Latest / Verbal Diorama / Lethal Weapon (1987)
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- 0:00B
- 0:00is
- 0:00I'm
- 0:01supposed
- 0:01to
- 0:01tell
- 0:01you
- 0:01you're
- 0:02breaking
- 0:02in
- 0:02a
- 0:02new
- 0:02partner
- 0:02in
- 0:03on
- 0:03this?
- 0:03Partner
- 0:04again?
- 0:04Yeah,
- 0:05some
- 0:05cat
- 0:05he's
- 0:05on
- 0:06loan
- 0:06from
- 0:06Dope.
- 0:07Real
- 0:07burnout
- 0:07on
- 0:08the
- 0:08ragged
- 0:08edge.
- 0:09Oh,
- 0:09perfect.
- 0:12Gone,
- 0:13gone.
- 0:20Rog,
- 0:21meet
- 0:21your
- 0:21new
- 0:21partner.
- 0:25I'm
- 0:26too
- 0:26old
- 0:26for
- 0:28In
- 0:28a
- 0:29world
- 0:29overflowing
- 0:30with
- 0:30movies,
- 0:31we
- 0:31need
- 0:31a
- 0:31hero.
- 0:32Someone
- 0:33to
- 0:33separate
- 0:33the
- 0:34bad
- 0:34from
- 0:34the
- 0:35movie.
- 0:38Watches
- 0:39all
- 0:39the
- 0:39movies
- 0:40from
- 0:40comedy
- 0:41to
- 0:41drama
- 0:41on
- 0:42the
- 0:44don't
- 0:44forget
- 0:44the
- 0:45action.
- 0:45She'll
- 0:45watch
- 0:46until
- 0:46the
- 0:46end
- 0:47and
- 0:47then
- 0:47she'll
- 0:47give
- 0:47you
- 0:48her
- 0:48reaction.
- 0:49Movie
- 0:50should
- 0:50know
- 0:51the
- 0:51movie
- 0:51should
- 0:52know.
- 0:53Critical
- 0:53sequels
- 0:54remake
- 0:54some
- 0:55trivia
- 0:55and
- 0:56movie.
- 0:57Should
- 0:57know
- 0:58the
- 0:58movie.
- 1:08Hi
- 1:08everyone,
- 1:09I'm
- 1:09Em
- 1:09and
- 1:09welcome
- 1:10to
- 1:10verbal
- 1:10diorama,
- 1:11episode
- 1:11279,
- 1:13lethal
- 1:14weapon.
- 1:15This
- 1:15is
- 1:15the
- 1:15podcast
- 1:15that's
- 1:16all
- 1:16about
- 1:16the
- 1:16history
- 1:16and
- 1:17legacy
- 1:17of
- 1:17movies
- 1:17you
- 1:18know
- 1:18and
- 1:18movies
- 1:19you
- 1:19don't.
- 1:19That's
- 1:20not
- 1:20too
- 1:20old
- 1:21for
- 1:21this
- 1:21sh.
- 1:22Bugger.
- 1:22Plum
- 1:22Fairy.
- 1:23And
- 1:23as
- 1:24always,
- 1:24welcome
- 1:24to
- 1:24Verbal
- 1:25Diorama.
- 1:25Whether
- 1:26you
- 1:26are
- 1:26a
- 1:26brand
- 1:26new
- 1:27listener
- 1:27to
- 1:27this
- 1:27podcast.
- 1:28Welcome
- 1:29back
- 1:29regular
- 1:30returning
- 1:30listeners.
- 1:31Thank
- 1:31you
- 1:31for
- 1:31being
- 1:32here.
- 1:32Thank
- 1:32you
- 1:32for
- 1:32choosing
- 1:33to
- 1:33listen
- 1:33to
- 1:33this
- 1:34podcast.
- 1:35I
- 1:35am,
- 1:35as
- 1:35always,
- 1:36so
- 1:36happy
- 1:36to
- 1:36have
- 1:36you
- 1:36here
- 1:37just
- 1:37generally,
- 1:38but
- 1:38also
- 1:38for
- 1:39the
- 1:39history
- 1:39and
- 1:39legacy
- 1:40of
- 1:40Lethal
- 1:41Weapon.
- 1:42And
- 1:43a
- 1:43huge
- 1:43thank
- 1:43you
- 1:43to
- 1:43everyone
- 1:44who
- 1:44is
- 1:45a
- 1:45regular
- 1:45returning
- 1:46listener
- 1:46and
- 1:47have
- 1:47continued
- 1:47to
- 1:47listen
- 1:48to
- 1:48and
- 1:48support
- 1:48this
- 1:48podcast
- 1:49over
- 1:50the
- 1:50last
- 1:50almost
- 1:50six
- 1:51years
- 1:51now.
- 1:52Thank
- 1:52you
- 1:53for
- 1:53your
- 1:53support.
- 1:53It
- 1:53means
- 1:54so
- 1:54much.
- 1:55Hopefully
- 1:55if
- 1:55you
- 1:55are
- 1:56a
- 1:56brand
- 1:56new
- 1:56listener,
- 1:57you
- 1:57may
- 1:57start
- 1:58to
- 1:58become
- 1:58a
- 1:58regular
- 1:59returning
- 1:59listener.
- 2:00That's
- 2:00the
- 2:00goal.
- 2:01I
- 2:01am
- 2:01just
- 2:01getting
- 2:02back
- 2:02into
- 2:02the
- 2:02swing
- 2:03of
- 2:03doing
- 2:04regular
- 2:04episodes
- 2:05again.
- 2:05Last
- 2:06month,
- 2:06the
- 2:06month
- 2:06of
- 2:07November,
- 2:07I
- 2:07did
- 2:08a
- 2:08whole
- 2:08month
- 2:08of
- 2:09rerun
- 2:09episodes
- 2:10for
- 2:11a
- 2:11few
- 2:11reasons
- 2:12really.
- 2:13Sometimes
- 2:13it's
- 2:14difficult
- 2:14for
- 2:14listeners
- 2:15to
- 2:15find
- 2:15older
- 2:16episodes
- 2:17because,
- 2:17I
- 2:17mean,
- 2:18this
- 2:18is
- 2:18episode
- 2:18279.
- 2:19There's
- 2:20a
- 2:20lot
- 2:20of
- 2:20older
- 2:21episodes
- 2:21out
- 2:21there.
- 2:22Many
- 2:23people
- 2:23haven't
- 2:23listened
- 2:23to
- 2:24older
- 2:24episodes,
- 2:25but
- 2:25also
- 2:26wanted
- 2:26to
- 2:26take
- 2:26the
- 2:26opportunity
- 2:27to
- 2:27have
- 2:27a
- 2:28bit
- 2:28of
- 2:28an
- 2:28extended
- 2:28break.
- 2:29So
- 2:30I
- 2:30had
- 2:30a
- 2:30couple
- 2:30of
- 2:30weeks
- 2:31off
- 2:31and
- 2:31the
- 2:31other
- 2:32couple
- 2:32of
- 2:32weeks
- 2:33I
- 2:33have
- 2:33used
- 2:34to
- 2:34work
- 2:34on
- 2:35December's
- 2:36episodes,
- 2:36so
- 2:36I'm
- 2:37now
- 2:37working
- 2:37three
- 2:37weeks
- 2:38in
- 2:38advance,
- 2:38which
- 2:38is
- 2:39great
- 2:39for
- 2:39me.
- 2:40And
- 2:40hopefully
- 2:41regular
- 2:42listeners
- 2:42will
- 2:42not
- 2:42notice
- 2:43much
- 2:43of
- 2:43a
- 2:43difference
- 2:44other
- 2:44than
- 2:45the
- 2:45patrons
- 2:46get
- 2:46episodes
- 2:47even
- 2:47earlier
- 2:47than
- 2:47they
- 2:48did
- 2:48before.
- 2:48I'm
- 2:49going
- 2:49to
- 2:49come
- 2:49back
- 2:49to
- 2:49the
- 2:49Patreon
- 2:50a
- 2:50bit
- 2:50later.
- 2:51But
- 2:51this
- 2:51month
- 2:52is
- 2:52obviously
- 2:52December,
- 2:52it's
- 2:53Christmas
- 2:53season
- 2:54and
- 2:54the
- 2:54last
- 2:54episode
- 2:55was
- 2:55on
- 2:55Dungeons
- 2:56and
- 2:56Dragons,
- 2:56Honor
- 2:57Among
- 2:57Thieves.
- 2:58And
- 2:58if
- 2:58you
- 2:59think
- 2:59it
- 2:59may
- 3:00not
- 3:00have
- 3:00been
- 3:00the
- 3:00most
- 3:00festive
- 3:01start,
- 3:02well,
- 3:02like
- 3:02I
- 3:02said
- 3:03in
- 3:03that
- 3:03episode.
- 3:04Porine
- 3:04is
- 3:04a
- 3:05very
- 3:05Christmassy
- 3:05scent
- 3:06when
- 3:06it
- 3:06comes
- 3:07to
- 3:07Lethal
- 3:07Weapon.
- 3:08Obviously
- 3:08it
- 3:08always
- 3:09tends
- 3:09to
- 3:09appear
- 3:10on
- 3:10the
- 3:10Is
- 3:10it
- 3:11a
- 3:11Christmas
- 3:11movie?
- 3:11List
- 3:12Pretty
- 3:12perennially,
- 3:14alongside
- 3:15its
- 3:15slightly
- 3:15younger
- 3:16cousin,
- 3:16Die
- 3:17Hard.
- 3:17Die
- 3:18Hard,
- 3:18as
- 3:18we
- 3:18know,
- 3:19is
- 3:19definitely
- 3:20a
- 3:20Christmas
- 3:20movie.
- 3:21And
- 3:21if
- 3:21you
- 3:21want
- 3:21to
- 3:21listen
- 3:22to
- 3:22episode
- 3:22235,
- 3:23you
- 3:23can
- 3:24find
- 3:24out
- 3:24more
- 3:24about
- 3:25that
- 3:25particular
- 3:25Christmas
- 3:26classic.
- 3:27But
- 3:27there
- 3:27are
- 3:27several
- 3:28links
- 3:28between
- 3:28this
- 3:29movie
- 3:29and
- 3:29Die
- 3:30Hard.
- 3:30And
- 3:30not
- 3:31just
- 3:31because
- 3:31that
- 3:31action
- 3:32movie
- 3:32set
- 3:32at
- 3:33Christmas.
- 3:33Although
- 3:33that
- 3:34is
- 3:34the
- 3:34obvious
- 3:34one.
- 3:35When
- 3:36I
- 3:36was
- 3:36thinking
- 3:36of
- 3:36movies
- 3:37to
- 3:37cover
- 3:37over
- 3:37the
- 3:38festive
- 3:38season,
- 3:39obviously
- 3:39Dungeons
- 3:39and
- 3:40Dragons
- 3:40was
- 3:40number
- 3:41one
- 3:41on
- 3:41the
- 3:41festive
- 3:42Christmas
- 3:42list.
- 3:43But
- 3:43it
- 3:43just
- 3:43made
- 3:44sense
- 3:44to
- 3:44do
- 3:44this
- 3:45one
- 3:45just
- 3:45before
- 3:45Christmas.
- 3:46Because
- 3:47what
- 3:47screams
- 3:48Christmas
- 3:48more
- 3:49than
- 3:49a
- 3:49buddy
- 3:49cop
- 3:50movie?
- 3:51Here
- 3:51is
- 3:51the
- 3:51trailer
- 3:52for
- 3:52Lethal
- 3:52Weapon.
- 3:57He's
- 3:57the
- 3:57criminal's
- 3:58worst
- 3:58nightmare.
- 3:59A
- 3:59cop
- 4:00who
- 4:00enjoys
- 4:00the
- 4:01danger.
- 4:01No
- 4:01guns,
- 4:02no
- 4:02jujitsu.
- 4:02Just
- 4:03bring
- 4:03him
- 4:03down.
- 4:03Do
- 4:04you
- 4:04really
- 4:04wanna
- 4:04jump?
- 4:05Well,
- 4:05then
- 4:06that's
- 4:06fine
- 4:06with
- 4:06me.
- 4:07Come
- 4:07on.
- 4:07Wait.
- 4:07What
- 4:07do
- 4:07you
- 4:07mean,
- 4:08wait
- 4:08a
- 4:08minute?
- 4:11He
- 4:11was
- 4:12ready
- 4:12to
- 4:12retire.
- 4:13Now
- 4:14he's
- 4:14gonna
- 4:14wish
- 4:15he
- 4:15had
- 4:15gone.
- 4:19Raj,
- 4:20meet
- 4:20your
- 4:21new
- 4:21partner.
- 4:22New
- 4:22pun,
- 4:25too
- 4:25old
- 4:26footage.
- 4:27If
- 4:28these
- 4:28guys
- 4:28can
- 4:29just
- 4:29stand
- 4:29each
- 4:29other.
- 4:30What
- 4:30you
- 4:30got
- 4:30in
- 4:30there,
- 4:31boy?
- 4:32And
- 4:32Smith?
- 4:32A
- 4:33lot
- 4:33of
- 4:33old
- 4:33timers
- 4:33carry
- 4:34those.
- 4:36The
- 4:36bad
- 4:36guys
- 4:37don't
- 4:37stand
- 4:37your
- 4:37chance.
- 4:42Don't
- 4:42kill
- 4:42anybody.
- 4:43Don't
- 4:43kill
- 4:43anybody.
- 4:45I'm
- 4:46too
- 4:46old
- 4:46for
- 4:46this.
- 4:50Are
- 4:50you
- 4:50as
- 4:51good
- 4:51as
- 4:51you
- 4:51say
- 4:51you
- 4:51are?
- 4:52Nobody
- 4:53can
- 4:53touch
- 4:53me.
- 4:55Suppose
- 4:55we
- 4:55better
- 4:56register
- 4:56you
- 4:56as
- 4:57a
- 4:57Lethal
- 4:57Weapon.
- 5:00You
- 5:01ever
- 5:01met
- 5:01anybody
- 5:02you
- 5:02didn't
- 5:03kill?
- 5:06Well,
- 5:07I
- 5:07haven't
- 5:07killed
- 5:08you
- 5:08yet.
