Megalopolis (mega-FLOP-olis) - The Weekly Planet Podcast

[@chriswho4232]

Watching Megalopolis: 🤢 Listening to the boys talk about suffering through Megalopolis: 😍

[@SoManySpiderWebs]

FFC spending 40 years and millions of dollars on Megalopolis: 😂

[@edwardosquidawardo]

My house has been destroyed in Hurricane Helene. Thank you guys for keeping my spirits high during all of. I had several of the podcast episodes downloaded, which kept me somewhat sane, while trees were falling on my house like dominos.

[@oops6876]

God that’s horrible, I’m so sorry 😢 Glad you’re safe though, mate

[@Gabelebabele]

Holy crap. I pray that you can rebuild and stay sane through it all. ❤

[@SamraySimon-fy7sq]

Hope you guys make it through, dude! 💚

[@saulmassey2305]

Good luck mate that sounds horrendous

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

Holy cow, glad you're safe. Hope insurance actually does something to get your house fixed.

[@pennywaldrip3774]

Watching the first episode of Agatha All Along, every time there was a new character on the screen I said "Is HE secretly Mephisto?" Annoyed my husband, had fun.

[@LouerTube]

Good bit

[@adrianschroeder2798]

Daffy Duck profile picture is fitting

[@licechrispies]

I stayed prayed up the entire time the boys were gone 🙏🏻

[@tomtripp5417]

Something something family

[@gavinmillar816]

I rigorously maintained my hydration level

[@tomtripp5417]

@ holy shit your comment is from the future!! In this comment timeline, that joke hasn’t been used yet 😉❤️

[@JustWandering]

So are we going to talk about how after a decade of auteur comments about superhero movies Francis Ford Coppola's magnum opus is basically a superhero movie from the early 2000's?

[@raisinbman]

"Superhero movies aren't trash when *I* make them" -Hollywood, probably

[@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8]

The boys _did_ say Megalopolis is set in the Mystery Men universe

[@Itabouttodo]

@@lrrroftheplanetomicronpersei8God gave Adam Driver a gift, he Megalopolises WELL.

[@Connorthecatsdad]

Megalopolis, aka: Shitty Incredibles This seems like a kind of movie where if you sat down with Francis Ford Coppola and watched it with him to the end, he would ask "so who do you think Adam Driver was?" and if you said "he's you, Francis," he would get really disappointed that he wouldn't get to explain it to you

[@craigrussell3062]

"Yes but did you know I directed Apocal..." "It's a classic, Francis, but we were talking about Megalopolis"

[@frankcooke1692]

If I was sitting next to Francis Ford Coppola, I would be sweating on whether he was him or Martin Scorcese. Like, I think I know what one of them looks like - but I don't know which one of them that is. Which one of them did Untouchables? Or was that The Goodfellas? Stanislavsky Kubrick?

[@AlmightyArceus]

I thought his stand in was Giancarlo Esposito’s character who is literally named after him 😂

[@offtankgaming1310]

“Did you know the Star Wars opening crawl was my ide…”

[@PittsburghSonido]

What

[@yapdat7036]

Megalopo-piss? Is that anything?

[@gokulshivakumar8716]

Megacrapolis?

[@gavinmillar816]

It could be. They do stay hydrated

[@S00NERD0G]

Go full 8-year old humour - Mega-crap-poo-piss!

[@phatnecc7307]

Mega-lot-of-piss?

[@myohmyDesign]

The boys are back in town… PODCAST TOWN!

[@AlmightyArceus]

John Voight’s boner being a crucial plot twist in a movie with almost no plot is what sent this film over the edge for me. Disastrously bad, haven’t seen a film this bad in years. Loved it.

[@brigidann23]

You know, I'd had a hard day at work today so this hilarious review of this apparently batshit Megadopalopolis movie really cheered me up😊 thanks!

[@rig-zag]

I couldn't bring myself to watch you blokes on video. It was too much like watching my favorite cartoon with video of the voice actors instead. Back behind the curtain you two!

[@sanguillotine]

They were on video?

[@BananaMystic]

I watched about 5 minutes but got weirded out. So I minimized the video and just listened to them. Seemed to fix it 👍

[@runthejudes]

where were they on video ?

