Episode 62: How the Hollywood Writers and Actors Strike Affects the Movie and TV Fan Community!
Release Date: 07/25/2023
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Episode 67: Top Three Favorite Movies, TV Shows and Video Games of 2023!
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info_outlineIn this episode of The Fun Waste of Time, the fellas discuss the Hollywood writers and actors strike and its impact on the film fan and TV enthusiast community. While in full support of the writers' and actors' unions' right to strike to negotiate better conditions and more favorable terms for their members, the fellas discuss what that means for fans and enthusiasts of this awesome hobby. Will waiting for new and updated content be as long or challenging as the COVID experience?
The fellas also dive into the recently released “Kraven: The Hunter” trailer. Do they think Sony will knock this movie out of the park or will it be another mediocre entry in their Venom-verse in the likes of “Morbius”?
James Gunn’s official casting for the first movie in the rebooted DCU movie universe, Superman: Legacy has been announced and the fellas weigh in.
In Watch-List, movies and TV shows the fellas are watching are discussed. Content discussed are Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Transformers: Rise of the Beast, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Hijack, Secret Invasion, Lincoln Lawyer, Nascar, F1: Drive to Survive and more!
Bonus discussions include: 1) Should the Indiana Jones franchise have been rebooted or “requeled” with a new younger actor? 2) Are there any black fans of Nascar and if so, where are they?
There's all this and more in episode 62 of The Fun Waste of Time!
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