Elio - What Happens When Aliens Answer Your Call?

In this episode of Movie Shelf, hosts Heather and Cory discuss Pixar's latest film, Elio, exploring its themes of alien abduction, family dynamics, and the visual artistry of animation. They delve into the connections to classic sci-fi films, share their impressions of the movie, and discuss upcoming releases in the genre. The conversation highlights the emotional depth of the story while also acknowledging its lighter moments, ultimately deciding on its place on their movie shelf.

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Transcript

I'm Heather. And I'm Cory. And this is Movie Shelf, where we talk about movies, movie trivia, and just about anything related to pop culture. We're glad you're here. In today's episode, we're talking about...

Elio, the latest flick from Pixar. We'll also talk about other space and alien themed movies, movies coming out. And of course, we'll enjoy a side of bacon. ⁓ So Elio focuses on a young boy named Elio, actually Elio Solis, who is desperately trying to be abducted by aliens.

having recently lost his parents and is now living with his aunt on an Air Force base, Elio feels lost and lonely. He feels like he doesn't belong and doesn't feel wanted by his aunt or that he's a burden for her. with some ham radio help, Elio takes to the skies desperate to make contact and he does.

So this is an animated film with voice acting from Zoe Saldana, who plays the aunt, Aunt Olga. Jonas Ascension, Kebrib, sorry if I'm totally butchering that, but he is the voice of Elio. Remy Edgar Lee, who plays Lordon, and Brad Garrett, who is

recognizable, and he was Lord Gregon.

So Cory, before we go into the likes and dislikes, I actually wanted to give like a little shout out and plug for two additional voices that had some prominence in the film. ⁓ I pretty good idea what one of them is. no, I actually know what both of them are. Yes. Yes. So the first is Kate Mulgrew for the Star Trek fans out there. She is Captain Janeway of the Voyager. There we go. Cause that's key. Yes. And this movie. ⁓

kind of roots itself in the whole Voyager space probe project that was back in the seventies. So there's a scene where Elio goes into like a ⁓ coming soon museum exhibit and presses, you know, one of the museum buttons. And you start hearing Kate Mulgrew or Captain Janeway talking about the Voyager project. it wasn't Captain Janeway. It was just a voice, but yeah.

But for the most part, I think that's the, knee jerk thought is when you hear her voice, you hear Captain Janeway. you had the ex captain of the Voyager talking about the Voyager Pro. How fitting. So the other key voice, ⁓ that they had was actual recording audio clips of Carl Sagan. And he was talking about, you know, the possibility of other life in space and things like that.

And so there were two instances where the recordings were played. was kind of earlier in the movie and then right there toward the end. So I thought that was great. I love the fact that they brought that in. He was the nice bread of the sandwich. Okay. The same with the slices. Yes. Or the, the bookends on the bookshelf. All right, Cory, any other likes or dislikes that you'd like to share?

The movie was kind of cute in incorporating a lot of small recognizable moments from other movies. Which we'll definitely dive into in our next section. But as the movie as a whole, I was just kind of, hmm, meh. Yeah, I get that. I, that was also kind of first on my list that there were several nods or inspiration that was evident. Or direct rips. From older alien space themed movies.

I did find it fun. is another nod, I guess. There was lots of nods. Lots of nods to things in this movie. Lots of little tongue-in-cheek pokes. Yes, and one of them, which I feel like is kind of near and dear, at least to some of your family members' hearts, there was definitely a ham radio love in this film. So again,

trying to make contact and using his ham radio and trying to connect with others with ham radios. And again, kind of like the Carl Sagan part, this kind of starts at the beginning and it kind of comes back into action toward the end as well. So for those ham radio lovers out there, you should appreciate ⁓ this film for that. The animation though, I did think was very beautiful. It's hard to kind of go wrong with space. Space itself is so beautiful with

All the different, um, you know, whether it's a galaxy you're looking at or a nebula you're looking at. just any of the images, you're only restricted by your imagination on what a constellation and the galaxy far away could look like, yeah, gaseous space cloud or whatever.

And then of course there's the actual more fantasy type of part with the whole communiverse where Elio is transported to in his abduction. so I thought there was a nice blend. Like there were some elements where you're kind of seeing very like potentially recognizable, like Hubble photograph items. And then of course you kind of go into the more fantastical

world of the Elio itself with, like I said, the communiverse and some of the aliens that they encounter. So also, and I hope you have appreciated this, there is, ⁓ of course, there's Elio and his own issues that he's dealing with. But then you have another plot line with a sweet father, son story, or maybe it's not sweet at first, but it does eventually in sweet.

