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Pixar used to feel like a sure bet: the kind of animated movie you see opening weekend without checking a trailer, because you trust the storytelling. Lately, that trust feels shakier and we’re not quiet about it. We go from real-life “what was terrible” chaos (including the special misery of TCAP testing logistics and a household bug) straight into a no-filter family debate about what Pixar still does well and what it’s lost.

We each throw our favorite Pixar movies on the table and defend them like it’s court: Up for its message and emotional punch, Toy Story 3 for the action and the ending that felt final, Monsters Inc for peak characters and heart, and Coco for its twists, music, and bold cultural storytelling around family and death. Then we pivot to underrated picks like Monsters University and Onward, plus the small details Pixar fans love, from Easter eggs to the feeling of a shared Pixar universe.

The real fireworks start when we talk sequels. How soon is too soon, how late is too late, and when does “continuing the story” turn into a cash grab? That quickly becomes a Toy Story argument, complete with hot takes on Toy Story 2 vs Toy Story 4, side quests into Cars and Inside Out, and a bigger question about whether Pixar still leads the animation world compared with studios like Sony, DreamWorks, and Illumination. We even read brutal one-star reviews of beloved movies, because sometimes the internet is the most unhinged focus group you’ll ever meet.

If you love Pixar movies, hate Pixar movies, or just miss the era when Disney Pixar felt unstoppable, hit play and come argue with us. Subscribe, share with a friend who has a spicy Toy Story ranking, and leave a review telling us your most unpopular Pixar opinion.

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TCAP Testing Is A Mess

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What was terrible this week? Oh, I know. Stay testing. Yes. Everything about TCAP testing is horrible. The place, the place that they picked, the organization, it's it's really bad. Obviously, the least horrible part is actually doing test itself.

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Yeah.

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I had to wait an hour more for lunch because of you.

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Not because of him, because of TCAP or whoever bought it. It's so bad.

SPEAKER_04

It's just so bad because normally kids who are in regular school are just doing TCAP as part of their normal school day. So it's, you know, from the parents' perspective, it's really not that much different. No. But for us, it's like a major change in schedule.

SPEAKER_03

TCAP is just a way to find out if the homeschooling is working.

SPEAKER_04

Well, but they do it to everybody, and every, almost every state is doing testing right now. And I'm just wondering if they're all this bad. Or at least the ones where it's remote learning primarily, and you're having to go to a facility for TKAP. I don't know.

SPEAKER_03

Either way, they do not try to get better. No, it's the same thing every year. It does keep getting worse.

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They just keep changing the location for some reason.

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And this location is actually nice, but getting in and out of this location is a death threat.

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It's real bad.

The Household Cold And DayQuil Fog

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It's so stupid. The other thing that was terrible this week is I didn't get sick, but I kind of got sick, and I was like medicating myself with like DayQuil and NyQuil, but like the last two days I've kind of felt out of it. All of the physical symptoms are gone, but now my body feels sick, and that's thanks to those two numbnuts down there.

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I have somehow still managed to avoid this.

SPEAKER_03

It's both of you.

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It started with Jackson, then went to you, and now you've come down.

SPEAKER_03

But Jackson, I thought it was allergies. He went outside for like an hour. Not no and came back like dead. It was weird.

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I don't know. I don't know what it is. I don't know how I've managed to avoid it. So far, I'm the lone holdout, which never happens. Thank you.

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You start it.

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I either start it or I just come along for the ride. Um, I don't know how I've managed to avoid it.

SPEAKER_03

So speaking of riding, I'm Josh.

Pixar Episode Kickoff

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That was terrible. I'm Rachel.

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I'm Calvin. I'm Jackson. And this is relatively terrible. I love you, but you're all terrible. This is the Relatively Terrible Podcast. We are the Uploads of Fun family, and we are questioning today's culture with humor and just enough dysfunction to feel relatable. Today we're talking about Pixar movies.

SPEAKER_04

Pixar!

SPEAKER_03

Pixar! More like suck dicksar. Yeah, gigs are.

SPEAKER_04

You know, I have to say, in preparing for this episode, I was surprised looking at the full list of Pixar movies, how many that I was like, oh, I don't like any of these.

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Wow.

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How many subpar Pixar movies there are.

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Paupers.

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Well, I mean all the car movies.

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But Pixar has been known for the one franchise, like the Disney Pixar movies can take animated films and make them funny enough for adults and put things in there for adults, and that's where they used to shine. And I say used to because well we'll we'll get to that a little bit later. We'll get into that.

SPEAKER_04

So what I thought we would do is maybe we'll just start with Jackson and we'll just we got five or six, I don't know how many

Picking Favorite Pixar Movies

SPEAKER_04

questions. Jackson! We're gonna just go through some of these will be rapid fire, some of these will be uh a little more time consuming, but let's just start out the gate with what is your favorite Pixar movie? Oh, I know Jackson's Jackson's.

SPEAKER_02

Oh yeah. Up. Up is the best Pixar movie. I'll fight anyone on this. Toy Story 3 is right up there. Okay. It's right up there for me, but up outranks it mainly for the message. It pulls on the heartstrings, but it's also funny. Is it as good as hoppers, though? We just gotta do it.

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Ow!

SPEAKER_02

You deserve to get your nipples pinched for even putting hoppers and up in the same state. I was still kidding! How dare you! That's up is the standard Pixar set. So that's why when I see movies like Hoppers, I get pissed. And cars. Okay. What? All right.

SPEAKER_01

Calvin.

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Uh Toy Story 3 is my favorite Pixar movie. It's funny, action-packed, great ending. That's where it should have ended. Uh I love the whole prison break type theme and the beginning with the montage. Oh, the opening scene to the movie might be my favorite opening scene to a movie ever. It's just, it's so good. And Lotto is the bad guy? Yeah. I'm not gonna mention who this is, but one of my friends said Lotto is mid and Zerg is bad guy. Okay, see, Pixar is the only company that was able to take a stuffed bear that smells like strawberries and make him evil.

