Trend 'n' M's Super Bowl Special 2/13: SuperBowl, The Flash, Indiana Jones, Netflix, Megan Fox, MGK

what I was expecting. I don't think I've ever seen Rihanna perform live, like just yeah, I don't think I had or even like thought about what a Rihanna performance would be like. And it was very fascinating. It was like exactly what I would want her energy to be, which is just like yeah, like I'll funk, you'll dance for me, like basically, Um, and like the dancing. The dancers were amazing, Like it were incredible, I mean choreograph dancers.

The staging was dope, the songs were great, and like the fact that she was conspicuously giving people not very much was like what I didn't realize I wanted from Rihanna,

but definitely worked for me. I mean, it was the most I feel like Rihanna thing of to do, which is like, as someone like Rihanna, you know previously you know, shooting on the NFL to come do the Super Bowl do it as like I don't give a funk as possible to not be dancing and then have all these rumors swirling where you know, if you were reading any news about Rihanna, like practicing to the Super Bowl, they were like she's not showing up to rehearsals like whatever, whatever.

And to realize she's pregnant was a great reveal of like her just like not showing up to practice or anything like that because simply she cannot be dancing like that because she is big, big, pregnant. Um. And I loved the memes after of the experiences that I also shared of like you're watching it and you're like, is

she pregnant? But I know she just had the baby, so like I don't want to assume that it's like like not just her post pregnancy body, like all bodies are beautiful, Like you're just these emotions and then you're like, oh no, no, she definitely is is pregnant. Yeah. The people I was watching work were like is she I don't want to say it alloud, like text came through and I was like, Becca confirmed she's pregnant. Everyone's like okay, great, I can feel free wondering now. Yeah, a Becca chant

rang out spontaneous inside scoop. It was great, friends, Yeah, yeah, it was. It was dope. It was interesting that for the first non Pepsi halftime actually now the Apple halftime show, they did have her flying around on her end, like the band and backup dancers flying around on what appeared to be iPads. Yes, yeah, I was like, okay, that's that's pretty uh conspicuous us. But I like it. I

did not miss Pepsi personally. Usually, I feel like the Pepsi the trademark of the Pepsi show was always like we start with like a teenager who sprints onto the field and like is like amazed by what's happening. And there's like always like a crowd like dancing right in front of the show. And this was just like all

dancers dancing choreographed. Yeah, this is definitely giving like mini music video, you know, like it was just yeah, so that happened at the super Bowl trend and m's as as we mentioned the super Bowl commercial hit, there's the whole business about Maya Rudolph becoming the new spokesperson for Eminem's, which in turn got rid of like the politically divisive, sexually beguiling, anthropomorphic candy characters. And Fox News was all over it. It's like, let it go, Fox, like, we

can never make you happy, I guess. But it did seem like we were like, so this must all be teeing up some super Bowl commercial. We were right. I think they actually even said that in the initial thing. Um, But it was the commercial itself was so strange, Like I kind of respected it that they went with for their like big thing that they had, you know, captured the zeitgeist with this very stupid debate about whether Eminem's

are sexy or not. I guess um that they then like the payoff the punchline to that debate was something that felt like a like one of one of the SNL sketches that comes on between twelve thirty and one. You know, like that's kind of you're like all right, like that I can see them getting high and cracking up about this at the table read and like that that's fun. But like this was one of the ones that I feel like kind of missed. You know. It

was very weird. I didn't even catch it during the Super Bowl, Like I was watching TV and it was just a Hulu ad that I was like of something I was watching, and I was like, out of the context of the Super Bowl, I was so lost its clam what anyway, continued Jack. So the premise is that she has taken over, not just like as spokesperson, but like the control the candy design, and under her reign, Eminem's are now clam flavored for reasons that not answered

in the commercial. Like I keep wondering, like, am I missing something about my rootolph that makes that lends it to the clam thing, or like is it I don't know. I'm still not sure. I feel like I'm missing an obvious reason that they went with clam flavoring. But yeah, it's just the company immediately announced that the spokes candies are back after the thing, so it was like, the whole idea is and we're going in this new direction. Ha ha, It's a bad direction. Is this what you want?

