The Avengers LIVE! w/ Tom Scharpling (HDTGM Matinee)
77 min
•Mar 10, 2026about 1 month agoSummary
The How Did This Get Made? hosts dissect the 1998 film adaptation of the British TV series The Avengers, a spy thriller starring Sean Connery and Uma Thurman that was heavily re-edited after poor test screenings. The episode explores the film's nonsensical plot, bizarre production choices, and the stark contrast between its original 120-minute cut and the final 84-minute version that removed crucial exposition.
Insights
- Aggressive post-production cuts to appease test audiences can destroy narrative coherence more than improve it—removing 36 minutes of plot explanation created a film that makes less sense, not more
- Casting mismatches and height disparities between leads can undermine chemistry and believability in ways that affect audience engagement with romantic/partnership dynamics
- Production design and world-building choices (empty London, bear costumes, maze sequences) that lack internal logic or narrative justification signal deeper structural problems in filmmaking
- When a film's villain plan is revealed in the final act with minimal setup, it suggests fundamental script problems that reshoots and editing cannot fix
- Lack of extras and background characters creates an uncanny, dystopian atmosphere that undermines the film's intended spy-thriller tone
Trends
Test screening culture driving destructive editorial decisions that prioritize perceived audience preference over narrative integrity1990s action films struggling with wire work and practical effects that appear dated and unconvincing compared to contemporary standardsAdaptation of beloved source material (British TV series) failing due to tonal misalignment and inability to translate character appeal to filmSexual innuendo as narrative device becoming counterproductive when overused, resulting in negative chemistry rather than tensionHigh-concept villain plans (weather control, robot clones) undermined by lack of resources, henchmen, or credible threat infrastructureMiscasting of international leads with accent/dialect inconsistencies creating unintended comedy and breaking immersion
Topics
Film Re-editing and Test Screening ImpactAdaptation of Television Properties to CinemaAction Sequence Choreography and Wire WorkVillain Motivation and Third-Act Plot RevealsCasting Chemistry and Physical CompatibilityProduction Design and World-Building CoherenceSexual Innuendo as Narrative DeviceBritish Spy Film Genre ConventionsPost-Production Cuts and Narrative ContinuityVisual Effects and Practical Effects QualityCharacter Exposition and DialogueAccent and Dialect Performance in FilmCloning and Robot Technology as Plot DevicesWeather Control as Villain ObjectiveExtras and Background Character Usage
Companies
Casper
Mattress company sponsoring the live podcast event at the Casper Podcast Lounge in New York where the episode was rec...
USDA Forest Service
Government agency featured in pre-show PSA about wildfire prevention with Smokey Bear mascot
Netflix
Streaming platform where June Diane Raphael's shows 'Grayson Frankie' season 2 and 'Lady Dynamite' are available
Full Screen
Streaming app platform where Jason Mantzoukas' show 'Filthy Preppy Teens' is available
Gimlet Network
Network that distributes the 'Paul Butt Talk' podcast mentioned during the show's call-in segment
Amazon
Referenced in a comedic ad-read segment about tea bags during the second opinion review section
People
Tom Scharpling
Host of 'The Best Show' podcast; guest on the episode discussing the 1998 Avengers film adaptation
Sean Connery
Actor who played villain Sir August in the 1998 Avengers film; extensively discussed for his costumes and performance
Uma Thurman
Lead actress in the 1998 Avengers film; discussed for her chemistry with co-star and comfort in leather catsuits
Ralph Fiennes
Co-star in the 1998 Avengers film; discussed for height disparity with Uma Thurman and accent inconsistencies
Blake Harris
Author and journalist who interviewed the film's director for in-depth analysis; present at the live event
Diana Rigg
Original star of the British TV series 'The Avengers'; reportedly declined to appear in the 1998 film adaptation
Honor Blackman
Original female lead from the British TV series 'The Avengers' that the 1998 film was based on
David Fincher
Director originally attached to the 1998 Avengers film before the project changed direction
Mel Gibson
Originally considered to play John Steed in the 1998 Avengers film before Ralph Fiennes was cast
Nicole Kidman
Originally considered to play Emma Peel in the 1998 Avengers film before Uma Thurman was cast
Jim Broadbent
Actor in the 1998 Avengers film; discussed for his surveillance scene and costume appearance
Eddie Izzard
Comedian cast in the 1998 Avengers film with minimal dialogue; performed largely through pantomime
Grace Jones
Performed the theme song 'Strange Weather' for the 1998 Avengers film in Bond-esque style
Mary Bamford
Creator and star of Netflix's 'Lady Dynamite' show; plugged by June Diane Raphael during episode
Patrick Macnee
Original male lead from the British TV series 'The Avengers'; received fourth billing in the 1998 film
Quotes
"It is a remake of a British TV show called The Avengers. Like an old, like back in the day, there were a lot of British TV shows about the man from Uncle, the saint, this one, that were like James Bond for TV."
Paul Scheer•Early in episode
"I watched the movie twice because clearly the first time I watched it, I had that exact same reaction. I was like, I must have fallen asleep during this. And I was like, I can't think of one thing that I just saw. So I watched it again. It's like, I think I understand it less now."
Jason Mantzoukas•Mid-episode
"The movie feels like a Jenga tower that has been being played for many hours. So many missing pieces. But yet it's still like, oh, that's a tower. That is definitely a tower. But I don't understand how it's standing."
Paul Scheer•Mid-episode
"You will buy your weather for me. And that is the plan. And by the way, you have until midnight, and you have to go to bed."
Sean Connery (character)•Third act villain reveal
"The movie was 120 minutes that was cut down to 85. That's what happened. And the reason why is because they test screened this movie to an audience of Spanish-speaking people and the ratings were very bad."