SPEAKER_03

And if you say, if you say Zerg is a better bad guy, then you don't understand Zerg. Zerg is just like a side story bad guy in the buzz universe. He's not like the main bad guy. They ruined Zerg's character in that stupid light year movie.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah, for sure.

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Rach?

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Uh, so I agree with both of you totally. Almost name those. Decided to go out on a limb here, though, with mine.

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And I'm gonna say I know what it is. Monsters University.

SPEAKER_04

Can you just let me know? Very close, but Monsters Inc. Okay. I love Monsters Inc. I also love Monsters University, but I think Inc. has to be a half step ahead. I like those characters, I like the storyline. I remember seeing that movie in the theater. I think I was 16. Together when it came out. I've heard the Monsters at Work show is bad.

SPEAKER_02

We tried watching it. It was not good.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah, I saw some reviews that really tore that up as well. I know you guys didn't like it, so I will leave that out. But Inc. uh, the movie for me is is top-notch.

SPEAKER_03

I think mine's gonna be shocking to y'all after when I was I'm I'm really curious what yours will be. Okay, it's not in the typical canon of Pixar, what you guys think, but looking at that page, I was like, this is this is my favorite, and I still remember watching it for the first time and thinking, wow, this is a Pixar movie that's not a sequel that wasn't hyped up a ton, and it still isn't, Coco.

SPEAKER_04

Okay.

SPEAKER_03

I love Coco, I love the story of Coco, I love all the twists and turns of the story. Um I think at first I got a little bit self-righteous, like, what about all this religious stuff in here that isn't true? And I was like, Yeah, it doesn't really bug me anymore. It was it was great. But animation, insane. It's getting a sequel, 2029. That's stupid. I will say that's stupid because didn't the grandma die?

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Yeah, she died in the end.

SPEAKER_03

So I guess the only thing they could do with the sequel is they can go to the afterlife for another adventure, but isn't everything for their family already revealed in the afterlife? All the major twists and turns. Like everything that they didn't know about was revealed. Yep. So sequel, no. It's stupid. Okay, stupid.

Underrated Picks And Pixar Easter Eggs

SPEAKER_04

Jackson, what's underrated?

SPEAKER_02

Monsters University is criminally underrated. It's better than Monsters Inc., in my opinion. Yeah. Personal opinion. I love it. The whole college scene, you got these monsters at college, and then you got the lame, you got these lame monsters that they join, and Squishy was always hilarious.

SPEAKER_03

But do you know that that movie is just a remake of Revenge of the Nerds? I've never seen Revenge of the Nerds. But it is it is the exact plot line of Revenge of the Nerds, 100%. Okay.

SPEAKER_04

But again, most kids aren't gonna, it's a great movie.

SPEAKER_03

Kids can't watch Revenge of the Nerds.

SPEAKER_04

Kids don't know that about Monsters University, and it is a great movie for parents, um, which I I agree with your comment earlier. Pixar has has done that really well, but anyway, go ahead.

SPEAKER_02

Well, and also Pixar was able to use a college scene and make it appropriate for kids. Yeah. No other franchise I've seen do that. It's it's so funny, it's so great, and it might not be as original since they kind of ripped off Revenge of the Nerds, but I would rather watch I'd rather watch Monsters University.

SPEAKER_03

Now, the plot line of Sully and Mike kind of competing is is not in Revenge of the Nerds. But the whole thing with all the uh uh fraternities and sororities, that's that's where they get that from. Okay.

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Okay.

SPEAKER_04

Calvin, what's underrated?

SPEAKER_03

I gotta say onward.

SPEAKER_02

Uh didn't come out in the theaters. It uh it didn't? It went straight to Disney Plus because it came out during uh pandemic time pandemic time. Are you sure? Yes. Uh it's just not talked about a lot, and I think it's really good, especially like the two main characters. You have Chris Pratt and Tom Holland. Uh very good on-screen dynamic. Uh I just no one talks about it.

SPEAKER_04

Huh. Interesting.

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Even when it came out, no one really talked about it.

SPEAKER_04

You're right.

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So I don't know.

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You might be wondering about it. I think it's underrated.

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I don't remember watching that.

SPEAKER_04

I know you watched it. Yeah, maybe I did. Yeah. Okay. Uh, for me, what's underrated is I decided to talk about a character. And to your point earlier, one of the things I love about Monsters University are all of the nerd characters. But the best one is Squishy's mom. Oh, Squishy. Squishy's mom. Whoa. And her tubes, which are death metal. And I just think she's hilarious. She's great. She's very funny. The sorority, when they make theirs their fraternity, they made it her house. Like she's she's the cool mom.

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But when they go down there and they're trying to be serious, and then she like turns on the light to do laundry.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah, like she's she's such a typical mom, and then, but then like I said, her tunes are death metal, and she's she's just hilarious, and then her and Don at the end get married. Like, that's just that's just great. I love Squishy's mom.

SPEAKER_03

I don't know if this is underrated, but the Pixar universe does a good job of being a universe, and sometimes people make videos dedicated to that, but I still think it's underrated, like seeing other characters, seeing where they they use certain things, or they'll they'll hide something in the movie and stuff like that. I think that's pretty underrated. I don't know if they do it as much anymore, but that was one thing, like when they started with their short movies, there was a lot of that stuff I think that showed up, like the bouncing ball, the lamp, all this stuff that you see in all these different movies. And that's just stuff I love because that shows that they that they care about it, that they're paying attention to the details, and like I said, not so much anymore. But I digress, hoppers. Go ahead.

Stop The Late Sequels

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So, Jackson, what would you change?

SPEAKER_02

Making a sequel every 10 years after a movie's been out? I'm so tired of this crap. Like, why is Coco getting doubts? Why is Coco getting his second movie? Years after the first movie. Wait a minute? 13.

