2018 Pop Culture Predictions

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gonna be talking about our kind of our hopes

and thoughts of things that could come in 2018.

Or in other words, a prediction episode for 2018.

Yes, a prediction episode. So, I like predictions

anyway. It's been a while since we've had some,

you know, like with the whole Batman costume

and Batmobile. Yeah, yeah. That... we were good

on that one yeah that was that was uh scary spot

on so you guys can go back and listen to that

one that was yeah that was very early on uh and

then i've had the like the predictions of uh

what's funny is in gcrn wars we did this thing

on star trek for star wars way back when it was

before disney owned lucas film Okay, and I predicted

three or four months before it was even announced

that Disney was buying a Lucasfilm I Said yeah,

just wait. I says, you know Disney will buy Lucasfilm

and and then they were like no don't say that

and then later that year they bought him and

I think in somebody else pointed it out to me.

I didn't even I Didn't even go back like four

years later somebody messages on that that episode

post like hey Listen to this time stamp. You

predicted this before it happened. And I was

like, oh, really? I think I predicted the Marvel

thing too, but that's that's neither here nor

there. Well, you predict enough things over enough

or over a period of time, and it's going to it's

going to happen. It's like when I see the the

predictions for when like cell phone predictions.

You know people like especially around the iphone.

They're like, oh next year It's gonna have this

or it's gonna have that you you keep saying the

same thing until it happens uh Obviously, you're

gonna be right, you know, like it's That's that's

the weird thing is the weird thing about predictions

like I like making them But at the end of the

day, I just keep thinking you know, it's uh,

that's that's just how it goes like you Eventually

all things come to like people were impressed

that the symptoms predicted the the Disney buying

Fox thing like so many years ago like 15 16 years

ago yeah but it's like you go long enough like

I mean they were playing a long game there yeah

but it's like the Dark Knight thing it's like

what is it you you live long enough to see yourself

become the villain yeah it's like if you live

long enough then all of your predictions come

true yeah so that that's the the insane thing

like I I think eventually we'll see the Hasbro

buy like Mattel. I think that that's possibly

in the works, just based on articles I've seen

this year of Mattel kind of being in hot water.

And then I think that at some point, Time Warner

or Warner Brothers is gonna get bought up by

AT &T or somebody else. Which will include like

DC Comics and because I think we're gonna end

up with a lot of a lot of giant companies Over

the next year because like Disney owns Marvel

they've bought Fox You know, they've They've

bought Lucasfilm. I mean they're they're just

filling themselves with tent poles and I think

that you know now with them getting all of their

Marvel properties back for the most part other

than The Incredible Hulk and spider -man who

are on loan from other studios I think that We're

gonna start seeing a lot more of these big scale

mergers Yeah, which is kind of scary I guess

but I feel like Disney's done right with their

acquisition acquisitions So It'll be like that

that that's gonna be the kind of surprising thing

to see if anything big gets announced Do you

think we'll see like a I? Mean they moved pretty

fast. I'm making Deals for like Daredevil and

stuff like that like with Netflix when they got

them back from Fox Like do you think? 2018 will

have any news for Fantastic Four. I think that

Fantastic Four I I think that They may try to

do a film, but I think that what would be more

conducive of their time would be to put it as

a Netflix series so they can actually flesh it

out properly instead of trying to squeeze it

in this this two -hour movie I Feel like that

would be a way to go like but I feel like Fantastic

Four is something that people have been clamoring

for Like they want to see Reed Richards in the

cinematic stuff. Yes, I totally agree Okay, I

don't think you're gonna see like I like I wish

they would bring the defenders like into live

action the screen Yeah, like have them cameo

and like the big crossover stuff like especially

like the infinity stuff, but that's not gonna

happen, right? No, like I feel like if they were

to Like even like even one of my little predictions

or one of my my wishes was to see because they

cast Benedict Cumberbatch as dr. Strange I thought

it would have been great to see him show in some

capacity in The Defenders. Like you've got an

actor who's used to working in TV and he's also

working in film so he knows both sides, right?

So I felt like that would have been a good shot

but they passed on it. They haven't done it yet.

So I don't feel like they would do that. I don't

feel like they would put Fantastic Four... The

small screen especially when you could have such

a large -scale adventures for them. That's true

and in with the the the phase one Marvel cast

being Kind of phased out With phase four of Marvel.

