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On this week's episode, a writerstrike may affect some of your favorite TV
shows. Steven Spielberg shares his regretsover one of his most famous and beloved
movies. It is the fortieth anniversaryof Return of the Jedi and the sequel
to Good Burger is being filmed righthere in New England. This is the
Hub on Hollywood. I'm James mJamie. Let's get the Good Burger going.
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Let's munched on with some orange soda. Yeah, I gotta love that
orange soda. Gotta love this episodeof The Hub on Hollywood because we have
so many fun topics and a coolNew England news that's starting to unravel right
now. But we first, Jamie, have to talk about what could be
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affecting many TV shows, especially thoseappearing on streaming services. And that's a
writer strike, that is right.So the potential for a twenty twenty three
WGA strike is looking very likely asof this recording. We don't know the
outcome yet, but May first isthe deadline for making that decision about whether
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a new contract will be approved,and it's not looking great. James.
This would be the first writing strikesince back in two thousand and seven.
Two thousand and eight, which hada huge impact on the entertainment industry back
then, and you said its streamingis the problem here, that is what
writers are most upset about. Yeah, Like there's a new projects, new
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movie, new TV show that's appearingon the plethora of streaming services out there
right now. And because of that, apparently that's stretching thin a lot of
writing talents and there's so much demandfor it, and you know, obviously
the demand for it to work isthere to fill this need. But because
of that, we're having writers thatare when what they say, they're getting
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unfair deals, unfair contracts with manyof these projects where they're getting paid the
bare minimum. They're working so longand it's just not worth it and they're
tired of it. And so rightnow they're looking at this strike. And
you mentioned the two thousand and seven, two thousand and eight writers strike,
and I remember that because at thetime I was just graduating high school and
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at the time I still I stilllove Conan O'Brien, but he was he
had his show back then on latenight and the writers strike happened, and
it was during that period where theythey write all their stuff, like the
day of. All those late nighttalk show hosts they write everything the day
of, and because all the writerswent on went on strike, they had
to fill time with completely improvised likebits, topics, interviews and everything like
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that. And that was some ofthe most creative stuff and you know,
stuff that we've seen on the latenight platform. But at the same time,
you can tell that after a whileit was straining the industry, not
only for the late night shows butalso of every other TV show out there.
I know, Loss was a bigshow that was impacted by the writer's
strike, which led to like youknow, many people saying the reason why
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the quality went down during that period, But we also saw the rise of
reality TV shows too, that's right, including um including what was that show
that are that that gave us thelast president of the United States? The
Apprentice? Yeah, The Apprentice becamebig during that time as well. And
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some people credit that success of TheApprentice with with the writers strike at that
time. YEA, so serious business, here are people, let's let's get
back to work. But you're right, it's the variety shows like SNL and
the late night shows that that areimpacted first, like immediately by right,
exactly followed by scripted television. Um, but ironically it's the streaming shows that
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are the biggest issue here, butmight be the least impacted because the film
so far in advance that they mighthave enough content to hold over on the
streaming services. I just wanted tomention I was totally team Coco all the
way back then too, and thatwas that was some of the best watching,
like write everything that they came upwith during that time, all of
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that improvisation. So, I mean, everybody makes do in the way that
they can to keep the entertainment churningout. But but there's definitely issues here
that need to be resolved, andwe've been seeing a lot of this.
We've been seeing a lot of peoplestanding up and challenging what has been the
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status quo in the entertainment industry lately. Not too long ago, right,
there were the contract negotiations with SAGwhere they're like, we're tired of working
twenty hour days and eighteen hour dayslike regular like sixteen eighteen, twenty plus
hour days on set. That leadsto all of these dangerous conditions and whatnot.
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Push for more safety, pushes againstsexual harassment. So you know,
cleaning things up. Um. Butanyways, we're going to see how this
turns out, how it's going tobe impacting your favorite shows. Stay with
the Hub on Hollywood. We'll havemore for you next week as we see
how this all shakes out. Yeah. And one thing else that we're gonna
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be keeping our eye on and lookingout for is the production and the development
of Good Burger two, which willbe filmed in Rhode Island this summer.
That that's great because this has beenlike twenty years in the making, a
sequel to this childhood Nickelodeon classic thatmany of us grew up watching, Welcome
to Goodburger, Home of the GoodBurger can Yeah and kel um right,
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called classic coming Back Good Burger Tooby Nickelodeon. So, if you're interested
and being considered for a part asan actor or extra, so this is
not only background. If you wantto be, you know, acting alongside
Keenan and kel and stealing some ofthat Ron soda for yourself, you are
going to want to go to Bostoncastingdot Com and sign up there, put
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in all of your information. Youcan sign up for free and you will
be able to get the notifications thereand put yourself forward to be considered for
positions in Good Burger two, whichstarts filming in Road Island in mid May
and you know, goes for sixto eight weeks after that. So that's
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going to be a really fun oneworking side by side with Keenan Thompson and
Kel Mitchell. Now the details ofthe sequel have not been released, but
it's good to see both Keenan andKel reprising their roles as Dexter and Ed
again. Just another film, anotherbig, you know, high profile file
film that is filming in Rhode Island. The last one, of course,
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was Hocus Focused Too, which cameout on Disney Plus last fall. Even
though it's not Massachusetts where we are, you know, Boston based, it's
good that we have more movies andprojects popping up and filming in New England.
We gotta spread the love a littlebit, that's right, That's right
all over. I mean Rhode Islandas a very robust film industry as well
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in a tax credit just like Massachusetts. So very very happy to hear and
see it. We've got other bigprojects that are underway right now, including
the Perfect Couple out on Cape Codso we will have our list of casting
calls at the end of this episode, So stick with us here on the
Hub on Hollywood. We're going tokeep trying to get you in the movies.
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Yeah. Absolutely, So we haveno regrets over that tax credit here
in Massachusetts which has become permanent.But you know who does have regrets,
Jamie. Who's that Steven Spielberg andthe legendary iconic director of our era.
He says that he has one bigregret over one of his most beloved films,
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and that being ET. You you'vewatched ET the Extraterrestrial, right,
Yes, of course, of course, of course classic. Yeah, starring
Drew Barrymore, a baby young DrewBarrymore. It holds up. It was
great and so when I was growingup, I watched it, you know,
countless times on VHS. But duringits twentieth anniversary, I remember,
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I believe it's two thousand and two, so I was around twelve years old.
For the twentieth anniversary, ET wasre released in theaters and that's when
they kind of had they of course, they kept many of the practical ET
effects, but they also incorporated knewlike you know, you had like a
cgi ET and some of that hewas hit or miss or whatnot. But
one of the big misses, andI remember the controversy at the time,
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was there's a scene where right beforeall the boys, you know, they
take off on their bikes literally liketake off in the air, fli over
federal agents who are blocking the road. There's a scene where federal agents in
the original are holding you know,handguns, shotguns, rifles, and they're
kind of like bracing themselves for theboys and et before they get there.
