It’s finally Friday on Rush to Reason—and the gloves come off. John Rush and Andy Peth dig into a heated question for the Colorado GOP governor primary: if you want the party’s volunteers, donors, and votes, should you be willing to pledge support for the eventual nominee… or not?
From there, the show pivots into a full-on Friday stack: a triple-feature round of movie reviews, including a near-future AI time-loop thriller (Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die) , a gross-out horror-comedy about a runaway fungus (Cold Storage) , and an anime spin on Hamlet with a revenge-vs-forgiveness showdown (Scarlet) .
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It’s finally Friday on Rush to Reason with your host, John Rush.
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So I tell him I’m a pro jack. And who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama himself. So we finish 18, and he’s going to sniff me. And I say, hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know? And he says, oh, it won’t be any money. But when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness. So I got that going.
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And movie reviews with Andy Pate.
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I think that you got the wrong impression about me. I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do.
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What I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.
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Chief Lane, what do you want to do tonight?
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The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world. Stick a fork in me, Jerry. I’m done.
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Now, here is your host of Rush to Reason, John Rush.
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Happy Friday, everybody. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Myself, Andy Pate, Charlie Grimes. Okay, how’s Andy today?
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Andy is doing very well. How are you, sir?
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I’m good, yeah. Really good. Great day.
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Oh, yeah. Do you like this, the overcast kind of thing? I do.
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no i’m not really but it’s okay he’s gonna do this just snow but i’m but i’m it’s a good day i’m not complaining snow coming are you gonna be busy i don’t think there’s any snow coming down here mountains are gonna get some snow this is probably the kick over from that but yeah i don’t think we’re getting any might get a little rain down here is about all but i don’t think we’re gonna get anything other than that no it’s no great day look fridays are great this this friday especially great day it’s friday the 13th which never changes anything for me because it’s just a day
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Well, I can tell it’s Friday the 13th because the last 24 hours for me online have been really fun. And all I did was call for three major candidates in the GOP governor race to simply pledge that they would support the eventual nominee no matter what.
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And?
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And oh boy! were people angry, some. And it was very interesting because I was, and by the way, I didn’t pick anybody out. It’s just three of the biggest ones, Marks, Bottoms, and who’s the crazy, what’s his name? Oldman. Oldman. Okay, Marks, Bottoms, and Oldman. I said, okay. And the Marks supporters came out and said, he has already said he would do this. No, but they said that. I haven’t seen it from him. The Bottoms and Oldman supporters viciously said we shouldn’t have to do that. And I’m like, why shouldn’t you have to do that? No, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Look, you are running to be backed by our party, right? You want our volunteers, our donations, our supporters, our votes. You want us to be telling all our friends to vote for you if you win the nomination, right? You are running to be on our ticket, okay, on our team. If you can’t commit to our team and our decision, why should we want you in our primary?
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Right.
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Why should we commit to you?
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Right.
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Isn’t that a fair thing?
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Very fair. And the answers back are…
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A few of them said, well, we stand by principle, not party. And I said, okay, then run for principle.
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By the way.
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No, no, no. All you got to do is leave the party then.
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You got to stop there for a minute.
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If you are all about principle, not party, then run without the party just for principle.
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But here’s the thing. Those of you that say that, by the way, you are utter morons. Yeah. That has to be the dumbest statement I’ve ever heard. And why? In my entire life. Because you’ll never win with that statement. No. There used to be a famous talk show host here in town. Loved the guy. Listened to him a lot back in the day. Mike Rosen always said, party over person. Right. Party over person. Why? One more time, people. Party over person.
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And the reason is he’s talking about politics. Folks, in politics, you have to have 51% of the vote. It’s not just you. Okay? This is why I always tell people, don’t just choose a candidate who agrees with you the most. You’ve got, they need to agree with the market. They need to be able to win the market. Oh, you’re compromising. No, I’m being honest. You have to win 51% of the market to win politics. while advancing as many of your goals and liberty as much as possible now look john if look it’s very simple if a candidate is not willing to commit to the eventual nominee of the party you know what the candidate is saying to our party You don’t care about the party. I don’t care about you. You are just a vehicle for my success. That’s exactly right. If you don’t choose me, then I’m dropping you. You are there for me. All that matters, what that candidate is saying is this. I’m selfish.
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It’s all about me, not you, not the team. I’m selfish. You’re just a tool. When I’m done with that tool, I’ll go to the next tool that meets my demands better than that tool just did. That’s what they’re saying.
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Yeah, what they’re saying is I am the ultimate user.
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That’s right. That’s exactly right.
