Embark on a cinematic odyssey with us as we unpack the nuances of new film classics and pop culture gems. Our latest episode captures the essence of storytelling through a critique of movies like "Poor Things," a thought-provoking twist on Frankenstein, and "The Beekeeper," a tale of vengeance that gives John Wick a run for his money. We also honor the legacies of icons such as Carl Weathers, whose roles in "Rocky" and "Die Hard with a Vengeance" remain unmatched, while looking ahead to the vibrant storytelling of "Madame Webb" and "Bob Marley One Love." Jeffrey Wright's portrayal in "American Fiction" also gets a special mention as we dissect the complexities of success and satire.
Strap in for an auditory adventure through the highs and lows of the music scene and the heart-pumping world of sports. We wax lyrical about Killer Mike's album "Michael," pay tribute to the late Toby Keith, and groove to the beat of Usher's Super Bowl hype and Lil Jon's unexpected zen journey. The sports segment takes a swing at the Baltimore Orioles' ownership change, the legacy of Jackie Robinson, and the hardwood heroics of NBA stars Tyrese Maxey and Jalen Brunson. Don't miss our take on the strategic plays shaking up the NBA and NHL, including a notable trade involving the Memphis Grizzlies.
We wrap up with a thrilling preview of what's brewing in TV, sports analysis, and video gaming that you won't want to miss. Get the lowdown on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" making us laugh until it hurts in its 12th season and the unfolding drama in "Vanderpump Rules." Sports aficionados will appreciate our breakdown of Patrick Mahomes' game-changing prowess and strategic maneuvers in professional leagues. For the gamers, we're looking at the horizon with anticipation for "Tekken 8" and "Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth," with a shoutout to my friend Green for the nudge towards giving the series a chance. It's an episode packed with passion, analysis, and a heartfelt thanks to you, our listeners, for joining us on this journey of entertainment exploration.
Embark on a cinematic odyssey with us as we unpack the nuances of new film classics and pop culture gems. Our latest episode captures the essence of storytelling through a critique of movies like "Poor Things," a thought-provoking twist on Frankenstein, and "The Beekeeper," a tale of vengeance that gives John Wick a run for his money. We also honor the legacies of icons such as Carl Weathers, whose roles in "Rocky" and "Die Hard with a Vengeance" remain unmatched, while looking ahead to the vibrant storytelling of "Madame Webb" and "Bob Marley One Love." Jeffrey Wright's portrayal in "American Fiction" also gets a special mention as we dissect the complexities of success and satire.
Strap in for an auditory adventure through the highs and lows of the music scene and the heart-pumping world of sports. We wax lyrical about Killer Mike's album "Michael," pay tribute to the late Toby Keith, and groove to the beat of Usher's Super Bowl hype and Lil Jon's unexpected zen journey. The sports segment takes a swing at the Baltimore Orioles' ownership change, the legacy of Jackie Robinson, and the hardwood heroics of NBA stars Tyrese Maxey and Jalen Brunson. Don't miss our take on the strategic plays shaking up the NBA and NHL, including a notable trade involving the Memphis Grizzlies.
We wrap up with a thrilling preview of what's brewing in TV, sports analysis, and video gaming that you won't want to miss. Get the lowdown on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" making us laugh until it hurts in its 12th season and the unfolding drama in "Vanderpump Rules." Sports aficionados will appreciate our breakdown of Patrick Mahomes' game-changing prowess and strategic maneuvers in professional leagues. For the gamers, we're looking at the horizon with anticipation for "Tekken 8" and "Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth," with a shoutout to my friend Green for the nudge towards giving the series a chance. It's an episode packed with passion, analysis, and a heartfelt thanks to you, our listeners, for joining us on this journey of entertainment exploration.
King’s Perspective Intro
King’s Perspective Outro
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Hey, hey, hey. Welcome back to the King's Perspective, episode eight. That's right, episode eight. I wouldn't have thought of myself, but yes, it's episode eight. And again, as I always do, I like to take time to give a shout out to the loyal listeners here for making this possible. So thank you. And as we always do, we talk about all things in pop culture here, from film, television, sports, gaming and music, where I'll give you my weekly rundown here on Mondays of what's trending, what's popping, what's happening. So let's get the show started here with film. So Rotten Tomatoes, movies to watch now available in theaters and streaming services.
