[00:00:04] Speaker A: Welcome to Investigating Angel Bonus episode Edition, where we take a break from our normal programming to bring you bonus content. We are your hosts, Leia and Sarah. Enjoy the show.
[00:00:37] Speaker B: Merry Christmas. Ho, ho, ho.
[00:00:40] Speaker A: Hey, guys. Welcome back to Investigating Angels.
Oh, my gosh.
[00:00:49] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:00:49] Speaker A: It's like that.
[00:00:50] Speaker B: It's like that meme where it's like, hey.
Hey. How y' all doing?
[00:00:55] Speaker A: Hey.
[00:00:55] Speaker B: Hi. All doing.
[00:00:58] Speaker A: You have the music, like, the classic music that you play for all those sitcoms. Not sitcoms, but, like, reality tv, when it's like, someone, boom. She just. I can't believe how disrespectful she is. And it's like.
Like, the violin strings. And then all of a sudden.
[00:01:18] Speaker B: Is this. Is this what we're doing next to sitcom.
[00:01:22] Speaker A: Not sitcoms.
[00:01:22] Speaker B: Reality tv. Reality tv. Reality. Oh, yes. Yes. We're covering reality TV shows next.
[00:01:28] Speaker A: Keeping up with the Kardashians. Call it Investigating Kids.
[00:01:32] Speaker B: No, we're gonna do the Housewives of All the Cities. That's what we're doing.
[00:01:38] Speaker A: You know what? That would be amazing because. Oh, my gosh. Could you imagine all of the, like, the research I would do? How messy would be. I was like, so she slept with her husband. They're actually sleeping together. And then, oh, that'd be so messy.
Why are you doing this?
Yeah. Maybe we could get Perez Hilton on.
[00:01:58] Speaker B: That would actually be so fun.
Is there even, like, podcasts out there that cover the house?
[00:02:05] Speaker A: They probably do, like, live updates, like, as it's going on, to, like, keep everybody updated with how much, like, oh, my God.
[00:02:12] Speaker B: But, like, the beauty of those shows is, like, watching it happen live. Watching them throw chairs at each other and glasses.
[00:02:20] Speaker A: No, I agree.
[00:02:21] Speaker B: And pull each other's hair and just yell the most amazing insults you've ever heard in your life, you know? Yeah. Can't do it justice by, like, talking about it.
[00:02:31] Speaker A: Leo was telling us, actually on the. On the episode that's going to air today for Becoming Buffy, we were talking about things we hate. And then one of our categories was Things we Love to Hate. And Leo was talking about, like, trashy tv. She just, like, loves it. And she's like, I know it's so bad, but it's, like, so bad. It's so good, and it's entertaining. And she was saying, I guess there was this one girl that, like, there's this. Apparently, this one show. I can't even remember what it is now, where the entire, like, the one rule. They put a bunch of these, like, women in a house. And the one rule is you can't fight with each other. Like, there can be no conflict.
So they, like, do the most and are super petty with each other as much as they possibly can. Leah explains a lot better than I do, so go over and listen to it. But basically, there's this one girl that was antagonizing this other girl, and the girl that was being antagonized ended up, like, getting off or whatever. So at the very end, when they had do the live, like, everybody's meeting each other at the very end.
[00:03:25] Speaker B: The reunion.
[00:03:26] Speaker A: The reunion. The. All the girls come in their cocktail dresses, except for the one girl that was being antagonized. Comes in with, like, khaki pants and, like, a hair and a bunch of sneakers. And she goes, everybody, watch out. I'm here to fight Courtney.
And she, like, goes to the couch, and she's like, you might want to move. I'm going. I'm about to hit Courtney. Like, she just told everybody. She's like, I'm here to throw down. And Courtney's sitting there in her, like, stilettos and her. Her.
[00:03:52] Speaker B: Oh, my God, I need this up.
[00:03:54] Speaker A: Yeah. She's, like, terrified.
[00:03:56] Speaker B: Bodycon dress.
[00:03:57] Speaker A: Yeah. She's like.
[00:03:59] Speaker B: Is this, like, circa, like, 2016?
[00:04:02] Speaker A: I don't know, but it sounds like. Yeah, right around.
[00:04:04] Speaker B: Oh, my God, the best reality tv, everything.
[00:04:07] Speaker A: Yeah. I don't know. I have to again, go listen to it because I can't even remember what Leah was saying now. But it was really funny. Even hearing the way Leah was talking.
[00:04:13] Speaker B: About it was funny.
[00:04:15] Speaker A: But, yeah. Okay. Hi, guys. We're back.
We haven't recorded Merry Christmas in.
Oh, yeah. Merry Christmas. By the way. We're dropping this. The Day of Christmas, by the way, like I said over on becoming Buffy, Christmas is great, but it also can be hard if you're with your family sometime. So sometimes you just want to put your headphones in and go listen to your BFFs. Leia and Sarah just talk about stuff.
So we're here to give you that. And if you're having a great day, hopefully this makes your day even better. So.
But yeah, we have not recorded just the two of us and for investigating Angels since June.
June, six months ago.
[00:04:57] Speaker B: And how's break been a long time. Amazing.
[00:05:02] Speaker A: Her eyes lit up.
[00:05:03] Speaker B: Great.
It's been so good. No, it's been. It's been really good. I feel like a lot happened this summer for me.
[00:05:11] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:05:12] Speaker B: So it was nice not to have, like, we were on strike for seven weeks at my work, so that was craz.
[00:05:19] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:05:20] Speaker B: That was insane. But, yeah, it was a night. It was a really good summer.
Now it's Christmas and it's just nice to have, like, free time. But obviously, like, I miss podcasting. I'm, like, starting to get ready to get back into it.
[00:05:34] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:05:34] Speaker B: But, yeah, how was your break? How was your Bruce?
[00:05:37] Speaker A: Good.
Yeah, Busy as well.
Really have been enjoying having free time for the first time in, like, five years with both podcasts being done. But like, at the same time, everybody wanted us to be, me and Tabby, Leah, you, to be guests in their podcast. So I think I've podcasted at least once every single month since I've been on break, to the point where I'm like, I feel like a freeloader. I'm just like, I don't really have a podcast and I'm, like, just bouncing around on people's shows and stuff. But at the same time, yeah, it's been fun to, like, continue talking about stuff and, like, continue to, like, not, like, lose the skill. Even though I feel, like, super rusty in a lot of ways. But it's just been really nice. And then, like, my evenings are so free. Andrew and I have been watching TV shows, watching movies. Like, I've just been catching up on stuff. I have just, like, a lot more time. But I'm starting, like you said, I'm starting to kind of get that creative itch, that desire to talk about things. I have been sending longer and longer voice notes to Leia about things, and I was like, I think we need a podcast again because we have a lot of thoughts.
[00:06:41] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:06:43] Speaker A: Yes. So it's been a really, really good break, but I can kind of feel myself getting ready to go back into it. But we thought this would be, like, doing this episode would be, like, a really fun, I don't know, surprise for you guys, but also for us to just have a chance to reconnect, to talk about something that we really love. But also, like, it's a little bit more low key than having to do something as intense as Angel.
But do we. Do we want to tell people that. That, like, what we've decided to do next? Since we've, like, officially, like, decided. I don't know when we're gonna start, but we know what we wanna do next.
[00:07:15] Speaker B: I don't see why not.
[00:07:17] Speaker A: Cool. Go ahead, tell everybody.
[00:07:20] Speaker B: Oh, I'm gonna tell them.
[00:07:22] Speaker A: I mean, I could tell them too. It's fine.
Yes, guys. We've decided what we're gonna do next.
[00:07:28] Speaker B: Yes, guys. So, yeah, I mean, we talked about a lot of shows and Then decided.
[00:07:37] Speaker A: To do none of them.
[00:07:38] Speaker B: And then decided to do literally none of them. And that is because Stranger Things Season 5 just dropped. And I know I've been thinking about it nonstop and so has Sarah, and I feel like that show was off the air for so long. It took so long to get to season five that I forgot how good it is and how much I love it. And then watching volume one of like, season five, I was just like, wow. Like, this is. I just. I missed it so much. And I've never gone back and re watched seasons one through four, so I've only ever watched them, like, as they've dropped, which was a hundred years ago. Yeah, I think all different life. So different world.
[00:08:22] Speaker A: Honestly. 2016, before everything happened. Yeah.
[00:08:26] Speaker B: That's crazy.
[00:08:27] Speaker A: That's the year my daughter was born. The first. The first episode came out, I think in 2016. And that was the year Gwen was born and that was the year Trump was elected. And then, you know, four years later, Covid happened. And I mean, like, that's all that stuff that's happened since then.
[00:08:42] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:08:43] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:08:44] Speaker B: So all. All that to say that we've, I think, pretty unanimously decided that we want to cover Stranger Things and like, revisit and rewatch. Yes. I feel like for me it's gonna be like, I remember stuff, but there's so much there. Like, like you said, I watched season one in 2016 and then never revisited it. So I think it'll be really fun to like, watch how it ends and then go back to the beginning and watch it, knowing everything that comes after. So, yeah, it's going to be Stranger Things.
We're going to talk about strange stuff on this podcast next.
[00:09:18] Speaker A: Leaving la. We're going to Hawkins, Indiana. Pretty exciting.
[00:09:23] Speaker B: Very exciting.
[00:09:24] Speaker A: We're jumping from the 90s, going back to the 80s. Yeah.
I'm so excited. It's funny because, like, all the other stuff we've been throwing around, I still want to get to that as well. I think. I think we're going to. Eventually we'll do something.
Um, but it was, it's. It was so funny because if you've listened to Becoming Buffy, I've mentioned it here and there for like the last couple of years, how much I would love to do a Stranger Things podcast because it's one of the few shows that I like, just adore the characters and really enjoy the vibe. And like, we were talking about how it feels Buffy esque in a lot of ways with the way that it incorporates the supernatural with children in high school. And all that stuff for sure. But I've mentioned it. Tabby, Leah. But obviously, like, they can't do anything about it right now. And they were never, like, super duper on board with it. But I. And I've mentioned to other people, but I just. I never mentioned it to you, which is so funny. And then, like, two weeks ago, she voice messages me out of the balloon. I was like, you know what show would be really fun to do? And as soon as you said Stranger Things, I was like, I got all excited because I think the first time, both of us were, like, really excited about something that we talked about. Like, not that the other stuff wasn't also interesting, but this was the one where I was like, I need to talk about this. I really want to talk about this.
