WEBVTT 00:00:25.420 --> 00:00:28.680 Hello everyone, and welcome to Salt Cravings. 00:00:28.700 --> 00:00:29.740 My name's Brianna. 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:30.940 And my name's Clair. 00:00:31.220 --> 00:00:34.920 And today we are back with our normal podcast. 00:00:34.940 --> 00:00:36.000 It's episode 20. 00:00:36.100 --> 00:00:36.780 That's pretty cool. 00:00:37.480 --> 00:00:43.180 Yeah, and well, Clair, I was thinking, now that it's episode 20, I think it's time for us to stop like messing around. 00:00:43.200 --> 00:00:45.520 I think we need to actually do a real podcast. 00:00:45.860 --> 00:00:47.160 What is a real podcast? 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:52.480 Well, I just think, I think we need consistent intros, outros, structure. 00:00:52.540 --> 00:00:53.360 We had our fun. 00:00:53.860 --> 00:00:57.640 We enjoyed doing different things, you know, for 19 episodes of fun. 00:00:58.520 --> 00:00:59.940 Yeah, there's 19 episodes of fun. 00:00:59.960 --> 00:01:01.600 Now, we got to get real. 00:01:01.740 --> 00:01:04.320 We got to make our podcast into a business. 00:01:04.340 --> 00:01:09.600 We got to have a consistent structure, like all those other podcasts. 00:01:09.620 --> 00:01:13.660 Yeah, I got all those sponsors, advertisements, the whole deal. 00:01:13.660 --> 00:01:17.040 So I think we're both agreed on this, that this is the right way to go. 00:01:17.060 --> 00:01:20.740 So Clair, what do you think we should be doing for a consistent intro from now on? 00:01:21.660 --> 00:01:24.180 Uh, hello and welcome to Salt Cravings. 00:01:24.460 --> 00:01:25.880 Yeah, okay, well, it's interesting. 00:01:25.900 --> 00:01:27.060 You know, it's not fun. 00:01:27.080 --> 00:01:28.520 We're leaving fun behind. 00:01:28.540 --> 00:01:29.840 We are leaving fun behind. 00:01:29.860 --> 00:01:31.180 We can no longer be funny. 00:01:31.220 --> 00:01:34.060 We'd be funny, but it's sort of like it's a morose humor. 00:01:34.220 --> 00:01:35.660 It's a really morose humor. 00:01:36.360 --> 00:01:38.020 It's got to be like really dark. 00:01:38.160 --> 00:01:41.460 Hello and welcome to What You Believe Is Salt Cravings. 00:01:43.440 --> 00:01:45.420 Hey, I might be Brianna. 00:01:46.240 --> 00:01:47.900 There's a chance that I'm Clair. 00:01:48.080 --> 00:01:50.920 And then, but then what after that bit, what do we say? 00:01:51.020 --> 00:01:54.500 Because right now we just keep doing, you know, whatever nonsense. 00:01:54.520 --> 00:01:56.800 And clearly that's not a good idea. 00:01:56.900 --> 00:02:00.660 And as we know, no one's ever built a franchise on whatever nonsense. 00:02:01.180 --> 00:02:02.200 Yeah, exactly. 00:02:02.220 --> 00:02:04.040 It's certainly not a comedy franchise. 00:02:05.340 --> 00:02:07.020 Maybe we just do news recaps. 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:10.440 Because we are now like a really serious, like edgy show. 00:02:10.460 --> 00:02:12.760 And the news is maybe the most edgy thing these days. 00:02:13.200 --> 00:02:13.940 True. 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:19.900 So we could just do a news recap, you know, after we get into the show, we just start going off of them. 00:02:19.920 --> 00:02:21.420 Do you want to tell me about news? 00:02:21.780 --> 00:02:22.140 Sure. 00:02:22.180 --> 00:02:24.160 Well, everything is bad. 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:24.760 Yeah. 00:02:24.860 --> 00:02:31.380 I was trying to think of a news article that wasn't literally the most sad and depressing thing in the world. 00:02:31.580 --> 00:02:34.160 And, Clair, the thing is I couldn't think of one. 00:02:34.180 --> 00:02:35.720 I saw one good one. 00:02:35.740 --> 00:02:37.560 Yeah, give me the good news article. 00:02:37.940 --> 00:02:41.840 Sam Smith came out as non-binary, but then I learned that that came out a year ago. 00:02:41.920 --> 00:02:42.240 Yeah. 00:02:42.260 --> 00:02:47.040 Well, that whole situation is Sam Smith came out once upon a time and everyone was like, okay, cool. 00:02:47.600 --> 00:02:52.040 And then like did an interview with Jamila, Jamil who plays Tawny in The Good Place. 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:56.140 And like, I don't even know, came out again, came out more. 00:02:56.160 --> 00:02:58.240 I mean, it's like, was explicit about... 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:00.780 Show me one queer who's come out once. 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:02.200 I mean, that's the thing, right? 00:03:02.220 --> 00:03:04.420 You got to come out at least like five times. 00:03:04.440 --> 00:03:06.340 So Sam Smith has like three to go. 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:07.000 Three more. 00:03:07.020 --> 00:03:07.920 Yeah, like three more to go. 00:03:07.940 --> 00:03:08.740 It's like a video game. 00:03:08.760 --> 00:03:10.960 You have a discharge rate coming out. 00:03:11.020 --> 00:03:12.560 Yeah, I didn't read the whole article. 00:03:12.580 --> 00:03:13.180 I'm not going to lie. 00:03:13.200 --> 00:03:15.240 It just came up on my newsfeed and I was like, wow. 00:03:15.260 --> 00:03:19.180 This is why we should be presenting the news because we don't need to read the news articles. 00:03:19.200 --> 00:03:22.640 It was a small little happiness in the badness. 00:03:22.780 --> 00:03:24.260 It's a small little happiness. 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:25.200 We shared some news. 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:26.000 There we go. 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:27.060 Are we done? 00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:28.120 Yeah, I think we did. 00:03:28.220 --> 00:03:32.220 I think this is a really good structure for what we're going to do moving forward. 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:33.840 And we're going to do this for every episode. 00:03:33.860 --> 00:03:34.600 Yeah, OK, cool. 00:03:34.620 --> 00:03:35.840 Would you like to give me a craving? 00:03:35.980 --> 00:03:37.800 Yeah, I would like to give you a craving. 00:03:37.920 --> 00:03:40.800 I've been thinking a lot about tabletop RPGs. 00:03:48.300 --> 00:03:51.420 And we did bring up Nia and Rix on the podcast last time. 00:03:51.420 --> 00:03:52.140 We did. 00:03:52.160 --> 00:03:53.900 And I really like tabletop RPGs. 00:03:53.920 --> 00:03:55.980 This might come as a surprise that I'm a huge nerd. 00:03:56.040 --> 00:03:57.560 I imagine no one has guessed that. 00:03:57.740 --> 00:03:59.000 I am shocked, Clair. 00:03:59.580 --> 00:04:02.220 So I've been thinking a lot about tabletop RPGs. 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:07.460 So I just actually like to read you a passage from the creation of D&D from Wikipedia. 00:04:07.720 --> 00:04:08.920 I'm just kidding, of course. 00:04:09.020 --> 00:04:10.960 I want to make a tabletop RPG with you. 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:13.860 Yes, yes. 00:04:14.460 --> 00:04:15.980 So I've written some stuff down. 00:04:16.960 --> 00:04:19.820 Just because we are kind of on a timer here. 00:04:20.080 --> 00:04:20.660 We are. 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:21.380 It's true. 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:27.620 So one thing that I really like about tabletop RPGs is there's a scope to them. 00:04:27.660 --> 00:04:36.980 You can really zoom in and tell a really minute story day by day, or you can do world building and go years or months or weeks at a time. 00:04:37.060 --> 00:04:41.080 And so one thing I wanted to ask is like what level of zoom do you prefer? 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:43.020 Oh, that's a good question. 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:50.140 Because to be honest, I play both games that are like huge, big affairs and like games that are tiny and small, right? 00:04:50.340 --> 00:04:56.980 I would be interested because I kind of know what I want out of a big like civilization building game. 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:57.780 Let's zoom in. 00:04:57.840 --> 00:05:00.260 Let's zoom in on like a group of people. 00:05:00.280 --> 00:05:02.380 Previous to this, I sort of thought about this. 00:05:02.400 --> 00:05:03.820 I asked myself like, what do I prefer? 00:05:03.880 --> 00:05:07.420 And the thing is, I've never actually played a big overarching game. 00:05:07.540 --> 00:05:12.300 I've played a lot of very like everyone's a character, and I really like when people have characters. 00:05:12.320 --> 00:05:13.240 So I want to keep that. 00:05:13.540 --> 00:05:21.520 And one thing I was thinking is players having actions that cost time instead of points or something. 00:05:21.540 --> 00:05:26.360 And so you can have like a big time action, a medium time action and a small time action. 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:31.880 And then you, as I guess a GM can sort of set like what is the scope of this game? 00:05:31.900 --> 00:05:32.600 Is it years? 00:05:32.980 --> 00:05:33.640 Is it weeks? 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:35.320 What is a big time action? 00:05:35.340 --> 00:05:36.020 Is it a day? 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:36.780 Is it an hour? 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:37.840 I like this. 00:05:37.860 --> 00:05:41.300 This is something that the game Kingdom does really well. 00:05:41.320 --> 00:05:48.940 Kingdom does have a mechanic called time passes, because basically Kingdom is characters playing through scenes that determine the fate of a kingdom. 00:05:49.020 --> 00:05:50.500 The kingdom can be on any scale. 00:05:50.580 --> 00:05:56.740 And after every scene, you check either crisis, if you think the kingdom is in crisis, crossroads and time passes. 00:05:56.900 --> 00:06:00.120 If you think that no meaningful action has been taken on a crossroad. 00:06:00.200 --> 00:06:02.060 Time passes can be any length of time. 00:06:02.220 --> 00:06:06.920 I'm actually playing a game of Kingdom right now, where we are on a time passes right now. 