- 5:19Martin
- 5:20Reeks
- 5:20and
- 5:21Roger
- 5:21Murtaugh
- 5:21are
- 5:22two
- 5:22LA
- 5:22cops
- 5:23who
- 5:23both
- 5:23served
- 5:23in
- 5:24Vietnam.
- 5:25They
- 5:25hate
- 5:25to
- 5:25work
- 5:25with
- 5:26partners.
- 5:26They
- 5:26have
- 5:27nothing
- 5:27in
- 5:27common
- 5:28and
- 5:28they've
- 5:28been
- 5:28assigned
- 5:29to
- 5:29work
- 5:29together.
- 5:30Riggs
- 5:31is
- 5:31a
- 5:31widower
- 5:31with
- 5:31a
- 5:32death
- 5:32wish.
- 5:32Murtagh
- 5:33is
- 5:33a
- 5:33devoted
- 5:34family
- 5:34man
- 5:34with
- 5:35a
- 5:35solid
- 5:35reputation.
- 5:36As
- 5:36they
- 5:37investigate
- 5:37a
- 5:37suicide
- 5:38which
- 5:38turns
- 5:38out
- 5:39to
- 5:39be
- 5:39murder,
- 5:40they
- 5:40realize
- 5:40they're
- 5:41dealing
- 5:41with
- 5:41trained
- 5:41mercenaries
- 5:42running
- 5:43a
- 5:43lucrative
- 5:43drug
- 5:44smuggling
- 5:44network
- 5:45with
- 5:45routes
- 5:45to
- 5:46the
- 5:46war
- 5:46in
- 5:46Vietnam.
- 5:48Let's
- 5:48run
- 5:48through
- 5:49the
- 5:49cast.
- 5:49We
- 5:50have
- 5:50Mel
- 5:50Gibson
- 5:51as
- 5:51Martin
- 5:51Reeks,
- 5:52Danny
- 5:52Glover
- 5:53as
- 5:53Roger
- 5:53Murtagh,
- 5:54Gary
- 5:55Busey
- 5:55as
- 5:56Mr.
- 5:56Joshua
- 5:57Mitchell
- 5:57Ryan
- 5:58as
- 5:58General
- 5:59Peter
- 5:59McAllister,
- 6:00Tom
- 6:00Atkins
- 6:01as
- 6:01Michael
- 6:02Hunsucker,
- 6:03Darlene
- 6:03Love
- 6:04as
- 6:04Trish
- 6:04Murtaugh,
- 6:05Tracy
- 6:06Wolf
- 6:06as
- 6:06Rhianne
- 6:07Murtagh
- 6:08and
- 6:08Mary
- 6:08Ellen
- 6:08Traynor
- 6:09as
- 6:09Stephanie
- 6:10Woods.
- 6:11Lethal
- 6:11Weapon
- 6:12was
- 6:12written
- 6:12by
- 6:13Shane
- 6:13Black
- 6:13and
- 6:14directed
- 6:14by
- 6:15Richard
- 6:15Donner.
- 6:16If
- 6:17we
- 6:17think
- 6:17back
- 6:17in
- 6:17history,
- 6:18the
- 6:18greatest
- 6:18double
- 6:18acts
- 6:19are
- 6:19often
- 6:19mismatched.
- 6:21Think
- 6:21Lauren
- 6:22Hardy,
- 6:22Simon
- 6:23Pegg
- 6:23and
- 6:23Nick
- 6:24Frost,
- 6:24French
- 6:25and
- 6:25Saunders,
- 6:25Bert
- 6:26and
- 6:26Ernie.
- 6:27While
- 6:27comedy
- 6:27double
- 6:28acts
- 6:28have
- 6:28been
- 6:28a
- 6:28thing
- 6:29since
- 6:29late
- 6:2919th
- 6:30century
- 6:30vaudeville,
- 6:31Abbott
- 6:32and
- 6:32Costello
- 6:32in
- 6:33the
- 6:331930s
- 6:34and
- 6:34here
- 6:34in
- 6:34the
- 6:34UK
- 6:35in
- 6:35the
- 6:3560s
- 6:35and
- 6:3570s
- 6:36era
- 6:37with
- 6:37the
- 6:37Two
- 6:37Ronnies,
- 6:38Morecombe
- 6:38and
- 6:38Wise,
- 6:39American
- 6:40double
- 6:40act
- 6:40saw
- 6:41a
- 6:41resurgence
- 6:41in
- 6:42the
- 6:4270s
- 6:42with
- 6:43Saturday
- 6:43Night
- 6:43Live
- 6:44providing
- 6:44an
- 6:44outlet
- 6:45for
- 6:45comedians
- 6:45to
- 6:46appear
- 6:46in
- 6:46double
- 6:46act
- 6:47sketches
- 6:47which
- 6:48led
- 6:48to
- 6:48Dan
- 6:48Aykroyd
- 6:49and
- 6:49John
- 6:49Belushi
- 6:50creating
- 6:51the
- 6:51Blues
- 6:51Brothers.
- 6:52You
- 6:53might
- 6:53think
- 6:53buddy
- 6:53cop
- 6:53movies
- 6:54were
- 6:54born
- 6:54in
- 6:54the
- 6:5480s,
- 6:55but
- 6:55the
- 6:55earliest
- 6:56was
- 6:56probably
- 6:57Akira
- 6:57Kurosawa's
- 6:581949
- 6:59noir
- 6:59Stray
- 7:00Dogs,
- 7:00starring
- 7:01Toshiro
- 7:01Mifune
- 7:02as
- 7:02the
- 7:03newly
- 7:03promoted
- 7:03detective
- 7:04Murakami,
- 7:05who's
- 7:05paired
- 7:05up
- 7:06with
- 7:06veteran
- 7:06detective
- 7:07Saito,
- 7:08played
- 7:08by
- 7:08Takashi
- 7:09Shimura,
- 7:09to
- 7:10search
- 7:10Tokyo
- 7:10for
- 7:11his
- 7:11stolen
- 7:11Colt
- 7:12pistol.
- 7:12It
- 7:13established
- 7:13the
- 7:14two
- 7:14detectives
- 7:15from
- 7:15different
- 7:15backgrounds
- 7:16and
- 7:16different
- 7:16personalities
- 7:17come
- 7:17together
- 7:18to
- 7:18work
- 7:18a
- 7:19case
- 7:19trope.
- 7:20Buddy
- 7:20cop
- 7:20movies
- 7:21didn't
- 7:21need
- 7:21to
- 7:21be
- 7:21rooted
- 7:22in
- 7:22comedy
- 7:22either.
- 7:231967's
- 7:24in
- 7:24the
- 7:24Heat
- 7:25of
- 7:25the
- 7:25Night
- 7:25dealt
- 7:26with
- 7:26racial
- 7:26tensions
- 7:27in
- 7:27small
- 7:27town
- 7:28America
- 7:28and
- 7:29starred
- 7:29Sidney
- 7:29Poitier
- 7:30as
- 7:30a
- 7:31black
- 7:31police
- 7:31officer
- 7:32who
- 7:32then
- 7:32becomes
- 7:33a
- 7:33suspect
- 7:33in
- 7:34a
- 7:34murder
- 7:34investigation
- 7:35and
- 7:35Rod
- 7:36Steiger
- 7:36as
- 7:36the
- 7:37prejudiced
- 7:37white
- 7:38police
- 7:38chief
- 7:38who
- 7:39reluctantly
- 7:39teams
- 7:40up
- 7:40with
- 7:40him
- 7:40to
- 7:40clear
- 7:41his
- 7:41name.
- 7:42The
- 7:42foundation
- 7:42of
- 7:43the
- 7:43modern
- 7:43buddy
- 7:43cop
- 7:44movie
- 7:44as
- 7:44well
- 7:44as
- 7:45the
- 7:45movie
- 7:45that
- 7:45made
- 7:45Eddie
- 7:46Murphy
- 7:46a
- 7:47star
- 7:47was
- 7:4748
- 7:48hours,
- 7:48when
- 7:49Nick
- 7:49Nolte
- 7:49plays
- 7:50the
- 7:50stern
- 7:50cop
- 7:51and
- 7:51Murphy
- 7:52as
- 7:52the
- 7:52convict
- 7:52he
- 7:53lets
- 7:53out
- 7:53of
- 7:53jail
- 7:53for
- 7:5448
- 7:54hours,
- 7:55hence
- 7:55the
- 7:55title,
- 7:56to
- 7:56help
- 7:56him
- 7:57catch
- 7:57his
- 7:57former
- 7:58partner.
- 7:58The
- 7:59mismatched
- 7:59characters
- 8:00and
- 8:00mix
- 8:00of
- 8:00action
- 8:01and
- 8:01humor
- 8:01laid
- 8:01the
- 8:02foundations
- 8:02for
- 8:02Lethal
- 8:03Weapon
- 8:03to
- 8:03come
- 8:03along
- 8:04and
- 8:04perfect
- 8:05five
- 8:05years
- 8:05later.
- 8:06What
- 8:07distinguishes
- 8:08Lethal
- 8:08Weapon
- 8:09is
- 8:09that
- 8:09it
- 8:09ultimately
- 8:10became
- 8:10the
- 8:10subversion
- 8:11of
- 8:11the
- 8:11movies
- 8:11it
- 8:12would
- 8:12eventually
- 8:12inspire
- 8:13the
- 8:14stereotype
- 8:14of
- 8:14the
- 8:14button
- 8:15down
- 8:15veteran
- 8:15and
- 8:15the
- 8:16world
- 8:16I'm
- 8:16partner
- 8:16they
- 8:16are
- 8:17forced
- 8:17to
- 8:17work
- 8:17with
- 8:18has
- 8:18been
- 8:18around
- 8:18for
- 8:19a
- 8:19while,
- 8:19but
- 8:20Shane
- 8:20Black's
- 8:20screenplay
- 8:21and
- 8:21the
- 8:21lead's
- 8:22performances
- 8:23prioritize
- 8:23substance
- 8:24over
- 8:24style
- 8:25and
- 8:25it
- 8:25goes
- 8:25remarkably
- 8:26deep
- 8:27for
- 8:27a
- 8:27buddy
- 8:27cop
- 8:28movie.
- 8:29This
- 8:29is
- 8:29a
- 8:29movie
- 8:29that
- 8:30talks
- 8:30about
- 8:30depression,
- 8:31grief,
- 8:32suicidal
- 8:33thoughts
- 8:33and
- 8:33ptsd.
- 8:35It's
- 8:35a
- 8:35mass
- 8:36market
- 8:36macho
- 8:37action
- 8:37movie
- 8:38that
- 8:38deals
- 8:38with
- 8:39trauma
- 8:39and
- 8:40not
- 8:40just
- 8:40any
- 8:40trauma,
- 8:41but
- 8:41male
- 8:42trauma
- 8:42as
- 8:43well
- 8:43as
- 8:43the
- 8:43power
- 8:43of
- 8:43found
- 8:44family.
- 8:45Even
- 8:45if
- 8:45the
- 8:45dinners
- 8:46aren't
- 8:46great.
- 8:48Bear
- 8:48in
- 8:48mind
- 8:48too,
- 8:491987
- 8:49is
- 8:50also
- 8:50the
- 8:50year
- 8:50of
- 8:50Predator,
- 8:51the
- 8:51ultimate
- 8:52exercise
- 8:53in
- 8:53macho
- 8:53male
- 8:54man
- 8:54badassery.
- 8:55Check
- 8:55out
- 8:55episode
- 8:56267
- 8:57for
- 8:57more
- 8:57on
- 8:57that.
- 8:58But
- 8:58also
- 8:59RoboCop,
- 9:00the
- 9:00ultimate
- 9:00in
- 9:01satire
- 9:01masquerading
- 9:02as
- 9:02a
- 9:02sci
- 9:03fi
- 9:03action
- 9:03film
- 9:04as
- 9:04well
- 9:05as
- 9:05go
- 9:05back
- 9:05to
- 9:05Eddie
- 9:06Murphy.
- 9:06Beverly
- 9:07Hills
- 9:07COP2
- 9:08in
- 9:081987
- 9:09was
- 9:09a
- 9:09great
- 9:10year
- 9:10for
- 9:10action
- 9:10movies,
- 9:12but
- 9:12the
- 9:13story
- 9:13of
- 9:13Lethal
- 9:14Weapon
- 9:14naturally
- 9:15starts
- 9:15with
- 9:15Shane
- 9:15Black,
- 9:16who
- 9:16would
- 9:16go
- 9:17on
- 9:17to
- 9:17become
- 9:17the
- 9:17highest
- 9:18paid
- 9:18writer
- 9:18in
- 9:19Hollywood
- 9:19twice,
- 9:20the
- 9:20first
- 9:21time
- 9:21for
- 9:21the
- 9:21Last
- 9:21Boy
- 9:21Scout
- 9:22for
- 9:22$1.75
- 9:24million
- 9:25and
- 9:25then
- 9:25again
- 9:25for
- 9:26the
- 9:26Long
- 9:26Kiss
- 9:26Goodnight
- 9:27for
- 9:24$4
- 9:26million.
- 9:28He's
- 9:29featured
- 9:29on
- 9:29this
- 9:29podcast
- 9:30many
- 9:31times
- 9:31for
- 9:31his
- 9:32work
- 9:32on
- 9:33the
- 9:33Last
- 9:33kiss
- 9:33Goodnight,
- 9:34episode
- 9:3488,
- 9:35the
- 9:35Monster
- 9:36Squad,
- 9:36episode
- 9:3796,
- 9:38the
- 9:38Nice
- 9:38Guys,
- 9:39episode
- 9:3952,
- 9:40Last
- 9:40Action
- 9:41Hero
- 9:41episode
- 9:42107
- 9:42and
- 9:43Predator
- 9:44episode
- 9:42267.
- 9:46Predator
- 9:46was
- 9:46the
- 9:47only
- 9:47one
- 9:47of
- 9:47those
- 9:47he
- 9:48didn't
- 9:48have
- 9:48a
- 9:48screenwriter
- 9:49credit
- 9:49on.
- 9:50He
- 9:50did
- 9:50do
- 9:51uncredited
- 9:51script
- 9:52doctoring
- 9:52on
- 9:53that
- 9:53one
- 9:53though.
