This week, Travis comes back from a two week vacation and he & Tom discuss the weeks he was away in a non-heavy, stream of consciousness conversation. Topics range from vapid sports talking heads to Lex Luthor to children's movies to rock band recommendations to Vegas being a soulless city.

CORRECTIONS:

• Stephen A. Smith’s movie scene was actually in Creed III, not II. And the quote referred to “THREE years ago”, not “four”.
• Travis meant to say that Dukat bedded BAJORAN women (hence why he coughed “RAPE!”).
• The team that Travis forgot that’s also in the NFC West division is the Arizona Cardinals. In retrospect, he understands why they were forgettable.

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Clips Cited

• A Bug’s Life, directed by John Lasseter, performance by Kevin Spacey, Walt Disney Pictures, 1998.
• “Chris Berman’s WHOOP and HE COULD GO ALL THE WAYYYY! NFL Primetime 2020.” YouTube, uploaded by firshad, 21 September 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYXqI7nrV40&ab_channel=firshad.
• “Comes the Inquisitor” Babylon 5, written by J. Michael Straczynski, directed by Mike Vejar, performances by Wayne Alexander & Bruce Boxleitner, Warner Bros. Domestic Television, 1995.
• “Jalen Rose on new NBA playoffs format suggestion: I love it.” First Take. ESPN, 20 February, 2018.

Music Cited

• “SportsCenter Theme” by John Colby (ESPN, 1989)
• “SportsCenter Theme” by Trouble Funk (ESPN, 2022)

BLAM! POW! BAM! Travis and Tom manage to stumble into both talking about military shooting things. One's a series of video games about shooting (among other forms of violence) Nazis with mechs. The other is a TV/Film franchise about the US military shooting at ancient aliens who built the pyramids!

(Oh and it should be noted that Travis technically didn’t give an answer when asked, “Do you like killing Nazis?” Suspicions be raised….)

CORRECTIONS:

• Both the original Castle Wolfenstein and Wolfenstein 3D in 1981 and 1992 respectively. The first Doom was released in 1993 and thus neither could technically be called a “Doom clone”.

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Travis’ IG: @musicalnotextr

Clips Cited

• “The Nox” Stargate SG-1, written by Hart Hanson, directed by Charles Correll, performance by Christopher Judge, MGM Television, 1997.
• “Secrets” Stargate SG-1, written by Terry Curtis Fox, directed by Duane Clark, performance by Richard Dean Anderson, MGM Television, 1998.
• Stargate, directed by Roland Emmerich, performance by Kurt Russell, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, 1994.
• “The Warrior” Stargate SG-1, story by Christopher Judge, teleplay/directed by Peter DeLuise, performance by Richard Dean Anderson, MGM Television, 2002.
• Wolfenstein: The New Order, directed by Jerk Gustafsson & Jens Matthies, Machine Games/Bethesda Softworks, 2024.

Music Cited

• “End Credits Theme” by Joel Goldsmith (Stargate Universe, MGM Television, 2009-2011)
• “Stargate Atlantis Theme” by Joel Goldsmith (Stargate Atlantis, MGM Television, 2004-2009)
• “Stargate Infinity” by Mike Piccirillo & Jean-Michel Guirao (Stargate Infinity, MGM Television, 2002-2003)
• “Stargate Overture” by David Arnold (Stargate, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, 1994)
• “Stargate SG-1 Theme” by Joel Goldsmith and David Arnold (Stargate SG-1, MGM Television, 1997-2007)
• “Zug nach Hamburg” by Die Schäferhunde (Wolfenstein: The New Order, Bethesda Softworks, 2014.

Thomas & Travis found an ORIGINAL Hollywood movie that did well at the box office. This inspires them to talk about not just the movie in question, but also about original movies, how they fair at the box office, and what can we do to get more of them again!

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Travis’ IG: @musicalnotextr

Clips Cited

• Armageddon, Audio commentary by Ben Affleck, directed by Michael Bay, Touchstone Pictures/Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 1998.
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, directed by Mike Newell, performance by Jeff Rawle, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2005.
• Sinners, directed by Ryan Coogler, performances by Hailee Steinfeld and Michael B. Jordan, Warner Bros. Pictures, 2025.