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Sparknotes Transcript:(2:00) BEFORE WATCHING: introducing our new format, how Bad Boys franchise changes as its leads evolve, growing up with Martin Lawrence as the funniest person ever, Jim Carrey has every comedy qualification, Joker as an example of the new format(13:14) Charlie's Angels girls night opening day, can this franchise be for women, our take for how to reboot this franchise, was Full Throttle better than the 1st Charlies Angels film, was the 1st film a parody of itself, terrible ending preview in theaters with Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, sequel not obligated to have a bigger budget(24:40) CASTING CALL: Gina Gershon, Elizabeth Shue as aging angels, training new group of angels, comment on feminism's change over time, 355 starring Lupita, Chastain, and Penelope Cruz as the modern day Charlies Angels, Rihanna & Miley & Rita Ora or Taylor Swift playing themselves as secret agents, organic sexuality, not enjoying sex & discussions on sex edited out of major tentpole films, could Gina Gershon open a film, defining a movie star, not getting a chance to build a track record then complaining no good female directors, using Hustlers as example to what a Charlies Angels movie could be, Jennifer Lopez as Charlie, enjoying Kristen Stewart post Twilight, Robert Pattison's movie star performance in The King, does the opening of Honey Boy make the best case for Scorsese's "Not Cinema" argument, difficulty in acting opposite a CGI screen(45:03) Carter's pitch for rebooting Charlies Angels, crossover event with A Long Kiss Goodnight, is that a top 5 action movie, Ocean's 11 esque Charlie's Angels, Euphoria's Sam Levinson directed reboot, no more the world is at stake, Bombshell crossover with a mission to take down Fox News(59:55) Expectations before seeing this film, feel like it will be better than the trailer, give us lesbian angel action, lesbian romance in Paradise Hills, talking Colin Kaepernick(1:06:35) AFTER WATCHING: trying to cope now that we have seen Charlies Angels (2019), not a reboot, Michael Strahan cameo, Firestorm as the most relevant movie today, Howie Long's acting career, Raiders leaving LA over gang affiliation, more post-credit scenes that movie, 20 Chinese production companies with terribly dated logos, Amazon counterfeit products, Hailee Steinfeld needed to be an angel, Djimon Honsou the coolest in The Island, K-Stew Lothario, Charlie Angel 3-way, target lesbians and horny men (alt. men), D.E.B.S. as a movie to copy, Frosty Polls!!, Laverne Cox as an angel that isn't allowed on since she isn't a woman(1:31:33) every Charlies Angels movie must have a creepy secondary male antagonist - Jonathan Tucker, Justin Thereux Crispin Glover, remembering the rebooted TV show with Minka Kelly, how Elizabeth Banks is wrong about men not wanting to see women action, make Kristen Stewart the new angel recruit not Naomi Scott, horror genre Charlies Angels, Shia LaBeuf's Holes jewfro, Elizabeth Banks pitch different than finished film, enjoying the opening scene(1:45:12) differences in how men & women fight, Mike Lowry punches with his elbows in Bad Boys, great way to pull your punches, Patrick Stewart is having a blast, how do you differentiate between all the Bosley's, would rather see a third Diaz Barrymore Liu triumvirate film than this spinoff, does everything need to be established IP? no one ever says "you know what would be fun, another Charlies Angels film"