Avengers Doomsday Trailer Updates & Other Questions Answered! | Ask Erik Anything!

[00:00] Yo yo yo. Welcome to New Rock Stars. I'm

[00:02] Eric Voss. We're live here on this

[00:05] Friday, May the 1st. It was going to be

[00:07] May. Now it is May. Uh we're doing

[00:10] another like Friday office hours chat.

[00:12] Kind of a mailbag thing. We try to do

[00:14] this on Fridays to answer your biggest

[00:16] questions. Uh I have some potential

[00:18] updates about the Avengers Doomsday

[00:20] trailer. Um I I wanted to react to some

[00:22] of these AI recreations of mine and

[00:25] others descriptions of what we saw at

[00:27] Cineacon. Uh, and I really just want to

[00:30] answer your questions. What What were

[00:31] your big questions from the from the

[00:33] week of nerd news from movies and TV

[00:36] shows and and other big releases that

[00:38] you're most excited for headed into

[00:39] these summer months? Are you seeing

[00:42] Devil Wear's Prada right now? If you

[00:44] are, get off your phone in the movie

[00:45] theater and enjoy Stanley Tucci's weird

[00:47] underbite that he has in the movie. Um,

[00:49] yeah, guys, it's so cool to be here with

[00:51] you all. Um, thank you for joining us

[00:53] for this live stream. Uh, thank you F.

[00:56] Patterson 38. I really appreciate the

[00:59] nice words. Um, uh, Ryan Newton saying,

[01:02] "Oh, we announced our big Road to

[01:04] Doomsday schedule for May." Uh, and a

[01:07] lot of people are griping like, "Why did

[01:08] you merge the three Guardians of the

[01:10] Galaxy movies into one episode and the

[01:12] three Ant-Man movies into one episode."

[01:14] Folks, I have seen I've seen the trailer

[01:17] for Avengers Doomsday, and I now know

[01:21] what kind of will be in the movie and

[01:23] what probably won't be in the movie. And

[01:25] I'm telling you, it doesn't look like

[01:26] there's room for the Guardians of the

[01:28] Galaxy to be in this movie. I could be

[01:30] wrong. Maybe Star-Lord does show up in

[01:32] the movie. I just think they're all

[01:33] going to show up in Secret Wars. And I

[01:35] do think they're worth talking about

[01:36] because James Gunn moved the ball

[01:38] forward in the MCU in a hugely

[01:40] significant way and we can't just like

[01:41] neglect that. But to to say that like

[01:44] Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2

[01:45] deserves its own episode of this podcast

[01:47] as we're running out of weeks until

[01:48] December 18th would really just limit

[01:51] the amount of time we have to talk about

[01:52] stuff that you guys actually need

[01:54] answers on. So, I hope you can forgive

[01:55] us. I'm not going to do this any less of

[01:57] a service. Uh we've done we've covered

[02:00] those movies exhaustively on New

[02:01] Rockstars. I really just wanted to

[02:03] narrow our focus and answer the

[02:05] questions about Avengers Doomsday as we

[02:08] now know it to be. Um, so check out the

[02:10] recent community post. Basically,

[02:11] tomorrow, May 2nd, will be our episode

[02:13] about Captain America: The Winter

[02:15] Soldier. The first Russo Brothers

[02:17] Avengers uh movie, uh, the movie that

[02:20] changed the Marvel Cinematic Universe

[02:22] into the Russo Brothers coded universe

[02:24] it is now. Uh, a hugely important movie

[02:26] to revisit. Next week, we're going to

[02:28] look at Guardians of the Galaxy volume

[02:29] 1, 2, and three, and the holiday special

[02:31] in one episode. Oh, excuse me. That's

[02:33] two weeks after that. Before that, we're

[02:35] going to get to X-Men: Days of Future

[02:36] Past, which I think might be in the, you

[02:38] know, after the Avengers movies and

[02:40] Civil War, might be the most important

[02:42] movie uh that the Russo brothers are

[02:44] thinking about. Um, I'm telling you,

[02:47] that movie and the way it leaves things

[02:48] in the Fox X-Men universe is going to be

[02:50] hugely important for Doomsday. So, we're

[02:51] covering that. Uh we're going to cover

[02:55] um oh uh Age of Ultron later this month

[02:59] as one episode and we're going to cover

[03:02] uh the Ant-Man trilogy including Quantum

[03:03] Mania uh at the end of the month on

[03:05] Memorial Day weekend. I think it's

[03:06] Memorial Day weekend. That's to answer

[03:08] the questions. Um

[03:11] hey Absolute Cinema, good to see you

[03:13] join us for this conversation. Uh

[03:16] Absolute Cinema, that's right. Scorsese

[03:19] is in Mandalorian and Grou. Arthur

[03:22] Dennis saying Avengers interesting stage

[03:23] trailers leaked on YouTube. No, it

[03:24] isn't. No, it isn't. No, it isn't. The

[03:27] there are there are AI versions of it

[03:29] that are recreating it. But I'm begging

[03:31] you do a better job to discern between

[03:33] what's AI and what's real. I'm going to

[03:35] help you do that as I react to one of

[03:36] these trailers. Um it it I I've looked

[03:39] everywhere on the internet. That place

[03:41] Cinemacon was like a lockbox. Nothing

[03:44] was uh recorded. Uh some people were

[03:47] like, "Oh, well, we saw the ending

[03:48] slide." I think someone maybe had the

[03:49] the ending slide recorded, but like it's

[03:52] not out there. It's not out there and

[03:54] hopefully this week. Um, so to give you

[03:57] guys an update on when the trailer will

[04:00] come out. Um, from what I know, uh,

[04:03] we're now May 1st. Um, Monday will be

[04:06] May the 4th. We are confirmed to get a

[04:08] new trailer for Christopher Nolan's The

[04:11] Odyssey during, uh, Steven Cobear on

[04:14] that's going to be Monday night. So, I'm

[04:15] thinking that trailer might hit YouTube

[04:17] on Tuesday morning, May the 5th. That

[04:20] whole week is going to be a big Disney

[04:21] Star Wars week. Uh, the two final

[04:24] episodes of Maul Shadow Lord drop on

[04:26] Monday. I don't think Disney's going to

[04:28] want to give that much attention to

[04:29] Avengers Doomsday, at least on Monday

[04:31] and Tuesday of next week. I think the

[04:33] earliest we'll see it would be

[04:35] Wednesday, May the 6th, or Thursday, May

[04:38] the 7th. Realistically, I think it's

[04:40] going to be Monday, May 11th or Tuesday,

[04:44] May 12th, if it does come out this

[04:46] month. Uh, a lot of you guys are like,

[04:48] "Well, are we even going to get it

[04:50] before July?" Yeah, I do think we will

[04:52] get it before July. Um, often Disney

[04:56] likes to release trailers at the start

[04:57] of a month um on a Tuesday, Wednesday,

[05:00] or Thursday as opposed to a Monday or a

[05:03] Friday. Um, but there's enough of these

[05:05] scoopers out there who know people who

[05:07] release stuff. Um, you know, I I don't

[05:11] have any of these contacts, but we'll

[05:12] know within 24 hours of advance. Uh, and

[05:15] I think if it were going to drop on

[05:16] Monday, we would know today. Um, so

[05:18] don't expect it on Monday, and I

[05:20] wouldn't expect it on Tuesday.

[05:23] Um, so yeah, I'm sorry that that I'm I'm

[05:27] pretty surprised Marvel Studios hasn't

[05:28] released that trailer yet because it is

[05:30] cut to be a two-minute trailer. Um, it's

[05:33] it's a trailer that belongs on YouTube.

[05:34] It's a trailer that all of you should

[05:36] see. It's a trailer that none of you

[05:37] guys should have to go to New Rockstars

[05:39] for our trailer descriptions for for

[05:40] longer than a few days. Um, it's crazy

[05:43] that they haven't done it yet. Uh, yeah,

[05:45] the movie is releasing December, but

[05:47] like so is Dune part 3, and we've gotten

[05:50] trailers for that. We've gotten a lot of

[05:52] marketing for that. We've seen the I've

[05:54] seen the first eight minutes of that

[05:55] movie. So, uh, yeah, I don't think

[05:57] Marvel Studios can afford to wait too

[05:59] much longer to release it on YouTube.

[06:01] And that's why I think they're not going

[06:02] to wait for Comic-Con. I think this

[06:04] trailer is cut. It's ready to go and

[06:05] they're just waiting for the right few

[06:06] days to do it. Um I really did think it

[06:09] was going to be this week and that it

[06:10] was going to be in front of the Devil

[06:12] Wars Prada. Um but obviously those are

[06:14] different audiences.

[06:16] One fear that I had is that Disney out

[06:20] of um fear that The Mandalorian and Grou

[06:22] is under going to underperform is going

[06:25] to release this only theatrically in

[06:27] front of The Mandalorian and Grou um

[06:30] screening. It's it's coming out on May

[06:33] 22nd. So I was like, "Oh, are they going

[06:35] to drop it and screening starting

[06:36] Thursday night, May 21st?" And then it's

[06:38] going to be like another Avatar Fire and

[06:40] Ash thing where you got to like go to

[06:43] the movie theater to see it. I'm If if

[06:46] anybody from Disney watches New Rockst

[06:48] Stars, for the love of God, do not do

[06:49] that. Just put it on YouTube at the

[06:51] start of that week, please. And then if

[06:53] you want to put it in front of

[06:54] screenings of Mandalorian and Grou,

[06:55] people will love this trailer so much.

[06:57] There will be some people who are like,

[06:58] "You know what? I got to see that on a

[07:00] big screen." Uh uh I'll I'll even make

[07:03] that offer from New Rockstars.

[07:05] If you release it on YouTube and then

[07:08] release it in uh in movie theaters, New

[07:11] Rockstars will host a big Mandalorian

[07:13] and Grou watch party at the AMC 16 in

[07:15] Burbank where we'll all go see

[07:17] Mandalorian and Grou together and I will

[07:19] only hang out after that movie ends to

[07:21] make sure people watch the whole thing.

[07:22] And uh if anybody starts throwing

[07:24] popcorn, I'll yell at them and I'll

[07:25] shame them. Uh I I I'll do whatever it

[07:27] takes to make sure people will see this

[07:29] on YouTube and not have to go see a

[07:31] movie at a movie theater. As much as I

[07:33] love theatrical distribution, at this

[07:35] point, people need to see this and it

[07:37] needs to come out on YouTube worldwide.

[07:39] Um,

[07:41] uh, Sarah Atadorian, great to see you

[07:43] joining us today. Um, Nerd Girl Jean,

[07:47] uh, yes, we're all trash bags here. Stay

[07:50] fresh cheese bags. I don't get all the

[07:53] jokes here, but I love to see all you

[07:56] joining us. Um, this is a, if you're

[07:59] just joining us, we're doing kind of a

[08:00] Friday AMA, a mailbag show, a live

[08:03] stream that we're doing here on New

[08:05] Rockstars, where I really do want to

[08:06] answer your questions. Um, Ethan, when

[08:09] will we begin the Road to Doomsday

[08:10] schedule? The May schedule is a

[08:12] community post, so if you just if you're

[08:13] on your device, just scroll back and

[08:15] you'll see what the May schedule is. And

[08:16] then sometime in May, we'll announce the

[08:18] June schedule. Uh, we really try to keep

[08:20] things flexible. Hey, thank you for the

[08:22] super chat. Kenzie asking, "Are you

[08:24] concerned that the Mandalorian Grou

[08:26] movie is just going to be one long

[08:28] season?" I've seen the first 17 minutes

[08:31] of the movie and it doesn't seem to be

[08:34] like a long season of The Mandalorian

[08:36] and Grou. It honestly seems to be like a

[08:39] really high budget episode of The

[08:40] Mandalorian Grou that's on story, that's

[08:42] on steroids. Um, really great VFX,

[08:47] really great action that I saw in the

[08:49] opening scene. Um, but honestly that bar

[08:52] was set really high by a lot of the best

[08:54] episodes of The Mandalorian and Grou.

[08:56] Um, the scenes that I saw, I couldn't

[08:58] really tell if they were shot on the

[08:59] volume. I think there is one shot inside

[09:01] the new Razor Crest cockpit where I'm

[09:03] like, "Oh, that might be in the volume."

[09:05] But the rest of it, um, looked pretty

[09:07] good. Um, like I guess what I'm still

[09:10] unsure about is like the story, you

[09:13] know, like why this story needs to be a

[09:15] movie that people see. Um, so jury's

[09:19] still out there. I I I have not seen the

[09:21] full movie yet. I think I will in the

[09:22] next couple weeks. Um I'm honestly not

[09:24] that concerned. I I I think like this

[09:27] movie was a big labor of love by John

[09:29] Favro and and I think all the press that

[09:31] he and and the crew have been doing,

[09:32] it's it doesn't I I've done some press

[09:35] events at this time and I can tell when

[09:37] the directors or showrunners are kind of

[09:39] full of it and John Favro doesn't seem

[09:41] to be full of it. He seems to have a

[09:43] genuine passion for the movie he

[09:45] created. Now, whether that's going to

[09:46] translate to a to a good movie, I have

[09:49] no idea. I have no idea. Uh, but I it

[09:52] does seem to be uh handcrafted in a way

[09:55] that a lot of Star Wars movies have not

[09:57] been. So, I'm excited to see it. I

[10:00] honestly th those first 17 minutes

[10:02] cooked hard enough for me that uh I'm

[10:04] looking forward to the rest of the

[10:05] movie. The movie is 2 hours 20 minutes.

[10:07] So, I'm like there's still 2 hours of

[10:09] this movie that I haven't seen and the

[10:11] trailers don't really seem to tell us

[10:12] like what the rest of the movie is. I

[10:14] have I'll say this. I have far bigger

[10:16] concerns for other much balihood summer

[10:20] releases than The Mandalorian and Grou.

[10:22] And if you have questions about those,

[10:24] I'll answer.

[10:27] Um, let's see.

[10:31] Thanks for reminding us, Nerd Girl Jean.

[10:34] Oh, funny you should ask, Anthony. What

[10:37] I'm wearing is our new Doom Iron Man uh

[10:41] crossover shirt. I don't know what it's

[10:42] called. I've been calling it nude chest

[10:45] so blessed. I don't think that's what

[10:47] it's called, but you can get it at

[10:48] nerdriot.shop. It's a cool shirt. I like

[10:50] it. It feels good. Um I like these black

[10:54] t-shirts. They hide all kinds of sins.

[10:57] I'm talking about like my um my poor

[11:02] physical condition.

