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Marvel Vision Quest: Can Marvel Win Us Back? · Gilbert. K Show

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  SPEAKER_00: That is Facebook modest virtue.
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  SPEAKER_00: All I have is his name.
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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to Vision.
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  SPEAKER_00: Marvel Vision Quest.
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  SPEAKER_00: Can Marvel win us back?
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  SPEAKER_00: Hey everyone, it's Kilberk here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome back to my channel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Marvel has a robot trying to figure out who he is.
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  SPEAKER_00: I have a streaming subscription trying to figure out why I am still paying.
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  SPEAKER_00: Somewhere between those two problems, there might be a TV show.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vision is back, Ultron is back, and I'm back asking the question that apparently comes with every new Marvel project.
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_00: Do I need to remember something from 11 years ago?
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: Because I remember when I parked yesterday approximately.
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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Gilbert K Show.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Gilbert K, and today we're talking Marvel Vision Quest.
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  SPEAKER_00: Can Vision and Ultron win us back?
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  SPEAKER_00: Or am I about to pay Disney for more superhero homework?
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's what interests me about this one.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have a powerful being who can do extraordinary things, struggling with the most ordinary question in the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: What am I supposed to do with my life?
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  SPEAKER_00: Now that I understand.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nobody has ever asked me to save the multiverse.
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  SPEAKER_00: People have asked me to fix their printer that was already too much responsibility.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vision Quest is streaming on Disney Plus, Paul Bettany returns as Vision, and James Spader returns El Ultron.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm keeping the spoiler light.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm talking about the setup, the people involved, and what would make the story works for me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because the big question isn't just is Vision back?
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  SPEAKER_00: The question is why should we care that he's back?
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  SPEAKER_00: Marvel needs a good answer, preferably before the closing credits.
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  SPEAKER_00: The official setup has rebuilt Vision hiding from people who want to turn him into a weapon.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's trying to understand himself, and he has different artificial intelligence personalities inside his programming, including Ultron.
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  SPEAKER_00: Imagine trying to make a healthy life choice while Ultron has access to the group chat.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vision says, maybe I should connect with other people.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ultron says, counter-offer extinction.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a difficult roommate, you cannot even settle it with a chore chart.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ultron, it says, here you're supposed to take out the garbage.
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  SPEAKER_00: I misunderstood the assignment.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Jay Spader is a very good reason to pay attention.
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  SPEAKER_00: He has one of those voices that can make a completely normal sentence sound like a threat.
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  SPEAKER_00: The kettle has boiled.
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  SPEAKER_00: Why do I suddenly feel unsafe?
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  SPEAKER_00: He could tell me my food delivery arrived, and I would check the bag for an infinity stone.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's something funny and potentially unsettling about giving vision access to advice from someone with Ultron's history.
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  SPEAKER_00: Most of us hear little voice saying, Have another cookie.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vision hears a little voice saying, Have you considered ending civilization?
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  SPEAKER_00: Different levels of temptation.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the part I really want to show to explore is identity.
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  SPEAKER_00: What makes vision vision?
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  SPEAKER_00: His body, his memories, his decisions.
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  SPEAKER_00: If somebody restores all your old files, does that make you the same person?
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  SPEAKER_00: Because I've transferred everything to a new phone and it still looked three days to convince my banking app I existed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Imagine being Vision, I have the memories.
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  SPEAKER_00: Excellent.
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  SPEAKER_00: We've sent the verification code to your old body.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's a really emotional story hiding inside that ridiculous situation.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can remember that someone mattered to you, but remembering a feeling and feeling it again are two different things.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's the kind of idea that could make the series interesting even for someone who doesn't know every corner of Marvel.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't need a superhero encyclopedia to understand feeling disconnected or starting over, or wondering whether you're still the person you used to be.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sometimes life changes so much that you can own photographs, feel like somebody else's social media.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vision has just the added inconvenience of people trying to weaponize him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Most of us can barely convince people to answer an email.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then there's Thomas Shepard, a mysterious young man who may be connected to Vision as his son.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm keeping the question mark there.
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  SPEAKER_00: The official premise presents that relationship as a mystery, but that gives the story another possibility.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vision isn't only trying to figure himself out.
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  SPEAKER_00: He may also have to figure out what he means to somebody else.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's where the story could get me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Put it confused, father figure, and a young person on the run.
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  SPEAKER_00: And suddenly the emotional stakes can be very simple.
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  SPEAKER_00: Can they trust each other?
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  SPEAKER_00: Can they survive a road trip without arguing about the music?
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  SPEAKER_00: Because being able to fly through a wall does not prepare you for a teenager saying you wouldn't understand.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm an advanced synthetic being, okay, dad.
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  SPEAKER_00: That sentence defeats every generation of technology.
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  SPEAKER_00: But here's my concern: the story already has identity, family, artificial intelligence, a bounty, and Ultron.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's plenty.