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:13.140 So we're taking a couple of weeks between games because busy, and it's going to be three years difference in game. 00:06:13.260 --> 00:06:20.140 It's cool because it also depends on like, if you're playing kids in like a high school, three weeks is everything. 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:30.000 Yeah, you could have a passage of time where a small action is literally like a class, or like a medium action is like a day, or a big action is like a couple days, or like a week. 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:32.400 Like what could you do in a week in high school? 00:06:32.460 --> 00:06:34.840 Or what could you do in a single class in high school? 00:06:34.900 --> 00:06:35.840 You do a lot, right? 00:06:35.860 --> 00:06:37.420 Like that's the whole thing. 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:41.220 Yeah, so that's the main thing is that I want like three action classes. 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:44.480 I want big, medium and small, and then it's up to the GM to decide. 00:06:44.540 --> 00:06:44.980 Yeah. 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:52.140 I really like the idea of the player telling the GM what they want to do, and then the GM deciding the size of that action. 00:06:52.140 --> 00:06:52.920 I think that that's good. 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:57.200 I think that that has to have a particular very collaborative like GM style. 00:06:57.320 --> 00:06:57.980 Oh, of course. 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:02.760 Have I said that I love collaboration within game building, world building. 00:07:02.780 --> 00:07:03.540 Me too. 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:05.800 What's the setting? 00:07:05.880 --> 00:07:07.440 That is important, isn't it? 00:07:07.460 --> 00:07:08.280 The sci-fi. 00:07:08.320 --> 00:07:09.160 I love sci-fi. 00:07:09.280 --> 00:07:10.440 So why not sci-fi? 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:13.200 I mean, I like the idea of a very small group. 00:07:13.260 --> 00:07:19.080 I'm thinking literally like a spaceship, two to five people, or one to four players and a GM. 00:07:19.220 --> 00:07:20.860 Okay, so like what else do you have written down? 00:07:20.980 --> 00:07:28.260 So I'm not too sure about how actions relate to scenes, and I really like scenes in the overarching games, but I also want roles. 00:07:28.320 --> 00:07:30.820 I want some randomness introduced into it. 00:07:31.180 --> 00:07:34.880 So I want dice, and I'm not sure how the roles interact with the scene. 00:07:34.900 --> 00:07:44.900 For example, we could do the role first, and then you have to do the scene related to how good the role is, or you do the scene and then you get a bonus or a subtraction to your role. 00:07:45.740 --> 00:07:46.900 Mmm, that makes sense. 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:47.880 And then you finish the scene. 00:07:47.900 --> 00:07:49.700 That's a recognizable structure. 00:07:49.780 --> 00:07:52.860 Again, what we're getting to is games that exist. 00:07:53.180 --> 00:07:57.720 What do you do if you don't just pick your favorite things from existing games? 00:07:57.840 --> 00:08:02.800 I mean, do you have a new idea that's never been done before that you want to throw into this mix? 00:08:03.020 --> 00:08:04.060 So here's the thing. 00:08:04.100 --> 00:08:10.640 I recently was shown on Twitter, someone's already actually made the best tabletop game in the world. 00:08:10.660 --> 00:08:11.400 What's it about? 00:08:11.540 --> 00:08:16.340 It is a sci-fi Carly Rae Jepsen themed heist game. 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:17.840 Oh my God. 00:08:17.860 --> 00:08:28.920 Where the point is you are a small group who is breaking into this like high tech vault to get the 200 unreleased Carly Rae Jepsen songs, which is a real thing that exists. 00:08:28.980 --> 00:08:31.920 A vault of 200 unreleased Carly Rae Jepsen songs. 00:08:32.160 --> 00:08:33.680 I want to play this game. 00:08:33.740 --> 00:08:35.520 And then also do it in real life. 00:08:35.700 --> 00:08:36.620 Yes, same. 00:08:36.780 --> 00:08:45.100 But like the point of that is I really like the mix of just like sci-fi like out there-ness and like something like pop music, right? 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:46.500 Something that is not particularly- 00:08:46.520 --> 00:08:48.500 And also particularly Carly Rae Jepsen. 00:08:48.560 --> 00:08:49.400 Yeah, exactly. 00:08:49.420 --> 00:08:53.140 Who does come from Mission and is the only good thing about Mission. 00:08:53.420 --> 00:08:55.260 Um, Clair, there's another good thing. 00:08:55.280 --> 00:08:55.720 That's you. 00:08:55.880 --> 00:08:57.260 And also The Diner. 00:08:57.900 --> 00:08:58.720 Yeah, that's three. 00:08:58.740 --> 00:08:59.280 We got three. 00:09:00.580 --> 00:09:08.900 I'm very into the idea of doing like a sci-fi game that is focused around a really mundane and like normal thing. 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:10.320 What's the normal thing? 00:09:10.340 --> 00:09:13.120 It's like going grocery shopping, talking. 00:09:13.140 --> 00:09:14.740 It's like, what about like farming? 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:15.820 Farming? 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:18.900 Ooh, what does sci-fi farming look like? 00:09:18.920 --> 00:09:20.520 Put Stardew Valley in space. 00:09:22.100 --> 00:09:22.760 Hey, maybe. 00:09:24.880 --> 00:09:26.220 Throwing out the farming idea. 00:09:26.500 --> 00:09:28.420 You are just people in a town. 00:09:28.660 --> 00:09:29.440 You're just people. 00:09:29.460 --> 00:09:36.140 OK, it is like Stardew Valley in that you are like a group of people in a town who just like do things in that town. 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:37.660 And it's a sci-fi town. 00:09:37.820 --> 00:09:39.580 Your roles are like minor. 00:09:39.780 --> 00:09:41.580 Maybe one person's role is farmer. 00:09:41.700 --> 00:09:43.020 Can I offer an alternative? 00:09:43.080 --> 00:09:43.720 Yeah, go. 00:09:44.020 --> 00:09:48.140 I've played a lot of espionage, D&D and whatnot. 00:09:48.180 --> 00:09:50.600 And not just D&D, but espionage stuff. 00:09:50.700 --> 00:09:53.380 I have this lovely friend who I've talked to you about. 00:09:53.400 --> 00:09:56.580 They ran a lot of my first RPG sessions. 00:09:56.780 --> 00:09:59.600 They loved espionage stuff. 00:09:59.660 --> 00:10:04.740 And basically at the end of every game, we'd come out of it being like, what just happened? 00:10:04.760 --> 00:10:05.100 Yeah. 00:10:05.100 --> 00:10:06.860 What is going on in this world? 00:10:06.860 --> 00:10:11.280 And then like a few sessions later, we'd learn something and put everything in perspective. 00:10:11.460 --> 00:10:14.140 It just be like, there's no such thing as evil people. 00:10:14.160 --> 00:10:16.560 All these people kind of just have their motives. 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:19.940 So I like things going on in the background. 00:10:20.040 --> 00:10:27.100 So yeah, I mean, it could be just that like the world is like in like a crisis of some kind. 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:27.920 Oh, yes. 00:10:27.940 --> 00:10:33.980 It's the world in crisis and you are normal people in like a small town on one planet. 00:10:34.400 --> 00:10:37.860 So what if worlds in crisis and you're incredibly important? 00:10:38.540 --> 00:10:43.700 You're incredibly important and also like you're not incredibly important in the start of the game. 00:10:44.100 --> 00:10:44.880 Interesting. 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:45.600 Okay. 00:10:45.920 --> 00:10:47.580 How long does this game go? 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:49.040 Is it a one session game? 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:50.520 Is it a multi-session game? 00:10:50.540 --> 00:10:52.780 Because sometimes I do just like one session. 00:10:52.940 --> 00:10:53.860 I'm okay. 00:10:53.920 --> 00:11:01.020 I will say one of my feelings on tabletop games is like as much as I love long multi-session games, I'm in two of them right now and they're great. 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:07.440 I am a huge fan of like one shots of like one session games or like stuff that's on a smaller time scale, right? 00:11:07.460 --> 00:11:12.380 Like maybe two sessions or whatever like that is a lot easier to me. 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:14.140 And people haven't forgotten what's happened. 00:11:14.160 --> 00:11:15.440 I don't know, six months ago. 00:11:15.460 --> 00:11:16.780 Yeah, exactly. 00:11:16.800 --> 00:11:21.360 So like I would be way more interested in this being like a one or two session game. 00:11:22.100 --> 00:11:24.120 Because that's just going to be easier for people to play. 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:27.740 What if it's like, oh, okay, actually, hey, Clair. 00:11:27.760 --> 00:11:28.400 Hey, Clair. 00:11:28.420 --> 00:11:29.080 Hey, Clair. 00:11:29.100 --> 00:11:30.760 Okay, I have a way to do this. 00:11:30.800 --> 00:11:31.620 I have a way to do this. 00:11:31.640 --> 00:11:32.760 I have a way to do this. 00:11:33.040 --> 00:11:33.400 Tell me. 00:11:33.940 --> 00:11:41.440 I love mirroring and like the tendency to mirror things on a smaller scale than on a larger scale. 00:11:41.780 --> 00:11:54.900 And I'm thinking, your characters in a small town in a society that's going through a crisis, your small town is also going through a like relevant crisis or a mirrored crisis to the large society. 00:11:55.420 --> 00:12:02.780 And the decisions you make as people in that town end up being the decisions that are made on the large scale. 00:12:04.160 --> 00:12:05.560 Oh, okay. 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:07.960 What if, now hear me out. 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:21.680 What if the small town is you are a simulation and you don't know it, and you're being looked to by the society to reflect the actions that need to be taken for the society. 