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Welcome to the newest episode of the Needless
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Things Podcast. I am your host, Dave West, and
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I already did this once because... So this year
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at DragonCon, there were a couple of missed opportunities
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to record panels. One of them was Resident Evil,
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and we made good on that by recording our Resident
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Evil 30th anniversary episode here on the show.
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Check it out wherever you get your podcasts.
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And another one that I didn't... I don't know
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how I forgot that I didn't record this was the
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panel of adventure where we read a choose your
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own adventure book and the audience makes the
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choices and it's a lot of fun and we have a blast
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doing it. And I, I think that the reason I didn't
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record that one is because technically that's
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Beth's. thing like that's her panel she is the
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one that kind of rallied us around this idea
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and granted i have done it in other venues uh
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where she wasn't there but that's like her thing
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so i don't think of it as a needless things panel
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so i just didn't record it this year and i thought
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i did so i recorded a whole other intro where
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i talked about some of the stuff i'm going to
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talk about here But I also mentioned several
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times that Panel of Adventure was the episode,
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when it is not, in fact, the episode, because
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I did not, in fact, record it. So what we've
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got here is another Oops All Dave, where I've
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got a number of things to discuss, and we'll
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see how long it goes. And it may be half an hour.
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It may be 40 minutes. I don't know what it's
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going to be. But I want to start, and I should
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have made some notes before I started talking,
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but that's what I'm kind of bad about. remembering
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to do that. Uh, I'm going to start with a conversation
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that I just had via text with the missus because
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it's something that I think is really important
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and something that I'm sure a lot of people don't
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consider. And that's how many people have been
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put out of work by generative AI in the folksy
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generic seasonal art. field. And I, I'm sure
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I've mentioned this before. I don't know if I've
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talked about it on the show or not, but like,
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think about when you go into Walmart or Target
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or wherever, and all of the shirts and mugs and,
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and provincial wooden signs and framed pictures
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and whatever else, all of that, all that stuff,
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your mom and your aunt. like a lot uh snowmen
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riding sleds with children laughing beside them
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barns with reindeer and cows wearing jesus hats
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or whatever i don't know you know what i'm talking
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about though you know what pops up and not just
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for christmas but for halloween and for arbor
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day and valentine's day and all the you know
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the seasonal folksy art is kind of how i think
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of it uh and i don't generally I don't buy any
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of it. Every once in a while there's like something
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that's kind of funny or I'll buy it ironically
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or whatever, but it's not my thing, but it's
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certainly an American thing. It is certainly
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a massive seller in this great nation of ours.
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Otherwise these stores wouldn't all be flooded
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with it every holiday season. So there are real
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human beings who you know, they make that kind
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of art, right? Like they enjoy that. They're
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into that. Look, when I was in high school, I
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went through this phase of painting resin Santa
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Claus figures and it was, it was creative expression
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for me. I enjoyed it. I'd get my, my, what was
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it? Apple barrel acrylic paints and we'd go to
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Michael's and I'd pick out, uh, maybe this was
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before high school, but anyway, uh, yeah, it
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was, it was probably middle school, but whatever
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the case, uh, I'd go pick out. which of the Santas
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I wanted to paint for this year. And I'd paint
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them up and then mom would send them off. You
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know, we'd, I'd keep, I think what would generally
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happen is I would keep my favorite one. Like
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I would, we'd go to the store and I'd pick out
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like, this one's cool. I'd like to get this for
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myself. You know, this one's maybe for the family
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to keep. And then we'll get this, this, this,
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this, I, you know, I'd paint like not more than.
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10 of them. I don't think mom wasn't running
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a child labor operation or anything. Well, she
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kind of was, but, but you know, it was for family
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and stuff. So I got into that and I enjoyed that.
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It was a form of creative expression for me.
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I enjoyed the painting. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed
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choosing the colors because I never went by.
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I, if I remember right, they would come with
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like a color guide or something. I think. And
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I generally wouldn't go by those. And I didn't
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do anything crazy, but I just made them a little
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more colorful. What I did, and I didn't realize
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it at the time, I made them a little more toyetic.
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I would choose a little brighter colors, but
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I would still stick with the Christmas color
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theme. So I enjoyed that. And there are people
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who enjoy that kind of thing and make a living
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at it, whether it's creating those... framed
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images of farm animals celebrating Jesus or snowmen
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frolicking or whatever it is. There are people
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who make a living doing that stuff. And no, it's
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not like highbrow art or anything like that,
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but it is a form of creative expression. And
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it is something that, you know, hundreds, who
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knows how many Americans made a living doing
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that. Now, as I'm discussing this out loud, Over
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the last 20 years or whatever, maybe that stuff
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is getting farmed out outside of American shores.
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I don't know. But the bottom line is human beings
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were making a living doing that. And now there's
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no doubt in my mind that Walmart and Target and
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all of these scumbag corporations cut the human
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beings out of the equation as
soon as they possibly
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could and instead have like... one person sitting
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in a room saying what I just said into some kind
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of generative AI program. You know, maybe it
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hasn't completely replaced it all yet, but for
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sure we're on the way there. And it has definitely
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damaged people's, you know, as it has in other
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industries, has damaged humans' ability to make
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a living. Which is how we get to, or part of
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how we get to what happened last week. with the
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midterms that I took Wednesday and Thursday to
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just enjoy it, to, to feel good about it, to
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celebrate it. Uh, and then I started sort of
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coming back to reality with thoughts like, well,
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Schumer and Jeffries can't lead us. Uh, that's
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ridiculous. And fortunately, most of what I'm
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seeing online is agreeing with that. Uh, and,
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and to keep in mind over the next two years that
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that piece of shit is still president and there's
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only so much that can be accomplished. But certainly,
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you know, actions can be taken. So we're in a
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hopeful place right now. But the whole seasonal
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folksy tchotchke business is what led me to thinking
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about, or is one of the factors. It's the type
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of thing that led to what happened last week.
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The blue tsunami, among many, many other... Even
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more cringy names that I've heard it referred
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to. And I didn't intend to get to that at this
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point, but it's all tied together. All of this
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disregard for humanity is what led to the Democrats
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heading towards taking power. You know, right
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now they've got a lot of power, but not really
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power to get things done, just power to... to
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stop horrible things from being done. I don't
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know. There's a lot of prosecution, prosecutions,
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my gosh, the concept that we just need to move
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on and not. investigate, prosecute, and imprison
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is crazy. And which is part of the reason why
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Schumer and Jeffries need to go. I like what
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Reverend Raphael Warnock, one of our Georgia
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guys, I like his response to a reporter asking,
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you know, do we move forward with policy or prosecution?
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And Warnock said, we can walk and chew gum at
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the same time. And oh, shit. Oh, I love that.
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That's good to hear. And that's what we need
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to hear from these new, younger, by the way,
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leaders who are taking office after the beginning
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of the year. Now, so many horrible things that
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Trump can accomplish. You know, one of them,
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and I'm not trying to get all, this is not going
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to be a political episode. These are just the
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thoughts that are in my head about what's going
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on. You know, Trump putting that horrendous Nazi
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Stephen Miller. appointing him the White House
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chief of staff, you know, that's not great. But
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we'll, you know, we'll see. We'll see. We have
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to maintain the hope. And we also have to realize
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that this is just the beginning. We have not.