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Our Things is a post-modern revisionist of Frankenstein that replaces the traditional monster with Bella Baxter, a beautiful young woman who is brought back to life with a brain of a unborn child, an enemy of the fall. It tells the story of Sandra Woitier, a German novelist, who is accused of murdering her husband, samuel, fellow writer, by pushing him off the mountain. Charlotte, the kitchen. It is set in a future London where all social housing has been banned and the residents of the last remaining project, the kitchen, struggled to survive and resist the beekeeper, adam Clay, a former operative of a secret organization, who seeks revenge on a group of scammers who cause the death of his landlady. Tell me you are John Wick without telling me you're John Wick. Like the screams of John Wick, I swear, but I'm not gonna knock anybody. Get your paper, do what you want to do. But, as they say, no idea is original and it seems like sometimes in Hollywood they are basically using the same formula or same format, but just with a twist, because with John Wick if I'm mistaken you can correct me he didn't start taking revenge until they, you know, took out his dog and then it was like you know, the gloves are off at this point, but I could be wrong. But I have heard good things about the beekeeper, so let me not knock it too much.
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American fiction a frustrated novelist who writes a satirical book full of racial stereotypes, only to see it become a huge success and a movie adaptation. This star is Jeffrey Wright. I actually saw the movie here just a few weeks back, exactly how I have the synopsis here. He is a claim writer, mainly for writing, you know, really good pieces of literature that you know you would think would stand the test of time and they're very sophisticated. But he wanted to try his hand at something different, just to see if it would work. So he writes a book that's just pretty much gutter, gutter, old trash and it picks up. It's a success. So what you see as a film going on is a man, conflicted, where he's like it is my work, but it's, you know, even to my standard, the poorest work that I could put out. But as life he has family issues, family medical bills and essentially this book turned film essentially helps him with his financial woes. So it was a great film, though I could see the struggle internally with him as the film went on.
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Newly released films coming up here. Bob Marley One Love celebrates the life and music of the icon who inspired a generation through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for the first time, discover Bob Marley's powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music. Madame Webb about Madame Webb, who is forced to confront her past while trying to survive with three young women with powerful features who are being hunted by deadly adversary. The film is a suspense driven thriller. It's a standalone film. I don't know if I would even say that, though, because Madame Webb is about Cassandra Cassie Webb. If you know anything about Marvel Comics, she's a part of the Spider-Man lore, clairvoyant, that can see into the future, about endless possibilities that have favorable outcomes and some that are not so favorable. So this film is an origin story for her. The goal is for Sony and Marvel to build upon this and make another film that will introduce her character further on down the line.
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Now the film as it's taking place, when it does debut, I think it's set in the late 90s, early 2000s. So the next film that they release will be more modern and their hope is what the sequel will introduce. Spider-man, whether it be Tom Holland, toby McGuire or Andrew Garfield, is the hope that this film does well so they can have a sequel for it. Let's see. Here we have Adam the First.
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The film follows a 14 year old boy named Adam who travels across the country to meet a series of men who could be his father, after finding a letter with a list of names and addresses. The film is a coming of age that explores themes of identity, family and self-discovery. And then, rounding out, the last film, here is Players. A New York sports writer, mack, has spent years devising successful hookups, plays for her friends, but when she unexpectedly falls for one of her targets. Charming War correspondent, nick. She must learn what it takes to go from simply scoring to playing for keeps. And then films with great replay value Rocky. The film tells the story of Rocky Balboa, a poor small time club fighter, loan shark, debt collector, who gets an unlikely shot at the World Heavyweight Championship held by Apollo Creed, and in real time. Here condolences go to Carl Weathers, a family who just recently passed, and it was actually Sylvester Stallone who just recently spoke out and said that this film would not be possible without Carl Weathers. So it really meant a lot. And one thing that I did not know about Carl was that before becoming a movie actor, he actually played in the NFL, actually played for the Oakland Raiders. True story, true fact.
