The Quarterly Report

The boys talk about the last 3 months, covering the Oscars drama involving Will Smith and Chris Rock, the conflict in Ukraine, NASA going back to the moon, the Australian economy, a few interesting news articles as well as the Metaverse & NFTs. Join us for some laughs and chats about the events of the first quarter of 2022!

We never did actually talk about Moon Knight - but check out episode 2 for our review on the series.

Another slight correction from the first segment - G.I. Jane was a 1997 movie, not 2002.

"Stop trying to make fetch happen" is from Mean Girls (2004).

We have links here:

https://www.twitter.com/LukeProsperPod

https://www.instagram.com/smittyandpreezypod/

https://www.facebook.com/smittyandpreezypod

https://www.tiktok.com/t/@smittyandpreezypod

https://shows.acast.com/the-quarterly-report

Feel free to send in any questions, and please give us a rating if you want to help support the podcast. Thanks so much for listening, we hope you are doing very well!

Time Codes:

Intro

Opening conversation and topics outline [0:00 - 4:31]

The Oscars

Will Smith slaps Chris Rock - [4:32 - 14:14]

Conflict in Ukraine & Russia

Major events summary of conflict from Feb to March - [14:15 - 28:48]

Space talk

NASA attempting another moon landing - [28:49 - 29:38]

Will we ever live on another planet? - [29:39 - 32:26]

Australian Economy

Is Sydney livable only for those who are economically well off? - [32:27 - 38:18]

Is it worth staying in Sydney or should Sydney-siders move to the country? - [38:19 - 44:30]

News articles from the last quarter

Mars meteorite research - [44:31 - 46:30]

World's oldest man - [46:31 - 48:42]

Cryptocurrency, Metaverse & NFTs

Effect of cryptocurrency on Russia Sanctions - [48:43 - 49:28]

Biggest crypto hack ever - [49:29 - 50:24]

Beginning thoughts on the Metaverse - [50:25 - 56:54]

Drop in the market value of Meta - [56:55 - 58:33]

Are you joining the Metaverse? - [58:34 - 1:00:55]

Thoughts on NFTs - [1:00:56 - 1:02:20]

Outro

Sign off and social media info - [1:02:21 - 1:03:56]

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us in this special episode of the Quarterly Report, we do a deep dive into global news: the whiskey war, NASA in Australia, black hole clusters, what science says about standing on one leg, potential new cancer treatments, gun control in the USA. We also explore our favourite movies and shows this month, including The Boys, Thor: Love and Thunder, The Umbrella Academy and Ms Marvel! We also cover our highlights of the last 3 months to cap off this quarter, as well as giving quarter 2 of 2022 an overall rating/review. This is our longest episode yet, absolutely full of news and views from your favourite dynamic duo.

If you’d like to get in touch with us or follow our social media, we have pages on the following links:

https://www.twitter.com/LukeProsperPod

https://www.instagram.com/smittyandpreezypod/

https://www.facebook.com/smittyandpreezypod

https://www.tiktok.com/t/@smittyandpreezypod

https://shows.acast.com/the-quarterly-report

Time Codes:

Intro - [0:00-3:35]

Greetings & catching up - 0:00

Global news - [3:36-12:37]

Sad bits of news - 3:40

Premier League & other sports - 4:20

End to the “Whiskey War” - 6:36

Death of former Japanese Leader Shinzo Abe - 11:00

STEM News - [12:38-24:19]

NASA activity in Australia - 12:38

Black Hole Clusters - 18:05

Photoimmunotherapy - 19:00

Study about standing on 1 leg for more than 10 seconds in mid to later life - 19:55

World’s first Quantum Computer Integrated Circuit - 21:20

Samsung’s new 3 nanometre chip (improvement on 5nm chip) - 21:54

Toyota Recall - 22:16

Internet Explorer shut down after 27 years - 22:47

Video Game News - [24:20-27:53]

E3 2022 cancelled - 24:20

The Quarry - 25:10

Diablo: Immortal - 25:50

Why won’t Rockstar just release GTA 6 already? - 26:35

More Global News - [27:54-33:30]

South Korea claims North Korea launched 8 SRBM’s - 27:54

Drone crashes into Russian oil refinery causing fiery explosion - 28:30

US gun control law passed with bipartisan support - 29:50

Biden okay after falling off bike - 31:33

McDonald’s Szechuan & Cajun Sauces in Australia - 33:10

TV Shows & Movies - [33:31-1:00:54]

Rick & Morty Szechuan sauce obsession & commentary on Rick - 33:31

The Boys Season 3 - 35:50

Tangent on Brightburn [SPOILERS] - 39:40

Comments on the Anti-Hero genre - 41:47

More on The Boys - 42:29

Thor: Love and Thunder Review (Minimal Spoilers) - 45:50

Has the MCU lost its touch? - 47:38

Honourable mentions - 50:22

Prosper’s indifference toward Toy Story - 51:10

Luke hasn’t watched The Lion King in 1 sitting - 51:50

Morbius segue & Disney/Pixar tangent - 54:40

Minions memes & other honourable mentions - 55:10

Only Murders In The Building - 56:07

Umbrella Academy - 57:06

Ms. Marvel - 58:02

Poor working conditions in Marvel VFX department - 58:45

She-Hulk anticipation & bad VFX - 59:01

Superman & Lois - 1:00:05

Brief & Unrelated - [1:00:55-1:01:00]

Union worker strikes - 1:00:55

Reviewing Quarter 2 of 2022 - [1:01:00-1:16:25]

