Pete Vs. The Gorilla (Hour 1)

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Hey, welcome to Night Light.

This is Pete Schwabba.

Welcome to the show.

It's great to have you on this Friday night.

The weekend is finally here.

Conrad, how you doing?

Yeah,

I'm doing good.

I'm doing good.

I like the

questions tonight.

I really do.

I knew you would.

And I, you know, I'm not a huge Marvel fan myself, but you know what?

Let's change things up.

And

let's get

right to the question of the night, because we got Matt Miller coming

in kind of

early tonight from Milwaukee Film Festival.

So here's tonight's question of the night.

Let's talk about the question.

OK, question.

Question.

Question.

Pregunta.

Question.

Question.

OK, I have a question.

Questions.

This question.

Domanda.

Question.

Question.

Questions.

What is your favorite Marvel movie or character?

There's a big release this weekend, folks.

Thunderbolts.

It's finally out in theaters.

So it begs the question, what is your favorite Marvel movie or character?

And I will admit, Conrad, I'm not a huge Marvel fan.

I enjoy the occasional Marvel movie, but I don't rush out to the theaters to see it.

But that's our question of the night, folks.

So let us know what you think at 855-752-4842-855-75 Civic.

Always more fun when you guys participate.

Wherever you're listening in the great state of Wisconsin, let us know over the phone, over the app, or on the stream at Facebook, Twix, or YouTube.

Let us know what you think.

What do you say, man?

You're going to see the movie tonight, right?

Yeah.

Right after the show, I'm driving down to Kimberly to see it with my brother.

Because we're both big Marvel fans.

And I texted him.

I was like, you know, I'm coming over anyways tonight.

Do you want to go see it?

He's like, yes.

I love it.

So and it's got really good reviews.

Yeah, I should have.

Yeah, you guys should be in for a treat and the dream

lounger chairs too.

So I'm gonna be comfy.

Oh, yeah.

Wait, what's the theater?

Marcus theaters and it's in camera.

Yeah.

Okay.

Nice Outstanding.

So what's your who's your favorite?

Or what's your favorite movie?

Give me your movie and character because you could speak to both.

Yeah, I was I was gonna say I was gonna do both anyway.

So I'll say my favorite movie is the original Iron Man.

Because that's the first Marvel movie I saw and it really started off for me.

And I was like, this is amazing.

Oh, wow.

I don't remember what age, but I really, really liked that movie the first time I saw it.

So I'll go with that.

But my favorite, my favorites out of the Marvel universe is, I would say, it's tough.

I've been going back and forth because I really liked WandaVision.

So I

Wanda's like one of my favorite characters because that show was one of the best shows in Marvel, I think.

But it's tough.

Iron Man and Captain America like a tie for me at first.

It's funny.

I don't I don't know the characters like you do or the movies, but I it's hard not to like just based on what I've seen Captain America.

Yeah,

like Winter Soldier.

It's just because of his story before he became a superhero is kind of cool.

Yeah.

So I would probably say him or Wonder Woman.

Wonder.

Oh, yeah.

I mean,

well, that movie blew me away with Gal Gadot.

Like when she's crouching with that shield and like that is just one of the coolest scenes in any of the Marvel movies I've seen.

So I have a tie.

But my favorite film.

I

don't even I wonder.

I had to stop you there.

Just Wonder Woman is actually DC.

Is that DC?

Yeah.

I meant to look that up before the show, but I didn't, so.

I'm still gonna say Wonder

Woman.

That is a great movie.

All Wonder Woman movies are great.

You know, now it's coming back to me.

Isn't that the one where they said finally DC is on the same level as Marvel?

Yeah, that movie was... All the Wonder Woman movies are just fantastic.

And I think they do reach to the same level as Marvel.

Okay.

I should have said Batman.

If I was just going to go DC anyway.

Yeah, you just want to be confident.

That begins is still probably my favorite.

And

it's not, you know, the new Batman's not going to be released.

So

it's postponed.

You mean?

Well, it might not happen.

What do you know?

You know something?

I don't spell it, man.

Well, I mean, you know, our great news source, puberty said it

might

it might not happen.

It's been postponed.

I think like

two or three times already.

It was supposed to

come out this year, I think.

And it's been postponed to 2026.

Might even be postponed to 2027.

But I think if it gets postponed one more time, they just might call it quits on it.

OK, wow.

That's the one with Robert Pattinson.

Yeah.

And that movie was fantastic.

Yeah, it was good.

It was a little long.

I thought it could have been about a half hour shorter.

But I say that about a lot of movies, you know, but

it did feel like it was I was in there for four hours.

So that's our question, folks.

Let us know.

We'll read your text on the radio.

We've got a great show tonight.

Matt Miller is here.

He is reporting live from the Milwaukee Film Festival.

Matt has been taking in all the movies, so he'll give us an update as to what is going on in Milwaukee tonight.

And that is just a few minutes away.

Matt is gonna join us at 6.20.

And then we have a special guest.

It's kind of a guest.

You know, there's been this big...

debate online about who would win in a fight between a silverback gorilla or a hundred men.

And I don't know why they went with a hundred.

Maybe they thought that's how many it would take to defeat a silverback gorilla.

But it seems like even 20 or 30 dudes, if they all went at the same time, not fearing for their lives could do it.

But I guess the catch is that they all are scared for their lives.

So you'd kind of ease in anyway This is all old news though folks because Conrad and I encountered so we stepped out to get lunch one day and We were up at Heritage Hill and lo and behold one of the gorillas got out of the zoo It was a silverback and we tried to corral it and get it back in in the zoo and I'll just say it didn't end well for Conrad and we're gonna play we have a clip about

Because I was recording it with my phone.

I should have probably dove in more and helped Conrad out But I did record it with my phone and we'll play that at 6 50 tonight after we let Matt get to his movie So we've got Matt Miller our encounter with a silverback gorilla at 6 50 and Mike Clements civic media sports authority joining the show at 7 0 5 and also folks

I know you know this, but I'm going to say it anyway.

It is Friday.

And that means it is a bar band Friday night.

Terry Barr from Max, Inc.

Radio will join the show at 735.

She has got two great songs and one great artist.

So we'll talk about that.

