In short
This episode of How Did This Get Made is a live discussion of Demolition Man (1993), set in a dystopian 2032 where Los Angeles has been made “violence-free” and crime is controlled by strict rules. Wyatt Cenac, along with co-hosts June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzukas, focuses on the movie’s logic gaps and satirical predictions, especially the Hollywood sign burning in the opening, the film’s “murder-death-kill” language, and the future’s absurd conveniences (e.g., iPad-like devices, fiber optic terminology, and seashell toilet wiping).
Key claims and critiques
the opening action is treated as implausible (Stallone’s near-instant recon and firefight), the police sentencing of Simon Phoenix’s capture is framed as an injustice, and the cryogenic freezing sequence is mocked as disturbing and unrealistic. They also argue the movie’s “no crime” society still feels oppressive and that the film’s “drug lab” plan is unrealistic.
Notable examples
Phoenix’s gasoline-and-cigarette explosion moment; Stallone’s cryo “oxygen goo” drowning; the future police officer Sandra Bullock asking the warden why she’s bored; and the controversial implication that Bullock’s character is Stallone’s daughter.
Guests
Wyatt Cenac (comedian/actor, known for The Daily Show and stand-up).
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VODemolition Man Setup
0:17 to 0:27
Exploring the premise and initial scenes of 'Demolition Man'.
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Demolition Man Setup
2:15 to 3:01
Exploring the premise and initial scenes of 'Demolition Man'.
“Very special guest here tonight, please welcome Wyatt Cenac.”
Cinematic Commentary on Hollywood Sign
3:01 to 4:36
Discussion on the depiction of the Hollywood sign in 'Demolition Man'.
“The opening of this movie, and this is like a weird cliche that bugs me, it's like, the Hollywood sign is just on fire?”
Action Sequences and Logic
4:36 to 6:46
Analyzing the actions of Stallone's character in the film's opening scene.
“So bad that one of the helicopter police pilots goes like, hey, remember when they used to let commercial airlines land in Los Angeles?”
Wesley Snipes' Character Analysis
6:46 to 8:08
Examining the motivations of Wesley Snipes' character in the film.
“And Wesley Snipes is like, boop, boop, boop, boop, wait, what?”
Explosions and Consequences
8:08 to 10:44
Discussion on the consequences of violence depicted in 'Demolition Man'.
“Like, he talks so vehemently about these bus drivers.”
Injustice and Heroism
10:44 to 14:00
Debate on the moral implications and injustices faced by the protagonist.
“But that, it seems like for the 90s, the three-point stance thing that we see in movies now, that's what it used to be.”
Exploring Justice in Demolition Man
14:00 to 15:50
Discussing the moral implications of the characters' actions in the film.
“All he did was knock him out of the window.”
Exploring Justice in Demolition Man
16:53 to 17:54
Discussing the moral implications of the characters' actions in the film.
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Exploring Justice in Demolition Man
17:59 to 19:10
Discussing the moral implications of the characters' actions in the film.
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Futuristic Elements and Cultural References
19:18 to 28:00
Analyzing the futuristic setting and cultural references in Demolition Man.
“By the way, we've only cracked into the first three minutes of this.”
Demolition Man and Steve Jobs
28:00 to 28:50
Discussion on the influence of 'Demolition Man' on Steve Jobs and technology.
“all the answers for Apple products are in Demolition Man.”
Wesley Snipes and Parole
28:50 to 31:10
Analysis of Wesley Snipes' character and parole hearing in 'Demolition Man'.
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Dennis Leary's Rant
31:10 to 33:10
Discussion of Dennis Leary's character and his societal commentary in 'Demolition Man'.
“Yeah, I'm going to take it macro for a second, because you don't know exactly what you're rooting for.”
Graffiti and Society
33:10 to 38:03
Exploration of themes regarding graffiti and societal control in the film.
“So we'll jack up the volume a little bit because these clips are a little bit low, but here we go.”
Graffiti and Society
39:50 to 40:00
Exploration of themes regarding graffiti and societal control in the film.
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Stallone's Unfreezing
41:15 to 42:00
Discussion on the implications of Stallone's character being unfrozen in 'Demolition Man'.
“So basically, you know, we don't have to get into the big part of it.”
Toilet Paper and Three Seashells
42:00 to 43:15
Discussion about a scene involving toilet paper and the famous three seashells from Demolition Man.
“And he's like, hey, to Sandra Bullock, by the way, you had a toilet paper.”
Family Connections and Twists
43:15 to 44:20
Exploring the implications of Sandra Bullock's character being Stallone's daughter.
“Three metal seashells they appeared to be.”
Dystopian Relationships
44:20 to 45:23
Discussion on the controversial relationship dynamics in the film.
“But by the way, the way the movie ends, and spoiler alert, but it looks like he's going to go off with her.”
Sex and the Future
45:23 to 46:25
Delving into the bizarre sexual undertones present in the film's narrative.
“I should make sure you're not my daughter.”
Visuals and Horror Elements
46:25 to 48:14
Analyzing the film's cinematography and its horror-like sequences.
“You guys want to watch Sex and the Future?”
Weapons and Crime in the Future
48:14 to 49:47
Discussion about the portrayal of crime and weapons in Demolition Man's futuristic setting.
“it appears as if he has a right sleeve oh did it?”
Public Education and Crime Origins
49:47 to 51:11
Linking the film's portrayal of crime to public education and upbringing.
“the guns are all in like a glass structure and he behaves as though he's never seen glass in the 90s he gets excited about seeing a cannon like an old He's like, ooh, what have we got here?”
Drug Lab Logic in a Dystopia
51:11 to 53:04
Explaining the implausibility of setting up a drug lab in the film's world.
“When Stallone's trying to have sex with his daughter, he goes, he goes, oh, we're not gonna, you know, we're not gonna knock boots.”
Stallone's Cryo Monologue
53:04 to 54:11
Reflecting on Stallone's emotional monologue about his time in cryo-sleep.
“It would be like saying this time he's going to set up a loom factory and people are going to go there and get tapestries.”
Cultural References and Humor
54:11 to 55:48
Humorous commentary on the film's cultural references, including Taco Bell.
“Here's a great dramatic monologue from Sylvester Stallone about his time in cryo jail.”
Plot Holes and Character Decisions
55:48 to 56:01
Discussing inconsistencies in the film's plot and character motivations.
“There's no Taco Bell in, I guess, foreign countries.”
Character References and Movie Questions
56:01 to 57:31
Discussing characters and plot points of Demolition Man, including actor appearances.
“Dan Cortez is playing on the piano Jolly Green Giant.”
Sandra Bullock's Character Analysis
57:32 to 59:18
Analyzing Sandra Bullock's character and her motivations in the film.
“I mean like there's an argument to be made that she wants to see action because it's in her blood.”
Interesting Facts About the Film
59:19 to 1:01:22
Sharing fascinating behind-the-scenes facts about the movie's production and casting choices.
“I don't know where I got that, but there, you know.”
Film Style and Direction Discussion
1:01:23 to 1:03:04
Discussion on the direction, style, and creative choices in Demolition Man.
“because he's such a good karate guy in real life that his punches were so fast that it blurred in the camera.”
Audience Interaction and Movie Analysis
1:03:05 to 1:06:03
Engaging with the audience and discussing their thoughts on the film's plot and characters.
“I wanna learn to knit now, just so I can start an Etsy shop called John Spartan.”
Concluding Thoughts on Simon Phoenix
1:06:04 to 1:10:04
Wrapping up the discussion with final thoughts on the character of Simon Phoenix and the movie's themes.
“They show him dying, and they're all just like, huh, look at that.”
Exploring Simon Phoenix's Deception
1:10:04 to 1:10:54
Discussion about Simon Phoenix's actions and the underlying injustices in 'Demolition Man'.
“They thought that he was a cowboy and went in and just, with reckless abandon, caused the death of these 20 hostages.”
Questions About Future Society
1:10:55 to 1:11:52
Audience questions about the peculiarities of the future society depicted in the film.
“Okay, your name, what would you say to Simon Phoenix at his trial, and your question?”
Interpretations of John Spartan as a Hero
1:11:53 to 1:13:15
Discussion on John Spartan's character and his heroism in the film.
“It is filling the cabin with something that goes from soft to hard.”
Understanding Crime and History in the Future
1:13:16 to 1:14:27
Exploration of the film's take on crime and societal amnesia in the future.
“So we'd be like, yeah, I don't know what happened in the 70s.”
Examining Future Technology and Social Behavior
1:14:28 to 1:17:18
Discussion about the bizarre technologies and social behaviors introduced in the film.
“His cop friend who was flying the helicopter at the beginning of the movie.”
Plot Connections and Character Continuity
1:17:19 to 1:19:45
Audience points on narrative parallels and character actions throughout the movie.
“And then that just pisses off Wesley Snipes, so it's kind of like they're just going first, like full circle, and like...”
Sandra Bullock's Character Quirks
1:19:46 to 1:22:46
Discussion on the quirks of Sandra Bullock's character and her misused phrases.
“Just let me put the car in the elevator.”
Audience Interaction and Amazon Reviews
1:22:47 to 1:24:00
Reading and reacting to Amazon reviews of 'Demolition Man' and audience opinions.