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The mission is not accomplished. We cannot rest.
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We cannot sit back. We cannot stop paying attention.
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We have to go forward with perhaps even more
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energy than we had before, because now not only
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do we have to fight the forces of evil, and I
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don't think that's overdramatic to say, but we
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have to keep what we hope are the forces of good
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on track. And I'm not going to talk about the
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couple of things I've already seen that I'm like,
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are you fucking serious? There are a couple of
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things that aren't in line with what I and many
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other people believe we need to accomplish. So
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it is our job as the people to keep our representatives
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on mission. So anyway, there's a lot to go from
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frolicking snowmen to the future of our society,
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but they are intertwined, whether you want to
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admit it or not. So speaking of people making
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a living making art, I guess I'll move on to
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sort of the next part of this. No, I won't, because
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I don't want to forget to
talk about November
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the 28th. Now, in the previous recording of this
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introduction, or this episode, however you want
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to look at it, I mentioned that I talked to Schweck
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and Christian about potentially doing a monthly
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Needless Things live stream where we just talk
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about toy news that's not G .I. Joe. Because
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the three of us have a lot of fun doing like
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the Toy Fair and Comic -Con wrap -ups. I really
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enjoy that and I'd like to do it on a more regular
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basis. And I think we could definitely do like
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a monthly show. Or, you know, it even occurred
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to me we could do alternating weeks. So I'm doing
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a live stream every week. but one is audible
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interlude. One is needless things. I don't know.
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I, I, I want to do something because I would
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like to keep up with general current toy news
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because I'll look at like preternia or toy news
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or whatever and be like, Oh man, that's interesting.
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I'd like to talk about that with people and I
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need a venue to do it. And the, you know, the
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meta is not the place. And that's another thing
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I discussed is my desire to move everything to
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blue sky needless things is on blue sky if you're
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not following now uh go follow meta is horrible
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it doesn't serve me much purpose because the
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engagement there is just dog shit uh and i did
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i think i mentioned this a couple of weeks ago
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i didn't do last week's episode or i didn't do
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an episode last week because i'll i'll be honest
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i'm having a rough time right now it's getting
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motivated to do anything is very difficult because
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I'm kind of looking around at all of the things
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I've put effort into over the past 20 years.
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And it's hard for me to say, yeah, keep going.
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This is great. And not to say I haven't done
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wonderful things and accomplished wonderful things,
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but I think this has possibly been a theme throughout
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some of the episodes this year is how tough it
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is for me to get going on anything. And I just
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couldn't get it together last week to put something
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together. And then the scheduling also. In trying
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to schedule interviews and things like that,
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every once in a while you just hit a personal
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wall of, you know, fuck, I'm tired of rescheduling
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things or of reaching out and not hearing back
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or of, you know, whatever. It gets to you. And
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when there's no financial motivator. It's, it's,
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you know, I'll, I'm not gonna lie. It's a little
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tougher to, to, you know, to, to have that motivation.
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Uh, so things, things have been a little tough,
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uh, lately. So November is probably not when
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that live stream thing is going to, we're going
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to do it in some form. We're definitely going
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to do it, but it's probably not going to be November
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because November is busy. Uh, November the 28th,
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this is what I was starting with. November the
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28th, we will be doing the final live screening
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of Troublemaker, which is my documentary film
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directed by Emmy Award -winning Jason C. Wilson
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and starring many, many friends and co -creators
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that I've worked with over the years. And we're
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bringing in Billy Bats and the Maidmen, which
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Jason's... And Wilson's kids are in a punk band
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called Billy Bats and the Maid Men. Go check
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them out. They're great. And they are on the
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rise, I believe is possibly a term that could
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be used. And I'm very excited that they're going
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to be part of the show. But they did the score.
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Now, the score is very different from Billy Bats
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music. But as you may know, musicians can make
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all kinds of different music, or at least talented
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musicians can. And these kids are definitely
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that. So Billy Bats and the Maid Men will be
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performing live at the final Troublemaker screening,
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as well as we're bringing in from Texas. They're
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a little contentious, but they're in Troublemaker.
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Dale Jepsen and
the Nighthawks will be performing
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at Blackstrap Rock Hall, November 28th, as part
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of the final Troublemaker screening. It's going
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to be a lot of fun. Troublemaker's under an hour,
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so we're not asking a lot attention -wise. The
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bands are going to play. We're going to have
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a blast. We're going to have a good time. We're
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going to talk about the movie a little bit. I've
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got to find a host for it. I may end up doing
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it myself, but I would like to have sort of a
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real host. I'm tired of doing everything. So
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we'll see how that goes. But it's going to be
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an awesome event. Blackstrap Rock Hall in Gainesville.
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Thanksgiving weekend. after you've had to go
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spend Thursday with your family, with the family
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you were given, come out and spend Saturday with
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a bunch of people who've chosen each other, with
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a chosen family who genuinely loves each other's
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company and just has fun every time we get together.
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So put that on your calendar. Come join us if
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you can. It's all ages. Tickets are $15. And
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this is where it comes back around to meta. is
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it's a Facebook event that Blackstrap, both the
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bands and myself are hosting. So you should be
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able to find it on Facebook and RSVP. And that's
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the thing is there's no other, as shit as Meta
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is at what it does, there's not really anything
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else that does everything it does. So it's better
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to have, it's better to be a part of something
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that's shitty than not be a part of anything
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at all. Because otherwise, how am I letting people
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know about live streams and events and all the
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other stuff that's going on. It sucks. It sucks.
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We're all hostage to it and it needs to be broken
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up. We need some trust busting. That is another
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big part of what this new Democratic majority
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needs to get on, is breaking up these massive
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companies that have too much power over our way
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of life. But if you want to have fun in your
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way of life, Like I said, come out to the Troublemaker
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screening. And the reason I'm calling it the
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final live screening, which the intent is that
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it will be, is back before the pandemic, Wilson
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was able to tour around all the film festivals.
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I was not because of my job. Wilson was able
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to go to all the film festivals. And we did fantastically
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well. We won a ton of awards. It was momentous.
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And the plan was that in 2020, I was going to
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have the opportunity. I was supposed to go out
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west and host a film festival. My plan had been
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I will manage my time and I will, you know, tour
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around with the movie once it's out of the film
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festival circuit. Of course, the pandemic hit.
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So that got derailed and just never happened.
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So many things just never happened because of
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that pandemic. So it's time, you know, and I
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did end up spending the last couple of years
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bringing it around to some conventions and stuff.
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But it's time for me to... to sort of get past
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the idea that Troublemaker is going to be a step
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to anything. I love it. I love that we made it.
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I love that I've been able to share it with so
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many people and that it has been enjoyed by so
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many people who don't even know me. But it's
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time to sort of pack that up and move on in whatever
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way I'm going to. Uh, I'm, I'm tired of feeling
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like, yeah, somebody is going to see this and
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that's going to be the thing that lets me not
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have to have a day job. Like that's, it's not,
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it's, it's time to move on. Uh, and we're doing
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that in a celebratory manner. So that is November
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28th. And then the weekend before that, this
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is why November is so busy. The weekend before
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that is Retro Toy Con in Greenville, South Carolina.
