On this week's episode: A review for "Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning," "Lilo & Stitch" big box office holiday weekend, "Top Gun" Experience, one-dollar summer movies, "Cheers" actor George Wendy passes away, Anime Boston returns to Boston, that and much more!
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
This is the How About Hollywood and iHeartRadio podcast. I'm
your co host James Rojas.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
And I'm Jamie Blanco.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
On this week's episode, we have a review of the
latest and potentially final Mission Impossible movie. If you have
the need, the need for speed, then you are in luck,
especially if you are in Vegas, where you really need
to have a lot of luck. A cast favorite of
the show Cheers passing Away and Boston doing its own
(00:38):
thing to pay tribute, and a national movie theater chain
is offering one dollar movies to help keep kids busy
this summer. Lord knows we need every help, a little
bit of help we can get. But first, Jamie, this
is a real, a real discussion about something that's really
(00:59):
really fake, and that is artificial intelligence, and specifically about
the fear of actually having AI replace talents, replace actors,
because it's gotten scary, scarily scary, good and eerily. I
know good. I sent you this video and it shows
(01:21):
like a montage of these artificially created characters. They look
very human like, just like humans, and they're basically in
different like movie kind of settings. One is in a
in a burning building, another is at at sea, another
one is with a crowd of people raw raw ryeing,
and another in a classroom, and they're all going off.
(01:44):
They're based, they're going off this prompt of basically acknowledging
that they are AI and that they don't want to
be prompted into this kind of difficult scenario or situation
that they've been put in in a kind of rebellious
kind of way. When you first saw this video, Jamie,
what your.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Head, I'm like, oh God, oh God. Like it's it's learning,
it's advancing, it's getting better. You know where Sarah Connor
is off in a corner somewhere like just shaking her
head at all of us. Oh, look at how cool
AI is. Nothing could possibly go wrong with this? Have
we learned nothing from the movies? James? Have we learned nothing?
Speaker 1 (02:23):
It's insane, like, And people always say, and this one
thing I always say when I talk about AI, anything
that's AI related, is that today is the worst that
it will ever be. And we are seeing it, you know,
almost nearly perfect when it comes to not being able
to tell the difference between somebody who's actually real to
somebody who was completely made up with ones and zeros,
(02:47):
and it's it's it's pretty freaky, and people are, especially
in like the acting subrity community, they're raising the red
flag and ringing the alarm bells because you know, you
just give this a few more weeks, months, years, and
you have something that would be undetectable to the human
eye and to determine whether this was real or not.
(03:08):
And then you have potential actors, background actors or extras
losing their jobs. Maybe somebody who only has one line
who walks up to a cafe and says one coffee please,
and then gets out of the way for Brad Pitt
to walk in. Like that is how close we're getting.
Am I overreacting?
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Well, you are not overreacting, but James, this has been
the fight right. This was one of the main issues
that led to the actor's strike and the writer's strike
is the use of artificial intelligence, the use of AI.
One of the big issues as well was digital scanning,
(03:48):
was digitally scanning background actors and then using people's likeness
into perpetuity without paying them, and then just inserting them
into movies, TV shows. Anything that you want, right, you
make like some sort of amalgamation. Say oh no, it's
a new digital creation. Based on this original scan, and
(04:10):
that's that's how they're kind of trying to get away
with it. It was a big issue with the movie
I Want to Dance with Somebody that was filmed here
in Boston.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Right, you can't publish singing that song title. I love
how you just can't help but sing that song title.
It's so catchy somebody, but sorry, go on.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
I want to get scanned into artificial intelligence.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
With somebody.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Terrifying paid some days, I know it's work the movie.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Take it away, Jamie, No, but you know, just add
on to what you're saying is it's just there's I
showed this video to my wife and she was in disbelief.
I mean, there's little parts and moments where you can tell, like, okay,
it's something is off, where a character waves their hand
and they have three fingers, or the mouth just isn't perfect,
and so you kind of get glimpses of the Uncanny Valley,
(05:03):
you know, those those little hints or evidence that shows
it it's AI. But then we watched another video where
it takes place out a fake you know, car lot
or a car show, an auto show, and you have
all these different people being interviewed by somebody and they're
giving their opinions that are like I think this SUV
is great for families, or I can't wait to buy
the new EV and they all look realistic so much
(05:26):
so if you were to put this, you know, on Instagram,
on TikTok, or show it to your grandparents or somebody
who is not aware of what AI is, and then
show them this, it'd be like, Okay, that's pretty cool.
What's this about, Like, what's what's the Auto show about?
Like they wouldn't think twice about it. That's how good
it looks.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
And what's really scary about it, James, is how fast
it's adapting, right, because it's taken like all of time
to get to this point. But just in the last
two years. Okay, I don't know if you've seen this,
but there was an AI video made of Will Smith
eating spaghetti, right, yeah, and everybody wants someone back, right,
(06:03):
And that was just in twenty twenty three. It was
like it was like a horror show, Like his fingers
were all warped, his mouth was opening wide like, and
it was just his face was distorted. It was just
it was nightmare, right, nightmare fuel Now Just two years later,
in twenty twenty five, AI created a video of Will
(06:24):
Smith eating spaghetti that looks almost completely real. Yeah, right,
that you can see at least all the different So it's.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
In trouble if somebody wants to cast him in a
new Italian like you know, spaghetti eating contest movie, he's
in big trouble in that role ever were to come out.
But yeah, and the thing is, you know, not only
does this effect can affect you know, the movie industry,
the TV industry, the entertainment industry, but people were also
bringing up somebody commented on Reddit saying, uh, propaganda just
(06:52):
got an upgrade, Like, imagine the real world implications of
people using this for bad and everything that is created
by humans, whether it's created for good, it eventually gets,
you know, into the hands of bad people with bad intentions.
And imagine a world where you can't tell the difference
between you or I or the presidents or you know,
(07:12):
the Prime Minister or the Pope or who have you, you know,
doing something or saying something, and that message is getting
spread like wildfire, you know again, and it's already far
beyond the entertainment industry. It's crazy.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
It's already happening, James. There's already so many fake videos online,
you know, being put out by either regular people or
also people with the bad intentions. Right, these these farms
out in like Russia and China and you know out
there like just pumping out fake videos to misinform. It's
(07:49):
it's a big issue, right, It's a big issue. That
one's a little bit beyond I think our scope or
what I even know how to do what to do with. However,
when it comes to movies and commercials, sag After just
voted on a new commercials contract that has more AI
protections because I feel like I've seen tons and tons
(08:12):
of AI, you know, fake videos selling things online, but
I've started to see it on television on the streaming
services commercials for real products using what looks to be
AI instead of hiring real animators you know, and real
(08:33):
artists and things like that. So the unions continue to
fight for those protections. I think that those you know,
it's a huge issue that will continue to be a
big issue for the entertainment industry and just in general, James,
when it comes to art, when it comes to movies,
I want human beings. These things cannot tell you a story.
(08:58):
They cannot create. They only make what you input and suggest, right,
I would much rather see artificial intelligence used to make
our lives easier so that humans have more time to create,
and not the other way around, using AI to create
like just weird, soulless bs.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Yeah, yeah, you won't. You won't see AI replacing you
or myself with with any of that stuff. How fully
would it be though, if I just like ripped off
a mask and I was just like a robot underneath,
and I was like I was AI this whole time,
I do might not be terrified. But yeah, but you
know what, before things get too worse and and and
(09:42):
you know, we lose control of AI, and you know,
in the industry or whatnot, let's help out those real
life people, people who are actually like flesh and bone
and are trying to get some casting jobs and rolls
and and in either TVs or movies. So let's help.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Them some flesh blood actors here in New England get
cast in some projects. Okay, because we've got a few
things that are filming right now. Boston Casting they're knocking
it out of the park. Uh. They are doing casting
for both Tony the Anthony Burdain biopic that's happening right now,
(10:20):
and the TV show called Flashlight. I believe it's Apple
TV Plus, but don't don't quote me on that right now.
But that's going to be like a spooky horror sort
of this quintessential New England town where there's a brand
new mayor and he doesn't want to listen to the locals,
right the superstitious locals always listen to the superstitious locals
(10:42):
are not or not.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Wacky superstitious people there should not be paid attention to.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
But yeah, go on, unless you're in a TV show
or movie exactly So, James, there's a lot of filming
going on north Shore, South Shore, out on the Cape
of Flag's gonna be filming out in Gloucester and in
the North Shore area, while the the Anthony Bourdain uh
one is out in pe Town and on the Cape
(11:10):
and in the South Shore. Uh So, all along the shore.
We've got just beautiful, beautiful locations for any and every project.
But if you would like to be a part of
either of these, Boston Casting, Boston Casting, Boston Casting is
handling bull uh So, you're gonna want to go to Bostoncasting.
(11:31):
Dot com uh sign up that you can put your
your everything for free. You can sign up for a
free profile, or you can pay for you know, an
extra boosted profile if you want to. But if you
are signing up per legitimate casting agency, they never charge
you up front unless you want extras, okay, so you
(11:51):
can don't don't don't get tricked in that way either.
So lots of new projects heading this way in the
pendant projects. If you're more into the indie scene and
just working your way in, we always recommend you check
out our friends at the Friendly Filmmaker. She puts out
a newsletter every week with the indie opportunities, casting calls
(12:18):
and crew calls as well for cruise if you want
to be behind the camera, So we always recommend you
go and check out Juliet the Friendly Filmmaker as well.
But really exciting stuff James, and they're looking for everyone
from gnarrowly looking, you know, fishermen types to just kids
in the background doing really fun things. So yeah, great opportunities.
(12:44):
We're happy to see projects back here in New England
this year, and it's just the beginning. We're hoping to
have a few more projects as we get towards the summer.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
All right, excellent. You know what else we're looking forward
to this weekend is some may action. I'm a fan
of like maybe one or two anime technically, but I
know you're a big fan of this, so so what's
going on with this?
