmm. Spoon. Nick: back, push back. And like, you know, we hate to as not not as bad as we need to see Matt be okay, but like we hate to see, you know, after all this like the this production be paused and, yet again postpone. But, that's necessary, but it's just two different sides of the same coin. know, you hate to see both. Julz: Nick, think I'm So that wraps up our movie news and updates guys you know make sure go ahead and try out that rivals and keep your eye on Batman part two and Also, keep your eye on Skydance. You know, we never know we never know what type of company were we getting with the merging of a huge of these huge conglomerates, but Nick: Yeah. Julz: that being said We got the release schedule for Vision Quest. It has been revealed, which is as is falling. This is by two episodes each week. So October 14th, we get episodes one and two. Then October 21st, which is a week later, we get episodes three and four. And then as you can tell the way we're going by two episodes on the October 28th, November 4th and November 11th, you know, we get two more except on the fourth and the 11th, where we only get seven and eight, which I will go ahead and bet my bottom dollar that it is very likely that these are our longest and best episodes. So what Nick: Mm, mm. Julz: do you think, Nick? Nick: Me, I'm hype, yo. I'm hype Julz: Me too. Nick: to hear because here's the thing, Jules. My biggest problem with not only Marvel Marvel Disney Plus shows, but all Disney Plus shows. Star Wars, Julz: Yes. Nick: Marvel, whatever, right? These run times, dog. Like, y'all want to get especially Marvel, if when when y'all first started giving us shows after after Endgame, right? Y'all wanted to Julz: Mm-hmm. Nick: give us six episode seasons. And each episode could could range literally anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. It could be anywhere in there. and it's and there's no Julz: Right. Nick: type of consistency, no rhyme or reason to it. That frustrated me, bro. but like this is this maybe okay, maybe not the first, because they're born again, like that they consistently usually have pretty long episodes. But like, but then still sometimes they would come in with like a forty one, forty two minute or and we're like Julz: Yeah, but like, yeah, that's what I mean. it's not consistently long and it's also not consistent. Like, we're getting two episodes a week. That's a lot. And even if they're 30 minutes apiece, I'll take it. Now, if they're 48 and 48, they're answering our prayers. Nick: I'm a fool. No, they literally they released the runtimes too. I w I just forgot to to put on there. But each one is at least is a is at least fifty four, fifty five minutes. Like Julz: I was going to say because I think I seen something where they were close to an hour long. I don't know if I couldn't remember if it was this Nick: Yeah. Yeah. And then you were Julz: show or a different show. Nick: Yeah. No, it was this. Yeah, and then you were right about the last two. The last two are are both over an hour. So like, you and w but Julz: Okay, there we go. There we go. Nick: with that being said, the fact that not only are they giving us long episodes, but we're getting two long episodes per week for three weeks before we get the last two, I'm like, bro, I'm I like batch drops, bro. Like it's r right in b you still get the the the Julz: Me too. Nick: The anticipation of a weekly release, but then you don't y you Julz: Right. Right. Nick: you're not starving like you are like with you know, just getting one episode. Julz: for content basically. Because you can can you can know spare yourself out watch one episode a week I mean a day but like and then later you know right before the next episode drop watch episode two and then you get you know three episodes like there's a lot of ways you can break it up but like Nick: Yeah, you could do it like that. Yeah, right. Yeah. Julz: you know I think they're gonna do great you know I think that however much at many episodes we spend in visions head like we spend these first two like weeks of in his head And then the last or the first three weeks in his head and then the last two episodes are him figuring it out in the, real life. I'm okay with that personally. Nick: I'd be sh I don't even know. I don't I got there's so many things about this show that like we just don't we just like we have no type of like we have the we can theorize but we have no actual explanation for and I'm just like give it to me I'm Julz: Right. Nick: that's how I like it. That's how I like it. Julz: Exactly. It's going to be really good. So Nick, I hear that there's new vendors doomsday popcorn bucket and drink that are that you can Nick: yes, yes. I'm gonna pull it up here and we'll describe it for our audio listeners here, but let's see. Yes, so Julz: Wow. Where's the, where for the popcorn bucket, where's the popcorn going? Like flip his head upside Nick: I I I don't know. Maybe you like Julz: down. Nick: I know literally like do you just I don't know. I don't understand, but Julz: I want it either way, like, just because that's just going Nick: It looks Julz: to be cool to just sit in your room somewhere. Like, I got a doom's head on the wall. Right. Nick: No, right. It looks tough and it you know, it glows. Yeah, yeah, it glows and stuff. Julz: And the drink cup is just elite though. Nick: But this is crazy. This is actually crazy. Julz: Yeah, no, the drink cup is just elite. That's just elite work. So for our audio listeners, the popcorn bucket is a hooded doom with the mask and green eyes. So. Nick: Green glowing eyes, yes. Julz: It's the it's the doom mask that Robert Downey Jr. will be wearing and Nick: Mm-hmm. Julz: his eyes are glowing and it's a popcorn bucket with a hood. That's, know, for our audio listeners. Nick: But you can't yes, but you can't quite see where you would fit the popcor like there's no hole or like, you know, outlet for you to stick your hand and grab some popcorn. That at least that we can see in this in this photo. So that's what we're Julz: Right. Nick: what we're talking. Julz: Yeah, they're not going to have you go in his eyes. There's no way. think you just have to turn their head over. So but I think Nick: Yeah. Yeah, probably. Julz: they went for more of the aesthetic route. And I think either way, they kind of hit because they know that we're getting these and just put them up in our rooms. So like, I think they're Nick: No, exactly. Exactly. Julz: they're catching on to how we want it. Like, who cares about flipping his head upside down to eat the popcorn? Nick: Nah, literally, 'cause at the end of the day, you use it as a pot you're probably gonna use it as a popcorn bucket once. And it's you know, it's that night that you buy it and then you're gonna take it home and, you know, put it up around your house, you know, whatever whatever. Julz: And if you do use it, you're going to clean it out and then