Big Brands & Big Bombs - The Weekly Planet Podcast

Disaster has struck the 2023 blockbuster season with now both Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny and The Flash massively underperforming. But the good news is Mattel is moving ahead with 45 of it's toy propeties being developed into feature length films. We get into all that plus word on the latest Mission Impossible, Chronicles of Narnia return, an update on Shang Chi 2, Deadpool 3 rumours and more! Thanks for listening
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00:00 The Start
05:33 Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning is Great?
10:55 The Barbie Movie Banned
14:23 Chronicles of Narnia Netflix Movies
16:13 Threads?
19:02 Shang-Chi Sequel
20:48 Deadpool 3 Casting
30:40 No Ahsoka Trailer
32:27 Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny Drop-Off
34:46 The Flash is the Biggest Comic Book Movie Bomb Ever
39:50 Big Brands Coming to Cinemas
56:32 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read (and Harrison Ford Movies)
01:12:05 Letters, It's Time For Letters (and Secret Invasion)
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[@THEAdmiralXizor]

The thought of Le Chiffre forgetting to say "Uno" made me laugh out loud... 😂

[@camstersonofmerrill6687]

Just the sheer exhaustion in James's voice when they're talking about the Hasbro movies. 😂

[@sathrielsatanson666]

The future of movies looks super bright. Can't wait or "Kleenex", "Tupperware: Rise of the Lid" and "Android v IOS"...

[@motherplayer]

Don't forget "Blackberry: Resurrection"

[@vanidemo]

I love brands, I like when a brand references another brand in a branded deal

[@strengthspeed19]

Just you wait.... Things will get better once the fad dies out b things will go back to be more grounded and artsy. I suspect in the next ~10-15 years we'll go from things like Barbie, Nike Airs, and, yes, even the Kleenex movie, no matter how good it is, to much higher concept pieces focusing on more everyday items. I'm talking a rope movie, likely a comedy based on talking kitchen appliances, and the one I'm really excited about, Actors Camping Together. This can't come soon enough. I really hope they do a good job with casting a good group, they'll need good improv artists. But can you just imagine how awesome it will be to watch actors camp for a couple days!? Theater today is at a low point, but my hope is keeping me alive.

[@sathrielsatanson666]

@@strengthspeed19 well said

[@alexanderford3831]

When you're in the middle of watching a video essay on your phone, and you get that Weekly Planet alert, any and everything else can wait.

[@GamingintheAM0801]

I prefer watching video essays on my Mattel Viewfinder, coming soon to a theater near you.

[@imnotkiddingg]

its called priorities

[@alexanderford3831]

@@GamingintheAM0801 I legit used to have a series of viewer discs when I was a kid. The only one I distinctly remember having was an episode of The Adam West "Batman" series, but not what it was about.

[@ComicCrossing]

Here is how you do Viewmaster. A young boy finds a viewmaster that shows scenes from a parallel universe. In that parallel universe there is a girl that finds a viewmaster that connects to the boys universe. They find that they can add pictures and start communicating through the 2 universes. Either they fall in love or they have to prevent a tragedy that will affect both universes. Dependning on if you want a romantic comedy or an adventure movie. Hire me Mattell.

[@frankcooke1692]

Oh... I was just gonna go with boner comedy where he can see through girls' clothes. Your idea is way better.

[@eastvandb]

That is sound. I'm in, and I shall petition Mattel to hire you.

[@kylecarter1599]

The only way Hot Wheels works as a movie is if they just make a Fast and Furious movie with Hot Wheels tracks from the 90s. Cars doing loops and jumps over volcanoes and hairpin turns on orange plastic tracks that are barely strong enough to hold the car? I'm in theaters opening day.

[@nerdyoutube7847]

I like how every week I see new reports on how everything is bombing. It’s just funny. Movie goers are in their grubby era or something and don’t want to leave home

[@WillSams]

It doesn't help if the movies are either generic, something we've all seen before, or they just generally look the same because of CGI. Last point kinda encapsulates the first 2, but I digress. I wanted to go see the Flash and Indiana Jones, but after seeing Spider-verse and Transformers, I'm just going to wait on Openheimer. Don't want to waste my money on something I'm not going to enjoy.

