S16E5: RocBottom Studios Corey Davis

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But without further ado, let'sget the party started.
We have a special guest in thehouse, but let's get our party started.
I'm gonna bring up somebodywho, who normally is.
Is, you know, dealing with thechildren's of such type, or in this
case, like she calls it, the olds.
Whoopty freaking do.

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What's going on?
Whoopty.
How you doing?
How you doing?
All right.
Ah, see, it's nice out therein atl.
Yes.
No rain, thank God.
It's Dragon Con weekend.
Keep your fingers crossed.
There it is.
Dragon Con weekend is this weekend.
So shout out to Whoopi, who will.
I think you will be in the tens.
I know Navy will be there.
Who is our.
Our local globetrotter for the week.

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What's going on?
Our very own horroraficionado, Queen of the kebab.
I did it again.
Queen of the macabre.
Geek by heart.
I knew I was gonna do that forthe same time I do it.

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What's going on?
Nothing, Just enjoying the day.
Enjoying my last visit.
Summer.
Yes.
So school starts for you.
It hasn't started yet.
Right.
I mean, I'm in a chartersystem, so it's a gradual start.
Like, because I'm on leadership.
We just had one week in Julyand that's it.

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And so then our teachers cameback last Wednesday and then our
kids come back next Thursday and.
And please, if you can,support the teachers out there because
let's face it, the educationsystem is suffering.
Please, by all means, youknow, donate what you can to the,
to the school systems if you can.
You know, the children needSomething some of the kids are coming

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back to school and can'tafford certain things and this what
we take for granted.
So, you know, these teachersare coming out of pocket to do what
they can to make sure theseteachers can.
Can do their job to make surethe teachers can do the job to make
sure the children can learnthe lessons they need to learn.
So shout out to our very owngeek by her.
They will put it right there.

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Frozen?
Yeah, you're fro.
The scrolls got to you again.
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So season 16.
Jesus Christ, people.
When I say it like that, itdoesn't sound like it.

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Shout out to all the peoplewho are joining us, our local or
local share writers.
Mal in the building.
What's going on, Mal?
Christy D's in the building.
I'm looking for, I'm lookingfor, I'm looking for our guy Bama.
He hasn't shown up yet, so.
Whoopty.

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Well, it's about these movies.
I'm here.
Yeah.
So as, as the crew knows andsome people in my circle know, I
cannot and will never be ableto attend Dragon Con because it's
my anniversary weekend.
Bring a wife.

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Exactly.
Large crowd.
Large crowds.
Long periods of time.
Over.
Sensory overload.
Sensory overload.
It's, it can be.
Yeah, it absolutely can be.
Like her social battery is,is, is like.

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All right, I'm ready to go.
Okay.
All right.
This might be the first year Iskipped the parade.
Is there a reason why is.
They normally have the parade?
What?
On the.
Was it Saturday?
Okay.
Okay.
Because it's a, it's, it's a.
Five hotels.

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Yes.
This western.
Three, four.
Four host hotels.
Five host hotels in the area.
Three of them are connected by what.
We call hamster trails or like skyways.
And it's in the street, it'sin the buildings, it's.

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It's everywhere.
It's a lot.
It's a lot.
And I'm also with a small social.
Battery, so I, I, I envy thosewho can't go.
It's my nerd Christmas.
Hey, I, I envy those who can go.
But I'll take it.
Appreciate you man.
Thank you, thank you.

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He says happy pre anniversaryto me and wife.
Thank you.
So yeah, I, I, I have to, Ihave to live vicariously through
the crew who does, who do, whodoes attend.
But, but that's all, that's okay.
That's okay.
So I, I want to go one day.
Yeah, somebody, somebodyactually said to me, you can do,

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you can do like one day.
And I'm like, I gave them looklike it's me.
Seriously, one day.
Yeah, one day only to comeback to the hotel and then get the,
and have the cut eye.
Yeah, it's not worth it.

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The death will be much moresignificant, let's put it that way.
So you went there the whole day?
You said a couple hours.
I know I said a couple hours,but the lines and then this and then
I got this and yeah, that'snot it.
Trust me.
This is, this is from the sameperson who was.

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We, we were out running errands.
This was a couple of years ago.
We were out running errandsand we just happened to be near my
local comic book store where Iget all my book stuff.
I might get my pool list.
And I said I'm gonna run in,I'm gonna grab my pull list.
I'm gonna be out.
I'll probably be like 15 minutes.
This was in the summer and Icame out 40 minutes later.

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Didn't realize 40 minutespassed by and I, I gently got in
the car and she had fell asleep.
So gently got in the car,turned on the car and she, the first
thing she looked at was the clock.
She was like, really?
I'm like, the AC was on.

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Excuse.
Never did that again.
So we got our special guest inthe building.
This brother is making major moves.
He's also partnered with Blur Station.
So shout out to.
This brother is doing well but let's.
I'm gonna give you a quick run.
Run down.
Bioan Inc. And pencil maestro.

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Bipoc Animation festival awardnominee and creator of the first
globally distributed digitaldesktop format comic Rock Bottom
has garnered praise fromhundreds for his stylist, stylistic
and innovative approach to hiscraft to a staff.
His creative works has beenfeatured in the Underwire online
magazine with his creatorowned comic Lions Den Revolution,

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the first comic to ever bepresented in digital desktop format.
Other comic credits includeQueen of Sin and Masters Devils for
Legion Studios and 803 from803 Studios.
Rock's titles include OrderShadow Club Karma and Jet Boy, soon
to Come and dawn of Kronos.
And in addition to his comicwork, Rock is bringing his creations

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to life through animation.
His upcoming projects such asBrides, Dark Goddess, Jet Boy, the
Animated Series, Shadow Club,Karma, the Series, and the Lion King
Revolution the Movie are allcurrently in production for multiple
platforms.
Rock Bottoms, Jet Boy, Todaywas a good day.
Was a jury selected for the2024 BIPOC Animation Festival in

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Austin, Texas, and laternominated for outstanding Animated
Feature.
That's a mouthful, that's a mouth.
But we're gonna bring him upon stage.
Corey Davis.
First off.
Hey, that's not Corey.
That's.
But Corey Davis.
Rock Bottom Studios.

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What's going on, Corey?
What's up?
What's up?
What's up?
Yeah, that's me there.
There we go.
There you go.
Yeah, there you go.
Yeah.
An extensive catalog, my guy.
Ah, yeah, it's a lot of work.
It's a lot of work.
It's a lot of work.
But yeah, I'm.
I'm here.
Somehow.

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You chose wisely, sir.
You chose.
You've.
You've made a lot of wise choices.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
To get.
To get as many.
To get as many accolades ifyou have as I've just read off and
I'm sure there's more.
So I.
Normally we would just kickthis thing off.
How did you get started?
Blah, blah, blah.
I want to do a little bit different.

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Okay, let's talk about Corey.
Okay.
Where did the.
The gift of animation, youknow, schooling and, you know, influences.
Where did.
Where did that start?
Basically, I am.

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I grew up mostly in Maryland,around Washington, D.C. before we
moved here to South Carolina,where I am now.
And that's where I discoveredthe animation bug, I guess, you know,
just kind of came into into mylife during that time.
Early 80s.
So that was the era of HannaBarbera, Saturday morning cartoons

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and the afternoons we had likeold reruns of Looney Tunes and Speed
Racing.
And then that era startedslowly drifting into the he man and
Thundercats era and such.
So I would say probably aroundthat time, I had to be about 5 years
old.
And I was fascinated with theartistry of the animation more so

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than the animation itself.
Like, a lot of kids my agewere taken back by the characters
and everything, wanted to getthe lunchboxes, the toys, the merchandise,
you know, and I was just like,how do they get these drawings to
move?
So that was my wholeintroduction to it all.
And of course, comic books waslike the closest thing that I could

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do to animation as a kid.
So of course that kind of cameas a package deal.
So I would say that surroundthe time that everything kind of
started for me.
Okay, Laney, question.
Okay.
I am curious on how.
Is there any plans on how youcan bring your gifts to, like, a

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younger generation?
Oh, yeah, absolutely.
We.
What we do is we do theseseries of workshops in schools and.
And at our own studio and everything.
So we kind of open the doorfor younger animators and.

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And future comic book writersand artists.
We just have them come insometimes and just shadow what we
do.
Yeah, pretty much.
That's the.
The game plan for us to kindof open that door to that young generation.
Because we live in a city thatdidn't really have those types of

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resources when I was that age.
So to provide those resourcesand be able to have those types of
connections and skills andeverything to share with the younger
generation, we, you know, jumpat the chance to do that and share
that through workshops.

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We go to schools.
We have certain workshops inour own studio we might go to, like,
libraries.
Whoever we're partnered upwith at the time to kind of spread
the gospel of, you know,animation and comics for the young,
you know, the young generationto kind of come in and, you know,

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take the wheel.
Long after us, you know,senior citizens are ready to retire.
We the same, Brighton?
Not yet.
Yeah, so you're Gen X, soyou're fine.
Exactly.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So.

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But that's pretty much how.
How we do that.
So, yeah, you're Gen X.
We have a different type of vibe.
I don't know what it is, butwhatever's in our life blood, we
keep.
We keep things rocking.
It was like, hey, hey.
I. I totally agree.
110.
Lady Mandalore, you got a question?

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Yes.
So where did you.
I can't.
I'm so sorry.
I'm flustered.
I apologize.
I'm so over.
Where did you find or did youever find a mentor?
And how.
Who were they?
How did they inspire you?
Do they still support you inany way?

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Oh, yeah.
I have several mentors, someof which came into my life at a time
where I really needed thattype of guidance.
And when it comes to the arts,I have so many different people that
I can kind of point out.
I'll be here all day pointingthem all.

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But my art teacher in college,gentleman by the name of Tyrone Jeter,
like he was when I was younger.
I like to compare our relationship.
When he first came to our school.

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Our relationship was kind oflike Barton Homer Simpson.
So I was the knucklehead thathe was always trying to get to, you
know, kind of fall in line.
And then after a While, youknow, I just kind of, you know, understood
what he was trying, you know,I was picking up what he was laying
down a little bit more.
And till this day, he's stilla mentor.

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He made a very, veryimportant, very sizable contribution
to our animation studio printshop that we have going on here.
So.
And that was just recent, asof last week.
So shout out to Tyrone Jeter.
Yeah, so he's probably one of,you know, my biggest, you know, mentors,

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you know, in life right now asfar as art goes.
I find that.
And I'm glad you mentioned alot of the 80s era of cartoons.
We were the.
We were the originators, Ishould say, of the cartoon block.
From 5 to 6am up until almostnoon was like, you were up Saturday,

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like you were locked in.
And these were the things thatyou were checked out on.
And that was it.
There was.
There was no other discussion.
Yep.
Your moms and your pops wasable to work with you and say, all
right, after those cartoons gooff, we cleaning up, we cleaning
the house.
Yeah, that was.
That was just how it worked.
But I. I is so hearing.