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Well, for the twentieth anniversary releasererelease in theaters, they actually edited out
all the firearms and replace them withwaukie talkies, so you just have like
FBI agents of the government, youknow, holding waukie talkies as the kids
fly over. And since then,Steven Spielberg says that, you know,
he regrets that he revised that,and he doesn't believe that any movie made
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in the past should be revised basedon, you know, how we view
things in the current modern day.Yeah, first of all, do you
remember that controversy when that whole thinghappened. No, But I completely agree
with Steven Spielberg on that, andI think one of the things it was
something that happened a lot in theearly two thousands. Yeah, so especially
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with like the re release of StarWars, where so many things were edited,
added, removed, changed if ohmy god, look listen. If
it's a classic for a reason,right, it's perfect for a reason.
Everybody loves it for a reason.There's no need for you to go back
and change it. Just because youcan does not mean that you should.
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And I think that was what theallure was. That was the temptation back
in the two thousands, when allof the CGI technology was really coming along
and now you could do all ofthese different things, and the you know,
the temptation was to go back andfix what a lot of these filmmakers
thought, like, oh, Iwant to improve it. I wish I
could have done this back then.I wish I could have done that,
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or or yeah, exactly. Butyou know, crisper is fine. You
know, if you want to,like write, you want to make it
higher definition and you know, highlightthe colors, you know, and all
of that make it look better.There's one thing. But when you start
changing the content of the film andin some cases the music some cases you
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know, adding things to it,it just it takes away from what made
people love that film in the firstplace. At some point, when you
create art and you release it outinto the world, it's not yours anymore,
right, it belongs to everyone.And I think it's kind of selfish
to go back and try to makethose changes, especially for things that you
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know people love so much. SoI'm kind of happy to hear that Spielberg
has come around and said, youknow what, that was a terrible decision.
Yeah, and you know, andI hope that you know, the
big filmmakers like that, have anyfilmmaker, really, any artist, you
know, can kind of understand thatand see that, you know, these
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things blend to everyone, and youshouldn't change perfection, right, And he
makes the point right that, rightas as society changes and societal standards change,
you know, we look back onthese movies and we can we can
see what it was like back then, and it's kind of important to have
that contrast. It's important to goback and be able to see those things
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and see how far we've come.So, um, you don't need to
change it. You don't know,you don't have to. Yeah. He
said it best when he said,you know, our movies are kind of
a signpost of where we were whenwe made them, what the world was
like, and what the world wasreceiving when we got those stories. And
as you mentioned, like it's it'snot a problem to make things look better
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when when it comes to like ahigh definition or to you know, to
make the colors really pop. Goingback to Star Wars, I hate what
you know, George Lucas did whenhe like he throws in random aliens like
and like there's one scene particular wherelike R two D two is covered by
these digital rocks, where like,why are you adding so much? The
scene where Han Solo is in thecantina and he shoots Grito first, and
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they changed that so Grito shoots first, and then you have this kind of
wonky added where it shows like Hankind of like jolting to the right,
missing up laster then shooting. Theyknow Han shot first. However, however,
I will say one great thing thatthey did do George Lucas did in
the in the edit was like theDeath Star explosion. If you look at
the original explosion of Star Wars orEmpire or Return of the Jedi with a
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Death Star explodes on YouTube, youcan see the original one, it looks,
you know, like it looks likeno nineteen seventies, nineteen eighties kind
of effects of an explosion, nothingtoo impressive. But nowadays they edited it
so when you see the death Starexplode, it looks like a legit awesome
explosion, and so things like thatchanges impact but doesn't change the story.
So you can make things better,but you can also if you're not careful,
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you know, overcorrect too much andthen that messes things up. Well,
that that takes is very perfectly intothe fortieth anniversary of the Return of
the Jedi, which is right,they're going to be bringing it back in
theaters. But here's my question.Okay, talking about Return of the Jedi.
I loved the music at the endof the Return of the Jedi in
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the original the first song that theyhave at the very end, and it's
so joyous and everything. And thenyou go back and in the newer version,
right after the remastering, yeah,they had a completely different song and
they added all of these different scenesfrom around the galaxy, and it's like,
why'd you change the music? Though, It's like that is it's the
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it's the pinnacle, right, it'sthe epitome and you've gotten to the mountain
tip right where at the end ofthis entire amazing trilogy and so many so
much memory and feeling is associated withthe music in particular, Why would you
change that? That's that's what mademe upset. So what version right,
right? What version is coming outthis fortieth anniversary? So I believe it
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is, Yeah, yeah, Ibelieve it is the new like remastered one,
and so what you will see onDisney Plus currently, which I actually
just watched a few days ago,also just because of you know, I
watched Star Wars and I Stripes backwith my newborn baby, and I was
like, okay, I need tosee part three, just because it was
like, you know, it's it'slike a it's like an aftertaste, like
you know, you got the firsttwo movies, you got to finish it
off, top it off with thewith the final one. And so I
watched it recently and they had,as you mentioned, the new ending where
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they kind of like explore or popin different parts of the galaxy, different
planets where they're all celebrating the endof the empire, and like, okay,
like it's not egregious, but yeah, I totally understand. You know,
when you watch it as a kid, you have something imprinted and burned
into your memory, and then allof a sudden when they have it changed
and you watch it again, likeyou know in your brain, something slightly
off, something is like, youknow, not perfect. So I did
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get that feeling. But but onething I will say that I do like
some people find it controversial. Butat the very end where Luke, you
know, Dartha Vader's body is beingburned in that you know, burial ceremony,
and then you see Obi one Kenobi, you see Yoda and their in
their forced ghost form, and thenyou see Anakin Skywalker. But the Hayden
Christensen version, I actually do likethey added Hayden there. Um. I
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know some people were saying that theywere upset that they replaced the original Anakin
Skywalker and the original films, butyou know, it's you know, it's
to each their own, I guess, and at the end of the day,
that's what it comes down to.But that's one change that I didn't
mind too much. But the overallcelebration extra planet scenes, yeah, like
you didn't need that. I'm moreupset about the music and you know,
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I love Hayden. I'm cool withhaving Hayden, you know, put in
there and kind of connecting all ofthe new movies that they had created together.