Paul Scheer•Mid-episode
Full Transcript
Alright son, time to put out this campfire. Dad, we learned about this in school. Oh did you now? Okay, what's first? Smokey Bear said to... First, drown it with the bucket of water, then stir it with the shovel. Wow, you sound just like him. Then he said... If it's still warm, then do it again. Where can I learn all this? It's all on smokeybear.com with other wildfire prevention tips. Because only you can prevent wildfires. Brought to you by the USDA Forest Service, your state forester and the Ed Council. This is Josh Shines getting paid. They're judging a bunch of movies while they're making the grave. Here's a real question for you. How did this get made? Hello, people of Earth and Hello, people of New York. We're back in New York at the historic Casper podcast lounge. Where podcasts have been broadcasting live for decades. So excited to be back here. We have a great movie in store. Not a great movie that was made, but a great movie to talk about, because this one defies a lot of expectations, plot story characters, all those things. But she talked about this movie effectively. I need to introduce my co-host. Please welcome to the stage, Jason Manzookas. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE What's up, jerks? CHEERING AND APPLAUSE How are you, Jason? These are just beds. We are on beds. You're just full-blown beds. For the people listening at home, we are not in chairs. We are on two day beds, and not any day beds, Casper Day beds. And that's the thing. The most talking, we're here at C-P-L, right? The Casper podcast lounge. The lounge. You know, and right after CBGB went under, I was like, this is still left. Thank God. Hot, we're in the meat. We're in New York, venue. C-P-L. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Hogs and Heffers might have closed, but C-P-L is still staying open. The Casper podcast lounge. The couches are so comfortable, we might fall asleep during the podcast. The couches are so comfortable because they are beds. LAUGHTER Please welcome my other cause, the beautiful Italian, Jude Day and Rebueve. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Hi. Welcome, June. Wow. June, how is this comfortable for you? Do you mean it's really comfortable? All right, you're good. All right, great. LAUGHTER I have 15 pillows. I have been laboring under the belief that these mattresses were made of the corpses of Casper, the friendly gums. They're so soft, they feel like ghosts are inside. Like, they are ghost corpses. Ooh, sleeping on us. Like a lovely ghost corpse. The only mattress company with dead ghosts inside. Yep. I guess all ghosts are dead. Um, and they say up to 10 ghosts go into every single Casper mattress. Wow. And they're not just, you know, it's all different types of ghosts. Old ghosts. Well, it's also a process making the mattresses is a process that kills a lot of ghosts. Well, that's like that they're made of double ghosts, ghosts that have been killed. Yeah, they were ghosts, and then they were killed. They were hunted and killed. They were killed. And then the ghosts were killed. Yes. And now they're double ghosts. Oh, yeah. Spoiler alert. But you'll find out when you see Ghostbusters, the new one, that they're basically just catching ghosts for Casper mattresses. And I'm not sure if this is what Casper would like us to be putting out there. And in fact, I'm certain they don't. But every single one of their mattresses is haunted. By a friendly ghost. By a friendly ghost. Yeah. Which is a very big difference. Oh, so great. I mean, yes. Every now and then you will get an evil ghost in there. And that's a one out of 100 mattresses. That's just why the mattresses are so popular with the lonely. Also known as people who listen to podcasts. So welcome to the Casper podcast lounge. Oh, yeah. We have a very special guest joining us tonight. Our guest tonight is someone we've been wanting to have on the show for quite some time. You know him as the host of the best show. Please welcome Tom Sharpling. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. Have a seat right there. Oh, my goodness. All right. How are you, Tom? I'm good. Listen to that completely measured applause you've been hearing. The heard Tom. And then the only thing they wanted to hear after that was Cruz Mest Middle Ditch. And then it's like, oh, no. People are very excited to see you. Very excited. Let's get into this movie, The Avengers. It's a remake of the British TV show The Avengers. The war. Captain America. No. Wrong, wrong Avengers. Wrong, what? Wrong Avengers. What is it? All wrong. What is it? What do you work about? It's a remake. It's, yeah. What is it? And we're off. What is it? What is it? It is a remake of a British TV show called The Avengers. Like an old, like back in the day, there were a lot of British TV shows about the man from Uncle, the saint, this one, that were like James Bond for TV. OK, this helps. So was this, was this weather idea just an episode of The Avengers? Wait, wait. Like, did they take an, like, exact, did they take an episode and make it into a feature? No. They just took the characters and they updated them into this great plot about someone stealing the web. Do you want to be sitting on this blanket? Is this part weird for you? This feels like a blanket in a hotel room that you need to remove immediately. This, like, you don't want a blanket. You don't want a blanket. It's a blanket. Casper's a great sponsor and all their blankets are really clean. Sure. But I'm going to come on all these mattresses. That's just a promise that I give all mattresses. Yeah, so it is a remake of a British TV show. And there were three female leads, I believe, throughout the run of the show, like Honor Blackman, Diana Rigg, and then someone else. Sorry, I don't know what a person's name. But that poor woman. That poor poor woman. But yeah, so I always say, like, there are certain signs that we are going to be dealing with a bad movie. One of them is when the movie can't even make 90 minutes. This one comes in at, like, a tight, like, 84 under 90 minutes. And it's not a tight 84. No. It is, if you had told me I had spent the last four hours watching it, I would have been like, I think so. I had many moments where I thought, listen, listen, June, listen harder. You must have missed something. And then I thought, go back. I have to re, I texted you. I have to rewind and start at the beginning. I've missed something that is so important. And I was too lazy to do that, so I did it. But I have an update. You missed nothing. Yeah. You were wanting to get was at any point somebody giving a coherent explanation of what was going on in the movie that you feel like you must have missed, that never happened. Yeah. I watched the movie twice because clearly the first time I watched it, I had that exact same reaction. I was like, I must have fallen asleep during this. Apparently it's not been fading in and out. And I was like, I can't think of one thing that I just saw. So I watched it again. It's like, I think I understand it less now. The second time. Like it's becoming something you're not supposed to question. I will say the movie feels like a Jenga tower that has been being played for many hours. So many missing pieces. But yet it's still like, oh, that's a tower. That is definitely a tower. But I don't understand how it's standing. Because all the more important structural pieces have been removed. Like, oh, you know what? I had a dream last night. Here's what happened. So I was a spy. And then there was a woman. And she had a twin. And then we like, it was raining. Oh, and then it was snowing. And then the first James Bond was there. It just like none of it progressed in any way that made sense. Well, I still couldn't come up with even a theory at the end. On why? So what do you think now that you've had time to percolate? I don't have much. I think Sir August. Sean Connery. Sean Connery wanted to control the weather. Yes. For here's a kind of a bad movie. You're controlling the weather. OK, but here's what I can't land on for political purposes. And just for financial gain. I genuinely don't know financial gain. Yeah, I think it really comes in like the third act when he's basically like, you're going to have to buy your weather from me. So he's going to be like the time-warner cable of the weather. We're like, depending on where you are, you have to get your weather from here. And it's kind of suck. And the class of our service is awful. Let's hear that his diabolical plan, as he's dressed in a giant kiln, Sean Connery don's many