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Die Hard with the Vengeance. The plot revolves around McClain and Zeus Carver teaming up to stop East German terrorist group headed by Simon who have planted bombs across New York City and the plot to steal Gold Bullion from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, one of my favorite Die Hard films. When you have Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson team up together, their chemistry on screen was great. Another interesting fact about this film was Simon actually ties back into the first Die Hard film Hans. The villain of that first film of Die Hard was the brother of Simon, true story, bill Nye. The film follows Bond as he tries to stop a former M I six agent Trevor no, sorry, alec Trevlin from using the Satellite weapon against London to cause global financial meltdown. To me, that's when I really started getting introduced to James Bond. When GoldenEye came out with Pierce Brosman Probably one of my favorites the James Bond series and then, furthermore, to cement that it's my favorite, it had a spin off game called GoldenEye on the Nintendo 64 and probably held as one of the best video games ever Home Alone.
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We see here in Home Alone Kevin McAllister and 8 year old boy left behind on a family trip, as the family, I believe, at that point in time goes to Paris and he leaves him behind. It's not until he wakes up the next day he realizes that his family is gone. So now he's kind of like oh, I feel like I'm the man of the house, king of the castle, I can do what I want. You know, I don't have to listen to anybody, I don't have to check in, I have no responsibilities. But while he's having all this fun, you have a rash of burglaries taking place in a neighborhood by Harry and Marv, and Harry and Marv stumble across Kevin's house, and that's when all the fun ensues, because Kevin has to protect his house, and he is only to do any and everything to protect his house. As an 8 year old boy Probably for me, though, the best Home Alone would be Home Alone 2 in New York, where it's the same scenario, but this time the family leaves him and they go to Miami, and as he's getting ready to travel with them, he gets left in the airport and has to find an old family members house in New York and stays there for a while no, actually stays in the hotel, then goes to the family members house, but again, harry and Marv somehow cross paths with Kevin, and the same fighting and protection ensues. But we don't acknowledge the other Home Alongs after 2 because they were just weird. It had the same premise and everything, but they just weren't as great.
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And then, lastly here, avengers, infinity War. We see here the Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts into the universe by far one of the best Avenger films at the time produced. When you think of the combination of the MCU at that time, from 2008 with Iron man, with Robert Downey Jr, up until that point, everything just was building, building, building, building. To that point with Infinity War, it was great Because you get to see the heroes finally all together, from different parts of the world, just come together and band to take down Thanos. You get to see some of the highs and the lows, and then it left on a cliffhanger to see how they will adjust to losing. Essentially, they put out a part 2 a year later, called Endgame, but Infinity War by far the best.
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Alright, now we're going to get into the genre here. Music and this is another segment that I like to do here called Famous Musicians by their state, and for this one here we're going to do Nevada. How fitting, suitable. We have the Killers, an alternative rock band that has produced chart topping hits such as Mr Brightside and, when You're Young, panic at the Disco. A pop rock band that has won numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy nomination for Best Box or Special Limited Edition Packaging. You get a Grammy for the Way your Album or CD Comes. That's crazy. Neo, a Grammy award winning singer, songwriter and record producer, who has sold over 10 million records worldwide. Eric Whiteark, a Grammy award winning composer and conductor who has been described as the rock star of classical music. And lastly, slaughter, a hard rock band that has released several albums and singles, including Up All Night and Fly to the Angels. The Grammy's just passed, so I just want to spend a little spotlight here on the winners here.
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So for Album of the Year, we have Midnights by Taylor Swift. Record of the Year Flowers by Miley Cyrus. Best New Artist Victoria Monet. Song of the Year what Was I Made? For Best Pop Vocal Album Midnight by Taylor Swift. Best R&B Song Snooze by SZA. Best Country Album Bell Bottom Country by Lainey Wilson. My Spanish is a little rusty so please don't hold this against me, so I'm going to try to go with this one here. But Best Musicana Urbana album Manana Sera Bonita by Carol G. Best Rock album this Is why, by Pairmore.
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Best Rap album Michael by Killer Mike. Now, I know there's a bit of controversy with that one here. Some people felt that there could have been way better rap albums to pick from. But to be honest, I think Killer Mike was due this one Not like. It was like oh okay, pity, give it to him. But you know this guy.