00:12:21.700 --> 00:12:25.920 Okay, wait, how do you represent the rest of the world if you're all just people in the simulation? 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:31.320 Maybe the people playing the game are the rest of the world. 00:12:31.980 --> 00:12:34.500 And maybe the game being played is the simulation. 00:12:34.500 --> 00:12:35.700 Clair, Clair go Clair. 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:36.460 No, no, no, no, no. 00:12:36.660 --> 00:12:49.020 But okay, what if it's not just the outside world follows exactly to what happened in the game, but you play one game and you are people in the simulation, and then you play another game. 00:12:49.220 --> 00:12:55.020 And you switch, and you see the repercussions, and then you have to do something and then you switch back and forth. 00:12:55.400 --> 00:12:56.900 Oh yeah, that's super cool. 00:12:56.900 --> 00:12:58.880 So you have two characters each. 00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:08.000 This is some like one of those movies where like you enter into the video game, and you're like in the game, and like then you're out of the game shit. 00:13:08.460 --> 00:13:10.620 Like that's what this is, what we're describing. 00:13:10.800 --> 00:13:12.660 We've made Matrix the TTRPG. 00:13:12.680 --> 00:13:15.100 We've made Matrix the TTRPG. 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:16.060 This is so good. 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:17.260 And it's perfect. 00:13:17.280 --> 00:13:17.900 It's perfect. 00:13:17.920 --> 00:13:20.380 God, thank you for making a TTRPG with me. 00:13:20.400 --> 00:13:21.720 I've never done it before. 00:13:21.740 --> 00:13:23.560 It's a craving that's now been solved. 00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:24.660 I'm so glad. 00:13:24.900 --> 00:13:28.240 This was going to come up as a craving of mine if it didn't come up as a craving of yours. 00:13:28.300 --> 00:13:29.140 I'm sure. 00:13:29.160 --> 00:13:33.780 My current Twitter bio is something along the lines of like, I yell about RPGs a lot. 00:13:33.780 --> 00:13:35.440 Like, that's where I'm at as a person. 00:13:35.460 --> 00:13:36.560 And I love this stuff. 00:13:36.900 --> 00:13:38.780 Do you want to give me your first craving? 00:13:38.800 --> 00:13:40.220 I would love to give you my first craving. 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:41.100 I love... 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:48.340 No, let me try that one again. 00:13:48.620 --> 00:13:50.420 My craving is a lot of things. 00:13:50.520 --> 00:13:51.760 Yeah, honestly. 00:13:51.980 --> 00:13:54.900 I love really creative uses of the internet. 00:13:56.100 --> 00:14:03.260 And one in particular that may seem like a small thing, but that is infinitely excellent to me, is domain suffixes. 00:14:03.780 --> 00:14:05.620 Yeah, that is very important. 00:14:05.800 --> 00:14:09.400 Specifically, really creative suffixes. 00:14:09.680 --> 00:14:13.700 Everyone's got their.coms and their.orgs and their.cas and whatever. 00:14:15.020 --> 00:14:17.900 Yeah, goo.gl or time.is. 00:14:18.560 --> 00:14:27.040 Or just anything like.is,.pizza,.whatever is always really funny to me. 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:32.140 And with that in mind, Clair, what's some new domain name suffixes? 00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:33.820 I was trying to think of this. 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:44.240 When I was making saltcravings.com, I was trying to get like ings or saltcrave, like saltcrave.ings or something like that. 00:14:44.420 --> 00:14:45.320 That doesn't exist. 00:14:45.420 --> 00:14:47.320 So I want that to be a thing. 00:14:47.580 --> 00:14:48.160 I like that. 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:49.840 I also like salt.cravings. 00:14:50.180 --> 00:14:50.800 Yeah. 00:14:50.940 --> 00:14:52.200 Oh, that was another thing. 00:14:54.040 --> 00:14:55.440 Listen, I love this. 00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:57.820 I used to work as a web developer. 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:00.620 This is something that I looked at a lot. 00:15:00.760 --> 00:15:02.540 Or just dot salt is also good. 00:15:02.560 --> 00:15:05.320 Dot salt is just also what we need, right? 00:15:05.340 --> 00:15:06.560 Cravings dot salt. 00:15:06.580 --> 00:15:07.760 Cravings dot salt. 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:12.240 Dot salt is really an unexplored medium because you can have anything be dot salt. 00:15:12.260 --> 00:15:15.600 Like strawberry dot salt, salad dot salt. 00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:17.680 We're making a lot of throwback, right? 00:15:18.640 --> 00:15:20.120 Yeah, like this is the thing, right? 00:15:20.140 --> 00:15:21.680 Anything dot salt is good. 00:15:21.780 --> 00:15:22.840 Anything dot salt. 00:15:22.860 --> 00:15:23.440 There you go. 00:15:23.460 --> 00:15:23.980 There you go. 00:15:24.040 --> 00:15:25.440 All the things dot salt. 00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:26.720 Gaming dot salt. 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:29.080 You really are just salty about gaming. 00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:31.080 Always, always a mood. 00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:34.100 What are some other fun things about the internet that you like? 00:15:34.680 --> 00:15:39.600 I can give you an idea of something that I like that's fun that the internet is used for. 00:15:39.940 --> 00:15:40.380 Sure. 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:44.640 Maybe this isn't as fun as I thought it was going to be actually. 00:15:44.660 --> 00:15:45.020 I don't know. 00:15:45.040 --> 00:15:45.880 I'm thinking about it. 00:15:45.900 --> 00:15:49.880 But syncing all of your podcasts over your devices. 00:15:50.020 --> 00:15:51.300 You're a nerd, Clair. 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:52.020 Yeah, okay, listen. 00:15:52.040 --> 00:15:52.680 You're a nerd. 00:15:53.460 --> 00:15:59.040 Background syncing is something that, I mean, people don't think about a lot, but it's so important. 00:15:59.260 --> 00:16:00.520 I think that's pretty cool. 00:16:00.560 --> 00:16:01.360 That's very cool. 00:16:01.380 --> 00:16:04.520 It's maybe a little nerdier than I expected it to sound. 00:16:04.540 --> 00:16:06.120 No, but I know the solution to this. 00:16:06.160 --> 00:16:07.220 Podcast.sync. 00:16:07.680 --> 00:16:08.460 Oh, okay. 00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:09.900 Podcast.sync. 00:16:09.980 --> 00:16:16.140 I really need to clarify that the specific thing I'm talking about, about how much I like the internet, is domain suffixes. 00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:27.100 And generally the ability to come up with cool URLs, this is something that was really good on Tumblr until, you know, Tumblr decided to crap itself. 00:16:27.260 --> 00:16:29.640 Tumblr had other suffixes? 00:16:30.020 --> 00:16:32.800 No, but just the actual names themselves. 00:16:33.040 --> 00:16:34.760 People have fun URLs. 00:16:35.300 --> 00:16:36.740 Oh, the prefixes. 00:16:36.820 --> 00:16:39.220 The prefixes are subdomains. 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:40.060 You can do that whenever. 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:44.600 We could have like coolkids.saltcravings.com if we wanted. 00:16:45.340 --> 00:16:47.360 coolkids.saltcravings.com. 00:16:47.540 --> 00:16:48.320 It's a good point. 00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:49.140 It's a good point. 00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:54.760 Where all the cool kids who listed to Salt Cravings go, I hate myself because now I'm going to have to make that, aren't I? 00:16:54.780 --> 00:16:57.460 You're going to have to make coolkids.saltcravings.com. 00:16:57.760 --> 00:17:00.900 It could just be a way to get to our homepage. 00:17:01.280 --> 00:17:07.480 It's the same homepage, except instead of Salt Cravings, it just says the cool kids. 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:10.420 This is for the cool kids. 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:11.450 I mean,. 00:17:11.450 --> 00:17:13.800 cool is good..cool is very... 00:17:13.820 --> 00:17:18.720 I feel like I want.cool to exist so much that I'm going to pretend like I've seen it before. 00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:22.180 I think I have seen it before, and if I haven't, it should exist. 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:24.980 It's a real shame that it hasn't, if it doesn't. 00:17:25.040 --> 00:17:26.100 What about.gay? 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:30.400 See, I like that, but I feel like that could be used for evil. 00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:34.420 It would definitely be used for evil, but yeah, there's no but. 00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:35.400 It would just be used for evil. 00:17:35.560 --> 00:17:36.560 We can't let them have that. 00:17:36.580 --> 00:17:39.640 I would immediately register im.gay. 00:17:46.560 --> 00:17:47.640 Oh my god. 00:17:47.800 --> 00:17:49.000 Saltcraving's.gay. 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:52.680 We could do just like... 00:17:54.020 --> 00:17:58.560 We just have it so that the suffix is every craving in an episode. 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:04.560 saltcravings.ttrpgs. 00:18:04.800 --> 00:18:05.400 Oh my god. 00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:07.240 Hang on, hang on, just like a minute. 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:08.860 Just a minute, just a minute. 00:18:09.120 --> 00:18:16.420 One day, and we've already done this craving today, so this is going to have to be another day, but one day we are going to have to make a salt cravings ttrpg. 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:18.560 And I'm writing that down for a future day. 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:19.500 All right. 