MILESTONE. FINGERS CROSSED THAT TONIGHT. IS THE NIGHT. YEAH. CALL YOUR BLUEBIRDS. OR NOT GET
ANYTHING IN MY COAT COUPLE OF
NEW MOVIES TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT
IT REAL TALK TODAY, PLUS A
DOCUMENTARY ALL ABOUT MICHIGAN’S
OWN EARVIN MAGIC JOHNSON. MOVIE
REVIEWERS. SUPREME GREG RUSSELL
, THE MAN WITH THE PLAN, THE CAT
WHO KNOWS WHERE IT’S AT HERE TO
TELL US ALL ABOUT IT. WHAT’S UP,
GREG? THIS IS SO MUCH FUN TODAY.
I MEAN, WE ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD
TIME, BUT YEAH, THOSE BLUE BIRDS
ARE JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND
I’M SEEING THEM TOO. AS THEY
DON’T YOU KNOW, LET’S START WITH
THE NORTHMAN, WHICH HAS A TON OF
PEOPLE, INCLUDING NICOLE KIDMAN
AND TAYLOR, JOY ETHAN HAWKE,
WILLEM DAFOE, THE SCARS, GUARD
BROTHERS AND THE JUNE TAYLOR
DANCERS. THEY’RE ALL THEY’RE ALL
THERE. IT’S TOFU JESUS IN THERE
. YES WE’RE OLD. ALL RIGHT. SO
WHAT DO YOU HAVE HERE? THIS
MOVIE? IT TAKES PLACE. I THINK
IT WAS 850 A D. AND IT’S ALL
ABOUT THESE VIKINGS, WHERE
ALEXANDER SKARSGARD CHARACTER
STARTS OUT AS A LITTLE BOY. HIS
UNCLE KILLS HIS FATHER THAT
MARRIES HIS MOTHER. THEY LEAVE
HIM TO GROW UP IN THE WOODS, AND
IT’S ALL ABOUT HIS DEAL OF
GROWING UP AND WANTING TO GET
VENGEANCE. FOR HIS FATHER’S
DEATH. VERY VIKING KIND OF THING
. OH, YEAH, AND ALSO IT REMINDED
ME OF ANOTHER STORY, AND I ASKED
ALEXANDER ABOUT IT. AND HE
CLARIFIED. HERE WE GO. THE STORY
IS ALMOST KIND OF SHAKESPEAREAN
WHERE SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOUR
CHARACTERS DAD WHEN HE’S YOUNG,
THEN HE SPENDS HIS LIFE WANTING
TO AVENGE WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS
FATHER, RIGHT? I MEAN IT. IT’S
VERY MUCH SHAKESPEAREAN BECAUSE
SHAKESPEARE BASED HAMLET ON.
PRINCE AM LIT OF YOU, THAILAND
AS A STORY BY SEX OR GRAMATICA’S
FROM THE 12TH CENTURY. UM AND
THAT IS THAT THE TEMPLATE THE
STORY THAT WE BASED THE NORTHMAN
ON, SO IT’S BASICALLY THE
PREDECESSOR TO HAMLET. IS THAT’S
BASICALLY THE STORY. MHM AND
JUST SEEING THIS KID, YOU KNOW,
JUST STARTING OUT AS A CHILD AND
GROWING AND THEN BECOMING HIS
POWERFUL, YOU KNOW, AS HE IS,
BUT ANOTHER BIG ELEMENT. I MEAN
, OF COURSE, THE ACTING WAS
FABULOUS, BUT JUST THE ACTION
ALONE. YOUR GUY NOT ONLY PUT IT
OUT, BUT HE ALSO TOOK IT IN A
LOT. YEAH YEAH, I, UH, WAS
DEFINITELY AH, UM, QUITE BRUISED
AFTER SOME OF THOSE SCENES. UM
THERE’S ONE IN WHICH I HAVE TO
FIGHT HAWTHORNE URINSON, WHICH
IS THE MOUNTAIN ON GAME OF
THRONES, IF YOUR VIEWS ARE
FAMILIAR WITH THAT SHOW, UM AND
HE IS LITERALLY THE STRONGEST
MAN ON THE PLANET. HE WON THAT
COMPETITION FEW YEARS BACK. UM
AND THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO
FIGHT HIM. I TRIED IT AND I
FAILED MISERABLY. IT’S AH, THAT
WAS A WEEK OF VERY PAINFUL
SHOOTING. OKAY SO PERIOD PIECES
LIKE THIS CAN BE A MIXED BAG.
