In this episode of Unholy Union, Russ and Lindz their journey into the uncharted territory of parenting a nine-year-old who’s bringing home all sorts of things from school. As they grapple with the comedic chaos of parenting, they also embark on a...
In this episode of Unholy Union, Russ and Lindz their journey into the uncharted territory of parenting a nine-year-old who’s bringing home all sorts of things from school. As they grapple with the comedic chaos of parenting, they also embark on a wild journey through Florida's eccentric wildlife. From a gator attack gone wrong to a bear's surprise visit at Disney World, the Sunshine State never disappoints with its quirky wildlife tales. But it's not all alligators and puberty talks, the duo also dives deep into the world of movies and anime. They share their thoughts on the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and discuss the challenges of adapting iconic anime shows into live-action versions, such as Avatar: The Last Airbender and the new Netflix series One Piece. Whether you're a parent, a wildlife enthusiast, a beach lover, or an anime fan, there's something for everyone in this hilariously honest conversation. So plug in, press play, and get ready for some belly laughs!
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Timestamps:
(00:00:01) The 82-year-old Florida man who fought off an intruder with his cane
(00:23:39) The bear in Disney World
(00:28:14) The 14-foot gator with a human in its mouth
(00:33:18) Discussion about the release date of the next season of a show
(00:33:45) Excitement about the upcoming live-action Avatar series on Netflix
(00:35:45) Debate about the tone and target audience of the live-action Avatar series
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00:01 - The 82-year-old Florida man who fought off an intruder with his cane
23:39 - The bear in Disney World
28:14 - The 14-foot gator with a human in its mouth
33:18 - Discussion about the release date of the next season of a show
33:45 - Excitement about the upcoming live-action Avatar series on Netflix
35:45 - Debate about the tone and target audience of the live-action Avatar series
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Lindz:I think our new catchphrase,
or maybe we should have our daughter rerecord,
Russ:smack him in the balls. Oh, no. I can't believe she said that.
That that was ridiculous. We both looked at each other, and I was driving.
And I still looked at you like, uh-oh.
You're gonna blame me for this.
Lindz:As you said, driving down the road and our daughter starts singing the song in the back of the car. Little John Uh-huh. In the East Side Boys Uh-huh. Get low. Right.
Russ:Get low. Get low. Get low. She said from the window to the wall, and then I was like, uh-oh.
Here it comes. Here it comes. Here comes the bad part. And then she says, smack him in the balls.
And I lost my shit, and I was like, oh, no. Do. I said, where the heck did you hear that? And she tried to blame me, but
I was not
Lindz:I wouldn't listen to that song in front of her. No. And that's not what it says anyways. So, obviously, she didn't hear it. And no. And why would I sing smack him in the balls? And then she said that she heard it at school. Like, another kid was singing it, and that's what they said.
I can't. No. I really can't. I'm not ready for this. She's already growing into
Russ:and getting older and starting to hear
inappropriate shit
that isn't coming from us. Right. Like, that's where we're at. So We have no control anymore.
Lindz:So she's getting ready to turn 9 here soon,
towards the end of the year.
And
I think that is the next
age stage that's gonna happen. Right? Like, before it was all funny stuff like butts and farts. Now it's like vulgar shit. Right? That they don't know what they're saying. Smacking them in the fucking balls, man.
Russ:That's terrible.
Lindz:I I'm not ready for this next stage. I'm really not. Although, I mean, we did kinda tell her, like,
Russ:if somebody puts hands on you,
that's a dude,
kick them in the balls
True. To escape.
Lindz:Right. I mean, and she knows anatomy parts, and she knows the slang words for what they're called too. So it's not weird that she said that. Like, she's gonna hear a lot of
Russ:stuff like that. Well, she immediately blamed me, though.
Lindz:I don't think
Russ:She said daddy taught me, and I was like, what?
Lindz:Well, you are
the person who teaches teaches her a lot of that.
But, anyway, so it no. It was funny.
It was
funny. It's something I think that's gonna become more common in our lives, unfortunately. Oh, yeah. We're gonna get asked questions about things that we're not gonna feel very comfortable about. I didn't tell you.
