July 30, 2024

What's Poppin in Pop Culture? The Olympics and San Diego Comic Con!

What's Poppin in Pop Culture? The Olympics and San Diego Comic Con!

Join KJ along with our Entertainment Correspondent, Tia from Geek Vibes Nation in this special edition of "What's Poppin' in Pop Culture" as we discuss the latest news from San Diego Comic-Con and the Olympics. From the historic performance of the...

Join KJ along with our Entertainment Correspondent, Tia from Geek Vibes Nation in this special edition of "What's Poppin' in Pop Culture" as we discuss the latest news from San Diego Comic-Con and the Olympics.

From the historic performance of the French band Gojira at the Olympics to the exciting announcements from San Diego Comic-Con, including Jensen Ackles' return to "The Boys" and Robert Downey Jr.'s role as Doctor Doom in the MCU, this episode is packed with entertainment updates.

We also touch on the upcoming projects in the Marvel and DC universes, including insights on the Arrowverse and Doctor Who spinoff. Don't miss out on the fun and engaging conversation about all things pop culture!

And don't forget to mark your calendars for the next episode of the KJ Today Show on August 7th, at 7pm ET LIVE where we'll have even more exciting content to share with you all.

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[00:02:25] Favorite moments from the Olympics 

[00:08:21] Winter Olympics and ice skating.

[00:10:23] Jensen Ackles in The Boys Spin Off

[00:15:43] Robert Downey Jr. playing Doctor Doom.

[00:23:50] MCU integrating X-Men characters.

[00:31:31] Superman and Lois final season

[00:32:51] Doctor Who Christmas special teased

Transcript
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Hello and welcome to this very special edition

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of What's Poppin' in Pop Culture, brought

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to you by Conquest Journals and powered by

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Geek Vibes Nation as well. I am KJ. The next

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KJ Today show is coming up next Wednesday

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night, August 7th, but I am joined by our

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entertainment correspondent Tia from Geek

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Vibes Nation because we couldn't wait to

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talk about it. There's so much going on.

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And just San Diego Comic-Con wrapping up

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and trying to digest everything. And then

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we have, you know, the Olympics going on.

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I'm just going to let Tia take it away, because

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really, honestly, the reason we're here is

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because Tia texted me and said, can we do

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a What's Poppin? Because there's just so

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much we need to talk about.

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I definitely bullied KJ into saying we need

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to do this. Sorry, can't wait.

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Oh, no, we need to talk about all the news

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coming out of San Diego Comic-Con. That sounds

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terrible. I know.

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I was like, yes, let's do it. Yes. And I

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mean, the Olympics are going on right now.

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I mean, I don't know about you, but I'm definitely

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someone who enjoys the Olympics. It's like

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the one time I'm into sports.

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OK, yeah. So let's get into it. What's popping,

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Tia, in the Olympics?

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I was trying my best to like get a picture

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that wasn't overly grotesque, because if

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you know what this is about, it's like they

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obviously had some grotesque moments in it.

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So anyway, I'm just going to go on. So the

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story that I want to talk about, I am a huge

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heavy metal fan and the French band Gojira

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made its. Olympic premiere. It made history,

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honestly, as the first metal band to ever

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perform during the opening ceremony. It was

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so awesome. I was sitting there and I was

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like, this is so cool. I don't even know

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who this band is. But now I want to, obviously,

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but it's metal and you have like Maria Antoinette,

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that whole thing. And then all of a sudden

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they're literally like Oh, it was so cool.

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It was so cool. I don't even know that I

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was literally in my living room standing

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up, but headbanging while it was going on.

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That's how cool it was. And I mean, there

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were so many amazing moments to the opening

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ceremony to the Olympic to the Paris Olympics.

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But Gojira being the first heavy metal band

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was so awesome.

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I just loved everything about it. I mean,

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it was so... I mean, it was... It felt a

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little bit like a hot mess at times. We're

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so used to the opening ceremonies being very

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serious and in the stadium and very prestigious.