[@Joviaero]

​@@runthejudesThe Last Video Store podcast

[@offtankgaming1310]

We’ve already seen James on Movie Fights - Mason is perpetually a disembodied podcast voice though

[@ugubu5359]

Megalopolis felt like a Neil Breen movie

[@Randomaccount9470]

Best discription oh my Gxd that's perfect 👌

[@jarhead919]

Shout outs to all the Godzilla-heads who had a giant beetle with drills for hands come to mind whenever they said 'Megalon'

[@scottduncan8445]

What the fuck is this goddamn movie they're talking about? I feel like I'm fucking losing it while they describe the plot

[@centy64]

It doesn't even sound real does it and since I'll never see it I'm choosing to believe it's just a fake movie script James made up in a jetlag induced delirium and Maso is just going with it.

[@scottduncan8445]

@@centy64 that is now the explanation I subscribe to. I have no interest in seeing a movie the boys describe as "A huge swing from a lunatic" but also "a giant pile of crap".

[@naplockblubba5369]

@@scottduncan8445 I briefly skimmed the Wikipedia page before watching and was completely blindsided by them mentioning him STOPPING TIME WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ROME FRANCIS

[@scottduncan8445]

@@naplockblubba5369 and the fact that according to the boys, Mr Adam Driver never really uses the stop time power for anything useful even? What the fuck is going on Sir Copolla?

[@stephen2597]

Everytime they say megalon im thinking of the kaiju

[@CrowTRobot]

I want to hear another two hours of Megalopolis discussion from these two.

[@offtankgaming1310]

They’d have to watch it again for the material, thus helping it make its money back and ensuring a sequel that they will also discuss

[@SirAsdf]

I can't believe Francis Ford Coppola spent 60+ years building up one of the most legendary filmographies in history, just so he could personally spend tens of millions of his own dollars to make one of the most extravagently asinine self-insert fanfic of a movie and pay cinemas to air it to empty theaters.

[@yungoldman2823]

and he’s just blazing weed and allegedly harassing his female employees the whole time, what a way to bow out

[@nicklafleur7620]

I think you're ignoring most of his filmography. He is legendary for godfather 1,2 and apocalypse now, but goddammit he dropped off hard after those. His previous movie prior to megalopolis was a self insert trauma dump. He also made jack. He hasn't been that legend in a long time, and he hasn't spent 60+ years building up his career, more like 10 years of building it up, and 50 years of decline.

[@nicklafleur7620]

I also want to add, his movies really started noticeably dropping in quality following his stroke, so I don't hold any ill will towards him, he was still responsible for some of the most revolutionary movies of all time, but I don't see why anybody is surprised at this flop. "Twixt" was his previous movie, and I'm willing to bet nobody here has even heard of that, let alone watched it.

[@michaelwoodby5261]

I goddamn hate Apocalypse Now, so for me his legendary filmography is Godfather 1 and 2. That's uh... not much of a list for someone who's been making movies for 80 years.

[@camstersonofmerrill6687]

Jetlagged James is my new favorite James. Unhinged maniac in the best way possible.

[@Luminousreign]

Batiste definitely got off the roids and good for him. Sure that is scary given how he gets typecast.

[@andywoo0]

Finally!! They’re really gonna do snake eyes. There’s no way they would lie about the snake eyes review

[@shinankoku2]

Honestly, Megaopolis sounds like some Ayn Rand shit

[@ct6502-c7w]

Yeah, except that at least her books ended up being very popular, whereas this is a total flop

[@ellaisplotting]

Literally, when they were describing the start I said 'that's just Atlas Shrugged' shitty 2000s superhero movie mashed together with Ayn Rand, not a giant red flag at all.

[@Hugh_Jannis]

Megalopolis? More like Mega-FLO-oh wait, you just did that 🙁

[@TheArtofKAS]

Literally thought the same comment😂

[@WaitingForTheHook]

Megalopolis? More like Mega-FLO-oh wait, you just did that 🙁

[@licechrispies]

Mega-SLOP-olis

[@SeanS102]

ha GOTTEM

[@naplockblubba5369]

Bloody Megascumbag movies

[@RRRRRRP]

That was a fun rant gents, truly a Megapodolis

[@Haysey_Draws]

I felt like i was having a stroke when the boy explained Megaloplis... i refuse to believe any of that was real.