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And let me tell you something. If you will not commit to our choice, whoever we decide to choose, get out of our primary.
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Yeah, leave now. Don’t let that door hit you on the way out, by the way.
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Yeah, at least Greg left. Greg Lopez, at least he left the party.
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I talked about him this past week. I’ll give him credit for that. I still think he’s making some of the biggest, dumbest decisions of his entire life and career. But, hey, teach his own.
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Yeah, I don’t think it was a good decision. But I’m saying at least it was an honorable one. Yeah, he’s not committed to the party, so he left the party. Yeah, thank you. Good. Okay.
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Yeah, but I talked about this last week.
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What about Altman and – oh, go ahead. I’m sorry.
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Well, I was going to say, I talked about it last week. The only complaint I have about Greg is then, you know, that’s fine. You can leave the party. You can go out on your own. That’s very admirable. What’s not admirable is quit poaching our people. Yeah. Quit poaching our votes. Do not recruit at our meetings. Stop poaching our votes. That’s what I’m trying to say here. Stop poaching our votes, because that’s what you’re doing.
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Stop that. How many times does Greg Lopez go to Democrat meetings to recruit voters?
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Zero.
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None. He’s only trying to recruit from Mars.
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Yeah, poaching our votes.
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Right. He’s poaching our votes.
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Sorry, that’s what it’s called, folks. That’s exactly what he’s doing.
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Oh, no, he’s offering a message, and we are all free to hear. Yeah, we’re all free to hear. Anybody can go to his website and see his message. But don’t come to meetings that are paid for, sponsored, and volunteered at by one party, ours.
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Yeah, the party with the R next to their name.
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Yeah, don’t do that.
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Yeah, I agree. Okay, sorry, not to interrupt.
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Okay, but anyway, getting back to, just so you know, the Bottoms and Altman supporters were very much against that. And what they were saying was this, John, and I mean they were screaming it from the highest hilltops. They were saying, we don’t care about the Republican Party. You do what we want or we’re out the door. Or else. They have no loyalty to us, but they are competing to have us back them in a major election.
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Just really, that sucks. I’m getting old enough, I guess, Andy, at this point where I don’t mind saying things because I don’t really care what people think anymore. Okay. Why are people so stupid? In this case, why are people, I mean, you know, it’s principle. No, that’s a stupid answer. Why are people so stupid, Andy?
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I don’t know. I mean, that’s such an obviously dumb answer. Well, it’s principle, then don’t run for the party. Run for principle.
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Right.
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OK, right. Run on your own. Get out of the party. Run just run on the principal platform. Go ahead. OK, but you’re running for you. You are running to head up a team and you’re telling the team either choose me or I’m out of here. You’re telling the team I have no loyalty to the team that I want to back me. And I do that for principal. Now you’re telling us we’re unprincipled. OK, if we don’t choose you. Oh, that’s great. That’s good salesmanship. Way to go. You know, and John, I don’t know this. I don’t know if they are more stupid or mean.
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Both. Well, stupidity means you’re sorry.
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It’s mean to look at a party and say, go with me or I’m out of here.
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Let me say this this way, folks. And I mean this sincerely, because this is a very true statement. We’ll go to we’ll go to movies here in just a moment.
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Okay.
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Stupid people are mean. I’m sorry to say that, but stupid people are mean. Stupid people are mean because they don’t have anything factual whereby they can back up their belief system. It’s like the bully on the playground. They’re stupid, typically. They’re typically not the highest IQ student there by any stretch of imagination. Typically, they’re the kids that are failing nine times out of ten, and they’re actually dumb, and they’re bullies to boot because they have no intellect to do anything other than that. Sorry, but stupid people are mean.
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When they’re banging your head going, think, McFly, think, it’s not because they’re smart.
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They’re morons. They’re morons. And I’m sorry. So those of you that are listening to me that will say this, this utter nonsense of its principle, its principle, its principle. You’re just like the stupid bully on the playground that doesn’t know any better. And stupid people are mean. And that’s you. Guys, I’m going to start calling it out because I’m tired of this nonsense. I’m tired of all of you that are out there in the party that really have no idea what it takes to win. I’m tired of losing because of the likes of you. And I wish you just move out of the state. Go somewhere else and take your absolute, utter corruption and nonsense somewhere else.
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Yeah. And you know, when those candidates, whenever they do get the nomination and then they go forward and they lose, what do they do? What do they blame, John? Do they blame themselves? No. No, no, no. They blame the establishment that didn’t support them.
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Or the voting system or whatever else they can come up with.
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But they’re totally disloyal. They’re saying it right now. We are disloyal to the party. We will not have our candidates make that pledge.