“Like, oh, that's music can't get any better.”
Discussion on Demolition Man
1:24:00 to 1:29:12
The hosts discuss various aspects of the movie 'Demolition Man', including characters, themes, and personal opinions.
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Transcript
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1:56Hello, people of Earth!
2:01Jason Mantzoukas:Whoa, holy cow! Hello, New York! We are live at Subculture Bread, a beautiful space here on Bleecker Street. We have an amazing show for you, but first, let me introduce my two co-hosts. Please welcome June Diane Rayfield!
2:27Jason Mantzoukas:and Jason Mandzukas.
2:37Jason Mantzoukas:Very special guest here tonight, please welcome Wyatt Cenac.
2:53Jason Mantzoukas:Welcome, everybody. Demolition Man, a movie made in 1993, posits a world that in 1996, shit has gone terribly wrong. The opening of this movie, and this is like a weird cliche that bugs me, it's like, the Hollywood sign is just on fire? Oh, yeah. And it feels to me like the filmmaker's like, oh, yeah, it's always on fire. Yeah, because there wasn't like a fire in the hills. No. Like nothing else around it was on fire. Just the letters. Like some of the winter fluid. Yeah. Well, I feel like every year, at least when I lived in L.A., there was always, this is the year that the Hollywood sign is going to be torn down and people would fight to save it.
3:39Yeah. And it's like, if you watch all these movies, no, don't, nobody wants it. No. No. Nobody wants it. Let her go. Yeah. These, clearly these politicians are like, no, I've seen Demolition Man and like 800 other movies where the sign gets burned down. You guys don't want it. We get the message. We hear you. Also, why are our politicians watching Demolition Man?
4:01Jason Mantzoukas:Most of the best politics that happened in the 80s and most of Clinton's administration was made off of Sylvester Stallone, Jill Silber. Almost all of Antonio Villaraigosa's campaign promises were from Demolition Man. Prop 8 was Demolition Man. Guys, Prop 8 is dead. Yeah. Right? And you know why? Because the demolition man came in and destroyed it. Lit it on fire. I thought that DOMA was like demolition man. I don't know what the O stands for, but the D and the M was like demolition man. Yep, yep, absolutely. So in 1996, things are bad. So bad that one of the helicopter police pilots goes like, hey, remember when they used to let commercial airlines land in Los Angeles?
4:50Jason Mantzoukas:Like that? What about when the city was on fire? Like that's the one thing he's regretting. Like, oh man, remember that? When commercial airlines would land here. Like that's a weird thing. All right. I thought that was good. Well, by the way, in that first scene when Stallone throws a rope down and just shimmies down to the ground from a helicopter. He doesn't shimmy. He jumps out of the back of a helicopter and yells, Phoenix! First he says, He first says, Send a maniac to catch one. Then he jumps out screaming, Phoenix! Phoenix, I'm sky-fucking you! Also, at this point in the movie, though, you don't really know who Phoenix is, like where Phoenix is.
5:43So to just see him yelling, screaming, Phoenix.
5:47Jason Mantzoukas:Well, that is like the problem at the beginning of this movie, which is he runs out, he does basically the world's best bungee jump, and then immediately goes into killing mode. Like before he lands, like, whoa, bam, bam, bam, bam. That's the thing is, he bungees out, and he never goes back up. He bungees out to the ground, and he's like, click, click. He just jumped to like half a mile. He lands and he misses no one and then proceeds to have a mental knowledge of this abandoned warehouse as if he has studied it his entire life. It was like, ah, yeah, it's like going to mom's house. I know this.
6:28Jason Mantzoukas:Like, and meanwhile, it's revealed that, like, he's been chasing Phoenix for two years and he finally found this place. So this is the first time. There's no recon on this building. No, he lands on the ground, shoots everybody, and as if he has the map in his head, goes like, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop. And Wesley Snipes is like, boop, boop, boop, boop, wait, what? And then Stallone is like, ah, I'm here now, I got you. And I was like, at what point is Wesley Snipes not like, there were like 400 dudes that I feel like should be guarding me. But you got through all of them instantly. Basically, the beginning of Demolition Man is the end of an awesome movie that we did not see.
7:09I want to see the two years where Wesley Snipes moves to L.A., then somehow works his way up in the L.A. underworld. Where his family is murdered, and so having nothing to live for, he takes to a life of crime. Then builds a wall all around L.A.
7:27Jason Mantzoukas:and sets shit on fire. He goes to that beauty shop, gets his hair dyed blonde. One of my favorite moments, too, is like, he's like, where are those people on the bus? And he's like, and Wesley Snipes has kidnapped, has abducted a bus full of regular people. And he's like, I told those bus drivers, don't come into L.A., but those bus drivers will listen. It's like, that's your beef is with the bus drivers of Los Angeles? And by the way, they're just doing their job, guys. Yeah. They are just shepherding us from place to place in the most humiliating vehicle known to man. These bus drivers, like, that's Wesley Snipes' anger.
8:11Jason Mantzoukas:Like, he talks so vehemently about these bus drivers. Like, they can't come in here. It's like, why? What? Like, they're not threatening your drug empire. They're just dropping people off. I don't know why they would even want to be dropped off in a city that is on fire. But if they want to, they're doing the job. Also, he's a guy, he's clearly wasteful, because very early on, you see him do one line of coke, but leave two behind. Just like, I'm going to come back to you guys. When I'm ready. Yeah. You don't go stale. How about this? At a certain point when Stallone is entering, and Wesley Snipes realizes Stallone is going to enter, he punctures these gasoline tanks, so there's gasoline all over the ground, right?
8:57And so someone comes in and he's like, I got you. Or whatever he says, right? Whatever he says. Relax, everybody. Relax. And then Wesley Snipes is like, ha, ha, ha. You're standing in gasoline. Lights a cigarette and then says, what does he say? Something about, like, you're going to go up in flames or whatever. Some one-liner. Then he. Oh, he says it's cold in here. Oh, yeah. Let's turn up the heat or something. Okay. Throws the cigarette. Flames erupt everywhere. Okay. But he's also standing in flames. Yes. Okay, so he's standing in gasoline. So flames are like, right? All Stallone does, the only thing that happens to Stallone is he drops his gun.
9:35He's like, oh, that's hot. The steel got so hot in my head. Whoa, God. But then he just jumps right out of it, jumps onto his list. They're fighting. Nobody's on fire. But I'm confused. Did the gun get caught in the flames and then it got too hot to hold? Or did he just get scared and throw that gun down? because that's what it looked like i hope it's b it looked like he just like freaked there's a lot that's what you don't see when he's in the helicopter flying past the hollywood sign burning is that he's like oh can't look can't look can't look can't look tell me when we pass the fire sign tell me when we pass the fire sign i would love it if there's a if in this movie there was a thread that is like fire is his snakes to indiana Jones.
10:22Why did it have to be fire?
10:24Jason Mantzoukas:He's part Frankenstein monster and he's afraid of fire. The lunge move is basically like a football player's tackle. It's just sort of like just lunges at a guy. He has guns. He has knives on him, but it's just a tackle. I realize he does a lot in that movie of the sideways jump and shoot action. Before John Woo. It was pre-John Woo. But that, it seems like for the 90s, the three-point stance thing that we see in movies now, that's what it used to be. I think you're right. The sideways, like, goosh, goosh, goosh. One leg up. Yeah. The one thing I remember about this movie most clearly, and it's not even about the actual movie, is I used to go to Planet Hollywood all the time under the guise.
11:12Jason Mantzoukas:I would be like, Dad, take me to Planet Hollywood. That's where the celebrities hang out. What? I was naive. But I also met Anthony Michael Hall, so I was also right. Jokes on us. Jokes on us. Nice. I thought you said celebrities. It was pre-Dead Dome TV show. Yeah, that's right. I'm starting to beef with Anthony Michael Hall. And I remember always wanting to eat under the naked Stallone demolition man, because he gets frozen in this movie and it's like a block of ice, but it's like kind of just naked Stallone. Really? And I just thought that was so cool. It's like, whoa, it's like he's in there.
11:55Wait, and that was at Planet Hollywood?
11:58Jason Mantzoukas:Yes, a big, like giant, like six by eight foot circle with like a Stallone dummy inside. You know what they should have done is they should have had a table that was that. Oh, that's good. You should have been able to use that as a table. And then when you would eat your fries, you could see his junk. Yeah. I have a feeling that there is someone who has that now, and it is a table. Oh, yeah. It is. That would be the best table of all time. Guys, let's all chip in and get one of those. Well, because once Planet Hollywood shut down, all that shit had to go somewhere. Yeah, someone had to buy Axel Foley's jacket.
12:33Yeah, I'm sure that they weren't like, hey, so Planet Hollywood shutting down. Smithsonian, you guys want Stallone in ice? You guys want a bunch of garbage? Yeah. I mean, we're loading it up on the truck and driving it down to you guys. We were just giving you a heads up to move the Millennium Falcon.