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Uh, Riley and I are going up there, or I guess
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over there really, uh, with a carload of stuff
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to sell. We had a great time selling at Joe Fest
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and did
quite well. And I don't have a table
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at Retro Toy Con, but we will be part of the
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room sales that happen after the show floor closes.
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So we'll be hanging out the sign. I got a new
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Needless Things sign printed up that I love.
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We'll be hanging up the sign outside of the hotel
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room. And from what I understand, there's like...
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The rooms are all those suite -style rooms that
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have a front area and a back area. So our front
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area is going to be a storefront all weekend.
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We will be there. And if you saw my JoeFest sales,
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you know I priced to move. Uh, I am not trying
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to maximize profit. Now that's not to say I won't
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be referencing prices cause I don't want to get
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like totally hoodwinked on anything, but these
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are not, my stuff is not going to be eBay prices.
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My stuff is going to be get this out of my house
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prices, uh, which is what it was at Joe Fest.
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And like I said, did quite well. And I'm gonna
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have a, a much wider variety of stuff at Retro
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Tollicon. Like I said, everything I can jam into
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the car, uh, is, is going up there and I'm excited.
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Very excited. And that's the weekend before the
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troublemaker screening. So I've got two weekends
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in November that are going to be jam -packed
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busy. In between now and then, again, still looking
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for a job. That's part of my kind of lowness
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at this point, is it's very difficult to even
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tell what a job is. And I'm just every week applying
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for jobs, applying for jobs and not hearing anything
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back at all. And I'm not, you know, I'm not a
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slave to LinkedIn. I'm going outside of LinkedIn,
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looking at the business's actual websites and
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stuff. Like I'm trying to do everything you can,
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you're supposed to do. Just not hearing anything
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back. I think it's, I mean, it's a bad time or
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it has been a bad time. Maybe things are about
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to turn around at least somewhat. But. Looking
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for a job. So if you know any jobs where someone
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with years of training expertise, years of very
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technically oriented work and great communication
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skills, if you know any jobs like that, hit me
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up. Let me know because I am actively searching
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right now. Or if you know any jobs where... You
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don't do anything but get paid like a million
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dollars a year. Hit me up about those jobs too.
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I'd love one of those. That'd be great. You know
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what? Even 500 grand. I would take it. I would
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take it. So let's see. That's some serious stuff,
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I guess. And some fun stuff. Like I said, the
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troublemaker screening is going to be a blast.
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We're going to do everything we can to make sure
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everybody there has a great time. Uh, tell your
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friends and it will be, you know, in theory,
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it is your last opportunity to see it live with
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an audience of people. Uh, we will be, uh, towards
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the end of the year, we will be working on other
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methods of distribution. And, and once, and that's
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the thing is like, once we found the right delivery
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system, why do any more live ones? Uh, it's,
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you know, 10 years from now, we'll, we'll do
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a theatrical revival. We'll have a fathom event.
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We're not going to have a fathom event. So here's
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some other pop culture stuff to talk about. Godzilla.
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Ooh, let's talk about Godzilla for a little while.
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So when I was a kid, I saw a lot of the Godzilla
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movies. And I liked them, but I was never...
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Godzilla never hooked me. It was one of those
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things that I enjoyed when I saw it on, probably
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like a Saturday afternoon or Sunday afternoon
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type of thing. uh, where one, you know, USA or
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somebody would be playing the movies. Uh, I liked
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the, I loved the cartoon when I was a kid. I
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couldn't tell you anything about it now, except
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for there's like a boat with humans on it that
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are friends with Godzilla. That's kind of all
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I remember about the cartoon. And there've probably
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--> 00:23:40.539
been multiple cartoons. I, whatever I'm talking
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about is, would have been, you know, mid eighties,
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I guess I'll, I'll look it up after I'm done
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with this. Uh, but, but So I was aware of Godzilla.
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I always thought Godzilla was really cool, but
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I was never one of those like OMG Godzilla guys.
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Like Shane Morton, who I've been friends with
00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:59.519
for years and years and years now, is I would
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consider a Godzilla fanatic. He is definitely,
00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:06.200
when I think about Godzilla fans, like he's the
00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:09.220
guy that pops up in my head. But I was never
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that. I just always thought Godzilla was cool.
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I've had Godzilla toys over the years. Like when
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I found a cheap or fun Godzilla toy. I would
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buy it. I had a lot of the trend masters ones
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that, or was it trend masters? So I, no, I don't
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think it was trend. Maybe it was, I don't know.
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Anyway, late when Mars attacks came out, there
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was a company, I think it was trend masters and
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they did Mars attacks and Tarzan and John Carter
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and Godzilla. And they had all of these interesting
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older licenses, but they made great. toys. Now,
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at the time, I didn't think they were great toys
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because I was into articulation and great sculpt
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and McFarlane and stuff like that. And these
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were more toys. So I bought a bunch of those
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Godzilla toys. Like I said, honestly, Godzilla
00:25:02.150 --> 00:25:05.470
has been more of a toy thing for me than anything
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else. But I've maintained an awareness of the
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movies over the years. And as I talked about
00:25:11.910 --> 00:25:14.089
last year, Godzilla minus zero. I think it was
00:25:14.089 --> 00:25:15.970
last year. Was it two years ago? I don't know.
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Time has lost all meaning. Uh, Godzilla minus
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one is my favorite Godzilla film. And also I
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think just an incredible movie. Uh, it gives
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you the big monster action. I've got to respond
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to a text here. Uh, As I mentioned at the top
00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:45.440
of the show, the, the missus is out and about
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today and is like sending me pictures of, of
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things. Do you want this? Look at this. Isn't
00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:53.000
this funny? That kind of stuff. Uh, which is
00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:55.119
nice because I, I just didn't feel like getting
00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:57.440
out and about, but I do like seeing updates from,
00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:59.660
you know, wherever she's going. She just sent
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me a picture of those DK or is it DK? Yeah. DK
00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:06.259
books who do like the guides and the art collections
00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:10.359
and the kind of mass market. uh, thing like star
00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:12.779
Wars books. She just sent me a picture of their
00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:14.519
masters of the universe book. And I was like,
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Oh yeah, I would like to have that. And it's
00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:20.000
only seven bucks. So good find. I'll take it.
00:26:22.509 --> 00:26:24.549
All right. So back to Godzilla, Godzilla minus
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one is incredible. Uh, it's, it's big giant monster
00:26:28.069 --> 00:26:31.769
action, but also this wonderful human story that
00:26:31.769 --> 00:26:33.750
could have been told without even having Godzilla
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in it. You know, most many Godzilla movies for
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me. I'm kind of just sitting there waiting for
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the humans to stop talking so we can see the
00:26:42.730 --> 00:26:45.150
monsters again. And granted, you can't have a
00:26:45.150 --> 00:26:48.309
movie that's just 90 minutes of monsters fighting.