I don't no. You weren't there yet. So we decided over the weekend that she wanted to cook eggs. She's actually getting really good at it. And she said, mommy, what kind of eggs are these? And I said, they're chicken eggs. Mhmm. And she goes, are they dead?
Well, they were never born.
So, no. They're not dead, but they're not they were never alive. And she goes, well, how did they become baby chicks?
I was like, oh, shit.
I was like,
well,
a chicken and a rooster have to make it a baby chick. So the rooster didn't do that, and we have an egg that's not a chick. And she was okay with that. That that yeah. You've dodged a bullet there. We're not trying to be overly descriptive with those things yet. I wanna wait a little bit for a couple of minutes. What are you gonna say to her? Rooster didn't mount that check and and
Russ:let his sperm out.
What's a sperm?
Lindz:Again, she knows, you know, basics. Right? Mommy, daddy, make a baby. Right? Yeah. So the same concept there, and I think she was okay with it. But, again It's coming.
Russ:It's all coming so fast. Well, don't I mean, I remember in 5th grade, a sex ed
class
or day. I guess you could say it was like a day, and we had to watch the video.
She's in 3rd grade right now, so we're getting there. I remember that vividly because of how hard we fucking laughed
the entire
time.
All the boys were laughing, and all the girls were in there sitting very attentively.
Lindz:No. I remember laughing and being feeling really awkward, like, oh.
Russ:So my favorite part though was when when they were explaining puberty and how boys' voices change Mhmm. And how the voices crack. Yep. And they
it was clearly a voice actor that was not going through puberty,
and it was like, hello.
Lindz:And we all lost it for, like, 10 they had to pause the video. I really wish I would have known you back then so that way I could have heard your voice, like, before puberty. I bet you were squeaky as shit. They used to call me Squeaky. Oh.
Russ:Yeah. That used to be my nickname was Squeaky. Oh.
Yeah. Yeah. Times have changed.
Lindz:Yeah. Speaking of our kids. Right? Our daughter and our 2 nephews, our nephews are younger than our daughter. So,
they we went to the beach this weekend
and hung out with
my sister
and her
husband and
my parents. Anyways, we're all there. They're not married.
Okay. But
common law. Anyways,
so we started talking about, like, you know, it used to be once a year that we would go to the beach. Yeah. Once a year, we would go in the thing. It was like, oh, so excited.
And
now our kids go, like,
every weekend.
Yeah. I know. Every weekend. So to them, it's not gonna be, like, a thing. It's not special.
It's it's just something we do. Right?
But then
my mom said they're not gonna remember snow. So maybe snow then becomes the special thing. So it's, like, in reverse.
So, okay. I guess, I hate snow. I hate it. I'm okay with that, though.
Like It being the special thing? Yeah. Because
Russ:you choose when to go and
get tortured by the cold.
For a short amount of time. Yeah. And then you go home after, and then you come back to Florida and go to white sandy beaches again. But snow to me, though,
obviously, you don't just go somewhere that has snow. You go somewhere
that has snow and snow activities like skiing or tubing,
whatever. I would be I'd be okay with that. Yeah. It being the special thing. Yeah. Or somewhere that we can go ice fishing.
Lindz:See, you just said 2 things that just
absolutely
loathe. I love
ice
and fishing. Yes. I don't even like ice in my drinks. I hate ice. I know. It's
Russ:freaking weird. Who likes warm water?
Lindz:No. I don't mind it being in the fridge and being cold, being dispensed
coldly.
Coldly?
I know. Is that a word? I don't know. You might wanna look that up. Okay. I will next time. But the idea of
no now becoming, like, the thing, I thought that was interesting.
Russ:Yeah. It's
so we're, obviously, we're in Florida. We've said it every episode now.
If you haven't caught on yet It'd be hard to go somewhere. You have to fly.
Lindz:You could fly or it might be, like, an 8 hour car ride. I'm not sure what that would be.
I think the closest place I've heard a lot of people say is Asheville, North Carolina. Do you think there's a ski resort there? You think that's 8 hours?