- 9:54Lethal
- 9:54Weapon
- 9:54was
- 9:55his
- 9:55first
- 9:55action
- 9:56film
- 9:56script,
- 9:56which
- 9:56he
- 9:57wrote
- 9:57in
- 9:57six
- 9:57weeks
- 9:58in
- 9:581985
- 9:59when
- 9:59he
- 10:00was
- 10:0023
- 10:00and
- 10:01fresh
- 10:01from
- 10:01graduating
- 10:02from
- 10:02UCLA.
- 10:03It
- 10:03was
- 10:04during
- 10:04rewrites
- 10:04for
- 10:05Lethal
- 10:05Weapon
- 10:05that
- 10:05he
- 10:06got
- 10:06the
- 10:06small
- 10:06acting
- 10:07role
- 10:07in
- 10:07Predator
- 10:08whilst
- 10:08also
- 10:09co
- 10:09writing
- 10:09the
- 10:10Monster
- 10:10Squad
- 10:10with
- 10:10his
- 10:11friend
- 10:11Fred
- 10:11Decker.
- 10:12The
- 10:12Monster
- 10:12Squad
- 10:13also
- 10:14came
- 10:14out
- 10:14in
- 10:141987.
- 10:17Shane
- 10:17Black
- 10:17was
- 10:18inspired
- 10:18by
- 10:18Dirty
- 10:19Harry,
- 10:19where
- 10:19a
- 10:19violent
- 10:20character
- 10:20is
- 10:20the
- 10:21only
- 10:21one
- 10:21who
- 10:22can
- 10:22solve
- 10:22a
- 10:22specific
- 10:23problem
- 10:23alongside
- 10:24everyday
- 10:24police
- 10:25officers
- 10:25doing
- 10:26the
- 10:26job
- 10:26by
- 10:26the
- 10:26book.
- 10:27Black
- 10:28claims
- 10:28that
- 10:28his
- 10:28initial
- 10:291985
- 10:30draft
- 10:30of
- 10:30the
- 10:30script
- 10:30was
- 10:31significantly
- 10:31darker
- 10:32and
- 10:32different
- 10:33from
- 10:33the
- 10:33finished
- 10:33movie,
- 10:34but
- 10:34he
- 10:34also
- 10:35quite
- 10:35famously
- 10:35hated
- 10:36it
- 10:36enough
- 10:36to
- 10:36throw
- 10:37it
- 10:37in
- 10:37the
- 10:37bin
- 10:38before
- 10:38fishing
- 10:38it
- 10:39back
- 10:39out
- 10:39again.
- 10:40It
- 10:40was
- 10:40140
- 10:41pages
- 10:41long
- 10:42with
- 10:42a
- 10:42different
- 10:42plot,
- 10:43different
- 10:43characters
- 10:44and
- 10:44larger
- 10:44action
- 10:45sequences.
- 10:46A
- 10:46chase
- 10:46scene
- 10:46with
- 10:47helicopters
- 10:47and
- 10:48a
- 10:48trailer
- 10:48truck
- 10:48full
- 10:49of
- 10:49cocaine
- 10:50exploding
- 10:50over
- 10:51the
- 10:51Hollywood
- 10:51Hills
- 10:52with
- 10:52cocaine
- 10:53snowing
- 10:53over
- 10:53the
- 10:54Hollywood
- 10:54sign
- 10:55was
- 10:55part
- 10:55of
- 10:55the
- 10:55script's
- 10:56ending.
- 10:57This
- 10:57draft
- 10:57was
- 10:57sent
- 10:58to
- 10:58various
- 10:58studios,
- 10:59being
- 10:59rejected
- 11:00by
- 11:00all
- 11:01except
- 11:01for
- 11:01Warner
- 11:02Brothers
- 11:02executive
- 11:03Mark
- 11:03Canton
- 11:03and
- 11:04producer
- 11:04Joel
- 11:04Silver,
- 11:05who
- 11:05loved
- 11:06the
- 11:06idea,
- 11:06paid
- 11:07Black
- 11:07$250,000
- 11:09and
- 11:09together
- 11:10with
- 11:10Black
- 11:10they
- 11:10rewrote
- 11:11his
- 11:11first
- 11:11draft
- 11:12into
- 11:12a
- 11:12second
- 11:12draft.
- 11:13Script
- 11:13dated
- 11:146
- 11:14January
- 11:151986,
- 11:16which
- 11:16was
- 11:16106
- 11:17pages
- 11:18included
- 11:19Sergeant
- 11:19Martin
- 11:19Riggs
- 11:20and
- 11:20Detective
- 11:20Roger
- 11:21Murtagh,
- 11:22but
- 11:22stated
- 11:22Murtagh's
- 11:23age
- 11:23as
- 11:2340
- 11:24and
- 11:24also
- 11:25includes
- 11:25a
- 11:25reference
- 11:25to
- 11:26a
- 11:26sequel
- 11:26called
- 11:26Body
- 11:27Count,
- 11:27which
- 11:27was
- 11:28a
- 11:28working
- 11:28title
- 11:28for
- 11:29the
- 11:29sequel.
- 11:30Writer
- 11:30Jeffrey
- 11:31Bohm
- 11:31also
- 11:31did
- 11:32uncredited
- 11:32rewrites
- 11:33on
- 11:33the
- 11:33script
- 11:34to
- 11:34inject
- 11:34more
- 11:35humor
- 11:35and
- 11:35tone
- 11:36down
- 11:36the
- 11:36dark
- 11:36sequences.
- 11:38Lethal
- 11:38Weapon
- 11:39takes
- 11:39place
- 11:39at
- 11:40Christmas
- 11:40time,
- 11:40as
- 11:41do
- 11:41several
- 11:41of
- 11:42Black's
- 11:42other
- 11:42films
- 11:43including
- 11:43the
- 11:43Long
- 11:44Kiss
- 11:44Goodnight,
- 11:44the
- 11:45Last
- 11:45Boy
- 11:45Scout
- 11:45and
- 11:46Kiss
- 11:46Kiss
- 11:46Bang
- 11:46Bang.
- 11:47Black
- 11:47would
- 11:48say
- 11:48in
- 11:48an
- 11:48interview
- 11:48with
- 11:48Den
- 11:49of
- 11:49Geek
- 11:49quote,
- 11:50christmas
- 11:50is
- 11:51fun,
- 11:51it's
- 11:51unifying,
- 11:52and
- 11:52all
- 11:52your
- 11:53characters
- 11:53are
- 11:53involved
- 11:54in
- 11:54this
- 11:54event
- 11:54that
- 11:55stays
- 11:55within
- 11:55the
- 11:55larger
- 11:56story.
- 11:56It
- 11:57grounds
- 11:57everything
- 11:58at
- 11:58Christmas.
- 11:59Lonely
- 11:59people
- 12:00are
- 12:00lonelier.
- 12:00Seeing
- 12:01friends
- 12:01and
- 12:01families
- 12:02go
- 12:02by,
- 12:03people
- 12:03take
- 12:03stock
- 12:04of
- 12:04where
- 12:04their
- 12:04lives
- 12:05are
- 12:05at
- 12:05Christmas.
- 12:06It
- 12:06just
- 12:06provides
- 12:06a
- 12:07backdrop
- 12:07against
- 12:07which
- 12:08different
- 12:08things
- 12:08can
- 12:09play
- 12:09out,
- 12:09but
- 12:10with
- 12:10one
- 12:10unifying
- 12:11global
- 12:11heading.
- 12:12I've
- 12:12always
- 12:13liked
- 12:13it,
- 12:13especially
- 12:14in
- 12:14thrillers.
- 12:14For
- 12:15some
- 12:15reason.
- 12:15It's
- 12:16a
- 12:16touch
- 12:16of
- 12:16magic,
- 12:17unquote.
- 12:18And
- 12:18while
- 12:19it
- 12:19seems
- 12:19like
- 12:19Richard
- 12:19Donner
- 12:20was
- 12:20born
- 12:20to
- 12:21direct
- 12:21a
- 12:21movie
- 12:21like
- 12:21this,
- 12:22as
- 12:22well
- 12:22as
- 12:22its
- 12:22multiple
- 12:23sequels,
- 12:24there
- 12:24was
- 12:24a
- 12:24time
- 12:24when
- 12:25Leonard
- 12:25Nimoy
- 12:25was
- 12:26considered
- 12:26for
- 12:26the
- 12:26directorial
- 12:27gig.
- 12:28But
- 12:28he
- 12:28was
- 12:28working
- 12:29on
- 12:29Three
- 12:29Men
- 12:29and
- 12:29a
- 12:30Baby
- 12:30at
- 12:30the
- 12:30time,
- 12:31which
- 12:31wasn't
- 12:31a
- 12:31terrible
- 12:32choice
- 12:32for
- 12:32him
- 12:33considering
- 12:33it
- 12:33was
- 12:34the
- 12:34number
- 12:34one
- 12:34film
- 12:34of
- 12:351987
- 12:35in
- 12:36the
- 12:36US
- 12:37but
- 12:38back
- 12:38to
- 12:38Richard
- 12:38Donner
- 12:39because
- 12:39he
- 12:39was
- 12:39a
- 12:39skilled,
- 12:40experienced
- 12:41set
- 12:41of
- 12:41hands
- 12:41for
- 12:41the
- 12:41movie.
- 12:42He'd
- 12:43made
- 12:43us
- 12:43believe
- 12:43a
- 12:44man
- 12:44could
- 12:44fly.
- 12:45And
- 12:45he
- 12:45loved
- 12:45the
- 12:46script
- 12:46for
- 12:46Lethal
- 12:46Weapon
- 12:47and
- 12:47knew
- 12:47who
- 12:48he
- 12:48wanted
- 12:48for
- 12:48Riggs.
- 12:49This
- 12:49upstart
- 12:50Australian
- 12:51actor
- 12:51Mel
- 12:51Gibson,
- 12:52who'd
- 12:52been
- 12:52in
- 12:53three
- 12:53Mad
- 12:53Max
- 12:54films.
- 12:54He'd
- 12:55played
- 12:55Max
- 12:55Rockatansky,
- 12:56a
- 12:57police
- 12:57officer
- 12:57turned
- 12:58vigilante,
- 12:58and
- 12:59both
- 12:59Donna
- 12:59and
- 13:00casting
- 13:00director
- 13:00Marion
- 13:01Doherty
- 13:01thought
- 13:02he
- 13:02would
- 13:02be
- 13:02perfect
- 13:03as
- 13:03the
- 13:03brilliant
- 13:04but
- 13:04darkly
- 13:04troubled
- 13:05Martin
- 13:05Riggs.
- 13:06He
- 13:06considered
- 13:07other
- 13:07actors,
- 13:08most
- 13:08interestingly
- 13:09Bruce
- 13:09Willis,
- 13:10who
- 13:10was
- 13:10up
- 13:10for
- 13:11this
- 13:11role
- 13:11as
- 13:12Gibson
- 13:12was
- 13:12being
- 13:13considered
- 13:13for
- 13:13Die
- 13:13Hard.
- 13:14Michael
- 13:15Biehn
- 13:15as
- 13:15well,
- 13:16Pierce
- 13:16Brosnan,
- 13:17Patrick
- 13:17Swayze,
- 13:18Michael
- 13:18Douglas,
- 13:19Jeff
- 13:19Goldblum
- 13:19and
- 13:20Kurt
- 13:20Russell
- 13:21were
- 13:21all
- 13:21considered,
- 13:22but
- 13:22none
- 13:22shone
- 13:23like
- 13:23Gibson
- 13:23did.
- 13:24The
- 13:24original
- 13:25script
- 13:25never
- 13:26specified
- 13:26either
- 13:27character's
- 13:27race
- 13:27at
- 13:28all,
- 13:28and
- 13:28casting
- 13:29director
- 13:29Marion
- 13:29Doherty
- 13:30suggested
- 13:31Danny
- 13:31Glover
- 13:31for
- 13:31Roger
- 13:32Murtaugh.
- 13:32After
- 13:33seeing
- 13:33the
- 13:33Color
- 13:33Purple
- 13:34and
- 13:34the
- 13:35Two
- 13:35Men,
- 13:36Mel
- 13:36Gibson
- 13:37and
- 13:37Danny
- 13:37Glover,
- 13:38who'd
- 13:38never
- 13:38met,
- 13:39were
- 13:39flown
- 13:39from
- 13:40Sydney
- 13:40and
- 13:40Chicago
- 13:41respectively,
- 13:42to
- 13:42Los
- 13:42Angeles
- 13:43to
- 13:43read
- 13:43through
- 13:44the
- 13:44script.
- 13:44Donner
- 13:45would
- 13:45describe
- 13:46that
- 13:46initial
- 13:46two
- 13:47hour
- 13:47meeting
- 13:48as
- 13:48magical
- 13:49and
- 13:49total
- 13:49dynamite.
- 13:50Both
- 13:51men
- 13:51felt
- 13:51the
- 13:51chemistry
- 13:52and
- 13:52found
- 13:53Riggs
- 13:53and
- 13:53Murtaugh
- 13:54throughout
- 13:54that
- 13:55session.
- 13:56By
- 13:56the
- 13:56early
- 13:56spring
- 13:57of
- 13:571986,
- 13:58both
- 13:58actors
- 13:58had
- 13:59signed
- 13:59onto
- 13:59the
- 13:59movie.
- 14:00After
- 14:00taking
- 14:01planes
- 14:01home
- 14:01to
- 14:01pac,
- 14:02Gibson
- 14:02and
- 14:02Glover
- 14:03returned
- 14:03to
- 14:03Los
- 14:04Angeles
- 14:04and
- 14:05started
- 14:05a
- 14:05rigorous
- 14:06two
- 14:06month
- 14:06physical
- 14:07training
- 14:07and
- 14:07preparation
- 14:08program
- 14:09supervised
- 14:09by
- 14:09stunt
- 14:10coordinator
- 14:10Bobby
- 14:11bass,
- 14:11a
- 14:11former
- 14:12U.S.
- 14:12army
- 14:12Special
- 14:13Forces
- 14:13instructor
- 14:14and
- 14:14judo
- 14:14champion,
- 14:15which
- 14:15included
- 14:16physical
- 14:16conditioning,
- 14:17weights,
- 14:18workouts,
- 14:18and
- 14:18weapons
- 14:19handling
- 14:19and
- 14:20safety.