Tucker Carlson? You filthy pig eat my clan flavored Eminem's And those weren't the exact words of it. But and then they immediately like go back to being Eminem's with uh spookes candies, the Tucker Carlson couldn't jerk off to or not. You know. But that's what's important, I think for for all of us, for America to move forward. It was it was so bizarre, And I want to know, as someone who used working advertising, who was the creative director and where they fired after this because it was

so bad. I don't know, right, you do come from the world of advertising, so like, yeah, I'm just curious, Like frequently during the Super Bowl, during the Super Bowl ads, I have like my brain immediately leaps to the aad agency room when this is pitched, and like what what was going through everybody's mind? What was said that made people be like, oh, yeah, clam okay, right, so they're

clam flavored. Yeah, no, I think I get it? Yeah yeah, um, you know, like what what I do wonder how far back this ad was pitched because depending on the client, this ad either got started last year like March, or if they were able to like steam roll a project, maybe January, but that would be like very much pushing it. I know most of the clients that I worked on

that their ads were in the Super Bowl. We started those projects like immediately after the last Super Bowl, Like the number of people that have to approve an ad read for a podcast, let alone Super Bowl bad like shooting the ad like you gotta like have you have like a bunch of little like creative teams being like

what if? And then they pitched it to the creative director and then the creative director pitch it to the clientate client has to prove it and then they decline it, and they prove it again, and then they got to go make the thing and the producer gets yelled at and it's a nightmare and it's eight months of work to get out there and then potentially of the worst

out of the Super Bowl like this one. Some have speculated that this is perhaps a distraction for the company, seeing as Mars Wrigley was just fined by federal workplace safety authorities in conjunction with an accident in June in which two workers fell into a chocolate bet which they weren't supposed to be working on. Um No, which that's a that's gross. That's also like how Willy Wonka kills one of the kids, and um not to laugh. But oh man, so maybe they had like a Willy Wonka

based like ed and then that happened. They were like, yeah, I don't know. We'll never know. We never will know. The actual state secrets are being leaked because the elderly presidents are how do I open email? Jack? But the you know, these these are the state secrets that will the earth will end and blow away in a cloud of dust before anybody knows what what actually happened with this that to make this had possible. Corporations, they're the

they're the true are true rulers. Let's take a quick break, shall we. I'll come back and do a little trailer, watch super Bowl and dish and we're back. And so the Flash is coming out with highly problematic star as our miller, h just on wax victimizing people for months, like there's been multiple articles, multiple arrass uh and a history of violence as our miller for years, Like, you know, this is not their first time boyering into being a bad person. You know, they have been in trouble with

the law before two. They got multiple arrest in two. But also you know before there have been rumors of you know, assault and battery, you know from prior partners, all sorts of things. So the fact that like Warner Bros. You know, canceled the background movie fully done, like it was a done movie. People were very excited for it. It had, you know, representation after Latino representation, like all the things that you know in this new modern era

of filmmaking people wanted to see. They scrapped, but they are holding on for dear life of the flash I don't understand. I don't. The trailer was okay, you know, but they didn't recast like It's just it didn't seem to me to make sense. It feels like I don't. I'm not saying, oh now I get it, and good decision by you Warner Brothers. But it does like they have a lot of narrative baggage tied up in this one, because this is apparently the one based on a comic

called Flashpoint Paradox. I think super producer Justin was saying, um in which like the different universes crossover with this is their multiverse for sure, this is DC's multiverse. It's very clear they're bringing back all the Batman's. You know, they've got Ben Affleck, Matt Band, You've got Michael Keaton Batman, you're bringing in Supergirl like it is definitely a like merging of like Justice League vibes. But I just don't

think they're like I'm assuming there. Thing is like, well, we already shot the movie and we have to make the money on it and setting up for other movies, and we'll probably recast Ezra Miller in you know, whatever we do with the flash Necks. But I just don't think they're going to make enough money off of releasing this version with Ezra Miller then they would have if they just recasting him and redid it, recut the scenes.