Or there is a nice father-son Plot line, so I don't know if you appreciated that or not since we did take our son, although he was a little sick so Yeah, yeah, he's a little distracted. He was wringing a little bit of fever I know like oh poor kiddo. Which I understand is why he was actually very peculiar during the living So when Elio is transported to the communiverse so this like I said is where he's abducted

Essentially this is looking for representatives like leaders of their planets and seeing if they're worthy, I guess, to be able to be part of this whole ambassadorship. And anyway, so when he gets there, there's like the supercomputer that knows everything and he can ask it anything. And I mean, he decides he wants to ask a silly question about like gorillas and like a baseball game or something. I can't remember. Maybe it was just a fight. Anyway.

But like the computer keeps on teasing him that do you want to know the meaning of life? And and he never wants to know. But I kind of feel like the whole point of this story, which like several Pixar films, family ends up being the root of, ⁓ I think, the the the the goal of the story. And so I feel like they were maybe just teasing that the meaning of life perhaps is home and family and that love that you have with it.

Whenever you see it, see if that connection, you know, makes it to, if you find that connection as well, I'd be curious. Another little like to interject here. I did love the imagination of this. We'll say a manufactured planet where everybody came. Communiverse, ⁓ community or whatever this thing was that they're all Star Trekky, isn't it?

can see that. Federation. Yeah. But it wasn't on anybody's home planet. It just seemed to exist on this manufactured place, if you will, which looked really cool, I would say. Oh yeah. I mean, even the bathroom looked cool, right? Which Elio found to be the most beautiful place. we already touched on this a little bit, but I just wanted to go back to it.

I appreciate the foundation that the movie took with the Voyager project, specifically with the golden record. And of course, this being a record of lots of recordings that of course gets sent out to space with the hopes that someone will eventually hear it and connect back.

And hopefully they have a record player. guess that's the thing behind it. think that the record is playing. I think it's playing all the time on the probe. They don't need to have a record player. It's already playing. Well, do they put a man on there to keep moving the needle back to the end? It's special. think, you know, you know, records can like bump back. They bounce back. They can do that. They were doing that in the seventies. It's not like a phonograph.

Okay. So ultimately I found the movie to be beautiful. It was sweet. There were clever moments, but it was a little light. I thought on trying to tug at the heartstrings. Um, you know, sometimes that's like a big draw with Pixar films and you know, when you think of like up or monster's in toy story. Yeah. Yeah. Monster. Yeah. Like most of them, there's usually that like moment somewhere at the end where you're like, Oh, and yes.

There were there was a sweet, nice little bow wrapped, ⁓ you know, in this film. But I felt like I said, it was just a little light on the heartstrings. Maybe maybe it was just us. Maybe it was because we had a, you know, a kiddo who was very distracted, distracted because he wasn't feeling the greatest that, we just discovered as we got there or or they were just a little lighter than they could have been. You know, kind of like how like I like Luca.

You know the little fish boy movie, but that one is another one where it's a little lighter on the heartstrings, you know Yeah, that was a little light on a lot of things for you. I really like I've watched several times now

So yeah, I, for some reason that connection was missing a little for me. but again, very sweet movie.

Alright Cory, what's the verdict? Does it make the movie shelf or not?

For me, it's a easily won and done. I mean, it may be worth one viewing as somebody happens to see it coming on TV, yeah, it's not going to go on the shelf or anything. I answered my question in true Heather style. I said passively, meaning it is such a visually appealing movie that it makes for a great

addition to kind of movie background options or movie options that our kiddo can just watch while I'm working or something like that. ⁓ Because I work from home and he is sometimes often in my office so we just put something on the background.

So I foresee this being a movie that is added to my lineup of items to watch, but maybe not officially on the movie shelf, like where I am officially wanting to seek it out and watch it forever and ever. agreed. True props. did. I did enjoy it and it's cute. It's fun. I recommend you at least go see it and

Like I said, it might resonate more with you. At least wait and see if we can catch it for free on the stream. Yeah, which of course should probably be Disney Plus. But since it's stuck in the Disney world. I am a big fan of Pixar. But there are stronger Pixar films than this one, but it is at least a very beautiful film to watch.