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  SPEAKER_00: Marvel sometimes gives us an interesting person with an interesting problem, then sends in a delivery truck full of explanations.
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  SPEAKER_00: A secret organization, a hidden experiment, a mysterious file.
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  SPEAKER_00: Another organization investigating the first organization.
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  SPEAKER_00: By the end, the robot is the only person who understands what's happening.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't want to pause the TV and open a spreadsheet.
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  SPEAKER_00: I use spreadsheets for budgets.
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  SPEAKER_00: Entertainment should not require a second tab.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that brings me to the whole superhero fatigue conversation.
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  SPEAKER_00: For me, the problem isn't automatically that there are too many superheroes.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's when too much of the story feels like preparation for another story.
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  SPEAKER_00: I sit down for dinner and somebody keeps showing me tomorrow's menu.
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  SPEAKER_00: This meal looks lovely.
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  SPEAKER_00: Could I eat it?
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  SPEAKER_00: A connection to the wider Marvel universe can be fun.
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  SPEAKER_00: But Vision needs something worth doing today.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give him a choice that hurts.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give him someone he can disappoint.
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  SPEAKER_00: Give him a reason to keep going beyond whatever logo appears next.
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  SPEAKER_00: If I care about him, I'll follow him.
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  SPEAKER_00: If I need an organization chart, we have a problem.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's also an interesting person behind the series, Terry Matalas, whose credits include Star Trek Picard.
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  SPEAKER_00: Marvel describes Vision Quest as the third part of the TV trilogy that started with WandaVision and continued with Agatha all along.
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  SPEAKER_00: That gives it a place in a bigger story.
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  SPEAKER_00: It also gives it a challenge.
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  SPEAKER_00: How do you reward the people who followed the journey while still welcoming someone who just clicked because they saw Paul Betany?
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  SPEAKER_00: Because that person matters too.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nobody should feel like they walked into the final exam after missing a semester.
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  SPEAKER_00: A quick reminder wonderful.
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  SPEAKER_00: A clear, emotional starting point, even better.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't want the entire family tree.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just tell me who's in trouble and why should I worry?
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  SPEAKER_00: And there's something very current about Vision looking for guidance from AI.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're all being offered AI help with everything now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Write my email, plan my meals, organize my day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vision gets ultra on, and that's the premium subscription nobody requested.
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  SPEAKER_00: Imagine the settings.
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  SPEAKER_00: Helpful assistant, creative assistant, destroy humanity.
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  SPEAKER_00: Who put those buttons so close together?
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  SPEAKER_00: But beneath the jokes, that's a good tension.
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  SPEAKER_00: If different voices tell you who you should become, how do you choose your own direction?
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  SPEAKER_00: And if one of those voices knows exactly how to exploit your doubts, how do you resist it?
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  SPEAKER_00: That could make a conversation inside.
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  SPEAKER_00: Visions had more gripping than other enormous explosions.
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  SPEAKER_00: I enjoy an explosion, but after enough explosions, I start thinking about the insurance claim.
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  SPEAKER_00: Somebody has to rebuild that street.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Vengers have a headquarters.
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  SPEAKER_00: Apparently, nobody has a contractor.
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  SPEAKER_00: So can Marvel Vision Quest win us back?
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  SPEAKER_00: Here's where I stand.
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  SPEAKER_00: The premise gives it a chance.
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  SPEAKER_00: Paul Betany and Jane Spader give me a reason to listen.
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  SPEAKER_00: The possible family connection gives it something emotional to build on.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the promising setup is the invitation.
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  SPEAKER_00: The storytelling has to make us stay.
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  SPEAKER_00: I want Vision to feel like a person we're spending time with.
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  SPEAKER_00: Someone funny, frustrating, confused, capable of making the wrong decision.
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  SPEAKER_00: Someone who can surprise us without a secret celebrity walking through a portal.
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  SPEAKER_00: If Marvel can make me care whether the synthetic man finds a place in the world, that's a win.
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  SPEAKER_00: He doesn't have to save the whole franchise before breakfast.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let me carry his own show.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now tell me what brings you to Vision Quest, Vision Story, James Ultron, or are you waiting to hear whether the homework has been canceled?
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  SPEAKER_00: And one question if you could remove every Marvel connection and keep these characters, would you still want to watch?
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  SPEAKER_00: That's the test I'm interested in.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you enjoy what I'm doing here on the Gilbert K Show, you can support the channel by hitting the super thanks button below.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every bit of support helps me keep bringing you more interviews, reviews, and entertainment news.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's all, folks.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you for watching.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's my Marvel Vision Quest.
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  SPEAKER_00: Can Marvel win us back?
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't forget to check other episodes on my channel and all podcast platforms for the latest film series reviews, trailer reactions, and exclusive film industry interviews packed with tips, inspiration, and recommendations.
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  SPEAKER_00: More stories, more insights, and more movie magic waiting for you.
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  SPEAKER_00: See you in the next one.
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  SPEAKER_00: Until next time, Gilbert K out