[@Amouroso]

They’re finally back together! I missed you guys. Now go back to the cluuuuub

[@Elfenlied8675309]

Megalopolis felt like a rejected rough draft for an Ayn Rand novel.

[@skilledwarman]

Everything I've heard about Megalopolis makes it sound like the type of movie RedLetterMedia would watch on Best of the Worst, but the budget was $120 million

[@lukaszzylik4437]

This will be on Half in the Bag for sure. It's a big budget vanity project.

[@skilledwarman]

@@lukaszzylik4437 I kinda hope it gets a spotlight episode on BOTW at some point like how Wish Apon was on both shows

[@NathanDrakeTheGreat]

If they Half in the Bag it, I have a feeling they're going to compare it to The Phantom Menace in that it's an ambitious and expensive passion project made completely unchecked and unsupervised by an out of touch auteur who seemingly forgot how to make good movies.

[@lukaszzylik4437]

@@NathanDrakeTheGreat that checks out 100%. Mike will also compare it to a Star Trek episode

[@michaelwoodby5261]

Someone compared it to a Niel Breen film, and considering it's about a misunderstood genius with unexplained super powers that don't have an impact on the story, that checks out.

[@jay-ks1ex]

James if I die without seeing an episode of the podcast filmed on camera I’ll haunt you dude seriously

[@majormetcalf1225]

Can we start a petition to have James be jetlagged for every podcast? This is amazing.

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

He's a dad, so. Always at most at 70%

[@vicentefernandez9084]

Jameslagged

[@majormetcalf1225]

@@vicentefernandez9084 very good

[@thescottishaccent]

Re: Meggy - I was going to see it in the cinema because I thought, for better or worse, it would at least be entertaining in a car crash sort of way. But it seems like the majority of people who've reviewed it say it's excruciatingly boring, so I think I'll hold off til it hits streaming so I don't find myself in another Uncle Boonmee situation.

[@bgs7529]

This episode felt like being at your best friend's house when they are incredibly tired and sleepy but they also cannot kick you out because it's basically your house as well and you want to keep talking so they have to keep talking ❤️ Cozy!!!

[@matthemming9105]

They're back, baby! So glad James didn't die abroad

[@ComicCrossing]

Yall arent going to do Transformers One? Its a shame that film was supremely awesome and can use all the positive press ot can get. Because its marketing was terrible

[@MaguffinMan]

Shia lebouf and Aubrey plaza were the only aspect of the movie is liked. They understood the assignment. They went over the top and hilarious 😂

[@blipmachine]

I cannot believe James and Mason invented the joke Mega-FLOP-olis. This is why I eat big sandwiches.

[@medalion1390]

54:35 Sounds a bit like George Lucas and the Star Wars prequels.

[@alejandrohernkleh1928]

Deadass

[@davidblank420]

Not monday til I hear the mates, brothers and secret sisterhood of the traveling pants. Stay hydrated and stay prayed up dawgs.

[@davidgeldner2167]

"More like Mega-WTF IS THIS"--JulienMrHumdinger

[@julio726]

You could just tell this movie wasn’t it from the ads. Like I had to google it to even understand what was going on

[@LONKALUKSV]

I once walked Maggie smith into Ealing studio because her driver left her under the shelter when it was raining and no one come and got her so I popped out me brolly and told her about my love for sister act hahaha. Lovely old lady she was.

[@nizownis]

"they're brat, and they're espresso and so forth" -Nick Mason

[@Persephone_Personified]

I HATE Adams hair helmet. People have said he’s “trying to look like Caesar via his haircut...” except it looks NOTHING like the Caesar haircut, he has a pixie cut. It looks awful. Stare at the hairs too long and you turn into stone.

[@maxwellsoler8676]

They keep creating new ways to celebrate mediocrity... Oh well. Happy International Podcast Day, James and Maso! Interesting that it aligned with the Weekly Planet release 🤔

[@mattdeml7560]

Loving that Maso sounds genuinely offended by Megaflopolis

[@kylerswamp1075]

"Gentlemen, this has truly been a Megalodon!"-- really hits you square in the feels, ya know?