[00:10:36] Speaker B: Yeah, that's how I felt, too, because, like, I love the idea of covering anthology series like American Horror Story and, like, the Mike Flanagan.
That's his name. Mike Flanagan.
Like, the. The short, not whatever. The Haunting of Hill House and stuff like that. Like, those are still very fun, but I just feel like Stranger Things is so, like, new right now.
[00:10:57] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:10:58] Speaker B: And it's just, like, a hot topic, and I have a lot of thoughts about it, and I feel like by the time we get around to covering it, it'll still be, like, freshly done and it'll be really fun to go back and.
[00:11:11] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:11:12] Speaker B: I don't know. I just. You just. When you don't watch something for so long and then you, like, get new material for it, it almost feels like this might happen with, like, the new Buffy show, But I don't. I don't think so. I don't know.
[00:11:22] Speaker A: You want to go back to Buffy? You can go do the Buffy show. No. Oh, my God.
Sorry. Maybe I'm like, trigger warning for Lance.
[00:11:32] Speaker B: Maybe in, like, 15 years. I don't know.
[00:11:34] Speaker A: I think I'll be retired from podcasting by then.
[00:11:37] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. But, yeah, anyway, just, like, the new season coming out and just, like, just rediscovering the show again, I'm just like, yeah, I have a lot to say about this, I think, and it would be really fun to talk to you about it because, you know a lot of stuff, and I feel like, you know, that this is a show where we can do our, like, deep dive stuff on it, but also, like, it'll still be fun, you know? So.
[00:12:03] Speaker A: Yes, I'm so excited. And it's fun because I've actually watched. I've watched the entire show through multiple times now, and just this past month like, in preparation for season five, Andrew and I rewatched everything. I've actually watched season one two times this month because my kids. We introduced season one of my kids, so. So, okay, Andrew and I watched. Andrew and I watched it.
[00:12:26] Speaker B: So you're an expert.
[00:12:27] Speaker A: An expert on season one? No, I've seen it several times. I've seen the whole show, like, maybe five times now. So, like, with each se. New season drop, we would rewatch the entire series. So I've seen it multiple times over now. And I just free, like, recently rewatched the entire thing. So I have a lot of thoughts. Very fresh. But also I. We're not going to show the kids past. My kids are 9 and 8, so they're still kind of a little too young for some of the scarier stuff. We had them, like, close their eyes and fast forward a few things in season one, but it was like, season one is not as bad or as scary, I should say, as season two, three. It just. It kind of gets scarier as you go. So we had them rewatch the first season, and it was so fun. They, like, were begging us to watch the future seasons. I was like, they're already having nightmares, like, about Demogorgons from the first season. I was like, we're gonna wait a little bit.
But it's just crazy.
Now the new Next Generation is watching this show that came out when they were born. Like, it's just. It's absolutely wild how long it's been.
[00:13:27] Speaker B: I mean, it's crazy to, like, see the actors on screen when you, like. You've literally, like, watched them grow up.
[00:13:34] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:13:35] Speaker B: On screen. Like, it's very weird. Yeah, it's very different than Buffy because I feel like all the Buffy actors, like, they were. They were adults when they started doing the show, but, like, these kids were, like, 11 and 10 and 12 when they started doing the show, which, like, I'm. I've been watching welcome to Derry, and that's been so fun.
And I love the fact that these. It's, like, kids that they cast. And it's just. You would think that, like, as an adult, you watch, like, a show whose main characters are all children that are, like, 11 and 12, that you wouldn't be very invested. But, I mean, it's. It, like, it's Pennywise, it's horror, and it's, like, amazing. And the kids are so impressive with their acting. And I feel like that's kind of the same thing with the Stranger Things kids as well. Like, even in season one, you, like, watch it. And you're like, oh, okay, yeah, kids in.
[00:14:28] Speaker A: Kids in Peril is like a different kind of horror. And then you throw in the 80s vibe. You have got Winona Ryder. You've got all these other really cool actors that pop in and stuff. But yeah, anyway, so we're very excited about Stranger Things. In case you can't tell, we don't really have a time frame timeline set up yet. Just because we need to sit down and kind of figure out what that's going to look like, how we're going to do release schedule and stuff. We. We really want to, like, moving forward, not burn ourselves out and be a little bit more intentional about taking breaks, more extended breaks. So we need to kind of figure that out. But also I have, like, I'm. I'm going to be moving probably soon. Leah's having her baby soon. I'm going to be going to help her. So I've got a few things coming up in the next few months that might make, like, releasing and stuff a little bit trickier. But we're gonna kind of work through some things. But I anticipate probably like spring, summer time, at least at the very latest to have start having some stuff being released and everything. But.
[00:15:26] Speaker B: Yeah, so it's nice too, because it's shorter seasons, so we're not committing to 22 episodes that we have to record. So we can, like. We'll more than likely do what Prophecy Girls is doing and record a whole season and then just drop it all at like, not all at once, but, like, you know.
[00:15:46] Speaker A: Yeah, drop it.
[00:15:46] Speaker B: But it's still. It's still only really eight weeks that it's gonna be. Right. Or like nine weeks instead of your, like, 22 weeks of, you know, episodes every week. So it's. It's a little bit less daunting, which is nice.
[00:16:00] Speaker A: Yeah. So these are all conversations we're having. We're definitely, like, prepping and gearing up to start doing that. And yeah, we'll let. We'll be talking with you guys and let you know. But until then, we figured we're going to talk about Leia's favorite Christmas movie, which is the holiday. Is it like your favorite movie ever or just your favorite Christmas movie?
[00:16:20] Speaker B: No, it's just my favorite Christmas movie.
[00:16:22] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:16:22] Speaker B: And to all the Discord members.
[00:16:26] Speaker A: Oh, yeah, sorry.
We were like, hey, guys, here are five movies that we want to discuss.
Take your pick.
[00:16:33] Speaker B: No, it's not even that. We were like, can you give us suggestions for movies?
[00:16:38] Speaker A: They gave us suggestions. We had a poll Everybody picked Muppet Christmas Carol. We sat down to watch it, and Leia's like, I've never seen any of the Christmas Carol movies. I was like, oh, I've never seen anything with Scrooge and stuff. And she's like, no. And I was like, okay, I've seen Muppet Christmas Carol. And I was like, yeah, it's like a really. It's like a good movie. Has Michael Caine all this stuff. And then I was like, just FYI, it's a musical.
[00:17:00] Speaker B: And she was like, no, we're done.
[00:17:01] Speaker A: I'm not saying that. I was like, all right, then. So we put on the Holiday.
I can't.
[00:17:06] Speaker B: So I was like, yeah, we're gonna watch the Holiday Comfort movie. So funny. Good fun.
And so. Yeah. Sorry, guys.
Really appreciate your input, but it doesn't matter. I'm just kidding.
[00:17:20] Speaker A: Yeah, sorry.
We love you guys.
[00:17:23] Speaker B: Screw you guys. Yeah.
[00:17:25] Speaker A: Who cares about your opinion anyway?
[00:17:27] Speaker B: Who cares about your opinion?
[00:17:29] Speaker A: Truly, I.
We will. We'll do something at some point. No one's gonna ever believe us anymore. Ever.
[00:17:34] Speaker B: I know, but I mean, they should expect this by now. Come on, guys.
We just like to keep you on your toes. Yeah. I mean, we can never let them guess our next move.
[00:17:44] Speaker A: No, you guys will just never see it coming. We're talking about never. Anakin, An American Horror Story, and boom, Stranger Things.
[00:17:50] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:17:51] Speaker A: So see?
But we hope you guys. We hope you guys are just so hungry for content from us. Just like, traveling through the desert of no. Leia and Sarah. And then, oh, boom, here's the oasis. And you just don't even care what we're giving you because you just. Just.
[00:18:10] Speaker B: And also, it's the holiday. If you haven't watched it yet, you need to watch the holiday because it is a very comfy cozy. It's so soft.
It's such a sweet movie. Just, like, feel good. It really is a movie I put on when I'm like, oh, I feel down right now. And I just want to, like, I just need a little pick me up. And that movie just does it for me.
[00:18:34] Speaker A: Yeah. And you know what? I think I'm learning, too. Like, we both gravitate towards something that makes us feel something, and it, like, that's what we've learned with Stranger Things in the holiday. So we're just going to keep picking things based upon what our heart is telling us.
Yeah.
[00:18:50] Speaker B: We go by vibes.
[00:18:51] Speaker A: We do go by vibes. So. Okay, so this is gonna be a little bit different because we've never actually covered a movie before. And we're not going to be walking through scene by scene just because once again, it is Christmas time and I'm on hiatus, so I'm going to be putting in, like, low effort here.
I did do a bunch of research for it because I thought that was fun.
[00:19:10] Speaker B: Yeah, I thought so.
[00:19:15] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:19:16] Speaker B: Sure, Jan.
Sure, Jan. My low effort.
[00:19:19] Speaker A: Is like your effort on a regular podcast pretty much.
[00:19:24] Speaker B: Me just, like, watch the movie like three nights ago and just showed up today. That's my effort.
[00:19:29] Speaker A: I did. I did find the transcript online and copied it over and looked at it.
[00:19:33] Speaker B: And it was amazing.
[00:19:34] Speaker A: I just don't really want to walk through this whole thing. I'm like.
But you know what? We're going to talk about the movie. We were. When we were watching it at one point, I was like, there's a lot of blue in this movie. I was like, I wonder why? And you were like, I don't know, but I'm sure you'll find out and then you'll tell me. And I was like, I will. And I. I mean, I found out a reason. I don't know if it's the reason, but.
