165: Lift Each Other Up | With Miss Ice and Captain Influence | Godzilla | Swamp Thing | Cheese

We have a crazy, fun, and yet thoughtful discussion for you this week! We'll be covering a lot of topics. AND... tell you what! We have some crazy crutch phrases to chat about for fun, daggum! So strap in and giddyup! And we gunna talk bout things we’re nerding out on - including cheese. Glorious, glorious cheese!!! We got some gud reviews on some of our favorite tv shows, movies, and I hear that Miss Ice is gunna have Miss Ice’s Glorious Gaming Update, so put that between yer gum and cheek and suck on that! Tell ye what!

In This Episode

Lift Each Other Up - Some thoughts!
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Non-Spoilery Review
Swamp Thing - Episode 1 Review
Some other TV Show/Trailer Thoughts
Cheese!!!
What we're nerding out on right now!
Ghostbusters: The VOID! WHAT???
NBA Finals
Deep Thoughts

Lift Each Other Up

This conversation is sparked by having watched the new trailer for the upcoming Batwoman tv show, which will be on CW in the Fall. The trailer bugged me (and others). While I am 100% for strong female leads, empowering women, and seeing women treated equally and valued equally, I'm not a fan of men being bashed and pushed down in the process. This trailer shows a little of that. Plus, it also shows a little disrespect towards Batman, which I'm not ok with. Batwoman, in the comics, LIFTED Batman up. He also lifted Batwoman up.

I get it. Women, minorities, and others who I call "disadvantaged" have not been treated and valued equally. There are those who have pushed people in those groups down. That's flat out bullying. But trying to get on top by pushing down the person/group that pushed you down doesn't fix the problem. It just creates reverse-bullying. Not ok.

I did say, in the show, that I'm tired of feminism. After discussing that further, I came to realize that I'm NOT tired of feminism. I'm tired of people who abuse feminism. Or anything for that matter. Religion, politics, health, you name it.

My hope and goal is ALWAYS to lift each other up. THAT... is how we win. And we ALL win that way.

So, instead of pushing others down to get ahead, why not lift each other up? Value each other equally!

This is one of the core missions of The Real Brian Show. We lift each other up here!