But Terry is calling it tonight, Conrad.

She's yeah, she she's she's actually at a little little league tournament for her nephew, I believe.

Yeah.

But that's so cool because like she's still

Like she's a good aunt, but she's still keeping the Barbie and thing going.

She didn't take a vacation day from us, which I love.

So we'll hear some new tunes.

We'll have some great talks with Terry, Mike, and Matt Miller in just a few minutes.

Matt is also going to go over some big summer releases for the blockbuster releases that basically it's here, summer movie season.

I mean, it's May.

And this is when it starts.

This is about the time last year that the fall guy came out.

Maybe it was already out.

Maybe it was late.

Great

movie.

Great movie.

You just lost any credibility after your Marvel stuff.

I

remember, remember what I said.

Last time I watched it, I fell asleep.

So.

The fall guy?

Yeah.

I kind of do remember that.

I almost watched him.

Last night I was looking for something to watch.

I still can't.

I'm still waiting, putting off White Lotus season three for some reason.

I have to be in the right mind frame or mindset to watch that, but.

I went, I think it was on Netflix.

This film came up called classified starring Aaron Eckert.

And I like Aaron Eckert a lot, but man, as he made some dogs.

This guy makes great films.

He's a great actor, but he makes some clunkers.

So I went to my phone and I looked up classified on Rotten Tomatoes.

Zero percent from critics.

That might be because there weren't enough reviews, but.

8% of audience.

For our country, America, or even the world, to only draw an 8% with a major movie star in a film, that movie is awful.

It's got to be.

And obviously I didn't watch it, but I was, I was like, I was kind of angry at him.

I'm like, why do you have to do this?

Like he's made so much money.

He's made so many good films.

It's like, what are you thinking?

Yeah, I got a movie recommendation for you this

Yeah,

maybe maybe some movie homework for

you.

Oh, please.

Yes, I love homework

It's called a simple favor and it's with Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively I know Blake Lively's kind of you know, but that was before

everything

and right It's a great movie if you haven't watched it that the sequel just came out yesterday It's called another simple favor and I watched it last night

And I think it was a fun movie.

It was good.

Some of the critics were right about it.

But also, I think people just don't like Blake Lively, so they pan

it.

I think you're right.

You were concerned last night after you read a review for that movie, and that didn't pan out like everything was OK.

I think it was a good sequel.

I don't think it was terrible.

All right.

I settled on office space last night.

I tried through classic, which I haven't seen in about 10 years.

So I thought I'll put in an office space.

I'll go to bed happy and boy did I There's another thing happening in the news Terrence Howard Years ago, I know this is gonna sound weird.

I pitched a Marvin Gaye idea for a movie to a very big Hollywood producer one of the biggest there is I don't know why I Chose that to pitch him, but I'm not the guy to make a Marvin Gaye movie.

I'm just a huge fan

But we had a nice talk about it.

He liked the idea He he wasn't into making a Marvin Gaye biopic at the time but now there's one coming out and Terrence Howard passed on the role because it came out that Marvin Gaye was gay or at least bisexual and in the script there is something that calls for there's a scene that calls for Terrence Howard to kiss another man So he passed on the project.

He passed on the opportunity to play Marvin Gaye

one of the most iconic singers of all time, whose life was filled with drama.

And it's probably going to be a great film.

And Terrence Howard said, no, thank you, because he didn't want to kiss a man.

And then he followed it up and he said, I would.

If I had to kiss a man, I would cut my lips off.

Now, I have a couple of issues with this because I feel like if you're an actor, you got to get past that stuff.

It's just a kiss.

I wouldn't look forward to it, certainly.

But my god, to play Marvin Gaye.

But then to say this is to be so to escalate it like that and say I would cut my lips off Like why do you have to go to that extreme?

I Used to like this guy so much.

I used to love Terence Howard.

I I still like him as an actor.

He's got a cool look.

He's got a great voice, but I just They kind of brought him down a little bit for me.

I gotta be honest And that's it and then I read today too.

Also, I love this Tom Cruise

He does these stunts.

He does his own stunts and he's doing this stunt in Dead Reckoning, the second part of Dead Reckoning, which comes out.

It could be the last Mission Impossible film, number eight for Tom Cruise.

And he said he's doing this.

I mean, what this guy does, he's on an airplane wing going 120 miles an hour.

And he said it gets cold and it exerts a lot of energy.

So the breakfast he eats before he shoots seems like this.

He eats like a bunch of sausages and 12 eggs.

The guy's a legend, man.

All right, we're coming back with Matt Miller from the Milwaukee Film Festival.

We'll find out what Matt has been seeing there.

Still a lot of time if you want to catch a few movies in Milwaukee.

And we'll talk about the summer box office too.

Lots going on here at Nightlight.

So great to have you with me.

Do not miss.

Conrad and mine are in Conrad with the Silverback Gorilla that's coming up at 6.50.

It's Pete Schwabba and Nightlight on the Civic Media Radio

Network.

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Very responsible, Bud.

He says, apparently, subscribers hate to read wet newspapers.

It does happen occasionally.

By the way, I don't know if that emoji exists.

Love your show, Bud from Jane's.

Well, thank you, Bud.

And you know what?

Who's to say you can't switch careers now and create emojis?

I love that.

Bud continues, great interview with Dobie Maxwell-Pete.

I really enjoy the comedians you have on.

I don't see many movies, so I usually half listen when you're talking movies.

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Terry Bart, 735.

That's a show, folks.

It's a Friday night.

Perfect way to send you into the weekend.

And right now, I'm excited to welcome my next guest.

He's a regular here at Nightlight, and he is a Milwaukee film critic who joins us from the Milwaukee Film Festival tonight, our pal, Matt Miller.

Hey, Matt.

Hey, I am reporting on location tonight at the Oriental

Theater.

I love it.

That's fantastic.

How does it look?

Is it beautiful?

That's one of my favorite movie theaters anywhere.

It is resplendent.

I always tell people the Oriental Theater is my favorite place in all of Milwaukee.

That's probably the film fan in me saying that, but I just think there's nothing like seeing a movie at the Oriental.

And we're all very excited.

It's a centerpiece movie tonight.

