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The Minecraft Movie teaser reactions! - Hot Topic
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Sep 11, 2024
The long awaited teaser trailer for the Minecraft movie has dropped.....and boy oh boy do we got some reactions to this on an ALL new Hot Topic!! Head to Game Sandwich for articles: https://www.gamesandwich.com/ Follow us and let's talk about video games, their stories, and the people that make them! 📱Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@game.sandwich.official ✖️Socials: https://twitter.com/TheGameSandwich 🎮Join our Discord: https://discord.com/invite/6GrQYXYdSf
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What's up, guys, this is Kelo, and normally I'm here to give you the lowdown on all things gaming, but welcome back to another episode of Hot Topic
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And today, it might be the day, I'm joined by the one and only Dorian
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Why don't you say, what's up? Hello, salutations, everybody. it might be the day he is correct
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But we'll get into it. We might have jinxed. Well, maybe. We could get into it and we actually agree, actually
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We'll see. We'll see. For the sake of the video, for the sake of, what is it, viewer retention
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Let's disagree. But fact of the matter is, a little trailer, or teaser trailer, I should say
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dropped for the Minecraft movie. We're going to share our opinions. I'll outright say it
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I don't like it at all. There's no aspect of this movie I enjoy
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I hate to be so negative. I'm normally very positive when it comes to gaming, maybe to a fault
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I've supported Concord. That's how far my positivity goes for gaming. But, seeing how that went
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And now we're at the Minecraft movie. I want to get your general thoughts
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on this all. What do you think of the trailer? Like, is there anything that stands out to you? I need to know
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Okay. So, let me just, I'll outright say it. The first three seconds of the trailer, my jaw was
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on the floor. Yes. It was Minecraft. You had the, you know, the scene that you get when you
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boot up the game. And then you, you introduced the main characters, and my brain was like
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what? What is happening here? exactly. But also, at the same time
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I was, all right, I'm going to say this. This is why this is hot topic. I was kind of into it
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I'm not meaning to say that to disagree with you. It looked fun, and I will say this
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It looked like a movie perfect for kids. That's the thing. I got to remove myself from, like, being a harsh critic
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This isn't a movie. necessarily for me. We're gamers. So like obviously it's for us, but at the end of the day
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the kids are the demographic they're trying to appeal to. I look, and it's the highs and lows of
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gaming. We've seen it. Getting the Sonic trailer coming off that, it's like, oh my gosh. But I agree
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with you. Movie looks stunning. I mean, beautiful. They couldn't have animated it better. But I think
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that's where it should have stayed. If we're gonna go the route of a Minecraft movie
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let's stay in animation like they did for the Mario movie. I think it would have been more well-suited like that
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And I'm gonna voice Aidan's opinion. His echoes are in my room or in my head right now
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Not everything needs Jack Black. This, and I saw a TikTok earlier this morning
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and it worded it perfectly. It looks like he just got done
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I believe his channel's called Jablinski Games. It looks like he got done making a video for his channel
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And they're like, yeah, just get on camera. It's time. It's the blue shirt and blue pants
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I get it for Steve. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But at the end of the day
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it's a larger-than-life personality in Jack Black. It just seems like Jack Black is in the film
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Like, it's not even Steve. Is there Steve lore? Please educate me if there is
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You know, I'm not the biggest... Like, I know a little bit of Minecraft lore
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I dove in when it was first released and everything like that. I know who hero Brian is, and we can get into the hero Brian lore if we want to
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But as for Steve I think he just the main character He just you know the You don even meet NPCs in like the original game You are just the explorer going out to do all this stuff
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But... Correct me if I'm wrong. I don't think Steve has a beard
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No. My man is just a square head. And it's so funny that you said that it reminds you of just he came out of his gaming channel
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And I can't get that image out of my head now. but also at the same time
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and I mean this in like the best way possible every time I see Jack Black in a movie
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I just see Jack Black minus one movie minus one okay two
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the first is School of Rock I don't see Jack Black iconic movie yes
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and Kung Fu Panda but I love Kung Fu Panda great movie and I know it was an animated movie
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so that's a whole total of the different side of the story but when he appears in this trade
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and he goes, my name is Steve. I was like, it's Steve 100
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before I even said it. I was like, it's, I know who we're going with this