[@alexanderwood5999]

Wow, for once I’ve actually seen the movie before they did a video on it! Looks like I’m the only one. Now let’s see if it can help me understand wtf happened in that movie…

[@Whiteythereaper]

Bane & Deathstroke sounds exactly like Silver & Black. Expecting it to later be announced that they'll later make it into just Bane and Deathstroke movies on their own before quietly shelving it 🤭

[@BaithNa]

But DC isn't Sony and Gunn isn't going to announce stuff that won't happen

[@hbeau1900]

Hope the megaflopolis review gets a Mr Sunday cut, a great listen

[@SicklyStars]

The composer and the directors already debunked the rumor about spider verse being scrapped...that was weeks ago

[@sathrielsatanson666]

Yahtzee's fake review is still the best thing connected with Duke Nukem Forever.

[@casualfanatic4217]

Megaflopolis and The Wild Robot are the epitome of just because something is live action, doesn’t make it better

[@LouerTube]

Megalopolis is incredible. In all senses of the word.

[@hellbenderdesign]

Megalopolis, like _Fountainhead,_ but slightly less self-indulgent.

[@CautiousKieran]

+ also Metropolis + also Great Dictator + also Sin City + also The Phantom of Liberty + also The Bike Thief. There's pretty clear nods to HEAPS of films.

[@RabbiJoeInJerusalem]

The reruns are Megaslopolis, amirite? We need those pipin' fresh hot takes!

[@blob1085]

The way Maso talks about it makes me really interested in one day seeing an Ocean's 11 COG

[@khorne41]

Mega-flop-olis is Maso's nickname in the gym lockers. Ok, i said my piece. ill listen to this later

[@Digimodify]

premium monthbius content on the feed

[@kingfield99]

2000AD did the whole 'build a new mega-city on the remains of an old ruined one' back in the 1970s.

[@werewolvzombi]

The best thing about megalopolis is that one review that said “this sucks mega-cock-olis”

[@ShirDeutch]

From your description alone, it kinda sounds like Megalopolis is actually Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of both The Fountainhead AND Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, which I gotta say, is at least impressive.

[@BlackhornLynx]

Police Story 1 and 2 are fantastic 80s Jackie Chan movies, highly recommend

[@ryandowney9383]

I find it funny that Coppola rips on Marvel movies and claims Megalopolis is some kind of counter to that, when Megalon just seems like Vibranium from Black Panther. Plus, why the hell did he name it after a b-list monster from an old Godzilla movie?!

[@ct6502-c7w]

I am completely fed up with comic book movies though 🤮 That's ALL they make now.

[@nicemarmote42]

My folks used to drag me with them to that winery as a kid. It had some cool props on display. I would just wander around bored, but now i think back on the experience fondly X)

[@IloveGorgeousGeorge]

Megalopolis? More like....Really-flops-alot GOT 'EM

[@TechySpeaking]

Called it months ago on the Mega-flop-olis joke.

[@FelixJackson-vz6yp]

I need the bill and ted movies on caravan of garbage

[@epicbruhmoment6985]

Coppola should watch The Menu I think it tells a story about creativity and creating art in a way that isnt fucking nonsense.

[@rflxPoint]

As someone who watched it for MIFF, Megalopolis was easily one of the best "Worst" films I've ever seen. But also I'm really disappointed that they couldn't do the asking a question bit for the wide release, because that was a really interesting gimmick

[@samueltheprideofafrikarobi9319]

I genuinely don't understand the television side of Hollywood. Why is it that we get 8 seasons of shows like Riverdale and The Vampire Diaries, but shows like The Mandalorian and my long lost Firefly struggle to stay afloat for more than 2 or 3? I swear that studio executives are allergic to good shows. And this is why we can't have nice things.

[@2P4E]

I said, out loud, "a whetstone" in the same tone at the same time as Nick so I've probably been listening to these for too long.

[@stephen2597]

I had a spit take at the “and then a meteor hits” part

[@Saradin_Gein]

Can't wait for Ballerina.

[@jazzycat8917]

If you want an Australian "Office", watch Fisk instead. Or Utopia (it called Dreamland overseas i think), which is also a bit like Parks & Rec. They're original, funny, and not trying to badly recreate something else wholesale

[@harrisonwhaley7872]

Runaways is fun and ties into Cloak and Dagger! Both are very teen drama but it makes for a fun little non-consequential marvel time compared to the typical end of the worlds

[@BrickMania2]

I really liked Runaways and seeing Tandy and Tyrone pop up in that last season was a lot of fun. I never got around to watching C&D but looks like now I've got my reason

[@kjgfdsa3577]

gladiator 2 second trailer thoughts + 1st movie CoV? I think James and Mason should go see Pesto the absolute unit of a penguin at the Melbourne Aquarium.