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Hearing that those types ofcartoons were the influence for you
does.
Does a lot of justice for alot of people because it, you know,
I've seen some of the worst cartoons.
Oh, man, you and me both.
Where they're just like, Idon't remember that.
And I'm like, oh, I do.
You know, that's.
That's pretty much my brain.

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My brain is like an oversizedcatalog of animation, and that goes
for, like, the best of thebest and the worst of the worst.
Yeah.
So I can rifle off titles thatpeople don't even remember.
So, yeah, I totally get it.
So I want to talk to you about.

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Okay, so you're working withBlur Station, which we are also a
part of with the press teamfor Blair Station.
Yeah.
And what projects do you havecoming towards Blurred Station that
you'd like to talk about?
Well, I have a pretty sizablecatalog that I'll be bringing to
the station.

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I worked for a studio forabout six to seven years where all
of their content was digital.
And I left that platformaround 2019, and that digital catalog
hasn't really been seen online since.

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So what I'll be doing is I'llbe bringing that entire catalog,
that digital catalog to Blurt Station.
We are also working on severalanimated shorts and, you know, animated
pieces that will be, you know,contributing to the Blur Station
library, one of which is JetBoy, which is one of my.

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That's my baby, actually,like, It's a comic that I created
initially about 20 years agoabout a top secret government agency
that polices alien technology.
And this 10 year old kid isone of those agents.
But the most important aspectof that story is it was born of me

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being around the same age asthe character Paul Perkins, around
10 years old, reading comic books.
And you know, this is right.
This was pretty much rightbefore Milestone and, and Spawn and
everybody came along.
So around that time therewasn't really many heroes that looked

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like us, you know, so theimportance of putting Jet Boy out
there, it was kind of like alove letter to young black kids that
we can be heroes too.
So just creating thatnarrative and in that particular

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project was very important.
And I didn't really have aplan to turn it into an animation
until I met my current codirector of, you know, animation,
who is Mike Sofaluque.
Shout out to Mike over in, in London.

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Mike is a Nigerian animationdirector who has, you know, worked
on projects like Love, Deathand Robots.
He's worked on.
Absolutely.
I think he did.
I think the most recent one hedid was the 400 boys.

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Haven't been watching thatanthology series.
By all means, go check that out.
400 boys.
I think Mike something on.
I could, I could be wrong, but he'll.
Yeah, that was, that was, thatwas a wild one.
Oh, yeah, yeah, that's thatboy right there.
Yeah.
And that's a clip from thevery first finished animation that

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Mike and I worked on.
I had the privilege of meetingMike through MySpace to let you know
how.
Far back that was.
That's crazy.
Yeah, I, I met him as ananimator and I was there to kind
of network with other artistsand everything of, of different backgrounds.

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I met Mike and I knew he wasan animator.
But about three months intoour friendship, I did the, the first
initial sketch of Jet Boy andshared it on the platform.
And he saw it and he said,well, tell me more about this character,
because this kind of lookslike what me and Marvin, who's a

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partner at the time, like thislooks like what we do for our day
jobs.
And I was just like, what doyou do for your day job?
He's like, I don't know, doyou guys have the gorillas over there
in the States?
And I was like, wait a minute, what?
And so he's like, yeah, I dolike lead animation for the Gorillaz
music videos.
And I was like, you've beenworking for the Gorillaz music videos
this entire.
Time and you didn't tell me?

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I beg your finest pardon?
A Phrase that has been gettingused quite a bit lately.
Proud of you.
Yeah.
So that's.
That's how our friendshipkicked off until this day.
We still work.
And that image that was justshared is from the first ever polished,

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finished Jet Boy animationthat we worked on together.
I'm gonna.
I'll grab a clip for it.
But Geek by heart, which isLainey, our very own lady, she wants
to know, was it difficultbeing a POC in your field?
Yes and yeah.
Yeah.
Yes and no.

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There's the whole yes and noaspect of it, I guess, knowing the
sense of I had some very goodmentors and.
And people leading me into thelanes that I needed to be in and
which ones I needed to avoid.
And I guess what made it hardis the fact that those lanes exist.

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Right.
So I guess that's probably the.
The easiest short form answerbecause this is like an industry
where there's not a whole lotof us.
So that's why it's veryimportant for me to start that animation
studio that I started so wecan have more of an opportunity,

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especially around here in thecity that I'm in it, there's little
to no resources for theanimator, especially animators of
color, but that doesn't meanthat there aren't animators of color
here in town and aspiringanimators of color.
So the kids that look like usthat, you know, can't afford to get

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in the scad, or may not beable to beat out 700 other kids that
look like them, that don'tlook like them to get into that Disney
internship, you know, theyneed some type of alternative.
And that's pretty much why itwas important for me to push.

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Push through with what wehave, because we know how hard it
is in the industry, you know,to kind of, you know, come up, especially,
like I said, in the communitythat we're in, it's very hard.
It's very hard.
I was gonna ask, you know what?
You.
Like you said, you.
You trans.
You're a transplant from D.C.now you're in South Carolina.
I was gonna ask.
You don't really hear a lot ofpeople coming that.

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Whether it's in any of theform of animation or entertainment
coming out of the.
Out of the.
Out of the south or out of theCarolinas or anything like that,
for that matter.
So I was wondering how thatwork, how that worked, because, you
know, in our circle, a lot ofstuff is.
Is either west coast or theD.C. area or maybe even New York

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City.
Yeah, mostly New York City,but you don't really hear it from,
like, other states.
Like, they have their own kindof thing.
You know, even here with mehere being in Cleveland, it's more
artsy than anything.
It's a lot of comics, but it'snot a lot of us comics, you know,
so, you know, they.

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They have it, but it's like,once again, you don't see you.
So that was.
That's.
That was interesting.
That's.
I'm glad that you're doingsomething to kind of, like, shine
some light over here.
Like, hey, you may not make.
Like you said, you may notmake that Disney internship, but.
Right.
You can come over here and wemake sure you get seen.

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We make sure you work, youmake sure you get somewhere, get
your foot in the door.
You know, who knows what happens?
Yeah, yeah.
And.
And that's the.
The cool thing is because wehave those connections with Disney
and Cartoon Network and such,you know, it's.
It's kind of a way that, youknow, that talented bunch can, you

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know, kind of cut corners to adegree, for lack of a better term.
And, you know, we give themthe training that they need, and
then we turn them loose onthem and, you know, they can, you
know, kind of take a look atwhat's out there and what they're

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qualified to do.
In some cases, we'll put themin situations where they can learn
directly from Disney animatorsor animators from Nickelodeon.
You know what I mean?
So we've, you know, we'restarting to come into our own down
here.
You guys are familiar with Bitterroot?
Yes, yes, yes, yes, we are.

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Well.
Well, Chuck Brown and SanfordGreen are from here.
We all went to schooltogether, so.
Look at that circle.
Look at that circle.
Yeah.
Mike Coulter, who played LukeCage, he also went to our college
for a little bit before hewent off to usc.
I mean, we have a pretty solidstable of talent here, you know,

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but it's.
It's like we said, like, a lotof the resources we had to go elsewhere
to get.
Tell Mike.
We tell Mike we're stilllooking for him in that second season
of Daredevil.
We just saying everybody elseis showing up.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So it's.
Yeah, I'm waiting for that,too, man.

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To be honest.
Yeah.
I'm a big Luke Cage fan, so.
So, Lady Mandalore, another question.
Do you find.
Are you able to find talent naturally?
Like, do you have people thatare actually seeking you out?
And I. I asked that justbecause of the.

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The Disney connection.
Do you find that there arePeople that you can connect with
or have a maybe a more, Iguess a more natural connection with,
with them without all thepressure of them feeling like I'm
at Disney, like I, I have tostay on my grind type type of situation.

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Is it a little bit easier?
Do people find a little bitmore easier?
And have you had people thathave left Disney come to y' all and
said, thank God.
We'Re not there yet?
We're trying to, we, we've hadsome, some folks seek us out because,
you know, just for the mostpart we're kind of the only game

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in town that can actuallydirect people within the animation
realm here to that type ofconnection to like a Disney or a
Nickelodeon and such.
We had the privilege last yearof partnering with Compass Studios.

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Shout out to Tony.
Tight.
Compass Studios is A blackowned 3D animation studio here in
Columbia, South Carolina.
And with our partnership thatmade both of our studios the largest
animation studio, black ownedanimation studio in size and scope

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in the world.
And I know there's like a listof black owned studios that you can,
you know, throw out there, butin size and scope, between that merger
that we had, we have like thebiggest black owned animation studio
like on the planet.
How, how big we talking in,in, in people and like feet.

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I'll give you an example, Igive, I'll give you one example.
There is a editing suite onthis campus that there's only three
of them in existence and that's.
Oh wow, we have one, Sony hasone and Warner Brothers has one.

(33:04):
So to kind of give you an ideaof what that size and scope looks
like, that's what we'redealing with.
That's what we're talkingabout when it comes to size and scope.
So it's, it's condensed butit's, it's, it's stacked.

(33:24):
That's what it is.
The talent is there.
Oh yeah.
But, but it's, it's so out ofthe way.
Yeah.
That they wouldn't know that.
Oh, all this talent, all this,all this future talent and future
celebrity is sitting here andno one sees it.
Right.
Yeah.

(33:44):
And, and that's, and that's agood explanation of the Compass Studios
itself.
We didn't even know that it existed.
That it was kind of sittingoff in the cut.
You know, it was just kind of there.
Like we didn't know what itwas until we went to meet with Tony

(34:05):
for the first time.
And on the outside it justlooks like an old like abandoned
shopping center, like an oldstrip mall.
Oh man.
But when you go inside.
It's like a multi milliondollar facility with sound stages.
Let's go.

(34:26):
Yeah, like sound stages, the3D master, 3D editing suite for the
animation.
All of that, all of that.
Talk show sets, green screenroom, infinity wall.
Like it's.
It's completely decked out.
And you would never know thatit was back there in the cut, you

(34:46):
know, but see, that is.
That is something I would never.
I've never thought abouttaking an abandoned mall or strip
mall and confirm.
That's.
That's actually pretty damn genius.
Oh, yeah, yeah, that's.
That's Tony.
That's Tony.
Tight.
And yeah, yeah, he's.

(35:07):
He's.
He's a genius himself.
He's an OG in the game.
He comes from.
He has a background in Atlanta.
Used to work for LaFace Records.
What house did you go to?
Huh?

(35:29):
What causes you go to that?
Everyone's coming around this in.
Oh, man, I. I went to BenedictCollege here in Columbia.
All right, so Demetrius andKevin over a blur station.
We need to mine Benedict College.
I just talked to themyesterday about that.