I think that they're going to replenish it with

with x -men reboots and Fantastic four so Do

you think I think we'll see a new Wolverine cast

this year? Oh by Disney Or at least rumblings

of it Yeah, well, I think you're gonna get rumblings

of everything having to do with x -men especially

depending on how Phoenix does Dark Phoenix does

I think that we're gonna see a reboot after Dark

Phoenix. I honestly do I think we're gonna get

an entire new because Marvel Or Fox while they

did have these certain films in the planning.

I think Disney is going to want to Hit it while

they can and kind of get these prepped for for

new castings for the phase four Scenario after

the the two Avengers films Yeah, and I feel like

they're gonna want to pump out brand -new universe

kind of connecting with what they've already

built With new stuff kind of like they've done

with spider -man Right. Well let's see what happens

there. I think we'll see a new Wolverine cast

this year though. I don't want to make any predictions

on Wolverine yet. I don't know who. So who do

you think, here's a quick one, is Aquaman going

to be a success or another DC dud? I think he's

going to he's going to go the way of Wonder Woman.

Honestly, so I think so. I think because we've

never seen him on live action screen. Other than

like, you know, Smallville or something, but

I think that because they've even alluded to

him in the CW, you know, Arrowverse, just like

they've done Wonder Woman, Batman and. Green

Lantern and whatnot, but yeah, I think that his

film I think that There's there's gonna be a

little bit more lightness, but it's gonna be

just as as dark as it should be Okay, and I and

I say that meaning that I think that there's

They're gonna go for more gritty Aquaman obviously,

but I think he's still gonna have some of his

comedic tones that were in Justice League Absolutely,

and I think that that's what's going to help

that film work Very similar to how Wonder Woman

worked So I think it'll be I think it'll be something

fresh that you know instead of focusing on Batman

and Superman all the time That's that's what

I'm hoping for and that's me being optimistic

as I as I want to be about the DC Universe stuff

Do you think Ben Affleck will finally decide

what he wants to do with Batman. I think so.

I think we'll I think we'll see It could go either

way He's wishy -washy. I don't I don't really

want to make that prediction on what way he's

gonna sway But I have a feeling that he'll continue

with this Universe and he may not be in the the

trilogy of Batman films Okay I Think I think

he'll make up his mind one way or the other.

I think we'll know this year. What will be his

last movie? Yeah Whether he's whether he's done

or or he's done after flashpoint Like you know

that I think I think we'll find I'll think we'll

figure that out I have an easy prediction. I

think we'll get three more iPhones this year

so you're saying like the the the regular one

the the s and then the Yeah, I think I think

we'll get X. I think we'll get iPhone I Think

we'll get iPhone 10s new iPhone. I think we'll

get 10 s's I think we'll get I don't know if

they're gonna call it an iPhone 9 or not I don't

think it'll be an 8s, but I I do think we'll

get you know the under true the new Trio of iPhones

this year. I'm just gonna go way out on a limb

on that one Oh kind of like how we're gonna have

the galaxy s9 come out March. Yeah. Yeah, so

Yeah, I I can see that that's that's almost a

given every year Just like Samsung coming out

around the same time with something new right

Yeah, I'm gonna make a prediction we're gonna

see a lot more revival TV shows from the 90s.

This is on the heels of the Mad About You news?

Kind of. I saw that, but I don't know how much

concrete evidence there is of that. It's more

so because we've got a Roseanne reboot coming.

Or not reboot, but just continuation with the

last episode omitted. Okay. And then, you know,

we've got... Of course, X -Files is still around.

We've got a variety of other shows that are floating

about. I think we're going to see a lot more

90s properties come back into the fold with TV

shows. Any guesses as to what? I think it'd be

hilarious if they did a home improvement revival,

but I doubt that with the way that ABC and Tim

Allen parted. It would still be funny. Just to

have all those people come back years later.

