FanExpo Canada Review

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Welcome and Episode Setup

Brent (00:01:15 - 00:01:24): Welcome loyal listeners to another episode of True North Nerds.

Kevin (00:01:24 - 00:01:25): Yay!

Brent (00:01:25 - 00:01:32): Woo woo woo! You know it. Uh, it’s Brent and Ryan.

Ryan (00:01:32 - 00:01:33): Hello.

Brent (00:01:33 - 00:01:34): And Kevin.

Ryan (00:01:34 - 00:01:35): Hi.

Brent (00:01:35 - 00:01:44): And no Jen. Jen was at the CNE today, so she, uh, is tired and doesn’t like people.

Kevin (00:01:44 - 00:01:45): Not even us?

Brent (00:01:45 - 00:01:50): We don’t usually count as people, and she means that as a— in a good way.

Kevin (00:01:50 - 00:01:51): That’s a compliment?

Brent (00:01:51 - 00:01:59): Okay, good. Yeah. But no, she, uh, she is, uh, kind of done for the day. I think her voice is probably not the greatest at the moment.

Ryan (00:01:59 - 00:01:59): Ah.

Brent (00:01:59 - 00:02:45): She was, uh, she was with, uh, her friend and, uh, one of, uh, her many co-hosts on Sailor Snackin’, Karina, and, uh, our niece, uh, for the entire time. And, uh, the— when Jen and Karina get together, they, they yak a lot. And Alexis is getting to the, the like very talkative stage because she’s a teenager. So I’m sure they, they’re like voices are all a little bit ragged. Anyways, uh, we’re going to talk about the news. Kevin’s going to give us a, a quick review of Coyote vs. Acme, and Ryan and I are going to talk about Fan Expo because we just got back from that as well.

Ryan (00:02:46 - 00:02:46): Fan Expo.

Brent (00:02:47 - 00:02:57): Uh, let’s start with the news, and a lot of it is not going to be particularly cheerful. Uh, go ahead, Ryan.

Remembering Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and Peter Cullen

Ryan (00:02:58 - 00:03:14): Well, since you brought that up, we might as well start there. Um, so since we last recorded, uh, we had 3 major celebrity deaths, um, all within days of each other. Uh, we started off the week losing the one and only the Dolly Parton.

Kevin (00:03:14 - 00:03:26): Oh, I have never been more affected by a celebrity death than Dolly Parton. Every, every social media I’m on, somebody’s putting a tribute up to her and I weep.

Ryan (00:03:27 - 00:03:27): I—

Kevin (00:03:27 - 00:03:59): she was such an amazing, amazing person. Uh, the fact that she could, she could be such a genuine person while being a multi-millionaire While, you know, being one of the greatest songwriters of all time, she had a top 10 hit in every decade for the last 6 decades. That’s how good a songwriter she was. So, and I’m devastated by her.

Ryan (00:03:59 - 00:04:11): And then, you know, then there’s, you know, that’s not even talking about the millions of books she’s given away to children. over the years, but through her foundation and charities and stuff.

Kevin (00:04:11 - 00:04:27): And yeah, did you know that she gave almost all the profits from Whitney Houston’s cover of I Will Always Love You to a, to a, a hard, down-on-its-luck Black neighborhood in Nashville to revitalize an entire neighborhood?

Brent (00:04:27 - 00:04:37): Yeah, I, I believe there’s a school or, uh, rec center or something named after like both of them kind of thing that like she funded. With like those royalty payments.

Kevin (00:04:37 - 00:04:39): Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Brent (00:04:39 - 00:04:47): Um, we, we actually talked about it on, uh, the show that I do with Alex on Listen to This like a long time ago, like way before she had passed.

Kevin (00:04:47 - 00:05:32): Yeah, but she’s just a remarkable human being. Yeah, one of the theme park podcasts I listened to her compared her to Walt Disney for her vision, uh, because of her theme park, uh Not that— I mean, she wasn’t part of the day-to-day running of the park, but they called her the dreamer-in-chief of the, of the park. So, uh, just, you know, the way she touched people in so many ways. And she put her name and her money into that park so that the people in the place where she grew up poor as dirt had, had good jobs to go to. And she paid for anybody who worked at Dollywood to go to college. Like, this is the kind of person she is. Why are there not more Dolly Partons in the world?

Brent (00:05:32 - 00:05:58): Agreed. Oh yeah, it’s a— it’s, it’s sad, but at the same time, like, if, if you could describe it as of anybody having a good run, she is it, right? Like, like you said, came from nothing, made something of herself, gave to others. Had like— is arguably one of the best songwriters in country music history.

Kevin (00:05:58 - 00:05:59): Yes.

Brent (00:05:59 - 00:06:28): Um, and not only that, like, has like hit movies under her belt as well, like cartoons. Uh, she was, uh, pro-LGBTQ before that was even really a term, you know. Like, it’s— I, I read a story today that I, I had never heard before that, um, Oh, like, I guess her driver was a trans person.

Kevin (00:06:28 - 00:06:28): Okay.

Brent (00:06:29 - 00:06:47): And they— and this was in like the ’80s, and the National Enquirer or one of those papers set out to make it, you know, like a scandalous story. And they went to her like, did you know this? And she’s like, yeah, and you know what, I don’t give a shit. And that was the end of that.

Kevin (00:06:47 - 00:06:55): One of my favorite stories about her is that she once entered A drag queen Dolly Parton lookalike contest and lost.

Ryan (00:07:00 - 00:07:00): That’s funny.

Kevin (00:07:01 - 00:07:03): Yeah.

Ryan (00:07:04 - 00:07:12): I love the story too, where she apparently wrote “I will always love you” and and and um and Jolene and Jolene in the same night.

Kevin (00:07:14 - 00:07:50): Yes, she did. And I Will Always Love You was written— she was on a television show, uh, she was like the girl singer on The Porter Wagoner Show, which was a country music variety show in the ’60s. And she was starting to— her, her star was, was waxing, right? Like, she was, uh, she was becoming bigger than he was, and, uh, she wrote that song to him. So, you know, not as a kiss-off, but to say, you know, you’ve done so much for me, but I need to, I need to spread my wings more too.

Ryan (00:07:50 - 00:07:51): Yeah.

Brent (00:07:51 - 00:08:20): So yeah, and, and like that, that whole story in itself is fascinating because she like that, it revolves around her like trying to get out of her contract and then owing him money to get out of said contract. And then later on, she like hit the rights to his, uh, catalog comes up. And she ends up buying that, and he goes to her in an effort to try and buy it back, and she just gives it to him.

Ryan (00:08:20 - 00:08:21): Wow.

Brent (00:08:21 - 00:08:48): It’s— her story is amazing, and I’m very curious what her estate does next because it’s also in this weird thing where her estate in a weird way cannot sell out because there will be such an outcry over it.

Kevin (00:08:48 - 00:08:49): Right.

Brent (00:08:49 - 00:09:10): And like, it’s— and like, because of everything she has had set up. And at the same time, they have to very carefully treat this estate like it— like, which she owned all her publishing, she hadn’t sold it off yet. So that’s like a big one amongst other things, right? So—

Kevin (00:09:10 - 00:09:43): Well, I think, um, uh, like the official announcement of her death in her social media was done by a publicist who was her nephew. Like, I think so many of the important people who work for her and with her are family. So yeah, I, I think we’ll be okay. I think we’ll be okay. Um, did you know that, that there is a time capsule in— I think it’s in one of the hotels at Dollywood— that contains a song that will not be released until 2045? It will be—

Brent (00:09:43 - 00:09:50): Yeah, I, I did read that. So there’s at least one more thing. It sounds like there’s some other stuff that we will probably hear before then.

Kevin (00:09:50 - 00:10:00): That just surprised me. Yeah, you know, she hadn’t been public in about the last 6 months. And I think— I, I, I’m pretty sure it’s cancer that took her.

Brent (00:10:00 - 00:10:05): But that is the official word, except that they haven’t specified what type.

Kevin (00:10:05 - 00:10:14): Right. But also, when her husband died last year, her husband who was a very private person, uh, I think she was devastated by that.

Brent (00:10:15 - 00:10:24): And, uh, well, that— the, the story seems to be that she was having some issues then but was looking after him.

Kevin (00:10:25 - 00:10:25): Yeah.

Brent (00:10:25 - 00:10:34): And then kind of ignored them in order to be with him, and then those issues became the problem that eventually took her out, kind of thing.

Kevin (00:10:34 - 00:10:42): I’ve also heard that the sort of the public persona we know as Dolly Parton, uh, you know, she could turn that off and travel sort of incognito.

Brent (00:10:42 - 00:10:43): Yep.

Kevin (00:10:43 - 00:10:50): You got those, those, the glitz and the, and the, the wigs and everything, and she could go to the grocery store and nobody would know who she was.

Brent (00:10:50 - 00:11:00): Yeah, the, the story is, is that, uh, she would take off her wig and dress down, and she and her husband would like go to a local like cafe every morning for breakfast.

Kevin (00:11:00 - 00:11:01): Yeah.

Brent (00:11:01 - 00:11:07): And nobody, like, nobody knew who she was, and nobody bothered her other than like the staff, obviously.

Kevin (00:11:07 - 00:11:26): I think the people, the people in Sevier County, like, if that’s where she was, like, like, she, she, she grew up there. People knew who— would know who she was even out of makeup, but— and her close friends and family would as well. But, uh, yeah, it’s amazing. It’s an amazing— it’s amazing. She’s just an amazing person.