(35:49):
I entered a partnership with Benedict.
Shout out to Ms. Moore, GinaMoore over there, who's one of my
old professors, and the arts department.
We are starting an internshipprogram with them so we can mine
those young minds and startthat next generation of black animators

(36:14):
coming out.
And, you know, starting inspring of next year, we're going
to be, you know, kicking outthat internship program.
So.
So yeah, so that.
And I talked to Demetrius andKevin about that yesterday.
I think it was yesterday, theday before that, or I. I did talk
to Demetrius maybe yesterday,day before that.

(36:37):
Good Lord.
That's a lot of.
And for those that arewatching, you're.
What you're seeing is justsome of the projects that they have
or for rock bottom studios.
I'm not showing you everything.
Yeah.
You want to join up a blurstation to catch the rest of this
catalog?
Yeah, but.
But yeah, this is.

(36:58):
This is dope.
Because, see, I'm just amazedby how much talent and how much thinking
outside the box that's goingon and the fact that your partnership,
you're doing partnerships withthe college to like, let's get this
going.
Because, like, like you said, you.
It's a gold mine.
That's a gold mine.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.

(37:19):
That's a gold mine of talentthat I.
That one isn't being seen.
Two is being wasted, you know,because you.
You people will tell you inany form of entertainment, Entertainment,
they say you either got to goto New York or you got to go to California.
Yep.
And let's face it, prices aretoo damn high.

(37:43):
That is very true.
That is very true.
Like, that's been.
That's been the thing that hastaken the place of resources here,
because not having thoseresources for years and years and
being told, yeah, if you wantto get those resources, then you

(38:04):
have to go elsewhere.
And that's just been the thingthat we were always taught, like,
coming up down here.
And now that, you know, timesare changing, the Internet's coming
to play.
YouTube is a thing.
Schools are starting to kindof, you know, appreciate the value
of teaching animation.

(38:25):
You know, in some spaces, you know.
They crawling on their bellies.
They.
They like, oh, we've been here.
We've been here the entire time.
Right.
Yeah.
So.
So, yeah.
So now that, you know, theworld is starting to kind of wake
up around here, it's startingto feel less like the land that time

(38:46):
forgot.
So now is the time to kind oftake advantage of that, and that's
exactly what we're doing.
So.
Yeah.
So I. I do have my ownquestion, because you mentioned 80s
cartoons.
Coming up on the 80s.
On the 80s eras of cartoons, Ineed to know.
Name the most obscure cartoonfrom the 80s era and explain.

(39:09):
And.
And for those who don't know,have never heard it, never seen it.
Explain the premise.
Oh, man.
80S and 90s.
I say 80s and 90s.
All right.
80s is probably.
80s is probably easier becausethere's so many of them, like, so

(39:31):
many very obscure ones.
Two come to mind, actually.
Ulysses 31 is probably.
Where's Davey?
Yeah, that's probably one thatjust kind of pops in there every
time somebody asked me this question.

(39:52):
Because it's a retelling of,like, the Greek gods, but it's, you
know, told, like, throughouter space, Star wars, like, space
opera type, you know, narrative.
And it is probably one of theweirdest things that I've ever seen

(40:12):
coming up, like, around thattime, because the animation style
was.
Was weird because I think itwas a.
It was a joint productionbetween Japan, France and.
And something else.
It was a bunch of differentcountries that you would never think
would come together on anything.
Yeah.
And let's make this cartoon.
And it was very odd, to saythe least.

(40:37):
Yeah.
Coming up.
But that's one.
And I think the mysteriousCities of Gold.
Oh, it's probably the other one.
Yeah.
Like that one.
I still don't know what thatwas about.
But I remember it had a nicesoundtrack, too.
Yep.
Yeah, I remember that Theme song.

(40:58):
They.
They make sure you neverforgot it.
Yeah.
Did you have a question?
You're muted, baby.
Just a quick question.
Is there anybody out therethat you.
Are aware of their work,whether it's.
A big or small studio that youwish that you could work with?

(41:23):
Oh, yeah.
Martian Blueberry.
The circle is there.
I swear to God.
Our circle is tight enough.
Like, on some.
I'm.
I'm screaming in my head like,oh, my God.
I really.
They.
They need to.
Something needs to happen.
Yeah, don't worry.
We're gonna talk.
We're gonna talk to Carl again.
Carl and love.
We're gonna be like, hey, hey,hey, hey.

(41:45):
Yeah, I.
Here's a funny story about Carl.
I met Carl.
I want to say this had to beabout 2007, and 2007, 2008, I think
this was still around.

(42:05):
Still around boondocks time.
And this was still, onceagain, MySpace error.
And I was talking to, I think,LaShawn Thomas at the time, because
we would keep in touch.
I met LaShawn through Sanford,and we would talk on social media
every now and then.

(42:26):
And when Mike Sofoluke put thebug in my ear about turning Jet Boy
into an animation, one of thepeople I was, you know, referred
to was Carl.
Yeah, like, talk to Carl.
And Carl was one of the firstones to tell me, yeah, go out there.

(42:49):
Don't worry about the money.
Do it, do it.
Show me what you got.
Blah, blah, blah.
And I still talk to him, like,on and off, like, you know, to this
day.
I think the last time I talkedto him was probably last year, you
know, sometime, to be honest.
But, yeah, so I was telling him.
I reached out to him about thestudio that I was opening at the

(43:12):
time because I wanted to see.
Because I saw MartianBlueberry was kicking off and wanted
to kind of, you know, hit himup and just be like, hey, you know,
I got some ideas.
And I think we just kind ofmissed each other, like ships in
the night, you know, like, I'll.
I'll write them.
And then, like a month laterhit me because.

(43:34):
Because life be life.
Yeah, but I mean, I saw whatthey were doing, so, I mean, I'm
not mad at it, but I would.
I would love this room.
There's room at the table for.
For it.
For everybody, that's for sure.
Oh, yeah, absolutely.
Yeah.
Like, it's not like it waswhen we were coming up where you
just had.
What was it?
Abc, NBC and CBS and Nick andNickelodeon, and that was it.

(43:58):
Like, that was it.
Like.
No, you like, when those.
When the three major networksdropped off, Nickelodeon came in
through.
Came through on Clutch.
And then Cartoon Network camein, and they said, yeah, we're gonna
do this.
And then Boomerang popped up,and now it's kind of like.
Yeah.
Like, everything's.
Everything's on Boomerang now.
It was like, yeah, you used toshow the older cuts, but now it's

(44:19):
like, if it's like five yearsold, we'll throw it on there, you
know?
So it's like, I remember allof that.
I remember that era.
So it's.
It's definitely something tosit back.
And my.
Even my wife said.
She's like, you watching this?
I'm like, it's cartoons.
These are comfort zones.
You don't seem to understand.
This is.

(44:39):
I Wish I had $5 just to go tothe corner store again and.
And.
And get.
And get a couple things of candy.
So it was.
It's just one of those thingswe don't get or we take advantage.
I should say.
We've.
We've taken advantage.
And I. I might need.
I need to revisit cartoontheme songs again, because there

(45:02):
were some.
There was some hits.
I'm telling.
There were some hits.
Oh, man.
I got a circle of friendswhere we just kind of get together
and just do that every now and then.
Like, they'll hit me up on,like, Facebook or something.
And my buddy Omar.
My buddy Omar likes to put meto the test.

(45:24):
He likes to keep me on my toes.
Yeah, between Omar and.
He'll throw.
He'll throw out, like, a list of.
He'll get some screenshotsfrom all of these different, like,
animated shows from, like, the80s and 70s and stuff.
And he's like, okay, I'm notgonna say what they are.
I need you to tell me whatthese things are.
And he.

(45:44):
He's constantly testing mygangster on my knowledge.
My knowledge of animation.
But he hadn't stumped me yet.
Look, right now.
Right now, the catalog fallsto Muppet Babies and Beast Boy from
Teen Titans.
Like, oh, like, oh, and Steve.

(46:06):
And Steve from Family Guy orfrom American Dad.
I'm sorry, Steve from American dad.
Like, those three.
I'm like, yeah.
Nobody knew Steve was crooninglike that.
I had no clue that he wasdropping bangers like that.
And Beast Boy.
Here come Beast Boy.
And I'm like, oh.

(46:26):
I wasn't.
I wasn't, like, a big fan ofTeen Titans.
Go.
But that.
That.
That song was a banger.
Yeah.
He started.
He started.
He started dropping some ofthem Songs.
And I'm like, let me just givethis a moment.
And because this is catchyright now, I'm like, I'm with it,

(46:47):
you know, and.
Right.
It don't help that they had that.
That Robin.
That second Robin joke in theblack background, and nobody caught
it unless you knew whathappened with the second Robin.
I'm just like, yeah.
Oh, they own that kind of time.
I've gotta see what this isall about now.
So don't traumatize those kidswith telling that story.
Yeah.

(47:08):
They're not old enough,literally, in the whole.
So for those that don't know,there's an episode of Teen Titans
Go where Robin is like, standin front of a bookcase and it's just
in the background, and there'sa urn.
There's an urn with a crowbarleaned up against it with Robin 2

(47:28):
written on the urn.
And I said, well, damn, y' all wild.
I. I said, well, that.
That's an open book.
By the Joker.
Is it?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I was doing.
That's why I said, I can'tbelieve they did that.
It's like, if, you know.

(47:48):
You know, let me.
Let me check this out.
I said, I need to.
I need to come in and I needto figure this out now.
At which point after that, Isaid, okay.
The show may not be theoriginal Teen Titans, however, it
has its own niche.
And it's funny.

(48:09):
You like?
Because there's a lot of jokesin there.
It's like, okay, we're comingoff a bit jokey.
It's not like some of theother shows where they're pushing
to it.
Like, no, there's justliterally, like, a lot of tongue
in cheek humor, and they justride with it, you know?
So.
Yeah, and it works.
It works.
So, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So, yeah.
I'm gonna have to revisit someof them cartoons, though.

(48:30):
A lot of those were.
Were right where they neededto be and needed to talk about it.
Man, you have such anextensive catalog.
See, I could wrap this.
I could wrap this whole thingTalking about these 80s cartoons
with you, man.
I'm like, I gotta.
It's.
People don't understand howhuge and Laney, you know, that catalog

(48:53):
is massive 80s and 90s cartoons.
Is massive 90s cartoons for mewas Mighty Max.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That ending.
I'm like, yo, what is going on?
Why are they doing.

(49:14):
And, yeah.
Mighty Max.
That.
That.
Their last season.
Their last season was brutal.
I'm like, they're showing this.
Yeah, everybody in the sameepisode I'm like, come on, Mighty
Max.
Mummy's alive.
That was another.

(49:34):
That was another one.
Mommy's Alive was a hitter.
Like, yeah.
Gargoyles, gargoyles.
Gummy bears.
Any of those Disney slaves.
Look here.
Yo, Mark.
Mark Cooper.
What's going on, Mark?
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice.