12:57Jason Mantzoukas:There's a great line at the beginning of the movie said by the police chief in Leave a Weapon who, after he captures Phoenix, he's like, hey, enough of this demolition man shit. Like, that's Stallone's MO, that he just demolishes stuff? Well, keep this in mind, okay? In the opening of this movie, upon capturing Phoenix, the entire building both explodes and crumbles to the ground. Like, in seconds. And they get away, and they walk out of that. But if you were to understand why, it was because BuzzFeed's knife punctured a couple cans of gasoline. Yes. Well, I thought it was also like a chemical factory.
13:43guys oh alright maybe it was that brings up something I really want to talk about which is the events of September 11th oh brother well here's the crazy thing Stallone goes to jail because the hostages were in the building but nobody thinks to ask like wait did they die now like did they die from this explosion or were they shot in the head because we learn later on that they were dead major spoiler alert major spoilers they were they had been killed by Phoenix
14:12Jason Mantzoukas:But by the way, a very harsh sentence for a police officer capturing the world's worst criminal. Yeah, that guy started the fire. All he did was knock him out of the window. And he's like, oh, you're under arrest. He made a tough call. He made a tough call. But it would be like, in my opinion, it would be like if Stallone said, fuck it, we'll blow up that building. Then it would be a tough call. Well, it's a sniper for the building. He just escaped. I love that you have injustice. You have a sense of like, there is an injustice at the center of this movie. An American hero is tried and sentenced to jail.
14:52He is the only man who could find Phoenix. He tried to take down a terrorist and as a result, some innocents died. Those are lives lost in the service of a greater good. But what makes it worse is the fact that Wesley Snipes, as he's being taken away, is like, I told him, I told him there were people there. I told him there were people there. And he said he didn't care. He didn't care. That's witness testimony. Send him to ice jail. Amazing Wesley Snipes impression.
15:22Jason Mantzoukas:And then, like, but by the way, it's as if, like, the cops were like, yeah, we believe you, Wesley Snipes. Maniac who was taking over Los Angeles. Over a cop. Like who is a hero? But also he's a maniac too, because it takes a maniac to catch a maniac. Sure, that's true. That is true.
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19:25By the way, the credits have not yet happened. No, it's true. This movie has a cold open. So, but are we to understand that he's been sentenced to jail forever? No, for 30 years. Oh, 70? I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Okay, 70 years. In the same jail that Scott Peterson was apparently frozen in. Yes, I pulled up a screen grab of that as they're going through their records.
19:53Jason Mantzoukas:I didn't catch this. Yeah, as they're pulling up their records, I can show it to you right here. This is all the people that are in jail. Oh, that's amazing. Scott Peterson also had his parole hearing at 8.15. By the way, why would they list it like that? It says 7 a.m. Hyde, Quentin, 8.15, Peterson, Scott, 7.30, Phoenix, Simon. It should be the other way around. No, no, in the future, nothing happens in order. That was an evening parole hearing. They kind of knew that the Scott Peterson one, he had a lot to talk about. So they both get frozen, and this is before I think people even understood what cryogenics were, because they basically put Stallone, Han Solo, like, in a cube, and then fill it full of water.
20:43Jason Mantzoukas:He seems to be choking. Oh, it is alarming. It's a very disturbing sequence. He's like, pinning up back. It's a very disturbing sequence. He's also naked. No need to be naked. There's no real sign of life signs. He's drowned in what we're to believe, oxygen goo? He's drowning. There's no way that he's drowning. Oh, his lungs are filling with some sort of gloopy liquid, and then they drop a freezer thing in, and it all freezes. It looks like a terrible way to get frozen. That's for sure. Han Solo had it easier. The fact that they didn't say, so here's the thing. just lay down and put your hands on top of your thighs they were like no we're going to put you in a weird hot tub thing and do whatever you want just make a face do one of those guys whatever you want however you want to be frozen that's your last choice like that's the last thing because he is swimming around in there he's like because there's a point when the water the goop is filling up and he's like whoa hey whoa swim inside he also seems okay with it The thing that really bothered me was that he wasn't like, hey, this isn't cool.
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21:55I'm a hero. Yeah, and when someone, I don't remember if it's Smithers, there's an officer named Smithers. When someone's telling him what he's going to jail for and listing off all of the charges, he refuses to hear it and keeps on saying, skip it. Yeah, skip, yeah. Just skip it. But like we all said in 1983, skip it. the vibe though is like he's been down this road a million times. Like he knows what's going to happen. And even the parole
22:29Jason Mantzoukas:officer's like, hey man, real bummer. I hate to do this to you. I hate to freeze you for 70, but it's my job. Like he does say something like I'm not a fan. And apparently that's like cool. Yeah. Like no biggie. And by the way, yeah. Oh gosh. Again, the first five minutes we are cracking into. I feel like wasn't Snipes is like, I'm not getting naked and you're not filling up a confined space with me. Although, he's in that trailer you played, there is Wesley Snipes in Ice, which we never see in the movie. Never see in the movie, yeah. Guys, crack that code. So when you're frozen, though, like, hair doesn't grow on your body and your body doesn't age at all?
23:09What's this name? He suffers from like, below the ears alopecia. That's either below the ears alopecia or like he went to a barber shop and had two different people working on him because he's got half of a box that's like, there's a fade that's not finished. And then he's like, you know what, never mind, diet, diet. Just diet blonde. I got to get out of here. I got to get out of here. I got to commit heinous acts of terrorism.
23:38Jason Mantzoukas:He can't spend all day at the salon. We cut to 2032. Life has changed. It is good. Big time. Apparently we all dress like Nazis. Yes. Nazis are extras. The police. The police do. Nazis are bad extras in Star Trek Next Generation. Yeah. It's like everyone's dressed like Guinan. Like big Chloe dresses and like plate hats. Yeah, or gay shirts. Welcome to Obama's America.
24:08Jason Mantzoukas:They don't say phone. They call it fiber optic. I'll fiber optic you back, which is odd. Yeah. Because that doesn't even seem like okay. No, they've, yeah, they've just added, because they've got no violence, they've like, we got time to kill, so let's just throw extra words. Homicide? No. It's a murder-death-kill. Is this a car I'm driving? No, it's a conveyance. My conveyance is driving. We're getting in the conveyance. And murder-death-kill, I've thought about that a lot. Me too. Murder-death-kill. It's redundant. Murder, there's never a murder that doesn't end in death. So you can just rip the death out of there.
24:53Killing is also murder.
24:54Jason Mantzoukas:Yes. So you can just say kill, because that would imply death and murder. You could just say murder, which implies kill and death. But you don't have to say murder, death, kill. Yeah. Okay, okay, Paul. Murder, death, kill. Sylvester Stallone. Jean-Claude Van Damme. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Go. I'm going to murder Stallone. I'm going to kill Schwarzenegger. And I'm going to death Wesley.
25:27When we cut to 2032, we're with Sandy Bullock. Sandy Bullock. She is like a uniformed police officer. Brave New World. Nice reference.
25:39Jason Mantzoukas:The movie is deep and it's smart. There's so many references. Did anybody else notice in the first thing Stallone punches a guy who's dressed like the Terminator. Did anybody else notice that? Right? There is a guy who's dressed like, yeah, there's this too. Oh, yeah. There's a Schwarzenegger reference later on. There is. Wait, do you think that Wesley Snipes dyed his hair because Joe Pesci had done it in Lethal White? Oh, my God, that's amazing. I did want to talk about this. Wait, do you think that's Joel Silver being like, Joe Pesci's blonde hair worked, we're going to do blonde hair in this.
26:15Jason Mantzoukas:Blonde hair is cool. Basically, just so you know, people at home, that Sinterboek is a big 20th century fan, so that's why her office has a Lethal Weapon 3 poster. Not even the best, like one of the worst of the Lethal Weapon. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hang on, bro. It's so weird. Chili Peppers, because they've definitely lasted. The Chili Peppers carried over to 2032. 2032? Two. And there's a little joker. She's just obsessed with the 90s. There's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with that. Hey, guys, be cool. She keeps on saying she's obsessed with the 20th. And what about this one? The great, they're like, oh, yeah, chili peppers, leave the weapon, and a poster for the band, Bomb.
27:03Jason Mantzoukas:Hate fed love. What? Like, I feel like that was Joel Silver's kid. Yeah. And he was like, we've got to get into a little bit of that. If we put just a poster in the movie, we'll move some units. But she is a uniformed police officer in 2032, just driving her police car on and calls the prison warden. She calls the prison warden to say, hey, warden, how come there's no crime? I'm bored. She's a police officer, like just a regular, it is crazy. She's looking for action, Lil. Does she know she's going to get it? Here, I will say what's kind of, what they did predict was they did predict the iPad because the warden has an iPad, but it's just got like a shiny silver frame.
27:53Steve Jobs, a lot of people think Steve Jobs got the inspiration for the iPad from this movie. By the way, whenever you... True story. Before he died, he said that. Yeah. He said it as he died. Yeah. Watch Demolition Man. all the answers for Apple products are in Demolition Man. And then X is over his eyes. He's dead.
28:16Jason Mantzoukas:Well, that's why they included the script in that Jobs book. It was the script. Yep, yep. The last, the last, the appendix of the Jobs book is just the script for Demolition Man. That's going to be... So, so prescient. That's going to be my favorite part of the Ashton Kutcher movie is because in the movie, they show him watch Demolition Man, but they don't cut. They just show him watch the... It's just him jerking off to Demolition Man. Because everybody knows Steve Jobs jerked off to Demolition Man. That's where we're at. It is proven. And you can download this podcast on iTunes. You'll be ripped off iTunes immediately.
