Episode 72: Guardians of the Box Office

Published: May 9, 2017, 3 a.m.

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It\\u2019s been a few weeks since the last full Screeners episode, and somewhere in there, a new season of TV kicked off. First on the list for this episode is talking about all those new shows and seeing if the Screeners are watching any of them. Who knows; even the cord cutters might have something to say. Or maybe not; knowing Chris, he\\u2019ll just be rewatching Hannibal or something.

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After that, though, it\\u2019s on to the $145 million elephant in the room. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is out, and no lackluster reviews can hold the powerhouse back (OK, so it hasn\\u2019t had too many to begin with). The Fast and the Furious \\u201cfamily\\u201d jokes almost write themselves, but they don\\u2019t entirely write themselves, and we don\\u2019t want to spend enough time thinking about Vin Diesel to come up with any, so we\\u2019ll spare you. Just know that if we did write one, it would involve praising how much better Vin Diesel\\u2019s vocabulary is in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies.

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That\\u2019s it for this episode: some TV and one movie. \\u201cHow could the episode possibly last an hour?\\u201d, you might ask. Well, we don\\u2019t know; it just does, OK?

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Join us next time for the annual Anticlimactic Summer Movie Wager, where consequences are eternally promised but never delivered. Until then, it\\u2019s Facebook for us all.

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