[0:11] Hey, [0:19] hey hey. [0:31] Hey, [0:44] hey hey. [0:51] Hey, [1:04] hey, [1:11] hey. [1:18] Hey, [1:38] hey hey. [1:58] Hey, [2:04] hey hey. [2:14] Hey, [2:31] hey hey. [2:38] Hey, [2:51] hey, [2:57] hey. [3:11] Hey, [3:17] hey, [3:24] hey. [3:37] Hey, [3:44] hey, [3:51] hey. [4:04] Hello, hello, hello. Welcome back to New [4:06] Rockstars. I'm Eric Voss and it is [4:08] Friday, May 29th, 2026 and we're doing a [4:12] live stream office hours here on the New [4:14] Rockstars channel. This is something [4:15] that I try to do on Fridays, once a [4:18] month, uh, every four weeks or so. I'm [4:20] here to answer your questions. is really [4:21] the biggest question a lot of you guys [4:22] have been asking is what the hell are [4:24] the Russo brothers doing by once again [4:27] posting these insane social media [4:29] things. Um what do they mean by this? We [4:33] found the green. We're going to talk [4:35] about that on the stream today. We're [4:37] going to talk about let's see what else [4:39] we have on the docket here. Some [4:40] Spider-Man brand new day related news. [4:43] Um if you guys have questions about [4:46] X-Men 97 or House of the Dragon, I'll be [4:49] here to answer those as well. Hit me up [4:51] in the chat uh with any questions you [4:53] have from the week of news. Um I want to [4:56] talk about the boys and some final [4:58] thoughts we might all have on that [5:00] season. Um I want to thank you all so [5:02] much for joining us on the stream. Um [5:05] all of you in the chat. Let's see who do [5:08] we have here. Um oh someone from the [5:11] breakroom channel is joining us. Uh Alex [5:15] Reyes, good to see you. Uh CS or C. [5:19] Schultz. Hi. Hi. Hi. Um, [5:24] Green, hi Zeke. Um, hi. Hello. Hi, [5:29] everybody. Thank you again for joining [5:31] us for this live stream. I'm I'm happy [5:33] to do this to try to answer any [5:35] questions, to do office hours, to do an [5:36] AMA, whatever questions you have. Um, [5:40] uh, say your name, please. Oh, hi Zah [5:43] Huttle. I don't know who you are. Um, [5:48] I'm sorry you're tired, that Chief's [5:49] Cape fan. If you guys um really really [5:53] really need me to answer your question, [5:55] super chat's the way to do it. I'll I'll [5:57] definitely answer every super chat that [5:59] someone sends because, you know, you're [6:01] you're spending us you're spending the [6:02] money for that. So, I'll I'll honor [6:04] that. But, um, but I'll just also try to [6:07] answer whatever questions as I can as we [6:09] go. Uh, let's start by talking about [6:12] this this Instagram post from the Russo [6:14] brothers. If you can't see, my face here [6:16] is covering the caption where they said, [6:19] "Something's brewing." [ __ ] Films [6:22] commented on the Russo brothers personal [6:24] Instagram account with this post that [6:27] they posted today on Friday, May 27th or [6:30] May 29th, 2026. Uh there are five tags [6:34] that they added to this photo uh from [6:37] Marvel Studios, Avengers, Robert Downey [6:39] Jr. [ __ ] Films, and South by Southwest [6:41] London. Um, how's the audio sounding, [6:44] Brian? [6:45] >> Yeah, South by Southwest London is [6:46] something that the Rooster Brothers are [6:47] going to be at in London all next week, [6:50] uh, from Monday through Thursday. I [6:53] think they're going to be doing like 15 [6:55] minutes on Thursday. So, some people are [6:57] like, "Oh, is that going to be when we [6:59] get the Doomsday trailer?" Uh, I don't [7:01] know. A lot of people are looking at [7:02] this particular shade of green as well, [7:04] and they're doing something that's [7:06] called driving the hex code. Hex code is [7:08] a very specific dig digital color shade [7:12] of something that like you put in this [7:14] code and it's what programs a computer [7:15] screen to bring up this particular shade [7:17] of green. And I believe the hex code was [7:19] something like 71826 [7:21] lowercase a which I might be wrong. [7:24] There's some other people who are [7:25] getting different uh hex codes out of [7:27] that. But from that they're saying oh [7:28] maybe they're saying that that hex code [7:30] tells us the release date for the [7:32] trailer. Uh July 18th, 2026 would be the [7:35] Saturday before San Diego Comic- Con. We [7:38] were pretty sure Marvel Studios will be [7:40] with um will be there at San Diego [7:43] Comic- Con with the Russoa brothers and [7:44] Robert Downey Jr., but that's going to [7:46] be the following weekend. So, it'd be [7:47] weird that they would release a trailer [7:49] on a Saturday at all. Uh unless it was [7:52] Comic-Con weekend. Um so, maybe it's the [7:55] Thursday before that. Some people are [7:57] saying that we'll get a trailer shown [7:59] next week. Next week would be awesome. [8:01] We'd all be grateful for that. Marvel [8:03] Studios, if you want to just get this on [8:05] the freaking internet so we can all talk [8:06] about it together, we wouldn't mind one [8:09] bit. So maybe it'll be next Thursday. We [8:11] do think there will be a Spider-Man [8:13] brand new day, second trailer that comes [8:15] to the internet next week. Uh Monday or [8:18] Tuesday or something like that. Uh Sony [8:20] is doing these um these articles with [8:25] with Empire that you may have seen. And [8:27] normally those article releases um [8:29] coincide with a second trailer. [8:31] sometimes the first trailer. So, I do [8:33] think we'll get a Spider-Man trailer [8:34] next week. If they want to drop a [8:35] Spider-Man trailer and a Doomsday [8:36] trailer in the same week, we we'll be [8:38] eating good. We'll be covering it with [8:40] live streams with in-depth Easter egg [8:41] breakdowns here on the New Rockstars [8:43] channel. Uh I I'm confident that we'll [8:45] get a Spider-Man trailer next week. I'm [8:46] not confident that we'll get a Doomsday [8:48] trailer. I think it'll be something like [8:50] maybe the week of June 17th because [8:53] that's going to be right before Toy [8:54] Story 5. And I do think they're going to [8:55] want to put that in front uh that [8:57] trailer playing in front of um [8:59] screenings of Toy Story 5 because Toy [9:01] Story 5 is going to be Disney's highest [9:02] grossing release of the year. I'm [9:04] including Doomsday in that. I think Toy [9:05] Story 5 is going to make well over a [9:08] billion dollars, maybe even approaching [9:10] $2 billion. Like they're projected to [9:11] make over two $200 million in their [9:15] domestic in their opening weekend. [9:17] That's like major Avengers movie numbers [9:19] for for Woody and Buzz. So, Disney's [9:22] going to want to put a trailer for their [9:24] other huge movie that comes at the end [9:26] of the year in front of this summer [9:27] movie. I'm confident of that. I'm going [9:29] to answer some super chats here. Um, [9:34] this person, thank you for this super [9:36] chat asking Armor Wars win. Armor Wars [9:38] never. I think they've canceled that. [9:40] Uh, Ryan Hullman saying, "My birthday is [9:42] the same as Kevin Feige is June 2nd." [9:44] So, I think either the second Spider-Man [9:46] trailer or pro possibly the Doomsday [9:48] trailer will release as his Marvel's [9:49] gift to us. I don't think Kevin Feige [9:51] cares about celebrating his own birthday [9:53] that way. After you cross 30, you stop [9:56] caring about your own birthday, [9:57] especially if you're a studio head. [9:58] However, Tom Holland's birthday, I [10:00] think, is June 1st. So, that would be [10:03] Monday, maybe as a birthday gift to Tom [10:04] Holland. That's when they drop the [10:06] Spider-Man trailer. Uh, but hey, happy [10:08] early birthday to you, Ryland Holman, [10:11] and thank you for your super chat. [10:14] Um, so, uh, other people asking, could [10:18] they drop it with Father's Day? Uh, [10:21] Hannah, I think they're going to drop [10:22] the Doomsday trailer regardless of [10:25] Father's Day. I think the Vision Quest [10:27] trailer could drop around Father's Day [10:30] because I think that's going to be a [10:31] show about being a daddy. Um, even [10:33] though Parenthood seems to be an [10:35] important theme to Avengers Doomsday, we [10:38] keep seeing all this news about like [10:40] kids being cast for Avengers Doomsday. [10:42] We think uh there was this actress who [10:44] whose parents put it on her public [10:46] profile this week, this young English [10:48] actress who I think I think could be [10:50] cast as like Dr. Doom's daughter and [10:52] then she was just her name was young [10:54] girl on her uh on her resume. So that [10:57] could mean anything but I think like a [10:59] variant of Morgan Stark/ Cynthia von [11:01] Doom or something like that who would be [11:02] the daughter's name and maybe he loses [11:04] her and that's what freaks him out. Uh, [11:06] another super chat from Oh My Lore [11:08] saying, "I'm worried that Spider-Man: [11:09] Brand New Day will require Daredevil [11:10] homework because of Punisher in the [11:12] Hand. I haven't seen any of the shows. [11:14] What do you think?" I think you should [11:16] watch those shows. You have time, my [11:18] man. Um, I don't think it will require [11:20] that much Daredevil homework. I honestly [11:22] think even Punisher um, One Last Kill [11:24] didn't require Punisher homework. You [11:26] can just watch a New Rockstars video. [11:28] We'll have a homework video. We'll have [11:29] you covered. I do think though you [11:30] should spend some time to watch those [11:32] shows. Um or at least watch, you know, [11:34] Punisher One Last Kill, watch Daredevil [11:36] Born Again. Uh you can watch during the [11:39] Disney era. You won't you won't run a [11:42] foul of anything. Psycho Sweetheart [11:45] asking, "I was wondering when y'all uh [11:48] when y'all will talk about the Russo's [11:49] post." Yeah. Yeah. I got a lot of lot of [11:52] uh tags today like where's the new [11:54] Rockstars? Where's the green thumbnail [11:55] for this? So, you know, we're going to [11:57] be all over this. Um, we would have done [12:00] a more proper video about this, but on [12:02] Monday, we're going to have Jessica's [12:04] breakdown of the A24 Back Rooms movie. [12:06] Um, that we're really excited for this [12:08] weekend. And we might have Spider-Man [12:09] news. We might have a trailer that day. [12:10] So, I'm like, I should just do a live [12:12] stream to just kind of talk about it [12:13] that way. Um, JCU Eagle asking, "Do you [12:16] think Marvel would tease anything in [12:18] Marvel Rivals since they are doing their [12:20] own Road to Doomsday event?" Yeah, they [12:22] took the name. Everyone's using the [12:24] terminology of Road to Doomsday. Um, [12:28] I don't know. That's a really good [12:29] question because new CEO of Disney, Josh [12:32] Tomorrow, is like all about um like [12:36] integration into the gaming and the the [12:40] direct to consumer platforms and the [12:42] merch and and toys and all of that stuff [12:44] and and Disneyland parks. So, um I I I [12:48] won't be surprised if we get some like [12:50] references to Doom and Latvia and other [12:52] certain things. I mean, at least Marvel [12:54] Rivals is going to want to make stuff [12:55] that like is jumping on that excitement [12:58] train. [13:00] Um, [13:03] let's see. Trevor asking, "Do we think [13:05] X-Men 97 season 2 will time travel back [13:07] to the OG X-Men TV shows in the '90s? [13:09] Love you guys. Thanks for giving me a [13:10] safe space." Hey, thank you, Trevor. Um, [13:13] yeah, you know, that is kind of a this [13:15] is going to be a big time travel season. [13:16] Gina did an an amazing job breaking down [13:19] this trailer uh for us on the New [13:22] Rockstar channel. you should go watch [13:23] that video. She's going to be covering [13:25] X-Men 97 for us. Um, but yeah, talking [13:28] about like Apocalypse saying, "I'm going [13:29] to strike them when they're at their [13:30] most vulnerable, the 1990s." So, yeah, [13:33] it's not going to be it's not going to [13:34] surprise me at all. But we have to [13:36] remember that like the X-Men we're [13:38] watching right now on X-Men 97 [13:41] is the X-Men in the '90s still. Like [13:43] X-Men 97 is set in 1997 and maybe 98 [13:47] now, but like that's still the '9s. So, [13:49] I think that's what Apocalypse is [13:50] talking about in this line. Uh, but I do [13:52] think there could be other storylines. [13:54] Specifically, there were apocalypse [13:55] story lines that were set like in 1994 [13:58] or 1995 from I think Beyond Good and [14:01] Evil. Is that the arc? I think it's a [14:03] beyond good and evil arc. Um, that uh [14:06] that Apocalypse in Sodner ties into. So, [14:08] yeah, maybe we get like, you know, him, [14:10] Marty McFly, and Back to the Future part [14:12] two style doubling back on his own time [14:14] travel related events. [14:17] Um, [14:18] P saying, "Do you think they'll finish [14:20] the Kang story with X-Men 97 as the [14:22] bigger multiverse saga integration?" You [14:25] know, wouldn't that be funny if X-Men 97 [14:27] is the one Marvel title that like [14:29] acknowledges the existence of Kang? [14:32] Where's the shot? Yeah, Kang is in this [14:34] trailer. Or I think it's Kang. There's [14:36] like a pharaoh. It looks like a pharaoh [14:39] Ramatut. [14:42] >> Oh, there's a shot. Um, yeah. Yeah. [14:44] Yeah. That's kind of like the headdress [14:45] of of Ramatut as like he looks in the [14:48] Hickman hieroglyphics that we saw. Um, [14:52] you know, the he likes to expose arms. [14:53] He sends out, guns out. He's got the the [14:55] green headdress. The green and the and [14:57] the purple are kind of like the dead [14:58] giveaway for it being Ramatut. Um, [15:02] I don't know if Feige would allow [15:04] Bradbomb and would allow the team of [15:06] X-Men 97 to do the answering of the [15:08] question. I think this is going to be [15:09] implied to be a different Kang variant. [15:11] And this might even be just one shot [15:13] that they put in the trailer. I think [15:14] it's crazy that they put it in the [15:15] trailer. Um, you know, similar to when [15:17] in X-Men 97 season 1, at one point we [15:20] see like Daredevil looking up. We see [15:22] Spider-Man looking up. Uh, we see uh [15:24] there's like a Black Panther at some [15:26] point in the X-Men 90s continuity where [15:28] he just looks up at events. I think this [15:30] is just going to be another pharaoh [15:32] who's doing other [ __ ] and this is like [15:34] a Kang variant. And that might be the [15:36] most X-Men 97 does to answer the [15:38] question. Um, I honestly think there [15:40] will be a line from Scott Lang in [15:42] Avengers Doomsday that establishes like [15:44] what kind of happened with him and how [15:49] he got out of the Kang paranoia, but I [15:51] don't know if the name Kang will be [15:52] said. I think they'll refer to him [15:54] through they'll refer to the character [15:55] as some kind of like there were other [15:57] multiversal conquerors that Doom [16:00] replaced or Doom defeated or or fled [16:02] because Doom arrived. There will be [16:04] something like that and they'll refer to [16:06] them as a reference like that. [16:10] Um, [16:12] Christian unpronouncable answer the [16:14] super chat saying, "Remember to hit that [16:15] like button and subscribe. Couldn't have [16:17] said it better myself." [16:20] Um, Garnett Forner asking, "Any news on [16:23] when the Witching Hour will return?" The [16:24] Witching Hour is one of many things we [16:26] are still trying to figure out here at [16:27] New Rockstars. When we launched it, [16:28] we're like, "Yeah, we'll be able to do [16:29] this all the time." And then we quickly [16:31] found like, whoa, there's a lot on our [16:34] plate. Uh we love horror here at New [16:36] Rockstars and we love breaking down the [16:38] Easter eggs in horror and that's [16:40] something that we felt like oh well we [16:41] we've always been doing that on New [16:43] Rockstars and we wanted to cover a show [16:44] like it welcome to Derry on the New [16:46] Rockstars channel. So like we kind of [16:48] found like okay we got to we got to go [16:50] back to the to square one and figure out [16:52] exactly what we want to do with this [16:54] channel. But yeah I I want to talk with [16:56] the team because it's something that [16:57] like if it were just me doing it by [16:59] myself I would like be like yeah okay [17:01] I'll just do this. I'll do that. But [17:02] it's something that I want to be very [17:03] mindful of like Gina and Jessica's time, [17:06] their interests, the editor's time, [17:07] their interests, our budget for this [17:09] kind of thing on how much horror [17:11] analyses we can do. I've also just [17:13] gotten a lot of feedback that like when [17:15] we're doing stuff like the deep dive in [17:16] the Witching Hour, they're like, "Well, [17:18] isn't that kind of what New Rockstar I [17:19] already subscribe to New Rockstars for [17:21] that. So like it's not different enough [17:22] from what New Rockstars does. If there's [17:24] one host who looks like one of us who's [17:26] often on the New Rockstars channel also [17:28] just analyzing a film that is so New [17:32] Rockstars coded that it's hard to brand [17:34] that as like a whole different other [17:36] channel worth subscribing to. So it's [17:38] like we're experimenting a lot. We're [17:39] trying to grow in different directions, [17:40] but we very mindfully do not want to [17:42] grow in a way that like will burn us [17:44] out. So that's why we took a pro took a [17:46] pause on the wishing hour in 2026. I [17:48] think we'll have an answer by this [17:50] coming Halloween season. But yeah, [17:52] horror analyses you'll still be able to [17:54] see here on the New Rockstars channel. [17:56] Uh, a lot of the big horror releases. [17:57] So, we're doing A24's Back Rooms. We'll [17:59] be covering Resident Evil. Um, uh, I I'm [18:03] honestly strongly considering doing a [18:05] breakdown or some kind of video of [18:06] Obsession cuz that movie's awesome. So, [18:09] yeah. Uh, we'll have more details to [18:10] announce then in the coming months. [18:14] BK Vance saying, "Y'all hear you think [18:16] about the Paramount Warner Brothers [18:17] merger because I canceled that crap the [18:19] moment Cob Bear went off the air." Yeah, [18:22] I can understand wanting to to unplug [18:25] from Paramount Plus uh and not want to [18:28] support that. Yeah, Co Bear should not [18:30] have been fired. That was insane. I [18:32] think all late night hosts are just very [18:34] expensive for these networks. That [18:35] doesn't mean they need to pull the plug [18:36] from them because I think they're still [18:38] they still do a valuable service for all [18:40] these networks. Uh so I think they they [18:43] could have retoled that show. I think it [18:45] was the politics that motivated uh CBS's [18:48] and Paramount Sky Dance's decision to [18:50] fire him and to cancel that show. That [18:52] sucks. Um in terms of any there's been [18:55] no other further update about the [18:57] Paramount Warner Brothers merger since [18:58] the last time we talked about it on the [18:59] channel. It's still going through the [19:01] process. There's going to be some [19:02] regulatory steps, but I it's probably [19:05] not an if, it's a when. They're going to [19:07] be victorious. This is they are going to [19:09] acquire Warner