The Meg 2 & Controversies Galore - The Weekly Planet Podcast

Welcome back to another episode of The Weekly Planet where we talk movies and comics and TV Shows. This week, STRIKES. Including the Stephen Amell controversy, more delays including Kraven and Spider-Verse, narrowing in on the MCU Fantastic Four cast, Barbenheimer insensitive marketing, trailers for Loke Season 2/Saw X and of course Meg 2: The Trench. Thanks for listening!
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00:00 The Start
04:35 Guy Who Hates Star Wars
07:17 Kraven, Ghostbusters & Spider-Verse Delayed
13:03 Stephen Amell & SAG-AFTRA Strike Controversies
21:31 Why The Witcher Series is Bad?
25:18 Wonder Woman 3 with Gal Gadot
27:05 Fantastic Four Casting Rumours
30:06 Barbenheimer Controversy
32:10 Why Secret Invasion is Bad?
35:53 Loki Season Two Trailer
40:07 Saw X Trailer
44:23 Meg 2: The Trench Full Spoiler Review
01:06:35 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:11:20 Letters, It's Time For Letters
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[@uriustosh]

"shooting up your butthole" is still remembered in the streets and quite frankly the human equivalent of gas station food shouldn't have the power to withold such audio traditions from the people.

[@Kelticfury]

This is the pinnacle comment. ^^^

[@Yoshimitsu4prez]

Defenderssss

[@Haysey_Draws]

Touching on how easy it is to fall into negative content trap, i used to watch a lot of that kind of stuff in the early KZbin days but have found myself drifting towards more upbeat content as i've gotten older. I just do not have the tolerance for people that are clearly just being angry for clicks these days, especially as it's moved from being entertaining to just being spiteful. Great pod as always!

[@RecRoomPlays]

One of the reasons I've started following James and Maso so regularly here is precisely because they always sound like they're having a blast, even when they're talking about shitty news in the world or things they don't like. EDIT: names, I need more sleep whoops

[@hitachicordoba]

@@RecRoomPlays I follow Ricky and Eliot/Internet Today for the same reasons- they help make this dystopia a bit more bearable

[@IloveGorgeousGeorge]

Yeah, it's pretty pathetic when I see a 40 year old man who's a full-time youtuber that just complains about how every movie is woke. You're a grown man. No one is forcing you to watch Barbie. It's not for you.

[@jacliffh9221]

i think a huge problem with negative content creators is that if everything you comment is negative, then as time goes on it would just be whatever. People would eventually feel less like it’s the movies that are bad and more like the creator being a negative person

[@MarsXLR]

I feel the same way. I used to watch "Everything wrong with" and then I found "Everything great about" and it was a breath of fresh air. Same with these blokes. Positivity is great.

[@BrianMassie918]

Did NOT expect a LL Cool J reference in this....LOL

[@TommyWest.]

Ladies Love Regular sized James

[@kingfield99]

James & Mason are the Marx & Engles of podcasting. OFFICIAL.

[@bbrbbr-on2gd]

So which one mooches off the other? lmao Edit: I say that in jest

[@knilla2k]

@@bbrbbr-on2gdMason is the real brains of the operation

[@birdmanfancy9627]

Mason and James started the writers strike and are the only ones who can end it

[@WeeklyPlanetPodcast]

I will never stop the writers strike

[@birdmanfancy9627]

@@WeeklyPlanetPodcast awwwwww mannnnnnnnn!!!

[@flywheelshyster6549]

a long time ago a wise old man once said, "if you have tv guide you don't need a tv" and now I say "listen to the weekly planet don't need to watch all that tv and film" I mean....its all mostly crap nowadays innit? that D&D movie was really freakin' good, shame in flopped, I watched it last night and was shocked to discover I still had form of human emotion. 5/5 would recommend

[@CYeoung]

criminal that movie flopped but it’ll age very well, also it’s killing on streaming

[@desertels5119]

Is that a quote from the lost boys?