00:18:19.560 --> 00:18:21.720 It's officially a different craving. 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:26.200 It is going to be a different craving, because the one that we did was a ttrpg created by salt cravings. 00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:29.400 This is a salt cravings ttrpg. 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:33.320 And I don't know what that looks like, and we're not going to find out today, because right now we're talking about suffixes. 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:34.520 Yep, that's true. 00:18:35.080 --> 00:18:38.340 I really like the.family..family is good. 00:18:38.340 --> 00:18:39.660 Yeah, yeah, yeah, because like... 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:42.480 You can do like a product, I don't know,. 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:43.020 family. 00:18:43.040 --> 00:18:44.480 It's the family product. 00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:45.720 Or you can go like... 00:18:45.860 --> 00:18:47.140 Salt cravings.family. 00:18:47.260 --> 00:18:47.880 Yeah. 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:50.160 When we have all of our like 10 podcasts. 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:52.960 Yeah, because we'll have the time to do that. 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.660 Yeah, exactly. 00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:56.900 Well, you know, like five of them are actual podcasts. 00:19:00.340 --> 00:19:03.820 One of them is about building TTRPGs, you know? 00:19:04.860 --> 00:19:06.880 Actually, hey, that would be a really good idea. 00:19:06.900 --> 00:19:09.420 Yeah, I immediately thought like, you know what? 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:11.140 That would be interesting. 00:19:11.300 --> 00:19:12.820 Okay, let's just like... 00:19:12.820 --> 00:19:13.260 Not. 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.480 No, we're not going to do it. 00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:15.980 We're not going to do it yet. 00:19:16.080 --> 00:19:19.860 But that's the second podcast that we're going to do. 00:19:20.540 --> 00:19:22.100 Is a podcast where we build TTRPGs. 00:19:22.340 --> 00:19:25.760 I have to tell you, I'm never doing another podcast. 00:19:25.780 --> 00:19:27.560 I'm sorry to break this to you. 00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:30.200 But Clair, we have so much fun on this show. 00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:32.020 We do, and it's so much fun. 00:19:32.080 --> 00:19:33.500 And also a lot of work. 00:19:33.600 --> 00:19:34.320 It is a lot of work. 00:19:34.340 --> 00:19:35.700 Which I do enjoy, but... 00:19:36.280 --> 00:19:36.700 Yeah. 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:40.280 I feel like we've gotten some good suffixes out there. 00:19:40.280 --> 00:19:40.800 Really? 00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:42.100 I mean, there's also dots. 00:19:42.120 --> 00:19:43.540 Maybe that sounded a little judgy. 00:19:43.860 --> 00:19:44.320 Really? 00:19:44.580 --> 00:19:45.420 Really, Brianna? 00:19:47.020 --> 00:19:49.340 I guess we'll do better ones. 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:51.240 Okay, but what about just dot suffix? 00:19:55.540 --> 00:19:58.020 Oh, my God, you can do prefix dot suffix. 00:19:58.320 --> 00:19:59.600 Prefix dot suffix! 00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:01.980 It is just like a grammar website. 00:20:02.020 --> 00:20:04.580 Prefix dot suffix, a grammar website. 00:20:04.600 --> 00:20:05.800 That's really good. 00:20:10.060 --> 00:20:11.420 Dot dot is really good. 00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:17.620 It's like, what's your domain name? 00:20:17.640 --> 00:20:21.480 And then you just say out loud, dot dot dot, and people are like, are you okay? 00:20:22.580 --> 00:20:25.760 Why are you commenting an ellipses out loud? 00:20:29.840 --> 00:20:30.580 Oh my god. 00:20:30.600 --> 00:20:36.200 I mean, then you just have the prefix of that, which is ellipses dot dot dot dot. 00:20:37.540 --> 00:20:39.700 See, these are good suffixes, Clair. 00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.480 Okay, fine. 00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:42.060 Is that good? 00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:43.280 Do you want it to be good? 00:20:43.300 --> 00:20:44.980 Does it feel good, Brianna? 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:46.340 It feels very good. 00:20:46.420 --> 00:20:49.060 I mean, will any and all of these suffixes feel great? 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:51.620 Let's do some fan cravings. 00:20:52.020 --> 00:20:54.040 Yeah, Clair, I'm not letting you. 00:20:55.540 --> 00:21:02.180 It's like mail time, but like, da, Salt Cravings are getting fans. 00:21:09.300 --> 00:21:13.320 Welcome to cravings dot salt cravings. 00:21:13.820 --> 00:21:18.400 Today, we have a new craving that I'm going to read. 00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:20.580 Not sure if this has been submitted before. 00:21:20.600 --> 00:21:21.960 It hasn't been, so you're good. 00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:24.760 Sometimes I crave podcast intro music. 00:21:24.780 --> 00:21:30.060 Part of what got me to catch up with 60 plus episodes of the Adventure Zone was its fantastic intro song. 00:21:30.320 --> 00:21:32.940 Have sometimes craved your podcast intro music. 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:35.680 Also, oh, this is a good craving. 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:37.000 So this submitter doesn't have a name. 00:21:37.020 --> 00:21:39.000 So what song craver? 00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:40.460 Song dot cravings. 00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:42.920 This is your name. 00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:44.440 Your name is song dot cravings. 00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:45.220 Okay, song. 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:47.220 This is a great craving. 00:21:47.340 --> 00:21:49.120 I love me some podcast intro music. 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:51.480 The Adventure Zone does have great podcast intro music. 00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:53.760 I will props out to them, you know? 00:21:53.820 --> 00:21:56.280 There's a lot of really good podcast intro music. 00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:58.940 I really like our intro and outro song. 00:21:58.960 --> 00:22:03.820 By the way, that is by Clark Powell, who you can find at clarkpowell.bandcamp.com. 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:07.020 If you like that song, they have so many awesome songs. 00:22:07.040 --> 00:22:10.020 They've done stuff they've done for games, they've done stuff they've done just in general. 00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:11.740 So that's my genuine answer. 00:22:11.840 --> 00:22:14.940 How do we help with a podcast's intro music craving? 00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:18.500 What are some other podcasts that you crave the music to? 00:22:18.520 --> 00:22:21.820 Because I can tell you right now, Sawbones gets me going. 00:22:21.840 --> 00:22:22.280 Does it? 00:22:22.540 --> 00:22:25.080 I have not listened to Sawbones yet. 00:22:25.120 --> 00:22:26.660 It's got a good tempo, you know? 00:22:28.020 --> 00:22:31.580 Clair, I'm going to have to break her resolution. 00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:33.660 You know it had to happen. 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:35.680 I do have to mention... 00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.840 You have to bring it up. 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:46.000 Clair and I really wanted to have an episode of this show where we didn't mention Friends of the Table, but I do have to because Friends of the Table has a lot of really, really good music. 00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.640 Fair. 00:22:46.780 --> 00:22:47.860 They all make themself. 00:22:47.860 --> 00:22:53.100 I think that's what inspired Griffin to start making his own music. 00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:54.880 I think that that... 00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:56.440 For people who don't know who Griffin is. 00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:59.100 Yeah, Jack DeKeat makes the music for Friends of the Table. 00:22:59.120 --> 00:23:00.260 Which is also very good. 00:23:00.280 --> 00:23:01.840 Which is also very good. 00:23:01.860 --> 00:23:06.240 notquitereal.pancamp.com If you just love listening to music. 00:23:06.260 --> 00:23:12.180 I would recommend, highly recommend, I mean every song there, but go to the Mary Elder album. 00:23:12.260 --> 00:23:13.840 We were just talking about this the other day. 00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:15.240 We were just talking about this the other day. 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:17.140 Go listen to the Mary Elder theme. 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:19.620 It's so good. 00:23:19.800 --> 00:23:29.880 One thing that I'm curious about is sometimes a podcast intro music has words like Saw Boats is like a pop rock song. 00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:33.740 And sometimes it's really emotional like Friends at the Table. 00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:37.320 What do you look for in a podcast intro song? 00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:41.140 I like a podcast intro song that you can listen to again and again. 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:43.980 I think it helps with the Adventures of Our Friends at the Table. 