Brothers. It's going to [19:11] happen. uh James Gunn and Peter Saffron [19:14] are going to be left in charge of DC [19:15] Studios. I don't think you have to worry [19:17] about that. Um their success or or [19:20] struggles to succeed would have been uh [19:22] scrutinized the same way as if they [19:24] still reported to David Zazlov and and [19:26] Pam and Mike. So um like part of the [19:30] acquisition by the Ellison's was to get [19:32] valuable gems and creatives like James [19:36] Gunn and Peter Saffron. And I don't [19:37] think they're looking to shake up [19:38] anything there. uh the same way that [19:40] you've seen these horrifying shakeups by [19:42] Barry Weiss over at 60 Minutes in CBS [19:44] News. Uh beyond that, I don't have any [19:47] other updates. [19:49] Uh Wingo Draw Lingo saying, "Hi, New [19:50] Rockstars. Love your covers of all [19:52] things nerdy. Keep up the fantastic [19:54] work. What story lines or characters are [19:55] you most excited to see in Doomsday? I'm [19:57] just excited to see this extreme [19:58] close-up of Hulk's ass." Uh, no. I I [20:02] think the story lines or characters most [20:03] excited to see in Doomsday, I think it's [20:05] I'm just excited to see what is Dr. [20:07] Doom's story in Doomsday. I want to see [20:09] what the Russo brothers big take is on [20:11] what his Latvian origin was. Was it [20:13] losing a daughter? Was it seeing his [20:15] universe be destroyed by an incursion? [20:17] Was it this bad deal he made with Meisto [20:20] for his mother's soul to be taken to [20:21] hell? Probably not that one. Uh but I do [20:24] think it's going to be some kind of [20:25] interesting story that Robert Downey Jr. [20:26] acts the hell out of in the first 10 [20:28] minutes of the movie. That I think I'm [20:30] most curious about. Um because otherwise [20:32] there's not going to be like exact [20:34] Avengers storylines that the Russo [20:36] brothers are like, "Oh well, we got to [20:37] get this right." It's going to be a [20:38] general structural similarity to Time [20:41] Runs Out, but the Russo brothers don't [20:43] really do direct adaptations of specific [20:45] events. Like the closest they got was in [20:47] Infinity War ending it with the snap. [20:48] Kind of like how Jim Starland's Infinity [20:50] Gauntlet storyline has the big snap like [20:52] Thanos succeeds. But even that, like the [20:54] rest of Infinity War, how closely did it [20:56] match any of like Jim Starland story [20:58] line? Not that much. [21:01] Kenneth Hall asking, "Do you think we'll [21:02] get a Hellfire Club story in X-Men 97?" [21:04] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I honestly think we [21:06] do. I think all of the like X-Men 97 [21:09] even in season 1 and throughout the '9s [21:12] was really playing the hits of the of [21:14] the Claremont era. So, if they just [21:16] continue doing that, I think you'll see [21:17] that in season 3. Like they they said [21:20] with the trailer coming out this week [21:21] that we'll get a um we'll get both a [21:24] season 3 and a season 4. So, I mean just [21:27] like even the the trailers like they [21:29] kind of know what they're cooking with [21:30] when they're when they're talking about [21:31] this show. A question I have for you [21:33] guys and um Berg or Brian or Zach or if [21:36] any of you guys are in the chat um maybe [21:38] put up a poll. It's coming July 1. Do [21:41] you guys think it's going to be a binge [21:42] drop? Do you think it's going to be [21:44] weekly? Like though season 1 was kind of [21:47] weekly? Actually, season one was kind of [21:48] a hybrid. We had like two episodes then [21:50] one episode then one episode then like [21:52] two episodes and they kind of did a [21:53] hybrid of both. Um is it going to be [21:56] something like your friendly [21:57] neighborhood Spider-Man which was like [21:58] three episodes, three episodes, two [21:59] episodes, three episodes? Which would [22:01] you prefer? Would you prefer a binge [22:03] drop of all the episodes on Disney Plus [22:05] on July 1st or would you prefer it [22:07] weekly? New Rockstars, we would prefer [22:09] it weekly just so we can have time and [22:11] let these episodes breathe and get more [22:13] content out of it. It's kind of more fun [22:14] for us to have it week by week. But um I [22:17] want to know you guys' thoughts. What [22:19] are your preferences? [22:20] If we could put up a poll, that'd be [22:22] great. [22:24] Um Hannah asking, "Are y'all going to be [22:26] doing anything leading up to Supergirl?" [22:29] Um, yeah, we we are I'm actually gonna [22:32] see Supergirl early. I can't give you [22:34] details of exactly when, but I'm gonna [22:36] be able to see the movie early. Um, [22:38] we're gonna do a we might do like a [22:40] review video. I don't know if we need to [22:43] do like a recap or like a we did your [22:45] homework video because like we've only [22:47] seen the character in in Superman, but [22:51] yeah, we're definitely going to be [22:52] breaking down the movie. I don't know. [22:54] like our trailer breakdowns kind of have [22:56] you covered so far and what you need to [22:58] know going into it. [23:01] Um [23:04] Trevor asking, "Do we think Insabanur [23:07] and Ramatut will have a connection with [23:08] each other?" Yeah, I think we're going [23:10] to if we're seeing him in the trailer, [23:11] it means that like in the ancient Egypt [23:13] of this show, we're going to meet both a [23:15] Ramatut and an Insabaner. And maybe [23:17] Ramatut will be the pharaoh and [23:18] Insabanur is the warrior leader who who [23:22] Ramatut outcast and and it's going to be [23:24] on Insabaner to overthrow Ramatut. Um [23:27] it's I mean who knows what this Kang [23:30] variant if he even knows he's a Kang [23:33] variant. You know Victor Timely didn't [23:35] know his multiversal destiny to become [23:38] like this Kang figure. Uh so it could be [23:41] fun to have this like kind of brain [23:43] reset. Now, Ramatut when the Fantastic 4 [23:45] fight him in the early60s comics, he did [23:49] not identify as Kang, but I guess when [23:51] he's retconed later to be a variant of [23:54] Immortis and Kang the Conqueror, that's [23:56] implied to be a secret and his Sphinx [23:59] was a was a time ship um a time vehicle. [24:03] So, I don't know. Uh I think it's more [24:06] fun if What do you guys think? Do you [24:08] think it's more fun if he doesn't know [24:09] that he's a Kang or if he does? I think [24:10] it's a little bit more fun if he does [24:12] know that he's a king. [24:16] Um, Jersey asking, "Will there be [24:18] another variant of Doom?" I guess in [24:21] Doomsday, is that your question? Um, [24:24] yeah. I maybe uh I think we need to have [24:27] a different Dr. Doom than Robert Downey [24:28] Jr. at some point in the MCU. Like [24:31] Robert Downey Jr. is obviously gonna his [24:32] contract is going to end with Secret [24:33] Wars and we need to have a Dr. Doom in [24:35] the universe after that. You know, Dr. [24:37] Doom's too rich of a character. He can't [24:39] just be quickly dealt with in this [24:41] multiverse saga event. He has other [24:44] really cool storylines beyond just [24:47] building battle world. [24:50] Um, Mega Red asking, "What's my personal [24:52] Doom backstory theory? What's my gut [24:54] telling me?" I' I've I've gone through [24:56] like three different ones that I've [24:57] talked about on New Rockstars, maybe [25:00] four if you consider the the baby that [25:02] Steve Rogers holding grows up to be [25:04] Victor Von Doom, which is the dumbest of [25:06] theories. Another theory being that when [25:09] Mobius talks about the um the kid with [25:13] his brother by the Black Sea in Loki's [25:15] finale episode that was going to be [25:18] responsible for the deaths of 5,000 [25:20] people and he couldn't bring himself to [25:21] prune him because himself back on the on [25:24] the sacred timeline had sons of his own. [25:27] Uh and then Ren Slayer showed up and [25:29] killed that kid. So, uh, but he said [25:32] other variants showed up and and the [25:35] what blew my mind about that is like is [25:37] he talking about other branches forming [25:38] off the sacred timeline that they'd have [25:40] on their wristwatches like oh uh oh it's [25:42] a now it's a Nexus event. Uh oh, what do [25:43] we do? Or is it other variants of Dr. [25:46] Doom who showed up? That'd be a cool [25:48] approach. Um I like the idea that he was [25:51] like the the genius Tony Stark figure of [25:55] his reality. Let's say it is the 828 [25:57] universe. uh and that he was he just [26:01] came from a country called Latvveria [26:03] and he would have been like what if Tony [26:06] Stark existed in a universe with the [26:07] Fantastic 4. It just went by a different [26:09] name and existed at a different point in [26:10] history. He was an engineer. He's trying [26:12] to do everything Tony Stark tried to do. [26:14] He built a suit of armor around himself. [26:16] He wanted to build a metaphorical suit [26:17] of armor around the world. Um and unlike [26:20] Tony Stark there there was no like [26:22] Doctor Strange to cover wizardry. So [26:24] he's like I also got to learn the [26:25] discipline of the mystic arts. Uh so he [26:28] was both a genius scientist and uh a [26:31] wizard. Uh and as much as he tried to do [26:35] just this universe was on a collision [26:37] path with other universes, he his [26:39] science and magic was decades ahead of [26:41] what the world's supposed smartest man [26:43] was, Reed Richards. Uh and he never got [26:46] the credit for it. And then he found a [26:49] solution which is something horrific, [26:51] something that would