Pete and Moreno talk for nearly four hours about farts. That’s right. Farts.
There’s also some new reviews of Spider-Man Far From Home and Yesterday. Pete checks out the third season of Stranger Things, and the boys discuss the continued greatness of Perpetual Grace Ltd.
Jack is joined by Kupka and Matt to talk shop and get in the weeds on a variety of topics. Listeners submit some question topics, there’s a lot of MCU talk and even a review of Hugh Jackman’s live show. Reviews of PERPETUAL GRACE LTD, LEGION, PENN & TELLER FOOL US, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, AVENGERS ENDGAME, CHILD’S PLAY, ANNA, ANNABELLE COMES HOME, FUCK YOU ALL THE UWE BOLL STORY AND TOY STORY 4. Get some.
Moreno finds an old hard drive and, with the help of Chad C, the boys flow down memory lane while yelling at how stupid they sound. Otherwise, Toy Story 4 and Perpetual Grace take this weekend’s spotlight. Everyone has a lot of live to give. Gross.
Chad fights through audio troubles to review a bunch of toys like he was some YouTube kid trying to get subscribers. I hate those kids. They literally get all the toys. Give me some toys, you prick YouTube kids. Anyhoo….. Chucky vs. The Gang: Whoever Wins, I hate YouTube Kids.
Jack Falvey makes a long awaited return to the BingeCast with Chad C and Law to help review a whole lot of television and movies. This includes things like Shazam, Pet Sematary, Long Shot, Late Night, The Twilight Zone, What We do In the Shadows, Barry, Brockmire, Happy, Star Trek Discovery, and much more. Also, Chad C just returned from CinemaCon (Bragging Camp) and dishes all the details about the footage he saw and the drinks he had with Black Panther.
I know so many of you that were brokenhearted last weekend when you came to Binge Media and didn’t see your normal Sunday edition of Working the Weekend with Luke. Blame Comcast for that. But not to worry. I promised you five November columns, so in addition to this special Saturday edition, I’ll be back tomorrow as well. But for today, I give you what I was going to write about last weekend. Sequels, sequels, and more sequels.
DUMB AND DUMBER TO
I’ll start with Dumb & Dumber To, only because it was released yesterday. I’ll be the first to admit that I was a fan of the original. I had become a fan of Jim Carrey over the years, mainly due to his work on In Living Color. I loved Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and I was fifteen years old. I thought he was awesome. He was funny and charismatic and really got your attention when he was onscreen. I wasn’t sure how the Jeff Daniels pairing would work out, but they really seemed to have a good chemistry and the movie just worked. Lauren Holly was pretty hot at the time (remember when she was in movies) and there was a good supporting cast to boot. There were a ton of hysterical moments, ones that actually made you laugh out loud. But over the last twenty years, how many times have you actually wished for a sequel? In my opinion, the story had wrapped itself up nicely and I’ve never thought that the movie necessitated one. But after a lackluster decade, I guess the Farrelly brothers thought differently. I’m not saying I won’t ever watch it, but I certainly won’t be rushing to the theater to give them any money, especially after the trailer left me less than impressed.
JOE DIRT 2
Again, is this really necessary? I enjoyed the original. The role fit David Spade nicely and even more so than Dumb & Dumber, the supporting cast was crazy strong here. You had Dennis Miller, Kid Rock, Jaime Pressly, Fred Ward, Brittany Daniel, and of course, Christopher Walken. I can’t say I was blown away the first time I saw Joe Dirt, but over the years I’ve come to really enjoy it. It’s got a lot of funny moments, but also actually has more heart to it than you might think. But once again, the story had wrapped up and I’ve never felt that I needed more Joe Dirt in my life. But word came down recently that the sequel is just about ready to go and will be produced by Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison production company. Seeing as this movie may never actually make it to the theatre, but instead only to Crackle, basically an online TV station, I won’t feel too bad about not spending money to see this one either.
SUPER TROOPERS 2
The boys at Broken Lizard are basically the M. Night Shyamalan of comedy. You come out of the gate with an amazing piece of work and continue to decline as you go forward. Outside of Beerfest, there hasn’t been anything in the past thirteen years that Broken Lizard has put out that I’ve liked, except for Bill Paxton in Club Dread. Come on, you know “PinaColadaburg” was hysterical. So I’m not quite sure how to feel about the fact that Super Troopers 2 is a go. There’s no doubting that the original is great. I will admit that I’ve wanted a sequel to be done, because there actually is somewhere to go with these characters, especially with the way that the first one ended. Who wouldn’t want more of this?
