Episode 52

Gilbert is live in front of a comic con for the very first time. At Corpus Christi Comic Con and Anime he talks about the legacy of the late Mako Iwamatsu and gives an update about Tough Love Pictures. 

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Hey guys, what you're about to hear is actually first of all, I'm actually recording this intro sadly two weeks after the Spurs lost to the Knicks for the finals. Hey, but at least we San Antonians, at least we have some dignity. I'm gonna point that out. But anyway, I recorded this I would say maybe a month before this was released, somewhere around that time at a Corpus Christi Comic-Con. I just want to thank Sabrino, uh, one of the people in charge of the events, uh, for giving me this opportunity. But if the audio sounds weird, it's probably because I decided to do mic on top of mic. I mean, I realized I could have just used the recording mic, but I decided to also be using the actual microphone that the events use for the fan panelists, and there wasn't a lot of people in the audience, and there wasn't like the room was short enough to or small enough to where I could have just like compressed my voice, or not compressed, but like well, you get the picture. I probably did not need a microphone, and I could have just used my recording mic, but it is what it is. I hope you enjoy this. This is just me talking about the 20 years since the great Maka passed away, and uh yeah, also I do have more details after the previous recording. It's also pretty short too, so just letting you know that. Anyway, hope you enjoy this. Alright, guys, for the first time ever, we are live in front of a Comic-Con. Big thank you to the committee of Corpus Christi Comic-Con, to Danielle and Sabrina for you know communicating with me and we're putting this all together. But for the first time ever, yes, we are doing live in front of a comic-con. It's a big deal for me, and I think it's just something new and something different that I want to do. So, and this is also my first time here in Corpus Christi Comic-Con. Now, my first time here in the city. Um, I've been to the city a couple of times, I haven't been here in like 15 years. Here's what we're gonna talk about today. We're gonna talk about a voice actor. It's been 20 years since this actor had uh passed away, but his legacy has been alive ever since then because of a different voice actor. To all my listeners out there, I would just say, like, y'all know that I've done an episode just on the first season of Avatar The Last Airbender, and I've done a full episode about Samurai Jack. And what those two have in common was I've talked briefly about the actor who's played those characters, the one of them being Mako Iwamatsu. In case, again, if y'all haven't noticed, Mako Iwamatsu was a voice actor. He was from Japan, and two of his famous characters he's known for playing was General Iroh from Avatar the Last Airbender and Aku from Samurai Jack. Now, I wanted to like check other stuff too, basically, like what else did he do, what else did he play? And uh, I looked into some stuff as well. He played, I think he came out in Conan the Barbarian and then Conan the Conqueror. I've actually never seen those movies before. I just know they had Arnold Schwarzenegger in them, and I just know the fact that he played Barbarian, but like I don't know, because when you think of Arnold Schwarzenegger, you don't think of Conan. I mean, some people do, but for me purposefully, I always think of the Terminator or Predator if we're gonna talk about Arnold Schwarzenegger, but we're not talking about that, we're talking about Mako, and Mako was in those movies. I didn't know what character he played, by the way. Because most people think of Mako, they think of just like the the voice actor or the characters that he played. Because recently I've been binge watching uh Avatar The Last Airbender, and I've grown up with that show. I've been I was there like when it first aired back in 2005, but and growing up, I wasn't aware that Mako had passed away after the second season, and Iroh was played by a different actor named Greg Baldwin. And if you ever meet Greg Baldwin, I've never met him, but hopefully one day, he always says, like, I'm not he never says he's Aku, he never says he's Iro, he just says, I'm a Mako impersonator because he just wants to he doesn't feel like he's honored to even say like I'm Aku, I'm Iroh. He just says, I'm a Mako impersonator, basically saying I'm keeping his legacy alive because he's the character, because it's very weird, it's very unique because you watch these two different characters, Aku and Iroh Aku is just this menacing entity from God knows where, like a different entity of a different universe. Like he's just straight up evil, pretty much what it is. And then when you go to you know Avatar the Last Airbender, he plays Aro, and Iro's just such this nice guy that's like everybody wants to get advice from. And like I said, we all need an Uncle Iro in our lives, and sometimes we need to be an Uncle Iroh