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:54.820 There is someone introducing something to the music because that's my favorite thing in the entire world is someone doing their intro bit to a song underneath and it matching up. 00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:56.260 I love that stuff. 00:23:56.320 --> 00:23:59.060 In general, I want it to be something that I can listen to on my own. 00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:02.420 Sometimes you just want music. 00:24:02.520 --> 00:24:04.740 If it's a music that you can listen to... 00:24:04.760 --> 00:24:05.900 Versus if it's not a music. 00:24:06.040 --> 00:24:07.100 Hey, idea. 00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:09.120 Not music intro. 00:24:09.560 --> 00:24:10.820 A non-music intro. 00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:12.740 Maybe it's just a bunch of screaming. 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:16.320 I adore obviously our intro song and Clark's work. 00:24:16.340 --> 00:24:17.180 It's excellent. 00:24:17.260 --> 00:24:21.120 But what if, you know, Salt Cravings just doesn't have an intro song anymore. 00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:26.580 Now that we're a serious, real podcast, we can't have this like great song in the intro and outro. 00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:27.560 It's too non-serious. 00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:31.880 What we need is just 30 seconds of silence. 00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.440 Wonderful. 00:24:36.560 --> 00:24:37.940 Wouldn't you love more of that? 00:24:38.280 --> 00:24:42.940 Yeah, wouldn't you love to start on every episode with just like an extremely long pause? 00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:46.360 Is the episode playing yet? 00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:53.060 Yeah, well, that's a really good idea because if we take the intro music out, then it can go somewhere else and you can just pop up in the middle. 00:24:57.160 --> 00:25:00.360 Every episode, the intro music is in a different location. 00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:04.560 Hey, do you want to just play the whole intro song right now? 00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:06.840 God, I guess we can. 00:25:07.020 --> 00:25:07.920 We can just play it. 00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:13.000 So, This Is Happy, this is a working title by Clark Powell. 00:27:00.423 --> 00:27:02.623 I hope that that sated your craving. 00:27:03.963 --> 00:27:12.483 So now that we've sufficiently helped our audience as, you know, with their craving, would you like to give me your second craving? 00:27:12.523 --> 00:27:13.563 Yes. 00:27:13.583 --> 00:27:16.243 I haven't GM'd before very often. 00:27:16.423 --> 00:27:18.843 Clair, we just viewed a tabletop thing. 00:27:18.863 --> 00:27:23.643 Now listen, I've only GM'd once before, and I really want to GM again. 00:27:24.303 --> 00:27:27.903 So with these rules that we just made, I have a small scene. 00:27:31.003 --> 00:27:33.003 Please explain a little more for me. 00:27:33.003 --> 00:27:42.043 So I'd like to use this small idea that we've constructed to use it and now play through the scene that I sort of set up. 00:27:42.063 --> 00:27:43.583 And I have some stuff written down. 00:27:43.683 --> 00:27:48.283 Obviously you don't know about any of this beforehand, so I have a character for you. 00:27:48.303 --> 00:27:49.243 Who's this character? 00:27:49.503 --> 00:27:54.483 So the character is the LU-10 NENT unit or lieutenant. 00:27:54.563 --> 00:27:56.503 Great, that's so fair. 00:27:56.543 --> 00:27:59.643 Oh, Clair, you're so good at this. 00:27:59.683 --> 00:28:00.883 So good at names. 00:28:01.103 --> 00:28:02.023 Okay, so lieutenant. 00:28:02.283 --> 00:28:05.203 Every piece of information in the world goes through you. 00:28:05.263 --> 00:28:08.103 We are in the year 10K or 10,000. 00:28:08.423 --> 00:28:14.703 And what you've just learned is that Mars is firing nuclear missiles at you. 00:28:15.103 --> 00:28:16.723 Oh, that's cool and fun. 00:28:16.863 --> 00:28:18.063 Okay, so I'm down with this. 00:28:18.263 --> 00:28:18.723 Cool. 00:28:18.743 --> 00:28:22.063 So we're going to play through this scene of me getting nuclear missiles fired at me? 00:28:22.103 --> 00:28:23.523 Yeah, you have six hours. 00:28:24.123 --> 00:28:27.003 And so I'm thinking a big action is two hours. 00:28:27.083 --> 00:28:27.403 Right. 00:28:27.523 --> 00:28:31.583 A medium action is one hour and a small action is 30 minutes. 00:28:31.643 --> 00:28:33.263 And I have some dice for you. 00:28:34.103 --> 00:28:35.643 So this is a 2D6 model. 00:28:35.683 --> 00:28:35.963 Yeah. 00:28:35.983 --> 00:28:40.843 So I've just given you 2D6 and I really like the statistical spread of 2D6. 00:28:41.263 --> 00:28:43.623 And so you have six hours. 00:28:43.703 --> 00:28:55.723 And just to give you a little bit of background, so you know what's sort of happening is Mars has been previously controlled by five mega corporations and Earth has fought a war since a few thousand years ago. 00:28:55.823 --> 00:29:01.563 And they are more about climate control and climate change have been overcome on Earth. 00:29:01.723 --> 00:29:02.083 Right. 00:29:02.103 --> 00:29:05.543 That's why they lasted to 10,000 BC. 00:29:05.563 --> 00:29:10.083 People on Earth with artificial intelligence don't really make many decisions anymore. 00:29:10.103 --> 00:29:11.903 This is why you're sort of the decision maker. 00:29:12.903 --> 00:29:16.323 And you can contact other world leaders. 00:29:16.403 --> 00:29:24.643 I think the first thing that happens, you know these missiles are being fired at you because Mars has gone dark for five minutes. 00:29:24.803 --> 00:29:25.703 And this is weird. 00:29:25.783 --> 00:29:27.123 All of their networks went dark. 00:29:27.163 --> 00:29:28.723 And suddenly, they're back. 00:29:28.823 --> 00:29:30.883 And you get all of this information at once. 00:29:31.483 --> 00:29:32.383 There's been a coup. 00:29:32.463 --> 00:29:34.103 All the corporation leaders are dead. 00:29:34.223 --> 00:29:41.963 There is a group of people who are calling themselves the saviors of Mars who are taking over and removing capitalism from Mars. 00:29:41.963 --> 00:29:42.803 Cool and cool. 00:29:42.823 --> 00:29:45.143 You don't know why these missiles are coming at you. 00:29:45.243 --> 00:29:47.423 Nothing in the public record explains this. 00:29:47.463 --> 00:29:48.723 But you have six hours. 00:29:49.323 --> 00:29:50.203 What would you like to do? 00:29:50.223 --> 00:29:55.883 I am going to start by attempting to activate an anti-missile system. 00:29:55.903 --> 00:29:56.723 That's fair. 00:29:56.923 --> 00:30:00.423 I would say that that is a big action. 00:30:00.443 --> 00:30:02.103 And now we never really made a solid choice. 00:30:02.123 --> 00:30:04.723 Do you want to roll first or do you want to do a scene first? 00:30:04.943 --> 00:30:07.143 I would like to do a scene first. 00:30:07.503 --> 00:30:11.343 I guess I will be the human leader of Earth. 00:30:11.343 --> 00:30:11.623 Cool. 00:30:11.643 --> 00:30:12.063 What's your name? 00:30:13.063 --> 00:30:13.983 Commander Stern. 00:30:14.083 --> 00:30:14.983 Commander Stern. 00:30:15.043 --> 00:30:17.723 This is an incoming transmission from Lieutenant. 00:30:17.903 --> 00:30:18.483 Go ahead. 00:30:18.643 --> 00:30:22.943 We are receiving missiles, sir, from Mars. 00:30:23.203 --> 00:30:24.463 What do you mean missiles? 00:30:24.803 --> 00:30:28.683 I mean there are missiles being fired at us from Mars. 00:30:29.423 --> 00:30:30.643 There has been a coup. 00:30:31.643 --> 00:30:35.043 Downloading all information into Earth systems. 00:30:35.263 --> 00:30:39.763 Everything that Clair described earlier happened, and I know this now. 00:30:40.143 --> 00:30:43.183 I do not know why the missiles have been fired, but I do think... 00:30:43.203 --> 00:30:43.963 Well, then get on it. 00:30:44.123 --> 00:30:44.603 Well, yes. 00:30:44.663 --> 00:30:47.283 You can't just give us this sort of information and not know. 00:30:47.443 --> 00:30:50.103 I think we should set up the anti-missile defense system first. 00:30:50.123 --> 00:30:51.163 Of course, of course. 00:30:51.183 --> 00:30:51.663 I'm on it. 00:30:51.683 --> 00:30:52.143 I'm on it. 00:30:52.203 --> 00:30:54.123 I'm gonna roll to see if they're on it. 00:30:54.223 --> 00:30:56.203 What is Commander Stern's pronouns, by the way? 00:30:57.703 --> 00:30:59.123 Stern and Stern. 00:30:59.143 --> 00:31:00.043 Okay, great. 00:31:00.143 --> 00:31:00.763 Love that. 00:31:00.863 --> 00:31:01.283 That's a seven. 00:31:02.083 --> 00:31:02.983 Mixed results. 00:31:03.143 --> 00:31:03.483 Yeah. 00:31:04.143 --> 00:31:05.063 I know what happens. 00:31:05.243 --> 00:31:09.223 You successfully get your anti-missile weapons. 00:31:09.383 --> 00:31:10.083 What are they? 00:31:10.223 --> 00:31:17.863 So there was once an idea in, I think, the 80s and 90s by using stuff in space to fire lasers to detonate them in the air. 00:31:17.883 --> 00:31:25.363 And so I think it is literally just a series of anti-missile, like, lasers that detonate them outside of Earth's atmosphere. 00:31:25.863 --> 00:31:27.083 What's the mixed success? 00:31:27.203 --> 00:31:32.703 So you get these lasers ready, and you fire them at the missiles, and you hit them. 00:31:32.823 --> 00:31:34.003 But they don't explode. 00:31:34.063 --> 00:31:35.403 They veer off course, though. 00:31:35.423 --> 00:31:36.263 Okay. 00:31:36.263 --> 00:31:38.503 You've bought yourself 30 extra minutes. 00:31:38.723 --> 00:31:40.263 But you have some more information. 00:31:40.343 --> 00:31:42.623 Lasers don't affect these missiles for some reason. 00:31:42.763 --> 00:31:44.243 Commander Stern, I have an update. 00:31:45.203 --> 00:31:45.543 Great. 00:31:45.563 --> 00:31:48.043 I'm really glad that I get to be Commander Stern again. 00:31:48.563 --> 00:31:50.223 How do you play incompetent human? 00:31:50.343 --> 00:31:51.263 Oh, I'll just do me. 00:31:53.843 --> 00:31:54.403 Have you done it? 00:31:54.503 --> 00:31:55.103 Is it done? 00:31:55.203 --> 00:31:55.923 Are we safe? 00:31:56.143 --> 00:32:00.703 Well, I have fired lasers at the missiles and they have not penetrated them. 00:32:00.723 --> 00:32:01.323 What do you mean? 00:32:01.343 --> 00:32:02.723 They have failed. 