August 25, 2025 • 6 mins
"Would you trust Nicolas Cage to solve a murder… or just turn into a cat?"In this wildly entertaining episode of The Ben and Skin Show, hosts Ben Rogers, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray dive headfirst into the icy depths of True Detective Season 4, the bizarre possibility of Nicolas Cage leading Season 5, and the heart-pounding chaos of video games that might just raise your blood pressure.From Jodie Foster’s clenched-teeth performance in “Night Country” to the confusing antler-filled caves of Season 1, the crew questions whether True Detective was ever as good as we all thought—or if we just wanted it to be. And yes, they’re in “deep, penetrative talks” about Cage’s potential role.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Juicys Hot, guys, every come, stay on the top in
the high Woods shovel. True Detective is working on their
cast for season five. Apparently this still is happening now.
(00:22):
I watched the first couple of episodes of True Detective
season four, Night Country. It had Jodie Foster in it,
but uh, you know, everyone says it's pretty good, but
I gave up. It was so cold. It was like
an Antarctica Antarctica. Yeah. I always try to put that
c in there in Antarctica. Yeah, but you're saying Antarctica.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I stopped watching after Rachel McAdams, which too, that was
season two.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Yeah, okay, yeah, the the Vince Vaughan season. That was rough. Yeah.
I enjoyed season three with mirschel Ali, but you know,
it was dark and it was about dementia and all
that stuff. Season five, they're they're writing this momentum of
True Detective season four Night Country because they got some
awards for that. Did Jodie Foster one? Yeah, even though
(01:07):
she was still talking with her teeth closed, she just
wouldn't open her mouth a little bit. Why won't she
do that? I don't understand why she won't open her
mouth but season five, they're in deep talks right now,
and by deep I mean deep penetrative talks with one
(01:28):
Nicholas Cage.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Oh you think they're taking this very seriously? Okay, he
did become a punchline, but I think he started turning
the corner because that movie Pig It was actually people
thought that was a really good performance, right, And then
he did The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Yes, that's
(01:51):
where he made fun of himself and so is he
back well?
Speaker 1 (01:55):
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent was also a documentary
about the COVID dong guy too, the guy sitting at
the end of the bed for him always associated with
COVID the tripod. So yeah, I don't know. There's really
not much more than that report that they're in deep
talks with him.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Would that ruin it for you?
Speaker 1 (02:16):
No? Not at all? Okay me neither. No, Okay, I
mean I would give it a shot. And if i'm
if I quit on Jodie Foster, I'll quit on Nicholas
Cage after a couple of episodes too. Jodie Foster was
a great actress.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Do you remember how that series and you said you
didn't watch the end time and finish it. I don't
remember how it ended getting cold, there was, but there
was bizarre stuff with bodies piling up outside and.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
They kind of tried to make a game of throne
ish like white walkers and skeletons and stuff. I don't remember.
What happened, very weird, I don't either, and what was
in her head and what was not really I don't know.
And the first I mean, the first season was kind
of weird like that too, I do remember. Yeah, I'm
wondering if the first season was as good as we
all think it was, because I'm thinking it maybe wasn't.
(02:57):
I know, the dialogue in some of the things is great,
the characters are great, but then they ended up hugging
in a hospital. Was that the one with the weird
lawn guy, like yes, okay, yeah, you know McConaughey and
Woody Harrelson, Yeah, and the and the guy and they
go into that cave or underground area and something weird
happened some long times actual. Yeah, I'm wondering if I'd
(03:19):
be able to handle it now.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I wonder hard thing about watching all this stuff, and
especially when you binge watch, Dude, I don't think you can.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
For me, I have the worst memory of all four
of us.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
But if I have a really hard time remembering, oh yeah,
what happened on.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
That, I can yeah. I oh, I do too. I
struggle with that a lot more. Now, so we're kind
of watching we Know what honestly something throwing it on
lately's breaking bad. And so now we're through the first
six episodes of season one. Dude, Hank Schrader is the
worst cop of all time. He had Walt, they went,
(03:53):
they found his gas mask in season one and like
episode five out in the desert, tracked it to the
school Walt's teaching at. But it's his brother in law.