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Right. Right. Again, folks, I’m going to start naming it out or calling it out because I’m tired of all you stupid people that are out there listening that have no idea what you’re talking about.
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Okay, let’s do movies.
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And welcome back to Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLC 560, John Rush, together with Andy Pate and John. Are you ready for a movie?
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It’s Friday, absolutely.
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By the way, we’ve got three of them today. We’ve got a triple feature. Let’s go. John, can we rescue the future? Well, they’re going to try, and they’re going to try. And good luck. Have fun. Don’t die.
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There’s something that’s about to come down. that I can’t prepare you for. It’s gonna try to give you everything you ever wanted. But in the end, it will all be a lie.
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Are any of you even listening to me?
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I traveled here today to tell you that things do not go well for you in the future. But tonight we got a shot. There is a perfect configuration of people in this diner that can save humanity.
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What happens if we fail?
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I really don’t like to say it out loud. It’s kind of a morale killer.
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Somewhere inside of you, you know the way things are, the way we’re heading. The way people are with each other, you know the world’s going to cook. What means a damn is you people choosing to come along for this ride. Because you see the writing on the wall. And you’re ready to wake up and do something about it.
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There is a chance you will die tonight. Those are real bullets! Did I truly believe you could be the group that saves the world?
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This is real. Pretty much, yeah.
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Oh, what the… Your entire lives have been building to this night.
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It’s gonna be okay. Or it’s not. I don’t know.
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All right, John, what do you think? Sounds good. Okay, here we go. How many films will be made about the danger we face when AI becomes self-conscious? Well, this time, Sam Rockwell stars as a crazed man who comes from the near future warning of AI killing half of humanity while enslaving the rest in virtual reality. Yikes, right? Well, who does he tell? Why, the people in a diner, of course. The homeless-looking man bursts in and yells that social media has robbed everyone of their dignity. Well, he’s kind of right there. He’s got a bit of a point. Well, they’re all staring at phones, of course, so they don’t care. But in time, he gets their attention, insisting the right group is in that diner to save mankind. From here, we see a series of flashbacks with multiple characters. First of all, you’ve got Mark and Janet. Now, they’re played by Michael Peña and Zazie Beetz. I love those two. They’re terrific. They’re schoolteachers who must evade their students when they all become phone zombies. Seriously. Then they go out of control. Ingrid is literally allergic to technology. That’s bad. And they all become that’s not good because there’s technology everywhere. Susan, she’s played by Juno Temple. She lost a child in a shooting. And that apparently is so common here that no one cares. So you just clone a new one. So we are in the near future. OK, they’re cloning people. So you lose a kid in a school shooting. No problem. We’ll clone you a new one. Wow. Scott, he’s played by Asim Chaudhry. I like him. He is skeptical of the future man. He doesn’t really believe in all this. Well, piece by piece, we see why these people have reasons to help stop the upcoming tragedy, which is a nine-year-old kid creating the killer AI that takes over the world. But this AI, yeah, this AI isn’t Skynet from Terminator. We don’t get shot. We get hooked. Well, part of the fun is this man has made this strange trip back many times, John, so he knows everything about everyone in the room, right? So think Bill Murray in Groundhog Day and expect some, shall we say, cynicism? He’s pretty cynical about people. But maybe, just maybe, there’s hope this time, John. We find out in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die. What do you think?
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Sounds good.
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Sounds fun, doesn’t it? Yeah, it does. I like Sam Rockwell. Do you?
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Yeah, I do.
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Yeah, he’s good. Okay, well, what works in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die? Well, not many actors do crazy as well as Sam Rockwell. He’s hyper, brilliant, sarcastic, sad. This guy captures every part of this character, even the really sad parts. He is a brilliant actor. Now, the AI topic, it’s been done many times, but this is different. I want you to think 12 Monkeys meets The Matrix. 12 Monkeys, Bruce Willis, he comes back from the future, and The Matrix, of course. It’s kind of a combination of those two. It’s very interesting. Next, you have spectacular special effects when the villain is revealed. Stunning visuals. It’s amazing. And what’s really amazing about this is you have virtually no special effects until then. And then it goes hog wild in the last third of the movie. Really amazing. You have some good plot twists and craziness with AI intruding upon our world and taking it over. And the clone’s son, he’s fun. Especially when he tells veterans, every time he sees a veteran, thank you for your service. He’s just talking like a robot. It’s kind of cool. As a veteran, I like that. All right. What doesn’t work in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die? Well, John, it’s too long for an oddball dystopian comedy. It really is. They could have cut or trimmed several scenes, especially in the first half. This thing should have been at least minimum 20 minutes, probably 25 minutes shorter. and cut out some real big parts of it that just were not working. The flashbacks, they were both bizarre and endless. And it really seemed Verbinski, it’s Gore Verbinski, he’s the director. He hadn’t directed anything in like eight years. I forget how long. Well, he was substituting weirdness for quality at times. At times he was just putting so much weirdness into it rather than making it great. I was bored in the first half of this movie. I really was. Then it picks up. OK, I was not bored in the second half. Now, it’s funny at times, but not funny enough to be really memorable. It wasn’t funny enough, which I’m going to say it kind of wasting Sam Rockwell there. Right. I normally don’t care about costumes, but Rockwell’s is so incredibly cheap and silly. I know that’s kind of the gag, but it’s just awful. It undermines the seriousness of the film. Here you got this big topic, you got great CGI, and this dumb-looking hero. Now, here’s a biggie. It’s flat out preachy. Way too preachy. More of a dire warning than a film, really. I mean, this is really warning you about AI. Big time. And finally, I felt virtually no connection to any of the characters until the end. They were just too bizarre, John. And that can be really fun. I love bizarre comedies. You like bizarre comedies, right?
