Blue Beetle Bombs & Hollywood Urban Legends - The Weekly Planet Podcast

[@SDSwampert]

The "let's save Constantine for last" into completely forgetting to talk about it makes this a certified agency classic.

[@cometmoon4485]

Mason had imperfect recall

[@stefanpp1155]

Blue Beetle has a "minigun minute" combined with the "grandma does a Matrix" trope, perfect movie to be reviewed by you guys.

[@MicoDossun]

Don’t spoil it for them!

[@calclark3995]

What a moment that was on the big screen 😂

[@Hobbitfeetpics]

@@MicoDossunTrailer already spoiled that, along with the rest of the movie.

[@mahirhunt117]

Blue Beetle? more like Blue Harvest!

[@TammyBundleballs]

Yeeeeah baby! 😂

[@all_us_in_one]

Only the crops are fucked!)

[@joshsharp6648]

Bluuuuuuueeee...trivia

[@christophercomtois7175]

Ha, I understand that reference.

[@mahirhunt117]

@@joshsharp6648 now you've gone too far buddy

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

Hope the strikes are going well for the writers and actors, but this development where James and Mason just talk about anything is pretty nice.

[@alansmithee.01]

The archer shooting the arrow thru the axe heads is Odysseus proving his identity right before massacring all the suitors who had been partying in his home trying to coerce his grieving wife into marriage. "Benefits of a classical education." - Hans Gruber, Die Hard

[@elizabetherickson9377]

Thank you, came down here to say this 🙃

[@JvS1711]

​@@elizabetherickson9377Same here.

[@ian-flanagan]

Just realized Die is “the” in German. Is Hard anything in German? Is it a totally alternative movie from Gruber’s perspective??

[@Heizenberg32]

​@@ian-flanaganEverything in German is hard

[@Burn-vi7sn]

@@ian-flanagan 1) realised* 2) no

[@CinemaKnight]

24:30 I think part of the problem with Thor 4 on the villain front was that, even though Gorr was super powerful and dangerous, you never quite got a sense of that the way they did with Hela. The Jane storyline didn’t mesh together enough with the Gorr storyline, so neither felt satisfying enough on their own; in Ragnarok, there’s a lot going on with Sakaar and Hulk and Valkyrie, but it was all tied back to Hela and Ragnarok, so the comedy could shine without the dramatic stakes getting muddled.

[@hollandscottthomas]

Yeah, there was a real opportunity to show the parallels between Jane becoming godlike and Gorr wanting to destroy the gods, and what each of those cost them as people. But we just got kind of a nothing soup.

[@TacticusPrime]

It's interesting how two movies that are so similar on paper had two so different receptions. They are both tragicomedies with flashy action in a sci-fi setting. Sure, they failed to tie the Gorr story to Jane's story well, but the wacky detour to the gladiator world wasn't well connected to Hela and the apocalypse of Thor's world in 3 either. I think it's fundamentally about the sort of tragedies that they are. Thor 3 had the passing of a father, sibling strife, a destruction of a world from a bird's eye view. Thor 4 had a main character suffering and dying from cancer, and a grieving father whose child died meaninglessly, then further kidnapped and imprisoned kids. Just way way darker in tone. If Thor 3 had lingered on Thor's grief for his slain friends, dead families on Asgard, or did more than gloss over the destruction of Valkyrie's sisters, then I think it would have broken that film as well.

[@AwesomeFreakMadd]

That is such a good point! I was so excited for Gorr, I would have loved the gods quivering in fear as he got closer and closer to them. And maybe he could get a following of people who were wronged by their gods. But instead Thor 4

[@benreilly9513]

The real problem was that everyone was too cowardly to do what needed to be done and call it Thfour

[@CinemaKnight]

@@TacticusPrime I think you make a good point there. I will say for me, though, I think that the Sakaar + Hela parts of Thor 3 were better connected, specifically because rather than Thor & the gang making the choice to go to Olympus as in Thor 4, Thor is literally stranded on Sakaar without his hammer, initially without allies, and having just lost his father and discovered that his brother is actually still alive. The connection is essentially that Sakaar is Thor's lowest point, the metaphorical valley that he has to climb out of to get back home. On the tragedy front, I agree 100%, Thor 4 deals with a lot darker plot & character points, and Thor 3 probably would've been similarly weighed down if it went that dark. The difference, I think, is that Thor 4 is just as, if not more of a rapid-fire comedy than Thor 3, all whilst getting far darker, and thus those competing tones didn't blend together the same. The thing that always impressed me about 3 was that even though it is a very goofy movie, it still managed to properly present the more tragic moments (ie Thor grieving Odin, Valkyrie's past, etc). It didn't linger on them that much, but they were definitely felt. I think part comes down to, as you said, it being from a bird's eye view: it felt like a smaller, more manageable story even though the stakes were pretty huge. It was also more directly tied to Thor, since the conflict is over his home versus him just being a god.