There's screening the documentary, The Librarians, obviously very politically of the moment talking about

book banning in libraries and freedom of speech.

So I think it's going to be a very powerful movie, very potent one for our current political environment.

And very excited to check that one out.

That's fantastic.

You know, it's funny with the book banning, Matt.

A friend of mine, Dave Patterson, his mom wrote The Bridge to Terabithia.

Catherine Patterson, a Newberry winner.

Yeah, and he wrote the film version.

He's been on the show several times.

Really great guy.

That book, I decided to read with my daughter while she was in middle school, and I wept twice.

It's such beautiful writing, and that book has been banned.

And I'm like, what is the matter with people?

I just don't get it.

So that is a great movie.

I haven't seen it, but I've heard really good things about the librarians.

Yeah, and I believe the director I believe is Kim Snyder who directed the documentary called Us Kids about the growing political young movement Really really excited to text this one out tonight Screenings at 7 so if you're listening and you're in the Milwaukee area come on down

You got time and say hi to Matt Miller What what have you what's been the vibe there Matt?

Have you just been going in the movies?

Have you gone to any events?

What else have you seen?

Let's start there

I'm a movie head, so I just go to all the movies like a complete weirdo, but it's been a really heartening film festival this year.

Obviously, there's always talk about, you know, movies, struggles, post-COVID and stuff like that, and Milwaukee Film has had some changes over the past few years, but it's just been really wonderful seeing the crowds at these festivals.

For movies I would not expect there to be crowds for.

I went to attend 30 in the morning screening of a documentary about former Pizza Hut locations.

That was almost entirely sold out.

That one was like tons of audience and members there for that one.

And then at like 8.30 on a Monday night, I went to go see a Czech journalism drama called Waves.

And that one was almost entirely full as well.

So it's just been really wonderful to see people showing up for the Milwaukee Film Festival and seeing some really good movies in the process as well.

It's been a lot of really good stuff thus far.

And we still have another whole week to go.

Yeah, that's great that it's a two-week two-week dealio.

What was the Pizza Hut documentary like was that really cool?

I Really liked it.

That's actually one of the standouts of the festival for me It's called slice of life the American dream and former Pizza Hut And it's a documentary that kind of goes goes to various pizza hut locations throughout the country that Closed if you remember those iconic kind of Pizza Hut locations with the kind of slice shaped windows

And it goes to these former Pizza Hut locations that have become something else that in one case became one of the first LGBTQ churches in Florida.

Another one became a barbecue shop in Illinois.

Another one became a dispensary in Colorado and kind of detailing how all these locations kind of paint a picture of America and of the American dream and kind of, you know, the transformation that our country does.

I thought it was really great really charming really good subjects Yeah, that's been one of the three standouts.

I would say of the festival for me so far

So have you seen the movie the secret mall apartment?

I Did that is I was actually gonna say that is another one of the standout movies that I saw at the film festival this year.

It's

very fun for people who don't know and can't tell by the title of the movie.

It is about some people who built a secret apartment in a mall in Providence.

And it's a very fun documentary, kind of a caper documentary, but also gets into, you know, what's this art and what is the definition of art and, you know, the people trying to, in their way, fight back against kind of this corporate behemoth taking over Providence, Rhode Island.

I really like Secret Mall apartment.

I'm hoping that maybe it comes back for a post festival run.

But yeah, that one's really tremendous.

If people can seek that one out wherever you can find it.

I thought that was just like the coolest sounding movie.

And I love the poster.

It just got me.

It really hooked me.

I can't wait to see it.

I'm sure it'll end up streaming somewhere.

But Matt Miller is here.

We're going to talk about the Milwaukee Film Festival for a couple more minutes.

And then we'll talk about the summer blockbuster season, which is upon us, folks.

He is reporting live from the Milwaukee Film Festival.

Get down to the Oriental tonight and check out librarians.

If you're looking for something to do, Matt will be there and he will be here after the news.

We'll be right back.

It's Nightlight with Pete Schwabba on the Civic Media Radio Network.

We are back here at night lights.

I am peach boba great to have you with me on this Friday night We got a lot going on tonight folks our question of the night is what is your favorite Marvel movie or character?

I said mistakenly Wonder Woman that shows you what I know about Marvel, but I kind of suspect that I was off on that one I kind of thought it was DC and Conrad says iron so right now on the phone with us is our buddy Matt Miller he is

calling us live from the Milwaukee Film Festival, where he is about to see the librarians at the beautiful Oriental Theater.

Matt, what else have you seen?

Did you see a movie by any chance called The Dells?

Unfortunately, that was on my to-do list.

It was on my hot list.

And unfortunately, I had to eat dinner.

I had to finally make some time to eat food and drink water.

So unfortunately, I wasn't able to see The Dells, but I heard very good things about that one.

I'm sorry, I thought you were serious about movie watching that.

I

know, I know.

Here I was thinking I was a dedicated cinephile and instead I'm just a nerd.

I

know another film tonight playing because I think my son is going to go see it as AJ goes to the dog park.

That looks really interesting and I had the filmmakers on the show here.

Have you heard anything about that?

Yeah, that's one of the hula gante options I believe as well, which honestly this year I think is where you can find a lot of the busiest ones.

this year.

I know that's where the new Cronenberg is here with the Shroud stuff like Sister Midnight as well.

A dead lover.

Lots of really fun, weird stuff to be found at that Hula Gante selection.

And I've heard some people have checked out that AJ goes to the park and I've had a really good time with it.

Kind of almost seems like maybe it's got like a Joe Parra vibe to it, which is a fun vibe to have.

So another one people can check out at the film festival.

Yeah, and it's I think that's one of the films that has like three screenings So if you miss it tonight, you might have enough I think it's already played once but maybe you have more opportunity to see it, but it looks

Yeah, that's an important thing about the film festival.

There's still a whole other week of it left So there's a lot of movies that haven't even played really yet.

I know there's a documentary called the Diamond King About the official artist of the baseball Hall of Fame and

Painted a lot of the Don Russ Diamond King baseball cards.

I think that one sounds great And obviously we still have the closing night movie Jane Austen wrecked my life, which is a rom-com in theaters I know how crazy a rom-com in theaters.