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I do.
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But when they make a bizarre movie like this that’s a warning about the future, well, you realize I don’t care. In the comedies, I don’t care if I connect with these guys in a bizarre comedy, right? This is Wayne’s World. Who cares, right? But here, my lack of connection to them hurts. You’ve got to care about them to care about them.
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Right.
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You see what I’m saying?
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Right.
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All right. Rotten Tomatoes gave this 86%. This was a tough one, again, for me to review. I’m going to give it three and a half stars. Now, that’s kind of shocking with everything I just said. The first half of the movie, in my opinion, was about a one and a half star movie. The second half of the movie was a four and a half star movie. I mean, it just got much, much, much better. Really brilliant at times. And boy, oh boy, when you see the villain and the CGI comes out, it is incredible to watch. It is really a feast for the eyes. Political two, just too preachy. I’m sorry. Come on. More religious three. Didn’t say anything. That’s good. Do I recommend going to good luck? Have fun. Don’t die. Only if you’re into that kind of movie. If you like a bizarro kind of movie, which is very, shall we say a little arty, very bizarre, very different, where you are watching for a while wondering, why are you depicting something so ludicrous and asking us to care about it? And yet they’re piecing it together piece by piece. Gotcha. Right? Because people are acting in ludicrous fashions. They are all as, I mean, you’ve got women acting like the Stepford Wives. You’ve got, it’s all just bizarre. All right, so if you’re into that, sure, but what I do warn you of this is you’ve got to make it through the first half of the movie. If you do that, get ready for the ride.
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Okay.
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There you go. Good luck. Have fun. Don’t die.
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The best export we have is common sense. You’re listening to Rush to Reason.
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And welcome back to Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, John Rush, together with Andy Pate and John. Are you ready for another movie? Absolutely. Okay, John, well, oh no, another virus gets out and people turn into zombies. Oh boy. Don’t you hate it when that happens? Yeah, it’s an everyday occurrence. It kind of is. Well, it is in Seattle. I’m just saying. Okay. Well, guess what? It’s time for that in Cold Storage.
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I don’t hear anything.
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Well, I definitely heard it. Well, not definitely. I mean, I was like aware of it. You know what I mean? Like I was having an argument with my brain about it.
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You are very chatty.
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This place was military storage back in the day.
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Want to open it?
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Nope, I’m good.
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a temperature breach alert from a decommissioned facility some of us have encountered this before we created a new species i don’t feel so good i gotta get out of here this thing spread it
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Are you kidding me? This fungus will mutate and spread. You two may have started the night minimum wage guards, but you’re a green light team now.
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That is a nuke. What are you, nuts? No, I’m ambitious.
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That’s not natural.
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All right, John, what do you think? Cold storage.
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It sounds funny, actually.
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Yeah, and it is at times. It definitely is. Okay, Liam Neeson. Can you and I agree he’s one of our favorite liberals? Yeah. Yeah, he is. I like Liam Neeson. I do. He stars as Robert Quinn, a military viral outbreak scientist who, along with his partner Trini, she’s played by Leslie Manville. I like her. They discover a space fungus has plummeted to Earth.
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Space fungus.
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Yes, yes, yes. Well, multiple bodies have exploded. Yes, exploded in a small town out in Australia. And one of their partners also gets infected. Disaster! So Robert and Trini get the fungus put away in a secure facility in Kansas. All right. Well, many years pass, and that military facility has been decommissioned and now lies beneath a storage company in Kansas, once again. Travis and Naomi, played by Joe Carey and Georgina Campbell, they’re two night security guards who hear something through a wall, and upon entering, realize this fungus has been unleashed by warmer weather. Yeah, global warming.