- 14:20Both
- 14:21actors
- 14:21spent
- 14:21time
- 14:22in
- 14:22the
- 14:22field
- 14:22working
- 14:22with
- 14:23LAPD
- 14:23officers
- 14:24and
- 14:25technical
- 14:25advisors
- 14:25from
- 14:26the
- 14:26lapd,
- 14:27as
- 14:27well
- 14:27as
- 14:27the
- 14:27LA
- 14:28County
- 14:28Sheriff's
- 14:29Office,
- 14:29who
- 14:29were
- 14:29on
- 14:29hand
- 14:30to
- 14:30ensure
- 14:30authenticity
- 14:31during
- 14:32filming.
- 14:33In
- 14:33the
- 14:33meantime,
- 14:34Gary
- 14:34Busey
- 14:34asked
- 14:35to
- 14:35read
- 14:35for
- 14:35the
- 14:35part
- 14:36of
- 14:36Mr.
- 14:36Joshua,
- 14:37having
- 14:37had
- 14:37to
- 14:38not
- 14:38interview
- 14:38her
- 14:39roles
- 14:39previously.
- 14:40Busey
- 14:40was
- 14:41a
- 14:41well
- 14:41known
- 14:41star
- 14:42since
- 14:42his
- 14:42Academy
- 14:42Award
- 14:43nominated
- 14:43role
- 14:43in
- 14:44the
- 14:44Buddy
- 14:44Holly
- 14:44Story,
- 14:45but
- 14:46he
- 14:46was
- 14:46currently
- 14:46in
- 14:46a
- 14:46bit
- 14:46of
- 14:47a
- 14:47career
- 14:47slump
- 14:48and
- 14:48hadn't
- 14:48tried
- 14:49out
- 14:49for
- 14:49a
- 14:49movie
- 14:49in
- 14:50years.
- 14:51He
- 14:51attributed
- 14:51his
- 14:52comeback
- 14:52to
- 14:52Lethal
- 14:53Weapon.
- 14:54According
- 14:54to
- 14:54his
- 14:55biography
- 14:55on
- 14:56the
- 14:56True
- 14:56Hollywood
- 14:57Story.
- 14:57The
- 14:57producers
- 14:58wanted
- 14:58a
- 14:59big
- 14:59intimidated
- 15:00character
- 15:00who
- 15:00could
- 15:00be
- 15:01a
- 15:01credible
- 15:01opponent
- 15:01for
- 15:02the
- 15:02intimidating
- 15:02Gibson,
- 15:03so
- 15:04they
- 15:04hired
- 15:04him
- 15:04to
- 15:04play
- 15:05Joshua.
- 15:06Gibson
- 15:06and
- 15:07Busey
- 15:07trained
- 15:07in
- 15:07Capoeira
- 15:08with
- 15:08technical
- 15:09advisor
- 15:09Cedric
- 15:10Adams.
- 15:10Jailhouse
- 15:11Rock,
- 15:12which
- 15:12isn't
- 15:12just
- 15:13an
- 15:13Elvis
- 15:13song
- 15:13and
- 15:14movie,
- 15:14it's
- 15:14a
- 15:14fighting
- 15:15style
- 15:16that's
- 15:16something
- 15:16that
- 15:16I've
- 15:17learned
- 15:17for
- 15:17this
- 15:17episode.
- 15:18So
- 15:18they
- 15:19trained
- 15:19with
- 15:19Jailhouse
- 15:20Rock
- 15:20with
- 15:20Dennis
- 15:21Newson
- 15:21and
- 15:22Brazilian
- 15:22Jiu
- 15:22Jitsu
- 15:23with
- 15:23Rory
- 15:24and
- 15:24Gracie,
- 15:25who
- 15:25six
- 15:25years
- 15:25later
- 15:26would
- 15:26co
- 15:26found
- 15:27the
- 15:27ufc.
- 15:28They
- 15:28trained
- 15:29in
- 15:29between
- 15:29filming
- 15:30for
- 15:30four
- 15:30hours
- 15:30a
- 15:31day
- 15:31for
- 15:31six
- 15:31days
- 15:32a
- 15:32week.
- 15:32It
- 15:33came
- 15:33in
- 15:33handy
- 15:33when
- 15:34filming
- 15:34the
- 15:34climactic
- 15:35hand
- 15:35to
- 15:35hand
- 15:35fight
- 15:36between
- 15:36Riggs
- 15:36and
- 15:37Joshua.
- 15:37Filming
- 15:38took
- 15:38place
- 15:38over
- 15:39four
- 15:39nights
- 15:39from
- 15:40dusk
- 15:40till
- 15:40dawn
- 15:41and
- 15:41the
- 15:41final
- 15:41product
- 15:42lasted
- 15:42just
- 15:42a
- 15:43few
- 15:43minutes.
- 15:44Both
- 15:44men
- 15:44were
- 15:45continually
- 15:45soaked
- 15:46in
- 15:46water
- 15:46from
- 15:46a
- 15:46burst
- 15:47fire
- 15:47hydrant
- 15:48over
- 15:48the
- 15:48four
- 15:49nights
- 15:49worth
- 15:49of
- 15:49filming
- 15:50lit
- 15:50by
- 15:51Ritter's
- 15:51lights
- 15:52emulating
- 15:52the
- 15:52helicopter
- 15:53on
- 15:53a
- 15:53crane.
- 15:54The
- 15:54idea
- 15:55being
- 15:55to
- 15:55show
- 15:55martial
- 15:56arts
- 15:56never
- 15:57before
- 15:57seen
- 15:58on
- 15:58screen.
- 15:59And
- 15:59Lethal
- 15:59Weapon
- 16:00was
- 16:00shot
- 16:00in
- 16:00and
- 16:00around
- 16:01Los
- 16:01Angeles.
- 16:02Locations
- 16:03included
- 16:03Lake
- 16:03Mirage,
- 16:04Long
- 16:04Beach,
- 16:05Santa
- 16:05Monica,
- 16:06Inglewood
- 16:06and
- 16:07West
- 16:07Hollywood.
- 16:08And
- 16:08lighting.
- 16:09The
- 16:09picture
- 16:09covered
- 16:10every
- 16:10combination
- 16:10of
- 16:11day
- 16:11and
- 16:11night
- 16:12interiors
- 16:12and
- 16:12exteriors
- 16:13with
- 16:14the
- 16:14more
- 16:14difficult
- 16:14action
- 16:15sequences
- 16:15shot
- 16:16at
- 16:16night.
- 16:17Director
- 16:17of
- 16:17photography
- 16:18on
- 16:18Lethal
- 16:18Weapon
- 16:19was
- 16:19Stephen
- 16:19Goldblatt
- 16:20and
- 16:20he
- 16:21wanted
- 16:21to
- 16:21film
- 16:22in
- 16:22his
- 16:22new
- 16:22hometown
- 16:23of
- 16:23Los
- 16:23Angeles.
- 16:24Working
- 16:25closely
- 16:25with
- 16:25both
- 16:25Richard
- 16:26Donner
- 16:26and
- 16:26Stephen
- 16:27Goldblatt
- 16:27was
- 16:28production
- 16:28designer
- 16:28J.
- 16:29Michael
- 16:29Riva,
- 16:30who
- 16:30won
- 16:30an
- 16:30Academy
- 16:31Award
- 16:31for
- 16:31Ordinary
- 16:32People
- 16:32and
- 16:33an
- 16:33Oscar
- 16:33nomination
- 16:34for
- 16:34the
- 16:34Color
- 16:35Purple.
- 16:35In
- 16:36the
- 16:36very
- 16:36first
- 16:36scene
- 16:36of
- 16:37the
- 16:37movie,
- 16:37a
- 16:37young
- 16:37woman
- 16:38who
- 16:38has
- 16:38just
- 16:39gone
- 16:39on
- 16:39a
- 16:39bit
- 16:39of
- 16:39a
- 16:39drug
- 16:40binge
- 16:40walks
- 16:41out
- 16:41onto
- 16:41her
- 16:41balcony
- 16:42and
- 16:42jumps
- 16:42to
- 16:42her
- 16:43death
- 16:43from
- 16:43her
- 16:4430th
- 16:44floor
- 16:44apartment.
- 16:45And
- 16:46this
- 16:46was
- 16:46actually
- 16:46a
- 16:46pivotal
- 16:47scene
- 16:47for
- 16:47the
- 16:47movie
- 16:48and
- 16:48used
- 16:48a
- 16:49Matthews
- 16:49camera
- 16:50mode
- 16:50on
- 16:50a
- 16:50dolly
- 16:51to
- 16:51capture
- 16:51her
- 16:52dizzying
- 16:52perspective
- 16:53from
- 16:53300ft
- 16:54above
- 16:54the
- 16:55ground.
- 16:55Three
- 16:56Arri
- 16:56cameras
- 16:57were
- 16:57mounted
- 16:57on
- 16:58a
- 16:58rig
- 16:58that
- 16:58slid
- 16:58down
- 16:59the
- 16:59side
- 16:59of
- 16:59the
- 16:59building
- 17:00to
- 17:00show
- 17:01the
- 17:01woman's
- 17:01view
- 17:01of
- 17:01Long
- 17:02beach
- 17:02and
- 17:03the
- 17:03surrounding
- 17:03buildings
- 17:04as
- 17:04she
- 17:04jumps
- 17:05the
- 17:0530
- 17:05floors
- 17:06to
- 17:06her
- 17:06death.
- 17:07And
- 17:07this
- 17:07fall
- 17:08was
- 17:08filmed
- 17:08on
- 17:08the
- 17:09studio
- 17:09backlot.
- 17:10But
- 17:10how
- 17:10did
- 17:11they
- 17:11get
- 17:11a
- 17:11shot
- 17:11of
- 17:12someone
- 17:12falling
- 17:12from
- 17:13above
- 17:13over
- 17:14a
- 17:14street
- 17:14and
- 17:15a
- 17:15car
- 17:15below,
- 17:16because
- 17:16surely
- 17:17that's
- 17:17just
- 17:17an
- 17:17incredibly
- 17:18unsafe
- 17:18fall
- 17:19for
- 17:19any
- 17:19stunt
- 17:20person.
- 17:21And
- 17:21how
- 17:21they
- 17:21did
- 17:22it
- 17:22was
- 17:22they
- 17:22had
- 17:22a
- 17:22canvas
- 17:23painting
- 17:24depicting
- 17:24the
- 17:25impact
- 17:25point
- 17:26stretched
- 17:26over
- 17:26an
- 17:27airbag
- 17:27below.
- 17:28And
- 17:28the
- 17:28painting
- 17:29is
- 17:29a
- 17:29perfect
- 17:29match
- 17:30for
- 17:30the
- 17:31street
- 17:31below,
- 17:31including
- 17:32the
- 17:32car
- 17:33that's
- 17:33parked
- 17:33there.
- 17:34And
- 17:34so
- 17:35when
- 17:35you
- 17:35see
- 17:35her
- 17:36falling
- 17:36towards
- 17:37this
- 17:37street
- 17:37view,
- 17:38it's
- 17:38actually
- 17:38a
- 17:39painting
- 17:39above
- 17:39an
- 17:40airbag.
- 17:41And
- 17:41the
- 17:41shot
- 17:41cuts
- 17:42away
- 17:42just
- 17:42before
- 17:42the
- 17:43impact,
- 17:43and
- 17:43then
- 17:44you
- 17:44see
- 17:44the
- 17:44car's
- 17:44interior
- 17:45imploding.
- 17:46Providing
- 17:47the
- 17:47amazing
- 17:47falling
- 17:48stunts
- 17:48and
- 17:49related
- 17:49rigs
- 17:49was
- 17:50Dar
- 17:50Robinson.
- 17:51He
- 17:51was
- 17:51a
- 17:51pioneer
- 17:52in
- 17:52the
- 17:52stunt
- 17:52industry
- 17:53and
- 17:53he
- 17:54revolutionized
- 17:54how
- 17:55stunts
- 17:55were
- 17:55performed.
- 17:56He
- 17:56invented
- 17:57the
- 17:57decelerator,
- 17:58a
- 17:58device
- 17:58that
- 17:59allowed
- 17:59stunt
- 17:59performers
- 18:00to
- 18:00fall
- 18:00from
- 18:00great
- 18:00heights
- 18:01without
- 18:01the
- 18:01use
- 18:01of
- 18:01airbags
- 18:02or
- 18:02other
- 18:02visible
- 18:03safety
- 18:03equipment.
- 18:04He
- 18:04also
- 18:05pioneered
- 18:05the
- 18:05use
- 18:05of
- 18:06an
- 18:06early
- 18:06version
- 18:06of
- 18:06the
- 18:07wire
- 18:07flying
- 18:07technique,
- 18:08which
- 18:08allowed
- 18:09stunt
- 18:09performers
- 18:09to
- 18:10be
- 18:10suspended
- 18:10on
- 18:11thin
- 18:11wires.
- 18:12This
- 18:12earned
- 18:12him
- 18:12a
- 18:13place
- 18:13in
- 18:13the
- 18:13Guinness
- 18:13Book
- 18:13of
- 18:14World
- 18:14Records
- 18:14on
- 18:15multiple
- 18:15occasions.
- 18:16And
- 18:16some
- 18:16of
- 18:17his
- 18:17most
- 18:17notable
- 18:18achievements
- 18:18include
- 18:19the
- 18:19highest
- 18:20free
- 18:20fall
- 18:20from
- 18:21a
- 18:21helicopter
- 18:21without
- 18:22a
- 18:22parachute,
- 18:23which
- 18:23was
- 18:23311ft
- 18:24in
- 18:24the
- 18:25film's
- 18:25stick
- 18:25in
- 18:261985.
- 18:27The
- 18:27highest
- 18:27jump
- 18:28from
- 18:28a
- 18:28building,
- 18:29a
- 18:29220
- 18:29foot
- 18:30leap
- 18:30from
- 18:30the
- 18:30Toronto
- 18:31CN
- 18:31Tower
- 18:32in
- 18:32the
- 18:32film
- 18:32High
- 18:32Point
- 18:33in
- 18:331979.
- 18:35The
- 18:35highest
- 18:35fall
- 18:36from
- 18:36a
- 18:36moving
- 18:36vehicle,
- 18:37a
- 18:37120
- 18:38foot
- 18:38drop
- 18:38from
- 18:38a
- 18:38motorcycle
- 18:39in
- 18:39the
- 18:39film
- 18:40Sharkey's
- 18:40machine
- 18:41in
- 18:411981.