[11:05] Okay, I see a question here. What about

[11:07] the many time machine Steve used to

[11:09] return the Infinity Stones? Do you think

[11:11] the time machine is going to be

[11:12] mentioned in Doomsday at least? You

[11:14] know, it didn't show up in the trailer

[11:15] that I saw, and it hasn't shown up in

[11:17] the teasers that I've seen, but I think

[11:19] you're talking about the the quantum

[11:20] tech wrist device that that Tony Stark

[11:23] made. This is this kind of watch that

[11:26] you uh connect pin particles to. And uh

[11:30] Steve did grab four of those vials from

[11:33] 1970. So, I think he has a couple extra

[11:35] charges, but I I would imagine if he

[11:37] made the decision to stay in the past,

[11:39] he um would have destroyed those vials

[11:42] to eliminate the risk of going ahead or

[11:44] the risk of like, you know, someone

[11:46] getting into his house and stealing it

[11:48] or the risk of like his kid, you know,

[11:51] accidentally sending himself through

[11:52] time. I I don't think he would still

[11:54] have them, but I do think his decision

[11:57] will get mentioned. I think his decision

[11:58] to stay in the past is kind of what led

[12:00] to some kind of incursion. It's why he's

[12:02] a target by Dr. Doom. And honestly,

[12:04] after seeing the trailer and seeing

[12:06] Steve Rogers in his uh in his new

[12:09] attire, that that's kind of like the big

[12:11] question I have is like, okay, I I

[12:13] understand how he stayed in the late 40s

[12:15] and now that he has a kid now, it's in

[12:16] the early 50s. Um, how does he catch up

[12:19] with the with Thor and the other

[12:21] Avengers as they are now in the events

[12:22] of Doomsday? Did some time travel take

[12:25] place or or just is the nature of

[12:27] incursions such that it can bend time

[12:30] and space in a specific way? Um did did

[12:34] Steve get relocated by the TVA? That

[12:36] that's a theory I played with before.

[12:40] Hey everybody, if you're just joining

[12:41] us, oh we're doing like a Friday office

[12:44] hours mailbag thing where I'm just here

[12:45] to kind of answer questions you have.

[12:48] Um

[12:50] let's see. Paleo Ant asking why couldn't

[12:52] people live stream or video call the

[12:54] trailer. Maybe you're talking about at

[12:57] Cineacon in Las Vegas. Like how come the

[12:59] people in the room couldn't have their

[13:00] devices out? Um because security was

[13:02] that tight. Um they warned us every day

[13:05] of the panel there. We were in a press

[13:07] section, but that whole room, the Dolby

[13:09] Coliseum in Vegas at Caesar's Palace was

[13:11] heavily patrolled by very talented and

[13:14] very good at their job security folks

[13:17] who if you had your device out, anything

[13:20] that would be pointed, they were

[13:21] watching everyone like hawks. And

[13:23] anytime someone might have accidentally

[13:25] had their phone in a way that looked

[13:27] like they were recording, there was like

[13:28] three security people who would pounce

[13:30] on them and then take them out and

[13:32] embarrass them in front of all their

[13:34] colleagues and be like, "Show me your

[13:35] phone. delete whatever you have on

[13:36] there. Okay, you can sit back. And if

[13:38] some people were just completely thrown

[13:40] out. Um so that's why and and while um

[13:43] for the Disney panel, Disney did change

[13:45] the rules where you could record at

[13:46] least when people were doing speeches on

[13:48] stage or when the Disney executives or

[13:50] when the when Feige or the Rooster

[13:52] Brothers were out there, as soon as

[13:53] footage was shown, devices down. And

[13:56] they were they were on top of it. Um, so

[13:58] and specifically they sent out another

[14:00] um a follow-up email the day of saying

[14:03] like no, you can't uh you you cannot

[14:07] live stream. And I think that was their

[14:08] concern is that people would be just

[14:10] live streaming part of it. They they say

[14:12] you couldn't live stream any of the

[14:14] speeches because they didn't want that

[14:15] live stream to accidentally continue

[14:16] when footage began. So I'm telling you

[14:19] it's physically impossible. They also

[14:21] had these like green laser pointers to

[14:22] just kind of embarrass you. And that's

[14:24] why like this this AI thing I'm about to

[14:26] show you is certainly not real. I even

[14:29] the creator of it is saying it was AI,

[14:30] but it's fooling enough people and I'm

[14:32] telling you if you would never have a

[14:34] static shot from that angle that

[14:36] wouldn't have been disrupted or

[14:37] interrupted in some way.

[14:40] I think Berg is in the chat. Yeah. So

[14:43] Berg is there. Uh I think we got Josh

[14:45] and Brian in the chat. Josh and Brian

[14:47] helped set up this chat. Um,

[14:52] oh yeah, that was uh I answered your

[14:54] question, I think already, but thank you

[14:56] also for your super chat donation. That

[14:58] was very generous. Uh, super chat for

[15:00] Matt in the chat. Why do you think

[15:02] Marvel's marketing team is doing their

[15:03] fans so dirty? It's rude at this point.

[15:06] [sighs]

[15:07] I don't think Marvel considers it rude.

[15:10] I I think Marvel is uh I think they're

[15:14] trying to focus on Daredevil born again

[15:17] right now. And I think they really do

[15:20] believe that once they start marketing

[15:21] Avengers Doomsday, they're going to put

[15:23] enough on YouTube that, you know, this

[15:25] kind of gap period that we're in now

[15:27] will just kind of be forgotten. Uh, and

[15:29] they might be right about that. I think,

[15:32] you know, imagine in two weeks, uh, you

[15:34] have the Avengers Doomsday trailer on

[15:36] YouTube and we're going to be all over

[15:38] it. You guys are going to be pouring

[15:40] over it. All of your social platforms

[15:41] are just going to be obsessed with this.

[15:43] Are you really going to remember this

[15:44] period between midappril and miday where

[15:49] you're like I still want it? I think

[15:50] they're they think that they can play

[15:52] our expectations. Um I'm here to say

[15:56] don't wait that much longer and release

[15:59] it on Wednesday, please. Um but yeah, I

[16:03] I can understand why you think it's why

[16:05] why you think it's rude. But I will say

[16:07] that like, you know, everyone was

[16:08] criticizing Sony the 24 hours before

[16:11] they they showed the Spider-Man brand

[16:13] new day trailer where they would just

[16:14] release these one to two second

[16:15] snippets. And I remember there were a

[16:16] lot of takes saying, "Is this the

[16:18] dumbest marketing move of all time?" I

[16:20] remember when they announced the the

[16:21] cast with the set chairs, there were a

[16:23] lot of people who talk about movies for

[16:25] a living who were saying, "This was the

[16:26] dumbest marketing ploy of all time." And

[16:28] I just think anything different or

[16:30] anything out of the norm of expectation

[16:32] is going to be critiqued that way. But

[16:34] as soon as like the thing comes out,

[16:36] everyone retroactively looks at those

[16:38] things as genius. This the Spider-Man

[16:40] brand new day trailer broke records on

[16:41] social media. So I don't think it I

[16:44] think we only feel this way right now.

[16:46] And I know we can only live in the

[16:47] present, but this too shall pass. U but

[16:51] I understand feeling that way. Hey,

[16:54] thank you for becoming re-uping as a

[16:56] rewatcher Sarah.

[16:59] Um, pretty soon I'm going to be jumping

[17:03] over. Oh, another super chat saying

[17:05] Hannah saying, "Oh, now that the Oscars

[17:07] is allowing multiple roles for people to

[17:08] be nominated, example, Anne Hathaway

[17:10] with five movies this year, who do you

[17:12] wish could have had multiple

[17:14] nominations?" Well, um, I think the

[17:16] change that was announced today is that

[17:19] uh, an actor can be nominated for

[17:20] multiple uh, roles in a single movie,

[17:24] right? Maybe I misread that, but I'm

[17:26] pretty sure people could be nominated

[17:27] for multiple roles in like different

[17:29] categories or or or in different um like

[17:32] you can have people who were nominated

[17:34] twice for best actor for different

[17:35] movies in a year, but maybe I'm wrong.

[17:37] Um I have to double check on that. Um

[17:41] but who do you think could have had

[17:42] multiple nominations? I think Michael B.

[17:43] Jordan could have had a nomination for

[17:45] Smoke and Stack in Sinners. I think he

[17:48] was that good. I I know that DiCaprio

[17:50] has been nominated both for leading

[17:51] actor and supporting actor in a year

[17:53] before um that's happened before. Um I

[17:57] don't think Anne Hathaway will be

[17:59] nominated multiple times this year. Uh

[18:02] maybe end of Oak Street will be that

[18:03] good. She she was fine in Devil Wars

[18:05] Prada 2. Um I don't think she's going to

[18:07] be that great in the in the Odyssey. I

[18:10] think there's going to be a lot of great

[18:11] performances in that movie, but who

[18:13] knows? As as Odysius's wife, it's a huge

[18:15] role. It's like the second biggest role

[18:17] in the movie potentially. So maybe uh

[18:20] maybe she is kind of the Emily Blunt

[18:22] role of that movie. I'm trying to think

[18:25] who do you wish could have had multiple

[18:26] who let you guys let me know in the

[18:28] chat. Who do you think in a single year

[18:30] should have had multiple nominations. I

[18:33] mean Zenaia this year is going to have a

[18:35] pretty big year from from Dune. Um,

[18:45] someone just saying, "We want Doom."

[18:47] Yeah, I get it. Um, wow. Another super

[18:50] chat saying, "Invincible repeatedly

[18:52] shows characters survive injuries that

[18:53] should be fatal. What are we actually

[18:55] meant to see as real stakes? Physical

[18:57] danger, emotional fallout, or something

[18:58] else entirely driving the tension?" From

[19:00] Indie.

[19:02] Uh, wow, great question. I I think you

[19:06] should ask the person who people think

[19:08] is me when he appears on other podcasts,

[19:10] Robert Kirkman. Um I I think I might

[19:13] have to shave my beard so I don't look

[19:16] like Robert Kirkman or JD Vance anymore.

[19:18] Would it freak you guys out if I just

[19:20] really reduced this to stubble and

[19:22] started wearing glasses or something? I

[19:24] just I'm getting tired of getting tagged

[19:26] in like Robert Kirkman post be like,

[19:28] "Eric, is that you?" Uh it's it's

[19:31] flattering to be compared to Robert

[19:33] Kirkman. not as flattery for the other

[19:35] guy, but I admit it's pretty funny. Um,

[19:38] the

[19:40] uh when the question here of like what

[19:42] are we meant to see real stakes,

[19:43] physical danger, emotional fallout, or

[19:45] something else entirely driving the

[19:47] tension? I really don't know because

[19:49] you're talking about Viltromites in that

[19:50] show. Uh, it's really hard to know. Um,

[19:54] but I I don't know. I feel like I

[19:56] haven't had that much trouble watching

[19:58] Invincible and knowing like when it

[19:59] matters versus when it doesn't. Um, I

[20:02] think if anything it it it impacts me

[20:04] more to see someone who's like beaten to

[20:06] a bloody pulp and then they they gasp

[20:08] and they're still alive. I mean, we had

[20:09] that on the boys recently. I think

[20:11] that's kind of the fun thing about these

[20:13] really violent superhero shows is seeing

[20:15] characters who are beaten nearly to

[20:16] death and and see the emotional fallout

[20:19] after that. I'm sorry if that doesn't

[20:20] answer your question. I just I honestly

[20:22] don't know the answer to it. Oh, hello

[20:25] Duvall. Did he ever do OA in Boy Scouts?

[20:28] Well, Matt, uh, the OA is a, um,

[20:34] is a secret cult within scouting. OA

[20:39] refers to Order of the Arrow. Um, and

[20:41] yes, I did do OA. I did not do

[20:42] Brotherhood. I was a Sash and Dash, as

[20:45] we call it. Uh, so, but I was an Eagle

[20:47] Scout. Um, I got my Eagle Scout in, uh,

[20:50] 2005. Um, yeah, I did scouting. Um, and

[20:54] OA I thought was pretty cool. I just

[20:56] wanted to get that sash so I could wear

[20:58] it to merit badge ceremonies. Um, but

[21:01] once I got the sash, I was like, "Oh, I

[21:03] don't want to do all these other things

[21:04] that they do." Um, maybe I would have

[21:06] had more fun if I did though. Uh, but

[21:08] yes, I did the whole I guess I can say

[21:11] that I did OA. I just can't tell you

[21:13] what I did for it. But even the fact

[21:15] that I have to say that was just kind of

[21:17] culty and weird. Um, nothing awful

[21:19] happened. Basically, I had to stay quiet

[21:21] for a whole day and and

[21:24] like clear out a bunch of brush from a

[21:26] popular camping ground in North Florida,

[21:28] and I hated it. And I was like, this

[21:30] just feels like a way to have unpaid

[21:32] labor throughout the year. I that's why

[21:35] I was like, I'm not going to join a

[21:36] group that does this kind of stuff. Um I

[21:38] have other service projects like around

[21:40] my neighborhood that I can do.

[21:44] Um

[21:45] Charles saying, "Did you see that pick

[21:47] of Foggy with a beard in court?" I

[21:49] didn't see that photo link, please. Um,

[21:52] now if you guys are going to ask me

[21:54] questions about the Daredevil Born Again

[21:55] finale, the season 2 finale, I now have

[21:57] seen it. So, I I don't want to like

[21:59] answer any kind of theory questions. I

[22:01] can kind of give you hints, but I don't

[22:02] want to spoil anything. Um, but I now

[22:05] have seen it. Um, so I uh as of right

[22:09] now, um, so yeah, sorry I I can't really

[22:13] indulge a whole lot of speculation and

[22:15] theory about it, but I can say I liked

[22:17] it. I really like the finale. I I

[22:19] thought it it it lives up to the hype of

[22:21] the season. It It doesn't fix every

[22:24] gripe that I had with the season, but

[22:25] overall, it's a really cool, really

[22:27] worthy finale. I think you guys will

[22:29] like it. Some insane insane stuff

[22:33] happens.

[22:36] Uh William asking, "Will you guys be

[22:38] covering Comic- Con?" Yeah, we're going

[22:39] to be in San Diego. We're going to be in

[22:41] Hall H. We're going to be covering it

[22:42] all.

[22:44] Um,

[22:45] who's on your fantasy box office team?

[22:48] Yens Rock, I don't have a fantasy box

[22:51] office team. Are you just saying like

[22:52] who do you think will be the biggest

[22:53] performers of the year? Toy Story 5 and

[22:55] Spider-Man Brand New Day are going to be

[22:57] the biggest performers of the summer. I

[22:58] think Toy Story 5 will make even more

[22:59] money than Spider-Man Brand New Day. Um,

[23:02] I think beyond that, Minions and

[23:05] Monsters will do really well. The

[23:06] Odyssey is going to do really well. I

[23:08] don't know if these June releases other

[23:10] than Toy Story are going to do that

[23:11] well. I think um Scary Movie 6 is going

[23:14] to surprise everyone. I think there's a

[23:16] chance that um Jackass um will

[23:19] outperform Supergirl. Probably not that

[23:22] great of a chance, but I think Jackass

[23:23] will do better than you think and

[23:24] Supergirl will do worse than you think.