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And Paris was like, let's party, dudes. It's

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spring break. It felt like the spring break

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opening ceremonies. And I was here for it.

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I was actually nervous because We had my

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family over and my nieces and nephews. This

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was their first opening ceremonies. And I'm

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like, gosh, if it was like Beijing or something

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like that, I mean, those were beautiful.

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But I'm like, I don't know that they're going

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to care. So I had my basement set up for

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them to go down and play games and do whatever.

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And they were watching it. I mean, when they

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started, like, I'm like, wait a second. Every

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country is coming in on a boat.

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I thought that was so cool. That was so cool

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to me. It was like, as you said, it's it's

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very exciting to see all the different countries

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come throughout the stadium, right? And walk

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and leave and everything. But the boats was

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cool. The boats. Yes, those cool touch.

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I do remember at one point I was like, Wait,

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where are they going? There's no statement.

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Are they just doing drive-bys with the country?

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I didn't even think about that, actually.

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Where were the boats heading to?

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Where are the boats going? Did the athletes

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get to get off the boats? Like I had so many

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questions, but it was just, it was so fun.

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It just, I loved it. It was so different

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from anything else. And I know it was a bit,

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disjointed from what we're used to with the

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opening ceremonies, but it's going to be

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when they're outside doing it. It's pouring

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down rain. They're like coordinating so much

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more than what you do when you're in a stadium

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and you have all of the elements under your

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control. I just, I thought it was fabulous.

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I agree. I liked the, so obviously they had

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the a masked person jumping all throughout

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Paris with the torch and everything. And

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I thought they did a good job coordinating,

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obviously, the pre-recorded sections to the

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live sections. That went very well. And Celine

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Dion performed. And when people, even herself,

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thought that she would probably never sing

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live again.

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Yeah, it was huge. Oh, my gosh. It was the

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coolest. I I couldn't even believe it. And

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then when they zoom out. Right. And it makes

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you realize how big the Eiffel Tower is because

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she's got a full stage set up up there and

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they zoom out and you can't even tell she's

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there.

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No, no. She was just a little blip.

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Yeah. Yeah. And I mean, Lady Gaga just having

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a blast doing her thing. I loved every second

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of it.

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I thought it was a great opening. Again,

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as you said, it was maybe at parts a little

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disjointed, but fun, right? Something different.

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Yes, for sure. Yeah, it was very cool.

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Are you watching?

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Are you watching the games? So I'm not watching

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every single game, but I'm my favorites are

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watching gymnastics. Obviously, Simone Biles

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is dominating everything. I like the swimming.

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I've enjoyed racing, not race, you know,

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track and everything. So I try to watch where

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I can. The men's US gymnastics team is doing

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phenomenal right now. And that makes me really

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happy. I did gymnastics when I was younger.

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So I guess, yeah, so I'm just really interested

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in that.

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Oh, I love the gymnastics. Listen, I am a

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bit older than you. And I mean, like my first

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memories of the Olympics is the US gymnastics

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team and Mary Lou Retton. And she was like

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a little tiny thing. And I was like, Oh,

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I'm gonna, I'm gonna be a gymnast. You know,

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she was inspiring. I was not coordinated

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enough to be a gymnast. Not one bit. But

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yeah, I enjoy that part. I'm not going to

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hide the fact that I think the Winter Olympics

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are far superior.

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Yes, 100 percent. Just because they have

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ice skating, that makes it 100 percent superior

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to me.

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I mean, the ice skating and all of the I

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mean, all of the skiing, like they're just

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like it's almost the extreme games without

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saying it's extreme games. Right. Like it.

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I mean, it's pretty amazing. And then you've

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got the curling. I'm from Wisconsin, which

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is like the world capital of curling. And

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it's just like so random that we're all enthralled

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with people with a broom on the ice.