What a concept

Yeah, the Diamond King looked really good too we had Mark Evans on the show talking about his His film and that that sounded fascinating too the lineups of films just look fantastic Have you gone to any events?

Matt, have you been to any of these happy hours they call them, or mixer type thelios, or afterwards parties?

Unfortunately, I'm not much of a party guy, and I haven't been able to make my way to many of those yet, but obviously that's kind of a cool part of the film festival is that it is as much about what's off-screen as it is on, that you get to have these really cool interactions with either your fellow filmgoers or with the directors of the film.

I know in the case of the opening night film, Sally,

The director was here in town for that and I believe one of the subjects was as well So it's always a really exciting way to see a movie to know that you know, there's stuff going on beyond the theater as well

Absolutely Let's switch Matt.

I know you're limited on time tonight.

We'll get you out of here before the next break But what the summer box office is basically here like you mentioned earlier in our text exchange I was thinking it was mission mission impossible the final reckoning

kind of kicked it off.

But what in like, what are you looking forward to?

What do you think will be the obviously mission impossible?

But after that, what are you looking forward to this summer?

Yeah, I'm actually really looking forward to this year's summer blockbuster lineup.

Obviously, it's a lot of franchises.

Obviously, it's a lot of, you know, traditional blockbuster stuff.

But I do think some of it has a little bit more personality this year.

You have your mission impossible, which has, you know, Tom Cruise like putting in an effort the way no other movie stars putting in an effort.

You've got this.

You've got the live action Lilo and Stitch movie, which actually looks really charming.

You've you've got a lot of interesting horror stuff this summer coming out with 28 years later, which is not only a sequel to.

not only a sequel to the very good zombie movie from about 20 years ago at this point, but also is the first Danny Boyle movie to come out in about five years.

For those who don't know, Danny Boyle did train spotting.

He did Slumdog Millionaire.

For some odd reason, his career is kind of, unfortunately, I just think they don't make the kind of movies that he's very good at making anymore.

So I'm excited to see a new Danny Boyle movie coming out.

a new movie called Weapons from the director of Barbarian, the horror movie hit from a few years ago.

So it's a really good mix this summer.

We don't oftentimes have a good mix of a summer, but this year you've got original movies, you've got some comedies with the naked gun reboot.

And you've got franchises that I think people are actually excited about the new installments as opposed to franchises where it just feels like, well, our board at the studio told us that we have to make a new sequel because it hasn't made a billion dollars lately.

There's not as many of those dead-in-the-water franchise movies as we sometimes get in the summer.

Danny Boyle too directed I think he directed the first 28 days, but then did not direct the second one So that's interesting that he's coming back and I liked the second one too, but I'm excited to see to see this one as well What have you heard anything and I agree with you Tom Cruise I was just reading before on the show his his breakfast he eats before he does these crazy cliff climbing plane

Flipping scenes where he eats a dozen eggs and all this sausage because he burns so many calories and he it's cold apparently Have you heard anything about the movie?

I know it's gonna be awesome

Yeah, I don't think they've premiered it yet.

So I haven't heard much but there's obviously a lot of excitement about it.

It is Giant air quotes the final mission impossible movie.

I'm sure they'll try to reboot it in a few years But I think this will definitely be the last one Tom Cruise has planned for a while and

I mean, the movies he's made with McCory, Christopher McCory, his writer-director, that is, he's joined the franchise ever since Rogue Nation.

And he just really is in tune with what Tom Cruise is best at.

I love the way he captures these old school stunts, these insane stunts that he does.

So I'm really, that's definitely one of the top five movies this summer that I'm looking forward to.

And you're gonna see that one on the largest screen possible, absolutely.

Absolutely, yeah, I think I can I'm gonna watch all of them ahead of time too before I go and see that one just

The thing is they're all really good.

They're almost all really good I don't like Mission Impossible 2, but otherwise else you've got a really good marathon there

Absolutely.

No, Mission Impossible 2 was horrible and it was written by Robert Town, which was crazy But I think it was like a paycheck because that movie lost me but other than that

Yeah,

they've all been amazing like it's it's an incredible franchise

And also, honestly, if Mission Impossible 2 is the worst entry in your franchise, that's a pretty good franchise, because at least Mission Impossible 2 has that crazy operatic John Woo about it.

You know, at least it's got a personality.

You know, it's got a boring bad franchise entry, like so many franchises aren't there.

Very well said.

So let's talk about, you saw, Matt Miller is my guest, check out his work at A Man About Film.

I assume you'll have an article after the Milwaukee Film Festival, Matt, on your sub-stack.

We'll look forward to reading that at some point, but what have you seen?

I know we talked about, I have not seen Sinners yet, but you have.

Did you like Sinners?

I'm a really big fan of Sinners.

That is the new Ryan Coogler juke joint vampire movie that has become a box office sensation.

Which you love to see but I think that movie is tremendously done Ryan Coogler is one of our best young kind of emerging directors Obviously, he did Fruitvale station and Creed and the Black Panther movies And yeah, I think sinners.

It's the music is incredible in it.

It's mostly a music movie Which is great.

It's beautifully shot.

It's scary when it's time to be scary.

It's funny There's a shot in the middle of the movie that if I see a better shot this year

I'm having a very good year, just a perfect calculation of what the movie is trying to talk about in terms of culture and in terms of kind of, you know, culture clashes and things of that nature.

Really, really good movie.

It is kind of blockbuster.

You want to see Hollywood make where it is good entertainment, but also a lot on its mind, a lot to chew on afterwards.

I really enjoy centers.

Wow, I'm so excited to see that I kept missing the times and and talk about Ryan Coogler He has got the Midas touch man.

I don't think he's made a film that hasn't made a ton of money.

I mean Yeah,

he's and all he's done is make great hits and a lot of times out of movies I mean we forget that no one was really looking forward to Creed before Creed that came out

It seems like kind of, you know, shameless nostalgia franchise bait.

And then it came out and it was like, is this the best Rocky movie?

Like did he make, you know, did he top the original with Creed?

Um, and then obviously he did Black Panther, which I think is probably the second best Marvel movie across all of its 30 some movies at this point.

I think that's in the conversation.

And even Wakanda forever, you know, for a movie that had so much writing on it and, you know, it's, it's lead passes away.