[@TheFairhurst]

The absolute double take I did when I was listening in the gym and you started talking about my home town and catman

[@suneater1962]

Really great time just listening to you blokes talk. You should consider making a podcast

[@notmephisto1375]

Finally a Blue Beetle review that really breaks the mold.

[@LonelyRollingPanda]

I'm really starting to enjoy this "dog time" segment

[@chazblank2717]

I remember when Blair Witch came out. Some of it was filmed near where I grew up, so I basically always knew the movie wasn’t found footage. However the lore of the Blair Witch was also a real folk myth from not far away. Which definitely inspired the local goth kids to do creepy shit in the woods behind my house for a couple years.

[@wontorres]

My favorite urban legend is that apparently "defenders of the earth" wasn't the original line in the intro theme song for The Weekly Planet Podcast

[@barthalen]

That Nerf movie idea is pretty damn good!

[@mnoir7257]

lol the Ron DeSantis bit had me rolling. So funny.

[@lfemomo77]

You guys are hilarious. Dunno how you keep it light after so many years. Also appreciate your approach to movies & don’t take yourself too seriously

[@Tymbus]

One Hollywood urban legend is that George Lucas filmed the first 'Star Wars' movie under the title 'Blue Harvest'. He didn't. Lucas actually did film a movie called 'Blue Harvest' to distract people from the filming of 'Star Wars' which was being shot at the same location by director Gerald Thomas, previously best known for his quintessentially British 'Carry on' movies

[@mendo35]

The problem with the Goldfinger story is weird because people don't breathe through their skin so painting someone is never going to suffocate them.

[@jazzycat8917]

Yeah i think Mythbusters did this. Body temp and blood pressure gets affected, but you won't suffocate

[@itsd0nk]

You could overheat, I’m sure, but the suffocation would be from breathing in fumes and dust from whatever you’re covered with, if at all possible. Like the original Tin Man actor breathing in aluminum dust from his body paint. The dude ended up in an oxygen tent, having permanent lung damage, and chronic bronchitis.

[@Heizenberg32]

​@@itsd0nkIt didn't end well for Judy Garland either. The body-paint wasn't the only thing toxic on that set.

[@scarlettNET]

Not even three minutes in, but I wanna see a CoG on all the Final Destination movies now. They're a great time to be had.

[@joek81981]

Guilty pleasure of mine.

[@richborn6700]

The highway scene in FD 2 still holds up. And surprise surprise it's because a lot of it was practical effects

[@JoolsyB]

I still sing it & no amount of retconning is gonna stop me 😇

[@Kaixero]

Excited for Snake Eyes next week!

[@Wizardously]

Okay, but that Nerf idea is legitimately amazing.

[@medalion1390]

Visual effects artists on Cats: "There's a fucking arsehole in there! And I'm not just talking about James Corden".

[@LivingDeadDrummer]

I did a tour in Australia earlier this year. The first thing our Tour Manager did when we arrived was tell us to watch out for the Drop Bears.

[@AverageDrafter]

Meatball Ron is an absolute career killer, and basically everyone across the comedy sphere put their differences aside and acknowledged the masterful job of pejorative nicknaming that Trump accomplished. If he has a gift, it is that - a classic of the bully toolbelt.

[@alexanderford3831]

It's those ruthless preteen observational burns that always cut to the core.

[@IamBrixTM]

He’s good at making negativity stick to people

[@Castragroup]

Doesnt have the balls to bully a colored person

[@Castragroup]

Is that why he couldnt beat a zombie in an election?

[@Jayfive276]

@@IamBrixTM All he does is say it over and over and over again

[@jesusaguirre2150]

That Star Trek "tripping balls" joke made me choke on my tea.