I don't know. That's probably, like
Russ:I don't know. That's
12 to 16 hours probably. I don't think so.
Lindz:There's a lot of people I know who drive up there.
Russ:Like crazy.
Lindz:But, again, I don't know how far it is. But, anyways It takes 8 hours to get out of Florida
Russ:from where we're at. That's not true.
Very true. I'm confused. It takes 8 hours just to get to Jacksonville from Tampa.
There's plenty of places in the country that you could go for a winter. Yeah. Utah gets cold, doesn't it? Yeah. Yeah. It's got I think it's got mountains. You could you could go there and go to some kinda, like, ski resort. I already told you
that's one of my dream vacation type deals is that hot tub time machine shit
where the hot tub is outside
and it's frigid and cold.
Lindz:I want to do that so bad. I love that for you. I really don't wanna do that.
Russ:Well, I wouldn't be the one going down the fucking ski slopes. I'd be sitting in a hot tub all day and watching the snowfall.
That would be cool. Mhmm. Yeah. Sounds great. In a cabin on the side of a mountain. That would be so fucking badass. Let's go Maybe. Right
Lindz:now. Speaking of,
I'm trying to figure out how to segue on that one. Since we have moved to Florida
and we're now talking that beaches aren't the thing anymore, but snow is, it's been interesting to watch
us adjust to Florida life and hurricanes are part of that. Right? Yeah.
If you're a Floridian, it's just what you anticipate
during hurricane season. It's life. Exactly. It happens.
But
since we've moved here, it seems like Virginia
Where we came from. Has gotten a lot
of brunt of these storms
versus us.
Yeah. It's weird. And and I don't mean to
be, like, make fun of that. It's weird. I know. We we fled Virginia,
Russ:and the hurricane said, okay. We're gonna go smack Virginia now. Right.
Lindz:Our,
I guess, expectations
of
the hurricanes down here I mean, we went through Ian. That was hurricane 5 at landfall are very close to TAT 5. Yes. What did I say? Hurricane 5. Oh,
anyways.
So we went through that. And by the time it got to us, it was like a 3 or more inland. So it was a strong still. It was sketchy as shit though. Yeah. Very high winds. Yeah. It was high winds, and it rained a shit ton, which
Russ:that's the most worrisome part for me was the ground getting so saturated and then
those
winds picking up.
Trees just will fall right over. There was a lot of cleanup to do too. Like, afterwards, we had a lot of debris in our yard. It wasn't anything major, though. It wasn't We did
Lindz:we we did well. We got got through it. We were safe. We did good.
But, again,
here we are on year we're going into year 3 now of living here in Florida. Crazy.
And our family in Virginia
have had, what, 2 or 3? They dropped down to, like, tropical storms maybe. Yeah. But they get a shit ton of rain for where they're at. And up there, you get end up with flash flooding. Yes. Because they don't have
the absorption
into the water table. I wish you guys could see these hand motions that are happening over here because it's insane. I talk with my hands. I can't help it. We really should be on camera, but again, pajamas, Like, this is life right now. It's 9 o'clock at night right now on Sunday, and
Russ:I'm half naked.
Lindz:And You don't have a shirt on. Would you stop saying you're half naked? That's half naked. But for a man and shirt,
Russ:that's 2. No. But You take one away, and that's 1. So that's half. I understand what you're saying,
Lindz:but you are a man. It is socially
would be, like, walking around your boxers. You don't want pants
on. The top half doesn't count.
It does. It doesn't. It does. No. Because you could walk down the street without a charm on, and you'd be fine. Men do it all the time. Why? When they go running.
Russ:Yeah. Yeah. What is running?
Next.
Thank
Lindz:you. So all those hurricanes going up there, it it's kinda crazy. So I was looking through Florida headlines. Okay. Well, if they're getting all the craziness up there from the hurricanes that
we haven't seen,
what's going on in Florida?
Have you heard some of these
recent headlines? I don't know. The gator walking around with the human in its mouth? Yeah. I did see that. That is fucking terrifying. Uh-huh.
So one of 2 things. Right? They have yet to determine
if the gator was the cause of death.