- 18:43Despite
- 18:43histones
- 18:44always
- 18:44being
- 18:44well
- 18:45planned
- 18:45and
- 18:45never
- 18:46breaking
- 18:46a
- 18:46bone
- 18:46in
- 18:47his
- 18:4713
- 18:47year
- 18:48Hollywood
- 18:48career,
- 18:49Robinson
- 18:50tragically
- 18:50died
- 18:50while
- 18:51filming
- 18:51Million
- 18:52Dollar
- 18:52Mystery,
- 18:53the
- 18:53movie
- 18:53he
- 18:53made
- 18:54right
- 18:54after
- 18:54lethal
- 18:54weapon
- 18:55on
- 18:5521
- 18:56November
- 18:571986.
- 18:58He
- 18:58was
- 18:59performing
- 18:59a
- 18:59routine
- 19:00high
- 19:00speed
- 19:00motorcycle
- 19:01run
- 19:01when
- 19:02he
- 19:02rode
- 19:02his
- 19:02stunt
- 19:03motorcycle
- 19:03past
- 19:04the
- 19:04breaking
- 19:04point
- 19:04of
- 19:05a
- 19:05turn
- 19:05and
- 19:06straight
- 19:06off
- 19:06a
- 19:06cliff
- 19:07to
- 19:07his
- 19:07death.
- 19:08He
- 19:08was
- 19:08just
- 19:0939
- 19:09years
- 19:10old
- 19:10and
- 19:10Lethal
- 19:11Weapon
- 19:11is
- 19:12dedicated
- 19:12to
- 19:12his
- 19:13memory.
- 19:14Speaking
- 19:14of
- 19:15lethal
- 19:15weapons,
- 19:16it's
- 19:16time
- 19:17for
- 19:17the
- 19:17obligatory
- 19:17Keanu
- 19:18reference
- 19:18of
- 19:19this
- 19:19episode.
- 19:20And
- 19:20if
- 19:20you
- 19:20don't
- 19:20know
- 19:20what
- 19:21that
- 19:21is,
- 19:21it's
- 19:21where
- 19:21I
- 19:21try
- 19:21and
- 19:22link
- 19:22the
- 19:22movie
- 19:22that
- 19:22I'm
- 19:22featuring
- 19:23with
- 19:23Keanu
- 19:24Reeves
- 19:24for
- 19:24no
- 19:24reason
- 19:25other
- 19:25than
- 19:25he
- 19:25is
- 19:26the
- 19:26best
- 19:26of
- 19:26men.
- 19:27And
- 19:27you
- 19:27could
- 19:28say
- 19:28that
- 19:28Keanu
- 19:28Reeves
- 19:29as
- 19:29John
- 19:30Wick
- 19:30was
- 19:31a
- 19:31bit
- 19:31of
- 19:31a
- 19:31lethal
- 19:32weapon
- 19:32in
- 19:32that
- 19:33he
- 19:33could
- 19:33make
- 19:33anything
- 19:34a
- 19:34weapon,
- 19:35including
- 19:35the
- 19:35obvious,
- 19:36like
- 19:36a
- 19:37gun
- 19:37and
- 19:37a
- 19:37knife.
- 19:38But
- 19:38he
- 19:39also
- 19:39used
- 19:39his
- 19:40car,
- 19:40a
- 19:41horse
- 19:41and
- 19:42even
- 19:42a
- 19:42pencil
- 19:42with
- 19:43deadly
- 19:43accuracy
- 19:44and
- 19:44resourcefulness.
- 19:46And
- 19:46that
- 19:46is
- 19:46the
- 19:47easiest
- 19:47way
- 19:47I
- 19:47can
- 19:47link
- 19:48Keanu
- 19:48to
- 19:49Lethal
- 19:49Weapon
- 19:50and
- 19:50If
- 19:50you
- 19:51were
- 19:51wondering
- 19:51whether
- 19:51or
- 19:52not
- 19:52this
- 19:52was
- 19:52a
- 19:52Christmas
- 19:53movie,
- 19:54this
- 19:54thing
- 19:54literally
- 19:55opens
- 19:55with
- 19:56Jingle
- 19:56Bell
- 19:56Rock.
- 19:57But
- 19:58I
- 19:58digress.
- 19:59Editor
- 19:59Stuart
- 19:59Baird
- 20:00needed
- 20:00a
- 20:01temporary
- 20:01score
- 20:01for
- 20:01the
- 20:02movie,
- 20:02so
- 20:02he
- 20:02used
- 20:03the
- 20:03music
- 20:04from
- 20:04the
- 20:041985
- 20:05BBC
- 20:05TV
- 20:06series
- 20:06Edge
- 20:06of
- 20:06Darkness.
- 20:07Edge
- 20:08of
- 20:08Darkness
- 20:09had
- 20:09been
- 20:09composed
- 20:10by
- 20:10Michael
- 20:11Kamen
- 20:11and
- 20:11Eric
- 20:12Clapton,
- 20:13and
- 20:13the
- 20:132010
- 20:13movie
- 20:14version
- 20:14of
- 20:14Edge
- 20:15of
- 20:15Darkness
- 20:16would
- 20:16coincidentally
- 20:17also
- 20:17go
- 20:17on
- 20:17to
- 20:17star
- 20:18Mel
- 20:18Gibson.
- 20:19But
- 20:19after
- 20:19using
- 20:20Caiman's
- 20:20Edge
- 20:21of
- 20:21Darkness
- 20:21score,
- 20:22it
- 20:22made
- 20:23total
- 20:23sense
- 20:23to
- 20:23bring
- 20:24Caiman
- 20:24in
- 20:24to
- 20:24score
- 20:25Lethal
- 20:25Weapon
- 20:26and
- 20:26also
- 20:27bring
- 20:27in
- 20:27Eric
- 20:28Clapton
- 20:28for
- 20:28Rix's
- 20:29guitar
- 20:29theme.
- 20:30The
- 20:31sax,
- 20:32which
- 20:32does
- 20:32kind
- 20:33of
- 20:33make
- 20:33it
- 20:33often
- 20:33sound
- 20:34like
- 20:34a
- 20:34certain
- 20:34type
- 20:34of
- 20:34movie
- 20:35just
- 20:35for
- 20:35grown
- 20:35ups,
- 20:36is
- 20:36part
- 20:37of
- 20:37Murtagh's
- 20:38theme,
- 20:38which
- 20:38is
- 20:38played
- 20:39by
- 20:39David
- 20:39Sanborn.
- 20:41There
- 20:41were
- 20:42alternate
- 20:42opening
- 20:43and
- 20:43endings
- 20:43filmed
- 20:44for
- 20:44Lethal
- 20:44Weapon
- 20:45and
- 20:45they
- 20:45can
- 20:45be
- 20:46found
- 20:46on
- 20:46the
- 20:46dvd.
- 20:47The
- 20:48alternate
- 20:48opening
- 20:49sees
- 20:49Martin
- 20:49Riggs
- 20:50drinking
- 20:50alone
- 20:50in
- 20:50a
- 20:51bar
- 20:51where
- 20:51he
- 20:51is
- 20:51accosted
- 20:52by
- 20:52a
- 20:52couple
- 20:52of
- 20:52thugs
- 20:53who
- 20:53attack
- 20:54him
- 20:54for
- 20:54money
- 20:54but
- 20:54are
- 20:55easily
- 20:55subdued
- 20:56by
- 20:56Riggs.
- 20:57Director
- 20:57Richard
- 20:57Donner
- 20:58felt
- 20:58the
- 20:58film
- 20:58should
- 20:59open
- 20:59with
- 20:59a
- 20:59brighter
- 21:00look
- 21:00of
- 21:00Riggs
- 21:00and
- 21:01replace
- 21:01the
- 21:01bar
- 21:02scene
- 21:02with
- 21:02the
- 21:02scene
- 21:03in
- 21:03which
- 21:03Riggs
- 21:03awakens
- 21:04in
- 21:04his
- 21:04trailer.
- 21:05The
- 21:05alternate
- 21:06ending
- 21:06features
- 21:06Riggs
- 21:07telling
- 21:07Murtagh
- 21:08not
- 21:08to
- 21:09retire.
- 21:09An
- 21:10extended
- 21:10director's
- 21:11cut
- 21:11version
- 21:12was
- 21:12later
- 21:12released
- 21:13on
- 21:13dvd,
- 21:14which
- 21:14is
- 21:14the
- 21:14version
- 21:14I
- 21:15have
- 21:15by
- 21:15the
- 21:15way.
- 21:16The
- 21:16director's
- 21:16cut
- 21:17is
- 21:17seven
- 21:17minutes
- 21:18longer
- 21:18and
- 21:18features
- 21:19additional
- 21:19scenes.
- 21:20One
- 21:21scene
- 21:21depicts
- 21:21Riggs
- 21:22dispatching
- 21:22a
- 21:23sniper
- 21:23who's
- 21:24been
- 21:24firing
- 21:24at
- 21:24children
- 21:25in
- 21:25a
- 21:25playground,
- 21:26which
- 21:26is
- 21:27actually
- 21:27an
- 21:27extremely
- 21:28shocking
- 21:28and
- 21:29violent
- 21:29scene,
- 21:30and
- 21:30especially
- 21:30pertinent
- 21:31at
- 21:31the
- 21:31moment
- 21:32considering
- 21:32school
- 21:32shootings
- 21:33are
- 21:33so
- 21:33commonplace
- 21:34in
- 21:34the
- 21:34us.
- 21:35In
- 21:36another
- 21:36scene,
- 21:36Reeks
- 21:37picks
- 21:37up
- 21:37a
- 21:37sex
- 21:37worker
- 21:38in
- 21:38his
- 21:38car,
- 21:39but
- 21:39instead
- 21:39of
- 21:39arranging
- 21:40to
- 21:40have
- 21:40sex
- 21:40with
- 21:41her,
- 21:41he
- 21:41pays
- 21:42her
- 21:42to
- 21:42watch
- 21:42TV
- 21:43with
- 21:43him.
- 21:44And
- 21:44these
- 21:44scenes
- 21:45don't
- 21:45really
- 21:45add
- 21:45much
- 21:45to
- 21:46the
- 21:46movie
- 21:46except
- 21:46to
- 21:47highlight
- 21:47Riggs
- 21:48mental
- 21:48state.
- 21:49So
- 21:49I
- 21:50understand
- 21:50why
- 21:50they
- 21:50were
- 21:50cut,
- 21:51but
- 21:51I'd
- 21:52be
- 21:52surprised
- 21:52if
- 21:52the
- 21:53school
- 21:53shooting
- 21:53scene
- 21:54was
- 21:54ever
- 21:54reinstated.
- 21:55It's
- 21:56an
- 21:56incredibly
- 21:56dark
- 21:57scene,
- 21:57but
- 21:57it
- 21:57also
- 21:58highlights
- 21:58just
- 21:58how
- 21:58gung
- 21:59ho
- 21:59Riggs
- 21:59is.
- 22:00He
- 22:00has
- 22:01no
- 22:01regards
- 22:01for
- 22:01his
- 22:01personal
- 22:02safety.
- 22:02He
- 22:03just
- 22:03marches
- 22:04up
- 22:04through
- 22:04the
- 22:04playground
- 22:05and
- 22:05shoots
- 22:05this
- 22:06gunman.
- 22:07Lethal
- 22:07Weapon
- 22:08was
- 22:08released
- 22:08on
- 22:096th
- 22:09March
- 22:101987
- 22:10domestically
- 22:11in
- 22:11the
- 22:11US
- 22:12where
- 22:12it
- 22:12jumped
- 22:13straight
- 22:13to
- 22:13number
- 22:13one
- 22:14at
- 22:14the
- 22:14box
- 22:14office,
- 22:14beating
- 22:15A
- 22:15Nightmare
- 22:15on
- 22:16Elm
- 22:16street,
- 22:16three
- 22:16Dream
- 22:17warriors
- 22:17into
- 22:17third
- 22:18and
- 22:18Platoon
- 22:19into
- 22:19second.
- 22:20Platoon
- 22:21had
- 22:21been
- 22:21out
- 22:22for
- 22:2212
- 22:22weeks
- 22:23at
- 22:23that
- 22:23point
- 22:23and
- 22:23was
- 22:24still
- 22:24riding
- 22:24high
- 22:24in
- 22:25the
- 22:25charts.
- 22:26Lethal
- 22:26Weapon
- 22:27would
- 22:27stay
- 22:27at
- 22:27number
- 22:27one
- 22:28for
- 22:28three
- 22:28weeks
- 22:28before
- 22:29being
- 22:29knocked
- 22:29off
- 22:30by
- 22:30Blind
- 22:30Date
- 22:31and
- 22:31not
- 22:32the
- 22:32UK
- 22:32dating
- 22:32show
- 22:33hosted
- 22:33by
- 22:33Cilla
- 22:34Black.
- 22:34That
- 22:34is
- 22:34a
- 22:35very
- 22:35UK
- 22:35reference
- 22:36that
- 22:36only
- 22:36UK
- 22:37millennials
- 22:37and
- 22:38older
- 22:38will
- 22:38get.
- 22:39Lethal
- 22:39Weapon
- 22:40would
- 22:40stay
- 22:41in
- 22:41the
- 22:41US
- 22:41top
- 22:4110
- 22:42for
- 22:4213
- 22:43weeks
- 22:43and
- 22:44on
- 22:44its
- 22:44modest
- 22:45$15
- 22:45million
- 22:46budget,
- 22:46it
- 22:47would
- 22:47gross
- 22:45$65.2
- 22:48million
- 22:49domestically
- 22:50in
- 22:50the
- 22:50US
- 22:51and
- 22:49$55
- 22:52million
- 22:53internationally,
- 22:53for
- 22:54a
- 22:54total
- 22:54worldwide
- 22:55gross
- 22:55of
- 22:52$120.2
- 22:55million.