As you and I were watching this film, I think we were both probably, even though we may not have been directly communicating in the theater, I think we were both definitely having strong like, ⁓ this is so reminding me of this and this and this. yeah. Cause they were perfectly interjecting little, little quasi moments from other sci-fi movies. Right. So I wanted to talk a little bit about those films. The first one that, sort of came to mind because in the film,

there is a moment where I guess aliens are trying to make connection and you hear a music note sequence, essentially. ⁓ Yes. It wasn't that one. Not in this one. It wasn't too far off. Cause I think it was like, you know, just a few little notes, but it definitely was giving that close encounters of the third kind kind of vibe.

And that movie,

it was from the eighties. It stars Richard Dreyfuss. It's a Spielberg movie. You can't gloss over that. can't usually go wrong with Spielberg by any means. I know for me, if this movie is one that I'm not usually quick to want to watch because maybe when I first watched it, was much, since I was much younger, maybe I was just too young to really connect with it. And I found it to be like a slow build.

and kind of a confusing movie. Yeah. I agree. remember mashed potatoes. Yeah. I remember the mom, like, was her son taken? I don't know. There was like, when ever the house like lights up around it, like the outside and the boy gets just taken or something. It does seem to be a slow, dramatic buildup. And all of a it just jumps through the big, to the big bubble pop. And before you know it, it's over. Yeah. And it's, and it's one of those things where like people from different areas are

getting these connections, you know, from potential aliens, I guess. And then at some point they all come together. It's almost like the Battlestar Galactica, the remake where like they all start hearing the song and then like they're like, are you hearing it? Are you hearing it? And then they realize they're all Cylons. So this one, it's like they all got an opportunity just like Elio.

to kind of join this communiverse potentially, like go see this other realm, this other opportunity. So anyway, it definitely had that nod, particularly with the music. So I would say probably Closed Encounters of the Third Kind is like a must see. Even though it may not be something that I am anxious to watch often.

I would say it is definitely for any movie lover, especially space alien oriented fan. Check it out. Now there's just a little segue here. Do you know the classifications of close encounters since the movie was titled close encounters of a third kind? Oh, I believe at some point I probably knew, but take it away, Cory.

Coryheather@sbcglobal.net (15:04)
Okay. So close encounters of a first kind, somebody sees or believe that they see a UFO. Woo, aliens. Close encounters of a second kind. There's been physical evidence that aliens have been on the surface of the earth.

Okay. So this is where you get your crop circles. Right. Or in some cases, people believe that if there is a landing on a beach or a desert that will sometimes melt some of the sand around the ship from the radiation or people who claim that they would send a clause trap the aliens that have been into their home. Ooh, footprint. Look at these footprints. I got in the foil that laid down on the floor or something. Are you trying to say Santa Claus is an alien? Not at all. Okay. Close encounters of a third kind. Hence the classical movie.

You see the actual alien. Okay. Either you see the alien outside the ship or perhaps you were inside the ship. see an alien either way, but yeah, that's the third kind. Close encounters of a fourth kind. I feel like this was like a popular thing that went viral. Like during the eighties, nineties, people who claim that they were abducted by an alien. Okay. Like, Ooh, I got probed. You know, I got this little thing that they put underneath my skin or something.

yeah, they definitely explored that I think with X-Files for sure. But for the most part, they're unconscious or they may have little glimpses of being awake while they're on the ship. Close encounters of a fifth kind is really interesting. Intelligent communication between you and the extraterrestrial. Okay. Okay. This can be in person or this can be like if they communicated with you by radio and you ⁓

intelligent exchange information. Okay. Close encounters. Does it have to be two way though? It has to be two way communication. has to be two way. Yeah. Actually back and forth communication between you and the, ⁓ and the ABN extraterrestrial, what have you. Close encounters of a sixth kind. ⁓ someone died from the experience of the closing counter. So that one gets a little trickier. Yeah.