And, you know, it's in the weird MCU stew of trying to set up this post-Endgame world.

I think that movie actually is a lot better than people might think.

The Ryan Coogler part of that movie is really good.

Yeah, well said.

All right, so let's try to get through a couple more of these before we let you go, Matt.

Drop.

What did you think about drop?

I liked about 75% of it.

I thought the end got a little crazy, but what was your take on drop?

Yeah, I really wanted to like drop more than I did.

The movie, I think it's this who done it that kind of doesn't really supply you with a really interesting batch of kind of, you know, question marks and mysteries.

And as a result, you kind of midway through the movie are like, I'm just watching a movie about a woman on her phone.

Like that's what this movie is going to be.

And, you know, it's really hard to make people just sitting on their phone at an awkward dinner, good cinema.

And the director tries his best, but I just don't think there's enough kind of meat to the mystery and to the entertainment aspect of that movie.

I really wanted to love that movie.

And I kind of walked out just kind of being like, that's fine.

You know, I was kind of the same way, like she's on her phone and as it's wrapping up, Brandon Slunar says, I'll call 911 and the guy was already in her house.

And then she

takes the

elevator down 80 floors, gets in her car, hits traffic, gets to her house and somehow the thing's not over.

It's just, it's

like, it's just sloppy

writing.

You know, that can be fixed.

It was

really frustrating.

And I also, I think the movie starts poorly too because this movie, which

seems like it's gonna be a light, fun, you know, kind of like dinner who done it murder thing.

And it starts and it wants to be this, you know, stereotypical 21st century.

No, actually, this horror movie is about trauma.

And it's about, you know, it's about these heavy subjects.

And I think that's fine.

I think there are a lot of really good horror movies about trauma and about how like, you know, the real monster in this movie is depression and all these kind of mental things.

And I think there are really good movies about that.

We don't need every single horror movie to be, but actually it's about trauma.

You know, it'd be nice in the case of, and especially in the case of Drop, which it feels like such a tonal clash with the rest of the movie, which is supposed to be, you know, kind of this lighter, fun, kind of weird, contrived dinner, hitchcock mystery to kind of have this really serious undertone to start the thing kind of just.

You're not buckled in for a wild ride.

You're kind of like, oh, this is this is a darker thing than I really want.

Right.

Matt, we got about 30 or 40 seconds left, Matt.

Did you see warfare?

I

did see warfare.

I think warfare is quite a good movie.

That's the new war movie directed by Alex Garland, who we just talked about.

He's worked with Danny Boyle a lot in the past.

He actually wrote 28 days later.

And this is a Iraq war movie.

Very immersive.

Uh, doesn't make you want to go to war.

It's a very effective war movie.

I thought it was outstanding.

I really did.

And, uh, I look forward to doing this again soon, buddy.

I know you got a movie to get to, but I appreciate you taking the time out.

Thank you so much and enjoy your hometown movie festival, Matt.

It's

fantastic.

Pete, thank you so much for having me.

Always.

We'll get a wrap up when this thing's done, but thanks so much, Matt.

You bet.

Okay, buddy.

All right, that's Matt Miller.

We are coming right back with Conrad and me taking on a silver back gorilla.

It's right after the break, folks.

This is Pete Schwabba in Nightlight on the Civic Media Radio

Network.

Welcome back.

All right, it is Friday night Here on the civic media radio network folks great to have you with me.

This is nightlight.

I am Pete Schwabba and We've got our question of the night is what is your favorite Marvel movie or character you can answer either way I

Admittedly, I'm not a huge Marvel guy.

I don't know.

I mean, I've seen most of the films, I would say, but it's not in my wheelhouse.

But I thought I would put it out there.

I know there are a lot of Marvel fans that listen to the show, including the kid, Conrad Krieger.

And so you can share your favorite Marvel movie with us or character at 855-752-4842-8555 Civic or text us on the stream if you're watching on YouTube, Facebook, or Twix.

And you can also text us on the Civic Media app.

PJ, on the stream says, my favorite Marvel character is Cyclops.

I'd like to be able to emit a laser beam from my eyes.

Well, who wouldn't, PJ?

That would be a pretty cool party trick.

Do you know Cyclops, Con?

Yeah, I think it would be really cool to do that, too.

Me, too.

I think, I don't know who it was.

It was George Carlin or someone used to joke about the flamethrower.

He's like, how did the flamethrower?

How did that get invented?

It's like if some guy's sitting there going, man, I'd really like to set that guy on fire.

But he's so far away.

Like seriously out of the flamethrower.

Oh, it's beautiful.

Mark from Prairie to Sax says the Eternals deserved a sequel.

Yes, it does.

It's the Angelina Jolie one, right?

Yeah, that was kind of a big movie, right?

I

think it did

well.

I think it... I don't remember her being in that, to be honest.

I think it was Angelina Jolie and then the girl from Crazy Rich Asians.

So

the Eternals start Kit Harrington.

Yeah, Kit Harrington.

Yeah.

Let's pull it up.

Salma Hayek.

Yeah, Angelina Jolie's in it.

And Richard Madden, Gemma Chan, too, from Crazy Rich Asians.

I didn't know her name, but I knew she was.

Oh, Barry Keogan, our bathtub bell.

Yeah.

All right.

That's a good one.

Thank you.

Who texted that?

Mark, from Prairie to Sack.

Thank you, Mark.

Susan from McFarland says good evening Pete and Conrad.

I'm driving so I'll probably spell Conrad wrong.

You did but that's okay She says anyway want my first question is why would men want to fight a silverback gorilla?

And my favorite Marvel movies are actually Dr. Strange.

I really haven't finished them anyway.

Have a nice evening Hours, okay.

Well, thank you Susan and all right, let's get into that before we Run out of time here because the silverback gorilla issue online.

It's all over the internet

And the debate is, can 100 men defeat a silverback gorilla in basically hand-to-hand combat?

Really weird.

It's weird that someone would want to know this.

It's also weird that it's become a phenomenon.

I watched this clip last night on NBC News that said they did this whole breakdown.

And apparently the gorilla would get tired and the men would prevail.

But a lot of men would get their ass kicked early.