Brent (00:11:26 - 00:12:06): It sadly thwarts the, the thing that I— one of those memes I wish came true, which is the, the meme that was floating around out there about how, uh, Dolly Parton and Elvira should play like twins separated at birth have to go on like some mission to like— like, oh, give me that movie. That doesn’t even really need a plot. It would just be awesome. So that was very, very sad. It’s like she’s one of the few like really like cross-genre stars, right?

Kevin (00:12:06 - 00:12:06): Sure.

Brent (00:12:06 - 00:12:16): Yeah, not just in music, movies, TV, like the— like like in our sort of area is that she was an executive producer of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Kevin (00:12:16 - 00:12:17): Yes, she was.

Brent (00:12:17 - 00:12:23): So, you know, it’s not like she didn’t touch on things, right?

Kevin (00:12:23 - 00:12:23): Right.

Brent (00:12:23 - 00:12:28): So yeah, all right, uh, let’s go to the next sad one.

Ryan (00:12:28 - 00:12:32): Uh, following that, we, uh, we lost Tim Curry.

Kevin (00:12:32 - 00:13:25): Isn’t that crazy? Uh, what is there to say about this man? I mean, I, I was just in a play that was based on a movie that he was the star of, so I mean, that’s fun. Uh, oh, speaking of, uh, just to go back to Dolly for a minute, I was in a play that was, that was full of music that was based on a movie that Dolly Parton was in and that she wrote all the music for the Broadway version of. Uh, so, you know, I’ve got some connection to both these people, uh, very tangentially. But Tim Curry was such a, you know, he was an icon, uh, for— I mean, I mean, out of the gate, right? Rocky Horror is, is what he’s known for mostly. But when you look at his list of credits— did you hear that people are tying red balloons to sewer grates? Yes.

Brent (00:13:25 - 00:13:26): Oh God.

Ryan (00:13:27 - 00:13:37): Uh, yes, I saw pictures, I guess, from the one specifically where they filmed, uh, it back in the— originally, the people had been, uh, tying balloons to.

Kevin (00:13:38 - 00:13:48): And yeah, yeah, isn’t that fun? Yeah. So it’s, uh, you know, he had a pretty, a pretty big impact on a lot of people.

Brent (00:13:50 - 00:14:09): So yeah, like, just like, you know, again, a guy who could do pretty much anything. Yeah, like, I, I think we tend to think of him as like a villain, but he was like a good guy in a ton of things too. Oh yeah, yeah, sure.

Ryan (00:14:09 - 00:14:12): Isn’t he the only human that’s an honorary Muppet?

Brent (00:14:12 - 00:14:16): He’s— I think he’s one of the few. There is somebody else.

Kevin (00:14:16 - 00:14:19): Yeah, Michael Caine maybe.

Brent (00:14:19 - 00:14:22): That—

Ryan (00:14:22 - 00:14:28): I don’t know if he’s an honorary Muppet because he, he treated the Muppets like they were real people. Tim Curry, he made himself a Muppet.

Brent (00:14:28 - 00:15:08): Yeah, it’s definitely a weird counterpoint. Like, they were both fantastic in their Muppet movies, but you’re— yeah, that’s, that’s right. It’s like Michael Caine treated the Muppets like people, like, like how he would in any, like, movie or theater production. Tim Curry, uh, treated himself like a Muppet. Yeah, and like, you know, what can you say about the list of stuff that he did? Like, the, the sheer variety of it is amazing.

Kevin (00:15:08 - 00:15:47): Yeah, I’m looking at his Wikipedia page right now and going through his list of— he did a lot of stage stuff first. He was nominated for his first Tony Award for his role in Amadeus on Broadway. He played, he played Mozart on Broadway. I mean, besides Rocky Horror, his first West End show was Hair. Uh, he was King Arthur in the original production of Spamalot. Uh, so there’s a ton of, uh, a ton, ton, ton of stage work. Uh, Just so much good stuff. So much good stuff.

Brent (00:15:48 - 00:15:48): Yeah.

Kevin (00:15:49 - 00:15:56): And then there’s been a lot of questions as to why the 80-year-old actor who was in Home Alone 2— why they took the wrong one.

Brent (00:15:56 - 00:15:59): Uh, they’ve taken 2 this year.

Kevin (00:15:59 - 00:16:05): Yeah, yeah. So, uh, oh, he was in The Hunt for Red October.

Brent (00:16:05 - 00:16:10): Yep. Notably one of the only ones who does a convincing Russian accent.

Kevin (00:16:12 - 00:16:20): Yep. Yeah, uh, just so many, many, many, many, many, many fans. And, uh, yeah. Oh, he did cartoon voices.

Ryan (00:16:20 - 00:16:25): Well, he was the, the what, the devil or the, the demon in Legend?

Kevin (00:16:25 - 00:16:26): Yes, he was.

Ryan (00:16:27 - 00:16:28): Another movie I’ve never seen.

Brent (00:16:29 - 00:16:36): Same year as Clue. Yes, like, to give you an idea of acting chops, right?

Kevin (00:16:37 - 00:16:41): You guys also knew that he was originally cast to be the Joker on Batman: The Animated Series.

Brent (00:16:41 - 00:17:05): But yeah, that’s one of those ones that, like, I don’t know, I’ve heard his audition tape, like, because it’s, it’s out there, like, and they said it was too terrifying. And maybe that’s true, but it’s like, or maybe it’s just like, I love Mark Hamill’s version so much. It’s like, it’s one of those few ones where, like, I think they went the right way.

Kevin (00:17:05 - 00:17:07): I think so too.

Brent (00:17:07 - 00:17:23): Like, he would, he would have been a good Joker, but like, I, they, they, they went with the, the right choice. And it’s not like he hasn’t done stuff since either. Like, his voice acting resume is possibly longer than his movie resume.

Ryan (00:17:23 - 00:17:46): Yeah. And then while he did that, he was in those, one of the Command and Conquer games, which A lot of people have been posting clips from that, which is— no, why, why would you ever think of those games and his, like, those horrible scripts and cheesy, you know, video game clips to be your representation of him?

Brent (00:17:46 - 00:17:49): But I think it’s because it’s readily available.

Kevin (00:17:49 - 00:17:53): Yeah.

Brent (00:17:53 - 00:18:00): Oh man, he was in a Broadway production of Amadeus. Yeah, as Mozart. That would have been fantastic.

Ryan (00:18:00 - 00:18:05): Kevin mentioned that. Oh, maybe five five minutes ago. All good.

Kevin (00:18:08 - 00:18:21): Yeah, no, he was an amazing performer. You know what’s interesting? I’m looking at his Wikipedia page, and there’s nothing here about his personal life. He was very private too, so I don’t know. I I saw one.

Brent (00:18:22 - 00:18:22): We know one.

Ryan (00:18:23 - 00:18:24): Well, yeah, that’s the whole story.

Brent (00:18:24 - 00:18:26): Girl that got away.

Ryan (00:18:26 - 00:18:29): Yep, the one that got away. Miss Piggy.

Kevin (00:18:29 - 00:18:34): Yeah, that’s the only— it’s the only person he’s ever mentioned as ever being in love with.

Brent (00:18:37 - 00:18:41): So yeah, yeah, apparently even his biography doesn’t say anything.

Ryan (00:18:42 - 00:18:42): Good for him.

Brent (00:18:43 - 00:19:06): He, um, the— I think the only time he’s really talked about like why he doesn’t talk about it is he felt it took away from his ability to be in any part, which, who knows whether that’s true or not, but given his resume, maybe he was on to something. Yeah.

Kevin (00:19:07 - 00:19:21): Oh, here’s a movie he was in I forgot about. He was in Annie. He played Rooster in Annie, the movie adaptation of the musical with Bernadette Peters and Carol Burnett.

Brent (00:19:21 - 00:19:55): I don’t remember that at all. Um, I, I really like talking about like terrifying and stuff like that. He was on, uh, 2— I think it’s 2 episodes of Criminal Minds as like a serial killer, and he is creepy as shit in that. Yeah, like, and like, he’s like gross, like, like chain smoking the entire time. Like, it was really good.

Kevin (00:19:55 - 00:19:58): He did 2 episodes of Roseanne.

Brent (00:20:00 - 00:20:21): I vaguely remember that. He did like— he’s one of those guys who did like movies and TV, like, at a time where it’s like, well, if you did TV, you were slumming it. Theater or movies, or if you, if you ended up on TV, it’s like, oh, he, he lost a step. But like, he’s a guy who did like all of it at the same time.

Kevin (00:20:21 - 00:20:32): I’m looking at a list of his credits right now on Wikipedia. He was in an episode of Lex. Do you remember that awful Canadian science fiction show from the late ’90s?

Brent (00:20:32 - 00:20:38): It was like a Canadian and Canadian-Jewish German production. Yeah.

Kevin (00:20:38 - 00:20:44): He was on 2 episodes of that. He played Dale the Whale Biederbeck in an episode of Monk.

Brent (00:20:45 - 00:20:45): Yep.

Kevin (00:20:46 - 00:20:59): Uh, Psych. Oh, Terry Pratchett’s The Color of Magic. His last TV performance was he played the criminologist in the television version, the live TV version of Rocky Horror.

Brent (00:20:59 - 00:21:03): Yeah, which it would have been after his stroke, right?

Kevin (00:21:04 - 00:21:07): Uh, yes, 20— 2016.

Brent (00:21:07 - 00:21:07): Yeah.

Kevin (00:21:08 - 00:21:24): Oh, cartoon voiceovers. FernGully, Rugrats movie, Scooby-Doo movies, The Wild Thornberrys. He was the main voice on The Wild Thornberrys. He was the narrator of the Sesame Street Christmas Carol.