in other people's lives. But that's like what I'm gonna talk about. I'll definitely like like start leading. I'm gonna start with Aku a little bit more, and then I'm just gonna go with Iro. But of course, straight up just talk about Mako uh beforehand, because he was more than just a voice actor, he was an actual actor, like he appeared on camera, he was uh an Oscar nominee for a movie called The Sand Pebbles. I have never heard of that movie, the The Sand Pebbles, until a couple of days ago. I tried to see where I could find it, but no streaming platform has it. It's like on one of those, like you gotta rent it for like $14 a night or something like that. And I'm like knowing me, I'm not gonna rent a movie that I don't even know how I'm gonna feel about it, but I just know Mako was in it. This was back, I think, in the 50s, and he got an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. I'm trying to think of what else other than that. I know he also came out in Conan the Barbarian, which I've already mentioned earlier. I've never seen those movies. I'm trying to remember the character that was brought up when he played Conan the Barbarian. But y'all should just look him up, it's really nice. And then while I'm at it, I'm just gonna talk about the movie that actually was introduced to Mako. Now again, I've already seen Samurai Jack and Avatar, the last airbender, like even before I saw even before this movie came out, actually. It was TMNT 2007. He was the voice of Splinter, which by the way, perfect casting back for 2006 or 7, or whenever they started making this movie, because was when it comes to animation movies, it varies on like how long ago they recorded, because it takes years for animation to like render up perfectly. But yeah, that's actually the first time I actually heard of the name Mako. Because like when I was like five, six, seven, eight, nine years old, whenever Samurai Jack or Avatar The Last Airbender came out, I don't pay attention to the actors. It's we don't even pay attention to the credits to any movie or TV show nowadays. So I wasn't really paying attention, and then like I saw this video of like the many voices of Splinter from you know TMNT, they had all the actors. This is definitely before uh the uh what was it, the 2023 one with Jackie Chan. Again, perfect casting. I cannot wait for the new one. I think it's coming out next year. If y'all have never seen Mutant, uh yeah, Mutant Mayhem, y'all should. I don't know where you can find it. And yeah, I'm not even saying this just to get a sponsorship from Paramount, but if they want to sponsor me, I'm right here. But anyway, that's what I said about Peacock 2. Anyway, I saw TMNT, and you can just hear like Iro from Splinter. It's almost as if they were like meant to be played by the same actor. And interesting, because it's like you just hear that Mako that I am very disappointed in you, Leonardo. And it's like, bro, like that I can feel like the wisdom. Okay, I can feel the wisdom of Mako. So that's an interesting fact is because I've actually never seen TMNT until like maybe 10 years after it was released, and then I looked it up and I was like, oh wow, this is actually really cool. I mean the story was a little janky for me, but for my taste, technically. But uh Mako as Splinter is definitely one of the best castings I've ever seen. But let's go back to 2001. I mean, I've already did, I've already talked about Samurai Jack. Like I said, if y'all ever want to go back to that episode, y'all can. But maybe just a brief history of the character of Aku. Aku's just a straight-up evil being, and that's the thing about villains nowadays, is that you don't really like when you watch a villain, their entire arc is that you want them to be redemptive and stuff like that. But you look back at all villains, I'm talking like Freddy Krueger or The Joker or stuff like that. Like, they're not meant to be redemptive, you're not meant to show them any green flags, it has to be a red flag. Because to make a compelling villain is to you just have to like hate the person or at least be afraid of him, or just like have a way to root for your character. Now, uh, don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with having a redemptive a villain as long as the story makes sense and there's a reason why. I mean, go back to Zuko from Avatar if we're gonna skip a couple of years, but like Zuko was always meant to be a redemptive character, and that was just how he was written. Even in the beginning, that was how he was supposed to be written, which by the way, if y'all haven't met Dante Bosco yet, y'all should. I met him a couple of years ago. Really nice guy. I'm surprised he sounds the same than he did, but like 20 years ago. But to my point, I like villains like these that are just like, oh, we're not gonna make it redemptive, we're just gonna make this person straight up evil. And that's what I loved about Aku. He was just evil, conniving, like if you know like the story, it's like the same story of it in the beginning where like he was just