REALLY, REALLY GOOD. OR THEY CAN
BE LIKE, OH, BOY, HOW MANY REELS
BEFORE BECAUSE IT IS A REALLY,
REALLY GOOD MOVIE, BUT IT IS
ALSO ONE OF THOSE YOU’VE GOT TO
KIND OF BE IN THE MOOD TO GO SEE
IT BECAUSE I CAN’T EVEN
MENTIONED WHILE WE WERE DOING
THIS GAME OF THRONES PEOPLE, I’M
QUITE SURE REALLY. GET INTO
THIS. OKAY IF YOU SO IF YOU
LIKE, GAME OF THRONES, EXCEPT
FOR SEASON EIGHT. FROM WHAT I
HEAR THIS ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP AND
ANIMATED FILM BASED ON A POPULAR
BOOK SERIES. IT’S CALLED THE BAD
GUYS. IT’S ALL ABOUT THESE
ANIMALS WHO ARE ALREADY YOU
KNOW. PUT DOWN BY SOCIETY
BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY ARE. YOU
GOTTA WOLF, WHO’S ALWAYS
CONSIDERED BAD. YOU’VE GOT A
SHARK WHO’S ALWAYS CONSIDERED
BAD. YOU’VE GOT A PYTHON, YOU
KNOW, SO IT’S KIND OF LIKE
THEY’RE FORCED TO BE BAD GUYS,
BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK THEY’RE
EVIL IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO IT’S
THE KIND OF MOVIE THAT ASKS YOU
TO BELIEVE THAT A SHARK CAN BE
OUT OF WATER RUNNING AROUND IN
CARS AND STUFF, AND THAT’S
THAT’S WE JUST ACCEPTED. THAT’S
RIGHT. THAT’S RIGHT, BECAUSE
CRAIG ROBINSON PLAYS THE SHARK
IN THE MOVIE. GOT TO TALK WITH
HIM ABOUT IT, AND HERE’S WHAT HE
HAD TO SAY, AND I THINK YOU’RE
REALLY GOING TO LIKE WHAT HE
SAYS AT THE END. YOU KNOW, ALL
OF US GROWING UP WATCHING
CARTOONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ALWAYS THOUGHT, PROBABLY, MAN.
I’D LOVE TO BE IN AN ANIMATED
FEATURE. WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR
YOU TO DO THIS? IT WAS. IT WAS
ACTUALLY AN HONOR JUST BECAUSE
YOU KNOW IT’S DREAMWORKS AND
IT’S CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY
THAT THE ANIMATION GRABS YOU.
SOMETHING’S DIFFERENT. UM IT’S
NEW. IT’S UH AND IT WAS A BLAST.
I MEAN THAT CAST, BUT THE FUND
WAS REALLY IN MAKING IT AND, UH
, BECAUSE WE GOT THE DIRECTOR
WHO’S FUNNY AND SMART AND
PRODUCER FUNNY AND SMART. AND SO
WE WERE ALL JUST IMPROVISING AND
THEY WOULD YOU KNOW, I WOULD GET
THEIR LINES. I WOULD THROW OUT
LINES THEY WOULD THEY WOULD ADD
ON IT WAS IT WAS A BLAST TO
MAKE. AND WHAT ABOUT YOU
WOULDN’T WHEN EVERYBODY’S
GETTING CAST BECAUSE IT’S ALL
LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW YOU’RE
GONNA BE AN ANIMAL. WHAT WAS IT
ABOUT IT WHEN YOU HEARD THAT
YOU’RE THE SHARK MAN. I MEAN, IT
WAS ALL PRESENTED TO ME. LIKE I
WENT TO DREAMWORKS AND THEY WERE
LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE’RE
DOING. THIS IS WE WOULD LIKE YOU
TO BE MR SHARK. THEY SHOWED ME.