Brent (00:21:24 - 00:21:25): Oh geez.

Kevin (00:21:25 - 00:21:34): He was in Barbie and the Three Musketeers. Oh, so many cartoon voices.

Brent (00:21:34 - 00:21:42): Yep. Speaking of cartoon voices, yeah, we will use that as the segue to go to the 3rd one and hopefully last for a while.

Ryan (00:21:42 - 00:22:07): Yeah, well, they say it comes in 3s. Uh, so this one was another tough one. Uh, it was 40 years ago this year that Mattel first killed off Optimus Prime. And it seems fitting that, uh, while they’re on their apology tour for that, uh, the voice of Optimus Prime and many, many, many, many other cartoon characters, uh, Peter Cullen sadly passed away as well.

Brent (00:22:07 - 00:22:10): I did not know that he is Canadian.

Ryan (00:22:10 - 00:22:15): I didn’t realize that too until, uh, I saw that on the news when they said it as Canadian.

Brent (00:22:15 - 00:22:18): Or at least said he was born here.

Ryan (00:22:18 - 00:22:19): Born in Montreal.

Brent (00:22:20 - 00:22:44): Yeah. Which I— well, automatically gives him citizenship rights, I think. But his brother was, uh, in the Marine Corps, so— but yeah, the, the dude was— if you watched a cartoon in the 1980s, uh-huh, you heard his voice in something.

Ryan (00:22:44 - 00:22:45): Yeah.

Brent (00:22:46 - 00:23:00): If you never watched Transformers, okay. Did you watch My Little Pony? Because he’s in that movie. He’s also in the G.I. Joe movie and TV show. He’s also in Rockin’ with Judy Jetson, whatever the hell that is.

Ryan (00:23:00 - 00:23:03): Did you watch Winnie the Pooh? Yes, he was Eeyore.

Brent (00:23:04 - 00:23:28): Eeyore for many years. He’s, uh, was in, uh, Treasure Planet, which is one of those uh, Disney movies that I think gets overlooked at this point. Yeah, no, it’s a good one. The, the one that, like, I just found out about this year earlier is he is the noises of the Predator in Predator.

Ryan (00:23:28 - 00:23:29): Uh-huh.

Kevin (00:23:31 - 00:23:35): He also was Monterey Jack on Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers.

Brent (00:23:35 - 00:23:35): Rangers.

Ryan (00:23:36 - 00:23:37): Oh yeah, that one I didn’t know.

Kevin (00:23:37 - 00:23:42): And He was the original voice of KARR, the evil Knight Rider car.

Ryan (00:23:42 - 00:23:44): Yes, that one I remember.

Brent (00:23:44 - 00:23:55): Well, I, I think voice is stretching it. Growls. Because I think— wasn’t that the thing? I don’t think KARR actually talked. I think— no, no, actually, no, KARR talked.

Kevin (00:23:55 - 00:23:57): Did he talk? I thought he was—

Ryan (00:23:57 - 00:24:00): he was— he thought— he thought people were stupid and—

Brent (00:24:01 - 00:24:03): oh, maybe— no, I’m thinking of the truck.

Kevin (00:24:04 - 00:24:05): Yeah, this was another, another—

Brent (00:24:06 - 00:24:06): okay, got it, got it.

Ryan (00:24:07 - 00:24:15): Yeah, that Kit was, you know, that he was an idiot for serving these humans and that kind of stuff.

Kevin (00:24:15 - 00:24:19): I think he was the voice of King Kong in the 1976 King Kong.

Brent (00:24:19 - 00:24:36): Yep. Uh, as a side note, uh, I can hear our, our good friend Rex talking about voiceover artists and stuff like that. There’s a lot of them that make good livings just doing noises for animals.

Kevin (00:24:36 - 00:24:37): Yeah.

Brent (00:24:37 - 00:25:09): Um, his— Peter Cullen’s counterpart, Frank Welker, who was the voice of Megatron, like, has so many of those on his resume. Like, it— like, he is the voices of, and like, of, uh, the little Godzilla creatures in the Matthew Broderick voice of Godzilla, amongst other animals. He’s like one of those guys that— I don’t know if they still do, but he used to be— if you needed like an animal noise, you called Frank Welker.

Kevin (00:25:09 - 00:25:15): Oh, he was Venger on Dungeons and Dragons.

Brent (00:25:15 - 00:25:27): Yep. He’s also been on, uh, at least one or two of the Ninja Turtles shows. Uh, he did a voice in Invincible. He was the voice of Thaddeus.

Ryan (00:25:27 - 00:25:52): He was, which is the, uh, the, the, the president, the leader of the, uh, Space Coalition of Planets, who was a Viltrumite, who’s— is killed off. He’s already been in the show, has already been killed off, so don’t worry about replacing that. But yeah, I had totally forgotten. I was like, because yeah, as soon as he shows up, he’s like, oh, That’s Optimus Prime’s voice.

Brent (00:25:52 - 00:26:11): I am— I’m now like, like, I’m also looking at like the amount of Transformers stuff he did over the years, and I’m now like, um, I, I think I’ve mentioned it on the show. I once upon a time, quite some time ago, I got to work on a Transformer thing that never happened.

Kevin (00:26:11 - 00:26:12): Uh-huh.

Brent (00:26:12 - 00:26:22): Uh, it was like a, like a live-action stage show And now I’m like, oh man, if that had actually happened, he would have probably done the voice for it.

Ryan (00:26:23 - 00:26:23): Probably.

Kevin (00:26:23 - 00:26:29): Do you know what his last credit is on, uh, for TV on Wikipedia?

Brent (00:26:29 - 00:26:33): There was apparently a Transformers night on The Masked Singer.

Kevin (00:26:33 - 00:26:35): Apparently, yeah.

Ryan (00:26:35 - 00:26:37): Yeah, doesn’t surprise me.

Kevin (00:26:38 - 00:26:41): But his final role was Thaddeus on Invincible.

Ryan (00:26:41 - 00:26:42): Oh, there you go.

Brent (00:26:45 - 00:26:46): Yeah, amazing.

Ryan (00:26:47 - 00:27:15): Yeah, so yeah, they, they will be missed. They will be remembered. Uh, they all hold a special place in our hearts. Uh, on to other less important news, but still news all the same. Um, so HBO has put in For an 8-episode order of the new DC series The People vs. Gorilla Grodd.

Nerd News

Kevin (00:27:15 - 00:27:17): I am excited.

Ryan (00:27:17 - 00:27:21): Yeah, this is the rumored, uh, Jimmy Olsen Gorilla Grodd show.

Brent (00:27:21 - 00:27:22): Yep.

Kevin (00:27:23 - 00:27:25): And apparently it’s going to be filmed in true crime format.

Ryan (00:27:25 - 00:28:15): Yes. Uh, Jimmy has apparently created or is making a true crime special about The People vs. Gorilla Grodd, where Gorilla Grodd was I guess, tried and convicted for murders. But I guess Jimmy doesn’t think— well, there’s some people that think he didn’t actually do these murders. So that’s what this story is about. So here’s the official logline. So I’ll read it as they put it out. The super, super intelligent ape is convicted of murdering his father, the king of Gorilla City. In an 8-part true crime docuseries, the Daily Planet’s Jimmy Olsen reopens the case, investigating whether Gorilla Grodd was wrongly convicted in one of Metropolis’s most famous murder trials.

Brent (00:28:15 - 00:28:18): That’s great.

Kevin (00:28:18 - 00:28:23): It’s, it’s a crazy premise, but it’s the DC Universe and it’s all about crazy premises.

Ryan (00:28:23 - 00:29:33): Well, and that’s the thing that fits so well with these shows and DC Comics, like I saw an article about people, you know, somebody went at James Gunn online saying how, like, and like showed like Superman, Supergirl, Peacemaker, uh, uh, Creature Commandos, and all these, how, and Lanterns, and it’s like, and like posters for all these things. All these things are, these shows and movies are supposed to be taking place in the same universe at the same, around the same time, like And, and he’s like, so then I guess James Gunn responded with a bunch of— just a bunch of different, uh, comic book covers along the lines of like, you know, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen, uh, New 52 Justice League, and just other— all these things from throughout the DC Universe and DC Comics history. And it’s like, yeah, that’s DC Comics. There’s weird stuff happening all over the place. And it’s one of the best things about it is like, if you don’t like this thing, that’s okay. There might be something else over here on the— in this corner that you might like. Like, it’s comics. They don’t all have to be the same thing.

Brent (00:29:33 - 00:29:37): Exactly.

Ryan (00:29:37 - 00:29:45): Uh, so following up, staying in the DCU, uh, Man of Steel has finished principal photography.

Kevin (00:29:46 - 00:29:47): Man of Tomorrow.

Ryan (00:29:47 - 00:29:56): Yes, I wrote down Man of Steel, but I meant Man of Tomorrow. Thank you. Uh, my brain isn’t working well this weekend. It, uh, melted at Fan Expo.

Kevin (00:29:56 - 00:29:58): I understand.

Ryan (00:29:58 - 00:30:43): Thank you for the correction. Uh, and then there is rumors and reports going on the internet that James Gunn has signed an extension to his deal, uh, to be the head of the DC Cinematic Universe. So all those, uh, Snyder fanboys that were hoping that he’d be gone and they’d return to the Snyderverse, well, That’s looking even less likely. Where else we want to go here? Okay, just today, Tom Cruise and Anne Hathaway put out a little video for a movie announcement. Once Anne delivers her baby, and she was looking very pregnant in this video, they will they will begin filming. for Days of Thunder 2.

Brent (00:30:43 - 00:30:44): What?