put popcorn in it when it's a bunch of people over and you're watching you watching doomsday. So that's like Nick: Yeah. Something like that. Julz: might be the second time you use it. So but regardless, Nick: Yeah. Julz: because I think the third the second or third time I use my centers popcorn bucket was when I put centers on like at like a group like watching of centers. So but and then for Nick: Yep, yep. Nice. Got to. Julz: audio listeners, the cup looks like your standard AMC like, you know, cup that's you know that you would buy for where it's reusable has a straw obviously now the working on the cup it looks like a stone with some runes has the fantastic for logo the Avengers logo and I'm gonna assume there's probably lat variant runes all over it and at the base it is doom's throne and with him sitting aside it so do we assume that he'll just be on it like flat or Nick: I think Julz: will he be a part of it I think he'll be a part of it you're not gonna be able to put your drink in your cup though cup holder though, more than likely. Nick: d Julz: So just letting you guys know when you get that. Nick: I didn't even realize that. Like that didn't even occur to me. How are you supposed to fit this in a cup holder? What? Julz: Again, again, they went with aesthetics clearly because I don't know how that's going to be practical. It won't fit in any cup holder you ever have. It would Nick: Yeah, yeah. Listen. Nah, right. Julz: be a prop again. And also like that's if he's 3D, if he's just, if that is in the cup and that's just on the cup printed on the cup and it's just like, you know, the 3D looking type of, you know, like material. It does look 3D Nick: Yeah. That looks three D to me. I ain't gonna lie. I ain't gonna hold ya. Julz: to me. Like it looks like he is going to be sitting. out past it. Now, that being said, Nick: Like bro, and Julz: it could go hard, but you know, depending on how they price it will be dependent if it's worth it to me. Nick: No, for sure, for sure. And if like you said, the they're going for the mo more aesthetics here and and not really actual use b or practicality. But if there's a if there's ever d a time to throw practicality out the window just to sell some shit, it's for Avengers Doomsday because you already know l you know, just like you know, it doesn't make sense, but we both were like, damn, that's ca that cup's kinda tough. I might have to get it regardless. So it's like Julz: And is, I'm gonna probably get both, if I'm being honest with you, because I Nick: Yeah. Yeah. Julz: got the Grogu and Mandalorian. Practical you can sit in a cup holder now Nick: Tough. Yep. Yep. Julz: What would doom do doom is gonna sit right over here next to the spider-man popcorn bucket? Nick: So Julz: Popcorn bucket drink whatever that that show you that Nick: did you it the the the thwip the hand, right? Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. That was that Julz: And then it's the web and then the straws in the middle. Nick: was my favorite of the of those cause like I I love the multi I see my that I love a popcorn bucket that that They could have. But I mean I think those two that Julz: See, Doom could have been that though. They could have did that with Doom. Like the top of his head is the drink bowl. well, you can't flip him, damn. Well, no, actually you just keep his head, but the top is just hollow. Right. Right. And then the. Nick: You could it like the Spider Man one, maybe yeah, you could just lift it off the top like that. But yeah, I mean first of these are just the first two to drop, so there's definitely gonna be more. Like, yeah. So yeah, so Cinemart, yeah, Cinemart. So AMC is probably gonna drop some, Regal's probably gonna drop some. Julz: And there'll be more. 100 percent. 100 percent. Because this is this is this who is this? Cinemark? Yeah. So so. Mm hmm. I hope CMX has some or I don't know if CMX gets whoever. But you know for all you. It is. Because you have that popcorn Nick: It's interesting. 'Cause me and Danny were talking about that and it's like there's like 'cause it it Julz: bucket CMX. The Spider-Man. Yeah that's CMX. Nick: Yeah, really? They okay, true. Yeah, yeah. So there's there's one or maybe two distributors who make the popcorn buckets. It's just which theaters are signing to get which popcorn buckets and stuff. And I'm not gonna Julz: these right that's true. Nick: I'm not gonna lie. AMC been slacking, yo. Been slacking. I'm sorry. Y'all Julz: Ooh. Ooh. Ooh. Nick: have not been cut whenever there's like Tough popcorn buckets good for movies and there's other you know, there's options of like there's some tough stuff, some weaker stuff. AMC, I'm sorry. Y'all lately, the past few months, y'all been getting the weaker stuff. Y'all been getting the weaker stuff. What? Yeah. Julz: You want to see something crazy since you're talking about AMC. Nick: been building it a been building it up. Julz: No, no, no. That's the second seventy five dollar reward. Remember, I used. Yes, it gave me another one after I used the first one. Nick: That's the second? low key yeah no I remember I remember. Julz: I have not paid for concession stands at AMC for about maybe two years, probably. feel like AMC, you guys are the sponsor me at that point. Come on. You see the proofs in the pudding. Nick: Come on now. Bruh, I'm telling the the the subscription is worth it. I don't care. I don't care. Julz: It is worth it. And if you want to sponsor the podcast, MC, and make us your official podcast for all movies, not just Marvel, not just anything, not just DC, not just anything, we do all movies. We Nick: We do. Julz: will be happy to oblige you guys. Nick: If you want us to only go to AMC theaters, for the for the for the near future, we'll do it. We'll do it. Julz: if you let us pick your popcorn buckets. Nick: Come on now. It's gotta go both ways. Come on. Julz: That's a trade, that's a fair trade guys, come on. Nick: and I say e either I don't know. Either or you don't know that you've been dropping the ball with the popcorn buckets. Either way that we're telling you right now, this is the time to turn it around. Before Avengers Doomsday, this is the time to turn it around. Yes. Yes. Julz: This is us telling you exactly You've been warned formally by the concession stand podcast or concession stand podcast 11 or on YouTube not at concession fan podcast 11, but Go ahead and give us Nick: Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Julz: a sponsor guys, but that being said guys We are now going to go ahead and get into the transformers part of this discussion We all are Transformers fans. We all grew up with it and we grew up with Michael Bay ones. Well, guess what, guys? Guess who's coming back, potentially? Michael Bay Nick: Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Julz: and more than one in the creative producer will be Steven Spielberg. Excuse me. And it's the first two films, right? If