I would like to see that, but I don't know about

that. You may eventually see maybe some TGIF

stuff come back, because we've already got two

that have come back. You had Girl Meets World

of Boy Meets World and then Fuller House. Yeah,

and then there's like, you know family matters

step -by -step I know that a couple of the cast

members of certain shows are you know, no longer

among us but That still hasn't stopped like Fuller

House where the Olsen twins are non -existent

in the show and They they keep poking and prodding

with with specific lines to purposely Allude

to the fact that they're supposed to be there

and aren't But I think we're gonna see more TV

revivals Okay, um, I think Another well, you

know, I don't really know if it's a foreground

conclusion at this point, right? I think we'll

see the N64 classic I was kind of wondering about

that. But I think what was it earlier this summer

or late summer they Somebody noticed that Nintendo

had trademarked N64 something in GameCube something

that had to do with the controllers and the titles

of the consoles themselves. So I wouldn't put

it past them to have an N64 classic this year,

which honestly I would probably be all over because

I remember playing like the... original Super

Smash Brothers and the original like GoldenEye

and or like GoldenEye 64 and the majority of

those other properties. You know, I can't wait

until they do the GameCube classic and it's something

you put on your keychain. I would love that actually.

I just, you know, I like these classic machines.

I just really wish that they would get on with

their virtual console. For the switch Just I

don't know because I would like to be able to

just give them more money I would I would rather

they just loaded their virtual console with all

of their you know, their games on like a Micro

flash drive that you can just plug into your

TV that has like a Bluetooth controller into

it and you could just have a Bluetooth Controller

Yeah, and just play it rather than having like

this elaborate box that looks like the original

box just to play it I don't there's something

about I mean I I like the original you could

do this with your example But there's something

about playing SNES games with an SNES controller

No, I was saying it would still have the original

styled controller, okay? It just would have a

cord you you want something like I would want

a cordless fire TV Yeah, I mean it would be on

a stick and then you know you would have like

a Bluetooth controller That's the exact same

aesthetic of the controller, but you're wireless,

okay? Because I would I would not want to Because

to me the controller is like half the fun of

the console itself Yeah More predictions We'll

see a Obi -Wan movie announcement Since but that

depends on how well solo does Well, I mean I

don't think so is gonna do worse than Rogue one

No, I don't think so. I think people are still

gonna still gonna see it no matter what What

happens I mean people have been complaining about

the last Jedi and yet are still gonna see episode

9 they'll have gone and forgotten it and created

a new headcanon and Become disappointed and blame

it on JJ Abrams. So oh Yeah, I I blame him entirely

for an entirely different reason it and that's

He he revitalized Star Trek films and then he

ruined the franchise thereafter But that's that's

my personal opinion. I he made it basically a

demo reel with Star Trek for the Star Wars film

that he did so right I Don't know I'm trying

to think of other things but I think Disney's

gonna buy a toy company this year Cuz it's the

only thing they don't own But they don't seem

to want to be... They have a comics business

and then they have a ton of late TV and streaming

and film tent poles. I don't think that's something

that they want to be in the business of. And

the only reason I say that is because they don't...

At this point, you know, they've I know it's

entirely different things but at a surface level

I feel like they can be grouped together. Okay

They don't make their own video games. They license

out their properties to other developers and

publishers, okay And when they did make toys

which they it was for a video games not Exactly

toys, but when they did the Disney infinity Okay,

that whole game and yeah, and the toys to life

thing Yeah, they shut that down like that was

a very popular series and they shut it down Like

And but because Disney was making that like I

feel like they don't They would rather have somebody

else foot the bill of creating it and then they

just license it. Yes like I I feel like that's

a that's an arm that they don't want and I think

that's because obviously at some point in time

they were there I Think well, you know, I don't

know that they've I feel like all of their stuff

is licensed for the most part. Yes from a Disney

store. Yeah Majority of theirs. Well all of their

start Star Wars stuff comes from Hasbro No now

does Hasbro still have Like They've had the Star

Wars line since Kenner owned it which Hasbro

bought Kenner back in the 90s Okay, so sidebar

here. Have you you don't have Netflix do you

not anymore? Okay, there's a really cool documentary

series that started on Netflix and it's called

the toys that made us And they the first I think

it's gonna be eight episodes if not more but

the first four episodes are Star Wars he manned

Barbie and GI Joe and They go through the the

an abridged version of the history of the toy

line Hmm, and it is I watch all four episodes

over the holiday weekend, and it was very enlightening

and it was very Very very cool to see like I

said the first one was Star Wars so like I I

got the gist like I I just didn't I I couldn't

recall like Know that Hasbro has the the rights

to Star Wars for like life Or something like

that. It was written into the contract. Yeah,

pretty much they do for better or worse But like

a you know, I didn't you know, I don't know if

like I don't know if that means like they like

Disney Can veto toys that they want to make I

don't think it does I don't think it does I think

that Hasbro just makes whatever they want to

make and yeah, and then you know, it's just signed

off on like hey Yeah feeds back into the machine.