SPEAKER_03

Real quick, before we move on here, I think this is a good sidebar to have right now. When does when should a movie get a sequel then? Because, and I'm talking about not stuff that you know should have a sequel, like Lord of the Rings. You know that's gonna have a sequel. But like Back to the Future. Why was there a two? Why does there deserve to be a two? It's so good. Okay, then why can't these movies have sequels?

SPEAKER_02

Well, it's more about the timing for me. Like, okay, because when we saw Coco, gosh, that was I don't even remember how old I was.

SPEAKER_04

Is that 2017? That was when Coco came out.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, yeah, so 12 years, yeah. Man, you could live as a teenager and yeah, it'd come out.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah, why are why not? I think a sequel should come out within two to three years.

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I was gonna I was gonna max five years, because I get a lot of stuff goes into it, but at the same time, it almost feels like a cash grab when you're waiting ten years later for this all.

SPEAKER_04

It's like, oh, I can't think of anything new. Which movie could we go back and make a prequel or sequel to?

SPEAKER_03

I think the reason it deserves a sequel is if they set it up for one. Sure. And if they didn't, then it's definitely a cash grab, and they're like drawing straws, like, what should we do? It's like that's Toy Story. Toy Story 4 shouldn't have been made. Yeah. But, anyways, go back to your other uh thing that you were talking about. You were talking about uh what was the question we were on?

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What would you change?

SPEAKER_03

What would you yeah? Oh, every that's what I said. You're talking about the sequels.

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I was talking about the sequels. Every sequel that's made ten years later after the movie's already been released, it should be at max five years. Because either you have the idea for the movie or you don't. Don't make it a cash grab. And now most of these kids that saw the original movie are almost adults or are adults that are seeing the second one. It's so annoying, it's so stupid.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, it's like why don't they just like when they have that initial concept and idea, be like, hey, this is this is a standalone and that's okay. Or let's make three movies and let's put them out this year, this year, and this year, and they know they can do it because it's an animated film.

SPEAKER_04

And that's what I mean. When when Toy Story first came out in 1995, and then two was in 1999, you have to like I understand all of the technology and the things that they were using at the time to make those movies was brand spanking new. So you can kind of understand why it took so long and um what the delays were there, but I I completely agree that it's it fe to me, it feels like oh, we're stuck for an idea. Let's look through our catalog and see what we can make, you know, uh have a prequel or a sequel.

SPEAKER_02

If they ever make a Big Hero 62, I'm going to burn it. Well that's not Pixar. I'm I don't care. I'm going to burn Hollywood to the drummer. I'm surprised up hasn't gone a sequel. You know what? And it's gonna be called down. Because they all get down syndrome.

SPEAKER_04

Would you stop?

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They get down with the sickness? Yeah.

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Oh, if that was Oh, it's pandemic times, and they're all down with the sickness. No kidding.

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They go up into the clouds to distance themselves from everyone.

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Oh my gosh, there's up to.

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There's also some movies.

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Down.

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Well, I would watch that. There's also some movies like Big Hero Six that probably had a sequel ready and rearing to go, and they said, nah, it didn't make enough for us. Sorry. Well, that was a great movie. And I'm so And that's Disney though.

SPEAKER_02

If they make a live version of Up, are you going to going to burn Hollywood to the ground? That does not need to happen.

SPEAKER_01

We're not gonna burn anybody down. We're not gonna burn anybody down. We're not gonna burn anybody down.

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But that, no.

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And I've seen people say Harrison Ford as Carl. No! Jackson, that is literally rage bait, and it's literally just a big thing. Well, it makes me rage, so it's working.

SPEAKER_04

It's working.

SPEAKER_03

You should start doing it for your own then to rage other people. Like go on ChatGPT and say, what's a movie that's animated, that's beloved? Like uh Big Hero Six, and then like Lizzo plays.

SPEAKER_04

Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh, that's not okay. Let's move on. Calvin, what would you change? Okay.

SPEAKER_02

Think of anyone else. Something I'm changing is something about Toy Story 2. Uh Stinky Pete's story. That is the only thing that ruins Toy Story 2 is Stinky Pete. Uh, his story's not that great. Yeah, he didn't get sold, like his toy didn't sell. It's kind of boring. So, what would you change it to? I don't know. I would just change his story. You would change the story.

SPEAKER_04

You would make it something more what exciting? Interesting. Interesting. Okay.

SPEAKER_02

And Toy Story 2 is a great movie. I don't care what my family says.

SPEAKER_04

That's your unpopular opinion.

SPEAKER_02

No, it's the most highly rated IMDB Pixar movie. Toy Story 2. No, Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Oh. Yes. Really? Yes. Which makes no sense.

SPEAKER_04

Okay. That doesn't make any sense. So, I mean, mine is what we've already talked about. Stop making Toy Story sequels. I, you know, about that.

SPEAKER_02

Five, I'm interested in because the story's interesting with the technology. The story in four is not good. Agreed. It's not interesting like a road trip. No. So what's the technology though? That's interesting. It's pretty predictable. It's predictable.

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There's this new thing that's great that everyone agrees is great. What they're gonna have to do is prove how it's not great and then how they can save the day. Okay. That's not a good story.

SPEAKER_04

I mean, I will I will agree that at least the premise of five is better than four. But it's like you said earlier, they wrote three.

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So perfectly.

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It was perfect. It was written as an ending.

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But I saw a video of I think the creator saying, yes, it's a great ending, but it's the end of Andy's story, not Woody's. Oh. And that's why we got four. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

But four rhymes with whore, so you shouldn't make it. And five rhymes with alive, which is the opposite of dead, so you shouldn't make it either.

SPEAKER_04

We're seeing five.

SPEAKER_03

I don't know.

SPEAKER_04

That's like medicine-induced logic right there.

SPEAKER_03

No, it's not. I haven't taken any medicine today.

SPEAKER_04

I just, I just still think like Toy Story 3 in my mind was perfect. I almost made that my favorite movie. Um, but I just stop, I just don't, the sequels just don't do it for me. I I don't need well, we don't need them. Make something else.