- 22:58It
- 22:58would
- 22:58become
- 22:59the
- 22:59eighth
- 22:59highest
- 23:00grossing
- 23:00movie
- 23:00of
- 23:001987
- 23:01in
- 23:01the
- 23:02US
- 23:02and
- 23:03it's
- 23:03safe
- 23:03to
- 23:03say
- 23:04the
- 23:04success
- 23:04of
- 23:04Lethal
- 23:05Weapon
- 23:05really
- 23:06came
- 23:06out
- 23:06of
- 23:07nowhere
- 23:07on
- 23:08Rotten
- 23:08Tomatoes.
- 23:09It
- 23:09also
- 23:09has
- 23:09a
- 23:09score
- 23:09of
- 23:1080%,
- 23:11with
- 23:11the
- 23:11website's
- 23:12consensus
- 23:12reading
- 23:13the
- 23:13most
- 23:14successful
- 23:14installment
- 23:15in
- 23:15a
- 23:15phenomenally
- 23:16successful
- 23:16franchise,
- 23:17Lethal
- 23:17Weapon
- 23:18helped
- 23:18redefine
- 23:19action
- 23:19movies
- 23:20for
- 23:20the
- 23:201980s
- 23:21and
- 23:211990s.
- 23:23It
- 23:23was
- 23:23even
- 23:23nominated
- 23:24for
- 23:24the
- 23:24Academy
- 23:25Award
- 23:25for
- 23:25Best
- 23:26Sound
- 23:26Mixing,
- 23:27losing
- 23:27to
- 23:27the
- 23:28Last
- 23:28Emperor.
- 23:30Now,
- 23:30of
- 23:30course,
- 23:30Lethal
- 23:31Weapon
- 23:31did
- 23:31have
- 23:32several
- 23:32sequels.
- 23:33Lethal
- 23:33Weapon
- 23:332
- 23:34in
- 23:341989,
- 23:35Lethal
- 23:35Weapon
- 23:363
- 23:36in
- 23:361992
- 23:37and
- 23:38Lethal
- 23:38Weapon
- 23:384
- 23:39in
- 23:391998.
- 23:41The
- 23:41long
- 23:41mooted
- 23:42Lethal
- 23:42Weapon
- 23:435
- 23:43was
- 23:43originally
- 23:44conceived
- 23:44in
- 23:442007,
- 23:46but
- 23:46with
- 23:46the
- 23:46passing
- 23:47of
- 23:47Richard
- 23:47Donner,
- 23:48who
- 23:48directed
- 23:49all
- 23:49of
- 23:49the
- 23:49films
- 23:49in
- 23:49the
- 23:50series
- 23:50the
- 23:50Spa,
- 23:51Mel
- 23:51Gibson
- 23:52confirmed
- 23:52in
- 23:52November
- 23:532021
- 23:54he
- 23:54was
- 23:54in
- 23:54talks
- 23:55to
- 23:55star
- 23:55and
- 23:56direct
- 23:56lethal
- 23:57weapon
- 23:575,
- 23:58wanting
- 23:58to
- 23:58use
- 23:58the
- 23:59movie
- 23:59to
- 23:59pay
- 23:59tribute
- 24:00to
- 24:00Richard
- 24:00Donner.
- 24:01In
- 24:01September
- 24:022024,
- 24:03Gibson
- 24:03mentioned
- 24:04at
- 24:04a
- 24:04fan
- 24:04convention
- 24:05that
- 24:05the
- 24:05movie
- 24:06was
- 24:06written
- 24:06but
- 24:06was
- 24:06being
- 24:07held
- 24:07up
- 24:07by
- 24:07Hollywood
- 24:08red
- 24:08tape.
- 24:09So
- 24:09who
- 24:10knows
- 24:10what
- 24:10will
- 24:10happen
- 24:10to
- 24:11Lethal
- 24:11Weapon
- 24:115
- 24:12in
- 24:12the
- 24:12future.
- 24:13The
- 24:14TV
- 24:14series
- 24:14Lethal
- 24:15Weapon
- 24:15aired
- 24:16from
- 24:162016
- 24:16to
- 24:172019
- 24:18with
- 24:18three
- 24:18seasons
- 24:19on
- 24:19Fox,
- 24:20with
- 24:20original
- 24:21star
- 24:21Clayne
- 24:21Crawford
- 24:22replaced
- 24:22for
- 24:23the
- 24:23third
- 24:23season
- 24:23by
- 24:24Seann
- 24:24William
- 24:24Scott.
- 24:25Due
- 24:25to
- 24:25Crawford's
- 24:26alleged
- 24:26bad
- 24:27behavior
- 24:27and
- 24:27hostility
- 24:28on
- 24:28set,
- 24:29Roger
- 24:29Murtaugh
- 24:30was
- 24:30played
- 24:30by
- 24:31Damon
- 24:31Wayans,
- 24:32and
- 24:32in
- 24:32the
- 24:33series
- 24:33they
- 24:33do
- 24:34actually
- 24:34kill
- 24:34off
- 24:35Marty
- 24:35Riggs,
- 24:36which
- 24:36is
- 24:36something
- 24:36Lethal
- 24:37Weapon
- 24:372
- 24:38never
- 24:38did.
- 24:39I'll
- 24:40come
- 24:40back
- 24:40to
- 24:40an
- 24:40episode
- 24:40on
- 24:41Lethal
- 24:41Weapon
- 24:412
- 24:42at
- 24:42some
- 24:42point
- 24:42in
- 24:43the
- 24:43future.
- 24:44In
- 24:442011,
- 24:45Warner
- 24:45Bros.
- 24:46Announced
- 24:46it
- 24:46would
- 24:46reboot
- 24:47the
- 24:47Lethal
- 24:47Weapon
- 24:48franchise
- 24:48without
- 24:49Gibson
- 24:49and
- 24:50Glover.
- 24:50The
- 24:51new
- 24:51franchise
- 24:51was
- 24:52set
- 24:52to
- 24:52feature
- 24:52the
- 24:52same
- 24:53characters
- 24:53with
- 24:53a
- 24:53brand
- 24:54new
- 24:54cast.
- 24:55Will
- 24:55Beale
- 24:55was
- 24:56hired
- 24:56to
- 24:56write
- 24:57a
- 24:57script,
- 24:57but
- 24:57that
- 24:58reboot
- 24:58was
- 24:58eventually
- 24:59canceled
- 25:00and
- 25:00the
- 25:00TV
- 25:00series
- 25:01debuted
- 25:01in
- 25:012016
- 25:02instead.
- 25:04It's
- 25:04safe
- 25:04to
- 25:05say
- 25:05that
- 25:05Lethal
- 25:05Weapon
- 25:06changed
- 25:06the
- 25:07formula
- 25:07for
- 25:08not
- 25:08only
- 25:08buddy
- 25:08cop
- 25:09movies
- 25:09but
- 25:09also
- 25:10action
- 25:10movies
- 25:11in
- 25:11the
- 25:1180s
- 25:11and
- 25:1290s.
- 25:12And
- 25:13all
- 25:13of
- 25:13that
- 25:13is
- 25:13really
- 25:14down
- 25:14to
- 25:15three
- 25:15men
- 25:15and
- 25:16one
- 25:16woman,
- 25:17the
- 25:17three
- 25:17men
- 25:17being
- 25:18Richard
- 25:18Donner
- 25:18Mel
- 25:19Gibson
- 25:19and
- 25:19Danny
- 25:20Glover,
- 25:21and
- 25:21the
- 25:21one
- 25:21woman
- 25:22being
- 25:22Marion
- 25:22Doherty,
- 25:23the
- 25:23casting
- 25:24director
- 25:24who
- 25:25found
- 25:25the
- 25:25chemistry
- 25:26that
- 25:26was
- 25:26needed
- 25:27for
- 25:27the
- 25:27characters
- 25:28of
- 25:28Martin
- 25:28Riggs
- 25:29and
- 25:29Roger
- 25:29Murtaugh.
- 25:30Casting
- 25:31directors
- 25:32are
- 25:32not
- 25:32often
- 25:32given
- 25:33the
- 25:33credit
- 25:33they
- 25:33deserve.
- 25:34However,
- 25:34I
- 25:35feel
- 25:35like
- 25:35in
- 25:35this
- 25:36case
- 25:36all
- 25:37credit
- 25:37for
- 25:37those
- 25:37casting
- 25:38choices
- 25:38to
- 25:38Marion
- 25:39Doherty
- 25:39for
- 25:40creating
- 25:40one
- 25:40of
- 25:41the
- 25:41ultimate
- 25:41partnerships
- 25:42in
- 25:42action
- 25:43cinema.
- 25:44And
- 25:44it's
- 25:44really
- 25:45tough
- 25:45to
- 25:45talk
- 25:45about
- 25:45this
- 25:45movie
- 25:46without
- 25:46having
- 25:47to
- 25:47mention
- 25:47Mel
- 25:48Gibson,
- 25:48because
- 25:49the
- 25:49Mel
- 25:49Gibson
- 25:49of
- 25:50today
- 25:50is
- 25:51extremely
- 25:51problematic
- 25:52and
- 25:52an
- 25:52often
- 25:53hateful
- 25:53individual
- 25:54who
- 25:54has
- 25:54openly
- 25:55expressed
- 25:55his
- 25:55antisemitic
- 25:57and
- 25:57misogynistic
- 25:58views.
- 25:59But
- 25:59in
- 25:59Martin
- 26:00Riggs,
- 26:01Gibson
- 26:01helped
- 26:01to
- 26:02create
- 26:02one
- 26:02of
- 26:02the
- 26:02all
- 26:03time
- 26:03great
- 26:04loose
- 26:04canon
- 26:05fictional
- 26:05cops.
- 26:06The
- 26:06Riggs
- 26:06we
- 26:06meet
- 26:07in
- 26:07Lethal
- 26:07Weapon
- 26:08is
- 26:08dark
- 26:08and
- 26:08unhinged,
- 26:09but
- 26:09as
- 26:10the
- 26:10series
- 26:10progresses,
- 26:11he
- 26:11becomes
- 26:11more
- 26:12of
- 26:12a
- 26:12comedian.
- 26:13His
- 26:13scene
- 26:13of
- 26:14his
- 26:14trailer
- 26:14watching
- 26:15cartoons
- 26:15while
- 26:16sobbing
- 26:16and
- 26:17holding
- 26:17a
- 26:17gun
- 26:17in
- 26:17his
- 26:18mouth.
- 26:18At
- 26:18the
- 26:18beginning
- 26:18of
- 26:19the
- 26:19movie,
- 26:19we
- 26:20know
- 26:20that
- 26:20his
- 26:20wife
- 26:21has
- 26:21passed
- 26:21away,
- 26:21but
- 26:22we
- 26:22never
- 26:22find
- 26:22out
- 26:22the
- 26:23backstory.
- 26:24And
- 26:24perhaps
- 26:24because
- 26:24it's
- 26:25actually
- 26:25superfluous,
- 26:26the
- 26:26Riggs
- 26:27in
- 26:27this
- 26:27movie
- 26:28is
- 26:28happy
- 26:29to
- 26:29die
- 26:29and
- 26:29happy
- 26:30to
- 26:30take
- 26:30risks
- 26:31to
- 26:31get
- 26:31that
- 26:31job
- 26:32done.
- 26:32He
- 26:33doesn't
- 26:33fear
- 26:33the
- 26:33possibility
- 26:34of
- 26:34death,
- 26:35and
- 26:35basically
- 26:36at
- 26:36the
- 26:36point
- 26:36where
- 26:36we
- 26:37find
- 26:37him,
- 26:38he
- 26:38feels
- 26:38like
- 26:38he
- 26:38has
- 26:39nothing
- 26:39to
- 26:39live
- 26:39for.
- 26:40And
- 26:40that
- 26:40is
- 26:41a
- 26:41complete
- 26:41contrast
- 26:42to
- 26:42Roger
- 26:42Murtagh,
- 26:43the
- 26:43complete
- 26:44opposite
- 26:44of
- 26:44Riggs.
- 26:45He
- 26:45is
- 26:46a
- 26:4650
- 26:46year
- 26:46old,
- 26:47charming,
- 26:48loving
- 26:48father
- 26:49and
- 26:49husband
- 26:49with
- 26:50plenty
- 26:50to
- 26:50live
- 26:50for.
- 26:51And
- 26:51at
- 26:51the
- 26:52end
- 26:52of
- 26:52the
- 26:52day,
- 26:52all
- 26:53he
- 26:53wants
- 26:53to
- 26:53do
- 26:53is
- 26:53get
- 26:54home.
- 26:55Like
- 26:55Riggs,
- 26:55he
- 26:56is
- 26:56a
- 26:56Vietnam
- 26:56vet,
- 26:57but
- 26:57the
- 26:57experience
- 26:58affected
- 26:58him
- 26:59differently.
- 27:00And
- 27:00the
- 27:00antagonists
- 27:01in
- 27:01Lethal
- 27:01Weapon
- 27:02are
- 27:02also
- 27:03Vietnam
- 27:03vets,
- 27:04as
- 27:04well
- 27:04as
- 27:04former
- 27:05CIA
- 27:05officers,
- 27:06secret
- 27:06black
- 27:07ops
- 27:07veterans
- 27:08and
- 27:08mercenaries
- 27:09who
- 27:09continue
- 27:09to
- 27:09import
- 27:10heroin
- 27:10from
- 27:11Asia.
- 27:12However,
- 27:12like
- 27:12Riggs,
- 27:13Murtagh
- 27:14turns
- 27:14into
- 27:14a
- 27:14cold
- 27:15blooded
- 27:15murderer
- 27:16when
- 27:16his
- 27:16family
- 27:16is
- 27:17endangered.
- 27:18The
- 27:18fact
- 27:18he's
- 27:19black
- 27:19and
- 27:19Riggs
- 27:20is
- 27:20white
- 27:21is
- 27:21never
- 27:21mentioned,
- 27:22but
- 27:22there
- 27:23is
- 27:23a
- 27:23clear
- 27:23undercurrent
- 27:24of
- 27:25the
- 27:25racism
- 27:25experienced
- 27:26by
- 27:26black
- 27:27people
- 27:27in
- 27:27America,
- 27:28particularly
- 27:29in
- 27:29the
- 27:29scene
- 27:29where
- 27:29a
- 27:29group
- 27:30of
- 27:30black
- 27:30children
- 27:31ask
- 27:31Murtaugh
- 27:32if
- 27:32police
- 27:32officers
- 27:33shoot
- 27:33black
- 27:34people.