28:58So anyway, oddly, Wesley Snipes has a parole hearing
29:04Jason Mantzoukas:for a mass murderer. Seems odd. Seems odd that he's getting a parole hearing before Stallone is fucking dead. Wasn't he sentenced to eternity? Wasn't he sentenced to eternity? But yet they still run parole hearings just in case. Like Stallone accidentally killed 20 people. He still has 40 years before parole hearing. Snipes gets one. He gets out immediately. No explanation how. Because he breaks out of cuffs. He doesn't do anything. oh no no that's because they programmed him yeah but if they had programmed he would have to be sentient to a computer to unlatch it like he didn't do like no he knew the code word how'd you know the code word he said like diddy pants and then it was something that silly it was like diddly pants and then the handcuffs opened up and then they say how did you know the password he goes I don't know and that's why he's able to use all the like he goes up to an ATM and is like like as if do you mean a self esteem machine?
30:09Jason Mantzoukas:yes exactly
30:13Jason Mantzoukas:Wesley Snipes escapes very quickly by the way I feel like I would like to look at the script because I feel like Wesley Snipes improvised every line I feel like he was like yeah I'll be in this movie if I can't if I don't have to say any of your dumb words there's a scene where he's just speaking in Spanish and I happened to watch a DVD last night and the audio director's commentary was on. He's like, yeah, it wasn't to start doing the scene in Spanish and we thought it was funny, so we just let him do it. And I was like, I'm proven right. That's crazy. That's why he talks to the parole officer.
30:47I love that you just said, and for some reason the director's commentary was on, as if you didn't turn on director's commentary. I didn't. I saw. Judy's my witness. He couldn't figure out the DVD.
30:57Jason Mantzoukas:We couldn't figure out the DVD for him. I was like, I don't get that old shit, man. Then I'm about Netflix Instant and Hulu Quote. Oh, I'm about streaming. Yeah.
31:09Here's what's really weird about this movie, though, overall. This is just a general comment. Is this a macro point? Yeah, I'm going to take it macro for a second, because you don't know exactly what you're rooting for. There's this new society, and it is violence-free, but there are certain freedoms, like the freedom to eat fast food, that have been taken away from us.
31:31Jason Mantzoukas:June, haven't you heard Dennis Leary's rant from his stand-up special? I did, I did. There are a lot of problems. So, but you're put in a position, though. You're put in a position where it's like, as an audience member, you're hearkening back to the better times of 1996, which was, like, full of mass violence. It's like, what are we wishing for here? But at the same time, there are people today who are like, oh, it was so much easier in the 50s. And it's like, not for me it wasn't. Right. Absolutely. I don't know what you mean. I don't know what you mean. If you're unclear about why people are upset, here is Dennis Leary's rant, which this is at the height of Dennis Leary being a stand-up, and I feel like they're like, do your thing, man.
32:17Jason Mantzoukas:Just have fun. And Dennis Leary, just so you know, Dennis Leary is like, society has been rid of violence and everything's great and glossy and funny. and Dennis Leary is like the leader of the bad people that live underground like in a kind of Matrix Revolutions kind of scenario so he's like a Robin Hood type figure and by the way their graffiti is amazing is unbelievable and what they write in one of the first scenes of the movie is just simply life as hell yeah life as hell and by the way they have a graffiti an anti-graffiti machine which they show at work, but it's just like poles that shoot out of concrete.
33:02Jason Mantzoukas:So I don't understand how the graffiti disappears. It just seems like... You wouldn't get it, man. But meanwhile, Wesley Snipes uses it to beat up people. So we'll jack up the volume a little bit because these clips are a little bit low, but here we go. This is Dennis Leary's rant. See, according to Coteau's plan, I'm the enemy because I like to think. I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech and freedom of choice. I'm the kind of guy who just sit with a greasy spoon and want to, gee, should I have the Kibble steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with a side order of gravy fries? I want high cholesterol.
33:34I want to eat bacon and butter and buckets of cheese, okay? I want to smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in a non-smoking section. I want to run through the streets naked with green jello all over my body reading Playboy Magazine. Why? Because I suddenly might feel the need to, okay, pal? I've seen it. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas drinking a banana broccoli shake singing, I'm an Oscar Mayer wiener. You look up top, you look cocked toes away.
33:55Jason Mantzoukas:what he wants, when he wants, how he wants. Your other choice? Come down here. Maybe start with that.
34:07Jason Mantzoukas:And then he breaks into his hit song, I'm an asshole, right? That was that song that he had where he did his stand-up material during his song. The other great part of that is that, go back to that for a second. Jack Black is one of the underground dwellers. Oh, really? Yeah, go to the very end. Go to the very end. I saw it in the credits, and I was like, that's, yeah. Wow. Oh, amazing. That is awesome. Pre-Bob Roberts. Oh, wow, that's awesome. So that's the villain of the movie. So basically... Wait, that's the villain of the movie? Well, I mean, he is because basically Cocteau, the new guy...
34:50Jason Mantzoukas:No. Cocteau is the villain. Well, but I'm saying Cocteau says, He's the villain. Hey, Paul, why are you listening to Cocteau? Yeah. The guy created a great San Angeles, guys. Hey, man, I'm starting to think you're part of Cocteau's plan. Whatever. I like wiping my ass with three seashells. No big deal. That's another, like, weird thing. Like, why would you over... Why would you Flintstones it? Like, why would you go from toilet paper to seashells? Because according to Stallone, he said, He asked the director, and it's quoted as saying, it was explained to me, the seashells, you hold two of them like chopsticks, and then you pull gently and scrape what's left behind with the third.
35:36Jason Mantzoukas:What? So you are like, you're going, it seems way more painful to have a shit in the future. Wait, but how is it cleaned? Wait, what? You're going chopstick style, and as you're getting the middle of the log of crap, you're pulling that out, and then you're taking the third shell, on your own. So wait a second. We're talking like
36:00Jason Mantzoukas:Right? Like this? A pull and a wipe. God, they didn't even know about the Cottonelle soft wipe. That shit is so much more for you. But you can't, when you say you hold them chopstick style, so you hold two seashells with one hand? Yes, like that. And you're getting in there and you're pulling it out. But we saw those seashells. They were big. They were pretty big. And they were very clean. So you'd have to wash the shit off of these V-shows. Like, who was like, oh yeah, that's actually more convenient than paper that I used once and dumped in the toilet. Also, if you're somebody, like, because it was how, it was what it was, like, they're like 80-year-olds who should be alive during this time who were like, wait a minute, no, toilet paper, there was nothing, there was nothing about toilet paper that made us a violent society.
36:49Like, toilet paper, if anything kept us from being a more violent society why in your utopia that does not involve the rest of the country yeah what is happening with the rest of the country do you get rid of toilet paper and also can we have the word homicide back because it's really murder death kills it's the best part of murder death kill was when they they there were the computer reports like a like a 187 or like the code and they're like well what is that i don't even know what that well let's look it up look up 187 oh it's a murder death kill don't you think as a police officer you would know exactly what that thing is look i never get new glasses because why
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40:07Jason Mantzoukas:Let's talk about that feeling, that feeling that you get when you are three days out from someone's birthday and you have no idea what to get them. I mean, you want to get them something good, something that feels personal, but not a gift card gets a little too generic. You know, you want to get them something that is memorable. Well, that's where Zazzle comes in. Zazzle is a custom marketplace where you can take any product, a mug, a tote bag, a card, a phone case and make it mean something. You're not buying a gift. you're making one. You can browse millions of designs or start from scratch and build something completely your own.
40:41Jason Mantzoukas:Either way, you are the designer. Now, we actually tried this out and it was pretty amazing. We made Zippo lighters with the How Did This Get Made logo on them. They are awesome. It was very easy to do and it feels kind of cool and personal. So whatever you want to do, you can make for a friend and make them feel good. And right now you can save 25 % off your first order at Zazzle.com. That's 25 % savings on your first order at Zazzle.com. Go make something amazing. Zazzle.com. So basically, you know, we don't have to get into the big part of it. Stallone is unfrozen. Wesley Snipes is unfrozen.
41:20Jason Mantzoukas:They wreck a lot of havoc in the future. Basically Futurama. Yeah. Wow. I didn't realize there are so many Futurama fans, but there aren't.
41:37Cancelled a second time. Really? Really? Really? Then you should have watched.
41:49Jason Mantzoukas:By the way, I don't mean to get back into the shit talk, but there is a moment, Sylvester Stallone is unfrozen. They bring him right to the police place. He gets in a uniform right away. He's fully a cop. And he's like, hey, to Sandra Bullock, by the way, you had a toilet paper. So that means that he's walking around with shit in his ass. No, no, no, no. No, he was holding a shit. He didn't go. He didn't go. Because then he swears a bunch. He swears a bunch. And every time you swear, you get a ticket. So he swears a whole bunch. So a whole bunch of paper tickets come out. And he goes, thanks, I'll be in the bathroom.
42:25Here's the weird thing about Sandy. Did you think he was just going to go read those in the bathroom like a newspaper?