Russ:Yeah. I was thinking that.
I would probably bet 90%
it's a body dump situation. I agree.
Lindz:So they identified
the body and,
this is really,
really sad, is
a woman,
I forget her name, Sabrina something, but she's, like, 41 years old.
And they are still going through autopsy right now and trying to determine cause of death. Yeah.
But this was a 14 foot gator.
Big motherfucker. He's huge, and I guess he was hiding in some of the pipings in the canals.
Russ:Yeah.
Lindz:So
I'm I'm not sure. We'll we'll keep an eye on it to figure out what happened,
but he would the gator,
was then euthanized
Russ:for being considered aggressive because he wouldn't drop it. Why would he? I mean, it's a fucking animal, dude. It's just trying to gators,
they
are like vultures. They clean they'll eat dead shit. Right.
That's how that's how they've been around here for so long is they will survive on dead stuff. They survive on anything, honestly. They they will eat they they fucking eat rocks. But,
yeah, I don't know. That's super sad, but I feel like it has something to do with a pot like, in a homicide type deal. That's what I think too. So I'll be curious to see what comes out of this. Gaters
generally are super afraid of people. They're super docile.
Yeah. They make an effort to get away from you as long as they're not, like, in a neighborhood where people feed them.
Lindz:Right.
Russ:And then they become nuisance gators, and then they have to be killed because
that's when the problems start arising. They start coming up to people and then
some Oh, food. Yeah. Oh, he's gonna feed me, but then they have a dog. Yep. And then it goes after the dog because it's a it's a predator Mhmm.
And then they kill it. It's messed up, but, yeah, I I don't know. I don't know how I feel about them killing the gator, to be honest with you. I think that's fucked
up. Yeah. Unless it's found out that it it did in fact kill the person. So the gator is innocent and put until proven guilty?
It's a little late for that. Now. Yes. But I just I don't know. I
based on gator behavior,
I doubt that thing just yanked somebody out
and killed that lady. Right. I seriously doubt that,
but you never know. I feel like it it should be kinda easy to find out maybe. How long has this lady been missing and things like that. I don't know. Yeah. I guess we'll find out.
Lindz:Very true.
So I then decided to go on a deeper dive into more headlines to see more Florida stuff to see what else has been going on. Did you hear that there was a bear in Disney World? Yes. I did see that.
A bear.
Russ:It wasn't an escapee from the zoo part. Right? Nope. It was a wild bear. Wild bear walking through Disney. Well, put his ass in the zoo. You wanna be here, bro?
Lindz:He just he was just queuing up for his lightning lane. I guess.
Russ:Good lord. Right on ratatouille. That's a spot to be for a bear, though. There's all kinds of garbage and stuff they could eat. Right.
Lindz:But they did relocate the bear to one of the national preserves around the park, not around the park, but away from the park. Yeah. So he was re homed, but
we go to Disney at least once a year now as our trip for our daughter.
And
what would could you imagine
the chaos Well would erupt? It's just weird how
Russ:it wasn't afraid. See, why wouldn't they put that thing down? Mhmm. It wasn't afraid of people, and there's thousands upon thousands of people in Disney, and they're just strolling around. Mhmm. Just wanted to meet Mickey. Yeah. Okay. Or or Baloo. He wanted to meet Baloo. Oh.
See what I did there? Well, you know, speaking of another animal,
did you see that crocodile?
Oh, that cleared out the beach? Yeah. It was underneath the pier over there. I can't remember what it what? Pump
Pompeo?
Lindz:Pompeo? Pompeo.
Russ:Panama? No. Not pan Panama.
No.
Pompano Beach. Oh. Pompano Beach. Something like that in Florida. Mhmm.
Saltwater, crocodile.
Yep. Or American crocodile, whatever. Florida crocodile. 1 of them fucking crocodiles Croc.
Was underneath a pier on the beach. Mhmm.
That's terrifying.
Yeah. When you go to the ocean,
Lindz:you're supposed to be afraid of sharks. There's a fucking lizard in the water. Oh, speaking of, we were at when we were at the beach today, there were so many fish.