require u a queen's [26:53] gamut, a sacrifice of some kind. I think [26:56] chess is going to be very important to [26:58] to Dr. Doom and the line that we hear [27:01] Robert Downey Jr. say in the Cineon [27:03] trailer of you know uh something [27:05] unthinkable an unthinkable choice is [27:07] something that he's willing to do on [27:08] behalf of his universe but the the the [27:11] part of that origin story that I can't [27:13] figure out is like why he needs the kids [27:14] like why he's interested in Franklin I [27:16] know why he's interested in Franklin [27:17] Richards but if like Mistress Love gets [27:19] taken if Tchala Jr. gets taken. If Steve [27:21] Rogers kid gets taken, I don't know why [27:23] that's important to a story. And I I'm [27:25] kind of dreading the idea of like Gore [27:27] taking the kids of the Val Hollands or [27:29] the Asgardians and Thor Love and [27:31] Thunder. I don't want to see a repeat of [27:33] that. [27:35] Um, all right. So, let's move on to uh [27:38] another detail I wanted to share with [27:40] you guys. So, Empire Magazine releases [27:44] uh a bunch of photos. This is why I [27:46] think there's going to be a Spider-Man [27:47] Brand New Day trailer that drops in the [27:50] in the next few days. Uh this is an [27:52] image of Spider-Man tinkering with [27:54] something with with Zenaia uh as MJ. If [27:58] you look closely at the screen down [27:59] here, that is Bruce Banner's inhibitor [28:03] wrist device that keeps him from turning [28:05] into the Hulk. So, Peter Parker is [28:07] straight up fixing Bruce Banner's wrist [28:09] technology. I find that to be very [28:11] interesting. Um it might connect with [28:14] this other image. Let's see. Here it is. [28:15] So, this is the Empire magazine cover. [28:17] And we saw in like a toy uh that Peter [28:20] has like anti-gamma webbing. And look at [28:23] the green glow in his web shooter. [28:26] Doesn't that look like it's like gamma [28:28] related in some way? So, like Peter's [28:31] going to have a fight with the Hulk in [28:33] this movie. I think it's going to be [28:35] awesome. I can't wait to see this movie [28:37] just for that. And I do think that we're [28:39] going to see a Hulked out a fully hulked [28:41] out Savage Hulk in the trailer that [28:43] drops next week. [28:45] Um, now people asking, "Wait a minute. [28:49] Uh, she doesn't know who Peter is." [28:52] Yeah, she doesn't know who Peter Parker [28:53] is, but there's another trailer shot [28:55] where MJ is facing a masked Peter Parker [28:57] face to face. She remembers a [28:59] Spider-Man. She remembers having some [29:01] experience with Spider-Man because [29:02] remember in the trailer, Ned is like, [29:04] "Oh yeah, he saved us. He saved us for [29:07] some event that happened." So, I think [29:09] like they remember having a Spider-Man [29:11] who saved them on Liberty Island. They [29:13] might even remember other Spider-Mans [29:14] who were there, but they just remembered [29:16] that Spider-Man as a masked figure. [29:20] Jay Glam, hey dude, thank you for your [29:23] donation. [29:24] Um, so I think this is interesting. Uh, [29:26] there was a few quotes that I compiled [29:28] from the um from this particular Empire [29:33] magazine article that I found [29:34] interesting. [29:36] Um, it was apparently Tom Holland's idea [29:39] to have his powers evolve in different [29:41] ways. he kind of joined the writer room [29:43] for it and he he called it spider [29:45] puberty and they're like not interested. [29:47] Please let's not call it that. Uh but he [29:50] called it the kernel of the idea that it [29:51] grew into the the mutations his body is [29:54] going through now. Um Tom Holland [29:57] straight up said, "Hey, we're going to [29:58] get a spider uh SpiderGwen and a Miles [30:01] Morales at some point. I want to be the [30:04] mentor figure to that person." I think [30:06] that's a great idea for a fifth [30:07] Spider-Man movie after this. And I uh [30:09] over under over under what do we call [30:12] it? Over under 20 I don't know what do [30:14] you think will be the [30:17] probably year it's going to be after [30:19] beyond the spiderverse where Marvel [30:20] Studios will even be able to mention [30:23] Miles Morales. That's the deal they have [30:25] with Sony. But Secret Wars will be after [30:28] Beyond the Spider-Verse. So maybe [30:29] there's a Miles there. And certainly in [30:31] a fifth version of this series with Tom [30:33] Holland. I think that's where you get a [30:34] Miles in there. [30:36] Over under 20%. I I don't know. I don't [30:40] think I ever understood what that meant. [30:43] Uh, another quote that's interesting [30:45] here, Kevin Feige making it very clear. [30:48] He's in a sad small apartment listening [30:50] to the police scanner. He's a classic [30:52] Spider-Man. And then Amy Pascal calling [30:55] the movie a more internal movie. The [30:58] bigness of it is emotional, not worlds [31:01] exploding. He's making it very clear [31:03] that we will not see like incursions [31:05] during the main runtime of the movie. [31:07] However, I don't know if Amy Pascal has [31:08] seen whatever postredit scene that the [31:10] Russo brothers shot that will be [31:11] attached to this movie. So, maybe we see [31:13] Incursions there. Uh, or maybe if there [31:16] is a post- credit scene with this movie, [31:17] it sets up Peter to return in Secret [31:19] Wars, not in Doomsday, because we still [31:22] don't know if Peter's going to be in [31:23] Secret Wars. [31:28] Um, random question here. [31:31] Do you guys how do you keep up with [31:34] comics for your videos or do you just [31:36] research as you go? It's kind of a bit [31:38] of both. If we know events like once we [31:41] get confirmation that Doomsday is going [31:44] to be basically Hickman's storyline of [31:46] Time Runs Out going into Secret Wars, [31:48] yeah, we'll reread that. But like we we [31:51] were already kind of familiar with that [31:52] story line because it's one of the two [31:54] really really good Avengers story lines. [31:56] Um the other one being Brian Michael [31:58] Bendis. Um but the uh for there's once [32:02] we know that like a certain movie is [32:04] going to be adapting a specific comic [32:06] for example Supergirl um uh we knew it [32:09] was going to be Tom King's woman woman [32:11] of tomorrow something that I had not [32:13] read before this movie was announced and [32:15] then yeah we read it ahead for that. So [32:18] we kind of read as we go. Uh but in [32:21] general like a lot of these Marvel [32:23] movies, DC movies like as much as they [32:25] are comic book adaptations they don't [32:27] they don't really adapt comics. Most of [32:29] the time they bring in characters and [32:31] story lines and themes and most of the [32:32] time these screenwriters are like I can [32:34] come up with a better story and they do [32:35] something better but they don't always [32:38] do something better. Um so like let's [32:42] let's talk about [32:46] uh let's talk about the boys. I want to [32:48] touch on the boys. Um I think Jessica [32:50] did an amazing job breaking down every [32:52] episode of The Boys. Like she is far [32:54] more familiar with this IP than I am. [32:57] Um, but like I can't help but feel like [33:02] uh this is like something that we have [33:04] to comment on that this final season did [33:07] not did not uh like hit with fans the [33:12] way we wanted it to. Um, [33:16] right. If you didn't like this final [33:19] season, I think that's okay. Um, [33:22] like [33:24] it it wasn't a terrible final season. I [33:26] I overall thought like the finale stuck [33:29] the landing and tied up everything. But [33:30] the reason I brought it up from that [33:32] segue is this is like a classic comic [33:34] adaptation where we know how the comics [33:36] end. Like it's not like The Walking Dead [33:38] where we don't really know fully what [33:40] the endgame of The Walking Dead is when [33:42] that show when that um show went on [33:45] season by season. Like so very early on [33:49] like Eric Krykkey made the the choice to [33:51] like change major details about Black [33:53] Noir and his relationship with [33:54] Homelander, right? So, as soon as that [33:56] decision was made, we all kind of knew, [33:58] oh, he's going to move moving in a [34:00] different direction. And I feel like it [34:02] was better. Like what he wrote for Black [34:04] Noir was was better when Black Nor was [34:07] still part of the show. Uh I liked it [34:09] better than the reveal from the comics. [34:12] Um I have to say that the the final [34:16] battle in Washington DC in the comics is [34:19] better than this finale. Uh what I what [34:22] I'm showing here is like one of the many [34:24] AI related the AI created videos that [34:26] people made trying to come up with like [34:28] a better more idealized version of the [34:30] show. And like you may have seen some of [34:32] these and I don't blame you if you've [34:33] watched some of these because people [34:34] wanted more. They wanted to see the [34:36] scorched earth. They wanted to see [34:37] Homelander win. Uh and if you are one of [34:39] those people who wanted to see some of [34:41] the scorched earth that he promised all [34:42] season, I don't blame you. Though, I got [34:44] to say this shot is dumb because the [34:47] Washington Monument is nowhere near that [34:50] close to the White House and if it [34:52] toppled over would not crush the White [34:54] House like this. Um, but like I kind of [34:56] went into the finale expecting to see [34:58] something like this of Homelander just [35:00] going apeshit on the US military or the [35:04] city of New