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Just to give a little backstory, dungeon Family is a family, essentially, where it's like a management group that housed two important groups out of Atlanta, georgia. One would be Outcast, second would be Goodie Mob, and then the offshoot of a solo artist from a family member of the Dungeon Family would be Future. And you know who the artist's future is. You know Kamas and then his song Kamasari, and then his collaborative album that he did with Drake. What a time to be alive. So when we go back to Outcast, killer Mike has done a lot of collaborative songs with Andre 3000. Big boy, and then he's done his own solo work and then his own group called Run the Jewels. So at this point in time, I mean Killer Mike has put in the work, so I have not got a chance to listen to Michael, but when it did drop, weeks and months later it was getting Ray reviews. So no doubt in my mind this album should have won what it was supposed to Trending in music. We have here some sad news Country music star Toby Keith has passed away at 62 after battling stomach cancer. So my condolences to his family.
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The music industry is still grappling with issues of misogyny and abuse, as highlighted in the most recent article by the Independent Smile by Wall of Eyes. This album is a mood heavy trip that requires some attention for its nourishing payoff. So if you're familiar with the group Wall of Eyes, check them out. A trending song here Good Good by Usher featuring Summer Walker and 21 Savage. Usher is set to perform at the Super Bowl. So there's a reason why he was chosen, because again he's trending. He's hot, timeless.
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Little John is set to release a guided meditation album. This album is his first since 2010,. Crunk Rock, and is believed to be a result of his recent focus and fitness and wellness. So this is going to be interesting because Little John is always known for a crunk Get it poppin'. You know anthem music, really an it up type of music Really get your pumped, amped up. So it's going to be interesting to see how he's able to put this on like a frequency vibe, to be more spiritual, meditative music. And what is his lyrics going to be like? Going along with the music, because I'm really interested, because you know what? This is the second artist, but then I'm trying to think that album, okay. So two months ago, andre 3000 released his album called New Blue Sun had no lyrics, only instrumentation of a flute at that. And now, initially when I heard it I was dodged, I was against it. But over time it's grown on me so it was different. So for Little John coming out doing something different, I know for a fact. I'm just going to say now I'm probably not going to be so thrilled about it, but I'm sure it will grow on me and I'll be interested to check it out when it releases On to sports.
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Orioles ownership changes. The Angelo's family is set to sell the Baltimore Orioles to a group led by private billionaire David Rubenstein for 1.725 billion. Okay, jackie Robinson statue replacement. The stolen and vandalized Jackie Robinson statue in Wichita, kansas, will be replaced by the Major League Baseball and 30 clubs. That's good because, again, but Jackie Robinson, he definitely was a stable to Major League for breaking barriers, not only in the MLB but in the Negro Leagues. So you know, building a statue immortalizes a person, so you never forget. Now I know a lot of times statues are built for other people that aren't so great. That can have the the opposite effect of you remembering what they did that wasn't so great. When we think about some of those monuments. Her statues built in the south for Confederacy, but in this case, here, this is probably by far the best statue built for positive momentum. The twins are firing free agent additions. The Minnesota twins are exploring free agent signings after signing Jorge Plumcaro I'm hoping I pronounced this last name correctly.
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Black women in baseball accomplished black women in baseball recently shared their unique career paths and emphasize community building. So that's good, because you have a lot of unsung heroes in the women's Major League of Baseball and Negro Leagues of Baseball as well. So they're getting their just due and they're getting their time to shine, which is perfect. The Caribbean series in Miami for the first time, the Caribbean series will be played at a Major League Stadium, lone Park in Miami, florida, in February, featuring champions from the Dominican Republic, puerto Rico, venezuela and Mexico. Translating over to the NBA the 2024 NBA All-Star Game beneficiaries the league will partner with Special Olympics of Indiana and Boys and Girls Club of Indiana as a part of the 2024 NBA All-Star Game. Get on them. Nba. Hbcu Classic, virginia Union and Winston-Stalem State will each receive a hundred thousand as a part of the HBCU Classic partnership with AT&T entering its third consecutive year Career Knights for Tyrese Maxey. He scored a career high of 51 points and Jalen Brunson 40 points, had a massive night following their first NBA All-Star selection.