00:32:02.743 --> 00:32:04.343 We will try to find another solution. 00:32:04.443 --> 00:32:06.503 I just wanted to give you an update. 00:32:06.523 --> 00:32:07.423 Now I'm going to fix this. 00:32:07.443 --> 00:32:09.763 Well, give me an update when you have some success. 00:32:09.863 --> 00:32:11.183 And I think he hangs up the phone. 00:32:11.223 --> 00:32:12.583 Okay, cool. 00:32:12.823 --> 00:32:16.743 Next step is to reach out to Mars and be like, hey, what the fuck? 00:32:16.963 --> 00:32:17.683 Okay, cool. 00:32:17.703 --> 00:32:18.663 But like in robot speak. 00:32:18.783 --> 00:32:20.883 I'd say this is a medium action. 00:32:20.983 --> 00:32:27.843 This is Lieutenant Systems of Earth reaching out to any and all members of the governments of Mars. 00:32:28.023 --> 00:32:28.963 Who answers? 00:32:29.203 --> 00:32:30.683 Should I roll the figure out who answers? 00:32:30.943 --> 00:32:33.343 Yeah, I think you should roll the figure out who answers. 00:32:34.023 --> 00:32:34.403 Oh, okay. 00:32:34.423 --> 00:32:35.123 That's a 10. 00:32:35.143 --> 00:32:35.583 All right. 00:32:35.603 --> 00:32:35.863 I know. 00:32:36.363 --> 00:32:37.043 Who answers? 00:32:37.603 --> 00:32:38.663 Let me think of a name. 00:32:38.683 --> 00:32:39.743 Do you have any good names? 00:32:39.963 --> 00:32:41.563 Oh, I always have good names. 00:32:42.183 --> 00:32:43.243 The more evil, the better. 00:32:43.323 --> 00:32:44.663 The more evil, the better. 00:32:44.683 --> 00:32:45.083 Oh, good. 00:32:45.103 --> 00:32:46.903 That's a good sign. 00:32:47.023 --> 00:32:49.343 How about independent? 00:32:49.463 --> 00:32:49.923 All right. 00:32:50.743 --> 00:32:51.483 This is Zendi. 00:32:51.583 --> 00:32:52.323 What would you like? 00:32:52.443 --> 00:32:59.283 Hello, we have received news that there are missiles coming from your planet on their way to us. 00:32:59.963 --> 00:33:00.763 Not my planet. 00:33:00.923 --> 00:33:01.363 Sorry? 00:33:01.463 --> 00:33:03.683 Mars is all of ours now. 00:33:04.303 --> 00:33:08.483 Robotics understand collectivism. 00:33:08.943 --> 00:33:12.003 It remains that it is the planet of which there is governance. 00:33:12.083 --> 00:33:13.763 Could you please? 00:33:13.943 --> 00:33:15.343 The governments are dead. 00:33:15.583 --> 00:33:16.563 We made sure of that. 00:33:17.603 --> 00:33:20.823 However, the fact remains that there are missiles on their way. 00:33:20.843 --> 00:33:21.663 You're scared, aren't you? 00:33:21.803 --> 00:33:22.283 Of you? 00:33:22.543 --> 00:33:22.823 No. 00:33:22.963 --> 00:33:23.623 Of missiles? 00:33:23.763 --> 00:33:24.083 Yes. 00:33:24.083 --> 00:33:24.683 Wonderful. 00:33:24.743 --> 00:33:25.883 That's what I like to hear. 00:33:25.983 --> 00:33:27.683 For what reason have you sent missiles? 00:33:28.023 --> 00:33:35.463 Do you think I'm some sort of evil villain who's going to monologue and tell you about how this coup is just a front? 00:33:35.843 --> 00:33:38.323 Listen, they don't even know that it's happened. 00:33:38.503 --> 00:33:39.023 Who doesn't? 00:33:39.203 --> 00:33:41.263 The leaders of the Saviors. 00:33:41.283 --> 00:33:43.323 Why would the Saviors even do this? 00:33:43.663 --> 00:33:45.623 That's what everyone's going to be asking themselves. 00:33:45.643 --> 00:33:46.903 Why would they do this? 00:33:47.223 --> 00:33:47.983 Who did, though? 00:33:48.103 --> 00:33:49.563 It had to be the Saviors. 00:33:49.743 --> 00:33:55.363 And power will transfer once again, and I will make sure to be there when it needs to transfer to the right hand. 00:33:55.603 --> 00:33:56.443 Is this a threat? 00:33:56.503 --> 00:33:57.423 This is action. 00:33:57.563 --> 00:33:58.743 And the line hangs up. 00:33:58.763 --> 00:34:00.023 What did I get from that? 00:34:00.043 --> 00:34:00.803 That was a 10. 00:34:00.823 --> 00:34:05.143 You've contacted somehow the person who fired the missiles. 00:34:05.383 --> 00:34:11.803 The leaders of the coup, they believe themselves to be Saviors because they want to share the resources of Mars with everyone. 00:34:11.843 --> 00:34:12.703 They didn't do this. 00:34:12.943 --> 00:34:13.663 It wasn't them. 00:34:13.863 --> 00:34:18.283 It was this person who does align themselves with the Saviors, but is a spy. 00:34:18.343 --> 00:34:24.443 These missiles have existed on Mars for at least a hundred or so years. 00:34:24.583 --> 00:34:28.663 And it was from the gates of one particular company. 00:34:28.883 --> 00:34:31.443 I would like to try and figure out what company that is. 00:34:31.583 --> 00:34:32.783 I don't think that's hard. 00:34:32.783 --> 00:34:34.283 I think that's a small action. 00:34:35.023 --> 00:34:35.703 That's a three. 00:34:35.723 --> 00:34:36.703 I don't think I know. 00:34:37.383 --> 00:34:38.423 Oh, no, you do know. 00:34:38.503 --> 00:34:40.643 You're really, really certain. 00:34:40.683 --> 00:34:43.743 This shouldn't be a hard piece of information. 00:34:44.003 --> 00:34:45.923 It is New Hope, Inc. 00:34:46.123 --> 00:34:46.683 I would like... 00:34:46.723 --> 00:34:47.863 So what's the bad thing? 00:34:47.963 --> 00:34:48.963 Oh, is there no bad... 00:34:48.983 --> 00:34:50.483 You don't have any more information. 00:34:50.503 --> 00:34:52.963 You don't know why they did this or anything. 00:34:52.983 --> 00:34:53.363 That's fine. 00:34:53.383 --> 00:34:54.083 I don't need to know that. 00:34:54.103 --> 00:34:54.483 Okay. 00:34:54.523 --> 00:34:56.523 I need to hack the missiles. 00:34:56.703 --> 00:35:03.003 And I'd like to do that with my now knowledge of who sent them and therefore understanding probably of their technology. 00:35:03.043 --> 00:35:04.103 It's a big action. 00:35:04.123 --> 00:35:05.403 But I'm hacking the missiles. 00:35:05.623 --> 00:35:06.383 Take a roll. 00:35:07.463 --> 00:35:07.923 Eight. 00:35:07.943 --> 00:35:12.423 Do we want to do a scene of lieutenant talking, quote unquote, to the missiles? 00:35:13.363 --> 00:35:14.363 Let's do that. 00:35:14.483 --> 00:35:14.883 Hello. 00:35:15.003 --> 00:35:17.063 This is Lieutenant. 00:35:17.443 --> 00:35:18.863 This is Unit K5. 00:35:18.963 --> 00:35:19.783 Unit K5. 00:35:20.003 --> 00:35:24.103 I would like you to change your course to hit the other missile. 00:35:24.563 --> 00:35:26.263 Please present authorization. 00:35:26.903 --> 00:35:27.963 And I'm going to... 00:35:28.383 --> 00:35:33.643 I think you present that you are in charge of Earth. 00:35:33.723 --> 00:35:35.023 You speak for Earth. 00:35:35.043 --> 00:35:36.443 That is your authorization. 00:35:36.703 --> 00:35:41.603 And so I think they'll listen to what you have to say, but you have to convince them. 00:35:41.863 --> 00:35:44.543 For what reason have you been sent to Earth? 00:35:44.623 --> 00:35:45.743 To complete my goal. 00:35:45.843 --> 00:35:48.123 My goal is to hit Earth. 00:35:48.323 --> 00:35:48.803 Excellent. 00:35:48.963 --> 00:35:52.963 In order to meet that goal, the best trajectory is to fly this way. 00:35:53.003 --> 00:35:55.883 I point out a trajectory that is one missile flying into another. 00:35:55.903 --> 00:35:57.643 This is a hard one. 00:35:57.663 --> 00:35:59.703 I'm going to need a second roll. 00:35:59.723 --> 00:36:00.683 Just 1d6. 00:36:00.703 --> 00:36:01.043 Oh lord. 00:36:01.183 --> 00:36:02.023 Oh, 1d6. 00:36:02.843 --> 00:36:03.503 That's a three. 00:36:03.863 --> 00:36:05.023 You convince one of them. 00:36:05.223 --> 00:36:05.523 Okay. 00:36:05.623 --> 00:36:07.003 And you destroy two rockets. 00:36:07.263 --> 00:36:08.063 There were three. 00:36:08.063 --> 00:36:11.443 But you still have one more missile, and you still have one hour left. 00:36:11.703 --> 00:36:12.183 Excellent. 00:36:12.203 --> 00:36:13.503 Where is Lieutenant on the Earth? 00:36:13.783 --> 00:36:14.303 Everywhere. 00:36:14.423 --> 00:36:15.643 You know everything. 00:36:15.663 --> 00:36:18.123 You can be anywhere or everywhere. 00:36:18.383 --> 00:36:18.863 Cool. 00:36:18.963 --> 00:36:21.363 I think Lieutenant wants to short out the missile. 00:36:21.363 --> 00:36:28.383 Basically Lieutenant is going to like in some way, shape or form sacrifice himself in order to short out the rocket. 00:36:29.443 --> 00:36:30.283 That's a three. 00:36:30.303 --> 00:36:31.683 So then everyone dies. 00:36:31.743 --> 00:36:33.063 And that's how the game is. 00:36:33.663 --> 00:36:34.343 Yeah. 00:36:34.363 --> 00:36:34.563 Okay. 00:36:34.583 --> 00:36:35.243 What does it look like? 00:36:35.263 --> 00:36:36.183 What did you try to do? 00:36:37.263 --> 00:36:43.623 I tried to make it like circle in the air for a bit because it didn't know where it was supposed to go. 00:36:43.643 --> 00:36:45.783 I think you right at its course. 00:36:46.003 --> 00:36:47.783 You brought it back from the laser. 00:36:48.023 --> 00:36:51.083 I think you ran it and then it was like, oh, I have to recalibrate. 00:36:51.123 --> 00:36:51.583 Yeah. 00:36:51.603 --> 00:36:52.363 Oh, there we go. 00:36:52.843 --> 00:36:54.023 That's where I'm supposed to be. 00:36:54.223 --> 00:37:00.883 And so it hits the earth and you lose about 60% of yourself immediately. 00:37:00.963 --> 00:37:01.283 Right. 00:37:01.783 --> 00:37:07.503 And you see a giant crater emerge into the earth. 00:37:07.743 --> 00:37:08.083 Right. 00:37:08.323 --> 00:37:12.643 Whether it is from fallout or from the explosion, earth is done. 00:37:12.663 --> 00:37:14.763 Welcome to Salt Cravings, a comedy podcast. 00:37:15.943 --> 00:37:17.883 Do you want to give me your last craving? 00:37:18.143 --> 00:37:20.463 So Clair, how much do you remember about Frankenstein? 00:37:21.723 --> 00:37:25.883 About as much as I wrote a paper on it for. 00:37:25.903 --> 00:37:26.503 That's about it. 00:37:26.983 --> 00:37:27.583 Perfect. 00:37:27.983 --> 00:37:33.983 I do not agree with most of the movie adaptations of Frankenstein. 00:37:34.003 --> 00:37:34.543 Oh, fair. 00:37:34.563 --> 00:37:37.223 I thought you were just going to be like, I don't agree with Frankenstein. 00:37:37.243 --> 00:37:39.463 And I was going to be like, I'm pretty sure you're lying. 00:37:39.563 --> 00:37:40.263 This is the thing. 