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When we first saw that, I remember like years

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and years ago, obviously my mom would be

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like, I could do this. I mean, anyone who's

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into curling, please don't get at us right

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now. Okay. Someone's going to be like, you

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don't understand. It's a very intensive sport.

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My family will come after you, Tia.

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I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I couldn't do any of

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it, so.

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Hi, Michelle, by the way. Hi, Michelle. Paul

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says he is a curling fan. Michelle, thanks

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for the update. Men's team got bronze today,

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their first medal in 16 years. That is awesome.

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Yeah, I mean, I could talk about the Olympics

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forever, but I know that that's not real.

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Everybody's like in the comments is like,

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can we talk about San Diego Comic Con, please?

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Because that's basically what I told them

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we were here for. All right, what's up next

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here?

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All right, so obviously San Diego comic-con

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was this past weekend I mean there was a

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plethora of amazing news that came out I

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can't even begin to cover every single little

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thing I mean from the tiny but mighty Winona

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Earp vengeance the new upcoming 90-minute

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special on to be getting a trailer and Uh,

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to the penguin getting a update. Uh, but

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my thing is that I want to talk about obviously

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is the boys had a panel, which obviously

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season four just ended. The boys had a panel

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and during the panel, it was confirmed that

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Jensen Ackles obviously will be returning

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for season five, but he will be a series

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lead. And not only that, but they are doing

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a prequel show called Vought Rising that

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will have Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash return.

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Aya Cash played Stormfront in, I believe

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it was season two now that I remember, season

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two of The Boys. And it's going to take place

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in the 1950s. And it makes sense because

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there's a scene in season three of The Boys

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where Soldier Boy talks about being with,

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I forget the whole name, but it was the soup

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named Liberty, who was Stormfront. So clearly

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those two had a relationship, so we're gonna

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see some sort of craziness and vault uprising,

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or vault rising, I apologize. But Jensen

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Ackles is amazing, as he said, you can't

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get rid of him, and we don't want to. um

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and soldier boy is unhinged and unfiltered

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and storm front is a really crazy character

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so it's gonna be insane with the two of them

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yeah i

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So listen, I was in a place where I was like,

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especially, and I do, I love the boys, but

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oh my gosh, I mean, the absurdity of it all,

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some of the violence and the uncomfortableness

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that this show makes you feel, I was kind

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of in a place where I'm like, I can do this

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for one more season. I'm going to do this

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for one more season. And they're like, surprise,

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Jensen Ackles, prequel. You're going to keep

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doing this. And I was like, yeah, I am. You're

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right.

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I'll keep doing it. And I mean, you do also

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have Gen V. I don't know if you've actually

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watched Gen V yet.

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we have not it was of course as soon as we

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finished uh the boys no spoilers uh we it

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came up as like the next suggested thing

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to watch and i was like oh tia watched that

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you said it was pretty good right yeah i

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think it's a good show to kind of it was

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especially when it came out it was before

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season four of the boys and it was a good

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show to tie you over

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Um, until it wasn't necessary to see, uh,

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the two characters that was in the boys,

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right? The two college aged kids. I mean,

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they show up obviously in Gen V. It, it wasn't

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say as good as the boys, but it definitely

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will tie you over. Season two will be interesting.

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Um, but, but yeah, you still have more of

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the boys content KJ. So.

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There was part of me that was like, you know

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what, you can get through this and you won't

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have to cringe anymore. And then I was like,

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oh my gosh, because I just keep thinking

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like. What else can they do? Like, but I

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don't wanna think about what else they can

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do.

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It's gonna get crazy. If you don't know,

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The Boys is based on a comic series and which

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is even wilder than the show, if you could

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believe it or not. And everyone online who

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has read the comics say what the finale of

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season four is obviously leading up to in

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season five. No spoilers, obviously you could

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always Wikipedia it. But the one thing also

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I wanted to say was there was an article

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where Jared Padalecki had said that he obviously

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would be very open to joining the boys because

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the boys is created by Eric Kripke. who creates

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Supernatural. It's too soon, obviously, if

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there's any sort of confirmation of Jared

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Padalecki is actually gonna be in season

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five of The Boys, but with them now doing

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a prequel show, I think that would actually

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be a very good opportunity to bring him in

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and have a reunion between Jensen Ackles

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and Jared Padalecki.