I'm correct. Nick: Yeah, he was yeah, yeah. He also Julz: Yeah, so he had a similar role in the first two films. So we could Nick: Yeah. Julz: be getting an OG, maybe a continuation of a storyline. Maybe they'll go ahead and get Shila. Who knows? Nick: Hmm. I didn't even think could damn. Would they damn 'cause think about it. They could Julz: They could. You're telling me Megan Fox and they heard him wouldn't come back and do it again. Nick: Pro sh maybe, may probably, probably, probably. But think about it. Julz: 100 % Nick: They they have options here. They could either they could continue the old ones or like cause they they made the old ones and then they started making these new ones, like, you know, with like Bumblebee and you know the with Haley Steinfeld and the the Julz: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Nick: the one with the dinosaurs and shit. Rise of the Beasts, right? Julz: That's true. What if they do a doomsday version of Transformers and just basically bring everybody? Nick: That would be crazy. The mu the Transformers multiverse. There's the an the animated ones show up in That would be that would be tough. Julz: No, no, no, I'm talking about the real people. Like they bring all the real people. It's the same optimists and stuff. Well, it's not going to be the Nick: like every all the people that have been in all the different transform Julz: same optimist because, you know, our PR boy, but. It's yeah, I know. didn't mean to. I didn't mean it. Nick: Damn, man. I forgot all this Transformers talking, I damn. Julz: I didn't mean to kill the vibe like that. But that being said, Michael Bay's and talks Nick: No, it's cool. It's cool. R. I. P. Peter. R. I. P. to Peter. Julz: through direct, you know, or I.P. Peter as the goat. But now let's let's talk about like one of the biggest bombs in Hollywood history right now. Nick: Mm. Mm. Tom Cruise's digger. Mm. Julz: Tom Cruise's Digger has opened with $8 million in the box office. Biggest Hollywood box office bomb of 2026 and one of the biggest of all time. Let's talk. Nick: I think the budget was one 180 mil on this. Like. Julz: Okay, 180 million on Digger. Nick: Yeah. And it made eight in its opening weekend. Like, bro, that's that that ain't good. That's not good. That's terrible, actually. man. Like. And like I've been I remember they they've been playing this trailer for months. For months. Julz: Literally, you know, I was like, I'm gonna go see that like it looks good. But like, you Nick: yeah. Julz: know, I'm just haven't gotten around to seeing it but like I don't think Like I think that for what the movie is it like it's almost like from what I can tell is trying to be a tropic thunder Like where it's goofy like that not a movie within a movie, but just goofy with Nick: Mm-hmm. Julz: like some big names potentially and I just don't know if it is if it's going to hit in today's age. But you were right. It's 180 million is the upper end of Diggers reported production budget, excluding marketing. So report puts it at 160, 180 up, you know, which was, but it was an initial 125 million, but Warner Brothers disputes those higher figures. And Nick: True, true. Julz: for the podcast, I think that it's, it's safe to say that Warner Brothers The higher figures are more than likely than the what's going on? They can say what they want but more than likely they probably if they're reporting 180 Before marketing they probably spent Nick: Mm-hmm. Julz: close to like 225 maybe more Because if they spent it because if there's in their head they're like it's Tom Cruise So Nick: Yeah, could could be close to 250 for real. Like. Mm-hmm. Like, and this has been they've been giving this the treatment, the kind of like Julz: Mm-hmm. Nick: like the we want this to be a blockbuster treatment. they've been showing the trailers for months. They the first trailer they ever showed was wasn't even a trailer for the movie. It was just a highlight reel of all of Tom Cruise's movies. And I was sitting there like, what, what? Julz: Wait, that's why. Nick: No, it's we sat in a theater and watched two to three minutes of just straight Tom Cruise glaze in IMAX. And I was just like, What is this is where's the Julz: that IMAX. Nick: trailer? Well like what and and and and all of it to lead up to this and granted I still wanna see it. Like, you know, like there's there's such a discourse around this, like ha half Julz: But what you're saying, like them spending that much money for that marketing is kind of wild. Nick: No, exactly, bro. Exactly. I'm sorry. it's shit that that's like I'm I'm sorry. It makes me think that y'all might have deserved it. But hey, I still gotta see the movie. I still gotta see the movie. So cause I think Julz: Hey, we still gotta see it, you know? Nick: it's it's sitting at like a I I don't know what it's at or run tomatoes at this point. It was probably still low, but it's at like a 3.8 or eight three point nine average rating on Letterboxd, which is for Letterboxd, like that's a pr that's a solid, that's a good rating right there. So like at We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. But that would also be one of the biggest bombs of Tom Cruise's career as well. So, you know, yeah. Julz: That part, yeah that part, it would be one of his biggest bombs because he usually don't miss but... Nick: Yep, yep, yep. and then Julz: I don't think, because Diggerfield's misogynistic is just a tad bit, which is a little bit. Nick: N but here's the thing, it kinda looks like it's poking fun of it at it as well, be like it based off of some of the sh the stuff in the trailers, so Julz: that part too because remember there was this was this scene in the trailer where he was like Don't say that, there's women in the room. And then they were like... And there were no women and then they all start laughing. Nick: No, right. Julz: And I was just like, I don't know if that's going to go over well, but hey. Nick: Nah, right. That was it was weird. It was weird, but I was like, I need to see context. I I feel like there's context here that Julz: Right. Nick: I'm missing and I don't I I don't know. I just doesn't it doesn't feel like I need to co it it to be complete. Julz: It could look all in the say is if this movie is like again, they have if they're poking fun at certain things, they got to it in a good way. Context matters. So like, you know, Nick: Yeah. Julz: that that part of the trailer could be taken out of context. But off of that trailer, I know a lot of people probably were like, I don't want to see that. I'm sorry, but if you went to a movie with your girlfriend, Nick: no, yeah. And I could I completely I completely get it. I get it if you see that and you're like, this looks bad. Julz: right, if you go with your girlfriend or your partner or whoever and they're like, yeah. I ain't like that joke. and it was uncomfortable. Potentially, this is not the movie because there