Speaking of things at the center of the culture, on a recent episode, we had Alex on to talk about 2011's Kickassia, which I know a lot of people listening to this podcast, even if they won't admit it, they saw Kickassia.

It is a film by Channel Awesome and the nostalgia critic himself, Doug Walker.

Well, we got a good response to that episode.

And that's why, with Luke, fighting for his life on the operating table, we decide to pay

tribute to him by talking about a movie that I knew that he would have a really hard time

if we made him watch

this movie. Can you imagine Luke being forced to watch this? Because he barely, like, enjoyed

Kigasia. I think I remember he said the only reference that he really got was Lindsay Ellis being

forced to play Sarah Palin. But I think this one especially would have been pretty grading.

Does not compute! Does not compute!

That's not compute!

I'm just wondering, why does someone go to all the trouble of flying people out?

And you can sort of see how the people who are on the website, you know, they sort of felt

the need to do these movies because they're part of the site.

It's kind of a way of promoting themselves, their work.

They're kind of being forced to do it as the site. It's kind of way of promoting themselves, their work. They're kind of being forced to do it

as the employees. But if I'm the mastermind, if I'm the Walker brothers, why am I doing this?

Like, this is something I was thinking about the whole time. Is it about power, control? Like,

this is the thing. Why make these movies? I don't know. If that's a weird question.

I definitely think power and control has a lot to do with it. I mean, as I was sitting there today, you know, got up bright and early, had a hot cup of coffee in my hand.

And I'm like, okay, it's time to check into the factory and do my factory work for the day and watch all 130 minutes of suburban nights.

As I'm sitting there staring at this movie,

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