[@flywheelshyster6549]

@@desertels5119 it is

[@BauKim]

It flopped! Goddammit

[@IStillHaveDialUp]

Baudrillard level quote from a random old man in a movie, this is why I check the comments.

[@Kaixero]

Excited for Snake Eyes next week!

[@TheSoulWithin7]

Going through alot right now, thanks for being consistent guys ❤ thanks for the laughs and distractions. Im grieving my pet i had for 12 years 🥺

[@The420BrownKid]

Stay strong man, I had the same thing happen to me back in may and it fucking sucks but just keep all the good times you had in your head. You’ll get through brother.

[@moondustmix1682]

Sorry for your loss!

[@chauchauchaux3]

Sorry you're going through that - truly awful. I hope lots of good times are around the corner to surprise attack you super soon!

[@hitachicordoba]

Rest in Pet Paradise

[@TheSoulWithin7]

@@chauchauchaux3 to every single person up above, Thank you for your kind words, this my cat was the greatest, he made several ppl who hate cats love him... he acted like a dog more than a cat in many ways 😥 he is missed, im getting him cremated, putting him in the ground just feels wrong 💔 i could barely do it with past pets...but this animal was/is my soul mate ♥️ his name was doodles, he was an orange fluffy maine coon ♥️♥️♥️

[@Metallica4104]

34:42 Oppenheimer’ apology segment was so good.😂

[@ANGELOFDARKification]

My favourite part of Secret Invasion is how Fury leaves Earth as the president is about to start an all out race war. This is AFTER coming back in the 1st place because his absence caused a human vs skrull conundrum 😂

[@YaddleOrder66]

The show leaves Earth in a worse situation then it began with. Fury accomplished nothing but wasting our time

[@BaithNa]

That show did nothing but damage the MCU and the Marvel brand smh

[@ANGELOFDARKification]

@@BaithNa It will still be inconsequential for the most part. Until a movie bombs to the point of making no money, I doubt the MCU are going to change anything drastically.

[@berserkasaurusrex4233]

@@ANGELOFDARKification Antman 3 just lost $100+ million.

[@jeffdonoho2448]

The Meg 2 "This time it's the second one!" Godzilla is the sequel to Oppenheimer.

[@hitachicordoba]

So is Akira the cyberpunk sequel to Oppenheimer? lol

[@PranavanathanYoganathan]

If you told me The Meg 2 was written by Chat GPT I would believe it.

[@paullucas9465]

I love that they talk more about Loki than the Meg 2

[@XxnamcoxcapcomxX]

This is keeping me entertained while in the hospital post surgery 😅

[@rawcollings]

Ahh wishing you a speedy recovery mate!!

[@Murphys00]

On the subject of who needs a hit, you have talked about him in the past; Dwayne Rock Johnson. His movie’s recently haven’t performed well, and a lot of his upcoming projects are waffling/scraping for scraps. Such as, Fast saga which didn’t do so well recently and the announcement of life action Moana

[@make.and.believe]

Young Rock is pretty good though 😊

[@doomstadt2371]

Adam Driver "not connecting with the script" for the FF movie is low key terrifying.

[@hitachicordoba]

as a gamer weeb I thought this was referring to a Final Fantasy live action movie lol

[@ANGELOFDARKification]

65 must have been the final nail in the coffin after Star Wars and House of Gucci 😂

[@BaithNa]

​@@hitachicordobahe's a better fit for a Final Fantasy movie than he is for Reed Richards

[@Kango234]

@@hitachicordoba That reminds me of when Fast and Furious 7 was out and everyone called it FF7.

[@my2randomcents]

The "Dracula on a boat" joke came true in a way... In mexico the film is called"Dracula, Sea of blood"

[@astew5134]

I can’t wait for the eventual animation of Maso vs. the saw puzzles and just shooting jigsaw over and over

[@tomfinn8076]

After seeing the thumbnail, I am convinced that Stephen Amell is a CGI person

[@comicpop]

I'm convinced "Harsh Realm" is an extended bit you guys created.