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But also, you're Jack Black. That's my issue. Like, if Minecraft has become more
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than just this survival, RPG, whatever you want to call it, it's Minecraft legends, Minecraft dungeons
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there's other offshoots of the brand. And if you're going to to make a game, like, further, if you want to expand on the lore that is Minecraft
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it, it doesn't serve the purpose well to just kind of be like, all right, Jack Black
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Give the role to another actor who can make Steve, like, add layers to Steve, and I can't
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believe I'm talking about this right now in 2024, but that's gaming for you
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100%. Did we? No, sorry, you're going to say something. No, I'm trying to really pace myself with my rant, but I'm going to pass it off to you now
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Did we know there was a Minecraft movie in the works? Was this an announcement
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I've known, and I think we've posted, I definitely posted, like, rumors of what the creeper looks like
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and how it's going to look more realistic. But I think my main gripe for arguably, correct me with the numbers
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the biggest game of all time. It probably sold the most that of any game ever made
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Maybe I'm just expecting too much from it. Maybe I'm just like, I don't know
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It just doesn't sit right with me. I don't really vibe with Jason Mamoa and I love the dude
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It's just in this setting, in this role, I don't see it
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It doesn't get. me juiced like a um like a chris pratt in the mario movie like i don't know it's so weird i don't
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and i hate to not like it i hate to not like it when jason mo moa came on screen i was i took me a minute
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to actually realize it was a him yeah i don't know if it's because i haven't seen him in a lot of
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movies lately but maybe they were going for the fact you look at jason momo and you look at jack black
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and they have the, you know, bigger, square, blocky body types you might be saying where I'm going with this
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Maybe they were like, Jason Momoa, you've got a Minecraft body type
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You're big, blocky, giant, muscular, man, you can, you know. And he's just fun to see on screen
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I don't know, I just make my brain go in that direction. But Jack Black's also, he's got, you know, the bigger frame, the ops to do off-the-wall crazy characters
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We know he can do this, but at the same time, it is weird to see them in this movie
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especially Jason Momoa now that you say that, actually. If they went the route
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and I saw something else this morning that kind of alluded to the fact, maybe Jack Black isn't the real Steve
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maybe it like an imposter I don know It was a big concern I mean I think the the plot of the movie as it stands right now is the Ender Dragon escapes
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and these people got to corral. The Ender Dragon, you know, you make a plot of the Minecraft world however you want
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Yeah. But I'm looking at the Mario movie, because, like, I'm not going to compare this to Sonic
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because that's a mix of live action. Actually, it's direct comparison there
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But more of what Minecraft would be, suited for. I think the animation
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style they used in this movie and give I don't think it's too far-fetched
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to give the main characters that blocky classic look and just animate
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them. I don't think it's too far-fetched there. Can I play opposite side and we will disagree
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for the first time perhaps ever on this show? If they did that
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what makes it different than just watching a let's play on Minecraft YouTube
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I think that's the thing though we talked about the demographic kids love them some Minecraft
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let's plays they you know they're all into it I think much like
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like an inside out something like that if you're presenting Minecraft the movie giving the audience
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the key demographic something they're familiar with I think that's more well suited and I don't know a movie that could have
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I don't want to say played it safe because this is the thing this is my problem with the
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movie like I applaud them for going all out and trying to do the live action people
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whatever but you live in the world where I think it would have been better to just
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kind of be like hey you know what they're square people Jack Black can voice these people
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shout out to him also for just voicing every video game character ever now moving forward i mean
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he's got bowser clap trap now minecraft steve three very iconic video game characters yeah
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tip of the hat to him maybe i'm doing something wrong man i don't know um i i i hmm i'm i'm here for it
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I'm into it. I think it'll be fun. I was not taken back by any of the animation
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I quite like the animation. I like seeing the creeper behind Jasonamoa. I like seeing the pigmen, piglets, piggin, whatever they're called
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run around and just throw their spears and run past these sheep and everything
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I think it's a nice touch to have. have the live action element of it
