MARCH MADNESS 2023 - Day 23
Added 2023-03-23 16:00:06 +0000 UTCBLADE RUNNER beat the BLUES BROTHERS yesterday - sayonara, SNL! Philip K. Dick moves on!
Up today - it’s a Midway Games / Motorway showdown.
It’s MORTAL KOMBAT vs. CARS.
With MORTAL KOMBAT, we’d cover 3 films:
- Mortal Kombat (1995)
- Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
- Mortal Kombat (2021)
With CARS, we’d also cover 3 films:
- Cars (2006)
- Cars 2 (2011)
- Cars 3 (2017)
Mortal Kombat may be technically more violent, but Cars may be more upsetting when you stop to think about it. Like, there’s a WWII vet Jeep in Cars 3 which begs the question - did WWII happen in the Cars universe? Was there a Car Hitler? Was he an evil little Volkswagen with a mustache? Are we prepared to go down that rabbit hole?
Comments
In the future, mindless Jelly movies will be used to placate replicants. A vote against Jelly was a step forward for mankind, while a vote against was…a step sideways? At least Jelly is gone.
CT
2023-03-28 02:20:28 +0000 UTCSorry griffin
EvanEightNine !
2023-03-24 02:46:07 +0000 UTCI can say that Cars 2 makes Cars 3 look like Cars 1 but that’s not enough!
Emily Parker
2023-03-23 23:48:57 +0000 UTCI hope one day you guys just let Ben cultivate a series of movies to watch. In Ben we trust.
Danielle
2023-03-23 23:41:42 +0000 UTCFINISH THEM!!!!
Frog Dimples (Jesse)
2023-03-23 23:07:25 +0000 UTCI’m one of the few weirdos who enjoys Cars 2 but even I know a fatality when I see one.
Mike Batz
2023-03-23 22:46:04 +0000 UTCLook the Cars bit makes me giggle a lot, and I wouldn’t say no to hearing Griff go on about his Cars takes, but come on.
Michael Loiacono
2023-03-23 22:34:30 +0000 UTCI know the Griffin bit blah blah blah but Cars 3 is a legitimate good movie and one of the weirdest Pixar movies released
William Evans
2023-03-23 20:07:32 +0000 UTCI would have never guessed I would ever root for watching Mortal Kombat but I will fatality myself before watching Cars again.
Hayley
2023-03-23 20:06:03 +0000 UTCI know we are already ON patreon, but patreon bonus content of Mater shorts 😆
Lauren Damon
2023-03-23 19:03:53 +0000 UTCAs someone with a two year old who has been forced to watch all the Cars movies a million times, I'm now dying for all of Griff's thoughts
Stephanie Cumings
2023-03-23 19:00:59 +0000 UTCShame on all of you not voting Cars. Think of the bits!
Noah Mulder
2023-03-23 18:49:12 +0000 UTCWhile it would've been hilarious to hear Grif grind David's gears with the Cars sequel bit, I think hearing Ben make Mortal Kombat jokes is better.
Tyler Duggan
2023-03-23 18:29:37 +0000 UTCSad Kachow
William Evans
2023-03-23 18:23:44 +0000 UTCYeah… not voting in protest at this nonsense. 😂
Chris Fyvie
2023-03-23 18:21:33 +0000 UTCMK and Annihilation are hilarious. I need this to win.
Don Loughney
2023-03-23 18:12:49 +0000 UTCI want to hear, in depth, exactly why “Cars 2” makes “Cars 3“ look like “Cars 1.”
David Steinlicht
2023-03-23 17:48:23 +0000 UTCJeepus?
Anthony D’Elia
2023-03-23 17:34:06 +0000 UTCGIVE US CARS!!!!! KACHOW! PAUL NEWMAN'S FINAL FILM! CARS POPE POSITS A CAR JESUS!
mileva
2023-03-23 17:25:17 +0000 UTCI've only seen the first Cars. It was fine. Side note, on my event planning committee at work we have a tiered membership club the top tier is Lightning McQueen one step down is Tow Mater. But i wasn't about to vote for Cars.
Baqi Abdush-Shaheed
2023-03-23 17:18:14 +0000 UTCvroom vroom y'all
Corey Craft
2023-03-23 17:13:20 +0000 UTCTo be clear (although I’m not sure I come out of this any better by saying this 😀), it’s definitely just the first movie I’m talking about here. It’s definitely not the *best* movie they’ve made, but it’s just a joy every time I see it.