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Yeah. Oh, man. I just, I don't want them

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doing disgusting things. not like I did not

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watch the Winchester brothers do too many.

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Oh well what they had poor Rob Benedict doing

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in season four.

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I was like no I literally was I was looking

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at at at patches and not at the TV. And I

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was like, tell me I cannot watch him do this.

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I cannot watch Rob Benedict do this. Like,

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tell me when it's over. I cannot. And I would

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like, look. Oh, my God. And he's like, I'll

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tell you when it's over.

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It went on a little too long. I'll say that.

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It really did. It really did. Oh, man. But

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it's very exciting that, again, Jensen Ackles

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will be returning. We're getting a prequel.

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And it was just cool seeing the cast of the

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boys on stage at San Diego Comic-Con. But

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obviously, that's not the real big story

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that we want to talk about.

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The biggest story. Sorry, DC, no news for

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you.

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It just continues perpetuating our distaste

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for DC. Although I will say, I'm very, very

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excited for James Gunn's upcoming DC Universe.

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I just have to throw it out before we get

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to it. But back to Marvel. OK, let's get

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back to Marvel. Back to Marvel. So as you

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can see here, the big thing is I'm not even

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going to sugarcoat it. It was announced that

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Robert Downey Jr. will return to the MCU,

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but he will not be playing Tony Stark. Instead,

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he will be playing Doctor Doom. On top of

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that, they brought back the Russo brothers,

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who if you didn't realize the Russo brothers

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directed all of the best films in the MCU,

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and they are coming back to direct two upcoming

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Avengers movies. They essentially confirmed

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that the Kang storyline is dead in the water.

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That's done. And they're bringing back RDJ

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as Doctor Doom, which is insane. I mean,

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listen, like. So part of me at first didn't

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necessarily know how to feel about it. Obviously,

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it's amazing getting Robert Downey Jr. back,

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and I think getting the Russo brothers was

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amazing to hear. For sure. How they're going.

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how they're going to do it when obviously

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we know rdj as tony stark but let's just

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see where they go with it um a lot of people

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online wanted killian murphy to play dr doom

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which would have been cool um yeah honestly

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i had thought

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Just by the way they were, what I was reading,

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that was just going to be a done deal. I

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was a little bit taken aback when the mask

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came off. And it was Robert Downey Jr. Oh,

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I mean, cool, but that's not who I thought

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was going to be there.

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Part of me, and I saw this online, maybe

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they're going to do a bait and switch, right?

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They have RDJ come in, he plays Dr. Doom

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for a movie, but maybe he's not like the

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actual Dr. Doom. And then like, so I don't

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know, let's see what happens with it, right?

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He's not going to be a variant Dr. Doom.

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I know we got we got to bring to me. This

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is how I feel about it, because we were talking

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about this a little beforehand, right, where

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we don't want to be in the whole wheelhouse

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of the MCU is dead. Right. But, you know,

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you're like, obviously things are a little

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up in the air. Kevin Feige was like, how

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do we get this back? We got Deadpool out.

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Call up the Russo brothers. Call up Robert

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Downey Jr. Let's get this back on track.

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Yes. Yes. I, I did. I love it. And I think,

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you know, It's such a complex character.

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And I just watched, honestly, while we were,

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I went to see Deadpool and Wolverine this

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morning. Fantastic. Amazing. But we were,

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I went back and watched the X-Men movies

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this weekend. We kind of had those on and

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then had the Fantastic Four on. last night

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because there was some, you know, news about

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the Fantastic Four as well. And they put

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out some footage, which was awesome. And,

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you know, I enjoyed those Fantastic Four

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movies. I know a lot of people didn't and

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they thought they were a little too on the

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cheesy side. I don't mind if that's how they

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want to make things. I'm good with a little

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comic cheese once in a while. But I thought

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the representation of Dr. Doom was perfectly

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fine in the Fantastic Four. But this Robert

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Downey Jr. taking on the character is going

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to, I mean, I think He will make us forget

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he was Iron Man. This is not going to be

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a comparison. This is going to be him showing

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just how incredible of an actor he is.