I'm talking, like, 1,000 upon 1,000 of fish swimming around us. I I think it's mullet,
Russ:mating
season or something.
I think yeah. I think I read that somewhere. I can't remember. It's like mullet migration or mating season, something like that. It was crazy. We were at Siesta Key, and they were just these tiny little things everywhere.
The birds are diving, getting them. A couple were jumping. Oh, yeah. And it scared the shit out of me every time. So they were schooling. Hey. I wouldn't be swimming in that water. Like, there are bait balls near in the middle of it.
Lindz:Nope. But there were hundreds
Russ:of people in the water all around us. Yeah. You're you say you're a bait ball too then.
So the last headline I saw, I had to find a Florida man. Wait a minute. Before you do that Uh-huh. Can you explain what you saw at the beach today that was absolutely ridiculous?
Lindz:I saw a lot of things at the beach today that was absolutely ridiculous. A lady
Russ:had a tripod with her cell phone camera doing selfies in front of the water Influencer.
Over and doing the same pose
Lindz:100 of times taking photos. Running into the water, standing in front of the camera.
It was insane
Russ:watching this lady. And you showed me I didn't go, but you showed me a video because you couldn't believe How many times she was doing it? Right. And
the
she drinks pumpkin spice.
Lindz:Very true.
Yes. Yeah. That was fun to watch. And then there was also this couple that were on the beach, and I guess they only brought one towel. I'm not sure, but they decided that they were that the man was gonna lay,
like, with his belly towards the sky, lay on his back. Yeah. And she laid on top of him, straddling him.
Oh. Just laying there on the beach like that together. It's
Russ:romance. I don't know. Let me ask you a question On a podcast, so we can get this down in the history books, how do you feel about music on the beach? I hate it.
Lindz:Loathe it. So my dad started playing it, started playing music. Today? Today. I got mad. Did you? Did you say something? I did. So can you please either turn that down or off?
And he goes, when the song is over, and he did. When the song was over, he turned it off. But
Russ:Well, I I don't
to me, you go to the beach for
Lindz:It's literally like
Russ:It's therapeutic.
Ambiance, but that's really what it is. It is the experience
Lindz:meditative. It is
the sounds of the beach. Right? Birds. You hear the water rolling. You hear birds. You hear just even if it's a crowded beach and you hear people chattering. It's the experience of being in the moment.
Russ:You're taking yourself out of the moment. What I've noticed too is the people that do play the music,
they play it so fucking loud. Mhmm. And what cracks me up is they play it so loud that they're yelling at each other to talk. Over top of the music. Yeah. I'm like, what are you why?
Now granted, my dad didn't have it that loud, but So he probably had it enough to I mean, obviously, you could hear it because you're sitting next to him. Mhmm. But
other parties on the beach probably couldn't really hear what he was listening to. No. It was not that loud. The ocean is loud. Even to me, like, sitting next to him, like,
When I nails on a chalkboard at the beach to me. Yeah. When I go to the beach, it's time for listening to the water and the waves crashing and the birds chirping. And even the kids laughing.
Lindz:Watching them play and hearing the things that they say,
like, it cracks me up. I don't know. It's strange to me. It's like people can't be with their
thoughts or can't
stand silence.
But it's not silent. That's the thing. I know. But if you're with a group of people and there isn't constant
Russ:interaction with those people, it's awkward. I don't wanna interact with nobody. Just let me listen to the fucking water crashing.
Lindz:I'm telling you, we're becoming more and more hermits the way we live. But that's the it we're not, I guess.
Or antisocial
maybe even is the word. I don't know. I just appreciate God's creation
Russ:and
the natural movement of the water and
the ecosystem
and just listening. The experience.
It's meditative and therapeutic to me. Mhmm. Water I don't know why, but water is tranquil to me. Mhmm. Water is life. And it doesn't have to be
the ocean or the gulf. It can be a pond
if it's
calm
and
serene.
It's water I have to I can get in. Yeah. Not me. I go fishing in in the neighborhood, and
I will go to a pond. There's one that has, like, a tiny pier, but
I like to sit there while I fish, and I look around and try to see what kind of birds I can see. And then I try to find gators because there's gators in that their water.