[@screenPhiles]

It warms my heart to have people continue to call 'X,' Twitter.

[@GuanoLad]

A Nerf movie as you describe would be not unlike the fantastic Alan Parker movie "Bugsy Malone". So the only difference I'd recommend is, do it with kids instead of adults, but make it entirely a regular genre action movie.

[@chriswho4232]

LIMBO SHOUT-OUT, WOO!! Nick Mason, you absolute legend

[@braindead684]

They mentioned the Monsterverse 🎉😂🎉😊🎉

[@aaronsanchez8747]

Mondays. Glad you guys are here.

[@hollandscottthomas]

"The Predator smells like a broken glowstick" has sent me. Thanks boys.

[@Flounderboy15]

Thank you Raw Collings for standing up for us grubs

[@rawcollings]

we're all in our grub era 🤝

[@FatherGuidoSardoochbag]

Once a grub forever a grub!

[@CYeoung]

we love the desantis bashing, never change

[@jazzycat8917]

Forget Elon vs Zucc, i wanna see The Mouse kick the shit out DeSantis in a ring

[@nova3752]

So many soft sorry manchildren around here

[@_wegota2319_]

Here for it

[@Green__Man]

Thanks Robert Collings ❤

[@SirDanGoodfellow]

i do believe that Kubrick filmed the moon landing, but as an obsessive director who pushed the boundaries of film making he actually went to the moon to shoot it, so it would look natural.

[@Jaksi-a]

I'm very exited to hear about some big blue lasers!

[@Sheen04]

I missed you guys more then usual this last week I’ve just been listening to all your past podcasts this weekend dating all the way back to 2017😭

[@rahava]

I want you all to know that while I was watching this video I got an add for the Mormon church. Perfect video to add match KZbin

[@leydensjar]

Odysseus shot the arrow through the axes, not William Tell.

[@chadreese9501]

There’s a pretty good version of Nerf John Wick out there! 16:44

[@markoarkaina8656]

If Disney loses, will Bob Iger still be able to afford to support his son, one Nick Mason?

[@Magmafrost13]

1:17:15 literally listening to this ep at the Big Merino (its a big sheep for non-aussies)

[@MOVEEEEZ]

1:21:44 "Good Morning, Vietnam was all apparently bullshit" "Happened in the afternoon" 😂😂😂

[@beatrixwickson8477]

Not many people know this but the working title for Jurassic World Dominion was actually Beetle Harvest.

[@dtape]

15:05 I would LOVE the NERF movie with NERF guns action played straight, particularly so 10 years from now there can be a Caravan of Garbage episode where Mason gives the NERF mini-gun in the movie a thumbs down in his Mini-Gun Minute™ segment for not being accurate because it's a literal toy.

[@comicsmisexplained]

PUT BLUE BEATLE BACK IN THEATERS!!

[@munohlow]

Can’t remember where I read it (probably a tweet) that Stanley Kubrick actually did fake the moon landing but he was such a perfectionist that he did so by just actually filming on the moon

[@orderofelim]

I love hearing about all these movies that I won't go watch.

[@shinankoku2]

Blue Beetle could’ve been named Soulless Superhero CGI Movie 6241 and not gained or lost a single viewer. Of course it was going to flop.

[@J.O.R.D]

25:48 finalllyyyy we’re hitting the all new all different stage but we’ve missed some great stories in the comics that come before so hopefully it’s just a whole new MCU, Tony Stark, Natasha, T’Challa all those come back and we can get these stories even better now that we have the xmen, FF and the hulk rights back

[@Faxwell23]

Great work Maso on "crocodile dundeal" and "Paul mcCARtney" but you let "unTHORtunately" evade your grasp.

[@pvthitch]

I want a real GI Joe with life-like hair and kung-fu grip.

[@miikro]

That Nerf movie concept is basically every Paintball episode of Community, lmao

[@gelfie2208]

Pretty sure the skin suffocation thing was the in universe explanation as to what killed the gold painted woman in Goldfinger.

[@reedraikes7471]

Ron DeSantis might be the least charismatic most unrelatavle politician I have ever seen

[@stefanpp1155]

Bob Ross was a drill sergeant previous to his TV career, so maybe that's where the rumor of Fred Rogers being a sniper comes from.