Part of the issue was men would go in tentatively and not really want to rush the gorilla So they would have to have a plan of attack if all hundred men weren't afraid of dying and they rushed the gorilla.

It's over But there's a fear factor here But it is weird and the silverback gorilla as I was reading about it last night is in danger like why would you You know Isn't it enough that we hate Canada now in Greenland?

We have to hate the silverback girl.

Why would we want to fight a silverback gorilla an endangered species?

Conrad, I'm asking you.

I don't know.

All right.

So what people might not know, Con, is that Conrad and I, like I said, we were at Heritage Hill recently, last summer, I think it was, and a Silverback gorilla got out.

And we thought we would be good citizens and try to corral the Silverback gorilla, get it back to the zoo.

So it was two of us against the Silverback gorilla.

And here's what happened.

Go!

Get him!

Conrad,

get him!

to punch him in the head, twip his legs.

Headlock.

You got this.

No, I don't.

Get in there.

I don't.

Get him.

Come on.

Oh, no.

No, no, no, no.

Headlock.

No.

Kick him in the balls.

Oh.

Oh, he's fighting dirty.

Come on.

Come on.

Grab him.

Oh, he's got both my legs.

I got this.

I got this.

I got this.

Oh.

He's got both my legs.

I'm sorry, buddy.

I'm getting out of here.

He just threw me.

Ah.

Man, it took you a while to get over that.

I had bumps and bruises, but I will admit you took the brunt of it.

I thought I was more the strategy guy.

I'm gonna tell you where to attack.

But you got through it okay.

You met your deductible, certainly, but you were brave in the face of danger.

I will say that, buddy.

Yeah, I wouldn't fight another one.

I'll tell you that.

No, you healed remarkably well, too.

Yeah, like two

days.

I was healed.

Yeah, you were back, back behind the board, and healed up right in time for your trip to Italy, which was nice.

But watch out for those silverback gorillas, folks.

They're not, they're not gentle creatures.

They're not docile, but they're, I don't know why we need to fight them.

Like, that was a hap, that just happened to, he just happened across our paths.

That's a weird thing.

It's not like we went looking for trouble.

This poor guy, we just wanted to get him back to safety.

All right, so there you go.

That's our silverback gorilla issue that was fun to make.

Tony, the trucker from the 608 says, Pete, it's the Hulk.

Over the past 50 years, I've had jobs that required me to consistently lift heavy things resulting in bulging muscles.

Finding clothes to fit was a curse.

I'm with you, buddy.

Do more reps, though, and just tone yourself, Tony.

Don't try to.

You don't need to pack muscle on at this point.

Who are you trying to impress, really?

Be careful out there.

Tom from New Berlin says, Groot love.

What is that kind of?

Is that the Eternals?

Are those the creatures?

No, Groot is from the gardens of the galaxy.

Oh, okay.

I gotta brush up on my Marvel stuff.

This is embarrassing.

Your DC stuff.

My DC stuff.

Oh, I love DC.

Paula Conrad's mom checks in and says, my favorite Marvel movie is Guardians of the Galaxy.

I enjoyed the humor.

Yeah, it's really funny.

If you remember David Batista, he was very funny at it.

All right, keep those texts coming, folks.

What is your favorite Marvel movie and your favorite Marvel character?

You can make some match.

We're coming right back with our pal, Mike Clemens.

He's here after intermission.

It's Pete Schwabba and Nightlight on the Civic Media Radio

Network.

Broadcasting live from the Civic Media Studios in Green Bay.

This is Night Light with Pete Chwaba.

Your inside source on everything entertainment from Wisconsin to Hollywood.

And now, a guy who does his own stunts, Pete Chwaba.

I was talking for a minute.

Your camera was not I just

I just did the most beautiful comeback on the show.

It would have won we it would have won me a what is it a local Emmy maybe a regional Emmy.

Okay.

Okay.

And I had my voice.

Oh my God.

Welcome back tonight.

Ladies and gentlemen, that is one of the flaws of doing the show.

But it is great to have you with me as we start act two tonight.

And having a lot of fun here.

Matt Miller was here.

We played some audio of Conrad and I fighting a silverback gorilla.

There was only two of us We did our best and uh, we've still got terry bar coming up at 7 35 on a barband friday night And our pal mike clements is going to join us in just a second our question of the night is What is your favorite marvel movie or character share that with us on the text line at 8 5 5 7 5 2 4 8 4 2 8 5 5 7 5 civic

or on the app or on the stream if you're watching on YouTube, Facebook, or Twix.

Great to have you with me on this Friday night.

It's great to have Mike Clemens with me in studio.

I only wish I were there to welcome them in person.

Hey, buddy, how are you?

Good, Pete.

How are you?

Good.

You look good there with the WGBW behind you.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Did you work out of there a lot with the draft when you were in town?

Yeah, yeah, I actually use the facility here downtown worked out great only one parking ticket And right now I you know, you guys, you know, it's it's downtown on Friday night in Green Bay.

It's hoppin.

I'm parked like an ash wobbon on I mean it about three four blocks away or so

Listen go next door Mike get yourself some gelato.

It's delicious.

Oh

Jocelyn and at B. I think is his name.

Wonderful people.

I'll say.

Yeah.

Yeah.

If I had known you were coming in, I don't know why we didn't.

I thought for some reason you were on the phone.

I would have been there because it would have been great to see you, but it's great to see you like this.

And I appreciate you taking the time.

Well, it came up because we got to rookie mini camp going on this weekend for the Packers.

Okay.

And then tomorrow night, I got to Brewers and Cubs to cover at the field and then a Sunday afternoon game and the Astros come to town.

So drove up this morning.

And got here and we, uh, and then we got to talk to all the players, all the rookie draft picks, starting with Matthew Golden, the wide receiver out of Texas.

They took in the first round.

Conrad was there in person out there in the crowd, you know, watching what happened.

And I'm excited, man.

He's, he's, um, I, I said to him today, is this been a blur?

Cause like nine years ago, Pete, he and his mom were living outside of a Walmart.