Ryan (00:30:44 - 00:30:48): With a release date of summer 2028.

Brent (00:30:48 - 00:30:49): Huh.

Ryan (00:30:49 - 00:31:14): Yep. So the shot shows them first, they’re, you know, they’re like up close to the camera talking, and they’re like, oh, well, should we tell them? Do we want to show them? Okay, well, let’s, let’s do it. Let’s go ahead. And then they back up, and there’s like a race— they’re on a racetrack, there’s a race car, and, uh, with like Cole Trickle name above the door, and then on, on the door it says Days of Thunder 2, summer 2028.

Kevin (00:31:14 - 00:31:16): Wow, interesting.

Brent (00:31:16 - 00:31:18): Well, it worked for Top Gun.

Ryan (00:31:18 - 00:31:20): Yep, exactly.

Brent (00:31:20 - 00:31:23): Yeah, Tom’s playing the hits, I guess.

Ryan (00:31:23 - 00:32:03): Might as well. Um, and, uh, the long— as was rumored before, uh, Dave Bautista has been cast as Kratos in Amazon’s God of War series, replacing the injured Ryan Hurst, uh, which sucks for him that he got hurt as they started filming and that his injury was just gonna take too long to recover from. And, you know, let’s say it sucks. I get it why they had to recast him. You know, it’s either you shut down production and if it ever starts again, like, all these other people get put out of work, all the money that’s already going into it, uh, but You know, Dave Bautista is awesome, so I think he’ll do well in that role.

Brent (00:32:03 - 00:32:03): Mm-hmm.

Ryan (00:32:03 - 00:32:52): And then my last little bit of news to wrap things up. Avengers: Endgame Encore has revealed its runtime, and this runtime gives us an idea of how much new footage has been added to this movie. You know, the movie that the Russos are saying that it connects Endgame to the next major chapter of the MCU and that you should go see it so you can cheer out loud at the movie and then see what’s coming. And so it is a total of— okay, here we go. Who wants to guess at how much longer this version is? Give me some numbers, boys.

Kevin (00:32:52 - 00:32:54): 7 minutes.

Ryan (00:32:54 - 00:32:56): Oh, good guess. Okay, Brent?

Brent (00:32:56 - 00:32:57): Uh, 15.

Ryan (00:32:57 - 00:33:09): Okay, you’re both wrong and you both lose. Price is Right rules. You’ve gone over the number. The number is 4 minutes.

Brent (00:33:09 - 00:33:10): Oh, 4 whole minutes?

Ryan (00:33:10 - 00:33:42): 4 whole minutes to connect to the next chapter of the MCU. The biggest 4 minutes ever. Yeah, I think it’s great they’re putting this back in theaters, but really, how much you want to bet this big 4-minute clip will be on the internet, you know, by the end of that first weekend? Like, come on. Um, but yep, so that’s coming. later this fall.

Kevin (00:33:42 - 00:33:49): Well, you know, it’s, it’s been, uh, years since I’ve seen Endgame. I might go to the theater just to see it on the big screen again.

Brent (00:33:49 - 00:33:50): Yeah, me too.

Ryan (00:33:50 - 00:33:53): Oh, it wouldn’t be—

Brent (00:33:53 - 00:33:53): one of us should.

Ryan (00:33:54 - 00:33:56): It, it’ll never hurt to see it on the big screen.

Brent (00:33:57 - 00:34:10): Um, I’ve seen it quite often on the little screen at home, so I’m trying to think of how many times I saw it on big screen the first run. At least twice.

Ryan (00:34:10 - 00:34:12): Yeah, maybe twice. I don’t know.

Brent (00:34:15 - 00:34:15): Yeah.

Ryan (00:34:16 - 00:34:18): Uh, that’s it for me. You guys got any news?

Brent (00:34:18 - 00:34:41): I just wanted— I wanted to give a positive update to the, uh, Dolly Parton thing. Uh, well, passing away. Apparently Garth Brooks and, uh, Trisha Yearwood, his wife, have announced that they’re doing Dolly Day on, uh, September 25th, which, uh, for those of you putting in the new numerics, is 9/25.

Kevin (00:34:41 - 00:34:41): Yeah.

Brent (00:34:41 - 00:35:03): Um, they will be donating all of the, the money that the bar— their bar in Nashville makes, which is called Low Places Bar and Honky Tonk. Um, every cent that they make that day will be like— that’s in the till will go to Dolly’s, uh, Imagination Library program.

Ryan (00:35:03 - 00:35:03): That’s nice.

Brent (00:35:04 - 00:35:09): So then at least some, some people are going to try and do good out of it.

Ryan (00:35:09 - 00:35:14): Well, they, they have a familial connection, right? Because Miley Cyrus is her goddaughter.

Brent (00:35:14 - 00:35:24): Different country star. Yeah, Miley Cyrus’s dad is Billy Ray Cyrus.

Ryan (00:35:24 - 00:35:31): Wasn’t that what you said? You said Billy Ray Cyrus. I did not. That’s not what I heard. Okay.

Brent (00:35:31 - 00:35:35): Okay. Okay.

Ryan (00:35:35 - 00:35:43): I wish. Well, this is some real strong water in my cup tonight. Oh yeah, I think I’m leaving.

Brent (00:35:43 - 00:35:44): Yeah. Bye guys.

Kevin (00:35:44 - 00:35:51): All good. All good. I don’t have any more.

Brent (00:35:51 - 00:35:52): It’s worth it.

Kevin (00:35:52 - 00:35:53): as far as I can tell.

Coyote vs. Acme Review

Brent (00:35:53 - 00:36:11): Neither. Uh, all right, so, uh, let’s go into, uh, Kevin’s brief review of, uh, Coyote Versus Acme. Uh, should I take off my headphones, Kevin? Because I desperately want to see this movie, but I will not be— I won’t, I won’t say anything.

Kevin (00:36:12 - 00:36:13): I won’t say anything.

Ryan (00:36:13 - 00:36:14): Give us a spoiler-free review.

Kevin (00:36:14 - 00:36:54): It’s fun, it’s fun, it’s silly, it’s got Old time cartoon jokes in it. It’s got new time cartoon jokes in it. I I I I don’t know if kids know who the coyote is, so I don’t know if kids are gonna love this movie. But any of us who grew up with Looney Tunes is good are gonna love it. All I saw one person call it the Warner Brothers Roger Rabbit. Like every Warner Brothers character you’ve ever seen in an old Looney Tunes cartoon. is in this film, including a caricature of Peter Lorre. So—

Brent (00:36:54 - 00:36:55): Oh, that guy.

Kevin (00:36:55 - 00:38:04): Yeah. So, uh, uh, Will Forte is like a human Looney Tune cartoon. Uh, it’s just, it’s just fun and silly, and but it also, uh, takes some potshots at big business and mega, mega corporations. So there’s a bit of a message to it, but all in all, really, it’s just the funniest comedy I’ve seen in quite a long time. And, um, if you like the Looney Tunes at all, you should go and see Coyote vs. Acme. Uh, there are even flashbacks to old Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons because they get brought up as evidence in the trial. So, uh, it’s very funny. It’s very, very funny and kind of heartfelt. There’s an act 2 twist that I should have seen coming but didn’t, and then it twists back. So, uh, in speaking in generalities, uh, I just, I just really had a great time last night seeing this movie. I laughed and laughed. It’s about 90 minutes of just non-stop comedy bits. So yeah, I love it. I love it.

Brent (00:38:04 - 00:38:05): it.

Kevin (00:38:05 - 00:38:16): Loved it. I didn’t realize James Gunn was involved. Uh, he’s got a producer credit on it, which is interesting. I, I don’t know what he did with it to be involved in that film.

Brent (00:38:16 - 00:38:27): I seem to kind of remember him on as a producer. Like, that’s his credit, obviously, but like, that’s exactly right.

Kevin (00:38:28 - 00:38:30): Producer, executive producer, or something like that.

Brent (00:38:30 - 00:38:34): Like, Like, I remember that from like when the movie went into production, kind of.

Kevin (00:38:35 - 00:38:42): But yeah, so, uh, yeah, I— do you have any questions that I can answer without spoiling anything for you?

Brent (00:38:42 - 00:39:02): Um, possibly not, actually. I, I really want to go into this one almost like at a— as blind as I currently am. Like, I know the general plot and all that John Cena is the perfect sleazy lawyer guy.

Kevin (00:39:04 - 00:39:06): He really is. He’s a great villain for this piece.

Ryan (00:39:06 - 00:39:20): Uh, I’m the same way. I’m looking forward to seeing it. I don’t even know what I would ask to, to ask if I had a question, because it’s just like, yeah, you know, it’s, it’s a trial involving the Coyote versus ACME.

Kevin (00:39:20 - 00:39:37): And then to top it all off, it’s also kind of a Better Call Saul Breaking Bad parody as well. Just, just, just saying. Yeah, so it’s got a lot of stuff going for it.

Brent (00:39:37 - 00:40:14): It is, uh, looks like at least for today, this weekend, it might be, uh, number 2 at the box office behind the juggernaut that is Spider-Man. Yeah, brand new day. At least it was on Friday. I don’t see the weekends yet. Yeah, the weekend isn’t out yet for this weekend. So, um, but like, but in all credit for a movie that probably is— we’re lucky it’s coming out at all.

Kevin (00:40:14 - 00:40:15): Yeah.

Brent (00:40:15 - 00:40:22): In theaters, let alone like anything else. Well, I’m sure it’s doing well.

Kevin (00:40:22 - 00:40:38): Looking at Box Office Mojo right now, uh, the dailies from yesterday, Spider-Man: Brand New Day made $5,507,000. Coyote vs. Acme made $5,300,000. So it’s only $200,000 behind Spider-Man.

