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Dead and Confused (Promo) · Movie Meltdown

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  Speaker 1: You expect me to remember that stuff.
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  Speaker 2: I know, because I don't remember a damn thing.
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  Speaker 3: So at least this time, I remembered we're supposed to
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  Speaker 3: give people a movie threat.
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  Speaker 1: I'm just here to get mad at 40-year-old movies.
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  Speaker 2: Well, pretty much happens on a regular basis.
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  Speaker 3: So I was once again, I hadn't, I looked through
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  Speaker 3: stuff I'd come in contact with in the real world.
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  Speaker 3: I hadn't seen much that fit. I usually try to
• 0:27
  Speaker 3: match up something. So I went looking for something and
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  Speaker 3: found something that matches almost exactly. So, Messiah of Evil, 1974.
• 0:37
  Speaker 3: A young woman goes searching for her missing artist father.
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  Speaker 3: Her journey takes her to a strange Californian seaside town
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  Speaker 3: governed by a mysterious undead cult.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot going on there.
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  Speaker 3: It already seems kind of interesting, but then I had
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  Speaker 3: no idea.
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  Speaker 2: So the directors are Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz.
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  Speaker 3: I was like, those are the people who, I'm like,
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  Speaker 3: I only know those because those names were on my
• 1:02
  Speaker 3: wall for years.
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  Speaker 2: Because they are screenwriters that I know. I mean, they
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  Speaker 2: worked with Lucas.
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  Speaker 3: So they did like Indiana Jones. They brought us the
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  Speaker 3: wonder that is Howard the Duck. So if I didn't
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  Speaker 3: want to see it before, now I definitely want to
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  Speaker 3: see Messiah of Evil.
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  Speaker 4: I feel like I've heard about that one in the
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  Speaker 4: same area as the movie that we watched for today.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: The hell you say. It's nothing like that. Like both weird.
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  Speaker 4: kind of cult 70s 80s movies that are actually way
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  Speaker 4: better than you think they.
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  Speaker 3: Would be yeah it's definitely uh kind of a its
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  Speaker 3: own subgenre well it's also the like small town subgenre
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  Speaker 3: which in anywhere can be small town in england small
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  Speaker 3: town and you know cape cod small town california so
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  Speaker 3: you get into those weird small town craziness it's its
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  Speaker 3: own subgenre too so yeah But yeah, I thought that.
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  Speaker 2: Was at least an interesting entry. Maybe people have other,
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  Speaker 2: better options. We'll see. But in the meantime, you'll listen
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  Speaker 2: to us.
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  Speaker 3: Say ridiculous things like this. She so doesn't fit in
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  Speaker 3: that movie. Like, it is to me the off part
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  Speaker 3: of that movie. The finales are always off for a
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  Speaker 3: lot of people. I don't mind most of them, but
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  Speaker 3: that's the one that's probably the most off for me,
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  Speaker 3: and it's mostly because....
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  Speaker 4: Also the dumbest line ever when they're giving each other
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  Speaker 4: fake names and he's like, I'll call you Lisa. I've
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  Speaker 4: always wanted to meet a Lisa.
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  Speaker 2: That is very exotic. I mean, you don't come in
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  Speaker 2: contact with Lisas.
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  Speaker 1: I have dated two and I do not get around this.
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  Speaker 2: You've learned your lesson.
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  Speaker 5: None.
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  Speaker 2: What do you think? I'm laying off the Lisas from
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  Speaker 2: here on out. Like it's such an exotic name.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, Lisa.
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  Speaker 1: I can't imagine in 1981 that it was an uncommon thing.
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  Speaker 3: Right?
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  Speaker 2: No. I think the actress's name was Lisa. I looked
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  Speaker 2: it up after.
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  Speaker 1: Easy enough to sum up. It's Superbad meets Shaun of
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  Speaker 1: the Dead.
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  Speaker 3: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: Pretty much. Even your star didn't want to commit to it.
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  Speaker 2: He's like, I'll do it, but I'm not reading any dialogue.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not memorizing. Not reading the script. I'll show up.
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  Speaker 1: I'll use a mop, but I'm not going to.
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  Speaker 2: Freaking say words. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So dumb. I mean, honestly, in a movie like this,
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  Speaker 1: the answer could be magic. And as long as that
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  Speaker 1: comes from one of the characters and they say it
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  Speaker 1: in an authoritative sort of way, I'm okay with that.