That's that's that's fine, but it'sjust you know, it changes the
feeling a little bit. And Iwent through a lot of trouble, well,
rather, my husband went through alot of trouble to find the original
unedited you know, pre two thousands, uh, the Star Wars trilogy on
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DVD for me. Um. Andthat's what makes them such a wonderful,
wonderful husband, and that that wasone of the greatest gifts that that I've
ever gotten, um, so thatI could see it and it's it's original
form and what spoke to me,what changed my life as a kid,
you know, watching Star Wars forthe first time. But that's that's that's
wonderful. That it's back out intheaters fortieth anniversary from nineteen eighty three,
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and even with the changes, Ifeel like, you know, this is
maybe something that I can take myson who's seven, to the theaters with
me and get to experience in thatway for the very first time. Because
you and I this predates us,right, We didn't get to see Star
Wars in theaters when it first cameout in VHS. Baby, that box
set, that the Triple VHS boxset is how we grew up. But
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yeah, that's one movie I wouldlove to see in the theaters. I
would also love to see Jurassic Parkon the big screen because that's another movie
that I saw as a kid onVHS, you know, time and time
again, and so that would bea great one to see in the movie
theaters. But yeah, just youknow, wrap up this topic about the
fortieth anniversary of Return of the Jedi. I found somebody posted on Twitter,
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I can news report showing people's reaction, you know, lining up to watch
Opening night opening day back in eightythree. So you have all these people
that are super excited. They're like, you know, this is three years
in the making from Empire Strikes backto this. They're really excited. And
then afterwards and you just see everybody'sreaction coming out and saying, you know,
there were spaceless after saying after seeingthe movie, they were surprised.
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You know, Darth Vader revealed himselfto a son, you know, taking
off the mask, the helmet.People saying it was fantastic. It was
really really good. They're going crazyover this, So what a time to
be alive. You know, it'svery rare when you're in that moment when
you're when you're watching something for thefirst time you and you realize like,
this is something that will last,This is something that that is incredible.
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So kudos and you know, youknow, it must have been amazing for
those guys, those those people tosee it back then opening night and then
think forty years later where we aretoday with the amount of Star Wars we
have from the big screen to DisneyPlus and everything else in between. It's
a crazy journey Star Wars has beenon. Yeah, it has been for
better and worse, but you knowfor better too. There is so many
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great stories, so much you know, igniting generations of people's imagination. And
we're two big Star Wars nerds hereon the Hub on Hollywood. So are
you guys going to go see itin theaters? What do you feel about
the the remastering? Yeah, youknow, versions and whatnot. Let us
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know Star Wars or et let usknow about. Yeah, your thoughts on
the whole, you know, regretsof Steven Spielberg. Is he making too
much of this or is he onpoints some of these movies should not be
touched. He did jokingly add asSteven Spielberg saying, you know, nobody
should ever attempt to take chocolate outof Willy Wonka ever. And I can
agree with that, like you don'twant to change the core of the essence
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the vibe of some of these classicmovies. But comment down below, let
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to give us a five star reviewand h and share the love absolutely And
if we might continue on this nostalgiatrain really quickly, I just wanted to
give a shot out to James zO'Leary who listened to our last podcast where
we were talking about the Power Rangersmovie that just came out on Netflix,
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you know, featuring some of theoriginal cast thirty years later, and James
says, he says, yes,it was great, surprisingly emotional, especially
at the end when they played theclip of Kimberly singing from the original series.
He says he was a little disappointedwith the quality of the Zord battle
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like the CGI Zor Battle on theMoon, but overall he' really really enjoyed
it, as did I of lotsof cheering and laughter. Um with that,
and if I'm might James, justfor for a moment, I'm gonna
shuffle our our order just just alittle bit. Um, since we're on
the nostalgia train, do you recalla little boy who also inspired our our
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generation. Um back in the day, his name was Ashcatchum could a dream
and he had a dream to bethe very best. Yeah, yeah,
and um, so right now,my son is obsessed with Pokemon, and
I think a lot of kids areright now, which is just amazing.
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You know what, Like thirty thirtyfive years later, kids are still collecting
Pokemon cards and now they've got likePokemon Go and and all of these other
Pokemon games. And uh so,so my my son's first got obsessed with
Pokemon Go on the phone, whichis the the virtual real and that virtual
reality, the augmented reality game rightfirst of it's kind that came out,
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So you walk in the world aroundyou and Pokemon is suddenly all around you,
right, And I'm like, well, he cannot fully appreciate this until
we watch the originals of Random.So we've been on Amazon Prime watching the
original nineteen ninety seven OG Pokemon IndigoLeague series and he is just so fascinating.
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Haveing is so much fun. AndI just wanted to say, James,
like, I wish that kids showsand movies were still like this.
I feel like, for some reason, like things have gotten like more overly
realistic and overly dark. And youknow, even the villains in the original
Pokemon, like the Jesse and Jamesright team Rocket, We're so silly,
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so dumb, so fun, andit's so full of heart, you know,
yeah, yeah, like don't stealyou know, don't don't overfeed your
Pokemon, don't stop getting electrocuted,you know, don't you know, do
all of these ridiculous things. Anyways, Um, but it's just been so
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awesome, like going through and reexperiencing Pokemon with with my son. And
now he runs around with the neighborhoodkids and they like play Pokemon, like
they invented their own little Pokemon namesfor each other, and and they chase
each other around and do attacks andstuff, and it's it's just it's just,
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you know, I'm so happy thatit's still here and it's still like
this feel good light and fun thingsthat you know, kids can experience and
have like that, genuine, youknow, great innocent childhood experience. Um
and James, I have a challengefor you. No, no, I
have a challenge for you right andfor anybody out there who's listening. UM,
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challenge yourself right now. Do youremember the lyrics the original song?
Yes? Can you? Can yousing them for us? Okay, let's
see. Okay, be a dudetogether. Can we do it together?
We can do it together? Allright? Okay? Three two and one.
I want to be the very best, like no one ever was.
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Bump bump bump to catch them,miss, my real test test to train
them, Miss. I will travelacross the land. Oh we're going,
I was gonna say, first,keep going. I will travel acros across
the land, searching, teach Pokemonto understand listen the power that Pokemon gotta
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catch them, and then so onand so on. It's you then me.
I don't know, it's my destiny. You teach me and poke very
good very good, very good.All right, thank you. Thanks.
It goes on and on and on. It's a very long song, but
I'm impressed. Good job. Ofcourse, that's that's seared into my mind.
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But did you know that the ashketch Um legacy story has has come
to an end? It was itwas this past year where he finally became
the very best. He became aPokemon master. Yeah, so, well,
is he still ten years old thoughhe never aged? Did it twenty
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years? That's awesome? Congratulations Ashand um you know, and it's funny
we talk about things that have beenaltered and changed. So the what I'm
discovering is that the original right Japaneseversion of Pokemon, there were some things
that were just a little too spicy, right, a little too spicy for
for American audiences and for kids.And um, just going back and trying
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to find some of these episodes,I'm like, oh, hey, why
does Jesse, Like why does Jameshave like a full rack? You know,
like he's bikini and he's got likebobs and stuff, and um,
like there's Jesse and James like nakedin a hot spring together, like,
oh my good, do I justnot remember this or did this not air
like so, um that's funny too. Just um right, yeah, I
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can see how, you know,yeah, for American audiences, that wasn't
going to fly. But yeah,we're just having lots of fun. And
it's available on Prime and um variousother streaming services. Have you know all
of the seasons of the original Pokemon? All right? Excellent? Excellent.