Brent (00:40:38 - 00:40:58): Although at the same time, it’s like, you know, really good for Spider-Man because it’s been out, what, 3 weeks now? This is the 3rd week that it’s out. Yeah, so like kudos to them too. Uh, oh, I got a question with that that hopefully won’t ruin anything, Kevin.

Kevin (00:40:58 - 00:40:58): Okay.

Brent (00:40:58 - 00:41:06): Does this leave open an obvious sequel path, or is this like a kind of a one and done?

Kevin (00:41:06 - 00:41:14): Um, are you asking me if any Looney Tunes characters die in this film?

Ryan (00:41:15 - 00:41:28): No, no. Does it look like this film could easily be like— would we get more like a sequel in this universe with these lawyers and these people? Or could there be a Coyote vs. Coyote 2? Or—

Kevin (00:41:28 - 00:41:30): This feels like a one and done.

Brent (00:41:30 - 00:41:31): Okay.

Ryan (00:41:32 - 00:41:34): Yeah, so very much like a Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Kevin (00:41:34 - 00:41:38): But I’m not saying that there couldn’t be more Looney Tunes movies like this.

Ryan (00:41:38 - 00:41:39): No, of course not.

Kevin (00:41:41 - 00:41:52): This feels more genuine to the Looney Tunes characters even than Space Jam, right? Yeah, this is Looney Tunes being Looney Tunes, not being basketball players.

Brent (00:41:52 - 00:42:10): Do I wonder if this would resurrect if it would be put— okay, so I think I talked about this on the episode that Ryan and I did, Kevin. Yeah, I watched a video on the history of Space Jam and, uh, Space Jam 2.

Ryan (00:42:11 - 00:42:11): Uh-huh.

Brent (00:42:11 - 00:42:41): And after the first Space Jam, there went through a number of iterations of like live-action Looney Tunes movie before Back to Action happened, right? Way before Space Jam 2. One of the movies we never got was a movie that was titled at the time of Spy Jam, where the Looney Tunes would go in like up against like an international espionage plot.

Kevin (00:42:41 - 00:42:42): Wow.

Brent (00:42:42 - 00:42:43): With Jackie Chan.

Kevin (00:42:43 - 00:42:45): Oh, fun.

Brent (00:42:45 - 00:43:02): Yeah, like, how did we not get this movie? I am going to put that out there into the universe for manifesting. This is something I feel we could still get and would still be awesome if they put like time and care into it.

Ryan (00:43:02 - 00:43:16): See, I’ve never heard about that one. The one I heard about getting real close to happening, but then that didn’t happen because of that other live-action movie, was the the Tony Hawk one.

Brent (00:43:17 - 00:43:18): Yep, Tony.

Ryan (00:43:18 - 00:43:20): There was Skate Jam or something.

Brent (00:43:20 - 00:43:33): Yeah. So apparently the Tony Hawk one, if I remembering the video, Caravan of Garbage did a series on. the live-action Warner Brothers hybrid movies.

Ryan (00:43:33 - 00:43:34): Yeah.

Brent (00:43:34 - 00:44:45): So they did Roger Rabbit, which isn’t Warner Brothers, but it had a lot of Looney Tunes in it. So they did that, uh, Space Jam, uh, Warner— or, uh, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and then Space Jam 2. And they— at one of the videos, they mentioned all the things that didn’t happen between like Space Jam and Back in Action and, and Space Jam 2. There was the Tony Hawk one. There was a NASCAR one at one point with Jeff Gordon, who was like, uh, during the ’90s was one of the biggest NASCAR drivers you could out there, like, to put it mildly. It’s a NASCAR driver whose name I know and recognize, and that’s kind of the extent of my NASCAR knowledge. Um, there was, uh, there was another Space Jam 2, where like with Michael Jordan returning, and that like just basically that was the first idea and just didn’t come about because Jordan was too busy or wasn’t interested. There’s like, there’s like 4 or 5 things that got like developed, but I don’t think even made it into pre-production.

Kevin (00:44:47 - 00:45:04): But the Tony Hawk one could have been Well, I’m looking at Rotten Tomatoes right now, and it has a 95% fresh rating, and by critics, and 94% hot on the popcorn meter. So yeah, people seem to like it.

Ryan (00:45:04 - 00:45:06): It’s a hit.

Kevin (00:45:06 - 00:45:15): There were 188 fresh reviews and 9 rotten reviews. The average of rated reviews was a 7.9 out of 10.

Ryan (00:45:15 - 00:45:24): I’m guessing the people that are the rotten reviews are people that just can’t like anything and have never really gotten Looney Tunes, right?

Kevin (00:45:24 - 00:45:27): Probably, yeah.

Ryan (00:45:27 - 00:45:32): Or somebody dropped an anvil on their head at one time and, you know, they’ve resented that ever since.

Kevin (00:45:32 - 00:45:34): You got to watch out for those falling anvils.

Brent (00:45:34 - 00:45:39): Yep. So, uh, thank you, Kevin.

Kevin (00:45:40 - 00:45:43): Yes, go see Coyote vs. Acme. It’s great.

Brent (00:45:43 - 00:45:47): I plan on it. Uh, Ryan?

Ryan (00:45:47 - 00:45:48): That’s me.

FanExpo Canada 2026 Recap

Brent (00:45:48 - 00:45:49): You and I went to Fan Expo.

Ryan (00:45:49 - 00:46:15): Yes, and it melted my brain. Oh, too much people, too much fun, too much money spent. I was calling time money. I was calling people the wrong names. It was a— it was a hard day to be Ryan, and it’s continued on to today. So there’s a reason I take time off before and after Fan Expo weekend, because I need it to recover.

Brent (00:46:15 - 00:46:43): Yeah, so Ryan and I didn’t end up going to any panels, but we like did some shopping. Uh, I talked to one or two comic book people while I was floating around, along with, uh, my friend, uh, Andrew from, uh, one of the hosts of Geek Hard, who, uh, kindly got me in, uh, there as part of his media passes. Uh, I guess maybe the best way of doing this, Ryan, is like, let’s get Kevin to ask us questions.

Ryan (00:46:43 - 00:46:43): Okay.

Brent (00:46:44 - 00:46:48): Or else we will just talk about all the toys that we bought.

Ryan (00:46:48 - 00:46:51): No, no, we did more than just buy toys.

Kevin (00:46:51 - 00:46:58): The, uh, so my big question, my first big question is, uh, what was the thing people were excited about?

Brent (00:47:00 - 00:47:02): That’s a good question.

Ryan (00:47:02 - 00:47:06): Yeah, I don’t know. We didn’t talk to people. People didn’t get in our way.

Kevin (00:47:06 - 00:47:08): But you must have seen cosplayers.

Brent (00:47:08 - 00:47:09): What was—

Ryan (00:47:09 - 00:48:17): Oh, oh, the big cosplays this year were stuff I had no idea what they were. A lot of anime, manga, like, inspired. We were talking to Ed about this. Ed was at the Cannes Cosplay Cards Or yeah, Can Cosplay Card, Can Cos Cards. I’m sorry, I’m butchering their names. Uh, they— and they were moved from the bottom of this North Building into the 700 level of the South Building, which I think is a great spot for them. Uh, and you go to their booth, they’re in their room, and you can go to them, you can get a free photo taken if you want. And then if you want, they offer this package where you— they will— they create collectible cards, like, you know, like baseball cards, hockey cards, Pokémon cards, uh, of the photo you take, and they put your name on it and your stats and all this. And it’s like 10 cards for $10 or something like that. But, uh, he was telling me, yeah, from what he’s seeing for the cosplay, where in years past, you know, there’s a heavy Marvel presence or a heavy DC presence, that was not the case this year. At least on the Thursday and Friday.

Brent (00:48:17 - 00:48:39): I would concur. Uh, kid-wise, the— and, uh, we will tie into this in a second for something else as well— I saw a lot of children as, like, young girls mainly, as members of the K-pop Demon Hunters. Yeah.

Ryan (00:48:39 - 00:48:40): Yep.

Brent (00:48:40 - 00:49:01): Not so many adults. I think maybe one or two, but like kids definitely. And yeah, when the— for a little bit we were over in the North Building where all the celebrity signings are, and a couple of the voice actors from K-Pop Demon Hunters were there, and they, they had very strong and heavy lines.

Ryan (00:49:01 - 00:49:02): Yeah.

Brent (00:49:02 - 00:49:12): I’m not sure if I would say they were the biggest, like especially like given the short amount of time that we were there, but they were, they were doing very well for themselves.

Ryan (00:49:12 - 00:50:12): Yeah. Um, from what I saw, the Hobbits, you know, there was a whole Hobbit theme to this year’s Fan Expo. Uh, they had a big, you know, they had a lot of people standing in line for their autographs as usual. Um, one of our friends who was with us, Jason, he went and stood in line and got autographs for, uh, the voice actress who does, uh, the voice of Cortana. from the Halo game series and the voice actor who does Master Chief. He said that, you know, he didn’t spend a lot of time in their lines, but they had decent lines. I know that one— there was a booth in the north or south building that was a Hershey’s chocolate and Pokémon booth. And there was a whole thing where it looks like you had to throw Poké Balls through hoops and I guess you won chocolate. Uh, we were gonna go for it because, you know, it’s free chocolate. Yes, but the line was always too long for free chocolate.

Brent (00:50:13 - 00:50:13): Okay.

