Elektra Boogaloo

HIs lack of aging is really the only highlight of this movie. And I could just watch EXTRA for that.

I am reading the oral history WatchOut posted and this is the worst idea I have ever heard.

I saw this topic and got excited because I watched the R&H Cinderella with Lesley Ann Warren (the LAW) over and over as a kid. I remember watching th Brandy version and liking it but I don’t remember it as vividly. RIP Whitney.

Re: baking time on “Nailed it” I think they would have to be very efficient and professional to do the cakes in that time. I think thI show is , obviously, not mean for them to complete it but the time constraint also makes them work faster than they should. Re: Holiday in Handcuffs. Is anyone else having a lot of trouble getting through this movie? I don’t know if it’s second hand anxiety or just lack of caring. But like MJH’s life at th beginning didn’t seem that bad. She had a job and an apartment. Yeah she wanted that interview to work out (but interviews are not job offers) and wanted the douchey guy to spend Christmas with her family but it wasn’t like either of her siblings had dates? So I am not sure why she felt she had to? And like, if your hair is too curly just get it wet. Has she not seen “Legally Blonde” and/or ever curled her hair before? Haven’t finished yet... still.

I screamed because I am hoping for some serious Wig Talk. Also you are all FIRED for not telling me Zouks is in the New Year's episode of Nailed It.

Has no one yet linked some some of the most important gifs on the internet? https://justjasonmantzoukas.tumblr.com/post/180052361176

Wasn't he also... not the best role model? Like didn't he spit at a heckler or something? My basketball knowledge mostly comes from SPACE JAM. Michael Jordan is the kid friendly one who gets to hang out with Bugs Bunny. Barkley is the one who has to go to church and promise not to yell at the refs anymore. I think it could also be Ewing? Who was in Space Jam too. So was Danny DeVito. You guys, this is a Space Jam prequel.

Had the prop master never SEEN Charles Barkley before? I understand not everyone is a basketball fan but he would be on, say, the news. And maybe I had to make a doll of him I might try to find a picture?

I haven’t listened to the entire episode, but my first thought “I wonder what June thinks of Paul’s Mail Chimp impression” since she’s a monkey rights activist.

I was expecting one of the live shows (like there is another with Seth Rogen, right?) so it was a surprise on two levels.

You guys I made an audible groan when more Look Who's Talking was announced. I hate that family!

Oh yes I meant to mention this as well. Botha's theory is that, in a fire, you immediately grab the thing you care the most about. It made me laugh because about two years ago there was an ad campaign about what a family of four grabbed in an emergency because they didn't have a plan. I believe the mom had a flashlight with no batteries and the kid got the cat. It makes me smile to think that mom really LOVED that flashlight. I wish I could find a link to the poster. But there is pretty ample evidence that when people panic they don't do the most logical thing. It would've been funny if the Building Man grabbed something completely unrelated to the vibrator mcguffin--like one of those ornate statues or something? Then he did get on the helicopter and was like "oooh, I forgot about that thing."

Zouks is doing a Q&A following LONG DUMB ROAD today in NYC at 7:10 (I can't go but if any of you can, the HDTGM twitter says there are tickets still available). I wonder if the Gerard Butler movie is showing at that theater too because I bet he wants to see it.

Tall buildings are really effing boring. Since I live in NYC, friends and family coming to visit always want to go to the Empire State Building and I am like "skip it." It's an office building with an expensive gift shop. Unrelated, if Botha could get into the Pearl why not just make a run on stealing the vibrator from the safe? Maybe hold someone hostage and demand it? Or hold the Pearl itself hostage and say he's gonna burn it down unless you give me the drive? I'm just spit balling here but I think we could come up with a less convoluted heist.

I would've loved to have seen the conversation Neve had with the kid. NEVE: Hey I know you're having an asthma attack and feel like you're dying, but Mommy is going to go with the police to fight bad guys. KID: ... shouldn't the police do that? Why do you need to go? NEVE: I'm a woman so I'm the only one allowed to fight the lady bad guy. KID: Aren't there police ladies? There's one right there. NEVE: Nah, I want to kick her. You stay here. Let me know if Dad falls to his death.

I agree with a lot of points about how the Rock's backstory doesn't matter and such. I also wanted more with the kids. I was pretty surprised this was made for Chinese audiences with those kids, honestly. Maybe I am the racist here (I hope not!) but I have been told Chinese audiences don't like black people. I know the Rock is half Black. But those kids were somehow darker than he is. Another thing about the kids, where does the boy go when Neve Campbell is being badass? I assume he's in the care of the paramedics who were giving him oxygen. But I wouldn't want to leave my young child alone when he was in that kind of distress/his dad might be falling to his death at any minute. I also thought the Rock should have surrendered himself to police and told them what he knew. I got that he thought the police thought he was part of it, but what kind of police would be like "no we won't send a helicopter to save small children." It felt more like he was doing the climbing stuff to prove his own honor. I didn't think they were very good parents. The note I remember writing was "is this whole movie really an ad for duct tape?" I am still unclear on that.

I need the gang to do this because I want to do Wig Talk.

What's the character Amy Poehler plays that always says "and I've got one leg..." That is what I keep thinking of while watching Skyscraper.

I saw a picture but I won't post without permission (I respect copyright). I don't think he was in costume? But he did the eyes in the photo. So if he is like Santa, I imagine him showing up on Halloween and just photobombing everyone with bug eyes.

I love this episode. It should be one of the ones that is always available like the Howdies. It touched on a lot of great moments (even if there was no mention of BLOODSPORT). I am excited for SKYSCRAPER. Going to rent it tonight!

Doh! HDTGM Jason. Zouks. Derek. Rafi. Ali (my friend) lives in Austin. Not sure where the party was but I assume close?

A friend of mine in Texas went to a Halloween party dressed as Eleanor from "The Good Place" and Jason was there.

I wish I could remember what the first episode of HDTGM I listened to was. It might be BATMAN AND ROBIN. I know I posted on social media excited when hey did DAREDEVIL (shut up, I like comic book movies) so it was definitely before that. I think the first time I commented on the forums was CONFESSIONS OF A MARRIAGE COUNSELOR. I think it's more fun now that I post on the forums. It's interactive and whatever! I don't know about favorites. I would often listen to old episodes when I was anxious. And I said so on the forums and when the paywall went up other forum posters we're like offering me their saved episodes on the DL which was very sweet. (After I had posted about a recent hospitalization for PTSD.) I thought it was kind of funny. "Are you okay? Do you want my copy of the BLOODSPORT episode?" I don't know about favorite catch phrases either. I like Paul's Blockbuster stories and Jason's Harry Potter references (especially since I work in children's publishing). I do find myself saying things like "that was wild" (tm Nicole Byer), "so upsetting" and "what is happening right now?". It made me wonder if other regular listeners have started using HDTGM verbiage. I even saw a friend who lives in Italy mention Stellar Skateboard. She didn't know about the podcast but had seen that name on Wikipedia and adopted it. (As anyone I am friends with would IMMEDIATELY do.) I was pleased.

Oh making it even longer is a good idea. Maybe we can put a colon and a top comma in there some how. One note, I know Fraction was suggested in the episode but it does actually rhyme with Action, and I think that is a mistake.

I would like to know which potential sequel name is more unpronounceable: Action Jackson's Son or Action Jackson and Son? Whichever it is, I want that to be the name of the sequel. Can we talk about how Craig T. Nelson should play a bad guy more often because he has a creepy vibe? I didn't watch COACH but when he was on Grace and Frankie I was really grossed out by his hair. I was like Jane Fonda is out of his league!