Speaker 2 (13:08):
All right, friends, I need you to come out and
see me at Anime Boston this weekend.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Oh so you are going?
Speaker 2 (13:15):
I am going, I am going going on Saturday?
Speaker 1 (13:19):
What are you going?
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Family? Oh as bleak no sorry, as one piece of
course lufy. So I'm gonna be Loofy again. I wanted
to do no me, but it was gonna be like
too much work to like dye my hair or buy
a wig or whatever. So I will be Loofy again.
My son is going to be kid Loofy with the
little anchor shirt, and my daughter is going to be
(13:41):
you know, little kid Nammy, so it's gonna be really cute.
And my husband you should go as a just randomly
as a Loofah, as a Loofah, I'm Loofy, Nikki's Loofy,
Daisy's Nammy. And my husband Ron is going as a
squid game guard, which is not anime.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
But yeah, okay, Yeah, he's just gonna wear a mask.
He doesn't want to show his face there.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. Maybe
we're embarrassing him. No, but it's actually a really cool costume.
He looks really scary. He was chasing like everyone around
the house the other day in it. Uh, So that'll
be a fun one too as well. So Anime Boston,
we've got great conventions here in the city. James and
I are always a fantas Expo Boston. I think that's
(14:31):
next month, So that's that's coming up as well. And
if you love anime right now, I'm rewatching all of Bleach,
which is one of my original you know anime loves
Ichigo Kodasaki and orihime Inue right and they just came
out with the Bleach thousand Year Blood War, which is
(14:56):
the end of the manga that just got animated. So
that's really exciting. One piece, which is the thing that
I really love, that is most likely going to be
coming out in twenty twenty six, early twenty twenty six,
but we will know for sure. You know, a week
from now, Netflix is having their Totem convention or festival
(15:20):
or whatever it is where they're going to be previewing
all of their big projects for the coming year, including
one piece including Happy Gilmore Too, which was filmed here
in New England, so looking out for that as well.
What animies are you into, James if any?
Speaker 1 (15:36):
I guess one punch Man. Does that counts as animal?
Speaker 2 (15:39):
It counts?
Speaker 1 (15:40):
Okay, well, one punch Man. I'm into that. I've only
watched the first season, which is great, which is fantastic,
It's amazing. I don't know anything else really, like Pokemon
doesn't count as anime.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
It does? It does?
Speaker 1 (15:53):
It does?
Speaker 2 (15:54):
Yeah, it does, absolutely it does.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
Yeah, very popular over here.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Okay, then I'm I'm a Pokemon anime fan, like but
only the like original like one hundred and fifty one
Pokemon after you reached into like you know, god level
Pokemon and all these other Pokemon like Okay, he lost me.
I need I need my one fifty one in my
hope decks no more and no less, So Dashtchen, That's
what I got. It's cool to see like kids running
(16:22):
around with like Pikachu and Charzar and Blastoi's shirts like
little kids, like like the og is going going.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Still going. I can't believe it's still going. But another
thing that you can probably do in the city this weekend, James,
is honor the memory of a Cheers actor who recently
passed away here at the original Cheers. You know what
the show was based on. So it's a George Went
(16:50):
that passed away, right, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
At seventy six years old, passed away on Tuesday. He
played Norm, one of the most beloved characters on Cheers.
I don't see an official cause of death at the moment,
but you know, his co stars are of course reacting
to that, including Ted Danson, who said he's devastated by
the news and that it's going to take him a
long time to get used to the fact. Real Pearlman
(17:15):
said that Went was the sweetest, kindest man she had
ever met and said she'll miss him more than words
can say. And John Rasenberger, who often sat at Norm's
side of the bar. He said that he was heartbroken
and remarked how Went brought Norm to life with subtle brilliance.
And as you mentioned, the local Cheers bar here, which
(17:37):
is like the tourist destination for anybody coming to Boston.
They did their own thing to pay tribute. They had
a picture frame at the bar right next to an
empty stool, and the stool had a bouquet of flowers
on it, and there was a large pints of beer
at the bar in honor of George. So, you know,
(17:58):
people were there, a lot of people. Actually, we're interviewed
by the local news and they're saying that they learned
about his passing while they were there, and so they
you know, they raised the glass in his honor and
and and paid respects to him. But yeah, Cheers a huge,
huge staple not only of just TV history, just one
of the one of the most iconic TV shows of
(18:19):
all time, but of course here in Boston it is
well known and uh and well loved and and very
well recognized over here, so much so that people from
around the world come down and go to that place
where everybody knows your name. So uh rip too. George
went for uh again, not only just his Cheers work,
but plenty of movies and other projects and shows. He
(18:42):
also did a lot of guest starring on Seinfeld as well,
So yeah, uh pouring one out for George, you know,
who's also helping us out during these tough times. Right now.
Regal Cinemas, real cinemas. They they know that, Jamie, like
parents like yourself and myself, we have to find things
to do for our children during the summer when there's
(19:02):
no school. Yes, and and there's a limited amount of
things you can do before they get too boring for
your child to remain entertained. And so excuse me. The
National Theater Chain they're offering one dollar movies this summer.
This is part of their Regal Summer Movie Express program
where there'll be showing family friendly movies on Tuesdays and
(19:25):
Wednesday mornings for only a dollar U. This kicks off
with the with Puss and Boots, which is a great movie,
and Sing too. Do you have you seen this? I'm
sure you may have seen the Sing movies.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Oh, my kids love the sing movies. They've they've been
obsessed with them some from the very beginning.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
Yeah. For me, my daughter's young, and I never before
before her, I was never interested in that. But apparently
people love singing animals. So yeah, So the first weeks
and have a Puss and Boots and Sing two. There's
like two or three Regal cinemas in like Massachuset sits
at least on the eastern end, and they're some kind
of far and I think ones in Marlborough. Another one
(20:05):
is like on the Cape or somewhere, so not entirely
close to us. But they have four hundred multiplexes across
the country with fifty seven hundred screams. So if there
is a regal cinemas near you take advantage of that.
You cannot beat one dollar movies.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Oh my gosh, you know how expensive it gets entertaining
these kids between camps and jump parks and right, and
if you do the free things, I mean, so that
the beach is mostly free, and there are some other.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Things that you can do. You gotta fight parking. You
gotta fight parking, pay for parking, and battle other parents
and while they're carrying fifteen you know, lawn chairs, yeah,
two arms and whatnot. And beaches, the beach towels.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
Yes about cinemas, James, Okay, if you're going to the
beach with the kids, you got to get like the
big stroller, even if your kids a little bit bigger,
bring a big stroller, hang everything on there. Like that's
how I do it. Like I pushed through solo because
my husband's at work and I'm entertaining the two kids.
So I've got the one giant stroller. I've got like
all of these, you know, the beach chairs, the umbrellas,
(21:08):
the bag that everything on top of this stroller, and
like I'm put this a bag on top of the
child as well, so you know, push through. There's ways
to do it.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
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(22:00):
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you're getting your podcast, We are there, Jamie speaking about
being there. There's going to be a lot of people
at the movie theaters this weekend, this Memorial Day weekend
because of two big movies, and they include Disney's live
(22:21):
adaptation of Lilo and Stitch, followed by Yeah, Mission Impossible,
the final reckoning. So far having pretty good debuts. For
the Thursday previews, Leelo and Stitch made around fourteen and
a half million dollars. It's expected to make between one
hundred and fifty and one hundred and sixty million over
the four day holiday period. Mission Impossible got around. What
(22:45):
are we're looking at eight point three million estimated to
get or to make seventy five to eighty five million
during this holiday weekend. So I watch Mission Impossible. I
will review that in just a bit, But Lelo and
Stitch are our own. Brian Antonelli of iHeartRadio, of w
b Z and of the Mac and Goop podcast, he
watched it and he says that his son loved every
(23:08):
second that Lelo, I'm sorry, it's Stitch, and I'm sure Lelo,
but also Stitch specifically was on the big screen. This
is one I have high hopes for.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
But that's good to hear because I'm keeping it tempered. Yes, okay,
And you love Leelan Stitch like you're Lelan Stitch animated
animation fan.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
And I just from every trailer that I've seen, it
looks so wholesome, so cute, and so well done with
the with the c g I and the animation. So
you're you're hopeful, then you're you're looking forward to it?
Are you going to be taking your daughter?
Speaker 1 (23:46):
So I will not be taking my daughter because again,
she's two years old, and I don't trust her entirely
to be in the movie theater to be able to
sit through a movie, which you know she does sit
through the original the actual movie at home, home on
the couch. However, you know, it's it would it would
be her first time in a big movie theater, so
it's everything's new. The screen may be too big and
(24:08):
scary and loud and stuff. So you know, I'm gonna
wait just a little bit longer to introduce her to
the movie theater experience. But when this comes out on
Disney Plus, which who knows, it could come out in
two weeks or it could come out in two months.
I'll be sure to show her that because we've seen
like commercials on like either on the on YouTube you
know ads, or on you know, my phone or whatnot.
(24:30):
And so she recognizes the animated Stitch, the live action Stitch,
and so she's like, Stitch, Stitch, my watch Stitch and
so so cute and so yeah, so she's she's definitely
shown interest. So we're looking forward to watching that eventually.
But lastly, speaking about the box office, wrapping this up,
Final Destinations, Final Destination. Blood Lines is expected to have
(24:53):
another good weekend as well as Thunderbolts and Sinners. Sinners
still chugging along, still making in a lot of dough.
So go uh uh Michael B. Jordan go, I'm blanking
on the director's name. Uh Cooley, Cooley, I'm blanking on
his name. Help me out, Jamie, help me out o this.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
Oh god, it's you know that dude, who's the director?
Cooler r GluR there we go.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
Thank you so much Jamie for that look for that
lay up, for that back.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Do without me?
Speaker 1 (25:27):
Right, well what I do without you?