accostumates. Oh, yes, movie. Guess what? Guess what? Doesn't fill me with like dread about a villain, bagpipes. I'm like, oh, your nefarious plot is announced with bagpipes. And again, this is late in the third act of the film, where the major plan that would be kind of fueling the whole movie is revealed very late, but then maybe 20 minutes of the end. Oh, yeah. Now is the winter of your discontent. Above you, the weather is changing. The temperature is dropping. All the screens are the same shot. Why? Because the weather is no longer in god's hands, but in mine. It's like a fire. I have set off a chain reaction that will paralyze and ultimately destroy the city. The countdown has already begun. This is... Why? Why do we have a Dixia? Close up of a codpiece. Hundreds of millions will die. They'll drown. Burn. Freeze. You and your governments have no choice. You will buy your weather for me. And that is the plan. And by the way, you have until midnight, and you have to go to bed. Now, if you haven't seen what just happened, he takes his walking stick, hits a giant globe, and the globe... The globe seemingly flies so far out of... Like, he was hitting a man's ball or something. Not a 3D movie, also. The kind of thing that would be the cheapest thing in a 3D movie, this was never in 3D. Meanwhile, Jim Broadband is sitting in front of a bank of surveillance cameras that are watching all of this. Each one of them is the same shot. So, they don't have cameras all over, giving... And here's what's over here, and here's what's over here. And it's like, oh, no, you've just got a bunch of screens showing the same shot. Well, my issue was this, it seems to me that the UN was ready for this meeting. I was like, okay, for a thought... I don't think that was the UN. I don't know what that was. I don't think that was the UN. I think that was something else. Well, they all seem like they were dressed in different costumes. No, yeah, they definitely represent... Okay, do you think there's a chance that Sean Connery just showed up dressed like that that day? And they were just like, we need to change what everybody else is wearing. I'll go... He's wearing a coat today. I'll go one... He will not take it off. I'll go one further and say, he showed up dressed like that every day. And that's the one day they let him do it. Well, I will then add to this and say that I feel like this character that Sean Connery plays is the closest to actual Sean Connery, the man. Like, there is something about him, like, yeah, take away the weather machine. I think this is Sean Connery. Yeah, also just like meets a woman by grabbing her by the throat first time. Why didn't he do that? He literally grabs... We'll show that later a little bit. He grabs a woman by the throat. He comes up from underneath and goes straight for a hand wrapped around throat and then a ton of sexual innuendo. None of it which works because the movie is so full of sexual innuendo that it's... Then it becomes no innuendo. And yet, I honestly don't think I've ever seen less, almost negative sexual chemistry between people. Like, they were being repelled from each other. From... That stands for every single person. Like, to me, the most fuckable character is the old lady Alice. Ha, ha, ha. It's for his father. Yes. Oh, father. You dirty little minks. Well, yeah, obviously, well, would have changed it for you if the original casting as it was originally intended to be Mel Gibson, as John Steed and Nicole Kidman. That was the original powerhouse of sexuality. Here's... I thought, oh, I hate to say this. There's such a hype disparity. Between Uma and Rafe? Yes. The ones seen where they kiss at the end. Their eye to eye and there's no way, unless he's like standing on a hill. Do you... That that would ever happen? Do you feel like it is uncomfortable when a woman is taller than a man? Like, and they are together? I'm a tall... No, I don't. Okay. I don't... I don't feel that way. Okay. But I guess I'm going to want to watch the courtship of it? Yeah. Because I don't. I know that to be, you know, true. I'm a tall woman. I probably just as tall as you. Maybe. Okay, but it was interesting to watch her, because I actually felt when she was in regular civilian clothes in those Chanel suits, it felt weird. Like, I only felt she was comfortable in the leather jumpsuits. Like, that's when I felt she was at rest. Totally. And from this movie, what I know is, she brought him to set every day in a backpack. Kind of like Luke carrying around Yoda and Empire's specs back. She rode on her back. I don't know the stats on his height, and I don't walk around feeling this. I really don't. I'm happy to accept a height disparity in a couple, you know. But just, it's not for you. Oh, no! I have been out at outdoor cafes with you, and you'll put people in the street. Well, Jumel Pointe... No rules. We'll be out at outdoor French bistros, and Jumel pointed people and go, if they're under five feet, you, you, you, you. So it is a constant... To be fair, a lot of those are children. Yeah, she's not... You have no respect for children at all, because it's not about a man being taught, it's about just height. Do you watch Game of Thrones? No, but I know I... I was gonna say there's a whole Santa Stark, Jon Snow reunited this week, and she is towers over Jon... Kid Harry, like, kid Harry, like, oh my god, you're back! LAUGHTER So who was supposed to be in the movie originally? Mel Gibson and Nicole Kidman. Now, speaking of Game of Thrones, originally it was gonna be directed by David Fincher, and he wanted Tywin Lannister. Yes. And he wanted Tywin Lannister to be... Oh, Charles Dance? Yeah, he, to be James Steve. So that guy. So it could have been him. Oh, can you imagine? He would have been great. So, but no, no, no. If it was Mel Gibson, they probably... He probably would have just, like, teamed up with Sean Connery and then just, like, two shitty dudes just starting to, like, ruin Earth together. I would... I think that Mel Gibson would have refused to have done the British accent. Like, I think, like, ah, we don't need to do that. I'm a British spy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, be fine. Oh, yeah, it's me. It's me, John Steve. Here's a free stooge reference. I mean, I go, go, let's shoot this thing. So, the whole movie, we reveal the plot at the end, but here's something that you guys should know. The movie was 120 minutes that was cut down to 85. That's what happened. And the reason why is because they test screened this movie to an audience of Spanish-speaking people... You've got... ...entendent audience. Not in subtitles. And the ratings were very bad. And so the studio freaked out, and they decided to make this cut of the movie, which cut out giant, giant, giant plot holes of this... ...or filled in a lot of plot holes, obviously, because it's 85 minutes. And every scene, I'm like, wait, how did they get there? Why did they go there? It doesn't make any sense to me. How did they get away from there? Yeah. They get away from Sir August three times? At the very least. One fourth of the movie consists of people waking up on a couch after having been knocked out during a fight and just someone tending to someone as they wake up on a couch. And you have no idea how they got there and why they're not mad. Like, wait, you knocked me out in the snow. Now we're here in the couch, but I'm not going to tell you that you knocked me out in the snow. We're just going to keep a real subtle that only the audience knows this, and I know this, but the characters never show up. Are we to believe that... Uma Thurman two. Two-Mathurman. There's two. I'm real happy with that. Are we to believe that Two-Mathurman is the result of Sir August's cloning program from years ago? Yes. But we never really get into that, right? Because once they discover it, Sheep Two-Mathurman is straight-up murdered. Did you and your second viewing do you understand? Again, I understood less of that. Okay. And I just now understand that that was some clone. I didn't get that at all. It's a clone of a show of sheep with two heads that one hold back. I'm sorry. Do you not remember the invisible man? Oh, yes. Give me an exposition done with Files. It almost seemed like Uma Thurman knew that Two-Mathurman was out there. She had no reaction. She sees the woman on the thing and is like, it looks like me, but it's not me. If I saw that, I would ship my pants. But no one in this movie reacts to anything. Okay, here's the other thing that happens. When finally we see Uma and Tuma and Ray Fines, Ray Fines is like, I feel like I'm seeing double. And