Well let's talk about um, thisother show that is unlike Pokemon, but
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it's a very similar to It's uhit's roots, which is because I recently
had a baby, My wife andI had a baby, we've been inside
a lot, have not had thechance to go out and see anything new.
So we've been, you know,relying on some of our our favorite
shows that we love to watch overand over again. You know, shows
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that are very I don't know what'swhat's the word, just uh, it's
it's reliable, They feel good,nostalgic. You can always, you know,
go back to it over and overagain. Well, one show that
we've gone back to is this thisshort lived series Lethal Weapon based off the
movies. But this is a seriesthat was on Fox from twenty sixteen to
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twenty nineteen, based off the samecharacters from the classic movies. And if
you haven't watched or heard of theseries because it was short lived, I
highly recommend it because it's a fantasticshow. It's a fantastic show that unfortunately
was cut too short because of insiderbickering and squabbles. But man, this
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shows it all. I'm gonna describeit really quick and hopefully I can sell
it to you. Okay, gofor Okay, let's pe so Letha weapon.
The series. We follow Martin Riggsplayed by Cline Crawford, a slightly
unhinged cop who has partnered with aveteran detective played by Damon Wayans who's trying
to maintain a low stress level inhis life, which of course is very
hard to do with this man wholives on the edge. Martin Riggs,
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like I said, this short livedshow is incredible. All the characters are
so fun to watch. The actingis funny, the performances are funny,
dramatic, gut wrenching at times,and the action sequences some of the best
action sequences I've ever seen on television. I'm talking like movie quality stunts,
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from car chases to fights to shootouts. This show has it all. I
recommend the first two seasons. Theymade it to three, but because of
in fighting insider fighting, not allthe characters return for season three. But
seasons one and two are solid andI highly recommend watching and you could rent
it on I believe Amazon Prime.My wife actually bought on Amazon Prime the
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season's one and two so they couldjust watch it whenever. And right now
we're going through that restarting that oneagain. Highly recommend Lethal Weapon. All
right, Okay, I didn't evenI didn't know that there was a spin
off show, so, um,that sounds like it's in my husband's wheelhouse.
We're gonna have to check that out. I'm glad. I'm glad,
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and we need more of that,definitely, we need things that are are
more fun and more light. Butyou know, speaking of things that we
were watching, you recommend that one? This one that I would I've been
watching lately with my husband and youknow, I'm really on the fence,
I kind of. He likes ita lot more than I do, so
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you know, maybe you be thejudge. But it's called mismatched on Netflix,
so, um, there's a lotof have you seen like Indian matchmaking
shows? No, not really,So that's you know, that's pretty popular
in streaming services as well. Um, except this is this is a show,
a series, So it's about thisthis teenage girl. She's seventeen years
(30:15):
old. Her mother is obsessed withthe idea of her getting married she's only
seventeen, like obsessed, obsessed toand um so she goes away to this
class, right, she was ableto take a summer program like a college
type program, and gets set upby her mother without her knowledge. And
(30:38):
this other boy who like really likesher has this big crush on her,
you know, thinks he's going tobe meeting his future wife and is sorely
disappointed because she is very angry aboutthis situation. So they have to sort
of strike up this tentative like truceand friendship while attending this summer program.
(31:00):
AM. So here's the thing.They're definitely like laugh out loud, you
know, kind of sweet moments herein this show. But it's like there's
like so many red flags, likekind of cringey things that I don't think
really work, Mainly that she isseventeen years old and all she wants to
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do is go to school and studysomething and be the best at that job
and you know, have this amazingcareer and start her life. And everyone
else around her is just obsessed withmarriage and dating and love and like forcing
this upon her, and she isnaturally like just super pissed off about it.
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But all the other characters are like, oh, what's wrong with her?
What do you mean, what's wrongwith her? She's a child who
wants to go to college and goto school and start her life, and
like everyone is just kind of tryingto bring her down in this way.
So I'm I'm watching this show becauseI'm rooting for her to not hook up
with anyone, you know, notget into a relationship with anyone. I'm
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rooting for just pure friendship and forher to you know, kick this class's
ass and go off and be likethe super professional that she wants to be.
Um. So that's Mismatched on Netflix. My husband likes it a lot
more than I do. I thinkthere I think it's I think it's cringe
em but there's definitely like really funnyum parts to it. It's half in
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Hindi, half in English, umand um. Yeah, So if that's
your cup of tea, uh,Mismatched on Netflix, right, now okay,
well, we'll let our audience bethe judge. Which one do you
prefer? Lethal Weapon a show thatI am sold completely on, or mismatched
which has mixed reviews in uh inJamie's house. Yeah, or Pokemon or
(32:54):
Pokemon A go to Pokemon. Pokemonis is also a safe bet fan favorite.
Yeah again, Well, this isa great episode. Thank you everybody
who tuned in for this one.Let us know you know your thoughts again,
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On this week's episode, a writerstrike may affect some of your favorite TV
shows. Steven Spielberg shares his regretsover one of his most famous and beloved
movies. It is the fortieth anniversaryof Return of the Jedi and the sequel
to Good Burger is being filmed righthere in New England. This is the
Hub on Hollywood. I'm James mJamie. Let's get the Good Burger going.
(00:23):
Let's munched on with some orange soda. Yeah, I gotta love that
orange soda. Gotta love this episodeof The Hub on Hollywood because we have
so many fun topics and a coolNew England news that's starting to unravel right
now. But we first, Jamie, have to talk about what could be
(00:46):
affecting many TV shows, especially thoseappearing on streaming services. And that's a
writer strike, that is right.So the potential for a twenty twenty three
WGA strike is looking very likely asof this recording. We don't know the
outcome yet, but May first isthe deadline for making that decision about whether
(01:11):
a new contract will be approved,and it's not looking great. James.
This would be the first writing strikesince back in two thousand and seven.
Two thousand and eight, which hada huge impact on the entertainment industry back
then, and you said its streamingis the problem here, that is what
writers are most upset about. Yeah, Like there's a new projects, new
(01:34):
movie, new TV show that's appearingon the plethora of streaming services out there
right now. And because of that, apparently that's stretching thin a lot of
writing talents and there's so much demandfor it, and you know, obviously
the demand for it to work isthere to fill this need. But because
of that, we're having writers thatare when what they say, they're getting
(01:57):
unfair deals, unfair contracts with manyof these projects where they're getting paid the
bare minimum. They're working so longand it's just not worth it and they're
tired of it. And so rightnow they're looking at this strike. And
you mentioned the two thousand and seven, two thousand and eight writers strike,
and I remember that because at thetime I was just graduating high school and
(02:19):
at the time I still I stilllove Conan O'Brien, but he was he
had his show back then on latenight and the writers strike happened, and
it was during that period where theythey write all their stuff, like the
day of. All those late nighttalk show hosts they write everything the day
of, and because all the writerswent on went on strike, they had
to fill time with completely improvised likebits, topics, interviews and everything like
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that. And that was some ofthe most creative stuff and you know,
stuff that we've seen on the latenight platform. But at the same time,
you can tell that after a whileit was straining the industry, not
only for the late night shows butalso of every other TV show out there.