Speaker 2 (25:29):
I'm like, what what's going on?
Speaker 1 (25:31):
What's going on? I stopped paying attention five seconds ago. Excellent.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
Wait, I just wanted to say, if you need to
take your kid to a movie locally in the New
England region, Manchester's Chunky's family friendly. They don't care, you know,
it doesn't matter if the kids are making noise or whatever.
Tables you order, food, you eat in front of you,
and the kids can run around the theater and stuff
(25:57):
like that. And they have like games up in the hallway.
So if you're looking for a super like little local
theater that is family friendly to go see Leelo and Stitch,
I would recommend Shunkers.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
The opposite is that the opposite of Alamo Drafts House, right,
because they not that they encourage, you know, people to
be talking or moving and jumping around, but they allow it,
where Almo draft House is like, don't you dare blink?
If you blink loud, you're out of here.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
James, I think you're important question for you, Yes, very
important question for you. Yes, final reckoning really really is
it was? Was there no after credit scenes or whatever?
I know you saw it. So how final did it
feel to you?
Speaker 1 (26:48):
Jamie? It feels as final as as live adaptations are
to Disney. Oh, god, if that makes sense, if that
if that's a if, that's a proper analogy. But yeah,
this one, you know, it's up in the air. It's honestly,
it's up in the air. They they leave it, and
I guess this will be kind of spoilers. I mean
maybe spoilers or whatnot. I'll try my best to not
(27:09):
reveal too much. But it doesn't feel that final. And
so it could end on a node where like everybody
is happy or and then now they're off into the
world to go bake bread or do whatever, or there
may be one more thing that pops up, and this
this team is going to be right back there to
answer the call. So Tom Cruise, that's the final, that's
(27:31):
the that's my final answer. Who knows, Only Tom Cruise knows.
But yeah, Mission Impossible, the final reckoning. It is the
latest and quote unquote final Mission Impossible film that Tom
Cruise is promoting. I watched this last note, watched this
Wednesday night, and you know, for like the mixed audience
of press and audience screener, and I went in with again,
(27:55):
I try not to go anything into things with high expectations,
but I was My expectations were a little high considering
that the last one. You know, it was good. Not
the best Mission Impossible movie, but you know, it was
good and I enjoyed. The stunts and everything were a
little letdowns, but overall I was happy this one, believing
that this was the final Mission Impossible film. You know,
(28:19):
I kind of left under a little underwhelmed because I
feel like there was some there were some things that
could have been handled better. Basically, for those who are
not familiar, the story follows Ethan Hunt and the IMF
team as they continue their search for the terrifying AI
known as the Entity Speaking of AI. If anybody should
battle AI, it's Tom Cruise. He needs to tackle all
(28:42):
these these movie star or casting roles that AI is
trying to take. But this AI, the Entity, has infiltrated
intelligence networks all over the globe. With the world's governments
and a mystery ghost from Ethan's past on their trail.
Joined by new allies and armed with the means to
shut down the Entity for good, Hunt is on the
(29:04):
race against time to prevent the world as we know
it from changing forever for ver. Bonus points If you
know where that's from, Jamie.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Yeah, that's from the baseball movie The Sandlot. I'll take
it all right, Yes, yes, that's from The Sandlot.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
There we go. Well, the stars of course, Tom Cruise,
Haley at Well, Ving Raims, Simon Pegg, and Angela Bassett,
who's fantastic in this film. She's she's eating, she's eating
up every every seat she's in. So far, Ron Tomatoes,
this has eighty percents on the rotten Tomato meter. Tomato
meter in ninety three percent, or sorry, a tomato meter
(29:44):
is eighty percent. The popcorn meter. There're two types of meters.
That's so overall impressions initially, you know, they're mostly positive,
mostly positive stuff. I will say this was entertaining, especially
when things ramped up in the second and third acts.
You know, they're heart pounding moments. But it doesn't cross
(30:05):
the line of being too cheesy. Though there's plenty of
cheese in this film, which I think, you know, it's
a good amount of like the actors know what they're doing.
They're laying it on thick sometimes, but you want that
in this type of movie, and so that was really good.
But at the end of the day, Jamie, I do
have to say that I think this movie is just
filled with so much bloats, so much position, and so
(30:28):
many convoluted details that do not need to be in
this film, and it really hindered my enjoyment of this film,
despite some you know, a good number of at least
two really good action sequences. Yeah, this one's a no.
I have very strong thoughts on this. Is this movie?
Is this a movie that you were planning to watch
(30:48):
at the movie theater?
Speaker 2 (30:49):
Not at all?
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Not at all? Okay, yeah, no, No, that's.
Speaker 2 (30:54):
Plot over and over again. So I mean, I think
that you did a really good joke with your mini
review of this movie, which you guys can go see
on all of our social media's right now on on
YouTube and Facebook and Instagram in saying that this is
a movie that you know, knows what it is, right,
(31:15):
it knows what kind of movie it is, The characters
know what kind of movie that they're in. But gosh,
bloat really gets in the way of the flow of
the action. And if you're trying to like put a
pretty bow on this huge saga or whatever or a
series of films, I can see that that that being
(31:37):
pretty frustrating. I mean, do you think that they were
just trying to get too heady. Were they trying to
like make a statement and put a bow on this
on this or was it just did it feel like meaningless?
Speaker 1 (31:53):
So I will say that I feel like I think
I feel like the director, the writers, maybe even Tom Cruise.
I think they think complicated missions or complicated jargon, uh,
convoluted details equals intelligence, like like it like all this
stuff all all there, all this, you know, this gibberish
(32:15):
they're they're spewing out, or all of these little moments
where they're all talking to each other about what happened,
what is going to happen, and this is a B
and C and we need this to happen here, and
this happened here, and all this happened to work, either
by chance or by brute force. All that, If it
is so, again, convoluted is the word of the day,
because I think they feel like that that's what this.
(32:38):
This looks smart, this looks very intelligent, very very spy ish.
It just it just it just weighs everything down. And
at a certain point you're kind of like you're just
letting this information is waveless, like waves of information roll
over you and there's nothing you can do about it
just like you just like get to the next part.
Do you think I will say that, Yeah, go ahead.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
I was just gonna say, do you think they're running
out of ideas?
Speaker 1 (32:59):
If this is final movie? You better not run out
of ideas. You should have a good idea if this
is the final movie, Like like they get through before
you start acting things out. But like I said, if
you I think if you are a fan of the franchise,
I think you get everything you're looking for. You get
ethan hunt, running, you get you know, backstabbing, you get
you get like a minor twists, you get action sequences,
(33:20):
you get all that stuff. But it's not one of
the best Mission Impossible films. Again, considering that this could
have been the final one. The plot simple enough. You
know Tom Cruise is trying to defeat Ai, which is
trying to create this nuclear holocaust for the world and
destroy all mankind, and you know that's AI's goal. Got
(33:40):
it that there's a simple plot. Man beats Ai. But
it's all the might and the details, the over explanation
and the exposition to characters talking to each other, which
is for the audience information that just really slows down
the film. Like I said, sixty five percent of this
movie is characters just telling each other what's going to happen.
Also the main villains, Yeah, the main villains, Gabriel and
(34:03):
the Slity are very underwhelming characters. Gabriel is a very
one noted character. The actor seems like he's having a
great time doing it, like kind of like a mustache
twirly kind of villain who was like really taking joy
and making Ethan miserable. But that kind of gets old.
And then the entity, the AI. You hardly experience the
(34:24):
entity like in the last movie, Like the thing is
like controlling cameras or you know, erasing people from scenes
and so it makes it look like that person was
never there, or locking doors or redirecting or using voice
AI to trick Ethan Hunt into thinking Simon Pegg's character
is telling him to go this way when he should
be going that way. So a lot of like actual interference.
(34:44):
But in this movie, the entity pops up like twice,
and one is to open a door and then another
one is to show screens of like countries that are
being overtaken by like it hacking their mainframe or whatever.
And so you don't really feel like the villains like
presence throughout the whole thing. I will say the movie
(35:06):
looks great. This filmed on location, so on land, in
the sea, in the air, like the plane sequence with
Tom Cruise, the submarine sequence underwater. Those are good moments,
good you know, you know shots, and cinematography is beautiful,
So that's all great. The editing was rough a little bit,
(35:27):
with too many times, you know, flashbacks being brought in
from other films, and so I think there's like one
scene specifically where you have, like from the first mission
a possible film, like like somebody getting killed, and like
they showed that same two second scene like three times
throughout the movie. I'm like, I got it. I mean
that guy died. We all know that guy dies. I'm
showing him for the first film I remember. So again
(35:49):
my final thoughts on this, the movie is action packed,
it's entertaining after getting past the first act, A couple
of really good action sequences, but overall a bit let down,
A considering knowing that this may be Tom Cruise's final
mission mission impossible, so take that as you will.
Speaker 2 (36:09):
Yeah, I would just ask you know, last question is
where would you rank this in the series of films?
Of Mission Impossible. Where where are we landing with this one?
Speaker 1 (36:22):
Yeah, so I would go, I don't know all the
I mean made me think, so this will probably be
middle low mid middle low. So this is probably the
seventh or eighth movie i'd put Which one is it?
Let me see Mission Impossible movies I just had in
my head. Oh yeah, so I'd have Mission Impossible, Fallout,
(36:43):
Mission Impossible, Ghost Protocol am I, Mission Impossible one the
first one? Actually take that back, Mission Impossible three, then one,
then two, then Dead Reckoning would be uh, second to last,
and then this one. Uh, this one would be no.
(37:04):
So many movies I would put Mission Impossible to probably
as my least favorite, so this one will probably edge out.
Speaker 2 (37:14):
Yeah, where do you guys rank it? Have you movie?