Ryan (00:50:14 - 00:50:25): Um, we didn’t check out, which I think it would have been fun if we had, uh, because I’ve seen pictures of it. There’s, uh, you know, the, the Miniverse stuff. So like, you get the— yeah, the balls reopen it.

Brent (00:50:25 - 00:50:27): Walked by it, there was a lineup for that as well.

Ryan (00:50:27 - 00:52:24): Exactly. You know, but They had a setup where they had like miniature or scaled-down Rogers Center and CN Tower that you could stand beside. Well, yes, I’ll have to, uh, Rhiannon with her sisters and her daughters, uh, took pictures at it and I was like, oh, that’s funny. That’s, that’s because I can imagine the 4 of us or 5 of us around the CN Tower, the Rogers Center, just like it’d be like, ah, crash, bang. Um, Hasbro’s booth had— was— had a fun setup. Uh, they had, um, they had cabinets set up with new action figures that are coming out, and you could like— some of them were up for pre-orders, so it was kind of like, oh, you know, scan the barcode and order it on Amazon or on Matty Collect or on Hasbro Pulse or wherever. Uh, but they had a photo op of a— it was a living room, so like a couch with a TV and coffee table that’s totally like right out of the ’80s. Uh, the couch had a— has a crochet quilt on it. Uh, it’s your typical couch, you know, the pattern on the fabric. And they had all kinds of props. So all the different like Marvel helmets or like Captain America’s shield or a lightsaber. Um, the Matrix of Leadership. So, you know, all the stuff I collect, uh, they had that used so we could open one and have a group photo. And, uh, I squeeze— I got to test out and figure out my head is a little bit too big for the, uh, the Cyclops visor, which is pretty cool, but it is very tight on my head. Uh, so we took a group photo, which I’m pretty sure I’ve shared somewhere. If I haven’t, I will. Uh, so go check out, uh, True North Nerds and, uh, Tales from Collectiverse on Instagram and see what you see. So that was fun. Uh, there was a big Godzilla head coming out of the water.

Kevin (00:52:24 - 00:52:26): I saw your photos of that. Yeah.

Ryan (00:52:26 - 00:52:57): Yeah, that was cool. Uh, we didn’t spend much time. They had some live video game stuff happening as usual. We kind of went by that real quick and, you know, was not something for us. But there was a good crowd down there. Uh, Artist Alley was busy as always. Uh, and my one takeaway— it’s the same takeaway I got just coming home tonight and hearing people talking about the crowds and the crowds— and it’s like, the crowds are what they are.

Brent (00:52:57 - 00:52:58): Yeah.

Ryan (00:52:58 - 00:54:02): You know, some people I’m seeing, oh, they’re saying, oh, the Thursday had Friday crowds, and Friday, Friday was Saturday crowds. And I was like, You know, my Friday experience, that was not Saturday crowds. That was a Friday crowd. Now, if you were in the North Building, which is a much smaller space for shopping, it is a lot tighter and hard to move around. But that’s how it is on Fridays every other year, right? On the show floor in the South End, you can easily weave in and out of crowds. You can could stop at booths and look at things and shop. Yes, Artist Alley was busy, but once again, the artist— like the non-comic book, you know, professionals part of Artist Alley, uh, with the— where people have their— are selling their prints or their stickers or all their stuff— those laneways are always busy. There’s people coming up and down them, and it’s not a lot of room for people to stop and look. So yep, I can’t imagine what those are like on a Saturday.

Kevin (00:54:02 - 00:54:02): Right.

Ryan (00:54:02 - 00:55:40): But my experience on the Friday, it was par for the course on a Friday. Now it didn’t help things that, you know, the same, you know, it happens every year, the escalators break down, especially the going up escalator leaving the ground floor or the bottom floor in the South Building. Trying to go up and get out so you can keep going. Uh, when we tried to leave, the 3 were down to 1, and there’s no stairwell, and you can’t take stairs. There is an elevator, but it’s, you know, for special circumstances and people that can’t use the escalators and stairs. So, you know, we have finally all these people to 1 escalator. Then all of a sudden, oh, 2 of them were working. Oh, the one that just started working broke down again. And so justifiably, people were upset about that. We were talking to a friend, uh, a customer at the store today who, uh, was there Thursday and Friday, used to usually would do the whole weekend, but has decided to, you know, that’s not for him anymore. Uh, at one point he was trying to— I guess he was trying to go to get to a different panel and had gone to the wrong floor, and so he’s trying to go back up again and got stuck in this mass of people and that was going nowhere. And that just soured him for the day. And he was like, once he got up to the next level, he’s like, yep, I’m done. And he just decided to leave instead of trying to, you know, do anything else and making, you know, go to other panels and get stuck on the stairs again. So, you know, Fan Expo is what it is. It’s a big con.

Brent (00:55:40 - 00:55:40): Yeah.

Ryan (00:55:40 - 00:55:55): They sell lots of tickets because, you know, not everybody’s there at the beginning of the day and not everybody stays till the end of the day. So yeah, just have to pack your patience and know what you’re getting into. Brent, you got any more thoughts?

Brent (00:55:55 - 00:56:57): Um, no, other than like, uh, I, I had fun, but by 4 o’clock I’m like, I can go home now. Um, I, I, uh, it was nice catching up with Andrew, for instance. Andrew and I hadn’t seen each other in person since Lost Fan Expo? I want to say maybe it was something after that. I, I won’t— trying to remember when his birthday is because I know I went to that because we were talking about it. Um, it was also nice to catch up with some of the comic people I know, especially, uh, uh, I got to talk to, uh, Fearless Fred Kennedy for a little bit about, uh, the, uh, Florida, uh, hippopotamus— cocaine hippopotamus massacre. So it was an interesting conversation about him working with a fairly new publisher in Mad Cave, and like in a good way. I don’t want everybody to— anybody to clickbait this.

Ryan (00:56:57 - 00:56:57): Oh no.

Brent (00:56:57 - 00:57:19): Fred Kennedy hates working with Mad Cave. No, but it was interesting hearing the business side from it. And also, so we, uh, he and I chatted, and at some point, uh, probably towards the end of the year, Fred’s going to join us either for a regular episode or I’ll do an interview episode and, uh, put that in there as well.

Kevin (00:57:19 - 00:57:20): Cool.

Brent (00:57:20 - 00:57:59): Um, just because, uh, he’s got a— he is writing the— well, has written a graphic novel of Samurai Pizza Cats, if anybody else remembers that cartoon like I do. Uh, and there was some delays in it. It should have been out, I think, shortly because they announced it last Fan Expo, but there was, uh, some, uh, changing of hands of the property basically that, that sort of shorted it a little bit. So we, we figured when that is on its way out, we’ll have him that way. He can like promote that and we’ll talk comics and a bunch of other stuff. as well.

Ryan (00:58:00 - 00:58:00): Very cool.

Kevin (00:58:01 - 00:58:17): So yeah, um, so what, what was the state of comics at Fan Expo? I mean, it seems to have become a more general pop culture convention. Um, is there still lots of comics for sale on the, on this, on the floor?

Ryan (00:58:17 - 00:59:03): The— I find the last couple years the number of comics has increased. from what it was, for sure. Uh, lots of people with, uh, booths that had, you know, either— you know, there was lots of spots where you could dive into back issues, right? There was lots of wall books, like high-end stuff. There was graded stuff, there was raw stuff. Um, the, uh, young John that works with the store, that’s what he went down there for. He went digging through books. at different, uh, vendors and found a few things. But, uh, yeah, and it was whenever you went by those booths, there were people at them looking at the comics.

Kevin (00:59:04 - 00:59:06): So that’s good to hear.

Brent (00:59:06 - 00:59:06): Yeah.

Ryan (00:59:06 - 00:59:27): How well those booths all did, I— you’d have to find— we’d have to reach out to some of them to find out. But, but no, there’s the, the interest in comics at that, you know, that Fan about is increased. Um, the thing I think we— Brett and I both remarked about that we noticed more of this year was cards.

Brent (00:59:27 - 00:59:29): Oh.

Ryan (00:59:29 - 00:59:53): Uh, booths with selling singles of Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, um, One Piece, you know, all the— you know, you could buy unopened boxes, you could buy packs, you could buy all kinds of graded ones, raw ones, just everything. So that, that had a bigger presence. And there were, there were less lightsaber people this year.

Brent (00:59:53 - 00:59:54): Oh.

Ryan (00:59:54 - 01:00:13): Like in, in years past, there’s been maybe like 3 different custom lightsaber vendors in like the South Building and 2 in the North. And I think this year it might have been 1 in the South Building and 1 or 2, and maybe 1 or 2 in the north.

Brent (01:00:13 - 01:00:18): So yeah, and, and even that, I think one of them was duplicated.

Ryan (01:00:18 - 01:00:22): Yeah, like probably the same people just made 2 booths, right?

Brent (01:00:22 - 01:00:46): Yeah, and, and that’s like, we sort of keep track of that from year to year too. Like there, there is the, the— I, I don’t want to call it flash in the pan, but there is the it-style booth for the year. Like, um, last year was lightsabers. Uh, I’m trying to remember, it was some— I want to say it was something different 2 or 3 years ago too.

Ryan (01:00:46 - 01:00:46): Yeah.

Brent (01:00:46 - 01:01:45): So it’s like cards have now kind of taken that spot, and we’ll see how well those guys do at a Fan Expo. Maybe they come back next year, maybe not, because it’s one of those things that like I I’d be very curious because those card guys are like, as I understand it, their business model now is very different than like how the comic books operate, right? Like comic book guys price their books, go to the show, sell the books, right? Like the most basic of terms. These card guys, for the most part, will like have to compare sales and stuff like that before selling. And like, the internet in that convention center is not the greatest, right? Like, I, I could completely see them, like, you know, especially on a Saturday when you’re on like a moving meat treadmill, essentially.