So I guess you could say that in a way Elio experienced all five, but not six of the close encounters. Thankfully. I feel like they may have been a little close to one of them, to six. They were a little close. But as you were talking, this wasn't necessarily a movie that was initially on my list. However,

I feel like signs probably covers all of these. Oh, wow. Uh, let me think about that. Um, did anybody die? Yeah. The alien. Oh yeah. Swing away. Yeah. You know what? That's here. I'm not sure the class of fading call for a human to be dead or finding a dead alien that that may both classify as, as the, uh, six kind of a close encounter. Yeah. So, yeah, very interesting. And there's really,

Couple of really interesting documentaries on close encounters of particular kinds. One is of actually titled the fourth kind. And it stars Mila Jovovich and they do these side-by-side reenactments of this actual doctor that interviewed people who claim to have been abducted. And these interviews get super weird. And so they do these reenactments and it's side-by-side with the actual video that the doctor did and the reenactment of Jovovich playing the doctor. And if you're able to see it, it's just.

really interesting to watch Close Encounters of a Fifth Kind. So there's this ⁓ Dr. Steven, I think Steven Reed, who's the world authority on communicating with aliens. I mean, he's been to the White House several times consulting and stuff like that. So he is on that level. Yeah. So there's that. He knows the secrets. He knows it's a, you know, and there's this, there's this movement of people who are following him and using his ways of reaching out and

communicate with these aliens. it's so. So are you a bit of an alien? I don't know if conspiracist is the right word, but enthusiast. Are you going to have an alien enthusiast? A bit. A bit. Yeah. Okay. I feel like sometimes what some people might attribute to an alien, I usually attribute to ghosts like, it must be the ghost.

Coryheather@sbcglobal.net (19:35)
Okay. So I also, particularly with the cloning scene in Elio, I felt as soon as I saw that scene, I was like, this is like the last star fighter. So if you haven't seen the last star fighter, you have this teenager.

on earth who's playing an arcade game like they just he his mom like runs like a hotel or something they're kind of like a little vacation spot ⁓ and they have like one arcade game like on their back porch and he's always playing it and it's like a star fighter type of game and he like one day finally beats it like the whole like all the family come out all the little hotel people come out

And they're all excited. One video arcade in the whole trailer park. Oh yeah, it's a big thing. Oh, was it a trailer park, not a hotel? I don't know. Anyway, anyway, so they all come out. They're like, oh, yeah, you finally did it. And then, you know, it's done. But the, um, the arcade game was really, you know, screening process here. Yes. From these aliens to attract potential star fighters.

And so at some point, of course, this guy travels down and takes the teenager with him to be a star fighter. Well, since he's going to be gone for a while, they need a clone. Can't just have somebody disappear for a Yes. Cause then, know, conspiracy starts breaking up. And of course the clone's a little off, know, quite the same as the main actor.

takes his head off, you know, operates on his ear. So anyway, so they, um, they have a, a nod to that in Elio when, um, Elio comes to the communiverse and they're like, Oh, well you're going to be here for a little while. So we should put a clone down for you. And they take some DNA sample from him and some goo. And there you go. It takes some snot. Yes. Which Elio then was like, Oh, my first probe. So again, lots of really cute things in this film.

Okay, so next up I have Flight of the Navigator. And really kind of going again with that abduction and exploration and also that family connection. Because Flight of the Navigator, also another 80s movie, Starfighter I think is also 80s. Oh yeah, that was big theme, you know, back then. And so the Flight of the Navigators, you you abduct the boy.

First off, the boy is already like annoyed with his family because he's got a younger brother and he's always feeling like, I guess he just doesn't feel like he gets the attention he needs or something. don't know. Anyway, so it's like 4th of July too. And something happens. He gets abducted and he's on this ship voiced by Paul Rubin. So it's very Pee Herman like, but in the most perfect way, the most perfect way.

And there's all these other little aliens on the ship with him. So again, very similar to that communiverse. Like he's been abducted to kind of study and learn and everything. But I guess he just in particular is able to do more than most of the other little aliens that are on the ship. And so he decides he's going to be the navigator and fly the ship and stuff like that. So it's interesting.

Anyway, but yeah, by the end of the movie, he is finding a way to reconnect with his family and all that good stuff. So, anyone gets to keep one of the little aliens. So again, I highly recommend the film, because it's just a classic. That one is definitely on the movie shelf. It's definitely a childhood classic or a favorite of mine as well. Yeah, and of course, so is The Last Starfighter. That is definitely on the movie shelf. I think it physically is. Both of these, actually.

next up, so this is one that you have not seen. I need you to watch it. That way you will join my world of knowledge. Okay. And it is called troop zero. I think this is like a prime movie. Um, it's, it's one of the streaming channels, but this stars, um, McKenna grace. Um, so she's, I mean, she's, she's older now. She's like probably a teenager now, but most of movies we've seen her and she's been a little girl.