you might be, I we might like it, but overall, it's good. It's not looking too good for for Tom Cruise's digger. So but that being said, we'll see what happens. But Nick: Yeah. Julz: Nick, what we what do we have next? What isn't there something happening tomorrow in West? Nick: Yes. So this weekend a New York Comic Con is is gonna be going on and you know Julz: Mm-hmm. Nick: we won't we might not be there, but we damn well will Julz: Sadly. Nick: be will be following what happens there. So, you know, maybe we'll be there next year. Julz: yeah. So this is going to be, I think they're going to be talking about, because the 10th, I think there'll be, we'll be getting some more anime news on Naruto and how Nick: Mm. Julz: the anime will continue. So that's going to be good. Keep your eyes open and come back here for that, because we will definitely be updating. Nick: I yeah. I've been 'cause we heard about that what d what, say that again? My bad. Julz: I said, we'll be come back in here to listen to that because we will be giving you guys updates October 10th for that because that's when we'll hear the news. Nick: Yeah. Yeah, that's gonna I I mean, hey, we love some we know we love Naruto news around here, but also Julz: yeah. Nick: Marvel television and animation will be hosting a panel tomorrow with major news and reveals expected. So, you know, it's probably not we're not probably not gonna Julz: who I think we're getting more X-Men. Nick: man but that's the thing. I don't know if we're gonna find out anything about the movies 'cause it says Marvel television and animation. So I mean or pro X Men ninety seven probably. X Men ninety seven season three, Julz: Okay. Okay. Nick: maybe. Probably some Daredevil Born Again season three stuff. maybe even we'll wait. 'Cause Julz: Yeah, maybe there's a new show they announced. Nick: Vision Quest comes out next week. So maybe we'll get like I don't know. I don't know. Maybe they'll show people in the room. Julz: Good to get some vision call stuff. Nick: Yeah, yeah. Maybe they'll give us, you know, some something. But 'cause Julz: Like a longer trailer, like a clip. Nick: Yeah, they'll probably I feel like they'll get they'll get a clip for, everybody in the room. they probably won't be allowed to post about or, film it or anything. I don't know. But but maybe who maybe we'll find it more out about those like few shows that they that we heard were in development, that Marvel was developing a few weeks ago. and we you know, the one that was like the Zodiac working title one. that we talked about, and then, some other ones that might be mutant based or whatever. So maybe we'll find out about a new show. but yeah. So New York Comic Con this weekend, you know, next week on next week's episode we'll be right back with all the, you know, all the news and happenings of that. So it's The time has come. Man Julz: Okay guys, spoiler alert. Spoiler alert. Spoiler alert. Nick: Boiler Yup from the heavens. They're telling you if you haven't seen Lanterns Episode Eight. Or honestly, if you haven't seen any lanterns, now's the time. Yeah, don't watch this part. But pause Julz: Don't watch this. Yeah, don't watch this part of this. Nick: it and come back after you do. Because you know you I know you want to finish. Julz: Exactly. But this is the last. Make sure you start from the beginning and watch these other episodes. We talk about each one. Nick: If you made it this far no exactly. If you made it this far, I know you wanna finish the episode. I know you do. So, just go watch some other episodes, then come back. Okay. Julz: Exactly. So, but that being said, here we go. So the episode Nick: Yep. For all the real ones. Wow. Julz: recap, you know, the truth, we get the truth about how Jordan's death, the season's, you know, central, you know, mystery. And it's finally we, you know, it finally is solved. It is revealed that none other than and I want to say in the episode previous, I said, I think the sheriff could have did it. And honestly, it was crazy that how even called it, Howe's AI projection was like, man, she killed me. I know guilt Nick: Yeah. Julz: when I see it. So, she just shot an unarmed man like a straight cop, like the cop she is just shot an unarmed man right in the head. Nick: Bruh. I thought she was better than that, bruh. I thought she was so much better than that. Julz: We all did. And it's because the reason why she did, even though they were in love, was that Hal had discovered that Carrie's son Noah is actually an undercover manhunter, which is the same type of alien or war, alien war criminal that John killed in episode, what, six, five? Six. Five or six. Nick: Six. Five? Five? Six? I I don't know. Either yeah, either one. Yeah. But Julz: So. Nick: man. man. Julz: We get it was very, before we get there, there was a lot of things that happened in between on us learning and, you know, solving this mystery, but it was very, very, very good. They did it well. I thought that my only personal gripe about finding like them finding everything out. It was that there was just no punishment, not granted. Would how have wanted that maybe he wanted to run away with her with Noah. to any planet. Nick: You know? Julz: And he was ready. Nick: He was ready. He was ready. I don't think I think that's what I think I don't think he would have wanted like I can't okay, I can't hold with my f full chest say that he wouldn't have wanted okay, yeah, I probably can't. I don't think he would have wanted Noah dead, even though he was like, kill me. And I don't think he would have wanted Carrie, Incarcerated or punished for her c for for killing him like that, simply because he loves her and he he he wants better for her. Like and if it were anybody else. Julz: Exactly. And he understands her position. Nick: Exactly. Exactly. And I feel like if it were anybody else, he'd be the first one to be like, yo, get get her. I Julz: I'm pulling the signal, bring. Nick: mean, he liter the hologram literally did. The halogram was like, yeah, like you said, yeah, it's her. It's her. Like, why would you know and and and was adamant about that from the jump. So it's like, but Julz: Mm-hmm. Nick: then by the time by the by this episode, you know, even though the halogram knew the pr or had like kind of figured it out from the jump. He still kinda got to that same point where he was like, Yeah, Julz: It is, because it's interesting because it's like, know, the hologram, I think because he, he craved what his how got and was able to have. like him seeing, I think he's seen the truth to her feelings and his own feelings for her. So that, you know, which allowed him to, you know, like when he asked at the end, like, I don't even know if he actually said his last words were, love you. But John told him that I think he Nick: Mm-hmm. Julz: needed that for his own sake. like you said, for prosperity sake, I think he needed that just so that going to wherever