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That's not good either. And there are some Godzilla
00:26:50.430 --> 00:26:52.690
movies that are pretty close to that, and they're
00:26:52.690 --> 00:26:57.009
not good. I mean, it's just how it is. What Godzilla
00:26:57.009 --> 00:27:00.390
minus one did that was so magnificent was give
00:27:00.390 --> 00:27:05.579
us this incredible human story of people in Japan
00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:09.579
dealing with the fallout. of the bombs and then
00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:12.140
having to deal with Godzilla. And it's beautiful.
00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:15.890
It's incredible. There's a depth to it. There
00:27:15.890 --> 00:27:18.930
is a great regard for human life that I find
00:27:18.930 --> 00:27:23.410
absent from much of American cinema. And I'm
00:27:23.410 --> 00:27:25.210
not trying to poo -poo American movies because
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I love them. They're great. I have a lot of fun
00:27:28.150 --> 00:27:30.210
watching American movies. But then you watch
00:27:30.210 --> 00:27:32.450
something like the Godzilla Minus movies, which
00:27:32.450 --> 00:27:35.089
I went and saw Godzilla Minus Zero on Friday,
00:27:35.190 --> 00:27:37.799
which is... part of why we're talking about Godzilla
00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:44.950
right now. It's perhaps even more of a human
00:27:44.950 --> 00:27:48.190
story. Like the human, I, I cried twice in the
00:27:48.190 --> 00:27:52.390
movie. Uh, one, uh, no, it gets a little kind
00:27:52.390 --> 00:27:55.109
of spoil it. Uh, I cried twice in the movie.
00:27:55.190 --> 00:27:56.630
I'll just say that. Cause I don't want to spoil
00:27:56.630 --> 00:27:58.890
it at all. Cause I didn't know anything. I knew
00:27:58.890 --> 00:28:01.210
the movie was coming out. I did not watch a trailer.
00:28:01.430 --> 00:28:04.710
Uh, I did not like, I had no, all I knew was
00:28:04.710 --> 00:28:08.009
I'm going to go see this movie. I did not know,
00:28:08.130 --> 00:28:10.390
and look, I'm going to say this because I don't
00:28:10.390 --> 00:28:12.029
feel it spoils it, because apparently everybody
00:28:12.029 --> 00:28:14.410
knew this going into it except for me. I didn't
00:28:14.410 --> 00:28:17.549
know that Ghidra was the antagonist in the movie.
00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:22.740
Ghidra slash King Ghidra is my favorite of the
00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:28.359
Kaiju, as I think a lot of people. He's kind
00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:31.720
of the creature from the Black Lagoon of the
00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:36.299
Kaiju. I think he's your... All us basic bitches
00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:40.039
really like King Ghidorah, I think. So anyway,
00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:44.599
I had no clue that he was the antagonist in the
00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:46.680
movie. So that was very exciting for me. And
00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:49.700
the way that they portray him is fantastic. The
00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:53.140
movie's fucking awesome. I did not go see it
00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:56.960
in IMAX. I don't like IMAX. Sorry, I just don't.
00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:58.859
And I know I talked about going to see The Odyssey
00:28:58.859 --> 00:29:02.660
in IMAX. And that was me getting caught up in
00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:04.809
a... a trend, which happens to me. I'm not going
00:29:04.809 --> 00:29:08.549
to lie, but I don't, I've seen two things in
00:29:08.549 --> 00:29:11.789
IMAX. I cannot, I think maybe we saw the first
00:29:11.789 --> 00:29:14.809
Pacific Rim in IMAX or so. I can't, I can't remember
00:29:14.809 --> 00:29:17.470
what they were, but I do remember the two IMAX
00:29:17.470 --> 00:29:19.609
experiences I've had. I did not enjoy. It was
00:29:19.609 --> 00:29:21.950
too much. It's too big. I don't need that much
00:29:21.950 --> 00:29:24.069
fucking screen. I can't see the whole picture.
00:29:24.190 --> 00:29:28.509
It's, it's huge. I just, it's not, maybe Dark
00:29:28.509 --> 00:29:32.950
Knight was the next one. I can't remember. I
00:29:32.950 --> 00:29:35.269
think I saw that in IMAX. I'm not positive. But
00:29:35.269 --> 00:29:36.769
anyway, I've had two experiences. Didn't particularly
00:29:36.769 --> 00:29:39.170
enjoy it. So I don't make a point of trying to
00:29:39.170 --> 00:29:41.930
go see IMAX. Although this was shot for IMAX.
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So if you do like IMAX, then by all means, go
00:29:44.789
--> 00:29:46.849
see it in IMAX. I saw it in a regular ass theater
00:29:46.849 --> 00:29:51.839
and it was awesome. So whatever. So Godzilla
00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:55.980
is... I've talked before about how my fandoms...
00:29:56.500 --> 00:30:00.279
swirl about in my brain and ebb and flow and
00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:03.259
and sometimes i'm more into doctor who sometimes
00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:05.920
i'm more into ninja turtles but they're all always
00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:09.819
there bubbling around so right now i'm like enthusiastic
00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:12.240
about godzilla because there's new godzilla stuff
00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:18.359
uh and and very exciting super seven put up reaction
00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:22.940
deluxe and ultimate figures of godzilla and king
00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:27.019
gidra from godzilla minus zero I don't know yet
00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:28.660
what I want to order, but I'm excited that they're
00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:30.720
coming out or they're estimated for mid February,
00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:33.480
which means they're already in production. So
00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:35.440
this is not one of the super seven deals where
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they're going to be out in mid 2028 or whatever
00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:40.759
the fuck, like these will be in hand in just
00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:43.140
a few months. And the way that time passes for
00:30:43.140 --> 00:30:45.200
me now, February is right around the fucking
00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:50.619
corner. Uh, so, you know, that's, uh, I don't
00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:53.240
know which of those I love. I've got most of
00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:58.500
my Toho Kaiju. are reaction figures, but I've
00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:00.700
got a few of the deluxe ones that I really like.
00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:03.319
And of course, the ultimates are freaking awesome,
00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:08.990
but also very expensive and take up a lot of
00:31:08.990 --> 00:31:11.049
space. That ultimate King Ghidorah, I can't even
00:31:11.049 --> 00:31:14.569
imagine how big it's going to be, but also that
00:31:14.569 --> 00:31:17.619
makes me kind of want it more because they do
00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:20.460
scale those things. Like if you've seen the,
00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:22.559
and I'm going to mangle the pronunciation here,
00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:26.339
perhaps the Bialante figure. That thing is, with
00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:28.180
all the tentacles and everything, is crazy. I
00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:29.859
think I even talked to Christian at one point
00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:32.859
about he had trouble displaying it because it's
00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:36.519
so massive. So, like, that's exciting, but also
00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:38.799
space is an issue. So I haven't decided yet.
00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:40.460
I should probably go ahead and order the reaction
00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:42.200
figures just because I know I'd like to have
00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:46.599
those regardless. I don't know. We'll see. So,
00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:51.579
minus zero. Fantastic. If you have not seen the
00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:54.619
first one, Minus Zero is not going to be as impactful
00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:57.599
as is often the case with franchise type stuff
00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:59.759
where they really focus on connecting the stories.
00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:08.279
Because the human portions of those movies are
00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:11.640
incredible. Which is why I say they're the best
00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:14.319
Godzilla movies. Because you're engaged even
00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:16.420
when the monsters are not present on the screen.