Highlight nominees - 1:01:00

Star Wars Tangent - 1:04:04

More nominees - 1:06:14

Prosper’s Highlight of the Quarter - 1:06:55

Luke’s Highlight of the Quarter - 1:11:07

Prosper’s rating of the Quarter - 1:13:55

Luke's rating of the Quarter - 1:15:23

Outro - [1:16:26-1:19:09]

Post-amble - 1:16:26

Socials and farewell - 1:17:00

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month's episode is jam-packed and full of fresh content for all you wonderful listeners out there! The boys (distinct boys from the ones from the Amazon Prime TV show "The Boys") present the freshest news from the month of May (and possibly some of June, who really is to say?) - They're talking Depp v. Heard, a black hole in the middle of the Milky Way and even the Queen of England's Platinum Jubilee. They also delve into the depths of pop culture, exploring topics such as TikTok drama over some lettuce, their experience at Vivid Sydney, Paramount+ and its best shows, Netflix and its potential downfall, Amazon Prime and its show "The Boys", Morbius the film, Morbius as a meme (and all its side effects) and various other films in the pop culture ecosystem. They also briefly cover their thoughts on the conflict in Ukraine that is still taking place, and they discuss a seriously heart-wrenching tragedy that happened on the 24th of May at Robb Elementary School, expressing their thoughts and prayers that things would start to change in order to keep kids safe at school in the USA.

Corrections:

*Platinum Jubilee is actually only 70 years!!!

**Harry and Meghan's child's name is Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.

Socials and such:

https://www.twitter.com/LukeProsperPod

https://www.instagram.com/smittyandpreezypod/

https://www.facebook.com/smittyandpreezypod

https://www.tiktok.com/t/@smittyandpreezypod

https://shows.acast.com/the-quarterly-report

Time Codes:

Intro - [0:00 - 4:07]

Opening conversation.

Star Wars tangent.

Prosper's May highlights.

Official introduction and plans for the pod.

Coles Lettuce TikTok - [4:08 - 6:09]

Showing Prosper the video.

Explanation of lettuce.

Ukraine & Russia Conflict - [6:10 - 7:05]

Discussion and comparison to past events.

Depp v. Heard - [7:06 - 12:04]

Recap of events.

Thoughts and opinions.

What would you do in the bed situation?

Heard's fake writing in court.

Space talk - [12:05 - 14:34]

Event Horizon telescope captures the first image of Sagittarius A.

Black holes are terrifying.

Nuclear reactions.

Robb Elementary School Shooting - [14:35 - 18:03]

The tragic event & our hopes that things will get better and safer for the families and the school.

How the school experience varies in different countries.

Gun control and how it is different in the USA compared to Australia.

Vivid Sydney - [18:04 - 23:41]

What is Vivid / What is it for?

Our food experience at Vivid.

Vivid / Paramount+ drone show / ad.

Paramount+ - [23:42 - 28:02]

Prosper's experience and life-changing new shows.

Tangent on our top 5 TV shows.

Country music tangent.

Netflix - [28:03 - 28:50]

Is Netflix bound to crack down on account sharing?

Amazon Prime / The Boys - [28:51 - 34:08]

Thoughts on the superhero genre nowadays.

The new season of The Boys and our thoughts.

Morbius - [34:09 - 38:27]

Luke's Morbin' experience.

Excess of Morbius Memes.

Prosper's Morbin' conclusion.

Sony's Morbrilliant re-release of the film (and a breakdown of the math).

The Cinema experience

Queen's Platinum Release - [38:28 - 41:41]

Did Queen go platinum?

Queen Elizabeth was in power for 75* years.

What even is a Jubilee?

Harry & Megan tangent**

Outro - [41:42 - 44:36]

Shownotes, Links & Socials.

Video coming soon.

Ending tangents & goodbye.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We'd love to hear from you over social media, and hear your thoughts in reviews and ratings on your podcasting app of choice! Thank you so much for listening.

If you'd like to get in touch with us, please use one of the below methods:

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @lukeprosperpod

Instagram: @smittyandpreezypod

Tiktok: @smittyandpreezypod

Facebook: https://facebook.com/smittyandpreezypod

Website: https://shows.acast.com/the-quarterly-report

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your favourite duo is back for episode 2 and in this episode we delve right into the media and entertainment world of the last few months! We cover the big stuff: what exactly is all this stuff about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard? What do we think of the latest big movies and TV shows this quarter? Look forward to the answers of these questions and more in this brand new episode of the Quarterly Report! This episode includes a surprise guest too!

We have links here:

https://www.twitter.com/LukeProsperPod

https://www.instagram.com/smittyandpreezypod/

https://www.facebook.com/smittyandpreezypod

https://www.tiktok.com/t/@smittyandpreezypod

https://shows.acast.com/the-quarterly-report

Time Codes:

Intro

Opening conversation - [0:00 - 3:54]

Depp v. Heard

John C. Depp, II v. Amber Laura Heard (CL-2019-2911) - [3:55 - 19:40]

Movie and TV reviews

The Batman (ALERT: Some spoilers!!) - [19:41 - 27:59]

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness - [28:00 - 29:59]

Moon Knight (ft. surprise guest at 33:30) - [30:00 - 34:58]

Honourable mentions / yet to watch

The Bad Guys - [34:59 - 37:07]

Moonshot - [37:08 - 37:24]

The Lost City - [37:25 - 37:35]

Morbius - [37:36 - 37:52]

Fantastic Beasts And The Secrets Of Dumbledore - [37:53 - 38:12]

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - [38:13 - 39:13]

Everything Everywhere All At Once - [39:14 - 40:09]

The Northman - [40:10 - 40:59]

Outro

Final thoughts and information - [41:00 - 42:06]

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.