Episode 209: Gandalfs 13

Published: Jan. 1, 2020, 12:42 a.m.

b'Blurb: This week the word is Heist! The guys discuss classic heist movies and stories that follow the heist formula but aren\\u2019t usually thought of as heist stories. Keith describes a mind-melding heist RPG he\\u2019d like to run someday, and talks about the celebrity D&D game he just returned from filming. After the spoiler warning they discuss Mandalorian episodes 4-6, the season 1 finale of Watchmen, and Rick and Morty.

Spoiler warning: Contains Spoilers!

A note about this week\\u2019s cartoon: For those who may not recognize him, that\\u2019s Kylie from Fantastic Mr. Fox. But why Kylie and not Bilbo? We were confused too so we asked Goodloe. Turns out that since he just goes by the title and blurb when creating these cartoons, he didn\\u2019t realize the title was meant to refer to The Hobbit, and its 13 person team, and instead thought of The Lord of the Rings and the team of 9 that Gandalf anchors there. Then, as Goodloe explains, \\u201cGandalf\\u2019s 13 would be playing off the trope of Oceans 11, 12, 13 etc where they add some weird tie in actor each sequel. So by the time they got to sequel 5 from the original 9 members of the fellowship it would be scraping the bottom of the sequel barrel and who else would be the worst member to add to the fellowship of the ring but the least capable member of another heist film.\\u201d'