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Grizzlies deal. The Memphis Grizzlies trade Stephen Adams to the Houston Rockets. For Victor Oladipo, stephen Adams was the 12th overall pick in the 2023, oh no, sorry, 2013 NBA draft. I think it's gonna be interesting seeing him with the young cast of players being there as a veteran leader At this point. Now he's becoming a journeyman because, like I said, in 2013, stephen Adams was drafted to the Oklahoma City Thunder, where he is kind of a bit of an enforcer and over time he learned to improve on his game, not only from the defensive standpoint but the offensive developing a mid-range back to the basket, low post scoring and three-pointers. Then moved to the Memphis Grizzlies. I'll really spend some time there doing doing pretty well. And then now Houston I mean Houston's got a new court of players there, so it'll be interesting to see what type of role they want to bring Stephen Adams in and allow him to play his game at.
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Essentially, embiid's injury. Joel Embiid will miss games due to injured Maniscus in his left knee. He underwent an MRI that revealed the injury. Sad for him because he just had, a couple weeks back a phenomenal game where he scored 70 or 71 points and then shortly after that game he was just hampered with that injury. So the NBA has a new rule where you have to meet a minimum of games in order to be considered for the MVP of the regular season and just the way he just can't seem to stay healthy, I don't think he'll be able to be in the running for the MVP and getting a back-to-back MVP because at this point the way he looked at during that game where he scored 70 plus points, he just looked, you know, really in shape, fit and just unstoppable. So he literally looked like he was in the running to get his second MVP.
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On NFL Bill Belichick's thank you letter. After 24 years with the New England Patriots, bill Belichick pinned a heartfelt thank you letter to the fans, which is great because I think for him he gets a bad rap as being this dogmatic character, stodge, hard to get along with and just very dictatorship, very military style training. But it's good to see that, after leaving New England on a mutual departure, that he gave some emotion to the, the fans, to let him know he has a heart. You know, he's not just some robot. Jalen Johnson's future.
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The Bears cornerback, jalen Johnson, expressed his commitment to Chicago while still emphasizing financial consideration. So it's like I want to be here but I also want increase. In pay is essentially what he's asking for, or what it's looking like, and I ain't managing. You know, do what you got to do. You know the NFL is not for long and at this point you know you play the game because you love it, but you also want to have a financial backing for your future, for your family or maybe just yourself. Zay flowers fine, the Ravens wide receiver, zay flowers, received a fine for a costly taunting penalty against the Chiefs. So that divisional game that they played against the Kansas City Chiefs, zay flowers got a taunting penalty. That was costly. It's some people still talk about now that they feel like had that not happened, it would have changed the outcome of that game.
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But again, this is Patrick Mahomes and, with that being said, it doesn't matter how much you get up, how much you think your lead is safe. This guy plays. I feel like Patrick Mahomes plays best from behind. It's where he's most comfortable because, like for the most part, if he's up with the lead, you get to relaxed, you don't have any challenge, you don't have any adversity and I think a lot of times, whether it's NFL, mlb, mls, nhl, when you're up that's usually the hardest position to be in, because maintaining the lead is the hardest. But being from behind catching up and then taking over lead, is usually the best, because you're down and you want to. Once you get up, you want to keep your neck, I mean keep your foot on your opponent's neck so that they can't get up. So again, that game to me, even if the Ravens would have gotten up, they wouldn't have been safe at all.
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So it's again, like I said, it's Patrick Mahomes which leads to my thoughts here to close out, the NFL on the Super Bowl. So this Super Bowl we've got the 49ers versus the Chiefs and again, I think both teams, honestly, are essentially well-rounded on the offensive end and the defensive end. But I think ultimately the X-Factor is going to be Patrick Mahomes. With Patrick here I just laid it out that I feel like he plays best from behind and that's what's going to happen. I think there could be a chance where the 49ers get up and they feel like their lead is safe. They're comfortable, they don't think that with their defense and the way they're set up that they'll have a chance for Kansas City Chiefs to come back and take the lead. They'll be mistaken, because again it's Patrick Mahomes and with Patrick Mahomes playing his best from behind, no lead is saved.
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Again, I liken him to Tom Brady, because Tom Brady did the same thing. If you remember that Super Bowl where they played up against the Atlanta Falcons, atlanta Falcons got up by like 30. And New England Patriots? It was looking real bleak. Everybody was celebrating, throwing their hands up yeah, the first Super Bowl championship coming to Atlanta. Yada, yada, yada. They was hype, they was going brazy, as they say. But that second hash man, it was a totally different tale, totally different story. You had everybody in that stadium that was Atlanta Falcons fans with the long face. Like what happened, tom Brady happened. So again I will say this to you San Francisco 49er fans never get too comfortable, especially around Patrick Mahomes.