What do you think in the ridiculous number of Mission
Impossible movies that we've had so far? Let us know
in the comments below, and be sure to like, share,
and subscribe to the hub on Hollywood James. I always
enjoy your reviews. I always enjoyed the passion that you
(37:38):
bring to your reviews, and apparently so does my aunt
and I just wanted to share this that she just
sent me. By the way why we were recording actually
because last you record, you reviewed and Or right, and
this is the aunt that has been trying to get
me to watch forever right, and so this is what
(38:01):
she had to say about your and Or review. She says,
if you won't believe your aunt who's been bothering you
for three years, then believe James, someone I don't agree
with on the last Jedi, but he is absolutely right
with everything he said about and Or. It is awesome,
So glowing praise from my aunt.
Speaker 1 (38:21):
What's your aunt's name.
Speaker 2 (38:22):
On and Or b C b C b C P
I S I PC is what we call it.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
H PC. Yo, you rock. Thank you so much much love. No, no, honestly,
thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (38:34):
No.
Speaker 1 (38:35):
But the show is great. So you know you have
a very intelligent ants with a great taste, with a
great taste of Uh.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
I know, I'm a rotten niece who's just super stubborn,
and I need to start watching rite shame ship.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
For shame shame. Well, let me let me uh yeah,
not only will you have a great time experiencing and Or.
Let's talk about another experience that's also kind of Tom
Cruise related. But Jamie, let me ask you a question,
are you ready to help the danger zone?
Speaker 2 (39:14):
I don't know. I'm risk adverse, but sure, for the
purposes of this question in this podcast, sure, I'm ready.
I'm ready.
Speaker 1 (39:23):
Excellent. I knew you'd say that. Okay, excellent because your
luck then, Because top Gun Experience is coming to Las Vegas.
I never thought this would be a thing, but it's
becoming a thing. So Paramount Global is partnering with advent
Allen Entertainment to create an immersive top Gun experience. The
(39:45):
companies are promising a combination of rides, storytelling, advanced technology,
and of course jet simulators. But Jamie, it doesn't stop there,
It doesn't stop there. How do you end? How do
you end an afternoon or an evening of all that fun?
With a drink? Of course? So why not also go
down to the hard deck bar from top Gun. Maverick
(40:08):
promising live piano singalongs, So you, Jamie, you can Chael
your inner Miles Teller or Goose and sing great Balls
of Fire.
Speaker 2 (40:19):
That sounds amazing, James, that sounds amazing. I think that
you do great commercials, great all right in commercials. This
sounds like a lot of fun. Uh, Simulators that's pretty cool.
But that's that's not good enough for you, right, You've
been in a real jet plane, like.
Speaker 1 (40:39):
No big deal, no big deal.
Speaker 2 (40:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (40:41):
Actually I rode with the Patriots, which are very similar,
if not exactly alike, the Blue Angels, what they call
the Blue Angels. Yeah, so the Patriots. They also go
around and if you go to my own personal YouTube page,
if you go way back in the in the years beyond, Yeah,
I went out with the Patriots and uh and flew
round in some jets. I'm now married with a child,
(41:03):
so I don't think I'll ever do that again. But
as a twenty something year old single guy, that was
an amazing experience.
Speaker 2 (41:09):
Did you pass out?
Speaker 1 (41:11):
I did not pass out, But there was a moment,
and they teach you all this stuff you know to
be you know, how to you know, in case you
need to eject. This is how we're going to eject
in case, you know, we started hitting these G forces.
When they start pulling the G forces, what they tell
you is to clench every muscle in your body, Like
imagine all the muscles in your body, yeah, got it,
clench them all at the same time. Because what they wanted,
(41:34):
what do you want to do is make sure all
the blood that's in your body kind of like stays
in its place. So during that G force, like the
blood does a rush out of your brain and you
pass out. But there was a part where we're pulling
I don't know, five or so gs in this in
this turn, and then I didn't pass out, but like
the corner of my vision, I can see you black
(41:56):
starting to roll in and then like you know, at
that point, just started clenching every muscle, clinch, clinch, clench,
and then eventually when he pulled out of that of
the G forces though, like it's like a movie where
like the black kind of goes back out again you
can see perfectly. But uh yeah, it was exhilarating. But basically, basically,
I'm maverick, I'm ice man, I'm ice man. I go
(42:18):
with Iceman. Don't care if if Paramount Global can promise
an experience half as good as that, then I think
I'd be willing to pay for that. I think there
we go. Yeah, so I don't know how much this costs.
Speaker 2 (42:30):
Is going to be there.
Speaker 1 (42:32):
He better be, he better be, or a tom Cruise
look alike. It's it's Vegas. They have lookalikes everywhere, So
why wouldn't there be a mini Tom Cruise cost player
roaming around exactly?
Speaker 2 (42:47):
So all right, all right, I'm down, let's go. Let's go.
Speaker 1 (42:51):
We got the need the need for speed? Yeah, absolutely speed?
All right?
Speaker 2 (42:59):
You know what I've got the need for?
Speaker 1 (43:02):
What do you get the need for Jamie Sine quotes?
Yeah for it. I believe we do.
Speaker 2 (43:08):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (43:09):
So for those who are not familiar with what cin
a quote is, it is basically a guessing game, daily game.
What's a good game? Similar like wordle I guess that's
the closest thing to it, where there's like a movie,
there's a movie of the day. I kind of like
if there's a word of the day, but you have
to guess what movie it is based off the quotes.
(43:30):
And these movies could be super popular, from like Star
Wars to something so niche that you've never heard of
it before or may have seen it once in a
fever dream, and then you can guess it. But today's game,
we're playing eight ninety. So depending on what day and
time you watch or listen to this episode of The
Hub on Hollywood, you can try to play with us.
(43:51):
But we'll play some audio two as well, so you
can keep track. But this is game eight ninety. We're
going to play, Jamie, are you ready?
Speaker 2 (44:01):
Least obistro?
Speaker 1 (44:03):
All right? And three and Jamie if you want to
put your mic to your computer so or I don't
know your headphones or how this will work, but just
so you can get the audio. Sure, But and three
two one for.
Speaker 2 (44:15):
Sixty eighty four hundred. That's it. That's the whole register.
You made someone very happy.
Speaker 1 (44:28):
So okay, okay, so this is this sounds like one
of the Oceans eleven movies.
Speaker 2 (44:36):
I'm not sure. Yeah, I didn't recognize this one, but
that's your guess.
Speaker 1 (44:39):
I think that sounded like Casey Affleck so one of
the Brothers. So I'll say Oceans eleven, two thousand and one,
submitting in three two one.
Speaker 2 (44:51):
No, no, how many more Oceans eleven?
Speaker 3 (44:54):
Is?
Speaker 2 (44:54):
That's that's another one that there's a million.
Speaker 1 (44:56):
There's right now, there's at least two more. But then
there's like an Ocean's eight with the with all the ladies,
including Sandra Bullock. But yeah, we'll find out. Okay. So
quote number two and three two one, My god.
Speaker 3 (45:09):
This was a great year. You're kidding me some of
my first R rated movie that year.
Speaker 2 (45:15):
Yeah, an a conda.
Speaker 3 (45:17):
Sounds like Amma Stone, first tattoo, really fake, first kiss, Scottie.
Speaker 1 (45:28):
Lynch, So it sounds like Andy Samberg. I don't think
it's zombie Land. I don't remember a cash register scene
with zombie Land.
Speaker 2 (45:42):
I'm not good on Emma Stone movies. It's not the
dancing one with Ryan Gosling.
Speaker 1 (45:50):
No, no, Oh my god, I feel like this is
the top my tip of my brain. Oh my god,
this was a great year. I came. I saw my
first artist movie on a conda. Let me play one
more time.
Speaker 2 (46:03):
Okay, god, this was a great year.
Speaker 3 (46:06):
You're kidding me? Some of my first R rated movie
that year. Yeah, and a conda condot.
Speaker 1 (46:15):
It may be zombie Land. I'm gonna try it zombie
zombie Land. Oh but it may not because it came
out in two thousand and nine, and they say two
thousand and eight.
Speaker 2 (46:28):
That's right, we've got another quote to get.
Speaker 1 (46:31):
We got another quote. Yeah, So submitting it three to one,
I was, oh, you got it, Yes, but no cigar
zombie kill the week goes to sister Cynthia Nickerbocker. Yeah, okay,
I didn't. I didn't. I don't remember remember the the
cash register part or scene, but again I already knew
(46:51):
that was like for sure Emma stone In and uh
Jesse Eisenberg and they were not another movie together too,
I forget. But anyway, we got it. Zombie Lan. Who
did you know? Zombie Lan? If you did, comment down
below that you are better and smarter than us, because
you probably got it sooner. All right, Jamie jam packed
episode Everyone, Thank you so much for listening and tuning
(47:13):
in for this week's episode of The Hub on Hollywood.
Comment down below and join the conversation. Let us know
what you think about Mission Impossible, the Final Reckoning? Did
you watch it? Are you gonna watch it? What do
you think? Do you think Tom Cruise is putting up
the am I Cape or nah? Let us know? Also, nah,
bro is artificial intelligence scaring you as much as it's
(47:35):
scaring Jamie and myself and doesn't really you know, pose
a risk to actual actors? You know, it's an interesting time.
Also if you want to hit an rip for actor
George went who passed away again, I know Boston is
definitely remembering him him as well, And are you going
to be watching Leelan and Stitch live action. It's getting
(47:55):
you know, good stuff so far, good reviews, people are
pretty happy looking forward to that as well. But Jamie,
there's a great episode, jam packed episode, of course.
Speaker 2 (48:05):
Uh, hit the subscribe button. Hopefully we're getting so close
to the five hundred mark and we'll be able to
get away, some merge, some swag.
Speaker 1 (48:15):
Right until then.
Speaker 2 (48:17):
James, until then when we will dominate at cinequotes again
and get more fantastic reviews and have cool interviews with
local filmmakers. Until then, I am Jamie
Speaker 1 (48:30):
And I'm James.