I know, Loss was a bigshow that was impacted by the writer's
strike, which led to like youknow, many people saying the reason why
(03:06):
the quality went down during that period, But we also saw the rise of
reality TV shows too, that's right, including um including what was that show
that are that that gave us thelast president of the United States? The
Apprentice? Yeah, The Apprentice becamebig during that time as well. And
(03:27):
some people credit that success of TheApprentice with with the writers strike at that
time. YEA, so serious business, here are people, let's let's get
back to work. But you're right, it's the variety shows like SNL and
the late night shows that that areimpacted first, like immediately by right,
exactly followed by scripted television. Um, but ironically it's the streaming shows that
(03:55):
are the biggest issue here, butmight be the least impacted because the film
so far in advance that they mighthave enough content to hold over on the
streaming services. I just wanted tomention I was totally team Coco all the
way back then too, and thatwas that was some of the best watching,
like write everything that they came upwith during that time, all of
(04:19):
that improvisation. So, I mean, everybody makes do in the way that
they can to keep the entertainment churningout. But but there's definitely issues here
that need to be resolved, andwe've been seeing a lot of this.
We've been seeing a lot of peoplestanding up and challenging what has been the
(04:42):
status quo in the entertainment industry lately. Not too long ago, right,
there were the contract negotiations with SAGwhere they're like, we're tired of working
twenty hour days and eighteen hour dayslike regular like sixteen eighteen, twenty plus
hour days on set. That leadsto all of these dangerous conditions and whatnot.
(05:04):
Push for more safety, pushes againstsexual harassment. So you know,
cleaning things up. Um. Butanyways, we're going to see how this
turns out, how it's going tobe impacting your favorite shows. Stay with
the Hub on Hollywood. We'll havemore for you next week as we see
how this all shakes out. Yeah. And one thing else that we're gonna
(05:26):
be keeping our eye on and lookingout for is the production and the development
of Good Burger two, which willbe filmed in Rhode Island this summer.
That that's great because this has beenlike twenty years in the making, a
sequel to this childhood Nickelodeon classic thatmany of us grew up watching, Welcome
to Goodburger, Home of the GoodBurger can Yeah and kel um right,
(05:53):
called classic coming Back Good Burger Tooby Nickelodeon. So, if you're interested
and being considered for a part asan actor or extra, so this is
not only background. If you wantto be, you know, acting alongside
Keenan and kel and stealing some ofthat Ron soda for yourself, you are
going to want to go to Bostoncastingdot Com and sign up there, put
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in all of your information. Youcan sign up for free and you will
be able to get the notifications thereand put yourself forward to be considered for
positions in Good Burger two, whichstarts filming in Road Island in mid May
and you know, goes for sixto eight weeks after that. So that's
(06:40):
going to be a really fun oneworking side by side with Keenan Thompson and
Kel Mitchell. Now the details ofthe sequel have not been released, but
it's good to see both Keenan andKel reprising their roles as Dexter and Ed
again. Just another film, anotherbig, you know, high profile file
film that is filming in Rhode Island. The last one, of course,
(07:03):
was Hocus Focused Too, which cameout on Disney Plus last fall. Even
though it's not Massachusetts where we are, you know, Boston based, it's
good that we have more movies andprojects popping up and filming in New England.
We gotta spread the love a littlebit, that's right, That's right
all over. I mean Rhode Islandas a very robust film industry as well
(07:24):
in a tax credit just like Massachusetts. So very very happy to hear and
see it. We've got other bigprojects that are underway right now, including
the Perfect Couple out on Cape Codso we will have our list of casting
calls at the end of this episode, So stick with us here on the
Hub on Hollywood. We're going tokeep trying to get you in the movies.
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Yeah. Absolutely, So we haveno regrets over that tax credit here
in Massachusetts which has become permanent.But you know who does have regrets,
Jamie. Who's that Steven Spielberg andthe legendary iconic director of our era.
He says that he has one bigregret over one of his most beloved films,
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and that being ET. You you'vewatched ET the Extraterrestrial, right,
Yes, of course, of course, of course classic. Yeah, starring
Drew Barrymore, a baby young DrewBarrymore. It holds up. It was
great and so when I was growingup, I watched it, you know,
countless times on VHS. But duringits twentieth anniversary, I remember,
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I believe it's two thousand and two, so I was around twelve years old.
For the twentieth anniversary, ET wasre released in theaters and that's when
they kind of had they of course, they kept many of the practical ET
effects, but they also incorporated knewlike you know, you had like a
cgi ET and some of that hewas hit or miss or whatnot. But
one of the big misses, andI remember the controversy at the time,
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was there's a scene where right beforeall the boys, you know, they
take off on their bikes literally liketake off in the air, fli over
federal agents who are blocking the road. There's a scene where federal agents in
the original are holding you know,handguns, shotguns, rifles, and they're
kind of like bracing themselves for theboys and et before they get there.
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Well, for the twentieth anniversary releasererelease in theaters, they actually edited out
all the firearms and replace them withwaukie talkies, so you just have like
FBI agents of the government, youknow, holding waukie talkies as the kids
fly over. And since then,Steven Spielberg says that, you know,
he regrets that he revised that,and he doesn't believe that any movie made
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in the past should be revised basedon, you know, how we view
things in the current modern day.Yeah, first of all, do you
remember that controversy when that whole thinghappened. No, But I completely agree
with Steven Spielberg on that, andI think one of the things it was
something that happened a lot in theearly two thousands. Yeah, so especially
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with like the re release of StarWars, where so many things were edited,
added, removed, changed if ohmy god, look listen. If
it's a classic for a reason,right, it's perfect for a reason.
Everybody loves it for a reason.There's no need for you to go back
and change it. Just because youcan does not mean that you should.
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And I think that was what theallure was. That was the temptation back
in the two thousands, when allof the CGI technology was really coming along
and now you could do all ofthese different things, and the you know,
the temptation was to go back andfix what a lot of these filmmakers
thought, like, oh, Iwant to improve it. I wish I
could have done this back then.I wish I could have done that,
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or or yeah, exactly. Butyou know, crisper is fine. You
know, if you want to,like write, you want to make it
higher definition and you know, highlightthe colors, you know, and all
of that make it look better.There's one thing. But when you start
changing the content of the film andin some cases the music some cases you
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know, adding things to it,it just it takes away from what made
people love that film in the firstplace. At some point, when you
create art and you release it outinto the world, it's not yours anymore,
right, it belongs to everyone.And I think it's kind of selfish
to go back and try to makethose changes, especially for things that you
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know people love so much. SoI'm kind of happy to hear that Spielberg
has come around and said, youknow what, that was a terrible decision.