[23:26] I don't know if that answered your

[23:27] questions.

[23:37] Hey, thanks for your donation, Tony.

[23:42] Thank you for saying that. Um I'm just

[23:45] saying there are some side by sides. A

[23:48] lot of people saying do not shave.

[23:49] That's what my wife says. She's like I

[23:51] can't imagine you at one point I did

[23:53] have to shave because I was in the

[23:54] Groundlings. Um I was doing Writer's Lab

[23:57] and you're not allowed to have a beard

[23:58] when you're doing that because they want

[24:00] to allow you to have fake facial hair

[24:02] and mustaches for different characters

[24:04] that you play. So I had to shave. Uh,

[24:08] like I've had this beard for the past 13

[24:10] years, no 14 years. And then I had to

[24:13] shave in 2018 and it really I was with

[24:16] my wife at that point. We were dating

[24:18] and she's like, "Regrow that as soon as

[24:20] you can."

[24:22] Yeah, I think my kid will freak. I think

[24:24] I don't want to scare my son. So maybe

[24:26] that's a good reason why.

[24:30] [sighs and gasps]

[24:31] Hector, I agree.

[24:34] Yeah,

[24:36] I I have this theory that part of the

[24:39] reason I've had issues with Daredevil

[24:41] Born Again is that it's kind of without

[24:43] foggy in it, it's kind of devoid of

[24:45] humor. Like it has levity in it, but

[24:48] it's like the only MCU live action thing

[24:50] that's ever been released that has no

[24:52] jokes in it. Like there's there's no h

[24:54] it's meant to be serious. But even like

[24:56] serious shows like The Sopranos,

[24:59] Breaking Bad, those shows have some of

[25:02] the funniest things in them. Even in

[25:04] their very dark final seasons, have

[25:05] moments of levity. Daredevil Born Again

[25:07] has no humor. The the the

[25:11] City Without Fear Fisk video, I guess,

[25:13] is trying to be kind of wacky, but I

[25:15] think it's so confusing and so

[25:16] overwhelming that I didn't find it that

[25:18] funny. So I think when I but I think

[25:20] people like that it it isn't trying to

[25:22] make jokes. It's trying to tell a very

[25:24] serious story. So when I do bits on top

[25:26] of it like recognize that it's weird

[25:28] that Frank Castle's SON SAYS GET HIM

[25:30] DADDY UH AND tells them to keep killing

[25:32] people. I think there's people who watch

[25:34] Daredevil born again who are like now is

[25:36] not the time. It's like they're sitting

[25:37] at a funeral and they don't want to see

[25:39] the alter server laughing which I did. I

[25:42] used to be an alter server and we would

[25:44] mess with each other and try to make

[25:46] each other laugh during funerals which I

[25:47] think is like one of the worst things

[25:49] you could ever do. Uh that was just a

[25:51] prank we would do. U because like yeah

[25:53] you don't want to freaking laugh.

[25:56] So I don't know. What do you guys am I

[25:57] am I on to something with that theory?

[25:59] What do you think Brian? Do you think

[26:00] people have a sense of humor with

[26:02] Daredevil War again?

[26:03] >> I think so.

[26:04] >> Sorry. I think I think you missed a

[26:05] super.

[26:06] >> Uh oh.

[26:14] >> Oh, wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Do you think

[26:16] that trade shows like Cineacon and the

[26:18] now extinct E3 are misused by studios

[26:20] when their panels are so exciting to the

[26:21] end consumer? Both have the same

[26:23] discourse surrounding them in my

[26:25] opinion. Um,

[26:28] no. I don't I don't think they I don't

[26:32] think they're misused by studios because

[26:35] I mean I can't really speak to E3. I

[26:37] wasn't there for that discourse, but I

[26:38] can say having been there at Cineacon

[26:41] and having covered Cineacon from afar

[26:43] without being in the room for several

[26:44] years before that, I understand that

[26:46] they're they're making these promotions

[26:49] for people who work at movie theaters.

[26:52] And yes, there is news that's happening

[26:53] and that's why press is invited. But

[26:56] they're they're fighting a battleground

[26:58] at movie theaters all over the world

[27:00] there in Vegas. Um they're not there to

[27:02] make marketing that's like meant to be

[27:04] seen

[27:06] um by everyone online. Um, I think in

[27:09] the case of Avengers Doomsday, that

[27:11] trailer was 2 minutes long and it was

[27:13] cut to be a YouTube trailer. But like,

[27:15] you know, audiences online should not be

[27:17] able to see the first several minutes of

[27:19] the of uh of Dune part 3 or the the five

[27:24] minute sizzle reel of Digger. Uh, or I'm

[27:27] trying to think or that much of the

[27:28] Mandalorian and Grou, you know, like I

[27:30] can understand like that should be shown

[27:32] to exhibitors in a large room with a

[27:35] huge screen. That's how we should see

[27:36] it. So, I think it's a unique trade show

[27:39] that um that I think these studios

[27:44] should think about as part of a

[27:47] twohanded strategy. One being for the

[27:51] mar for the exhibitors and then the next

[27:53] week should have something else. I think

[27:55] a good example of this was in 2025,

[27:58] James Gun was there to show Superman

[28:00] footage um for that summer's movie and

[28:03] literally the next day as the Disney

[28:05] panel was starting, he released that uh

[28:07] that four minutes or whatever was online

[28:09] on YouTube. Uh and I think he felt that

[28:11] those four minutes would work on a on a

[28:14] YouTube setting. Um I think James Gunn

[28:17] is kind of plugged in with the internet

[28:19] in ways that not all movie studios are

[28:21] and not all filmmakers are. Um, but I I

[28:24] do I don't know if it's in general I

[28:26] wouldn't say it's in general misused. I

[28:28] think certain examples um are are

[28:32] missteps, but overall I I think they

[28:35] kind of know what they're doing. I I I

[28:37] think it's hard to judge it while it's

[28:38] still happening. And I think after

[28:40] Avengers Doomsday comes out this time

[28:42] next year, we can look back and say,

[28:43] "Okay, was that movie properly

[28:45] marketed?"

[28:47] Hi Marian.

[28:51] You're a Cub Scout. Not the same thing.

[28:54] I think I would have had more fun in Boy

[28:56] Scouts if I was a Cub Scout first.

[28:58] Garrett asking, "Do you think they're

[29:01] waiting for Daredevil born again finale

[29:03] in the Punisher special presentation

[29:04] before releasing the Doom trailer?"

[29:07] Could be. Could be. I mean, I don't

[29:10] know. I I I think there have been times

[29:12] where they've had they've released

[29:15] trailers for things right as like Disney

[29:18] Plus things were happening. Wasn't it

[29:20] like an episode of Daredevil Born Again

[29:22] season one? Like that day they that's

[29:25] when they announced the uh they did the

[29:28] Avenger chairs, the set chairs thing. I

[29:30] think March 27th, 2025, there was a new

[29:34] episode of Daredevil Born Again that

[29:35] morning. So, I don't think they care

[29:37] that much about overlapping with some of

[29:39] the Disney Plus stuff. I know I said

[29:41] that like they're really focused on

[29:42] Daredevil right now, but I do think they

[29:46] think they could do multiple things at

[29:47] once. I think if anything there's um

[29:49] it's rare that they counterprogram two

[29:52] Disney theatrical releases on YouTube

[29:54] the same day.

[29:57] Oh, we have another opinion. Please

[30:00] shave. Glasses are fun, but I don't need

[30:02] them.

[30:04] Do a mustache.

[30:07] I really don't want to scare my son.

[30:10] Um I know a lot of people are dying and

[30:12] doomsday, but do you think the

[30:13] announcements of Katherine Newton in the

[30:14] film seals Scott's fate? I don't I

[30:17] wouldn't say that. I think Paul Rudd is

[30:19] so fun and he's so beloved by all these

[30:21] filmmakers and film executives that like

[30:24] I think he's kind of low status enough

[30:27] to where I don't see him dying in this

[30:29] movie. Uh I think a lot of the X-Men are

[30:32] going to die in this movie. Celeste, no.

[30:34] I have not seen the Michael Jackson

[30:36] movie. I've not seen it yet at least.

[30:39] Hey, thanks for your donation. Lion of

[30:41] Demise.

[30:43] Uh, Brave King saying, "Do you have you

[30:45] been following The Boys? What do you

[30:46] think? The last two episodes felt a

[30:48] little fillers. I don't want this to be

[30:49] Game of Thrones season 8." Um, I have

[30:51] been following The Boys. I've been

[30:52] really enjoying Jessica's breakdowns of

[30:54] all those episodes. I um I can

[30:56] understand the criticisms that these two

[30:58] recent episodes feel like I wouldn't

[31:01] call them fillers, but what I will say

[31:02] is that they do feel like episodes of a

[31:04] season that's earlier in the run of a

[31:06] show. Um, I think the the whole idea of

[31:09] the fungus that are turning people

[31:10] against each other is uh is a really fun

[31:12] idea if we're like in season two or

[31:14] season 3. But here in season 5, I'm kind

[31:16] of like, all right. But what's important

[31:18] for a final season is that every episode

[31:21] drives us toward the ending in some way.

[31:24] And I do feel like each of these

[31:25] episodes has moved the ball forward in

[31:27] some way. Um, I think the most recent

[31:30] episode, the firecracker episode did

[31:32] that more significantly. Um, but I I I'm

[31:37] enjoying this final season a lot. I I

[31:39] think the um I don't think it's going to

[31:42] be Game of Thrones season 8 because Game

[31:43] of Thrones season 8, we learned during

[31:45] the Battle of Winterfell that we were in

[31:47] trouble. We learned like, oh wait, this

[31:50] is a very long episode where we cannot

[31:51] see anything because it's poorly lit.

[31:54] And uh and the way it ended with just

[31:57] Arya making the big move instead of Jon

[31:59] Snow having this epic battle uh with the

[32:01] Night King, I was like, "Oh, uh-oh.

[32:04] Uh-oh." And then um that was like I

[32:06] think it was a sixth episode final

[32:08] season and that was like during episode

[32:09] 3 and then we all kind of knew every

[32:12] episode that came after that that we

[32:14] were in trouble. So we're more than

[32:15] halfway through the boys final season

[32:16] and I'm enjoying it way more than I

[32:19] enjoyed the final season. Um, I I don't

[32:22] think it will be as controversial

[32:23] ultimately as uh Stranger Things final

[32:26] season or as um as Game of Thrones final

[32:30] season, but you know, I may eat those

[32:33] words.

[32:36] Um yeah, Nate, we were talking about

[32:37] this before. I I think uh if you're

[32:41] making this um if you're making any kind

[32:43] of polymarket bet or Khi bet based on

[32:45] this, don't don't I don't have any

[32:47] inside sources. I but I would say

[32:49] there's a more than a 50% chance that we

[32:51] get the trailer on YouTube in May. But

[32:54] if you make a bet and lose money on it,

[32:56] don't come after me. I think that's a

[32:58] big mistake to to go to New Rockstars

[33:00] for for that kind of information.

[33:05] Uh thanks Brave King for liking it.

[33:09] Yeah, E3 is gone now, but we do have IGN

[33:12] Live. New Rockstars might be doing

[33:14] something with IGN Live this year. We'll

[33:16] see.

[33:18] Um, I don't know what you like about

[33:22] Whalefall, but it was like the craziest

[33:24] thing I saw at Cineacon. Austin Abrams

[33:26] is playing a scuba diver in a movie with

[33:28] Josh Brolan in it, and we saw like a

[33:30] whole scene, and it freaked me out, and

[33:31] it's still like messing with me.

[33:35] Um,

[33:43] Hannah asking, "Are you are y'all

[33:44] streaming during the upfronts?" Um, I I

[33:47] don't know. I don't know the exact

[33:49] schedule of the upfronts, but yes, if it

[33:51] if it looks like big stuff is going to

[33:52] be announced during the upfronts, we

[33:54] probably will. If it's during the

[33:55] workday, there's a good chance that we

[33:56] live stream during it and cover all the

[33:58] news as it comes out.

[34:00] Um, Isord is asking if Magic and Doctor

[34:04] Strange team up in the Mutant Saga. Um,

[34:07] I think that'd be a fun way to bring

[34:09] Doctor Strange into some Mutant Saga

[34:11] stories. Um, but I do think the the MCU

[34:15] is going to have their own logic of

[34:16] which characters can be mutants uh based

[34:19] off of their genetic condition that they

[34:21] were born with.

[34:23] Andrew saying, "Do you think we will get

[34:25] the Daredevil trailer or the Doomsday

[34:28] trailer rather with live action Moana

[34:29] similar to Fantastic 4 and Avatar last

[34:32] July?" I I'm really hoping we get the

[34:35] Doomsday trailer before July. I think it

[34:38] would be too long to wait. I think the

[34:40] latest you can wait is like the last

[34:42] week in May. At that point, people are

[34:44] just going to lose their minds.

[34:50] What's your guess in where our defenders

[34:52] and Tom Spider-Man coexist during

[34:54] Doomsday?

[34:56] Uh, we have an episode of the sneak peek

[34:58] coming out on Sunday where Berg and I do

[35:00] our best to try to like reconcile how

[35:03] the Daredevil characters fit into the

[35:05] world of Manhattan as it is in Doomsday.

[35:07] Now that we have that Avengers Tower is

[35:10] in the skyline of Daredevil, um there's

[35:13] a lot of ways it could work. I I think

[35:16] um they're just gonna be sidelined

[35:18] during the events of Doomsday and season

[35:20] 3 might take place before or kind of

[35:23] co-terminus with the events of Doomsday.

[35:25] We could have a postredit scene to

[35:26] season 3 that kind of connects

[35:28] everything like the Ant-Man and the Wasp

[35:30] postredit scene ended up tying in with

[35:31] Infinity War um and making Daredevil a

[35:34] very important character in Secret Wars.

[35:37] And I don't think Daredevil will be in

[35:38] Doomsday, but I I do think there is like

[35:41] I do think there's room for him in a

[35:43] huge Doomsday movie.

[35:48] Uh Sarah asking about my dog Darla.

[35:50] She's doing good. H we're in a new house

[35:53] that we're renting and she's like

[35:56] freaking out because the light with

[35:59] daylight savings time it's now brighter

[36:01] on that side of the house. So, she kind

[36:02] of has this cicadian rhythm and just

[36:04] starts freaking out at all the squirrels

[36:05] running on the roof of that part of the

[36:06] house. So, we're just waking up to barks

[36:08] at like 6:00 a.m. now. It's driving me

[36:10] nuts. But, she's a sweetheart. She

[36:12] doesn't like strangers, though. Will you

[36:15] cover The Testament? I would love for

[36:16] you guys to cover it. Uh, so the

[36:18] Testament is the um the movie or the the

[36:21] Hulu series that's set in the world of

[36:23] The Handmaid's Tale. I've seen some

[36:25] clips of it. It's too dark, honestly.