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So you can connect with an audience better. I think Jack Black is your go-to, in my personal opinion
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If you want to make a movie geared towards kids, because that's what, it obviously is, we've talked about that
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People know Jack Black. He connects very well with that demographic. He's funny. He's humorous
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He has that facial expression that when he, he can move his face in so many interesting patterns that I like
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How is, are you an actual animation come to life? I'm convinced he is, but... Yeah
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I think... I think having Jack Black as the hero... Brian. In this movie is the way to go
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And I don't know. I think criticisms might be a little too harsh on it
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I'm just going to say that. I'm not saying that to get like, like feedback or what is Dorian
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saying he's going against the grain. I think it was a smart decision. I think there is a demographic
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I think there is a group of people. I think there's people that have been following. How long has Minecraft been out
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20 years? I don't even know. Forever. Forever. I first learned about Minecraft
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watching the Yogs cast. Wow. Okay. Yes, that's how I got into it
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So I think it's a good choice. I think I would like to see some other amos from maybe popular Minecraft creators But will we get that I don know
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Is this Minecraft world something when they come out of it? I've seen a lot of talk online
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When they come out of it, they're going to say, let's make a game of what we just experienced
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And call it, I don't know, there was lots of mining and lots of crafting. Minecraft, and then they end the movie right there
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I'm going to give a really good. deep cut and I guess that'll be like my
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send-off here. You ever see a movie Spy Kids 3D game over? Oh yes
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I'm getting vibes of that. Out of the sense it's so it's a video game
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it's based all, like it's in the video game and like you got the people, they just seem so
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out of place. I think that's my problem. But was there a bad Spy Kids movie
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No. Oh, when it got past three, thing okay after that but like one two three one two three on tv i'm gonna turn them on peak cinema peak
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cinema right there i mean uh we just we just need danny trejo in the movie now minecraft movie
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call me crazy i could see that happening like that it just seems like if jason momoa and jack black
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are in it sure danny treo he's in there machete he's in it imagine but here's my like final thing
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i agree with you minecraft youtubeers like they should be in it i think this is a nice way
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to kind of bring the community together. I also think if there's ever a plot twist they can do
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because there has to be stakes outside of, I assume the Ender Dragon
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maybe by the end of the movie, the threat would be, and maybe this sounds too scary
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the people that get transported in the world and like they're human
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maybe by the end of it, they turn into block people. I don't know
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That sounds like a horror movie, a horror Minecraft movie, but I'm here for that
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best of both worlds maybe it's like you get trapped you get trapped in the nether hmm
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you know what you can go a different directions Jack Black I'm convinced
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I'm gonna say it here he's hero Brian in disguise I'm convinced
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he's he has to be the villain yes he makes a great villain
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it would be such a twist too it's like oh I'm Steve
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and it's like all right, why are you here? Like, why you're a human
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Why are you stuck here? You know, they'll dive into it. We'll get another trailer
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This is just a teaser, by the way. Like a two-minute teaser. Welcome back for part two when the trailer releases
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It's also interesting if we get villagers, and if the villagers are animated
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like the Minecraft style, or if they're actual people. But perhaps since the villagers don't talk in the game
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correct me if I'm wrong. No, they just make the ha-ha noise. Yeah
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What if they are humans that are trapped in there and become villagers? It might win me over
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I think before I give like the axe to this movie, I got to see the actual trailer
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It's a teaser. Yeah, it's a teaser. I can't base it. I got to be rational
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Got to be rational right now. I'm in for it. I'm here for it
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I will watch it. I will rent it when it comes available on, I almost said DVD to date myself
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but live streaming services wherever they are, wherever it's going to be
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Look at that modern touch, man. I can't tell you, right now I'm just out on the Minecraft movie
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but we'll see moving forward. If you want to change my mind and you're watching this year video
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Who knows? But as of right now, this has been another episode of Hot Topic
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I've been Kelo, joined by the one and only Dorian, and we'll see you guys next time
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