I don't. Yeah, it feels like because I think people are very staunchly against as Rameller right now, and I don't think they're going to see it because people don't have confidence in d C as it is anyway, So I don't think they're gonna be like, oh, but I gotta figure out how it all connects so I can

watch the next d C movie. Right It does feel like they're doing the thing that Spider Man Far from Home, No Way Home, whatever the last Spider Man is, with multiple multiple Spiderman spiders Man was, but they're doing it in a flash movie instead of a Batman movie, but they're doing it with the bat then. Anyways, very questionable decisions to producer Brian a little bit more of a DC head than I is saying, they literally made two cuts of Justice League for no reason with two different

directors exactly. It seems like there's not a like the thing that Marvel is so good at, and it's not it's not great for cinema in general, but like just very consistent and feels like they're always on rails and they've got this thing thought out five years in advance, and d C is always there to just make that look extra difficult, you know. So Anyways, the other big trailer Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. So this one,

I will the Dial of Destiny. So it like they had the Last Crusade, the Razors of the Lost arc Um, Temple of Doom, and then they've really just fallen off with the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and the Dial of Destiny. The Dial, like is the does dial do anything for you other than like an old timey like TV or um. I mean what I was thinking, which is probably incorrect, Like bias, I didn't get to watch the trailer before we hopped on. But my idea is, if you watch parts of the Kribbean, you know they

had that like compassy thing. That's the vibe it's giving me. But I know that's a compass and not a dial, so I'm not sure compassite destiny might have made more sense to me. The dial of destiny just feel strange. Um. But anyways, I am been intrigued now that I found out. I was like, oh, did they even get Spielberg for this? Because if not, they did not get Spielberg. They got

James Mangold, who made Logan. And now I'm more interested in it than I would have been if they had gotten Spielberg, if Spielberg had gotten Spielberg, because he's still the executive producer. But you know, Spielberg took a swing and a miss with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I think I never watched it because I couldn't find a single person who liked that movie. I think I watched it in theaters. Yeah, I think a lot of people. Did you know. My dad's a big Indiana Jones guy,

so I've seen all of them. I'll probably see this one MS down around Christmas. I'll definitely see it with my dad. But I mean, I'm excited. I I love Indiana Jones. I think they're fun adventures. And so James Mangold made Logan, which is and I like Logan too,

So yeah, Logan was great. And it's also like character in their old age being a step slow, um, which seems like you need that to be the plot the premise of an Indiana Jones movie at this point, especially if um, Harrison Ford is actually starring it, which he is because he is getting up there yeah and still looks so good. Just does what a what a face on that man? Truly? Um? Netflix made a reggaeton show

and forgot to include Puerto Rican people in the production. Yes, so I some of the story shocker, But I actually had a friend send this to me and I did a little bit of a deep dive and I was kind of blown, to be completely honest. In November, Netflix announced show Neon, which is going to be focusing on three friends who move from a small town in Florida to Miami with the hopes of making it big in

the world of ricketone. The show chronicles not only they're larger in life, dreams and the harsh comic realities of attempting to make it in the music industry. But with that being said, there are no Puerto Ricans in the writer's room. There are no Puerto Ricans really documented in the making of the show. The showrunner is se Serrano, who is a Mexican American writer, author and journalist, and

then they have a white showrunner, Max Searle. So it is to me very perplexing and kind of hurts to say the least, because I just don't feel like there are a ton of Puerto Rican stories out there that

are being told by and for Puerto Rican people. And I think not to like, I don't know much about che Serrano as a writer or anything like that, but it perpetuates this idea that it's like we as you know, Latinos Latin a latinox folks are this monolith of a culture and like Regaton itself specifically, is so rooted and

not just like Afro Latinoism. It's rooted in like Puerto Rico in the d r in uh like Cuba like it is an Afro like like Caribbean style of music and originated in port Rico as a part of Puerto Rican's like protests with the US government and like creating its own separate culture from the U s as it's

been colonized by the US. So it is just very depressing to hear this that they have been kind of covering it up by saying like, well, we're not going to be focusing on the Puerto Rico aspect of the story. And it's like, but you you can't do that when you're talking about Regaton specifically, like Regaton is puor Rican, like inherently those are two synonymous pieces of culture. You cannot take por Rico recatone and you cannot take Regatona