00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:20.720
But they also deliver plenty. of ground smashing
00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:26.269
monster action. So that's not the end of the
00:32:26.269 --> 00:32:28.730
Godzilla portion of this episode, because I also
00:32:28.730 --> 00:32:30.730
have to talk about something I watched for the
00:32:30.730 --> 00:32:34.970
first time, Shin Godzilla. So that thing's 10
00:32:34.970 --> 00:32:36.970
years old now, which blows my mind. I can't believe
00:32:36.970 --> 00:32:39.700
it. People have been talking about how good Shin
00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:43.859
Godzilla is for years, telling me you need to
00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:45.440
watch Shin Godzilla. I've seen the merchandise.
00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:49.720
I've seen the enthusiasm. And... It's one of
00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:51.960
those things where, one, people were so excited
00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:55.640
about it, I was like, now my expectations are
00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:59.839
too high. I don't want to jump on that. But also,
00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:04.440
when you see the Shin Godzilla design with no
00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:09.589
context, it is very silly looking. But now, I
00:33:09.589 --> 00:33:13.950
have watched Shin Godzilla, and I love it. I'm
00:33:13.950 --> 00:33:15.529
not going to call it my favorite Godzilla movie,
00:33:15.690 --> 00:33:17.630
because that is reserved for Godzilla Minus One.
00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:24.789
But Shin Godzilla is awesome because to me, this
00:33:24.789 --> 00:33:28.049
is to me, if nobody else feels this way, whatever,
00:33:28.250 --> 00:33:31.509
it felt like Wes Anderson made a Godzilla movie.
00:33:32.809 --> 00:33:39.660
And I enjoyed every second of it. And what hooked
00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:43.259
me in, what made it a, I'm not even going to
00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:45.299
look at my phone once movie, or I don't even
00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:48.470
want to pause it movie. was the look of, I think
00:33:48.470 --> 00:33:51.789
it was the second stage of Shin Godzilla's evolution,
00:33:51.910 --> 00:34:01.500
was so insane. Such a bold decision that I was
00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:04.299
like, what the fuck is going on with this movie?
00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:08.670
And I was just, didn't pause it, didn't look
00:34:08.670 --> 00:34:14.780
at my phone, just smile on my face the whole
00:34:14.780 --> 00:34:18.650
movie. had a blast and now I need a Shin Godzilla
00:34:18.650 --> 00:34:21.289
figure of some kind. And there are tons of them
00:34:21.289 --> 00:34:23.849
out there. What I really want is that stage two
00:34:23.849 --> 00:34:27.349
look, but there aren't a lot of those out there,
00:34:27.389 --> 00:34:29.690
unfortunately, but I need to get some kind of,
00:34:29.690 --> 00:34:31.469
again, I'll probably just get a reaction figure
00:34:31.469 --> 00:34:33.510
because that's the most reasonably priced thing.
00:34:33.750 --> 00:34:36.869
Uh, but I need a Shin Godzilla toy now because
00:34:36.869 --> 00:34:39.090
I love that movie too. So if you never got around
00:34:39.090 --> 00:34:43.039
to watching it, check out Shin Godzilla. If you
00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:45.179
haven't seen Godzilla Minus One, watch that.
00:34:45.219 --> 00:34:47.619
Godzilla Minus Zero, go to the theater and see
00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:51.199
it. It's a powerful, moving experience. They
00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:57.320
are beautifully human films that also have giant
00:34:57.320 --> 00:35:00.300
monsters blowing shit up. Blowing each other
00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:04.860
up. Love them. I would sit down, if I didn't
00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:07.139
have other stuff to do today, I could sit down
00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:10.659
and watch all three of those movies I just mentioned.
00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:14.059
right now like the rest of the day and be perfectly
00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:18.340
fine. Let's see. Oh, my notes went away because
00:35:18.340 --> 00:35:20.659
I responded to that Masters of the Universe text.
00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:24.699
Last thing, I think this is the last thing I'm
00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:26.579
going to talk about here. And look, we're at
00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:28.860
35 minutes and I bet I've got a good 10 minutes
00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:30.980
or so left. I think that's enough of an episode,
00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:35.030
right? Right. I believe so. Last thing I want
00:35:35.030 --> 00:35:39.670
to talk about this week is Luc Besson's Dracula.
00:35:41.610 --> 00:35:45.769
So, I didn't even know about this. I've been
00:35:45.769 --> 00:35:51.090
watching to get a little bit back into the political
00:35:51.090 --> 00:35:55.639
stuff. I've been talking about this for a couple
00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:57.300
of months now. I've been re -watching Star Trek
00:35:57.300 --> 00:36:00.320
The Next Generation, which is one of the most
00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:05.719
encouraging, hopeful, wow, the future of humanity
00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:09.179
could be great things out there, right? I mean,
00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:12.389
that's generally Star Trek. And Paramount Plus
00:36:12.389 --> 00:36:14.969
is such a weird fucking thing because you go
00:36:14.969 --> 00:36:20.210
there to watch Star Trek or South Park or The
00:36:20.210 --> 00:36:23.989
Daily Show and these things that are so subversive
00:36:23.989 --> 00:36:28.949
to white Christian nationalists. But then everything
00:36:28.949 --> 00:36:33.690
else on the service is in... service of white
00:36:33.690 --> 00:36:35.650
christian nationalism it's all these fucking
00:36:35.650 --> 00:36:38.849
cowboy shows about white people protecting their
00:36:38.849 --> 00:36:43.210
land from the other and and birthright and dana
00:36:43.210 --> 00:36:46.909
white speaking of white people dana white couldn't
00:36:46.909 --> 00:36:50.789
could that be more fucking on the nose uh doing
00:36:50.789 --> 00:36:54.840
commercials for giant inefficient trucks and
00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:58.300
talking about how america is great big trucks
00:36:58.300 --> 00:37:00.920
they're all like so you've got all this like
00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:07.219
gross republican bullshit and but it's it's all
00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:12.860
wrapping up this glorious uh you know very very
00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:16.159
uh progressive entertainment like star trek south
00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:18.780
park and daily show it's fucking it's a weird
00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:21.960
experience opening up paramount plus but i do
00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:25.980
because as i said that's where south park is
00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:28.119
is kind of hit or miss with me but like daily
00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:31.460
show is a regular visit and as i said star trek
00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:34.340
is is one of the the tent poles of my fandom
00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:39.739
uh so Next generation rewatching it. And when
00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:43.840
I would go in the, in October, this Dracula would
00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:46.440
pop up and I didn't know what it was. I didn't
00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:48.440
know if there was any new Dracula, but quite
00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:51.539
frankly, in the year 2026, I, my interest level
00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:57.219
in another Dracula is very low because we have,
00:37:57.260 --> 00:37:59.340
you know, a couple of years, I think it was a
00:37:59.340 --> 00:38:01.699
couple of years ago. We had the heights of Nosferatu,
00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:05.699
which I loved. absolutely loved. And then we've
00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:08.280
got Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula, which is
00:38:08.280 --> 00:38:11.820
this gorgeous masterpiece, this lush, almost
00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:15.800
excessive piece of film. Uh, and then of course
00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:18.340
the classics, uh, you know, Bela Lugosi's Dracula,
00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:21.179
the universal monsters, uh, universal version,
00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:24.480
and then the Spanish language version, which
00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:27.260
I actually prefer. And I'm not saying, look,
00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:29.539
if you're listening to this, if you've stuck
00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:32.710
with me this far into this show, I think you
00:38:32.710 --> 00:38:35.989
know me well enough that I'm not a guy who does
00:38:35.989 --> 00:38:40.110
the, like, pretension thing or the, well, I like
00:38:40.110 -->
00:38:43.389
this thing just because it makes me look fancier.
