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The Meg · Verbal Diorama

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  Hi
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  everyone,
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  I'm
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  Em
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  and
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  welcome
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  to
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  verbal
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  diorama,
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  episode
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  346,
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  the
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  Meg.
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  This
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  is
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  a
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  podcast
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  that's
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  all
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  about
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  the
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  history
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  and
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  legacy
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  of
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  movies
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  you
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  know
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  and
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  movies
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  you
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  don't.
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  That's
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  going
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  to
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  tell
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  me
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  your
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  story
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  and
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  I'm
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  going
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  to
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  say
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  no.
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  You're
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  going
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  to
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  offer
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  me
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  money
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  and
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  I'm
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  going
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  to
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  say
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  no.
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  You're
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  going
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  to
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  try
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  to
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  appeal
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  to
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  my
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  better
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  nature,
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  and
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  I'm
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  still
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  gonna
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  say
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  no,
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  because
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  I
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  don't
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  have
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  one.
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  Welcome
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  to
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  Verbal
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  Diorama.
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  Whether
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  you're
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  a
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  brand
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  new
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  listener
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  to
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  this
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  podcast,
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  whether
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  you're
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  a
• 1:36
  regular
• 1:36
  returning
• 1:36
  listener,
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  thank
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  you
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  so
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  much
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  for
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  being
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  here.
• 1:38
  Thank
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  you
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  so
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  much
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  for
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  choosing
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  to
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  listen
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  to
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  this
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  podcast.
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  I
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  am
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  so
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  happy
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  to
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  have
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  you
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  here
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  for
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  the
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  history
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  and
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  legacy
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  of
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  the
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  Meg.
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  And
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  of
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  course,
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  if
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  you
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  are
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  a
• 1:46
  regular
• 1:46
  returning
• 1:47
  listener,
• 1:47
  thank
• 1:47
  you
• 1:48
  so
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  much
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  for
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  continuing
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  to
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  listen
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  and
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  support
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  this
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  podcast.
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  I
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  over
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  the
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  last
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  seven
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  years
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  and
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  now
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  346
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  episodes.
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  It
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  genuinely
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  means
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  so
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  much
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  to
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  have
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  your
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  continued
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  support.
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  And
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  if
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  you
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  are
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  a
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  brand
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  new
• 2:00
  listener,
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  there
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  are
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  a
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  lot
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  of
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  episodes
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  for
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  you
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  to
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  catch
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  upon
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  and
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  maybe
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  if
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  you
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  do,
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  you
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  will
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  then
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  become
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  a
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  regular
• 2:06
  returning
• 2:07
  listener.
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  I've
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  had
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  a
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  week
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  off.
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  I
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  actually
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  went
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  down
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  to
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  London
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  and
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  I
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  went
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  to
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  the
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  podcast
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  show,
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  which
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  was
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  a
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  lot
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  of
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  fun.
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  And
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  now
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  we're
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  in
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  the
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  month
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  of
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  June,
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  except
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  technically
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  I'm
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  recording
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  this
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  in
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  May,
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  but
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  it
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  is
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  the
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  month
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  of
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  June.
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  And
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  one
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  of
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  the
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  things
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  that
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  I
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  love
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  to
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  do
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  on
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  this
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  podcast
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  specifically
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  is
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  something
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  called
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  KaiJune.
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  I
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  mean,
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  you
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  can
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  kind
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  of
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  guess
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  what
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  it
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  is.
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  And
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  it's
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  always
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  been
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  a
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  very
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  popular
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  month
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  on
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  this
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  podcast
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  for
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  me
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  especially
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  because
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  I
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  make
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  these
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  episodes,
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  but
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  also
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  for
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  listeners
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  as
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  well,
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  because
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  I
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  love
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  hulking
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  great
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  big
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  monster
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  movies.
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  I
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  also
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  love
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  shark
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  movies.
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  And
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  for
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  me,
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  the
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  dumber
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  the
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  better
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  when
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  it
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  comes
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  to
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  shark
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  movies.
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  Jaws
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  is
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  of
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  course
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  a
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  classic
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  and
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  I
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  love
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  that
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  movie
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  with
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  all
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  my
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  heart,
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  but
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  I'm
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  also
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  very
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  fond
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  of
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  its
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  cheesy
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  sequels.
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  I
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  love
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  Deep
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  Blue
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  Sea.
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  In
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  fact,
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  there's
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  not
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  many
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  shark
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  movies
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  that
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  I
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  don't
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  enjoy.
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  And
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  so
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  I
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  remember
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  very
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  well
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  when
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  the
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  MEG
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  was
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  announced
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  and
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  when
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  it
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  was
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  cancelled
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  and
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  then
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  when
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  it
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  was
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  announced
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  and
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  then
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  when
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  it
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  was
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  cancelled.
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  And
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  so
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  I
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  know
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  that
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  this
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  has
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  been
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  A
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  movie
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  that
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  was
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  long
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  in
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  gestation,
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  but.
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  But
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  this
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  is
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  also
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  a
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  movie
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  that
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  very
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  much
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  knows
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  what
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  it
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  is
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  and
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  fully
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  embraces
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  it
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  as
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  well
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  as
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  a
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  PG13
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  shark
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  movie
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  can.
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  And
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  so
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  this
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  movie
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  is
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  going
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  to
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  be
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  kicking
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  off
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  Kaijune,
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  which
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  is
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  basically
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  a
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  month
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  of
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  Kaiju
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  movies.
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  And
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  if
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  you're
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  not
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  aware,
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  Kaiju
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  are
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  basically
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  big
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  monsters.
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  And
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  there
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  are
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  not
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  many
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  movies
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  as
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  big
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  as
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  the
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  Meg.
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  And
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  not
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  many
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  have
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  been
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  tried
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  to
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  be
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  made
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  for
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  30
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  years.
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  But
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  this
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  is
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  one
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  Megalodon
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  movie
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  that
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  refused
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  to
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  die.
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  Here's
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  the
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  trailer
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  for
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  the
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  Meg.
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  Five
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  years
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  after
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  a
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  tragic
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  deep
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  sea
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  encounter
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  that
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  ended
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  his
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  career,
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  deep
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  sea
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  search
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  and
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  rescue
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  diver
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  Jonas
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  Taylor
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  is
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  called
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  back
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  into
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  action
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  when
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  a
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  research
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  submersible
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  is
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  disabled
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  at
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  the
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  bottom
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  of
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  the
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  Mariana
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  Trench.
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  The
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  crew,
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  including
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  his
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  ex
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  wife,
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  is
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  trapped
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  by
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  a
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  massive
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  creature
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  previously
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  thought
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  to
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  be
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  extinct.
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  A
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  megalodon,
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  a
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  75
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  foot
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  prehistoric
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  shark.
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  As
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  the
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  ancient
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  predator
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  escapes
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  its
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  deep
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  sea
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  thermal
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  prison
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  and
• 7:41
  heads
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  towards
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  populated
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  waters,
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  Jonas
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  must
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  team
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  up
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  with
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  a
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  group
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  of
• 7:45
  scientists
• 7:45
  from
• 7:46
  the
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  research
• 7:46
  facility
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  Mana
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  1
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  to
• 7:48
  stop
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  the
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  ultimate
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  apex
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  predator.
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  Facing
• 7:51
  impossible
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  odds
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  and
• 7:52
  his
• 7:52
  own
• 7:53
  past
• 7:53
  trauma,
• 7:54
  Jonas
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  leads
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  a
• 7:55
  desperate
• 7:55
  mission
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  to
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  destroy
• 7:56
  the
• 7:56
  Meg
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  before
• 7:57
  it
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  unleashes
• 7:58
  a
• 7:58
  bloodbath
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  on
• 7:59
  the
• 7:59
  beaches
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  of
• 8:00
  China.
• 8:01
  Let's
• 8:02
  run
• 8:02
  through
• 8:02
  the
• 8:02
  cast.
• 8:03
  We
• 8:03
  have
• 8:03
  Jason
• 8:04
  Statham
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  as
• 8:05
  Jonas
• 8:05
  Taylor,
• 8:07
  Li
• 8:07
  Bingbing
• 8:07
  as
• 8:08
  Suyin
• 8:09
  Rainn
• 8:09
  Wilson
• 8:10
  as
• 8:10
  Morris,
• 8:11
  Cliff
• 8:12
  Curtis
• 8:12
  as
• 8:13
  Mac
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  Winston
• 8:14
  Chow
• 8:15
  as
• 8:15
  Zhang,
• 8:16
  Ruby
• 8:17
  Rose
• 8:17
  as
• 8:17
  Jaxx
• 8:18
  Page
• 8:19
  Kennedy
• 8:19
  as
• 8:20
  DJ
• 8:21
  Robert
• 8:21
  Taylor
• 8:22
  as
• 8:22
  Hela
• 8:23
  Jessica
• 8:24
  McNamee
• 8:24
  as
• 8:25
  Lori,
• 8:26
  Sophia
• 8:26
  Cai
• 8:27
  as
• 8:27
  Meiying
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  Olafur
• 8:29
  Dari
• 8:29
  Olufsen
• 8:30
  as
• 8:30
  the
• 8:30
  Wall
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  and
• 8:31
  Masi
• 8:32
  Oka
• 8:32
  as
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  Toshi.
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  The
• 8:35
  Meg
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  has
• 8:36
  a
• 8:36
  screenplay
• 8:36
  by
• 8:37
  Dean
• 8:37
  Georgiaris,
• 8:38
  John
• 8:38
  Hobart
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  and
• 8:39
  Eric
• 8:39
  Hobart,
• 8:40
  was
• 8:40
  directed
• 8:41
  by
• 8:41
  John
• 8:41
  Turteltaub
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  and
• 8:43
  was
• 8:43
  based
• 8:43
  on
• 8:44
  Meg,
• 8:44
  a
• 8:44
  novel
• 8:45
  of
• 8:45
  deep
• 8:45
  terror
• 8:46
  by
• 8:46
  Steve
• 8:46
  Alton.
• 8:47
  Unlike
• 8:48
  sharks
• 8:48
  themselves,
• 8:49
  shark
• 8:50
  movies
• 8:50
  are
• 8:50
  far
• 8:51
  from
• 8:51
  endangered.
• 8:52
  Since
• 8:52
  Jaws
• 8:53
  burst
• 8:53
  onto
• 8:53
  boats
• 8:54
  chomping
• 8:54
  down
• 8:54
  on
• 8:55
  people
• 8:55
  in
• 8:55
  1975,
• 8:56
  there
• 8:57
  have
• 8:57
  been
• 8:57
  countless
• 8:58
  imitations
• 8:59
  featuring
• 9:00
  different
• 9:00
  sharks
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  or
• 9:01
  indeed
• 9:02
  other
• 9:02
  predatory
• 9:03
  large
• 9:03
  animals
• 9:04
  like
• 9:04
  Piranha.
• 9:05
  Grizzly
• 9:06
  Alligator,
• 9:07
  Anaconda,
• 9:08
  Orca,
• 9:08
  the
• 9:09
  crocodiles
• 9:09
  of
• 9:09
  Lake
• 9:09
  Placid,
• 9:10
  and
• 9:10
  big
• 9:10
  worms
• 9:11
  under
• 9:11
  the
• 9:11
  desert
• 9:12
  in
• 9:12
  Tremors
• 9:13
  as
• 9:13
  well
• 9:13
  as
• 9:13
  Jaws
• 9:14
  own
• 9:14
  sequels.
• 9:15
  Jaws
• 9:16
  was
• 9:16
  both
• 9:17
  imitable
• 9:17
  and
• 9:18
  unique
• 9:19
  because
• 9:19
  nothing
• 9:19
  can
• 9:20
  top
• 9:20
  it,
• 9:20
  not
• 9:21
  even
• 9:21
  genetically
• 9:22
  enhanced
• 9:22
  sharks
• 9:22
  like
• 9:23
  in
• 9:23
  Deep
• 9:23
  Blue
• 9:24
  Sea.
• 9:25
  It's
• 9:25
  worth
• 9:25
  adding
• 9:26
  at
• 9:26
  this
• 9:26
  point
• 9:26
  that
• 9:26
  Jaws
• 9:27
  is
• 9:27
  episode
• 9:27
  106
• 9:28
  of
• 9:28
  this
• 9:28
  podcast.
• 9:29
  Jaws
• 9:30
  2,
• 9:30
  Jaws
• 9:30
  3D
• 9:31
  and
• 9:31
  Jaws
• 9:31
  the
• 9:31
  Revenge
• 9:32
  is
• 9:32
  a
• 9:32
  triple.
• 9:33
  Episode
• 9:33
  224,
• 9:34
  Anaconda
• 9:36
  is
• 9:36
  episode
• 9:36
  302,
• 9:37
  Lake
• 9:38
  Placid
• 9:38
  is
• 9:38
  episode
• 9:39
  303,
• 9:40
  Tremors
• 9:41
  is
• 9:41
  episode
• 9:41
  41
• 9:42
  and
• 9:42
  Deep
• 9:43
  Blue
• 9:43
  Sea
• 9:43
  is
• 9:44
  episode
• 9:44
  146.
• 9:46
  As
• 9:46
  I
• 9:46
  said,
• 9:46
  I
• 9:47
  love
• 9:47
  big
• 9:48
  dumb
• 9:48
  monster
• 9:49
  movies.
• 9:51
  And
• 9:51
  then
• 9:52
  there's
• 9:52
  the
• 9:52
  notoriously
• 9:53
  bad
• 9:53
  mockbuster
• 9:54
  parodies
• 9:54
  like
• 9:55
  Sharknado,
• 9:56
  Mega
• 9:57
  Shark
• 9:57
  versus
• 9:57
  Giant
• 9:58
  Octopus
• 9:58
  and
• 9:59
  Sand
• 9:59
  Sharks,
• 10:00
  made
• 10:00
  for
• 10:00
  TV
• 10:01
  and
• 10:01
  DVD
• 10:01
  by
• 10:02
  studios
• 10:02
  like
• 10:02
  the
• 10:02
  Asylum
• 10:03
  and
• 10:03
  basically
• 10:04
  created
• 10:04
  to
• 10:05
  be
• 10:05
  so
• 10:05
  bad
• 10:06
  they're
• 10:06
  good
• 10:06
  cult
• 10:06
  films.
• 10:07
  Arguably.
• 10:08
  Whether
• 10:08
  they
• 10:09
  are
• 10:09
  so
• 10:09
  bad
• 10:09
  they're
• 10:10
  good
• 10:10
  or
• 10:10
  so
• 10:10
  bad
• 10:10
  they're
• 10:11
  bad
• 10:11
  is
• 10:12
  yet
• 10:12
  to
• 10:12
  be
• 10:12
  agreed.
• 10:13
  Sharks
• 10:14
  have
• 10:14
  also
• 10:14
  featured
• 10:14
  prominently
• 10:15
  in
• 10:15
  small
• 10:15
  scale
• 10:16
  thrillers
• 10:16
  like
• 10:17
  open
• 10:17
  water
• 10:17
  in
• 10:18
  2003,
• 10:19
  which
• 10:19
  was
• 10:19
  made
• 10:20
  with
• 10:20
  real
• 10:20
  sharks
• 10:21
  47
• 10:22
  metres
• 10:22
  down
• 10:22
  in
• 10:22
  2017,
• 10:23
  and
• 10:24
  the
• 10:24
  shallows
• 10:24
  in
• 10:25
  2016.
• 10:26
  Cinema's
• 10:27
  obsession
• 10:27
  with
• 10:27
  sharks,
• 10:28
  even
• 10:29
  prehistoric
• 10:29
  ones,
• 10:30
  is
• 10:30
  yet
• 10:30
  to
• 10:31
  become
• 10:31
  extinct.
• 10:33
  Unlike
• 10:33
  the
• 10:33
  Megalodon,
• 10:34
  which
• 10:34
  became
• 10:34
  extinct
• 10:35
  about
• 10:35
  3.6
• 10:36
  million
• 10:36
  years
• 10:36
  ago
• 10:37
  and
• 10:37
  swam
• 10:38
  in
• 10:38
  the
• 10:38
  Earth's
• 10:38
  oceans
• 10:39
  over
• 10:39
  23
• 10:40
  million
• 10:40
  years
• 10:41
  ago.
• 10:41
  While
• 10:42
  paleontologists
• 10:43
  have
• 10:43
  found
• 10:43
  examples
• 10:43
  of
• 10:44
  fossilized
• 10:44
  teeth,
• 10:45
  their
• 10:45
  bodies
• 10:46
  were
• 10:46
  mainly
• 10:46
  built
• 10:47
  from
• 10:47
  cartilage
• 10:48
  instead
• 10:48
  of
• 10:48
  bones.
• 10:49
  So
• 10:49
  cartilage
• 10:50
  is
• 10:50
  rarely
• 10:50
  preserved
• 10:51
  in
• 10:51
  the
• 10:51
  fossil
• 10:52
  record,
• 10:53
  making
• 10:53
  a
• 10:53
  full
• 10:53
  Megalodon
• 10:54
  skeleton
• 10:55
  difficult,
• 10:56
  if
• 10:56
  not
• 10:56
  impossible
• 10:57
  to
• 10:57
  find.
• 10:58
  This
• 10:58
  has
• 10:58
  made
• 10:59
  its
• 10:59
  true
• 10:59
  size
• 10:59
  a
• 11:00
  decades
• 11:00
  long
• 11:01
  paleontological
• 11:02
  mystery.