Yeah, and you know, andI hope that you know, the
big filmmakers like that, have anyfilmmaker, really, any artist, you
know, can kind of understand thatand see that, you know, these
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things blend to everyone, and youshouldn't change perfection, right, And he
makes the point right that, rightas as society changes and societal standards change,
you know, we look back onthese movies and we can we can
see what it was like back then, and it's kind of important to have
that contrast. It's important to goback and be able to see those things
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and see how far we've come.So, um, you don't need to
change it. You don't know,you don't have to. Yeah. He
said it best when he said,you know, our movies are kind of
a signpost of where we were whenwe made them, what the world was
like, and what the world wasreceiving when we got those stories. And
as you mentioned, like it's it'snot a problem to make things look better
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when when it comes to like ahigh definition or to you know, to
make the colors really pop. Goingback to Star Wars, I hate what
you know, George Lucas did whenhe like he throws in random aliens like
and like there's one scene particular wherelike R two D two is covered by
these digital rocks, where like,why are you adding so much? The
scene where Han Solo is in thecantina and he shoots Grito first, and
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they changed that so Grito shoots first, and then you have this kind of
wonky added where it shows like Hankind of like jolting to the right,
missing up laster then shooting. Theyknow Han shot first. However, however,
I will say one great thing thatthey did do George Lucas did in
the in the edit was like theDeath Star explosion. If you look at
the original explosion of Star Wars orEmpire or Return of the Jedi with a
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Death Star explodes on YouTube, youcan see the original one, it looks,
you know, like it looks likeno nineteen seventies, nineteen eighties kind
of effects of an explosion, nothingtoo impressive. But nowadays they edited it
so when you see the death Starexplode, it looks like a legit awesome
explosion, and so things like thatchanges impact but doesn't change the story.
So you can make things better,but you can also if you're not careful,
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you know, overcorrect too much andthen that messes things up. Well,
that that takes is very perfectly intothe fortieth anniversary of the Return of
the Jedi, which is right,they're going to be bringing it back in
theaters. But here's my question.Okay, talking about Return of the Jedi.
I loved the music at the endof the Return of the Jedi in
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the original the first song that theyhave at the very end, and it's
so joyous and everything. And thenyou go back and in the newer version,
right after the remastering, yeah,they had a completely different song and
they added all of these different scenesfrom around the galaxy, and it's like,
why'd you change the music? Though, It's like that is it's the
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it's the pinnacle, right, it'sthe epitome and you've gotten to the mountain
tip right where at the end ofthis entire amazing trilogy and so many so
much memory and feeling is associated withthe music in particular, Why would you
change that? That's that's what mademe upset. So what version right,
right? What version is coming outthis fortieth anniversary? So I believe it
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is, Yeah, yeah, Ibelieve it is the new like remastered one,
and so what you will see onDisney Plus currently, which I actually
just watched a few days ago,also just because of you know, I
watched Star Wars and I Stripes backwith my newborn baby, and I was
like, okay, I need tosee part three, just because it was
like, you know, it's it'slike a it's like an aftertaste, like
you know, you got the firsttwo movies, you got to finish it
off, top it off with thewith the final one. And so I
watched it recently and they had,as you mentioned, the new ending where
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they kind of like explore or popin different parts of the galaxy, different
planets where they're all celebrating the endof the empire, and like, okay,
like it's not egregious, but yeah, I totally understand. You know,
when you watch it as a kid, you have something imprinted and burned
into your memory, and then allof a sudden when they have it changed
and you watch it again, likeyou know in your brain, something slightly
off, something is like, youknow, not perfect. So I did
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get that feeling. But but onething I will say that I do like
some people find it controversial. Butat the very end where Luke, you
know, Dartha Vader's body is beingburned in that you know, burial ceremony,
and then you see Obi one Kenobi, you see Yoda and their in
their forced ghost form, and thenyou see Anakin Skywalker. But the Hayden
Christensen version, I actually do likethey added Hayden there. Um. I
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know some people were saying that theywere upset that they replaced the original Anakin
Skywalker and the original films, butyou know, it's you know, it's
to each their own, I guess, and at the end of the day,
that's what it comes down to.But that's one change that I didn't
mind too much. But the overallcelebration extra planet scenes, yeah, like
you didn't need that. I'm moreupset about the music and you know,
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I love Hayden. I'm cool withhaving Hayden, you know, put in
there and kind of connecting all ofthe new movies that they had created together.
That's that's that's fine, but it'sjust you know, it changes the
feeling a little bit. And Iwent through a lot of trouble, well,
rather, my husband went through alot of trouble to find the original
unedited you know, pre two thousands, uh, the Star Wars trilogy on
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DVD for me. Um. Andthat's what makes them such a wonderful,
wonderful husband, and that that wasone of the greatest gifts that that I've
ever gotten, um, so thatI could see it and it's it's original
form and what spoke to me,what changed my life as a kid,
you know, watching Star Wars forthe first time. But that's that's that's
wonderful. That it's back out intheaters fortieth anniversary from nineteen eighty three,
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and even with the changes, Ifeel like, you know, this is
maybe something that I can take myson who's seven, to the theaters with
me and get to experience in thatway for the very first time. Because
you and I this predates us,right, We didn't get to see Star
Wars in theaters when it first cameout in VHS. Baby, that box
set, that the Triple VHS boxset is how we grew up. But
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yeah, that's one movie I wouldlove to see in the theaters. I
would also love to see Jurassic Parkon the big screen because that's another movie
that I saw as a kid onVHS, you know, time and time
again, and so that would bea great one to see in the movie
theaters. But yeah, just youknow, wrap up this topic about the
fortieth anniversary of Return of the Jedi. I found somebody posted on Twitter,
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I can news report showing people's reaction, you know, lining up to watch
Opening night opening day back in eightythree. So you have all these people
that are super excited. They're like, you know, this is three years
in the making from Empire Strikes backto this. They're really excited. And
then afterwards and you just see everybody'sreaction coming out and saying, you know,
there were spaceless after saying after seeingthe movie, they were surprised.
(18:18):
You know, Darth Vader revealed himselfto a son, you know, taking
off the mask, the helmet.People saying it was fantastic. It was
really really good. They're going crazyover this, So what a time to
be alive. You know, it'svery rare when you're in that moment when
you're when you're watching something for thefirst time you and you realize like,
this is something that will last,This is something that that is incredible.