SPEAKER_03

Here's what I would change about Pixar. They need to stop right now and reset. Because Pixar, so Marvel had to do that. Yep. Disney is gonna have to do that. It's like all of Disney's property. Pixar, Marvel, Disney, all this stuff. Star Wars needs a reset because they're just pumping out trash crap onto Crap Hill and they're making their own crap. And guess what? The reason they need to reset is because the Crap Hill is now higher than their hill of money. Yep. So they're like, oh God. But Pixar used to be, if you heard Pixar movie was coming out, you're going to see it. You're going to see it. You don't even care. Now it's like with hoppers, it was like pulling teeth to go. Because we're like, this looks like trash. This is like trash. And it was trash. It was trash.

SPEAKER_04

I have, I can't think of the last time. I know I'm not a movie person, but also in that regard, that means like 80% of the time, I'm going to the theater for the three of you. Not because I'm that excited to see whatever it is. This time to going to see Hoppers was almost like going to the dentist. I really just had no interest in being.

SPEAKER_02

The last good Pixar movie that came out was Coco. I think Inside Out 2 was good. Oh, Inside Out. Is that Pixar? Yeah. Okay, never mind.

SPEAKER_03

Inside Out 2. I forgot that was Pixar. That's Pixar, isn't it? Disney Pixar.

SPEAKER_02

Wasn't that also 10 years after the first one came out? Yeah. Something like that.

SPEAKER_03

But they set it up for a sequel. They did. Okay, that was a good idea. And they had it they did age the girl. Yes.

SPEAKER_04

Um they let her age. So that at least there was some there was some common sense in there that I could get on board with.

SPEAKER_03

It was the continuation of a coming of age story. So, you guys know what a coming of age story is? Yeah, growing up.

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Mm-hmm.

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Yeah.

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Okay.

SPEAKER_02

And let's throw a baseball in there. Dick.

Toy Story Wars And Spicy Takes

SPEAKER_04

All right, Jackson, hot take.

SPEAKER_02

Oh boy. Calvin's gonna kill me. Uh Toy Story 4 is better than Toy Story 2. Well, it's not. Oh shit, that's so stupid. No. No, it's not. Look, the look, alright, I get it. We should have ended Toy Story or Toy Story 3. I get it, but I cannot stand Toy Story 2. And the mix. I have one main reason. Woody gets taken by this dude because of some dumbass penguin that you only see in Toy Story 2, never seen again. Because they oh yeah, the only reason he's seen in Toy Story 2 is because he explains he's on the top shelf. They literally explained that in the beginning! They explained that in the beginning. And he even explained that he tried to like yell out for them, but he couldn't because his squeaker was broken.

SPEAKER_01

They literally explained that.

SPEAKER_02

Toy Story 2 is ass. Get out of here. And and in Toy Story 3, he's gone. They even mentioned his name. Oh, yeah. Where'd he go?

SPEAKER_00

Woody even Really? Where'd he go?

SPEAKER_02

What do you mentioned? Wheezy. Oh my god. Oh, Wheezy. Yeah. I couldn't even remember his dumbass name. Well, he didn't have a squeaker, so the whole thing with Buster in the beginning, where he's like helping Woody, where they save Wheezy. Um couldn't care about that. Yeah, the whole Jesse. Oh, her backstory is sad as hell. Well, that's the first appearance of Jesse, right? Yeah, that's where she comes from. The whole thing of uh with the second buzz, them saving Woody, uh the airport scene, such a great movie.

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Okay.

SPEAKER_02

Okay, Calvin, that's a better than four.

SPEAKER_01

Calvin hot pink! Calvin hot pink!

SPEAKER_02

The pile of horseshit. Calvin hot pink that I was somewhat excited for a couple years ago. Zerg was wasted in two, bro.

SPEAKER_03

Hot take, Calvin. What's your hot take? Hot take. Oh. He wasn't ready for I was I thought you'd be ready for this Mr. Hot Take. I feel like I had one.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, Toy Story 2 is good.

SPEAKER_01

Is that a hot take?

SPEAKER_02

A lot of people.

SPEAKER_01

Everyone loves two. No one likes two.

SPEAKER_03

You have to have two, though.

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I mean.

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Or you don't have Jesse.

SPEAKER_02

Okay. Also, you get the introduction of Bullseye? I don't give a damn. Okay. Make a better story. Rachel, do you have a hot dog? Okay, let me say my actual one. Okay, God. Um, the Cars franchise is trash. Yeah, we could never get into the Cars franchise. Cars is trash. It's it's trash. And everyone hates the second movie.

SPEAKER_03

And isn't Larry the cable guy in those? Who? Isn't he Mater?

SPEAKER_04

Oh, yes.

SPEAKER_03

Who's Larry the Cameroon? He's a comedian. Exactly.

SPEAKER_04

He's a he's a Dr. Agnaus. Like a hillbilly type comedian. Yeah. Yeah, you guys, we I don't even really remember those because maybe watched the first one one time.

SPEAKER_02

It's so funny because it's like you think the sequel to that movie would be good and everyone hates the second movie. But then they still made a third one. And now they're coming out with a fourth! Oh why? I don't care. And it always ends the same. Doesn't don't all those movies end in a race of some kind? Jesse?

SPEAKER_04

Well who cares?

SPEAKER_02

Who cares? Rach, hot take.

SPEAKER_04

Hot take. Inside out was not that good. Wait a minute, I don't like it. Wait a minute. Hold on. The first or second one isn't that good. Don't care.

SPEAKER_02

My hot take would be it's not that sad. The whole thing with the imaginary friend not that sad. What do you mean, imaginary friend?

SPEAKER_03

Oh Bing Bong. Bing Bong. He wasn't that sad. Not that sad. It wasn't that wasn't the sad part. It was it was more heartwarming than sad when like she finally finds her parents again and they like hug and you can see her like.