And I don't know. It's just I don't know, something about it just makes
it feels like it melts stress away. Like, I can physically feel the difference when I am near water. I agree. It is nuts. Yep. Especially when I'm in water. It's very
Lindz:tranquil to feel
the submersion. Like, I don't know. I don't know how to explain it. The way I feel when I'm in water is very relaxed. So go to take a bath.
I do like baths. I don't do them very often because it's a lot of effort.
Yes. Anyways
so my last headline. You ready? Yes.
I had to find a Florida man headline. Had to, right, to close out headlines here. So an 82 year old Florida man
fought off an intruder
with his cane.
Russ:Fuck, yeah.
Lindz:Uh-huh. He said you can't be scared.
Russ:Do what you gotta do. Beat the shit out. I'm surprised he only used a cane. Florida's got the stay in your ground law here. I know.
Lindz:But an 82 year old man with a cane. Like, I have a splinter in my head after we watched the new turtle
age mutant ninja turtle movie. Master splinter. So I've got splinter in my head thinking of him, like, twirling
Russ:his cane. What'd you think about that movie?
Lindz:I liked it. So the new animation style
is growing on
me. I didn't like it so much at first. Yeah. But,
honestly, Spider Man, the
Miles Morales stories
Russ:are the ones that introduced me to that style. Yeah. But this one was a little different than than
Spider Man, I think, because
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was very
I don't know. It was, like, rough.
Everybody's face was fucking weird shaped. Right. It wasn't as soft as Spider Man. The people in Spider Man looked legit other than that first one where you have that big motherfucker. I don't know. He he was clearly
cartoonish, but
this one, every single person had a weird cheek.
Lindz:What I'm saying about Spider Man, they were, like, softer edges,
whereas TMNT has, like, harsher edges. But the animation style, the colors are still
very
poppish. Yeah. It's very pop
in your face. Yeah. And it's
Russ:it looks very artsy to me too because there's scribbles.
Mhmm. Like, they're not trying to make it perfect like a Pixar movie where Right. Everything is airbrushed. It's crisp. There's no,
I don't know, like,
scribbles where there's an explosion or anything like that. It looks as real as they can make it look, but I don't know. It I felt weird about it. I don't know. There's just some I don't wanna spoil anything for anybody, but The one thing I didn't
Lindz:I have It's hard as shit to hear. Right. I have a very hard time,
and there's a word for it when I get overwhelmed with noise. Right? I can't concentrate
on what one person is saying. I feel overwhelmed,
and they did that a lot. They really played up the teenage part. Where they have, like, all 4 of them talking at once over top of each other. And then, again, I know it's on purpose, but
Russ:Sounds like that podcast you like to listen to. Which one?
Pod Meets World.
Lindz:They do that a lot. They do, and they admit it. I know. And I love them for it. But
Russ:I it is agitating.
Lindz:In the movie, though, yeah, it was too much for me. There was times where I was like, I don't know what they're saying.
I know. And that makes me feel, a, overwhelmed, and b, like, an idiot.
Russ:Why can't I understand? I do think they overdid that Right. A bit because,
like you just said, there's no
understanding of what any of them were saying. How many there's 4 of them? Mhmm.
All of them were talking at the same time, so you couldn't hear what a single one of them was saying. It's dumb.
Lindz:Yeah. That was too much for me. Overall, good story. It was entertaining.
I liked it. It was a little different
than any of the other ones because they really were, like, little kid. Like Yeah. They were young. They never fought anybody before. It was like it's like an origin story type deal.
Yep. And
even the actors, they're young kids. They're teenage boys. Right. So you can hear it. Right?
It definitely sounds more like they are teenagers rather than adults trying to voice for teenagers.
Russ:I like I I liked it too. Just some parts of the different. Yeah. Some parts of the story kinda
were betrayals to me to the
source,
but
that's okay.
It's different, and I will own I will take I will let them do it, but I don't have to fucking like it.