(49:54):
Yes.
Mark Cooper.
Yeah.
Mark Cooper is the voice ofJet Boy, by the way.
Look at that.
The circle is small.
Mark Cooper is the voice ofJet Boy.
Look how, look how this works.
It works.
Yes.
I had the privilege.
Mark is, is such a.
An amazing individual.

(50:15):
He tolerates me when I can'tanswer the phone.
I love him to death.
He's such a, a fantastictalent and I'm very fortunate to
have him kind of spearheadthis, this animation that we're doing.
Mark.
Mark is a good friend of the show.
He's been on it several timesand we previewed his, his music.
Him and eight have gottentogether at one point.

(50:39):
Yeah, Mark's been out there.
He's been on the grind.
Like I've never seen anyone.
I tell you, like, I'm so.
The first time, the first timehe was on Blurred side, this was
a few.
This was about three years ago.
Three, four years ago.
Right.
And the get.
My co host I had then, he wassaying he was just making a joke.

(51:00):
He was like, yeah, you got amassive catalog of music.
He's like, he's probablymaking another one right now.
He was like.
Mark said, yeah, real talk.
I'm actually finishing up enough.
Like, we were just joking.
And he has a huge catalog of music.
Oh, absolutely.
And it, he just, he.

(51:20):
He hits every time.
It just hits.
And you know, so when I listento people like him and Crazy the
great.
You know, these are guys thatI'm like, they get it.
They know what's going on.
They're tapped in.
I'm going to enjoy this.
Yeah.
Yeah.
He.
And, and he did such a goodjob with Jet Boy.

(51:42):
Working with him and workingwith Cynthia.
Cynthia Crans.
She has voiced almost everyvideo game in every, every anime.
Like she, she's chichi fromDragon Ball Z.
Yes, yes.
The only one that was close tokeeping Goku in line.

(52:03):
It was like, if I feed him,he'll sit still.
But it was, it was awesome to,to get her and Mark together to work
on Jet Boy.
I'm.
I'm actually wrapping up theend of this 10 minute short that

(52:26):
we're doing.
So that's, that's where I'vebeen pretty much all day with Emilio.
Shout out to Emilio he's beenon his grind doing the last of that
animation and editing.
So, yeah, to give you anexample of who we're working with
and how hard we're working onit, that's pretty much where we are.

(52:50):
And Mark and Cynthia were botha joy to work with on the voices
and the voice acting and everything.
So, yeah, it's.
Jet Boy is going to be prettysolid when.
When you see it, it's.
Yeah, I'm ready.
Oh, yeah.
Before we let you go, beforewe go to break, I want the ladies.

(53:10):
It could be a question.
It could be reminiscent onwhatever the cartoons were that you
came up with.
I'll let you have the floor.
You can have the floor, lady.
Mandalore.
You.
You already have the floor.
Because if I don't do the shipright, you'll get in my ass.
Oh, God.

(53:31):
Oh.
Oh, no.
Yeah.
Voltron Gummy Bears reboot.
Who else?
Oh, my God.
I'm trying to think of what.
X Men.
Sorry.
There you go.

(53:53):
Oh.
Oh.
Ewoks.
Oh.
Damn.
I forgot.
How could I.
How could I forgotten?
Right?
Like, I know there is.
There's.
There's, like, a core set thatI would get up super early for on
Saturday.
Ewoks always in that rotation.
Oh, yeah, yeah.

(54:14):
Ewoks and Droids.
Muppet Babies.
Yes.
Like, I said, they had it.
They had a catalog.
I'm like, hey, I don't knowwhat's going on this episode, but
they sang it.
I didn't know that.
Well, they had a lot of toysto sell.

(54:35):
I'm like, look.
Hey, get it in.
They.
They getting it in.
What about you, Gig Bar?
I'm gonna go with just, like,a couple.
And then I have actuallyanother question.
I always remember GI Joe andTransformers, Dungeons and Dragons.

(54:55):
Like, I'm actually looking ata Wikipedia page, and I'm like, oh,
I remember this stuff.
This is coming way back forme, Mr. T. Dungeon.
I mean, Dragon's Lair.
I can't.
I can't believe I didn'tremember Dragon's Lair.
I could never watch that.
I could never beat that arcade game.
I never beat that game.
I never beat.

(55:16):
Nope.
To this day, I feel like theycheated us on Dragon Slayer Arcade.
Yep.
It was never designed to win.
I actually.
What about you?
I actually thought that 13Ghosts of Scooby Doo was actually
in the 90s.
That was my favorite.
It was in the 80s.

(55:37):
Now, that was my favorite.
Scooby Doo Run.
That was mine, too.
Yeah, I love it.
Yes.
But like I said, I thought it.
Was in the 80s.
It was like mid-80s at that.
Yeah.
My question to you was, if, ifyou're, if you're trying to get into
your business, could you gothrough it outside of college or

(56:00):
would you say that you shouldgo through college and, and earn
a degree in what?
Like how, how would you get tobe where you are?
I, I would always say, youknow, get that education of, of,
you know, going to school and,and you know, getting prepared for

(56:24):
the real world as they call it.
I would always say, you know,go and get that education.
But then I also have to bemindful of those who just can't,
you know, who I mean, whetherthey can't afford it or it's just
not in the cards for them.
So my advice would be justfind whatever resources you can when

(56:52):
they're available.
If you can't go to school, ifyou can't go to college, then make
sure that whatever resourcesthat are available at your disposal
to further the education inthe field of art that you want to
go into, whether it's comics,whether it's animation, surround
yourself with folks that arelike minded that can guide you to

(57:15):
those resources.
They may be the resource, youknow what I mean?
So I won't, I won't say that Iwill give the advice to go to college,
you know, because like I said,I don't want to give that advice
to people who may not have theprivilege of going.
But what I would say is thatwe are in the age of information.

(57:40):
So, you know, I would say justfind those resources, cling on to
them as much as possible,learn as much as you could possibly
learn and you know, stick tothe people that have, you know, the
same goals.
So make sure your circle isfilled with like minded people, right?

(58:02):
And you'll go very far and youknow, just read a lot of comic books,
watch a lot of animation,study the greats, make sure that
you get all of those notes down.
And if you do have theprivilege of going to college, by
all means do it and get that,you know, that education that'll

(58:22):
put you on the right trackbecause a lot of artists aren't business
people and a lot of businesspeople aren't artists.
But learning that balance thatin between, that's true.
A lot of that comes from the experience.
So you know, the resources arekey to that.

(58:46):
So I would say if you can goto school, by all means further your
education.
If you can't latch on to thoseresources as you can get them, that's
what's up.
Did you have something Whoopibefore we go to break this one, you
muted, you muted.

(59:08):
She's like, that button is her.
Is her enemy, boy.
Pirates of Dark Water.
That's all.
That's good.
No, that's a good one.
And as far as 90s cartoons,Dark Wing ducks theme song had no

(59:30):
business.
Absolutely no business goingin here.
I'm like, I feel like I'm atthe Dag On Club right now.
Oh, don't get me started on that.
I love Dark Week.
So, Corey, thank you forcoming on.
I know you got a lot ofproduction work to get done.

(59:50):
Check this out.
Tell everybody where you get,where they can find you.
You can find me online at www.rockbottomstudios.com.
that's ROC without the K. Thatis the hub for all of my social media.
Pretty much everything thatwe're doing.

(01:00:11):
Want to give a quick shout outto the guys at Rock Bottom Studios.
Dominique, Harry, Barry, EricKylan, heel.
I know, I'm forgetting some people.
Don't.
Don't yell at me later.
Yeah, and.
And before Horsemen, we have agallery show that's currently up

(01:00:35):
at Gemini Studios.
Um, closing ceremony is onSeptember 19th at Gemini Studios
in Columbia, South Carolina.
Myself, Thomas Washington.
Excuse me, Thomas Washington,Michael Krajewski and Lucas Sams
shout out to very talentedartists and yeah, so be on the lookout

(01:00:57):
for Jet Boy summer break.
We are about to drop somethingvery soon.
A little surprise that'scoming up within the next couple
of days.
Yeah, so keep your eye out on that.
We got Shadow Club Karmacoming up.
We're doing a little somethingspecial for Halloween.
And keep your eye on Blurred Station.

(01:01:19):
My entire comic catalog willbe on Blurred Station within the
next two months, I would say.
We just got some stuff to iron out.
And yeah, we got some, youknow, creator owned IPS that are
coming up with some verytalented black creators that we're

(01:01:42):
polishing and getting readyfor the guys at Blur Station.
So be on the lookout foreverything we got going on.
All that stuff keeps me verybusy and I'm very tired.
So we'll let you go get to work.
Like he said, check him out atRock Bottom Studios.
That's Rock Bottom Studios dot com.

(01:02:02):
You can also check him out onthe IG places as well.
Thank you, Corey for tuning in.
Hey, like he said, go sign upat Blur Station.
You will see those catalogspopping up like amongst many others
that are getting ready tolaunch off with Blur Station.
So if you haven't jumped onyet, you need to now and for those

(01:02:22):
who might have fallen offbecause of our switch over sign back
up, you pick up right whereyou left off at.
So you'll be just fine.
And I believe it might be alittle incentive in there for you
too as well.
So thank you Corey forstopping in, man.
Thank you for talking thesecomics with this and cartoons, 80s
and 90s.
You know we, we definitely gotto have you back to talk more about

(01:02:44):
that stuff because that is awell of information.
Thank you for all that youprovided for everybody.
We will be right back.
Going to be talking about someof the nerd stuff that's been going
on in our vicinity.
So you want to stay tuned for that.
So we'll be right back.

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All right, we are back what'sgoing on, everybody?
Spartans in the building.
Lady Mandalore's are on myright and Whoopi's on the left.
The way I'm looking at it, Idon't know how everybody else sees
it, but in our very own.
Geek by Heart is coming in.
That was dope.
That was a great interview.
Corey Davis has a lot ofcatalog, a lot of inventory and he's

(01:08:30):
doing a lot of good work downin Columbia, South Carolina to help
other people, other peoplethat look like us, other kids that
look like us, to get into animation.
And I think that's a reallygood thing because they're.
I've.
Over years, I've seen verytalented kids not have those outlets.
They, they don't have thefunding, they don't have the resources.

(01:08:52):
They just don't have a way.
And I'm glad that even thoughhe's not in the.
What you would consider themost popular place for be.
To be known for that.
That's a good area to start,you know, to partners.
Partner with the college and everything.
So that's, that's dope.
So shout out to Corey Daviswith that.

(01:09:12):
We got a little bit of news.
That's exactly why I asked thequestions I asked.
Yeah, because it's neat.
You know, you don't get it a lot.
You don't get it a lot.
And it's.
I'm glad we were able to, youknow, get him, not only just get
him on, but have him join upwith blur station bluration.com go
sign up.
I'm just saying, y' allthought we was playing.