This is the How About Hollywood and iHeartRadio podcast. I'm
your co host James Rojas.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
And I'm Jamie Blanco.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
On this week's episode, we have a review of the
latest and potentially final Mission Impossible movie. If you have
the need, the need for speed, then you are in luck,
especially if you are in Vegas, where you really need
to have a lot of luck. A cast favorite of
the show Cheers passing Away and Boston doing its own
(00:38):
thing to pay tribute, and a national movie theater chain
is offering one dollar movies to help keep kids busy
this summer. Lord knows we need every help, a little
bit of help we can get. But first, Jamie, this
is a real, a real discussion about something that's really
(00:59):
really fake, and that is artificial intelligence, and specifically about
the fear of actually having AI replace talents, replace actors,
because it's gotten scary, scarily scary, good and eerily. I
know good. I sent you this video and it shows
(01:21):
like a montage of these artificially created characters. They look
very human like, just like humans, and they're basically in
different like movie kind of settings. One is in a
in a burning building, another is at at sea, another
one is with a crowd of people raw raw ryeing,
and another in a classroom, and they're all going off.
(01:44):
They're based, they're going off this prompt of basically acknowledging
that they are AI and that they don't want to
be prompted into this kind of difficult scenario or situation
that they've been put in in a kind of rebellious
kind of way. When you first saw this video, Jamie,
what your.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Head, I'm like, oh God, oh God. Like it's it's learning,
it's advancing, it's getting better. You know where Sarah Connor
is off in a corner somewhere like just shaking her
head at all of us. Oh, look at how cool
AI is. Nothing could possibly go wrong with this? Have
we learned nothing from the movies? James? Have we learned nothing?
Speaker 1 (02:23):
It's insane, like, And people always say, and this one
thing I always say when I talk about AI, anything
that's AI related, is that today is the worst that
it will ever be. And we are seeing it, you know,
almost nearly perfect when it comes to not being able
to tell the difference between somebody who's actually real to
somebody who was completely made up with ones and zeros,
(02:47):
and it's it's it's pretty freaky, and people are, especially
in like the acting subrity community, they're raising the red
flag and ringing the alarm bells because you know, you
just give this a few more weeks, months, years, and
you have something that would be undetectable to the human
eye and to determine whether this was real or not.
(03:08):
And then you have potential actors, background actors or extras
losing their jobs. Maybe somebody who only has one line
who walks up to a cafe and says one coffee please,
and then gets out of the way for Brad Pitt
to walk in. Like that is how close we're getting.
Am I overreacting?
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Well, you are not overreacting, but James, this has been
the fight right. This was one of the main issues
that led to the actor's strike and the writer's strike
is the use of artificial intelligence, the use of AI.
One of the big issues as well was digital scanning,
(03:48):
was digitally scanning background actors and then using people's likeness
into perpetuity without paying them, and then just inserting them
into movies, TV shows. Anything that you want, right, you
make like some sort of amalgamation. Say oh no, it's
a new digital creation. Based on this original scan, and
(04:10):
that's that's how they're kind of trying to get away
with it. It was a big issue with the movie
I Want to Dance with Somebody that was filmed here
in Boston.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Right, you can't publish singing that song title. I love
how you just can't help but sing that song title.
It's so catchy somebody, but sorry, go on.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
I want to get scanned into artificial intelligence.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
With somebody.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Terrifying paid some days, I know it's work the movie.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Take it away, Jamie, No, but you know, just add
on to what you're saying is it's just there's I
showed this video to my wife and she was in disbelief.
I mean, there's little parts and moments where you can tell, like, okay,
it's something is off, where a character waves their hand
and they have three fingers, or the mouth just isn't perfect,
and so you kind of get glimpses of the Uncanny Valley,
(05:03):
you know, those those little hints or evidence that shows
it it's AI. But then we watched another video where
it takes place out a fake you know, car lot
or a car show, an auto show, and you have
all these different people being interviewed by somebody and they're
giving their opinions that are like I think this SUV
is great for families, or I can't wait to buy
the new EV and they all look realistic so much
(05:26):
so if you were to put this, you know, on Instagram,
on TikTok, or show it to your grandparents or somebody
who is not aware of what AI is, and then
show them this, it'd be like, Okay, that's pretty cool.
What's this about, Like, what's what's the Auto show about?
Like they wouldn't think twice about it. That's how good
it looks.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
And what's really scary about it, James, is how fast
it's adapting, right, because it's taken like all of time
to get to this point. But just in the last
two years. Okay, I don't know if you've seen this,
but there was an AI video made of Will Smith
eating spaghetti, right, yeah, and everybody wants someone back, right,
(06:03):
And that was just in twenty twenty three. It was
like it was like a horror show, Like his fingers
were all warped, his mouth was opening wide like, and
it was just his face was distorted. It was just
it was nightmare, right, nightmare fuel Now Just two years later,
in twenty twenty five, AI created a video of Will
(06:24):
Smith eating spaghetti that looks almost completely real. Yeah, right,
that you can see at least all the different So it's.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
In trouble if somebody wants to cast him in a
new Italian like you know, spaghetti eating contest movie, he's
in big trouble in that role ever were to come out.
But yeah, and the thing is, you know, not only
does this effect can affect you know, the movie industry,
the TV industry, the entertainment industry, but people were also
bringing up somebody commented on Reddit saying, uh, propaganda just
(06:52):
got an upgrade, Like, imagine the real world implications of
people using this for bad and everything that is created
by humans, whether it's created for good, it eventually gets,
you know, into the hands of bad people with bad intentions.
And imagine a world where you can't tell the difference
between you or I or the presidents or you know,
(07:12):
the Prime Minister or the Pope or who have you, you know,
doing something or saying something, and that message is getting
spread like wildfire, you know again, and it's already far
beyond the entertainment industry. It's crazy.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
It's already happening, James. There's already so many fake videos online,
you know, being put out by either regular people or
also people with the bad intentions. Right, these these farms
out in like Russia and China and you know out
there like just pumping out fake videos to misinform. It's
(07:49):
it's a big issue, right, It's a big issue. That
one's a little bit beyond I think our scope or
what I even know how to do what to do with. However,
when it comes to movies and commercials, sag After just
voted on a new commercials contract that has more AI
protections because I feel like I've seen tons and tons
(08:12):
of AI, you know, fake videos selling things online, but
I've started to see it on television on the streaming
services commercials for real products using what looks to be
AI instead of hiring real animators you know, and real
(08:33):
artists and things like that. So the unions continue to
fight for those protections. I think that those you know,
it's a huge issue that will continue to be a
big issue for the entertainment industry and just in general, James,
when it comes to art, when it comes to movies,
I want human beings. These things cannot tell you a story.
(08:58):
They cannot create. They only make what you input and suggest, right,
I would much rather see artificial intelligence used to make
our lives easier so that humans have more time to create,
and not the other way around, using AI to create
like just weird, soulless bs.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Yeah, yeah, you won't. You won't see AI replacing you
or myself with with any of that stuff. How fully
would it be though, if I just like ripped off
a mask and I was just like a robot underneath,
and I was like I was AI this whole time,
I do might not be terrified. But yeah, but you
know what, before things get too worse and and and
(09:42):
you know, we lose control of AI, and you know,
in the industry or whatnot, let's help out those real
life people, people who are actually like flesh and bone
and are trying to get some casting jobs and rolls
and and in either TVs or movies. So let's help.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Them some flesh blood actors here in New England get
cast in some projects. Okay, because we've got a few
things that are filming right now. Boston Casting they're knocking
it out of the park. Uh. They are doing casting
for both Tony the Anthony Burdain biopic that's happening right now,
(10:20):
and the TV show called Flashlight. I believe it's Apple
TV Plus, but don't don't quote me on that right now.
But that's going to be like a spooky horror sort
of this quintessential New England town where there's a brand
new mayor and he doesn't want to listen to the locals,
right the superstitious locals always listen to the superstitious locals
(10:42):
are not or not.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
Wacky superstitious people there should not be paid attention to.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
But yeah, go on, unless you're in a TV show
or movie exactly So, James, there's a lot of filming
going on north Shore, South Shore, out on the Cape
of Flag's gonna be filming out in Gloucester and in
the North Shore area, while the the Anthony Bourdain uh
one is out in pe Town and on the Cape
(11:10):
and in the South Shore. Uh So, all along the shore.
We've got just beautiful, beautiful locations for any and every project.
But if you would like to be a part of
either of these, Boston Casting, Boston Casting, Boston Casting is
handling bull uh So, you're gonna want to go to Bostoncasting.
(11:31):
Dot com uh sign up that you can put your
your everything for free. You can sign up for a
free profile, or you can pay for you know, an
extra boosted profile if you want to. But if you
are signing up per legitimate casting agency, they never charge
you up front unless you want extras, okay, so you
(11:51):
can don't don't don't get tricked in that way either.
So lots of new projects heading this way in the
pendant projects. If you're more into the indie scene and
just working your way in, we always recommend you check
out our friends at the Friendly Filmmaker. She puts out
a newsletter every week with the indie opportunities, casting calls
(12:18):
and crew calls as well for cruise if you want
to be behind the camera, So we always recommend you
go and check out Juliet the Friendly Filmmaker as well.
But really exciting stuff James, and they're looking for everyone
from gnarrowly looking, you know, fishermen types to just kids
in the background doing really fun things. So yeah, great opportunities.
(12:44):
We're happy to see projects back here in New England
this year, and it's just the beginning. We're hoping to
have a few more projects as we get towards the summer.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
All right, excellent. You know what else we're looking forward
to this weekend is some may action. I'm a fan
of like maybe one or two anime technically, but I
know you're a big fan of this, so so what's
going on with this?
Speaker 2 (13:08):
All right, friends, I need you to come out and
see me at Anime Boston this weekend.
Speaker 1 (13:14):
Oh so you are going?
Speaker 2 (13:15):
I am going, I am going going on Saturday?