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Global warming at its best. Yeah, yada, yada, yada. Releasing the zombies.
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Yeah, there you go. So, guys, we’ve got to stop global warming because of zombies. Well, anyway, this stuff is horrifying, and it turns people into zombies who carry the fungus that wants to infect us all. So it drives them to vomit on others. Ew! Yes. So… Basically, here’s the idea. This fungus, it spreads through you, right? And the fungus then connects to your brain. Your brain has a mind. All funguses want to expand. When it connects to your brain, your brain now can tell it how to. So it turns you into a being who tries to help it expand out. and infect others see how that works all right well robert hears of it he hears that it’s gotten out so he gets trini and they head to the site after picking something up along the way but eventually they reach the outbreak area and must battle people who are monsters and a fungus among us yeah i actually said that whatever can the outbreak be stopped before it destroys the world are we looking at another 28 days later or will neeson unleash his particular set of skills what do you think cold storage okay it does sound good i was looking forward to this one well what works in cold storage first of all you have a pretty good pace oh thank goodness not enough movies do right now right moving the story and raising the fear neeson is his action hero best blending intense dialogue with a light humorous touch also he has a terrible back problem in this movie and he really conveys it well And that’s good. All right. Joe Keery and Georgina Campbell. They have nice chemistry as the young couple trying to survive. And by the way, the writers really wrote the dialogue for these two very well. Very good dialogue. They have a jerk as a boss. They deal with a biker gang. They deal with a lot of bad people. And they handle it very well. There was some very good writing that went on between them. Okay, next. Plenty of gross-out infection and monster stuff. Time for monster makeup, right? So, you know, Hollywood loves to break out the makeup for these things. It’s really interesting how the fungus takes over people and animals, combines with their minds, and then pushes to survive by spreading. Okay. And finally, you have a very cool explosion scene with some good shooting scenes as well. All right. What doesn’t work in cold storage? Well, John, it’s fun, but rather forgettable. Not enough humor to sustain a true horror comedy. This isn’t Tremors or Lake Placid. It’s a step down, but it’s still very good. All right. Still fun. Next, why would anyone anywhere keep this stuff around? I mean, the whole premise is crazy. They saw in Australia what this stuff could do. OK, why would you keep it anywhere on planet Earth and then have it put away in a place that later is built over?
SPEAKER 08 :
Right.
SPEAKER 06 :
Decommissioned and built over. Come on.
SPEAKER 08 :
Makes no sense.
SPEAKER 06 :
No, it makes no sense. I mean, they thought, well, it’s so contained and it was well contained. They figure, well, gee, it’s so contained it’ll never get away.
SPEAKER 08 :
Kill it. What if it does?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. Go to it. Eliminate it. What are you doing? But you’ve got to have a movie next. With the speed this fungus spreads, I find it hard to believe anything could contain it, honestly. So plausibility is a bit of an issue. All right. That’s what doesn’t work in cold storage. Now, Rotten Tomatoes, they like this movie. They give it 75%. I agree. I’m going to give it quality three and a half stars. John, this is a good little romp. This was a good little romp. I enjoyed this movie. I thought it was fun. I thought it had enough humor. And I thought it had winning characters who I actually enjoyed. I actually liked Joe Carey and Georgina Campbell. And, of course, I love Liam Neeson. So it had the good comedy and it had the good villains. It had people that were interesting. It just flowed. It moved. And, by the way, it’s very fun to watch deer that are infected move like zombies. That was pretty good, too. Okay, quality three and a half stars. Political, I’m going to knock it down to two because of the global warming stuff. But I was going to knock it down to one, one and a half. But you know what? I’m putting it back to two because guns are good, baby.
SPEAKER 08 :
Right.
SPEAKER 06 :
And they were not shy with getting out the guns.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
And I like that. It’s like, man, you got to have guns. If you don’t have guns, what are you, nuts? Right. They had a little old lady who was using a gun, and she was doing it great. Nice. So, you know, I’m cool with that. More religious. Three, didn’t preach in that way at all. Do I recommend going to cold storage? Yes, I do. Just understand, of course, you’re going to have some gross old stuff. This is a fungus trying to spread.
SPEAKER 08 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
But it’s a lot of fun.
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Now back to Rush to Reason on KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 06 :
And welcome back to Rush to Reason, Dead First Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560, John Rush, together with Andy Pate and John. Are you ready for a third movie?