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Alright, now we're going to move on here to the NHL. Very short here. Ovingian scoring quest. So Alex Ovingian aims to rediscover his scoring touch after entering the All-Star break with 9 goals and 44 games. Flames trade move. The Calvary Flames made a forward move after trading Elias Lindholm to the Vancouver Canucks, receiving a wing and a 2024 draft pick in return. The Flames are currently 5 points out of the wild card spot in the Western Conference. Good on them. So you know at least what they're hoping is here that you know in any sports, whether it be NFL, mlb, nba, that you're just maybe one or two pieces away. That can kind of get you over and be even that more competitive. Look no further than the Lakers, where they just signed Spencer Dimwitty. So they're hoping that he'll be a great complimentary piece to LeBron and Anthony Davis. They've got some stars there with the Lakers already, with Austin Reeves and D'Angelo Russell, so adding Spencer should definitely help.
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Alright, on the television. We have popular television shows currently Grazilda, a crime drama about Grazilda Blanco and a Tories drug lord who rose to power in the 1970s and the 1980s. Masters of the Air, a historical mini series that follows the exploits of the US 8th Air Force during the World War II. Mr and Mrs Smith, a comedy series based on the 2005 film of the same name about a married couple who are secretly spies. True Detective Night Country, a horror anthology series as detectives are investigating a series of murders in the frozen town. Lastly here, alexander, the making of a god a ducky, a mentoring series that explores the life and legacy of Alexander the Great, one of the most influential figures in history. Tv shows new and upcoming releases, so I'm gonna spotlight a couple shows here that are new or returning that are my favorites here.
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Kirby enthusiasm, season 12, episode 1, entitled Atlanta, follows Larry as he travels to Georgia for a paid appearance at a birthday party of a wealthy African businessman. Now, this episode essentially is just that and all the troubles that Larry is getting into One being caught off by the African businessman where Larry stereotypical thought it was going to be a person of color but when he gets to the party is actually a white man, a white South African man. Then he's having troubles with his glasses, where he switched glass. Well, he didn't really switch glasses, his glasses were taken off of him and put on somebody else and he swears up and down that the glasses got stretched out so he has to borrow said person's glasses that were stretched out and he's got basically effeminate glasses that he's wearing that look very awkward on him.
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Getting in trouble with the hotel maid and then this encounter with this woman named Brooke, who everyone else is calling her Brookey, that knows her, whether it be within maybe a month's time, years time or several years. But when it comes to Larry giving her the same pet name of Brookey, she rejects him and says can you please call me Brooke? There's a chance encounter there at that party where you meet up with another guy by the name of Carl and says I just noticed you called her Brookey. How long have you known Brooke? And Carl says well, this is my second encounter with her and I've probably only known her for less than a month. So now Larry is perplexed and not understanding why he's not able to use that nickname.
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But for the first episode or first entry of season 12, which will be the last, it wasn't bad. It didn't have the, the, the wow factor that I'm used to when I usually watch most of those episodes where he blows it out the park for the first episode or many episodes. There were some moments where I wasn't so interested or it's just kind of like, okay, like where is this going? This isn't funny, but I'm hoping that future episodes will be funny and stay funny consistently throughout the whole episode as my hope.
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On to my second show, vanderpump rolls. We have here season 11, episode 2, entitled the Ultimate Betrayal Again. This is still stemming from the fallout with Tom Sanderbaal Scandaball where he essentially cheated on his girlfriend Ariana Maddox from season 10. So now he's back from his special forces TV show that he did in New Zealand and trying to get reacclimated to life back here in the US and California Sharing a home with his ex-girlfriend in that awkwardness and having a assistant be a go between the two of them, having to mend fences and patch up relationships with his best bud, tom Schwartz, and them having a bit of a fallout but them having lunch and kind of talking things out and amending things because you know, with this fallout it ruined their business, tom, tom and Tom and Sandy, tom and Sandy's sorry bar and restaurant that they have here in California. So you see, essentially in this episode where Ariana Maddox is now going from victim to super mega star and again Tom trying to pick up the pieces and move on, and then the other castmates kind of picking sides, whether you're Sheena, shay or La La Kent or Katie, which would be Tom Schwartz ex. So the second episode definitely wasn't too bad. Oh, and then also side note, last piece, james Kennedy who comes to see Tom Sandoval because Tom was dating Raquel, who was James Kennedy ex fiancee, and that's where the whole scandal all happened, because he was dating Ariana Maddox for nine years but then cheated on her with Raquel, who happened to be James Kennedy's ex. So Tom and James were trying to sit down and mend fences and talk, but it just doesn't work, so they just kind of leave things on a low note.