[@12Daniel34]

I like how it's never the movies' fault, it's not like they can actually be uninspired, lazy pieces of shit, noooo, movie goers are just grumpy, don't you know🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@danielplainview2584]

@@12Daniel34heavy “no one wants to work anymore” vibes

[@chrisi1466]

It’s because most people can’t afford to go to the movies every week anymore, so they are going to pick and choose, when something worth it comes along like Spiderverse people will go, but when you have movies like Dial of Destiny and the best reviews are like “well it’s kinda better than the one everyone agrees is the worst.” Sorry but I’m not gonna spend that money and time to actually go see it.

[@12Daniel34]

​@danielplainview2584 woow sure got em bro, I guess you're right, every movie is great. Wtf is even your point?

[@A55TRICKY]

Straight up, I listen to you guys while I go to sleep. If i know a movie is out it's 80% of the time because of you.

[@vanquish5023]

The box office for these films isn't the problem, it's the budgets.

[@WL1264]

Tell that to the flash and indy 5

[@minder01]

@@WL1264 That is what they said, no?

[@Michael_ORourke]

Yup! Raiders of the Lost Ark cost $20 million, adjusted for inflation that would be $70 million today. Indy 5 cost $300 million. If they had made Indy 5 for less than $100 million it would have made money. Too many $200-300 million movies are being made.

[@RAINBOWNIGTHMAREPRODUCTIONS]

@@Michael_ORourke I'm glad you explained that. When talking about older movies, we need to adjust for inflation their budgets. I just looked up ROTJ's budget which is 32. 1 million and adjusted using a calculator I found. It would be around the 80mil range in today money compared to Rise of Skywalker which 416 million.

[@ComicCrossing]

There isnt really a way to do something like the Flash for any cheaper given the effects it needs. Indy5 makes no sense though. But even if Flash was budgeted at 100 million it would be underperforming.

[@doughall2932]

The obvious thing to do with all those Mattel movies is to make all the various things magical, such as James’ Viewmaster idea or magic Uno cards, future-predicting Magic 8 Ball (like the Nic Cage movie Next) etc etc… then in the final film to be released you suddenly reveal that all these movies take place in the same universe. The Mattel Cinematic Universe, or _MCU_ if you will. This would then lead to a huge team up movie where each films’ respective kids/protagonists would unite along with their magical Mattel product to fight a villain (maybe the Bratz dolls reimagined as aliens?). You’re welcome Mattel.

[@MilqDust]

My takeaway here is how I wish I had the same level of confidence in anything i did as Mattel has in themselves

[@LincolnTerminator]

i’m so glad we all agree that we literally look forward to the weekly planet every week😂

[@kenthehobo]

Is "the time machine starring Guy Pierce 2002" the working title for Snake Eyes?

[@luckyspurs]

52:38 James' "Beyonce; that's hip hop right" is the most wonderfully school teacher/producer line. That entire brands not having a clue what they're doing discussion was hilarious.

[@averywallace5329]

The only way an Uno movie would be good if it had Madds Mikkelson and Daniel Craig playing in an Uno tournament spoof of Casino Royal.

[@TheNazradin]

That line in Barbie, is an obvious move to try and get it to show in china. Good on Vietnam and the Philippines on calling it out

[@EmperorJ123]

I've seen Indy and it's good

[@TheEnmity]

Hot wheels being “emotional, grounded, and gritty” just tells me JJ Abrams and crew are gonna do mountains and mountains of coke to make this movie

[@TC-yw4bg]

I agree, in the intro “defenders of the universe” doesn’t hit as hard as “shooting up your butthole” did.

[@EmperorJ123]

I like the lack of engineering around the patch though

[@jesusaguirre2150]

Now how will I internalize all this red-hot comic-book-movie news?

[@legorocketraccoon8297]

@@EmperorJ123 Would it be as funny if it was edited in really well though?

[@EmperorJ123]

@@legorocketraccoon8297 no

[@majormetcalf1225]

I know it’s juvenile but I enjoy watching Disney a multi million entertainment giant get humbled, Just for a little, it sucks because I know the underpaid staff are going to be the ones who pay.

[@sathrielsatanson666]

Writer: and then we can make a spin off about Elektra. Studio exec: But she is dead, wouldn't that be difficult? Writer: It will be super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@onkkell]

here I am, not keeping up with the podcast, and I find you bloody sent viewers my way with your recommendation of the EXCELLENT bike chase scene from the wonderful Harrison Ford film Hollywood Homicide, of which I have an edit on my channel never again missing another episode, I guess

[@joshuamauk6759]

I also do not listen to podcasts. But I love this stuff, whatever you call it.