Kevin (01:01:45 - 01:01:46): Yeah.

Brent (01:01:46 - 01:01:53): Like, how well do they do sales on a day like that? And how much theft occurs on a day like today.

Ryan (01:01:53 - 01:01:54): Yeah.

Brent (01:01:54 - 01:02:25): Like, for those guys, like, it’s a, it’s a problem for like the comic book guys. That’s harder to stick in your pocket than a Pokémon card or a Yu-Gi-Oh card. Like, that’s really easy to swipe and get lost in the crowd like immediately. Yeah, on a Saturday. So, but I also, I don’t, I didn’t go to any of the card places and and try to like see their mechanics on buying. Like maybe they have safeguards against that that I wouldn’t think about. I don’t know.

Kevin (01:02:25 - 01:02:28): Awesome.

Brent (01:02:28 - 01:03:09): Um, yeah, it, it was good overall. I, it’s, um, I, I kind of miss doing panels a little bit, and because it sort of keeps you busy doing something else other than shopping on the on the floor. But I also looked through the panels and there was nothing I wanted to like sit down and see. But that also might have been me being a little, you know, a little bitter about not actually doing it myself. So like, to be 100% honest, I don’t have anything against the Fan Expo people for not using me, but it’s still like, right, could have called.

Ryan (01:03:09 - 01:03:34): Yeah, you just, you don’t call anymore. What’s going on? You don’t write, you don’t call. Oh, I got a comic book signed. Oh, had a nice little interaction. I went and saw, uh, met Mr., uh, Brett, uh, Brett Breeding. He was the inker for, uh, Death of Superman, and that— it worked with, uh, Dan Jurgens during that run of Superman.

Kevin (01:03:34 - 01:03:35): Yeah.

Ryan (01:03:35 - 01:04:24): So, uh, he was there with his wife, who’s a very lovely woman. Uh, we chatted for a bit. Uh, he had some pages. He had actual— so the original— he had pages that were the original pencil pages and the inked pages. So some of them he had like both of. I don’t know, I didn’t— there was other people looking at the pages and wondering, you know, going through the book there when I was there to get my thing signed. And they’re like, give me— throw it out, right? And just say, oh well, how much was, you know, something. And, you know, the multi-thousand dollar pages here, I’m like, yeah, that’s out of my price range. I will— uh, how much is it for an autograph, sir? Oh, $10? Oh, lovely. Would you please sign my Death of Superman in Superman #75, please? And of all the autographs I’ve gotten on any comic, his is the cleanest signature.

Kevin (01:04:24 - 01:04:25): Oh, cool.

Ryan (01:04:25 - 01:04:53): Uh, it— he used, especially on that one, he drew— he, he wrote in like a black area in like a fine white pen or like paint pen. And so, and then hand it to his wife who had like a little fan who would, and then she would like, you know, fan it to help it, uh, dry faster. Um, I didn’t get the chance to really talk to him too much because I got there just before the handlers showed up to take him to a panel.

Kevin (01:04:53 - 01:04:53): Right.

Ryan (01:04:53 - 01:05:01): Uh, but I was looking at some of his, his prints and I, you know, I thought I was gonna buy one But then he left and I was like, oh well, if I buy it, I want to get it signed.

Kevin (01:05:01 - 01:05:01): Yeah.

Ryan (01:05:01 - 01:05:47): And then I never got around to getting one later. But we chatted with his, his wife for a bit and she was talking about just the, the trouble of, you know, when you’re coming to a con like this. Like when they do cons in the States, they’ve got, you know, over the years they upgraded to one of those little squares for doing debit and credit card transactions and stuff like that because not everybody has cash. And then, well, but coming over here to the north, this side of the border that one doesn’t work because of, you know, the different banking regulations and stuff. So they, uh, they went to go to the bank that’s right beside their hotel to exchange a bunch of American money. Just thought, oh, we’ll just go to the bank and do this. But of course they get there and they’re like, oh well, do you have an account with us? And like, well, no, we’re from out of town. Like, oh. And there’s a— so they wouldn’t— couldn’t exchange money with them.

Kevin (01:05:47 - 01:05:48): Huh.

Ryan (01:05:48 - 01:06:08): So they ended up just having to take money, like go to the one of the debit machines or the bank machines and, uh, pull cash out of the bank machine so they could get Canadian money for the show. And wow, which made me feel very happy that I got my 2 books signed and I gave— that were $10 each and I gave them a $20 so they didn’t have to make change for me.

Kevin (01:06:08 - 01:06:11): I’m sure they appreciated that.

Ryan (01:06:11 - 01:06:11): Oh, I’m sure.

Brent (01:06:11 - 01:06:22): So, uh, I didn’t realize that he was one of the anchors covers on the original, uh, Superman-Spider-Man crossover.

Kevin (01:06:22 - 01:06:23): Oh wow.

Ryan (01:06:23 - 01:06:34): Oh, I didn’t know that. So he worked on a lot of stuff I didn’t realize. He worked on, on issues of the, uh, well, they issued the, the first full issue of the black suit Spider-Man.

Brent (01:06:34 - 01:06:47): Yep. Yeah, he worked on a— he worked on, uh, to tie it back to our movie conversation of the new Spider-Man movie, he worked on the Death of, uh, Gene DeWolf storyline.

Ryan (01:06:47 - 01:06:48): Okay.

Brent (01:06:48 - 01:07:20): Yeah, like, he’s, he’s one of those journeyman anchors. Like, yeah, like, he was very good at his job and could get it done on time, therefore he got used a lot and was trusted with it. Um, last number of years, it looks like he’s been mainly working on, like, uh, in the, the DC, like, licensing department Okay, doing artwork and stuff for like, uh, you know, like some of the kids’ books and apps and style guides that they use and things of that nature.

Ryan (01:07:21 - 01:07:21): So, okay.

Brent (01:07:21 - 01:07:50): I also didn’t realize that the, uh, the Superman/Spider-Man, the original one, was like a— like it was penciled by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott inked the main figures, but the backgrounds were inked by like everybody else. Wow. Like Terry Austin, Klaus Janson, Bob Layton, Bob McLeod, Al Milgrom, Walt Simonson, Brett Brede. Like, it— like, there was—

Ryan (01:07:50 - 01:07:51): So everybody got to work.

Brent (01:07:51 - 01:08:01): Everybody got to like put their, like, at least a little bit of a stamp on the backgrounds of it while it still had sort of some continuity going through, I guess.

Ryan (01:08:02 - 01:08:02): Nice.

Brent (01:08:02 - 01:08:32): But, uh, yeah, that’s cool. I always like hearing about the good ones. Uh, not to steal the thunder from Collectiverse because I want Ed to steal the story, but like hearing Ed’s story about getting Mr. T, like getting the, uh, his photo op with that is just— it, it makes you like, yeah, money’s involved, but like it sounded like Mr. T makes sure that you you get your money’s worth, and I’ll leave it at that. And we’ll fill everybody else in.

Ryan (01:08:32 - 01:08:45): Yeah, if you, if you go to Snowhawk Cosplay, he’s posted the photo and you can see Ed is genuinely happy in that photo. And it looks like Mr. T is also— he’s having a great time.

Brent (01:08:45 - 01:08:55): As a side note, uh, going back to my friends at Geek Hard, uh, they went to Mr. T hosted— eBay was one of one of the big sponsors this year of the show.

Ryan (01:08:55 - 01:08:56): Okay.

Brent (01:08:56 - 01:09:04): Or what— and they had Mr. T doing live eBay stuff, and according to Andrew, it was amazing.

Kevin (01:09:04 - 01:09:06): Oh, that’s fun.

Brent (01:09:06 - 01:09:10): I’d really like to see footage of it if it floats out around there.

Kevin (01:09:10 - 01:09:11): But that’s awesome.

Brent (01:09:11 - 01:10:26): Yeah, so, uh, yeah, uh, that brings us towards the end of the episode, uh, but before we get there, shoutouts! For, uh, patrons. You can be a patron by going to patreon.com/turnerthnerds and signing up. $3 a month, uh, it really helps us out a little bit. Uh, we use the money to pay for our theme song and other incidentals and occasionally new gear and things like that. So, uh, every little bit helps. Uh, and for that you get exclusive episodes of, uh, various shows. Uh, most recently, listen to this. It’s a music nerd show. Uh, there is an episode up right now, uh, about, uh, Alex and I’s favorite protest songs. Uh, coming up is, uh, an episode that is finished. We’re just gonna— we’re gonna put it up at the end of the— this week from, uh, the release of this episode. And it is an episode of basically goofy questions that songs fit the answers to between Alex and myself. So a very lighthearted episode. To give a preview is, um, one of the, one of the things is what song is best to, uh, rob a bank to.

Kevin (01:10:26 - 01:10:28): Ah, I Shot the Sheriff.

Brent (01:10:28 - 01:10:33): Things like that. Oh, I’m not gonna give it away. You’ll have to tune in to find out.

Ryan (01:10:33 - 01:10:34): Ooh, cliffhanger.

Patreon and Community

Brent (01:10:34 - 01:11:37): Um, to that point, uh, thanks go to our Patreons. Drew, Karina, Alex, Team Woods, who also does our wonderful website at truenorthnerds.com, Maple Printing, and our good friend Rex, who, uh, we got this— by we, uh, Jen and I got to stay with and got to see them and the, the rest of the, the Rexamily, for lack of a better term. Um, they graciously hosted us for the Ottawa leg of our trip, and it was good to see all of them. They are very awesome people, and it was— we even, we saw the littlest member of the family as well, which was nice. And surprise, surprise, the littlest one’s favorite person in the world is Grandpa Rex. Yeah, yeah, big surprise there. Sure. That’s awesome. Yeah. All right, geek picks, anybody got one?