[@DonnyRoy91]

It honestly sounded like mason was snorting coke during the intro. Which would be pretty cool in retrospect. Cause I knows he’s kinda a square when it comes to drugs. But it would be cool if he had a little 6 month addiction and then we all look back and laugh and say, “awww mason. He was extra funny in his blow era”

[@richborn6700]

I went back to listen and it took my right back to my line cook days working kitchens lmao

[@theMitchBau5]

James summed up Ron DeSantis in the best way possible in the first ten minutes. Thank you man, none of us here like him

[@antzpantz]

You didn't mention that GINGER SPICE is in Gran Turismo!

[@PearlBladeBeats]

Yay my fav KZbinrs and podcasters

[@mekinbah]

Ned Kelly's was my favorite childhood restaurant, nice to know we stole the name

[@go_guerrero]

Corridor crew made a Nerf short... is really good

[@PinkgloRadio]

At the end when Mason is talking about biopics and that he doesn't like it when they take liberties: One of the worst culprits of that is the Queen movie. They changed sooo much stuff unnecessarily. Their lives were interesting already, I don't understand why they had to muddy the waters so much.

[@TacticusPrime]

Because the living band members were heavily involved and they just wanted a jukebox musical that papered over the conflicts that they had with each other and especially Freddie.

[@PinkgloRadio]

@@TacticusPrime to my memory none of the conflicts between the band members actually happened. From what I saw behind the scenes footage it seemed like they were only there to give Rami Malek direction. If the movie's goal was to be a jukebox musical it failed tremendously.

[@TacticusPrime]

@@PinkgloRadio ... it's the definition of a jukebox musical. It's just a greatest hits of Queen compilation on screen. The band members were constantly quarreling in real life, and film hangs all of Freddie's demons and all the conflict between the members on Paul Prenter, who conveniently died back in the 90s. It's preposterously shallow.

[@PinkgloRadio]

@@TacticusPrime I'm not saying the band members didn't have conflicts. I'm saying that the conflicts in the movie weren't the real ones, and that's not interesting to me. I am watching the movie for the band, not for some weird faux version that's just there to make money and have us smile because it's something we recognize. Sorry for wanting to feel something 🤷🏻

[@ComicCrossing]

@@TacticusPrime whats a damn shame is that that movie got so much praise and traction while the Elton John one came and went when it was way better.

[@blurg2712]

Absolutely love these two, and I'm a huge fan. And, I hope they decide not to go through urban myths one by one again. It got a smidge tedious to listen to.

[@goodtaste2185]

Magic the Gathering is technically the first modern media multiverse. Every new set is in a different world and characters crossover between the worlds. Part of the new initiative is "Universes Beyond", which allows outside IP like Fortnite, The Walking Dead and Stranger Things.

[@breannamartins9992]

“Smells like a broken glow stick the Fuck” has me cackling

[@victoryusmc]

Defenders of the Blue Harvest!

[@EmmaEquinox]

As someone who works in one of those restaurant/bar/cinemas, AND an enjoyer of the Barbie movie.. I am SO SICK OF IT lol Like I think I've had to serve in at least one Barbie a day since it's release if not more. And it's, SOMEHOW, still doing like 100+ customers in prime rounds and on the weekends. And the crowd is so obnoxious. And im just t i r e d. Lol I feel like everyone in my city has had to have seen it at this point

[@gsampson97]

At 54:22 as soon as they mentioned gold finger I sang the gooooold finger bit of the song and then maso sang it 5 seconds later, so in sync

[@gsampson97]

The new ninja turtles film is really good, never been a big fan but I really liked this, there are a lot of pop culture call outs like "sus" but I think it fits with their characters well

[@hollandscottthomas]

Agreed! I think a lot of people forget that the original movie was FULL of then-contemprary slang, and each iteration of TMNT has its own take on that. I don't love pop-culture references in films cos it tends to date them badly, but this worked as well as it could without becoming too on the nose.

[@epicbruhmoment6985]

Imagine eating rats and then being named after the fact that you own cats.

[@clemensprod.5756]

We need some Blue Trivia to celebrate Blue Beetle

[@BlueBeetle1939]

Blue Beetle was originally a Charleston comics character created in 1939. The "blue" in blue cheese is actually a mold

[@J.O.R.D]

You fucking saved my day I was just scrolling through my subs thinking what to watch😴 and then the boys come through with a fresh episode mate 🤙🏽 heroes without knowing

[@KungFuWombat]

When you're so early catching the upload you haven't even had time to find a funny part to comment on. *Maso's voice* Excuses excuses it's always excuses with you!