(01:09:33):
Y' all thought we was kid,didn't you?
We're not.
Y. Y' all know how we workaround here.
We say it happens.
It happens that we got somenews to jump on.

(01:09:55):
So this little show here hasled, has premiered on Netflix to
high numbers and also just hada 18 million dollar debut at, at
the theaters this weekend.
I'm talking about K Pop Demon Hunters.
Gotta say, Songs is catchy.

(01:10:19):
Animation is on point.
I'm with it.
I'm with it.
Did you guys get it?
All you need is a good beat.
Still haven't seen it.
It's, it's, it's worth it.
It's, it's very much worth it.
I, I thought it was good actually.
It is.
It is.
It'll catch you off guardbecause I, I watched it with the

(01:10:42):
kids and I was like, oh, okay,I can put my phone down actually
pay attention to this.
This.
That's.
It's.
So basically it appeared to benumber one on the north in the box
office twist.
The film in this theatricalaverse because it started out on
Netflix first and someone saidput in the movie theater.
Let's see how it does.

(01:11:03):
Didn't expect 18 million tocome out of that but it, it appears
to be number one on the NorthAmerican charts.
It's also a sing along versionof the hit animated musical is estimated
to have 13 earned 18 millionto 20 million on Saturday and Sunday.
Now Netflix hasn't reportedtheir grosses, but projections from

(01:11:24):
rival studios and exhibitorswould put ticket sales for K Pop
Demon Hunters ahead of thosefor weapons.
That's ain't a lot.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I mean I just, I saw weaponsand I was like oh, so that's why
everybody was saying watch it.
That's kind of messed up.
Yeah, it's, it's, it's really,really good.

(01:11:46):
Laney.
She did have the.
Is legit, bro.
Now it's, it's.
But the scrolls havedefinitely got me.
I feel like I'm hearing you onyou, but then y' all don't hear me
until like two and threeseconds late.
Yes.

(01:12:07):
That's lots of power.
Right?
Like right now.
So I'll get the clipboard.
No, but, but no, it's, it's a,it's a good movie.
Netflix has already said that we.
They're going to do a sequeland they're thinking about doing
a lot.
They're saying that they'regoing to do a live action version

(01:12:27):
too.
So I'm, I'm like, oh, okay.
Yeah, I figured something out.
Huh.
Let's not wait four to fiveyears though.
As long as I gotta give him credit.
What'd you say?
Lady Manor?
As long as it doesn't looklike something out of.
Oh, what the hell's the nameof that, that really bad black and

(01:12:50):
white movie.
But like the blood was red.
I forgot the name of the movie.
Sin City or the Dame To Kill For.
Dan.
To Kill For.
A Dame To Kill for wasdifferent since the original Sin
City was completely finebecause that's how it was told in
the comics or in the graphic novel.
But they waited 10 years to doA Dame To Kill for and it was the,

(01:13:10):
the hype was dead by then.
Yeah, yeah.
I'm not even, not even talkingabout the, the black and white aspect
but just the way that it's shot.
Oh that poster board lookingbackground with the real people coming.
As long as it don't look like that.
Oh no, no.
Fine.
No, I think they, they have aGood thing on their hands.
Problem is Netflix has aproblem of you have a hot commodity

(01:13:34):
and you have people wrappedin, and then you say, okay, let's
give them a series, or youalready have, or it's a series or
it's a movie, and then wait tohave that second season, third season,
fourth season, fifth season.
They want to milk that cow forall it's worth.
Yeah.
You know, and you.

(01:13:55):
You wait four or five yearsbefore you.
You.
Like.
I can't even remember what thelast one was about.
You know, it was like, Imissed it.
You know, like.
But the animation is.
Is if you like Spider man,across the spider verse and beyond
the spider verse.
That's.
That's Demon Hunters.
It's.
It's in that same vein of animation.

(01:14:15):
I wouldn't doubt that the samepeople are behind it.
They pretty much said, we knowyou're all waiting for beyond the
spider verse, but in themeantime, here's this.
Yeah, in the meantime, theyjust got Shamik Moore in the voice
booth.
So get that guy.
Ask about Haley.
Do not ask about it.
Get that guy a friend, atherapist, a dog, something.

(01:14:36):
Yeah, like, don't.
Don't ask about Haley.
Just go in there and read yourlines like, we got two years.
Just get it.
Get a friend.
Just get a.
Get a designated friend.
Just get a.
At this point, I'm gonna sayget a sponsor, but a friend and a
sponsor.
But, yeah, they said, oh, youask about them.

(01:14:59):
We're gonna show that scenefrom Sinners that you don't like.
That's too bad.
Look, the scene from centerhas got everybody surprised.
Are you drooling that.
That scene had everybody twisted.
Like, we.
Like Madam.

(01:15:20):
I didn't know.
But okay.
Yeah.
So Lady Mandalore, one of ourfavorite aunties, is going to be
in another project.
Which one?
Oh, Michelle Yo.
Michelle Yo.
Is going to be in a BladeRunner 2099.

(01:15:43):
Okay.
20 is set for 26.
2026 debut.
I think what they're trying todo with the Blade Runner franchise
franchise is the same thingthat they're doing with the Alien
and Predator franchise.
I think they're just kind of.
Let's pump some blood backinto this.
The.
The.
The.

(01:16:05):
The fan base is there.
There's a fan base with Blood Runner.
But it's such a.
They didn't answer the question.
I. I'll sum this up.
I'll sum up a long rant injust a few short sentences.
You never answer the questionfrom the first movie.
That has always been a debatefor all Blade Runner fans.

(01:16:26):
And they never answer the question.
And what's the question?
Was Decker Replicant.
Ah, well, now we have to talkto Harrison Ford now.
And you know, he's not goingto say anything.
He's not gonna say.
He's not saying anything.
But like I discussed, what wasit last week we discussed it or the
week before, the odds of Blade.

(01:16:48):
I think the, I think the BladeRunner franchise or the mythos is
tied into the Predator andAlien universe as well.
Yeah, didn't we find out thatwas all in the same universe or something
like that?
Yeah, I believe, I believe it is.
They're probably one of the,one of the corporations that we no

(01:17:09):
longer hear about pretty muchbecause it's all whaling.
So.
But no, Michelle yo has beenin a lot of sci fi esque type projects
lately.
She's like, she did more todip her toe in it.
She dived in and hasn't lit up.
Loved her, loved her in StarTrek section 30, section 31.

(01:17:32):
Loved her in that movie and Discover.
I mean Discovery itself.
When she was on a couple ofthose episodes, she was really good.
Yeah, like, it's Michelle, yo,how can you.
Like, she's gonna bring somekind of heat to the game.
I'm with it.
I'm surprised I haven't seenher in more.
I think she's leaning awayfrom like more physical action type

(01:17:57):
stuff.
Like, I mean she's done quitethe number, she's done quite the
number of, of, of stunts.
So would you look at thecatalog that her Jackie Chan, Jet
Li, Donnie Yen.
When you look at their catalogof movies, you're just like, I can't
believe I haven't seen this.
It's like it's just anothermovie after.

(01:18:18):
I'm like, yo, you, it's justmovie after movie after movie after
movie.
Like you've been in it likesince your 20s.
And I mean fighting, fightinggrown men.
That's why I always tellpeople, look, if you were a stunt
woman for 30 years, you got hands.
The minute she said, yeah,I've worked with Jackie Chanson,

(01:18:40):
I'm like, yeah, you need to.
I don't need to know anything else.
Like, I know you worked.
You're like, it shows.
And they're still, and stilldoing it.
Like in Jackie Chan's case,how are you almost dang near in your
70s and still doing movies?
Still doing, still physicallydoing movies.
That's the part.
That's the part.
Because you keep your body in check.

(01:19:01):
You don't, you keep thatmachine well oiled.
What is that name Clint Eastwood.
Eastwood.
Like, but he's not doing all that.
Don't.
Don't do that.
No, he's just.
He's just sitting in chairsand slowly walking into camera shots
and grow and grunting.
I mean, that's just.
That's just like Jet Lee.
That's like Jet Lee getting offset.
It's like, oh, I think I cantake him.

(01:19:23):
No, don't.
Don't let the slow walk fool you.
Jet Lee is teaching the nextgeneration of martial artists.
That's all I need to know.
Like, they recently showed avideo, and I'm like, oh, it's.
Oh, he looks healthy.
He's fine.

(01:19:44):
He looks good.
Lucky freaking ducks.
Although I would never.
I would never want to crosshim anywhere.
Like, no, have you seen him?
Or Donnie Yen?
I just.
I just want to learn Wushu.
That's all I want to learn.
You ain't gotta teach me allsix styles.
Just one.
Crazy how they.

(01:20:04):
How they pull that together.
But once again, they, like.
I hate that they name this.
This particular station Haya.
I hate that they named it Haya.
I still.
That still bothers me.
Crazy.
And it's still.
It's still around, and I'mlike, y' all couldn't call it, like,
the Kung Fu Action Network or something?

(01:20:26):
Like, you just had to call it Haya.
What Western idea came up with this?
I get that it's catchy, butthe same, like, kind of cringy.
It's almost like, can we.
It's almost like you don'twant to say it.
It's like, hey, you know thatnetwork, right?
What network?
You know, the one with themartial arts on it?
I don't know the name of it.
You really gonna make me say it?

(01:20:46):
That sounds racist.
I don't care.
I know.
Nah, nah, there's.
There's no.
Like, just like, man, I justseen this dope movie, and it was
like this person in DonnieYen, and he was doing.
So what's it.
What's the station?
Hi.
Yeah.
What?
You know, like I said, of allthings, you could have called it

(01:21:08):
just really.
Just keep waiting for UncleRoger to pop up out of nowhere.
You could have.
You could have.
You could have called anythingbut that.
I'm like, that is just.
That's too on the nose.
I swear.
It's just not right.
That was a Westerner type of thing.
Now it had to be.
That was a Westerner night.

(01:21:28):
Hey, we can call it Haya onlybecause the way the meeting has gone
so long, we don't even care atthis point.
So I.
Because nobody of color was inthat room when that was made the
decision.
There was nobody of thatdescent that said that had any kind
of pushback.

(01:21:56):
The check was big enough forthem to say, you know what?
As long as the money clears.
Yeah, as long as the money clears.
Not my problem.
Screw it.
Lean into the.
Into the.
The.
Whatever the.
It is.
The stereotype.
Sure, whatever.

(01:22:18):
Yeah.
It sounds.
It sounds like.
It sounds like a cod.
It sounds like a cottage youwould get from a discount dojo that
was next to it.
Oh, crap.
I just almost went racist.
Look, it was either.
You know what?
It was either that or theyprobably had other submissions, and
they were probably even worse.

