Ep. 736 - Blue Beetle
Added 2023-08-22 12:00:00 +0000 UTCDavid, Devindra, and Jeff get disappointed by Strays, become awed at the amazing re-release of Oldboy, and try to figure out what made The River Wild so special in the first place. Then it's time to review Blue Beetle, one of the last remnants of the old DCEU.
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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding Everything: Oldboy Still Rips\
Devindra - Engadget budget gaming laptop guide
Jeff - youtube.com/cannatajeff
Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching (~5:30)
Jeff - Strays, Strange Planet
Devindra - Oldboy Remaster, Deadloch, Only Murders in the Building
David - Oldboy Remaster, To Live and Die in LA, River Wild
Featured Review (~1:01:07)
Blue Beetle
SPOILERS (~1:26:50)
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Comments
Hi, Mostly agree with your review of Blue Beetle. I may have liked it a bit more than you guys because as a Chilean person, I did enjoy all the references to Latin American pop culture. For example, the animated super hero that appeared during the movie and during the second end-credit scenes, is El Chapulin Colorado. In its original form it’s part of a live action comedy show from Mexico called Chespirito where El Chapulin is just one of the many iconic characters that appeared in that show. If you grew up in Latin America during the 80s, you grew up with those characters. The movie also uses very famous Spanish speaking music. My favorite is the song that comes at the very end of the movie when Jaime and Jenny kiss. It’s a song from Argentinian band Soda Stereo, which again, if you grew up in Latin America in the 80s/90s you probably grew up with their music.
Nicolas Zika
2023-08-28 07:06:59 +0000 UTCOldboy is still playing in theaters all this week if the crew wants to reconsider reviewing it. I'm seeing it tomorrow at an AMC theater
Hahmstrung
2023-08-23 20:34:22 +0000 UTC