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And I honestly think it's if Robert Downey

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Jr. was going to come back into the superhero

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genre, I think this is a good way for him

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to do so because and now don't get me wrong,

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right? But obviously Robert Downey Jr. is

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getting older, so maybe there would be some

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physical limitations to continuing playing

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Iron Man. Doctor Doom is a lot more, you

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know, meticulous, you know, and all that

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stuff. I think it's a better sort of position

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for him. And I agree with you, KJ. I rewatched

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those original Fantastic Four movies a couple

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of years ago. They're great. I still like

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them. And Dr. Doom was great in it. So I

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forget that actor, but he was great.

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Yeah, I totally can't think of his name,

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which I feel bad about, but I enjoyed how

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he portrayed Dr. Doom. You know, I love a

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little Johnny Storm in my life. So I go back

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to those movies. It was interesting because

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basically my nieces and nephews were over

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all weekend. And I put those on. And you

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know, sometimes when you put movies on and

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you want them to watch it, you're like, oh,

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we're going to watch this movie because I

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love it so much and you're going to love

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it so much. And they were all just playing

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on their devices. And I was like, I'm just

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I'm going to put the fantastic four on. It

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was probably about halfway through Rise of

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the Silver Surfer and my youngest nephew

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said, What is this? This is pretty cool.

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I was like, oh, yes, that's so. So he was

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like, next time we come over, can we watch

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these on the like, watch them on the big

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screens we have? It's not a movie theater.

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It sounds really fancy. It's just a projector

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with a futon in our basement. But he was

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like, can we watch these in the movie theater

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next time? And I was like, dude, I'm never

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going to say no to watching the Fantastic

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Four.

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I love it. I love it. And I'm very excited

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for the upcoming Fantastic Four project.

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Great cast all around. I've never seen the

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2015 version of Fantastic Four. I hear not

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great things about it. Obviously, you must

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judge yourself. But yeah, so I'm just looking

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forward to the new one.

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I started watching it, and honestly, I was

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like, I'm just going to give this a fair

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shake. And I was eight minutes into it, and

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I was like, nope. Oh, that's not good. I

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was like, nope. This is going to be as bad

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as everybody said. I can't. I can't do it.

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And it's too bad because I thought that cast

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was great, too.

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You know, it's a it's a great cast. It's

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just bad writing, bad direction. I mean,

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there's a ton of things like look at Ryan

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Reynolds, great actor that freaking Green

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Lantern movie. Not great. Forget his first

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outing as Deadpool in Wolverine 3, I think

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it was. Was that Origins Origins? I'm sorry.

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Yes, you're right. That was terrible. That

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was so bad.

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We actually we skipped over that when we

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were doing our X-Men rewatch. I was like,

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we're not doing Origins. Oh man. But yeah,

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I think Fantastic Four is just, that is sort

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of my shining light. Whatever the MCU is

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doing, it's fine. Just give us a really great

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Fantastic Four. Right, like that's where

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I'm at.

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I'm very confident in Kevin Feige right now.

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The new Captain America movie looks great.

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They introduced Thunderbolts. I like the

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Black Widow movie. It got a lot of bad reviews.

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I did too! I liked it a lot. David Harbour

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showed up to San Diego Comic-Con in a new

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Red Guardian costume. I thought it looked

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great. Oh, did he? Yeah, you got to look

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it up. It looks great. So Thunderbolt looks

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great. It just it all looks great. I'm happy.

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I'm a happy MCU fan again.