[@Landb0und]

This is the only podcast I listen to. Idk what exactly it is about it but I keep coming back

[@socialcommentary]

I like it when James is nicer and more polite. Good on you!

[@GeFin-rd3kl]

My lungs are filled with yorksire pudding. I'm f'g dying at work!!!😂😂😂

[@eastvandb]

The Jason Statham only seems tall. He straps Yorkshire puddings to his shoes.

[@engelmann82]

I’m really disappointed about the Meg movies, because I really like the books, which are very solid, story-wise, also from the creature biology are science based, and I actually learned quite a bit about the ocean flora and fauna. They only kept some character names…and the fish…🤷🏻‍♂️

[@parkmannate4154]

I 100% thought this was a joke but apparently not and so from now on when asked best literary adaptation to film I'm naming The Meg

[@AwesomeFreakMadd]

omg they were books?!

[@arch1017]

I've only read the first one, but yeah, it was decent. I haven't hated either movie, having lowered my expectations before going in, but the first book is definitely better than either movie.

[@engelmann82]

I mean those shark DID exist…just because it’s about a prehistoric animal doesn’t necessarily mean it has to be a schlocky movie, right?

[@wingdings369]

Recently just watched The Terminal List and the bit towards the end had me in hysterics 😂

[@devonmoore3854]

This isn't a review of Snake Eyes (2021)

[@scarlettNET]

Oh you got it mixed up. They're doing Snake Eyes next week.

[@devonmoore3854]

@@scarlettNET fuck mate I've seen this film every week for the past year. Why do they do this to me 😩

[@dartagnancurt4392]

James and Maso saying he was Gambit perfectly in unison is amazing.

[@Mintymischie]

I LOVE dog time. Compilation please 🙏🏻

[@kite-flying_potato]

Me too! Mason and I speak a similar kind of dog gibberish.

[@damianbennett1214]

a pint of greggs sausage roll in your lungs indeed

[@mr.fancypants666]

The nerve of these strike breakers!!! Working on a War Hammer script in the middle of a strike.

[@trolledchaos6531]

As an American, I personally think the Japanese posting 9/11 jokes in response to the Barbenheimer memes is both 1) Fair and 2) absolutely hilarious. Keep it up Japan 😂

[@BaithNa]

9/11 was a terrorist attack, the nuclear attacks on Japan were an act of war. A better comparison would be Pearl Harbor.

[@MojaveMoron]

​@@BaithNaL take

[@astronova6150]

wud be more accurate if they did pearl harbour

[@itcouldbelupus2842]

​@@BaithNaThe nuclear attacks were explicitly an act of terror. Their goal was to sow terror, that's terrorism.

[@somebuddyX]

I was twitching when they were talking about Harsh Realm waiting for them to realise THAT piece of information relating to it..but it never came.

[@dgshaw1967]

Michael Shannon saying "What?" Is my favorite bit of all time.

[@user-pl3hw2nw7t]

I've got Yorkshire pudding in me lungs 😂😂

[@KungFuWombat]

Communists! Communists on a podcast! *clutches pearls in existential terror*

[@danielkrismagee4920]

Sunshine ( Nike masons favourite movie) is a move that turns into a horror.

[@frownline1]

Nike Mason, just do it

[@screenPhiles]

Squids have those fins at the top of their heads while octopi don't (they both have beaks though)?

[@stealintomorrow]

I vote Dracula on a boat again over video game movie

[@smacksalad]

DEFENDERS!

[@fireflow726]

"It's not 11 yet!" at 10:50 hits different

[@sinceremage9]

At 25000ft under the sea the water pressure is over 750 times higher than at sea level, however Yorkshire Pudding doesn't deform under high pressure so it forms a useful endoskeleton for divers

[@davidblank420]

Stephen Amell famous for playing Blue Harvest.

