Workout Gamer Cast #3: Little Monsters 2019 and Water/Rest

How's it going everyone? Workout Gamer here. Had to take a little hiatus because my computer decided to update, erase everything on all my files. But luckily, I was able to get that back. So, a little round of applause right there. Today, we're back and going. Let's go ahead and talk about two things today. We're going to talk about, one, the 2019 zombie film, Little Monsters. No, not the 1989 Little Monsters by Fred Savage. No, no, no. This is a zombie film. And then we're going to talk about our topic of health, which is going to be water. Drink it. Alright, let's go ahead and start with today's opening. Today's opening. Today's opening topic. Sorry, I kind of just brain farted right there. The opening topic of Little Monsters. It's a zombie film. I think it's Australian. Yeah, I think it's Australian or European. I forgot which one. It stars this guy who's kind of this really jerkish kind of dude. Like, he's kind of a lowlife. He's not ready to commit to. a lot of relationship things. He ends up losing his girlfriend, ends up moving in with a sister who has a child. And he is kind of in love with the child's teacher. He volunteers to chaperone, by the way, spoilers. He volunteers to be a chaperone and turns out, for some reason, 500 meters away, there is a military facility. Which is doing experiments and accidentally releases zombies. Alright, that's kind of the premise of it. I am going to go into some spoilers, so if you don't care about spoilers, awesome. If not, watch it. Come on back. I'm not going anywhere. I like this film. I felt the beginning of the film was very slow. Yeah, we get it. The guy's kind of a lowlife. We're not meant to really like him. They're probably going to try to redeem him later. But I kind of just felt like, you know, it took too long. We got it. He's a jerk. He's this, he's that. I felt. There's a lot of film out there where, you know, you get the character that, like, oh, he's the rough, tough. But at the end, you find out he has a heart of gold. I felt this took too long getting there. Because the opening segments. During the title opening screen, you just see him and his girlfriend fighting and fighting and fighting. Which, you know, if you didn't know this was a zombie film, you'd think this would be a romantic comedy. And, well, it was just getting to a point where I'm like, come on, just bring the zombies. This is just painful to watch. And it's just one of those cliched moments where, like, okay, discount Thor. Because he really looks like Chris Hemsworth, but kind of sounds like him, too. My biggest thing was just, like, we get it. We're supposed to, you know, hate you first and then all of a sudden love you. That trope's been done so many times where it's just like, you know, how far do you have to push? Because, you know, he was, you know, no way in the world would I be, like, rooting for him. Even in a romantic comedy movie, I would not be rooting for him. Or even, like, a zombie show like The Walking Dead. I'd be like, nah, I kind of hope he dies. And this is your main character. And you eventually meet his nephew who, you know, he's kind of, he's five years old. He's one of the more innocent characters. You meet his sister who plays a small part. She's not really too important. But then you meet the teacher, Miss Caroline. I remember her name. I don't remember his name. His name was, like, David or something. Miss Caroline is, like, the teacher. And she's supposed to be this very, you know, she's the morale of the story. Or, like, the morale. Because they're working with five-year-olds, kindergartners. And that part in itself for a zombie film intrigues me. This is where, because, you know, we've seen all these different zombie films where it's, like, The Walking Dead or Night of the Living Dead, Zombieland. And whenever there's a child in a zombie film, sometimes they're usually a baby. And, of course, that's terrifying because if the baby starts crying, at least you can carry the baby and run away. If it's an older kid, they can probably fend for themselves or help fend off. They're a little bit more competent. But a five-year-old. Now, having a five-year-old in a zombie apocalypse, that's an interesting take on that. Because I find it intriguing. I find it interesting. And even more terrifying, most mediums don't cover that because, you know, a five-year-old is still somewhat of a toddler. Not really, like, a little kid or, you know, a kid you'd probably take, like, to an amusement park. A five-year-old where it's, like, I'm hungry. Oh, crap. What do we do? I'm tired. I, like, I don't like this game. I'm uncomfortable. And you have a child with pure, like, you know, innocence in that. In that case. And it's just like, oh, man, this kid's very vocal. It's not, they're not going to lie to you. And there's, you know, with the kids, you know, you have kids with, like, oh, you can't eat this because of allergies. Which never gets brought up. And you have a disabled kid who had to have a walker. That