Okay, so in case you guys haven't seen it, if you have seen it, here's kind of like a little bit about it. So the Holiday is a 2006 technically romantic comedy film. And yeah, there is comedy, but I just feel like it's also your classic Christmas movie. It's just. I feel like it's more romance than comedy.
It's just got. It's like a blend of several genres. It's produced and directed by Nancy Meyer. So I looked her up. So she wrote the Parent Trap with Lindsay Lohan and directed the Parent Trap.
[00:20:26] Speaker B: Amazing movie.
[00:20:27] Speaker A: Wrote the Father Bride one and two, like Father of the Bride.
[00:20:32] Speaker B: Excellent.
[00:20:32] Speaker A: She wrote both those movies. Yeah. And she directed Something's Gotta Give and wrote it and what Women Want, so that's crazy. She's also the highest grossing female director and well earned.
[00:20:46] Speaker B: Good for her.
[00:20:47] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah. Right.
[00:20:48] Speaker B: She just has a way with. I don't know. Anyway, we'll talk about it when we talk about the movie.
[00:20:54] Speaker A: Yeah, no, it's fine.
[00:20:54] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:20:55] Speaker A: And it's scored by Hans Zimmer and it's got the score, cast, and they're all hot. And so it's like, what. What else could you want?
[00:21:03] Speaker B: So, like, this movie, I think, like a huge part of why I love it is because of the score. It's like almost like when we watched.
[00:21:11] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:21:12] Speaker B: Waiting in the Wings in Angel and I was like, oh, my God. Like, I'm blinded by the score, but, like, this is actually good.
Not that waiting in the Wings wasn't, like, good, but, like, the score in this movie is just. I was going to tell you, like, I'm like, can we play, like, the holiday song on the podcast? Because it's so good.
[00:21:29] Speaker A: Yeah, we totally.
Yeah.
[00:21:32] Speaker B: But, yeah, the score of this movie is just dreamy to me. Like, when I come across a TikTok where somebody's, like, using it for their video, it's an immediate like. Like, stop. I'm watching it all the way through. Like, I'm just in my feel.
Amazing.
[00:21:49] Speaker A: Yeah.
Yeah. It's really, really pretty. Hans Zimmer, like, everything that he does is just fantastic. But there's something so special about this. Like, it feels like a Christmas movie, but the score is not quite Christmassy, but it's still kind of. It's got that same feel, but then it's also just. It feels like it's wrapping you up in a warm blanket and a warm hug where you're sitting outside in a blanket on a warm spring day, and it just.
[00:22:13] Speaker B: Hot coffee.
[00:22:13] Speaker A: It just makes you feel happy and joyful inside. And isn't that what Christmas is all about? Right.
[00:22:20] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:22:21] Speaker A: Okay, so it was.
[00:22:22] Speaker B: Play it, D.J.
[00:22:23] Speaker A: I know.
[00:22:24] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:22:25] Speaker A: Give it to me, Rachel. All right, so it was filmed in both.
[00:22:28] Speaker B: Give me to me, Rachel. Give me to me.
[00:22:41] Speaker A: It was filmed in both California and in England. Stars Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jack Black.
What's the other guy?
Yeah, that. Just that small actor. Jude Law.
[00:22:53] Speaker B: Just a small actor.
[00:22:55] Speaker A: Iris and Amanda. To Love Lauren. Women from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean who arrange a home exchange to escape heartbreak during the Christmas and the holiday season. All right, so, Leia, tell me what it is. I mean, you kind of already talked a little bit about it, but, like, tell me what it is about this episode or this episode.
Not an Angel. What it is about this movie that you just really, really love apart from, like, it just makes you feel happy and stuff. Like, what is it specifically? Besides the score and the people? Yeah.
[00:23:26] Speaker B: Yeah.
I mean, it's hot people. Great score.
But, no, I think it's, like, for me, it's the perfect balance of, like, relatable, but also kind of, like, kind of corny and, like, magical and kind of, like, unlike, not realistic. You know, I think when we were watching it, I was telling you that I really, like, enjoy that we're watching these adults, like, navigate adult relationships.
[00:23:54] Speaker A: And they look like adults and, like, two very.
[00:23:57] Speaker B: They look like adults yeah. And it's like two very different women with two different personalities and different problems. And like you and I were saying that when you're watching the movie, you're invested in both of their stories because they're both like, who hasn't experienced, you know, what Iris and Amanda are going through in the movies. Right. But they're both like, both of the stories are equally compelling and I love that like one of the storylines is between Iris and like the old man that's the director. You know, it's not like romantic, like, it's showing you examples of like romantic love, platonic love, family love, you know, relationships between people who have like kids and how to like navigate that and like somebody who has a high powered career but also like, wants to be able to get in touch with their emotions. Like, I just feel like there's so many things in the movie that are so relatable to like an adult woman specifically, but at the same time it's very like whimsical and like dreamy and obviously it's like not realistic how it ends, how like, oh, they just get together. In the end it's happily ever after. But it's, it's just like if it's feel good to watch stuff like that. So I think that's what I like about the movie so much is that, I don't know, it just kind of sucks you in and you can relate to it and it's just a good watch, in my opinion.
[00:25:21] Speaker A: So, yeah, yeah, it's so funny because a lot of like the reviews, the negative, I will say the negative reviews because there's a lot of positive reviews, but a lot of the negative reviews were people just being like, are not or it was like from critics. We're like, oh, it's predictable. And I'm like, yeah, yeah. That's the point of these cozy movies. That's why we come back to them, because we know the formula, we know how it's going to end. But we are here for the journey. We want to see everybody happily ever after together at the very end. That's why these movies sell, because I want to see that. I want to like, I love romance books. I. I eat them up and I know it's going to end with them happily ever after. But I want to know how we get there like that the important part isn't like, there's going to be a twist or whatever. Although, like, that is refreshing at times. But like, we go back to it because we know it's going to be happy and sometimes we just need that predictability in our lives, you know, for sure.
[00:26:17] Speaker B: It's just fun sometimes to, like, watch, like, interpersonal dynamics, like, play out on screen. Like, I don't know, like, it doesn't have to always be, you know, complex or whatever. It can just be simple sometimes. Like, this movie's. It depicts, like, very simple things that people go through in life.
And yeah, it has the happy ending, but, like, you're watching a Christmas movie, right? Of course, right. But at the same time, like, you know, you and I were also talking about this, but, like, when you watch Christmas movies, I feel like nowadays there's. There's not that lived in feeling. And this movie has that feeling. Like the people look like real people.
They, like.
I don't know, the houses look like real houses. The landscapes look like, you know, it's not, like, esthetic. It is esthetic in, like, a very beautiful way. Because I think all of, like, Nancy Myers is, like, known for having a specific esthetic to her movies that's very, like, cozy and like, like soft and whatever.
But it's not esthetic in the sense of, like, oh, like, we're doing this to put it on social media.
You know, they're not dressing that way. They're not, like, talking that way. They're not doing their houses that way. It's just like. I don't know, it's just cozy. Like, that's. That's the only way I can explain it, which I also love, because you don't really see that nowadays in movies. I feel like.
[00:27:41] Speaker A: Yeah, and that's something like you and I were talking about when we were watching it together. I. It's just there's so many layers to this. Like, one, the writing to it, like, when they're dialoguing, it feels like natural dialogue that people would have with each other. And that's something that, like, don't get me wrong, I love a corny Christmas movie that I can just turn on and shut my brain off. There's a time and a place for that. But it kind of feels like anytime you hear anything about a Christmas movie, it's just automatically going to be kind of a little bit silly and stupid to the point where it's like, this isn't necessarily going to become a Christmas classic. Like, they're banking on the fact that you want to watch a movie during Christmas and you'll just turn this on and right, it. Something like this is very timeless. But on top of all of that. So, like, the good writing, the aesthetic and this is something I could go on and on about, but, like, you and I are talking about, like, the way that they did. The environments are very lived in. It's beautiful. Like, apparently the inside of Amanda's home in the LA house cost 3 million to design and everything.
[00:28:39] Speaker B: And it's beautiful in there.
[00:28:40] Speaker A: That's not that, like. Yeah, that's not a house that had plumbing or electricity or anything. It just was the interior design.
[00:28:45] Speaker B: Oh, wow. Okay.
[00:28:46] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, it was just the interior design of it because it was built on a set, but it cost 3 million, which is crazy.
But, like, you can tell, like, I really noticed it, like, when they. They shot several times from the entry hall, like, you were. You're up the stairs looking down, and that rug, you can tell it's a natural fiber rug or like a jute rug. And you can see the texture. There's so much texture that she put into each of the sets that it just, like, it genuinely. It allows you to feel what Iris is feeling as she's going in to see the house for the first time. It's not like this cold home. It looks like someone that has Amanda's personality, that would live there, because Amanda, yes, has to live somewhere that has warmth and life and vibrancy to it, even if it's more of an upscale LA type of home. And so seeing the way that they use color and lighting and shadow and contrast and then the filters and stuff, that also enhances the set design and stuff. And I feel like so much of the movies today, we're missing a lot of that. And also we're missing a lot of contrast in our. In our. In our coloring and saturation. And we're also missing, like, really interesting shots. A lot of some people have talked about this on TikTok, about how a lot of movies today are shot with the characters and people straight on, and they're shot with these cameras that allow you to see. They blur out the background.
And so when you're shooting at the person, you see their face extremely clearly, but everything else is blurred out. And we're losing the sense of the immersion of being in that world because you're not seeing the details of everything behind them. And so it's something that I just. These movies in the 2000s, the early 2000s, all of the thought and care that's put into every single aspect. And then I haven't even talked about. You can see. See forehead wrinkles and expressions and, like, full range of expressions on these women and on these men. Like, they look like they're in their 30s. They've got fine lines, but they're gorgeous, obviously. Like, but they're not pumped full of filler. And. And I think, obviously, this is not me trying to slam if people want to get filler and stuff like that. But I think it's gotten to the point with actors, and I know Kate Winslet in particular, both her and Cameron Diaz have talked about how they're like, as actors, it limits our ability to emote. And I feel like we're missing that in on screen.