[@goten1089]

Secret Invasion imo failed bc it failed to deliver the premise it promised to deliver: A shapeshifting invasion filled with paranoia ala Invasion of the Body Snatchers and a spy espionage ala The Winter Soldier, which unironically did Secret Invasion better. Fury didn't feel like a competent protagonist as he was mostly getting pushed around rather than actively moving the plot and despite his accountability to the fault of not helping the skrulls, he never truly faced consequences as he never directly confronted Gravik. Despite losing Talos and Maria Hill, he never seemed to mourn them past the episode he loses them in. Furthermore, the lack of tension and paranoia in a shapeshifting show especially as everyone is shown as who is who and rarely is there enough blanks for the audience to fill in. The worst offender of this is the Rhodey and Fury trying to convince the president who the skrull is when they make it clear who it is earlier in the series, which lacks the tension for the audience it could've had. Compare this to Winter Soldier where Captain America is in the dark for most of the movie, truly not knowing who to trust or what is fully going on until most of the actions is already taken which is something Secret Invasion fails to replicate. Not only did it fail as a spiritual sequel to Winter Soldier but it failed to deliver an engaging execution of ideas. It didn't have to involve the Avengers although it definitely would've been a plus if it was an Avengers film or an entire phase, but the fact that it couldn't deliver on the idea that it delivered for its smaller scale story is where I feel most of the disappointment comes from.

[@mundanepants]

Once again Marvel (and Star Wars) fans theorize better storylines and end products than what the studios end up producing

[@BaithNa]

​@@mundanepantsthat's probably why the AMPTP think they can replace the WGA with A.I.

[@davidblank420]

Love when Strange New Worlds or Star Trek in general goes full horror. The framing and camera movements are stunning.

[@georgedavidson2024]

Spotify listener here, just had to cross over to ask you guys; PLEASE do Dracula on a boat instead of Gran Turismo. Please. I’m begging you.

[@youngtydiscgolf]

Do Drac on a boat! Gran Turismo literally looks like one of those fake movie trailers in tropical thunder, it looks so bad 😂😂

[@FairFuse]

The Avengers also removed the The from the title after the first one. Word is this was recommended by Justin Timberlake, as he claimed it's "more clean".

[@The_Axson]

Can't wait till they do their snake eyes review

[@jackcrassus168]

James the hardest you ever made me laugh was a video a million years ago (before you had sponsors) that opened: “This video is brought to you by that feeling when you are at the top of the stairs and it feels like you are going to fall and you go all like whoooa!! but you’re alright”

[@mikeywhtshoes2353]

55:00 fucking hilarious, holy holy what a great riff

[@flywheelshyster6549]

my brother was big into harsh realm coming off of Xfiles and the guy's other show. It wasn't that bad, waaaaaay ahead of its time. which is what you just said lol its like trying to do west world in 1999. exactly

[@frownline1]

Was it pre or post Matrix because man did Harsh Realm have some real military industrial complex Matrix vibes.

[@AzkuulaKtaktu]

26:35 "Brother, get the armor! The BIG armor."

[@RobVespa]

Jim Jarmusch: Outside of Ghost Dog and Coffee & Cigarettes, consider watching Stranger Than Paradise, Down By Law, Mystery Train, and Night On Earth (or watch those first). What a run! I also enjoyed Broken Flowers, Only Lovers Left Alive and Paterson. The only film of his that I haven't liked, overall, is The Dead Don't Die, although I enjoyed most of it. It's interesting how just a few moments can change your take on a film. Perhaps save that one for last.

[@Tuaron]

Was it the ending for The Dead Don't Die that ruined it for you? I could understand it, but I think I'm the opposite, as I just thought it was middling to fine until the end, when I was like "oh, okay, that was pretty okay". What a weird scale I use, but it feels intuitive to me. (Oh yeah, Ghost Dog was great, I've gotta watch that again)

[@kingfield99]

Mystery Train is the perfect JJ movie.

[@adder2488]

Down By Law is absolute gold. Roberto Benigni has some classic lines. “You throw the ball to me? I throw the ball to you!”

[@adpirtle]

I thought The Witcher was fine, but I've never read the books or played the games, so I wasn't expecting anything but a fun fantasy show.