SPEAKER_04

I just didn't feel I again, I think Jackson said it earlier, like, up is the standard by which everything is set, and and if you can match, if I if you can get an emotional reaction out of me that matches what you did in Up, that's a win.

SPEAKER_03

But for everyone out there that doesn't know, Rachel, that's a tough challenge. It is, I'm I don't think an animated film is gonna be able to do that.

SPEAKER_04

But I I don't know, Inside Out was fine.

SPEAKER_03

Pixar can bite me.

SPEAKER_04

I I just I didn't really care. I thought it was fun.

SPEAKER_02

I really enjoyed Inside Out. That's where I disagree with you at. I enjoyed it.

SPEAKER_04

Didn't really care.

SPEAKER_02

The first one to me is better than the second one. As usual. Yeah, I realize that now. The first one is better than still a good and interesting concept.

SPEAKER_04

I will say it was an I will give you that. It was definitely an interesting concept. It was something new that they hadn't done before. Um, but somehow I just I just didn't really care.

SPEAKER_00

Okay.

SPEAKER_03

Dang. Wow. Sorry. What's dad's hot take? Hot take on Pixar? Give me a second, because I got I really gotta come guns ablaze in here so you can cut off someone's.

SPEAKER_02

Another good thing about Toy Story 2. Hold on, no! Oh my god! Let me say this. No one cares! The whole thing with the old dude like fixing Woody and getting him fresh. Great. Alright, that was pretty cool.

SPEAKER_03

That was a great scene.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, and Al is not that bad. Al is a pedophile. Buck buck bucks! Al is a Al is a pedophile. It is a pedophile.

SPEAKER_01

Oh, you're gonna make me big buck buck bucks.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, see? Told you, pedophile. If I ever meet him, I'm gonna get him to sign that. You're gonna make me big buck buck bucks.

SPEAKER_04

It's what's his name, right? Yes. Yeah, the dude from Jurassic Park.

SPEAKER_02

I don't have a problem with him. I don't either. See, and I think that's a personal problem. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04

Because he always kinds of plays.

SPEAKER_02

B is the worst part of that movie. He's not that good of a villain. The whole movie is the worst part of that movie. No, it's good. It's not good.

SPEAKER_04

That guy always kind of plays a character sort of like that, where you're just like, ugh. Ugh. Now I did like him in Third Rock from the Sun as the cop. And his thing with Sally. That was pretty funny, because obviously very mismatched.

SPEAKER_02

No, not the car. Shut up, Calvin. No one knows that car from uh from cars. Actually, never. Apparently, my friends do. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04

Wow.

SPEAKER_03

Dang. Hot take. So I I'm trying to piss you guys off, though.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, here we go. Don't be like that one dude. Oh, yeah, the only good part of Up is the first 10 minutes. 10 minutes. Yeah, first 20 minutes. Oh, that's a hot take for me. The first 10 minutes of UP is my least favorite part.

SPEAKER_00

Well, it is very like it's.

SPEAKER_02

That's my least favorite part. I mean, is it? Because I think there's better stuff with Russell, uh Kevin, uh the villain. I think there's much better stuff than just the first 10 minutes.

SPEAKER_04

But we can all agree Russell is the best part of that movie, right?

SPEAKER_02

Oh, you just like the fried ice to Negro. Are you supposed to dig the hole before or after? Uh none of my concern. It's before now you saw the rock.

SPEAKER_04

Now, you know why Up was not my favorite movie? Because it does have such an emotional opening. For me, that actually it's really well done. Um, but in terms of like just wanting to watch a movie, it is sort of like that emotional gut punch, and I just have to be in the mood for that. But you need to and so it cuts down on the rewatchability for me.

SPEAKER_03

But you need so, like, juxtaposition that with hoppers, you need that emotional part in us, and it justifies how the old man is acting, kind of. Like you can understand.

SPEAKER_01

Oh wait, we're hoppers perfectly.

SPEAKER_03

You just see like the grandma passed away, and all of a sudden, let's stay at the pond. All of a sudden dead. But then all of a sudden, it's just a 19-year-old anarchist.

SPEAKER_04

And that's the thing.

SPEAKER_02

My number one claim will be she started a forest fire and got away with it. Now, do that in real life. Your ass is going to jail 15 years.

SPEAKER_04

She's like the opposite of Smokey the Bear.

SPEAKER_02

Like, and the mayor is right next to you while you just committed to a forest fire. Oh, yeah, let me help you out. Let's clean this up together. And guess what? You're gonna graduate college.

SPEAKER_04

It should have had the emotional. It should have had the emotional tenor of up. It was set up for it, and they just completely dropped the motion.

SPEAKER_03

All right, what's dad's hot take?

Lightyear Argument And Animation Debate

SPEAKER_03

I got my hot takes. Okay, let's go. If you remove the agenda from this movie, it's it could, it's probably one of the best Pixar movies ever, and that's Lightyear.

SPEAKER_04

Get out.

SPEAKER_01

No.

SPEAKER_02

No. I'm gonna say no. No. One, Chris Evans was a great choice, but it should have been Tim Allen. That's not my actual pick. The look, though, like all three of you like. I was like, is that the thing? That was so stupid I didn't know what to say. The whole thing with Zerg being himself, they literally show in Toy Story 2, Zerg is his father! But Toy Story 2 was so big that everyone forgot. No, okay, here we go.

SPEAKER_01

With what's my fingers? Wait, with what's the fingers? We're not talking about Toy Story 2 anymore! No one gives a shit! When did that come out? 1998? Oh, my bad, 99! 27 years ago.

SPEAKER_04

Let's call this the Toy Story 2 podcast episode.

SPEAKER_03

Here's my actual hot take. Pixar does not have the best animation.

SPEAKER_04

Great, actually.

SPEAKER_03

Okay, who so Disney has better animation? No, I I would say Illumination, Sony, Dream Works. Oh, okay. You know what? I'll agree with you on that one. Now it didn't start like that, but once the other ones started to try, they've caught up, they've surpassed, I mean, and now you got uh what was it, hoppers looking like garbage 2015 uh Pixar storyboards.