• 11:04
  Research
• 11:04
  estimates
• 11:05
  that
• 11:05
  some
• 11:05
  Megalodons
• 11:06
  could
• 11:06
  grow
• 11:06
  to
• 11:07
  50
• 11:07
  to
• 11:08
  65ft
• 11:08
  long,
• 11:09
  and
• 11:09
  they
• 11:09
  snacked
• 11:10
  on
• 11:10
  animals
• 11:10
  as
• 11:11
  large
• 11:11
  as
• 11:11
  Orca
• 11:12
  whales.
• 11:13
  Some
• 11:13
  shark
• 11:13
  scientists
• 11:14
  theorized
• 11:14
  that
• 11:15
  a
• 11:15
  natural
• 11:15
  decrease
• 11:16
  in
• 11:16
  prey
• 11:17
  coinciding
• 11:17
  with
• 11:17
  the
• 11:17
  emergence
• 11:18
  of
• 11:18
  the
• 11:18
  great
• 11:18
  white
• 11:19
  shark
• 11:19
  led
• 11:20
  to
• 11:20
  the
• 11:20
  extinction
• 11:21
  of
• 11:21
  the
• 11:21
  Megalodon.
• 11:22
  Others
• 11:23
  proposed
• 11:23
  that
• 11:23
  the
• 11:24
  same
• 11:24
  warm
• 11:24
  blooded
• 11:25
  biology
• 11:25
  that
• 11:25
  likely
• 11:26
  fueled
• 11:26
  their
• 11:26
  massive
• 11:27
  size
• 11:28
  made
• 11:28
  them
• 11:28
  particularly
• 11:29
  sensitive
• 11:29
  to
• 11:30
  environmental
• 11:31
  changes.
• 11:31
  And
• 11:32
  as
• 11:32
  we
• 11:32
  know,
• 11:32
  there
• 11:33
  were
• 11:33
  several
• 11:34
  climate
• 11:34
  change
• 11:34
  and
• 11:35
  geological
• 11:35
  events
• 11:36
  which
• 11:37
  did
• 11:37
  things
• 11:37
  like
• 11:37
  changed
• 11:38
  currents,
• 11:38
  precipitation
• 11:40
  and
• 11:40
  also
• 11:40
  led
• 11:41
  to
• 11:41
  the
• 11:41
  cooling
• 11:41
  of
• 11:41
  the
• 11:42
  oceans.
• 11:42
  It
• 11:43
  could
• 11:43
  mean
• 11:43
  that
• 11:43
  a
• 11:44
  lack
• 11:44
  of
• 11:44
  warm
• 11:44
  water
• 11:45
  and
• 11:45
  the
• 11:45
  expansion
• 11:46
  of
• 11:46
  glaciers
• 11:47
  led
• 11:47
  to
• 11:47
  the
• 11:47
  Megalodons
• 11:48
  ultimate
• 11:49
  demise.
• 11:50
  But
• 11:50
  the
• 11:51
  story
• 11:51
  of
• 11:51
  the
• 11:52
  Meg
• 11:52
  starts
• 11:53
  with
• 11:53
  the
• 11:53
  novel
• 11:53
  and
• 11:54
  its
• 11:54
  author,
• 11:54
  Steve
• 11:55
  Alten.
• 11:56
  He
• 11:56
  grew
• 11:56
  up
• 11:57
  in
• 11:57
  Philadelphia
• 11:57
  and
• 11:58
  earned
• 11:58
  degrees
• 11:58
  in
• 11:58
  physical
• 11:59
  education,
• 12:00
  sports
• 12:00
  medicine
• 12:01
  and
• 12:01
  a
• 12:01
  doctorate
• 12:02
  of
• 12:02
  education.
• 12:03
  He
• 12:03
  struggled
• 12:03
  to
• 12:04
  support
• 12:04
  his
• 12:04
  family
• 12:04
  of
• 12:05
  five,
• 12:05
  and
• 12:05
  he
• 12:05
  decided
• 12:06
  to
• 12:06
  pen
• 12:06
  a
• 12:06
  novel
• 12:07
  that
• 12:07
  he'd
• 12:07
  been
• 12:08
  thinking
• 12:08
  about
• 12:08
  for
• 12:09
  years,
• 12:09
  working
• 12:10
  late
• 12:10
  nights
• 12:10
  and
• 12:11
  on
• 12:11
  weekends.
• 12:12
  I
• 12:12
  hear
• 12:12
  you,
• 12:12
  Steve.
• 12:13
  He
• 12:13
  eventually
• 12:14
  finished
• 12:14
  Meg,
• 12:15
  a
• 12:15
  novel
• 12:15
  of
• 12:16
  deep
• 12:16
  terror,
• 12:16
  and
• 12:17
  he
• 12:17
  was
• 12:17
  such
• 12:17
  a
• 12:17
  struggling
• 12:18
  indie
• 12:18
  author
• 12:18
  that
• 12:19
  he
• 12:19
  sold
• 12:19
  his
• 12:19
  car
• 12:20
  to
• 12:20
  just
• 12:20
  to
• 12:20
  pay
• 12:21
  for
• 12:21
  the
• 12:21
  editing
• 12:21
  fees.
• 12:23
  Then,
• 12:23
  as
• 12:23
  luck
• 12:24
  would
• 12:24
  have
• 12:24
  it,
• 12:25
  on
• 12:25
  Friday
• 12:25
  13th
• 12:26
  September
• 12:27
  1996,
• 12:28
  he
• 12:28
  lost
• 12:29
  his
• 12:29
  job.
• 12:30
  Four
• 12:30
  days
• 12:31
  later,
• 12:31
  his
• 12:31
  agent
• 12:32
  had
• 12:32
  secured
• 12:33
  a
• 12:33
  two
• 12:33
  book,
• 12:34
  $2.1
• 12:35
  million
• 12:35
  deal
• 12:36
  with
• 12:36
  Bantam
• 12:37
  Doubleday,
• 12:38
  purely
• 12:38
  based
• 12:39
  on
• 12:39
  the
• 12:39
  strength
• 12:39
  of
• 12:40
  MEG.
• 12:41
  MEG
• 12:41
  went
• 12:42
  on
• 12:42
  to
• 12:42
  become
• 12:42
  the
• 12:42
  book
• 12:43
  of
• 12:43
  the
• 12:43
  1996
• 12:44
  Frankfurt
• 12:45
  Book
• 12:45
  Fair.
• 12:45
  It
• 12:46
  was
• 12:46
  published
• 12:46
  in
• 12:46
  July
• 12:47
  1997,
• 12:48
  hit
• 12:49
  every
• 12:49
  major
• 12:49
  bestseller
• 12:50
  list,
• 12:50
  including
• 12:50
  the
• 12:51
  New
• 12:51
  York,
• 12:52
  and
• 12:52
  became
• 12:52
  a
• 12:53
  popular
• 12:53
  radio
• 12:53
  series
• 12:54
  in
• 12:54
  Japan.
• 12:55
  The
• 12:56
  novel
• 12:56
  follows
• 12:57
  Dr.
• 12:57
  Jonas
• 12:57
  Taylor,
• 12:58
  a
• 12:58
  former
• 12:58
  Navy
• 12:59
  deep
• 12:59
  sea
• 13:00
  submersible
• 13:00
  pilot
• 13:01
  turned
• 13:02
  marine
• 13:02
  paleontologist
• 13:03
  who's
• 13:04
  convinced
• 13:04
  that
• 13:04
  the
• 13:04
  remnant
• 13:05
  population
• 13:05
  of
• 13:06
  Carcharodon
• 13:06
  Megalodon
• 13:07
  lurks
• 13:08
  at
• 13:08
  the
• 13:08
  bottom
• 13:08
  of
• 13:09
  the
• 13:09
  Mariana
• 13:09
  Trench.
• 13:10
  The
• 13:10
  central
• 13:11
  conceit
• 13:11
  is
• 13:11
  that
• 13:11
  the
• 13:12
  deepest
• 13:12
  parts
• 13:12
  of
• 13:12
  the
• 13:12
  ocean
• 13:13
  are
• 13:13
  warm
• 13:13
  enough
• 13:14
  at
• 13:14
  the
• 13:14
  floor
• 13:15
  due
• 13:15
  to
• 13:15
  hydrothermal
• 13:16
  activity
• 13:17
  to
• 13:17
  have
• 13:17
  sustained
• 13:18
  a
• 13:18
  population
• 13:18
  of
• 13:19
  Megalodons
• 13:20
  in
• 13:20
  in
• 13:20
  isolation
• 13:21
  from
• 13:21
  the
• 13:21
  surface
• 13:22
  world.
• 13:23
  The
• 13:23
  novel
• 13:23
  was
• 13:23
  the
• 13:24
  first
• 13:24
  installment
• 13:24
  in
• 13:25
  a
• 13:25
  series
• 13:25
  of
• 13:25
  books
• 13:26
  following
• 13:26
  Jonas
• 13:27
  Taylor
• 13:27
  and
• 13:27
  his
• 13:27
  encounters
• 13:28
  with
• 13:28
  the
• 13:29
  titular
• 13:29
  Megalodon.
• 13:30
  The
• 13:30
  series
• 13:31
  continued
• 13:31
  with
• 13:31
  the
• 13:31
  sequels
• 13:32
  The
• 13:32
  Trench
• 13:32
  in
• 13:33
  1999,
• 13:34
  Primal
• 13:35
  Waters
• 13:35
  in
• 13:35
  2004,
• 13:36
  Hell's
• 13:37
  Aquarium
• 13:37
  in
• 13:38
  2009,
• 13:39
  followed
• 13:40
  by
• 13:40
  a
• 13:40
  prequel,
• 13:41
  Meg
• 13:41
  Origins
• 13:42
  in
• 13:42
  2011,
• 13:43
  and
• 13:43
  then
• 13:43
  followed
• 13:44
  by
• 13:44
  two
• 13:44
  more
• 13:44
  sequels,
• 13:45
  Night
• 13:45
  Stalkers
• 13:46
  in
• 13:46
  2016
• 13:47
  and
• 13:47
  Generations
• 13:48
  in
• 13:49
  2020.
• 13:50
  The
• 13:50
  seventh
• 13:50
  and
• 13:51
  final
• 13:51
  installment,
• 13:52
  Meg
• 13:52
  Purgatory,
• 13:53
  came
• 13:54
  out
• 13:54
  in
• 13:54
  2022.
• 13:56
  But
• 13:56
  why
• 13:56
  sharks,
• 13:57
  specifically
• 13:58
  megalodons?
• 13:59
  Well,
• 13:59
  Steve
• 14:00
  Alten
• 14:00
  was
• 14:00
  15
• 14:01
  when
• 14:01
  Jaws
• 14:02
  hit
• 14:02
  cinemas
• 14:02
  in
• 14:02
  1975,
• 14:04
  and
• 14:04
  seeing
• 14:04
  it
• 14:05
  led
• 14:05
  to
• 14:05
  him
• 14:05
  reading
• 14:06
  Peter
• 14:06
  Benchley's
• 14:07
  novel.
• 14:08
  From
• 14:08
  there,
• 14:08
  he
• 14:09
  read
• 14:09
  every
• 14:09
  true
• 14:10
  life
• 14:10
  great
• 14:10
  white
• 14:10
  shark
• 14:11
  encounter
• 14:11
  he
• 14:12
  could
• 14:12
  find.
• 14:13
  In
• 14:13
  most
• 14:13
  of
• 14:13
  those
• 14:14
  books,
• 14:14
  there
• 14:14
  would
• 14:14
  be
• 14:14
  a
• 14:14
  paragraph
• 14:15
  describing
• 14:16
  the
• 14:16
  Megalodon,
• 14:17
  usually
• 14:17
  accompanied
• 14:18
  by
• 14:18
  a
• 14:18
  black
• 14:18
  and
• 14:19
  white
• 14:19
  photo
• 14:19
  of
• 14:19
  six
• 14:20
  scientists
• 14:21
  sitting
• 14:21
  inside
• 14:22
  a
• 14:22
  set
• 14:22
  of
• 14:22
  Megalodon
• 14:23
  jaws.
• 14:24
  The
• 14:24
  image
• 14:24
  lodged
• 14:25
  in
• 14:25
  his
• 14:25
  imagination
• 14:26
  for
• 14:26
  20
• 14:26
  years
• 14:27
  until
• 14:27
  a
• 14:27
  Time
• 14:28
  magazine
• 14:28
  article
• 14:29
  about
• 14:29
  the
• 14:29
  Mariana
• 14:30
  Trench
• 14:30
  gave
• 14:31
  him
• 14:31
  the
• 14:31
  idea
• 14:32
  to
• 14:32
  build
• 14:32
  a
• 14:33
  story
• 14:33
  around
• 14:33
  the
• 14:34
  trench
• 14:34
  and
• 14:35
  have
• 14:35
  the
• 14:35
  Megalodon
• 14:36
  living
• 14:36
  within
• 14:37
  it.
• 14:37
  Jaws
• 14:38
  didn't
• 14:38
  just
• 14:38
  inspire
• 14:39
  him
• 14:39
  thematically,
• 14:40
  it
• 14:40
  also
• 14:41
  helped
• 14:41
  shape
• 14:41
  the
• 14:42
  way
• 14:42
  he
• 14:42
  aimed
• 14:43
  to
• 14:43
  write
• 14:43
  his
• 14:43
  story
• 14:44
  to
• 14:44
  be
• 14:44
  different
• 14:45
  to
• 14:45
  Jaws.
• 14:46
  He
• 14:46
  found
• 14:46
  the
• 14:46
  opening
• 14:47
  shark
• 14:47
  sequence
• 14:48
  in
• 14:48
  Jaws
• 14:48
  genuinely
• 14:49
  thrilling,
• 14:49
  but
• 14:50
  then
• 14:50
  he
• 14:50
  found
• 14:50
  he
• 14:50
  had
• 14:51
  to
• 14:51
  flick
• 14:51
  through
• 14:51
  four
• 14:51
  or
• 14:51
  five
• 14:52
  chapters
• 14:52
  to
• 14:53
  get
• 14:53
  to
• 14:53
  the
• 14:53
  next
• 14:54
  thrilling
• 14:54
  sequence.
• 14:55
  So
• 14:55
  he
• 14:55
  decided
• 14:56
  when
• 14:56
  writing
• 14:56
  Meg
• 14:57
  that
• 14:57
  he
• 14:57
  wasn't
• 14:58
  going
• 14:58
  to
• 14:58
  give
• 14:58
  readers
• 14:59
  that
• 14:59
  experience.
• 15:00
  He
• 15:00
  wanted
• 15:01
  non
• 15:01
  stop
• 15:01
  action
• 15:02
  piece
• 15:02
  after
• 15:02
  action
• 15:03
  piece
• 15:03
  with
• 15:04
  one
• 15:04
  leading
• 15:05
  directly
• 15:05
  into
• 15:05
  the
• 15:06
  next.
• 15:06
  He
• 15:07
  loved
• 15:07
  Jaws,
• 15:07
  but
• 15:08
  he
• 15:08
  wanted
• 15:08
  more
• 15:08
  literal
• 15:09
  jaws,
• 15:10
  more
• 15:10
  teeth,
• 15:10
  more
• 15:10
  shark
• 15:11
  sequences.
• 15:12
  And
• 15:12
  like
• 15:12
  many
• 15:13
  authors,
• 15:13
  having
• 15:14
  it
• 15:14
  be
• 15:14
  adapted
• 15:14
  into
• 15:15
  a
• 15:15
  movie
• 15:15
  was
• 15:15
  a
• 15:16
  pipe
• 15:16
  dream
• 15:16
  at
• 15:16
  first.
• 15:17
  But
• 15:17
  then,
• 15:18
  as
• 15:18
  he
• 15:18
  was
• 15:18
  nearing
• 15:19
  publication,
• 15:20
  it
• 15:20
  all
• 15:20
  started
• 15:21
  to
• 15:21
  fall
• 15:21
  into
• 15:22
  place.
• 15:22
  For
• 15:23
  the
• 15:23
  time
• 15:23
  being
• 15:24
  anyway.
• 15:25
  Michael
• 15:26
  Lynton
• 15:26
  of
• 15:27
  Hollywood
• 15:27
  Pictures,
• 15:28
  Disney's
• 15:28
  more
• 15:29
  mature
• 15:29
  content
• 15:29
  division,
• 15:30
  acquired
• 15:31
  the
• 15:31
  rights
• 15:31
  to
• 15:32
  Meg
• 15:32
  before
• 15:33
  the
• 15:33
  book
• 15:33
  was
• 15:33
  even
• 15:33
  finished
• 15:34
  in
• 15:34
  late
• 15:35
  1996,
• 15:36
  and
• 15:36
  set
• 15:37
  about
• 15:37
  adapting
• 15:37
  the
• 15:38
  novel
• 15:38
  for
• 15:38
  the
• 15:38
  big
• 15:39
  screen.
• 15:40
  The
• 15:40
  screenplay
• 15:40
  process
• 15:41
  was
• 15:41
  a
• 15:41
  mess
• 15:42
  from
• 15:42
  the
• 15:42
  start.
• 15:43
  Tom
• 15:43
  Wheeler
• 15:44
  was
• 15:44
  hired
• 15:44
  to
• 15:44
  adapt
• 15:45
  the
• 15:45
  book,
• 15:45
  but
• 15:46
  having
• 15:46
  decided
• 15:46
  his
• 15:47
  script
• 15:47
  wasn't
• 15:47
  good
• 15:48
  enough,
• 15:48
  the
• 15:48
  studio
• 15:49
  hired
• 15:49
  Geoffrey
• 15:50
  Boem
• 15:50
  to
• 15:50
  write
• 15:51
  a
• 15:51
  new
• 15:51
  draft.