SPEAKER 08 :
Absolutely.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right, John. Well, how many times has Hamlet been redone? Beats me.
SPEAKER 08 :
Too many.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, too many. Well, it’s time for another in an anime effort in Scarlet. Oh, guess what? We don’t have a preview. I’m sorry. Charlie told me this before. Scarlett is actually out in Japanese or in English. I saw it in English. Okay. But none of the previews are in English that he could find.
SPEAKER 08 :
You didn’t all notice that Andy’s mouth was moving and there was nothing coming out.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. Subtitle. Zip it. Yes. Scarlet. So sorry, folks. I wish we could play some for you, but you wouldn’t understand any of it. Okay. Princess Scarlet is a medieval princess wanting vengeance for the murder of her father, King Amleth. Well, this peaceful king was lied about and then killed by his brother, Claudius. So basically, Hamlet, just with a female protagonist, right? It’s the same story, but we have a female protagonist. But there’s a change up. Scarlet isn’t on Earth anymore. She’s been mortally wounded and is now between kind of purgatory and this. Well, she’s in a purgatory. OK, and it’s called Otherworld, a barren landscape with dragons and windstorms. And guess what? Evil Claudius, he’s also in Otherworld, but he fits in there. Armies actually follow him. He’s actually seized control in Otherworld. So I guess it’s actually really working out for him. Well, Scarlet doesn’t care. She wants blood. She knows he’s there, and all she wants is to kill him. And she has been training and training and training and training on how to kill him. And they had a lot of fun scenes with that where she’s training in swordplay, fighting. Every way that she can kill. She has been training to do this, and she is ready. And if you kill someone in Otherworld, they fall to dust and are gone for all eternity. No hell, just bye-bye. And she would love to do that to Claudius. But time is also pretty relative in Otherworld. Why do I mention this? Because Scarlet meets a peace-loving guy, much like her father, named Hades. This guy’s name is Hijiri, and he’s a paramedic from the present day. Hijiri can’t believe he’s in a place like Otherworld. He doesn’t even think he’s died. He doesn’t know what he’s doing there. Well, the two must travel together, surviving Claudius’s army and the constant dangers of Otherworld. But Hijiri, he doesn’t support Scarlet’s bloodlust for revenge. He believes in forgiveness, always forgiveness. He even fights for peace. Boo! We want a revenge film! I’m sorry, get him off the screen. I want a revenge film. She’s a fighter, but okay, that’s what he wants. So what will become of Scarlet and Hijiri? Can they survive Otherworld? And will she get her revenge, or will this peacenik paramedic spoil the fun? We find out in Scarlet. What do you think?
SPEAKER 08 :
Interesting. This is anime, right? Am I looking at this right?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, this is anime, and boy, is it something to see. It’s a feast for the eyes. Okay, what works in Scarlet? John, this is old-school anime with great visuals, epic battles. The dragon is incredibly huge. It’s hard to even explain how huge this dragon is. It’s like the size of a county.
SPEAKER 09 :
Hmm.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, I mean, it is absolutely enormous, while the mix of barren wasteland and supernatural flair is very cool. Okay, we have a fun take on Hamlet, and I enjoyed the pairing of Scarlet and Hajiri. They really played off each other well. And you have an angry medieval warrior princess with a modern peacenik paramedic. What’s not to like? Well, one thing that makes Hamlet movies work is the villain, Claudius. All right? He’s bitter, pure evil, with a mixture of clever liar and brutal killer. He’s a good villain, John. There’s no gray area here. Claudius, or whoever you call Claudius in every Hamlet movie, is always a really good villain, and he is here, too.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
Now you have some really good battle scenes in a Mad Max kind of setting. They’re not Mad Max type of battles. They’re sword fights, but it’s really a fight in the desert. Plus, we have a mix of different eras with guns against swords and bow and arrows. And you have all this going on at once while these people are fighting and battling. And she is trying to make her way to get to Claudius. Well, toward the end, we have a sad scene that is very dramatic. And very well done. Very, very touching. And finally, this film does one of the best jobs I’ve ever seen at showing how difficult forgiveness is. A lot of movies talk about this, John. A lot of movies talk about you’ve got to forgive, you’ve got to forgive. But they don’t usually deal with the real, real difficult portion of why it’s so hard to forgive. This movie does a better job of it than I’ve ever seen and really shows a realist perspective. I’m just going to say a realist depiction of this. I think so many movies that call on us to forgive take it lightly. And they don’t really understand what they’re asking. This movie does. Okay. Now, what doesn’t work in Scarlet? It’s too talky. Way too talky. Too many pacifist speeches. We get it already. We want more fights. Next, this