[@whocares9033]

A podcast with a picture

[@chrisretzlaff2895]

Did I miss the two best Ford movies....Working Girl and Mosquito Coast.....both are top 5 outside franchises

[@MetalheadSean666]

I'm really hoping they're doing a loose adaptation on the Deadpool kills Trilogy if they're doing this sort of weird multiverse sounding fan fair thing they're doing

[@Matt-xc6sp]

Uno heist movie set in the Atlanta HipHop scene “Why aren’t our movies doing well?”

[@seth5529]

I could listen to these blokes talk for hours

[@ellaisplotting]

If you've listened to more than one of these, you have!

[@chadreese9501]

Finally, someone else who says crown instead of crayon!

[@joeeljalapeno1816]

That uno script sounds wild for a uno movie

[@nobuzzlitebeer7258]

I see what you did there.

[@quisewilliams22]

"They've skipped into the next life." I'm sold 😂

[@jussts]

Real Steel is based on a depressing short story by Richard Matheson... technically, but yeah they essentially turned it into Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots.

[@unforgiven_91]

my friend and I anticipate an Avengers Endgame-esque movie that basically copies it beat-by-beat "on your left, Ken", a girl power scene, "I am inevitable. And I'm a Barbie Girl"

[@johnbrennan2240]

In season 4 of Atlanta there’s an episode where a scene opens with Paper Boi in the recording studio with a bunch of guys smoking and drinking and playing cards. He starts arguing with the guy he’s playing cards with and the reveal is they’re playing Uno. I burst out laughing when I watched it, and apparently someone else saw that and thought it was a good idea for a movie

[@strudelninja]

Never realized how many movies we got that were an off-brand version of the one good idea for a movie about a toy

[@mathiaswalker350]

27:11 The Bois at the Pub - Flash Explanation story

[@SirSeabass]

For hot wheels it just needs to be a rip off of a fast and Furious but it's just kids on the playground taking recess WAY to seriously.

[@travislindenberger3128]

I work at Pixar thanks for seeing elemental!

[@joeaguilera6448]

These guys are fantastic

[@CYeoung]

blue beetle is catching every stray, that movie is DOA unfortunately

[@zurban4313]

I have a feeling that Deadpool 3 will be similar to deadpool kills the marvel universe, but more like Deadpool kills the fox universe, as he just completely wipes out all those people before hopping to the mcu

[@empatheticrambo4890]

Those old Narnia movies immediately dropped in quality. I am skeptical but excited. Voyage of the Dawn Treader is an amazing book and could be a proper good movie

[@doughall2932]

I actually thought Voyage of the Dawn Treader was the best out of the three.

[@Phillipguy034]

I think they mentioned it but you could do a competitive Uno tournament movie. If you take the tone of the Dodgeball movie. It could be okay

[@youvegotmailed]

great moment from 27:12 - 30:40

[@taylorgayhart9497]

It’s funny you bring up that Rick and Morty episode because that encompasses what I DO NOT like about multiverse stories, because to me even if you “replace” your people with copies, I’m still sad for the ones who don’t get saved. To me that episode is proof that Morty is more like Rick than either acknowledges. The fact that he doesn’t insist on Rick fixing things for the universe they left is proof he is just as selfish.

[@RollTonight]

Looking forward to seeing the Hot Wheels themed Christine sequel

[@NickCodyComedy]

25th anniversary of Small Soldiers... what an Easter egg

[@eastvandb]

I wonder if there's a group rate to take a kindergarden class to 'Oppenheimer'.

[@amiciprocul8501]

I think it's generous to expect that someone just made an oopsie with the Barbie Map, I'd wager it was more of a deliberate addition since Vietnam and Phillipines populations combined only amount to 1/7th of China's population. They probably rather lose these markets than risk losing China.