Lindz:But if it's something they could build on though or build off of No. Bad blood happens or whatever. There's a way to turn it so that
Russ:it gets more true to story again. But I did like Ice Cube in it, though. That was fucking funny.
Lindz:Funny. There was a lot of big names in that movie too. Oh, yeah. A ton. A lot of the adults. Yep.
Russ:And to segue into our next topic is 1 piece. Uh-huh. Netflix series. Yes. What'd you think?
Lindz:So you and I, we're nerdy. You haven't caught on to that either. We're a little nerdy. We enjoy a good anime in this house. Yeah.
Russ:And Adult cartoons.
Lindz:And
we've been looking for one recently to watch or whether it was, like, cartoon based and or
Russ:live action. Off. Yeah.
Lindz:So finding one piece was, like, perfect timing. Like, oh, okay. Let's do this.
So
the actual show,
there's a lot of cheesy parts.
And I know that's
hand in hand with anime to, like, some extent
Russ:to be a little Well, I think cheesy. Anime is very stylized, and they tried to bring that into the live action. And it's like, it doesn't translate right.
Lindz:But, like, it wasn't overdone though. Like, it could have gone really wrong. Yeah. But they did
a really good job for the material that they have. So
I liked it. I did too. I thought it was good. It had a good story, and honestly
Russ:I like the actors. They grew on me. Honestly,
Lindz:the girl, the female actor, and I can't think of what her name is in the show right this room.
Naomi? Naomi?
Naomi. Naomi. Yes.
She
grew on me a lot. Yeah. Me too. At first, I didn't like her at all, but, like, by the end, I think she's my favorite. That's where I really
Russ:liked 1 piece as a show because
monkey d luffy,
main character Uh-huh.
He's not your typical protagonist or whatever. He's got like this non give a fuck attitude
about everything,
but
I don't know. He wants you to do what you think is best for you. Mhmm.
Lindz:And He's very self
aware not self aware.
He's very
Russ:I wanna say, he knows what he wants. Right? Yeah. He knows what He has that expectation for everyone else. Yeah. If, okay, if you want something that doesn't align with what I want,
I want you to go after what you want. Mhmm.
I just thought it's weird to me in a TV show because that's not normally, when you have, like, this tight knit group, they're a pirate crew. Mhmm. He would be upset that somebody leaves. Yeah. He might get upset, but
he's more like, yeah. I really want you to go He's supportive. Yeah. Go after it. But also, if you wrong his crew,
he will fuck you up, dumb dumb style.
Lindz:He said it. I did. You said it. I did. No. I really liked
the show in its entirety. I think it was a good story.
They, as in critics, are already saying, though,
the source material for 1 piece is still going. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So for them to
have this last
either
as long or cut it short I don't know. As the source material,
they're gonna run into the same problem that that Stranger Things is having having right now. And that's
The characters aging.
Episodes, though. Right. That's not possible. So they're gonna have to condense it and imagine they do 5 seasons.
If they do 5 seasons,
then monkey doo luffy, the actor,
Russ:is going to be 30. How is that gonna translate on screen? And I did read also that that's a very expensive show to produce, so I doubt Netflix is gonna keep
dumping that kind of money into
a 1,000 episode
Lindz:thing. No. I don't think they'll go a 1,000 episodes. Imagine they do the 5. And I think I told you this. I actually learned it on Pod Meets
World that back in the day,
in order for a show to meet syndication, meaning that it could be broadcasted by multiple different networks,
they had to have 5 at least 5 seasons. Right.
So
I don't know if that's still true
because of streaming and the
yeah. But the way it was explained
by Daniel Fischel
is syndication happens after 5 seasons,
and that seems to be still true to an extent. Who makes that rule?
Networks. Broadcast networks. Okay. Yeah. I don't know. But, anyways,
it seems like that's still kind of true because Stranger Things is ending at season 5, and other shows have done that too. They end after 5 seasons. Yeah. But you think Netflix is gonna allow some network to play Stranger Things? No. But it's like that's the sweet spot is what it seems like. Once you get to 5,
Russ:that's the sweet spot. Look at Game of Thrones, it went, what, 8 seasons or something like that. They're they're not gonna syndicate that, though. They're not gonna allow
Others. Other networks to play.