darkness that just existed, okay? And I think if I can remember, I think it was Odin, Ra, and Rama, three different deities from three different like worldly religions, they try to stop the darkness. And they I think that's how they kind of refer to it as the darkness, but it is a coup. And when he's raised up, all he loves to do is just spread chaos. Because that's what it like, again, going back, let's go back to it. Because remember, it or pennywise or however you call it, the entity of it, it was just an evil being that existed, and all it loves to do is destroy, like destroy anything. And that's what pretty much what Aku was. He was something that was like, I'm here to destroy this planet, you know, or rule this planet. He like he wants power. And if you ever like go and watch Samurai Jack, you will see that how much power he really loves. Like he takes over the future. Okay, like he sends Samurai Jack to the future, which if you remember, that's not even his real name. He's just like the I think it was what, like the Emperor's son, if I can remember. And anyway, he like when he sends Jack to the future, Aku is just full of power and people are afraid of him. Because like he can like disintegrate you as like his uh what was it, like his laser eyes, or people can call it heat vision, it just depends on how you put it. I mean, if you ever watch the fifth season where he kills um the Scotsman, which is big surprise to me because I love that character. He just like disintegrates the Scotsman big time. But yeah, like he's like very, very like evil. And I I think that's something like given like you know where I come from, you always like no, there's good and there's evil. Evil was always never meant to be like, oh, there's a good side to this person. No, evil was meant to be like you're all like he's always bad, and there's nothing good about him. All this person wants to do is kill, or this person wants to uh take over, rule, spread fear amongst the I'm not even gonna worry about that, but anyway, that's all what evil is. So, and then when you look at it, it's just like man, like this thing is creepy. And it's funny because like there's an interview of Mako, and I don't see a lot of Mako interviews, but there's an interview of him when he is learning how to play Aku, and he's talking about how like he has to like keep his voice very, very low. He's like, low, low, low. And then that's when he says, like, as soon as he gets to the lowest point that his vocal cords can take, that's where he's like, okay, that's where I'm I'm good at playing Aku. And yeah, like he ever watched like some of the big scenes. I'm talking like when he disguises himself as a girl, not a thing you should say nowadays in 2026, but when he disguises himself as a as a helpless woman, it shows how deceitful he really is, or like trying to use his own weapon against him, the way he ship shapes. Even like him and Jack try to go man to man, and Jack is telling him, You cannot use your powers, but obviously Yaku does not listen. That's the thing about him, is that like sometimes he could be like what do you call like ah man, it's like fun. It's like it's fun for him to be evil. You know, it's weird to say this, but it's just like it fits him because it's like you see Raku like showing any signs of goodness. Yeah, no, that's um you lost me. Alright, because that's always been the big problem with screenwriters of television, television writers, they lose your characters. Like they forgot how their characters were written in the beginning. And I think that's the big credit I give to Gendi Taranaski, because he's the one who's like, if Aku's gonna be like this in the beginning, he has to be like this in the end. And that's what I give credit to Gendy Taranoski. But um, yeah, and it sucks because like uh when Samurai Jack went on leave, because they only have four seasons, and then I think they ended originally either in 2004 or 2005, it's either one of those two. It's like right when Mako started doing um Avatar The Last Airbender. So it's either 2004 or 2005 when the show went on leave or hiatus, because they never had an official final season until 2017. So at that point, Cartoon Network and Jenny just were like, yeah, let's just take a break from here. I don't remember the full reason why, to be honest with y'all. But then Nickelodeon, I would say this was one of my favorite shows of all time. And for the record, if y'all don't remember or don't know, and for the audience, I only covered the first season of Avatar the Last Airbender because there's only been so far two remakes. One remake that we don't talk about right now, and then the uh Netflix show, which I need to cover when the new season comes out, because that's how I want to do it. I want to talk about each season rather than just talk about the show on its own. But now we move to Avatar the Last Airbender, and Mako is playing, we all know as Iro, a a great supporting character, by the way. You know, and if you've never seen the show, either show, to be honest with you, y'all should. It's