- 27:35And
- 27:35that's
- 27:35another
- 27:35one
- 27:36in
- 27:36this
- 27:36movie
- 27:36that
- 27:37hits
- 27:37differently
- 27:37in
- 27:38the
- 27:382000s,
- 27:39especially
- 27:39when
- 27:40we
- 27:40know
- 27:40that
- 27:41yes,
- 27:41police
- 27:41officers
- 27:42do
- 27:42indeed
- 27:43shoot
- 27:43black
- 27:44people
- 27:44just
- 27:44for
- 27:45being
- 27:45black.
- 27:46Now,
- 27:47while
- 27:47this
- 27:47movie
- 27:47does
- 27:48hold
- 27:48up
- 27:48remarkably
- 27:49well
- 27:49to
- 27:50a
- 27:502024
- 27:51lens,
- 27:52there
- 27:52are
- 27:52a
- 27:52couple
- 27:53of
- 27:53slightly
- 27:54dodgy
- 27:54ethnic
- 27:55and
- 27:55gay
- 27:55slurs
- 27:56in
- 27:56the
- 27:56movie.
- 27:57But
- 27:58the
- 27:58mixed
- 27:58race
- 27:59buddy
- 27:59scenario
- 28:00opened
- 28:00the
- 28:00door
- 28:00for
- 28:00the
- 28:01film
- 28:01and
- 28:02the
- 28:02sequels
- 28:02to
- 28:02display
- 28:03social
- 28:04conscience
- 28:04explored
- 28:05through
- 28:05Murtaugh's
- 28:06family
- 28:06dynamic,
- 28:07beginning
- 28:08with
- 28:08a
- 28:09Free
- 28:09South
- 28:09Africa
- 28:10sticker
- 28:10on
- 28:10the
- 28:11family
- 28:11fridge.
- 28:12This
- 28:12is
- 28:12of
- 28:12course
- 28:13alluding
- 28:13to
- 28:13apartheid
- 28:14at
- 28:14the
- 28:15time
- 28:15in
- 28:15South
- 28:15Africa,
- 28:16and
- 28:16it
- 28:16leads
- 28:17to
- 28:17the
- 28:17villains
- 28:17of
- 28:17the
- 28:17sequel
- 28:18being
- 28:18South
- 28:19Africans.
- 28:20And
- 28:20as
- 28:20I
- 28:20mentioned,
- 28:20Lethal
- 28:21Weapon
- 28:212
- 28:21is
- 28:22definitely
- 28:22a
- 28:22movie
- 28:23for
- 28:23a
- 28:23future
- 28:23episode.
- 28:24But
- 28:25also
- 28:25the
- 28:25sequels
- 28:25do
- 28:26go
- 28:26more
- 28:26comedic,
- 28:27which
- 28:27makes
- 28:27the
- 28:27original
- 28:28stand
- 28:28out
- 28:29for
- 28:29daring
- 28:29to
- 28:29highlight
- 28:30some
- 28:30really
- 28:31important
- 28:31issues,
- 28:32issues
- 28:32that
- 28:33other
- 28:3380s
- 28:34hero
- 28:34or
- 28:34buddy
- 28:35cop
- 28:35movies
- 28:36just
- 28:36wouldn't
- 28:36touch.
- 28:37There's
- 28:38a
- 28:38reason
- 28:38why
- 28:38Lethal
- 28:39Weapon
- 28:39endures,
- 28:39and
- 28:40there's
- 28:40a
- 28:40reason
- 28:40why
- 28:40Lethal
- 28:41Weapon
- 28:415
- 28:42is
- 28:42still
- 28:42being
- 28:43talked
- 28:43about,
- 28:44and
- 28:44that
- 28:44is
- 28:44the
- 28:44chemistry
- 28:45between
- 28:45Gibson
- 28:46and
- 28:46Glover.
- 28:47It
- 28:47just
- 28:47works.
- 28:48And
- 28:49I
- 28:49think
- 28:49everyone
- 28:50is
- 28:50interested
- 28:50to
- 28:51see
- 28:51what
- 28:51these
- 28:51guys
- 28:51are
- 28:52up
- 28:52to
- 28:52in
- 28:52the
- 28:522020s,
- 28:54but
- 28:54with
- 28:54Glover
- 28:55playing
- 28:55a
- 28:5650
- 28:56year
- 28:56old,
- 28:57the
- 28:57character
- 28:57would
- 28:58be
- 28:5890
- 28:59now.
- 28:59And
- 29:00the
- 29:00only
- 29:00thing
- 29:00that
- 29:00doesn't
- 29:01work
- 29:01in
- 29:01this
- 29:01original
- 29:02Lethal
- 29:02Weapon
- 29:02movie
- 29:03is
- 29:03the
- 29:04movie
- 29:04trying
- 29:04to
- 29:04tell
- 29:04me
- 29:04that
- 29:05Roger
- 29:05Murtagh
- 29:06is
- 29:0650
- 29:07because
- 29:07the
- 29:07man
- 29:08looks
- 29:08in
- 29:08his
- 29:0930s.
- 29:10Danny
- 29:10Glover
- 29:11was
- 29:11actually
- 29:1240
- 29:12during
- 29:12filming,
- 29:13Mel
- 29:13Gibson
- 29:14was
- 29:1431.
- 29:15But
- 29:16this
- 29:16movie
- 29:16trying
- 29:16to
- 29:17tell
- 29:17me
- 29:17that
- 29:17Roger
- 29:17Murtagh
- 29:18is
- 29:1850.
- 29:19I'm
- 29:19sorry,
- 29:19but
- 29:19Batman
- 29:20is
- 29:20not
- 29:2050.
- 29:21My
- 29:21only
- 29:21sense
- 29:22of
- 29:22the
- 29:22imagination
- 29:22is
- 29:23that
- 29:23man
- 29:2350.
- 29:24But
- 29:24I
- 29:25just
- 29:25wanted
- 29:25as
- 29:25well
- 29:25to
- 29:26give
- 29:26a
- 29:26little
- 29:26bit
- 29:26of
- 29:26a
- 29:26shout
- 29:27out
- 29:27to
- 29:27Richard
- 29:27Donner
- 29:28because
- 29:28he
- 29:29really
- 29:29was
- 29:29one
- 29:30of
- 29:30Hollywood's
- 29:30greatest
- 29:31veteran
- 29:31filmmakers,
- 29:32and
- 29:33at
- 29:33the
- 29:33time
- 29:33he
- 29:33had
- 29:34an
- 29:34odd
- 29:34filmography
- 29:35because
- 29:35he
- 29:36directed
- 29:36the
- 29:37Omen,
- 29:38Superman,
- 29:38the
- 29:38Movie,
- 29:39the
- 29:39Goonies
- 29:40and
- 29:40Lady
- 29:40Hawk
- 29:41before
- 29:42helming
- 29:42all
- 29:42four
- 29:43Lethal
- 29:43Weapon
- 29:43films.
- 29:44And
- 29:44he
- 29:44would
- 29:45go
- 29:45on
- 29:45to
- 29:45make
- 29:45Scrooge
- 29:46right
- 29:46after
- 29:47Lethal
- 29:47Weapon.
- 29:48But
- 29:48despite
- 29:49his
- 29:49lack
- 29:49of
- 29:49expertise
- 29:50in
- 29:50action
- 29:51movies,
- 29:51Lethal
- 29:52Weapon
- 29:52would
- 29:53prove
- 29:53to
- 29:53be
- 29:53incredibly
- 29:54successful
- 29:55because
- 29:55it
- 29:56masters
- 29:56every
- 29:57small
- 29:57detail
- 29:58and
- 29:58is
- 29:58a
- 29:59triumph
- 29:59in
- 29:59stunt
- 30:00work,
- 30:00editing,
- 30:01pacing,
- 30:02casting
- 30:03and
- 30:04also
- 30:04cinematography
- 30:05as
- 30:05well.
- 30:06Los
- 30:06Angeles
- 30:07looks
- 30:07grimy
- 30:08when
- 30:08it
- 30:08needs
- 30:08to
- 30:08look
- 30:08grimy,
- 30:09but
- 30:09it
- 30:10also
- 30:10looks
- 30:10beautiful
- 30:11when
- 30:11it
- 30:11needs
- 30:11to
- 30:12look
- 30:12beautiful.
- 30:13Lethal
- 30:14Weapon
- 30:14is
- 30:14a
- 30:14well
- 30:15written,
- 30:15thrilling
- 30:16action
- 30:16movie
- 30:16that's
- 30:17remembered
- 30:17more
- 30:17for
- 30:18its
- 30:18franchise
- 30:18as
- 30:19a
- 30:19comedy
- 30:19than
- 30:20anything
- 30:20else.
- 30:21But
- 30:21what
- 30:21makes
- 30:21this
- 30:22movie
- 30:22even
- 30:22more
- 30:23intriguing
- 30:23is
- 30:23that
- 30:24it
- 30:24can
- 30:24be
- 30:24examined
- 30:25on
- 30:25a
- 30:25level
- 30:25typically
- 30:26reserved
- 30:26for
- 30:27serious
- 30:27dramas,
- 30:28not
- 30:28action
- 30:29movies.
- 30:29Shane
- 30:30Black
- 30:30gives
- 30:30Martin
- 30:31Riggs
- 30:31character
- 30:32psychological
- 30:33conditions
- 30:33and
- 30:34trauma
- 30:35and
- 30:35lets
- 30:35us,
- 30:35the
- 30:36audience,
- 30:36go
- 30:37through
- 30:37those
- 30:38intimate
- 30:38encounters
- 30:39with
- 30:39him
- 30:39so
- 30:40that
- 30:40we
- 30:40can
- 30:40sympathize
- 30:41with
- 30:41him,
- 30:42even
- 30:42though
- 30:43we
- 30:43are
- 30:43unquestionably
- 30:44on
- 30:45Roger
- 30:45Murtagh's
- 30:46side
- 30:46as
- 30:46the
- 30:47genuinely
- 30:47good,
- 30:48honest
- 30:48family
- 30:49man
- 30:49cop.
- 30:50It's
- 30:50hard
- 30:50to
- 30:50believe
- 30:51that
- 30:51anyone
- 30:51could
- 30:51have
- 30:51a
- 30:52crisis
- 30:52of
- 30:52confidence
- 30:53writing
- 30:53this
- 30:54movie
- 30:54and
- 30:55almost
- 30:55chucking
- 30:55it
- 30:55in
- 30:56the
- 30:56Bin,
- 30:56but
- 30:57Shane
- 30:57Black
- 30:57took
- 30:58the
- 30:58genre
- 30:58tropes
- 30:59and
- 30:59filled
- 30:59it
- 30:59with
- 31:00fresh
- 31:00humor,
- 31:01action,
- 31:01set
- 31:01pieces
- 31:02and
- 31:02overhauled
- 31:03the
- 31:03buddy
- 31:03cop
- 31:04movie
- 31:04for
- 31:04a
- 31:04new
- 31:05generation.
- 31:06Christmas
- 31:07might
- 31:07not
- 31:07be
- 31:07complete
- 31:08until
- 31:08you
- 31:08see
- 31:09Hans
- 31:09Gruber
- 31:10fall
- 31:10from
- 31:10Nakatomi
- 31:11Plaza,
- 31:12but
- 31:12I
- 31:12think
- 31:12we
- 31:13can
- 31:13also
- 31:13say
- 31:13it's
- 31:14incomplete
- 31:14without
- 31:15Martin
- 31:15riggs
- 31:16smacking
- 31:16down
- 31:17Mr.
- 31:17Joshua
- 31:18covered
- 31:18in
- 31:19water
- 31:19and
- 31:19mud,
- 31:20surrounded
- 31:21by
- 31:21cops,
- 31:21just
- 31:22letting
- 31:22it
- 31:22happen.
- 31:23Now
- 31:23that's
- 31:23what
- 31:24I
- 31:24call
- 31:24the
- 31:24meaning
- 31:25of
- 31:25Christmas.
- 31:26Someone
- 31:26call
- 31:27Mariah
- 31:27Carey
- 31:28to
- 31:28write
- 31:28a
- 31:28song
- 31:29about
- 31:29it.
- 31:30Thank
- 31:30you
- 31:30for
- 31:31listening.
- 31:31As
- 31:31always,
- 31:31I
- 31:31would
- 31:32love
- 31:32to
- 31:32hear
- 31:32your
- 31:32thoughts
- 31:33on
- 31:33Lethal
- 31:33Weapon.
- 31:34And
- 31:34as
- 31:35always,
- 31:35thank
- 31:35you
- 31:35for
- 31:35your
- 31:36continued
- 31:36support
- 31:37of
- 31:37this
- 31:37podcast.
- 31:38And
- 31:38if
- 31:39you
- 31:39want
- 31:39to
- 31:39get
- 31:39involved
- 31:40and
- 31:40help
- 31:40this
- 31:40podcast
- 31:41grow,
- 31:41you
- 31:41can.
- 31:42You
- 31:42could
- 31:43leave
- 31:43a
- 31:43rating
- 31:43or
- 31:43review
- 31:44wherever
- 31:44you
- 31:44found
- 31:44this
- 31:45podcast.
- 31:45You
- 31:46could
- 31:46tell
- 31:46your
- 31:46friends
- 31:46and
- 31:47family
- 31:47about
- 31:47this
- 31:48podcast
- 31:48or
- 31:48about
- 31:48this
- 31:49episode,
- 31:50or
- 31:50you
- 31:50can
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- 32:00I
- 32:00am@VerbalDiorama
- 32:02and
- 32:02if
- 32:02you
- 32:02like
- 32:03this
- 32:03episode
- 32:03on
- 32:03Lethal
- 32:03Weapon,
- 32:04you
- 32:04might
- 32:04also
- 32:05like
- 32:05I'm
- 32:05just
- 32:06going
- 32:06to
- 32:06suggest
- 32:06episode
- 32:07235
- 32:07on
- 32:08Die
- 32:08Hard
- 32:08because
- 32:09this
- 32:09is
- 32:09a
- 32:09Christmas
- 32:10movie
- 32:10that's
- 32:11a
- 32:11Christmas
- 32:11movie.