00:38:43.590 --> 00:38:47.969
Like, I'm not that guy at all. I like, as I mentioned
00:38:47.969 --> 00:38:50.969
earlier, I like Creature from the Black Lagoon.
00:38:50.969 --> 00:38:54.409
I like King Ghidra. Those are my favorites. Like,
00:38:54.469 --> 00:38:58.289
I make no bones about having a popular opinion
00:38:58.289 --> 00:39:01.989
about something. But I do genuinely think the
00:39:01.989 --> 00:39:05.969
Spanish version of Dracula is better than the
00:39:05.969 --> 00:39:10.170
English version. And I also think that that actor
00:39:10.170 --> 00:39:14.250
is a more menacing... He's more my flavor of
00:39:14.250 --> 00:39:16.570
Dracula than Bela Lugosi. And that's not to take
00:39:16.570 --> 00:39:19.210
anything away from Bela Lugosi's iconic performance.
00:39:20.150 --> 00:39:23.849
Absolutely to be worshipped for decades to come.
00:39:24.989 --> 00:39:28.340
But... I think the Spanish actor's performance
00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:30.820
is better. And I didn't even watch that until
00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:35.239
10 or whatever years ago. So it came to me late
00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:39.199
in life. So I unfortunately don't have that actor's
00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:41.860
name right at the top of my head. But I do genuinely
00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:43.860
think that version is better, more effective.
00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:49.610
But I just wasn't interested in a new Dracula
00:39:49.610 --> 00:39:52.110
at this point in time. I remember the BBC Dracula
00:39:52.110 --> 00:39:54.110
that came out a couple years ago. And actually,
00:39:54.130 --> 00:39:57.349
the first time I saw... Dracula pop -up on Paramount+.
00:39:57.349 --> 00:39:59.170
I thought maybe that's what it was, and they
00:39:59.170 --> 00:40:01.329
were just, because it was the spooky season,
00:40:01.429 --> 00:40:03.909
they were trying to push that thing again. I
00:40:03.909 --> 00:40:05.489
didn't watch it. I didn't hear anything good
00:40:05.489 --> 00:40:07.650
about it. If you did, hit me up and let me know
00:40:07.650 --> 00:40:10.570
if it's worth watching. But whatever it was,
00:40:10.750 --> 00:40:12.809
I was just like, new Dracula, not right now.
00:40:13.739 --> 00:40:17.880
And then, I don't know, something about it, I
00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:21.579
was just like, eh, let's watch it. Why not? Let's
00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:23.679
watch this new Dracula. If it's shitty, turn
00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:25.539
it off. Cause that that's, I've gotten to the
00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:28.320
point now where time is too precious. And if,
00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:31.239
if something hasn't hooked me 15 or so minutes
00:40:31.239 --> 00:40:33.380
in, I'll turn it off and watch something else.
00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:35.300
I'll turn it off and watch another Star Trek,
00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:38.420
you know? So we put this Dracula on and right
00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:40.280
from the start, it's like, oh, this is different.
00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:43.219
This is a new take to me. This is a new take
00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:46.840
on Dracula. Very interesting, uh, where it really
00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:49.460
does sort of present him as a protagonist in
00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:54.960
a sense. Uh, and. It's gorgeous. I mean, it's
00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:58.059
Luc Besson. This is Fifth Element guy. This is,
00:40:58.079 --> 00:41:00.480
no matter what you think of it, the Valerian
00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:05.000
guy, which I still really like that. I know it
00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:08.659
didn't. Well, let's not get into it right now.
00:41:08.739 --> 00:41:12.000
But Luc Besson, he has an eye and he has a style
00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:16.079
and they're both pretty cool. And this felt like
00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:19.960
that. Christoph Waltz plays a priest who, I'll
00:41:19.960 --> 00:41:23.820
be honest with you right now. I don't believe
00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:26.179
he's Van Helsing. You know what? This I'm going
00:41:26.179 --> 00:41:28.780
to look up because I'm going to feel like such
00:41:28.780 --> 00:41:34.159
a dummy for enjoying this movie, but not paying
00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:37.420
enough attention to even catch Christoph Waltz's
00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:40.960
character's name. Oh, he was. He was Van Helsing.
00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:45.480
See, he was a priest. So I didn't take him as
00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:48.460
Van Helsing. And I'll tell you right now, I am
00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:51.440
not sure they say his name in the movie. They
00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:53.630
might. But it was one of those things where you
00:41:53.630 --> 00:41:57.210
kind of get caught up in the spectacle. Caleb
00:41:57.210 --> 00:42:03.559
Landry Jones is Dracula. Zoe Blue is the female
00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:05.599
lead. I'll put it that way because I don't want
00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:08.380
to spoil anything about the movie. And then a
00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:10.739
bunch of other characters or actors that I'm
00:42:10.739 --> 00:42:12.940
not familiar with, which was kind of a cool thing
00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:15.900
about it. And honestly, I'm not overly familiar
00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:18.900
with Caleb Landry Jones. Christoph Waltz was
00:42:18.900 --> 00:42:22.210
the draw. For me. And he does his Christoph Waltz
00:42:22.210 --> 00:42:24.130
thing. He's delightful in the movie. Thoroughly
00:42:24.130 --> 00:42:28.389
enjoyable. There's a quirk and a wit to the movie
00:42:28.389 --> 00:42:34.840
that I did not expect. It's fun. It's beautiful.
00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:39.059
It's dramatic. It's melodramatic, quite frankly.
00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:46.940
The first act is very engrossing. The final act...