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Without spoiling anything, it was the Deadpool

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Wolverine movie. It was I mean, it was Deadpool

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in the MCU. And it was, I mean, you had to

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like kind of like sit back and be like, this

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is an MCU movie about Deadpool and Wolverine's

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here too. Like, how cool is this?

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It feels like a dream come true because for

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so long of the MCU, Fox's Marvel was a way,

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like toys that you couldn't play with, right?

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And now we can, and it's just like, oh,

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so happy well and they did a they did a really

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fine job with you know giving a nice nod

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to what was with fox you know not knocking

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it like it's just like here we are and now

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we get to do all these cool things so it

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was uh it was fun i thought that um that

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The cameos, because I had heard, and I'm

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not going to spoil anything, because one

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of them got spoiled for me, and I was super

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bummed about that. But it paced well. I mean,

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of course, it's ridiculous. And you could

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probably break down the plot and be like,

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oh, it wasn't really much of a plot. I mean,

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there are holes. It's fine. But I thought

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the people that they put in it had a reason

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to be there, not just like, oh, we're going

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to throw this person in too, and oh, wow,

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that for a second. I felt like they cast

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it thoughtfully to introduce Deadpool into

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the MCU. So that is all I will say about

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that. I already told Patches that I need

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to see it again because there are so, Tia,

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there are so many one-liners and just little

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quips and like there's, you just can't, you

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can't take it all in because it's happening

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and you're still taking in the fact that

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you're watching Deadpool in the MCU but there's

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still all of that witty dialogue and funny

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quips and It's a it's a second watch kind

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of movie in the theater.

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I'm very excited. My mom and I are going

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to go see it a few weeks from now. And I

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just can't get over the fact that Kevin Feige

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is like, yep, let's have an R rated Marvel

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movie. Let's just do it at this point. I

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mean, let's go.

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I'm telling you. Yeah. And he I mean, he

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let them do what they needed to do.

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That's good. That's good. I'm very excited.

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I'm very excited to see this movie. This

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whole San Diego Comic Con with the Marvel

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panels really kind of just renewed my joy

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for Marvel. So very, very pumped.

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I felt like overall, this was just a really

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big, I mean, San Diego Comic-Con's always

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big, but I feel like the last couple of years,

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the news coming out of it was kind of so-so,

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like, okay, I guess that's good. And this,

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I don't even know, props to all of you over

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at Geek Vibes Nation, because I don't even

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understand how you were keeping up with everything.

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I have to give a huge shout out to Jeremy

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and also Gaius and who were there at San

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Diego Comic-Con. And then also Kanan. Anytime

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you're on our GeekFivesNation Twitter, that's

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him posting it. Everything. They did an amazing

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job covering everything. I'm super stoked.

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And if I could do a little plug, we soon

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will be dropping. Jeremy was able to speak

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to the star of the new Hellboy movie. So

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that interview will be posting soon to our

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YouTube channel.

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Very nice. Yay. I am excited. And we can

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also plug the Borderlands interview.

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I was like, let's do this and everything.

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And my brain isn't even there. But yes, because

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you got to speak with Benjamin Byron Davis,

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which is the coolest thing. So go ahead,

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KJ. Yeah.

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You know, and Ben, as he said, I could call

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him Ben. He's also been in Guardians of the

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Galaxy and he is the voice of Dutch for Red

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Dead Redemption. So there were so many cool

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things that we got to talk about. I'm gonna

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play some clips on the KJ Today Show, which

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is the next one is next Wednesday night.

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So we have the kind of nerdy girls coming

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up this Wednesday. And then next Wednesday,

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the 7th, will be the full KJ Today show with

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Tia. If you haven't heard, she's joined as

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a regular cast member of KJ Today. So I'm

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going to play some clips back from the Benjamin

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Byron Davis interview. But if you want to

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go watch it right now, honestly, he's just

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like, a delightful person and super great

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energy. And he was so excited and fun to

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talk to about, you know, creating creating

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Dutch for Red Dead Redemption and then having

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it become a fan favorite and then being on

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the other side of this fan favorite video

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game and having the pressure of having to

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play a character that people already love.