• 15:51
  And
• 15:52
  Bohm's
• 15:52
  script
• 15:53
  was
• 15:53
  later
• 15:53
  rejected
• 15:54
  for
• 15:54
  the
• 15:54
  same
• 15:54
  reason.
• 15:55
  But
• 15:56
  it
• 15:56
  wasn't
• 15:56
  just
• 15:56
  competence
• 15:57
  that
• 15:57
  was
• 15:57
  the
• 15:57
  issue.
• 15:58
  Alton
• 15:59
  himself
• 15:59
  was
• 15:59
  horrified
• 16:00
  by
• 16:00
  the
• 16:00
  creative
• 16:01
  direction
• 16:02
  the
• 16:02
  screenplay
• 16:03
  was
• 16:03
  going
• 16:03
  in,
• 16:03
  with
• 16:04
  them
• 16:04
  famously
• 16:05
  sticking
• 16:05
  wings
• 16:06
  on
• 16:06
  the
• 16:06
  shark.
• 16:07
  It
• 16:07
  was
• 16:07
  the
• 16:08
  last
• 16:08
  straw
• 16:08
  for
• 16:09
  Alton,
• 16:09
  the
• 16:10
  literal
• 16:10
  jump
• 16:10
  the
• 16:11
  shark
• 16:11
  moment.
• 16:12
  He
• 16:12
  denounced
• 16:12
  the
• 16:13
  adaptation,
• 16:13
  but
• 16:14
  that
• 16:14
  wasn't
• 16:14
  what
• 16:15
  got
• 16:15
  the
• 16:15
  project
• 16:16
  halted.
• 16:17
  Even
• 16:17
  setting
• 16:18
  aside
• 16:18
  the
• 16:18
  scripts,
• 16:19
  the
• 16:19
  project
• 16:19
  was
• 16:20
  doomed
• 16:20
  institutionally.
• 16:21
  When
• 16:22
  Michael
• 16:22
  Lynton
• 16:23
  left
• 16:23
  Hollywood
• 16:23
  Pictures
• 16:24
  in
• 16:24
  1997,
• 16:25
  his
• 16:26
  replacement,
• 16:27
  Tony
• 16:27
  Vincequerra,
• 16:28
  declined
• 16:29
  to
• 16:29
  greenlight
• 16:29
  any
• 16:30
  of
• 16:30
  the
• 16:30
  pictures
• 16:31
  that
• 16:31
  Linton
• 16:31
  had
• 16:32
  started
• 16:32
  developing.
• 16:33
  And
• 16:33
  then
• 16:34
  Warner
• 16:34
  Bros.
• 16:35
  Announced
• 16:35
  Deep
• 16:36
  Blue
• 16:36
  Sea,
• 16:36
  a
• 16:37
  rival
• 16:37
  shark
• 16:38
  film,
• 16:38
  and
• 16:38
  Disney
• 16:39
  backed
• 16:39
  down
• 16:40
  entirely,
• 16:40
  putting
• 16:41
  the
• 16:41
  Meg
• 16:41
  into
• 16:41
  turnaround.
• 16:42
  The
• 16:43
  general
• 16:43
  consensus
• 16:44
  at
• 16:44
  the
• 16:44
  time
• 16:44
  was
• 16:44
  that
• 16:44
  there
• 16:45
  wasn't
• 16:45
  room
• 16:45
  for
• 16:46
  two
• 16:46
  big
• 16:46
  shark
• 16:47
  movies,
• 16:47
  despite
• 16:48
  Hollywood's
• 16:49
  love
• 16:49
  for
• 16:49
  twin
• 16:50
  films
• 16:50
  in
• 16:50
  the
• 16:50
  90s
• 16:51
  that
• 16:51
  we
• 16:51
  all
• 16:52
  know
• 16:52
  and
• 16:52
  love.
• 16:52
  And
• 16:53
  Dee
• 16:53
  Blue
• 16:53
  Sea's
• 16:54
  modest
• 16:54
  commercial
• 16:54
  performance
• 16:55
  when
• 16:55
  it
• 16:55
  was
• 16:55
  released
• 16:55
  in
• 16:56
  1999
• 16:57
  only
• 16:57
  reinforced
• 16:58
  the
• 16:59
  nervousness
• 16:59
  about
• 17:00
  the
• 17:00
  genre.
• 17:01
  And
• 17:01
  if
• 17:01
  you
• 17:01
  look
• 17:01
  closely,
• 17:02
  there
• 17:02
  are
• 17:02
  many
• 17:03
  similarities
• 17:03
  between
• 17:04
  the
• 17:04
  Meg
• 17:05
  and
• 17:05
  Deep
• 17:05
  Blue
• 17:05
  Sea.
• 17:06
  By
• 17:07
  1999,
• 17:08
  Alten
• 17:08
  had
• 17:08
  released
• 17:08
  the
• 17:09
  sequel
• 17:09
  to
• 17:09
  his
• 17:09
  book
• 17:10
  called
• 17:10
  the
• 17:10
  Trench,
• 17:11
  and
• 17:11
  eventually
• 17:12
  the
• 17:12
  film
• 17:12
  rights
• 17:13
  to
• 17:13
  the
• 17:13
  Meg
• 17:13
  returned
• 17:14
  to
• 17:14
  him
• 17:15
  and
• 17:15
  he
• 17:15
  decided
• 17:16
  to
• 17:16
  write
• 17:16
  his
• 17:16
  own
• 17:17
  treatment.
• 17:18
  He
• 17:18
  sent
• 17:18
  it
• 17:18
  out
• 17:19
  via
• 17:19
  producer
• 17:19
  Nick
• 17:20
  Nunziata,
• 17:21
  and
• 17:21
  it
• 17:21
  landed
• 17:21
  in
• 17:22
  front
• 17:22
  of
• 17:22
  Hellboy
• 17:22
  director
• 17:23
  Guillermo
• 17:24
  Del
• 17:24
  Toro,
• 17:24
  a
• 17:25
  huge
• 17:25
  favourite
• 17:26
  director
• 17:26
  of
• 17:26
  this
• 17:27
  podcast
• 17:27
  and
• 17:28
  this
• 17:28
  podcaster.
• 17:29
  Del
• 17:29
  Toro
• 17:30
  loved
• 17:30
  the
• 17:30
  story
• 17:31
  and
• 17:31
  championed
• 17:31
  it
• 17:32
  among
• 17:32
  the
• 17:32
  New
• 17:32
  Line
• 17:33
  executives
• 17:33
  he
• 17:34
  knew,
• 17:34
  like
• 17:34
  Lawrence
• 17:35
  Gordon
• 17:35
  and
• 17:35
  Lloyd
• 17:36
  Levin.
• 17:36
  But
• 17:36
  Del
• 17:37
  Toro
• 17:37
  didn't
• 17:37
  want
• 17:37
  to
• 17:38
  direct
• 17:38
  it
• 17:38
  himself,
• 17:39
  so
• 17:40
  they
• 17:40
  subsequently
• 17:40
  got
• 17:41
  in
• 17:41
  touch
• 17:41
  with
• 17:41
  Speed
• 17:42
  and
• 17:42
  Twister
• 17:42
  director
• 17:43
  Jan
• 17:43
  De
• 17:43
  Bont
• 17:44
  and
• 17:44
  brought
• 17:45
  him
• 17:45
  onto
• 17:45
  the
• 17:46
  project
• 17:46
  to
• 17:46
  direct
• 17:46
  it
• 17:47
  instead.
• 17:48
  New
• 17:48
  Line
• 17:48
  Cinema
• 17:49
  still
• 17:49
  struggled
• 17:50
  with
• 17:50
  the
• 17:50
  concept
• 17:50
  of
• 17:50
  Alten's
• 17:51
  treatment,
• 17:52
  feeling
• 17:52
  that
• 17:52
  it
• 17:52
  was
• 17:52
  too
• 17:53
  similar
• 17:53
  to
• 17:53
  Jurassic
• 17:54
  park.
• 17:55
  And
• 17:55
  so
• 17:55
  they
• 17:55
  then
• 17:56
  hired
• 17:56
  Shane
• 17:57
  Salerno,
• 17:59
  best
• 18:00
  known
• 18:00
  for
• 18:00
  co
• 18:00
  writing
• 18:00
  Armageddon,
• 18:01
  to
• 18:01
  rewrite
• 18:02
  the
• 18:02
  script.
• 18:03
  However,
• 18:03
  Salerno's
• 18:04
  draft
• 18:05
  drifted
• 18:05
  far
• 18:06
  from
• 18:06
  the
• 18:06
  source
• 18:06
  material,
• 18:07
  feeling
• 18:07
  more
• 18:08
  like
• 18:08
  Moby
• 18:08
  Dick
• 18:09
  once
• 18:09
  again.
• 18:09
  Steve
• 18:10
  Alten
• 18:10
  was
• 18:11
  furious
• 18:11
  with
• 18:11
  the
• 18:12
  script
• 18:12
  Salerno
• 18:13
  turned
• 18:13
  in.
• 18:14
  While
• 18:14
  Alton
• 18:15
  wasn't
• 18:15
  happy.
• 18:16
  New
• 18:16
  Line
• 18:16
  were
• 18:17
  as
• 18:17
  long
• 18:18
  as
• 18:18
  the
• 18:18
  budget
• 18:18
  came
• 18:19
  in
• 18:19
  at
• 18:19
  $100
• 18:20
  million,
• 18:20
  but
• 18:21
  in
• 18:21
  2005
• 18:22
  the
• 18:22
  film
• 18:22
  couldn't
• 18:23
  be
• 18:23
  made
• 18:23
  at
• 18:23
  that
• 18:23
  price.
• 18:24
  Salerno's
• 18:25
  script
• 18:25
  was
• 18:26
  estimated
• 18:26
  at
• 18:26
  $157
• 18:27
  million
• 18:29
  and
• 18:29
  it
• 18:29
  could
• 18:29
  inflate
• 18:30
  to
• 18:30
  $200
• 18:31
  million.
• 18:32
  They
• 18:32
  managed
• 18:33
  to
• 18:33
  cut
• 18:33
  almost
• 18:33
  $20
• 18:34
  million,
• 18:34
  but
• 18:35
  it
• 18:35
  wasn't
• 18:35
  enough.
• 18:36
  New
• 18:36
  Line
• 18:37
  eventually
• 18:37
  cancelled
• 18:38
  the
• 18:38
  Meg
• 18:38
  and
• 18:39
  a
• 18:39
  Studio
• 18:39
  spokesperson
• 18:40
  blamed
• 18:40
  the
• 18:41
  expensive
• 18:41
  script
• 18:42
  and
• 18:42
  the
• 18:42
  lack
• 18:42
  of
• 18:43
  choice
• 18:43
  of
• 18:43
  director
• 18:44
  and
• 18:44
  producers.
• 18:45
  Jan
• 18:45
  de
• 18:45
  Bont
• 18:46
  however,
• 18:46
  called
• 18:46
  it
• 18:47
  a
• 18:47
  completely
• 18:47
  blown
• 18:48
  opportunity
• 18:49
  and
• 18:49
  blame
• 18:49
  the
• 18:49
  studio
• 18:50
  for
• 18:50
  the
• 18:50
  film's
• 18:51
  demise.
• 18:51
  The
• 18:52
  rights
• 18:52
  reverted
• 18:52
  to
• 18:53
  Alton
• 18:53
  once
• 18:53
  again
• 18:53
  in
• 18:54
  October
• 18:54
  2007
• 18:55
  and
• 18:56
  ironically
• 18:56
  in
• 18:56
  2008
• 18:58
  new
• 18:58
  line
• 18:58
  would
• 18:58
  fold
• 18:59
  into
• 18:59
  Warner
• 19:00
  Bros.
• 19:00
  And
• 19:00
  Warner
• 19:01
  Bros
• 19:01
  Are
• 19:02
  coming
• 19:02
  up
• 19:02
  next.
• 19:04
  In
• 19:04
  2007,
• 19:05
  Alton
• 19:06
  posted
• 19:06
  publicly
• 19:06
  about
• 19:07
  how
• 19:07
  the
• 19:08
  movie
• 19:08
  version
• 19:08
  of
• 19:09
  the
• 19:09
  MEG
• 19:09
  was
• 19:09
  extinct
• 19:10
  at
• 19:10
  New
• 19:10
  Line
• 19:11
  Cinema.
• 19:11
  The
• 19:12
  project
• 19:12
  went
• 19:12
  quiet
• 19:13
  for
• 19:13
  a
• 19:13
  couple
• 19:13
  of
• 19:13
  years
• 19:14
  until
• 19:14
  2009
• 19:15
  when
• 19:15
  when
• 19:16
  production
• 19:16
  began
• 19:16
  under
• 19:17
  producer
• 19:17
  Belle
• 19:18
  Avery.
• 19:19
  Through
• 19:19
  her
• 19:19
  Apelles
• 19:20
  Entertainment
• 19:20
  banner,
• 19:21
  with
• 19:21
  Alten
• 19:22
  once
• 19:22
  again
• 19:23
  writing
• 19:23
  the
• 19:23
  screenplay,
• 19:25
  Avery
• 19:25
  was
• 19:26
  introduced
• 19:26
  to
• 19:26
  Jiang
• 19:27
  Wei,
• 19:27
  the
• 19:27
  general
• 19:28
  manager
• 19:28
  of
• 19:28
  gravity
• 19:29
  pictures
• 19:29
  in
• 19:29
  2014
• 19:30
  and
• 19:31
  together
• 19:31
  they
• 19:31
  agreed
• 19:32
  the
• 19:32
  film
• 19:32
  would
• 19:33
  make
• 19:33
  an
• 19:33
  ideal
• 19:34
  Chinese
• 19:34
  American
• 19:35
  co
• 19:35
  production.
• 19:36
  The
• 19:36
  film
• 19:37
  was
• 19:37
  ultimately
• 19:37
  co
• 19:38
  financed
• 19:38
  by
• 19:38
  Three
• 19:39
  Parties
• 19:39
  Flagship
• 19:40
  Entertainment,
• 19:41
  Gravity
• 19:42
  Pictures,
• 19:42
  a
• 19:42
  division
• 19:43
  of
• 19:43
  China
• 19:43
  Media
• 19:43
  Capital
• 19:44
  and
• 19:45
  Warner
• 19:45
  Bros.
• 19:46
  Gravity
• 19:46
  Pictures
• 19:47
  would
• 19:47
  handle
• 19:47
  distribution
• 19:48
  in
• 19:48
  China
• 19:49
  while
• 19:49
  Warner
• 19:49
  Brothers
• 19:50
  would
• 19:50
  handle
• 19:50
  the
• 19:51
  rest
• 19:51
  of
• 19:51
  the
• 19:51
  world.
• 19:53
  Gravity
• 19:53
  Pictures
• 19:54
  consciously
• 19:54
  downplayed
• 19:55
  their
• 19:55
  involvement
• 19:56
  with
• 19:56
  the
• 19:56
  initial
• 19:57
  marketing
• 19:58
  because
• 19:58
  US
• 19:58
  China
• 19:59
  Co
• 19:59
  Productions
• 20:00
  had
• 20:00
  a
• 20:01
  bit
• 20:01
  of
• 20:01
  a
• 20:01
  bad
• 20:01
  reputation
• 20:02
  in
• 20:02
  the
• 20:02
  past,
• 20:03
  especially
• 20:03
  within
• 20:04
  China.
• 20:05
  So
• 20:05
  they
• 20:05
  downplayed
• 20:06
  their
• 20:06
  involvement
• 20:06
  on
• 20:07
  purpose,
• 20:08
  wanting
• 20:08
  to
• 20:08
  emphasize
• 20:09
  it
• 20:09
  as
• 20:09
  a
• 20:09
  high
• 20:09
  profile
• 20:10
  Hollywood
• 20:11
  big
• 20:11
  budget
• 20:12
  monster
• 20:12
  movie.
• 20:13
  Setting
• 20:13
  it
• 20:13
  near
• 20:14
  China
• 20:14
  made
• 20:15
  sense
• 20:15
  geologically
• 20:16
  too,
• 20:16
  because
• 20:17
  although
• 20:17
  the
• 20:17
  Mariana
• 20:18
  Trench
• 20:18
  wasn't
• 20:19
  exactly
• 20:19
  next
• 20:19
  door
• 20:20
  to
• 20:20
  the
• 20:20
  country,
• 20:21
  it
• 20:21
  was
• 20:21
  within
• 20:22
  a
• 20:22
  reasonable
• 20:22
  distance
• 20:23
  for
• 20:23
  a
• 20:23
  Megalodon
• 20:24
  to
• 20:24
  reach
• 20:24
  Chinese
• 20:25
  shores.
• 20:26
  The
• 20:26
  revival
• 20:27
  of
• 20:27
  the
• 20:27
  MEG
• 20:28
  as
• 20:28
  a
• 20:28
  movie
• 20:29
  was
• 20:29
  also
• 20:29
  partly
• 20:30
  driven
• 20:30
  by
• 20:30
  the
• 20:31
  renewed
• 20:31
  appetite
• 20:32
  in
• 20:32
  Hollywood
• 20:32
  for
• 20:33
  monster
• 20:33
  movies.