(01:22:38):
So we're just like, this isprobably the least offensive one
we could use.
I was gonna have a chaos teamin a moment.
I was gonna say Dim Sum Theater.
Oh, no.
That's probably why I don't.
No, but Mouse at that.
Yeah.
Jackie's 71.
I knew he was like, a late60s, early 70s.

(01:23:00):
He's still king Buttons later.
Yeah, that.
I don't know if that dropped yet.
Shadow's Edge.
Shadow's Edge will be comingout in a few months.
Not yet.
So, yeah.
Parked a car in the harbor yard.
Jesus.
So, yeah, it's.
It's.
That's a.
That's a nice little group of.

(01:23:22):
Of actors slash martialartists who people were really sleeping
on, like, and they just didn't know.
Like, I knew who Jackie Chanwas when I seen him in Cannonball
Run 2.
And that's.
And that's because the carthat man was driving, I was like,
yo, me and my brother wantedthat car.

(01:23:44):
Like, this car was going underwater.
Had a periscope and all thisother turbo boost and.
And the driver can fight.
But it wasn't his firstleading role.
No.
As far as.
As far as in the States, itwasn't his first leading role.
But, yeah, when he.

(01:24:05):
When I started seeing him onstuff, I'm like, I know that dude.
I was like, I know that dude.
That made me think, what washis first one?
I saw Snake and Crane.
I think it's.
I think Secretary was thefirst one I saw with Jackie Chan
in it.
There's a movie that Jet Lidid, and it was a young boy, and
I.

(01:24:25):
This young boy, he played his son.
It was something of the Red Dragon.
Not.
I don't know.
I don't think it was CursedRed Jacket.
But he played his son.
This little boy had to been,like, seven or eight at the time.
At the time, I'm like, he's afull grown adult.
Enough.
By now, I'd have to look thatup and find like, what is this kid
doing now?

(01:24:46):
Traces of a dragon.
No, no, no, no.
Okay, sorry.
Yeah, that's what it was.
The brick.
It was the big brawl.
Okay.
It was the big brawl.
That circle was titled there.
They.
They worked.
They did a lot of work.
Rumble in the Bronx was the US release.

(01:25:07):
That was the US's firstintroduction to Jackie Chan was that
movie.
Yeah, that was it.
That was everybody else.
They were just like, oh.
I'm like, yeah, y'.
All.
Wait.
We.
We know who this guy is.
Clearly we know who this guy is.
So.
Also, Marvel Zombies, theypushed up their premiere date to

(01:25:29):
September.
Actually, I'm just trying tosee who all I can recognize in this
screenshot because I'm seeinga Koye front and center.
Really pretty.
That's definitely a Koi frontand center.
Which means.
Yep.
Abomination.
Yeah.
Misty Night standing behind her.

(01:25:50):
Good Lord.
I wonder how this is going toturn out.
If it's going to turn outanything like the comic.
And are they going to be cognizant?
Probably not.
I want to say we get Walking Dead.

(01:26:10):
Wait, like later season.
Walking Dead.
Yeah.
Not them.
When it was still good.
Okay.
Like Pete, Megan.
I'll put it that way.
Right when you met Negan andthe Saviors, that's when you can
sit there and say, rollcredits right there.
After that point, it's all downhill.
Yeah.

(01:26:34):
So, yeah, they.
They're saying.
But they're saying that'sbeing moved up to September.
They're saying there's gonnabe some surprises in it.
I don't know what that meansoutside of who they're having do
certain voices.
I don't know what that means.
I'm not even seeing whothey're saying as far as voice.

(01:26:56):
As far as voice work is being done.
I mean, I wouldn't besurprised if they're doing Marvel
Zombies and they're bringingWanda back to discuss it, you know,
to do her voice work.
But I'm.
I'm stand.
I'm.
Go ahead.
L. They're gonna have GhostAbomination, Captain Marvel, Scarlet

(01:27:17):
Witch, Hawkeye ao, and CaptainAmerica, at least.
But you're getting voice workfrom David, from David Harbor.
I never could say this man'sname right.
Similu.
Oh, thank you.
Randall Park, Florence Pugh,Haley Seinfeld, Domini Thorne, Iman

(01:27:38):
Villani, and Todd Williams.
Oh.
Basically all our favorites.
Okay.
Okay.
I don't believe that ChrisEvans has voiced Captain America
in any of the Animated.
He hasn't.
He hasn't.
He hasn't.
They.
They normally go and get.
I can't think I want to sayit's Chuck Testistic or same guy

(01:28:00):
who voiced him in the Marvel.
In the game.
Yeah, the game and some of the cartoons.
Is that how you say it?
Tattoo story.
Is it?
They, it.
They tend to the same with,the same with Iron Man.
They tend to go with the guyswho done the voice work for the cartoons
already, you know, so hey,that's, it's, it's worth looking

(01:28:22):
at.
I mean I don't, I think thereason, the fact that they meant
you mentioned Randall Park.
I'm still mad that we did notget a Woo and Darcy spin off.
That would be funny.
I wanted to.
After, after Juan Division, Iwanted a Woo and Darcy spin off.

(01:28:42):
It would have made sense thatyou can top.
You can tie them acrossseveral different.
You can tie them acrossseveral different Marvel characters
and still maintain continuity.
Good.
You give it, you give it an XFiles types twist, but it's comedic.
Why not?
I like that.
Like it was, it was, it waswriting itself.

(01:29:05):
Yeah, it was writing itself.
If you're, if you're not goingto give us Luis, you could have gave
us, you could have gave usAgent Wu and Darcy.
You have, you had a way tokeep everything kind of intertwined
that could have been its own.
It could have been a limited series.
It could have been like a twoor three, two or three season series.

(01:29:27):
It didn't have to be anongoing, ongoing after like maybe
three seasons.
But you could have had something.
We could have had Louise.
Yeah, because especially,especially after you like Marvel
used to do the one shots.
Right.
Which I absolutely lovedbecause like these were just stories
that were just off the beaten path.

(01:29:47):
Like they had one where the couple.
This was right after the, thebattle of New York and the couple
had found all those weaponsand they were just trying to figure
out a way to make money.
I said, and then you had toPhil Coulson one like on his way
to Arizona to the Thor sighting.
You know, he's.
He's stopping a robbery with apack of powdered donuts.

(01:30:09):
Don't ask.
So even the Thor roommate.
One shot that they had.
The one shots were fun.
One shots were fun.
But I don't know.
You could have had a Woo andDarcy spin off X File style comedic

(01:30:29):
twist still kept everythingcontinuity and just came up with
little stuff that wasn'tmentioned in the show or in a movie
and enrolled with it.
I don't know that's the thing,though, that.
That just goes to show, yousee, versus what Marvel was trying
to push out beforehand, wherethey kept pushing out shows with
no connection, no quality, nodirection, no seasoning.

(01:30:54):
So tell me if I'm wrong.
No seasoning.
This is where.
Is this what James Gunn wastalking about?
Is this what he was talking about?
He's like, they kind of halfgot it.
They don't have it all the way.
That's the thing.
So that's why I was.
That's why I was like, it'samazing, like, coming up with small

(01:31:16):
stuff like that.
Not only is it.
It's budget friendly becauseagain, it doesn't require a big budget
for a show.
Like you said, it has.
It revolves around a certaintheme and you have the ability to
drop in characters and be practical.
I. I don't see how that's.
I don't see how that's not awin, win situation.
Oh, God, it just dawned on me.

(01:31:37):
They could have done that showand did an episode where Darcy says,
I got a guy that knows somebody.
And it's.
And it turns out the guy shegot is Luis.
Oh, that could have been awhole thing.
We gotta bring him back.
That could have been that.
That episode alone would havebeen hilarious.
Like, because as soon as youhear the bongo drums, like, and we're

(01:32:03):
off, he's like, how did heknow this?
Like, so.
Yeah, I.
There.
This is something that LadyMandalore actually touched on before,
and I agree with her.
And it was something thatJames Gunn even confirmed.
He said, look, they havecertain things that are done.

(01:32:25):
Not all of it.
Not everything is done.
Which is why we didn't get theBlade script yet.
Not everything was done.
Everything was announcedbefore script was done.
Which is, to me, very weirdand very bass ackwards.
Yes, I said that.
Just how it sound bestackwards to.
To kind of think like one.

(01:32:49):
People are going to go see aMarvel project.
You don't have to race becauseit's a superhero project.
People are going to go seewhether it's Marvel or DC or Image,
it doesn't matter.
They'll go see it.
So you didn't have.
There was no race to win.
You were already there anyway.
All you had to do was takeyour time, write the script, saying

(01:33:13):
what.
What we want to have done.
Like you said, you have.
Do you have any treatmentsdone at all?
All the writers, all thesource material, and all you had
to do was sit down with agroup of them and say, you guys got
two years.
Write Me a story.

(01:33:33):
That's it.
Sit down in the room.
I think what happens isMarvel's first phase was fine.
Their second phase was fine, too.
I think at that particulartime, they still had everybody kind
of, like, in the room andcould kind of bounce off each other

(01:33:54):
and say, okay, don't do that,because this is happening over here.
So we don't want to get thatmixed up, which is what you should
do.
Right.
Like you said, the.
Not.
Not everybody.
Not everybody was.
Everybody was in differentrooms in a hotel, but nobody was
in the kitchen.
Nobody.
Not everybody was in the kitchen.

(01:34:14):
I want to do this.
Well, I want to do this.
I'm like, nobody's talking toanybody, you know, so you kind of
lose.
You kind of lose your footy.
Lady.
Lady.
Mandalore is watching Alien.
I can tell because my eyes aregoing to the right.
I'm trying.

(01:34:37):
I'm listening to y' all andtrying to jump it in the conversation
where I think I havesomething, but I'm also writing something,
too.
Our very own globetrottingReverend Navy Montel's in the building.
Coming to you live from thebasement of the Whoopty, ladies and
gentlemen.

(01:35:01):
If you.
If you don't know thereference, that's going to feel very,
very.
So if anybody knows anythingabout what we're talking about.
I know Navy, look, he's like,it's probably Whoopty showing up
in the.
It's Wolfie showing up in thecarrot right here, y'.

(01:35:23):
All.
No, we were saying.
We were talking about.
We were talking about how themcu, like James Gunn, he confirmed
that, you know, there's a lotof projects that they have that they
jump the gun on.