- 32:12If
- 32:12you
- 32:12want
- 32:13a
- 32:13good
- 32:13pair
- 32:13of
- 32:14Christmas
- 32:14movies
- 32:14to
- 32:15watch
- 32:15over
- 32:15the
- 32:15festive
- 32:16period,
- 32:17you
- 32:17can
- 32:18do
- 32:18no
- 32:18wrong
- 32:19with
- 32:19a
- 32:19double
- 32:20of
- 32:20Die
- 32:21Hard
- 32:21and
- 32:21Lethal
- 32:21Weapon.
- 32:23So
- 32:23the
- 32:24next
- 32:24episode.
- 32:25Sort
- 32:25of
- 32:25a
- 32:26double
- 32:26episode
- 32:27really,
- 32:28Because
- 32:28I
- 32:28need
- 32:28to
- 32:29know,
- 32:29have
- 32:29you
- 32:29been
- 32:29naughty
- 32:30or
- 32:30nice
- 32:31this
- 32:31year?
- 32:32And
- 32:32I
- 32:32guess
- 32:32there's
- 32:32only
- 32:33one
- 32:33way
- 32:33to
- 32:33find
- 32:33out
- 32:34which
- 32:34of
- 32:34Santa's
- 32:35lists
- 32:35you're
- 32:35on
- 32:36and
- 32:37which
- 32:37verbal
- 32:37diorama
- 32:38episode
- 32:39you
- 32:39will
- 32:39be
- 32:39receiving
- 32:40this
- 32:40year.
- 32:41Will
- 32:41it
- 32:42be
- 32:42the
- 32:42naughtiest
- 32:43episode,
- 32:44which
- 32:44is
- 32:44how
- 32:44the
- 32:44Grinch
- 32:45Stole
- 32:45Christmas,
- 32:46the
- 32:46live
- 32:46action
- 32:46comedy
- 32:47from
- 32:472000
- 32:48starring
- 32:48Jim
- 32:49Carrey
- 32:49about
- 32:49a
- 32:50mean
- 32:50green
- 32:50other
- 32:51from
- 32:51outside
- 32:52Whoville?
- 32:53Or
- 32:53will
- 32:53it
- 32:53be
- 32:53the
- 32:53nicelst
- 32:54episode,
- 32:55Elf,
- 32:56the
- 32:56charming
- 32:57movie
- 32:57about
- 32:58another
- 32:58buddy,
- 32:59this
- 32:59time
- 32:59not
- 32:59a
- 32:59cop,
- 33:00but
- 33:00Buddy
- 33:01the
- 33:01Elf
- 33:01raised
- 33:02by
- 33:02elves
- 33:02at
- 33:03the
- 33:03North
- 33:03Pole
- 33:04who
- 33:04just
- 33:04wants
- 33:05to
- 33:05find
- 33:05his
- 33:05father
- 33:06and
- 33:06reunite
- 33:06with
- 33:07him?
- 33:07Or
- 33:08have
- 33:08you
- 33:08been
- 33:08a
- 33:09bit
- 33:09of
- 33:09both
- 33:10and
- 33:10so
- 33:10maybe
- 33:10you'll
- 33:11get
- 33:11a
- 33:11bit
- 33:12of
- 33:12both?
- 33:13I
- 33:13guess
- 33:13you'll
- 33:14find
- 33:14out
- 33:14just
- 33:15before
- 33:15Christmas
- 33:16when
- 33:16both
- 33:16episodes
- 33:17come
- 33:17out.
- 33:18So
- 33:18join
- 33:19me
- 33:19next
- 33:20episode
- 33:20whichever
- 33:21one
- 33:21you
- 33:21may
- 33:21receive
- 33:22on
- 33:22the
- 33:23history
- 33:23and
- 33:23legacy
- 33:24of
- 33:24how
- 33:25the
- 33:25Grinch
- 33:25Stole
- 33:25Christmas
- 33:26and
- 33:26the
- 33:27history
- 33:27and
- 33:27legacy
- 33:28of
- 33:28Elf.
- 33:29And
- 33:29as
- 33:29I
- 33:29always
- 33:30say,
- 33:30this
- 33:30podcast
- 33:30is
- 33:31free
- 33:31and
- 33:31it
- 33:31always
- 33:32will
- 33:32be
- 33:32free.
- 33:32However,
- 33:33if
- 33:33you
- 33:34have
- 33:34some
- 33:34spare
- 33:34pennies.
- 33:35I
- 33:35know
- 33:35not
- 33:35many
- 33:36people
- 33:36have
- 33:36spare
- 33:36pennies
- 33:37at
- 33:37the
- 33:37moment,
- 33:38especially
- 33:38at
- 33:39Christmas
- 33:39time.
- 33:40But
- 33:40if
- 33:40you
- 33:40do
- 33:41and
- 33:41you
- 33:41love
- 33:41what
- 33:42I
- 33:42do
- 33:42and
- 33:42you
- 33:42want
- 33:42to
- 33:42help
- 33:43support
- 33:43what
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- 33:43do,
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- 33:47if
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- 33:49you
- 33:49can
- 33:49do
- 33:49that.
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- 34:01Sade,
- 34:02Claudia,
- 34:02Simon,
- 34:03Laurel,
- 34:03Derek,
- 34:04Kat,
- 34:05Andy,
- 34:05Mike,
- 34:06Luke,
- 34:06Michael,
- 34:07Scott,
- 34:07Brendan,
- 34:08Lisa,
- 34:08Sam,
- 34:09Jack,
- 34:09Dave,
- 34:10Stuart,
- 34:10Nicholas,
- 34:11so,
- 34:11Kev,
- 34:12Pete,
- 34:12Heather,
- 34:13Danny,
- 34:13Ali,
- 34:14Stuart,
- 34:14Brett,
- 34:15Philip
- 34:15M,
- 34:16Michelle,
- 34:16Xenos,
- 34:17Sean,
- 34:18Rhino,
- 34:18Philip
- 34:19K,
- 34:19Adam,
- 34:20Elaine,
- 34:20Kyle.
- 34:21And
- 34:21a
- 34:22huge
- 34:22welcome
- 34:23to
- 34:23the
- 34:24Patreon
- 34:24for
- 34:25brand
- 34:25new
- 34:25patron
- 34:26Aaron.
- 34:27I
- 34:28am
- 34:28so
- 34:28delighted
- 34:29to
- 34:29have
- 34:29a
- 34:29new
- 34:30patron
- 34:30just
- 34:30before
- 34:30Christmas.
- 34:31It's
- 34:31always
- 34:31exciting
- 34:32when
- 34:32new
- 34:32patrons
- 34:33join,
- 34:33but
- 34:33I
- 34:33feel
- 34:34like
- 34:34just
- 34:34before
- 34:34Christmas
- 34:35is
- 34:36just
- 34:36even
- 34:37more
- 34:37so
- 34:37exciting.
- 34:38And
- 34:38I'm
- 34:39so
- 34:39very
- 34:39grateful
- 34:40for
- 34:40all
- 34:40of
- 34:40the
- 34:40patrons
- 34:41support.
- 34:42Making
- 34:42a
- 34:42podcast
- 34:43is
- 34:43not
- 34:43free.
- 34:44They
- 34:44help
- 34:44me
- 34:44fund
- 34:45things
- 34:45like
- 34:45software,
- 34:46subscriptions,
- 34:47hosting
- 34:48equipment,
- 34:49anything
- 34:49that
- 34:50this
- 34:50podcast
- 34:50might
- 34:50need
- 34:51to
- 34:51improve
- 34:52be
- 34:52better.
- 34:53That
- 34:53all
- 34:53comes
- 34:54from
- 34:54the
- 34:54patrons
- 34:54and
- 34:55from
- 34:55the
- 34:55tips.
- 34:55So
- 34:56thank
- 34:56you
- 34:56so
- 34:56much
- 34:57to
- 34:57everyone.
- 34:58If
- 34:59you
- 34:59want
- 34:59to
- 34:59get
- 34:59in
- 34:59touch
- 34:59with
- 34:59me,
- 35:00then
- 35:00you
- 35:00can.
- 35:00You
- 35:00can
- 35:01email
- 35:01verbaldiorama
- 35:02gmail.com.
- 35:04you
- 35:04can
- 35:04say
- 35:05general
- 35:05hellos,
- 35:06you
- 35:06can
- 35:06give
- 35:06me
- 35:06feedback,
- 35:07or
- 35:07you
- 35:07can
- 35:07give
- 35:07me
- 35:07suggestions.
- 35:08Or
- 35:09you
- 35:09can
- 35:09go
- 35:09to
- 35:09verbaldiorama.com
- 35:10and
- 35:10fill
- 35:11out
- 35:11the
- 35:11little
- 35:11contact
- 35:12form
- 35:12there.
- 35:13You
- 35:13can
- 35:13also
- 35:13find
- 35:13my
- 35:14work@filmstories.co.uk
- 35:15too.
- 35:16You
- 35:16can
- 35:16find
- 35:17issues
- 35:17of
- 35:17the
- 35:17magazine,
- 35:18I
- 35:18have
- 35:18a
- 35:18column
- 35:18in
- 35:19the
- 35:19magazine.
- 35:19And
- 35:19you
- 35:19can
- 35:20also
- 35:20find
- 35:20articles
- 35:21online
- 35:21as
- 35:22well.
- 35:23And
- 35:23finally.
- 35:24Hey.
- 35:24What
- 35:24the.
- 35:25You
- 35:25just
- 35:25do?
- 35:26Well,
- 35:26I
- 35:26controlled
- 35:27the
- 35:27jump.
- 35:27You
- 35:27wanted
- 35:28him
- 35:28down.
- 35:28He's
- 35:28down.
- 35:29Hey,
- 35:30come
- 35:30here.
- 35:31Come
- 35:31where?
- 35:31Here
- 35:31with
- 35:32me.
- 35:38Party's
- 35:38over.
- 35:40What's
- 35:40going
- 35:41on?
- 35:41Excuse
- 35:42me,
- 35:42buddy.
- 35:44Get
- 35:44in
- 35:44here.
- 35:49Hey.
- 35:50Okay.
- 35:51Nope.
- 35:51You
- 35:52want
- 35:52to
- 35:52kill
- 35:52yourself?
- 35:52Oh,
- 35:53Christ.
- 35:53Shut
- 35:54up.
- 35:54Yes
- 35:54or
- 35:55no?
- 35:55You
- 35:55want
- 35:55to
- 35:55die?
- 35:56Yes
- 35:56or
- 35:56no?
- 35:57I
- 35:57got
- 35:57the
- 35:57job
- 35:58done.
- 35:58What
- 35:58the
- 35:58hell
- 35:58do
- 35:58you
- 35:59want?
- 36:00What
- 36:00do
- 36:01you
- 36:01want
- 36:01to
- 36:01hear,
- 36:01man?
- 36:02Do
- 36:03you
- 36:03want
- 36:03to
- 36:03hear
- 36:03that
- 36:03sometimes
- 36:04I
- 36:04think
- 36:04about
- 36:04eating
- 36:05a
- 36:05bullet?
- 36:06Well,
- 36:07I
- 36:07do.
- 36:08I
- 36:08do.
- 36:08I
- 36:09even
- 36:09got
- 36:09a
- 36:09special
- 36:09one
- 36:09for
- 36:10the
- 36:10occasion
- 36:10with
- 36:10a
- 36:10hollow
- 36:11point.
- 36:11Look.
- 36:11Make
- 36:12sure
- 36:12it
- 36:12blows
- 36:12the
- 36:12back
- 36:12of
- 36:12my
- 36:13goddamn
- 36:13head
- 36:13out.
- 36:13Do
- 36:14the
- 36:14job
- 36:14right.
- 36:15Every
- 36:16single
- 36:16day
- 36:16I
- 36:17wake
- 36:17up
- 36:17and
- 36:17I
- 36:17think
- 36:17of
- 36:18a
- 36:18reason
- 36:18not
- 36:18to
- 36:18do
- 36:18it.
- 36:19Every
- 36:19single
- 36:20day.
- 36:21And
- 36:22you
- 36:22know
- 36:22why
- 36:22I
- 36:22don't
- 36:22do
- 36:22it?
- 36:22This
- 36:23is
- 36:23going
- 36:23to
- 36:23make
- 36:23you
- 36:23laugh.
- 36:23You
- 36:23know
- 36:24why
- 36:24I
- 36:24don't
- 36:24do
- 36:24it?
- 36:25The
- 36:25job.
- 36:26Doing
- 36:27the
- 36:27job.
- 36:27Now
- 36:27that's
- 36:28the
- 36:28reason
- 36:29you
- 36:29want
- 36:29to
- 36:29die?
- 36:30I
- 36:30don't.
- 36:30I'm
- 36:30not
- 36:31afraid
- 36:31of
- 36:31it.
- 36:31I
- 36:31ain't
- 36:32afraid
- 36:32of
- 36:32it.
- 36:33Yeah.
- 36:33Take
- 36:33my
- 36:33gun.
- 36:34Don't
- 36:34nibble
- 36:35on
- 36:35the
- 36:35barrel,
- 36:35pull
- 36:36the
- 36:36trigger.
- 36:36Go
- 36:37ahead,
- 36:37pal.
- 36:37Be
- 36:38my
- 36:38guest.
- 36:38Go
- 36:38ahead,
- 36:39if
- 36:39you're
- 36:39serious.
- 36:40You
- 36:40shouldn't
- 36:40tempt
- 36:40me,
- 36:41man.
- 36:42Put
- 36:42it
- 36:42in
- 36:42your
- 36:43mouth.
- 36:43Bullet
- 36:44might
- 36:44go
- 36:44through
- 36:44your
- 36:45ear
- 36:45and
- 36:45not
- 36:46kill
- 36:46you.
- 36:46Yeah,
- 36:46under
- 36:46the
- 36:46chin.
- 36:47Yeah.
- 36:47Yeah,
- 36:47under
- 36:48the
- 36:48chin.
- 37:01Ow.
- 37:05You're
- 37:05not
- 37:05trying
- 37:06to
- 37:06draw
- 37:07a
- 37:07psychopention.
- 37:10You
- 37:10really
- 37:10are
- 37:11crazy.
- 37:11Bye.
- 37:14Movies
- 37:14should
- 37:15know.
- 37:16Movies
- 37:16should
- 37:16know.
- 37:17Crinkle,
- 37:18Single
- 37:18Green
- 37:19B
- 37:19Trivia.