Uma Thurman goes, me too, you're not seeing yourself. You are the only person not seeing double because you are not looking at yourself. But... He also says that line about five times. Yeah, everybody. Line is used constantly in an effort to allow Tuma Thurman to get away. She always gets away because people are like, now what? And she's like, what's right by? The big flaw of this movie, well, I should... One of the flaws is that the Secret Service, they go, okay, we have video footage of who they think is Uma Thurman, breaking into this laboratory. And they go, you know what we need to do? We need to find her and then make her a secret agent. Good plan. Why not just arrest her right there? She is their chief suspect. They have video footage of her doing it. And they're like, instead, we're gonna put you together as part of a super spy team of weirdos to find you. Which they have no inkling even exists. They have no clues. Yes. And she finds a clue. She goes to Kishon Connors, and it's like, I found a clue. It's a snow globe with an umbrella in it. Now let's go to the weather store. Yep. And price out some weather. And the thing about the weather store that was interesting is, he, at the end, we heard the big plan. He's gonna control the weather. But it seems like he's already selling the weather. That's what I have to say. It's like... What is the corporation? What is the corporation Wonderland weather, too? You don't know. I also don't know I know and shot him when he's in front of the UN, because he's like, oh, like at the end of that, he's like, he would hit that ball. And then everyone would be like, okay, so we'll see you. I guess we'll talk about this and we'll get back to you. I like that. What's crazier is, Jim Broadbent is watching this on TV. There it, like some sort of UN-type meeting, as you've seen, but with all of these nation heads, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, he gives his speech, he hits the ball. Okay, we come back into Jim Broadbent's, like, bunker. And the old ladies by comes in, and he's like, here's his list of demands. It's... Whoa, whoa, whoa. It's like when Obama does a state of the union, like the minute it starts, they send it out, so you can be out. Sure, and that would be like, if Obama was having a meeting with someone who was like, these are our demands for this, and then a low-level person walked into the head of the CIA and was like, yeah, that guy on TV, this is what he's talking about. That makes no sense. They would have killed that old lady instantly. I felt like watching this movie felt like if you ever have a spouse or a friend that's like, hey, what's going on with all my old high school friends? And they go out and they just do inside jokes the entire night and you sit there, and you're like, I know. You're never... I'm trying to... Because it's like, they felt... I feel like they felt like, yeah, we got it. It would be like that if you met your friends, old friends, and they were all mannequins, and he was filling in all of the old jokes that they had together, and he realized, I'm sitting with my friend and six mannequins, and he's laughing at the stories they're telling. Well, if you told me this was written by like a weather obsessed 11-year-old, I'd be like, oh, now I get it. I didn't understand that when he kisses... When he kisses Uma Thurman at the end to really like, to suss out if that's Uma or Tuma, I don't understand that moment because he's never kissed her before. Right, but it makes his dick hard. Right, close to the lines. It makes his dick hard, and he's like, so I knew it was you. Because Tuma Thurman wouldn't be able to make his dick hard. Did you do anything for him? To me, that was a really missed-time moment. Again, structure-wise, a big fight on a hot air balloon, a big death, they come face to face, the guy and the girl even following the whole movie, they have a big triumphant kiss, they've saved the day, and then you look, and it's like 25 minutes left in this movie. Yeah, like, oh, oh, okay, like, they wrote an end in the middle of the movie. Yeah. Which is bizarre, arguably. Yeah, 100%. Because what then happens is pointless. Can we hear some of their sexual innuendo stuff? If this is the boot seat, I'm gonna leave. I found the scene to be so... Wait, because it turns you on so much? No. First of all, I've never seen a four-play scene where boots are going on, not off. It was so strange and weird. But like, you like to watch it again? All right, here we go. Boots going on. Umatherman in her red cat suit. You live alone, no, Mrs. Teed. That's since you asked. Mrs. Teed lives in Wiltshire. My mother. I had you down as a creature of avid. A bachelor's life. It's worked quite well until now. Don't tell me never let the right go. Well, there's always the exception. That proves the rule. Quite. You're exceptional in many things. But duty comes first. Hello. A time and place for everything. It's putting on the boot. No. It's definitely the time. I hate it. I hate it. He puts it down on her open. And they both have a very pain. It looks like he's putting it in. It's a mac for her. He's trying to fuck her, but she's dry. Yes. I was trying to figure out a way to say that. But yeah, that's exactly it. It's not. The boot is not going on easily. She's wearing a red liatard that I think is like footed. Oh, yeah. She's wearing like a jumpsuit that has feet like a footy pajamas. Yeah. So there's no way to snug that boot in. And I'm sure that boot is not meant to go over something that is that thick. No, those are thick, thick. Yes. Thick. Keep going. It's not like stockings. They looked so, I hated it. You got it. No, but you've got to wear a stocking before you get a boot on to be safe. Oh, yeah. No, you got it. You can't just go jamming a boot on like raw dog. By the way, I don't think this is good. You don't want to rock out a boot without taking some protection for your feet. Something earlier, she mentioned she wanted a pair of boots. No, he gets them for her because they have the tracking device in them. And I think he sets it up so that he can keep tabs on her. I like it. This has never happened to me before I swear. I had a hard time hearing this movie. Even now, I thought, listen to them. Listen to them. I could not hear them. I kept saying. I kept writing nobody on earth talks like this to each other. Thank you because I didn't get that at all that these were. I thought he was just buying her pair of boots. Don't you remember when they were at the clothing store having the sword fight? Yes. I've seen the started halfway through a rapier battle. Oh, yeah. No, I've been here for almost a week in New York walking around, going to some stores, doing a little shopping, getting into sword fights. Also, they prepare my bulletproof waist coats. And I just want to reiterate this. She's not a special agent of any kind. She's a scientist who is really good at sword fighting and fighting. She's a son. Because her father wanted a son. Oh. Wow. Which explains it all. I guess it's time to talk about the bear costumes. This. Do you have a picture we can just. Oh, I have a picture. I have the whole scene because we're playing too many clips. Please. No. Just a photo. When this happened, when this happened, I guess. I could not believe this. Sean Connery holds a meeting in a room full of brightly colored, giant people in bear costumes. And like, like gummy bears or the grateful, grateful dead dancing bears. Yeah, grateful dead dancing bears. That's what they look like. And their giant bulky costumes. And clearly Sean Connery didn't do the first part of the scene where the head was on. No. He was like, I'm not going to put on that dumb head. The body language changes almost entirely. If you just, if you just look at, so for those at home, just. What? Yes, go ahead. Why does security need to be in bear costumes? Well, they're protecting the anonymity of the guys at the table, which I kind of get. But why does security have to put something on that would directly prohibit them from doing their jobs? Well, Jason, once you're in that bear head, you're seeing like a tiny, tiny bit of a war. Oh, yeah, you can't pick up a gun. No. Oh, you are security. Trair, oh, contrair. These people we see after this meeting are functioning in their bear costumes. Yes. Literally working on a construction site. And like running around. In full bear costume. Like, when was the costume supposed to come off? It felt like that was just for this. They're like, all right, everyone go back to work. Now go work on your science experiment. And then, you know, they're