⁓ In Young Sheldon, she was the friend. Like that was also super smart. And so she is, she lives with her dad. Her mother's past. Her dad in the movie is Jim Gaffigan and he's a lawyer. He's also like, and I think they kind of live, I feel like they live probably like in a trailer esque kind of scenario or something. ⁓ But they, the dad is a lawyer, but he also is like,

a lawyer for anybody. like if you don't, if you don't have money, he's still going to find a way to help you. That kind of thing. Anyway, so that's a pro bono work, huh? But this is also during the Voyager time. So the little girl who's obsessed with space, she learns that there is an opportunity that's come to her town where if the top like Girl Scout troop, although they might not be Girl Scouts, but like a Girl Scout.

the top troop is going to be, ⁓ to get an opportunity to be on the golden record. Like one of the children that say we're children from planet earth. And so she's like, we got to do this. So she, she doesn't get to be in the big super troop that's already there. ⁓ cause they look down on her for various reasons. So she starts her own troop. And, I think Viola Davis is also in it and she kind of is the troop mom for a little bit, but then it becomes.

Jim Gaffigan, has to take over. So it's just really great. And it's like I said, it's in that time period, it's focusing on the Voyager. So I thought it was just a nice tie. And then of course to Elio, which is again, focused on a little bit of that foundation of the Voyager. All right, next up a movie you love and adore, E.T. Oh gosh, yeah, I cannot wait for our kid will be old enough to show him that movie. Yeah.

So again, with, I think with this one, because Elio befriends another little alien, although he was probably like an adult, even though he was little, but in this one, the other little alien is a little boy or a little young alien. Not sure about the gender, but although I think it was his son. anyway, the Lord Grigon said.

Anyway, so I feel like there's a little bit of that, you know, just that friend connection to the alien. And of course you definitely get that with ET also Spielberg, also eighties. then years later you find out that ET was a Jedi. Yeah. All right. so this one is just a blip.

But I'm throw it in there anyway because it's a favorite movie of mine. There is a scene where... a one second scene. Yeah, like a one second scene that gives some love to Alien. Definitely with the chest bursting, ⁓ the chest burster scene. Although it is not grotesque or anything like that. It's just a definite nod to the movie. ⁓ And then this one was your suggestion. ⁓

Yeah, definitely. I definitely picked up a couple of contact vibes in there. So where Elio is living with his aunt, ⁓ she is, and she's on the air in the air force, but she, ⁓ it's specific to space and managing space debris. All these dead satellites that are orbiting. ⁓ but so the base that they are at has so many satellites. And so there's a scene where they all kind of like start like, you know, locking in on signals or something.

which was definitely something that resonated to you from the movie contact. they're, you know, they make contact and they're locking in and seeing all the big satellites sinking up and everything. I had one more that was on my list that I just wish to say satellite dishes. So our audience are more in our picture of what's going on. I had one more that was on my list and we actually did an episode on it. This is called the vast of night and it's

I think may have also been a prime movie. feels like it would have been, I feel like it was. And this one takes place, I would say probably like the late fifties or sixties or so. And, it's like this small little town in New Mexico, a one radio station town. And, ⁓ so you have the radio station and then the girl, there's a girl, like there's a guy who's a DJ and a girl, and she's like the phone operator.

And so like the old classic, like, you know, the little wire thing, let's take our wiring, connect this phone number to this phone number so they can talk to each other. And at some point they start hearing some sounds. and so essentially there's like this potential alien. I don't know if it's even an invasion, but it definitely seemed like there was some abduction at the very end. We, it's a little ambiguous. Um, but they're like the only ones that are noticing everything because everyone else is like in a basketball game.

that one is also kind of a bit of a slow burn, but there's some interesting things about it. and, ⁓ and then it has just that little climax, which is a little ambiguous, but it's okay. Any other ones for your list?

or that we haven't talked about that you... I think that's about it. Yeah. So I would recommend probably checking out all the ones that we just talked about, all of these, um, alien space themed movies, and of course... our category of sci-fi classics. Yes. Um, and of course check out L.E.O. because like I said, it is fun.

Okay, Cory let's talk about a few movies coming out. Okay. So when we saw this movie, we saw a trailer for Freakier Friday. ⁓ gosh. Well, did you like the first Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan one, the Freaky Friday one? It was okay. Did you even like the original, the Jodie Foster one? Or have you not seen it? I may not have seen that.

Well, freakier Friday continues the Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan plot. And I think Lizzie Lohan is a kid of her own. Yeah. So she's got her own teenager. She's about to get married. It seems I think to a guy who has his own teenager, another girl, and the two teenagers are not getting along. Something happens and they all switch. So are you saying there's a quadruple switch? Yes.

