Savvy Geeks
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NU-Musings Episode 119: Mickey 17 Season Opener!
Savvy Geeks has returned for season 5!
We are kicking things off with Mickey17
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We are back with another season of Savvy Geeks. Yes, yes, yes. We took a brief hiatus, as usual, for 2025. But we're coming back with a bang to talk about Mickey 17. I was absolutely blessed to be able to see this movie early on Monday. When it comes out, Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. I got invited to an early screening at the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto. Now, with that being said, I am not allowed to go into details about the movie. It's a strict no no. So there will be absolutely no spoilers in this episode. What I do want to do How, though, is just gush about this film because I absolutely loved it. I'm not saying it's like Dune II or anything, but it was a really fun sci fi action comedy from Bong Joon ho. Let me make sure I said that right so I don't get cancelled. Yes, Bong Joon ho, the director best known for Parasite. I believe this is his first English film. Please let me know in the comments if it isn't. And also, I would like you to let me know if there's any movies of his that you recommend. This is my first film I've ever seen from his. I, I typically don't like movies with, uh, subtitles. I don't like to read subtitles. I will make an exception, though, for this guy. I hear he's just one of the best directors out there and I want to give him a solid chance. So, I guess I'll see Parasite. I know this isn't directed by him, but I want to see Squid Game, because it's another, it's a show that a lot of people were talking about, and I feel like I'm limiting myself by not seeing more stuff with subtitles. It's not my favorite thing, it'll never be my favorite thing, but I can, I can give, you know, the odd exception so I can see more works of art. Heh heh. The premise for Mickey 17, for those of you who may not know,, Robert Pattinson's character, Mickey, he talks like this. This is how Mickey talks in the film. I think I did a good job, let me know if you've seen if I did a good job talking like Mickey. Super funny guy. Mickey 17, leaves Earth. Uh, and signs up as a, uh, I think it's called Expendable, if I remember correctly. Basically, he, they go to this planet Nilfheim, uh, he's this Expendable, and as you see in the trailer, he's constantly dying and getting, in, in hilarious and crazy ways to help the scientists better understand the planet. That's the gist of it. What really surprised me, I just wasn't expecting it at all. Like, in the trailer it looked silly, but like At the same time, like, I assumed it was going to be a really serious sci fi drama. It was super funny. Like, I would say it's almost more funny than it was serious, if that makes sense? I don't know, I guess like a solid 50 50, but it had a lot of comedic elements to it. Like, and Robert Pattinson, playing all these different Mickeys, as you know, like, he keeps dying and coming back. He plays different versions of himself and he is so good at playing these different Roles like the subtle differences that he has to describe Or convey I mean he does it's such a good job by him like when he was the batman he was able to Do such a good job showing Uh, the kind of emotions of Batman and the cow because you couldn't see his eyes. You could really only see his mouth and you still got a really good sense of how Batman was feeling. Robert Pattinson is a really good physical actor. And I thought that was on display in this movie. One thing I do want to let you know is, if you're going to watch it, you should stay for the after credits. Because a text will appear that says, Mickey17 will appear again in Avengers Doomsday. Yep, that's right, you heard it here first. Ah, no, psych, psych, psych. If you believed it, you're an idiot. All my friends, you're idiots. Unless I don't know. They know Bong Joon ho better than me. They said that it's something he would do, like they wouldn't be surprised. Mickey17 on the Savvy Meter will score, 82 out of 100. Which, to me, is really, really high. All I know is this movie made me laugh. It made me think. And it made me feel, aww, aww, steve Young, I don't really, I don't really see him in much stuff outside of The Walking Dead. Like, I loved him in Nope, I loved him in Season 1 of Invincible, and that's about it. Let me know if there's anything else you think I should check out by him. He did a really good job. I love Naomi Ackie's performance in this film. She was so good and blinked twice. I Didn't know I know anything about her before blinked twice, but that was a great performance and it carried over into Mickey 17 Robert Pattinson Obviously, like, he's amazing. They were asking some questions, some trivia questions before the movie and I made so many Batman jokes but I couldn't help myself. I just, I'm just a shithead. What do I know? What can I do? Tony Collette and Mark Ruffalo played the they were like the heads of this expedition. I thought Mark Ruffalo and Robert Pattinson were the kind of comedic pillars of the film. They were what brought the most humor.
Mickey 17 was just a delightful watch. That's, that's really the best way to describe it. Without getting everybody mad at me, I had so much fun in the theater. I, it was a little unfortunate. My wife couldn't come last minute, but I. I, I, I, I was by myself, but I still had a good time. I wanna thank Warner Bros for having this special early screening. They were a great host. The people there were so great. They called out everyone. Mickey who got free shirts, a cool hat. It was just a great time. I, I want to go to more of these, so hopefully I get invited more. Don't go see Mickey 17 with your kids, but if you're an adult or your kid's over the age of 18, you should go see it. Now let's talk about what I'm going to do going forward. I won't be able to post episodes as frequently as I would like because I'm in film school and it's just a lot. I gotta focus on my uh, scripts. I'm writing a lot of scripts. I'm finishing my novel. I know I keep saying that, but it's just been such a laboring process. I, I'm going through like a reread now and making changes. I just have a lot going on professionally and I, I really want to focus on that, but I'll try to find the time to put as many episodes as I can. I'll put a Captain America episode out with Jen. Uh, when I see Superman, I'll obviously put that episode out. I'm actually gonna Australia and. A few weeks. I'm in Australia and New Zealand. I think it'd be really cool to do a episode live on location in the Shire.'cause I'm doing a live tour. Uh, it'd be pretty sweet, right? Would you guys like to hear me do that or see?'cause it's gonna be a visual. Yeah, even though I won't be able to put as many episodes this year, I'm so excited to be back in whatever capacity I can. I'd also like to do a lost rewatch. If I can find time for that, it's gonna be a fun year. I'm going for it. You know, like this has been my dream to be a screenwriter, to write the stories that I keep talking about, and I'm finally going for it. I don't think I would have had the courage to go for it if it wasn't for all the great people in my life that supported me. So I want to end this episode off with a thank you to all my friends and family who've had my back and encouraged me to really go for it. It's scary, but I know with all you ba sad, I can do it. Mark. Savvy of Savvy Geeks signing off.