disposable too, because Eddie is or just kind of takes his off and chucks in the dumpster. I need you to chill out, bro. I need you to chill out, bro. I'll just show you the opening of this where Sean Connery is just listen and, well, not listen, but just watch and you see the dramatic body change. Welcome to Wonderland, weather. Here in our London headquarters. Now, while I, with our colleagues from Broly, together we will make history. You all know who I am. And I know all of you. Now, he is gesticulating there as if he's on Barney. Like it's wave and hoots and our shucks and they- Every part in the Bar costume is like nodding along. Do you think they were too hurt to get into character? Or did they just like once they have that Bar costume on? I think that there was no way that they could take that bare head off. Because when he takes it off, it looks like it looks like his head is so small in this costume. Where was it being held to? Why? Why do this? Why do this? I don't know. He knows who they are. They don't know who each other are. There's nothing about the movie that is in other aspects this playful. You know what I mean? Everybody could certainly wear masks for anonymity. But why big giant, like furry bare costumes? Teddy Bear Style bare costumes. He doesn't seem to be that kind of a cheeky character like this. He doesn't seem too uncomfortable. Jason is referring to- I'm still struggling with these beds. The bed couches that we are on. Yeah, he doesn't seem to be cheeky in any way. He only seems to be intimidating in every way. There's so many better ways to hide everyone's anonymity. Yeah, and you know, part of this whole thing ties into a larger thing that I honestly wasn't sure when this movie took place. Whether it was in the 60s or in the 90s, except it was in the 60s with cool technology or in the 90s with stuff that I've kind of seen already anyway. Except for like- There's elements of this that share with like Kingsman. Kingsman also has their secret agents as part of a side bit, but that is well tailored and that's a part of how they operate and blah, blah, blah. But like, you know what's blowing? You know what I'm gonna blow you away? This movie takes place in 2043. Wow. So- I hated the way this movie looked. I like the opening sequence and then after that I just- Wait, you liked the opening sequence? Like, it was the obstacle course of what happens. You know what we're gonna put you through a Super Spy obstacle course, one in which you're walking through the streets of a quaint English town and everybody's trying to kill you. And they treat it like, oh be careful. No, everyone tried to kill them except for the nuns, but- But had he shot at them, those would be dead nuns. Yeah, he did it. He didn't have a gun. He fistfights everybody. Was the potted plant falling the first attack? Yes. Yes. Seems like it. Wow. That's a real, that's a real like a- But it's almost like he found a mark. He like, walked straight to a place and then had to be like, oops. Like, he must have- Like, what's the plan? Well, if he walks anywhere near this, we're gonna drop this plant on him. That guy is up there all the time through every- And are there guys in all the upper windows with plants? Like, if he gets here- And just waiting, like, oh, I wish he walked down the sidewalk, because then I could do my plant drop. Also, what is that training you for? How many assassins are using potted plant as their weapon? Like, how is that part of it? I'm never known. This is something I really want to show you guys. I'm not even gonna explain it to you, but- Well, I will, a little bit. Did you notice that there's nobody in this movie- Nobody in the movie? Yes. Yes. There is a grand total of, I think, 22 people that appear in this movie. If you're not a speaking character, so this is the producer that Avril found talking about- Oh, my gosh. Talking about why it's cool. Here we go. I'm still in Craig and Jeremiah Chitchat have created a long- And I would like to live in. You know, it's clean, very, very clean. There are no billboards, no signs, no traffic. It's really nice. I mean, you could get from downtown London to the country in 20 minutes. And then we see every scene in the movie where they're outdoors and there's no one. Not a person, not another car. Just always empty. It's never, ever, ever shown people. London Bridge, empty. Streets, empty. People don't even react to the weather changing because there's no people. There are no reaction shots. There's no extras in this movie. And by the way, that producer kind of being a dick like, oh, that's the London I like to live in. Clean, no billboards. One in which a genocide has been committed against the people of London. I love London, but I hate the people, the traffic, and everything about it. I want to live in a dystopian wasteland with old cars. So it's like, what presume from this movie, the only people that exist still on earth are villains and the people that are fighting them? And that's it. When Sean Conrad captures Umatherman, it seems like, he's like, you're not going to remember it. I don't even understand what's going on here. So he has Tumatherman, which as we understand her to be, she's a clone. So everything like Uma, but not. But she doesn't talk really. She doesn't have a personality that we know of. Sure. Oh, maybe on her downtime, she's a real cool. She's a real cool guy. I'll blow your mind and give you the fact that we have been left out. She's a robot. What? I'm sorry, what now? Yeah. She's a robot. And when they re-edited the film, they thought that was too complex to introduce. So they just said she's a clone. So she's a robot. So in the first scenario where she's a robot, they happen to create her and the... Well, if we want to get into what the real pot of the movie is, it will kind of throw you for a live. Why try and control the weather if you can build Uma Thurman's robots? Like, if that... If you can accomplish that, you're going to be great. Like, you can just build robots forever and work towards the singularity. Like, why... Why then be like, well, I want to control the weather. My robot will help, I guess. She just seems to do, like, hard labor. I mean, she doesn't seem to... But yet, you would imagine you could have sex with that robot. It's very ex-mocking, all right? Wait, what? What? Pop. No. Why are you shigging her in? Why would you imagine that? I would imagine that if you're going to build a fully functioning robot, you're going to make all the holes in the right spots. That is so many other reasons to build robots. But not a sexy robot? You could actually maybe put the holes in some of the wrong spots, just to see what happens. But you're building a sexy robot. Don't you think that you guys saw her as totally sexist then? No, I just don't think that you should assume if you're setting out to build a robot, that you're going to block that robot. That's like... That's like... I'm saying there are other reasons. It's kind of gross, Paul, that you would take it to such a sexual place like that. I just am like... I'm not even sure that she was a robot. You might even just be putting your weirdness all over this thing. Just like... Oh, yeah, I read this thing. She's a robot. Oh, yeah. She's a sex robot. I have some of the plot of the original movie, which is... The movie was to open with Uma Thurmond breaking into the base. You see her breaking into the base and then they call John Steed to go get her so you honor her side. You're too much. But you don't know it's Tuma. You think it's Uma. And then they had all these flashbacks throughout the movie. What about Oprah? That's a terrible, David Letterman joke. Basically, I mean, the actual plot of the movie, I don't even... I've seen all the scenes that were cut out. It wasn't even due. Yeah, it doesn't even do. Basically, there was not more guessing if she had multiple personalities or if she was... Oh, so you're saying the movie could have had more guessing? Well, you know what I think there was a big misstep in Tuma actually replacing Uma at one point. I feel like there was a real mix-up opportunity. That would have been great. I agree. That would have been very fun. That would have been a great time. Avril pointed out something to me that I thought was interesting to point out again. It's a very visual thing. But the fighting is very lackluster. And fighting is... This is some of the worst staged fight sequences I've ever seen. It's as if I think what a real fight between Eddie Isard and Uma Thurmond would look like. It's a little sloppy and like shaky. So I'll show you this just the fight scene