[00:31:11] Speaker B: I mean, it's this thing called, like, iPhone face. Right. Like, they have. They cast these, like, actresses that look like, you know how everybody looks on social media, and then they have them in, like, period pieces.
And you're like, Josephine from 1880 has, like, lip filler and, like. Like, right. Cheek filler. Like, okay, right.
[00:31:34] Speaker A: And it's like, there's a time, if you want to do that makes you for sure, like, that' what it is. I'm not trying to knock that, but it really does affect people's acting abilities, too. I saw this movie. I think it came out, like, last year, the year before. It has how now I can't remember anybody's name, but it's the one that was set in the TSA agent with Egan.
I forget what his name is.
[00:31:57] Speaker B: Oh, I. I didn't see it, but I know which one you're talking about. Yeah, it's like a horror. It's like a thriller. Yeah.
[00:32:02] Speaker A: I forget all the actors who are in there. I can see their faces, but they're like, basically, the girl who was in it. Like, she. I don't. I can't tell if she's a good actor or not, because she wants the entire time. And I'm like, girl, you're in peril. You're in peril. Like, she's crying. Like, can't move.
[00:32:18] Speaker B: You are in danger.
[00:32:20] Speaker A: But I, like. I don't know. All I can think about when I'm watching these movies is like.
Like, there's no expression on your face. And it's like, I feel like an actor is supposed to move their face. I don't know. So all that to say is it was just so lovely, like Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz. Just.
You feel every expression. You see it. You. Like, it's just lived in. And I really. It just. I was like, oh, man, I missed this. I didn't realize how deprived we've become of facial expressions in women on shows today.
[00:32:50] Speaker B: I mean, I think just in general, the casting in this movie was just excellent.
Everybody had amazing chemistry with everybody. Like, I just think the way they paired them off was just great.
I really like that Jack Black, who's not like a conventionally attractive. No, but he's man, right? Like, sweet. He's so charming. He's so sweet and so charming. And like, I don't know, I feel like for the time. When did this movie come out? Like, 2009, 2006. Okay. So, like, for that time, like, you didn't really see guys that looked like him in, like, leading roles or like love interest roles. I feel like they were always just like the best friend or like, you know, the nerd or whatever, the comedic person. But I really like that in this movie, he's like, he's kind of comedic, but he's also like, he's sweet and he has this connection with Iris. And like, like I said, there. There was also, like, the plot line with the older man. What was his name?
The gumption wall. Walter.
[00:33:52] Speaker A: Was it Walter? No, not Walter.
Arthur.
[00:33:55] Speaker B: Arthur.
Arthur with the gumption. Like that just. That whole storyline is just, like, so sweet. And then you have Jude Law, who is just. Jesus fucking Christ.
Holy shit. I was literally telling Sarah. I'm like, if they ever had decided to do like a Rupert Giles prequel, he would make a Jude Law.
Young Jude Law could be Rupert Giles.
[00:34:20] Speaker A: He's got that intensity small Rupert has. But then he also's got that English charm, that bookish English charm. Yeah, he. He absolutely nailed this role for sure.
[00:34:30] Speaker B: And then, like, him and Cameron Diaz with their crazy eyes just eye each other the entire movie.
[00:34:36] Speaker A: That's why there was so much blue in this movie.
Because Cameron Diaz's eyes, they're like. How can we emphasize you're being hypnotized by her laser balls over there.
[00:34:46] Speaker B: So beautiful. So, yeah, I think the casting is just. It's pretty top tier, like, but also, nobody else could have been cast in this. I feel like, like, they made such good choices with the casting.
[00:34:57] Speaker A: But also, too, I have to say, I have found anytime I see a movie that was written, directed, and she. She wrote, direct, and produced this, that tells me she's invested, she cares about this, she wants it to be good, and she knows what it is. And anytime I see someone directing something that they've also, like, wrote, I'm like, it's automatically going to be so much better than someone who just wrote something and then handed it off to someone else. Obviously, there's. That happens all the time, but, like, you can tell this was something that she was really passionate about.
And, okay, fun fact. She actually wrote all of the characters with the cast in mind. So she wrote for Jack Black, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Cameron Diaz. She knew, like, they were all the characters that she had in mind or, like, the actors she had in mind when she wrote the script.
And it's really interesting because both Kate Winslet and Jude Law had did a lot of period pieces up until now and hadn't done anything like this. And so this was a huge stretch for them as a writer. It was a risk, but it was also something that they were really nervous about.
There's a quote from Jude Law in particular that I thought was really interesting. Here, let me find it. I'm. By the way, you guys can look all this stuff up on, like, Wikipedia. That's where I'm getting most of my stuff, because there's, like, a ton of stuff on there. But Jude Law had this quote where he was talking about how playing this character was a lot scarier because he felt a lot more vulnerable. It says a fan of Myers's previous work on Something's Gotta Give. Winslet, then primarily known for portrayals in period films, loved the idea of playing a contemporary English woman in romantic comedy, a genre she had not done before.
She initially felt nervous and scared about trying to be funny at times, stating that her and Jude Law would speak on the phone a lot before they started shooting. They were both like, oh, my God, they're going to fire us, they're going to recast. What if we don't make them laugh? And then Jude Law said that he accepted the role because he was interested in playing a type of character that he had never played on film before. After his appearances in a string of period dramas and science fiction films in the early to mid 2000s, Law found it tricky to approach the contemporary role of Graham. Like Winslet, he felt more vulnerable playing a character who fitted his own look and did not require an accent, a costume, or relocation. And Myers apparently was not immediately sure if Law was going to fit the genre. He was the only one that she was a bit iffy about, and she said his character actually evolved more during the writing than any of the others. And they decided to cast him after a meeting where they went through the script together. And she said in preparing for his role, she sent him a collection of Clark Gable films to prepare for the performance that she wanted in the Holiday, which I feel like you can see a lot that. But, yeah, so, like, it's really interesting because obviously, like, Titanic sense and Sensibility were big Winslet films. I'm not as familiar with Jude Law's background and stuff, but it's kind of crazy to think that this is. They're both of their first kind of modern setting for a movie, but I.
[00:38:00] Speaker B: Think works so well because I feel like, for example, if Jude Law had been paired up with somebody other than Cameron Diaz, I feel like it might not have worked as well. Like, I just think the pairings were done really well.
[00:38:14] Speaker A: Yeah. Because Cameron Diaz doesn't fit in period pieces.
[00:38:17] Speaker B: No, no, not really. But it's just like, she has that. Like, they just have that chemistry between them that just makes it work. So it almost. It feels very effortless when you're watching them on screen. Like, it doesn't really feel like it's two actors acting, to me at least, like, they really embody those roles. And I feel like with Kate Winslet, she was. She really shined or shone or whatever the hell you say when she was acting up. She's shown it when she was acting opposite Arthur, and they just had, like, they're a little meet cute. And, like, that was just so endearing to watch.
And I feel like had they not paired them off that way, it might have been a little bit different. So it's really interesting to know that, like, she wrote the roles with these actors in mind, and then it, like, ended up working out so well.
[00:39:08] Speaker A: And it worked out. And obviously her vision was correct. Jack Black, so obviously, like, we talked about how he was not the typical look or, like, the typical person that you would pick. So Myers created the character for Black after watching his performance in School of Rock, which I don't know.
[00:39:25] Speaker B: Oh, my God. But, like, I have.
[00:39:27] Speaker A: I don't know how she was like, yeah, that's it. Because, like, it's so that's the one different. But apparently that's what it was. And she says that she. She said, when I was thinking of this movie, I thought he was someone I would like to write a part for. And I'm aware he's not Clark Gable. He's not tall, dark and handsome, but he's adorable. He's lovable. It's my way of saying, this is the right kind of guy. This is what most guys look like if they're lucky. He's so adorable and white. Why not? And then, you know, Jack Black felt flattered and a little bit nervous about, you know, being approached to star in a rom com. But, you know, what got him to sign up? Like, what was, like, the thing that made him he found out he'd be playing opposite Kate Winslet, and he was like, I'll do it. Isn't that so cute?
[00:40:05] Speaker B: Of course that's so.
Who would say no to that? Yeah, come on.
[00:40:11] Speaker A: And he loved that. He really connected with the composer side of everything because he loves music and he's in his own band and all that stuff. But I thought that that was really, really fun. And then Jude Law. So the name Iris, they. They decided on that name because that was one of Jude Law's daughters, which I thought was really sweet, corporate, like, him being a dad and stuff. And then Cameron Diaz signed on after reading parts of the script. And then she said she felt like Amanda was totally relatable. And she loved, like, the way that she progressed and everything. And she said that she, Both her and Myers felt like Diaz's performance is very comparable to, like, something Goldie Hawn or, like, the way that she would act out very California Girl, which I think is just, like, really, really cute. And then this. Okay, this cracks me up. So apparently a lot of people auditioned for the role of the guys. Jack Black and Jude Law's characters. So, Robert Downey Jr. And Jimmy Fallon.
[00:41:17] Speaker B: Wow.
[00:41:18] Speaker A: Audition.
[00:41:18] Speaker B: Wow.
[00:41:19] Speaker A: Graham and Miles.
[00:41:21] Speaker B: No, I can't see it.
[00:41:23] Speaker A: No, not at all.
So Robert Downey Jr. To play, obviously, like, Jude Law's character, and then Jimmy Fallon to play as Jack Blacks.
So they auditioned to play them, and Downey says, we both got called in just as seat fillers. Nancy Meyer needed someone to read with the gals. And we're sitting there going, it's about to happen for us. And I was like, I've got to have a better English accent than Jude Law at this point. And then Kate Winslet was like, that was the worst British accent I've ever heard. And I was like, I'll check out now, but I'm taking the gummy bears from the mini bar, which is so funny.
[00:41:53] Speaker B: That's cute.
[00:41:54] Speaker A: It's hilarious.
In an interview on the Tonight Show, Kate Winslet revealed that she is more recognized for this movie than for Titanic.
[00:42:02] Speaker B: I saw that.
[00:42:03] Speaker A: Isn't that insane?
[00:42:04] Speaker B: I saw that on Tick Tock recently. And how she gets approached by, like, mothers. She'll be in, like, a grocery store, and she'll get approached by, like, mothers and daughters. And they tell her how this is a movie they put on.