42:30Jason Mantzoukas:I thought he had taken a shit. and was like, oh, damn it, there's no toilet paper. All right, I can go out there and tell him the problem. Then get a bunch of tickets and wipe my ass. Like, he just pulled up his pants real quick. So he's got... Paul, Paul. He's doing that scene with shit in his ass. Hey, Paul, how are you living? What are you... Do you live like an animal? Like, do you not check if there's toilet paper before you go? I think he was like, I've been frozen for 40 years. I got this goo coming out of my ass because it was all up and everything. I need to, like, shake this shit out.
42:57Jason Mantzoukas:I can't hold it in. Oh, there's no toilet paper. and I'm freaked out. I gotta go out there. I'm embarrassed. This girl's kind of cute. I need to wipe my ass. I gotta be cool with her and just whisper. Let me ask you this, Paul. Also, bidets. They had bidets in the 90s and somebody was like, oh, bidets. No. I figured out a method. Shells. I found three seashells. Three metal seashells they appeared to be. Paul, I have a question for you. Yeah. When Stallone was frozen, he had a family, I think. Oh, yeah. He did. And when he asked about that family, here's what he was told. And then I have a mind-blowing question afterwards.
43:39Okay, great. I think we have the same question. I think we all have the same question. Yes. I think we all have the same question. By the way, if you are a fan of school, I'm just going to go. Should we just go? Sandra Bullock is 100 % his daughter, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There's no other way. Yeah. Sandra Bullock is 100 % his daughter. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. No, no, no, no, no.
44:05Jason Mantzoukas:She knows. No, no, no. She knows who the daughter is. No, she doesn't. She doesn't let her look it up. She's about to look it up. She's like, I can look it up. And he's like, no, no, no, don't do that. Because then when I fuck you, it'll be weird. Oh, my God. This is like old boy shit. spoilers for old boy yeah guys you've rocked my world right yeah right the minute that happened i was like oh she's his daughter then they had the sex scene i was like whoa yeah this is gonna be really weird when they reveal that she's his daughter but it was just mind sex so you could kind of play i was kind of okay with it but then he kisses her and i was like barf yeah but then And by barf, I mean barf out of my wiener.
44:52I came.
44:54Jason Mantzoukas:But by the way, the way the movie ends, and spoiler alert, but it looks like he's going to go off with her. Yes, his daughter. They're together. They're together. His daughter. Come on. This is a dystopian future. By the way, there's no other explanation that's offered. I am wrong. There's no other explanation that's offered. Because they spent so much time. He's the only one. They spent so much time with, where's the daughter? Is there a daughter? The wife is dead. We know that. But there's a daughter and blah, blah, blah. And I don't want to see the daughter because she won't like me because I've been in ice jail.
45:28But I want to fuck you, baby. I should make sure you're not my daughter. Oh, fuck it. Who cares? Yeah.
45:34Jason Mantzoukas:First thing I do. One hole in this theory. He was married. His last name was Huxley. Or his last name was Spartan. She's Huxley. How did you change your name? Who knows? I'm not worried about that. She may be remarried. She may be remarried. his wife remarried and by the way it's like it's a new society who the fuck knows what happened I love thank you we are 100 % on the same page he's fucking his daughter that's what also seemed weird when he was having mind sex and he was like freaked out by it like a horror movie he was like kind of into it and then it was like oh wait a minute this could be my kid Yeah.
46:18No. I gotta go. I really thought we were going to learn that information. And that we didn't was very upsetting. This is Sex and the Future.
46:26Jason Mantzoukas:You guys want to watch Sex and the Future? The following scene is pretty amazing. I let it go long. Also, why do they fucking love jingles? We'll begin in a few seconds. Having sex, of course. I want to talk to Sandra Bullock about this movie.
46:52Jason Mantzoukas:Stallone, again, great acting here. Watch this.
47:07What? Not cool.
47:15Oh, shit. By the way, it's filmed like a horror sequence. It's a horror movie. It's a horror sequence. Is this my daughter? Wait a minute. Oh, yeah. We both have clefs in our chin. What? What? What?
47:42What's wrong? He broke contact. Contact? I didn't touch you yet. Wow. Guys, that just happened.
47:52Jason Mantzoukas:That is, I think, the most graphic sex scene I've seen, even though it's not graphic. It's like, it's, he's like... The zoom-ins. The zoom-ins on his face. Yeah. Look. because you never see him naked and by the way this is a great look in the future just the tuxedo vest without sleeves yeah or tuxedo jacket without sleeves it appears as if he has a right sleeve oh did it? no he didn't have either sleeve but in a world where like everybody's a fucking wimp like the fact that they're like ah but we're gonna go sleeveless to show off our muscles even though we don't have violence or anything like that I have a feeling they gave him a full album.
48:34Jason Mantzoukas:He's like, I'm ripping these sleeves off. Because everyone else had sleeves. I feel like he was like, rip, rip. It's the same thing in Over the Top. When the kid had a jacket and he was like, I want this kid to have no sleeves.
48:48Jason Mantzoukas:I feel like, by the way, that they refer to Simon Phoenix, the Wes, this nice character, as maniac a lot. Yes, yeah. Stand down, maniac. Or like, the maniac is not listening. Yes, right. That seems an overtly confrontational term. Criminal maniac it seems like. Or even just, hey, suspect. Why did they go in this future, they like went zero to George Zimmerman. Just like I don't know if you're the person I'm supposed to be stopping, but get on the ground maniac! Get on the ground maniac. oh man and then so but also the movie is based on this idea that Wesley Snipes needs to find the gun but yet he steals a stick from a police officer that when injected into a car blows it up well also oh you know fuck the gun I'll take this stick that blows shit up and when he's at the museum though the guns are all in like a glass structure and he behaves as though he's never seen glass in the 90s he gets excited about seeing a cannon like an old He's like, ooh, what have we got here?
50:03Jason Mantzoukas:Flawless. Well, he was never, as a child, he was never taken to a museum, and that's why he turned to that life of crime. It says, it really says something about the state of public education. Oh, here we go. I'm just saying, perhaps if it was a little better, you know. Yeah, he had a good time at that museum. He was learning. Yeah, he went to like that school that the kids in the wire went to. And, yeah, he was like, then was like, oh, this is going crazy. So in the world of Demolition Man, is there a world outside of San Angeles? You would argue that that would be yes. I mean, uh... Well, we do, we learn that there's an enormous earthquake that kills everybody, basically.
50:49Jason Mantzoukas:A lot of lights were extinguished. If Sandra Brooks said, and my mother was also killed in that earthquake, it would have been good. oh wait oh yeah but she was yeah yeah yeah she was so oh but no here actually this is why her name is huxley because her mother died her dad's in jail she gets adopted she may she never knew Oh, shit!
51:16Wyatt Cenac! He was white in the show. Two exits.
51:23Jason Mantzoukas:Two bold exits. Oh, here's another thing. When Stallone's trying to have sex with his daughter, he goes, he goes, oh, we're not gonna, you know, we're not gonna knock boots. We're not gonna hunk-a-chunk-a. Hunk-a-chunk-a? When was that a phrase for sex? Oh. It was between 93 when the movie was made and 96 when the movie is set. Hey, you want a hunk-a-chunk-a? Yeah. It was really gross. My favorite... I remember Color Me Bad saying a song, hunk-a-chunk-a. Yeah. One of my favorite things is once Simon Phoenix has escaped and they've thawed out Sylvester Stallone, they're like, okay, well, we've run the computer program.
52:11We know what he's going to do. He's going to, it is determined that he will try and set up a drug lab and start a new crime syndicate. That's just his, that must be his plan. And that made me furious. Because I was like, you are fucking assholes. If you think, like, and Sylvester Stallone rightfully is like, you guys are assholes and I felt vindicated. Also, Also, do you realize how long it takes to set up a drug lab?
52:41Jason Mantzoukas:In this environment? Yeah. It would be almost impossible. You'd have to even sell people on the idea of taking drugs. Right. They can't stop it. And find a drug that they, like, you're not, you don't have, like, weed or cocaine available. Like, you're going to have to go into a lab and make some sort of synthetic drug. You're going to have to do human trials. Yep. You're going to have to make sure it's addictive. They can't stop graffiti artists. It would be like saying this time he's going to set up a loom factory and people are going to go there and get tapestries. It's like wine. And also it's going to take some doing.
53:18This is a seven year plan. His drug lab idea, that's seven years. That's a big world.
53:26Jason Mantzoukas:That's a big chunk that he's going to get into. By the way, it's also a very low tier plan. So, but we come to understand when Stallone is... I'm sorry, they're always looking for him, but they can clearly find him because he curses all the time. Whenever he curses, a ticket comes out of the machines. It's like, oh, he'll just follow the cursing machines. That's where he is. They never use the cursing machines to look at him. By the way, great point. Great point. I'm a better cop than Rob Schneider. We all should go to the future and be future cops. We come to understand that while Stallone was frozen, he was conscious during that entire time.