brings up more, like, it was interesting because not only was it children, but, you know, it was a wide variety of children you had to deal with. And I've been burnt out on zombie films. And zombie things because it's always been the same thing. Like, yeah, Walking Dead's been on for a long time. It has its great moments. It has bad moments. But you get kind of burnt out. I felt this one really brought the zombie. It definitely brought something new to us. This is zombie because you're dealing with kids. Like, there's literally, like, a zombie eating people or an animal over there. How do you keep these kids calm? I'm like, oh, nope. You know, they had a way. They had a way. They had a way to keep the kids calm and orderly. And it was through music. And you would think, well, wouldn't music attract them? Attract more because they're being loud? They had an interesting concept where because it was so soothing, the zombies didn't attack. And I didn't realize this until, like, later where, like, huh, every time the teacher would sing, the zombies were docile. They had no reason to attack. They were just kind of stood there when they were trapped in this. They're, like, at a mini golf course, like, the head mini golf house where you pick up your putter, your ball, and some gift shops and stuff like that. And I find that interesting because it's, like, what were they saying? I totally lost it. I just find it interesting. Oh, music. Music because it's, like, you would think about it. Well. What is a zombie? A zombie would just attack whatever. But when you think about it, a zombie is kind of just like an animal. If you're very calm and relaxing to an animal, chances are you're not threatening them. If you're threatened or, you know, the animal's hunting, then that's where you're pretty much in danger. I thought that was an interesting concept where it was just like, huh, okay, soothing music kind of had these zombies react. Or music in general kind of had them react in a certain way. Josh Gad is also in this movie. He plays a kid's TV show host. Okay, he's going to be, like, the, he turns out to be a complete jerk and a complete dickhead when his life was on the line. And honestly, that's kind of the big premise, the whole movie to be summarized without giving away too many things. One of the big things, and there's some parts I'd rather have you watch. I'm not going to spoil those because they were awesome. But some of the interesting parts was the military came in and, you know, they were talking about, all right, are these the fast-moving ones or slow ones this time? And they alluded many times were like, oh, this has happened before. But we kept it so quiet, quiet, you know, hush, hush about it. And it was just like, oh, this happened before. Hold on. I kind of want to know more. It's little things like that. That brings up more questions where you're like, oh, okay, so zombies have happened. Okay, I want to know more. So, like, you know, the zombie, like, it brings the illusion of the zombie virus or whatever the infection is. It's been around. It's just we're not aware of it. Hence their military base, whatever, keeping it hush, hush. And all of a sudden, boom, zombies at the mini golf course. I'd say check it out. Little Monsters 2019. It's on Hulu. Yes, it's on Hulu. That's where I watch it. If you want to make sure it's not the Little Monsters up on the 1980s with Fred Savage, Josh Gad is in it. So that's the best way I can put it. I liked it. I really, the beginning third is kind of rough to get through, but they had real moments and honestly, it was very enjoyable. It was very relaxing. Just the idea of having a five-year-old who, you know, he's going to throw a temper tantrum. They're going to tell you they're hungry and they're not going to hide it. They're going to tell you they're sleepy, they're tired, they're scared. They're going to question all these things. And, you know, especially like a teacher is perfect for this situation where it's a teacher has to stay calm. This teacher has to keep a straight face. This is what we need to do. And I want it for future zombie films. Like, this is what I kind of want to see happen. Change it up a little bit where it's like, you know, it's not just a group of survivors. I mean, that's going to be the premise of anything, but, you know, how does it become more? More threatening and more frightening. Twenty eight days later, had a moment where it's just super quiet and all of a sudden someone bumps into a car and car alarm goes off. Oh, crap, we're in danger or something as simple as like a blood drop dropping on you and like, oh, I guess I'm infected. Now, you guys have like at least a minute or two to get out of here. What's another good zombie thing that I really liked? Um. Um, and I've, I've watched some. Zombie stuff on YouTube and some of the great mentionings of YAF, you know, the infected versus the undead reanimating it, it would be nice to kind of see more situations. I think the quiet place is an interesting one, a concept where like, you