[00:42:16] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:42:16] Speaker B: And that's just so sweet. Like, this is genuinely a movie. I. I usually watch it once a year at Christmas, sometimes more. But it's definitely a movie where it's like, it's like a girls night movie and I love that.
[00:42:28] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:42:28] Speaker B: But that's. Yeah, that's so sweet.
[00:42:31] Speaker A: Yeah. And I mean, Titanic is obviously in a tier of its own and stuff, but it's not one of those, like, I'm in the mood for just a nice movie. Let's watch Titanic. You know what I mean? Like, it's not one which is turn on.
[00:42:42] Speaker B: Yeah, no, maybe.
[00:42:44] Speaker A: Maybe the first part of the movie, but that's it. But yeah. And then Jack Black has said that this movie is his best performance, which I really, really love.
[00:42:52] Speaker B: Oh, my God.
[00:42:54] Speaker A: Yo. And then Cameron Diaz so much has said that this movie is her most physical due to all the running she had to do.
[00:43:01] Speaker B: Yeah, she did have to run in heels.
[00:43:03] Speaker A: She ran a lot in Snow and.
[00:43:05] Speaker B: Rain, which is so funny because she did Charlie's Angels also. That's true.
Crazy.
[00:43:12] Speaker A: That's so true.
That's hilarious. I didn't even think about that. Okay, so.
And the two actors. Yeah, the mask. What was the other one? It was. I guess she didn't really run a lot in like My Best Friend's Wedding or whatever. The one with Julie. Yeah.
[00:43:29] Speaker B: Julia Roberts.
[00:43:31] Speaker A: He wanted to say Julie Andrews, something.
[00:43:32] Speaker B: McDermott or whatever.
[00:43:34] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:43:34] Speaker B: My Best Friend's Wedding.
[00:43:36] Speaker A: Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, so there are two actors in this movie who dated briefly before they start in this movie. Can you guess which two actors there were? They were.
[00:43:49] Speaker B: Are they main actors?
[00:43:52] Speaker A: Yeah, they're main actors. They're main actors.
[00:43:55] Speaker B: Cameron Diaz and Jude Law.
[00:43:57] Speaker A: No.
Oh, I know, right?
[00:44:00] Speaker B: Kate Winslet and Jude Law.
[00:44:02] Speaker A: No.
[00:44:05] Speaker B: I don't know.
Cameron Diaz and Jack Black.
[00:44:08] Speaker A: No.
No.
[00:44:10] Speaker B: Okay, well, there's Arthur and somebody.
[00:44:13] Speaker A: Yeah, you nailed it. Arthur and Nancy. No, it's not that.
Okay, ready for it?
It's.
[00:44:20] Speaker B: I'm ready.
[00:44:21] Speaker A: Kate Winslet and Rufus Sewell.
Jasper.
[00:44:25] Speaker B: Who the fuck is Rufus?
[00:44:26] Speaker A: Jasper.
[00:44:28] Speaker B: Jasper. They dated before this movie. I am. Jasper's his biggest.
[00:44:34] Speaker A: I know.
[00:44:34] Speaker B: You are lazy.
[00:44:36] Speaker A: I love Ruva Sewell, though. Oh, my gosh.
[00:44:38] Speaker B: And his ugly little hair.
[00:44:40] Speaker A: Can get it everything.
[00:44:42] Speaker B: He's very attractive, man.
[00:44:43] Speaker A: Even when he's the bad guy. Like, man in the High Castle. He's a Nazi. He's a little Nazi. And I was like, he can get it.
[00:44:50] Speaker B: Wow. Sarah, I didn't know you. I didn't know that was your game. I didn't know you played.
[00:44:54] Speaker A: I love Rufus. I love the older guys. I like. You know, he's not even that old. He. Well, he is now. He is now.
[00:45:01] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, I don't Know, he's always had that.
[00:45:03] Speaker A: He's always had, like, that vibe and that appearance of, like, just being an older. He seems like he's been in his 40s and 50s for forever.
[00:45:09] Speaker B: Sophisticated. He's a vampire.
[00:45:11] Speaker A: That's what I'm looking for. I like him. 140. How long. How old is Angel?
[00:45:16] Speaker B: Under 240.
[00:45:17] Speaker A: I don't want them.
[00:45:18] Speaker B: I don't. Honestly, like, I don't want. Exactly.
[00:45:21] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:45:22] Speaker B: Huh. That's very interesting.
[00:45:23] Speaker A: And then they have.
[00:45:25] Speaker B: He'd done her wrong in this movie.
[00:45:28] Speaker A: Yeah.
Maybe that's why there was, like, some attention.
The actor who plays Walter Arthur, Eli Wallach, I think Wallace or Wallach. He died in 2014 at the age of 99. He was 90 when he filmed this movie. 90. He does not look 90.
And apparently he was so freaking spry on set, they had to tell him, you ha. You're playing a feeble old man. You gotta kind of, like, calm down a little bit.
And he had so many good stories because he was in, like, the Good, the Bad, the Ugly. He was in the Godfather, too. Like, this man has been in like. Like, I was scrolling on his IMDb and I had to scroll for a while to get to the bottom of his discography. Like, he has so many movies he's been in.
He apparently, like, there's photos of him just, like, regaling everyone with, like, stories of old Hollywood. And Nancy would have to be like, we're all so invested and so interested in this, but we have to get through the scene. Can we finish the scene first? Because they were just, like, so enraptured with everything he was saying.
[00:46:29] Speaker B: So, like, he was basically playing himself in the movie.
[00:46:31] Speaker A: Yeah, basically, pretty much. Could you imagine still being like that? Like, active and lucid at night? Like, that's. I aspire to be.
[00:46:38] Speaker B: That's amazing.
[00:46:39] Speaker A: Honestly.
[00:46:39] Speaker B: Honestly, if I were to live to be that old, I would want to be that way.
[00:46:43] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:46:44] Speaker B: Because, like, if you can't do anything, what's the point?
[00:46:47] Speaker A: Exactly. Take me now. Bye.
[00:46:50] Speaker B: Take me.
Bye.
[00:46:54] Speaker A: Then let's talk about the set sets. We kind of talked about it briefly, but. Okay, so starting from, like, least to greatest. So the house that was used for Arthur Abbott, it belonged to actress Phyllis Diller at the time of shooting, and it's located apparently in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, California. I looked her up. I'm not as familiar with her stuff. You're not going to know this reference, but have you ever seen A Bug's Life?
[00:47:18] Speaker B: No.
[00:47:18] Speaker A: Okay.
She voices the queen in bugs Life.
She has the best life, best laugh. She goes.
She just like laughs. But yeah, she plays the queen, in case anyone wants to know.
Interesting. Yeah. The interior set for Amanda's house. Sorry, it's not 3 million, it's 1 million. And you fact check myself.
The interior of her house.
[00:47:38] Speaker B: Wow.
[00:47:38] Speaker A: Sarah was built on a soundstage. Yes. Me just. Okay, wrong and incorrect information here. But it was built on a sound stage and it cost approximately 1 million. That's without the exterior walls, a roof, plumbing, heating or electricity. So they were investing in some high quality decorations and stuff in there.
[00:47:56] Speaker B: Decor.
[00:47:57] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:47:58] Speaker B: You can tell it's like beautiful. Just absolutely beautiful.
[00:48:03] Speaker A: And then Rose Hill Cottage. So this is. I. This is always shocks everyone. I know you and I are talking about it, but like, Jude Law did a interview recently when he was talking kind of about the sequel and stuff, and the lady was saying, oh my gosh, we loved that cottage. It was so beautiful. And he was like, it's not.
No cottage exists. They made the exteriors from scratch in a field. That's what Wikipedia or IMDb says. But Jude Law says they actually just only made the front.
So it's just like a front portion. They didn't even build the entire thing. And you'll notice in like a lot of the exterior shots, it looks kind of like a painting.
So I kind of almost wonder if they just drew it and then painted. Yeah, painted and then had a few the shots like with Cameron Diaz or whatever, and then just showed it from front for a few brief ones. But yeah, it doesn't actually exist.
[00:48:57] Speaker B: So sad.
[00:48:59] Speaker A: Someone needs to get on that and make it an Airbnb. And I bet you they'd make.
[00:49:02] Speaker B: I would. I would do that. Actually. Speaking of which, I actually was following. I don't know. I haven't followed. I haven't like, kept up with it. But there were these two girls on TikTok. One of them lived in London, England, and one of them lived in New York City and they did a house exchange and so fun.
Yeah. They were literally like documenting their entire.
[00:49:23] Speaker A: That's a good idea.
[00:49:24] Speaker B: Thing.
[00:49:25] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:49:25] Speaker B: And like they stayed in each other's houses and I, I didn't like, keep up with it toward the end, but it was just like the sweetest thing. That's also kind of scary in the real world. But it ended up, like, working out.
[00:49:37] Speaker A: Right. Well, I. If, if I'm gonna do it, I would like someone to document because then I could see in real time how my house is doing and everything.
[00:49:45] Speaker B: Right, right.
[00:49:46] Speaker A: Okay. So apparently, according to IMDb, a few months after the movie came out, the popularity of house swapping was on the rise.
So much so that the police in England had to issue a warning against swapping homes with strangers because of identity fraud and murders happening because of this.
[00:50:02] Speaker B: Yeah. I mean, it's not like, you know, a great idea. It should be done through, like, a vetted system.
[00:50:10] Speaker A: Absolutely. There needs to be some sort of oversight. Well, you and I were cracking up when we were watching, or at least I was. When Cameron Diaz goes and types in, like, house swapping or whatever it was. She types in quotation marks, marks to. In Google before she types in, like, swap house or whatever. I was like, why? I know Google was, like, fairly new at the time, but, like, what's with the quotation marks? It's so funny watching older movies.
[00:50:34] Speaker B: Like, that's so funny.
[00:50:35] Speaker A: The Internet is just coming out because you're like, they add so many unnecessary things. Like, they're looking up a website. It's like HTTP, colon, slash, slash. Like, they have to type in the whole URL. And you're like, babe, you don't have to do all that.