[@anthonyvillanueva5226]

Same

[@TylerAnselmo11]

Bring back the blue harvest bit lol

[@TylerAnselmo11]

Masons reactions are the best

[@RecRoomPlays]

Seeing some weird comments here regarding the SAG/WGA strike, so gotta say, if you're anti-strike take a couple moments to reconsider your position. You think the workers want to go on strike? Of course not. It's just the only thing that will get the fat cats in power to actually pay attention. You want the strikes to end sooner rather than later? So do the writers and actors. Support the workers who are being horrifically exploited by billionaires who have literally been gleefully talking about trying to just wait the strike out until the writers and actors who make all of the entertainment we all enjoy every day are homeless and starving in the streets. Support workers, they are the ones who keep the world going 'round, not the rich bosses.

[@Tymbus]

Yep, the gap between rich and poor has widened again in Britain. Working people who we relied on to get through the pandemic now need our support.

[@BaithNa]

I support unions and I support the strike but it doesn't change that fact that it's myopic and not a solution for A.I. and automation. The only real solution is a UBI and universal healthcare because even if the billionaires give the actors more scraps, the rest of us wage slaves will lose our jobs to automation within the next decade. Myopic is the perfect word to describe the strikes. They should be using their social clout to influence real change for everyone instead of begging billionaires for more money and hurting the entire movie industry and all adjacent industries.

[@MojaveMoron]

"Stephen Amell, YOU HAVE FAILED THIS UNION!"

[@Kango234]

In regards to people who feel like they have to be angry all the time to keep KZbin views, I have to give a shout out to movie reviewer Jeremy Jahns. His first big video was him talking about how awful Transformers 2 was and his early reviews literally had the word "rant" in them. But as early as 2010, maybe even earlier, he made the choice to stop playing the angry fanboy role since it was not only exhausting, and made his friends dislike him, but he wanted to see good movies too. I respected him for that back then and its only become more commendable when you look at the current landscape of film "criticism".

[@SubwoofBarks]

They didn't even say they're going to do Snake Eyes next week like they do every week.

[@MegaConradJ]

We need some more Big Ears Batman

[@ayman6694]

I Love Mason Statham so much....

[@sam_Invincible]

Sad you watched Meg over TMNT

[@jamesroscoe272]

I think last week they said it’ll be another month until it’s out in Australia.

[@frankcooke1692]

Why is Nick Mason

[@HarrisonBoulay]

How is Nick Mason

[@arqumfarrukh7751]

What is Nick Mason

[@AgentMS]

Who is Nick Mason

[@calebford6318]

To what extent is Nick Mason

[@calebford6318]

WHERE IS NICK MASON

[@jasonwells8745]

I heard the guy from The Bear and Punisher Ebon Moss-Bachrach is playing Terrax the Tamer. Also I'd love to see Jeremy Alan White from The Bear and Shameless be the MCU's Wolverine. Thank God Adam Driver isn't playing Reed Richards because he would be awesome as The Wizard in the FF sequel.

[@mph8200]

Yorkshire puddin lungs. Follows Stathe shoulda snotted out gravy not blood when he was underwater. Barring that technical error a near perfect movie. Top one Nice one Great Mates (3rd time listenin to this. Funny as f**k).

[@jasonmurdoc9533]

29:33 my guess is the new episode of sunny where the gang learns Charlie as a room and a bathroom is a reference to that. The whole gang is like why wouldn’t he use this? But Charlie wants things to stay the same

[@OverkillSamurai]

Barbie x 9-11 memes were hilarious.

[@chuzzbot]

Same reason I've never had a big Mac. Dracula boat!

[@radeadcool]

Harsh Realm was good. I loved it.

[@yeetus_the_feetus4858]

The Meg 2 Meg control Or maybe 2 meg 2 furious

[@gracejefferson4062]

The Meg 2, Electric Megaloo?

[@jordanwang1035]

Mason watching Shin Kamen Rider is the crossover I never expected.