very interesting because it's not even just for kids. That's a big critique I always hear about animation, is that oh it's animation, you know, it's all meant for kids. No, it wasn't. I mean, if if you ever actually watch like old 80s animation, like not Disney, they were pretty adulted, like not adultish, but like they were like pretty mature, like they were actually pretty graphic. Even when you watch like anime, they're not really just meant for kids. And y'all should, because like Samurai Jack, though, like it is has like some childlike qualities in the beginning. It gets super dark and mature in the end. Because like I said, when I talk about Samurai Jack on my on one of my episodes, Jendi knew the people who watched it. And he knew the people who watched it in the beginning would grow up. Because I was maybe six when five or six when the show first came out, and then I was uh 20, turning 21 when the final season kicked in. And as for Avatar, I was maybe about nine or ten when the show first came out. It just depends on the time of day, because I was born literally June of 96, but um I mean I wasn't like paying attention too much on like seasons and stuff, because again, when you're a kid, your mind doesn't really process too much. So as a kid, you know, I used to like it, Avatar the Last Airbender. And then I never really fully, fully grasped Uncle Iroh until I started re-watching the show and looking into it. And I was like, wow, like he's a character that's like like we need to hang around with. You get what I mean? He's like your therapist, your pastor, your uh your father. He's all that stuff that we needed, because they always say with age comes wisdom, and that's super true. Cause how you describe Iroh, the only way I would describe Iroh is that he's just like the old wise guy who make the best tea ever, though we've never we can never taste Uncle Iro's tea because it's an anime show. And this is coming from a guy who really loves tea. Like I make my own tea sometimes, but it's just the the things he's talking about, like some of the famous lines, like even in the beginning when he's trying to when he's training Zuko, he's like, fire does not come from the breast. It uh fire does not come from the muscle, it comes from the breast. That's just letting you know, like when you're training with Iroh, you can't just like dig with your muscles, you have to breathe in every time you bend. And then of course, like, and I saw this episode maybe a week or two ago, because I'm still minge watching it. When we get, you know, Leaves from the Vine. I mean, it's that biggest, saddest moment ever of the show. And if y'all have never seen the show, y'all should, again, one, y'all should, but two, if y'all haven't seen the show, I guess I'll say it to you. Um, the telebossing say, which is considered one of the best, if not the best, episode of Avatar The Last Airbender. It was supposed to be a filler episode, which is just basically an episode that has nothing to do with the plot of the season, but it's there to fill up the time and stuff like that. But it became a big uh episode because it was an anthology episode, meaning we follow different uh people in a different story. With Iroh's story, it's basically he's uh getting ready for a picnic, and that picnic turns out is that he's getting ready for a celebration of his son's birthday. And if you know the story of the lore, Iroh's son died in a battle. It was the siege of Basing Sei. It's the backstory, so we never see it. But he gets a picture of his son, Luten, and he lights up some candles and he says, Happy birthday, my son. If only I would have saved you. And then we hear Lee's from the vine. And the very first time when you watch that, you're just telling yourself, I'm holding back those tears. I'm holding back those tears, because that's like the saddest moment. And if y'all know some of y'all know my story involving my dad, every time I like post a picture about it, I always play Lees from the Vine. And it it always has to- I don't know why. And I s and I blame Instagram for this, to be honest with you. It always has to be like the saddest moment of the or the saddest version of that song. Because it's like you can hear the tears coming from Iroh. And the interesting thing is that like that photo of Iroh's son, Lieutenant, that's actually a photo of Mako from when he was in the army. Because remember, he died after recording season two, and I think he would probably pass away a week or two before that episode even aired. So they had some time to go back and edit in in memory of Mako or for Mako. And it's pretty much it's not just like Iroh, you know, like in grief of his son, it's also like Aro in grief of basically like his master or his creator, you know, like Mako is Iroh. And I think Dante has mentioned like he's had good moments with Mako. He'll still talk about it to this day, and that was always like the biggest moment of the show. Is because Iroh has always been like the vulnerable one. He's not afraid to show vulnerability. And at his lowest at