here because it's really... You're making us watch a lot of this. Sorry. This is the fight that takes place on wires. Yeah. He shakes wires violently. Climes. And then he falls floppy. That's the coolest moment now he's spinning. She crawls back. And then what is she gonna do? Shake, shake, shake. Shake, shake, shake. That's the fight scene. Tells us to say if this thing, this orb, I don't even know what it is. I don't know what that thing is. What do you think it probably is? I think it's like the nucleus of this operation. I don't know what it is or what it does. But I know it's important. But if that's so important, like those cables were not on properly. Those cables shouldn't be rocketing out with a couple of heart jays. Does anyone, before we get to the audience, which we'll do in just a second, but does anyone want to take a guess of what happened to Sean Connery at the end when he does get hit by the lightning bolt? And what happens to everybody who gets hit by lightning? They are carried into the sky by lightning. And sucked up into the clouds to then stop weather. Yeah, because that's how lightning works, like a hand from the sky. Do you also think it's weird that Eddie Isard is like this comedian and then they gave him like literally zero lines in the entire movie? Like he was just pantomime. It's like we have you. And they also cast Sean Ryder from Happy Mondays was also one of the goons, which I think is great. But they also, like even like the lack of people in the movie goes all the way down the line. The idea that Sean Connery's like bad guys is just like kind of six guys that look like mods. You know what I mean? Who are immediately terrible fighters. Like his grand villain plan has like nobody to help him out. You know, except like a bunch of dummies and like a bad fight. And when he's when he's caused being Uma, the doorbell rings. He's like, oh, I have to go get it. He lives in such a polatial mansion. The fact that he doesn't have a servant is so disturbing to me. It's like you got to get your own door. And he's like, oh, I'm about to be the worst. But I guess I got to go into the door. Yeah, just let them keep on knocking. Yeah. And how? Well, yeah. You know, you wouldn't want to put your bedroom that close to the door anyway. That's just kind of an architectural problem. All right. Well, I'm sure that you people out here have some questions that you need answered. Raise your hand. And I'll come to you guys right now. And let's see here. All right. We'll come over here. All right, sir. What's your name? And what is your question? My name is Jack. And I'm wondering why invisible Jones is it? Yeah, invisible Jones gets fourth billing in the credits at the end. Invisible Jones is the guy does the exposition jump. The reason I think why he gets it is because he was the original star of the Avengers TV show. Oh, is it like Patrick McGillin? Yes. Yeah, McNigny or Grignan? Got it. So that's not really a funny answer, but the truthful one. You think he was so old and we're looking because he's so old that they just like, now, it's invisible. It's a real insult to him to be like, you are the male lead. Now Diana Rigg was like, no, thank you. She passed wholesale on this movie. All right, sir, your name and your question, go ahead. My name is Jeff. And my question is, what were they avenging me? Great question. Great question. Very question. It's so true. I kept on wondering, like, did the weather somehow destroy their lives? What are they avenging? It was Ray Fine's parents were killed by a good movie. Well, this is their chance to fight back. At a certain point, in the beginning, Ray Fine's is like, oh, or whatever, fighting our enemies, if we even still have any enemies. And I was like, have they now, are they so good at their jobs that they've just eradicated all bad guys? Nope. No one else is left in the world, though. The world is empty. There is only 40 people left in Britain. The tagline of this movie was extraordinary crimes against the people and the state must be avenged. No refunds. And they put that at the very end of it. But here's the weird thing, too. We never saw the weather actually do any harm. Not really. Not really as far as I see. It just got like, no, we? It was raining. It was raining and it snowed. All right. A little bit through that. Here you go. Your name, your question. I'll hold the mic. Carmeline and Lally. Did anyone have to give your full name? We're not all going to check you. Social security number. One, two, three. Did anyone else think that the flower in the pot, in the glass thing, looked like a vagina? Great question, Jason. Here's the thing. I don't need you kind of perverted grossness coming to a family podcast. But like that pussy flower needed to get fucked. I mean, when he took the magnifying glass away, it was like red and wet. It was essentially a more graphic Georgia O'Keefe painting. Yes. By the way, if any of us think Sean Connery is not fucking those flowers, in addition to Paul's sex robot theory, he 100% is. Do you think he chokes the flowers? That choking thing, I feel. Those flowers are filthy. Okay, sir, your name, your question. Okay, my name is Matt, and I'm an ink. Oh, you have to say you're great. You're an English person. This is going to be great. So, hang on. Will you please explain this movie to us? And what the fuck is wrong with your people that you did this? That's what I was wondering. Do you guys, is that what people think that we all drive around with cars that deliver tea? You know what? If I had had this on just without the sound on, I would have considered it a documentary of your life. That's because you basically got, you guys have inbred yourselves out of existence. There's only like 50 of you left driving around in old cars being like, we've lost our minds. Just so you guys understand how much time tea is referenced in the movie, here's a quick supercut of the tea moments. Time for tea. Tea? Everyone goes home for tea. After tea. Is the popcorn? Always. What tea? I did it all! What am I doing here? I have a tea. Luckily if I didn't get the tea trolley. So a lot of tea. You think that, yeah go ahead. Her accent is so bad in the movie. It also makes Ray fine seem like he's doing a British act. I agree with that. He doesn't seem like he's a real British girl. Halfway through it starts to seem like he's like, Frazier. He's like some, like smart American guy. You almost start to just assume is kind of British also. Do you think that he dumbed down his accent to help him with verif? He's like, you know what? This is not going to fly so I'll make my accent kind of bad to smear the whole thing. If you can't come to me, I will have to come to you. So that we at least sound similar enough that this is believable slash, this is not believable at all. Yes, you name your question. It's a name's bill but I need to bring up. Umah with the lines of cocaine on the table that she has. If you don't notice that, that is totally fucked up. Where was that? That's very first thing in the movie. She totally has five lines of cocaine. Umah or Tuma. Umah, Tuma, umah. But no, she totally has five lines of cocaine laid out on the table. I'm going to need you to chill out on this cocaine. And he's, oh, come in, all this cocaine, right? I mean, the movie is cocaine, right? Like this guy is in a full body sweat. You could sit down, you could sit down. Huh? Huh? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And is nobody going to do those? Like is nobody going to do those lines? Like, can we get in there? Does anybody know where that coke is now? Do you think it was prop coke or like real coke? What was that? Was that real coke? I could do coke and figure it out. I'm going to be honest, man. I couldn't focus on the rest of the movie. Because I was like, nobody's doing that coke. Um, I, so she says coke in front of her tongue, is that what happened? It's in the very first, when she gets the chocolates delivered. Okay. She's sitting at the kitchen counter and there's clearly just... But maybe it's like scientific like molecules and stuff. Hold on, hold on, wait. Scientific molecules? She's like testing out. She... What? I don't know, is she a scientist? Why are you protecting her? Scientific molecules, like atoms and stuff, whatever. Hey, do you think that she's doing a science experiment? Wait a minute, just... Do you think those are scientific molecules that she's snorting up her nose? Possibly like... To get into like a really good... To get into like a really good mental state to think up new business ideas. Possibly. I... I do want to talk to this gentleman here because he has a handwritten note on an iPad. And I feel like... Also a three-piece suit. Yes. Are you dressed? Four of the show. Yes. All right, he's dressed for the show. All right, your question, he's got a pen. All right, here we go. All right. We haven't talked about how good father is blind. She can fly a weather balloon, completely blind, fight completely blind, get into a car, completely blind. I think she's there, double. That was the question. He put on suit. Not a question. Not a question. So your conjecture is that in the movie, the Avengers, father is daredevil. I'll go on further and also say, we assume she is blind. I think she has never said it. I think she is likely not blind. What? I didn't think she was blind. Yeah, I think she is not blind. She is blind, but no one ever... There's no exposition to explain it in the bigger script. How do you know she's blind? I don't know, but in the bigger script they explained it, but that was a big plot point they took out that she's blind. Can you see in this movie and not in the... The other movie for two seconds? Your name... Your name is your question. My name is Corbett, and I was wondering... Forman? Corbett. Corbett. Corbett, Berncent. Corbett? He's got a question about Major League 3 back to the Miners. Go ahead. No, we're like John Corbett, like Sex and the City, John Corbett? Yes, John got it. I get it. Corbett. Corbett, John Corbett. Yes, we got it. We made a joke and you corrected us now. Corbett. Everyone at home taking notes is Corbett. Alright, here we go. Your question. The scene where he's naked in the sauna, like he's clearly expecting her to arrive. Everyone else seems totally surprised that she's arrived. But is he naked there waiting for her? That's the question. Do you see... He wants her to find him naked. So is he trying to show off his junk fork? Because he checked out his junk. She does one of those like, well... Well, here's the thing. She finds him naked. And I think, yes, the intention is that he will be naked and see what she does. And what she does is she walks around so that she can see his dick. So I think that's them being like, oh, I'll take your challenge. And I'm going to try and make you uncomfortable. And there's like more sexual innuendo lines there that are not good. Also, when she walks into that gentleman's club, there are gentlemen. Women have been allowed in this club since 17th of October. But the men react as if they've never seen a woman. Yeah. Or godfill. You know, which I think it would be like a little bit more subtle. By the way, that's the only reaction in the movie at any level. I think it seems like that's where all the people are. It doesn't seem like the most uncomfortable thing ever would be to be naked in a steam room reading a newspaper. It doesn't have something like possibly transferring. It would get soggy so fast. It'd get so fast and smeared over your hands. And he also brought his hat in there that he really cherished. But the hat would have gotten really bent out of shape. Yeah, oh, absolutely. And you don't want to get that hat real moist. You know what it is, is those lockers don't have locks on them. So and he's as nervous about leaving and everything else in that hat. I'd lose in that hat. Alright, you're name your question. your question. My name is Megan and my question is if Sean Connery has the power of the weather at his disposal and he can use lightning, why does he send giant wasps to chase them down in the car? Giant what? Amazing question actually. The bugs, like the remote control insects. That was like a real wild wild west giant robot spider moment. I was like, oh, why are we, what are we doing now? Why do they have this again? Okay, here's the thing. Sean Connery has now invented a functional badass robot that looks like Uma Thurman that he know.fucks according to Paul Shear. And an army of well-armed flying insects that have like machine guns on them, he is so capable with only those two things, he needn't try and control the weather. It's not a part of it. So do you believe in global warming? What's that? Do you believe in global warming? Well, no, that's, no. No. I just realized a question I should have been asking in the audience before so I'm going to do it with you for the first time. We have a couple more questions here but in your best Sean Connery voice, say your name and then ask your question and if you could do them both in the Sean Connery voice, I'll take it. My name is Pisa. Oh my god. Wow. Wow. Take a bow. Take a bow, Peter. Take a bow. I just wanted to let June know that both of them off 5'11 according to the internet. Come on. And second, in the sauna, he says you don't play by the rules, he invited her there and he surprised that she broke in. I was just very confused. Amazing, amazing. You're going to get a free, I'll give you that free poster. Wow. Well, June, you just got burned. I don't believe that. I think she's, I don't believe it. So I feel something. Somebody call Starly Klein and let's do a follow up to her mystery show episode where she measures Jake Gyllenhaal. Let's get her out there with measuring tape for Ray Fine to live with her. I mean, who's a thermonist of very tall woman? She's probably 5'11, sure. But he is not. You think he's lying upwards? Yes. And maybe she's lying down. Maybe she's like 6'2". Maybe. But it's like that is 2'2". Do you think he got measured wearing the hat? Possibly. Possibly. Alright, who has a good question? A really if you have confidence in your question. Alright, Sean Connery it up. Here we go. My name is Yulani. Great. Here you get it. Good. So the only time in the movie where we see the Black Widow Scarly Joe Hansen Katzout is on Tuma and all of a sudden at the end, Uma is wearing the Katzout. How does she get it? Is she Tuma or did they pillage the dead body of Tuma from the blimp? Wait, is she comfortable wearing a different Katzout though? She's wearing a red one at one point. Don't wag your finger at me young lady. No. I don't appreciate being scolded by girl in second row. Yeah, I don't know. Again, I think Uma as the actress is most comfortable on a Katzout. And so maybe the side of the sheet. She looks good in it. Kill Bill, she's in kind of a Katzout. She's great in a Katzout. Do you think Quentin Tarantino when he saw her fighting in this thing was kind of like, we're going to have to unlearn some stuff here before we start filming Kill Bill. Yeah, that's not the way you'll be swinging a sword in this movie. Our final question here is from somebody that you may recognize from one of our last New York episodes. We've been talking over here, Sussar. You can do your question right now. Thank you. Last year at the TMNT Secret of the Oos episode. Uh-oh. Adam Palley thought my big question was going to be proposing to my very embarrassed girl friend who was sitting here next to me. And last year after the show, she said you should have done it and I said I know I should have. So... I'm sorry. I'm sorry that this is for a movie that you only could watch 36 minutes of. Do it in a Sean Connery accent. And I know you wish that they did Polyshore Sun and Law tonight because it's one of your favorite movies and would be perfect for the How To This Get Made Canon. So in the presence of three of our favorite people in the entire world, will you accept this mission? Amazing! Congratulations. She said yes. Oh. That is great. Guys. That's pretty good. You have to. Coo-mote. Coo-mote. Coo-mote. Coo-mote. Coo-mote. Coo-mote. Coo-mote. Or true love day. True love day. True love day. And this is awkward and so exciting, but like... You guys are going to take a while to get married. Like, if you want to go out and hang out a little bit... I'm invited. Great. Thank you. I will be there. That was terrific. That was terrific. Suck it, LA audiences. New York gets married. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Okay. We are wrapping up here, but before we do, I want to first tell you... If you want to understand how this movie actually got made... Our great friend and author, Blake Harris, who's been doing these amazing... ...how this get made articles. Who's here tonight, Blake is here. He spoke to the director. The director. Where are you, Blake? Where are you, Blake? He's over there. Oh, great. All right, Blake is over here. Give it up for Blake Harris. You got this director to talk about a lot of stuff. One of the things he does want to do is re-edit this movie for free. But I don't know if he told you that, but this is... So you have a very in-depth story with him. You can read that on slashfilm.com. But give it up for Blake. He's amazing articles. You haven't read him. They're great. If you have a question or a correction... ...and omission, an explanation, hope, whatever you want to call it... ...you can always leave it for us on our hotline, 619 Paul Ask. Paul Ask. No. 619 Paul Ask. ASK. All right, that's... But if you call 619 Paul Ask. It's a different line. It has nothing to do with this show. Paul Butt talk. It has nothing to do with this show. Just talking butt, talking buns, talking cheeks. We talk a lot about butts, but that's for something different, very different project. You can hear that on the Gimlet Network. Doing a whole show about asses. It's great. So you can do stuff like this. And this is on every one of our new mini episodes. Take a listen. This is what you get. What's up, Jerks? It's Rob from South Bend, Indiana. Fuck Mary Kill. Dolph Longry, Massachusetts University. Sean County, Inzardov, or Rowdy Rowdy Piper. And he'll come to Broadcast. So he wants to know, if Mary Kill, Dolph Longry, and Massachusetts University, Rowdy Piper, and Hell Comes to Frog Town. And what's the other one? Sean County, Inzardovs. Anyone want to take a crack? I don't remember any of these movies. I don't. You like... I blush about. You are like a mind-wipe, I'm not. You're a moment away from forgetting this movie. It's not. I... I... I think you got a fuck Sean County from Zardovs, because he's down for that. I think you got to kill Rowdy Rowdy Piper, because I don't want that. And you got to marry Dolph Longry, because he's true of heart, and he's going to make a good husband. Yeah, I agree. That's a pretty good one. Except we know that Rowdy Rowdy Piper is great at sex. Tom, do you see any of those movies? Look, this is the Casper Podcast Lounge. This is not the SIRTA. I'm not going to... I'm not going to talk about filth like that. And the Casper Podcast Lounge. But no, to be fair, if you're going to fuck any of those folks, you should do it on a Casper Matches. All right, it is now time for second opinion. First is the worst, second is the best. Where can I get opinions off my chest? Thank you, Amazon. Tea. Oh! The add a tea bag! Amazing! Amazing. That was great. Brought his own prop. That was great. Turn it into a dubstep song, Internet. That was fantastic. Love the prop. All right, so there are only 25 reviews total for this movie. Okay, that equate. So basically there are like 10 to 12 pages of reviews. This is the smallest reviewed movie ever. Nick Kylie compiled these, and here we go. Five stars, five stars. If you like subtle, dry humor, please rejoice. Now, this is the thing that is unfortunately bad about this movie. The majority of five star reviews are kind of like this. To be completely honest, I can't be objective here. I'm a big fan of the Marvel movie franchise. And this is a worthy entry to that canon. The action is wonderful. The effects are at stow, and at stounding, the humor is always on hand, and more importantly, on point. And the end tag was just understated funny. I had to go out and try swarm on myself afterwards. Five stars. A lot of them are Avenger Reviews. No way. But is that from someone who watched Avengers and then wrote the review in the wrong place? Yes. Or watched this movie thinking it was Marvel's The Avengers. No, because they talk about Schwarma, so that has to be Marvel's Avengers. Oh, you're right. How great would it be if at the end of people sit for like two hours and 45 minutes through an Avengers movie through the credits? And at the end, it's Uma Thurman and Ray Fines do like a one-minute scene. You're like, when we don't have a lot of five stars, we do something called third opinions. And third opinions are when we actually read the bad reviews. And this is from a customer. Oh. Yeah. And it goes like this. I quench halfway through. And I always finish movies. Unfortunately, I got suckered in by one, the great price point for a Blu-ray. Two, a great looking cover. Three, what I heard was a plot based on a cool old British TV spy program and five, some artificially high reviews for people, oh, sorry, four, from artificially high reviews from people who thought they were reviewing the Marvel's Avengers movies. Save your dough. Any worth it. And mine's going straight to my library as a donation. Would be sad if this is the reason why Connery stopped making movies. One star. Did this movie come out before or after League of Extraordinary Docks? This is right before then League followed it and then it was done. So he has a library of donated movies? I think he means donating until like his public library. Yeah. Straight to the library for donating movies. Is that the only way libraries get movies? No, I think they buy them. I think they get them. Imagine that library seeing him coming through the door again with another one of this shitty purchases. This is for everybody else now. Oh, thank you so much. Thank you. Trash. And finally for the first time ever, a fourth opinion. Oh. This is a rare four star review. Didn't watch it. Can't wait to. Four stars. Hi. By Mr. Sammon. That was this December? That was Mr. Sammon. I wish that we could get a follow-up from him. Finally watched it. Pre-suicide all. I want to end, but I also want to just talk about one thing that I don't think anyone realized because if you're like me, you shut this off immediately when the credits rolled. But they got Grace Jones to kind of do a gold- Finger-bond-esque song. Yeah. And it's just worth listening to just for a second or so to get the idea. It's like it's such a bond rip off. Strange weather. Strange weather. Strange weather. So that is, if you want to hear the full Grace Jones version of Strange Weather. It's strange. All definitely do. Anything we didn't cover. Anything you guys want to bring up. Anything at all. Trying to think. I feel like there was stuff I wrote down that was just all this stuff where they would put cairons up about like who people were. And like, oh, the ministry, this is the ministry. I was like, why? That always was unnecessary to me. I kept talking, I kept taking notes about how few people there were. I just want to say I'm turning this over. I really have nothing against, you know. I don't see height. I don't see height. Why? You don't see height. I don't. I felt like they were bad spies. Like when they get to, every time they are forced with a decision in the field, they make the wrong decision. Like to enter a hedge maze. And then once they enter the hedge maze, they're like, we should split up. We should split up to get through this. Like, no. And then a man who's so good at being aware of everything basically lets his self get distracted by an umbrella. He's like, oh, umbrella. Where'd he go? Where'd he go? The dumbest. There's a lot of mazes in this movie for no good reason. And that makes no sense. Like when Umeth Thurman keeps on running into the same room, I don't even understand how that works. What he does is something to do with the fact that there's no people left. And so he has no security other than like creating mazes around his compound. Also, when father is trying to get away with Tumeth Thurman, their mode of transport is a hot air balloon. What? No. That's very slow. It's wildly noticeable. You know where you don't blend in floating in the sky. Also, it's not a quick getaway. And the weather's terrible. Yeah? Tom, any other anything else that we may have missed? I said they do that thing where when Ray Fine squares off with Sean Conner, it's like, oh, a little trick I learned in Istanbul when I do this. What is that like every British person? Like, it's like Mr. Belvedere when he was always talking about just like something I learned from the Maharaja. Belvedere was like a lot in this movie. There was a lot of Belvedere references. They should have just put him in it. That would be correct Mr. Belvedere. He would have made a good version of Jim Broadbenz character. Jim, I felt so bad for Jim Broadbenz character. It always looked like they were putting tons of dandruff on his clothes. And it always looked like he was wearing like a wet diaper. Well, that is a sexy way. Yeah. Tom, obviously people can listen to you on one of my favorite podcasts, The Best Show. And if they've never heard the best show, they could get into the best show by listening to The Best Show Jim's. Also on iTunes, both three podcasts. Yeah. The Best Show.Net. All right. Well, we love to have you here. What do we want to plug here? You can visit us on our Facebook page. You can also visit us on HDTGM on Twitter. June. 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