Speaker 1 (13:19):
What are you going?
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Family? Oh as bleak no sorry, as one piece of
course lufy. So I'm gonna be Loofy again. I wanted
to do no me, but it was gonna be like
too much work to like dye my hair or buy
a wig or whatever. So I will be Loofy again.
My son is going to be kid Loofy with the
little anchor shirt, and my daughter is going to be
(13:41):
you know, little kid Nammy, so it's gonna be really cute.
And my husband you should go as a just randomly
as a Loofah, as a Loofah, I'm Loofy, Nikki's Loofy,
Daisy's Nammy. And my husband Ron is going as a
squid game guard, which is not anime.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
But yeah, okay, Yeah, he's just gonna wear a mask.
He doesn't want to show his face there.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. Maybe
we're embarrassing him. No, but it's actually a really cool costume.
He looks really scary. He was chasing like everyone around
the house the other day in it. Uh, So that'll
be a fun one too as well. So Anime Boston,
we've got great conventions here in the city. James and
I are always a fantas Expo Boston. I think that's
(14:31):
next month, So that's that's coming up as well. And
if you love anime right now, I'm rewatching all of Bleach,
which is one of my original you know anime loves
Ichigo Kodasaki and orihime Inue right and they just came
out with the Bleach thousand Year Blood War, which is
(14:56):
the end of the manga that just got animated. So
that's really exciting. One piece, which is the thing that
I really love, that is most likely going to be
coming out in twenty twenty six, early twenty twenty six,
but we will know for sure. You know, a week
from now, Netflix is having their Totem convention or festival
(15:20):
or whatever it is where they're going to be previewing
all of their big projects for the coming year, including
one piece including Happy Gilmore Too, which was filmed here
in New England, so looking out for that as well.
What animies are you into, James if any?
Speaker 1 (15:36):
I guess one punch Man. Does that counts as animal?
Speaker 2 (15:39):
It counts?
Speaker 1 (15:40):
Okay, well, one punch Man. I'm into that. I've only
watched the first season, which is great, which is fantastic,
It's amazing. I don't know anything else really, like Pokemon
doesn't count as anime.
Speaker 2 (15:52):
It does? It does?
Speaker 1 (15:53):
It does?
Speaker 2 (15:54):
Yeah, it does, absolutely it does.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (15:58):
Yeah, very popular over here.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Okay, then I'm I'm a Pokemon anime fan, like but
only the like original like one hundred and fifty one
Pokemon after you reached into like you know, god level
Pokemon and all these other Pokemon like Okay, he lost me.
I need I need my one fifty one in my
hope decks no more and no less, So Dashtchen, That's
what I got. It's cool to see like kids running
(16:22):
around with like Pikachu and Charzar and Blastoi's shirts like
little kids, like like the og is going going.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Still going. I can't believe it's still going. But another
thing that you can probably do in the city this weekend, James,
is honor the memory of a Cheers actor who recently
passed away here at the original Cheers. You know what
the show was based on. So it's a George Went
(16:50):
that passed away, right, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
At seventy six years old, passed away on Tuesday. He
played Norm, one of the most beloved characters on Cheers.
I don't see an official cause of death at the moment,
but you know, his co stars are of course reacting
to that, including Ted Danson, who said he's devastated by
the news and that it's going to take him a
long time to get used to the fact. Real Pearlman
(17:15):
said that Went was the sweetest, kindest man she had
ever met and said she'll miss him more than words
can say. And John Rasenberger, who often sat at Norm's
side of the bar. He said that he was heartbroken
and remarked how Went brought Norm to life with subtle brilliance.
And as you mentioned, the local Cheers bar here, which
(17:37):
is like the tourist destination for anybody coming to Boston.
They did their own thing to pay tribute. They had
a picture frame at the bar right next to an
empty stool, and the stool had a bouquet of flowers
on it, and there was a large pints of beer
at the bar in honor of George. So, you know,
(17:58):
people were there, a lot of people. Actually, we're interviewed
by the local news and they're saying that they learned
about his passing while they were there, and so they
you know, they raised the glass in his honor and
and and paid respects to him. But yeah, Cheers a huge,
huge staple not only of just TV history, just one
of the one of the most iconic TV shows of
(18:19):
all time, but of course here in Boston it is
well known and uh and well loved and and very
well recognized over here, so much so that people from
around the world come down and go to that place
where everybody knows your name. So uh rip too. George
went for uh again, not only just his Cheers work,
but plenty of movies and other projects and shows. He
(18:42):
also did a lot of guest starring on Seinfeld as well,
So yeah, uh pouring one out for George, you know,
who's also helping us out during these tough times. Right now.
Regal Cinemas, real cinemas. They they know that, Jamie, like
parents like yourself and myself, we have to find things
to do for our children during the summer when there's
(19:02):
no school. Yes, and and there's a limited amount of
things you can do before they get too boring for
your child to remain entertained. And so excuse me. The
National Theater Chain they're offering one dollar movies this summer.
This is part of their Regal Summer Movie Express program
where there'll be showing family friendly movies on Tuesdays and
(19:25):
Wednesday mornings for only a dollar U. This kicks off
with the with Puss and Boots, which is a great movie,
and Sing too. Do you have you seen this? I'm
sure you may have seen the Sing movies.
Speaker 2 (19:39):
Oh, my kids love the sing movies. They've they've been
obsessed with them some from the very beginning.
Speaker 1 (19:44):
Yeah. For me, my daughter's young, and I never before
before her, I was never interested in that. But apparently
people love singing animals. So yeah, So the first weeks
and have a Puss and Boots and Sing two. There's
like two or three Regal cinemas in like Massachuset sits
at least on the eastern end, and they're some kind
of far and I think ones in Marlborough. Another one
(20:05):
is like on the Cape or somewhere, so not entirely
close to us. But they have four hundred multiplexes across
the country with fifty seven hundred screams. So if there
is a regal cinemas near you take advantage of that.
You cannot beat one dollar movies.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Oh my gosh, you know how expensive it gets entertaining
these kids between camps and jump parks and right, and
if you do the free things, I mean, so that
the beach is mostly free, and there are some other.
Speaker 1 (20:32):
Things that you can do. You gotta fight parking. You
gotta fight parking, pay for parking, and battle other parents
and while they're carrying fifteen you know, lawn chairs, yeah,
two arms and whatnot. And beaches, the beach towels.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
Yes about cinemas, James, Okay, if you're going to the
beach with the kids, you got to get like the
big stroller, even if your kids a little bit bigger,
bring a big stroller, hang everything on there. Like that's
how I do it. Like I pushed through solo because
my husband's at work and I'm entertaining the two kids.
So I've got the one giant stroller. I've got like
all of these, you know, the beach chairs, the umbrellas,
(21:08):
the bag that everything on top of this stroller, and
like I'm put this a bag on top of the
child as well, so you know, push through. There's ways
to do it.
Speaker 1 (21:17):
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(22:00):
your podcasts, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Apple, podcasts, wherever you're streaming, wherever
you're getting your podcast, We are there, Jamie speaking about
being there. There's going to be a lot of people
at the movie theaters this weekend, this Memorial Day weekend
because of two big movies, and they include Disney's live
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adaptation of Lilo and Stitch, followed by Yeah, Mission Impossible,
the final reckoning. So far having pretty good debuts. For
the Thursday previews, Leelo and Stitch made around fourteen and
a half million dollars. It's expected to make between one
hundred and fifty and one hundred and sixty million over
the four day holiday period. Mission Impossible got around. What
(22:45):
are we're looking at eight point three million estimated to
get or to make seventy five to eighty five million
during this holiday weekend. So I watch Mission Impossible. I
will review that in just a bit, But Lelo and
Stitch are our own. Brian Antonelli of iHeartRadio, of w
b Z and of the Mac and Goop podcast, he
watched it and he says that his son loved every
(23:08):
second that Lelo, I'm sorry, it's Stitch, and I'm sure Lelo,
but also Stitch specifically was on the big screen. This
is one I have high hopes for.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
But that's good to hear because I'm keeping it tempered. Yes, okay,
And you love Leelan Stitch like you're Lelan Stitch animated
animation fan.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
Oh yeah, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
And I just from every trailer that I've seen, it
looks so wholesome, so cute, and so well done with
the with the c g I and the animation. So
you're you're hopeful, then you're you're looking forward to it?
Are you going to be taking your daughter?
Speaker 1 (23:46):
So I will not be taking my daughter because again,
she's two years old, and I don't trust her entirely
to be in the movie theater to be able to
sit through a movie, which you know she does sit
through the original the actual movie at home, home on
the couch. However, you know, it's it would it would
be her first time in a big movie theater, so
it's everything's new. The screen may be too big and
(24:08):
scary and loud and stuff. So you know, I'm gonna
wait just a little bit longer to introduce her to
the movie theater experience. But when this comes out on
Disney Plus, which who knows, it could come out in
two weeks or it could come out in two months.
I'll be sure to show her that because we've seen
like commercials on like either on the on YouTube you
know ads, or on you know, my phone or whatnot.
(24:30):
And so she recognizes the animated Stitch, the live action Stitch,
and so she's like, Stitch, Stitch, my watch Stitch and
so so cute and so yeah, so she's she's definitely
shown interest. So we're looking forward to watching that eventually.
But lastly, speaking about the box office, wrapping this up,
Final Destinations, Final Destination. Blood Lines is expected to have
(24:53):
another good weekend as well as Thunderbolts and Sinners. Sinners
still chugging along, still making in a lot of dough.
So go uh uh Michael B. Jordan go, I'm blanking
on the director's name. Uh Cooley, Cooley, I'm blanking on
his name. Help me out, Jamie, help me out o this.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
Oh god, it's you know that dude, who's the director?
Cooler r GluR there we go.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
Thank you so much Jamie for that look for that
lay up, for that back.
Speaker 2 (25:26):
Do without me?