• 20:34
  The
• 20:34
  modern
• 20:35
  US
• 20:35
  remake
• 20:35
  of
• 20:35
  Godzilla
• 20:36
  and
• 20:36
  the
• 20:36
  Legacy
• 20:37
  sequel
• 20:37
  Jurassic
• 20:38
  World
• 20:38
  in
• 20:39
  2014
• 20:39
  and
• 20:39
  2015
• 20:40
  respectively
• 20:41
  had
• 20:41
  both
• 20:42
  been
• 20:42
  hugely
• 20:42
  successful
• 20:43
  and
• 20:43
  interest
• 20:44
  in
• 20:44
  the
• 20:44
  genre
• 20:45
  was
• 20:45
  back.
• 20:46
  In
• 20:46
  2015,
• 20:47
  director
• 20:47
  Eli
• 20:48
  Roth
• 20:48
  became
• 20:49
  attached
• 20:49
  to
• 20:49
  the
• 20:50
  MEG
• 20:50
  project
• 20:51
  and
• 20:51
  he
• 20:51
  literally
• 20:52
  dove
• 20:52
  into
• 20:52
  his
• 20:53
  research,
• 20:53
  including
• 20:54
  a
• 20:54
  gig
• 20:54
  hosting
• 20:55
  Discovery
• 20:55
  Channel
• 20:56
  Shark
• 20:56
  Week
• 20:57
  where
• 20:57
  he
• 20:57
  literally
• 20:58
  swam
• 20:58
  with
• 20:58
  sharks
• 20:59
  joining
• 21:00
  Roth's
• 21:00
  version
• 21:00
  of
• 21:01
  the
• 21:01
  movie
• 21:01
  was
• 21:01
  screenwriter
• 21:02
  Dean
• 21:03
  Georgiaris,
• 21:04
  who
• 21:04
  was
• 21:04
  brought
• 21:04
  in
• 21:04
  to
• 21:05
  write
• 21:05
  a
• 21:05
  completely
• 21:06
  new
• 21:06
  script
• 21:06
  separate
• 21:07
  to
• 21:07
  Steve
• 21:08
  Alton's
• 21:08
  version.
• 21:09
  Georgiaris
• 21:10
  was
• 21:10
  known
• 21:10
  for
• 21:11
  his
• 21:11
  big
• 21:11
  budget
• 21:11
  action
• 21:12
  scripts
• 21:12
  and
• 21:13
  Warner
• 21:13
  Bros.
• 21:13
  Was
• 21:14
  keen
• 21:14
  to
• 21:14
  make
• 21:14
  the
• 21:14
  movie
• 21:15
  similarly
• 21:15
  toned.
• 21:16
  As
• 21:17
  it
• 21:17
  turned
• 21:17
  out,
• 21:17
  Roth's
• 21:18
  vision
• 21:18
  for
• 21:18
  the
• 21:19
  movie
• 21:19
  was
• 21:19
  more
• 21:19
  in
• 21:20
  line
• 21:20
  with
• 21:20
  a
• 21:20
  brutal,
• 21:21
  bloody
• 21:21
  gore
• 21:21
  fest
• 21:22
  than
• 21:22
  a
• 21:22
  tame
• 21:23
  PG13
• 21:24
  action
• 21:24
  comedy.
• 21:25
  So
• 21:25
  due
• 21:26
  to
• 21:26
  creative
• 21:26
  differences
• 21:27
  he
• 21:27
  left
• 21:28
  the
• 21:28
  movie
• 21:28
  in
• 21:28
  March
• 21:29
  2016
• 21:30
  only
• 21:30
  to
• 21:30
  be
• 21:30
  replaced
• 21:31
  by
• 21:31
  John
• 21:32
  Turteltaub
• 21:33
  the
• 21:33
  very
• 21:33
  same
• 21:34
  day.
• 21:34
  The
• 21:35
  well
• 21:35
  known
• 21:35
  director
• 21:35
  of
• 21:36
  hits
• 21:36
  like
• 21:36
  Cool
• 21:37
  Runnings,
• 21:37
  While
• 21:37
  you
• 21:38
  Were
• 21:38
  Sleeping
• 21:38
  and
• 21:39
  National
• 21:39
  Treasure
• 21:40
  and
• 21:40
  its
• 21:40
  sequel
• 21:41
  Book
• 21:41
  of
• 21:41
  Secrets.
• 21:43
  Jon
• 21:43
  and
• 21:43
  Erich
• 21:43
  Hoeber
• 21:44
  were
• 21:44
  also
• 21:45
  brought
• 21:45
  in
• 21:45
  to
• 21:46
  do
• 21:46
  rewrites
• 21:46
  on
• 21:46
  Georgiaris's
• 21:47
  draft
• 21:48
  a
• 21:49
  few
• 21:49
  months
• 21:49
  after
• 21:49
  Turteltaub
• 21:50
  signed
• 21:51
  on.
• 21:51
  So
• 21:52
  did
• 21:52
  Jason
• 21:52
  Statham.
• 21:53
  Not
• 21:54
  many
• 21:54
  people
• 21:54
  know
• 21:54
  that
• 21:55
  Jason
• 21:55
  Statham,
• 21:56
  before
• 21:56
  he
• 21:56
  became
• 21:57
  cinema's
• 21:57
  hard
• 21:57
  man,
• 21:58
  was
• 21:58
  a
• 21:58
  member
• 21:59
  of
• 21:59
  Great
• 21:59
  Britain's
• 22:00
  national
• 22:00
  diving
• 22:01
  team
• 22:01
  and
• 22:02
  he
• 22:02
  competed
• 22:02
  for
• 22:03
  England
• 22:03
  in
• 22:03
  the
• 22:03
  1990
• 22:04
  Commonwealth
• 22:05
  Games
• 22:05
  in
• 22:06
  the
• 22:06
  10
• 22:06
  meter,
• 22:06
  3
• 22:07
  metre
• 22:07
  and
• 22:08
  1
• 22:08
  meter
• 22:08
  events,
• 22:09
  coming
• 22:09
  10th,
• 22:10
  11th
• 22:10
  and
• 22:10
  8th
• 22:11
  respectively.
• 22:12
  It
• 22:12
  was
• 22:12
  while
• 22:12
  he
• 22:13
  was
• 22:13
  training
• 22:13
  in
• 22:13
  London
• 22:14
  that
• 22:14
  he
• 22:14
  was
• 22:14
  spotted
• 22:14
  by
• 22:15
  a
• 22:15
  sports
• 22:15
  modelling
• 22:16
  agency
• 22:17
  and
• 22:17
  signed
• 22:17
  by
• 22:17
  Tommy
• 22:18
  Hilfiger,
• 22:18
  Griffin
• 22:19
  and
• 22:19
  Levi's
• 22:20
  for
• 22:20
  various
• 22:21
  modeling
• 22:21
  contracts
• 22:22
  during
• 22:22
  their
• 22:22
  1996
• 22:23
  spring
• 22:24
  summer
• 22:24
  collection,
• 22:25
  with
• 22:25
  many
• 22:26
  brands
• 22:26
  wanting
• 22:26
  a
• 22:27
  normal
• 22:27
  masculine
• 22:28
  look.
• 22:29
  But
• 22:29
  he
• 22:29
  supplemented
• 22:30
  his
• 22:30
  modeling
• 22:31
  income
• 22:31
  with
• 22:32
  market
• 22:32
  stall
• 22:33
  work
• 22:33
  and
• 22:33
  it
• 22:34
  was
• 22:34
  this
• 22:34
  that
• 22:34
  led
• 22:35
  to
• 22:35
  him
• 22:35
  to
• 22:35
  be
• 22:35
  cast
• 22:35
  by
• 22:36
  Guy
• 22:36
  Ritchie
• 22:36
  in
• 22:37
  lock,
• 22:37
  stock
• 22:37
  and
• 22:38
  two
• 22:38
  smoking
• 22:38
  barrels
• 22:39
  in
• 22:39
  1998,
• 22:40
  followed
• 22:41
  by
• 22:41
  snatch
• 22:41
  in
• 22:42
  2020.
• 22:43
  He
• 22:43
  was
• 22:43
  mostly
• 22:43
  cast
• 22:44
  in
• 22:44
  action
• 22:44
  roles
• 22:45
  and
• 22:45
  he's
• 22:45
  previously
• 22:46
  appeared
• 22:46
  on
• 22:46
  this
• 22:46
  podcast
• 22:47
  for
• 22:47
  his
• 22:48
  role
• 22:48
  as
• 22:48
  Handsome
• 22:49
  Rob
• 22:49
  in
• 22:49
  the
• 22:49
  remake
• 22:50
  of
• 22:50
  the
• 22:50
  Italian
• 22:51
  job
• 22:51
  in
• 22:51
  2003.
• 22:52
  That's
• 22:53
  episode
• 22:53
  256.
• 22:54
  That
• 22:54
  was
• 22:54
  a
• 22:54
  lovely
• 22:54
  little
• 22:55
  double
• 22:55
  episode
• 22:55
  with
• 22:56
  the
• 22:56
  remake,
• 22:56
  and
• 22:57
  the
• 22:57
  original
• 22:58
  producer
• 22:59
  Lorenzo
• 22:59
  de
• 22:59
  Bonaventura
• 23:00
  wanted
• 23:01
  an
• 23:01
  actor
• 23:01
  who
• 23:01
  could
• 23:02
  be
• 23:02
  the
• 23:02
  tough
• 23:02
  guy
• 23:03
  but
• 23:03
  also
• 23:03
  carry
• 23:04
  the
• 23:04
  emotional
• 23:05
  weight
• 23:05
  of
• 23:05
  his
• 23:05
  own
• 23:05
  trauma.
• 23:06
  For
• 23:07
  the
• 23:07
  earlier
• 23:07
  90s
• 23:08
  and
• 23:08
  2000s
• 23:09
  iterations
• 23:09
  of
• 23:10
  the
• 23:10
  Mega,
• 23:11
  author
• 23:11
  Steve
• 23:11
  Alton's
• 23:12
  personal
• 23:12
  fan
• 23:13
  cast
• 23:13
  for
• 23:13
  Jonas
• 23:13
  Taylor
• 23:14
  was
• 23:14
  Kurt
• 23:15
  Russell,
• 23:15
  specifically
• 23:16
  the
• 23:16
  Snake
• 23:16
  Plissken
• 23:17
  era
• 23:17
  Russell.
• 23:18
  The
• 23:18
  producers
• 23:19
  wanted
• 23:19
  Jason
• 23:20
  statham
• 23:20
  and
• 23:21
  in
• 23:21
  August
• 23:21
  2016
• 23:22
  statham
• 23:22
  was
• 23:23
  announced
• 23:23
  as
• 23:23
  taking
• 23:24
  the
• 23:24
  lead
• 23:24
  role
• 23:24
  of
• 23:25
  Jonas
• 23:25
  Taylor,
• 23:26
  something
• 23:26
  that
• 23:27
  Steve
• 23:27
  Olten
• 23:27
  himself
• 23:28
  has
• 23:28
  said
• 23:28
  that
• 23:29
  he
• 23:29
  is
• 23:29
  fully
• 23:29
  on
• 23:30
  board
• 23:30
  with.
• 23:31
  Principal
• 23:31
  photography
• 23:32
  on
• 23:32
  the
• 23:32
  meg
• 23:33
  began
• 23:33
  on
• 23:33
  13
• 23:34
  October
• 23:35
  2016
• 23:35
  in
• 23:36
  West
• 23:36
  Auckland,
• 23:36
  New
• 23:37
  Zealand
• 23:37
  and
• 23:37
  ended
• 23:38
  on
• 23:38
  4
• 23:39
  January
• 23:39
  2017
• 23:40
  in
• 23:40
  Sonia
• 23:41
  City,
• 23:41
  Henan,
• 23:42
  China.
• 23:43
  And
• 23:43
  with
• 23:43
  an
• 23:43
  original
• 23:44
  March
• 23:44
  2018
• 23:45
  release
• 23:45
  date,
• 23:46
  they'd
• 23:46
  have
• 23:47
  about
• 23:47
  a
• 23:47
  year
• 23:47
  on
• 23:48
  post
• 23:48
  production
• 23:48
  and
• 23:48
  visual
• 23:49
  effects.
• 23:49
  They
• 23:50
  also
• 23:50
  planned
• 23:50
  to
• 23:51
  convert
• 23:51
  the
• 23:51
  movie
• 23:51
  to
• 23:52
  3D
• 23:52
  in
• 23:52
  post
• 23:53
  production,
• 23:53
  which
• 23:54
  was
• 23:54
  done
• 23:54
  by
• 23:54
  Legend
• 23:55
  3D.
• 23:56
  And
• 23:56
  of
• 23:57
  course,
• 23:57
  the
• 23:57
  Megalodon
• 23:58
  itself
• 23:58
  was
• 23:58
  a
• 23:59
  fully
• 23:59
  digital
• 23:59
  creation
• 24:00
  across
• 24:00
  the
• 24:01
  entire
• 24:01
  film,
• 24:02
  with
• 24:02
  no
• 24:02
  practical
• 24:03
  shark
• 24:03
  elements
• 24:04
  at
• 24:04
  all.
• 24:05
  The
• 24:05
  production
• 24:05
  visual
• 24:06
  effects
• 24:06
  supervisor
• 24:07
  was
• 24:07
  Adrian
• 24:07
  Dewet,
• 24:08
  and
• 24:08
  the
• 24:08
  work
• 24:09
  was
• 24:09
  distributed
• 24:10
  across
• 24:10
  multiple
• 24:11
  vendors,
• 24:11
  including
• 24:12
  Scanline
• 24:13
  VFX,
• 24:13
  Sony
• 24:14
  Pictures,
• 24:14
  Imageworks,
• 24:15
  DNEG,
• 24:16
  ImageEngine,
• 24:17
  Soho
• 24:18
  VFX
• 24:18
  and
• 24:19
  Weta
• 24:19
  Workshop.
• 24:21
  Director
• 24:21
  John
• 24:21
  Turteltaub
• 24:22
  specifically
• 24:23
  didn't
• 24:23
  want
• 24:23
  the
• 24:23
  MEG
• 24:24
  to
• 24:24
  look
• 24:24
  like
• 24:24
  a
• 24:25
  great
• 24:25
  white
• 24:25
  shark.
• 24:26
  He
• 24:26
  wanted
• 24:26
  audiences
• 24:27
  to
• 24:27
  immediately
• 24:28
  know
• 24:28
  they
• 24:28
  were
• 24:28
  not
• 24:29
  looking
• 24:29
  at
• 24:29
  a
• 24:30
  normal
• 24:30
  shark.
• 24:31
  The
• 24:31
  broad
• 24:31
  proportions
• 24:32
  were
• 24:32
  based
• 24:32
  on
• 24:33
  a
• 24:33
  great
• 24:33
  white,
• 24:33
  but
• 24:33
  the
• 24:34
  team
• 24:34
  made
• 24:34
  significant
• 24:35
  tweaks.
• 24:36
  Despite
• 24:36
  this,
• 24:37
  the
• 24:37
  MEG
• 24:37
  still
• 24:38
  has
• 24:38
  the
• 24:38
  typical
• 24:39
  great
• 24:39
  white
• 24:39
  shark
• 24:40
  light
• 24:40
  belly,
• 24:41
  which
• 24:41
  it
• 24:41
  wouldn't
• 24:42
  need
• 24:42
  if
• 24:42
  it
• 24:42
  was
• 24:42
  dwelling
• 24:43
  in
• 24:43
  the
• 24:43
  Mariana
• 24:43
  Trench.
• 24:44
  Scanline
• 24:44
  VFX
• 24:45
  had
• 24:45
  actually
• 24:45
  been
• 24:46
  involved
• 24:46
  with
• 24:46
  the
• 24:46
  film
• 24:47
  for
• 24:47
  over
• 24:47
  10
• 24:47
  years
• 24:48
  by
• 24:48
  the
• 24:48
  time
• 24:48
  it
• 24:48
  came
• 24:49
  out,
• 24:49
  meaning
• 24:50
  that
• 24:50
  their
• 24:50
  design
• 24:50
  work
• 24:51
  on
• 24:51
  the
• 24:51
  shark
• 24:52
  predated
• 24:53
  even
• 24:53
  Turtle
• 24:54
  Torb's
• 24:54
  involvement,
• 24:55
  which
• 24:55
  is
• 24:55
  a
• 24:55
  direct
• 24:55
  consequence
• 24:56
  of
• 24:56
  the
• 24:56
  production's
• 24:57
  long
• 24:57
  development
• 24:58
  history,
• 24:59
  because
• 24:59
  the
• 24:59
  studio
• 24:59
  continued
• 25:00
  to
• 25:00
  build
• 25:00
  the
• 25:01
  creature
• 25:01
  through
• 25:02
  multiple
• 25:02
  director
• 25:02
  changes
• 25:03
  and
• 25:03
  studio
• 25:04
  transitions.
• 25:05
  And
• 25:06
  of
• 25:06
  course,
• 25:06
  when
• 25:06
  you're
• 25:06
  talking
• 25:07
  about
• 25:07
  a
• 25:07
  creature
• 25:08
  that
• 25:08
  literally
• 25:09
  no
• 25:09
  longer
• 25:09
  exists,
• 25:10
  you
• 25:11
  still
• 25:11
  have
• 25:11
  to
• 25:11
  make
• 25:11
  sure
• 25:12
  it
• 25:12
  moves
• 25:13
  convincingly.