00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:50.159
is very rewarding. It gives you everything you
00:42:50.159 --> 00:42:54.630
want. The middle of the movie, there was a point
00:42:54.630 --> 00:42:59.170
where I said, wow, what I'll say about this versus
00:42:59.170 -->
00:43:03.110
other Dracula interpretations is there seems
00:43:03.110 --> 00:43:06.449
to be a whole lot less going on in this one than
00:43:06.449 --> 00:43:09.570
in other ones. And it is the middle of the movie,
00:43:09.650 --> 00:43:12.789
it drags a little bit, but fucking hang in there
00:43:12.789 --> 00:43:18.530
because the end is great. I loved it. So I enjoyed
00:43:18.530 --> 00:43:21.909
this Dracula. And again, I went in with really
00:43:21.909 --> 00:43:26.230
no expectations. I didn't know what it was going
00:43:26.230 --> 00:43:28.489
to be. I didn't know what new it might be bringing
00:43:28.489 --> 00:43:32.010
to the table. And for me, it told a version of
00:43:32.010 --> 00:43:38.940
the story that I hadn't seen before. There are
00:43:38.940 --> 00:43:44.380
some similarities to Coppola's, but not significantly,
00:43:46.090 --> 00:43:50.760
I don't think. Uh, so what else we got? So check
00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:52.920
out Dracula on Paramount plus, you know, wait,
00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:55.380
wade through all the white power bullshit that's
00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:58.500
on that, uh, streaming service. Uh, and look,
00:43:58.639 --> 00:44:01.320
I know, I know I talk all the time about not
00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:06.440
supporting, uh, the things that you don't want
00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:09.199
to support. And if you don't, if, if you don't
00:44:09.199 --> 00:44:11.780
need Star Trek, which I will admit, I'm a little
00:44:11.780 --> 00:44:14.219
ashamed. I don't own physical copies of all the
00:44:14.219 --> 00:44:17.019
Star Trek that I would like to own, but it's,
00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:21.000
it's a little pricey. I mean, not really. If
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you consider the value, whatever, get your physical
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media. That's own it. But if you are like, no,
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I can't believe you even subscribed to Paramount
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Plus. You dummy. Yeah, no, I agree. But there's
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enough on there that I'm like, no, I'd like to
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keep up with this stuff. We all pick and choose,
00:44:39.460 --> 00:44:43.639
right? What are, this is a bridge too far for
00:44:43.639 --> 00:44:48.760
me, or this is a, it's just how it is. And that's
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Paramount Plus is one of my blind spots. Well,
00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:54.800
not blind, because I'm well aware of the bullshit
00:44:54.800 --> 00:44:58.860
that's on that service. But I want the stuff
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that it offers. So we all have to make choices
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about where we spend our money and what we do.
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And that's one of the ones that I don't like
00:45:06.179 --> 00:45:08.900
that I'm spending money there, but I do it. It's
00:45:08.900 --> 00:45:11.480
the same thing. Amazon and Walmart are essentially
00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:14.340
unavoidable. And I'm
sure there are folks out
00:45:14.340 --> 00:45:16.840
there who... Don't use Amazon at all. Don't go
00:45:16.840 --> 00:45:20.019
to Walmart at all. Good for you. Good. Keep it
00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:22.539
up. I do my best. I try to minimize my spending
00:45:22.539 --> 00:45:28.639
with those. But, you know, modern society is
00:45:28.639 --> 00:45:32.719
what it is. Man, I'm trying to think. I would
00:45:32.719 --> 00:45:35.179
love to have kind of a capper for this just to
00:45:35.179 --> 00:45:39.829
wrap things up. And I guess the capper will be...
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The troublemaker screening is very special to
00:45:46.409 --> 00:45:49.590
me. The film is very special to me. The way that
00:45:49.590 --> 00:45:52.210
people have received it is very rewarding. And
00:45:52.210 --> 00:45:59.079
I don't want to sound like I'm let down by what
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happened. Well, I am. I am let down by what happened
00:46:01.199 --> 00:46:03.760
with it. Because it deserved to be something
00:46:03.760 --> 00:46:07.179
much bigger than what it was. But it didn't work
00:46:07.179 --> 00:46:09.000
out that way. And that's how life is. Sometimes
00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:12.690
things just don't... Oftentimes. Things just
00:46:12.690 --> 00:46:15.150
don't work out quite like you saw them working
00:46:15.150 --> 00:46:19.809
out. And it's not done down the road. Who knows
00:46:19.809 --> 00:46:22.369
what's going to happen? But I want to give it
00:46:22.369 --> 00:46:24.110
a send off. I want to have some fun. I want to
00:46:24.110 --> 00:46:25.650
party with it. I want to party with the people
00:46:25.650 --> 00:46:28.110
that were involved with it. And I want to party
00:46:28.110 --> 00:46:29.769
with anybody who wants to show up and hang out
00:46:29.769 --> 00:46:32.210
with us. Because that's what we do. We want to
00:46:32.210 --> 00:46:34.010
include people. We want to give people a good
00:46:34.010 --> 00:46:36.269
time. It's what the game show is about. It's
00:46:36.269 --> 00:46:38.269
what this podcast is about. Except for when I
00:46:38.269 --> 00:46:42.010
get a little too down in political things. It's
00:46:42.010 --> 00:46:44.949
really what I'm about is just trying to show
00:46:44.949 --> 00:46:46.909
people a good time and make everything as fun
00:46:46.909 --> 00:46:49.510
as it can be. And believe me, that troublemaker
00:46:49.510 --> 00:46:51.690
screening is going to be that. So November 28th,
00:46:51.690 --> 00:46:54.389
Blackstrap Rock Hall. Make a trip out to Gainesville.
00:46:55.659 --> 00:46:58.559
We're not going until midnight. I'll tell you
00:46:58.559 --> 00:47:01.119
that right now. But we are going to have a good
00:47:01.119 --> 00:47:02.940
time. We're going to have a party. So come out
00:47:02.940 --> 00:47:05.679
and join us. We've got a new Audible Interlude
00:47:05.679 --> 00:47:09.900
live stream that happens November the 9th. So
00:47:09.900 --> 00:47:11.460
if you're listening to this before that, join
00:47:11.460 --> 00:47:13.840
us on Audible Interlude. There are a number of
00:47:13.840 --> 00:47:16.019
people I know who aren't even into Joe who join
00:47:16.019 --> 00:47:17.619
us for the live streams because they have a fun
00:47:17.619 --> 00:47:19.820
time. And of course, the audio from that will
00:47:19.820 --> 00:47:21.980
be available next Friday. Check out the Needless
00:47:21.980 --> 00:47:24.300
Things YouTube channel. Like, subscribe, share.
00:47:24.500 --> 00:47:27.760
I get a lot of reviews going up over there. And
00:47:27.760 --> 00:47:30.519
again, it's just about having fun. I like reviewing
00:47:30.519 --> 00:47:32.840
toys. I'm having fun doing it. It isn't paying
00:47:32.840 --> 00:47:36.420
the bills. But I sure do like it. And I even
00:47:36.420 --> 00:47:38.179
like engaging over there because we've gotten
00:47:38.179 --> 00:47:40.099
to the point now where my skin's a little bit
00:47:40.099 --> 00:47:42.440
thicker. So when people are being shitheads in
00:47:42.440 --> 00:47:46.119
the comments, like I can kind of deal with it
00:47:46.119 --> 00:47:49.519
a little better. Like I have methods now, depending
00:47:49.519 --> 00:47:52.400
on what level of shithead I'm dealing with. So
00:47:52.400 --> 00:47:54.659
that's been good for me too. I actually met in
00:47:54.659 --> 00:47:57.179
person when I was doing the standup stuff, which
00:47:57.179 --> 00:48:00.420
someday I'll get back to that. I actually met
00:48:00.420 --> 00:48:06.929
one of the... commenters who had seemed to me
00:48:06.929 --> 00:48:11.289
to be more abrasive with their commenting. I
00:48:11.289 --> 00:48:14.150
met him in person and he's a cool guy. I had
00:48:14.150 --> 00:48:18.389
fun talking to him and I kind of understood more
00:48:18.389 --> 00:48:22.210
the nature of what he was saying. And that's
00:48:22.210 --> 00:48:26.750
another thing to keep in mind too, is how people
00:48:26.750 --> 00:48:31.030
are online. It is unlikely that that's how they
00:48:31.030 --> 00:48:38.199
are in real life. And reading something from
00:48:38.710 --> 00:48:42.230
another human being will never convey the same
00:48:42.230 --> 00:48:46.289
intent as speaking to that human being. It's
00:48:46.289 --> 00:48:48.670
why I don't engage online very much. Because
00:48:48.670 --> 00:48:50.949
one, I just don't enjoy talking with my thumbs.