SPEAKER_02

I mean, Sony now, man, their animation is great. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_03

Especially with that goat movie. You didn't see it, but the animation looked great. You know why? Because you have all these people that are leaving Pixar because they can't pay anyone anymore because they can't make any more money. They're not gonna come out with that. Oh, we've got this movie over here. Let's just redo it here or do it in live action. Oh, we're good. Oh, speaking of Toy Story 2 again.

SPEAKER_02

Shut up! Another great thing is the opening scene with the whole video game that Rex is playing and he can't defeat Zerk, and then he defeats Zerg in real life, so he doesn't need to defeat him in the game. Great. That is great. I've already forgotten what you just said. What what happens in the movie? Oh, yeah, no one's gonna be able to do it. Well, also Buzz gets turned on by Jesse. Oh god. Rachel, what's your next question? Oh my god.

Reading Brutal One Star Reviews

SPEAKER_04

So uh the last thing that I thought would be funny to do would be uh we were all supposed to find a low rated a low rating or a bad review of your favorite movie. I have mine ready. Um if anyone Jackson, do you have your stuff? I was gonna say we start with Jackson, that's the way it goes.

SPEAKER_02

Oh my god, I'm not reading all that.

SPEAKER_04

Just find the funniest bits.

SPEAKER_02

All right.

SPEAKER_04

Jackson. What so your favorite movie is Up?

SPEAKER_02

Up. And I found this on IMDB. This person rated it a one out of ten. Oh wow. So, alright. I came into the movie with an open mind to the story and movie in general. I expected great things because Pixar has made some of the best animated movies ever. True. The only things I actually enjoyed about this movie was the plot setup, as the first five minutes of the movie were very sentimental. However, the great set However, the great setup was quickly turned over by countless ideas that were not appealing at all. What are you talking about? I may have laughed only once in the entire movie as the humor could only be funny to small children. No. Nope. It saddens me that this movie could have been great, but was clearly the wrong target, but I was clearly the wrong target audience. Okay, up is not just for kids. If anything, this is the opposite. It's the opposite. Yeah. I'm not saying kids can't watch this. There's nothing that bad in it per se.

SPEAKER_04

But it's very I guess that they just wanted in-your-face jokes, then I suppose.

SPEAKER_02

Well, and you know, I don't understand people's humor because I saw all these things about people saying Hoppers was hilarious. Nope. I didn't laugh once during Hoppers. There were amusing parts.

SPEAKER_04

But yes. Russell and Kevin are very funny and up.

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Alright.

SPEAKER_02

Okay, I'll read a short one. Yeah. I guess. Quickly. Okay. Please. About Toy Story 8. That's about Yes. So Toy Story 2? No, thank you. No. Thank God. Toy Story 2. Okay, so this rating one out of 10. And it's titled Very Disappointing. My family rented the movie when it was hot right off the promos. It was so disappointing. It gave me chills and creeps to watch too. I like Toy Story 2 way better. Nicer overall, I think. That person's dumbass. I mean, the main complaints are it's dark. And it's not for kids.

SPEAKER_04

Okay. Well, I'm gonna piggyback off of you because I saw I never thought of this. But the negative reviews of Monsters Inc. are that this shows children being kidnapped. So here's here's the one. This was from five years ago by someone, no rush parent, who said, kidnapping and torture have no place in a movie geared toward young children. I get the fact that trying to take a common fear for children and turn it around is a good idea for a movie. But when the child is actually kidnapped and tied up by one of the characters who plans on torturing her for her screams, I find this incredibly disturbing. I'm not sure what they were thinking with this one. Just because it turns out all right in the end doesn't mean we get to glorify someone's fears and watching trauma unfold. And they rated it as having too much violence.

SPEAKER_02

Too much violence. He doesn't kidnap Boo, though. Doesn't he find Boo? That is so dumb.

SPEAKER_04

Well, and I did see some other reviews where they were like, my child was scared, and my it's like, okay, but again, you are the parent. You have to know what your child is ready for. You know, if if you think, you know, shame on you, then if your child is really sensitive, fair, fair. But that's your job as the parent, then to decide or pre-screen things to decide if they're ready for them. This was in no way a movie that was glorifying trauma and talking about kidnapping and torturing children. I'm sorry.

SPEAKER_02

You missed the point of the movie. And too much violence.

SPEAKER_04

I don't, yeah. Also, he doesn't kidnap Boo.

SPEAKER_02

No, no.

SPEAKER_04

Oh, well, yeah, no. She ends up going with him, but they go, yeah, I don't, I don't know.

SPEAKER_02

Well, yeah, and he would solely returns Boo to her home.

SPEAKER_04

And again, it's got that really great trope of, you know, you've got a big, scary dude and a small child.

SPEAKER_00

Yes.

SPEAKER_04

That is just a trope. You could sit here and name a dozen movies without even thinking that have that trope that are amazing.

SPEAKER_02

So Well and then the whole chemistry with Mike and her, because he's about her size.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah, come on. Come on, stupid. Okay, what do you got?

SPEAKER_03

All right, mine was Coco, remember. And uh so this is from Rotten Tomatoes. The guy's name is Rafir Guzman from Newsday. Hmm. Not gonna make an assumption, but I I am. I think he might be Mexican. So here's his short review, just a little snippet. He gave it 2.5 out of 4, which isn't that bad, but it's one of the worst I could find.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

But he said, Coco makes sure to cross every item off its Mexican checklist tamales, sombreros, a shot of what looks like tequila. But that's not the the same thing as immersing us in the culture. Did he even watch the movie? Because the whole thing was about the Mexican culture and how they think of death. Yeah. And it was very immersed in it all over the whole movie, and that's what it was all about. So it's almost like this guy who probably is Mexican gets offended because they made a Mexican movie. It's like the exact opposite of what everyone else is saying, like, make more Mexican movies, make more of this movie, make more of this. But this one guy's like, nah, it wasn't good enough for me. I don't know what was like.