[36:28] It's too dark. It's too depressing for

[36:30] me to cover it. I I can't I can't watch

[36:33] that show right now. I'm sorry. It's

[36:35] just too scary. It's too dystopian for

[36:38] me. I hope you like it. Um but The

[36:40] Handmaid's Tale just started to get too

[36:42] like I can't watch this. Um it's for

[36:48] whatever reason just too dark for me.

[36:51] Um did you find out why Dr. Doom had to

[36:53] be Robert Downey Jr.? I did not that

[36:55] that question is not answered in any of

[36:57] the footage I've seen and it hasn't been

[36:59] answered in any interview other than

[37:01] like all the people saying we really

[37:04] like Robert Downey Jr. and Downey saying

[37:05] I really wanted this challenging part

[37:07] after playing Lewis Strauss in

[37:09] Oppenheimer. Um I think they just wanted

[37:12] him because they he's a big star. He

[37:14] means a lot to Marvel fans. They wanted

[37:15] to show that he can play multiple

[37:17] characters. I still think it's the new

[37:19] mask, same task phrasing really needs to

[37:22] be answered there.

[37:24] Um, all right. Here's what we're going

[37:26] to do now. Uh, I made this promise to

[37:27] people who um who saw this on Twitter

[37:32] and were tagging me in this. Uh there's

[37:34] a a YouTube channel called Yellow

[37:37] Minutes, I believe, who um made an AI

[37:41] version of the Doomsday trailer based

[37:43] off of like descriptions that they must

[37:46] have gotten from new rock stars and

[37:47] other media outlets who were in the

[37:49] room. And I know they must have derived

[37:51] it from us because like in my

[37:52] description, I worded things in what I

[37:54] now realize was kind of a confusing way.

[37:56] And they just like took that confusion

[37:58] and ran with it like it was fact. And

[38:00] I'm like, "Oh, no, no, no, no. I wish

[38:02] you had asked me. I I could have helped

[38:03] you like a police sketch artist kind of

[38:05] get something more accurate here. So, um

[38:09] yeah, I I think the person who created

[38:10] this is not trying to hide the fact that

[38:12] this is AI. It's like over 3 minutes

[38:14] long, so already we know it's

[38:17] I'm just going to take this bit by bit

[38:18] and we're kind of la we're going to

[38:19] laugh at it uh together and I and I want

[38:22] to like clear the record on like what in

[38:24] this is actually accurate to what I saw

[38:26] and what what of it is completely

[38:28] ridiculous and and AI hallucinatory

[38:31] because like while you think it's kind

[38:33] of disgusting to even acknowledge the

[38:35] existence of AI generated stuff. Uh

[38:37] there's like way more of you out there

[38:39] who are legitimately confused and misled

[38:42] by things like this. And I think it's

[38:43] important for us who um who cover this

[38:46] stuff to like set the record straight uh

[38:49] to try to dispel the misinformation.

[38:52] Um okay, so I have it up here. Let's

[38:55] Okay, this is accurate. This is from the

[38:57] Avengers Doomsday third teaser, the

[39:00] X-Men teaser released in December. Uh it

[39:02] is how the trailer begins. Uh you do see

[39:05] that shot. Um this shot is AI generated

[39:08] and it's not real. This is not accurate

[39:10] at all. This is not what you see. I I'm

[39:13] telling you, I did not see this. This

[39:15] shot of a red globe in the sky or a

[39:17] burning treeine. You don't see that.

[39:20] Also, can we talk about how the angle of

[39:22] this would have been someone weirdly

[39:24] hovering 12 ft over the seats on the

[39:27] floor of the Dolby Cinema. There's no

[39:29] opera box off the side where you would

[39:31] get this angle without someone with a

[39:33] green laser pointer shining the hell out

[39:35] of you and then leaping across eight

[39:36] people to tackle you and steal and break

[39:38] your phone. would not have happened. Um,

[39:41] you don't see Patrick Stewart in this

[39:42] angle at all. This is not accurate. You

[39:45] do see a shot of him doing like this as

[39:47] he looks out the window, but this

[39:50] [laughter]

[39:51] the shot of him wincing is not this is

[39:54] not real. This does not happen. Um,

[39:57] okay. This is this shot of Doom kind of

[40:00] doing a superhero landing in some

[40:02] outdoor location. Kind of accurate. It's

[40:04] just the angle's a bit different and you

[40:06] don't see him from this far away. He it

[40:09] doesn't look this skinny.

[40:11] Uh hold on. Yeah. And then uh you they

[40:15] don't have any of the audio that I

[40:16] talked about. Notice how when you watch

[40:18] this, you don't hear the something we

[40:20] may not be able to deter. You don't hear

[40:23] it here. So that's another indication.

[40:25] Um this person's doing their best to to

[40:28] de to illustrate the Avengers tower as I

[40:31] described it. No. If you watch

[40:34] [laughter] look at this three forked

[40:36] top. No, that's not what it looks like.

[40:37] And also, that's not where um the Metife

[40:41] building is in relation to the Empire

[40:42] State Building in New York City. It's

[40:44] also not a nighttime shot. Uh it looks a

[40:46] lot more like the building as we saw in

[40:48] the Daredevil Born Again uh uh

[40:51] establishing shot of episode 7. Uh this

[40:55] logo is correct, but it's way bigger.

[40:57] And there's like a imagine a giant like

[40:59] lobster claw, you know, like one that

[41:02] Punisher or or Bullseye would throw.

[41:04] Imagine that. But a skinny skinny

[41:06] lobster claw. Um, that's kind of like

[41:10] what it is. There's like a separate

[41:12] thing here. That's kind of an

[41:13] unnecessary building silhouette thing. I

[41:16] don't know why they designed it that

[41:17] way. Uh, this shot at least like clearly

[41:20] what this person did is they fed some AI

[41:22] generator the um the leaked uh costume

[41:27] designs of these characters because

[41:28] yeah, Reed Richards does have a white

[41:30] bomber jacket. Um, they all have new

[41:32] jackets except Ben Grim. They didn't let

[41:34] Ben Grim have a new jacket. Um, and that

[41:36] is kind of how Thor looks in it, but

[41:38] they aren't walking through like the

[41:40] Fortress of Solitude like this. They're

[41:42] walking through like the portal of a of

[41:44] the Fantastic 4 spaceship, and they're

[41:46] all kind of in a single file line like

[41:48] Tuscan Raiders. Um, this shot is uh

[41:51] wrong. It doesn't look like this. You

[41:54] don't see them clumped together like

[41:56] this. I I Sam doesn't have a suit like

[41:59] that. Um,

[42:02] but clearly this is much longer scene.

[42:04] It's like literally two shots that we

[42:06] see and it takes up maybe four or 5

[42:08] seconds if I remember correctly. Um,

[42:10] this like lives in it and gives like

[42:12] individual shots of all the characters.

[42:15] The sky is not that color of red. It's

[42:17] just kind of like a red orange kind of

[42:19] color that filters the light in a

[42:21] specific way. They took this shot from

[42:22] the Thunderbolts postredit scene and

[42:24] kind of told the AI animator to make

[42:26] something out of it. Um, this is clearly

[42:29] just taking my description of three

[42:31] circles. But that's how I know that they

[42:33] took my video because like in the first

[42:35] video I did, I said that there were

[42:37] three circles, but our editors were

[42:39] working so hard to try to illustrate it

[42:41] based off of my description. And I for a

[42:43] later follow-up video we did, I kind of

[42:45] had to draw my own diagram of showing

[42:47] how it's like like almost a triangular

[42:49] pattern of the circles that are

[42:50] connected by lines in the circle uh or

[42:53] in the middle. So, this is just like

[42:55] them doing their own fanfictiony version

[42:57] of it. This is not how it looks. It

[42:59] doesn't I don't remember seeing

[43:01] incursion of it. We don't see a close-up

[43:02] of the screen at all. And a lot of you

[43:04] guys are like, "Hey, the person who made

[43:06] this knew that they weren't they were

[43:07] doing an AI version. They were trying to

[43:09] do an imaginary fan edit of it." But I

[43:11] have to just make it very clear that

[43:13] this this is not how the Doomsday

[43:14] trailer looks. It doesn't like live in

[43:17] these moments that much. I also got to

[43:19] notice AI forgets how to spell things

[43:21] like multiversal because it's not a real

[43:23] word. So it doesn't have a dictionary to

[43:25] spell something like uh multiversal.

[43:28] Um yeah, if anything, it's kind of like

[43:30] this, but it's not like that screen is

[43:32] against the window and you don't have

[43:34] Falcon there in that angle. You never

[43:36] see Captain America's shield in the

[43:37] trailer, so wrong. You don't see shots

[43:40] like this. You don't see Thor looking

[43:42] out the window like that. You don't see

[43:44] Neymar jumping out of the water. You

[43:46] don't see I I described it like the Red

[43:48] Sea parting, but you don't actually see

[43:50] the Red Sea parting like it's the

[43:51] freaking prince of Egypt. You just see a

[43:53] wall of water in a circle around like a

[43:56] desert floor. Uh but they worked way

[43:59] harder. These this acres of forest

[44:02] burning AI engine did to try to to

[44:06] illustrate this. No, that's not what it

[44:08] looks like. This shot they just pulled

[44:09] from the fourth teaser. You do kind of

[44:11] see Shi in that angle, but she's not

[44:13] walking between the partings of the Red

[44:15] Sea. She's walking toward just a wall of

[44:17] water in the distance. And the pyramid

[44:18] of Talakhan is some in a different shot.

[44:21] Um I mean there is something impressive

[44:24] about I guess some some fan using AI to

[44:27] do all this in that like they're trying

[44:31] to reimagine what's out there based off

[44:33] of descriptions. I don't think it's that

[44:35] impressive to just feed into an AI

[44:36] generator and poop it out and confuse

[44:38] people. I think it's kind of annoying

[44:40] that that's a thing now. But I can laugh

[44:42] at it just because I think we are seeing

[44:44] the AI bubble bursting. We are seeing

[44:46] the plateau. As like effective as some

[44:49] of these displays are, we could just see

[44:51] the slop. And just because the slop is

[44:54] getting more detailed doesn't change the

[44:56] reality that it's sloped to all of us.

[44:58] And it's just kind of laughable that

[45:00] Sora and Nano Banana and these other

[45:02] things haven't figured out a way to do

[45:03] it better despite their promises that

[45:05] we'd be light years beyond where we are

[45:07] right now. I think AI has plateaued. I

[45:09] think there are major risks of AI and

[45:12] and the specifically some of the jobs it

[45:14] could it could change forever. Um but I

[45:19] think it's the fears are mostly out of

[45:21] people like Sam Alman just over

[45:23] speculating their abilities to do

[45:26] things. And I think when it comes this

[45:28] is just going to be increasingly

[45:29] derivative. The only reason they were

[45:30] able to make this is based off of like

[45:32] the derivative nature of the MCU as it

[45:35] is already and how it repurposes certain

[45:37] locations and certain production designs

[45:39] from past things. Um, if you were to try

[45:42] to do this with like Digger, the Digger

[45:45] trailer based off of our descriptions,

[45:47] no freaking way you'd be able to do that

[45:48] cuz Initu has done something completely

[45:51] original and weird and new. It's not

[45:53] completely original. It's based off of a

[45:54] source material, but like the production

[45:56] design is like nothing I've seen before.

[45:58] And as long as we still have great

[46:00] production designers and filmmakers, I'm

[46:01] not too worried about that. And we've

[46:03] also had four teasers of this already

[46:05] out. So, they're clearly using a lot of

[46:07] that. Uh, we don't see them walking off

[46:10] of Chichinita like this. Um, you don't

[46:13] see the hand shaking. Um, Shi is not in

[46:16] a library like this. And he doesn't have

[46:19] a staff. He uses his 10 rings. You know,

[46:22] the 10 rings that Shani is known for

[46:24] having that are not on his wrist here.

[46:26] Um, they don't fight with bow staffs in

[46:28] this. They're not in a big like

[46:31] Beauty and the Beast Westwing library

[46:33] here. Why are Mystique and Elena

[46:36] fighting in a classroom that looks like

[46:39] it's from The Amazing Spider-Man?

[46:41] There's no classroom in the X-Mansion

[46:43] that looks like this with desks like

[46:44] that. Um, yeah, the forest that Doom and

[46:48] Thor are fighting in here kind of looks

[46:50] like they used the forest from the

[46:51] second teaser. That's not where they

[46:53] fight in the trailer. whether it's in

[46:54] some other outdoor location that I'm

[46:55] having trouble specifying. You don't

[46:57] have this many shots of all these

[46:58] characters fighting that like this.

[46:59] We're talking short quick shots. So, no,

[47:03] that's not accurate. That's not how it

[47:05] looks. She doesn't shapeshift in the

[47:06] same shot with Yolena in the background.

[47:09] In fact, it's just Mystique turning into

[47:11] Yolena after she catches Vaton. And then

[47:13] a different shot shows Yolena ducking

[47:14] under Reed Richard's outstretched arm.

[47:16] And then you see, oh, there's two

[47:18] Yolena's fighting. This shot they just

[47:20] took from the Thunderbolts postredit

[47:22] scene. I know that's the exact frame of

[47:23] Florence Pew from that final shot of the

[47:25] post-redit scene. Oh, here are his 10

[47:27] rings. About time. It's not how it

[47:30] looks. They don't fight in this. Like,

[47:32] this looks like my high school alma

[47:35] mater, Paxton's um uh classroom in

[47:39] Jacksonville, Florida on Commonwealth.

[47:41] And this is where I took a a health

[47:45] class from PE.

[47:49] No, that's not how it looks. You don't

[47:51] see this many cards. You see one card.

[47:53] You don't see Franklin in the trailer.

[47:55] That doesn't happen. Uh it doesn't look

[47:58] like Scott is kissing Cassy's forehead

[48:01] in front of the the quantum tunnel. Um

[48:04] you don't see [laughter] you don't see

[48:06] Cyclops Kim Kardashian behind a corner

[48:09] like that. Uh that doesn't happen. You

[48:12] don't see Reed in the cockpit of a ship

[48:14] like that. I don't know why they just

[48:15] didn't use the shot that was from the

[48:17] third teaser. Um, they are not sitting

[48:20] in like a diner booth like this. You

[48:23] could just use the shot in the third

[48:25] teaser to recreate that. Again, they're

[48:27] not fighting in that kind of forest like

[48:29] that. I think they're trying to make

[48:30] like a latian forest, but that's not

[48:32] where that fight happens. You don't have

[48:34] this many shots of Doom and Thor.