Andrew Cameron
2023-03-23 17:12:59 +0000 UTCI have zero interest in either of those. I’ll just skip this one.
Philippe Gariépy
2023-03-23 17:03:54 +0000 UTCGlad to see mortal combat in the lead, but considering almost every vote this march has gone the opposite of how I'd want, I expect that to change and us to have to suffer through some Cars bullshit
Max
2023-03-23 17:01:54 +0000 UTC...though as someone in the same situation, they definitely held up surprisingly well. My youngest is more into Toy Story now but I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't mind him throwing Cars 3 on one day.
Stephen Sambrook
2023-03-23 16:58:08 +0000 UTCHey, I know we're all caught up in March Madness fever but let's not say things we can't take back.
Stephen Sambrook
2023-03-23 16:56:16 +0000 UTCAs a parent to two boys who were Cars obsessives when younger, I have a smoking hot take from the *many* times I’ve watched it over the years: Cars is actually the Pixar movie that holds up best to multiple repeated viewings.
Andrew Cameron
2023-03-23 16:54:15 +0000 UTCcars baby kachow, kachigga, whichever you want
Austin McDougle
2023-03-23 16:53:35 +0000 UTCCars 1: crazy passion project, Cars 2: crazier passion project.
Pete Thomas
2023-03-23 16:45:51 +0000 UTCcars... no. just... no.
Mireille C
2023-03-23 16:43:28 +0000 UTCMORTAL KA-COWBAT!!
Wes Alvis
2023-03-23 16:40:11 +0000 UTCVoting Cars trilogy for my toddlers
Jacob Pickett
2023-03-23 16:39:29 +0000 UTCScrew you to anyone who voted to try and have me watch the Cars movies. Shame.
Spam Boi
2023-03-23 16:38:54 +0000 UTCThink of all the great Pixar content! CARS! CARS! CARS!
Tony
2023-03-23 16:38:17 +0000 UTCWhy do I feel like the final is going to come down to Jelly v. Mortal Kombat?
Rebecca C
2023-03-23 16:38:03 +0000 UTCMortal Kombat makes Cars 3 look like Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Gavin Lee
2023-03-23 16:37:21 +0000 UTCOr a mortal Kombat annihilation ep 👀
Ray
2023-03-23 16:34:21 +0000 UTCThis should be an easy 90-10 for MK
CT13
2023-03-23 16:33:21 +0000 UTCThe Monkeybone episode is a good reminder that, while this is not a bad movie podcast, episodes about bad movies really slay. I'm dying for a Cars 2 ep.
Uhhh...Greg
2023-03-23 16:33:19 +0000 UTCThank God we're clearly not gonna get "Cars".
Conor Bresnan
2023-03-23 16:32:27 +0000 UTCah gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah
Laura Bee
2023-03-23 16:31:46 +0000 UTCMortal Kombat: Annihilation makes Mortal Kombat look like Mortal Kombat
Zef Wagner
2023-03-23 16:29:41 +0000 UTCClassic whoever wins we loose situation. No interest in either but I went for Mortal Combat forgetting that Raul Julia was in street fighter Doh!
Bern Roche Farrelly
2023-03-23 16:28:51 +0000 UTCI do like the Cars theory that posits the Cars are part of the Pixar extended universe in the post Carspolalypse and behind the opaque tinted windows sit the seatbelted desiccated corpses of humans. But frankly once that is discussed I'd imagine the conversation would dry up. So yeah, Mortal Combat.
Joel Orr
2023-03-23 16:26:52 +0000 UTCGonna start calling Mortal Kombat "thunder" if you know what I mean
Will Redmond
2023-03-23 16:26:12 +0000 UTCListen! We all know life is a highway, the thing you need to ask yourself is... Do you want to ride it or not?
ScrimDeeBim
2023-03-23 16:25:26 +0000 UTCIve never been so terrified to make a decision in my life
Delinda Arts
2023-03-23 16:23:46 +0000 UTCFun Fact: Mortal Kombat would only be the third time BC has discussed a video game adaptation, with Assassin's Creed and We Bought a Zoo being the only others.
Wyatt Gray
2023-03-23 16:22:11 +0000 UTCOnly one of these franchises has Goro so...