• 25:14
  And
• 25:14
  the
• 25:14
  central
• 25:14
  problem
• 25:15
  was
• 25:15
  that
• 25:15
  the
• 25:15
  closest
• 25:16
  living
• 25:16
  reference
• 25:16
  for
• 25:17
  a
• 25:17
  Megalodon
• 25:18
  is
• 25:18
  a
• 25:18
  great
• 25:18
  white
• 25:19
  shark,
• 25:19
  which
• 25:20
  audiences
• 25:20
  know
• 25:21
  instinctively
• 25:21
  well
• 25:22
  enough
• 25:22
  to
• 25:22
  notice
• 25:23
  if
• 25:23
  something
• 25:23
  doesn't
• 25:24
  feel
• 25:24
  right.
• 25:25
  The
• 25:25
  team
• 25:26
  needed
• 25:26
  to
• 25:26
  build
• 25:26
  a
• 25:27
  functional
• 25:27
  anatomical
• 25:28
  structure
• 25:28
  that
• 25:29
  mimicked
• 25:29
  a
• 25:29
  great
• 25:29
  white,
• 25:30
  but
• 25:30
  scaled
• 25:31
  it
• 25:31
  up
• 25:31
  to
• 25:31
  75ft
• 25:33
  and
• 25:33
  give
• 25:33
  it
• 25:33
  the
• 25:34
  right
• 25:34
  weight
• 25:34
  and
• 25:34
  mass
• 25:35
  to
• 25:35
  sell
• 25:35
  its
• 25:35
  size.
• 25:36
  They
• 25:36
  described
• 25:37
  the
• 25:37
  Megalodon
• 25:38
  as
• 25:38
  a
• 25:38
  big
• 25:38
  living
• 25:39
  soft
• 25:39
  balloon.
• 25:40
  On
• 25:40
  every
• 25:41
  sharp
• 25:41
  turn,
• 25:41
  you
• 25:41
  needed
• 25:42
  to
• 25:42
  see
• 25:42
  ripples
• 25:43
  traveling
• 25:43
  through
• 25:43
  the
• 25:44
  body.
• 25:44
  And
• 25:45
  to
• 25:45
  achieve
• 25:45
  this,
• 25:45
  Scanline
• 25:46
  used
• 25:47
  Ziva
• 25:47
  vfx,
• 25:48
  a
• 25:48
  physically
• 25:49
  based
• 25:49
  muscle
• 25:50
  and
• 25:50
  skin
• 25:50
  simulation
• 25:51
  tool.
• 25:52
  It
• 25:52
  required
• 25:53
  building
• 25:53
  the
• 25:53
  shark's
• 25:54
  skeleton
• 25:54
  anatomically
• 25:55
  correct
• 25:56
  as
• 25:56
  a
• 25:56
  starting
• 25:56
  point,
• 25:57
  and
• 25:57
  the
• 25:57
  system
• 25:58
  would
• 25:58
  then
• 25:58
  make
• 25:58
  muscles
• 25:59
  and
• 25:59
  skin
• 25:59
  move
• 26:00
  in
• 26:00
  physically
• 26:01
  accurate
• 26:01
  ways,
• 26:02
  preventing
• 26:02
  intersections
• 26:03
  and
• 26:03
  unnatural
• 26:04
  folding.
• 26:05
  Sony
• 26:06
  imageworks
• 26:06
  visual
• 26:07
  effects
• 26:07
  supervisor
• 26:07
  Sue
• 26:08
  Rowe
• 26:08
  described
• 26:09
  the
• 26:09
  look
• 26:09
  she
• 26:09
  was
• 26:09
  after
• 26:10
  as
• 26:10
  that
• 26:10
  of
• 26:11
  a
• 26:11
  thoroughbred
• 26:12
  racehorse,
• 26:12
  specifically,
• 26:13
  the
• 26:13
  way
• 26:13
  a
• 26:13
  racehorse's
• 26:14
  muscles
• 26:15
  visibly
• 26:15
  shudder
• 26:16
  and
• 26:16
  ripple,
• 26:17
  communicating
• 26:17
  enormous
• 26:18
  power.
• 26:19
  The
• 26:19
  muscle
• 26:20
  ripple
• 26:20
  effect
• 26:20
  was
• 26:21
  ultimately
• 26:21
  exaggerated
• 26:22
  beyond
• 26:22
  strict
• 26:23
  realism
• 26:23
  for
• 26:24
  dramatic
• 26:24
  effect.
• 26:26
  But
• 26:26
  one
• 26:27
  of
• 26:27
  the
• 26:27
  most
• 26:27
  persistent
• 26:27
  challenges
• 26:28
  in
• 26:28
  making
• 26:29
  a
• 26:30
  75
• 26:30
  foot
• 26:31
  prehistoric
• 26:31
  shark
• 26:32
  movie
• 26:32
  is
• 26:33
  making
• 26:33
  the
• 26:34
  shark
• 26:34
  read
• 26:34
  as
• 26:35
  genuinely
• 26:36
  enormous.
• 26:37
  Real
• 26:37
  underwater
• 26:38
  footage
• 26:38
  causes
• 26:39
  light
• 26:39
  and
• 26:39
  detail
• 26:40
  to
• 26:40
  drop
• 26:40
  off
• 26:40
  after
• 26:41
  about
• 26:41
  10
• 26:41
  to
• 26:42
  15ft
• 26:42
  from
• 26:42
  the
• 26:43
  camera,
• 26:43
  which
• 26:44
  is
• 26:44
  a
• 26:44
  significant
• 26:45
  problem
• 26:45
  when
• 26:45
  Your
• 26:45
  shark
• 26:46
  is
• 26:46
  75
• 26:47
  foot
• 26:47
  long.
• 26:48
  You
• 26:48
  can't
• 26:48
  make
• 26:49
  every
• 26:49
  shot
• 26:49
  a
• 26:50
  close
• 26:50
  up.
• 26:50
  They
• 26:51
  also
• 26:51
  found
• 26:51
  that
• 26:51
  the
• 26:51
  MEG
• 26:52
  alone
• 26:52
  on
• 26:52
  screen
• 26:53
  simply
• 26:53
  didn't
• 26:54
  read
• 26:54
  as
• 26:55
  75
• 26:56
  foot
• 26:56
  prehistoric
• 26:57
  shark.
• 26:57
  It
• 26:57
  only
• 26:58
  looked
• 26:58
  like
• 26:58
  a
• 26:59
  75
• 26:59
  foot
• 26:59
  prehistoric
• 27:00
  shark
• 27:01
  when
• 27:01
  it
• 27:01
  was
• 27:01
  given
• 27:02
  context
• 27:02
  or
• 27:02
  something
• 27:03
  else
• 27:03
  in
• 27:03
  shot
• 27:04
  for
• 27:04
  comparison,
• 27:05
  such
• 27:05
  as
• 27:06
  a
• 27:06
  small
• 27:06
  child,
• 27:07
  a
• 27:07
  dog
• 27:08
  or
• 27:08
  a
• 27:08
  human
• 27:09
  adult.
• 27:10
  To
• 27:10
  help
• 27:10
  establish
• 27:11
  scale,
• 27:11
  they
• 27:11
  also
• 27:12
  used
• 27:12
  monster
• 27:13
  lighting,
• 27:14
  backlighting
• 27:14
  the
• 27:14
  shark
• 27:15
  when
• 27:15
  it
• 27:15
  came
• 27:15
  close,
• 27:16
  adding
• 27:16
  rim
• 27:16
  light,
• 27:17
  catching
• 27:17
  the
• 27:17
  teeth
• 27:18
  and
• 27:18
  then
• 27:18
  lighting
• 27:19
  it
• 27:19
  slightly
• 27:19
  from
• 27:20
  underneath.
• 27:21
  And
• 27:21
  lighting
• 27:22
  would
• 27:22
  be
• 27:22
  a
• 27:22
  core
• 27:22
  issue
• 27:22
  in
• 27:23
  the
• 27:23
  Mariana
• 27:23
  Trench,
• 27:24
  because
• 27:24
  they
• 27:25
  needed
• 27:25
  to
• 27:25
  find
• 27:25
  a
• 27:26
  reason
• 27:26
  for
• 27:26
  there
• 27:26
  to
• 27:27
  be
• 27:27
  any
• 27:27
  light
• 27:27
  in
• 27:28
  a
• 27:28
  place
• 27:28
  that
• 27:28
  in
• 27:29
  reality
• 27:29
  is
• 27:29
  in
• 27:30
  total
• 27:30
  darkness.
• 27:31
  And
• 27:31
  the
• 27:31
  production
• 27:32
  solved
• 27:32
  this
• 27:33
  through
• 27:33
  storytelling.
• 27:34
  The
• 27:34
  first
• 27:35
  submersible
• 27:35
  launches
• 27:36
  deployable
• 27:36
  lights
• 27:37
  resembling
• 27:37
  spherical
• 27:38
  Chinese
• 27:39
  lanterns,
• 27:40
  which
• 27:40
  are
• 27:40
  tethered
• 27:40
  to
• 27:40
  an
• 27:40
  anchor
• 27:41
  that
• 27:41
  descends
• 27:41
  to
• 27:41
  the
• 27:42
  sea
• 27:42
  floor,
• 27:42
  so
• 27:43
  the
• 27:43
  light
• 27:43
  hovers
• 27:43
  10
• 27:44
  to
• 27:44
  15ft
• 27:45
  above
• 27:45
  it.
• 27:45
  And
• 27:46
  this
• 27:46
  gave
• 27:46
  the
• 27:46
  filmmakers
• 27:47
  a
• 27:47
  diegetic
• 27:48
  in
• 27:49
  world
• 27:49
  light
• 27:49
  source
• 27:50
  to
• 27:50
  justify
• 27:51
  illuminating
• 27:52
  the
• 27:52
  environment.
• 27:53
  But
• 27:53
  even
• 27:54
  then,
• 27:54
  when
• 27:54
  the
• 27:54
  MEG
• 27:55
  does
• 27:55
  show
• 27:55
  up
• 27:55
  at
• 27:56
  the
• 27:56
  bottom
• 27:56
  of
• 27:56
  the
• 27:56
  trench,
• 27:57
  you
• 27:57
  can
• 27:57
  hardly
• 27:58
  see
• 27:58
  it.
• 27:58
  And
• 27:59
  that
• 27:59
  was
• 27:59
  a
• 27:59
  deliberate
• 28:00
  intent
• 28:00
  for
• 28:01
  those
• 28:01
  early
• 28:01
  scenes,
• 28:02
  again
• 28:02
  paying
• 28:02
  homage
• 28:03
  to
• 28:03
  Jaws
• 28:04
  and
• 28:04
  barely
• 28:04
  showing
• 28:05
  the
• 28:05
  creature.
• 28:06
  The
• 28:06
  Mariana
• 28:07
  Trench
• 28:07
  itself
• 28:07
  was
• 28:08
  an
• 28:08
  entirely
• 28:08
  digital
• 28:09
  creation,
• 28:09
  handled
• 28:10
  primarily
• 28:10
  by
• 28:11
  DNEG
• 28:12
  under
• 28:12
  VFX
• 28:12
  supervisor
• 28:13
  Raymond
• 28:14
  Chen.
• 28:14
  DNEG
• 28:15
  used
• 28:15
  customised
• 28:16
  procedural
• 28:17
  tools
• 28:17
  to
• 28:17
  populate
• 28:18
  the
• 28:18
  vast
• 28:18
  ocean
• 28:18
  floor
• 28:19
  environment
• 28:19
  and
• 28:19
  control
• 28:20
  the
• 28:20
  amount
• 28:21
  of
• 28:21
  haze.
• 28:22
  Not
• 28:22
  counting
• 28:22
  the
• 28:22
  terrain
• 28:23
  itself.
• 28:23
  There
• 28:24
  were
• 28:24
  over
• 28:24
  30
• 28:24
  different
• 28:25
  assets
• 28:25
  that
• 28:26
  needed
• 28:26
  to
• 28:26
  be
• 28:26
  created,
• 28:27
  like
• 28:27
  tube
• 28:28
  worms,
• 28:28
  coral
• 28:29
  jellyfish,
• 28:30
  fish,
• 28:30
  spider
• 28:31
  crabs,
• 28:32
  isopods,
• 28:32
  and
• 28:33
  hydrothermal
• 28:33
  vents.
• 28:34
  The
• 28:35
  vents
• 28:35
  were
• 28:35
  scattered
• 28:35
  procedurally
• 28:36
  in
• 28:36
  Houdini,
• 28:37
  with
• 28:38
  large
• 28:38
  cloud
• 28:38
  simulations
• 28:39
  coming
• 28:39
  up
• 28:40
  from
• 28:40
  them.
• 28:41
  And
• 28:41
  despite
• 28:41
  the
• 28:41
  fact
• 28:42
  that
• 28:42
  this
• 28:42
  is
• 28:42
  a
• 28:42
  movie
• 28:42
  that
• 28:42
  doesn't
• 28:43
  really
• 28:43
  take
• 28:43
  science
• 28:44
  very
• 28:44
  seriously,
• 28:45
  the
• 28:45
  VISUFX
• 28:46
  team
• 28:46
  did
• 28:47
  spend
• 28:47
  significant
• 28:48
  time
• 28:48
  researching
• 28:50
  whether
• 28:50
  the
• 28:50
  film's
• 28:50
  premise
• 28:51
  was
• 28:51
  scientifically
• 28:52
  plausible,
• 28:53
  studying
• 28:53
  the
• 28:53
  deep
• 28:54
  sea
• 28:54
  environment
• 28:54
  and
• 28:55
  how
• 28:55
  water
• 28:55
  behaves
• 28:56
  at
• 28:56
  extreme
• 28:57
  depths.
• 28:58
  The
• 28:58
  design
• 28:58
  of
• 28:58
  the
• 28:58
  underwater
• 28:59
  vehicles
• 28:59
  aimed
• 29:00
  for
• 29:00
  a
• 29:00
  sense
• 29:00
  of
• 29:01
  transparency,
• 29:01
  to
• 29:02
  give
• 29:02
  audiences
• 29:03
  a
• 29:03
  realistic
• 29:03
  window
• 29:04
  into
• 29:04
  the
• 29:04
  undersea
• 29:05
  world.
• 29:05
  But
• 29:06
  the
• 29:06
  darkness
• 29:06
  and
• 29:06
  pressure
• 29:07
  couldn't
• 29:07
  be
• 29:08
  realistically
• 29:08
  depicted.
• 29:09
  As
• 29:09
  well
• 29:10
  as
• 29:10
  the
• 29:10
  thermocline,
• 29:11
  a
• 29:11
  layer
• 29:11
  of
• 29:12
  hydrogen
• 29:12
  sulfide
• 29:13
  gas,
• 29:13
  which
• 29:14
  creates
• 29:14
  a
• 29:14
  barrier
• 29:14
  that
• 29:15
  seals
• 29:15
  off
• 29:15
  a
• 29:16
  warm
• 29:16
  lower
• 29:16
  section
• 29:16
  of
• 29:17
  the
• 29:17
  trench
• 29:17
  that
• 29:18
  is
• 29:18
  completely
• 29:19
  invented
• 29:19
  for
• 29:19
  this
• 29:20
  movie.
• 29:21
  The
• 29:21
  Mariana
• 29:21
  Trench
• 29:22
  is
• 29:22
  the
• 29:22
  deepest
• 29:23
  known
• 29:23
  part
• 29:23
  of
• 29:23
  Earth's
• 29:23
  oceans.
• 29:24
  Located
• 29:25
  in
• 29:25
  the
• 29:25
  western
• 29:26
  Pacific,
• 29:26
  it
• 29:27
  reaches
• 29:27
  a
• 29:27
  maximum
• 29:28
  depth
• 29:28
  of
• 29:28
  approximately
• 29:29
  36,000ft,
• 29:31
  which
• 29:31
  is
• 29:31
  over
• 29:32
  10,900
• 29:33
  meters,
• 29:33
  or
• 29:34
  over
• 29:34
  6.7
• 29:35
  miles,
• 29:35
  at
• 29:36
  a
• 29:36
  point
• 29:36
  called
• 29:36
  Challenger
• 29:37
  Deep.
• 29:38
  It
• 29:38
  is
• 29:38
  deeper
• 29:39
  there
• 29:39
  than
• 29:39
  Mount
• 29:40
  Everest
• 29:40
  is
• 29:41
  Tall.
• 29:41
  The
• 29:42
  trench
• 29:42
  is
• 29:42
  part
• 29:43
  of
• 29:43
  the
• 29:43
  Pacific
• 29:43
  Ring
• 29:43
  of
• 29:44
  Fire,
• 29:44
  a
• 29:44
  tectonically
• 29:45
  active
• 29:45
  region
• 29:46
  where
• 29:46
  tectonic
• 29:46
  plates
• 29:47
  collide,
• 29:48
  causing
• 29:48
  subduction,
• 29:49
  which
• 29:49
  is
• 29:49
  of
• 29:49
  the
• 29:49
  part
• 29:50
  where
• 29:50
  one
• 29:50
  plate
• 29:50
  dives
• 29:51
  beneath
• 29:51
  the
• 29:51
  other.
• 29:52
  The
• 29:52
  movie
• 29:53
  suggests
• 29:53
  that
• 29:53
  hydrothermal
• 29:54
  activity
• 29:54
  has
• 29:54
  created
• 29:55
  a
• 29:56
  previously
• 29:56
  unknown
• 29:57
  thermal
• 29:57
  layer
• 29:57
  where
• 29:58
  life
• 29:58
  like
• 29:58
  Megalodons
• 29:59
  can
• 29:59
  survive.