FURIOUS 7
When The Fast and the Furious franchise started thirteen years ago, I really wasn’t as excited as some people were. I don’t pretend to know a damn thing about cars, and a movie with Paul Walker and Vin Diesel as the headliners didn’t do anything at all for me. To me, Vin Diesel was basically a robot and with all due respect, it’s not like Paul Walker was ever going to win an Oscar. So I avoided the franchise for years. But I specifically remember one Sunday afternoon being hungover like crazy with nothing of substance on television and seeing that the first two movies were playing back to back. With a “what the hell, I’ll give it a shot” attitude, I sat and watched fast cars and bad acting and the under-appreciated on the hot girl scale Jordana Brewster and I was hooked. Hell, I’ll admit that it just watched 2 Fast 2 Furious just this morning on Spike. The movies kept coming and while the third wasn’t that great, the franchise has grown into this crazy phenomenon. With all the people they’ve added to the movies, such as “The Rock” (I won’t call him Dwayne) and Gal Gadot and others, I’ve loved each and every sequel since they got the original crew back together. They’re movies that you can just sit back for two hours and enjoy. You don’t have to think or over-analyze anything. You can just enjoy some fast-paced action flicks and move on with your day. Add Jason Statham as the villain for Furious 7 and Kurt Russell as well and I’m in for what will probably be the last entry in this extremely fun franchise.
TOY STORY 4
Honestly, I don’t quite know how to feel about Toy Story 4. If you’re familiar with my recent trilogy countdown, then you know exactly how much I enjoy the current trilogy. If you haven’t read it, click HERE to check it out and then come back.
Welcome back…see what I mean. I love the Toy Story franchise. They’re not just good animated movies. They’re just damn good movies. The writing is absolutely brilliant and in my opinion, the movies improved each time. While Toy Story was great, Toy Story 2 was amazing, and Toy Story 3 is arguably one of the best movies ever made. So it stands to reason that Toy Story 4 will be better than the previous three. But I just don’t know how that’s possible. The ending of Toy Story 3 is one of the best endings to a franchise and in my humble opinion should just be left alone. But who am I to tell anyone not to go ahead and make a billion dollars? Because that’s what the next movie will do. Whether you like it or not, this movie is happening. We can only hope that the legacy isn’t tarnished. But don’t worry. We’ve got three more years to argue about it.
That will do it for the special Saturday edition of Working the Weekend with Luke. I’ll be back tomorrow for another entry, so until then, feel free to give me your thoughts on all of these sequels. How many will you be watching? Comment below or follow me on Twitter @THElukenorris. And to show you that not all sequels are a good idea, here’s a clip from the insanely awful 90210 that the CW attempted.
This is the last time I’m ever going to talk about my 101 Damnations challenge. I ranked and rated the entire list (right here) and did my best this past week to get out of the darkest place I’ve ever mentally visited. I’ve packed up all the visuals of blood, rape, desecration, and general disgust and stored them deep in the back of my brain. To replace them I’ve went to the one place that feels natural for me – animation.
THE BOXTROLLS
First thing I did was make time for a trip to the theater to see THE BOXTROLLS. I loved it. Laika, as a studio, is still batting 1000. While BOXTROLLS isn’t quite as perfect as CORALINE, it is a minor step up from PARANORMAN in my opinion. All three films are great, and while they’re not quite Pixar yet, I’m already awaiting their next film (either WILDWOOD or GOBLINS). BOXTROLLS is one of those animated films that, at first glance, seems too complicated for kids and a tad too childish for adults. Not the case. Every member of my family, ages 4 to 40, loved this film from start to finish and we talked about it for the next few days. There’s nothing as iconic here as Buzz & Woody or as cute as the Minions so what we’re left with is a perfectly spread out collection of fun characters playing out an exciting adventure. Highly recommended.
SPACE JAM
My home life has consisted of nothing but SPACE JAM for the last week or so. SPACE JAM is horrible. Let me re-phrase that – the humans in SPACE JAM are horrible. Let me narrow that down – Michael Jordan is so bad in this movie I truly believe it affects his legacy as a basketball player. I wish I would have shown my kids more about his dominance on the court before showing them this film. Now he’ll forever be the SPACE JAM guy instead of the greatest basketball player that has ever lived. It’s not just him either. Watching that scene at the end when all the NBA players get their “powers” back is some of the most painful acting to ever exist. Wow, Shawn Bradley can dunk again? He’s seven-and-a-half feet tall. Literally.
BIG HERO 6, THE MINIONS
These are the two trailers on repeat in the house right now, and that’s okay. MINIONS for the kids, and BH6 for Daddy. I have a suspicious feeling I’m going to love this film with a passion. I’ve never read the comic or even heard of it before the first trailer but it just happens to be opening the one weekend in my life that I need to love something wholesome.
TOY STORY 4
I honestly wasn’t as excited as I was expecting to be when I heard this news yesterday. Pixar is a religion to me, and the TOY STORY franchise has everything to do with that, but I can’t help but feel Part 3 wrapped things up perfectly. I mean, PERFECTLY. As a 40 year old asshole, I’ll never truly be able to explain the range of emotions I went through while watching tha film. By the time Andy drives of into the sunset at the end I was a mess. The made for TV short films and theatrical add-ons have filled any void of the franchise over the last few year and left me not craving another film the way I was after TOY STORY 2 (my favorite animated film ever). And then I hear that John Lasseter is directing it. Goddammit. I got to interview John a few years back on the old site with Jimmy O so my blubbering admiration of the man is forever available for anybody to listen to forever. If Pixar is a religion – guess who GOD is. I’m obviously still looking forward to it but I’d easily take something original every year, and beyond.