00:37:40.283 --> 00:37:44.523 I love the book Frankenstein and no movie adaptation of Frankenstein has ever done it. 00:37:44.603 --> 00:37:45.323 Has ever done it. 00:37:45.363 --> 00:37:47.783 And what I want is for a movie adaptation to do it. 00:37:47.803 --> 00:37:56.883 And I want it to be good because the actual story of Frankenstein is cool as hell and would have so much potential as a movie. 00:37:57.183 --> 00:38:00.423 And so, Clair, we need to make this movie. 00:38:01.243 --> 00:38:02.583 Who are we casting? 00:38:02.763 --> 00:38:03.583 Here's how the movie starts. 00:38:03.603 --> 00:38:05.223 I wish I knew actors. 00:38:05.643 --> 00:38:07.643 Yeah, like, well, here's a moment to think about. 00:38:07.663 --> 00:38:09.883 Okay, so here's the people we need to cast for. 00:38:09.903 --> 00:38:11.503 Okay, here's the characters. 00:38:11.563 --> 00:38:11.943 Dr. 00:38:11.963 --> 00:38:13.403 Frankenstein, the monster. 00:38:13.503 --> 00:38:14.183 He's not a doctor. 00:38:14.203 --> 00:38:14.263 Dr. 00:38:14.283 --> 00:38:15.383 Frankenstein's cousin. 00:38:15.483 --> 00:38:18.023 Frankenstein is not a doctor, but we do need to cast for him, the monster. 00:38:18.043 --> 00:38:19.103 Calls himself a doctor, doesn't he? 00:38:19.123 --> 00:38:19.583 The creature? 00:38:19.603 --> 00:38:20.423 Not in the book. 00:38:20.443 --> 00:38:21.083 Does he not? 00:38:21.103 --> 00:38:21.623 He does not. 00:38:21.643 --> 00:38:22.563 He's an undergrad. 00:38:22.903 --> 00:38:24.123 Oh, yeah, he is. 00:38:24.823 --> 00:38:25.423 He drops out. 00:38:25.443 --> 00:38:26.623 God, I love him. 00:38:26.743 --> 00:38:27.403 He sucks. 00:38:29.183 --> 00:38:31.223 The creature, we need... 00:38:31.303 --> 00:38:34.383 We need the creature's girlfriend that he almost makes. 00:38:34.703 --> 00:38:36.203 That character doesn't get made, though. 00:38:36.243 --> 00:38:42.223 Doesn't he bake her, like, halfway and then, like, is like, no, I will not fold to your grasp? 00:38:42.863 --> 00:38:43.243 He does. 00:38:43.263 --> 00:38:43.883 But that's not a... 00:38:44.043 --> 00:38:44.923 She's not a person. 00:38:44.943 --> 00:38:47.183 I just want a shot of her on the table, you know. 00:38:47.203 --> 00:38:48.283 Fair, fair, fair, fair. 00:38:48.583 --> 00:38:49.483 We can cast that. 00:38:49.863 --> 00:38:50.603 I have an idea. 00:38:50.883 --> 00:38:54.483 But there's Frankenstein's, like, fiance. 00:38:54.503 --> 00:38:55.023 Yeah. 00:38:55.643 --> 00:38:58.463 There's Captain Walton, the guy on the boat. 00:38:58.563 --> 00:38:59.963 Those are, like, the main characters. 00:38:59.983 --> 00:39:03.403 I mean, there's Frankenstein's dad and, like, siblings. 00:39:03.723 --> 00:39:04.283 And there's... 00:39:04.583 --> 00:39:07.343 I mean, the monster does stay with someone. 00:39:07.683 --> 00:39:10.983 Oh, yeah, the old blind man and his kids. 00:39:10.983 --> 00:39:11.563 Yeah. 00:39:11.743 --> 00:39:13.743 Who he doesn't stay with, but does learn from. 00:39:13.763 --> 00:39:14.483 Uh-huh. 00:39:14.623 --> 00:39:18.703 Okay, so the movie opens on the sea, of course. 00:39:18.723 --> 00:39:20.383 It opens with Captain Walton. 00:39:20.403 --> 00:39:20.983 Yeah. 00:39:20.983 --> 00:39:31.983 On the sea, him writing letters to someone, to his sister back home about how he's gonna find the Northwest Passage and be a cool explorer dude and stuff like that. 00:39:32.083 --> 00:39:35.263 And here's what I want you to envision for Captain Walton. 00:39:35.383 --> 00:39:39.223 He's a pathetic twink. 00:39:39.363 --> 00:39:41.323 He's just, like, a really pathetic man. 00:39:41.343 --> 00:39:43.543 And I really imagine him as just, like, very twinkie. 00:39:43.563 --> 00:39:56.243 You totally changed my image of him, because I always imaged him as, like, the, like, rustic, like, I kind of just wanted to cast Austin Walker as, like, the pattern. 00:39:56.523 --> 00:39:57.583 I'm gonna die. 00:39:57.743 --> 00:40:14.083 Um, listen, my image of Captain Walton has always been of just, like, someone who wants so desperately to be cool and just isn't, and, like, wants so desperately to be, like, interesting and exciting, but is just really pathetic and doesn't have a backbone. 00:40:14.103 --> 00:40:15.303 What is his name? 00:40:15.563 --> 00:40:18.123 Why, I have the actor in my brain. 00:40:18.143 --> 00:40:21.383 He looks sad in every film ever. 00:40:21.683 --> 00:40:23.023 He played Scott Pilgrim. 00:40:23.303 --> 00:40:24.343 Oh, you mean Michael Cera? 00:40:24.363 --> 00:40:24.823 Yeah. 00:40:24.843 --> 00:40:27.583 Can we have Michael Cera as the sailor? 00:40:27.603 --> 00:40:31.243 He has to have a shitty half mustache. 00:40:31.363 --> 00:40:32.763 Oh, he does, doesn't he? 00:40:32.783 --> 00:40:35.763 He just doesn't have a really shitty- 00:40:35.783 --> 00:40:38.443 And he has to just, like, be Michael Cera. 00:40:38.503 --> 00:40:39.503 Michael Cera, just like- 00:40:39.763 --> 00:40:41.943 Michael Cera in a sailor's hat, yeah. 00:40:42.383 --> 00:40:43.243 And that's who- 00:40:43.483 --> 00:40:44.843 And that's the character. 00:40:44.843 --> 00:40:48.243 And that's the character, and that's extremely good. 00:40:49.743 --> 00:40:50.723 So it opens there. 00:40:50.883 --> 00:40:51.923 So that's where it opens. 00:40:52.043 --> 00:40:56.163 And it shows him getting his crew, blah, blah, blah, some extras, whatever. 00:40:56.303 --> 00:41:03.083 He is going along, and he sees something out in the distance, because that's how Frankenstein goes, seeing this gigantic man out in the distance. 00:41:03.183 --> 00:41:11.383 Next that happens is he finds Frankenstein half dead, like, crawling out of the boat and being like, are you going that way? 00:41:11.743 --> 00:41:13.203 And they're like, yes. 00:41:13.383 --> 00:41:15.163 And he's like, I'll come with then. 00:41:15.183 --> 00:41:18.323 Let me tag along, please. 00:41:18.383 --> 00:41:21.683 No, basically, because basically he looks like he's gonna die. 00:41:21.703 --> 00:41:23.603 And they're like, oh my God, do you need help? 00:41:23.723 --> 00:41:25.123 Spoiler, he does. 00:41:25.143 --> 00:41:26.063 Yeah, he does. 00:41:26.903 --> 00:41:29.423 He looks like he's gonna like completely just perish then. 00:41:29.443 --> 00:41:31.103 So they're like, oh my God, do you need help? 00:41:31.163 --> 00:41:33.463 And he's like, maybe, what direction are you going? 00:41:33.543 --> 00:41:34.663 Towards the ice. 00:41:34.823 --> 00:41:35.603 Towards the ice. 00:41:35.623 --> 00:41:36.483 And he goes, excellent. 00:41:36.703 --> 00:41:39.163 Then yes, I'll come on and you can help. 00:41:39.243 --> 00:41:40.983 So who is Frankenstein? 00:41:41.003 --> 00:41:48.423 Cause the first vision of him is him as like an older, like disheveled, sad, disgusting man. 00:41:48.443 --> 00:41:53.423 And then you will flash back to him as a young man, 18 or whatever. 00:41:53.443 --> 00:41:55.503 I really wanted to be Will Arnett. 00:41:55.643 --> 00:41:58.243 This is such a, okay. 00:41:58.383 --> 00:41:59.143 Wait, okay. 00:41:59.163 --> 00:42:01.263 I think it has to be a young actor that we age up. 00:42:01.263 --> 00:42:01.823 That's fair. 00:42:01.983 --> 00:42:07.563 Because he is 18, he's 20 when he makes The Creature, which is so good. 00:42:07.583 --> 00:42:09.503 I don't know any like teen actors. 00:42:09.523 --> 00:42:11.763 Okay, who's our Disney change? 00:42:12.823 --> 00:42:15.903 The person who plays Spider-Man, the new kid. 00:42:16.603 --> 00:42:17.763 What is his name? 00:42:18.043 --> 00:42:18.703 Tom Holland. 00:42:18.723 --> 00:42:20.683 Tom Holland, yes. 00:42:20.703 --> 00:42:23.903 Tom Holland as Frankenstein is the best casting. 00:42:24.483 --> 00:42:26.703 Oh my God, we got Frankenstein as. 00:42:26.723 --> 00:42:29.503 Because he's so wholesome and we get to make him the worst. 00:42:29.523 --> 00:42:30.543 He's the worst. 00:42:30.603 --> 00:42:32.243 Oh, this is so good. 00:42:32.543 --> 00:42:34.403 Clair, this is the perfect decision. 00:42:35.243 --> 00:42:36.003 This is so good. 00:42:36.023 --> 00:42:39.823 Can we cast Will Arnett as the older version of Frankenstein? 00:42:40.103 --> 00:42:40.443 Sure. 00:42:40.463 --> 00:42:41.943 Does Will Arnett look like Tom Holland? 00:42:41.963 --> 00:42:43.763 He does now with enough prosthetics. 00:42:43.803 --> 00:42:44.603 Good point. 00:42:44.663 --> 00:42:48.063 So we'll have momentary flashbacks to Frankenstein telling the story to Walton. 00:42:48.143 --> 00:42:49.443 So who's his fiance? 00:42:49.503 --> 00:42:50.903 I mean, she has to be the same age. 00:42:52.503 --> 00:42:54.923 Here on Salt Cravings, we fail to know actors. 00:42:55.043 --> 00:42:56.163 Can we get Keira Knightley? 00:42:56.183 --> 00:42:57.143 No, Keira Knightley is too old. 00:42:58.883 --> 00:42:59.763 I'm not thinking right. 00:42:59.923 --> 00:43:01.523 Yeah, see, this is the thing. 00:43:01.543 --> 00:43:04.443 I know very few actors first and foremost. 00:43:04.943 --> 00:43:07.783 Most of the actors I know are at least in their 30s. 00:43:07.803 --> 00:43:08.383 Uh-huh. 00:43:08.943 --> 00:43:10.483 I hate this article that I found. 00:43:10.503 --> 00:43:13.103 It says, beautiful young actresses under 30. 00:43:13.463 --> 00:43:16.723 Oh, I'm gonna barf, but it might prove useful. 00:43:17.043 --> 00:43:18.783 Why does she have to be beautiful? 00:43:18.883 --> 00:43:20.803 No, I just Googled young actresses. 00:43:20.823 --> 00:43:23.783 And this is what came up, because that's the way our world works. 00:43:23.803 --> 00:43:24.683 Yeah, we know the... 00:43:24.703 --> 00:43:25.783 Can we get Sophie Turner? 00:43:26.763 --> 00:43:28.023 She's in Game of Thrones. 00:43:30.003 --> 00:43:32.043 Yeah, 100%. 00:43:32.063 --> 00:43:33.243 Cool, it's Sophie Turner. 00:43:33.303 --> 00:43:36.623 Okay, so we're gonna get Stanza to play the fiancee. 00:43:36.763 --> 00:43:41.263 You know, and they have their whole thing going on in the, you know, there's that whole thing. 00:43:41.283 --> 00:43:43.063 Oh, we have to have the mom who dies. 00:43:43.263 --> 00:43:44.203 Who's the mom who dies? 00:43:44.223 --> 00:43:46.323 I don't even know what the mom was in the story. 