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So kudos and you know, youknow, it must have been amazing for
those guys, those those people tosee it back then opening night and then
think forty years later where we aretoday with the amount of Star Wars we
have from the big screen to DisneyPlus and everything else in between. It's
a crazy journey Star Wars has beenon. Yeah, it has been for
better and worse, but you knowfor better too. There is so many
(19:04):
great stories, so much you know, igniting generations of people's imagination. And
we're two big Star Wars nerds hereon the Hub on Hollywood. So are
you guys going to go see itin theaters? What do you feel about
the the remastering? Yeah, youknow, versions and whatnot. Let us
(19:26):
know Star Wars or et let usknow about. Yeah, your thoughts on
the whole, you know, regretsof Steven Spielberg. Is he making too
much of this or is he onpoints some of these movies should not be
touched. He did jokingly add asSteven Spielberg saying, you know, nobody
should ever attempt to take chocolate outof Willy Wonka ever. And I can
agree with that, like you don'twant to change the core of the essence
(19:48):
the vibe of some of these classicmovies. But comment down below, let
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to give us a five star reviewand h and share the love absolutely And
if we might continue on this nostalgiatrain really quickly, I just wanted to
give a shot out to James zO'Leary who listened to our last podcast where
we were talking about the Power Rangersmovie that just came out on Netflix,
(20:30):
you know, featuring some of theoriginal cast thirty years later, and James
says, he says, yes,it was great, surprisingly emotional, especially
at the end when they played theclip of Kimberly singing from the original series.
He says he was a little disappointedwith the quality of the Zord battle
(20:52):
like the CGI Zor Battle on theMoon, but overall he' really really enjoyed
it, as did I of lotsof cheering and laughter. Um with that,
and if I'm might James, justfor for a moment, I'm gonna
shuffle our our order just just alittle bit. Um, since we're on
the nostalgia train, do you recalla little boy who also inspired our our
(21:18):
generation. Um back in the day, his name was Ashcatchum could a dream
and he had a dream to bethe very best. Yeah, yeah,
and um, so right now,my son is obsessed with Pokemon, and
I think a lot of kids areright now, which is just amazing.
(21:41):
You know what, Like thirty thirtyfive years later, kids are still collecting
Pokemon cards and now they've got likePokemon Go and and all of these other
Pokemon games. And uh so,so my my son's first got obsessed with
Pokemon Go on the phone, whichis the the virtual real and that virtual
reality, the augmented reality game rightfirst of it's kind that came out,
(22:06):
So you walk in the world aroundyou and Pokemon is suddenly all around you,
right, And I'm like, well, he cannot fully appreciate this until
we watch the originals of Random.So we've been on Amazon Prime watching the
original nineteen ninety seven OG Pokemon IndigoLeague series and he is just so fascinating.
(22:33):
Haveing is so much fun. AndI just wanted to say, James,
like, I wish that kids showsand movies were still like this.
I feel like, for some reason, like things have gotten like more overly
realistic and overly dark. And youknow, even the villains in the original
Pokemon, like the Jesse and Jamesright team Rocket, We're so silly,
(22:57):
so dumb, so fun, andit's so full of heart, you know,
yeah, yeah, like don't stealyou know, don't don't overfeed your
Pokemon, don't stop getting electrocuted,you know, don't you know, do
all of these ridiculous things. Anyways, Um, but it's just been so
(23:18):
awesome, like going through and reexperiencing Pokemon with with my son. And
now he runs around with the neighborhoodkids and they like play Pokemon, like
they invented their own little Pokemon namesfor each other, and and they chase
each other around and do attacks andstuff, and it's it's just it's just,
(23:40):
you know, I'm so happy thatit's still here and it's still like
this feel good light and fun thingsthat you know, kids can experience and
have like that, genuine, youknow, great innocent childhood experience. Um
and James, I have a challengefor you. No, no, I
have a challenge for you right andfor anybody out there who's listening. UM,
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challenge yourself right now. Do youremember the lyrics the original song?
Yes? Can you? Can yousing them for us? Okay, let's
see. Okay, be a dudetogether. Can we do it together?
We can do it together? Allright? Okay? Three two and one.
I want to be the very best, like no one ever was.
(24:26):
Bump bump bump to catch them,miss, my real test test to train
them, Miss. I will travelacross the land. Oh we're going,
I was gonna say, first,keep going. I will travel acros across
the land, searching, teach Pokemonto understand listen the power that Pokemon gotta
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catch them, and then so onand so on. It's you then me.
I don't know, it's my destiny. You teach me and poke very
good very good, very good.All right, thank you. Thanks.
It goes on and on and on. It's a very long song, but
I'm impressed. Good job. Ofcourse, that's that's seared into my mind.
(25:19):
But did you know that the ashketch Um legacy story has has come
to an end? It was itwas this past year where he finally became
the very best. He became aPokemon master. Yeah, so, well,
is he still ten years old thoughhe never aged? Did it twenty
(25:40):
years? That's awesome? Congratulations Ashand um you know, and it's funny
we talk about things that have beenaltered and changed. So the what I'm
discovering is that the original right Japaneseversion of Pokemon, there were some things
that were just a little too spicy, right, a little too spicy for
for American audiences and for kids.And um, just going back and trying
(26:03):
to find some of these episodes,I'm like, oh, hey, why
does Jesse, Like why does Jameshave like a full rack? You know,
like he's bikini and he's got likebobs and stuff, and um,
like there's Jesse and James like nakedin a hot spring together, like,
oh my good, do I justnot remember this or did this not air
like so, um that's funny too. Just um right, yeah, I
(26:32):
can see how, you know,yeah, for American audiences, that wasn't
going to fly. But yeah,we're just having lots of fun. And
it's available on Prime and um variousother streaming services. Have you know all
of the seasons of the original Pokemon? All right? Excellent? Excellent.
Well let's talk about um, thisother show that is unlike Pokemon, but
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it's a very similar to It's uhit's roots, which is because I recently
had a baby, My wife andI had a baby, we've been inside
a lot, have not had thechance to go out and see anything new.
So we've been, you know,relying on some of our our favorite
shows that we love to watch overand over again. You know, shows
(27:14):
that are very I don't know what'swhat's the word, just uh, it's
it's reliable, They feel good,nostalgic. You can always, you know,
go back to it over and overagain. Well, one show that
we've gone back to is this thisshort lived series Lethal Weapon based off the
movies. But this is a seriesthat was on Fox from twenty sixteen to
(27:36):
twenty nineteen, based off the samecharacters from the classic movies. And if
you haven't watched or heard of theseries because it was short lived, I
highly recommend it because it's a fantasticshow. It's a fantastic show that unfortunately
was cut too short because of insiderbickering and squabbles. But man, this
(27:59):
shows it all. I'm gonna describeit really quick and hopefully I can sell
it to you. Okay, gofor Okay, let's pe so Letha weapon.