Puerto Rico. So, you know, it just it feels icky that they're having this like, you know, Puerto Rican lead actor, they're shooting it in puot Rico, but the showrunner is white, the writer's Mexican, and it seems like they're kind of hushing any Puerto Rican voices that are on the set that like they they are exclusively not seeing out Puerto Rican writers, Puerto Rican folks to be a part of the creative process. It's Ikey, It's Ikey Boon Netflix on

this one. I'm gonna watch it, but I I am curious to see how they are going to somehow separate Puerto Rico from Regaton because it's just not possible. You cannot, Like, we just watched the fucking Grammys with that bunny on that stage representing Puerto Rico, and so it's just shooting in Puerto Rico. Is It's wild, especially because it's based in Miami. So I don't get why they can't shoot

in Miami. Not that I like have anything wrong with shooting in putric but given what is going on, um, you know, politically between Puerto Rico and America in terms of trying to get its statehood or trying to you know, become more independent and being supported by the economy, like to be shooting in Puerto Rico and then like spit in their face about like not having any Puerto Rican support on this team. It's just it's kind of ikey for also, schae Serrano, like, is you the creator coming

up with this idea? You did not feel inclined like him because you know he's a he's a podcaster and a good solid writer. But yeah, that's yeah. My friends smited this article from hyper Allergic. They're an independent um Brooklyn journalists uh hub and they do a lot of like news on like the arts and um. They reached out to Toronto. He didn't comment on anything. They've reached

out on Netflix. They haven't really commented on anything, but they did interview um let the Rebels, which is like a really cool independent Latino like activists journalist group UM and Yeah, they they interviewed a bunch of the Puerto Ricans that are are like, you know, like the lower people.

They have like because it's in Puerto Rico, they have you know, Puerto Rican you know, assistant producers and things like that, and they're all saying like they're trying to you know, skirt around the idea that they're not including a lot of Puerto Rican representation in the filmmaking process. And I don't know. I just I hope to hear from Chas Serrano on his perspective when this movie starts or not this movie the show starts to actually get through promo and like goes live and kind of hear

why he decided to make those decisions. But as a Latino in filmmaking, I find it disappointing that we're still especially like this is a black like Latino story, like, these are a Latinos that you're not seeking out to represent their voices, especially during Black History Man, where you're finding this out and you're not going to reach out to Afro Latinos and Black Latinos and actually represent them

as they are authentically. So disappointed here to please if you know more, let me know, Yeah, hit us up. And finally, Megan Fox and m g K. I mean there, it's not not we don't know much. This is a kinetic situation, but the rumors are flying that there their love has ended, they've broken up. Megan Fox apparently deleted all our pictures of m g K and I g followed Eminem, which is the ultimateness to m g K.

Do they feud Eminem and mg K? Okay, So when people were saying that I didn't understand, I was like, is this an allusion to like Eminem and Rihanna's song together or is it something about people like comparing Eminem and mg K. I could see both. I'm not verse enough and Eminem's universe to understand the significance, but it seems to be significant according to the internet and pop culture that he followed Eminem unfollowed him, took all his

photos down, posted Beyonce lyrics. Um, if you listen to Lemonade, which generally people understand Lemonade as a brick up album, but pray you catch me that song like hurts and your soul. Um. So it's clear that he probably cheated on her based on that choice of song. And you know, I'm here for Megan Fox getting her lick back. She needs to leave that man. I've been not about it. The backstory of them and m m g K feud, by the way, is just further solidified that he's just

like a fun boy. Uh. So mg K tweeted about Eminem's daughter. Okay, so I just saw a picture of Eminem's daughter and I have to say she as hot as fuck. Okay, well that's kind of gross. So then I think there's been some dis tracks. Uh yeah, there's well well deserved feud. I love this for Megan. I always want to say, Megan Kelly, Megan Fox to just be spurned and say fuck m g K, because I think a lot of people were like, we want this for you. Yeah, It's just it was a creepy love.

I mean it felt very you know, press ish like from the beginning, but also there was just like so many moments that you would see them on the red carpet and she looked like so over it, right, like He's just like like all over her, and she's just like like he like had no like like rapport on any sort of public display. It's like, I know, some of it was like obviously they were both indulging in it, but sometimes it was just like, bro give her some space.

You're like in her, like you're like sucking her air, Like can you like a step back like I was giving me like plastrophobia watching them? All right, Well, those are some of the things that are trending on this Monday after the super Bowl. We're back tomorrow with the hole Lasque episode of the show Becca. Where can people Find You? Follow you? You can find me and follow me at bex B ECCS, Ramos on all platforms and at mel Mundo's in Bushwick every other Saturday. Yeah. Yeah,

that is going to do it until tomorrow. Be kind to each other, be kind to yourselves, get the vaccine, don't do nothing about white supremacy, and we'll talk to you all tomorrow. Bye bye,