[48:37] [laughter] It's just funny to live in

[48:38] this because it's not You don't have

[48:40] Thor stroking his beard like this. Um,

[48:44] you see him walking up with both

[48:46] Stormbreaker and Muolnir and then

[48:48] Mujolnir leaves his hand and goes into

[48:50] the hand of Steve Rogers. But look how

[48:51] much this trailer lives in it. That Reed

[48:53] would be in the cockpit. You don't even

[48:55] know if they're on a spaceship when

[48:56] you're watching the shot. Um, but there

[48:58] is Johnny Storm in the background. It

[49:00] doesn't slowly freaking

[49:03] 2001 of Space Odyssey pen uh towards his

[49:06] hand. It zips to his hand like it does

[49:08] in Endgame. And it's not I don't

[49:10] remember it being fractured like it is

[49:12] in uh Love and Thunder. Now, this is

[49:14] kind of how Steve Rogers looks, but it's

[49:16] a different angle to Steve. And uh they

[49:19] just got this from the leaked concept

[49:21] art from January for the character's

[49:23] costume. So, that's how they know. Okay.

[49:25] So, that's that's kind of in a nutshell.

[49:28] Um what's wrong with this? I have some

[49:30] of my other assets here. Hold on. I want

[49:32] to show you guys. Okay. So, let's answer

[49:34] some questions. It's been a while since

[49:35] I've

[49:39] um

[49:40] Yeah, it's just kind of ridiculous.

[49:44] What's your guess? Uh sorry.

[50:00] Uh question here. Which Btier Avengers

[50:02] actor is your favorite performer outside

[50:03] of the MCU? I like Katherine Newton and

[50:05] Florence Pew. I wouldn't consider

[50:07] Florence Pew to be beer Btier. Um, I

[50:10] guess are you saying the actors are

[50:12] Btier because Florence Pew is is A-list.

[50:15] Katherine Newton might be belist. Um,

[50:17] but I would say um I like Zack Cherry.

[50:22] He's great. Uh, Jacob Batalon, love him.

[50:27] Uh, Winston Duke, I guess he might be

[50:29] A-list at this point.

[50:31] Um, like half of the actors in Hollywood

[50:33] are in the MCU. So, but I uh yeah, I

[50:36] think Florence Pew is awesome. I just

[50:38] think she's A-list.

[50:41] A question here. I think just kind of a

[50:43] another Marvel question. If Earth 616

[50:45] Wanda died after dream walking, what

[50:48] happens to the variant Wanda chose uh

[50:50] whose body carried out the killings?

[50:51] Could she face consequences or

[50:53] accountability for the Illuminati's

[50:54] deaths in future MCU stories? This was a

[50:56] pitch that I had after Multiverse of

[50:58] Madness came out that uh that Wanda like

[51:03] the Wanda of that universe is still

[51:04] alive and if if there is a Professor X

[51:07] in that universe that there would be uh

[51:10] a James Howlet that there would be a

[51:11] Scott Summers there would be a Gene Gray

[51:13] there would be an Aurora Monroe who

[51:15] would hold her accountable. Um I mean

[51:18] Reed Richards had a wife and kids so

[51:21] that would imply a Susan, a Franklin and

[51:23] a Valyriia. all those people had loved

[51:25] ones who like would hold her accountable

[51:27] and that that could set up a really

[51:28] interesting sequel, like a really fun

[51:30] Scarlet Witch story. Um, I think it's

[51:33] still there. I I don't know why Marvel

[51:36] hasn't It seems like Elizabeth Olsen

[51:38] would be interested.

[51:40] Very good question.

[51:45] Shri saying skinny lobster claw is what

[51:47] they called me back in college. Why

[51:54] Uber coup? No, it doesn't look real. I'm

[51:57] sorry. That doomsday. If you think that

[51:59] looks real, we have failed. We have

[52:02] failed. I'm worried about the state of

[52:04] the world. If you guys couldn't see this

[52:05] as slot because looking real as a

[52:08] specific frame is not enough. Judging a

[52:10] three and a half minute video in its

[52:12] full context is where these battles have

[52:14] to be fought. And has any movie trailer

[52:17] lived that long in moments like that? I

[52:20] like I I think what it is is like these

[52:22] are fan-made things that due to the

[52:26] acceleration of AI are able to make

[52:28] things that have the correct texture and

[52:31] look to it, but like is the the editing

[52:35] of it the way any trailer is ever

[52:38] edited? Um, that's what makes it silly.

[52:44] Yep. Slap, slap, slap.

[52:47] Oh, Wong, I think you were talking about

[52:48] that forest as it looking kind of like

[52:50] the Skovian forest.

[52:52] Maybe that's where Thor is when he's

[52:54] praying to Odin. I think that's what

[52:56] they use that u they use that setting.

[53:00] Sincerely, BBX saying 10 cards, 10

[53:02] rings, I guess.

[53:04] Um, yeah, a lot of people thinking it's

[53:07] impossible that Satie Sync is playing

[53:09] Gan Gray. I'm like 90% certain she's

[53:12] playing Gan Gray, but sure, maybe maybe

[53:14] it's Firest Star. It's just her in that

[53:16] trailer, her power set didn't look

[53:18] anything like Firestar.

[53:20] Um, did the CGI look finished in the

[53:22] trailer? Um, in the two times I saw it,

[53:25] it looked good. It I mean, yeah, I think

[53:28] from what I could tell, the CGI all

[53:30] looked really, really good. It's a lot

[53:31] of assets of like Stormbreaker emitting

[53:34] lightning that we've kind of seen

[53:36] before. Um, but like the way it

[53:38] interacts with Dr. Doom I thought looked

[53:40] really cool. Um, more of like the the

[53:45] creativity of the fighting between

[53:46] Yolena and Mystique I thought was really

[53:48] fun. Like I think that's going to be a

[53:50] really fun fight sequence. Um, Shani and

[53:52] Gambit fighting was just really inspired

[53:54] in a way that like I never would have

[53:56] thought would be that interesting to

[53:58] see.

[54:00] Um, but I don't know, maybe they are. I

[54:02] I often the first two times I see a

[54:04] trailer, I'm so overwhelmed by just all

[54:06] of it. I'm not really doing what I

[54:08] normally do on YouTube and and going

[54:10] frame by frame to like look at how well

[54:12] the animation or the VFX was rendered.

[54:14] So, I don't think if anybody said the

[54:16] VFX didn't look good uh from the

[54:19] Doomsday trailer that they showed in Las

[54:20] Vegas, they're full of it. There's no

[54:22] way you could get a sense of whether the

[54:23] VFX unless it looked really bad, unless

[54:25] like character design was bad. But

[54:27] Mystique looked awesome. And it's just

[54:29] because they were using the kind of VFX

[54:31] um design for the way Mystique's she

[54:34] kind of has this textured scales and the

[54:36] way she shapeshifts that has been

[54:38] unrivaled by any of the shape-shifting

[54:39] of like the scrolls or anything like

[54:41] that. Uh Ryan Cougler in your anomorph

[54:43] show take note from that. Use the

[54:45] animals texture whether it's fur,

[54:47] feathers, fish scales, whatever it is to

[54:50] um inspire the texture of the

[54:52] shape-shifting. Make it gross and not

[54:54] pretty the way that Ka Applegate wrote

[54:57] it to be in the Anamorph's books.

[55:00] Shapeshifting should be kind of

[55:01] disgusting and gross.

[55:04] Um, hello from the Holy Land. I just

[55:07] really hope my country doesn't go

[55:08] extreme again and close down movie

[55:10] theaters. Okay. Uh, stay safe.

[55:16] Um, okay. Yeah. Uh, I guess someone

[55:18] saying the VFX didn't look great. I want

[55:20] to know who said that and how they could

[55:22] gauge that from like a screaming room

[55:24] full of film exhibitors even seeing it

[55:26] twice. I I I don't know. I I I remember

[55:30] it being good. I remember it being like

[55:32] this is exactly what I would want to

[55:33] see. I It's like an Avengers Endgame

[55:36] trailer if they showed you some of the

[55:38] some of the time heist scenes from

[55:40] Endgame. If they showed you the Steve

[55:42] versus Steve fight from Endgame. Um you

[55:45] know, I I I thought it looked pretty

[55:48] good.

[55:52] Um,

[55:56] so, uh, oh, let's see.

[56:00] Yeah, okay. I like those guys from

[56:02] Escape Pod. I met one of them. I I don't

[56:05] know how he could have that opinion. Um,

[56:08] I'd love to go on his show and debate

[56:09] him on how he could have that opinion

[56:11] based off of one scene. I don't think it

[56:13] looked bad. The one thing that looked a

[56:15] little goofy was Gambit. Gambit looked

[56:18] goofy, but he looked exactly as he did

[56:20] in Deadpool and Wolverine. It was more

[56:21] of a costume thing, but like Goofy, he

[56:23] looked like a liveaction version of the

[56:25] Gambit from the X-Men animated series.

[56:27] So, in that sense, that's exactly what

[56:29] we want Gambit to look like. So, but it

[56:31] was just his costume because it was in

[56:32] the void and he was kind of conceived to

[56:34] be like a walking cartoon who was born

[56:37] in the void. It's a little weird to see

[56:38] him in the X mansion. Um, but I honestly

[56:41] think like they're they're aiming for

[56:43] for liveaction versions of the animated

[56:46] series. So, Cyclops's suit looks like

[56:49] what we want Cyclops to look like. Um,

[56:51] Beast in the Marvel's postredit scene is

[56:53] not in the trailer, but like imagine

[56:55] that. Extrapolate that to how all the

[56:58] other X-Men will look. So, I don't

[57:00] really have a that big of a problem with

[57:02] how Gambit looked. Um, but I will say

[57:04] there is like kind of a not uncanny

[57:08] valley. It's just kind of like, oh, this

[57:10] isn't

[57:11] like as gritty and textured as as some

[57:15] of the other phase 2 MCU characters

[57:18] looked, but it's how I want. It's what I

[57:20] want, and I think it's what we're all

[57:21] going to want.

[57:24] Um, and if people say it looks like

[57:26] cosplay, it's like, well, I just think

[57:28] that's a compliment to cosplayers. Now,

[57:30] have you been to some of these

[57:31] conventions? Cosplayers look awesome.

[57:34] Um, I I I just think like if it looks

[57:37] like it could be DIY enough, I just

[57:39] think that's going to be the case. Like

[57:40] if you go to Disneyland right now and

[57:42] see Spider-Man, you're not going to be

[57:44] that blown away. Um, because like we've

[57:47] seen a lot of great cosplayers as

[57:48] Spider-Man. I I guess I'm I don't have

[57:51] as cultured of an opinion on that kind

[57:54] of thing. The first time I'm seeing a

[57:56] trailer, I'm just not interested in

[57:57] that. Um, yeah. I I I also just know

[58:01] that movies are kind of made up and I

[58:03] was a theater kid and I'm and I got used

[58:04] to like enjoying plays where you can see

[58:06] the paint still drying on the flats. So

[58:09] I I I'm usually not as critical on the

[58:11] VFX when I'm seeing a trailer.

[58:14] Um Arcani saying, "Are you when are you

[58:18] covering the House of the Dragon

[58:18] trailer?" We're not going to break down

[58:20] that new trailer. We're going to do a

[58:22] big video that catches you up on

[58:23] everything you need to know in June

[58:25] before the new season comes out, but I'm

[58:27] not going to break down every trailer

[58:28] for House of the Dragon. It's just too

[58:30] hard. We broke down the first one. It's

[58:32] too hard to talk about this upcoming

[58:33] season when we know everything that's

[58:35] going to happen. Um because a trailer

[58:37] breakdown is speculative by nature and I

[58:40] don't want to just it's it would be like

[58:42] three minutes of like just saying, "Ooh,

[58:44] cool. Dragon looks big. Fire. Whoa." And

[58:47] then spoiler dungeon. Let's talk about

[58:49] what each episode's going to be. It's

[58:51] It's more fun to wait till those

[58:52] episodes come out if it's a book

[58:54] adaptation. Um, it's why we didn't do a

[58:56] lot of trailer breakdowns for Project

[58:57] Hail Mary. I wanted to read the book and

[58:59] then after the movie comes out, then we

[59:01] can kind of like get into the

[59:02] nitty-gritty of it. But what are you

[59:04] going to do with theories about when

[59:05] Rocky's going to appear 17 minutes in or

[59:07] 45 minutes in, you know?

[59:10] Um, psycho sweetheart YT said, "The

[59:12] Russos don't seem like the type to drop

[59:14] an anticipated trailer on a random day.

[59:16] So maybe the Avengers release

[59:17] anniversary on May 2nd." Well, oh, contr

[59:21] they have dropped stuff on random days

[59:24] before. The Avengers Endgame teaser in

[59:28] December of 2018 was just like a random

[59:30] weekday for I think it was like a random

[59:32] Thursday. Um, the Avengers Infinity War

[59:35] first teaser came out the Wednesday

[59:38] after thing. I think it was like

[59:39] November 30th, 2017, and it was like a

[59:42] Wednesday after um

[59:46] after Thanksgiving. It they do drop

[59:48] their trailers on random weekdays. Uh,

[59:50] their Captain America: Civil War trailer

[59:52] came out on the Wednesday before

[59:54] Thanksgiving in 2015. Um, yeah. And and

[59:58] they don't always decide. It's the

[1:00:00] studio. It's someone at Disney who

[1:00:02] decides when to drop these things. So,

[1:00:04] uh, they might consult on it, but

[1:00:06] there's a lot of other marketing people

[1:00:07] who who come together to make that

[1:00:09] decision.

[1:00:11] Is Wasp ever coming back? Uh, not after

[1:00:13] Evangelene Lily's video this week. I

[1:00:16] don't think she wants to. I think she

[1:00:17] kind of said she's retired from playing

[1:00:19] Hope Vany in the MCU.

[1:00:22] U, what's a fight matchup you'd like to

[1:00:24] see that we may or may not expect? Talk

[1:00:26] about in Doomsday. Um

[1:00:31] h

[1:00:35] I want to see I want to see Red Guardian

[1:00:38] and Beast fight. I don't know why. I

[1:00:40] just want to see those two tumble.

[1:00:45] Oh, hi. I had an early message, but it

[1:00:47] won't let me super it. Well, I'll keep

[1:00:48] an eye out for your name, and you don't

[1:00:50] have to super the next one. I'll just

[1:00:51] read it.

[1:00:55] Um,

[1:00:58] Alex asking, "Odds the trailers before

[1:01:00] Grou?" Yeah, that's what I'm hoping. I'm

[1:01:02] hoping they put that in theaters before

[1:01:03] The Mandalorian Grou, but they should

[1:01:05] just drop it on YouTube.

[1:01:09] Um,

[1:01:12] uh, I saw that rumor, too, but I just

[1:01:14] think they're they're different

[1:01:15] audiences. Uh, I don't think that they

[1:01:17] would try to market that movie before

[1:01:19] The Devil's Prada.