Yeah, I mean and that's basically what they said

in the documentary which was Hasbro Not Hasbro

Kenner. I think was Kenner at the time. They

made all the toys They made toys of all the ships

and everything that was in Star Wars And then

they had nothing else to sell so they started

making up their own stuff and Lucas said that

he liked that because I just fed back into the

whole Star Wars thing like so that they could

then use in future movies if they wanted to so

But yeah, I don't see them like that. That's

what I'm saying like Why would they make their

I don't think that they're gonna buy Like why

would they buy Hasbro like? Yeah, that makes

sense like it because that's just that that's

just a cost that they have one they have to absorb

it and then they have to like You know, but I'm

guessing it's more complex to do To buy a toy

company than it is to buy a movie studio Yeah,

I can see that because then you're dealing with

a bunch of other properties that you don't necessarily

own Well, it's that and then of course then you

have to get the materials like a lot of overhead

Yeah, so you know I'm not saying they couldn't

do it and make it profitable I'm just saying

maybe that's the way they just don't want to

do to maintain better profits I Predict that

Sony still will not give me an infamous three

Which I want very much bad oh Here's one just

I think... I think... I think around E3, or the

PlayStation experience in December, we will hear

about the next PlayStation. I was about to say

something about that. I think that we're going

to see that too. I think that it's... Hey, I

say that because I think that all consoles are

moving towards the cell phone App Store idea

which is kind of where they should have been

for a long time But There will be a new PlayStation,

but you know it will play Like everything like

it'll play like your ps4 games and stuff that

you've invested in and whatnot Like all that

stuff will still be playable on it. Just like

just like if you buy an app on your app store,

and you buy a new phone, it's still gonna work

on that phone. I think that's the model that

they've been going with. They've been saying

that through XRG, through Off the Cuff, through

Geek Stuff, Garage Cast. With this generation,

I feel they're just gonna do the incremental

upgrades, but all your games will just work going

forward. So they'll be like a PC in a sense more

or less It's yeah, it'll be like that it but

it'll be the PC that has the hopefully the the

less headaches You know because you don't have

to worry about drivers and in all that stuff

Yeah, it's just a box that it does its own thing

and exactly so But I think what they did is they

found that the market is Yeah, by looking at

the mobile market They've seen that the it is

the that there is a market for people that are

acceptable of that You know Because they're not

they're not gonna say Like I think I'm kind of

thinking that eventually you'll just start seeing

PlayStation games. I Don't think you'll see like

I don't think it'll say ps4. I think you'll see

stuff just PlayStation Yeah, it'd be nice to

see them phase out of the numbers and you know

these you know like Xbox one Xbox 360 Xbox you

know classic just Xbox or PlayStation or It would

be nice to just have the the name of the box

and no added number right So I think I think

that's one thing we'll see See Think that's all

I got I Just wanted to touch on a couple of fun

movie things Obviously is like news comes out

through the year. We'll have more predictions

on things I'm being curious to see if people

like this this concept of a predictions episode

just periodically, you know coming up with with

random just predictions out of the blue and Seeing

what sticks and what doesn't Well, I think I

think it'd be fun to next year to do it more

now that we if we think about it ahead of time

Rather than firing this one out We could come

up with a more Definitive, you know like 2019

predictions and then at the end of 2019 Like

you could do your prediction episode in two parts,

right? Part one would be how right were we and

part two would be predictions for the next year

Yeah, that would be that would be a lot of fun

to do actually Yeah, like taking just just taking

a look back at the predictions that we made like

we obviously we can still do that You know, we

could at the end of 20 2018 we could take a look

at all the predictions we made at the end of

2017 to see how right or wrong we were So which

is why I put a couple of easy ones on there I

Think we may see a new WB Montreal Batman game

too I've heard drum blinks. I thought it was

gonna be I thought it was Rocksteady making Superman.

I think they'll make a Justice League one Hmm

It'll be interesting that's for sure yeah So

but yeah, so that that about rounds this episode

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