The Net (1995)

Hearing Gabrus say he didn't like Your Highness is so sad. That movie (while yes, it's incredibly stupid) was so fun to watch. I loved it. Haven't seen it in a few yrs and gona have to check it out again. There's so many absolutely hilarious parts. And of course Natalie Portman looking like an absolute smokeshow the entire time helps

Something about Gabrus’ “making pasta for bullies” story is pretty upsetting. All the bullies I knew would just knock you around & take your stuff. Making pasta is weirdly intimate.

How do you miss referencing the Seinfeld line by George’s father “I saw a provacative movie on tv the other night, it was called The Net with that girl from the bus. But misquote George’s george peppard line.

I was 8 in 1995 when I saw this movie and Hackers, then my dad got our first dial up modem shortly after. One of the first things I did was send an email to the National Association of Hackers, explaining that I was learning about computers and good at keeping secrets and wanted to learn the ways of the black hat. Immediately after I sent the email I realized it was an Australian website for hackey sack players and I freaked out and sent a bunch of follow up emails saying I was joking at first and then eventually I was just begging them not to tell the FBI. I was terrified for months I was going to be arrested and banned from computers like Dade 'Crash Override' Murphy (nee Zero Cool)[idk how to do diacritics].

The "umami" fill was my most satisfying laugh of the last few weeks.

The obscure movie Rodgers brought up about the dog inheritance is called “You Never Can Tell” from 1951.

Artichoke Basille's was so big of a trend in the late 00's that a spot near me, about 500 miles down I-95 from NYC, tried to get away with naming themselves "Artichoke Basil" (There may have even been a small "+" the name for that extra layer of "100% original, don't sue.") That lasted about 6 months before the logo on the door was hastily painted over with a much more generic name.

I have more Neanderthal DNA than 91% of other customers? I’m the Stanger of Action Boyz fans!

After the Netflix thing, I was half expecting Stanger’s story in which he learns that people text pictures to each other to take place in 2018 or something. Sorry if this is annoying.

I worked in Chelsea for years where coincidentally I worked in a studio where they shot scenes for “Miss Congeniality 2” Sandra Bullock was very nice to everyone. Also I believe the burger place was “Lucky Burger” on 23rd

The Net aka ANOTHER Zombinol episode

The Rodge Tapes with Gabrus is great! It's like a ABZ episode about a pretend movie

Awfully late into the month without an official Shadow Wolf movie announcement. I guess we’re getting Indecent Proposal?

Am I the only one who was transported back to childhood halloween memories, when someone triggered their ghost decoration and it played its eerie music? Probably.

Interesting how the Boyz's impression of a Hypothetical Compulsive Masturbator is the same voice they use for Random Sauna Guy. Makes me want to stay out of the sauna... and IMDB trivia.

The snacks are too good, I’ll take the trauma. hahahaha

Shutupshutupshutuppp

<-- always ordered extra cheese (sometimes I'd get really crazy and get extra sauce to balance out the extra cheese)

If you call in you have to say your Neanderthal percentage

I believe the burger place Gabrus and Rodgers are trying to remember is brgr on 7th Ave between 26th and 27th. They had great burgers and fantastic shakes, but they closed maybe 3 or 4 years ago. My brother gave me a gift card for my birthday ages ago and I never got to use it all!

I want a whole season of a podcast about who Gabrus grandma really was.

My wife grew up on this movie and tried to push back on the idea that it had no other stars by mentioning the guy that plays Devlin, but she called him Jerry whatshisface and couldn’t name anything else he was in

Rodgers's Dennis Miller started slipping into Jack Burton.

After a long day of computer hacking, I like to unwind with the smooth, mellow, mentholated flavor you can only get from a Newport. Newports - ask for them at your local pharmacy today!

Internet on disk… 🤣

Sony Hack was almost certainly blackmail by former employee(s), the North Korea stuff was a canard.

Grew up on long Island and remember occasionally ordering extra cheese but can't remember why, other than gluttony. Every pizza places had more than enough cheese and if they didn't you'd just order from one of the 17 other pizza places in a 2 mile radius. Definitely do have visceral memories as a kid of getting a pizza where you could tell it was too much, and you'd have to reslice it yourself because the mass of cheese obscured where it was actually sliced.

One of the richest kids I grew up with is now my bookie, so the rich get richer. Tbf he does give a 20% free play whenever I have to pay. No chance in hell Jamie Foxx, Ben Affleck, Kevin Hart or JB Smoove ever utter the phrase “20% free play”

Living in New Jersey, ordering extra cheese was never even a question. I have only seen it in movies. Anecdotal, and I’m sure people did but I could not fathom needing more cheese. End of tweet.

> You have more Neanderthal DNA than 71% of other customers. Will there be strong correlation between those of us with above average Neanderthal DNA and subbing to ABZ?

This was a great episode. Oh wait, let me translate for Ben and Stanger; OOGA BOOGA OOGA BOOGA. Haha

The bum that got Angela Bennet’s phone: “Now I call the Action Boyz 🥴.”

Artichoke Pizza was still a big thing (or maybe experienced a revival) when I was at NYU in the early 2010s. The artichoke slice was basically spinach and artichoke dip on crust covered in mozzarella. I was more of a dollar slice gal but it was a great late night option.

I had a super rich friend when I was little too. His basement was a literal skatepark we shredded on with razor scooters. He was weirdly into yo-yos and flip knives. In highschool his house was broken into and he used said flip knives to stab the shit out of the intruders. Shortly after, in class one day, we were watching Saving Private Ryan and that scene where the Hebrew Hammer gets stabbed I leaned over to another friend and said "I can't imagine stabbing anyone." The rich kid was sitting behind me and just said "it's easier than you'd think."

Hell yeah

Ordering pizza??? Through a computer!!!????

Did anyone else think Jeremy Northam's hair in this was bad?

dang it Rodgers https://twitter.com/Ben_Rodgers/status/1636058138687463428?s=20

Ben is wrong. Artichoke Pizza rules.

I used to go to pizza.ru but then felt weird about supporting Putin so now I hang at pizza.pl

Sandy B carries this movie. I disliked her in the 90s for some reason.

Ordering the pizza online absolutely blew me away as a kid.

I remember getting wolfenstein from a neighbor. It was like 8 3.5” floppy discs. Took a day.

The Net 2.0 sounds like a movie that was picked for The Rodge Tapes

You guys are on the right track with extra cheese. As a kid in small-town Indiana the standard pizza order was meat and extra cheese. This was the adults ordering for us kids.

I used to work at Sandy Bull's crappy restaurant here in Austin. That is all.

It's amazing how many movies in the '90s the Under Secretary of Defense was a crucial character in.

Finally!