[1:01:37] Scott Brown saying, "The reason they

[1:01:38] they know they can wait on the trailers

[1:01:40] because they know Spider-Man is going to

[1:01:41] be huge and the very last thing you'll

[1:01:42] see in the theater, Spider-Man will

[1:01:44] return in Avengers Doomsday."

[1:01:46] I don't think that's part of the

[1:01:48] calculus for Disney because Spider-Man

[1:01:49] branded day is a Sony release. So all

[1:01:51] the marketing for it is governed by

[1:01:54] Sony. Disney and Sony are just on

[1:01:55] completely different decision-making

[1:01:58] processes. So I just I I don't think

[1:02:01] that's why uh and I also don't think

[1:02:03] Spider-Man's going to be in Avengers

[1:02:04] Doomsday. I I think he might be in

[1:02:06] Avengers Secret Wars, but I just like I

[1:02:09] I don't know how it's going to fit in. I

[1:02:11] don't know how Peter Parker will fit in

[1:02:13] with Doomsday based off of what I've

[1:02:14] seen from Doomsday.

[1:02:18] I think the one takeaway from the

[1:02:21] marketing is um like the Russos really

[1:02:25] feel like the movie they have already

[1:02:27] the mo they wanted to show us in 2

[1:02:29] minutes a movie that was so big that it

[1:02:32] doesn't need any other character of the

[1:02:33] MCU to be in it. Sure, Doctor Strange

[1:02:36] could be in there or Spider-Man can show

[1:02:37] up late in it, but I'm telling you, this

[1:02:39] movie looks big enough just with the

[1:02:40] people who are on the tote bag that that

[1:02:42] is like a billion and a half to a two

[1:02:44] billion dollar movie on its own. Uh you

[1:02:48] I feel like we're not going to miss the

[1:02:50] Guardians of the Galaxy in it. Avengers:

[1:02:52] Infinity War made as much money as it

[1:02:54] did and it didn't have Ant-Man or or

[1:02:56] Hawkeye in it. Um so I think they feel

[1:02:59] like they can sideline some characters.

[1:03:01] There's there's a cool enough plot at

[1:03:02] play with the Fantastic 4 and the X-Men

[1:03:04] and the Wakandons.

[1:03:17] I want to read Red Guardian versus Steve

[1:03:18] Rogers Captain America. Yeah, I think

[1:03:20] that will be a fun uh fun interesting

[1:03:24] conversation when it happens.

[1:03:27] Oh, Steve Rogers, I am you, but from

[1:03:30] Russia.

[1:03:31] Yes, you taught me everything through

[1:03:33] your videos. And Steve Rogers is going

[1:03:35] to be like, I don't think about you at

[1:03:36] all. He goes, but we are friends. We are

[1:03:39] connected. Look, I have shield. You have

[1:03:41] shield. Can we be brothers? And Steve

[1:03:44] Rogers is like, um, I have to I have to

[1:03:49] catch up with Bucky. Excuse me.

[1:03:58] Heather, you might be on to something. I

[1:03:59] think Marvel realized they can get free

[1:04:00] marketing by having us all talk about

[1:04:02] the lack of marketing.

[1:04:04] Maybe that maybe that's part of their

[1:04:06] their 40 chess.

[1:04:10] Um,

[1:04:13] question here. Why do you think there's

[1:04:14] so little Loki? I think because like the

[1:04:17] visuals of Loki might be so spoilery and

[1:04:20] might require so much VFX that putting

[1:04:23] that in the trailer, the VFX might look

[1:04:25] a little unfinished there and it might

[1:04:27] spoil too much about what Dr. Doom is

[1:04:29] doing. I think they really wanted to be

[1:04:31] limited what of Dr. Doom they put in the

[1:04:33] trailer. And I think if they show what

[1:04:35] Dr. Doom is doing with Loki, that would

[1:04:37] spoil too much of the plot. I think

[1:04:38] that's why we didn't see Loki in the

[1:04:40] trailer. And you got to save something

[1:04:42] for the second trailer. I think the

[1:04:43] second trailer is going to have the

[1:04:44] Nightcrawler Beast uh Fantastic 4 fight,

[1:04:48] but second trailer I'm talking about

[1:04:49] something that will be in like in it'll

[1:04:51] be in October. Um I don't think Tobey

[1:04:55] Magcguire is going to be in the movie.

[1:05:02] Yeah. No. Uh okay. I just disagree with

[1:05:04] anyone who said that Steve Rogers wig

[1:05:06] looked real bad. It didn't. Uh it looks

[1:05:08] fine. It looked like his I don't even

[1:05:10] think it was his wig. I I think that's

[1:05:12] Chris Evans natural hair and Thor's

[1:05:14] lightning looked bad. No, it looks as it

[1:05:17] always does. It looks cool. The lighting

[1:05:19] of it reflecting off of Doom's mask

[1:05:20] looked cool. You guys are nuts. They are

[1:05:23] crazy.

[1:05:24] Um low. I don't think Captain Hydra It's

[1:05:27] just too many steps removed. I'm telling

[1:05:29] you, they have they have other bigger

[1:05:32] fish to fry in this movie. It's not like

[1:05:35] It's interesting. I believe it was

[1:05:38] either Lewis Pullman or David Harbor who

[1:05:41] said that the movie's not a cameo fest.

[1:05:43] And despite the fact that it has all

[1:05:46] these X-Men and Fantastic 4 in it, all

[1:05:48] these people seem to be playing an

[1:05:49] important part in the plot. Uh it

[1:05:52] doesn't feel like a kind of movie where

[1:05:54] like random people are going to show up

[1:05:55] throughout the movie. The Russo brothers

[1:05:58] don't like to do that, right? Like what

[1:06:00] was the biggest cameo they had in

[1:06:02] Endgame? Howard the Duck shows up,

[1:06:04] right? uh Captain Marvel shows up, but

[1:06:07] we knew she was going to be in the

[1:06:08] movie. So, it's not like the other big

[1:06:10] cameo was like, "Oh, we got to see a

[1:06:12] second Steve Rogers." But that's not so

[1:06:13] much a cameo. It's just like the way it

[1:06:16] plays out. They don't put like they

[1:06:17] didn't put a Nova cameo in Endgame,

[1:06:20] right? They put a Blue Man Group cameo

[1:06:22] in Infinity War. So, they don't they

[1:06:25] like to tell, you know, huge cast, huge

[1:06:29] ensemble stories are not cameo fests.

[1:06:32] So, I'm not expecting like random Marvel

[1:06:34] character cameos like you would see in

[1:06:35] episodes of What If, for example.

[1:06:42] Uh, a question I think like how does

[1:06:44] Thor know about Doom? I think the movie

[1:06:47] will just answer that question when Doom

[1:06:50] kidnaps Thor's daughter Love or there's

[1:06:53] just like a bigger threat that Doom is

[1:06:55] posing and and Thor fights him early on

[1:06:57] in the movie and then gets defeated and

[1:06:59] that scares him. but he hasn't been like

[1:07:02] I I think Dr. Doom is gonna be kind of a

[1:07:04] stranger to everybody in the movie when

[1:07:07] this all starts.

[1:07:11] Um I'm under an NDA and as is Berg um on

[1:07:15] whether Berg will appear in Doomsday. Um

[1:07:18] I can't confirm or deny.

[1:07:22] Yeah. Okay. So Brave King gave a good

[1:07:24] example, a Red Skull cameo in Infinity

[1:07:26] War. Great. Okay. Now, the thing about

[1:07:28] that cameo was it was a character from

[1:07:30] Captain America's own history. It was

[1:07:32] like a returning character who we had

[1:07:33] seen in the MCU before that was

[1:07:36] connected to an Infinity Stone based off

[1:07:37] of what he had to do with the Tesseract

[1:07:39] Act. It wasn't some character that we've

[1:07:40] never seen before who is now introduced

[1:07:44] in this movie. The Rooster brothers

[1:07:45] don't like to do that as much.

[1:07:48] No, R.J. is not real. It's not real.

[1:07:55] Okay. So, Dr. Dream's relationship with

[1:07:57] Sentry. An interesting question. Um, we

[1:08:01] don't see there's one shot of the big

[1:08:03] group in the Avengers Tower penthouse

[1:08:05] where you see Sentry on the side wearing

[1:08:07] his like, you know, his slacker socks

[1:08:10] and sandals. Um, but you don't see him

[1:08:12] coming in close-up. You don't see him in

[1:08:13] his Sentry suit. Um, but he's going to

[1:08:17] be important to this movie. I think he's

[1:08:20] his power of the void Doom will use in

[1:08:23] some way. Um, I think it will be helpful

[1:08:27] for Doom to construct Battle World.

[1:08:30] Maybe he uses Sentry as kind of a

[1:08:31] conduit when he's absorbing the power

[1:08:33] from Loki.

[1:08:35] Sentry is going to be important to Doom.

[1:08:37] I I there it's just too open-ended right

[1:08:39] now for me to make any firm theories.

[1:08:45] Um, yeah. I I mean, I think we can tell

[1:08:47] from some theories and concept art that

[1:08:49] like Dr. Doom, if you follow the

[1:08:51] Jonathan Hickman storyline, will become

[1:08:54] Doctor Doom's uh Doctor Strange will

[1:08:56] become Doctor Doom's sheriff of Battle

[1:08:58] World. So, I think we're going to see uh

[1:09:00] Doctor Strange team up with him.

[1:09:04] Okay, so the real trailer is about 2

[1:09:06] minutes long. It's maybe a little over

[1:09:08] two minutes, maybe a little under, but

[1:09:10] it's like in that two-minute range. It's

[1:09:12] not three and a half.

[1:09:17] Yeah. Oh, like the trailer was real.

[1:09:20] Okay. I I don't think he's wearing a

[1:09:22] wig.

[1:09:25] Yes, I do think the trailer we saw they

[1:09:27] should just release it online.

[1:09:30] Um [sighs]

[1:09:31] question. Couldn't Steve use the vials

[1:09:33] as an insurance policy? Trying to figure

[1:09:35] out what you mean by that. Like

[1:09:38] as a backup, you're saying in case he

[1:09:40] needs to travel back into the future.

[1:09:42] Maybe that is how he got back to uh to

[1:09:44] Thor in the present. Does he just needed

[1:09:46] a backup in case he ever needed to get

[1:09:48] to the present? I just think he that's

[1:09:50] he wouldn't do that unless like his

[1:09:52] family was threatened in the past.

[1:09:56] What is the reason you think Shani is

[1:09:58] fighting Gambit? So, good question. Why

[1:10:01] are these characters fighting each other

[1:10:02] when clearly Doom is the shared threat?

[1:10:05] Um, I my theory is that uh we're going

[1:10:09] to see some characters in the expansion

[1:10:10] early and then a different group will go

[1:10:13] back to the expansion and the one005

[1:10:15] universe and that they're going to have

[1:10:16] to get down to Cerebro and that the

[1:10:19] surviving X-Men there are going to feel

[1:10:21] defensive of like we don't know who you

[1:10:22] are. We don't want you to get into our

[1:10:24] Cerebro and they're going to be like

[1:10:25] trust us you need us to do that and

[1:10:27] Nightcrawler and Beast and Gambit are

[1:10:29] going to be like uh over our dead

[1:10:30] bodies. and they're just gonna fight,

[1:10:32] but it's gonna be kind of a scuffle

[1:10:33] because they feel like these are

[1:10:35] invaders from another universe who are

[1:10:37] trying to kill them. So, I don't think

[1:10:39] it'll be like a fight to the death. I

[1:10:41] just think it's going to be kind of like

[1:10:42] what the forest fight in the 2012

[1:10:44] Avengers is, is like these kind of big

[1:10:45] egos are are are knocking heads and

[1:10:47] they're like, "No, we need to get to

[1:10:48] Cerebro. Just trust us, bro." And then

[1:10:51] Beast is going to be like, "No."

[1:10:53] Uh, do you think Doom's mother, Cynthia,

[1:10:56] will be in the flashback? Yeah, Cynthia

[1:10:58] Doom is Doom's mother. Uh, has an

[1:11:01] interesting relationship with Meto.

[1:11:03] Actually, Doom ends up playing an

[1:11:05] interesting kind of like mental chess

[1:11:07] game with Meisto over Cynthia where he

[1:11:13] does this kind of triple quadruple fake

[1:11:16] of like lets Cynthia see her son in hell

[1:11:20] with her and she feels bad that her son

[1:11:25] committed enough sins to end up in hell.

[1:11:27] And because she feels that guilt, that's

[1:11:29] what kind of releases her from hell

[1:11:31] because she's a good soul to feel that

[1:11:33] way. And so Doom did it all on purpose.

[1:11:36] It's kind of a there's an interesting

[1:11:37] story. I really hope that we do get a

[1:11:40] reference to his mother or maybe Doom

[1:11:41] has a daughter that he named Cynthia

[1:11:43] after a mother um that we don't even

[1:11:45] need to get fully into in this movie,

[1:11:47] but I do think the movie's opening scene

[1:11:48] will be in the Doomstat armor room. Um,

[1:11:51] and maybe we can get a reference to a

[1:11:53] late mother, um, or a daughter of some

[1:11:56] kind, but we don't need to dwell on it.

[1:12:06] Um, I don't know if Victor von Doom will

[1:12:09] be friends with Reed Richards in this

[1:12:10] movie, but I that's why I hope that like

[1:12:12] after Secret Wars, we can recast Dr.

[1:12:16] Doom and as someone who can kind of just

[1:12:17] live in the universe with the Fantastic

[1:12:19] 4 as a different Reed Richards, but I

[1:12:22] just or a different Victor von Doom. I

[1:12:24] just we're years away from that and we

[1:12:26] still have to wait for Doomsday and then

[1:12:27] Secret Wars to come out.

[1:12:31] So Chris thinking that Steve settled in

[1:12:34] Earth 828.

[1:12:36] I really like that theory. I'm kind of

[1:12:38] putting together a a theory video about

[1:12:41] that. Maybe that's where Steve ended up.

[1:12:43] I I think that would solve a lot of

[1:12:45] problems if Steve was just in that

[1:12:47] universe in in the history of that

[1:12:49] because then we could say like, oh, he

[1:12:51] he was in um it was like the early 50s

[1:12:54] when he had a kid and then another

[1:12:57] decade went by, maybe a decade and a

[1:12:59] half and now he's in 1969 of that

[1:13:01] universe. That's why his hair is a bit

[1:13:03] longer. and then whatever happened in

[1:13:05] the 828 universe, it got affected by an

[1:13:08] incursion and he leaves with the

[1:13:10] Fantastic 4 to join up with the other

[1:13:12] Avengers that way. Um, I like the idea.

[1:13:15] I really, really do like that theory.

[1:13:16] So, that's why I'm kind of stewing on

[1:13:19] that.

[1:13:21] Thanks for your donation, Arani.

[1:13:26] Um, where do you think Dr. Doom was

[1:13:28] during the Fantastic 4 first steps?

