First of all let’s get the most important thing out of the way shall we? Listen to Scott as “The Thing” in Fantastic Four: Super Skrull right now on YouTube!
Do it – go on, we’ll still be here when you get back I promise.
Let’s get the record straight since maybe it wasn’t clear – The Birds and Birdemic are not the same. Part of me is actually deeply worried that the creator of Birdemic (whose name I will not be looking up) really does think he made the spiritual sequel to “The Birds” and it’s deeply upsetting.
I’m not sure how or why exactly but we get into the fact that Indiana Jones is a little like Drake. He “likes ‘em young”. Indy’s pushing 40 in Temple of Doom, and he’s got eyes for Willie Scott, who’s barely out of her 20s. Then there’s Marion in Raiders—she was *checks notes* a teenager when they first hooked up, and he was, what, late 20s? Why did George Lucas want to keep that in the script so badly?
So I did a little digging thanks to the Wayback Machine and apparently this oral history was published in issue 208 of a magazine called “Empire” and it was actually Karen Allen who had a whole story in mind for when Marion was 15 years old. Still pretty fucking weird.
“Allen: I had a whole history for the character from the time she was born. What happened to her mother, how long she’d been in Nepal and her romance with Indy when she was 15 or 16. I remember showing it to Steven who said, “That’s an entirely different movie.“
Anyways, Scott and Keith watched Captain America: Brave New World and it pretty damn bland but also kind of fine.
Keith is making his way through the Final Destination franchise – he’s watched the first 3 so it’s downhill from here! (At least until Bloodlines which is apparently actually amazing).
Meanwhile – over on Garbage Time, we talk about the special place that Yacht Rock has in our hearts and souls, the shocking release of R-Truth from WWE and of course language laws that our bonkers in our beautiful home province of Quenec. If you would like to show your support and head over to Patreon and subscribe at the 9ES Deluxe tier to listen to this and all past episodes of Garbage Time that would be appreciated.
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