Oh my gosh with no place to live and he's like in junior high and he's gone from that To high school to a family taking him in for three years to getting into Houston and then transferring order to Texas and the Longhorns where he's in more of a pro set and then getting in the first round pick and being on that giant stage in front of 200,000 people I mean what that's been a blur But he said you know I work hard at this

Every day and that's all I'm here.

And yeah, every once in a while he has to catch his breath But I'm really excited to see what this game we're gonna get to see him in practice tomorrow That's

exciting and I'm sure no one is more excited than Jordan Love.

What do you make of that mic that?

It didn't really draft receivers in the first round for Farver or Aaron Rodgers But here we go this guy runs like a four.

He runs like a 3-1 40.

He's very fast I saw him last night in a video running the 40 was incredible.

I

Yeah, just from what I have watched of his tape at Texas a little bit of them reminds me of that first year with a guy named Greg Jennings We could have that kind of breakaway speed the good hands Now we just want to see how crisp the routes are How smart of a player he is because Greg was very smart Greg Jennings man I remember his rookie mini camp and on me doing reports and say this dude looks like he's been here five years I mean he took off right away with farve, you know

and led to that outside threat.

And then they had all those different receivers back then from different sizes and shapes, and you know, on a tight end and your Michael Finley and everything like that.

But we'll see, we'll see.

You know, I get to, I get to see him work out for the first time tomorrow.

But yeah, Matthew Golden, and I also said to him, I said, so he's aware that, you know, they have not taken a wide receiver in the first round from the Green Bay Packers since 2002.

I said, yeah, Javon Walker, I said, do you realize?

You weren't born yet.

You weren't even born yet.

He says, he says, it's clear to me how significant this is.

And he put it on his shoulders.

He wants to be that standout guy to make sure to say to everybody, the Packer fans, they made the right choice, taking me at 23rd overall in front of 200,000 people.

Yeah.

No, you love God.

You love that kind of attitude, especially from a rookie.

What else stood out to you?

Mike about the draft.

I mean, this is a historic event for Green Bay.

It must have been really cool being there.

Did anything happen that surprised you or kind of blew you away at any level?

Yeah, you drew 600,000 people and you had one arrest.

Eight people asked to leave, one arrest with the fortress of security that was around that place.

Think about this, 600,000 people in three days.

And of course, Friday was cold and rainy all day long.

Summerfest or Wisconsin State Fair that runs 10 11 days.

Yeah, you know Green Bay match their attendance in three days That's that's how it that's how intense it was over there and the other thing And I learned true is you know, you had to get a free pass, you know Conrad knows this you got your you wanted an applied for pass Maybe had to give up your email and you get your ticket on your phone and then you show that ticket

when you went through security to get inside in the parking lot in front of the stage.

That's not how they took attendance.

And you know, down in Milwaukee, back in the day, you know, 20 years ago or further back, when they did the circus parade, there were some, there were some political talk guys that were like, oh, you know,

Why is this city spending all this money for this parade?

And they were questioning the police estimates of the crowd.

There wasn't a half a million people there.

And we're spending too much money as taxpayers to fund this parade and blah, blah, blah, blah, all that stuff.

So to me, crowd estimates in the state have always been kind of sensitive because there's always sort of tax dollars attached to it.

The way they measured this was they had the cameras they had all set up.

hooked up to a computer that counts the heads through the TV pictures they took.

Oh, my gosh.

That's where we're at in terms of the technology.

That's how they got that attendance level.

The other thing I found out, too, was that yeah, Homeland Security was very interested in that event.

You find out this stuff.

Well, I kind of knew some of this before because some contacts I had.

There was as many as 300 folks that were signed up for Homeland Security.

dressed as fans dispersed amongst the crowd at the very least armed with cell phones.

But the minute they saw something weird going on, they could report it.

You would never know that they were agents, but they were there dressed, you know, spread out and scanning the crowd, making sure everybody was behaving.

There wasn't anything weird going on.

So a lot of planning went into this thing.

And that's great.

And it paid off.

I mean, now there's there's there are restaurants and businesses.

And Pete, I see that I've been to 20 Super Bowls and I see this every year.

You know, the Super Bowl is coming to Jacksonville, Florida.

It's coming back to New Orleans.

It's coming to Indianapolis.

And, you know, for two years, they're pounding.

It's going to be big.

All the crowds and all that.

And then you go to a sports bar about 15 miles away from the stadium where the Super Bowl is going to be held.

Unlike Wednesday night before the game, right?

And they've got extra staff extra bartenders everybody all around and they're like, you know We got like 20 people here They think that Terry Bradshaw and the whole Fox crew are gonna come walk it in they're gonna see celebrities and it's not that way, you know what happens is all the residents gets out of their habits and they've decided I don't want to fight all those roadblocks and security.

Oh, yeah down they stay home and it screws up

You know the the ecosystem of the economy the economy and I'm hearing a lot of that from some of the area businesses that said, you know, it was Actually kind of slow, you know, where were all the people and stuff?

Well, they were down there You know and that they they were the out of towners and everything and a lot of the folks that lived in the Green Bay or shit But you know, I remind them I said look I see this every year when I go to Super Bowl because there's that two-year build-up

The game is on sunday night.

It draws 133 million people more than apollo 11, right?

Sets ratings records.

And then on monday, it's the big celebration.

It was a great game.

Great, you know, everything went okay.

Then about tuesday or wednesday morning, front page paper is the super bowl to our town.

Question mark.

Was it worth it?

Because they've spent all that money, tax money, and extra label to draw that thing there.

And the answer to the question is yeah.

because I just told you some of the cities I've been to, Minneapolis, you know, and they had the press conferences all week long in the cold, but in the Mall of America was a great setting.

You brought the media and all this attention to your town, and it will show up later on in the tourism that people say, oh, this is where they held the draft.

It's like perfect.

It's it's like perfect Advertising I agree with you.

I mean you can't like this is like legendary for Green Bay and people already are fascinated by Green Bay anyway because of the size of the town and we have a team and all that kind of stuff So yeah, I think it's a I think it's a great thing.

My Clemens is joining us here on nightlight.

He just covered the draft last weekend and

Mike, what else?

What else should we?

I know that Luke Fickle was in the news today.

I know the Cubs were playing the Brewers.

The Bucks made kind of a bummer of an exit.