[@milliondotz]

I didn't even know that the movie was out. I thought it came out next week

[@Vash45Long]

Gran Tourismo has only had a limited release in the US so far

[@frankcooke1692]

Yeah you know what the kids are really into? Beetles.

[@DonJuanDecepticon]

Just turn the crossfire commercials into a mini series.

[@otrenigmaandy7443]

24:32 Thor 5: Nerf Strike?

[@spiderdan8820]

Does anybody remember which episode it was where they talked about the Netflix movie The Stranger?

[@TurboRumble]

Explaining the process of the boner did in fact make it funnier.

[@JesseCuster]

I remember the early days of action movies before they invented blanks and squibs. Got hard on leading men.

[@landotter]

15:34 want a nerf gun that shoots tennis balls, like American Gladiators. Like a nerf .50

[@CWargh63]

There is no blood in the Nerf movie...it is replaced by Gak.

[@benreilly9513]

Is Blue Beetle better than The Dark Knight? Yes

[@dariendarkhouse8538]

Taika had a stronger villain than Hela. He removed his agency, completely changed his characterization, and changed his sword. He should just make his own villain, rather than watering down existing ones. Gorr butchers Gods, from infants to elders. Movie Gorr let Thor adopt his daughter. That's character assassination

[@miguelprieto2817]

Adding on to your nerf gun comments about Alice action movie. Look up the movie bugsy Malone with Scott bao. They had pie guns as weapons. Such a great concept with kids as the main stars as well

[@J.O.R.D]

38:11 thank you for that link 😂 didn’t expect it 🤙🏽 go ahead and watch people

[@AcceptTheNull]

My favorite and simple answer to anyone saying the moon landing was faked, is that the USSR said, nothing against the landing.

[@Dorian_sapiens]

OK, this is quite a good point. I don't believe, per se, that the moon landing was fake; but I consider it to be the most plausible of the well known conspiracy theories. The USA's desperation to win the race to the moon, after losing the space race for 12 straight years to the USSR, would give them a powerful motive to fake it (and faking it would, presumably, be easier than really doing it). But, to your point, the USSR would also be motivated to expose the fraud, if they believed it was in fact fraud (and they were probably in a good position to know). So, I will now have to deduct points from how plausible I consider that conspiracy theory to be.

[@SerinAus]

To give you an idea of how big video games are Baldur's Gate 3 a new game out has already made more money for Hasbro than all the transformers movies combined

[@AshtheGreenMan]

I’m having a good time

[@Peterkrack]

Fooled by the Ryan Reynolds leaks 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Jamal-f6z]

I like when they say the brand I know 😊

[@nickryan4126]

It's an urban myth that painting your whole body will suffocate you

[@DaDestroyer1986]

“It happened in the afternoon!”

[@happiaxxident]

Blue Harvest? More like Blue Harvest!

[@MegaRay220]

An urban legend that anyone who’s ever taken an acting class will know: on the set of the movie “Marathon Man” Dustin Hoffman was being very method with his preparation for the movie and for a scene stayed up all night and then ran around the block before every take. Seeing this, costar Lawrence Olivier said to him “My dear boy, why don’t you try acting?” Although apparently he may never have actually said this or maybe only wrote it in a book or someone made it up

[@johnpotts8308]

That's usually said about "Marathon Man" (with its rather unpleasant dentistry scene) rather than "Running Man", which neither Dustin Hoffman or Lawrence Olivier appeared in.

[@meyermom4999]

That was actually "Marathon Man", but the story has actually been around told almost exactly like this!

[@MegaRay220]

Whoops, you're right I got the wrong title

[@travismlamb]

Oh my God... The very last scene of the nerf movie could be that the good guy shoots the bad guy and it suddenly cuts to two kids who look like the main characters and you find out that the whole movie was actually them and their friends having a having a Nerf war. Then the bad guy/kid gets up and says he has to go home to eat dinner and it ends...

[@bunnz83]

Wait you don't have Nicole Kidman before the movie starts how do you know the movie's going to start

[@gsampson97]

55:50 that's not a bad Liverpool accent