[00:50:49] Speaker B: You know, you'd be surprised how many people I have to tell.
How many people, like, I talk to on the phone and I'm like, oh, go visit the website.
And then I tell them, like, go visit the website. And I just say, like, the name of the website.caor.com. and they're like, but doesn't something go before that? I'm like, we don't have to do that anymore. This is 2025. You could just write the name and put dot com, like, stop playing with me right now.
[00:51:13] Speaker A: I think it gets so frustrating with, like, the older generation sometimes because we've had to adapt our entire lives with how much technology and everything has changed. And I understand getting to a point where I'm, like, tired and I don't want to learn new things anymore, but that's how you get dementia, and that's how you end up not being spry like Arthur at 90 years old. Like, be willing to learn new things and change and stuff, or else you're going to end up evolved and disabled, you know, or you're just gonna be a trashy person and, you know, you're.
[00:51:42] Speaker B: Just gonna die, actually.
[00:51:43] Speaker A: Sorry, I feel really soft, you know.
[00:51:45] Speaker B: Today I get with this technology, you're gonna die.
[00:51:48] Speaker A: I just want to fight someone right now.
I'm just like, why so judgy?
[00:51:53] Speaker B: I don't know. Such a wholesome episode Must be Christmas.
[00:51:55] Speaker A: And I'm over here, like, movie.
Catch me outside. How about that?
[00:52:00] Speaker B: Like, oh, my God. I know. Literally the holidays.
[00:52:05] Speaker A: Sorry, I. I don't know why.
[00:52:06] Speaker B: It's.
[00:52:07] Speaker A: Maybe I'm PMSing. I don't know what's going on. I'm not sure. I was like, all right, I blame lack of sleep. Maybe that's what it is.
Okay, did you notice that Jude Law is two different skin tones depending upon if you're in the interior shots or the exterior shots.
[00:52:26] Speaker B: What?
He.
[00:52:29] Speaker A: He tan?
What? What is harder?
What do you mean? What do I mean? That was really clear sentence. I don't understand why you're confused.
Okay, he's lighter in.
[00:52:42] Speaker B: Tell me, tell me.
[00:52:43] Speaker A: And then he's darker in other shots.
So he. Apparently they shot the exterior first. Yeah, absolutely. He's like, goes to la. He's like, woo.
Goes and gets a spray tan.
No.
[00:52:57] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:52:58] Speaker A: They shot the exteriors in the UK first. It was freezing. This is a quote from Jude Law. For whatever reason, all the interiors, the UK interiors as well, were filmed in the studios in la. So they all moved to la. And he says, Nancy's the reputation. Well, I don't know if she does anymore, but she has the reputation for taking her time. Apparently she does like a ton and ton of reshoots. Or like, she makes people do the scene over and over and over again.
He says, I'm sat in my house waiting for five weeks before they get to me. So he's like, as you can probably see, if I look at the sun, I go very brown very quickly. My father is very dark skinned. If you watch that film carefully, when I'm outside in England, I'm really white and pasty. And as soon as I go inside, I'm like, hey, and I've got this suntan. He says, no one really notices, but if you watch, I darken by about two shades every time I step inside and outside.
[00:53:41] Speaker B: Damn. I did not notice, actually. But now when I go back and watch it, I will.
[00:53:46] Speaker A: Now you'll never not see it. Yeah, exactly.
So funny.
[00:53:49] Speaker B: So funny.
[00:53:50] Speaker A: Okay, so the blockbuster scene that was really cute that you and I were chuckling at when Jack Black's like, pulling out movies and he's like, geeking out about it and then he just starts randomly singing. So a lot of that was improvised because it's Jack Black.
That scene in particular where he's singing to Kate Winslet and then her response and reaction is completely improvised, which you could tell she seems like a little, like, embarrassed and kind of awkward about it, but we were pointing out the guy behind Looking at Movies, and you were like, oh, that's you, Sarah. Because he was, like, giving him a side eye, and he's like. He says something at the very end, like, can't go anywhere anymore or something like that.
[00:54:26] Speaker B: Yeah, I can't go anywhere.
[00:54:27] Speaker A: That's Dustin Hoffman.
[00:54:29] Speaker B: Yes, I know.
[00:54:30] Speaker A: I didn't know that was Dustin Hoffman. I just was like some random dude back there. No, it's freaking Dustin Hoffman. You didn't mention anything either.
[00:54:39] Speaker B: It's Dusty Buns. Dusty Buns.
[00:54:45] Speaker A: So apparently that was not supposed to apparently happen. Apparently.
[00:54:50] Speaker B: Was he just there?
[00:54:51] Speaker A: He was going to Blockbuster one day.
[00:54:55] Speaker B: So they went to a real Blockbuster.
[00:54:57] Speaker A: He went to a real Blockbuster. And as he was driving by, he saw that they were shooting and him and Nancy Myers are friends. So he stops by and she's like, hey, want to be in this scene? He goes, sure. And so he. He's in the scene.
[00:55:10] Speaker B: Hell, yeah.
[00:55:11] Speaker A: And it's.
[00:55:12] Speaker B: So he's just in his, like, house clothes.
[00:55:14] Speaker A: Yeah, that's his actual clothing.
[00:55:17] Speaker B: That's crazy. Yeah. Damn.
Yep. Good for them.
[00:55:22] Speaker A: I thought that was pretty great. So that's pretty. All right. So that's pretty much all my fun facts for the movie, which I feel like is pretty substantial, but is there anything else? Wow.
[00:55:33] Speaker B: How dare you?
[00:55:34] Speaker A: About. I know.
Like, sorry, guys, only 45 minutes worth of fun facts this time.
[00:55:42] Speaker B: So no fun facts about the score. Like, the most.
[00:55:46] Speaker A: The.
[00:55:46] Speaker B: The other main character of the movie. I didn't. I didn't have any information about it.
[00:55:52] Speaker A: I do. Okay. I do actually have a couple.
So the scene where Cameron Diaz and Jude Law are chasing one another in the field after having lunch. So there's like a huge, like, bossa nova style piece that you would hear like, like, in a lot of, like, the films from, like, the 40s, 50s, 60s. Like, this beautiful romantic score is like, they're doing a montage of all the fun things that the couple is doing.
So Nancy Meyer was so intent on having this scene in the film as a tribute to similar scenes featured in films of, like, Rock Hudson and Doris Day and all that stuff. She was so intent on having the right music for it that Hans Zimmer actually named that score for Nancy. It's called For Nancy in this. In the.
[00:56:33] Speaker B: I love that.
[00:56:34] Speaker A: Yeah. When you look at the music and.
[00:56:35] Speaker B: Like, the discography or whatever.
[00:56:36] Speaker A: Yeah, the discography.
[00:56:37] Speaker B: Like, so.
[00:56:38] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So pretty.
[00:56:40] Speaker B: That's so nice.
[00:56:41] Speaker A: And then apparently so I was. I was looking. I Didn't write it down, but someone was talking about how. When.
I don't remember. Jack Black's girlfriend, Maggie, I think is her name. When Maggie's, like, apologizing to Jack Black's character in the. In the film, he. You can see him, actually.
I guess I think it's either, like, tapping out with his fingers, like, the chord progression, or the. The notes that he would play on the piano for Iris's theme. He. As she's apologizing, he's thinking about Iris, and he's thinking about the theme. Isn't that so stinking cute?
[00:57:15] Speaker B: That's so. I know.
[00:57:19] Speaker A: But, yeah, I didn't get any of Hans's stuff. What.
[00:57:23] Speaker B: What is your favorite scene of the movie?
If you had to pick one, what would you say is, like. Had to pick the best scene for you?
[00:57:33] Speaker A: Oh, man, that's really hard. I really do love the moment between Jack Black and Kate Winslet where he says when she asks if he would, like.
Or, like, he says he's gonna, like, write a song for her or whatever. And he says, iris, if you were a melody, I'd use only the good notes. Notes.
I fear that would work on me. I would work on me 100.
I mean, it's so corny and so.
[00:57:58] Speaker B: You little music girl.
[00:58:00] Speaker A: It's so cute. Like, I would easily think I'm like, oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh.
[00:58:05] Speaker B: It is so cute.
[00:58:05] Speaker A: I think that one.
[00:58:06] Speaker B: I love that.
[00:58:08] Speaker A: The. The part where Jude Law's character.
[00:58:11] Speaker B: The scene where Arthur walks on stage.
[00:58:14] Speaker A: That makes me tear up every time. And Jack Black comes racing down. And you know what's so interesting is, like. Like, Jack Black and Kate Winslet, they don't have a ton of scenes together, and they're really not like, uber romantic. Like, they don't even kiss. They don't even say they love each other. Blah, blah. But it's, like, one of the sweetest relationships I've ever seen. Like, I know you're a Jude Law girly, and obviously, yeah, he's. I would totally go for him as well, but I, like, adore Jack Black in this movie. And, like, that moment where they just, like, share that look.
[00:58:41] Speaker B: That's what I mean by, like, it's. You're getting so many different types of relationships in this movie, and it's so refreshing.
[00:58:49] Speaker A: Like.
[00:58:49] Speaker B: Like, you get the passionate, like, romantic relationship that's, like, dreamy and whatever, but then you get the. More, like. I wouldn't say it's platonic, but it's more like, you know, like, Jack Black and Kate Winslet. Like, I don't. I don't even know what I would classify their relationship as. Like, just like a friendship that's slowly.
[00:59:09] Speaker A: Developing into something that's a true. Like friends to lovers.
[00:59:12] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. And then you have the platonic relationship she has with Arthur. And then I absolutely loved the scene where Amanda goes to.
What's his name in the movie? Jude Law's character.
[00:59:30] Speaker A: Oh, no, Graham's name.
[00:59:32] Speaker B: Graham. When Amanda goes to Graham's house and she finds out that he has kids. And then they go upstairs and they all sit in the. The teepee, like, the tent, and they're just laying there and, like, that scene, those kids did such a good job. It just, like, you watch it and you're like. Like, this is, like, such a realistic scene. Like, I feel like this is how it would happen in real life. And it was just so sweet.
