1843 - Retro Movie Review: Mystery Men

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4.3 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2022

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Look at what the fork we just put out! A choice choice by Murd, as Ian, Shane and Chris join him on a return to 1999, and the cult classic superhero epic, Mystery Men. How does the movie hold up after all this time? Just how heavy was that bowling ball The Bowler was holding? Will disco ever die? How fast can Roy get Furious? Do superheroes wear glasses? Is shoveling a martial art? Are there any names better than Casanova Frankenstein? And is Invisible Kid really invisible? Tune in to find out, or I'll eat this sandwich. (1:26:44)

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0:00.0	This is Comic Geekspeak episode 1843, retro movie review, mystery men.
0:06.9	We're all in over our heads and we know it.
0:09.5	But if we take on this fight, those of us who survive it will forever after show our scars with pride and say, that's right.
0:17.8	I was there.
0:19.0	I fought the good fight.
0:24.1	So what do you say? Do we all gather together and go kick some Kassanova butt? Or do I eat this sandwich? I say what the fork? Let's do it.
0:34.8	Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Welcome to the show. I'm Adam Murdo.
1:06.4	I'm Ian Leithstein.
1:07.7	I'm Shane Kelly.
1:09.4	Thank you. Leithstein. I'm Shane Kelly. Nice to say.
1:25.5	Ah. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful way to start off the show.
1:25.9	It was a choice cut. Thank you, sir. What start off the show. The producer wanted to do, and that was a choice cut.
1:29.0	Thank you, sir.
1:29.8	What the fork.
1:32.6	May the folks be with us.
1:34.5	Always.
1:35.6	I completely, I don't remember that line in the movie when he says that.
1:40.4	Yeah.
1:40.9	May the forks be with us.
1:41.9	There's a bunch of lines in this movie that I didn't remember that we're definitely going to go into because I caught a lot more on what was my, I think, third viewing of this movie on rewatch here.
1:53.6	I know I've watched it more than that, but it's been a few years since I've watched it.
1:57.3	It's a few years from me too, but it's probably more like my tenth.
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