• 30:00
  Despite
• 30:01
  being
• 30:01
  located
• 30:02
  in
• 30:02
  the
• 30:02
  tropics,
• 30:03
  temperatures
• 30:03
  in
• 30:04
  the
• 30:04
  Mariana
• 30:04
  Trench
• 30:05
  are
• 30:05
  near
• 30:05
  freezing
• 30:06
  due
• 30:06
  to
• 30:06
  its
• 30:07
  depth
• 30:07
  and
• 30:07
  lack
• 30:07
  of
• 30:08
  sunlight.
• 30:08
  The
• 30:09
  immense
• 30:09
  pressure
• 30:09
  and
• 30:10
  total
• 30:10
  absence
• 30:10
  of
• 30:11
  solar
• 30:11
  energy
• 30:12
  means
• 30:12
  the
• 30:12
  ambient
• 30:13
  water
• 30:13
  temperature
• 30:14
  at
• 30:14
  Challenger
• 30:15
  deep
• 30:15
  sits
• 30:15
  around
• 30:16
  1
• 30:16
  to
• 30:16
  4
• 30:16
  degrees
• 30:17
  Celsius.
• 30:18
  There
• 30:18
  is
• 30:19
  no
• 30:19
  warm
• 30:19
  habitable
• 30:20
  thermal
• 30:20
  layer
• 30:21
  sitting
• 30:21
  beneath
• 30:22
  a
• 30:22
  cold
• 30:22
  thermocline.
• 30:24
  The
• 30:24
  trench
• 30:25
  does
• 30:25
  have
• 30:25
  genuine
• 30:26
  hydrothermal
• 30:27
  activity,
• 30:27
  though.
• 30:28
  Cold
• 30:28
  seawater
• 30:29
  in
• 30:29
  deep
• 30:29
  cracks
• 30:29
  within
• 30:30
  the
• 30:30
  Earth's
• 30:30
  crust
• 30:30
  is
• 30:31
  heated
• 30:31
  by
• 30:31
  cooling.
• 30:32
  Magma
• 30:32
  becomes
• 30:33
  buoyant
• 30:33
  and
• 30:33
  rises
• 30:34
  to
• 30:34
  the
• 30:34
  seafloor,
• 30:35
  though
• 30:35
  rather
• 30:36
  than
• 30:36
  forming
• 30:36
  a
• 30:37
  warm
• 30:37
  pond,
• 30:37
  the
• 30:38
  hot
• 30:38
  fluid
• 30:38
  rises
• 30:39
  like
• 30:39
  a
• 30:39
  hot
• 30:39
  air
• 30:40
  balloon
• 30:40
  into
• 30:40
  the
• 30:40
  cold
• 30:40
  ocean,
• 30:41
  cooling
• 30:42
  rapidly
• 30:42
  as
• 30:43
  it
• 30:43
  mixes
• 30:43
  with
• 30:43
  the
• 30:43
  frigid
• 30:44
  surrounding
• 30:44
  water.
• 30:45
  Active
• 30:46
  hydrothermal
• 30:46
  vents
• 30:47
  have
• 30:47
  been
• 30:48
  confirmed
• 30:48
  in
• 30:48
  the
• 30:48
  trench
• 30:49
  at
• 30:49
  depths
• 30:50
  greater
• 30:50
  than
• 30:50
  8km,
• 30:51
  accompanied
• 30:52
  by
• 30:52
  large
• 30:52
  temperature
• 30:53
  gradients,
• 30:54
  and
• 30:54
  these
• 30:55
  vents
• 30:55
  do
• 30:55
  support
• 30:56
  life.
• 30:56
  A
• 30:56
  typical
• 30:57
  deep
• 30:57
  vent
• 30:58
  consists
• 30:58
  of
• 30:58
  layers
• 30:59
  of
• 30:59
  microorganisms
• 31:00
  as
• 31:00
  well
• 31:00
  as
• 31:01
  dense
• 31:01
  aggregations
• 31:02
  of
• 31:02
  amphipods
• 31:03
  and
• 31:03
  coat
• 31:03
  pods
• 31:04
  which
• 31:04
  graze
• 31:04
  on
• 31:05
  bacteria,
• 31:06
  with
• 31:06
  larger
• 31:06
  animals
• 31:07
  like
• 31:07
  crabs,
• 31:08
  shrimp,
• 31:08
  gastropods,
• 31:09
  tube
• 31:09
  worms
• 31:10
  and
• 31:10
  cephalopods
• 31:11
  preying
• 31:12
  on
• 31:12
  those.
• 31:13
  But
• 31:13
  the
• 31:13
  heat
• 31:13
  is
• 31:13
  highly
• 31:14
  localized
• 31:14
  around
• 31:15
  the
• 31:15
  vent
• 31:15
  openings
• 31:16
  themselves.
• 31:16
  It
• 31:17
  dissipates
• 31:17
  almost
• 31:18
  immediately
• 31:18
  into
• 31:18
  the
• 31:19
  surrounding
• 31:19
  cold
• 31:19
  water,
• 31:20
  rather
• 31:21
  than
• 31:21
  creating
• 31:21
  any
• 31:22
  kind
• 31:22
  of
• 31:22
  stable
• 31:23
  warm
• 31:23
  ecosystem
• 31:24
  at
• 31:24
  scale.
• 31:26
  So
• 31:26
  the
• 31:26
  general
• 31:27
  idea
• 31:27
  that
• 31:28
  a
• 31:28
  thick
• 31:29
  thermocline
• 31:29
  of
• 31:29
  warm
• 31:30
  water
• 31:30
  sitting
• 31:30
  below
• 31:31
  the
• 31:31
  cold
• 31:31
  layer,
• 31:32
  creating
• 31:32
  a
• 31:32
  hidden
• 31:32
  biosphere
• 31:33
  warm
• 31:33
  enough
• 31:33
  to
• 31:34
  to
• 31:34
  sustain
• 31:34
  a
• 31:34
  population
• 31:35
  of
• 31:35
  75
• 31:36
  foot
• 31:36
  apex
• 31:37
  predators
• 31:37
  for
• 31:37
  millions
• 31:38
  of
• 31:38
  years,
• 31:38
  just
• 31:39
  doesn't
• 31:39
  hold
• 31:39
  up.
• 31:40
  If
• 31:40
  anything,
• 31:41
  pressure
• 31:41
  and
• 31:42
  cold
• 31:42
  increase
• 31:42
  uniformly
• 31:43
  with
• 31:44
  depth.
• 31:44
  A
• 31:44
  Megalodon
• 31:45
  sustaining
• 31:46
  warm
• 31:46
  pocket
• 31:46
  at
• 31:46
  the
• 31:47
  bottom
• 31:47
  of
• 31:47
  the
• 31:47
  Challenger
• 31:48
  Deep
• 31:48
  would
• 31:48
  require
• 31:49
  an
• 31:49
  entirely
• 31:49
  different
• 31:50
  ocean
• 31:50
  physics
• 31:51
  than
• 31:51
  we
• 31:51
  currently
• 31:52
  have.
• 31:52
  But
• 31:53
  then,
• 31:53
  this
• 31:53
  is
• 31:53
  a
• 31:54
  movie
• 31:54
  about
• 31:54
  an
• 31:54
  extinct
• 31:55
  75
• 31:55
  foot
• 31:56
  shark,
• 31:56
  so
• 31:56
  I
• 31:57
  guess
• 31:57
  we
• 31:57
  can
• 31:57
  pull
• 31:58
  the
• 31:58
  plug
• 31:58
  on
• 31:59
  too
• 31:59
  much
• 31:59
  realism.
• 32:02
  It's
• 32:02
  time
• 32:02
  to
• 32:02
  segue
• 32:02
  into
• 32:03
  the
• 32:03
  obligatory
• 32:03
  Keanu
• 32:04
  reference
• 32:04
  of
• 32:05
  this
• 32:05
  episode.
• 32:05
  And
• 32:05
  if
• 32:06
  you
• 32:06
  don't
• 32:06
  know
• 32:06
  what
• 32:06
  that
• 32:06
  is,
• 32:07
  it's
• 32:07
  where
• 32:07
  I
• 32:07
  try
• 32:07
  and
• 32:08
  link
• 32:08
  every
• 32:08
  movie
• 32:08
  that
• 32:08
  I
• 32:08
  feature
• 32:09
  with
• 32:09
  Keanu
• 32:09
  Reeves,
• 32:10
  because
• 32:10
  he
• 32:10
  genuinely
• 32:11
  is
• 32:11
  the
• 32:11
  best
• 32:11
  of
• 32:12
  men.
• 32:12
  And
• 32:12
  obviously
• 32:13
  I've
• 32:13
  already
• 32:14
  mentioned
• 32:14
  a
• 32:14
  very
• 32:15
  good
• 32:15
  potential
• 32:16
  Keanu
• 32:16
  reference
• 32:17
  in
• 32:18
  Speed
• 32:18
  director
• 32:18
  Jan
• 32:19
  de
• 32:19
  Bond.
• 32:20
  But
• 32:20
  I've
• 32:20
  used
• 32:20
  Yander
• 32:21
  Bond
• 32:21
  a
• 32:21
  couple
• 32:21
  of
• 32:22
  times
• 32:22
  over
• 32:22
  this
• 32:22
  podcast
• 32:23
  and
• 32:23
  I
• 32:23
  do
• 32:23
  like
• 32:23
  to
• 32:23
  try
• 32:23
  and
• 32:23
  mix
• 32:24
  things
• 32:24
  up
• 32:24
  a
• 32:24
  little
• 32:24
  bit.
• 32:25
  So
• 32:26
  the
• 32:26
  next
• 32:26
  best,
• 32:26
  easiest
• 32:27
  way
• 32:27
  to
• 32:27
  link
• 32:28
  Keanu
• 32:28
  to
• 32:28
  this
• 32:28
  movie
• 32:29
  is
• 32:29
  through
• 32:30
  Ruby
• 32:30
  Rose,
• 32:31
  because
• 32:31
  Ruby
• 32:32
  Rose
• 32:32
  co
• 32:32
  starred
• 32:33
  with
• 32:33
  Keanu
• 32:34
  in
• 32:34
  John
• 32:34
  Wick
• 32:35
  Chapter
• 32:35
  two.
• 32:36
  And
• 32:36
  can
• 32:36
  you
• 32:36
  imagine
• 32:37
  John
• 32:37
  Wick
• 32:37
  taking
• 32:38
  on
• 32:38
  a
• 32:38
  Megalodon?
• 32:39
  I
• 32:39
  feel
• 32:39
  like
• 32:39
  we
• 32:40
  all
• 32:40
  know
• 32:40
  that
• 32:40
  John
• 32:40
  Wick
• 32:41
  would
• 32:41
  win,
• 32:41
  right?
• 32:42
  The
• 32:43
  score
• 32:43
  for
• 32:43
  the
• 32:43
  Meg
• 32:44
  was
• 32:44
  composed
• 32:44
  by
• 32:45
  Harry
• 32:45
  Gregson
• 32:45
  Williams
• 32:46
  and
• 32:46
  the
• 32:47
  soundtrack
• 32:47
  includes
• 32:48
  an
• 32:48
  upbeat
• 32:49
  Thai
• 32:49
  cover
• 32:49
  of
• 32:50
  hey
• 32:50
  Mickey
• 32:50
  by
• 32:50
  Pym,
• 32:51
  which
• 32:52
  was
• 32:52
  made
• 32:52
  famous
• 32:52
  by
• 32:52
  Tony
• 32:53
  basil
• 32:53
  in
• 32:53
  the
• 32:53
  80s,
• 32:54
  which
• 32:54
  itself
• 32:54
  was
• 32:55
  a
• 32:55
  cover
• 32:55
  of
• 32:55
  Racy's
• 32:56
  original
• 32:57
  version
• 32:57
  from
• 32:57
  1979,
• 32:58
  which
• 32:58
  had
• 32:59
  the
• 32:59
  title
• 32:59
  Kitty.
• 33:00
  The
• 33:00
  trailer
• 33:01
  for
• 33:01
  the
• 33:01
  meg
• 33:01
  uses
• 33:02
  the
• 33:02
  1959
• 33:03
  Bobby
• 33:03
  Darren
• 33:04
  version
• 33:04
  of
• 33:04
  beyond
• 33:04
  the
• 33:05
  Sea,
• 33:05
  which
• 33:06
  is
• 33:06
  the
• 33:06
  English
• 33:06
  language
• 33:07
  version
• 33:07
  of
• 33:07
  the
• 33:07
  1946
• 33:08
  French
• 33:08
  song
• 33:09
  Le
• 33:09
  Mer
• 33:09
  by
• 33:10
  Charles
• 33:10
  Trene.
• 33:11
  Unfortunately,
• 33:12
  the
• 33:12
  movie
• 33:13
  itself
• 33:13
  doesn't
• 33:14
  use
• 33:14
  beyond
• 33:14
  the
• 33:14
  Sea,
• 33:15
  which
• 33:15
  is
• 33:15
  a
• 33:15
  real
• 33:15
  shame
• 33:16
  because
• 33:16
  it's
• 33:17
  such
• 33:17
  a
• 33:17
  fun
• 33:17
  song
• 33:18
  and
• 33:19
  perfectly
• 33:19
  encapsulates
• 33:20
  the
• 33:21
  dumb
• 33:21
  fun
• 33:21
  brilliance
• 33:22
  of
• 33:22
  this
• 33:22
  movie.
• 33:23
  And
• 33:23
  that's
• 33:24
  the
• 33:24
  biggest
• 33:24
  point
• 33:24
  to
• 33:25
  make
• 33:25
  about
• 33:25
  the
• 33:25
  Meg.
• 33:26
  This
• 33:26
  was
• 33:26
  always
• 33:27
  going
• 33:27
  to
• 33:27
  be
• 33:28
  a
• 33:28
  PG13
• 33:29
  popcorn
• 33:29
  movie
• 33:30
  rather
• 33:31
  than
• 33:31
  an
• 33:31
  R
• 33:32
  rated
• 33:32
  horror
• 33:33
  thriller,
• 33:33
  and
• 33:34
  the
• 33:34
  marketing
• 33:34
  leaned
• 33:35
  into
• 33:35
  the
• 33:35
  comedy
• 33:36
  with
• 33:36
  taglines
• 33:37
  like
• 33:37
  Opening
• 33:38
  wide
• 33:38
  and
• 33:39
  Pleased
• 33:39
  to
• 33:39
  eat
• 33:40
  you
• 33:40
  and
• 33:40
  the
• 33:41
  fun
• 33:41
  trailer
• 33:41
  with
• 33:41
  the
• 33:42
  aforementioned
• 33:42
  Bobby
• 33:42
  Darin
• 33:43
  song.
• 33:44
  Summer
• 33:44
  movies
• 33:45
  should
• 33:45
  be
• 33:45
  fun
• 33:46
  silly
• 33:46
  escapism
• 33:47
  and
• 33:47
  the
• 33:47
  posters
• 33:48
  also
• 33:48
  leaned
• 33:48
  into
• 33:49
  the
• 33:49
  links
• 33:49
  to
• 33:49
  Jaws
• 33:50
  with
• 33:50
  a
• 33:50
  great
• 33:51
  white
• 33:51
  swimming
• 33:51
  upwards
• 33:51
  to
• 33:52
  a
• 33:52
  lone
• 33:52
  swimmer
• 33:52
  and
• 33:52
  the
• 33:53
  Meg
• 33:53
  underneath
• 33:54
  the
• 33:54
  shark
• 33:54
  showing
• 33:55
  the
• 33:55
  size
• 33:55
  difference.
• 33:56
  There
• 33:57
  were
• 33:57
  even
• 33:57
  a
• 33:57
  series
• 33:57
  of
• 33:58
  promotional
• 33:58
  images
• 33:59
  using
• 33:59
  photos
• 33:59
  of
• 34:00
  beachgoers
• 34:00
  and
• 34:01
  swimmers
• 34:01
  of
• 34:01
  varying
• 34:02
  body
• 34:02
  types
• 34:03
  with
• 34:03
  nutrition
• 34:04
  facts
• 34:04
  labels
• 34:05
  next
• 34:05
  to
• 34:05
  them
• 34:06
  with
• 34:06
  serving
• 34:07
  size
• 34:07
  and
• 34:07
  calories.
• 34:08
  Apparently
• 34:09
  an
• 34:09
  average
• 34:09
  human
• 34:09
  human
• 34:10
  contains
• 34:10
  242,
• 34:12
  225
• 34:13
  calories,
• 34:14
  just
• 34:14
  so
• 34:15
  the
• 34:15
  Meg
• 34:15
  knows
• 34:16
  how
• 34:16
  many
• 34:16
  to
• 34:16
  eat
• 34:17
  in
• 34:17
  one
• 34:17
  sitting.
• 34:18
  The
• 34:18
  Meg
• 34:19
  was
• 34:19
  initially
• 34:19
  scheduled
• 34:20
  to
• 34:20
  premiere
• 34:20
  on
• 34:21
  2nd
• 34:21
  March
• 34:22
  2018,
• 34:22
  but
• 34:23
  it
• 34:23
  was
• 34:23
  later
• 34:23
  pushed
• 34:24
  back
• 34:24
  to
• 34:24
  a
• 34:25
  summer
• 34:25
  release
• 34:25
  of
• 34:25
  10
• 34:26
  August
• 34:27
  2018,
• 34:28
  and
• 34:28
  when
• 34:28
  it
• 34:28
  did
• 34:28
  eventually
• 34:29
  open,
• 34:29
  it
• 34:29
  opened
• 34:30
  at
• 34:30
  number
• 34:30
  one
• 34:30
  at
• 34:31
  the
• 34:31
  domestic
• 34:31
  box
• 34:31
  office,
• 34:32
  beating
• 34:33
  incumbent
• 34:33
  Mission
• 34:34
  Impossible,
• 34:34
  Fallout
• 34:35
  and
• 34:35
  Christopher
• 34:36
  Robin.