That's a fucking classic, you know? Mhmm. Just like Stranger Things. That's a Netflix original that
people will remember forever. Uh-huh.
Lindz:I just finished it. It was so good. Not finished it, meaning I just finished season 4 waiting for season 5 like everybody else. Yep. But, anyways, so I told you to slow down on that show.
Russ:Next season ain't coming out until, what, 2025?
Lindz:Mhmm. That's what they're predicting at least, but Yeah. That's if the strike ever ends. End it now.
Russ:Alright for you, Netflix. There you go. I'm not part of no union. Alright for you.
Stranger Things says season 5 is good.
Signing off.
That's it.
No. Oh, yeah. And they're doing the Avatar,
series too. Oh, right. Netflix. Airbender. Yeah. Yeah. It actually
looks alright. They did a very short teaser.
Lindz:As long as it's better than the movie. That movie that they did, the live action Avatar Airbender
Russ:movie. That was dog shit.
Lindz:Garbage.
Russ:If they're able to do it
like they did 1 piece,
they can
it can make a fucking killing for them.
Lindz:Maybe.
I don't know. Like, anybody who
tries to redo that, it always feels like they miss a part of that show. Again, here we are nerding out on
some
anime live or, yep, live action cartoon. Anyways,
but
they always miss one piece of that show and it is the witty sarcasm,
like, the playfulness
of these kids
as a team. Yeah. And even though they're in this serious,
dire, live and die situation,
they still have
these funny, witty moments.
I think they should make it. In every show every time they try to remake it, they miss that.
Russ:They miss that part. Cora missed it. Yeah. I know. I didn't like Cora. Mhmm. We tried. I missed it. It was too serious. Yep.
Like,
it was almost like
Lindz:It had one tone.
Yeah.
Russ:Monotone. But you had to be, like, 30 years old to watch it. Mhmm.
Because we watch Avatar with our daughter because it's not bad. There's
subjects in it that
if she knew,
it could be bad, but they don't they
Lindz:They don't dive deep into the seriousness.
Russ:Of a perpetual war of
some giant ass army taking over the world. Kids. They all dive deep for kids. Yeah. It's cool. They did a really good job of that. But what I think they should do, the live action should be fucking bloody,
and it should be a 100%,
like For adults. Game of Thrones style.
For adults. Yes.
Lindz:Because why feel about that. Why are you gonna redo it? Okay. If they do that, though, again, they can't miss that piece
Russ:because if they do They can if they market it as such.
No. Because that show is based on 2 things. Like, yeah, you can keep the characters like that, though.
Lindz:Okay. It so long as they do. The characters still partook in
fucked up shit. I I know. I agree,
but there was still that level of the sarcasm,
wittiness
that they have not been able to capture
outside of the original.
Russ:Yeah. I guess if they made it bloody and stuff, though, and they made it like an actual war,
they couldn't really
Yes. They could. I don't know. You can't relay that dude being sarcastic
like that when somebody's getting lit up by earth. There were
Lindz:mo I came out with
you. There were moments where the seriousness
attached to the kids Yeah. And they were in it.
But there were also all the moments leading up to that
that
they were still kids.
Yeah. And that's the point.
Like, these children are saving
Russ:their anyways. Okay. I'm nerding out way too hard right now. That's a that's seriously one of the best shows of all time, and that's a it's a cartoon.
Lindz:Mhmm.
Russ:No doubt, like, best
top tier show of all time.
I did also hear that there's they're doing a sequel to the show.
That's dumb. I think it's a continuance of the original characters.
Lindz:If they don't have the original voices,
Russ:fuck off. I think I'm pretty sure they will. Fuck off.
Tang might sound a little
Lindz:but, you know Oh, god. No. He's an adult by now.
Russ:That is a good show, though. I recommend everybody watch that. It stands the test of time. They don't have Rufio,
Lindz:like, the original
Russ:My hell. No.
Lindz:Alright. Nerd out. Alright. We're done. Goodbye. Goodbye.
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