You don't want to believe, you don't want to believe it,
but the inventory is not matching up, like it's really
this is like again like an episode after during like
a TV there are Oliver at Walts house for like
(04:14):
a birthday party and on the local TV news a
meth bust, and Walt is asking three or four very
specific questions like how much money are these guys making?
Making myth Like it's just Hank is a terrible cop,
and I don't like knowing that. I think of this
is the greatest show ever, Insider poking holes in it.
I'm like, how, but it's not like it's just they
(04:35):
showed too much in season one. I think.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Okay, so you're saying that sometimes we get too hyped
about a show and then we overlook these little mini
shark jumps because we're we want to like it.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Yep, I think so maybe that's what I'm saying that
Nicholas Cage. Hopefully they make him a cat. I'm a
funny little cat. There's some research that has determined the
most stressful video game of all time's top five. Actually, really,
Call of Duty has to be up there. Part of
this study was just seeing the raising heart rate of
players when they're playing. So I thought this was right
(05:09):
up the alley for you too. Echo the Dolphin, not
Echo the Dolphin, and not See If Thieves, No See
If Thieves is a gorgeous playing or game to play.
Number five Fortnite. I can't relate to that. I do
remember that, Okay, that would get the heart going. Number four,
something called Dark Souls, number three.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
The Call of Duty. Yep, yep, they get your heart
rate up, they get you going. I haven't played in
a while. I got got really upset playing one night.
I was like this sucks. Yeah, And I was like,
I told my friend that I played. I go, I'm retiring,
and I actually have not played since then. Wow, tell
the controller through the sheet rock. Charles Haley throwing his
(05:47):
helmet of Jerry Yes, I quit cold, like yeah. Number
two FIFA Football Okay, I see that. And number one
Madden Mario Kart and I get it really dude.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
You get Sean see when you're racing and then someone
lightning strikes you or hits you at the turtle and
you're like, you son of a bitch. I thought you
loved me, honey, Why did you throw that turtle at me?
Number one?
Speaker 2 (06:10):
All right?
Speaker 1 (06:10):
How about that? All right? There you have it.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
The most stressful video games
Juicys Hot, guys, every come, stay on the top in
the high Woods shovel. True Detective is working on their
cast for season five. Apparently this still is happening now.
(00:22):
I watched the first couple of episodes of True Detective
season four, Night Country. It had Jodie Foster in it,
but uh, you know, everyone says it's pretty good, but
I gave up. It was so cold. It was like
an Antarctica Antarctica. Yeah. I always try to put that
c in there in Antarctica. Yeah, but you're saying Antarctica.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
I stopped watching after Rachel McAdams, which too, that was
season two.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Yeah, okay, yeah, the the Vince Vaughan season. That was rough. Yeah.
I enjoyed season three with mirschel Ali, but you know,
it was dark and it was about dementia and all
that stuff. Season five, they're they're writing this momentum of
True Detective season four Night Country because they got some
awards for that. Did Jodie Foster one? Yeah, even though
(01:07):
she was still talking with her teeth closed, she just
wouldn't open her mouth a little bit. Why won't she
do that? I don't understand why she won't open her
mouth but season five, they're in deep talks right now,
and by deep I mean deep penetrative talks with one
(01:28):
Nicholas Cage.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Oh you think they're taking this very seriously? Okay, he
did become a punchline, but I think he started turning
the corner because that movie Pig It was actually people
thought that was a really good performance, right, And then
he did The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Yes, that's
(01:51):
where he made fun of himself and so is he
back well?
Speaker 1 (01:55):
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent was also a documentary
about the COVID dong guy too, the guy sitting at
the end of the bed for him always associated with
COVID the tripod. So yeah, I don't know. There's really
not much more than that report that they're in deep
talks with him.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Would that ruin it for you?