• 34:37
  It
• 34:37
  fell
• 34:37
  to
• 34:37
  second
• 34:38
  in
• 34:38
  its
• 34:38
  second
• 34:38
  week
• 34:39
  after
• 34:39
  Crazy
• 34:39
  Rich
• 34:40
  Asians
• 34:40
  topped
• 34:40
  the
• 34:41
  box
• 34:41
  office,
• 34:41
  but
• 34:42
  it
• 34:42
  stayed
• 34:42
  at
• 34:42
  second
• 34:43
  for
• 34:43
  three
• 34:43
  weeks
• 34:43
  and
• 34:44
  remained
• 34:44
  in
• 34:44
  the
• 34:45
  top
• 34:45
  10
• 34:45
  for
• 34:45
  six
• 34:46
  weeks
• 34:47
  on
• 34:47
  its
• 34:48
  claimed
• 34:48
  although
• 34:48
  disputed
• 34:49
  budget
• 34:49
  of
• 34:50
  $130
• 34:50
  million.
• 34:51
  Some
• 34:52
  estimates
• 34:52
  say
• 34:52
  it's
• 34:53
  more
• 34:53
  like
• 34:53
  $178
• 34:54
  million.
• 34:55
  The
• 34:55
  MEG
• 34:56
  grossed
• 34:56
  $145.5
• 34:58
  million
• 34:59
  domestically,
• 35:00
  $383.8
• 35:01
  million
• 35:02
  internationally,
• 35:03
  for
• 35:04
  a
• 35:04
  total
• 35:04
  worldwide
• 35:04
  gross
• 35:05
  of
• 35:05
  $529.3
• 35:07
  million.
• 35:08
  It
• 35:09
  needed
• 35:09
  a
• 35:09
  reported
• 35:10
  $400
• 35:10
  million
• 35:11
  to
• 35:11
  break
• 35:12
  even.
• 35:13
  It
• 35:13
  debuted
• 35:13
  higher
• 35:14
  than
• 35:14
  predicted
• 35:14
  and
• 35:15
  became
• 35:15
  the
• 35:15
  highest
• 35:16
  grossing
• 35:16
  movie
• 35:16
  of
• 35:17
  Jason
• 35:17
  Statham's
• 35:18
  career.
• 35:19
  Critically,
• 35:21
  critics
• 35:21
  are
• 35:21
  mixed.
• 35:22
  Shall
• 35:22
  we
• 35:22
  say
• 35:23
  Rotten
• 35:23
  Tomatoes
• 35:24
  has
• 35:24
  the
• 35:24
  meg
• 35:24
  at
• 35:25
  a
• 35:25
  rating
• 35:25
  of
• 35:25
  47%
• 35:27
  with
• 35:27
  a
• 35:27
  consensus
• 35:28
  of
• 35:28
  the
• 35:28
  meg
• 35:29
  sets
• 35:29
  audiences
• 35:30
  up
• 35:30
  for
• 35:30
  a
• 35:30
  good
• 35:30
  old
• 35:31
  fashioned
• 35:31
  B
• 35:31
  movie
• 35:32
  creature
• 35:32
  feature,
• 35:33
  but
• 35:33
  it
• 35:33
  lacks
• 35:34
  the
• 35:34
  genre
• 35:34
  thrills
• 35:35
  or
• 35:35
  the
• 35:35
  cheesy
• 35:36
  bite
• 35:36
  to
• 35:36
  make
• 35:36
  it
• 35:37
  worth
• 35:37
  diving
• 35:37
  in.
• 35:38
  One
• 35:38
  of
• 35:39
  my
• 35:39
  favourite
• 35:39
  reviews
• 35:40
  for
• 35:40
  this
• 35:40
  movie
• 35:40
  comes
• 35:41
  from
• 35:41
  the
• 35:41
  observer,
• 35:42
  where
• 35:43
  reviewer
• 35:43
  Wendy
• 35:44
  Ide
• 35:44
  gave
• 35:45
  it
• 35:45
  three
• 35:45
  stars
• 35:45
  out
• 35:45
  of
• 35:45
  five
• 35:46
  and
• 35:46
  said
• 35:47
  the
• 35:47
  film
• 35:48
  certainly
• 35:48
  gets
• 35:48
  its
• 35:49
  money's
• 35:49
  worth
• 35:49
  out
• 35:49
  of
• 35:50
  the
• 35:50
  monster
• 35:50
  shark.
• 35:51
  We
• 35:51
  get
• 35:51
  numerous
• 35:52
  thrilling
• 35:52
  shots
• 35:52
  of
• 35:52
  it
• 35:53
  hurtling
• 35:53
  towards
• 35:53
  the
• 35:53
  camera
• 35:54
  with
• 35:54
  the
• 35:54
  voracious
• 35:55
  dead
• 35:55
  eyed
• 35:55
  determination
• 35:56
  of
• 35:56
  a
• 35:56
  Kardashian
• 35:57
  and
• 35:57
  plenty
• 35:58
  more
• 35:58
  of
• 35:58
  the
• 35:58
  gaping
• 35:59
  maws
• 35:59
  of
• 35:59
  doom
• 36:00
  looming
• 36:00
  up
• 36:00
  behind
• 36:00
  unwitting
• 36:01
  kids
• 36:01
  and
• 36:02
  animals,
• 36:02
  unquote.
• 36:03
  And
• 36:04
  dead
• 36:04
  eyed
• 36:04
  determination
• 36:05
  of
• 36:05
  a
• 36:05
  Kardashian
• 36:06
  is
• 36:06
  a
• 36:06
  great
• 36:07
  line.
• 36:07
  Kudos,
• 36:08
  Wendy.
• 36:09
  The
• 36:09
  Meg
• 36:10
  was
• 36:10
  nominated
• 36:10
  for
• 36:11
  a
• 36:11
  Golden
• 36:11
  Raspberry
• 36:12
  Award
• 36:12
  in
• 36:12
  worst
• 36:13
  Prequel,
• 36:13
  Remake,
• 36:14
  Rip
• 36:14
  off
• 36:14
  or
• 36:15
  Sequel
• 36:15
  as
• 36:16
  a
• 36:16
  rip
• 36:16
  off
• 36:16
  of
• 36:17
  Jaws,
• 36:17
  but
• 36:17
  it
• 36:18
  lost
• 36:18
  two
• 36:18
  Holmes
• 36:19
  and
• 36:19
  Watson
• 36:21
  and
• 36:21
  there
• 36:21
  was
• 36:21
  a
• 36:22
  sequel.
• 36:22
  Meg
• 36:22
  to
• 36:23
  the
• 36:23
  Trench
• 36:23
  was
• 36:23
  released
• 36:24
  in
• 36:24
  2023
• 36:25
  with
• 36:25
  the
• 36:26
  same
• 36:26
  writers
• 36:26
  but
• 36:27
  a
• 36:27
  new
• 36:27
  director
• 36:27
  in
• 36:28
  Ben
• 36:28
  Wheatley.
• 36:29
  Jonas
• 36:29
  Taylor
• 36:30
  also
• 36:30
  lost
• 36:30
  another
• 36:31
  wife
• 36:31
  in
• 36:32
  the
• 36:32
  five
• 36:32
  years
• 36:32
  since
• 36:32
  the
• 36:33
  first
• 36:33
  movie.
• 36:33
  His
• 36:34
  romance
• 36:34
  with
• 36:34
  Su
• 36:35
  Yin
• 36:35
  had
• 36:35
  turned
• 36:35
  to
• 36:36
  marriage
• 36:36
  and
• 36:37
  also
• 36:37
  he'd
• 36:37
  become
• 36:37
  widowed,
• 36:38
  but
• 36:38
  he
• 36:39
  remained
• 36:39
  a
• 36:39
  father
• 36:39
  figure
• 36:40
  for
• 36:40
  her
• 36:40
  teenage
• 36:41
  daughter
• 36:41
  Meiying
• 36:42
  and
• 36:42
  raised
• 36:43
  her
• 36:43
  along
• 36:43
  with
• 36:44
  Suyin's
• 36:44
  brother
• 36:45
  Jiuming.
• 36:46
  It's
• 36:46
  somehow
• 36:47
  even
• 36:47
  more
• 36:47
  silly
• 36:47
  than
• 36:48
  the
• 36:48
  first
• 36:48
  and
• 36:48
  it's
• 36:49
  enjoyable
• 36:49
  enough,
• 36:50
  but
• 36:50
  a
• 36:50
  third
• 36:50
  Meg
• 36:51
  film
• 36:51
  remains
• 36:52
  in
• 36:52
  the
• 36:52
  Trench
• 36:53
  as
• 36:53
  of
• 36:53
  the
• 36:53
  release
• 36:53
  of
• 36:54
  this
• 36:54
  episode.
• 36:55
  And
• 36:55
  the
• 36:55
  problem
• 36:55
  with
• 36:56
  meg2
• 36:56
  the
• 36:56
  trench
• 36:57
  was
• 36:57
  it
• 36:57
  came
• 36:57
  out
• 36:57
  at
• 36:58
  the
• 36:58
  same
• 36:58
  time
• 36:58
  as
• 36:58
  Barbenheimer,
• 36:59
  so
• 37:00
  possibly
• 37:01
  didn't
• 37:01
  do
• 37:01
  as
• 37:01
  well
• 37:02
  as
• 37:02
  the
• 37:02
  studio
• 37:03
  hoped.
• 37:04
  As
• 37:04
  I've
• 37:05
  mentioned,
• 37:05
  I
• 37:05
  love
• 37:06
  dumb
• 37:06
  fun
• 37:06
  monster
• 37:07
  movies
• 37:07
  and
• 37:07
  the
• 37:08
  MEG
• 37:08
  isn't
• 37:09
  out
• 37:09
  here
• 37:09
  to
• 37:09
  get
• 37:10
  its
• 37:10
  PhD
• 37:10
  in
• 37:10
  marine
• 37:11
  biology.
• 37:12
  This
• 37:12
  is
• 37:12
  a
• 37:12
  75
• 37:13
  foot
• 37:13
  prehistoric
• 37:14
  shark
• 37:14
  terrorizing
• 37:15
  a
• 37:15
  research
• 37:16
  station
• 37:16
  in
• 37:16
  the
• 37:17
  middle
• 37:17
  of
• 37:17
  the
• 37:17
  Chinese
• 37:17
  Ocean
• 37:18
  that
• 37:18
  moves
• 37:19
  on
• 37:19
  to
• 37:19
  terrorise
• 37:19
  a
• 37:20
  beach
• 37:20
  full
• 37:20
  of
• 37:20
  tourists.
• 37:21
  There's
• 37:21
  no
• 37:21
  more
• 37:21
  to
• 37:22
  it
• 37:22
  than
• 37:22
  that
• 37:22
  and
• 37:23
  that's
• 37:23
  its
• 37:23
  charm
• 37:24
  and
• 37:24
  brilliance.
• 37:26
  And
• 37:26
  full
• 37:26
  disclosure,
• 37:27
  I've
• 37:28
  never
• 37:28
  been
• 37:28
  the
• 37:28
  biggest
• 37:28
  Jason
• 37:29
  Statham
• 37:29
  fan
• 37:30
  until
• 37:30
  he
• 37:31
  starred
• 37:31
  in
• 37:31
  Spy.
• 37:32
  Genuinely,
• 37:33
  that
• 37:34
  movie
• 37:34
  changed
• 37:34
  my
• 37:35
  opinion
• 37:35
  of
• 37:35
  him.
• 37:36
  He
• 37:36
  was
• 37:36
  funny,
• 37:37
  charming
• 37:37
  and
• 37:38
  everything
• 37:38
  you
• 37:38
  expect.
• 37:39
  He
• 37:39
  a
• 37:39
  spy
• 37:39
  comedy
• 37:40
  and
• 37:40
  I
• 37:40
  think
• 37:40
  it's
• 37:40
  genuinely
• 37:41
  one
• 37:41
  of
• 37:41
  the
• 37:41
  best
• 37:42
  spy
• 37:42
  comedies.
• 37:43
  So
• 37:43
  really
• 37:43
  I
• 37:44
  may
• 37:44
  not
• 37:44
  have
• 37:45
  even
• 37:45
  given
• 37:45
  the
• 37:45
  MEG
• 37:46
  a
• 37:46
  chance
• 37:46
  without
• 37:47
  seeing
• 37:47
  him
• 37:47
  in
• 37:47
  Spy
• 37:48
  first.
• 37:49
  But
• 37:49
  he's
• 37:49
  so
• 37:50
  good
• 37:50
  in
• 37:50
  this.
• 37:50
  He's
• 37:50
  a
• 37:51
  great
• 37:51
  leading
• 37:51
  man,
• 37:51
  he's
• 37:52
  good
• 37:52
  with
• 37:52
  the
• 37:52
  action,
• 37:53
  he's
• 37:53
  great
• 37:53
  in
• 37:54
  the
• 37:54
  water,
• 37:54
  and
• 37:54
  I
• 37:55
  love
• 37:55
  his
• 37:55
  character's
• 37:56
  more
• 37:56
  tender
• 37:56
  scenes
• 37:56
  with
• 37:56
  Meiying.
• 37:57
  It's
• 37:58
  not
• 37:58
  often
• 37:58
  that
• 37:58
  macho
• 37:59
  lead
• 37:59
  actors
• 38:00
  are
• 38:00
  allowed
• 38:00
  those
• 38:00
  sorts
• 38:01
  of
• 38:01
  sweet
• 38:01
  interactions
• 38:02
  with
• 38:02
  child
• 38:03
  characters,
• 38:03
  and
• 38:04
  their
• 38:04
  relationship
• 38:04
  is
• 38:05
  lovely.
• 38:05
  And
• 38:05
  it
• 38:06
  of
• 38:06
  course
• 38:06
  sets
• 38:06
  up
• 38:06
  the
• 38:07
  romance
• 38:07
  between
• 38:07
  Jonas
• 38:08
  and
• 38:08
  Suyin,
• 38:09
  which
• 38:09
  I
• 38:09
  also
• 38:10
  kind
• 38:10
  of
• 38:10
  like.
• 38:11
  So
• 38:12
  many
• 38:12
  of
• 38:12
  the
• 38:12
  side
• 38:12
  characters
• 38:13
  in
• 38:13
  this
• 38:13
  movie
• 38:14
  are
• 38:14
  clearly
• 38:15
  Meg
• 38:15
  Chow,
• 38:15
  but
• 38:16
  I
• 38:16
  was
• 38:16
  surprised
• 38:17
  they
• 38:17
  killed
• 38:17
  off
• 38:17
  Jeong
• 38:18
  and
• 38:18
  not
• 38:18
  Jonas's
• 38:19
  ex
• 38:19
  wife,
• 38:20
  because
• 38:20
  surely
• 38:21
  the
• 38:21
  ex
• 38:21
  wife
• 38:21
  is
• 38:22
  always
• 38:22
  the
• 38:22
  first
• 38:22
  to
• 38:22
  die,
• 38:23
  but
• 38:23
  it
• 38:23
  was
• 38:23
  a
• 38:23
  nice
• 38:24
  little
• 38:24
  subversion,
• 38:24
  I
• 38:25
  guess.
• 38:26
  This
• 38:26
  is
• 38:26
  a
• 38:26
  90s
• 38:27
  B
• 38:27
  movie
• 38:28
  creature
• 38:28
  feature
• 38:28
  with
• 38:29
  2010s
• 38:29
  visual
• 38:30
  effects.
• 38:31
  I
• 38:31
  do
• 38:31
  understand
• 38:31
  the
• 38:31
  PG13
• 38:32
  rating,
• 38:32
  it
• 38:33
  is
• 38:33
  a
• 38:33
  12
• 38:33
  here
• 38:33
  in
• 38:34
  the
• 38:34
  UK,
• 38:34
  but
• 38:35
  I
• 38:35
  really
• 38:35
  feel
• 38:35
  like
• 38:35
  an
• 38:36
  unrated
• 38:36
  cut
• 38:37
  would
• 38:37
  be
• 38:37
  so
• 38:37
  much
• 38:38
  fun.
• 38:39
  The
• 38:39
  main
• 38:39
  issue,
• 38:39
  and
• 38:40
  the
• 38:40
  issue
• 38:40
  that
• 38:40
  all
• 38:40
  Sharp
• 38:41
  movies
• 38:41
  continue
• 38:42
  to
• 38:42
  face
• 38:42
  and
• 38:43
  will
• 38:43
  continue
• 38:43
  to
• 38:44
  phase
• 38:44
  ad
• 38:44
  infinitum
• 38:45
  is
• 38:45
  the
• 38:45
  unflattering
• 38:46
  comparison
• 38:47
  to
• 38:47
  Jaws.