he went once, John recharged the ring. I think he needed that so that, he could go, you know, without any unfitness, unfinished business that his other self, his real self didn't really get to have. Nick: Yeah. That's a good point. Julz: because his love just turned around and ended him. Nick: Yeah. Interesting. Cause I I I think I think you're right. But when I saw that scene, I was thinking that ha that Howe was like kind of trying to bait him to say that kind of so so that he could in turn like say it to him so that John could hear it. Like so that John Julz: Mm-hmm. Nick: could hear it coming from Hal. Because it's like obviously we know that his you know the battery's dying, his time is running out, but like Julz: So we've got to be done. Nick: So like vi yeah, this is if there if there you know if this if if it doesn't if it's not said to him in this second, then he won John will never have heard that from Hal. And you know, and that's just gonna how it's gonna Julz: Exactly. Nick: be. So like I do I I I I didn't think about what you had said about, you know, him trying to him trying to kind of like end on an unfinis or like, you know, not end on an unfinished note. so I think probably both play into it, but like that moment Julz: Yeah. Nick: just like that hit for me, bruh. Julz: Yeah, no it did. Nick: Like when 'cause e 'cause we I we didn't know how that was like, you know, like it there Julz: That was the how we wanted to have versus the how we got when he was, beat up. Not beat up, like Nick: Yeah, yeah, exactly. Julz: beat down by life. mean. Nick: Yeah, yeah, for real. And honestly, low key, I thought that we were gonna get more like insight into why or as to why like he's so jaded in terms of like the lantern Julz: Mm-hmm. Nick: core like this all the superheroing and stuff. But like we never really got that and like I'm fine with that, honestly. Like all of my like major questions that I had going into it, like major questions I feel like are answered. May there's maybe Julz: Mm-hmm. Nick: a few lingering small things kinda like that. But you know, I feel like they tied everything up pretty well. there has been some discourse about this episode online though. A lot of people are hating on it just because there wasn't a lot of action. You know, it was a big like kinda character climax episode. you know, just a lot of like character conversations, you know, Julz: Mm-hmm. Nick: that that have been needed to have and like, you know, a lot of People finding out things that we've been waiting to find out, all season and shit. And it's just like, Julz: Yep. Yep. Nick: so and like I I I can understand how to how it could feel like maybe I don't know about rushed, but I I get how it could feel like kind of lackluster just because of we've been getting all this great action all season and there wasn't really any action in this episode. But at the same time, I just love these characters. Julz: think it was a different type of action. Nick: Yeah, yeah. It was I mean, yeah, exactly. It was a different type of action and so like and I love these characters so much to like if I'm if all we're getting is like just good character moments and progression, you know, in the in this finale, I'm cool with that because everything Julz: So. Nick: makes sense to me. Or mostly. Julz: I think that one of the big things they're definitely doing is like world building because I think they're making us fall in love with Jon Stewart so that when he comes in a man of tomorrow, we, we, know, and he has the role he has, we have this connection to the character already and they're not worried about him trying to build a connection to the character versus like in other movies Nick: Mm, mm-hmm. Julz: we see like when you don't get a show to that character, like For example, whenever they finally bring in Riri Williams, our first time seeing her was Black Panther 2. And Nick: Mm-hmm. Julz: do we have the same, like if they use her again in Secret Wars or further on in Young Avengers or whatever, do we, we will have a better connection to her, you know, like transferring that into the Marvel stuff. like, like we wouldn't have a better connection with her if we had only seen her in Black Panther 2. versus having Nick: Mm-hmm. Julz: Ironheart and Black Panther 2. Which is why having Nick: Mm-hmm. True. Julz: a show to introduce a character and to give their backstory is always a great thing and it's always been used. That being said, I think that that's why it's okay that we didn't have a super action packed finale. At least not in the action everybody was anticipating, which is the VFX and all that crap. But like, Nick: Mm. Yeah, yeah. Julz: you know, and like that's okay. Like, you know, we got Noah. his identity and fate and his good and evil battle within himself. And we got to see how that actually plays out for a man hunter and just someone like rolling up he still is human, which is why he's like, an act of mercy, just like Zoe. He has John to kill it and like, you know, which is. Nick: Yeah, which was really interesting. Julz: Right, which is it's a parallel. And so and he just chose to let Noah, you know, live his life, live his. live his life and make decisions, but probably he's going to keep his eye on him to make sure nothing crazy happens. Because, and which I think will be cool if later down the line, a man of tomorrow, we see Senator Macon or we're hearing about this, he's like a Charlie Kirk figure or something like that. that would be funny. Like that would be cool. Nick: I'm dead. I'm dead. It would, it would, it would. But i No no no Julz: Like, can you imagine the Charlie Kirk figure though for Noah Macon? Just think about it. Nick: I would hope I would want better for him, bro. Julz: Because he's young, so he couldn't be in government just quite yet. Too much time hasn't passed. So he would have to be. Nick: 'Cause that's what that's the only that's my only problem I was gonna say was man of tomorrow might be kinda soon 'cause that's probably maybe a year later after but like mmm he's just like out here Julz: Like if we see him again and. Nick: in causing influence like on you know on social media or whatever. Like chill. Julz: But he would be a Kirk figure, but it might be for the right reason. Nick: It could be. It could be. But then it's like it could be okay. It could be on the on paper is for it, everything everything looks great and it's for the right reasons. But Julz: Right. Nick: then John John clocks something that he know is out of place or he knows Julz: Mm. Nick: that is that he wouldn't do unless he was he was up to something. And then he has to pull up on him and be like, Ayo. Julz: Hey, you ain't doing nothing over here, are you? Nick: Yeah, let me you know talk to me about what you you know, what you got going on. Julz: Like he's just like, I gotta go to rush real real quick. So let me give me a sec. Nick: Nah, for real for real, bro. For