Speaker 1 (25:27):
Right, well what I do without you?
Speaker 2 (25:29):
I'm like, what what's going on?
Speaker 1 (25:31):
What's going on? I stopped paying attention five seconds ago. Excellent.
Speaker 2 (25:36):
Wait, I just wanted to say, if you need to
take your kid to a movie locally in the New
England region, Manchester's Chunky's family friendly. They don't care, you know,
it doesn't matter if the kids are making noise or whatever.
Tables you order, food, you eat in front of you,
and the kids can run around the theater and stuff
(25:57):
like that. And they have like games up in the hallway.
So if you're looking for a super like little local
theater that is family friendly to go see Leelo and Stitch,
I would recommend Shunkers.
Speaker 1 (26:12):
The opposite is that the opposite of Alamo Drafts House, right,
because they not that they encourage, you know, people to
be talking or moving and jumping around, but they allow it,
where Almo draft House is like, don't you dare blink?
If you blink loud, you're out of here.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
James, I think you're important question for you, Yes, very
important question for you. Yes, final reckoning really really is
it was? Was there no after credit scenes or whatever?
I know you saw it. So how final did it
feel to you?
Speaker 1 (26:48):
Jamie? It feels as final as as live adaptations are
to Disney. Oh, god, if that makes sense, if that
if that's a if, that's a proper analogy. But yeah,
this one, you know, it's up in the air. It's honestly,
it's up in the air. They they leave it, and
I guess this will be kind of spoilers. I mean
maybe spoilers or whatnot. I'll try my best to not
(27:09):
reveal too much. But it doesn't feel that final. And
so it could end on a node where like everybody
is happy or and then now they're off into the
world to go bake bread or do whatever, or there
may be one more thing that pops up, and this
this team is going to be right back there to
answer the call. So Tom Cruise, that's the final, that's
(27:31):
the that's my final answer. Who knows, Only Tom Cruise knows.
But yeah, Mission Impossible, the final reckoning. It is the
latest and quote unquote final Mission Impossible film that Tom
Cruise is promoting. I watched this last note, watched this
Wednesday night, and you know, for like the mixed audience
of press and audience screener, and I went in with again,
(27:55):
I try not to go anything into things with high expectations,
but I was My expectations were a little high considering
that the last one. You know, it was good. Not
the best Mission Impossible movie, but you know, it was
good and I enjoyed. The stunts and everything were a
little letdowns, but overall I was happy this one, believing
that this was the final Mission Impossible film. You know,
(28:19):
I kind of left under a little underwhelmed because I
feel like there was some there were some things that
could have been handled better. Basically, for those who are
not familiar, the story follows Ethan Hunt and the IMF
team as they continue their search for the terrifying AI
known as the Entity Speaking of AI. If anybody should
battle AI, it's Tom Cruise. He needs to tackle all
(28:42):
these these movie star or casting roles that AI is
trying to take. But this AI, the Entity, has infiltrated
intelligence networks all over the globe. With the world's governments
and a mystery ghost from Ethan's past on their trail.
Joined by new allies and armed with the means to
shut down the Entity for good, Hunt is on the
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race against time to prevent the world as we know
it from changing forever for ver. Bonus points If you
know where that's from, Jamie.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Yeah, that's from the baseball movie The Sandlot. I'll take
it all right, Yes, yes, that's from The Sandlot.
Speaker 1 (29:23):
There we go. Well, the stars of course, Tom Cruise,
Haley at Well, Ving Raims, Simon Pegg, and Angela Bassett,
who's fantastic in this film. She's she's eating, she's eating
up every every seat she's in. So far, Ron Tomatoes,
this has eighty percents on the rotten Tomato meter. Tomato
meter in ninety three percent, or sorry, a tomato meter
(29:44):
is eighty percent. The popcorn meter. There're two types of meters.
That's so overall impressions initially, you know, they're mostly positive,
mostly positive stuff. I will say this was entertaining, especially
when things ramped up in the second and third acts.
You know, they're heart pounding moments. But it doesn't cross
(30:05):
the line of being too cheesy. Though there's plenty of
cheese in this film, which I think, you know, it's
a good amount of like the actors know what they're doing.
They're laying it on thick sometimes, but you want that
in this type of movie, and so that was really good.
But at the end of the day, Jamie, I do
have to say that I think this movie is just
filled with so much bloats, so much position, and so
(30:28):
many convoluted details that do not need to be in
this film, and it really hindered my enjoyment of this film,
despite some you know, a good number of at least
two really good action sequences. Yeah, this one's a no.
I have very strong thoughts on this. Is this movie?
Is this a movie that you were planning to watch
(30:48):
at the movie theater?
Speaker 2 (30:49):
Not at all?
Speaker 1 (30:51):
Not at all? Okay, yeah, no, No, that's.
Speaker 2 (30:54):
Plot over and over again. So I mean, I think
that you did a really good joke with your mini
review of this movie, which you guys can go see
on all of our social media's right now on on
YouTube and Facebook and Instagram in saying that this is
a movie that you know, knows what it is, right,
(31:15):
it knows what kind of movie it is, The characters
know what kind of movie that they're in. But gosh,
bloat really gets in the way of the flow of
the action. And if you're trying to like put a
pretty bow on this huge saga or whatever or a
series of films, I can see that that that being
(31:37):
pretty frustrating. I mean, do you think that they were
just trying to get too heady. Were they trying to
like make a statement and put a bow on this
on this or was it just did it feel like meaningless?
Speaker 1 (31:53):
So I will say that I feel like I think
I feel like the director, the writers, maybe even Tom Cruise.
I think they think complicated missions or complicated jargon, uh,
convoluted details equals intelligence, like like it like all this
stuff all all there, all this, you know, this gibberish
(32:15):
they're they're spewing out, or all of these little moments
where they're all talking to each other about what happened,
what is going to happen, and this is a B
and C and we need this to happen here, and
this happened here, and all this happened to work, either
by chance or by brute force. All that, If it
is so, again, convoluted is the word of the day,
because I think they feel like that that's what this.
(32:38):
This looks smart, this looks very intelligent, very very spy ish.
It just it just it just weighs everything down. And
at a certain point you're kind of like you're just
letting this information is waveless, like waves of information roll
over you and there's nothing you can do about it
just like you just like get to the next part.
Do you think I will say that, Yeah, go ahead.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
I was just gonna say, do you think they're running
out of ideas?
Speaker 1 (32:59):
If this is final movie? You better not run out
of ideas. You should have a good idea if this
is the final movie, Like like they get through before
you start acting things out. But like I said, if
you I think if you are a fan of the franchise,
I think you get everything you're looking for. You get
ethan hunt, running, you get you know, backstabbing, you get
you get like a minor twists, you get action sequences,
(33:20):
you get all that stuff. But it's not one of
the best Mission Impossible films. Again, considering that this could
have been the final one. The plot simple enough. You
know Tom Cruise is trying to defeat Ai, which is
trying to create this nuclear holocaust for the world and
destroy all mankind, and you know that's AI's goal. Got
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it that there's a simple plot. Man beats Ai. But
it's all the might and the details, the over explanation
and the exposition to characters talking to each other, which
is for the audience information that just really slows down
the film. Like I said, sixty five percent of this
movie is characters just telling each other what's going to happen.
Also the main villains, Yeah, the main villains, Gabriel and
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the Slity are very underwhelming characters. Gabriel is a very
one noted character. The actor seems like he's having a
great time doing it, like kind of like a mustache
twirly kind of villain who was like really taking joy
and making Ethan miserable. But that kind of gets old.
And then the entity, the AI. You hardly experience the
(34:24):
entity like in the last movie, Like the thing is
like controlling cameras or you know, erasing people from scenes
and so it makes it look like that person was
never there, or locking doors or redirecting or using voice
AI to trick Ethan Hunt into thinking Simon Pegg's character
is telling him to go this way when he should
be going that way. So a lot of like actual interference.
(34:44):
But in this movie, the entity pops up like twice,
and one is to open a door and then another
one is to show screens of like countries that are
being overtaken by like it hacking their mainframe or whatever.
And so you don't really feel like the villains like
presence throughout the whole thing. I will say the movie
(35:06):
looks great. This filmed on location, so on land, in
the sea, in the air, like the plane sequence with
Tom Cruise, the submarine sequence underwater. Those are good moments,
good you know, you know shots, and cinematography is beautiful,
So that's all great. The editing was rough a little bit,
(35:27):
with too many times, you know, flashbacks being brought in
from other films, and so I think there's like one
scene specifically where you have, like from the first mission
a possible film, like like somebody getting killed, and like
they showed that same two second scene like three times
throughout the movie. I'm like, I got it. I mean
that guy died. We all know that guy dies. I'm
showing him for the first film I remember. So again
(35:49):
my final thoughts on this, the movie is action packed,
it's entertaining after getting past the first act, A couple
of really good action sequences, but overall a bit let down,
A considering knowing that this may be Tom Cruise's final
mission mission impossible, so take that as you will.
Speaker 2 (36:09):
Yeah, I would just ask you know, last question is
where would you rank this in the series of films?
Of Mission Impossible. Where where are we landing with this one?
Speaker 1 (36:22):
Yeah, so I would go, I don't know all the
I mean made me think, so this will probably be
middle low mid middle low. So this is probably the
seventh or eighth movie i'd put Which one is it?
Let me see Mission Impossible movies I just had in
my head. Oh yeah, so I'd have Mission Impossible, Fallout,
(36:43):
Mission Impossible, Ghost Protocol am I, Mission Impossible one the
first one? Actually take that back, Mission Impossible three, then one,
then two, then Dead Reckoning would be uh, second to last,
and then this one. Uh, this one would be no.
(37:04):
So many movies I would put Mission Impossible to probably
as my least favorite, so this one will probably edge out.
Speaker 2 (37:14):
Yeah, where do you guys rank it? Have you movie?