• 38:48
  This
• 38:48
  is
• 38:48
  nothing
• 38:48
  like
• 38:49
  Jaws,
• 38:50
  but
• 38:50
  it
• 38:50
  does
• 38:50
  pay
• 38:50
  homage
• 38:51
  to
• 38:51
  it
• 38:51
  with
• 38:51
  a
• 38:51
  little
• 38:52
  dog
• 38:52
  being
• 38:52
  called
• 38:52
  Pippin,
• 38:53
  a
• 38:53
  nod
• 38:53
  to
• 38:53
  the
• 38:53
  dog
• 38:54
  Pipit
• 38:54
  in
• 38:54
  the
• 38:54
  original
• 38:55
  Jaws.
• 38:56
  There's
• 38:56
  also
• 38:56
  nods
• 38:57
  to
• 38:57
  Jurassic
• 38:57
  park
• 38:58
  in
• 38:58
  there,
• 38:58
  as
• 38:58
  well
• 38:58
  as
• 38:59
  Godzilla,
• 39:00
  because
• 39:00
  without
• 39:00
  mankind's
• 39:01
  hubris
• 39:02
  and
• 39:02
  the
• 39:02
  relatively
• 39:03
  stupid
• 39:03
  idea
• 39:03
  of
• 39:04
  sending
• 39:04
  humans
• 39:05
  to
• 39:05
  a
• 39:05
  place
• 39:05
  never
• 39:06
  before
• 39:06
  seen,
• 39:07
  the
• 39:07
  Meg
• 39:07
  would
• 39:08
  never
• 39:08
  have
• 39:08
  escaped
• 39:08
  the
• 39:09
  trench
• 39:09
  in
• 39:09
  the
• 39:09
  first
• 39:10
  place.
• 39:10
  With
• 39:11
  this
• 39:11
  movie
• 39:11
  and
• 39:11
  with
• 39:12
  most
• 39:12
  movies
• 39:13
  like
• 39:13
  this,
• 39:13
  just
• 39:14
  don't
• 39:14
  think
• 39:14
  about
• 39:14
  the
• 39:15
  science
• 39:15
  and
• 39:15
  you'll
• 39:16
  be
• 39:16
  fine.
• 39:17
  Because
• 39:17
  I
• 39:18
  even
• 39:18
  struggled,
• 39:18
  I
• 39:19
  started
• 39:19
  to
• 39:19
  question
• 39:20
  while
• 39:20
  I
• 39:20
  was
• 39:20
  watching
• 39:20
  the
• 39:20
  movie
• 39:21
  how
• 39:22
  the
• 39:22
  Meg
• 39:22
  could
• 39:22
  even
• 39:23
  survive
• 39:23
  outside
• 39:23
  of
• 39:23
  the
• 39:24
  Mariana
• 39:24
  Trench,
• 39:24
  and
• 39:25
  I
• 39:25
  had
• 39:25
  to
• 39:25
  stop
• 39:25
  myself
• 39:26
  because.
• 39:26
  Dumb
• 39:27
  fun
• 39:27
  monster
• 39:28
  movie.
• 39:28
  But
• 39:29
  realistically,
• 39:30
  anything
• 39:30
  that
• 39:30
  lives
• 39:30
  down
• 39:31
  there
• 39:31
  with
• 39:32
  the
• 39:32
  pressure
• 39:32
  and
• 39:32
  no
• 39:33
  light
• 39:33
  source
• 39:34
  simply
• 39:34
  wouldn't
• 39:34
  survive
• 39:35
  near
• 39:35
  the
• 39:35
  surface,
• 39:36
  let
• 39:36
  alone
• 39:37
  in
• 39:37
  shallow
• 39:37
  waters
• 39:38
  near
• 39:38
  a
• 39:38
  beach.
• 39:39
  And
• 39:39
  it
• 39:39
  would
• 39:39
  probably
• 39:40
  have
• 39:40
  no
• 39:40
  eyes
• 39:40
  for
• 39:41
  Jonas
• 39:41
  to
• 39:41
  stab,
• 39:42
  because
• 39:42
  why
• 39:42
  would
• 39:43
  you
• 39:43
  need
• 39:43
  eyes
• 39:43
  when
• 39:43
  you
• 39:44
  live
• 39:44
  in
• 39:44
  perpetual
• 39:45
  pitch
• 39:45
  black
• 39:45
  darkness?
• 39:46
  Why
• 39:47
  would
• 39:47
  it
• 39:47
  know
• 39:47
  what
• 39:47
  Whale
• 39:48
  Song
• 39:48
  was?
• 39:49
  There
• 39:49
  are
• 39:49
  no
• 39:49
  whales
• 39:50
  in
• 39:50
  the
• 39:50
  Mariana
• 39:51
  Trench,
• 39:51
  and
• 39:51
  don't
• 39:52
  even
• 39:52
  get
• 39:52
  me
• 39:52
  started
• 39:53
  on
• 39:53
  how
• 39:53
  a
• 39:53
  supposed
• 39:54
  alcoholic
• 39:55
  could
• 39:55
  have
• 39:55
  the
• 39:55
  physique
• 39:56
  of
• 39:56
  Jason
• 39:56
  Statham.
• 39:58
  Comparisons
• 39:58
  to
• 39:58
  the
• 39:59
  book
• 39:59
  aren't
• 39:59
  really
• 39:59
  worth
• 40:00
  it
• 40:00
  because
• 40:00
  they're
• 40:00
  wildly
• 40:01
  different
• 40:01
  and
• 40:01
  it's
• 40:02
  just
• 40:02
  loosely
• 40:02
  based
• 40:03
  on
• 40:03
  Steve
• 40:03
  Alten's
• 40:04
  first
• 40:04
  book.
• 40:05
  A
• 40:05
  planned
• 40:05
  opening
• 40:06
  with
• 40:06
  a
• 40:06
  T.
• 40:06
  Rex
• 40:06
  that's
• 40:07
  in
• 40:07
  the
• 40:07
  book
• 40:07
  couldn't
• 40:08
  be
• 40:08
  done
• 40:08
  for
• 40:08
  this
• 40:08
  movie
• 40:09
  due
• 40:09
  to
• 40:09
  budget
• 40:09
  constraints,
• 40:10
  but
• 40:10
  if
• 40:10
  you've
• 40:11
  seen
• 40:11
  Meg
• 40:11
  2
• 40:11
  the
• 40:12
  Trench,
• 40:12
  they
• 40:12
  popped
• 40:13
  it
• 40:13
  in
• 40:13
  there
• 40:13
  instead
• 40:15
  There
• 40:15
  are
• 40:15
  levels
• 40:16
  of
• 40:16
  shark
• 40:16
  movie.
• 40:17
  You
• 40:17
  have
• 40:17
  the
• 40:18
  lower
• 40:18
  tier
• 40:18
  Sharknadoes,
• 40:19
  Mega
• 40:20
  Shark
• 40:20
  versus
• 40:20
  Giant
• 40:21
  Octopus
• 40:21
  Shark
• 40:22
  to
• 40:22
  Puss,
• 40:22
  three
• 40:23
  Headed
• 40:23
  Shark
• 40:23
  Attack,
• 40:24
  sand
• 40:24
  sharks,
• 40:25
  basically
• 40:25
  anything
• 40:26
  shark
• 40:26
  based
• 40:26
  from
• 40:27
  the
• 40:27
  asylum.
• 40:28
  They're
• 40:28
  there.
• 40:28
  They
• 40:29
  exist.
• 40:30
  You
• 40:30
  can
• 40:30
  find
• 40:31
  fun
• 40:31
  things
• 40:31
  to
• 40:31
  enjoy
• 40:32
  in
• 40:32
  them
• 40:32
  and
• 40:32
  I
• 40:32
  certainly
• 40:33
  have,
• 40:33
  but
• 40:34
  they
• 40:34
  are
• 40:34
  literally
• 40:35
  at
• 40:35
  the
• 40:35
  bottom
• 40:35
  of
• 40:36
  the
• 40:36
  shark
• 40:36
  tier
• 40:36
  list.
• 40:37
  Then
• 40:37
  you've
• 40:38
  got
• 40:38
  your
• 40:38
  mid
• 40:38
  tier
• 40:38
  shark
• 40:39
  movies
• 40:39
  and
• 40:39
  this
• 40:40
  is
• 40:40
  where
• 40:40
  the
• 40:40
  Meg
• 40:40
  happily
• 40:41
  sits
• 40:42
  alongside
• 40:42
  Deep
• 40:43
  Blue
• 40:43
  Sea
• 40:43
  Various
• 40:44
  Jaws
• 40:44
  sequels
• 40:45
  I
• 40:45
  still
• 40:45
  state
• 40:46
  JAWS
• 40:46
  3D
• 40:46
  is
• 40:47
  not
• 40:47
  a
• 40:47
  bad
• 40:47
  movie
• 40:47
  and
• 40:48
  I
• 40:48
  won't
• 40:48
  hear
• 40:48
  any
• 40:49
  slander
• 40:49
  against
• 40:49
  Jaws
• 40:50
  the
• 40:50
  Revenge.
• 40:50
  Not
• 40:50
  in
• 40:50
  this
• 40:51
  house.
• 40:51
  But
• 40:51
  you've
• 40:52
  also
• 40:52
  got
• 40:52
  movies
• 40:52
  like
• 40:52
  Bait
• 40:53
  Under
• 40:53
  Paris,
• 40:54
  the
• 40:54
  Shallows,
• 40:55
  which
• 40:55
  I'll
• 40:56
  admit
• 40:56
  was
• 40:56
  too
• 40:56
  tense
• 40:57
  for
• 40:57
  me
• 40:57
  to
• 40:57
  finish
• 40:58
  watching,
• 40:58
  so
• 40:58
  I
• 40:59
  probably
• 40:59
  do
• 40:59
  need
• 40:59
  to
• 40:59
  finish
• 41:00
  that
• 41:00
  one.
• 41:00
  At
• 41:00
  some
• 41:00
  point
• 41:01
  I
• 41:01
  need
• 41:01
  to
• 41:01
  put
• 41:01
  on
• 41:02
  my
• 41:02
  big
• 41:02
  girl
• 41:02
  pants
• 41:02
  and
• 41:03
  watch
• 41:03
  that
• 41:03
  movie.
• 41:04
  But
• 41:04
  then
• 41:05
  S
• 41:05
  tier
• 41:06
  is
• 41:06
  just
• 41:06
  yours.
• 41:07
  It's
• 41:07
  always
• 41:07
  Jaws.
• 41:08
  It's
• 41:08
  never
• 41:08
  not
• 41:08
  Jaws.
• 41:09
  Jaws
• 41:10
  Remastered
• 41:10
  and
• 41:10
  re
• 41:11
  Released.
• 41:11
  Jaws
• 41:12
  is
• 41:12
  the
• 41:12
  king
• 41:12
  of
• 41:12
  shark
• 41:13
  movies
• 41:13
  for
• 41:13
  a
• 41:14
  reason,
• 41:14
  but
• 41:15
  it's
• 41:15
  not
• 41:15
  the
• 41:15
  biggest
• 41:16
  shark.
• 41:16
  That
• 41:17
  honor
• 41:17
  will
• 41:17
  always
• 41:18
  be
• 41:18
  the
• 41:18
  Megs
• 41:19
  and
• 41:19
  that's
• 41:20
  why
• 41:20
  it's
• 41:20
  the
• 41:21
  perfect
• 41:21
  start.
• 41:21
  To
• 41:22
  Kai
• 41:22
  Joon,
• 41:23
  thank
• 41:23
  you
• 41:24
  for
• 41:24
  listening.
• 41:24
  As
• 41:24
  always,
• 41:24
  I
• 41:25
  would
• 41:25
  love
• 41:25
  to
• 41:25
  hear
• 41:25
  your
• 41:25
  thoughts
• 41:26
  on
• 41:26
  the
• 41:26
  Meg.
• 41:27
  And
• 41:27
  as
• 41:27
  always,
• 41:28
  thank
• 41:28
  you
• 41:28
  for
• 41:28
  your
• 41:28
  continued
• 41:29
  support
• 41:29
  of
• 41:30
  this
• 41:30
  podcast.
• 41:31
  And
• 41:31
  if
• 41:32
  you
• 41:32
  like
• 41:32
  this
• 41:32
  episode
• 41:33
  on
• 41:33
  the
• 41:33
  meg.
• 41:33
  As
• 41:34
  I
• 41:34
  mentioned,
• 41:34
  there's
• 41:35
  a
• 41:35
  lot
• 41:35
  of
• 41:35
  other
• 41:35
  shark
• 41:36
  slash
• 41:36
  creature
• 41:37
  feature
• 41:37
  movies
• 41:38
  that
• 41:38
  I've
• 41:38
  done
• 41:38
  on
• 41:38
  this
• 41:39
  podcast
• 41:39
  before.
• 41:40
  Jaws
• 41:40
  Episode
• 41:41
  106
• 41:41
  Jaws
• 41:42
  2
• 41:42
  Jaws
• 41:43
  3D
• 41:43
  Jaws
• 41:43
  the
• 41:43
  Revenge
• 41:44
  Episode
• 41:44
  224
• 41:45
  Anaconda
• 41:46
  Episode
• 41:47
  302
• 41:48
  Lake
• 41:48
  Placid
• 41:48
  Episode
• 41:49
  303
• 41:50
  Tremors
• 41:51
  Episode
• 41:51
  41
• 41:52
  Deep
• 41:52
  Blue
• 41:52
  Sea
• 41:53
  Episode
• 41:53
  146
• 41:54
  and
• 41:54
  there
• 41:55
  are
• 41:55
  other
• 41:55
  Kaiju
• 41:56
  movies
• 41:56
  out
• 41:56
  there
• 41:57
  too
• 41:57
  that
• 41:57
  are
• 41:57
  literally
• 41:58
  just
• 41:58
  about
• 41:58
  Kaiju
• 41:59
  movies.
• 42:00
  But
• 42:00
  as
• 42:01
  I
• 42:01
  said,
• 42:01
  it's
• 42:02
  a
• 42:02
  genre
• 42:02
  that
• 42:02
  I
• 42:03
  particularly
• 42:03
  love,
• 42:03
  so
• 42:04
  that's
• 42:04
  why
• 42:04
  so
• 42:04
  many
• 42:04
  episodes
• 42:05
  exist.
• 42:06
  But
• 42:06
  as
• 42:06
  always,
• 42:07
  give
• 42:07
  me
• 42:07
  feedback.
• 42:07
  Let
• 42:08
  me
• 42:08
  know
• 42:08
  what
• 42:08
  you
• 42:09
  think
• 42:10
  for
• 42:10
  the
• 42:10
  next
• 42:10
  episode.
• 42:11
  Kai
• 42:11
  Jun
• 42:12
  continues
• 42:12
  with
• 42:13
  the
• 42:13
  King
• 42:14
  and
• 42:15
  I
• 42:15
  know
• 42:15
  I
• 42:15
  said
• 42:15
  Jaws
• 42:16
  was
• 42:16
  king,
• 42:16
  but
• 42:16
  this
• 42:17
  is
• 42:17
  the
• 42:17
  literal
• 42:18
  king.
• 42:18
  The
• 42:18
  original,
• 42:19
  the
• 42:20
  Kaiju
• 42:20
  movie
• 42:21
  that's
• 42:21
  had
• 42:21
  countless
• 42:22
  sequels
• 42:22
  and
• 42:22
  remakes
• 42:23
  with
• 42:24
  10
• 42:24
  official
• 42:24
  live
• 42:25
  action
• 42:25
  features
• 42:26
  with
• 42:26
  number
• 42:26
  11
• 42:27
  due
• 42:27
  out
• 42:27
  in
• 42:27
  2027.
• 42:29
  It
• 42:29
  has
• 42:30
  inspired
• 42:30
  other
• 42:31
  films
• 42:31
  as
• 42:31
  well
• 42:31
  as
• 42:32
  five
• 42:32
  TV
• 42:32
  shows.
• 42:33
  And
• 42:33
  surely
• 42:34
  when
• 42:34
  we
• 42:34
  talk
• 42:34
  about
• 42:34
  the
• 42:35
  King
• 42:35
  of
• 42:35
  the
• 42:35
  Kaiju,
• 42:36
  we
• 42:36
  are
• 42:36
  talking
• 42:37
  about
• 42:37
  King
• 42:37
  Kong.
• 42:38
  Debuting
• 42:39
  in
• 42:39
  1933.
• 42:41
  Kaijun
• 42:41
  is
• 42:41
  going
• 42:42
  to
• 42:42
  be
• 42:42
  featuring
• 42:43
  the
• 42:43
  one,
• 42:44
  the
• 42:44
  only
• 42:44
  Kong.
• 42:45
  So
• 42:46
  join
• 42:46
  me
• 42:46
  next
• 42:46
  week
• 42:47
  for
• 42:47
  the
• 42:47
  history
• 42:47
  and
• 42:48
  legacy
• 42:48
  of
• 42:49
  1933's
• 42:50
  King
• 42:51
  Kong.
• 42:51
  Thank
• 42:52
  you
• 42:52
  for
• 42:52
  listening
• 42:52
  to
• 42:52
  Verbal
• 42:53
  Diorama,
• 42:53
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• 42:54
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• 42:54
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• 42:54
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• 42:55
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• 42:55
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• 42:56
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• 42:56
  relies
• 42:57
  on
• 42:57
  listener
• 42:57
  support.
• 42:58
  If
• 42:59
  you
• 42:59
  want
• 42:59
  to
• 42:59
  show
• 42:59
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• 42:59
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• 43:00
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• 43:00
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• 43:00
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• 43:01
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• 43:01
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• 43:02
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• 43:02
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• 43:02
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