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We have the Braxton sisters, who are returning to reality TV with a new series called the Braxton's, which follows their lives after the death of their sister, tracy, and their previous clash over the Braxton family. Values. Pay Messi, world Cup, the rise of the legend. An Apple TV plus series chronically Lionel Messi's journey into soccer. Lastly, we have Shogun, a historical drama that delves into the world of Samurai's in Japan. Tv shows with great replay value. We have the Wayne's brothers. We have living single. The show centers on the lives of six New York City friends who share personal and professional experiences while living in Brooklyn, new York.
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Seinfeld is often described as a show about nothing, focusing on every day situations, relationships and absurdities of life. A sleeper show, home improvement. Tim the toolman. Taylor, a television TV show host, celebrates all things, mainly including tools, hardware stores and cars. Tim's catchphrase more power often leads a hilarious, disastrous onset mishaps during his show tool time. And then, lastly, martin.
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The series revolves around Martin Payne, a disc jockey who lives with his girlfriend, gina Waters, and the city of Detroit, Michigan. Martin works for fictional radio station WZ UP and later the local public access television show Channel 51. With Martin classic show it could rival Sopranos, it could. It could rival the Wayne's brothers. It could rival Seinfeld. It could rival home improvement. Notable characters would have to be Mama Payne, shanae Dragonfly, jones, roscoe, braman from the fifth flow. Let me see who else. Cole Tommy always saying hey, I got to go because I got to, I got to be somewhere, I got to go to work. And their reply always is bruh, you ain't got no job, tommy. So there's so many, so many memorable characters to go down the list, but those are my highlights there for Martin for the most part, for the characters that you should look out if you ever watch Martin.
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On the video games, here are some of the notable video game releases within the mode this week, persona 3 Reloaded. It's available on PC, ps5, ps4, xbox Series X, xbox S, xbox 1. Now Suicide Squad kills the Justice League. I mentioned that before. That now is going to be a epic game store version. So they'll be releasing in the upcoming weeks One Punch man World, silent Hill.
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The short message shout out to my guy, green Lantern Gaming, from Twitter or X. We were just talking the other day about the game being released and he's talking about he was going to fully immerse himself into this game by turning off all the lights in the house and playing that game to really get the horror thriller effect. I told him he's not gonna be sleeping for a whole week straight, but his reply was that's okay. So hey, do your thing, man, do yo thing. Trending video games in 2024.
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We have Tekken 8, prince of Persia, the Lost Crown and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which again Green, shout out to you because you told me hey, if you're a gamer, you should check out things gaming. So I may check this game out. I've never played any of the previous Final Fantasy games, but it's a good series. As I spoke before, it helped build Sony and the PlayStation, playstation 2, playstation 3, playstation 4 and the 5 now as a exclusive title. So when the game finally releases in its entirety because right now it's just a demo I believe the full game releases unless it changes. It's due to set to release in February 29th, so I'll keep my eyes on it. I'm gonna look at Twitter or X and see how my guy Green likes the game and if he's thoroughly enjoyed by it, then at that point I may pick it up. Alright?
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Well, that has been the show episode 8. I'm King Chill with the King's perspective. I appreciate you stopping by listening to me, as always. This show would not be the show without my faithful listener. So I appreciate each and every time you stop by to download the show or just listen to the show just helps me grow that much more. It just lets me know that there are people out there who respect what I do and appreciate the knowledge that I'm sharing. So again, as I always usually tell you, share, like, subscribe, download, share with a friend, share with a family member, co-worker, whatever. But again, that's been my time. This has been the show episode 8. I appreciate you for everything that you do as loyal listeners. Peace.