That’s Fake News… isn’t it?

Episode 145: This week there is lots of news, but most of it kept us wondering, “Wait… that’s real?” From Detective Pikachu to Quentin Tarantino directing the next Star Trek movie and Patrick Stewart saying that he’d come back for that we feel like we may have jumped into a mirror universe. From the Feedback Jared Elder Pic From William You guys asked for some nonwhite male characters to add to your list. I’m very disappointed you guys didn’t think...

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Episode 145:

This week there is lots of news, but most of it kept us wondering, “Wait… that’s real?” From Detective Pikachu to Quentin Tarantino directing the next Star Trek movie and Patrick Stewart saying that he’d come back for that we feel like we may have jumped into a mirror universe.

From the Feedback

Jared Elder Pic

From William

You guys asked for some nonwhite male characters to add to your list. I’m very disappointed you guys didn’t think of any of the Denzel Washington movies, seriously every other movie he makes is a conflicted character
Julia Roberts in Sleeping with the Enemy

Halle Berry – Catwoman, Swordfish, X-men (the one who makes pretty cloud shapes tells the death toucher that she’s perfect just the way she is), Losing Isaiah
Jackie Chan – Drunken Master, Shanghai Noon

Forest Whitaker – Repo Men, Battlefield Earth

Chiwetel Ejiofor as the Operative in Serenity or Karl Mordo in Doc Strange

The Rock – Scorpion King, Fast & Furious, Maui

Cuba Gooding Jr. – Lighting Jack, Jerry Maguire

Jet Li in The One.
Inigo Montoya – Princess Bride

Samuel L Jackson – Afro-Samurai, Pulp Fiction, the MCU (Nick Fury is an assassin), Kong Skull Island, Unbreakable, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Black Snake Moan, The Negotiator, Jumper, Amos & Andrew, Rules of Engagement, Hitman’s Bodyguard, etc
Denzel Washington – every 3rd movie (John Q, Book of Eli, Equalizer, Man on Fire, Virtuosity, Flight, American Gangster, Remember the Titans, 2 Guns,  Out of Time, etc etc etc etc)

Eikichi Onizuka – Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO)

Kaneda – Akira

Godzilla
Star Wars Coleslaw https://www.thepacker.com/article/dole-star-wars-launch-18-week-promotion
Fannypack Wearing Rock Funko Pop – AKA Pop Rocks

News

New Star Trek by WHO??? https://nerdist.com/quentin-tarantino-star-trek-r-rated-j-j-abrams/
But Patrick Stewart might come back https://www.cbsnews.com/news/patrick-stewart-says-hes-open-to-playing-jean-luc-picard-in-tarantinos-star-trek-movie/?ftag=CNM-00-10aac3a
World War Z video game https://gamerant.com/world-war-z-video-game-trailer-game-awards/
DC Shake Up

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/dc-films-justice-league-1202632214/
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=superhero.htm
Batman in Flashpoint https://www.amctheatres.com/amc-scene/batman-in-flashpoint-movie?utm_medium=socialmediapost&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=sceneblog&utm_content=marketing&utm_term=na&utm_launch=2017-12-05&utm_uid=theflashblog
Aflaks last Batman? https://nerdist.com/ben-affleck-may-retire-as-batman-after-flashpoint/

Deadpool is Detective Pikachu https://nerdist.com/ryan-reynolds-pokemon-movie-detective-pikachu/

Trailers

Jessica Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK_iX5cPDhE
Jurassic World 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn9mMeWcgoM
Spider-man into the Spider-Verse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii3n7hYQOl4
New Ready Player One https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSp1dM2Vj48

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