YOU KNOW THE KIDS SERIES. THEY
SHOWED ME WHAT THE SHARK LOOKS
LIKE ON SCREEN AND WHO TO CAST
WAS AND IT WAS. I WAS LIKE YOU
HAD ME AT DREAMWORKS PEOPLE HAVE
LIKENED IT TO A TARANTINO FOR
KIDS. OKAY TARANTINO FOR KIDS.
YOU KNOW WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS
ADVERTISED, I DON’T KNOW WHY. I
MEAN, WHO CAN EXPLAIN THESE
THINGS? BUT LIKE I WAS LIKE PUT
OFF BY THE WOLF ZOOT SUIT. YEAH
BUT I’M REALLY PUT OFF BY THE
FACT THAT YOU HAVE A YOU KNOW, A
SHARK WALKING AROUND AS IF
THAT’S COMPLETELY NORMAL. I KNOW
THERE WAS JABBER JAW WHEN WE
WERE KIDS. YEAH HOW MANY REELS
EVEN TELL YOU THE REASON WHY IT
GETS A FOUR BECAUSE WHEN WE
WATCH IT, WATCH IT AT HOME. YEAH
GRANDSON LOVED ABUSED KIDS FOR
RIGHT. BUT MY 11 YEAR OLD
GRANDSON FOR AN HOUR AND 40
MINUTES, DID NOT LOOK AT HIS
PHONE AND WATCH THE MOVIE. WOW.
THAT’S SAYING SOMETHING THAT I
THINK WE SHOULD START A NEW
THING. YEAH, AND WHEN WE’RE
INTERVIEWING OR REVIEWING A
MOVIE LIKE THIS, WE SHOULD CALL
A K FOUR. K THREE OR K FIVE. SO
YOU KNOW FOR THE KIDS. ADULTS
YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. BECAUSE THE
ADULTS WE ENJOYED ABOUT THE KIDS
LOVED IT. IT WAS LIKE HE DIDN’T
LOOK AT HIS LIKE WE DON’T HAVE
THE BUDGET AND THE GRAPHICS FOR
A K. FINALLY THAT NEW
DOCUMENTARY HOLD ON APPLE TV
BLOSSOM. IT SOUNDS A LIFE STORY
OF MICHIGAN’S OWN EARVIN MAGIC
JOHNSON. THE TITLE IS THEY CALL
ME MAGIC. HERE’S A LOOK AT A
CLIP. I WAS ASSIGNED TO COVER
ERVIN’S FIRST GAME. HE DID STUFF
NEVER SEEN IN A BASKETBALL FOR
BEFORE THE SPORTS WRITER CAME
IN, AND HE SAID, I WANT TO GIVE
YOU A NICKNAME MAGIC LIKE YEAH,
RIGHT, BOYS. NOT GONNA CALL ME
MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC SMILE
BECAUSE OF MY DRESSING AT
MICHIGAN STATE. IT WAS ALL ABOUT
MAGIC. THIS MAGIC THAT BEHIND
HIS BACK? NO LOOK, PASSES MAGIC.
I GUESS THAT’S WHAT I AM. WHAT
ARE WE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT
MAGIC IN THIS DOCUMENT SERIES
THAT WE DON’T ALREADY KNOW FOR
THOSE OF US, ESPECIALLY FROM
MICHIGAN, YET WE DON’T KNOW HIS
BACKSTORY STARTING IN HIGH
SCHOOL AND EVERETTE MICHIGAN
STATE INTO THE PROS. IT’S KIND
OF LIKE TO ME. YOU KNOW HOW
THEY’VE ALSO GOT THAT SPECIAL ON
HBO? YES. IT’S LIKE WHEN WE USED
TO GET A DVD WHERE THEY HAVE THE
MOVIE AND THEN THE EXTRA YEAH,
AFTERWARDS. SO THIS IS KIND OF
LIKE THE EXTRA BECAUSE IT’S ALL
THE REAL PEOPLE. OKAY STORY.
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