[@narcopsy]

Exactly, Hollywood panders to China. Capitalism,ugh

[@Noah-vo6hu]

So did the Bat Girl movie that they refused to release make more money than the Flash? 😂

[@darksaint0124]

The problem with the multi verse in movies is actors. Whatever rules are put into effect will have to cater to having people that require large paychecks playing these roles. Let's look at No Way Home for example. There are 3 Peter Parker's all with different faces. That isn't how Marvel's multi verse works, but actors were catered to and now everyone expects different versions of the same chapter to have a different face. This is retroactive continuity being rebranded as plot progression even though when those movies were made it was not a part of any ongoing narrative.

[@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8]

My favourite noughties Marvel movie - Stabbed Elektra

[@alexjames2264]

Comedies, horror, action movies come out every year... and we dont get fatigue. Imagine if lord and Miller thought there was Multiverse fatigue and we didnt get Across the Spiderverse

[@dubbela07]

Only a matter of time until the Bop-It movie, the Xbox movie, the stretch Armstrong movie, and the Cheerios movie

[@clintmcbride7830]

They could make some kind of VR or AR tech for view master. And get contracts from major brands for the "pictures"

[@andrewhelgren9527]

Had to Google what a serviette is

[@ZombiedWolf]

I remember seeing a UNO anime parody and it basically played out like a game of YuGiOh. If Hollywood werent cowards they should do the same with with the UNO movie. An over the top, completely serious game of UNO with life or death stakes and throw in huge holograms of the cards for good measure.

[@cjaimez5895]

The perfect name for the uno movie, "Draw 4".

[@pliantimpala7858]

Anyone see Hugh in the Wolverine drip? Dam I'm excited

[@jacktadash]

The Weekly Planet? They can't possibly have my brand, it's a special brand!

[@shelbyvillerules9962]

22:34 KZbinrs having been doing those kinds of "Portal Parody" videos literally since 2019. There's one called "Endgame: The Full Multiverse War" which is pretty much just every movie character from the past 70 years showing up.

[@christophercomtois7175]

This episode was toooo short. I will miss you guys. Till next week.

[@landotter]

56:04 😅

[@Kcoldraz]

Hot wheels seems to be obviously supposed to be a Speed Racer derivative.

[@dlvnmedia]

DC is technically an Infinite Multiverse in comics again. Happened in Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths

[@harmonyislandtaiwan]

Not sure how transferrable brand licenses are, for example a Barbie edition Matchbox/Hot Wheels, but wasn't the Matchbox brand was licensed to the Ant Man franchise, and who cares, because all Mattel properties are just all kinds of sucky sources for films

[@flywheelshyster6549]

listening while doing some carpentry work foe things around the house.

[@joshuamauk6759]

Instead of Uno, he just says his own name, “Bond,” and then he shoots the dealer.

[@althaz]

What I don't understand is how the defenders theme is still making me laugh out loud after all this time? Like why do I find it so funny? lol, defenders

[@RickRaptor105]

"Is there an UNO movie? I don't know! There probably isn't!" How dare you disrespect LetsPlay like that. Them being stuck in one game of UNO for three hours is better than anything Hollywood could come up with.

[@vishalthefirst4140]

Hey James and Maso, if those are you real names. Do you think Spider ATSV and GoGT 3 will get nominated for Oscars?

[@harmonyislandtaiwan]

TIME MACHINE FEATURING GUY PIERCE NOW

[@damongnojek3912]

Fuggin’ Flash is probably gonna show up in Deadpool 3 at this point.

[@arc7818]

I've been excited by the potential end of superhero dominance of the theaters. But now I realize that it's just going to be replaced with brand deal/ product placement movies. Guess I still won't have anything to watch. Remember when the cinema was about art and entertainment, not selling Uno cards?

[@jean-paularends4535]

Viewmasters-pictures are in 3D. That was the catch! But it would probably make for a terrible movie...

[@creepycraiyons3519]

Give me Indiana Jones vsTom Cruise from valkyrie now!

[@cartilagehead6326]

Beyoncé was in the Lion King remake

[@davidblank420]

Short episode? It's average length and that's OK I've been told.

[@completelytransparent6320]

it is ok. lsd does wonders for this sort of thing if your selfconscious about your episode length. the episode can still be of very high quality and even better than the longer episodes. but nothing beats a good long episode that is just amazing from beginning to end

[@davidblank420]

@@completelytransparent6320 it was a penis size joke...sorry you couldn't handle it.

[@raven4152001]

- and lo... The podcasting gods saw fit to release upon you the greatest podcast ever. Go in peace my child.