really is the biggest downside to Scarlet that I’m about to say. It’s just so preachy, and the pace, because of it, slows down through the middle. There’s too much message, too little story. It’s too dramatic. Really heavy drama. Very, very melodramatic at times. Even though it’s very well done. The drama is very well done. It’s just too much. Next, they could have done more with the great dragon. All right. Such an impressive creature, but sparingly used. Yeah, it has a purpose. Don’t get me wrong. But they could have done so much more with this thing. It’s an incredible thing. Use it more. Finally, despite the great message on forgiveness, the whole thing is undone by tying it to ultra pacifism. OK, it’s like we we must all forgive everyone and then war will end. OK, that’s that’s the whole thing. Why just forgive people and then there won’t be war. Huh? No, no, that’s not realistic. That’s stupid. Right. There’s no realism in this movie. There’s no realism with the general message of this movie. And I don’t just say that as a conservative here. I say that as a person. OK, you can’t just say, well, gee golly, wizards, if we would just be more forgiving, all war would go away. That’s dumb. Right. And I just think that made the whole thing at the end come off. Well, not only really preachy, but very unrealistic. And it kind of killed the mood of the movie for me. OK, Rotten Tomatoes. This is very interesting, John. You know how there’s usually a difference between what the reviewers say and what the audience score is. A big difference, right? Not a huge one, but usually about 20, 30 points, right? The audiences usually like it more than the reviewers. Or maybe the other way around if it’s a liberal movies and the reviewers want to pump it up. Well, here, the reviewers gave it 77%. Audience, 80. They were right in line. They actually agreed. I’m going to go a little lower. I’m going to give it quality three stars. The pace is just too slow. It’s not nearly as entertaining as it is a feast for the eyes. All right. Political one. It is preachy pacifism. Get out of my face, and you’re not realistic. It’s stupid. Okay? So political, one. More religious, I’m going to give it a four because it’s a wonderful depiction of the real, real difficulty of forgiveness. Now, do I recommend going to Scarlet? Folks, if you like this kind of anime, yeah, I am going to recommend it. It is very impressive to look at. It’s well done. Just understand it’s a bit slow. That’s Scarlet. Okay. What do you think? I know it’s not your kind of movie. Yeah, you’re not an anime guy, but, you know, you know some people who are. What do you think?
SPEAKER 08 :
If you’re into it, I would say it’s a good movie.
SPEAKER 06 :
Fair enough.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
I mean, if you really like that stuff, yeah, why not?
SPEAKER 06 :
I like anime. I really do. And this guy also made the movie Belle, which was a much better movie. This is just not as good. Too bad, too, because he had some great characters to work with, and then he couldn’t get off the soapbox.
SPEAKER 08 :
Was it originally in Japanese, or was it in English, or how did they do that?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, well, here it is. It’s actually out in theaters right now in America, and you can either watch it in Japanese dubbed over with subtitles, English subtitles, or you can watch it in English, which I did.
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Call in to the KLZ studio line, 303-477-5600. Now, back to Rush to Reason.
SPEAKER 08 :
And we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Myself, Andy Pate, Charlie Grimes, and you’ve got something you want to play, Andy?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I want to play this really quick. It’s pretty good. It’s about a minute long, and it comes from the Holderness family, and it’s talking about Valentine’s Day, and this guy is singing to all the husbands out there. Here we go.
SPEAKER 08 :
They’re funny.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay. Maybe. I have my volume up.
SPEAKER 08 :
Maybe not.
SPEAKER 06 :
Is there a reason this is not working?
SPEAKER 1 :
Hmm.
SPEAKER 06 :
You have me up there, and okay, one more thing. Okay, I found it. Here we go.
SPEAKER 14 :
I have got a secret about Here we go. While my wife is away I have got a secret about Valentine’s Day When your wife says there’s nothing that you need to do She is definitely lying to you. I know she said nothing, but it would be awful if you gave her nothing. She will think that you were unthoughtful. It’s confusing. I get the frustration. So let me offer up a really quick translation. She wants nothing equals she wants something. But she won’t tell you what it is. That is your job, not hers. What she wants is hidden deep inside of her. And you’ve got to figure it out because you are mind readers. Get her something that makes her feel loved and appreciated. What is that? She has zero clue. Something thoughtful, but not too expensive, but also not too cheap. Good luck to you. Hey, what are you doing? Oh, I’m doing something for you for Valentine’s Day.
SPEAKER 21 :
You don’t have to get me anything. Uh-huh.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. Yep.
SPEAKER 06 :
What do you think? Do you like that?
SPEAKER 08 :
We all know that’s not true.