[@SamraySimon-fy7sq]

"I always knew you could do Megalopolis!" 😂🤣☠️👻

[@marcolaffitte9455]

I got lucky enough to get tickets to a free private screening to megalopolis, and I only spent money on parking that day, halfway through the movie I got a notification my parking was about to expire and I sincerely almost felt like leaving because I didn’t want to pay for more parking

[@LiamJSmart]

I literally went and lived in remote Canada for 3 weeks sleeping in the woods so that I wouldn’t feel the pain of not having these weekly episodes

[@PyroJiro]

1:07:22 He literally pulled a *"You fell for it, fool! Thunder Cross Split Attack!"*

[@kreiyu]

as i'm listening to the megalopolis review, it sounds like a dr. suese book. adam driver is the onceler, lol.

[@matt15]

It’s crazy to me that a movie this guy has been working on for 40 years is full of so many half baked ideas

[@empatheticrambo4890]

Man, what happened to Adam Driver’s career

[@ct6502-c7w]

He never had one. He plays a 2008 emo kid in all his movies.

[@josh--el]

Wouldn't be surprised if Hal goes for Parallax Possession instead of death at the end. They need a League-level villain besides Darkseid that's well known enough to get people hooked, and I think Parallax Hal would be a good sleeper pick for that spot. Sure you got Mongol or Braniac, maybe even Thanagarian invasion, but since it's "Lanterns" and not "GREEN Lanterns" I'm hoping we get more of the spectrum (if not in this season, in future seasons)

[@M3PH11]

1:34:15 funniest thing i've heard all week "i forgot coz you're supposed to take some of the bullets out of it"

[@Sheen04]

Yes!! An only fools and horses refrence

[@arthur.m2528]

Hydration gang, (to those not gone) RISE UP, W E A R E B A C K!!

[@nicklindsay5443]

great video, its too bad you guys had such a negative experience watching the movie but it is true that at least you got a good conversation from it. even though i also found the movie very messy i did end up being very effected by the heart of it (i think a key difference for me might of been that i dont see it as a movie about francis ford coppola trying to make movies) but i totally understand where you guys are coming from. just wanted to comment encase anyone else who was positively affected by the movie feels isolated by all the negative discourse. it is too bad a movie so concerned with unity seems to have everyone calling each other stupid lol. anyways i still always enjoy hearing what you two think, hope you have a nice day

[@user-im8ru2bt7u]

Thunderbolts trailer looked fun tbh, I hope there’s some good action

[@rampantrambling]

Going to megaflopolis this week - im very interested to see it

[@thefilmschlock]

Listening to you boys describe Megaflopolis genuinely makes my head hurt. I want to question if what you’re saying is accurate, but I also know that it is.

[@DenimTiger]

So glad you're back

[@gabrielgarbow3784]

Excellent episode, guys.

[@Denistone]

Just recently really enjoyed The Substance. Disgusting good fun. Do recommend.

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

Last I checked, which was awhile ago, the Studio Ghibli movies were available on HBO Max in the US

[@eastvandb]

MegaFlopolis sounds a lot like Ayn Rand's 'The Fountainhead' about an architect who's a maverick visionary. Except in that one, he blows up his building because he's made too many compromises. (A terrible piece of writing that influenced many politicians and financial guys.)

[@user-im8ru2bt7u]

Ngl I did not know joker 2 cost as much as it did…..

[@heelmoxley365]

Got emmmm! He got em everyone.

[@samable7724]

Make a movie filled with crooks and then the movie doesn’t make any money?!?! It’s cancel culture gone mad everyone! 😎

[@TheEnecca]

go anti woke go mega broke

[@irrigeoth]

Boy that was a scary couple of weeks

[@reenilicious]

1:07:20 Lmao Megalopolis sounds like a fever dream 🤪 wtf. I'm partially tempted to go see if it's as ridiculous as it sounds 😂

[@Xeno1798]

Listening to you guys describe the improv after seeing a bunch of Joker 2 videos makes me wonder... Is it just me or are ALL of these "blockbuster" productions feeling like they're made for and would have done much better on Broadway not through a film lense