that point, I think we all fell in love with him even more, especially because like that's season he gets his own tea shop, which is like pivotal for the show. Because we know Iroh loves tea, and it's like he's bonding with his nephew Zuko. He's a hothead. I mean, yeah, he's a firebender. Firebanders are tend to be hotheaded, but Zuko's was always like in his head. I was always trying to get him out of his head, trying to tell him like there's more things in life, you know what I mean? And it's interesting because he stands out, Mako, or not Mako, but Iroh stands out a lot more from other firebenders. He's not evil, he's not like, you know, his character again is not the same character from Samurai Jack. This is a character that we just want to like interact with, who wants to give us like some wisdom and knowledge, and of course, some tea. One of my favorite episodes, not my favorite episodes, but my favorite Iro moment is actually like, what what do you call it? So it's like Iroh just got struck down by Azula, and uh Zuko's trying to heal him, and Zuko's makes some tea, and uh he's like, Here, Uncle, I hope I made it the way you like it. He didn't make it the way you like it, but Mako is su um Iro is such a nice guy that he drinks the tea not knowing how bad that tea is. And when Zuko wasn't looking, he just like throws it over the window. I always go back to that because I feel like I've always been open and honest about like my camp kids. They've always seen me as a father figure. I tell them please don't do that because they know how much I love tea. So please don't try to make me tea. I'll I'll handle the tea myself. Because I would definitely do that. I love them, trust me, I love them. But that again, that's the thing. I'm talking more about Iroh than I do about Aku. But the thing is that like I want to stick to more of the Mako era because I will talk about the Greg era. So here it is. I was so surprised that Iroh and Aku were played by again two different actors because especially Iroh. I wasn't paying attention because I didn't know well, well, I'm just gonna keep this in the dark then. Anyway, I didn't know that Mako had died after season two. And if you ever rewatch the show, you'll notice that Iroh doesn't talk until the episode called The Avatar and Fire Lord. Well, the lights are back on. Anyway, if you ever go watch an episode, like watch it from the beginning from season three, episode one, until I think episode six. That's because at that point they were still trying to hire a voice actor. And then Yeah, you didn't know that the voice of Iroh was a different actor because he sounded Greg Baldwin, that's the name, sounded so much like Iroh. Like he literally had that voice. It's like so it's like if you ever go back and listen to it again, like Greg's version sounds a little bit more like grungy or so it's like you can technically you can still hear the difference, but you weren't paying attention that much as a kid. And even then, like most adults now don't even know that it's two different actors. So in case y'all are listening and y'all didn't know that, yeah, y'all know that now. But that was played by two different actors. And the thing, again, go back to Greg. Greg says, I'm not a uh I'm not or he says I don't play, or let's go back to it. Say if he was here at this convention here at Corpus Christi Comic Con and it was this panel and they asked him, Who do you play? He doesn't say I play Iroh or I play Aku. He says, Oh, I'm a Mako impersonator because he keeps Mako alive. That's the thing, and that's why I respect him. And that's also why fans love him too. Like he's the closest thing we'll ever have to meeting Mako because he's played because he's voiced the character, he's helped keep the legacy alive of Mako. And even after 20 years, guys, it's still like surreal for me. Or for all of us. You know what I mean? Like, you ever just like look at the time and you think like, wow, this was 20 years ago, 10 years ago? It felt so like didn't even feel that long. You know what I mean? Because I'm about to be 30 this year. I s like everything that happened when I was like 10, 20, so like happened a year ago. That's how time works. The time is so weird. But I think y'all should like just give everything else a watch. Conan, the sandpebbles, look up other stuff too. I think he was in the West Wing. I could be wrong, but I think it was in the West Wing, which is an old show by Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, the other Sheen, but I think he was in that show. Anyway, either it's the West Wing or um Shoot, what's that other movie? It was Michael Douglas and Annette Benning, and he plays I think it's like The Dinner with the President or something like that. But go check it out. I remember him being like a waiter to a president. I'm just trying to think about it out the top of my head, but I can't right now. But uh yeah. Cause it's like when you watch animation movies or animation shows, you only link to certain characters like or certain actors by the characters they play. But