[@rachelbaquero381]

If i had to make an uno movie I would just make casino royal again but they are playing uno instead.

[@ArtDocHound]

Demon Bear! Rarrrrrrrr 🐻👺

[@alfje5492]

7:40 Tom Cruise fights God: so he's remaking Star Trek V?

[@ArchahcrA]

"What dies God need with a stuntman?" - Tom Cruise 2023

[@ramennoodles7328]

This is one of the grubbiest yet

[@mrabduh]

I want hotwheels like speed racer movie

[@frankcooke1692]

HF did a great appearance on Conan's podcast lately. Like, he's totally HFing it, but you can tell he doesn't mind showing up, because Conan O'brian is just kind of fun to be around. I think that's his thing - he doesn't need to bother with press hubbub - because he's Harrison Ford - he's already done the PR by being in it. And he just wants to get home and smoke weed and spend his hundreds of millions of dollars/

[@Kelticfury]

From what I am hearing The Flash was actually pretty good. Too bad the universe was murdered making it all a pointless waste of time coupled with WBs insane decision to support a criminal creeper like everything was just fine.

[@CYeoung]

nah it was ass. the CGI was so bad it was offensive. the time travel was nonsense. not the worst movie ever but below average

[@RAINBOWNIGTHMAREPRODUCTIONS]

When did they decide to make this a multiverse story to soft reboot the DCEU (Which they scrapped as Keaton and Callie were supposed to join the Universe, until they added Clooney after Gunn took over, I believe)

[@dasvaki]

I wanna see a de-aged Tom Cruise fighting a de-aged God.

[@paulstancartneynumbe]

Shoutout Silverchair

[@darksaint0124]

When talking about New Mjtants, you should ask "why was it a mind bear?" A lot of the problems with movies that have good source material being bad is that we have WAY too many writers in Hollywood that think they are better writers than the writers that wrote timeless stories. Hardly any of the story from the actual comic is in the movie, but they still try to shoe horn the plot after it has gone through a rewrite from 17 different people.

[@orinanime]

The American Girl line of dolls is already a franchise. With 14 movies and over 100 books.

[@ironfortress151]

The Netflix animated movies about Hot Wheels weren't bad for young kids.

[@pr0t34n]

When Maso says he thinks there are only 52 universes currently in DC, this gives me an idea for fixing the multiverse problem. What if you have only 52, but legendary characters might just not exist in the others. Batman exists in his own universe, Superman and Wonder Woman exist in another, and when the Justice League needs to get together it's a huge event since characters need to cross universes

[@Geekmann]

I have also thought about an idea like this for DC's team up movies. They could just make standalone movies like The Batman, and then when it's time for a team up movie, they just yank people from any DC movie or series they need for the team up, and they lean into the background set up from each of their original universes for the character building moments. Then when they go back home at the end, the standalone movie series that were involved can choose whether they want to have their characters remember the team up or if they want to ignore it and move forward with their planned movies like The Batman 2 and 3 or whatever.

[@damongnojek3912]

Spoiler alert. Indy’s son had a boy before leaving for the war, named after his Grandfather. Modern Indiana Jones is coming.

[@sathrielsatanson666]

Flash is the bighest superhero movie bomb? Well that movie has been in production for about a decade so it deserves some titles 😂

[@suprememryang]

I googled the Barbie map controversy and what even is this??? It makes no sense and like, why is this a thing?

[@alexkondos3601]

bing bong

[@ja_brownie]

They should swap directors for the sequels to Oppenheimer and Barbie

[@AaronAzimov]

I miss your old intro!! You may have changed it, but your red hot comic, book, movie news will always shoot up my butthole!!

[@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8]

My favourite version kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5eZfIdnhJihmZo

[@ArminAwesome]

Ant Man 3 is sorely missing on the flop list, which probably lost disney north of a 100 million.

[@TylerAnselmo11]

When you said if they just put it on hbo max they would have lost less money lmfao im in tears

[@moondustmix1682]

It has become ridiculously apparent that the movie paradigm needs to shift. Let's go back to original content! 🎉 Oh wait, we can't. The studios don't want to pay writers. Nor do they want to secure actors likenesses. Oh well. I'm sure "Sword in the Stone" live action will be awesome with an all Asian cast. All hail Kennedy!