[00:59:59] Speaker A: I'm typically not, like, a huge fan of scenes with children in a lot of movies, because kids either have it or they don't. And you have to write in a very specific way, too. It's not just the kid actors. It's how you write for the children, too. I find that a lot of people tend to write really dumb lines for kids or they, like, make them too young or whatever. But this, like, the actresses hit the right notes. But then also, yeah, they were written, and Jude Law's relationship with them. Apparently there's several quotes from Jude Law where his scenes with the girls were, like, some of his favorites. He really loved it because he has his own kids around that age. And so him and, like, the little actresses kind of bonded, and he, like, really enjoyed acting out those scenes. Yeah, I think you can tell. Like, it's just really, really sweet.
All right, so question for you.
How do you think, like, what do you think happened after the movie ended? Like, how do you think everything shut out?
And what do you think the sequel will be about?
[01:00:59] Speaker B: Well, I think the sequel will probably be about, like, new characters, and then they'll have these characters, like, together, but kind of in the background. Like, maybe they're children or something.
Yeah, it'll be about their children. I don't know. Or maybe they do another house swap. Like, maybe they broke up after all of them, and then they're all like, oh, my God, we have to, all four of them, house swap with each other.
[01:01:24] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah.
[01:01:26] Speaker B: Imagine that would be kind of sad. I hope they don't do that. Yeah, I hope they don't do that either.
But, yeah, I don't Know, I think it's gonna be. I'm excited to watch it. Like, I'm excited to see what happens.
As far as, like. Like, thinking about what happens after the movie ends. I don't really want to think about it. Like, it's just. It just ended the way it ended. Like, it's a happy ending. They lived happily ever after. They were dancing in their little living room at Christmas, and that's them forever. Just all of them together living a great.
[01:01:56] Speaker A: Do you think they all moved to la? They all moved to England or. Some stayed in England, some stayed in la.
[01:02:01] Speaker B: I feel like Cameron Diaz's character would have moved to England because she has her own business she can work from. She can, like, travel back and forth. And, like, Jude Law has kids or Graham has kids. So, like, he can't really just uproot their whole life and move them to Los Angeles. So I feel like she would have definitely moved to England, and I feel like Iris would have moved to la because I think there's nothing left in England for her. Like, she.
[01:02:31] Speaker A: She.
[01:02:31] Speaker B: LA is like, her new home. Like, I just. I loved that throughout the.
Throughout the exchange, like, you could see that Amanda wasn't really fitting into England very well until she met Graham. And then that kind of became, like. It didn't really become her home, like, he became her home. But with Iris, it really felt like she.
Like, when you talked about how when she walks into the house and you can, like, feel her reaction, I feel like that's.
That was another, like, love story of Iris's. She came alive in Los Angeles almost. And, like, when she gets there, like, the focus is not on finding romance or, like, the friendship. Like, I feel like you see her making friends with, like, the gardener and the mailman, and she's just, like, fitting in in this place. Whereas when you see her in the beginning of the movie, she's very much. Like, she doesn't really feel like she belongs at work. She doesn't really have any friends. Jasper's being a piece of shit to her. She's, like, living in this cabin in the middle of nowhere by herself. So I feel like that was another, like, love story in the movie.
And I love that because it's like, it's such a relatable experience. Like a woman who doesn't feel like she fits in anywhere, and then she moves somewhere and, like, comes back to life and, like, discovers herself and finds out who she really is. And.
Yeah, so I definitely think Iris would move to Los Angeles because that's. That's where she belongs.
[01:03:58] Speaker A: She really opened up there, for sure.
Yeah, I know. I. I particularly love. I mean, I love both the women's storylines because they're both unique to them, but Irises in particular just was so lovely because the romance was almost secondary. Like, it was about her becoming the leading lady, developing confidence, setting boundaries for herself, all that stuff. And I love that they had Arthur in there and then, you know, Jack Black's character, I can never remember him. Miles is also in there as well. But, like, they just, the. The romance creeped up and you can tell, like, she, she needed that because her whole life was so centered around Jasper. And so for her, able to develop all these friendships and these relationships with people that are not centered around a man. And then to also have Miles coming in there on, on, like, on, like next to all of that, it felt more like an equal partnership and not like she's falling just into another relationship with a man and is going to repeat the cycles of the past. Like, you truly believe that she's gonna. She's changed and she's grown for the better, you know, So I really, really appreciate that. And that's so real, you know.
[01:05:05] Speaker B: And then in contrast, though, you look at Amanda and when she was in la, she had all these people around her in this beautiful house and like, her life seems really full, but. But she's missing something that's like, really essential to, like, being a human being, which is connection.
And then she goes to England and she has nothing else there, but then she meets this man and, like, falls madly in love with him over the course of, like, a few weeks. And then it's almost like that missing piece, like, finally clicked in. And then she starts to cry. And I thought that was like, it's, it's corny, like, obviously, who doesn't cry in 15 years? But I just, I really liked what, that, that, that part of the story because it's like, yes, it's corny, but it's also like, it's symbolic of, like, her finally being able to make a connection with another person and, like, feel emotions. And there's like this, you know, especially back in 2006, I feel, you know, she says a line in the movie about how she says it to Graham about how, you know, she owns her own business and she's like a high powered, like, businesswoman and she makes these, these trailers for Hollywood. And, you know, she's very independent and has her own money. And in that era of time, like, it was very common to view women like that. As very intimidating and like, you know, they don't need love and they're very cold and like not very in touch with their emotions. So I really liked that it wasn't something that was like embarrassing. Like, yes, it's corny because it's like, oh, like this is cheesy that she, you know, she finally cried. But. But I just, I feel like it's also like very real. Like it's, you know, it's like a journey that she went on too.
[01:06:47] Speaker A: But like this, like the setting and the use of like intimacy, like sexual intimacy even worked for both of them too. Like, you don't see Miles and Iris have even a kiss or anything. But that was important because Iris needed to decenter men in her life. In her life in a lot of ways. But you have Amanda who needed to find intimacy and emotional and physical intimacy for the first time in her life. But you also see that reflected in the setting. So Iris goes to LA and the big sprawling house. Everything feels open because Iris needed to open her life. She was so, like, her life felt so small and claustrophobic and centered around Jasper. Now the possibilities are endless. Versus the cottage is smaller, more intimate. Because that's what Amanda needed in her life too. So like just, just the. There's a lot of thought that was put into these women's arcs and that's something that, like, this is why we need more women writers and directors. Because this movie was so centered around the women's arcs and ob. But you even got like the men were full fledged characters too. Like, isn't that crazy? Like, I feel like a lot of movies written by men, yeah, the men have full fleshed characters and the women are just like the side pieces that don't have their own arcs. But in this one, bull. Both Graham and Miles had little mini arcs as well and were very fleshed out and had their own things. But it was really so much about the women in their development. And like the men cry, the men feel things, they both are respectful, they're both very much gentlemen. And like, I don't know, it just. That's something that's so freaking refreshing about this movie is it's just healthy masculinity and femininity displayed on screen. And obviously you have the toxic side, but that's clearly shown to be bad. And so it's just, just so nice to see people acting the way people should. You know what I mean? Like adults.
[01:08:33] Speaker B: Yeah. So 100%. Like, even the conversation between Amanda and Graham the morning after they sleep together. And how they're both just like, no, like, this is. It doesn't have to be more than it is. And like, obviously they're kind of. They're both like, interested in a little more. But it's a very. It's very, like, I don't know, like, it's not. There's no drama. It's just. It is what it is. And then they end up just kind of of they're not pretending. Like, they stop pretending after a while that they don't want to see each other more and then they just end up seeing each other and obviously for like, movie purposes and it has to fit into like one story that has to happen that way. But I don't know, I just thought that was. It's just endearing. Like, I just felt like every interaction between every character was really endearing. Like, even Iris telling Jasper off was just like, go, like, yes, tell him off. Like, this man shows up in Los Angeles in this stranger's house and like, what are you doing, Jasper?
Even that scene, I was just like, yeah, good for you. Like that guy.
[01:09:36] Speaker A: I also really love how Amanda's wardrobe is very business. Like a lot of like in the Blues, which is kind of more like symbolizes like cold or emotionally closed and more corporate. But she changes her outfit when she goes to the cafe to see Graham. And that's the moment where they decide to kind of like. Like he turns around, there she is, she's wearing this pretty, like, pink outfit. I believe it's. It's a pink shirt.
It could be misremembering, but I remember marking that and be like, oh, they're trying to symbolize. She's softening a little bit. She's thawing out a little bit. But I don't know, it's just. It's just like a feast for the eyes. It's also like, it's not. You don't have to sit there and analyze it and stuff, but also it's just like very intentional in how they did.
[01:10:20] Speaker B: Yeah.
[01:10:21] Speaker A: That stuff. And it just. It's satisfying on all aspects. So 100.
Okay, so this is my little thing for you.
[01:10:32] Speaker B: Please.
[01:10:32] Speaker A: You've probably heard it before, but in case you have it. So have you heard the conspiracy theory slash fan theory about the movie?
[01:10:44] Speaker B: No, I haven't.
[01:10:45] Speaker A: There are like full on Reddit threads about this.
[01:10:49] Speaker B: Okay, Deep dive on running. Here it comes.
Okay, get me off the Buffy and Angel subs, please.
[01:10:59] Speaker A: Okay, but Hellscape, I have actually heard this before, but I thought this was really interesting. So there's this. There's a fan theory. So this is it. So after she returns home from her office holiday party, where her former lover announces his engagement to another woman, Kate Winslets, Iris, hopeless and despondent, turns the gas for stove on and blows out the flame. Remember, she has that moment where she's like, gonna, like, breathe in the gas. Like, I'm so sad. I'm gonna, like, kill myself. Basically, she breathes deeply. After a few minutes, she comes to her senses. What am I doing? Is thrust back into the real world with the ding from her computer alerting her to the fact that someone across the world wants to switch homes with her for a vacation.
Coincidentally. I don't know why I can't read that. Coincidentally.