00:48:51.349 --> 00:48:57.670
But two, so much intent is lost. So much context
00:48:57.670 --> 00:49:01.269
is lost from having a text interaction with somebody.
00:49:01.690 --> 00:49:05.059
I don't enjoy it. It's just not for me. But what
00:49:05.059 --> 00:49:07.260
I do enjoy is live in -person stuff, and that's
00:49:07.260 --> 00:49:09.400
the last thing I'll say. Come out and join us,
00:49:09.420 --> 00:49:12.039
Blackstrap Rock Hall, November the 28th. It's
00:49:12.039 --> 00:49:14.400
going to be an awesome time. Thank you for listening
00:49:14.400 --> 00:49:16.440
to the Needless Things podcast. Thank you for
00:49:16.440 --> 00:49:20.179
listening to another Oops! All Dave episode that
00:49:20.179 --> 00:49:24.840
I did not plan for at all. I appreciate it. Please
00:49:24.840 --> 00:49:28.440
subscribe, leave good reviews, share the episodes.
00:49:28.519 --> 00:49:30.940
If you enjoy something from Needless Things or
00:49:30.940 --> 00:49:34.079
from anything that you listen to, share it, share
00:49:34.079 --> 00:49:37.179
it in your socials, because that's the only way
00:49:37.179 --> 00:49:40.260
we get to expand and we get to grow is by being
00:49:40.260 --> 00:49:44.019
shared in feeds that aren't ours. Because the
00:49:44.019 --> 00:49:46.960
people that are in my feeds are already following
00:49:46.960 --> 00:49:51.070
me. Like the reach beyond that is minimal. Oh,
00:49:51.090 --> 00:49:52.829
I will say this. Actually, this is going to be
00:49:52.829 --> 00:49:56.050
my ender. I think I've definitely mentioned this
00:49:56.050 --> 00:49:59.420
on the show. At DragonCon, I had Christian record
00:49:59.420 --> 00:50:01.940
a little reel for me. Just a real quick thing
00:50:01.940 --> 00:50:05.559
that I thought would be funny. There was a DeLorean,
00:50:05.820 --> 00:50:09.340
a full -dressed Back to the Future -style DeLorean
00:50:09.340 --> 00:50:12.679
right next to a Cybertruck. Which, by the way,
00:50:12.760 --> 00:50:17.380
rests in fucking despair Cybertrucks. I was next
00:50:17.380 --> 00:50:19.820
to a Cybertruck that had a Hydra sticker on the
00:50:19.820 --> 00:50:22.739
back. And we just did a real quick, I did my
00:50:22.739 --> 00:50:26.679
best Doc Brown impersonation. I said, Marty,
00:50:26.800 --> 00:50:28.960
we've got to go back. We've got to stop this
00:50:28.960 --> 00:50:31.739
shit from happening. It's fun. It's dynamic.
00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:35.960
It's quick. And it's gotten 125 ,000 views on
00:50:35.960 --> 00:50:40.679
Instagram, which is insane and should mean something.
00:50:42.739 --> 00:50:45.159
doesn't like I you know I think I talked about
00:50:45.159 --> 00:50:47.179
this before I looked up like how to capitalize
00:50:47.179 --> 00:50:49.019
on that and it's like produce more of the same
00:50:49.019 --> 00:50:51.719
content well that's not really how often do I
00:50:51.719 --> 00:50:53.840
have the opportunity to do something like that
00:50:53.840 --> 00:50:57.480
so whatever but if you go go to the phantom troublemaker
00:50:57.480 --> 00:51:00.590
instagram and like share that reel put it in
00:51:00.590 --> 00:51:02.969
your stories or something keep that thing going
00:51:02.969 --> 00:51:05.670
because I think it's fun to watch it grow and
00:51:05.670 --> 00:51:07.809
continue to grow. Like every, every single day,
00:51:07.929 --> 00:51:10.289
I've never had anything like this before. Every
00:51:10.289 --> 00:51:12.110
day I get a notification of so -and -so liked
00:51:12.110 --> 00:51:14.289
your reel, so -and -so shared your reel or whatever.
00:51:14.429 --> 00:51:17.690
It's wild. It's, it's, and that it's really fun.
00:51:18.250 --> 00:51:21.369
Uh, and that's, I don't expect anything out of
00:51:21.369 --> 00:51:24.909
it, but it is fun to watch it grow. Uh, just
00:51:24.909 --> 00:51:26.889
like those old, when you go to the store and
00:51:26.889 --> 00:51:29.210
get those old cruddy rubber figures, but then
00:51:29.210 --> 00:51:30.849
you put them in water and they grow to like 20
00:51:30.849 --> 00:51:32.690
times their size. You're not going to get anything
00:51:32.690 --> 00:51:34.690
out of that, but it's fun to watch it grow. And
00:51:34.690 --> 00:51:39.010
that's how I feel about that reel. It just keeps
00:51:39.010 --> 00:51:41.710
going. It's the little reel that won't stop.
00:51:42.289 --> 00:51:44.369
I mean, it's pretty funny. If you haven't seen
00:51:44.369 --> 00:51:47.469
it, go check it out. Thanks for listening. I
00:51:47.469 --> 00:51:49.949
will hopefully be back next week. Oh, that was
00:51:49.949 --> 00:51:51.429
something I didn't even get to mention. There
00:51:51.429 --> 00:51:56.829
is one interview that we keep kicking back because
00:51:56.829 --> 00:52:00.510
the subject... keeps getting sort of, oh, no,
00:52:00.550 --> 00:52:02.389
wait, we're going to have more to talk about
00:52:02.389 --> 00:52:04.230
if we wait until this time, which I don't mind
00:52:04.230 --> 00:52:07.150
doing at all. I will kick something down the
00:52:07.150 --> 00:52:10.250
road for the creator's benefit as long as it
00:52:10.250 --> 00:52:12.949
takes. If it's a year from now, if that's your
00:52:12.949 --> 00:52:16.210
best time, your most comfortable, I've got no
00:52:16.210 --> 00:52:21.110
problem with that. So we do have a really exciting
00:52:21.110 --> 00:52:23.070
interview coming up, but it's just got to be
00:52:23.070 --> 00:52:25.289
the right time for the creator. So there you
00:52:25.289 --> 00:52:28.690
go. I'm just going to cut it. We're done. We're
00:52:28.690 --> 00:52:31.989
done. You don't have to go home, but you can't
00:52:31.989 --> 00:52:35.030
stay here because it's a podcast and we have
00:52:35.030 --> 00:52:39.309
no physical location. Thanks for listening. Until
00:52:39.309 --> 00:52:59.630
next time, buy what you like. You have been listening
00:52:59.630 --> 00:53:02.130
to a Needless Things production. Follow us on
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