What do you think in the ridiculous number of Mission
Impossible movies that we've had so far? Let us know
in the comments below, and be sure to like, share,
and subscribe to the hub on Hollywood James. I always
enjoy your reviews. I always enjoyed the passion that you
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bring to your reviews, and apparently so does my aunt
and I just wanted to share this that she just
sent me. By the way why we were recording actually
because last you record, you reviewed and Or right, and
this is the aunt that has been trying to get
me to watch forever right, and so this is what
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she had to say about your and Or review. She says,
if you won't believe your aunt who's been bothering you
for three years, then believe James, someone I don't agree
with on the last Jedi, but he is absolutely right
with everything he said about and Or. It is awesome,
So glowing praise from my aunt.
Speaker 1 (38:21):
What's your aunt's name.
Speaker 2 (38:22):
On and Or b C b C b C P
I S I PC is what we call it.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
H PC. Yo, you rock. Thank you so much much love. No, no, honestly,
thank you so much.
Speaker 2 (38:34):
No.
Speaker 1 (38:35):
But the show is great. So you know you have
a very intelligent ants with a great taste, with a
great taste of Uh.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
I know, I'm a rotten niece who's just super stubborn,
and I need to start watching rite shame ship.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
For shame shame. Well, let me let me uh yeah,
not only will you have a great time experiencing and Or.
Let's talk about another experience that's also kind of Tom
Cruise related. But Jamie, let me ask you a question,
are you ready to help the danger zone?
Speaker 2 (39:14):
I don't know. I'm risk adverse, but sure, for the
purposes of this question in this podcast, sure, I'm ready.
I'm ready.
Speaker 1 (39:23):
Excellent. I knew you'd say that. Okay, excellent because your
luck then, Because top Gun Experience is coming to Las Vegas.
I never thought this would be a thing, but it's
becoming a thing. So Paramount Global is partnering with advent
Allen Entertainment to create an immersive top Gun experience. The
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companies are promising a combination of rides, storytelling, advanced technology,
and of course jet simulators. But Jamie, it doesn't stop there,
It doesn't stop there. How do you end? How do
you end an afternoon or an evening of all that fun?
With a drink? Of course? So why not also go
down to the hard deck bar from top Gun. Maverick
(40:08):
promising live piano singalongs, So you, Jamie, you can Chael
your inner Miles Teller or Goose and sing great Balls
of Fire.
Speaker 2 (40:19):
That sounds amazing, James, that sounds amazing. I think that
you do great commercials, great all right in commercials. This
sounds like a lot of fun. Uh, Simulators that's pretty cool.
But that's that's not good enough for you, right, You've
been in a real jet plane, like.
Speaker 1 (40:39):
No big deal, no big deal.
Speaker 2 (40:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (40:41):
Actually I rode with the Patriots, which are very similar,
if not exactly alike, the Blue Angels, what they call
the Blue Angels. Yeah, so the Patriots. They also go
around and if you go to my own personal YouTube page,
if you go way back in the in the years beyond, Yeah,
I went out with the Patriots and uh and flew
round in some jets. I'm now married with a child,
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so I don't think I'll ever do that again. But
as a twenty something year old single guy, that was
an amazing experience.
Speaker 2 (41:09):
Did you pass out?
Speaker 1 (41:11):
I did not pass out, But there was a moment,
and they teach you all this stuff you know to
be you know, how to you know, in case you
need to eject. This is how we're going to eject
in case, you know, we started hitting these G forces.
When they start pulling the G forces, what they tell
you is to clench every muscle in your body, Like
imagine all the muscles in your body, yeah, got it,
clench them all at the same time. Because what they wanted,
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what do you want to do is make sure all
the blood that's in your body kind of like stays
in its place. So during that G force, like the
blood does a rush out of your brain and you
pass out. But there was a part where we're pulling
I don't know, five or so gs in this in
this turn, and then I didn't pass out, but like
the corner of my vision, I can see you black
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starting to roll in and then like you know, at
that point, just started clenching every muscle, clinch, clinch, clench,
and then eventually when he pulled out of that of
the G forces though, like it's like a movie where
like the black kind of goes back out again you
can see perfectly. But uh yeah, it was exhilarating. But basically, basically,
I'm maverick, I'm ice man, I'm ice man. I go
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with Iceman. Don't care if if Paramount Global can promise
an experience half as good as that, then I think
I'd be willing to pay for that. I think there
we go. Yeah, so I don't know how much this costs.
Speaker 2 (42:30):
Is going to be there.
Speaker 1 (42:32):
He better be, he better be, or a tom Cruise
look alike. It's it's Vegas. They have lookalikes everywhere, So
why wouldn't there be a mini Tom Cruise cost player
roaming around exactly?
Speaker 2 (42:47):
So all right, all right, I'm down, let's go. Let's go.
Speaker 1 (42:51):
We got the need the need for speed? Yeah, absolutely speed?
All right?
Speaker 2 (42:59):
You know what I've got the need for?
Speaker 1 (43:02):
What do you get the need for Jamie Sine quotes?
Yeah for it. I believe we do.
Speaker 2 (43:08):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (43:09):
So for those who are not familiar with what cin
a quote is, it is basically a guessing game, daily game.
What's a good game? Similar like wordle I guess that's
the closest thing to it, where there's like a movie,
there's a movie of the day. I kind of like
if there's a word of the day, but you have
to guess what movie it is based off the quotes.
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And these movies could be super popular, from like Star
Wars to something so niche that you've never heard of
it before or may have seen it once in a
fever dream, and then you can guess it. But today's game,
we're playing eight ninety. So depending on what day and
time you watch or listen to this episode of The
Hub on Hollywood, you can try to play with us.
(43:51):
But we'll play some audio two as well, so you
can keep track. But this is game eight ninety. We're
going to play, Jamie, are you ready?
Speaker 2 (44:01):
Least obistro?
Speaker 1 (44:03):
All right? And three and Jamie if you want to
put your mic to your computer so or I don't
know your headphones or how this will work, but just
so you can get the audio. Sure, But and three
two one for.
Speaker 2 (44:15):
Sixty eighty four hundred. That's it. That's the whole register.
You made someone very happy.
Speaker 1 (44:28):
So okay, okay, so this is this sounds like one
of the Oceans eleven movies.
Speaker 2 (44:36):
I'm not sure. Yeah, I didn't recognize this one, but
that's your guess.
Speaker 1 (44:39):
I think that sounded like Casey Affleck so one of
the Brothers. So I'll say Oceans eleven, two thousand and one,
submitting in three two one.
Speaker 2 (44:51):
No, no, how many more Oceans eleven?
Speaker 3 (44:54):
Is?
Speaker 2 (44:54):
That's that's another one that there's a million.
Speaker 1 (44:56):
There's right now, there's at least two more. But then
there's like an Ocean's eight with the with all the ladies,
including Sandra Bullock. But yeah, we'll find out. Okay. So
quote number two and three two one, My god.
Speaker 3 (45:09):
This was a great year. You're kidding me some of
my first R rated movie that year.
Speaker 2 (45:15):
Yeah, an a conda.
Speaker 3 (45:17):
Sounds like Amma Stone, first tattoo, really fake, first kiss, Scottie.
Speaker 1 (45:28):
Lynch, So it sounds like Andy Samberg. I don't think
it's zombie Land. I don't remember a cash register scene
with zombie Land.
Speaker 2 (45:42):
I'm not good on Emma Stone movies. It's not the
dancing one with Ryan Gosling.
Speaker 1 (45:50):
No, no, Oh my god, I feel like this is
the top my tip of my brain. Oh my god,
this was a great year. I came. I saw my
first artist movie on a conda. Let me play one
more time.
Speaker 2 (46:03):
Okay, god, this was a great year.
Speaker 3 (46:06):
You're kidding me? Some of my first R rated movie
that year. Yeah, and a conda condot.
Speaker 1 (46:15):
It may be zombie Land. I'm gonna try it zombie
zombie Land. Oh but it may not because it came
out in two thousand and nine, and they say two
thousand and eight.
Speaker 2 (46:28):
That's right, we've got another quote to get.
Speaker 1 (46:31):
We got another quote. Yeah, So submitting it three to one,
I was, oh, you got it, Yes, but no cigar
zombie kill the week goes to sister Cynthia Nickerbocker. Yeah, okay,
I didn't. I didn't. I don't remember remember the the
cash register part or scene, but again I already knew
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that was like for sure Emma stone In and uh
Jesse Eisenberg and they were not another movie together too,
I forget. But anyway, we got it. Zombie Lan. Who
did you know? Zombie Lan? If you did, comment down
below that you are better and smarter than us, because
you probably got it sooner. All right, Jamie jam packed
episode Everyone, Thank you so much for listening and tuning
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in for this week's episode of The Hub on Hollywood.
Comment down below and join the conversation. Let us know
what you think about Mission Impossible, the Final Reckoning? Did
you watch it? Are you gonna watch it? What do
you think? Do you think Tom Cruise is putting up
the am I Cape or nah? Let us know? Also, nah,
bro is artificial intelligence scaring you as much as it's
(47:35):
scaring Jamie and myself and doesn't really you know, pose
a risk to actual actors? You know, it's an interesting time.
Also if you want to hit an rip for actor
George went who passed away again, I know Boston is
definitely remembering him him as well, And are you going
to be watching Leelan and Stitch live action. It's getting
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you know, good stuff so far, good reviews, people are
pretty happy looking forward to that as well. But Jamie,
there's a great episode, jam packed episode, of course.
Speaker 2 (48:05):
Uh, hit the subscribe button. Hopefully we're getting so close
to the five hundred mark and we'll be able to
get away, some merge, some swag.
Speaker 1 (48:15):
Right until then.
Speaker 2 (48:17):
James, until then when we will dominate at cinequotes again
and get more fantastic reviews and have cool interviews with
local filmmakers. Until then, I am Jamie
Speaker 1 (48:30):
And I'm James.
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