[1:13:30] Yeah, Drew, great question. I uh I

[1:13:33] really I really really don't know the

[1:13:35] the empty Latverian delegation chair of

[1:13:37] the future foundation. I really thought

[1:13:39] Matt Shackman would answer in some

[1:13:41] interviews that came out after the

[1:13:42] movie. Um I think at this point after

[1:13:46] seeing the doomsday trailer the simpler

[1:13:48] they we would have gotten another

[1:13:49] explanation at this point if Dr. Doom

[1:13:51] came from another reality. So I think

[1:13:53] the fact that Matt Shackman never

[1:13:55] answered that question firmly and Kevin

[1:13:57] Feige never answered that question

[1:13:58] firmly. I think they're going to say

[1:13:59] okay well Dr. doom came from the 828

[1:14:02] reality. Um, and

[1:14:06] uh, and I think he uh, when when we see

[1:14:10] things at the UN and there's empty seats

[1:14:12] historically in our universe, it means

[1:14:14] that that country is at kind of odds

[1:14:17] with whatever the overall objective of

[1:14:18] the peacekeeping international

[1:14:20] organization is. So it would show that

[1:14:23] Vira are being stinkers and they don't

[1:14:25] want to enter in these global peace

[1:14:26] talks and they want to have their own

[1:14:28] private army uh and have their own

[1:14:30] technology that they don't have to share

[1:14:32] with Reed Richards. They don't want Reed

[1:14:34] Tech running their public transportation

[1:14:36] in the streets of Latvia that Victor von

[1:14:38] Doom or whoever is the leader of that

[1:14:40] point. Um or maybe there's just some

[1:14:43] civil strife that's happening in

[1:14:45] happening in Latvia. Maybe whoever the

[1:14:46] the delegate who did say he was going to

[1:14:49] be there enough for them to set up the

[1:14:50] seat with the flag that person got

[1:14:52] deposed in some kind of civil war or or

[1:14:55] a coup d'eta and then now Victor von

[1:14:58] Doom overtook the doomstat

[1:15:01] um and that's why they weren't there uh

[1:15:03] is that there was just some like there

[1:15:05] was some local

[1:15:07] disturbance of the peace in Latvia.

[1:15:14] Um, no. I don't think any of the

[1:15:15] Guardians of the Galaxy are going to be

[1:15:17] in Doomsday. I I I just I don't think

[1:15:21] the Russo brothers are that interested

[1:15:23] in using these characters as James Gun

[1:15:25] left them in in that movie. We did get a

[1:15:28] promise that the legendary Star-Lord

[1:15:30] will return. I think they'll return

[1:15:32] maybe in Secret Wars, but just looking

[1:15:34] at this movie, Doomsday, I just don't

[1:15:36] see like Infinity War, there was room

[1:15:38] for the Guardians of the Galaxy, right?

[1:15:39] because Thanos was in Guardians of the

[1:15:41] Galaxy, so it would make sense that they

[1:15:43] would be there, too. Um, they were in

[1:15:45] the first teaser when they were talking

[1:15:46] to Thor. Looking at this trailer, I

[1:15:48] don't know how you have room for the

[1:15:49] Guardians of the Galaxy in the movie.

[1:15:55] Thank you, Tony. How thick is Robert

[1:15:58] Downey Jr.'s accent? Not as thick of a

[1:16:01] Romanian accent that I did in our

[1:16:03] trailer video. What I did was kind of

[1:16:05] like

[1:16:08] something's coming, something we may not

[1:16:11] be able to deter.

[1:16:14] Uh, before this day is finished, we will

[1:16:17] be faced with an unthinkable decision.

[1:16:20] That's not what Robert Downey Jr. sounds

[1:16:22] like. He's like maybe 45% of that. Um,

[1:16:26] funny you should ask because let's take

[1:16:29] a look at something here.

[1:16:33] H

[1:16:34] a lot of people were trains coming

[1:16:37] through.

[1:16:44] A lot of people were asking about this

[1:16:47] clip when Robert Downey Jr. was doing uh

[1:16:50] Emily Blunt's Hollywood Walk of Fame

[1:16:52] star. [laughter]

[1:16:54] >> For you see,

[1:16:58] I've always been the caretaker.

[1:17:02] Uh, let's put some shine on our girl.

[1:17:04] >> Uh, he goes, "I've always been the

[1:17:07] caretaker." I think what Downey was

[1:17:09] doing there was just referencing the

[1:17:11] shining, you know, Mr. Torrance, you've

[1:17:13] always been the caretaker of Grady in

[1:17:16] the bathroom, and he was just doing kind

[1:17:17] of a creepy voice. I don't think he was

[1:17:19] doing That did not sound like what I

[1:17:21] heard in the Doomsday trailer. I'll just

[1:17:23] say that to kind of put that to bed.

[1:17:26] [snorts]

[1:17:34] Alex saying, "Don't recast Doom right

[1:17:36] after he's the biggest bad you've ever

[1:17:37] had in two Avengers movies. That's just

[1:17:38] not how it works." Well, I'm not saying

[1:17:39] it's going to be right after. Um I I

[1:17:43] just think that at some point in the

[1:17:44] future, maybe three or four years later,

[1:17:46] you could have a different Victor von

[1:17:48] Doom in some new universe that's after

[1:17:50] the events of Secret Wars because we're

[1:17:52] going to see a new Tachala. I think if

[1:17:54] we have a new Tala and a new Tony Stark,

[1:17:58] uh maybe even a new Yolena Bova, a new

[1:18:00] Wolverine, having a new Victor von Doom,

[1:18:04] uh is not going to be as controversial

[1:18:07] as a new Tony Stark or a new Tala. You

[1:18:09] know, I think you can recast a lot of

[1:18:11] characters during the mutant saga of the

[1:18:12] 2030s.

[1:18:16] I just did. And I don't think I did a

[1:18:18] very good job because I'm not like that

[1:18:20] good of a of a accent guy or an

[1:18:23] impersonator. I've just listened to

[1:18:24] videos of people speaking with a

[1:18:25] Romanian accent. I'm like, that's kind

[1:18:27] of what it sounded like. Fancastic

[1:18:30] Fantastic 4 first steps Doom. I don't

[1:18:33] know what you're asking there. I think

[1:18:35] that was just Tony Stark or that was

[1:18:38] Robert Downey Jr. playing that Doom.

[1:18:42] MF Doom will return in Avengers

[1:18:44] Doomsday. No, but he will be in Beyond

[1:18:45] the Spider-Verse.

[1:18:47] That was a fun Easter egg to see. GSU

[1:18:50] Eagle saying, "If Loki now oversees all

[1:18:52] of the timelines, how is this version of

[1:18:54] Doom allowed? Or was he a result of the

[1:18:56] Kangs being set loose on the

[1:18:57] multiverse?" This is kind of a big

[1:18:59] question going into Doomsday is how much

[1:19:01] they're going to address what was the

[1:19:02] multiverse logic from the Loki series. I

[1:19:05] I do think if it's going to be Tom

[1:19:07] Hiddston's Loki, where the Loki series

[1:19:09] left him, there will be some line that

[1:19:11] kind of references that like there were

[1:19:14] other past conquerors of the multiverse

[1:19:17] and that the rise of Doom meant that

[1:19:20] they all destroyed each other or he

[1:19:22] destroyed them. Um, so I don't think he

[1:19:26] was allowed. I think he seized power and

[1:19:29] he will seize power in this movie using

[1:19:32] uh by by by killing Loki by taking

[1:19:34] Loki's power by using his magic and and

[1:19:37] his sorcery and his science.

[1:19:44] How many deaths do you think will happen

[1:19:45] in Doomsday? I think of the 26 actors

[1:19:48] who were on the tote bag, I think 10 of

[1:19:51] them, at least 10 of them will die.

[1:19:57] How many kids is Doom taking? At least

[1:20:00] four, right? Steve Rogers kid, Thor's

[1:20:04] daughter, Tala Jr., maybe Scott Summer's

[1:20:08] kid.

[1:20:10] Um, yeah, it's going to be the little

[1:20:12] kids. [snorts]

[1:20:18] Why would you say Romanian and not

[1:20:19] another country that's still close to

[1:20:20] Romania? Because Latvia is a fictional

[1:20:21] country. I I don't know. Uh, do you mean

[1:20:26] countries like Hungarian or Albanian?

[1:20:29] Cuz it sounds more like Romanian to

[1:20:31] Hungarian to me. But Latvian, yes, it is

[1:20:33] obviously a Latinian accent. Just Latvia

[1:20:36] doesn't exist in our world. Um, it kind

[1:20:38] of sounds like honestly if you watch

[1:20:40] animated versions of Dr. Doom and that

[1:20:42] kind of Eastern European accent that he

[1:20:43] does there, that's kind of what Robert

[1:20:44] Downey Jr. is doing. It's nothing that

[1:20:46] surprising. I get why people are

[1:20:47] fascinated by this. I think when you

[1:20:49] hear it, it's just going to be natural.

[1:20:50] Like everyone who was there in in

[1:20:52] Cineacon who saw it like no one was

[1:20:54] questioning that voice like oh my god it

[1:20:57] was like oh yeah no that's that's how I

[1:20:59] would imagine Dr. Doom to sound.

[1:21:02] Do you think Sebastian Stan helped him

[1:21:03] with the accent? Yeah. Uh that'd be fun.

[1:21:06] Sebastian Stan was like uh Romanian. I

[1:21:07] think they have other accent experts but

[1:21:09] I can imagine it's Have you seen videos

[1:21:11] of Sebastian Stan speaking that

[1:21:12] language? It's it's kind of insane to

[1:21:15] hear but it's just so natural when you

[1:21:17] see him do it.

[1:21:19] I love Sebastian Stan,

[1:21:24] Mobius, uh, Owen Wilson, and Doomsday. I

[1:21:26] think we would have heard it. I think if

[1:21:29] they're announcing characters like Atuma

[1:21:31] and Namora,

[1:21:34] um, yeah, I think it's more likely that

[1:21:36] we get B15.

[1:21:38] Um, because she was in Deadpool

[1:21:39] Wolverine.

[1:21:52] Um, I'm going to leave it there for this

[1:21:54] uh office hours. You know, I said you

[1:21:56] guys could ask me anything. I get why

[1:21:58] you just wanted to ask about Doomsday.

[1:21:59] That's the thumbnail of the video. But,

[1:22:01] um, okay. Uh, you've been asking this a

[1:22:04] lot. Are you going to cover any indie

[1:22:06] shows? What do you mean by indie shows?

[1:22:09] Can you give a better example of indie

[1:22:10] shows? like shows on like other

[1:22:13] streaming platforms or shows that are

[1:22:14] not connected to major studios.

[1:22:17] Um I don't know what you mean by that.

[1:22:21] Um but probably not. We We're a big

[1:22:23] fandom channel. We cover major IP on

[1:22:26] this channel. We're not like um you know

[1:22:30] uh

[1:22:32] a idiots like you should watch this

[1:22:34] obscure thing. We'll we'll re we'll make

[1:22:37] those recommendations in other podcasts

[1:22:39] we do. But we uh in terms of like doing

[1:22:42] a full video breakdown or review of

[1:22:44] something, we we're covering like the

[1:22:45] major stuff. Um Resident Evil trailer

[1:22:49] reaction. I loved it. Uh Jessica did a

[1:22:51] breakdown of it that's on the channel

[1:22:52] right now. You should watch it.

[1:22:57] Oh, Digital Circus. I don't think any of

[1:22:59] us any rock stars watch it, so probably

[1:23:03] not. Um I know it's popular, but we're

[1:23:06] probably not going to cover it. Um

[1:23:08] because like there are other creators

[1:23:10] that know more about that than New

[1:23:12] Rockstars. Well, we're not going to like

[1:23:13] fake expertise in something that we

[1:23:14] don't watch.

[1:23:17] Uh how long does it take to break down a

[1:23:18] trailer or a movie? What's the process

[1:23:20] like? I get this question a lot. Um I

[1:23:22] think the uh it change it depends on

[1:23:25] whether it's a trailer or a movie is

[1:23:27] very different. So after I've seen a

[1:23:29] movie, I'm not doing a lot of like

[1:23:30] theorization because I've seen the

[1:23:32] movie. I know what happens in it unless

[1:23:33] it's setting up questions for a future

[1:23:35] movie. Um, but with a a trailer, it's

[1:23:38] all kind of theorization. I'm looking at

[1:23:40] every shot and trying to figure out what

[1:23:41] the context of it is and and doing a lot

[1:23:43] of recap and explaining. If it's a

[1:23:45] sequel, I'm kind of recapping what

[1:23:46] happened in last movies or in the past.

[1:23:49] But you asked a question to break down a

[1:23:51] trailer or movie. All I'm doing is I'm

[1:23:53] doing the research and writing and

[1:23:54] hosting of it. We have a completely

[1:23:56] different talented team that's doing all

[1:23:58] the editing who after I shoot takes the

[1:24:01] footage, breaks it up into pieces,

[1:24:03] assigns it out to other freelance

[1:24:04] editors. Those editors are all working

[1:24:06] on those chunks at the same time

[1:24:08] overnight in the following morning and

[1:24:09] then send in their edited pieces back to

[1:24:11] Josh and Abby who then kind of piece it

[1:24:14] all back together and then do a pass

[1:24:17] over it and then I review it and then

[1:24:19] they'll apply some notes. But my end of

[1:24:20] it generally if it's like a indepth uh

[1:24:24] frame by frame analysis of something or

[1:24:25] if it's a movie breakdown that requires

[1:24:27] a lot of research um for every minute of

[1:24:30] content you see I spend about an hour of

[1:24:32] my time on it including research writing

[1:24:35] and hosting. So for a like if it's a

[1:24:39] movie breakdown that is 30 minutes long.

[1:24:41] Overall I spent 30 hours of my time

[1:24:45] watching the movie, re-watching the

[1:24:46] movie, transcribing my notes, organizing

[1:24:49] my notes, going through trailer shots to

[1:24:51] find the right image of something. If

[1:24:54] it's uh the Spider-Man brand new day

[1:24:56] trailer that we did in March, that

[1:24:58] breakdown that's like 40ome minutes.

[1:25:00] Yeah, I spent 40ome hours working on

[1:25:02] that. I did a lot of prep work based off

[1:25:04] of the 1 to 2 second trailer um snippets

[1:25:07] that they released the day before. I

[1:25:08] spent that full night pulling a near

[1:25:10] allnighter just describing what I could

[1:25:13] see from those and then writing recap

[1:25:15] stuff and just doing other research

[1:25:17] based off of what I knew from

[1:25:18] interviews. So that when the trailer hit

[1:25:20] first thing that morning, I just spent

[1:25:22] the rest of that day, it's probably

[1:25:24] eight hours or so at least

[1:25:28] um researching and writing further to

[1:25:31] piece all of it together into that 40

[1:25:33] minute whatever however long the page

[1:25:34] was, page count was. Um so all in all

[1:25:38] and then that plus hosting the video

[1:25:40] plus reviewing the video, my time was

[1:25:43] whatever it was probably a one minute to

[1:25:45] one hour ratio. Um, yeah, that that

[1:25:49] tends to be for those types of videos.