Geek Picks

Kevin (01:11:37 - 01:11:40): Oh, I guess so.

Ryan (01:11:40 - 01:11:41): Go for it, Kev.

Kevin (01:11:41 - 01:12:16): Okay, well, we haven’t talked about it yet, and I’m sure once the season is done we will have a large discussion on it, but I’m really loving Lanterns. Uh, there have been 2 episodes released so far, and it’s just cool. So, uh, I hope, I hope everybody’s watching that. It’s on Crave here in Canada. It’s an HBO Max show in the States. Um, it is Hal Jordan, it is, uh, Jon Stewart, and it is— there’s some deep Green Lantern lore in it too, but it also feels like a True Detective-style, uh, crime thriller. So—

Brent (01:12:16 - 01:12:29): Oh, that definitely was the feeling that I got from the first episode, like, yeah, shot and put together. Yeah, all those comparisons they were making to like— it’s like True Detectives but with superheroes. Like, oh yeah, no shit.

Kevin (01:12:29 - 01:13:04): That’s exactly what it is. So I love that we’re playing, uh, with tropes and formats and formulas, um, in within the DC Universe. Um, I, I’m really, uh, quite enjoying Lanterns. I can’t wait to see where it’s going, uh, with who shows up at the end of episode 2. Uh, I, I was surprised, and there was also some other revelations in episode 2 that I’m like, oh, we are going deep Green Lantern mythology. So can’t wait to see where, where season 1 of Lanterns, uh, goes and where it takes us.

Brent (01:13:04 - 01:13:05): So that’s my geek pick.

Ryan (01:13:05 - 01:13:25): Yep. No, I agree with you on that. I also loved from the second episode— not to be any spoilers— but the, uh, the password into the safe Uh, what? Uh, uh, oh shit, I almost said Mojo, but it’s not Mojo, it’s Mogo.

Brent (01:13:25 - 01:13:26): No, it’s—

Ryan (01:13:27 - 01:13:34): yeah, yeah, Mogo doesn’t, doesn’t socialize. Yeah, Mogo doesn’t socialize, which was like a, a deep cut from a Green Lantern comic.

Kevin (01:13:34 - 01:13:41): Yeah, it was the title of an issue of Green Lantern in the early ’80s that Alan Moore wrote.

Ryan (01:13:43 - 01:14:04): But, uh, so, uh, my geek pick is not Green Lantern— is not Lanterns, but, uh, it could easily have been had I thought of it. No, I decided to go with a comic book pick this week, and it was a comic I picked up, I guess, 2 weeks ago now. So, uh, you may not be available, but second prints are coming soon, and that is, uh, issue 1 of The Last Driver.

Brent (01:14:04 - 01:14:04): Oh.

Ryan (01:14:04 - 01:14:23): Uh, so this one, uh, that has a cool cool, uh, one, one weird cool thing going for it. Instead of opening, you know, like your standard normal comic does where it’s, uh, you know, horizontal image that opens up, uh, you actually— or vertical image, sorry— that opens up.

Brent (01:14:24 - 01:14:24): You—

Ryan (01:14:24 - 01:14:32): it opens one from the end that would normally be the top. So you turn it so it’s lengthwise and it opens that way.

Kevin (01:14:32 - 01:14:33): Cool.

Ryan (01:14:34 - 01:14:58): which really works for the subject matter, being that it’s, you know, car-based and it’s in a future that’s, uh, like, well, it’s the not too distant future where no one knows how to drive except for him. Uh, in a— as technology in America advances, cities began creating the Grid, a robotic transportation system that not only made cars obsolete, it made them illegal.

Brent (01:14:59 - 01:14:59): Wow.

Ryan (01:14:59 - 01:15:40): But this outlaw, he’s— so he’s gone on like one— he’s given the choice to get behind the wheel one last time, uh, to save his granddaughter’s life. So this, uh, this race quickly turned into a rebellion against technology, fascism, and the future of a divided America. So yeah, it’s, uh, written by Sean Murphy, uh, also drawn by Sean Murphy and Simon Gough. So it’s, uh, it’s, it’s a beautiful looking book. It’s got some good energy to it, and, uh, I recommend it. Give it a shot if you find it at your local comic shop. Very cool. Brett, what’s your pick?

Brent (01:15:40 - 01:16:30): Uh, my pick is also a comic book. It is The Black Tower: The Raven Conspiracy issue 1. Do you like Vertigo comics from the ’90s and early 2000s? Then this book is for you, and I mean that in a purely good way. It is about an arm of the British intelligence that deals with occult stuff, so it’s part like spy book, part like occult magic-y kind of Constantine-y book, and it is awesome. It is written by Ram V, drawn by Mike Perkins. It’s going to be— apparently it’s going to be 6 issues for the first series, and then if it does well, there will probably be more after it.

Kevin (01:16:30 - 01:16:30): Cool.

Brent (01:16:30 - 01:17:06): This was my favorite comic book of the week, and I’m really looking forward to reading the rest of it. So, Black Tower: The Raven Conspiracy, go to your local comic shop and pick an issue up if it’s still there. Uh, we still have plenty at the Berry, so, uh, yeah, cool. Uh, before we go, uh, I alluded to it a little bit, thought I’d mention it. Um, Berry Public Library is doing their Comic Fest on September 19th, and I am apparently going to be part of the proceedings this year.

Closing and Upcoming Events

Kevin (01:17:06 - 01:17:06): Ooh!

Brent (01:17:06 - 01:17:25): They, uh, they contacted Big B and asked if they had anybody who could do panels, and lo and behold, uh, I got volunteered. Wow. With my permission, of course. So I am going to be sitting down, if all goes as planned, with, with, uh, Chip Zdarsky.

Ryan (01:17:26 - 01:17:26): Oh, fun!

Brent (01:17:27 - 01:17:54): Yeah, so a hometown boy who now lives in British Columbia, from what I understand. So, uh, but, uh, I’m looking forward to, uh, sitting and talking Chip about a bunch of things. He has a new Avengers book coming out at the— towards the end of the year with a brand new lineup, which is— for Avengers lineups, he is very different than the last couple of years. So because it’s a lot of street-level guys.

Kevin (01:17:54 - 01:17:55): Oh wow.

Brent (01:17:55 - 01:17:58): Uh, yeah, like Daredevil’s on the team.

Kevin (01:17:58 - 01:17:59): Ooh.

Brent (01:17:59 - 01:18:24): Yeah, so, uh, Chip is, um, Chip is interesting because he’s— he went from kind of like Mr. Indie Artist to Mr. Big League comic book writer. Like, he’s— I’m not sure if there’s any of the really big characters— like, he’s written Batman, he’s written Spider-Man, he’s written The Avengers, he’s writing Captain America right now.

Kevin (01:18:24 - 01:18:24): Daredevil.

Brent (01:18:24 - 01:18:41): He’s written Daredevil. Um, I guess he needs a run on Superman and maybe Wonder Woman to get the, like, the, the whole thing done, but, uh Yeah, so if you’re in the Barrie area, um, times to be announced. It sounds like it’s going to be early afternoon. Uh, I just have to confirm those.

Kevin (01:18:41 - 01:18:43): At the downtown branch?

Brent (01:18:43 - 01:18:45): At the downtown branch, yeah.

Ryan (01:18:45 - 01:18:46): What day is that?

Brent (01:18:46 - 01:19:18): Uh, I just closed the thing, so it was the date that I already said. It’s a Saturday. It’s September 19th. There you go. Join us in two weeks because we will be back with probably a little bit more on the review front for Coyote vs. Acme. There’s a bunch of movies coming out. Let’s see, what do we got? There is just pulling up a calendar.

Ryan (01:19:19 - 01:19:41): Well, while you’re looking that up, I’ll throw this out there. You know, don’t forget to find us on Instagram at True North Nerds. Uh, where we post all of our pictures from like Fan Expo or other things that we do that are nerdy. And then you can find me and Ed talking about toys on Tales from the Collectiverse, uh, on the same channel. Our Instagram is Tales from Collectiverse.

Brent (01:19:41 - 01:19:42): We both are on that.

Ryan (01:19:42 - 01:19:57): Uh, and then don’t forget to, like, you know, like us here on whatever streaming service you’re listening to us. Uh, like us, follow us, share us, uh, write a review, you know, make your friends listen to us. be nice. Do you have your— am I done vamping? Did you have your—

Brent (01:19:57 - 01:20:10): Uh, yeah, there’s a bunch of movies coming out, uh, that I saw some previews of stuff at, at, uh, Fan Expo that I’m kind of like— at booths and stuff that I’m like, I gotta figure out when those movies come out.

Ryan (01:20:10 - 01:20:12): Specifically that Buddy?

Brent (01:20:12 - 01:20:36): Yeah, I wonder when it’s coming out. Um, it looks messed up is what it is. I’m looking forward to it. Um, beyond that, I’ve seen previews for the new Resident Evil movie, and, um, I am both convinced it has nothing to do with the video game and also looks way better than any Resident Evil movie coming before it.

Ryan (01:20:36 - 01:20:36): Cool.

Brent (01:20:36 - 01:20:55): So I am going to try and get to see that. I think that’s the, the week after we record next though. So, uh, yeah, uh, come back in 2 weeks where we have more stuff. So On behalf of myself, Ryan, and Kevin, as always, a bombastay. See ya!

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