54:07Jason Mantzoukas:Yeah, he definitely has that monologue. Oh, right, yeah. Do you want to hear his monologue? Yeah, I'd love to. But tell your point first. No, no, let's watch it first, for sure. Here's a great dramatic monologue from Sylvester Stallone about his time in cryo jail. Prisoner system. I don't want to spoil your dinner, pal, but my cryo sentence was no sweet lullaby. I had feelings and I had thoughts. How about a 36-year nightmare about people caught in a burning building? You were awake. I don't think so. I do think so. And my wife beating her fist against a block of ice that used to be your husband.
54:43Then you were nice enough to wake me up and let me know everything that meant something in my life is gone. Except your daughter. Take me down and leave me to the fucking crows. What would you say if I called you a brutish fossil? Symbolic of a decayed era. Great. I love that lady
55:01Jason Mantzoukas:by the way the guy from Beetlejuice playing the same character I honestly thought the whole like her thing she wanted to fuck him and I was waiting for that moment where like he takes her into the Taco Bell bathroom and it's like I've done this before in the Taco Bell bathroom but never won this nice she is wet. I oddly got the, I guess, the European version of this online, and Taco Bell is replaced with Pizza Hut. What? But they didn't change it all out so there are some scenes that, like, you see a Taco Bell sign, and then they say pizza. It's like, let's go to this Pizza Hut, but it's Taco Bell.
55:50Jason Mantzoukas:There's no Taco Bell in, I guess, foreign countries. I went to college at the University of North Carolina, and the one thing that I can take pride in is that fellow alum, Dan Cortez was the piano player in the Taco Bell. Combination Pizza Hut Taco Bell. I like that. I like that. Dan Cortez is playing on the piano Jolly Green Giant. It's a great scene. Jesse the Body Ventura is in this movie. Where? He's one of the thought-out thugs that Simon Phoenix asks to be thought-out. And by the way, a huge question mark on that one, only because Simon Phoenix is like, yeah, if you want me to kill Dennis Leary, I gotta get a bunch of my guys out.
56:40Jason Mantzoukas:They're like, oh yeah, yeah, sure. We'll release more crazy people in this world. And then at the end of the movie, those guys are not captured. They're probably forming that drug lab. Oh yeah. A few of them were talking about it, like, hey, we could really make a killing with a drug lab. Also, do you know, did he ever thaw out Jeffrey Dahmer? Because he was so excited about getting to meet Jeffrey Dahmer. Great news. John Hine is tweeting about the show. John Hine from the Howard Stern show. He was just here. I do know that the police don't seem too worried about Simon Phoenix being out, because at one point, Benjamin Brad says, it'll just be a matter of TikToks until we find him.
57:25again overcomplicating the word time because in the future we use longer and more words to say short things here's what's so confusing about sandy bullock's character she she set up as wanting to see violence and action so badly but the second it actually something actually happens she doesn't do anything no she just until later when she kicks a little ass because she she her instinct is to unfreeze someone else to get in there. Yeah. Right. Her dad. Just her father. Slash sexual partner. I mean like there's an argument to be made that she wants to see action because it's in her blood. Wow. It's in her blood.
58:11It's kinetic. That's why everybody else is docile and lame and she has the blood of John Spartan in her. John Spartan? She has the blood of John Spartan in her and she has soon she will have the semen of John Spartan in her.
58:28Jason Mantzoukas:Oh wait, by the way, this is the interesting point of this movie. There's a part in this movie where Wesley Snipes threatens Cocktoe, who's actually in on the whole thing and we know that it's not a secret and it's not really revealed in an interesting way. And he runs away and then everyone just kind of takes a break. It's like, oh yeah, we're hunting that guy. Anyway, do you want to come to Taco Bell tonight? Yeah, let's go to Taco Bell. Let's go back to your apartment. and there's a long period of time where Wesley Snipes he escapes in the daylight we catch back up with him at night and he's like alright here I am going down here everyone just took time off yeah he jumped into some bushes and they were like I'm not getting this fancy new outfit dirty he is dressed like crisscross in this movie he is full blown crisscross and for whatever reason there's like a demolition man logo on the front of his overalls I don't know where I got that, but there, you know.
59:23It was from the cryo lab. Yeah, they all got those plastic things. That's not a demolition map logo. That's just something from the prison. I will say in Dennis Leary underground Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle sewer world, why did the lady who made cheeseburgers look like Frida Kahlo? Yes. That was weird. Yes. 100%.
59:50Jason Mantzoukas:She's alive and she's been living down. That's her new resistance. In this version of the future, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera live in an underground city. And makes Rat Burgers. Guys, let me just drop some facts on you about this movie and I want to hear your reactions to them. Lori Petty was originally cast in the role that Sandra Bullock plays. Tank Girl? Yes, and after a few days of filming was fired and replaced with Sandra Bullock. Wow. A few days, so we don't know. So we have to get that footage. It's Eric Stoltz, Marty McFly footage. I feel like she probably tried to get fired. Yeah, but what the fuck?
1:00:28Jason Mantzoukas:I'm fucking my dad? Yeah. The original movie was written for Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme. Amazing. Van Damme was offered the role of the bad guy, but didn't want that role. He agreed to star in it if both lead roles could be switched. but Zagal was like well I don't want to play the bad guy so then that movie was scrapped here's two other facts that are interesting Jackie Chan was supposed to be Wesley Snipes but Jackie Chan said he didn't want to play a bad guy because Asian audiences don't like good guys who become bad guys and then he has name checked in it yes because the moment is a big Jackie Chan fan but in the European version he says Bruce Lee He says Bruce Lee, not Jackie Chan.
1:01:16Jason Mantzoukas:How interesting. Here are two other things. These are all like amazing facts. Wesley Snipes' kicks and punches look lurchy and awkward because he's such a good karate guy in real life that his punches were so fast that it blurred in the camera. Oh my God. So they made him slow it down. So it looks weird. That's amazing. And in Kuwait, the movie was simply called Rambo the Destroyer.
1:01:47Rambo also name-checked in this movie. Wesley Snipes gets guns and is like, thanks, Rambo, or something like that. And then Luke Skywalker is also name-checked in this movie. There's a lot of pop culture references from the 1980s in 2032. Also, I am wondering if in the Expendables movies, Sylvester Stallone wears a beret. and I'm wondering if he just took the beret from Demolition Man or if this is some kind of a nod to all the guys and gals who went to DemoCon. And where does that beret come from? Because we're not wearing berets. No, it was in his box. He had a box of stuff. Right, with yarn.
1:02:34Yes, remember when he knit a sweater? remember when in one night sylvester stallone knit a red sweater and by the way yeah by the way he made an entire sweater out of like one ball of yarn yeah yeah that's how good the rehabilitation program was i really thought that was going to be like fully realized and that was is gonna be like paid off in a wonderful way. The final sequence. I wanna learn to knit now, just so I can start an Etsy shop called John Spartan. John Spartan, sweaters for my daughter wife.
1:03:23Jason Mantzoukas:I wanted, before we go out to the audience, cause I'm sure you guys have some things we might've missed. I do want to play a scene that Jason which said that we should definitely play and I agree with him. I'm going to pee while we do this because it's too sexy for me to deal with. So obviously it wasn't sniped from the way he's dressed. It's pretty hip-hop. So let's score the fight scene with a little bit of hip-hop here. So let's do the record scratches during this fight scene. Here we go.
1:03:58Hey, wait for me!
1:04:03Oh,
1:04:07I didn't go! Run away! Dang it!
1:04:21Jason Mantzoukas:Stupid. I love that they, whoever made that choice, like, wicka, wicka, wicka, and then they think it's like old, like, Casio piano that you buy. Yeah, and then you never hear it for the rest of the movie. Never again, never again. They, throughout the movie, they hired different people to score it, and then fired them, like, they would submit one song, and it was like, huh? Get out. and then another person like but we don't have the budget to have them rescore the whole but just give let them do the next song that's your song get out because even at the very end like when he's hanging when stallone's hanging from the the uh grabber thing the music there is like weirdly like orchestral but like fast and kind of circusy i feel like they no one really knew what was going on, but they were psyched that it was happening.
1:05:20Jason Mantzoukas:We're doing something! The best in this sequence, though, is when they cut back to everyone in the police station who's watching violence, I guess for the first time? I mean, that's what I think that scene is about, right? They've never seen it. But, like, so my question is they've never seen movies, they've never seen... Well, she's a 90s aficionado. She must have seen some Stallone films. Right. I mean, no, She just has the poster for Lethal Weapon 3. Well, and Rambo is talked about, so Rambo exists. Did you use three seashells in there? What's that? Did you use the three seashells? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:05:57I used three seashells.
1:05:59Jason Mantzoukas:But that also, that brings up a good, it brings up a good point. There's a moment where, like, when the warden is killed, and they're like, bring him up on screen. They show him dying, and they're all just like, huh, look at that. That's a shame. Yeah, that's a bummer. They didn't call for help, back up. They're like, oh, this is watching Bleed Out. Okay. Also, in 2036, I just want to, I just have to say, 2036, I think there's only two women on the police force. Yeah. Like, really? There's Benjamin Bratt, too, and he's kind of a lady. They really built it. Dennis Leary and Dennis Leary are gay.