[1:25:51] Not all videos you see. Uh, if it's like

[1:25:53] kind of a news explainer, I can

[1:25:55] sometimes write those faster. Um,

[1:25:58] you know, if it's a if it's like a a

[1:26:00] theory video, sometimes those theories

[1:26:02] are kind of like floating around in my

[1:26:04] head for weeks and kind of the writing

[1:26:05] process is happening on the back burner.

[1:26:07] So, when I actually sit down to write

[1:26:09] it, I can just like I can just get it

[1:26:11] all out there. Um, but yeah, for these

[1:26:14] kind of like indepth frame by frame,

[1:26:16] scene by scene analyses,

[1:26:19] um, that's about as long as I as it

[1:26:21] takes.

[1:26:24] The sky bay.

[1:26:28] Probably not. I I had an idea if like if

[1:26:31] I ever moved on or if new rock stars

[1:26:33] ceased to exist because YouTube imploded

[1:26:36] or I don't know some some Saudi investor

[1:26:40] bought us and then broke us up for parts

[1:26:42] and then I we'd all have to find new

[1:26:43] jobs. I'd be like, you know, would be

[1:26:44] really fun just doing a breakdown of the

[1:26:46] office dinner party episode. I would

[1:26:48] just love to spend a week of my life

[1:26:50] just putting together a breakdown of all

[1:26:53] the little jokes and little details in

[1:26:56] just that. So, if I feel that way about

[1:26:58] The Office or for certain episodes of

[1:27:00] Parks and Wreck or The Good Place for

[1:27:02] VEP or for Silicon Valley, I could do

[1:27:05] that with Seinfeld. I mean, just talking

[1:27:08] about the nuances of Jason Alexander's

[1:27:10] or or Julie Lou Drifus' performance, I

[1:27:13] would love to just do that. It's

[1:27:14] obviously crazy [snorts]

[1:27:16] different from New Rockstars, but I used

[1:27:18] to before I I started breaking down

[1:27:20] Marvel movies, I used to just talk about

[1:27:22] comedy news and I would uh write reviews

[1:27:25] about episodes of Community for for a

[1:27:27] different website and I would break down

[1:27:29] SNL and I would analyze uh Saturday

[1:27:31] Night Live sketches every week and I did

[1:27:33] that for like five or six years. So

[1:27:34] that's kind of like how I got into media

[1:27:36] analysis.

[1:27:38] Another question here, will Deadpool

[1:27:39] actually have some connection from the

[1:27:41] previous movie? I I don't think

[1:27:42] Deadpool's going to be in this movie. Uh

[1:27:44] I the more I see about Avengers

[1:27:46] Doomsday, the less I think it's going to

[1:27:48] be connected to Deadpool and Wolverine

[1:27:49] other than Gambit. Um yeah,

[1:27:54] another question. Uh check out there are

[1:27:56] two Indian movies coming soon. They'll

[1:27:57] be marketed globally. Ramayan Ramayana

[1:28:00] and uh Varonasi. First one is

[1:28:02] distributed by Warner Brothers. Thank

[1:28:03] you for the recommendation. I will check

[1:28:04] that out.

[1:28:08] An actual question. How do you and the

[1:28:09] NR team uh not get burned out from

[1:28:11] researching the shows and movies and

[1:28:12] interviews over the years or copying

[1:28:14] other I don't know.

[1:28:17] Um to answer your question, yeah,

[1:28:20] burnout is a real thing and we do get

[1:28:21] burnt out all the time. Um

[1:28:25] it's like

[1:28:27] to for this to be your job is a great

[1:28:29] privilege and we don't take that for

[1:28:30] granted. We we work really really hard

[1:28:33] on what we do. Um, and just it takes a

[1:28:37] long time to be able to do a 40minute uh

[1:28:41] breakdown of a Spider-Man brand new day

[1:28:44] uh in like in within two days. Um, it

[1:28:47] does require me to be constantly

[1:28:50] thinking about and revisiting all the

[1:28:52] Spider-Man movies. Um, so I I'll say

[1:28:56] that it like I have to just watch other

[1:28:59] things that have nothing to do with like

[1:29:01] the with any kind of Marvel or superhero

[1:29:03] or or major fandom IP. Um, honestly

[1:29:06] having a kid really does help me from

[1:29:08] getting burnt out because like my

[1:29:10] favorite thing to do is to hang out with

[1:29:12] my wife and my son. So just like going

[1:29:14] to the park with them or going on a walk

[1:29:15] with them like that resets me. That's my

[1:29:18] home base. So then when I get home, I'm

[1:29:21] not just like constantly thinking about

[1:29:22] Marvel stuff. Just watching Survivor

[1:29:24] with my wife is awesome. Um going out in

[1:29:27] the, you know, in the backyard and

[1:29:30] kicking the soccer ball around with my

[1:29:31] son is just like now just so wonderful

[1:29:36] is like that's ah I can just really

[1:29:40] disassociate from any of this work. I

[1:29:42] think you need to have I mean for a lot

[1:29:44] of people it's like going to the gym. Um

[1:29:46] it's going out for a run. Um,

[1:29:50] it's reading books that have nothing to

[1:29:52] do with nerdy stuff. Um, so I I can't

[1:29:56] speak for everybody at New Rockstars. I

[1:29:58] think some people will play video games

[1:29:59] that have nothing to do with that. Um,

[1:30:01] watching reality TV, playing with my kid

[1:30:04] and my wife and my dog. Um, and yeah,

[1:30:09] that's how I not that's how I avoid

[1:30:10] getting burnt out.

[1:30:14] Thanks for the labor of love. Thank you,

[1:30:16] BBX.

[1:30:17] Um, Cody asking, "Any advice for someone

[1:30:19] who might want to get into your line of

[1:30:20] work?" Thanks. Love you all's content.

[1:30:22] Been watching for years. Um, yeah, my

[1:30:25] advice is to just like

[1:30:29] make as much as you can. Um, Mr. Beast

[1:30:33] has some quote where it's like you got

[1:30:35] to make a hundred videos and each time

[1:30:39] try to learn and apply a new lesson. And

[1:30:41] I think that's actually pretty good

[1:30:42] advice because like you got to make a

[1:30:45] lot of stuff. Uh, you have to experiment

[1:30:47] a lot. You have to hit publish a lot.

[1:30:50] You have to get it out there. And it

[1:30:52] doesn't have to be YouTube videos. It

[1:30:53] can just be Tik Toks. It can be Reddit

[1:30:55] posts. It can be Instagram reels or

[1:30:58] whatever. But you have to make a lot of

[1:31:00] content. And you will just get better at

[1:31:01] it. And if it's on social media, people

[1:31:03] will find it. Um, so I've seen a lot of

[1:31:07] creators, I've been doing this for about

[1:31:09] 10 years, and I've seen a lot of

[1:31:10] creators in that time go from being

[1:31:12] someone no one had ever heard of to

[1:31:14] someone a lot of people now follow. and

[1:31:15] it looks like they can make their living

[1:31:16] doing it just by kind of following that

[1:31:18] process by by just like

[1:31:21] posting a lot by uh like you know you

[1:31:26] can get good at like coming up with like

[1:31:28] your analysis of of trailers just by

[1:31:31] being in the uh in like the replies of

[1:31:35] Reddit like uh like whenever a new

[1:31:37] episode of Daredevil drops there will be

[1:31:39] that night like our live discussion and

[1:31:42] you can just like talk about it with

[1:31:44] people and you get good at like hitting

[1:31:46] publish um and not being afraid of it.

[1:31:49] And I think that's kind of how you get

[1:31:51] the courage to just keep keep doing it.

[1:31:53] But I'm telling you, this kind of work

[1:31:55] like it's not a it's not for the faint

[1:31:56] of heart. It's not for casual hobbyists.

[1:31:59] Like it it takes a lot out of you to be

[1:32:02] a content creator. And I wouldn't

[1:32:04] recommend it for most people. You have

[1:32:06] to be someone who just like loves to

[1:32:08] keep making and publishing stuff. You

[1:32:10] have to be broken in that particular way

[1:32:12] to do this as a line of work. Um, it's

[1:32:16] not easy. I think there's this illusion

[1:32:17] for a lot of younger folks that like

[1:32:19] being a a content creator or an

[1:32:21] influencer is easy. Every influencer I

[1:32:24] know who has a following who's who does

[1:32:25] it for their does it to pay their bills,

[1:32:29] they anytime I see them, they look

[1:32:31] exhausted. They look so tired. You could

[1:32:34] see that kind of like glaze over their

[1:32:36] eyes where they look like they've slept

[1:32:38] maybe 10 hours in the past week.

[1:32:40] Everyone's hustling and working their

[1:32:42] butts off and it doesn't come even

[1:32:43] though they kind of look like once the

[1:32:44] camera turns on they kind of light up

[1:32:46] and it looks like it's really easy.

[1:32:48] Everyone's tired. Everyone's hustling.

[1:32:51] And uh it might be more advisable to

[1:32:53] just work at your FedEx and and go home

[1:32:56] and play with your kid. And if you can

[1:32:58] pay your bills doing that, I would

[1:33:00] recommend doing that. Um because like

[1:33:03] it's not like the money is going to come

[1:33:04] that fast.

[1:33:06] Uh no, we are not.

[1:33:10] We can't afford anyone else.

[1:33:13] Um,

[1:33:16] will lanterns go cosmic eventually?

[1:33:17] Yeah, I I think we got a promise from

[1:33:19] the showrunner that we'll get an episode

[1:33:21] that talks about the uh the guardians of

[1:33:24] OA. I can't wait for lanterns. I know

[1:33:27] the trailer's been kind of like there's

[1:33:29] a weird thing going on with the lanterns

[1:33:30] trailer where it keeps being public and

[1:33:32] then privated. Uh, but I think it's a

[1:33:35] rights issue with the music they used in

[1:33:36] it. Very weird stuff going on with that,

[1:33:38] but I'm excited for that show in August.

[1:33:41] I think it'll be pretty good.

[1:33:44] Um, there is an Avengers theme in the

[1:33:46] trailer. You do hear kind of a dark

[1:33:48] version of Alan Sylvestri's Avengers

[1:33:50] music. There's um I'm trying to remember

[1:33:53] the the music is something like

[1:33:56] here. I'm going to do my best to kind of

[1:33:58] like glee club this.

[1:34:01] It's like you hear strings going

[1:34:05] D.

[1:34:08] And over that you hear synth notes

[1:34:11] going.

[1:34:26] It actually slaps. Uh, and I just had

[1:34:28] that in my head. I was humming it as I

[1:34:30] was walking back to my hotel room to

[1:34:31] record it. Uh, and I made a recording of

[1:34:34] myself doing it. so I wouldn't forget

[1:34:35] it. Uh, the music's pretty good. Music's

[1:34:37] really, really good. Go to coffee order.

[1:34:40] Um,

[1:34:42] let's see. Cold brew. Just cold brew

[1:34:44] black. The strongest, boldest cold brew

[1:34:47] you have.

[1:34:49] Oh my god.

[1:34:52] [laughter]

[1:34:53] [gasps]

[1:34:55] Uh, thoughts on Supergirl.

[1:34:58] Uh, I'm excited after the footage that I

[1:35:00] saw. The presentation by Millie Alco and

[1:35:03] Jason Mamoa was just weird. No one had

[1:35:05] prepped them.

[1:35:09] Yes, I think the trailer that I saw, if

[1:35:11] you just drop that two-minute trailer on

[1:35:12] YouTube, it will break the internet.

[1:35:14] It's that crazy.

[1:35:16] All right, we're going to leave it

[1:35:17] there, guys. We got to I got to wrap it

[1:35:19] up. I got other stuff I got to do. Um,

[1:35:21] thank you for joining this uh this live

[1:35:23] stream. This is a lot of fun. I I want

[1:35:24] to try to do this at least once a month.

[1:35:26] Come up on a Friday. I got maybe I got

[1:35:28] to do a better job of like taking

[1:35:30] questions uh setting up an email or

[1:35:32] something where you guys can send me

[1:35:34] questions ahead of time and then we can

[1:35:36] uh set an appointment where I can start

[1:35:38] to answer those questions while I take

[1:35:40] live stream questions like this. Uh but

[1:35:42] this was a lot of fun to be able to do

[1:35:44] this to be able to go through that

[1:35:45] ridiculous AI version of the trailer. No

[1:35:48] shame against Yellow Minutes who made

[1:35:50] it. I not crazy about the fact that you

[1:35:53] burnt down an acre of forest to make a

[1:35:55] three and a half minute AR AI version of

[1:35:57] that trailer, but I also understand it's

[1:35:59] what a lot of people are doing anyway.

[1:36:01] And I wanted to be able to talk about it

[1:36:02] just to say like let's do a better job

[1:36:04] recognizing when something is AI slop

[1:36:06] and not it's okay to watch it and just

[1:36:08] like have an opinion about it, but don't

[1:36:10] like share it around as if that's a

[1:36:11] confirmation of anything, right? But you

[1:36:14] know, one way that we can avoid that,

[1:36:16] Marvel Studios dropped the freaking

[1:36:17] trailer on YouTube so that like the

[1:36:19] people who make these fake AI things

[1:36:22] can't fool us again. Thank you so much.

[1:36:26] A big thanks to um to Joshua Herd for uh

[1:36:30] coming up with the thumbnail, for Brian

[1:36:31] for setting up this whole live stream,

[1:36:33] Brian Kim Berg being in the chat, any

[1:36:35] other New Rockstars folks are in the

[1:36:36] chat, all of you who have joined us uh

[1:36:38] who have given super chats. I'm so

[1:36:40] grateful to all of you for joining us,

[1:36:42] for supporting new rockstars. Uh if

[1:36:44] you'd like this new chest so blessed

[1:36:46] shirt is available at nerdriot.shop.

[1:36:48] It's a cool new doom inspired design

[1:36:50] that goes directly to supporting us. Uh

[1:36:52] we have all kinds of fun um exclusive

[1:36:55] podcast content on our supercast at nr

[1:36:57] underground.supcast.com.

[1:36:59] Um I have a whole kind of like reaction

[1:37:01] podcast I recorded about my experience

[1:37:03] at Cineacon that will only ever live

[1:37:05] there. Uh we'll we'll soon in the next

[1:37:07] couple weeks put a recording of our um

[1:37:09] live Morbius reading that we did at the

[1:37:11] UCB theater. We'll put that recording up

[1:37:13] on the supercast for people who support

[1:37:15] us there. Um thanks guys and um uh go

[1:37:19] watch Jessica's Resident Evil trailer

[1:37:21] breakdown. It's great.