York. Um, I wanted to see a [35:08] very, very scary Homelander. That said, [35:11] the way they ended by making him as weak [35:13] as he was, I thought was great. Now, [35:15] this person having Homelander zap a [35:18] happy face, I don't think his laser is [35:21] powerful enough to vaporize [35:24] whole square miles at a time. But like I [35:29] can't blame you if you kind of wanted [35:30] that just because it is the finale of [35:31] the show and you could still have [35:33] Homelander end exactly as he does with [35:36] this pathetic kind of Mcgrubberesesque [35:39] pleading that he does. I thought that [35:41] was funny and I thought that was very [35:42] fitting for the way he should die. But I [35:44] just think before that death I wanted to [35:47] see something like this. I wanted to see [35:49] him fully at his most terrifyingly [35:52] powerful stage. I think it's true that I [35:55] think it's unfortunate that in the final [35:56] season we we saw him kill fewer people [36:01] than he did in any of the other seasons [36:02] that led up to it, even though he was a [36:04] god at this point. Um, so [36:07] yeah, that's that's uh I I think it's [36:10] okay to want more from the final season [36:12] of a show. I found something an [36:14] interesting quote that you know, it used [36:18] to be let people like things. uh just [36:21] let people like things and that's been [36:23] like when I started working at New [36:24] Rockstars that was my kind of sentiment [36:26] like there's g there's enough negativity [36:28] on the internet let's just create a [36:30] space a safe space where people can just [36:32] enjoy things but as we start to grow and [36:35] bring in um people who you know are on [36:37] the team who want to be more critical on [36:39] camera and as I've wanted to be more [36:40] critical on camera um I think we also [36:43] have to be okay with like let people not [36:44] like things like let people hate like [36:47] media and content let people [ __ ] on But [36:50] I also think both sides need to just be [36:53] okay with letting other people feel the [36:55] way they feel. And I often feel like [36:57] that whenever you like something that [37:00] other people hate, you feel like all the [37:01] people who hate it hate it for the one [37:04] dumb reason that you think is dumb. And [37:06] when you hate something and it seems [37:08] like everybody else likes something, you [37:10] think they all like it for the same one [37:12] reason that you find dumb to like [37:14] something. Often for that latter [37:16] category, people feel like, "Oh, I am [37:19] mad at Disney own Star Wars right now." [37:21] So, everybody who likes it must be a [37:24] Disney shill or someone who just only [37:26] likes watching Disney shills. Where it's [37:28] totally possible to never watch any kind [37:31] of Disney YouTuber and just go to watch [37:34] things like Skeleton Crew, Acolyte, uh, [37:38] Ahsoka, The Mandalorian, and Grou, and [37:40] Andor and just kind of like it and just [37:42] kind of like it. And that doesn't make [37:44] you like drinking any kind of Kool-Aid. [37:46] It's also possible to not like what Star [37:49] Wars is doing right now and not be a um [37:54] a toxic bigot who just listens to [37:57] certain podcasts and YouTube channels. [37:59] You know, it's possible to just be [38:00] someone who's like, "Hey, I'm I'm not [38:02] crazy about what Disney's doing with the [38:04] Disney Plus era stuff. I didn't really [38:06] like The Mandalorian and Grou. I don't [38:08] like Mandalorian. I don't like Skeleton [38:09] Crew. I don't I don't like this stuff [38:11] like my favorite." You could be someone [38:12] who just really really loves Revenge of [38:14] the Sith and Phantom Menace and that and [38:16] that's really okay. It doesn't put you [38:18] in any camp. I think everyone just who's [38:20] too plugged into the internet assumes [38:21] that anyone who has a different opinion [38:22] of them h than they do is part of a camp [38:26] that is mobilized in a way to make their [38:28] lives hell. And that couldn't be further [38:30] from the truth. Most people don't care [38:31] about the drama of it all. They just [38:33] like stuff or they don't like stuff. And [38:35] so like don't make your whole identity [38:36] on whether you like something or don't [38:38] like something I think is a takeaway of [38:39] it. And I just saw that kind of [38:40] discourse happening with the final [38:42] season of The Boys in a very unfortunate [38:44] way. It's okay to not like this final [38:46] season and it doesn't doesn't mean that [38:48] you're toxic uh or or you're dumb. Uh [38:52] and it's okay to like this final season [38:55] and it doesn't mean that you're someone [38:56] who's just like programmed to only ever [38:58] say nice things. So just shut up and [39:01] move on either way, I think, is what I'm [39:04] saying. Um, but I I'm of the opinion [39:06] that I mostly liked the way this finale [39:09] set uh left things. I I think that like [39:12] the right people died, the right [39:14] resolutions happened. It's just like the [39:16] overall pacing of the final season and [39:18] the the promises that the show made, [39:21] even Krypky's version of the show made [39:23] were not fully delivered on in the final [39:26] season. I I I agree with that sentiment. [39:28] I wanted to see more of a scorched [39:30] earth. I wanted to see more of a terror. [39:32] I wouldn't even be m I wouldn't even [39:34] mind if like all of like this universe [39:38] gets destroyed or obliterated made [39:39] unlivable by Homelander. Um if if like [39:42] they weren't going to continue GenV, [39:45] what what reason do we need to live in [39:46] the present and future of this world? Um [39:50] I don't The boys is a show that made us [39:52] very okay with bleak endings where the [39:54] bad guys win. Uh and I thought there was [39:57] an opportunity here to end The Boys that [39:59] way. I really thought that's what they [40:00] were going to do. But the fact that they [40:01] didn't, I I I don't really mind because [40:03] overall I I loved the journey. I love [40:06] how the boys gave us like an alternative [40:07] to televised superhero content and I'll [40:10] always be grateful for that. [40:15] Um [40:17] I'm not looking at all of the comments [40:20] right now, but I'm sure you guys all [40:22] have an opinion on this. Um, [40:29] Kenneth asking, "Do you think they'll [40:30] bring the character from the gifted?" [40:31] I'm not sure exactly who you're talking [40:33] about, but thank you for your super [40:34] chats. [40:37] Um, [40:39] another thing I wanted to [40:42] talk about here. Oops, that's not where [40:46] I am. [40:48] Oh. Um, [40:51] other questions that people had about [40:58] let's see. [41:11] Oh, Spider Noir. Guys, uh, I don't know [41:14] if our breakdown's out yet, but it may [41:16] just be Josh is waiting for me to finish [41:18] doing this, but our breakrough our [41:19] breakdown of Spider Noir is going to be [41:21] coming to the channel very soon. I [41:23] really liked Spider Noir. Um, those of [41:25] you who have watched it, what are your [41:27] thoughts? Maybe you haven't watched all [41:29] the episodes, so let's avoid spoilers in [41:31] the chat. I'm not going to spoil [41:32] anything. Um, but I really enjoyed this [41:35] show. I wish it was weekly cuz I think [41:37] it's a kind of show that's really fun to [41:39] digest in chunks. I think it would have [41:40] really been fun to watch Spider Noir and [41:43] give people a chance to watch each [41:44] episode in color and each episode in [41:45] black and white, but it's really hard to [41:47] do a binge drop like that and have to [41:50] make a a decision right away of black [41:52] and white or true hue color. Um, but [41:56] it's a uh it's a great show. My [41:58] recommendation would be [42:00] um [42:02] I guess my recommendation would be to [42:04] watch it in color. I personally watched [42:06] it in black and white first cuz I love [42:08] that. But the only reason I would say [42:09] watch it in color is because choices [42:12] that they made for the villain's power [42:14] sets are just not even visible in a lot [42:17] of the black and white shots. Like you [42:19] can't see um you can barely see, you [42:22] don't know if Tombstone turns gray or if [42:25] he just has this weird kind of reptilian [42:29] um Star Trek the Next Generation looking [42:31] prosthetic makeup. Um uh like Sandman, [42:35] you don't know what color his sand is. [42:37] And I think those color choices are [42:40] important to the way their powers [42:41] manifest. And I think even a megawatt [42:44] looks cooler when you can see them in [42:46] color. And while most of the time a lot [42:49] of the the kind of multis falcon [42:51] inspired noir Casablanca looking shots, [42:54] Chinatown looking shots, most of it [42:56] looks really cool in black and white. [42:58] Um, I would say like to uh to appreciate [43:01] the superhero elements of this world, [43:04] the spider, even the whole there's a [43:06] nightmare sequence that happens in an [43:07] episode and that looks so much cooler in [43:10] color than it does in black and white. [43:12] And a lot of you are like, "Oh, you [43:14] can't appreciate stuff that's in black [43:15] and white." No, no. I I prefer it. As I [43:17] said, I watched it first in black and [43:19] white, but uh for this kind of show, you [43:23] you kind of need to see it in color. Um [43:26] Yeah. And the color looks really cool. I [43:28] love a really beautifully saturated [43:31] show. And there's certain shots where [43:33] they just had like purple lights, pink [43:34] lights, blue lights, all