SPEAKER_02

You can't please everyone.

SPEAKER_03

Because he didn't he did he mention he didn't mention all the music. No. No music! All the traditions, all the animals, and all the all the colorful stuff and everything that happened. Without the culture and co-c.

SPEAKER_02

We had no movie. Yeah. That's what it was. You know what makes a cameo in that movie? The Pizza Planet Car, which is also in Toy Story 2, and that's another great scene. He just ruins it. And also where Mr. Potato Head and Mrs. Potato Head become parents too. That's another great came.

SPEAKER_04

Before I lose my mind.

Favorite Animated Movies Beyond Pixar

SPEAKER_04

I had one final question, because I think I know the answer to this. But okay. Toy Story Two. We talked about Pixar.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04

Um, but my favorite animated movie is not Pixar.

SPEAKER_00

Oh, what is it?

SPEAKER_04

So I had to go through and make sure. I actually had to look up what it was because I couldn't remember. But is Up Toy Story 3 Coco? Are those your favorite animated movies?

SPEAKER_03

My favorite animated movie. Oh, dang, that's tough.

SPEAKER_04

Like out of everything, I think Up might be Jackson's favorite.

SPEAKER_02

I think Up is my favorite, but there are some other ones that are very close.

SPEAKER_04

I mean, what about you? Favorite?

SPEAKER_02

Bambi.

SPEAKER_04

No.

SPEAKER_03

Listen, when I was a kid. Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_01

Are you serious? Are you for real? Yes! Never heard you talk about Bambi. Seriously, shut up!

SPEAKER_02

I should keg down Brooke my widow haunt. You know Bambi.

SPEAKER_01

You said Bambi.

SPEAKER_02

Are you for real?

SPEAKER_04

Bambi? I've never heard you talk about Bambi.

SPEAKER_01

Bambi sucks. You've never even seen it. Exactly. And I'm never going to. Ooh, we should watch Bambi.

SPEAKER_03

His mom gets k uh killed by a hunter.

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, it's it's the original. He did the line from uh That movie Jackson just said. What? Yeah.

SPEAKER_00

Listen.

SPEAKER_03

When I was younger, so you so you guys could shut up. My grandma, Grandma Marilyn, was a hunter.

SPEAKER_02

And brought back the dinner and said, We're eating this for dinner. Bam bam.

SPEAKER_03

She would so like when McDonald's would have the toys for the movies, she would like collect the toys for all the grandkids, give us the toys, and then go see the movies. And Bambi was one of the movies, you dipshits. Wow. But did you actually like it though?

SPEAKER_04

Or do you have a memory attached? You just have a very fond memory tied to that movie.

SPEAKER_03

Yeah, I don't have to grow up the shitty movies you guys have, like Toy Story.

SPEAKER_01

Yeah, it's Toy Story! I'm gonna have to edit the story.

SPEAKER_02

Two is good. It's better than four. Four is horrible. But it's gonna- I hate the story so much.

SPEAKER_01

And buys and the children.

SPEAKER_03

But it's better than any of the original animated movies that came out. Those are the OG stories where all these other movies pale in comparison.

SPEAKER_02

Cal, Cal. Gabby Gabby is better than Stinky Pete. Get the fabric.

SPEAKER_01

No, that's not Gabby Gabby.

SPEAKER_02

She's better than Stinky Pete. She sucks other than that. Halfway through the movie, you literally forget about Forky. I remember re-watching recently Toy Story 4, and halfway through the movie, I'm like, oh, halfway through Toy Story 2. I forgot I was watching Toy Story 2. It sucks.

SPEAKER_04

But when did a fork become a toy, a toy anyway?

SPEAKER_02

Yeah, that also doesn't make any sense.

SPEAKER_04

Okay, so my favorite, I thought about this, my all-time favorite animated film, though. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03

I'm gonna make fun of it. Whatever it is, I'm owning you for this.

SPEAKER_04

It's monsters versus aliens. I do have some good memories tied to it, but I think objectively speaking, I really think it's a good movie.

SPEAKER_02

Toy Story 2 is better! Shut up! Yes, Toy Stories. Yes, and now I know it's a Toy Story 2 any day. Toy Story 2! Toy Story 2 Any Day. You don't believe that. Yes, I do.

SPEAKER_03

It's DreamWorks. Wait, is there a website where you can like take a test to see if you're autistic? Because Calvin's. Oh, Calvin's definitely on the stuff.

SPEAKER_04

No, autistic people don't like Toy Story 2. Oh, shoot!

SPEAKER_01

I was like sorry.

SPEAKER_02

Okay. Oh yeah, that movie's. Well, what's better about four than two?

SPEAKER_01

Nothing.

SPEAKER_03

Listen, no, Jackson was just trying to rage bait you.

SPEAKER_02

Four is horrible.

SPEAKER_03

I've made it.

SPEAKER_02

Four is horrible. Four is horrible. Four is horrible, but two is worse. No, it's not!

SPEAKER_04

It goes. Three, one, two, four. Yes. Three, one, two, four. That is the proper rating.

SPEAKER_03

Three, one, two, four, five. Nope. Five is gonna be better than four. Five.

SPEAKER_02

Five is gonna be better than four. But in my mind. I predict that to be true. No matter how many Toy Story sequels they come out with, none of them will be better than one, two, or three. Exactly.

SPEAKER_04

The original trilogy.

SPEAKER_02

Will be better than the original trilogy, except for two. Okay. And is your favorite animated movie of all time, Toy Story 2? Yes. That's also Shark.

SPEAKER_04

Three. Three. Three.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, shock. That's also my favorite movie in general.

SPEAKER_04

Yeah. Oh, really? Yes. Favorite movie? Okay.

SPEAKER_03

Honestly, Monsters versus Aliens, it's it's a little hard for me to watch now. Why? Really? Because we actually watched so much. And then there was also that Halloween special with the carrots.