AJ Martin
2023-03-23 16:21:32 +0000 UTCKA-CHOW
jack read
2023-03-23 16:20:26 +0000 UTCMortal Kombat (1995) makes Cars 1 look like Cars 2
Jeff Stone
2023-03-23 16:19:39 +0000 UTCWrong fighting franchise, but let's see MK beat up Cars like a bonus level.
Daniel A. Barron
2023-03-23 16:18:52 +0000 UTCVROOM VROOM
Esteban Minero
2023-03-23 16:18:42 +0000 UTCCars vs Mortal Kombat makes Cars versus Asterix look like Cars versus Scream (is this anything???)
kennedy
2023-03-23 16:18:11 +0000 UTCBoohoo vote cars!
Chad Hotelling
2023-03-23 16:17:09 +0000 UTCWhoever wins; we win.
Bill
2023-03-23 16:16:50 +0000 UTCGORO! GORO! GORO! GORO!
Alex Cartier
2023-03-23 16:16:31 +0000 UTCKachiga, Kachiga
Sam
2023-03-23 16:16:05 +0000 UTCAnytime I can choose pixar. I choose pixar. Especially Daddy David and Child Griff commentary on Cars will be enjoyable.
JT Sitko
2023-03-23 16:16:03 +0000 UTCWhoever wins we lose
Jonathan Krause
2023-03-23 16:15:50 +0000 UTCFor Ben and David's sanity, I'm voting MK
Alexander Boyes
2023-03-23 16:15:45 +0000 UTCCursed options. Both must go down.
Robert Lebron
2023-03-23 16:15:35 +0000 UTCVrrmmmm!!!
Henry Massey
2023-03-23 16:15:15 +0000 UTC🤣🤣 how are we not all voting for Cars??
PictureBoxPuppy
2023-03-23 16:14:45 +0000 UTCIn the name of Gojira, I will forever vote against Mortal Kombat.
Ray Straight
2023-03-23 16:14:20 +0000 UTCI hope Sub Zero freezes the cars and it takes a long time for them to warm up in the morning 🥶
TV's Kevin Lanigan
2023-03-23 16:13:16 +0000 UTCMK for the theme song!
Kevin Grow
2023-03-23 16:12:57 +0000 UTCYa know, I've heard that Mortal Kombat : Annihilation makes Mortal Kombat (2021) look like Mortal Kombat (1995)
Leah McKibbin
2023-03-23 16:10:22 +0000 UTCGIVE US CARS
PolterZeitgeist
2023-03-23 16:09:46 +0000 UTCMK1 is just so good and has the best theme EVER, and MKA is such beautiful trash. VOTE VOTE
Stephen Blakley
2023-03-23 16:09:36 +0000 UTCMortal Kombat (2021) makes Mortal Kombat: Annihlation look like Mortal Kombat (1995)
Tom Houseman
2023-03-23 16:08:50 +0000 UTCSeriously? This is like sub zero vs baraka…..a slam dunk.
Josh Harvey
2023-03-23 16:07:50 +0000 UTCWowww, Mater!
Kevan Patrick
2023-03-23 16:07:21 +0000 UTCThere are some genuine fun moments in 2021 Mortal Kombat.
Evan
2023-03-23 16:07:14 +0000 UTCWhat a Sophie’s Choice between the abominations that are Annihilation and Cars 2.
Matthew Chmiel
2023-03-23 16:07:01 +0000 UTCNeed a Cars commentary to understand how Cars 3 makes Cars 2 look like Cars 1
MUJMT
2023-03-23 16:05:59 +0000 UTCKa chow!
Judson Greene
2023-03-23 16:05:35 +0000 UTCtime for Sub-Zero to rip the muffler out of Lightning McQueen
Nick Simpson
2023-03-23 16:05:35 +0000 UTCI can’t believe I voted for Cars.
Sean Laughlin
2023-03-23 16:05:28 +0000 UTCFINISH HIM
Rory Dunn
2023-03-23 16:05:17 +0000 UTCVroom vroom
Ricky Bardy
2023-03-23 16:05:12 +0000 UTCTest your might!
ian
2023-03-23 16:04:57 +0000 UTCSNL losing is tragic
Matt Greenberg
2023-03-23 16:04:27 +0000 UTCBeep beep
Charles
2023-03-23 16:01:35 +0000 UTC