Across the Atlantic, Diaz's character Amanda, is also dealing with an unfaithful love interest. Her boyfriend has been cheating on her with his secretary. When she's chasing him out of her house, she pauses with chest pain, says, I can't breathe. I fully understand what a cliche it is to.
[01:11:53] Speaker B: Oh, my God, are they.
[01:11:54] Speaker A: What if.
[01:11:55] Speaker B: I know where this is going.
[01:11:56] Speaker A: Character was dead and the whole movie was in their head. Fan theory. But the theory is, what if these two women, thousands of miles in several time zones away, shuffled off their mortal coils at the same time? Winslet suicide, attempting Diaz's terrible breakup, ostensibly in the considering what is in London, one is in California, these could be simultaneous. And their souls became entangled, presumably due to their complementing themes.
And so, in the spirit of this year's Man Booker Prize, let's not even say they're dead. Let's say they're in some. Something resembling the Bardo, where it's like, after all, like Iris. Roger Bevins III also got second thoughts after a suicide attempt, and he ended up in the Bardo. Both Iris and Amanda have unfinished emotional business to resolve. And so the fates have ordained that they get a bit of time, a holiday, if you will, to sort themselves out before they're able to move on. So then Iris has her emotional catharsis from getting over Jasper. And then Miles, her love interest, feels like an almost artificially perfect foil to the uptight, humorless Jasper. He's fun, he's spontaneous. Spontaneous. Can't say that word today. And then Jude Law's character is everything that Amanda didn't get from her cheating boyfriend. He's a book editor. When Amanda had just been bemoaning the fact that she wishes she could read more. He's entirely devoted to his daughters, her ex's relationship with young women was sleeping with his secretary. And he's so committed to Amanda, he's willing to tell her he loves her and say he wants to stay with her even though they live an ocean apart. He breaks through her emotional wall. So obviously Iris gets her gumption. Amanda becomes self actualized as well when she cries. And then Arthur Abbott, the only other non love interest. He's an elderly man presumably not far from death. Is it such a stretch to imagine that he finally gets to reunite with his lost love after the evening where he is A recognized for his career and B arrives on the arm of a woman with gumption, just like the women he writes is able to walk up the stairs alone to thunder Supplies. So three characters were tangent to die two weeks before Christmas. The three characters have stories that intertwine and become actualized in ways that fully align with their mortal baggage.
And so it's a Christmas movie where they all actually die. So that's a huge fan theory, apparently.
[01:13:57] Speaker B: That's crazy.
[01:13:59] Speaker A: Isn't that so dark?
[01:14:01] Speaker B: Such a sweet.
[01:14:02] Speaker A: Like, how can I make this.
[01:14:03] Speaker B: I feel like. Yeah, I was gonna say, like, I just feel like people just want to. Like this is like the thing with, with. Is this like a recent fan theory or is this something that's been around.
[01:14:13] Speaker A: Kind of a while?
[01:14:14] Speaker B: It's been around for a while. Because I feel like, like, especially nowadays, people just are unable to just take something as it is and just be like, yeah, this is, this is corny. And like all of these things make absolutely no sense if you actually think about it for more than three seconds. But like, it's fine because it's a movie. But like, I mean, you know, I don't hate it, you know, as something to like throw around in your head.
[01:14:42] Speaker A: Like there's just not.
[01:14:43] Speaker B: I don't know. No, but like, if you were to write a fan fiction about the movie and that's the fan fiction, like, I wouldn't not read it.
[01:14:52] Speaker A: I wonder if.
All right, I'll find some holiday fan fiction and send it over your way.
[01:14:59] Speaker B: I mean, it's, it's. It is kind of like a. Like a.
The spirit of Christmas. That's what it is. Like people like getting, you know, self actualization or whatever. Like getting everything they've ever wanted. The reverse screen and then going to heaven after or something.
[01:15:15] Speaker A: You know, not. Not taking into account Graham and Miles's feelings when the women they fall in love with die. Also, they're not real, right, Sister Sl Boss. Oh.
Oh, I don't know. The theory didn't say whether they were real or not. Maybe. Maybe they're not.
[01:15:33] Speaker B: They're not real. Then it doesn't matter.
[01:15:35] Speaker A: Maybe they're just, like fictitious beings there just to help them. The girls pass.
[01:15:40] Speaker B: To help them pass on. God, that's so depressing.
[01:15:44] Speaker A: No, I reject it. No, I just thought it was really funny. This is. I found it from EW, Entertainment Weekly. This is written in 2017, but I know it's been around for a while because I remember.
[01:15:56] Speaker B: But that's so interesting. I'm gonna do a deep dive on that tonight.
[01:15:59] Speaker A: You should. If you find any fanfic, send it my way. I'll read it. We can read a little, like, holiday fanfic.
We'll send it. We'll send it to you guys. If anybody wants to email us, we'll send it to you too. Some, like, little holiday. Holiday fanfics.
[01:16:12] Speaker B: Hell, yeah.
[01:16:14] Speaker A: So funny.
[01:16:14] Speaker B: Oh, my God, I love that so much. Anyway, I'm sure somebody's made a Tick Tock video about it.
[01:16:20] Speaker A: Oh, I'm sure there's someone on there. It's like, you know, what's that? What's that music that plays that when there's, like, a conspiracy music? It's like.
Like, it's like the music. It's like, minor. I'm not even singing it correctly, but it's like. Yeah. And someone's like, did you know that Iris and Amanda actually died in the holiday. What if Iris sniffed this, the gas in the stove, and keeled over?
Okay, bruh.
[01:16:51] Speaker B: That part in the movie.
[01:16:53] Speaker A: Is so funny because she's like, no, no, no. Like, she tries and then she's like.
[01:16:56] Speaker B: What am I doing?
[01:16:57] Speaker A: This is ridiculous also, but, like, you.
[01:17:00] Speaker B: Can'T actually die from that, can you?
[01:17:02] Speaker A: Like, you would have to, like, find a way.
[01:17:04] Speaker B: You would have to huff a lot.
[01:17:06] Speaker A: You would.
You would have to create, like, a bag around your face so you're only consuming it because you're surrounded by.
Yeah, like. Yeah, whatever. What the. They kept talking about. Her cottage is, like, kind of drafty and cold, too. So, like, there's too much air circulation. It isn't like a. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Iris, stand up.
[01:17:28] Speaker B: You don't really mean. The entire time we were like, stand up.
[01:17:31] Speaker A: Stand up.
[01:17:31] Speaker B: Stand up, Iris. And did she ever stand up?
[01:17:34] Speaker A: She did. You know, we're proud of her. Well, is there anything else that you want to say about the movie?
[01:17:42] Speaker B: No, I don't think so. Just that if you haven't watched it, you should go watch it right now. And also, you should watch it and then come listen to this. Or listen to this and then go watch it.
[01:17:54] Speaker A: Yeah, all the things. It's really, really fun.
[01:17:57] Speaker B: Watch it with your family. Watch it alone. Watch it on the train. Watch it on a plane.
[01:18:03] Speaker A: Is this a doctor?
[01:18:06] Speaker B: Yeah.
[01:18:08] Speaker A: Watch it when you're very.
Watch it when you're sad, when you're happy. Watch it when you're very, very bad. Like, yeah. Red shoe, red fish, yellow fish, blue fish, two fish. Or whatever. Whatever that one is.
[01:18:21] Speaker B: Anyway.
[01:18:22] Speaker A: Okay, guys, this was so fun. It was so good to be back. I missed talking to you, Leia. Like, we just haven't seen very much of each other. So we will keep you guys updated. Join our discord. If you guys. Guys want to talk to us more, you want to hear from us more, want to ask us things. I don't know, whatever. You can talk to other people about Buffy. But, yeah, we'll try to keep you guys in the loop about what's happening next. And hopefully won't be too much longer, but we'll be back.
[01:18:47] Speaker B: Yeah.
[01:18:48] Speaker A: With either another bonus episode or Stranger Things. Who knows? You never know. We don't even know.
[01:18:53] Speaker B: You never know. Keep you on your toes. We can never, never guess our next move. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll just be like, hey, Sarah, should we, like, maybe record something next week and be like, sure, yeah, sure.
[01:19:05] Speaker A: Yeah. Leia says that. And I'm like, okay, that's, like, too nice of research.
[01:19:09] Speaker B: And.
And I'm just like, oh, we have to watch it.
[01:19:14] Speaker A: Leah's like, let's record two episodes in a week. I'm like, that's my entire week.
[01:19:22] Speaker B: Come on, Sarah.
[01:19:23] Speaker A: You can do it and lead the episode, too.
[01:19:28] Speaker B: You don't want me to lead the episode. We'd be here for this Would have.
[01:19:32] Speaker A: Been a really great one to have you lead. I should have had you do that. I think we'll have you do.
[01:19:36] Speaker B: I don't know how to do that.
[01:19:37] Speaker A: Just for fun. We'll have you do. Hey, what are we talking?
[01:19:39] Speaker B: Fun for who?
[01:19:40] Speaker A: What did we talk? Me for the audience. Clap your hands if you want to hear.
[01:19:45] Speaker B: I know you. You know what would happen?
I would start leading the episode, and I would be doing it wrong. And you'd be like, you know what, Leia? Let me just do it.
[01:19:53] Speaker A: That's so true.
[01:19:56] Speaker B: He would just, like, push me off. Such a problem.
[01:19:58] Speaker A: I'd be like, mute my mic. Actually leave. I'm gonna do this by myself.
[01:20:03] Speaker B: Like, you're taking too long. Get to the point.
I'll be like, so apparently.
Apparently, you know. Apparently.
[01:20:14] Speaker A: Give it to me, Rachel. Let's go.
[01:20:16] Speaker B: Give me Timmy, Rachel.
[01:20:18] Speaker A: Give me to me, Rachel.
Oh, my God.
Anyway, guys. Anyway, Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.
[01:20:28] Speaker B: And a Happy New Year.
[01:20:29] Speaker A: Yeah, we will be back. Hopefully not another six months. I'm sure it'll be sooner than that, but until then, Merry Christmas and we'll see you guys next year.
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