SPEAKER 06 :
I thought it was pretty good. She’s lying to you.
SPEAKER 08 :
It’s a good song. They’re funny, by the way.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, I like the Holderness.
SPEAKER 08 :
They are super funny.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, they’re good.
SPEAKER 08 :
I mean, really funny. No doubt about that. Let’s see. We do have question of the day. Let me see. Let’s do it. If I can find it. Yesterday, which actor turned down the role of Han Solo? That was Pacino. Did he really? I did not know that.
SPEAKER 06 :
He was offered that? He seems like a terrible fit for that role.
SPEAKER 08 :
Well, that’s because you’re used to Harrison Ford, right?
SPEAKER 06 :
I don’t see Al Pacino. He’s the intense speech-making, almost goth kind of guy. Not the action hero. Okay, go ahead.
SPEAKER 08 :
He had the chance. Not the roguish action hero. He turned it down. So today, what 19th century belief justified westward expansion? What 19th century belief justified westward expansion? That is the question of the day today.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 08 :
So those of you that know that, answer that on our Facebook page. Yes, we know that. Let me, I’m going to make sure I update my sheet here, Andy, to make sure that we got all the movies in. Okay, next hour. Favorite love songs, by the way. I know we promo that or I talked about that earlier in the week, but favorite love songs, you can start sending those in. We’ll play some, but of course, there’s so many out there that no, we will not play all of them. And if you send us something and we don’t play it, it’s not because, you know, nothing against you. We’ll do our very best, but there is a lot of them, Andy.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, there’s so many. And honestly, if I line up too many, my computer goes nuts.
SPEAKER 08 :
Does it now?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, they all start playing at once. I’m not kidding. It’s kind of weird. It’s a YouTube thing. But anyway, we will play as many as we can. I mean, let’s face it. Love songs are great.
SPEAKER 08 :
And we’re doing this because tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. That’s right.
SPEAKER 06 :
Get ready, guys.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah, and for all of you guys, that song that was just played, yeah, you probably ought to go out and do whatever you need to go do.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. Go get something.
SPEAKER 08 :
And if you haven’t, well, there’s still time.
SPEAKER 06 :
Or get, you know, work on that begging posture. I mean, you know, don’t throw out your back as you’re bowing to the ground.
SPEAKER 08 :
Yeah. Yeah. Agree.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 08 :
Just go do your thing.
SPEAKER 06 :
You know, I always laugh at all these leftists who talk about the patriarchy. There isn’t one. Okay, men are not in charge in America. Okay, go ahead, John.
SPEAKER 08 :
No, you’re right. No, no, exactly. Anyways, start texting us some of your favorite love songs if you would like. 307-200-8222, 307-200-8222. In other news, and we won’t spend a lot of time on this because we don’t have that much time to spend, the January inflation report came out. Yes. And it’s low.
SPEAKER 1 :
2.4. 2.4.
SPEAKER 06 :
But I thought the tariffs are going to bury us, John.
SPEAKER 08 :
We’re doomed. That’s what Jordan Goodman thought. 2-4. It’s been a year. Meaning, will the feds actually move rates next month? They actually might now. It’s hard to say. Now, some are saying because the jobs numbers came in so strong that they won’t, but Scott Garlis explained this last week that really they’re not as strong as they typically are. Now, they’re strong, but they’re not as strong as they could be, and the Fed could help that out by lowering rates. Will they, Andy? I have no idea.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, I wish they would. I mean, obviously we always do, but I wish they would lower them in advance of housing taking off in the spring. Now is the time to get those rates down because now is the time when people are going to start looking around. I mean, looking around not just to buy, but I mean looking around at loans.
SPEAKER 08 :
Very true.
SPEAKER 06 :
So there you go.
SPEAKER 08 :
Very true. No, we’re heading into that time of the year where that’s exactly what people are doing. And so, yes, if you’ve got favorite love songs, yeah, send us your favorite. And some of you may be thinking, well, could you guys do something else for this? No, it’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow. Of course we’re not going to do anything else.
SPEAKER 06 :
Why would we do something else? What’s wrong with love songs?
SPEAKER 08 :
Did somebody not like that? Probably some single dudes out there that don’t want to hear that. But, you know, you can turn the channel during that time. We don’t care.
SPEAKER 06 :
Oh, come on. everybody’s got to like a love song.
SPEAKER 08 :
Maybe you’re single because you don’t have a favorite love song. Shut up. Yeah, I think you need to… Be quiet, John.
SPEAKER 06 :
Get with it.
SPEAKER 1 :
Be quiet.
SPEAKER 08 :
All right, we’ll come back. Hour number two is next. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
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