I it was just a triple. No, so the teenagers go into Jamie Lucurtis and Lindsay Lohan. So I think Jamie Lucurtis is the soon to be, we'll just say stepdaughter. I'll say British because I think she has some sort of like British accent. So she is the now the British daughter. Lindsay Lohan is now her daughter. then so Lindsay Lohan's daughter, think is Lindsay Lohan. And then the other girl is.

Jiminy Curtis. Oh, that would definitely be freaky or yes. Freakier. I'm waiting for the vice versa or movie. Oh, really? OK. So of course, you know, the mom and grandma in the plot already know what to do, but they of course still have to deal with everything and they'll get it all figured out. I'm sure. But it looks like it'll just be at least one.

And also we had seen that we haven't talked about yet, but we received a trailer for nobody too. Oh gosh. Which I'm not sure how I feel about it from the trailer. Cause it looks, it looks silly. Campier. Yeah. So it's like, so in this one, no, you know, what's it, what is his name? Anyway, main guy. Odenkirk Bob Odenkirk, right Bob? All right. So in this one,

Bob Odenkirk the main character or the main actor for the film is wanting to take a vacation with his family. That's all he wants to do. But of course things happen and he can't take it. He's not really taking a vacation because he has to, you know, fight evil. and so the, the first movie though, it was like dark and clever. This one looks like they decided to have little, well, seemed like

All we done our series one. Let's have a little bit more fun with this one. Yeah, so we'll see. I'm sure we'll watch it in some capacity, but also on that nod, I think going a little bit more of the campier direction, we also saw the preview for Megan 2.0. and this is this one, it sounds like the plot is the enemy of my enemy is my friend kind of thing ⁓ because there's some other like.

I don't know, like an AI or something, but they somehow need Megan. and they have to essentially rebuild her. They have the brain in a sense, the AI of Megan. ⁓ but they need to put her back in, you know, the doll form. And it is funny because there's like, a prevalent line in the, the, the trailer, which is I want to be taller. And part of me is wondering, this, is this because the

Actress herself is now taller and so that's why they need to make her taller But who knows I'm it just looks like it's a little sealier than maybe the first one was so we'll It was pretty dark. I mean gosh. Yeah, the first one was dark I feel so it's kind of like the nobody thing where it was like dark some clever and now I feel like we might be moving into the Campy with maybe a smidge of dark. Who knows? We'll see

All right, Cory, it is now time for a side of bacon. Bacon. All right. So from our last episode, we were actually connecting Gerard Butler to Scarlett Johansson. I have it in two movies. As well as I. All right. For me. Well, yeah. So when we shortly after our last episode, I was like, ⁓ this is going to be easy. I mean, I've got the multiverse. I got the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I mean, just

finding any one of those actors in end game or Infinity War that starred with Gerard Butler. Boom, there you have it. Come to find out, not so easy. There's almost no interaction between Gerard Butler and all the actors that have been in the MCU. Seems to be. I didn't go that wrong either. So I started to perusing IMDB for ideas. I was like,

Hmm. Well, you had this rule of, um, no animated movies because you don't want it to stick with the voices. Uh, I almost cheekily bended that rule because it will not have been an animated movie, it would have used just her voice. Oh, her to pull it from her. I was like, yeah, but that kind of breaks the spirit of your real. So I won't go that.

I just thought it would have been fun to do so. Now I think we do have some designated voices that no matter what we get to use like James Earl Jones or something like that. Yeah, still bending that rule. Okay. So I went with Scarlett Johansson to Morgan Freeman. you went the same route I did. ⁓ that's why I want to go first because I had that suspicion. In Lucy. Yes. Morgan Freeman to Gerard Butler in Olympus Has Fallen. Yes. Okay.

well that was my connection too. So good job, Cory. I guess good job me too. Yay Heather!

Do you have a bacon for this episode? ⁓ man, I always forget to think about that. ⁓ I did not, but ⁓ if you pick from the movie, I think you really only have Zoe Saldana or Brad Garrett. Yeah, I don't think we've done Zoe before, so I will pick Zoe. Okay. Going back to the multiverse or the Avengers.

Universe. All right. I will. And I think somebody who's not from the world to versus cinematic universe. And I apologize. I also did not already come up with my but I will go for my troop zero recommendation, I guess. And Viola Davis. OK. So Zoe Saldana and Viola Davis.

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