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  Speaker 4: I feel like the marketing didn't do it any favors,
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  Speaker 4: which is weird because it was a really, really good
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  Speaker 4: marketing campaign.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. But the movie was just so different. We're focusing
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  Speaker 2: on the characters.
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  Speaker 3: Character as though it's a freddy as it's adjacent and
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  Speaker 3: like once you get in there you're like this is
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  Speaker 3: barely about this character really it's it's certainly not it
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  Speaker 3: doesn't need to be sold having to do.
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  Speaker 1: With otherwise it is night of the lepus but with
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  Speaker 1: slugs and they're not gigantic like the bunnies they're.
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  Speaker 2: Not inconsistent like the bunny sizes.
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  Speaker 1: No, they are very inconsistent. But they're not.
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  Speaker 2: And it really is like night and sleep.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, they're big for slugs, but like half the
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  Speaker 1: size of a banana.
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  Speaker 2: But they're not as big as a car sometimes. Sometimes,
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  Speaker 2: but not always.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, there's times where overacting is awesome.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, in this movie in particular, I'm like, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's fine.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: It's fine. Go ahead. Go big. It's cool. Which is funny,
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  Speaker 2: because as a kid, I didn't really... Come to terms
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  Speaker 2: with that. And now when I watch it, I'm just like,
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  Speaker 2: what a monster.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: This guy's horrible. And then we see little baby Freddy Krueger.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: That is what I wrote down. Little Freddy Krueger. Look
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  Speaker 2: at him. Oh, not burned and shit yet. He's just
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  Speaker 2: hanging out with kids. Yeah, it looks good. It's creepy.
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  Speaker 2: But the plot doesn't. do, but I wanted it to be.
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  Speaker 3: It's very procedurally, but I'm like, we've got 14 shows
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  Speaker 3: on a week that do this, so you've got to
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  Speaker 3: really go above and beyond when you're a movie trying
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  Speaker 3: to do the same thing that every cop show trying
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  Speaker 3: to figure out who murdered who does.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm like, this kind of does because it's a
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  Speaker 2: little more dark, but still not really enough to sell
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  Speaker 2: it for what it is that it's trying to be
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  Speaker 2: in the end. That it's annoying when a movie is like,
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  Speaker 2: the devil!
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  Speaker 4: And then every plot hole or anything could just be
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  Speaker 4: explained away by like bull because it's the devil he
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  Speaker 4: can do whatever he wants it's like okay but that's so.
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  Speaker 2: Lazy shows involved and then it's fine if you build.
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  Speaker 6: A talk show around him as a guest then it's
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  Speaker 6: okay well and i guess if they're yeah like if
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  Speaker 6: you know from the beginning that that's what it is
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  Speaker 6: but for some reason it just felt Much more like
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  Speaker 6: a cop-out when you're expecting it to be serial killer
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  Speaker 6: and then instead it's like a devil.
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  Speaker 2: Or whatever. Like, to me, as you're saying that, I'm like, oh, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I guess that was.
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  Speaker 3: Like, I'd already kind of forgot what the wrap-up was,
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  Speaker 3: which tells you a little bit about what was going
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  Speaker 3: on there.
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  Speaker 2: I was like, yeah, something, I don't know, evil and shit, whatever.
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  Speaker 2: It feels so passé. It's like very 80s. Yeah. Like satanic.
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  Speaker 2: But not in a good way. Yeah. Normally that's a
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  Speaker 2: sales pitch where you're like, oh, really?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. But no.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it is a product of its director.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: If you like him, I feel like you'll like it.
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  Speaker 3: If you're a horror movie fan and you don't like him,
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  Speaker 3: don't know that it's up your alley.
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  Speaker 2: Because it is not a speedy moving movie.
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  Speaker 1: No, it is not.
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  Speaker 2: It is slow.
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  Speaker 3: And then once it gets going for the zombie movie
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  Speaker 3: that it is, it's still like, wait, what are we doing?
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  Speaker 3: It doesn't operate like your normal zombie movie.
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  Speaker 2: All of his movies look good.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And have that kind of like slow, artsy, cold.
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  Speaker 3: But usually it nails the end and then you're like, okay,
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  Speaker 3: and it made it worth all of this buildup.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And this one I was just like, eh, not really. Yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: It's like, it's fine, but not, not quite up to
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  Speaker 2: your usual thing.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not saying it's not right for horror elements, but
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  Speaker 3: that would just look like a big, dumb, put them
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  Speaker 3: in giant costumes and make things bloody movie. Like, doesn't
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  Speaker 3: make it good exactly yeah it's just the thing you're
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  Speaker 3: doing did.