1:06:35Jason Mantzoukas:Like, at the end of the movie, like, they're together, and they're, like, side by side, and he's like, fuck it. And Dennis Leary's like, high five. And there's a moment between the two of them. Yeah, because he, like, gets dressed. Like, they change his clothes. they give him a makeover and rip the sleeves off his outfit and put a vest on him no sleeves yeah they put a vest like good yeah you're one of us now wear this wear this vest um there are obviously some things that we missed that's why we go out to you the audience if you have questions things that we might have missed things you want to inform us about oh my gosh this guy's a question all right your name your favorite scene of the movie and your question oh he wrote it down on his iPad.
1:07:11Jason Mantzoukas:Here we go. You mean on his Fiber Op. Read your Fiber Op. My name is Chris. You thought way too long. I know. Well, he was reading as he said it. My name is Chris. What I was actually thinking about is my favorite scene of the movie because there's so many great ones. I think it's the blood sugar sex magic, lethal weapon 3, framing of Sandra Bullock's office. I just wanted to bring up that the director of this movie, which I had to look up because I was like, where did this come from? I just want to read the first line of his Wikipedia. Marco Vembrilla is a New York based video collage and installation artist known for his elaborate recontextualizations of popular and found imagery, which Vanity Fair praises as critiques and masterpieces of visual overload.
1:08:10well that that lines up sounds like the guy that I want directing demolition man
1:08:17Jason Mantzoukas:and by the way this movie is not like poorly directed are you sure about that I agree with you but I mean like in the scheme like in the grand scheme of like the room are you sure did you see that sexing yeah you're right that's a Pretty great video installation. All right. All right, your name, your favorite thing that Simon Phoenix did in your question, here we go. My name is Tom. Favorite thing that Simon Phoenix did was actually the opening fight sequence when he just goes crazy to hip hop music. My question is, it's more of an explanation hope, but. nice reference this guy gets it this guy gets it I was wondering the entire building does get blown up in the opening scene right so how did they find 20 bodies in a matter of seconds very good point very good point I think they were left out to the front maybe they were in the front of the building maybe the explosion I think Phoenix must here's what I think I think Phoenix must have killed them by lighting them on fire or something.
1:09:37Jason Mantzoukas:I think he put them in a dumpster and they were going through the dumpster. No, he said he froze them so that way because Stallone early on is like, I did a thermoscan and there was only eight people in that giant building. And he says, the reason you didn't know is because they were dead already. He froze them so that they wouldn't show up on a thermoscan. The cops in Los Angeles thought that Stallone froze these people to death? No, no, no. That's what Simon Phoenix did. They thought that he was a cowboy and went in and just, with reckless abandon, caused the death of these 20 hostages. And what they didn't know is that Simon Phoenix had already killed and frozen the hostages.
1:10:20To frame John, oh, I'm dying. I'm fucking dying. I understand. This is our lives. We try and make sense of this for you. I'm looking for a lady. Last question about that. So the cops found them frozen, though. The cops found the bodies frozen. No, because the fire, they've got flash fried. They really did just take Phoenix's word for it that they were dead. Yes. That's the injustice that I was complaining about. Yeah, you're right. You're right.
1:10:52Jason Mantzoukas:This is the kind of world I don't want to live in, then. Okay. Okay, your name, what would you say to Simon Phoenix at his trial, and your question? You're a maniac. Good, your name. Is your name? Okay, now what would you say to Simon Phoenix at his trial? Two quick questions. Number one, if they're trying to underplay the sexuality so much in this society, why did that girl, like, nude dial Stallone? Yeah, that's it. That was strange. And who did she think she was dialing? Like, what was that? We have a quick question, Liz. Doesn't the liquid styrofoam for a crash car seem so much more inefficient and slower than airbags?
1:11:37I actually thought that that... I thought that the safety foam... Liquid styrofoam. I thought that that foam was a great idea, though, because the foam protects the entire car. Like, to me, there's no way, if you have a car that produces that foam, that you could ever die in a car crash. You can suffocate it, Jude. What? You would die in suffocation. It would. No, you wouldn't. It is filling the cabin with something that goes from soft to hard. So you would be killed. No, that's not what happens. Goes from soft to hard, ladies. Just like John Barton played, folk in San D.C. It protects you inside of it.
1:12:13It protects you inside of it, and then someone has to chisel you out.
1:12:16Jason Mantzoukas:Yeah, because you're dead. No, you're not dead. Because you're dead then. I did think that the naked girl was interesting. That's a very good... This is like the first sexting, here's naked picture kind of scenario. Because it's a phone call up here and there's a naked woman. And she's like, hey, do you want to... Oops, wrong number. But this is like the era where naked women in movies went on a decline a little bit. It was sort of like, actually, I just put some tits in there. That would be a fun scene, right? Because it was so gratuitous. And even there's no... I had no problem with that scene.
1:12:50Jason Mantzoukas:You're named. Why do you think John Spartan is a hero in your question? Go ahead. My name is Mallory. Mallory. It's a family ties quote, guys. R.I.P. David Goldberg. Great Scott Valentine reference. Thank you. I think John Spartan was a hero because he didn't let anything stop him. Great. I like that. And I guess my question is that scene where he's in the museum and he's kicking the glass and then I guess the museum guard sees him and I guess I'm wondering how socially stunted are they that they can't like he's breaking into the thing he's like oh do you need help and then he's like oh how much do you weigh and just chucks him this movie posits that 30 years in the future we would forget 30 years ago so that would be yeah right yeah we have no recollection of, what would that be?
1:13:49Jason Mantzoukas:77. 77. So we'd be like, yeah, I don't know what happened in the 70s. I don't know. Unless that earthquake killed most people. I don't think it did. And then lobotomized everybody else. And just, oh, information's leaving my brain. It's one thing to be like, we don't have crime. It's another thing to be like, what is crime? You know? Like, that's a tough sell. Especially for people that are in their 20s. Which means that they were born 10 years after this. So it's not like... Well, like his cop friend. His cop friend who was flying the helicopter at the beginning of the movie. Nobody ever thought to be like, hey man, you lived through this.
1:14:39You were a cop then. You don't remember what a 187 is? Yeah, Why can't he be like, oh, no, that's a murder. Right. Death, kill. As you guys know it now. And then they'd be like, shut up, man. Just keep working on your little miniatures. That's my third wire. Is this Lester Freeman? That's my third wire. Is this Lester Freeman? Yeah.
1:15:04Jason Mantzoukas:By the way, Wyatt and I were talking about this. I love that guy because in the young version of him was Agent Johnson from Die Hard, which is just, you know, I like that. and I like that he's flying helicopters in both movies. He has a niche. The problem is the actor who's the older version of him is like a foot and a half taller than the actor playing the younger version of him. What happened to the earthquake? We all grew. Oh, everybody gets longer. Your question, your name, what favorite piece of future tech in your question? Mike, my favorite piece of future tech has to be Taco Bell being every restaurant ever.
1:15:39My question or my point is, you guys left out the part of the movie that actually maybe had to pause it, and take a break and come back. And that is the way people greet each other in the future. Be well. Oh, right.
1:15:50Jason Mantzoukas:They put their hands close and they do a little circle. Yeah, they go like that. And then, yeah. Someone's face, but not. It's very weird. It's very Karate Kid wax on, wax off. Although, you know what? If we all did that, we'd put that damn Purell family out of business. Well, that's the thing is they also don't high five. They come close to high five. They are like, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Well, they really don't make any physical contact with each other. No, no. Sex is outlawed because of the swapping of fluids. Yeah. Which we all understand to be disgusting. Who has a good question? Double hand raise if you have a good question.
1:16:27Jason Mantzoukas:All right, this guy. Holy shit. What is going on? Why does everyone... Everyone's raising their hands. Here we go. Your name... You okay? Okay. Your name, what you would call the first movie that leads into Demolition Man, and your question. All right. The movie leading into Demolition Man is probably White Man Can't Jump. All right, I like that theory. Well, that's a trilogy, and then after that it's Major League, and then Major League 2 is pretty much happening at the same time as... Wait, so you're saying White Man Can't Jump goes into Major League 1, Major League 2, and then Demolition Man?
1:17:03Jason Mantzoukas:Basically, it's happening while Demolition Man's going on, and then... All right, we're off the track. Here we go. Question. So, Mike, well, it's more of a point leading in, okay, so at the start, there's the fire going on, and then Wesley Snipes says, is it me or is it hot in here? And then, or it's getting cold in here, and then it throws the thing on, yeah, the gas, but at the end, it's like all frozen and cold, and then someone says, is it me or is it cold in here? And then that just pisses off Wesley Snipes, so it's kind of like they're just going first, like full circle, and like... Well, there is, there actually, there is...
1:17:37Jason Mantzoukas:The scene is a parallel of the last scene. There's another parallel about that because Wesley Snipes says something in the beginning about taking my head off. He's like, something, something, if you take my head off. And Stallone's like, oh, keep that in mind. And then in the end, he takes his head off. He kept it in mind for 37 years or whatever. Well, he had a lot of time to think while he was alive in that block of ice. People go insane in solitary confinement. people go insane. For 37 years, he's been awake and comes out and is like, let's get to work. And at one point, asked to be put in a moment of frustration, says, put me back in the fridge.
1:18:21Yeah.