Can I ask you, do you have any thoughts on Yanis?

What do you think is going to happen there?

You're going to see all these stories.

They're already started on ESPN.

Is Yanis leaving Milwaukee?

Yeah.

I am not as conspiracy guy, but I think that it's pretty solid that there are some NBA owners.

And there's two or three networks that spend hundreds of millions of dollars to get the rights of the NBA that are trying to do everything again to get the ratings of that product up by another decimal point.

Because the NBA doesn't draw as much as it should.

And they would love to see a guy like Giannis Santettacupo in New York or in LA, not in Milwaukee, not in Indianapolis and all that.

And you're going to see them keep on suggesting that.

Whereas Giannis has told our local reporters that they're there every day, I don't want to leave here.

I'm going to want another one here.

I love it in Milwaukee.

I want to do it for Milwaukee.

And that'll be the, that'll be what will be going on for the next several weeks and months.

So he said that, but is he, you know, even from friends of mine who were like, uh, great bucks fans and that they're saying like, Oh, well, they wouldn't even blame him if he left, but you're saying he still wants to stay still committed to Milwaukee despite these hurdles that they, the team is facing.

Right.

Right.

Oh, that's fantastic.

All right, Mike Clemens is here, folks.

It's great to have you here with us on this Friday night.

Hopefully we can keep Mike for a few minutes after the break, and then Terry Barr will be along at 7.35.

Our question of the night, folks, is what is your favorite Marvel movie or character?

Conrad, I'm envious.

You get to hang out with Mike.

Yes.

I didn't know that.

It's like I feel like the cool kids are hanging out.

You get Mike Clemens' FaceTime.

I'm very envious.

PJ on the stream says that was good and that was around the time we played our sketch.

Yes, yes.

Thanks.

My pain is your amusement.

Silverback Arilla opened up again a whoop ass on Conrad and me, but Conrad got the brunt of it.

We are coming back after a very short break.

We'll have more with Mike Clemens and then Terry Barr comes along at 735.

Hey, it's great to have you with me.

Hope you're having fun with us here tonight on Nightlight, folks.

It's Pete Schwabba and I'm on the Civic Media Radio

Network.

Civic Media's own Do Everything Guy Luke Mathers has chimed in and says Captain America Winter Soldier is the best Marvel movie.

Great choice, Luke.

I said that too before I got confused and said Wonder Woman, but...

Great text.

Thank you.

This is Pete Schwab.

And Nightlight, welcome back.

We are excited because this is a bar band Friday night.

Mike Clemens is with us in studio.

He's with Conrad in studio, and he just gave us a rundown on the draft.

Mike, it's great to see you.

Great to have you here.

You say Yanis is staying.

I take your word for that.

And I think that would be a great thing.

I love, and it seems like it's kind of, it just doesn't happen anymore.

I've reached a point personally where I don't blame guys for taking the money.

It's a short career You never know what will happen take the money and run like a thief in the night, but I also love when an athlete shows some loyalty to the city that has become his home or her home

Yeah, I just I think he likes it as his home.

They just announced that they're expecting their fourth child But here's the situation John horse the GM just sign an extension

So there's that Okay, you've built this roster to this certain point and you know part of the plan was to bring in Damian Lillard at the peak of his career

right now

all of a sudden He comes back from the blood clot then blows out his left leg his other leg with a torn Achilles.

That's gonna be a year When he comes back, he'll be 36 put on 37 years old at a point guard Right and then a lot of the contracts of this, you know Kurt

Group of guys that you brought in and trades or whatever There you can't really budge there and John horse doesn't have a pick in the first round now until 2031 How do you rebuild

the team?

Oh my gosh,

how do you rebuild a team with that?

So that's why people say all the bucks can do is trade away honest and get you know five six picks and a whole bunch of new players Or you just go back to saying

We're going to go to the plate again and swing with the group that we've got.

And hopefully Bobby Portas doesn't get suspended for 25 games this year.

And Dane can get through a whole season, blah, blah, blah.

But I don't know if he's going to, he can't play at all.

I mean, it's an Achilles.

Sometimes

it can be a career end or something.

Didn't Kobe Bryant have one?

He did toward the end of his career.

I mean, he wasn't really, he could move like he did before.

He was just kind of a.

Shooting from the,

you know, right?

Conrad had his, uh, his Achilles ripped out by that silverback gorilla.

I don't know if you heard that.

Yeah.

Well, up on a seat in a couple of weeks,

you know, he made the mistake of being one of the first of the 100 guys, you know, 97 or 98.

That's

when I drop

it.

You guys

are

doing a fine job up there.

I'll take pictures.

I just want to know, I want to tell you, if we ever see serious combat, I'm going to be right behind you guys.

Do we know

who started

that?

Because it was even on

Colbert last night on CBS.

I don't even know.

I have no idea.

It's a great question.

It's a great question, but I can't believe it's become as viral as it has.

It's just an odd thing.

Mike, did you happen to see read the article?

I think it was on ESPN about Luke Fickle saying, you know, some of the adjustments they're making and how they're in a great place and they're going to go back to the roots or something like that.

Yeah.

What

is the deal?

I don't know.

I'm still

excited for this guy.

I don't know about coach.

You know, he's got a little general MacArthur to him.

You know, like the sunglasses and just looking for the, you know, like I shall return.

And I mean, there's a little bit too much show and not enough.

Yeah.

You know, I don't see direction.

I don't see, you know, we're

taking this step.

I thought we were going to get like I thought.

What's he gonna do go back go back to Paul Christ?

I thought we were gonna bring in this explosive offense and it was gonna be like you know a highlight reel and What when I read in that article today?

I just skimmed it, but I was like don't go back.

What does this mean?

You know, I know they let go of the offensive coordinator But hey, there's one

of the Packers though and I didn't get a chance to talk to him today But the seventh round picked John Williams big offensive lineman.

Okay, he played it Cincinnati, which means He was probably recruited by Luke fickle before Luke right in Madison

Um, I, I haven't seen, I haven't seen game plan strategy, coaching staff, all those kinds of things, core players built yet to get this guy, you know, like a team identity.

And, and that's going to run out pretty quick here.

And to top that off in this NIL portal era.

Oh my gosh.

Right.