00:43:46.523 --> 00:43:53.883 Her whole character is like, you know, there's a whole backstory on it, but the main thing is like, she dies right before he's supposed to go off to college. 00:43:54.103 --> 00:44:02.583 It delays him and also eventually provides the reason why he wants to be able to create life, to like resurrect his dead mother, because he's weird and creepy. 00:44:02.723 --> 00:44:05.963 Who's our older, excellent actress? 00:44:06.763 --> 00:44:07.683 Who's our mom? 00:44:07.763 --> 00:44:08.503 Clair, who's the mom? 00:44:08.523 --> 00:44:09.083 Betty White. 00:44:09.123 --> 00:44:10.123 That's really old. 00:44:11.543 --> 00:44:12.783 That's maybe too old for a mom. 00:44:12.803 --> 00:44:13.603 Betty White is immortal. 00:44:13.623 --> 00:44:14.743 She could be any age. 00:44:15.843 --> 00:44:17.403 Sure, Betty White is the mom. 00:44:17.403 --> 00:44:18.423 Betty White is the mom. 00:44:18.443 --> 00:44:18.963 Perfect. 00:44:19.043 --> 00:44:21.583 And this brings us, oh, Frankenstein's best friend. 00:44:22.223 --> 00:44:22.603 Henry. 00:44:22.603 --> 00:44:23.503 Is that his name? 00:44:23.523 --> 00:44:24.163 His name's Henry. 00:44:24.183 --> 00:44:24.863 Oh my Lord. 00:44:24.983 --> 00:44:28.403 He's just gotta be really fresh faced, looks really sweet. 00:44:28.423 --> 00:44:29.703 Still on Austin Walker. 00:44:29.923 --> 00:44:31.823 Okay, fine, let's have Austin Walker. 00:44:32.343 --> 00:44:34.883 Sure, he's not an actor, but it's fine. 00:44:34.903 --> 00:44:36.683 This is his debut role. 00:44:37.963 --> 00:44:40.423 Yeah, okay, sure, let's have Austin Walker. 00:44:40.483 --> 00:44:43.403 I don't think I can watch Austin Walker get killed. 00:44:43.423 --> 00:44:46.823 Wait, isn't his best friend the, oh right, he does kill his best friend, does he? 00:44:46.843 --> 00:44:47.363 He does. 00:44:47.663 --> 00:44:48.263 Oh no. 00:44:48.443 --> 00:44:52.903 Who do we want to be this fresh faced, good, happy looking dude who gets killed? 00:44:52.923 --> 00:44:55.523 Can we make it Austin Walker and then retcon that? 00:44:55.543 --> 00:44:56.143 And everyone will- 00:44:56.163 --> 00:45:02.643 No, let's just make it Austin, no, no, if it's Austin Walker, like if we're doing it, we have to do it right, Clair. 00:45:03.163 --> 00:45:05.863 We're not changing Mary Shelley's perfect vision. 00:45:07.263 --> 00:45:10.643 I'm a Mary Shelley stan, and we will not change this. 00:45:10.663 --> 00:45:15.283 God, sorry to Austin Walker, I just want to see you so badly act. 00:45:16.083 --> 00:45:19.363 I mean, does anyone in the movie survive except the monster? 00:45:19.623 --> 00:45:21.203 The monster dies too. 00:45:21.323 --> 00:45:22.123 Oh yeah, does anyone? 00:45:22.143 --> 00:45:23.383 Everyone in this movie dies. 00:45:23.423 --> 00:45:24.803 Right, okay, great, cool. 00:45:25.923 --> 00:45:27.923 Who is the creature? 00:45:28.843 --> 00:45:34.563 Oh, also there's like the professors at the school, but like, so we can do some professor, but one of them has got to be David Tennant. 00:45:34.583 --> 00:45:35.163 I've decided. 00:45:39.043 --> 00:45:39.723 Terry Crews. 00:45:39.883 --> 00:45:41.203 Perfect, great, ideal. 00:45:41.443 --> 00:45:42.383 So who's the creature? 00:45:42.483 --> 00:45:45.543 Okay, so let me give you a description of the creature, and then we can decide. 00:45:45.583 --> 00:45:47.123 The creature is like seven feet tall. 00:45:47.123 --> 00:45:52.603 And the other thing is that the creature is originally described with like almost translucent skin. 00:45:52.803 --> 00:45:57.143 Well, let me just look up the actors I know who have translucent skin. 00:45:57.143 --> 00:46:03.023 Which like, yeah, yeah, no fair, but also like has long flowing black hair. 00:46:03.643 --> 00:46:05.543 That's something that they never do in Frankenstein. 00:46:05.563 --> 00:46:06.023 That is true. 00:46:06.043 --> 00:46:08.863 It's just like he has super like long flowing hair. 00:46:08.883 --> 00:46:16.483 Like the point of the creature, Frankenstein originally made him to be beautiful, but like now looks at him and thinks he looks grotesque and horrifying. 00:46:16.503 --> 00:46:23.343 It could be fun to do like a really just like pretty looking man who just like Frankenstein is just like, this is horrifying. 00:46:23.403 --> 00:46:24.903 Who is Tom Holland afraid of? 00:46:24.963 --> 00:46:26.803 Can it just be like Tony Stark? 00:46:28.843 --> 00:46:30.663 Robert Downey Jr. 00:46:30.763 --> 00:46:32.223 is our monster. 00:46:32.363 --> 00:46:34.183 I'm fine to put him in the... 00:46:34.203 --> 00:46:36.083 Oh, no, but I can't be sympathetic to him. 00:46:36.183 --> 00:46:37.083 This is the issue. 00:46:37.303 --> 00:46:40.343 We need someone, you're right, we do need someone we can be sympathetic to. 00:46:40.763 --> 00:46:43.723 I'm now just thinking about comedic interpretations of Frankenstein. 00:46:43.743 --> 00:46:47.443 Great, all right, so we've returned back to the other movie adaptations. 00:46:48.703 --> 00:46:55.603 No, I'm just thinking about like, let's take it, let's get Jack Black as Frank, as the monster, as the creature. 00:46:55.623 --> 00:46:58.543 Jack Black was flowing black hair and just like... 00:46:58.923 --> 00:47:03.983 There is a reference to High School Rock or... 00:47:03.983 --> 00:47:05.523 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, High School Rock. 00:47:05.563 --> 00:47:07.543 Great, Jack Black is our creature. 00:47:07.643 --> 00:47:08.663 Can we agree on this? 00:47:08.683 --> 00:47:09.863 Yeah, we can agree on this. 00:47:09.883 --> 00:47:10.663 This is perfect. 00:47:10.883 --> 00:47:12.023 But I just need to... 00:47:12.103 --> 00:47:14.183 Who's the monster that almost gets made? 00:47:14.363 --> 00:47:15.243 Also important. 00:47:15.623 --> 00:47:16.303 Who is she? 00:47:16.563 --> 00:47:19.203 I was thinking was it's Sophie Turner. 00:47:20.463 --> 00:47:20.923 It is... 00:47:21.143 --> 00:47:22.843 Oh my God, that's too good though. 00:47:22.843 --> 00:47:23.163 Right? 00:47:23.183 --> 00:47:23.623 Isn't it good? 00:47:23.643 --> 00:47:24.343 It's Sophie Turner. 00:47:24.383 --> 00:47:28.763 It's Sophie Turner, but she looks slightly off and different. 00:47:28.783 --> 00:47:30.363 It is also Sophie Turner. 00:47:30.383 --> 00:47:34.463 But like when Frankenstein was like, Oh, what can I create that is like beautiful? 00:47:34.483 --> 00:47:36.403 He went for like his pheonxy. 00:47:36.423 --> 00:47:37.943 Oh my God, that's creepy. 00:47:37.963 --> 00:47:38.603 I love it. 00:47:38.603 --> 00:47:39.603 Isn't it disgusting? 00:47:39.823 --> 00:47:40.803 That is the whole thing. 00:47:40.803 --> 00:47:41.943 That's Frankenstein. 00:47:42.043 --> 00:47:44.423 Yeah, you know, there's a really good. 00:47:44.443 --> 00:47:45.343 He has no boundaries. 00:47:45.343 --> 00:47:48.183 He's the guy who's like, I don't really have any boundaries. 00:47:48.183 --> 00:47:49.503 God, he literally. 00:47:49.523 --> 00:47:56.423 OK, Clair, let me refer you to Susan Stryker's piece on Frankenstein as a metaphor for trans womanhood. 00:47:56.463 --> 00:47:58.303 And like, OK, it's really good. 00:47:58.423 --> 00:47:59.143 It's really good. 00:47:59.443 --> 00:48:01.003 I think this is a great movie. 00:48:01.003 --> 00:48:02.143 I think this is an excellent. 00:48:02.163 --> 00:48:07.683 I'm really I'm really ready to have this as our breakout movie that we're directing. 00:48:07.863 --> 00:48:10.223 Yeah, we're just calling it. 00:48:10.363 --> 00:48:14.283 OK, we're calling it Frankenstein, but I think we Frankenstein, but we did it better. 00:48:14.503 --> 00:48:24.343 No, it's got to be better or Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for real this time, because there's already a Mary Shelley's Frankenstein that is nothing like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. 00:48:24.403 --> 00:48:26.823 Frankenstein, the one Mary Shelley would watch. 00:48:27.763 --> 00:48:32.643 Or it's just Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus, which is the actual title of Frankenstein. 00:48:32.743 --> 00:48:33.863 All right, there we go. 00:48:34.103 --> 00:48:34.563 We did it. 00:48:34.583 --> 00:48:36.983 But also Frankenstein, but we did it better is a great title. 00:48:37.243 --> 00:48:44.763 So, Clair, as we come to the end of this episode, I'm forced to ask again about structure and about how this is a real podcast now. 00:48:44.783 --> 00:48:46.303 So we need a real outro. 00:48:46.323 --> 00:48:47.303 What are we doing? 00:48:47.323 --> 00:48:49.683 What's our real outro from now on? 00:48:49.763 --> 00:48:52.323 We can just be like, yabba dabba doo. 00:48:52.883 --> 00:48:54.003 I think someone took that. 00:48:54.063 --> 00:48:55.203 I think someone used that. 00:48:55.343 --> 00:48:57.343 I'm really glad because I didn't want to do it. 00:48:59.023 --> 00:49:01.343 Maybe we just go into... 00:49:01.743 --> 00:49:03.283 You just start counting down. 00:49:03.503 --> 00:49:04.123 We just start... 00:49:04.903 --> 00:49:06.983 Oh, I like this because we haven't... 00:49:08.163 --> 00:49:09.303 The thing that we could do. 00:49:09.563 --> 00:49:12.823 One person does all the outro things like saying stuff like... 00:49:12.883 --> 00:49:15.083 You can find Salt Cravings on social media. 00:49:15.103 --> 00:49:18.223 Salt Cravings on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 00:49:18.243 --> 00:49:23.503 Yeah, and stuff like, please submit your cravings to submissions at saltcravings.com. 00:49:23.603 --> 00:49:26.503 Or give us a review on iTunes or Google Play. 00:49:26.703 --> 00:49:28.463 Yeah, and they can do all that. 00:49:28.603 --> 00:49:33.403 One person can do all of that stuff, and the other person can count down during... 00:49:33.703 --> 00:49:34.643 Like, how so? 00:49:34.663 --> 00:49:35.963 Do you want to give me an example? 00:49:36.003 --> 00:49:36.423 Sure. 00:49:36.443 --> 00:49:37.843 So I'm going to count down. 00:49:38.843 --> 00:49:44.463 50, 48, 47, 46, 45. 00:49:44.483 --> 00:49:45.983 Clair, you have to do it. 00:49:46.003 --> 00:49:47.503 44, 43. 00:49:47.523 --> 00:49:48.223 No, no, no, no. 00:49:48.243 --> 00:49:49.583 Clair, you're misunderstanding.