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  Speaker 1: I ever tell you about the bootleg uh sharpies that
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  Speaker 1: i found no they were called skirples and they were put.
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  Speaker 3: Letters in a bag and drew them out like laying
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  Speaker 3: them out here's what we're spelling.
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  Speaker 1: I found them at a at a peddler's mall type
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  Speaker 1: establishment that seems about right there was a pack of
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  Speaker 1: five of them and they were dirt cheap and I
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  Speaker 1: was like, hey, Sharpies. And it was one of those
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  Speaker 1: things where you're standing, it was so well done.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Like you're standing there looking at it and you're like,
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  Speaker 5: I know something's wrong here.
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  Speaker 2: Sounding it out. That's not right at all.
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  Speaker 1: And it finally dawned on me they were Skirples. And
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  Speaker 1: they were good markers, but they smelled really bad.
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  Speaker 2: Fine tip or just the normal Sharpie?
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  Speaker 1: Normal Sharpie.
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  Speaker 2: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: I wish I could find more of them.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, the three jobs are sailor in hat, gas station,
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  Speaker 4: and nurse in hat.
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: And diner lady. Gotta have diner lady.
• 8:38
  Speaker 1: There's a teacher.
• 8:39
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's true, Janet.
• 8:40
  Speaker 1: There's a witchcraft slash voodoo teacher.
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  Speaker 3: Like, I literally was like, it was later in the day,
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  Speaker 3: and I was just like, not in a good place.
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  Speaker 3: And I was like, I didn't realize, I was like,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, there's nothing going on today. I was like, oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I forgot.
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  Speaker 3: It put me in their mood so much that I
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  Speaker 3: was like, holy shit. I feel what they're going through.
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  Speaker 2: This is rough.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think I need that right now.
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  Speaker 3: I was going to say, take it into account because
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  Speaker 3: it is so good, but it is real. It is
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  Speaker 3: some hardcore shit going on. But it's also funny at times.
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  Speaker 3: It is meant to be a dark comedy is what
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  Speaker 3: I keep hearing. And most of the time, that's kind
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  Speaker 3: of true. But there are times when I'm like, there
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  Speaker 3: ain't no jokes there, man.
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  Speaker 2: It's dark. It is dark.
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  Speaker 4: That seems so much more like surgically cutting out specific
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  Speaker 4: memories while still remembering other things from your life before.
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  Speaker 1: You just take a scrub brush to their brains.
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  Speaker 2: Seems a lot more complicated.
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  Speaker 1: And there's a close-up of this adorable little slug trying
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  Speaker 1: to take a bite out of his finger.
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  Speaker 2: And you hear it go.
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  Speaker 4: Well, they have that random spooky abandoned house that the
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  Speaker 4: family goes into because they think there will be ice
• 10:01
  Speaker 4: in there. Well, and then so when he like buries
• 10:05
  Speaker 4: his wife, now is she dead, dead?
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  Speaker 5: She took her top off. I was like, what kind
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  Speaker 5: of movie is this? And not like, you know, but
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  Speaker 5: it's like, what the hell is this? And then all
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  Speaker 5: of a sudden he gets clubbed in the head.
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, oh, it's this kind of movie.
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  Speaker 1: Go get him, Nelson.
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  Speaker 3: Bite his butt.
• 10:28
  Speaker 2: Oh, he's going to do it.
• 10:30
  Speaker 3: I hope you're talking to the cat.
• 10:32
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I do too.
• 10:35
  Speaker 2: He sneaks up behind him and bites his back leg
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  Speaker 2: and then they... Flip around and yell at each other.
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  Speaker 2: Especially at three in the morning.
• 10:46
  Speaker 3: That is the best time to wrassle.
• 10:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's when you like to wake up your mom.
• 10:57
  Speaker 3: So go to MovieMeltdown.com, join the Meltdown Horror Club, and
• 11:00
  Speaker 3: give us possibly a better movie than Messiah of Evil,
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  Speaker 3: but I don't know.
• 11:04
  Speaker 2: Sounds pretty cool to me.
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  Speaker 3: Or worse, if you can find it.
• 11:06
  Speaker 2: Maybe you can come up with a better option. You
• 11:08
  Speaker 2: just let us know.