real. my gosh. But Julz: What's in Rushville? I know that that. Nick: okay, let's now that we let's talk about let's talk a little bit about Sinestro and how he Julz: yeah. Nick: ca so we fight could we find out that Noah was the one that broke him out of prison using Zoe's tech that she left him, right? And it's like I would have never guessed that because like I get that they can, you know, they can travel the universe with the little portal thing, but like I don't know. I just didn't think that this dude had the kahunas. I get that, Zoe told you whatever and she left you whatever. But as a teenager, you know, even though you're still a manhunter, you're like, you're still a teenager, and like you're you're out here making moves as you know to go to another planet, break Sinestra out of prison, and then just leave him stranded on this planet that your grandmother destroyed? Like Julz: which was crazy. like, like when I found out, I didn't really question it because I was like, okay, that makes sense. But like, like when you really, like now that we're talking about it, it's like, wow, yeah, no, they did that. Nick: Yeah. Yeah. And so Julz: And he's a, like that, and then Sinatra was like, he ain't a child, he's a grown man. Nick: Yeah, yeah, that is a grown ass man, bruh. And yeah, and then and then and Julz: And the joke was like. Nick: and we find out that Noah had him forge forge him a a yellow ring or a ring or a lantern. A lantern. Yeah, a lantern. Julz: Well, no, not a ring. He didn't have a ring. He he forged him the lantern. Nick: The yeah. And then so the and the the lantern, I'm sorry, that lantern looks sick. Julz: We all thought John's ring was going to be yellow. Nick: Now for real. Because I was like, my I think I'm I can't remember if I said it on the show last week, but my theory was like, okay, he's gonna Sinestro's gonna give him some yellow ring or something, and then he's gonna like be able to turn it green because he got the, you know, he got the the juice inside Julz: You're right. Nick: him, and then he's gonna, you know, he's gonna suit up, and then that's gonna be the moment where he takes it and he says the oath. But like, in my opinion, what we got might have been a little better, just not as cool as. Julz: I mean, I would have loved a suit up scene, where he manifest the suit, but Nick: Exactly. I just hope when he does wear the suit, he manifests it. Like that and I I feel like since James Gunn's directing Man of Tomorrow, I feel like I I can trust him with that. I really hope so. but fact and Julz: Right. I hope you hear us, James. Please hear us. Nick: here's my here's my thing. Here's my thing. If I have to I'm okay with giving up a tough suit up scene in lanterns if I get a cr a tougher one in Man of Tomorrow. Because cause Man of Tomorrow is gonna have a a Julz: Yes, exactly. Like John just comes out of nowhere. So this is like, what are you doing, sir? Get out of here. Nick: Yeah, bro. Bro. Julz: He just looks at him, side eye, says some, says some black shit and then like, like just, just, just shut soups down completely. I get out of here, fly boy. This is my planet. then he Nick: Take take my money. Bro, bro, come on. Julz: does, he does this or something. And then his clothes just turn into, you know, saying like his suit. And then he just goes off and punches whatever Kaiju they're fighting. Nick: Bro, I need that so bad, bruh. I need it so bad. And like the just the like the budget in Man of Tomorrow compared to the lantern's budget of like, you know, for production and everything. Like, I Julz: There's going be constructs for sure. Nick: come on now. And like, there's that, and like I know you've probably been seeing like everybody's been tearing apart the scene, like his flyaway scene, saying that it looks like it's like off the off the CW. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Julz: yeah, they're like the wire work was. Nick: And like, I'm not gonna lie. I can't say they're completely wrong just because like no, yeah. You and Julz: No, I could tell it was a wire as soon as I watched it. Nick: yeah, exactly. And how ha how is the one with the tough flyaway scenes and you can even see the wire work when he's doing it a lot of the time. Julz: But that was his first time us seeing him fly technically. Nick: No exactly. Exactly. That's what I was saying. It's like, it makes sense that Julz: Like he is not supposed to look great. Nick: John doesn't look cool, doesn't really know how to have it down like that. If it's it's literally his first time. So come on, man, a break. Come on, man, a break. But Julz: Exactly. which is why I think that was bright of them to use the wire work. The only thing that like his shoulders kind of came up more than what you would want or if you were flying, like you would be more naturally your shoulders are down and back. But because it's wire work. Right. Exactly. Nick: Yeah, yeah. Like you could tell there was like a harness. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Julz: So like, which is like, that's just what you got to do with special effects. But like, and that's OK. But like, it's still got the point across that, like, hey, I'm a new flyer. Fuck off. Excuse me. Nick: No, literally. Literally, literally. But and man. And j you know, I I and I'd rather have a flight with like where where I could tell the wires there versus like a a a CGI a a complete Julz: Yes. Nick: CGI flight where I'm like, Okay, he just didn't even do anything, like, you know, so it Julz: Yeah, he took if he takes off with the green meteor how did when he went to rushville we would all be like, huh Nick: Exactly. It wouldn't make any sense. It wouldn't make any sense. Julz: Exactly. And sometimes, you know, haters are going to hate, you know, wire work, whatever. Like, so what? We all love CW Flash and didn't give a damn about any of that special effect. So. Come on, guys. I won't let you get I ain't going to put you off the chain. I already know that's your I should. That's your home slice. That's your that's your day one over there. let me. And I wasn't knocking it. I wasn't trying to knock it either. Nick: Come on now. Come on now. Anyway, don't don't make me don't make me get Yeah Yep. That's my shit. That's my shit. That's my boy. No, no, no, I know, I know, trust, trust. I just don't make don't let me get on that tangent because I won't be able to stop. Julz: that tangent will. Yeah, yeah, I know. I get that one. That that tangent is a hard tangent to steer Nick back from. We'd be it'd be hard. Nick: Yes. Julz: But let's get into John's new love now. Just just before we get into it as a quick disclaimer, it has happened in the comics already. So, you know, there was like two to three, excuse me, references of other lanterns creating their own oaths. There's an alien name. Let me get this right. Lop or rot Lop fan who has no eyes so he does not know what the color green looks like