This week, Phill and Nick talk about the trailers from the Superbowl, despite not knowing which teams actually competed. Other news includes the Oscar nominees, a Jurassic World Dominion trailer and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC. Subscribe or follow on your favourite podcast app! -FOLLOW THE HOLOPROJECTORS- Main YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJcv-2uNceRYJCn-4jaVgw Let's Plays: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGlI8cBeHHGf-8-WjziZiNw Twitter: https://twitter.com/holoprojectors Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holoprojectors Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/holoprojectors Stream Archive: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx3Pn0XY0g0axDBInXULItw -CREDITS- The Cynical Optimists is created and hosted by Phill (@holophill) and Nick. Logo by Nick Cynical Optimists Theme and Stingers by Idris Hayward Edited by Phill Show Outline and Time Stamps: Intro 0:00:35 TV/Film news 0:04:50 - Remembering Ivan Reitman RIP - Star Wars: Book of Boba finale brief chat - Star Wars Obi Wan Kenobi series gets a poster - Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon: Snyder Star Wars? - Coyote vs ACME movie coming with John Cena, James Gunn to produce - More Star Trek films with Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto et al - Everyone is in Oppenheimer, Chris Nolan’s newest movie - A24: new trailer from Alex Garland called “Men” with Jesse Buckland - New animated “Lord of the Rings” film coming - New trailer for “ELVIS” - Jurassic World Dominion trailer - Oscar nominees announced (and an award-winning monologue from Nick) Gaming news 0:34:38 - Horizon: Forbidden West releases with supporting ad campaigns around trees and statues of all things - Nintendo Direct discussion - Mario Kart, Advance Wars, Assassin’s Creed, Metroid Dread, Kirby, Portal 1+2, No Man’s Sky, Star Wars The Force Unleashed - Star Wars: The Old Republic gets a cinematic trailer for its new content - Leaks suggest Batman Arkham collection coming to Nintendo Switch - Nintendo stopping support for 3DS and Wii U eShops in March 2023 (correction: Phill said Wii U eShop launched in 2014 - it was actually 2012 - woops) - Gary Bowser gets over three years in prison following lawsuit with Nintendo - Ubisoft not looking to be acquired at the moment - Ubisoft planning new smaller stealth-based Assassin’s Creed ahead of Infinity - No(,) More NFT Stories(!) (seriously, watching this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g) - Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit gaming rights up for sale (amongst other rights) - Fallout 76 still exists and is getting new stuff this year - Microsoft to shut down Xbox Live services on Windows Phones - CD Projekt Red relaunching Cyberpunk 2077 following difficult initial launch - Activision confirms the next Call of Duty will be a sequel to 2019’s Modern Warfare, making it the second Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 potentially - Weird Product of the Week: Steamed Hams Fanmade Adventure Game https://youtu.be/mpgtt1m3Buc Discussion: Superbowl Trailers 1:03:13 Phill and Nick discuss the trailers that premiered during the Superbowl, including Dr. Strange 2, Moon Knight, Amazon’s Lord of the Ring, Nope and DC’s “Heroes” trailer. Outro 1:21:17
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