SPEAKER_00

Oh my God. That was good. Get out of here. That was good.

SPEAKER_03

I didn't. Jackson, I'm not saying it's bad, but it's like hearing the Muppet movie, the one with Jason Siegel. Oh. Oh my God. I just think back to the car when we started driving from Austin to or from Ohio.

SPEAKER_04

To Texas.

SPEAKER_03

To Texas. And I just Oh my God.

SPEAKER_02

Oh man, that movie's underrated. The Muppets 2011. Underrated. That's a great movie. We talked about that.

SPEAKER_04

But it's funny because I do get that feeling about a number of things that they watched when they were little. Thomas the Tank Engine, iCar, but but the Stuart Little movies. Stuart Little. Oh my God. If I have to hear that once, that one Stuart Little, that song. Oh my God. See that movie. I don't even want to bring it up because they'll get stuck in my head.

SPEAKER_02

Stuart Little sucks.

SPEAKER_04

Hey, we're not bad, but Jackson.

SPEAKER_02

Toy Story 2 any day. But my Stuart Little over stupid Toy Story 2. Get out of here. Okay. Stuart Little 2 over Toy Story. Serious question, serious question. Do you worship Satan? No. But Friday, when we don't have school, we are rewatching Toy Story 2. No, we are not! Because it's an actual good movie. Dude, the whole thing was like to do like a mini movie. Although I would rather shave my butthole than watch Toy Story 2. It's not that bad. Calvin Wheezy sucks ass. No one does it. Yes, he does. No one cares. Oh, Toy Story 2. And then Wheezy comes back, his squeaker's fixed, and he starts saying, You gotta find it. Okay.

SPEAKER_03

Okay, anyways,

What Was Good This Week

SPEAKER_03

what was good this week? I'm gonna start it off. We binged with our friend Peter Prankster, Love on the Spectrum, the new season, and it was straight fire. Was it autistic? Way better than Toy Story 2. Way better than the other seasons.

SPEAKER_02

Heck, no way you just said that. It was. It was no, it's no offense to autistic people. Oh, see when you say that? But it's cringe. It's cringe. I can't stand it.

SPEAKER_03

By the way, when you said uh in a short video this week, no offense to deaf people, they can't hear you, bro. Well, two subtitles. I didn't put subtitles on it. Yeah, I did, yeah, I did, yeah, I did. Anyways, that was good. And also going to see Jeff Dunham was really cool. Oh, Jeff Dunham was dope. That was amazing.

SPEAKER_02

Uh, Bill Murray's new album. Debut number two in the USA. Finally, underrated artists getting up there.

SPEAKER_03

Signed to Columbia Records now. He's if he can keep going with this trend of how good he is with writing songs, he's gonna be golden shoulders.

SPEAKER_02

Sure, you don't want to go saxophone lady. Okay, I've said this before. That's not real red hair, man. Oh my god. Okay.

SPEAKER_04

Does it matter?

SPEAKER_03

If I wasn't married and she was bald, I'd be like, cool, let's go.

SPEAKER_01

What the hell?

SPEAKER_03

Why bald? Yeah, Max. Well, he's like, she could be. I mean, maybe she knows how to make tamales at least.

SPEAKER_02

Well, yeah, I wouldn't appreciate that as much as you would.

SPEAKER_04

Anyway, Jeff Jackson. I'm just What was good?

SPEAKER_03

I was gonna say Jeff Dunham as well. That was a great show. You guys are so worried to tell us if you find a girl attractive. Like, you what do you think we're gonna do?

SPEAKER_02

I've told you, I've admitted a lot.

SPEAKER_01

Karen Gillen, that's it!

SPEAKER_02

You know what's equivalent to that? Me admitting that Toy Story 2 is good. Shut up! What else was good this week? Calvin, Toy Story 2 sucks everything. Okay, keep it good. I don't want to talk about Toy Story 2 anymore. I do, because it sucks. Okay.

SPEAKER_04

What else was good this week? While you guys were at the Jeff Dunham show, I read your book.

SPEAKER_02

You got Tzekis.

SPEAKER_04

I did get to Zeke's book. And I watched a movie.

SPEAKER_02

Oh, you watched the movie. I watched a movie. Oh, wait. What movie?

SPEAKER_04

Past Lives.

SPEAKER_02

The f Past Lives. I read a Ross Toy Story, too.

SPEAKER_01

Why when we turn on the camera, are you all of a sudden the scapegoat?

SPEAKER_04

I don't know. I think I'm just the one who has different opinions from the three videos.

SPEAKER_03

How was it?

SPEAKER_04

It was good. I liked it. It was good. It was good.

SPEAKER_03

It started with a DOR.

SPEAKER_04

I've been wanting to watch it for a few years, and it finally took the little leaving soon banner on HBO Max for me to find out. It's an A24 movie.

SPEAKER_02

Hey Cal. Toy Story 2 sucks. Shut up. Is that all we have? Picture our hot take. Um No no no. The first Incredibles is overrated and the second one is better. Wow. No one cares. Yeah, no one cares. The first one's not that good. Sorry. It's not. It's boring. It's boring.

SPEAKER_04

We need to, I guess we'll have to do Disney movies soon because we, you know, Big Hero Six. Meet the Robinsons. Very underrated.

SPEAKER_02

Show up, Calvin.

SPEAKER_04

I'll watch Toy Story 2 if you'll watch Meet the Robinsons.

SPEAKER_02

Because Toy Story 2 is great.

SPEAKER_04

But we should watch Meet the Robinsons.

Final Rants And Sign Off

SPEAKER_04

That's a good movie.

SPEAKER_02

Well, another great scene is when Woody is like, oh yeah, I'm gonna go to Tokyo when his friends arrive and Buzz knocks some scents into him and reminds him of what he has. Great scene.

SPEAKER_03

Okay. That was relatively terrible. We're not talking about Toy Story 2 anymore. Turning it off. No carriage.