1:18:22Jason Mantzoukas:All right, here we go. Not even the freezer, just the fridge. The fridge. He wants a lesser sentence. Okay, question, comment, name. Here we go. My name is Merlenes, and I'm not very good with names and cards, but there's one scene where they're on the ground and they have this like awesome red car. Like how is these like poor people have this awesome car and how they got it down there and then how did that How did they get it down there? And just like I don't even know where it is but that's my question. It's an amazing question that basically the mole people had an elevator underneath a Chevy dealership that just in case they needed to escape Yeah because we see them go down there a number of times and the only way it seems to get down, they seem to be able to get down, is through a sewer metal cover.
1:19:13But also with that, Wesley Snipes runs away and Stallone, rather than give chase, is like, wait, hold on a second. Can you start that elevator up? Because I really want to drive that GTO right now. I know I need to stop this terrorist that's trying to kill me and everybody. but I want to give this thing a test drive. Is that cool, Dennis Leary? I know I'm supposed to be protecting you, but is it all right if I... Like, I know... I'm going to catch him. He's on foot. There's no way. I'm just... Just let me put the car in the elevator. Hey, move past De La Huerta. Move your fucking burger shop so I can drive in there.
1:19:59Did anybody else think it was weird that the Dennis Leary people, the underground dwellers, their way of checking in on the real world is to have like a periscope that pops out of the ground. Yeah. And that twice Sylvester Stallone sees it randomly and is like, hey, what is that thing? And everybody else is like, what are you talking about? And he's like, well, I guess it was nothing.
1:20:20Jason Mantzoukas:He's a groundhog. In 1996, he was a great groundhog hunter. And I was going to say, this is my favorite part. And when he goes underground for the first time, Sylvester Stallone lifts up the sewer grate and goes, smells like biscuits and gravy. Yep. Yeah. No, it doesn't. It shouldn't. No, it doesn't. If it does, then that's a beautiful place to live, but does not seem like a match. Especially because then he manages to find a hamburger, which he's been craving forever. Uh-oh. Nick Kroll just got it. Yeah!
1:20:56Y 'all done with show? Where at? Everybody text Nick Kroll, no, we're not done with the show, asshole. Very close, very close, but not yet. He eats a hamburger. Turns out it's made of rat meat.
1:21:09Jason Mantzoukas:But you know what? It's still pretty good. He doesn't mind it. Here we go. This is your final question. A lot of pressure on you to bring it home. No! We've got to get to Nick Kroll. Guys! Nick Kroll wants to text him. We've got to go, guys. All right, here we go. Your name, what you would say to Sylvester Stallone when he was on trial. Any question? My name is John. I'd say it's not your fault. good answer and my question is could you guys just briefly talk about how Sandra Bullock tries to say like these 90s phrases but says them wrong at a certain time what's there to say after Simon Phoenix in a hole and says I'm going to go down there I'm going to blow him I wrote down a bunch of those they're all terrible again like again no language language has not devolved No.
1:22:04Like, I'm going to blow him. I'm going to blow him. She says, at one point she says, it looks like you've meet your match. What? And she says, take this job and shovel it. Yeah. Yeah.
1:22:16Jason Mantzoukas:By the way, if she saw a lethal weapon, she would know that those are wrong statements. To anyone who is like over 45 in that society, they would know those phrases. Sure. Yeah. They have jingles from our time. Right, yeah. Why don't they have like a book of phrases from our time? Also, why don't they have the music from our time? They clearly have the movie posters. The movies exist. They have posters for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but not... But no music. Yeah. Was that like, was that the end? Like, oh, that's music can't get any better. Let's shut it down. Shut down the studios, everybody. We're not listening to music anymore.
1:22:55Just jingles. Old jingles, too. Like jingles from like the 40s jingles.
1:23:01Jason Mantzoukas:Yeah, not jingles from our time. No, like oldies is for them from the 40s, but just jingles, not songs. But not the, yeah, and not like the good ones like by Menon. Yeah. Like that's great, solid. And if you want to watch some deleted scenes of Dan Cortez singing by Menon, you can see it. Yeah. Obviously we had opinions about this movie, but they're not shared by everyone. Now it is time for a second opinion. these are five star reviews pulled from amazon.com people who felt very strongly about it there's some good ones in here this one's from JTS titled Beauty and the Syro Cop I think she means like well okay Syro Cop is not right this is in all caps I think she means cryo it's spelled Syro though so So, this spelling is always a constant in these Amazon reviews.
1:23:57Jason Mantzoukas:Here we go. All caps. Sandra's sweet, innocent takes the edge off this tough guy film. She is the Spartan. What Adrian, spelled like Alderaan, was to Rocky. The special effects are great. Some of the dialogue lags at times. But the strength of the characters carry this one through. Check out the end. Wow. Wow. All right, Sandra Bullock wrote that review. Sandra Bullock wrote that. I own this title and have seen it 60 times. Title? Worth a sequel? I think so. Good affair. Do you think any of the people who listen to our podcast when they hear about the movie go and write five-star reviews hoping that they might get picked?
1:24:46Jason Mantzoukas:I never take anything that's written past like 2009. Well done. Yeah, so that is... Nice try, assholes.
1:24:57Jason Mantzoukas:I really like this movie. A good thing about it is there is profanity, but they don't abuse it like they do in Pulp Fiction. In that movie, they say the effort so many times it loses its meaning. Also, Snipes is pretty funny at times throughout the film. Five stars. Okay, this is my... I think this goes up in the pantheon of, like, favorite Amazon reviews, because it really takes a turn. Uh, from Geek Mom, this is my most favorite movie ever. There are so many quotes in this movie that are relevant to today's society. It's a great action flick with some of my most favorite actors, and the crazy humor in it makes looking at what we're going through today almost laughable.
1:25:46Jason Mantzoukas:I wish more people had seen it and then they'll understand what's wrong with today's Congress and why they need to stop voting for progressives ASAP. This is the kind of world we'd be forced to live in if the progressives continued to thrive. Nothing would be legal and government would monitor and pay for everything you do. Truly frightening. Five stars. I will say I will say watching this movie there was something about it that felt like oh yeah if you listen to Glenn Beck like Glenn Beck would love this movie as like oh this is the dystopian future that like liberals want because oh everyone wears the same outfits and there's only one restaurant like you get like there's no money anymore and I agree with that but what we came from in 96 was so terrible.
1:26:45Right. And in 96, that was Clinton. That was like, oh, Clinton caused Hollywood to catch fire.
1:26:54Jason Mantzoukas:And then... No planes to land in LAX anymore. No commercial airliner. Everything about the movie seemed like a liberal complaint. It sucks now that Clinton's president. Everything's on fire. And then it only gets worse. we can't curse no more this movie asked a lot of questions and did not do a lot of answers I feel like would you recommend seeing it? I know I would yes recommend strong recommend yeah I mean if the choice is that or like Winter's Bone because Demolition Man even though Sandra Bullock is going to get a Winter Bone right? with that John Spartan I stick. And by that, we mean her father's penis in her body.
1:27:46Also, Sting did the theme song. Oh my God, you're right. And I wonder if Sting asked, like, they were like, hey, Sting, you know, Sandra Bullock's character is like into 90s things. We were thinking about putting up a poster of you. No, it's alright. Don't do it. Don't fucking...
1:28:05Jason Mantzoukas:We really want to prominently feature 10 Sumner's Tales. Nope, that's fine. That's cool. I gotta keep it away. Here's a Red Hot Chili Peppers post. You sure? Soul cages? You don't want us to put soul cages up? Nope. I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm gonna continue having tantric sex with my wife. You cannot put any of my movies. Really? You sure? No soul cages? Absolutely not. Yeah. No, no, no, no, no. I saw that tour, guys. Saw that tour. Just saying. Do you think he does the theme song in concert? That's what he encores with. No, wait a second. Can somebody settle something? Did he write it for this, or was that a police song?
1:28:39It was a police song! It is a police song that was appropriated for this. All right.
1:28:45Jason Mantzoukas:Oh, even worse. Sting, you did it, you did it, you did it the best way you could. Well, thank you guys so much for coming. Give it up for everybody. The Wyatt Pack! Thank you.
1:29:12Hear that?
1:29:14Jason Mantzoukas:That's now Crispy of McCrispy Strip meeting creamy Caesar sauce. Sounds extra crispy. Caesar sauce at McDonald's for a limited time. Celsius Spritz Vibe Summer Edition is here. Meet the new sparkling limoncello twist flavor inspired by the vibrant, refreshing flavors of summer in Italy. With crisp limoncello flavor and a subtle twist of sweetness, it's the perfect way to bring a little Italian-inspired energy wherever the season takes you. Whether you're soaking up the sun, chasing your next adventure, or making the most of every summer moment, Spritz Vibe Summer Edition is ready to refresh your routine.
1:29:54Go find your Spritz Vibe before summer ends.
From the publisher
Wyatt Cenac (The Daily Show) helps Paul, Jason, & June dive into the 1993 Stallone/Snipes sci-fi classic Demolition Man! LIVE from SubCulture in NYC, they cover the frozen Sylvester Stallone cube, the slang of the future, the possibility that Wesley Snipes improvised every line, Denis Leary’s rant, and seashell wiping. Get ready for some spot-on Stallone/Snipes impressions! (Originally Released 07/09/2013)
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