The series. We follow Martin Riggsplayed by Cline Crawford, a slightly
unhinged cop who has partnered with aveteran detective played by Damon Wayans who's trying
to maintain a low stress level inhis life, which of course is very
hard to do with this man wholives on the edge. Martin Riggs,
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like I said, this short livedshow is incredible. All the characters are
so fun to watch. The actingis funny, the performances are funny,
dramatic, gut wrenching at times,and the action sequences some of the best
action sequences I've ever seen on television. I'm talking like movie quality stunts,
(28:44):
from car chases to fights to shootouts. This show has it all. I
recommend the first two seasons. Theymade it to three, but because of
in fighting insider fighting, not allthe characters return for season three. But
seasons one and two are solid andI highly recommend watching and you could rent
it on I believe Amazon Prime.My wife actually bought on Amazon Prime the
(29:07):
season's one and two so they couldjust watch it whenever. And right now
we're going through that restarting that oneagain. Highly recommend Lethal Weapon. All
right, Okay, I didn't evenI didn't know that there was a spin
off show, so, um,that sounds like it's in my husband's wheelhouse.
We're gonna have to check that out. I'm glad. I'm glad,
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and we need more of that,definitely, we need things that are are
more fun and more light. Butyou know, speaking of things that we
were watching, you recommend that one? This one that I would I've been
watching lately with my husband and youknow, I'm really on the fence,
I kind of. He likes ita lot more than I do, so
(29:51):
you know, maybe you be thejudge. But it's called mismatched on Netflix,
so, um, there's a lotof have you seen like Indian matchmaking
shows? No, not really,So that's you know, that's pretty popular
in streaming services as well. Um, except this is this is a show,
a series, So it's about thisthis teenage girl. She's seventeen years
(30:15):
old. Her mother is obsessed withthe idea of her getting married she's only
seventeen, like obsessed, obsessed toand um so she goes away to this
class, right, she was ableto take a summer program like a college
type program, and gets set upby her mother without her knowledge. And
(30:38):
this other boy who like really likesher has this big crush on her,
you know, thinks he's going tobe meeting his future wife and is sorely
disappointed because she is very angry aboutthis situation. So they have to sort
of strike up this tentative like truceand friendship while attending this summer program.
(31:00):
AM. So here's the thing.They're definitely like laugh out loud, you
know, kind of sweet moments herein this show. But it's like there's
like so many red flags, likekind of cringey things that I don't think
really work, Mainly that she isseventeen years old and all she wants to
(31:26):
do is go to school and studysomething and be the best at that job
and you know, have this amazingcareer and start her life. And everyone
else around her is just obsessed withmarriage and dating and love and like forcing
this upon her, and she isnaturally like just super pissed off about it.
(31:47):
But all the other characters are like, oh, what's wrong with her?
What do you mean, what's wrongwith her? She's a child who
wants to go to college and goto school and start her life, and
like everyone is just kind of tryingto bring her down in this way.
So I'm I'm watching this show becauseI'm rooting for her to not hook up
with anyone, you know, notget into a relationship with anyone. I'm
(32:07):
rooting for just pure friendship and forher to you know, kick this class's
ass and go off and be likethe super professional that she wants to be.
Um. So that's Mismatched on Netflix. My husband likes it a lot
more than I do. I thinkthere I think it's I think it's cringe
em but there's definitely like really funnyum parts to it. It's half in
(32:30):
Hindi, half in English, umand um. Yeah, So if that's
your cup of tea, uh,Mismatched on Netflix, right, now okay,
well, we'll let our audience bethe judge. Which one do you
prefer? Lethal Weapon a show thatI am sold completely on, or mismatched
which has mixed reviews in uh inJamie's house. Yeah, or Pokemon or
(32:54):
Pokemon A go to Pokemon. Pokemonis is also a safe bet fan favorite.
Yeah again, Well, this isa great episode. Thank you everybody
who tuned in for this one.Let us know you know your thoughts again,
you are part of the show.To join the conversation. We would
love to give you a shout out, as Jamie did before. And you
(33:15):
know we do this for you.We want to hear feedback. We want
to hear your reviews, your takeson these stories, on these topics and
on these shows so common down below. Leave a like, leave a five
star review, and we'll keep thistrain rolling. That's right, and stick
around after the credits, we willhave casting calls for this week because we
love to get you in the movies. But until then, we'll see you
(33:38):
guys next week. I'm Jamie,I'm James. I'm back. Thank you
for sticking around to the part ofthe Hub on Hollywood where we get you
in the movies. All right,we've talked a lot about Netflix this episode,
and now Netflix is shooting a serieson Kick Cod in Chatham and they
(34:00):
are looking for a number of peopleto play waiters and waitresses. This is
the Nicole Kidman series limited series that'sbeing filmed right now based on the book
of the same name, The PerfectCouple. So they're looking for people to
play waiters and waitresses who have realwaiting experience that should be on your resume.
(34:22):
So um, there are ten datesin particular that they are looking for.
It's May ten, twenty five,thirty thirty one, June eighth,
thirteen fourteen, and July six,seven eight. If you are available for
those days and you have some waitingexperience, go ahead, sign up with
(34:45):
Boston Casting dot com let them knowyour availability. It's free to sign up
and get these notifications. So that'sthe big film that's that's filming right now,
and there's constantly casting calls going onfor that. We let you know
about the Good Burger two movie that'scoming to Rhode Island that's also through Boston
(35:05):
Casting. So go ahead, don'twait, make a free profile for yourself
today. Excellent Slave Casting looking forteens with a driver's license. No acting
experience necessary for this upcoming project.This is taking place in DC, Maryland
and Virginia. They're casting in thoseareas. So if you are a teenager,
(35:28):
if you know a teenager with adriver's license, send there, have
them, send photos, names,ages, content information agent if they have
one where they live. Send allthat to Slate Real People Casting at gmail
dot com. If you are cast. Pays seven hundred and fifty bucks for
one day shoot Slate Real People Castingat gmail dot com. All right,
(35:51):
and Boston Casting is looking for wheelchairusers between the ages of twenty and forty
for an up coming commercial project.This shoots in May nineteenth. Pays pretty
well, So you're gonna want tosend a current photo, phone number,
email, location where you are based, and in the subject line right wheelchair
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users, slash your name to BostonCasting submit one at gmail dot com.
All right, a lot of greatcasting calls. Of course, we only
bring the best. So again,if you match any of those descriptions,
or if you know someone who matchesany of these descriptions, go ahead to
send them this link to this podcast. Get them discovered, get them made,
(36:37):
and you know, get them somework. That's right, that's right,
and then come hang out with uson set. And we love featuring
filmmakers, actors, anyone in thefilm industry here in New England. If
that is your passion, that's whatyou do, reach out to us here
on the Hub on Hollywood. Wewould love to feature you and your work
(36:58):
excellent. Well, this is inthe Hub on Hollywood. Catch us next
week, but until then, I'mJames, I'm Jamie. See you then,
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