so when he does his oaf he goes You know in his oath is you know, the f-sharp Bell is his power So like to him green the green lanterns the f-sharp Bell so Nick: That's tough. Julz: that's you know That says that's an oath that was created because he literally has no eyes. He cannot Nick: Yeah. Julz: see that It's in the lantern. He's like that's the f-sharp bow Green is an F sharp sound and the bell in that looks like a bell. Which makes sense to me. Nick: That's so tough. I'm sorry. Julz: And then we have Jack T. Chance, who also has a rebellious personal of which is, a little, a little dark, but you know, it is what it is. It's happened. Let's not, let's not get too, too lost in the woods with how he made his own and if that was real or not. But I haven't really seen it. I just needed to be able to say it because you Nick: Mm-hmm. Julz: know that. The oath is good. I really like the oath. I'm going to say it. Nick: Nah, for I I liked it too. it felt like it felt it felt like real. Like it felt like something he would actually you know, like he's actually, you know Julz: Literally say I wouldn't be surprised they asked him to try to come up with something and and that was what he came up with But more than likely they wrote it. Nick: The only reason I would say no is just because they gotta maybe they did. Maybe they just said, hey, see what you could do and then we'll work with it or something like that. But just because you gotta this is his oath for forever now. So if he were to Julz: Yes. Nick: just come up with some bullshit, there's gotta be there's gotta be gotta be able to carry through movies and shit. So but Julz: Exactly. So for our audio listeners and the people who don't know, In brightest day and darkest night, I'll embrace my fear. I'll do what's right. I choose this ring, I choose this fight in service to this lantern's light. Nick: Tough, tough, tough. I'm sorry, bars. I'm sorry. I'm s I'm sorry. Julz: They came up with a here. I don't care what anybody says, that one is one of the best of that a Green Lantern has said. And, it's pretty cool because in another way, in another kind of weird way, they kind of gave him an unregistered firearm and lantern terms or unregistered like ring slash lantern. Nick: No, literally. Julz: So like he's like neither a yellow lantern or a green lantern. He's just John. But he will be Nick: Yeah, yeah. He's just John. Julz: But you know, and then the the fear the Nick: Technically Green Lantern. Julz: fear water. So and then, Sinestro used the fear water when he was forging the the thing. So I don't know if those impurities, how that like worked into it and then what that'll you know, do to John. I'm assuming over time it might do something, but he said he'll embrace my his fear. So I we'll see what happens. I I think that it's gonna Nick: I'm interested. Julz: be good. Nick: Yeah. Cause I I kinda I don't know. I don't I thought maybe it was naive of me to think this, but I thought that we were gonna see John just overcome like the yellow in the lantern and like just completely turn it green or whatever so that like in like I saw I thought it was gonna be that was gonna be over with in like a scene, but it seems like now that you know going forward exactly, exactly. So like it could be it it Julz: They left it there for something in the future probably. Cause like we still get we can get Darkest Night where they bring Hal back, but he's parallax. Nick: We could. We could still yeah, it's not out of the question. Just 'cause it didn't happen Julz: Yeah, 'cause Sinestro said he could bring him back. He said that. So if Sinestro finds a way off of that rock, that fear world, and then goes Nick: he will. Julz: and then gets him some gets him or, gets Hal back to life, I think that would be amazing an amazing way to bring Kyle Chandler back as Hal Jordan. That'd be great. Just me me just Nick: be awesome. Cause bro, he's really dead. Like, Julz: me. Nick: yep. cause yeah, going into this episode, we were all is how is how really dead? Is he are they gonna bring him back? Is he is he is he really a clone? whatever. But my boy's really gone. So that would be a that would be a good an actual a viable way to to get him back in the game. but re before we wrap this up here real quick, one of the other things I liked about the episode was just kinda like the the kind of mirroring in like themes between Noah and John. just because like you kind of you obviously with John, we see him all season. He's you know, he's progr kinda programmed like you know by his parents to be able to be fearless and to be able to be like the perfect Green Lantern or whatever. They think that is, right? But then we spend most of the season figuring out how manhunters are programmed and how they, you Julz: Mm-hmm. Nick: know, are supposed to infiltrate, you know, make make connections, a lot of times, you know, through physical connection. And then they you know, and then they are they provide and they they fe make people around them feel needed so that they get lifted up into power and then they can, you know, they can do whatever they want with this with the society. And so We see that we learn that about manhunters this whole time. And then we find out in this last episode that Noah's a manhunter. And then in both in in both cases, we see them both break their programming to kind of be their own person. Or in and and you Julz: Right. Nick: know, in John or it Noah doing it and him telling John, you know, everything that's happened, you know and to kill him, you know, to put because he he doesn't trust who he might become. And then John in not doing that because because like one that's a kid that he literally knows and cares about so like there's I'm sure there's some actual fear Julz: Right. And John don't kill kids. Nick: exactly bro like and he he he wouldn't want to kill a kid regardless but like it's a kid that he's literally Exactly Julz: Like he taught that dude how to throw a football. So he's like and now and he's watching him in front of all these coaches playing football. it's you know, he was himself Nick: No, r literally trying to get you know. Julz: in the full circle moment. Nick: Yeah, yeah. So it's like how can how is he supposed to do that? Which goes back to the or brings us to like that what Halligram says to him about embracing your fear and not like, you know, you've been molded to be this person who who run who or not runs from fear, but like, you know, look looks fear in the face and and and and tells it to fuck off. But like sometimes you need to embrace that fear. And so like I think That wasn't it that him d choosing not to kill Noah like that was an example of that. and just, you know, d cause I can't say the perfect Green Lantern would have killed him, 'cause like they can't, you know, they're not supposed to kill with the ring. But at the same time, Julz: N No, they can't. They it won't let you. Nick: exactly. But at the same time, he's again, that's to his programming because he's a he's a mur he's a sniper. You know, he was a snipe, which means he killed For a living. that, so you don't be you're not known as a sniper if you let dudes walk away. You know what I'm saying? So like Exactly, Julz: He wasn't winging people, put it like that. Nick: exactly. So just the fact that they both had to break that that programming that they had to to make to be or to be their own character was was was really Julz: That being said though Nick: But yeah, it's interesting to see where what what's gonna happen next, where we're gonna see we know where we're gonna see John next and man of tomorrow, but just like, you know. Julz: Right. That's what I was gonna say. And we're gonna see him in mana tomorrow, so we'll see his suit and we'll see how far he's come in his lantern training. I wonder if Nick: Mm-hmm. Julz: his ring has training things. Like I was I also kinda think maybe the how thing kinda stayed because he's using an unsanctioned lantern. So maybe we might get how back in AI form again. So which would be cool. You know, that would be very cool as a surprise if they let it move. Nick: That'd be cool. That'd be cool. And we yeah. Just real quick, we get we didn't mention how he absolutely sunned Guy Gardner off the planet Earth. Julz: I was gonna say, yeah, so literally that scene alone where he's like, Okay, take it 'cause now he knows how the guardians work. Well w they're gonna just be like, Why don't you take his ring? you don't have the willpower. Huh, maybe we shouldn't have given you the ring. and so Nick: No bro, he literally didn't like I'm sorry. He didn't he didn't want to test that, bro. He didn't want to try, he didn't want to see what happened. Julz: No, he didn't. He knew what was up. He's like he's looking at him, man. This is a Marine. He would beat me up without this ring. And he has a ring. I'm good. I'm good. That's that's basically Nick: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So he you know. Julz: where he was like, I he made a business decision. And his business decision was to leave him earth. So yeah, that was a great scene though. I really like that scene. Nick: He made a business decision. Yep. He's for real. For real. And mm. That's crazy. That was a great scene. I because I didn't know where that was going. I didn't know how, you know what, I don't know. But I thought he was gonna call him just to be like, yo, I like I need like I don't I don't even know. I don't know. I don't know where I thought it was going, but it was that was good. Julz: Right. I think that's it's gonna be cool though. But what else so what else are we excited about? I'm excited about Whale Fall. Whale fall's Nick: Mm. Julz: coming out October sixteenth, I think. like that's next week, right? And then we have Nick: Next week, next week. Yep. Julz: Carrie coming out today. all the all Nick: Yep, all episodes. Julz: episodes on Peacock. Nick: On prime. Prime. Julz: Prime, my bad. One prime, which is gonna be great. So I'll probably binge that tonight potentially. But regardless, Nick: Yeah. Julz: I think this then for spooky season, this is gonna be really this is shaping up to be a really good thing or season. So go out, go see Well Fall, for me, everybody, because that movie looks great. How about you, Nick? What you excited for? Nick: Yeah. Yeah, that shit looks tough. we on this Friday we got the newest installment in the Avatar universe. We got Avatar Seven Heaven Havens. The first Julz: Ooh. Yep. Nick: I think it's the first three episodes are dropping on Paramount Plus on Friday. Julz: Nice, nice. Nick: So, you know, we gotta see what's up with that. maybe maybe, you know, maybe next episode just since lanterns is over, maybe we'll, you know, we can start covering that. Since it's going to be like a short, it's it's only going for the month, I wanna say. So maybe, you know, maybe Julz: Right. Nick: we could do that. and then also I just finished watching East of Eden. this new Florence Pugh limited series on Netflix. It's based on a book. man, man, what a good show. What a good show, Julz: Okay. Nick: bruh. We got Florence Pew and bro, people just kept popping up. Like actors that I knew from just like random stuff just kept popping up. We got Florence Julz: Okay, okay. Right. All right, I'm gonna have to Nick: Pugh. Julz: I'm gonna have to take a look. Nick: Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so and the main two people that sh that showing sh that were showing out for me, not even Florence, which she was great, but the main two surprises was Chris yeah, Christopher Abbott, who was our our new Professor X. He was all Julz: Right. Yep. Yep. Nick: he was good. He was really good. I got attached to this dude Julz: Okay. Okay. Nick: and I'm gonna miss his character, he was that good. And and his son Julz: All right. We're gonna have to check him out. Nick: his son was the dude who's gonna be playing Hey Mitch in the in the Hunger Games movie. Julz: Ooh. Okay. Right, or no, no, I haven't peeped. Okay, that's gonna be good. I'm here for that. Nick: yeah, so he like young Hamish and stuff, yeah. So yeah, yes, yeah, and so that I've never seen him in anything else, and I was you know, so and but Julz: Okay. Nick: this was the perfect first thing to see him in. So I'm really excited for both of those now. yeah, Julz: I'm excited for that too. That's pretty cool. Nick: and then the the last and then this is just this isn't really pertaining to anything watching necessarily, but the Avengers Doomsday Funko Pops have been have been released. you know, we big pop fans around here, Funko. Julz: yeah? Nick: What's up? Julz: On go. Nick: If you wanna hit us up, hit us up. But I I'm I've been waiting for these for weeks, months at this point, and we got a pretty good selection, so hype about that. Hype about that. You might see some circulating around Julz: Yeah, let's do it. Nick: here in the coming in the coming months. So Julz: Yeah, definitely gonna have to keep my eyes on that when I go to the comic book store again. But Nick: Mm-hmm. Julz: that being said, guys, that wraps up another episode of the concession stand. Let us know what you thought about everything we talked about today and what you're watching or looking forward to next so that we can either talk about it or, you know, start watching it so we can talk about it for you guys if you want to hear our opinions on it. But be sure to like and subscribe and follow the show so you don't miss the next episode. Until next time, grab a refill and meet us back at the concession stand. And don't forget to follow us at our handles on YouTube, Concession Stand Podcast 11, TikTok, Concession Stand Podcast, and then Apple Podcasts and Spotify are just concession stand. And then don't forget the email. It's just concession stand concession stand pod 11 at gmail.com. You guys have a good Nick: Peace.