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It was an interesting, you know, different

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take on on, you know, coming from one video

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game to the other video game. But that is

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streaming now on GeekVibesNation YouTube.

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So subscribe to us here on KJ Today. Go subscribe

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to GeekVibesNation, because they're covering

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everything. I just get to hop in and help

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out once in a while.

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You do an amazing job, KG. You also got to

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speak with Meg Donnelly from the Crisis on

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Infinite Earths Part Three, as well as Butch

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Vuchik, which was awesome. And then we have

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a few other of those interviews coming out

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as well.

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Oh my gosh, I got to spend my whole afternoon

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talking about the Justice League crisis on

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infinite Earth was awesome.

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See DC.

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We talk about DC We do and you know, I did

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watch I didn't finish it, but I did watch

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some of that trilogy and it is pretty cool

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like I you know, I think that We, you know,

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we just we want the DC movies to be on the

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level that everything else is, you know,

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that the TV shows. I know, you know, there

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was the Superman and Lois panel at San Diego.

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And that, I mean, is going to be so emotional

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that that's the end, like that's the end

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of the Arrowverse. When that show ends, there

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is no more Arrowverse on like it's done.

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That's sad to think about. But yeah. Um,

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the, the actor who played, I forget his name,

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Tyler something, I think, um, yeah, I mean,

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he played a great Superman. I think that

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that needs to be recognized when we're thinking

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about great live action Superman.

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yes well and if you haven't watched superman

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and lois i'm not a big superman fan i don't

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hate superman but i just think the storyline

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is is kind of weak and we've been over that

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like oh no this rock is not oh we've stopped

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you um but uh tyler hecklin playing the role

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of Superman as a father to two teenage boys,

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that's his kryptonite. It was done so well.

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So if you haven't, because I know a lot of

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people, I did too, kind of like the Arrowverse

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got kind of big. And I think the Flash maybe

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went a few seasons longer than it needed

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to.

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It's just like four seasons longer. Yeah.

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kind of convoluted but Superman and Lois

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you could watch on its own and it was a really

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really great story of Superman and I'm gonna

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be really sad to see it go.

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Oh well I know well at least it got five

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seasons um and yeah I mean I I've never watched

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it before but I'd be inclined to check it

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out one day.

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I recommend it. And then one last thing out

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of San Diego, if you are a Doctor Who fan

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and you did not see it, they did. I was surprised

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at how much footage they actually released

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from the Christmas special. It's a nice amount

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of footage is going to give you a tease from

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what you can expect from the Christmas special.

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It looks fantastic. It looks like it's going

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to be so much fun. And then they also announced

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the the spinoff, which we'll talk more about

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this in the kind of nerdy girls on Wednesday.

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I just got to say, like of all of of all

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of the villains, aliens that they could have

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picked to do a spinoff for Doctor Who, this

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is my least favorite. Oh, no. I'm having

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a really hard time being excited about it.

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Oh, that's awful. I was like, wait, that's

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the spinoff?

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OK. It's like you better do something really

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good to sell me on this, all right?

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Yes, yes, for sure. Well, thank you, Tia,

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for popping in and giving us an extended

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version of what's popping and not making

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us wait until next week to talk about all

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the fun stuff. I do have any interviews or

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anything else coming this week that we need

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to let people know about.

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I've been a little quiet on the interview

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front, so nothing for me right now. I'm a

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little bit more working behind the scenes

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and editing people's interviews and getting

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them out. So, uh, but hopefully soon I'll

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let the professionals get to it.

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All right, well, we will chat again on Wednesday,

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All Things Kinda Nerdy. The Kinda Nerdy Girls

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will be live on the KJ Today YouTube channel.

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And again, please make sure you head over

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to Geek Vibes Nation if you haven't already

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and subscribe to their YouTube and follow

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them on all of the social media places. Bye,

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Tia.