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The Big Picture

‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ and Top Five Blockbusters

The Big Picture

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.25.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ is the first major blockbuster movie event of 2021. Shea Serrano joins Sean and Amanda to discuss the winners and losers of the latest monster showdown, which is now in theaters and available on HBO Max. Then, they share their five favorite blockbusters. Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: Shea Serrano Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The ringer's Nora Prince-i-Adi and Nathan Hubbard are on a journey breaking down every single

0:04.4

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0:09.1

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0:14.3

out on the Ranger-Dish feed on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:24.6

I'm Sean Fennesey. I'm Amanda Dabbins. And this is the big picture, a conversation show about

0:29.6

the King of All Monsters. On today's show, we will be talking about what it feels like to see

0:34.6

the first big movie of 2021. Somebody'd even call it a blockbuster. I'm talking about the monster,

0:39.8

movie showdown Godzilla vs Kong, which dropped this week on HBO Max. Joining us to talk about Godzilla

0:45.6

and Kong and to share his top five blockbusters, it's our pal, Shay Serrano. Shay, what up?

0:51.0

What up, baby. You ready for this, man? I'm super ready. I'm extremely very ready. Amanda,

0:57.7

you are well known at the Ranger as our Godzilla historian. So this is a huge week for you. Are you

1:02.9

ready for this? Yes. I've like fun, stupid things. This truly was a fun, stupid thing. So I want to

1:10.6

ask you guys, before you sat down to watch this movie, this epic showdown in your heart of hearts,

1:16.4

who did you have? Were you a Godzilla person or a King Kong person? Amanda, I will start with you.

1:20.8

Well, Sean, Kongbaz to no one. So I was a King Kong person based exclusively on the trailer for

1:28.8

this movie, which I have seen more than any other trailer in recent memory. I think that's a combination

1:35.6

of the Sixers being on my television and my home too much and getting the TV version of this. And

1:41.6

also just an optimized trailer for me personally in terms of really dumb, expositional jargon that I

1:50.6

cling onto. And I think even though Godzilla is out there hurting people and we don't know why,

1:55.6

I mean, that's the other reason that I think that I sided with Kong because he bows to no one

2:02.2

and Godzilla's hurting people. That is Dobin's energy, battling to no one. I would agree.

2:08.1

Shay, did the trailer for this film change your feelings about whether or not you are a Godzilla

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