if you ever watch um, you know, like when they're not voice acting, pretty much is what I mean to say. You'd be surprised, like, if anybody's listening right now, if you're a big Harry Potter fan, I'm gonna let y'all know right now, Jason Isaacs, who played Lucius Mouthfoy, played General Zhao, learned eventually becoming Admiral Zhao in a show, but you wouldn't have known that because Jason Isaacs is British and he uses an American accent to play Zhao. Or like, I mean, I wouldn't say Mark Hamill, for example, because anybody can link any voice character to Mark Hamill. But of course, Mark Hamill, we know, plays Luke, he eventually played the Joker. And it's interesting because Mark Hamill does come out in the last Airbender. He played Firelord Ozai, who's the main villain in this entire show. Which, by the way, Daniel Day Kim, who plays him in the newer version, I don't know why, but they got that acting spot on. It's better than what they were going with with Shyamalan. But that's just a little thing. And it's interesting because it's like when I look at the live-action version of as in like the newer one, the Netflix one, I don't know the actor's name right now, but he looks like an Iron. He looks like he could keep Mako's legacy alive, you know? Because like, again, I hate to go back to this one, but like what Shyamalan kept doing with the movie, he really messed it up. And he messed up Iroh for us, okay? And I feel like if they made a live-action samurai jack, they would mess up Aku for us. Like, you don't disrespect Mako like that. But that's pretty much where it is. Again, I love these shows. I will always love these shows. Is this coming from a guy like sort of an anime convention right now? I'm not a huge, huge anime guy, but there's been a couple here and there. And you know, some people call Avatar the Last Airbender, even Samurai Jack, not true anime. Which is made by an American company, technically. Because anime, you know, it comes from the original mangas. That was, you know, you get the voice actors from Japan, and then we get voice actors here in America. So that's why some people don't really consider them like true anime, or they consider them more like American style anime. Either or they're really good. Y'all should check out. So now let's go back to Samurai Jack, because I it just flew over my head. So 2017, they got a new season. I was like, what are they gonna do? Mako has been dead at that point for 11 years. And my friend Jesus, which has been on the show many, many times, he couldn't make it for this one. But he said, Oh, it's uh Greg. And that's actually how I figured it all out, to be honest with you. It's like, who's Greg? He's like, Greg is the Mako fill-in. I was like, Since when? He's like, Since 2008. I was like, what do you mean? And that's when he officially told me that it was a different actor that filled in for Mako, and I was like, wait, what? So again, again, you go back, you hear the voices, you're like, it's so similar. And then you listen closely. It's like, okay, I hear a little bit of a difference. Because there was a big major difference of uh Mako's Aku and Greg Bowen's Aku. I don't know why, but Greg Bowen's aku makes him like sound French. It makes it sound aku French. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but you can tell the difference, and I think it's because like Greg hasn't done an a Mako impersonation at that point again in like eight or nine years. So it's like instead of long ago in a distant land, it's oh that's the new Aku, or that's the old Aku. Like you can hear the difference in the voices. But Greg does his best, and plus, like, he does it in a video game. I think it's like a PC game, which by the way, we don't get I don't if there's any pro gamers out there, let me know if Pacey actually does still exist, because some people say yes, some some people say no. I'm not an avid gamer, so I officially would not know, but it looked like a pretty interesting game, which I mean it takes me back to those eras of like when a movie comes out and Xbox or Nintendo were like, hey, we want to make a video game from that movie. I missed that era, to be honest with you. And what they did with the Samurai Jack game, I was like, oh man, that's actually really cool. It takes me back, but we need more of that. But and plus, like the other thing I want to do is that if I ever meet Greg Baldwin, it has to be, and it legit, he does this all the time. Every time, like he goes to a convention, not every time, but sometimes he goes to a convention, he's like, you know what, rather than just like showing up as Greg Baldwin, he shows up as Iro. Because again, it's not only the fact that he's carrying on the voice legacy of Iroh, he's carrying on the persona of Iroh. Because Greg was a big fan of the show, which I think that's what makes it better. You know, you can't just like if like you kick off a voice actor, or if a voice actor dies, but you want to keep the character alive, you don't just want to get some random person that you know, and it's like, yeah, I'm