different uh [43:37] levels of the frame were lit by a [43:38] different color in a way that just looks [43:40] incredible Dick Tracy style. And I love [43:42] that. I love it so much. So I think it's [43:44] people are like uh uh I don't know color [43:47] phobic when they um when they watch some [43:50] of these things because they were so [43:51] coded on like desaturated shows. Even a [43:53] show like The Boys is so desaturated in [43:56] a way that like it's not even fun to [43:57] look at sometimes, but a show like this [43:59] is like, yes, more of this, please. [44:04] Uh, another question. Doomsday trailer [44:05] win so we can stop feeling about jealous [44:07] about Cineacon. Uh, I love does the does [44:11] he know reference in the Batman 2 video. [44:15] Um, yeah. Uh, I think the Doomsday [44:18] trailer will either hit June 4th, June [44:20] 17th, or during Comic-Con. Uh, that [44:24] would be [44:26] July 25th. I think those are the dates [44:28] that are most likely if you're putting [44:30] any bets on anything. [44:33] Um, can we put a poll in the chat of [44:35] whether you prefer black and white or [44:37] color for the Spider Noir? [44:41] Um, I think it'd be fun to see. I most [44:44] people are probably going to say color, [44:45] but I just think you kind of need it [44:47] just to get visual context for some of [44:49] these fights. [44:51] Uh, but most of the time if it's just [44:52] like Nick Cage just like sitting in a [44:55] room talking to someone, which are some [44:56] of the best scenes of the show, black [44:59] and white is my preference. [45:02] Um, but I do think again they should not [45:05] have dropped all the episodes at the [45:06] same time if they were going to give you [45:08] that option because I think people would [45:09] have found really fun nuances week to [45:11] week between like like after episode 4 [45:14] came out, people would have been all [45:15] over social media talking about, oh [45:17] well, if you watch it this way, it would [45:18] have looked like this, but if you watch [45:19] it this way, it would have looked like [45:20] this. And it could have been like [45:22] through the 4th of July, we could have [45:24] had this show would have dominated the [45:26] cultural conversation. But instead, I [45:29] don't know how many people even watched [45:30] it this week. And I guess luckily we [45:33] don't have any major [45:35] nerd streaming shows between now and [45:37] X-Men 97 or rather House of the Dragon [45:40] season 3. So um [45:44] I wouldn't uh maybe people do catch up [45:47] on it, but I don't know, man. It kind of [45:49] feels like everyone was talking about [45:50] The Boys, which was dropped weekly. No [45:52] one really dropped about talked about [45:54] Fallout as much because there was more [45:56] of a binge drop and and unfortunately [45:58] these shows just like you lose some of [46:00] the heat when they're binge dropped. Um, [46:08] someone's asking coverage of Michael. [46:10] Uh, I haven't seen it yet. Um, I don't [46:13] know. Maybe I maybe I do see it. I I I I [46:17] don't know how I break that movie down [46:19] because it's like [46:22] I guess you just break down the movie as [46:24] it was, but there's a real story there. [46:27] And I think the people who would come to [46:28] YouTube watching a video about Michael [46:30] don't want to hear the whole story of [46:32] it. So, it's hard for me to just put [46:35] that aside. [46:40] Um, someone asked about obsession. Yeah, [46:43] maybe we we probably will do something [46:45] with Obsession. I don't know when or [46:47] where. Um something that a lot of people [46:49] were asking like, "Hey, why isn't New [46:51] Rockstars covering from?" Um what [46:54] happened to From? Uh it's like [46:56] unfortunately I haven't found it yet. Uh [46:58] from hasn't um [47:02] uh like I found it I discovered its [47:05] existence way too late. Um, and it's [47:08] just one of these other shows that like, [47:11] you know, we've tried to do this [47:12] experiment where we are covering [47:14] everything that like the staff of New [47:16] Rockstars is currently watching already [47:17] that's popular. Um, and that that [47:20] experiment is just kind of yielding [47:22] diminished returns because what we found [47:24] is the more stuff we cover, the more [47:27] tenfold people come at us to be like, [47:28] "Okay, well, why aren't you also [47:29] covering all these other shows?" And [47:30] they're just kind of more mad at you [47:32] than they are excited that you are [47:33] covering this show. So, I'm like, "All [47:35] right, well, we're just going to [47:36] disappoint people." the more we do, uh, [47:38] and unless we can be a huge media outlet [47:41] that can assign freelancers to cover [47:43] this show, this show, this show, this [47:45] show, this show, uh, then you, then we [47:48] can't really cover as much as we are. [47:52] But like a lot of people say, well, why [47:54] don't you just do that? Well, then you [47:56] kind of lose your brand identity. There [47:57] are plenty of these big news outlets [48:00] that I'm not going to name, but like [48:01] when they review things, everyone kind [48:03] of makes fun of them. And then you look [48:04] at who reviewed it, it's like, well, [48:05] that's not the same person who reviewed [48:06] this other movie. There's no clear kind [48:08] of editorial voice of the person who's [48:09] reviewing things. So, I don't want that [48:12] to be us. I kind of like that we have [48:14] the team that we have and I want to like [48:17] when one of our staff members is [48:19] watching a certain show, if they have [48:20] the bandwidth and if they can break it [48:22] down, I I want to create a pathway where [48:24] they can. But I think collectively as a [48:26] channel, we do start to hit that [48:28] bandwidth burnout limit when we're [48:30] covering four shows at a time. And I [48:33] think our viewers are kind of like, [48:35] well, I watch this one show or these two [48:37] shows, but I definitely don't watch [48:38] these two or three other shows, so I'm [48:41] not going to the viewership numbers [48:43] start to drop on the channel. So, we're [48:45] we're trying to just figure out what we [48:48] can make the most sense of. And I think [48:50] throughout the rest of the year, I don't [48:51] think we're going to hit a saturation [48:52] period where there are [48:55] that many shows to cover at the same [48:57] time, but I think two is a good number. [48:59] I think if a channel can break down two [49:01] different shows at the same time, [49:03] generally you're okay. I think like so [49:07] this summer we're going to have House of [49:10] the Dragon and X-Men 97. Those are the [49:12] only two shows I think will be [49:14] overlapping at the same time that we'll [49:15] be covering. And then there will be some [49:16] overlap when lantern starts, but like [49:18] lanterns won't overlap with Xen or with [49:21] uh with House of the Dragon. So, we'll [49:23] be covering Lanterns starting in August. [49:26] Uh we'll have Vision Quest starting in [49:28] October. Vision Quest will coincide with [49:32] uh The Rings of Power. I think those [49:34] will be the two shows we're covering at [49:35] the same time. But yeah, I think two [49:37] shows is kind of like a good cadence to [49:40] be in uh if you're also trying to cover [49:42] movie news as it happens, you know. Um, [49:45] so yeah, that's kind of where we're at [49:47] right now. And it might just mean that [49:49] there are shows that like you want us to [49:52] cover that we're that maybe we have [49:53] covered in seasons past that we're just [49:55] not going to cover just because like it [49:57] it burns us out to cover like three, [50:00] four, five shows at the same time at the [50:02] same time. Uh, so we're going to break [50:05] some hearts. I think there will be some [50:06] shows that we're not covering, but [50:08] that's just that's the that's the best [50:10] we can do. if we're also trying to cover [50:12] movies as they come out, trailers as [50:14] they come out, all that other stuff. [50:17] Question from D stuff, thank you for [50:18] your super chat. How do you think Marvel [50:19] will recontain the verse post Secret [50:22] Wars Battle World and make street level [50:24] heroes important still? You know, it's [50:26] crazy. I think Marvel Studios is still [50:28] trying to make street level heroes [50:30] important during the Doomsday and Secret [50:32] Wars event. Like, we're going to get a [50:33] Daredevil Born Again season 3 in between [50:35] Doomsday and Secret Wars. I have no idea [50:37] how that's going to make sense unless [50:38] it's all set before the events of [50:40] Doomsday. Maybe it maybe that is the [50:42] answer. Um but I think uh I think you [50:46] can do that if like you never say [50:48] multiverse again after Secret Wars is [50:51] done. Just have one universe where [50:52] everyone is in it. really do a good job [50:55] in that universe of a of uh defining [50:57] space locations, geography, so that you [51:00] can have a universe that has a a New [51:03] York in it, um a Westchester County in [51:07] it, a Wakanda in it, a new Asgard in it, [51:09] a West Coast in it, a Chicago, an [51:12] Oklahoma, a Florida, uh a Mexico, [51:16] um a China, um a Russia in it. like [51:20] having locations where people live in [51:22] these places. That's like how we can [51:24] have different scale events in the world [51:26] that we're in. Uh you can also go to [51:28] space. You can have a better defined [51:30] cosmos. Like I don't think the MCU has [51:32] done a good enough job of of defining [51:34] the star map as well as like cosmic [51:37] stories