(01:35:43):
They announced projects that.
There was no scripts yet, not even.
Probably not even anytreatments just yet.
And I think they depended on the.
The.
The momentum that they already had.
And I think this is why a lot of.
And I'm gonna refer to theEternals, which had great promise

(01:36:09):
to tell a good story, but I'dprobably say the wrong.
I'd probably say the wrong director.
The script was there, at leastfrom what you could tell, but I think
that it wasn't the rightdirection because, see, you had a
group of characters that, onface front, general public do not

(01:36:30):
know who they are.
True.
Similar to comics.
So you have no idea.
Right.
Similar to Guardians of the Galaxy.
Nobody really knew or caredabout the Guardians of the Galaxy.
James Gunn took a ragtag bandof characters, probably considered
like C or D list in mostretrospects, and said, let's Give

(01:36:53):
them their own separate thing and.
And really wrap this up inbowl and.
And tell this story.
I think Eternals sufferedbecause they kind of force these
characters in and they threwthis story together.
Especially when you find outwho the antagonists are and everything

(01:37:13):
else.
And I'm like, this was aperfect example of you could have
tied this right into Thanosand called it a day.
I mean, that.
Again, it goes back to whatyou said.
You.
Gun.
Gun.
Figured out how to take abunch of lesser known Marvel characters,
characters, humanize them, andmake them relatable in a story that
everybody could pick up versusthe Eternals, where it's like, hey,

(01:37:38):
we're shiny.
I mean, you had.
You had deviants.
I think the other thing thatstands out with the difference between
James Gunn and the directorfor Eternals, I don't know if they
weren't allowed, but they werestrongly urged to not read the goddamn

(01:38:01):
comics.
That part, too.
James is not with the shits onthat very.
Even to the point where he wastalking about how they made him change
the colors to the goddamn infinity.
The stones.
Yeah, the stones.
He thought it was ridiculous,and it was goddamn ridiculous.
But if you have somebody thatis like, I just want to have the

(01:38:22):
experience of working on asuperhero film, sorry, lady, you're.
You're not gonna have the samelevel of care.
And it's not.
It's going to show.
It's gonna.
Shown in the last couple ofmovies and TV shows that they've
done.
Yeah, yeah.
Had this conversation before.
This is one thing that putsJames Gunn ahead of everyone else,

(01:38:43):
because he's a genuine comicbook fan, and you could tell in his
work, you can tell by his love.
And when you.
You see these projects thatare slapped together and thrown out
there and just they're waitingfor people to react.
Comic book fans, whetherthey're new, they're veterans, or
they're.
Or they're getting it fromtheir friends, they can tell when

(01:39:05):
there's a level of pride andwhere the source material is implemented
into the project.
Eternals is one of those whereI like the movie, but I didn't because
I read the comics.
And just like that, Chris andSpartan, we read the comics, we know
what these characters are allabout, and they dropped the ball.

(01:39:27):
So if you don't know thesource material, especially as an
actor, if you're taking on therole of, let's say, Icarus from Eternals,
read the comics.
You see how he genuinely wasof a.
Of a specific mindset, and heperformed a certain way and he acted
a certain way and that alongwith the other ones, even sprite
to a point.
And I said, okay.

(01:39:49):
And I said, let me give this a shot.
And I watched and said, well,I enjoyed it, but this was so tone
deaf.
It wasn't even funny.
And special effects heavy forno reason.
Yeah, I liked.
No, there's.
There's definitely elements for.
For that movie to be liked.
It's.
It's elements in that film tobe liked.
It really is.

(01:40:10):
When they started talkingabout the deviants and how they were
advancing and everything else,we know, me and Spartan and Navy,
we know Thanos has a deviant gene.
He's not like.
He's not like the rest of thepeople on Titan.
He was actually ostracized.

(01:40:31):
The way he looked from birth.
You know, it's a deviant gene.
He's.
He's, quote unquote, a mutantfrom his own planet.
And.
But the ideas he had were.
Were radicalized and, andeverything else.
And I said, this is a perfectway that you're showing these creatures
or this creature set ofcreatures who are advancing and then

(01:40:55):
learning to talk and doing this.
There was a way to.
You could switch that.
And it was like.
And this is how Thanos came about.
Perfect, Perfect angle to gointo Thanos's backstory while explaining
what deviants were.
Because I guarantee you,people who were.
Were introduced to Thanosthrough the phase one thought that

(01:41:18):
everyone on Titan looked likeThanos, right?
That's not the case.
You never seen anybody else from.
From Titan.
So it was there.
There was.
There was that whole level ofy' all kind of dropped the ball and.
And they dragged it out and ittook them forever to kind of wrap
some stuff up.

(01:41:39):
You know, took Sam to wrap it up.
So.
And right now with JusticeLeague, if they decide to go in a
proper direction, they couldintroduce way more characters who've
had more of an impact in theDC DC comic universe.
For instance, Dark side, long overdue.

(01:42:01):
Introducing Apocalypse, theNew Gods, you know, the Tomorrow
People introducing thembecause they have had such an influence
in this.
In the story lines.
And Darkseid is one ofSuperman's main villains.
So how are you not introducingthis character who's had such a huge
impact?
Yeah.
So I think I want to say, isit casting?

(01:42:23):
Because if it's casting, I canlive with it.
Because you gotta have.
You gotta have the rightperson to play Dark side.
See, here's the thing, and I'm.
Use Eternals again.
The casting was fine.
Your story could have.
Could have used some Littlepunching up, but was okay, but direction

(01:42:45):
was not there.
Lady Mandalore is about to do.
I think that.
But the direction wasn't there.
I. I'm.
I'm thinking about Nia Dacostaand the Marvels and what she.
What she was quoted as saying today.
I' ma say it the way that sheshould, that she wanted to say it.
Y' all raggedy gave me a halfass lazy trip.

(01:43:08):
And you lucky.
You lucky I'm talented enoughto detract from the.
That y' all gave me to work with.
So you're welcome.
Like, you can't expect.
Oh, God, it's so.
It's so frustrating becausethe answer is right there in front.
I. Yeah.
I have said these words abillion different goddamn ways.

(01:43:29):
It's.
It's.
I really hope going forwardthey are pulling themselves out of
the hole that they have dugthemselves into, because it's.
It's.
To me, it's still a mess.
It's still a mess.
And the fact that James has.
What I knew that she was gonna.
Knew it.
James, I believed in you.
James has got one movie out,and it's.

(01:43:50):
It.
No one is talking about Marvel.
No one is talking aboutMarvel, good or bad at this point.
There's a paradigm shift.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And here's the thing.
Here's the thing.
Like I said before, me as afan of comics, period.
I'm going to see either or.
It don't matter.

(01:44:10):
Like when they were.
When Superman dropped and thenwhat was it, a week or so later?
Fantastic forgery.
I want to go see both.
Same.
However I am, I'm still moreexcited about.
God, don't make me love you.
The love is already there.
You just don't deny it.

(01:44:30):
Just.
Just let it go, baby.
Just let it go.
I'm.
I'm more excited to seeSuperman now.
Right now.
And I've seen the movie twice.
Compared to fantastic.
I agree with that.
Because that was because hegot it right.
He was done.
He wasn't such a superpowerbeing that he did not understand

(01:44:53):
humanity.
He humanized him.
Exactly.
You saw him.
That's who he is.
You saw him go through pain,but you also could relate to everything
he said.
The way he moved and how he interacted.
That was what made Supermansuch a relatable and such a favorite.
But.
But even if you want to godeeper than that, those.
Those two series are completely.

(01:45:16):
Are.
They are completely differentbecause one is family.
Family oriented.
Ish.
Like central family as opposedto found family.
Yes.
It's.
Yes.
Family.
Yeah.
You're Right.
That's.
That's.
That's a good way to put it.
Let's go with it.
So to not be able to hit thenotes when they, for me, are two
different movies.

(01:45:38):
It's like I got with FantasticFour, I got.
Which Fantastic Four isMarvel's first family.
That's that they are.
They are known as Marvel'sfirst family.
I got that familycohesiveness, that family unit.
I got that from that movie andthen from Superman, that found family

(01:45:59):
concept.
I got that.
You know, and.
And not only that, and.
And no shade to fan to ff.
I love the movie.
It was.
It was fun.
It was a lot of fun.
But, yes, I was very excitedto go see Superman.
I.
It was a character I grew up,that I was exposed to first and.

(01:46:22):
And everything that he stood for.
Every iteration of thatcharacter that I've seen, except
for one.
Except for one, has alwaysembodied that.
That found family aspect, thathumanity aspect of just trying to
do it right, messing up, butkeep getting up to do it again, giving

(01:46:46):
second chance.
Even watch Smallville.
You watch Smallville.
And the fact that justwatching that Clark and Lex dynamic
and then how it breaks downover time, still great writing.

(01:47:06):
It's.
I gotta.
It was great writing that relationship.
It was just like, he saved his life.
He owed him a debt ofgratitude, and he just.
He, like, hey, this dude savedmy life.
He couldn't tell him who hewas, of course, but they built a
relationship.
And then over time, due totheir paths going different directions

(01:47:29):
and then finding out like, oh,you kept this from me.
And the other one, I can'ttell you who I am because there is
way too much involved andthings can happen.
And then realizing, like.
And still, even throughoutthat time period, Lex can mess up.
Clark is like, I can give himanother chance.

(01:47:49):
Yeah, that's Superman.
But that.
But also.
But also.
Can we say that I point thisout as well?
Leading up to.
Leading up to Superman, thefact of the B roll stuff that we
saw, like you saw.
You saw Corn Sweat in Supermangear, interacting with kids.
And I'm like, I know this is Broll material, but it's almost it.

(01:48:14):
It wasn't intended, but theway it was shot, the way it was recorded
him talking with the kids, thekids interacting with him, feeling
completely comfortable withhim, would make you think it's a
part of the movie.
When really right between takes.
Yeah, Tyler Hoechlin, he got that.
There's a scene and in thatLois and Superman show, it's the

(01:48:38):
first episode and he's Has.
He has his classic suit on.
And he's.
He saves a kid, little blackkid, and he talks to him.
He's like, oh, that's a cool suit.
He's like, thanks, my mom made it.
And he takes off.
And I'm like, it's so hokey,but that's who he is.
But the thing about it is, it's.
He's grounded.
Like the one thing we got fromSuperman, Lois.

(01:48:58):
And then we got Superman.
We got a grounded one.
It's.
It's one that he wants to.
He wants to basically be seenas an E. He wants to be seen as accepted.
So it's.
That's what you really gotfrom it.
Even.
Even his speech at the end,which again, I hate you, gun.
Because that speech wasperfect at the end.
And combined with Lex's hatredand, you know, making one a.

(01:49:22):
A thing now, becauseapparently it's trademarked.
But the thing, but again, it'scrypto, on the other hand, is just
like, yeah, we ain't got timefor that again.
That.
That just goes back to how youtie a movie.
If you can make a movie hithome on several notes, combine it
with a good soundtrack.
Because God dang you, Mr. Williams.
God dang you.

(01:49:43):
But.
But that's the thing.
Like new, like you said,Fantastic Four was great, but Marvel
has a time problem.
You start this off right inthe 60s.
I'm like, oh, you're going tofast forward them to the current.
I'm not.
Well, they're on the differentEarth, so.
They're on the different Earth.
Yeah, they're on a different earth.
You're.
You're on a different Earth.
But I was always.