here for to play the character. No, you need a fan of the show who can really embody the character, and that's why Greg Baldwin was there to carry on that legacy. I mean, yes, I keep saying that a lot, but I think it's just because A, I'm trying to fill up time, but B, it's like because I'm so passionate and everybody can be passionate about something, you just say the same thing over and over again. That's just how I am. But that's like where I'm at. I mean, if I ever meet Greg, it has to be if he's doing it in costume, it would be so fantastic to see him like dressed as Iroh. Which if you've ever seen and that there's a video that came out during the time when the pandemic started, and he's trying to keep everybody positive. So he's in his Iro getup, he's doing the voice, you know, he's like, my friends in this dark time, and it's stuff like that. Moments that I do wish Mako was still alive for season three, because remember, Greg took over. Two big moments it involved Uncle Iroh. The first moment was when Iroh was in prison and he's just bulking up, he's getting shredded. Because remember, he was a bit overweight when the show started, and then he just got shredded like ripped as soon as the third season came in. That, even though again there was no lines for that episode. And if you ever want to know, that's it's called uh Sokka's Master. I really wanna that's one of my favorite episodes to be honest with you, because it has Robert Patrick from The Terminator in that episode. So y'all should check that out. And my second favorite moment from the third season that I wish Mako was a part of was when Zuko goes to Uncle Iroh and he's like, Uncle, I I'm so sorry for betraying you, and Iroh just reaches in and grabs him and just hugs him. Yes, he was like disappointed in him, but you can never be mad at him or just hate him for that moment. He knew how confused Zuko was. But of course, the biggest moment for every fan will be Lee's from the Vine, because come on, that's like the saddest moment of his life. Or another great line is like life happens wherever you go. Which is true. Like, you know, when I moved out of San Antonio to Huntsville for a couple of years, I just made the best of it. And you make good friends and life partners and stuff like that. So that's pretty much where I'm gonna end things off with. But to the people who showed up and the people who stayed, thank y'all very much for it. To Corpus Christi Comic Con, thank you for putting this together. Hopefully next year I can have a big and larger, what do you call it, like a topic to talk about. But I really appreciate this. You guys have a great night, day, morning, whenever you're listening to this. We're signing off. Alright, guys, hopefully you enjoyed that. Again, uh, I know if the audio sign of where again decided to use mic on top of mic when I could have projected my voice. That's the word I was looking for earlier, projected my voice. But anyway, I hope I have another opportunity to do something like that. And who knows where it goes from there. But anyway, some big news. This isn't really coming from the podcast itself, but from Tuflo Pictures itself, which is kind of like my own little production company, I guess you can say. But so far it's only done just the podcast. But to my point, I'm in the process of writing my first feature, and I've actually been in the process for about seven years. It's just that like things just go back and forth and stuff like that. But I'm in the process of writing it. But as soon as maybe in August, when I come back for the season, I am going to start my own crowdfunding campaign for the film. But yeah, I'm not using Kickstarter. I'm gonna be using Seed and Spark. So once the season starts, for the first couple of episodes, it just depends on how long the campaign is, but it might be two months, I'm not too sure. But for the first couple of episodes in the season, once it starts, I'm gonna be saying, hey, so I have until this day to get, you know, however much I need for my film. It's about, you know, like the struggles of me, about like how my family and I went through after my dad passed. It's more of my personal story, and that's what it's about. So once I get my student spark campaign going, I'm gonna for the first couple of episodes of the new season coming up in August, I'm going to just say, like, hey, this is how many days I got left, please. If I can get, you know, people to contribute in part of the crowdfunding campaign and stuff like that. Once I'm done, hopefully I'm done in July. But because I'm recording this before July, but hopefully I'm done in July with just the first draft, and then writing my second draft when I submit the script to hopefully someone who wants to be part of this. But um, yeah, that's the big news. I'm finally getting to do my own feature, and then I'm also starting to do some of my own video projects that I've been trying to do for a long time. But anyway, thank you guys so much. You have a great night, day, morning, whenever you're listening to this, signing off.