and fantasies like you know Star [51:40] Wars and Star Trek have. So that's [51:42] another way you can do it is like uh and [51:45] you can do all this in the mutant saga [51:47] because like the mutant saga already [51:48] kind of has characters who are both on [51:50] world and off-world characters who are [51:51] on crowa in Janosha and in Hudson [51:53] Valley, New York and in other cities [51:55] around the world. Um so I think you can [51:58] have street level versus cosmic pretty [52:01] easily if you just have like a sense of [52:03] who your characters are and where they [52:06] live in that universe. [52:08] Would you like to see Electra in Born [52:11] Again season 3? I think we will. Um, I [52:14] don't know if I need her in it, but I [52:16] think we're going to have her in it. Oh, [52:18] here we go. Michael is on its way to [52:20] make a billion dollars. It ends in 1989. [52:22] What story do you think isn't told? [52:31] I'm not saying that the movie is not [52:33] successful and I think there is a huge [52:35] audience there who wants to see this era [52:39] of Michael Jackson. But it's hard to [52:42] ignore for me what happens after 1989 in [52:47] his life when I'm talking about him. [52:50] That's all I'm saying. So, I'm not [52:51] saying that like adding those elements [52:54] uh from his life to this movie would [52:57] have made it a better movie. That's not [52:59] at all what I'm saying. And I'm not [53:00] saying it would be a a less successful [53:03] movie. I think part of the success is [53:05] that it is just a snapshot. Um I [53:08] understand that there's a huge audience [53:09] out there, a huge global audience that [53:11] just wants to put on blinders and just [53:13] focus on this part of his life. But I'm [53:15] saying it's hard for me. It's hard for [53:16] me to ignore what I consider to be a [53:19] pretty important context. [53:22] Uh, but thank you for your super chat. [53:24] I'm just trying to be honest with an [53:25] answer here. Uh, Abdul saying, "Hi, do [53:27] you think Andy Reynolds rumors last year [53:28] will just be a code name for a cameo [53:30] like Luke Cage was or Bob's past?" [53:34] I don't remember Annie Reynolds rumors [53:36] last year. I don't know what you're [53:37] talking about. [53:39] Um, Bob's past will according to be [53:42] touched on. Does anyone know what [53:45] exactly [53:47] you're talking about here? I don't I'm [53:49] sorry. I don't know what you're [53:51] referring to. Um, thank you for another [53:54] super chat saying, "Depending on how [53:56] doomsday plays out. Will quantum mania [53:57] become irrelevant, skippable, downright [53:59] unwatchable?" We actually have an [54:00] episode of The Road to Doomsday coming [54:02] out tomorrow that talks about how these [54:04] movies are still very relevant just for [54:06] the Paul Rudd Scott Lang of it all and [54:08] the Cassie Lang of it all. Two [54:10] characters who will be in Avengers [54:11] Doomsday. I I think there will be some [54:13] kind of context. I don't think it'll be [54:15] fully irrelevant, but I think there will [54:16] be MCU movies that are even less [54:18] relevant than the Ant-Man trilogy and [54:20] Quantumia are for Doomsday. So, if we're [54:23] doing rewatches, I I think it it's [54:25] important to at least rewatch [54:26] Quantumania just to see what the plan [54:27] was going to be uh and to track Scott [54:30] Lang's journey. [54:35] I'm trying to find my screen here. [54:39] I'm an old man yelling at clouds. [54:45] There it is. [54:53] Um [54:56] guys, uh House of the Dragon, that was [54:58] the other thing I was going to ask for. [54:59] This House of the Dragon trailer looks [55:01] awesome. Um I I'm not going to break [55:05] down this final trailer. I didn't break [55:07] down the second trailer either, but [55:09] there's a lot of cool stuff that's going [55:10] to happen in this final season. Can we [55:13] put another poll in the chat? Um, [55:16] asking I want to ask you guys, New [55:19] Rockstars historically has done Easter [55:21] egg breakdowns like the Monday morning [55:23] or afternoon after a Sunday night drop. [55:26] However, for A Night of the Seven [55:28] Kingdoms, we were actually able to [55:29] publish them Sunday nights. That was [55:32] really cool that we were able to do [55:33] that. I guess my question is, do you [55:36] care? Um, do you have a preference? [55:38] Would would you go on YouTube Sunday [55:40] nights after watching these episodes to [55:43] the New Rockstars channel and watch our [55:45] breakdowns on Sunday nights or would you [55:49] prefer having our breakdowns come out [55:52] the Monday the next day? Um because if [55:55] we can come if we can wait till Monday [55:57] the next day, it gives our editors more [55:58] time to do a polish on the edit and make [56:00] it a little bit of a prettier visual [56:02] analysis than it would be if it just [56:04] came out on Sunday nights. So that's why [56:06] I'm kind of saying there are options to [56:08] which we do it. Uh if you could let us [56:10] know in the chat what your preference [56:12] would be. Um we're good either way. I [56:15] think the difference between House of [56:16] the Dragons season 3 and A Night of the [56:18] Seven Kingdoms season 1 is A Night of [56:20] the Seven Kingdoms was largely just like [56:21] a simpler story. There wasn't a whole [56:23] lot of lore to get into. There was some [56:25] lore, but a lot of it was just like, you [56:28] know, exploring the relationship between [56:30] these two characters and and the [56:32] implications and their ti their ties to [56:34] the Targaryen family. For this, there's [56:36] a lot of characters. There's a lot of uh [56:38] political alignments, there's um there's [56:41] prophecy, there is symbolism, [56:45] um there's a lot of adaptation changes, [56:47] and Night of the Seven Kingdoms was a [56:48] very faithful adaptation. and there [56:50] weren't that many changes here in in [56:52] Night of or in House of the Dragon. [56:54] There's like quite a few changes uh to [56:56] the characters and to the events of the [56:58] show. So, it just takes longer to do [57:01] those. Those will be longer videos and [57:04] it will be harder for us to get them out [57:05] on Sunday nights than it was for Night [57:08] of Seven Kingdoms. So, that's why I'm [57:10] kind of asking you guys if you care [57:12] either way. [57:17] Uh so, let us know. I would love to see [57:21] poll results with those of you joining a [57:23] Friday live stream. I I imagine most of [57:25] you are not the kind of people who care [57:26] about our Game of Thrones IP content. [57:29] You clicked on a video without any Game [57:31] of Thrones thing in the thumbnail. So, I [57:33] don't know if this is the best sample [57:35] audience to ask for this kind of thing. [57:37] I just figured I'd ask you guys because [57:39] you are the ride or dies if you're here. [57:42] Hi, Christian. Pronouncable. Test [57:44] completed. [57:49] Uh, what's easier for the editors? [57:51] Honestly, I've asked and they've said [57:53] kind of either or because the video that [57:55] they're aiming to make, if it's [57:56] published on Sunday nights, is like a [57:59] simpler video visually. Um, but if they [58:03] have more time, if they drop it on [58:06] Monday, they can do more with it. So, I [58:08] think it's like if you just want to give [58:10] us more time to work on it, we can do [58:11] this. But either way, we're working. So, [58:13] it's just asking them when they do the [58:15] work and how much they're able to do. [58:17] Um, so they've kind of said it's a coin [58:19] flip either way. Now, I don't know if [58:22] that only applied to Night of the Seven [58:23] Kingdoms and for for House of the [58:25] Dragon, they'd be like, "Well, actually, [58:27] we really would uh prefer." And [58:29] whichever way we go with, we may not do [58:31] it the same way every week. We may try [58:32] it one week and and try not doing it [58:34] another week. I'm just curious what you [58:36] guys' thoughts are cuz for Daredevil [58:38] Born Again, we dropped them Tuesday [58:40] nights like as these episodes came out. [58:42] We did that for um Punisher One Last [58:44] Kill as well. And I think for a show [58:45] like that that wasn't necessarily a show [58:47] that everyone was watching water cooler [58:49] style on the same night. A lot of people [58:52] would watch that the next day or [58:53] Thursdays. So I think for some shows you [58:55] you we really can take more time. We try [58:58] to drop our breakdown after like a [58:59] critical mass of people have watched the [59:01] episode. Um because that's when like [59:04] YouTube is most likely to recommend it [59:05] to people. It's when people are more [59:07] likely to be on YouTube. And like for [59:09] certain for certain streaming shows, [59:11] yeah, they are shows that people will [59:13] watch as they drop. Sometimes there are [59:15] shows that people will watch the next [59:16] day or the day after. And I think [59:18] Daredevil born again was a show like [59:19] that. And and I think maybe even Night [59:21] of the Seven Kingdoms was a show like [59:22] that. But there's certain things with [59:23] like HBO shows like for Game of Thrones, [59:26] sometimes people do watch them on those [59:27] Sunday nights. It's part of their [59:28] ritual. So we were trying to tap in see [59:30] if we can tap into that ritual a little [59:32] bit. Uh and we may do that with with [59:34] House of the Dragon as well. [59:42] Oh, some people are asking, is uh House [59:45] of the Dragon on Prime or HBO Max? You [59:47] know, it kind of depends on your [59:48] country. For most of the world, it's on [59:50] HBO. [59:52] But um I was talking to someone at an [59:54] event who's from the UK and they're [59:56] like, "Oh, we don't have HBO shows [59:57] dropped the same way you you guys get [59:59] them. We get them on other streaming [60:01] platforms and we just all torrent them." [60:02] Um, so that's just like that. It's just [60:07] kind of an interesting thing to discover [60:08] for international viewers. And a brand [60:10] like HBO shows like Game of Thrones, it [60:12] is a global brand. They just get it [60:14] differently. Another thing that I saw [60:16] this week that's kind of crazy is like [60:17] Disclosure Day, the new Steven Spielberg [60:19] movie is dropping in the United States [60:21] and and many other countries on June [60:23] 12th. It was going to be dropping in [60:25] Japan on July, like early July. And they [60:27] just posted last night. They're like, [60:28] "Oh, sorry. It's not going to come till [60:30] October 1st." Sadly, I've learned that [60:32] in Japan, it's really hard to be a movie [60:34] fan just because for whatever reason, [60:36] like they just like don't release movies [60:38] at the same time as like the rest of the [60:40] world generally does. [60:45] Indian Warrior asking [60:48] uh Meisto in Doomsday or Secret Wars. [60:51] Probably not. I would say not in [60:54] Doomsday. Maybe in Secret Wars. I mean, [60:56] we got to get Meisto back at some point, [60:59] right? Right. Right. Someone asking [61:03] predictions for doomsday billing order. [61:07] Billing order is a specific contractual [61:10] um negotiated thing between the agents [61:12] in the studio. Uh Robert Downey Jr. is [61:16] going to be first build [61:18] easily first build. Second after that I [61:22] think they would go with probably Chris [61:25] Evans then Chris Hemsworth. [61:28] Um, [61:30] then I'm just going by like who has like [61:32] the best agents and who has like the [61:35] biggest resume after that that like the [61:37] Russo brothers valued the most when they [61:40] were negotiating this story. Uh, you [61:44] probably after that have maybe Paul [61:47] Rudd. [61:49] Um, I'm assuming that uh or maybe [61:52] probably um Florence Pew either either [61:54] Florence Pew or or Paul Rudd after that. [61:57] Um, you probably have Sebastian Stan. I [62:00] assume this is what you're asking about [62:01] billing order, right? I don't know. This [62:03] is some agent at CIA who's asking like, [62:06] "Do I need to work harder to get David [62:08] Harbor higher in the building?" I have [62:09] no idea. All I know is that Robert [62:11] Downey Jr. is going to be first build. I [62:13] guess the more interesting question is [62:14] who's going to be the the and and the [62:16] with at the end of the credits uh with [62:19] so and so and so and so because that's [62:22] kind of like after the first three, the [62:24] most valuable spot to be. That's where [62:25] they usually put the elder of the cast [62:26] or when they could surprisingly get this [62:28] person. So I don't think like Downey [62:31] Hemsworth or Evans will be the and or [62:33] the width. But maybe you have someone [62:35] like [62:36] and introducing who the younger person [62:38] is. I I Pedro Pascal is going to be [62:40] pretty high in the billing. Um maybe you [62:43] have and Ian Mckllen [62:46] with Patrick Stewart. Maybe those two [62:48] are at the bottom or something like that [62:50] just because they're kind of the elders [62:51] of the cast. Interesting question. I I [62:54] honestly don't know. [62:57] Uh someone saying odds of Spider-Man uh [63:00] dying in brand new day. Uh is that why [63:03] he's not in Doomsday? He gets [63:04] resurrected in Secret Wars with the [63:05] symbiote. You know, there was some [63:06] rumors going around about test [63:08] screenings where there's a controversial [63:09] ending where he dies at the end of the [63:11] movie. Uh I think like kind of a death [63:14] and a resurrection is something we [63:15] already saw at the end of Infinity War [63:17] going into Endgame. So I'd be really [63:19] shocked if that is what they do. Um, I [63:23] we just already kind of saw that. Um, I [63:26] don't think it's going to be his death. [63:27] I think there may be another character's [63:28] death. Maybe Hulk's death or something [63:30] like that. Um, but yeah, there was [63:32] specifically a theory going around that [63:34] we talked about in Tuesday's video, I [63:36] think it was, or Wednesday's video [63:38] talking about um how someone out there [63:40] saying he gets resurrected with the [63:41] symbiote and that's how we get the black [63:43] suit. H maybe [63:47] MJH. God, man. Guys, we got Let's move [63:50] on. No more conversation about I'm not [63:52] gonna answer any super chats about [63:54] Michael Jackson. I'm done talking about [63:55] that. Geez. [63:58] Um, one thing that if you live in the LA [64:01] area, you should join us for, we're [64:02] doing IGN live on Sunday, June 7th. It's [64:05] actually the event is happening [64:08] Saturday, June 6th through Sunday, June [64:10] 7th. New Rex are going to be there on [64:11] Sunday. We're going to have some fun [64:13] stuff going on. And you can uh get [64:14] tickets by like going over here and then [64:17] when you go um [64:20] accept them all, you can put in your [64:22] information and it's you see it's pretty [64:25] affordable. Like it's not that bad. Uh [64:27] and if you go in and you put in like New [64:29] Rockstars 10 is our discount code and [64:32] you get $10 off that. What a deal that [64:35] is. So you should do that and it's a [64:37] fun. We'll all be there. We're going to [64:38] be doing a live Road to Doomsday episode [64:42] talking about Captain America: Civil [64:43] War. You can be in the room for that [64:45] conversation if you live in the LA area. [64:46] But if you don't live in the LA area, [64:47] don't worry. IGN is live streaming the [64:49] whole thing. You can join us on YouTube [64:50] for it. And if you missed it for [64:52] whenever we do it on Sunday, don't [64:53] worry. We're going to be publishing the [64:54] VOD of just our panel on the New [64:57] Rockstars channel the following weekend. [64:58] So, that's something fun that we're [65:00] doing. And thank you for IG to IGN for [65:02] for um inviting us. Yeah, I mean it's [65:06] gonna be uploaded later during the [65:07] normal window when Road to Doomsday [65:08] episodes upload. [65:10] Another thing you can do to support us. [65:12] Hey, hey, sign up for our newsletter, [65:13] nerd.shop. Look at these designs. So [65:16] many great designs. You can get all [65:17] these shirts. One of the best ways you [65:19] can support us at New Rockstars [65:21] nerd.shop. [65:24] Nai shop. Look at this Doom chess. I [65:27] think we we underestimate how important [65:29] chess is going to be to Dr. Doom. [65:31] There's going to be a lot of chess [65:32] references in Doomsday. I'm confident. [65:38] Look at this guy wearing his Mesto shirt [65:40] right now. Brazilionaire. What a hero. [65:43] What a guy. Gotta love you. [65:47] All right. Um, I'm going to call it [65:50] there for this episode of Office Hours. [65:53] Guys, it's been so fun to talk about all [65:55] this stuff, to answer all your [65:56] questions. Uh, thank you all so much for [65:59] joining us during this live stream. Oh, [66:01] another question from Indian Warrior [66:02] asking, "Would the Russo brothers and [66:04] Destiny Cretton be aware of each other's [66:05] film plots since they tie into each [66:07] other? Who would coordinate this?" Yes, [66:09] I think these are important uh enough [66:12] stories that they are uh they it would [66:16] be Kevin Feige, it'd be Louis's Bizto, [66:18] it'd be Brad Winderbomb, it'd be other [66:20] Marvel producers. They're big enough for [66:22] the studio. Steven Brousard, they're [66:24] chatting with each other, they're [66:25] comparing notes, and yes, they're aware [66:26] of each other's stories. They're at [66:28] least aware of each other's stories. [66:29] Now, I don't know if Destiny knows the [66:31] full plot of Doomsday, and I don't know [66:33] if the Russo brothers know the full plot [66:34] of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but they [66:36] know enough about those characters if [66:37] they're featured in each other's [66:38] stories. Yeah. Uh Edward, I talked about [66:40] this earlier. It has been paused for at [66:42] least now, but we'll have answers on [66:43] like what our plan is for those coming [66:46] soon. Yeah, for those of you watching [66:49] the stream right now, you don't have to [66:51] leave New Rockstars. We'll be releasing [66:53] our Spider Noir breakdown uh on this [66:55] channel right after we're done here. So, [66:58] I think you'll really love it. Uh, I [66:59] assume that was from Josh or somebody [67:02] else. 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You can go to [67:43] nrunder.supcast.com, [67:44] which is where we have our uh exclusive [67:47] like behindthe-scenes conversations. [67:48] Berg and I are just recorded an episode [67:51] that we're going to be releasing on [67:52] Monday talking about these new Amazon AI [67:55] creator funds and and what that really [67:57] means for the industry. Yeah, it's a [67:59] great episode. Thanks again for joining [68:00] us. I'll be doing this uh in the weeks [68:03] ahead. I mean, we we're going to be [68:04] doing some live streaming next week uh [68:06] assuming we get a Spider-Man trailer. [68:07] I'll be here live answering questions [68:09] again. Uh I have a lot of fun doing [68:11] this. Thanks again. Love you guys. Have [68:13] a great weekend. Stay safe out there. [68:15] Bye-bye. [68:17] Heat. [68:28] Heat.