Speaker 1 (02:16):
No? Not at all? Okay me neither. No, Okay, I
mean I would give it a shot. And if i'm
if I quit on Jodie Foster, I'll quit on Nicholas
Cage after a couple of episodes too. Jodie Foster was
a great actress.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Do you remember how that series and you said you
didn't watch the end time and finish it. I don't
remember how it ended getting cold, there was, but there
was bizarre stuff with bodies piling up outside and.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
They kind of tried to make a game of throne
ish like white walkers and skeletons and stuff. I don't remember.
What happened, very weird, I don't either, and what was
in her head and what was not really I don't know.
And the first I mean, the first season was kind
of weird like that too, I do remember. Yeah, I'm
wondering if the first season was as good as we
all think it was, because I'm thinking it maybe wasn't.
(02:57):
I know, the dialogue in some of the things is great,
the characters are great, but then they ended up hugging
in a hospital. Was that the one with the weird
lawn guy, like yes, okay, yeah, you know McConaughey and
Woody Harrelson, Yeah, and the and the guy and they
go into that cave or underground area and something weird
happened some long times actual. Yeah, I'm wondering if I'd
(03:19):
be able to handle it now.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I wonder hard thing about watching all this stuff, and
especially when you binge watch, Dude, I don't think you can.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
For me, I have the worst memory of all four
of us.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
But if I have a really hard time remembering, oh yeah,
what happened on.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
That, I can yeah. I oh, I do too. I
struggle with that a lot more. Now, so we're kind
of watching we Know what honestly something throwing it on
lately's breaking bad. And so now we're through the first
six episodes of season one. Dude, Hank Schrader is the
worst cop of all time. He had Walt, they went,
(03:53):
they found his gas mask in season one and like
episode five out in the desert, tracked it to the
school Walt's teaching at. But it's his brother in law.
You don't want to believe, you don't want to believe it,
but the inventory is not matching up, like it's really
this is like again like an episode after during like
a TV there are Oliver at Walts house for like
(04:14):
a birthday party and on the local TV news a
meth bust, and Walt is asking three or four very
specific questions like how much money are these guys making?
Making myth Like it's just Hank is a terrible cop,
and I don't like knowing that. I think of this
is the greatest show ever, Insider poking holes in it.
I'm like, how, but it's not like it's just they
(04:35):
showed too much in season one. I think.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Okay, so you're saying that sometimes we get too hyped
about a show and then we overlook these little mini
shark jumps because we're we want to like it.
Speaker 1 (04:45):
Yep, I think so maybe that's what I'm saying that
Nicholas Cage. Hopefully they make him a cat. I'm a
funny little cat. There's some research that has determined the
most stressful video game of all time's top five. Actually, really,
Call of Duty has to be up there. Part of
this study was just seeing the raising heart rate of
players when they're playing. So I thought this was right
(05:09):
up the alley for you too. Echo the Dolphin, not
Echo the Dolphin, and not See If Thieves, No See
If Thieves is a gorgeous playing or game to play.
Number five Fortnite. I can't relate to that. I do
remember that, Okay, that would get the heart going. Number four,
something called Dark Souls, number three.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
The Call of Duty. Yep, yep, they get your heart
rate up, they get you going. I haven't played in
a while. I got got really upset playing one night.
I was like this sucks. Yeah, And I was like,
I told my friend that I played. I go, I'm retiring,
and I actually have not played since then. Wow, tell
the controller through the sheet rock. Charles Haley throwing his
(05:47):
helmet of Jerry Yes, I quit cold, like yeah. Number
two FIFA Football Okay, I see that. And number one
Madden Mario Kart and I get it really dude.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
You get Sean see when you're racing and then someone
lightning strikes you or hits you at the turtle and
you're like, you son of a bitch. I thought you
loved me, honey, Why did you throw that turtle at me?
Number one?
Speaker 2 (06:10):
All right?
Speaker 1 (06:10):
How about that? All right? There you have it.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
The most stressful video games
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