can't make a sound ever because sound attracts the monster and whatever, but you know, I, I like adding new elements and who would have thought the idea of having it, like not just one child, but a little, a school. Kids that a class that you're taking and it's like, oh, we got to make sure they're calm, they're relaxed and everything, but, um, yeah, check it out. It's on Hulu. Um, it's like an hour and a half, two hours. I think it doesn't take too long to just get through the first third when the zombies come. Oh, it's very, very entertaining. And, uh, you can kind of guess which one's my favorite kill. All right. So let's go ahead and talk a little bit about our next. Topic, the health aspect of all this water. So it's getting warmer. Um, a lot of us have been staying indoors because of, uh, the pandemic and whatnot. It's been getting it's summertime. Don't skip on your water. Water's important. People, you need water to hydrate. You need water in your system to work everything. And honestly, it's just a friendly reminder. Just to kind of keep. Your system, uh, running and clean and going, it's hot. It's, um, when you work out, you need some kind of fluids. And I remember I talked briefly about this on a previous podcast about hydration. Um, and they're just moments where like, you know, have a water bottle near you, uh, before and after you go to bed, just so, you know, you wake up thirsty, drink some water, get the body going and drink enough to, uh, because. I know a lot of people are going to be out there like, oh, I've been, I've been stuck in the house for so long. I want to go outside. Or you have that one person that you take on a hike or working out. They're like, they just get those little tiny bottles, like the size of your thumb and like, oh, I don't need a lot of water. Bullshit. You need water. You drink it because you know, you should be drinking water and it's a shitty thing to like, kind of say like, oh, I don't like the taste. Oh, I don't need water. I have. This blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, whatever drink it. Hydration is important. I, um, you know, want to reduce cramps. You want to make sure everything in your body is as running, uh, fluidly, no pun intended. It's just one of the things where like we're taking for granted. And I know a lot of people it's right now for me, it's like a hundred degrees and it sucks. You can bet that I downed a lot of water today. And when it comes. To that, adding on top of that, adding with a water rest, bonus health tip today, rest is super important. I've actually took like a week off of exercise just because my body just wasn't feeling it. Combination of being dehydrated, combination of not sleeping. Well, combination of all these different things, you know, your body, again, your body's an engine. You had to take care of it. If you're not getting enough sleep, you know, your gains, uh, like if you're just tired and you go to the gym, you're doing yourself more harm than good. If you're, you know, only getting two, three hours of sleep, your metabolism gets all messed up and your body can only process whatever you can do. Um, and you know, if you're also not getting enough water, you know, what are you doing to yourself? Try to find some time to just rest. And, you know, I'm not just saying, you know, sit around the house, do nothing. Um, I've had some clients before. We're like, you know, Hey. Your body. Needs some time to relax. Don't do anything. Read a book. You can go walking. Don't overtax it. There is a such thing as called over-training and you know, when you're pushing yourself past your limits and I've watched, you know, dragon ball Z I've watched all the anime and whatnot where it's like, I had to go beyond my limits. Well, in reality, you don't have the Saiyan Zenkai boost. You don't have these. Uh, magical, uh, beans or whatever, or magical powers that will regenerate you. Your body is what will regenerate you. You need to take care of it. Let it rest with the muscles, heal with them, rebuild, repair, let, uh, make sure there's enough water in your system. So everything can function and boom, you got it right there. So that's kind of my quick take. This has been a quick episode. Uh, thank you all for listening. If you have Tik TOK. Follow me on Tik TOK at the workout gamer, also on Instagram, and I'm working on YouTube. I got one new video up. I talked about opening up. I reopened. I have a local gaming store, like video game store where you can find stuff from the NES all the way up to PS4, the switch and stuff like that. Yeah. Go check it out. Uh, the workout gamer on YouTube as well. So, uh, I'm, I'm slowly bringing my social media. It is, and all my other platforms up again. So if you find me, yeah, right now, Facebook, my Facebook page is up there. And if you want to ask any questions for my, uh, podcast, by all means, I'm more than happy to answer them. Who knows? It might actually be a topic for, um, discussion. All right. All of you take care. This is the workout gamer. All you all have a good one.