Ep. 838 - Ne Zha 2

The Filmcast

Tv & Film, Entertainment News, News

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

David, Devindra, and Jeff belt out some tunes with the singalong version of KPop Demon Hunters, buy into corporate intrigue with Relay, and come over to the desk with Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan. Then they share their thoughts on the global animated phenomenon Ne Zha 2.

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Weekly Plugs
David - Decoding TV: Dan Gvozden’s recap of Peacemaker
Devindra - Engadget Podcast on Google’s Pixel 10
Jeff - Thank you to everyone who donated, especially Josh

Shownotes (All timestamps are approximate only)
What we've been watching (~00:09:56)
David - KPop Demon Hunters Singalong (in theaters), Peacemaker S2, The Ugly Stepsister
Devindra - Relay, Peacemaker S2, KPop Demon Hunters Singalong (in theaters)
Jeff - Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan

Featured Review (~01:12:04)
Ne Zha 2
SPOILERS (~01:41:55)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the film cast, a podcast about movies.
0:23.8	I'm David Chen, and this week's film is definitely the best film I've seen this year
0:29.3	where one character drinks another character's piss.
0:32.6	Joining me today is Divinja Hardewar.
0:35.1	Of all the movies where people are asking, if you should see the first one, yes, yes, this is the one.
0:41.3	This is the one to see the first one.
0:43.1	And Jeff Kanata.
0:44.4	I finally know what it's like for people who have never read a Marvel comic to see Avengers Endgame.
0:53.4	Those are vague and oblique references to the fact that today in the podcast. We're going to see N Endgame. Those are vague and oblique references
0:55.0	to the fact that today in the podcast
0:56.2	we're going to see Noghah 2.
0:58.2	We're going to talk about Nogatou,
1:00.6	which is the most successful
1:04.0	animated film in human history.
1:08.0	Grossing over $2.2.2 billion.
1:09.9	It's so successful that 824 has decided we're going to give this a proper U.S. theatrical
1:15.7	release.
1:16.4	We're redubbing it with all new actors, including some Academy Award winning ones.
1:22.2	And again, they're just hanging around at the 824 offices, you know?
1:26.5	Yeah.
1:26.8	Giving it a proper release. And that is the movie that we have decided to review.
1:32.4	And we will discuss during our review whether or not it is necessary to see Nogia 1,
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