Sep 23, 2026 · 15 min · 6 segments
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Christian TotoGuest
Isaac SimpsonHost
You are kind of right of center a little bit, not crazy or anything, but you're coming at it.

You talk sort of openly and honestly about woke influence, but you're also not like, let's destroy the whole system.

You have a thing I saw on Fox being like, hey, you know what? Let's give movies a chance.

I was like, yeah, I mean, that's, I mean, I got into this whole silly business because I love movies.

But again, the thing that I really like is you're not one of these guys that's just like politically complaining all the time.

You're actually trying to figure out, is this good or bad? You're not just like, you know, screw all every single thing that could possibly be associated with Hollywood, I would say.

yeah liz i i just re-watched robocop i think it was 1987. and i think that was sort of a leftist critique of corporations taking over everything in our lives because it took them to the local police department but it's a great film it endures it it holds up beautifully and if there's a left-leaning message in a film and it's a terrific movie i'm going to say so i i'd be silly not to

well verhoeven's a very interesting case right because verhoeven is everybody debates starship troopers is starship troopers actually fascist is it making fun of fascists so what's your take on that

You are kind of right of center a little bit, not crazy or anything, but you're coming at it.

You talk sort of openly and honestly about woke influence, but you're also not like, let's destroy the whole system.

You have a thing I saw on Fox being like, hey, you know what? Let's give movies a chance.

I was like, yeah, I mean, that's, I mean, I got into this whole silly business because I love movies.

But again, the thing that I really like is you're not one of these guys that's just like politically complaining all the time.

You're actually trying to figure out, is this good or bad? You're not just like, you know, screw all every single thing that could possibly be associated with Hollywood, I would say.

yeah liz i i just re-watched robocop i think it was 1987. and i think that was sort of a leftist critique of corporations taking over everything in our lives because it took them to the local police department but it's a great film it endures it it holds up beautifully and if there's a left-leaning message in a film and it's a terrific movie i'm going to say so i i'd be silly not to

well verhoeven's a very interesting case right because verhoeven is everybody debates starship troopers is starship troopers actually fascist is it making fun of fascists so what's your take on that
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