(01:50:03):
It's that fear of you fastforwarded and some people might get
lost in the sauce on that.
Versus the rest of us werelike, we're looking forward towards
secret wars because we know,again, everybody in this room has
his red sequel Wars.
I'm sure we know how integralthe Fantastic Four are going to be
in this.
And we also know how integralanother person is going to be in

(01:50:25):
this depending on how acertain movie will begin and end.
Speaking of which, that rumorjust might be true about who came
to.
Almost came to blows on that set.
Something about a joke wenttoo far, and I don't know how far
a joke could go.
I don't know.

(01:50:45):
My money, my money.
My money's on the guy in thered suit.
Oh, yeah.
Wait, which one?
Which one is that?
Well, one of them hung up thered suit and the other one didn't.
Thank You.
There we go.
Let's go with that.
The other one.
Okay.
I was gonna say, like, so.
Yeah, like, because I, I can.
I'm like, did you.

(01:51:07):
And.
And one of them is a goodfriend with ScarJo, and the other
one used to be married to Scar Joe.
So.
Yeah.
Awkward.
Wait, who was married toScarlett Johansson?
Ryan Reynolds.
Reynolds.
Shut the up.
No, he wasn't.
Yeah.
Yes, he was.
I think for like, like, forlike two, three years.
They were married.

(01:51:27):
All right.
Wow.
She covered her whole facewith her arms.
She covered her whole facewith her arms.
Like forearm.
Oh, God.
Wow.
So if they happen to announcethe second half of the cast and she
shows up and I'm like, oh,that's why I said it'd be weird.

(01:51:49):
Especially Ryan Reynolds, theway he does cutbacks.
Yeah.
I mean, but I don't think that bad.
But yeah.
Once again, rumors.
I.
There's no.
There's no.
Allegedly it's those two arguing.
I don't know.
But I, I, I.
All I know is.
All I know is don't give aroaster time and ammo.

(01:52:11):
That's true.
You will get.
You will get your feelingshurt to the soul.
Thing is they both can roastso that I'm like, so, so.
Well, I guess it's that time.
Wrap up protocol initiated.
Captain, I want to thank our guest.

(01:52:36):
He's not here, but I want tothank our guest, Corey Davis from
Rock Bottom Studios for coming on.
You can check out his projectson Blur station.
So go to flarestation.com andgo to the sign up page.
You can sign up on the Blur's review.
You can sign up under anybodythat's here on this page right now
to join up those who, when weswitched over and everybody stuff

(01:52:57):
got dropped, you can pick itback up right where you left off
at.
And I believe there is anincentive for those who come back
to the Affinity partnership.
So flarestation.com we arelaunching very soon, very soon.
There's.
There's a lot stuff that'scoming on there it is.
It's.
It's moving so fast.
There's too many things toname a lot of people.

(01:53:21):
It's a lot of projects, a lotof IPS that's coming through the
Blur station.
So Lady Mandalore, talk to thepeople, let them know where they
can find you.
You can find me and thislovely gentleman down below me.
Pause on YouTube.
I don't have my sign.
Talk on it.
See.
Now I gotta do a virtual one now.

(01:53:43):
Gee, thanks.
Okay.
You can find the both of us on YouTube.
And Twitch at 7pm EasternStandard Time on a little show that
I like to call Room Full of Blurds.
We talk about independent comics.
We have the creators, theartists come on, they tell us about
their books, their stories,and we get to know them a little
bit better so that you canlike them a lot more.

(01:54:05):
Like us.
Fridays, I also stream video games.
I'm currently doing my veryfirst RPG of Expedition 33.
It's kicking my ass.
And I'm also.
When I get tired of that, Istart playing Star wars, legos, the

(01:54:25):
Skywalker Saga.
And that's kind of kicking myass, too.
Not gonna hold you.
Oh, no, I wasn't clapping for it.
Kick yet.
Oh, no, no, no.
It's just Lego Star wars isjust fun.
No, it is.
It is.
It's the honesty for me.
It's kids kicking my ass.
It is.
It's kicking my little, littlegoddamn stepping block.
Goddamn toys.
They're fine.
They're fine.
I think.

(01:54:45):
I think I feel like I'mforgetting to do something, but I
can't remember it right now.
So I pass the baton to whoever.
Whoopty freaking do in thehouse of Whoopty in the mansion.
She's in the parlor.
Yes, this is very palatial.

(01:55:06):
Look at me, I'm in the bathroom.
See here, Blur view.
We use real words like.
Like palatial.
I'm in the Palisades.
Talk to A W. You can find meon Instagram at.

(01:55:28):
Oh, boo.
Boo.
How?
We can't hear you.
We hear you, but it's very low.
Yeah, we're gonna get you amicrophone, baby.
We got you.
There it is.
You can find me on Instagram.
Also on Tick Tock at the same name.

(01:55:49):
And if you're ever looking fornerdy needs for yourself and for
somebody else, nerdy nailneeds for yourself or anybody else.
Simple little things today.
You can find that also onInstagram at Fresh Pressed by Z.
Website coming soon.
Website coming soon.

(01:56:11):
Right?
Geek by Heart.
And then Navy and Spartan.
Hello.
Hello, everybody.
It's me, Laney from Geek by Hearts.
You can find me at Geek.
All the socials, okay, Istream on Wednesdays and Sundays.
I am streaming Legend ofZelda, Breath of the Wild, and I

(01:56:32):
cannot wait to stream Silenthill F at September 26th.
Cannot wait to be scared again.
Sorry, that's not Greenwich.
Meantime, my ladies, that's.
That's Eastern.
Eastern Standard Time.
She'll be.

(01:56:54):
Are we doing Bridgerton or arewe doing Downtown?
Abby, at this point, I don't know.
What the hell we're doing.
Downton Bridgeton, ladies and gentlemen.
We're doing Downton Bridgeton.
I'm doing Ladytown.
Okay, Bridgeton down.
There we go.
Bridgeton down.
On Geek By Heart.
You can also find me and myhusband and Jay talking about trailers

(01:57:15):
and movie reviews.
We still need to do weapons.
One day, we will do weapons,and we will definitely be doing the
conjuring that's coming up.
And shout out to Christy andMalika, because they are always in
my lives and I appreciate y'.
All.
Right, Navy.
Ladies and gentlemen.

(01:57:35):
Boys.
Hey, y'.
All.
What's going on?
It is my forehead.
That's when you know a brotheris tired.
I was on the road for nine hours.
Let me tell you.
Normally, that is fine, butwhen you get in Atlanta, boy, it
tests your endurance, let metell you.
Well, you hit streets thatjust came out of a Our time slip

(01:57:56):
or something.
Anyway, patience.
I. I am on location here fromtoday until Monday.
I'm here for DragonCon, so.
So if you are in Atlanta andyou are at Dragon Con, come and find
me.
You can't miss the beer.
Trust me, it's gonna be here,because this amazing lady and myself
will be attending thisconvention, and we're gonna have

(01:58:17):
fun.
We're gonna have a blast.
It's going to be fantastic.
Colossal.
Yeah.
There she is right there.
Yeah, right there.
See, she's right there.
Right there.
Not this one.
That one.
I'm up under this the way.
Because the way he waspointing, I was just like, I'm no
lady.

(01:58:37):
It was long distance point.
Anywho.
To everyone who supportedAtlanta Comic Con this past weekend,
thank you.
It was phenomenal.
It was a lot of fun.
It was amazing.
Got to meet Tasha Scott.
She's in Atlanta, so I'mtrying to talk her into coming to
Dragon Con as well.
I'm getting back into myschedule, so if I reach out to you,

(01:58:57):
ask you to be on the Blur Cornconvos, please, don't, don't, don't.
Don't make too much of a bigdeal about it, because we talk about
you, everything about you.
We elevate and motivate andencourage you, because we don't have
enough of that in this world.
There's way too much drama andnot enough positivity.
So if you're on that side,then guess what?
We're gonna have us.
We're gonna fight.
So that's Spartan.

(01:59:18):
We gonna fight.
I don't think I'm gonna getpulled in this anyway.
Black615 is where you can findme on the socials.
Things still going on.
We are still talking about theman with the baby hands how the fact
we got here every Wednesday at7pm because apparently if you are
in Chicago or Baltimore armorup at the same time myself, Tafari

(01:59:39):
and Joe, we're still coveringeverything on Get Bit as far as video
game wise and things of that nature.
We're still catching up thingsfrom Gamescom as well as new releases
that are coming out very soon.
If I'm not here, I'm not thegym or not dealing with my kids still
trying to stream Wu Chang FallFallen Feathers thank you everybody
that's been guiding me throughthe souls like game because I need
all the help I can get.
That's about to wrap up sowe're going to be moving to Banishers

(02:00:01):
Ghost of New Eden very soon.
So again a game that I gotbecause I have a humongous backlog
of things I haven't played yet.
So that'll be happening verysoon also.
Again, protect your peace,check on your friends, go outside
and touch grass, drink water.
Although right now the weatheris not trying to kill us.
But you know it's.
It's false.

(02:00:21):
It's false autumn.
So be prepared for next week.
False.
Be prepared if you're in the south.
This, this is false Fall.
Don't, don't get excited.
Just saying.
Anyway, respect cosplayers,wash your ass respect and talk about
your fandoms.
Don't be a dick and we'll allbe cool.
Well, let me get myself back.

(02:00:43):
Front center.
There we go.
Thank you everybody for tuning in.
I'm your man on the wall,Chris Fury.
You can catch us Tuesdays andThursdays on Blur Eye View and always
press record next day uninterrupted.
But you can catch us onTuesdays Wednes, Tuesdays and Thursdays
on YouTube and Twitch 8pm Eastern.
You can also listen to uswherever you listen to your podcast.

(02:01:05):
So that's an Apple andpossibly is Google podcast still
thing.
I don't know but yeah, youknow iheartradio all the great stuff.
You can catch us we're there.
We will be doing some othergiveaway as well so shout out to
Damon Davis of Ultimate Wireless.
So we'll be having some stufffor that coming on really soon and

(02:01:28):
remember to always educateyourself and others.
Entertain yourself and others,encourage yourself and others.
You can catch me and this crewand follow all the platforms and
yes a good a third of us aredoing voice work.
We do voice work.
We got voices everywhere.
So do that.
Have fun.
We will see you Thursday.
Because we're going to betalking Peacemaker.

(02:01:51):
Alien Earth.
Yes.
Until then, we will see you guys.
Be kind to yourself.
Don't be foolish.
Don't believe the Little Red Man.
Wow.
Now.
Okay, Bye.

(02:02:13):
Snake, are you okay?
Snake.
Snake.
Sam.

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