[@parkmannate4154]

Look I have to work with EBITDA and other associated financial stuff for my job I don't need it in my funny Aussie comic book guys podcast. Unless its in relation to The Flash losing money.

[@Charias14]

The Japanese should be offended...but they underestimated that Americans love 9/11 memes

[@DaDestroyer1986]

See “The Last Voyage of the Demeter,” but see the other one. I already saw it.

[@jackthepally2667]

I can’t wait for Henry to cavkill a bunch of orks in big armor while also wearing big armor

[@nathanbartlett2770]

I want him to be a commissar or something human not a space marine probably won't happen but hey a man can dream

[@Kcoldraz]

What! Mutant Mayhem is releasing on September in Australia?

[@windu9632]

My votw is for last voyage of demeter aka Dracula if you guys only have time for one.

[@jacktadash]

I'm an animal nerd so I've never liked any movie where the goal is to murder a rare animal. Including Jaws, just alert the authorities and they'll contact an international marine biologist organisation with the funds to capture and relocate the shark. Instead, hicks murder it. Yuck. Back to my bacon sandwich...

[@frownline1]

Cleopatra 2525 AND Harsh Realm referenced in a single episode, I’m shook.

[@alfje5492]

I did not expect anybody to remember Harsh Realm!

[@AgriPika]

Rhody was switched between Iron man 1 and 2, the Skrull was racist and thought we wouldn't notice but we did

[@JayKobz]

Japanese Barbie 9/11 mashups is hilarious

[@WallStreet06]

I guess “thermocline” just sounds cool? Cause I don’t think it means what it seems they think it means. Not watching that movie to find out.

[@_KRUGR_]

Desperate to know if Jim Jarmusch has seen Blade

[@madrockweek622]

yay

[@DisentDesign]

56:00 maybe research it first, the movie was right, as long as it isnt a sudden pressure change, you wont go through rapid compression .

[@karonuva]

Those anti-striking/union comments makes me think Stephen Amell has been around wrestlers too much

[@spencermccreery2508]

I’m glad Righteous Gemstones finally came up because I’d love to know if other people just hate all three of the main characters as much as I do. They seem to get worse with each season and none of them are likable. Adam Devine is the most tolerable, but the other two are some of the most hatable main characters I’ve ever seen on television. All of the character growth from season one was gone in season two and in this third season they’re worse than ever. I enjoyed Eastbound And Down and loved Vice Principals, but man Gemstones has pushed me further and further away with each season.

[@Itabouttodo]

A French dip is nothing like a Reuben.

[@Thetruepianoman]

48:50 my favourite mason bit is getting caught on a funny joke and losing his train

[@robzs8388]

Honestly from the moment Sliders started filming in LA? Yuck! No Thanks! I will take my viewing business elseWHERE!

[@NickRigali]

Mr Sunday you are indeed rude and mean now prove me wrong

[@Mofi357]

VAM Turismo "The Cars are thirsty for blood"

[@AlBroMedia]

Joseph Quinn looks like Justin Timberlake!

[@majormetcalf1225]

What video were that discussing at the start? I typed in kollins secret invasion and couldn’t find anything.

[@camerontimms]

they were talking about their own video on the mr sunday movies channel. Collings is the editor who put the video together

[@stealintomorrow]

I believe they mean this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3-UlqOJrtukZ8U

[@majormetcalf1225]

@@camerontimms oh ok thank you.

[@majormetcalf1225]

@@stealintomorrow thank you!

[@Krillinjustchillin]

Im ok with just moving on and not talking about secret war anymore.

[@felixthinks351]

Review dracula on a boat pls!

[@00rabbit7]

Last Voyage of the Demeter

[@JuiKuen]

Meg 2 had a global opening of $142million. Someone out there clearly likes it (probably the Chinese)!

[@Kelticfury]

Hey since writers and actors are on strike maybe Marvel should stop putting out garbage for a year or more and take this as a chance to get their broken sh* together.

[@sirdaveysockrocker]

Dylan Sprouse should play Johnny Storm. He could easily come off as best friends with Tom Hollands’ Peter Parker