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-Today we're talking about the newest Star Wars movie. -May the force be with you. Let's talk about that vid.
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-Hey you're watching VidTalk on VoiceTube TV. I'm JR, -I'm Ray.
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And the reason you're here watching VidTalk tonight is because you didn't get tickets for the latest Star Wars movie didn't you?
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-Which premiers tonight. -That is right. And the only reason why we're here is because we have to do this show, reluctantly.
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Just kidding we love to be with you guys.
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-The newest movie it's called, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. -Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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But before we go into that let me lay out some of the foundation for you because Star Wars, it is a huge franchise.
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Right now we have two trilogies, that means namely six episodes.
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And all the stories start a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away.
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That is the classic opening line.
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Right so this series, it's kinda like a sci-fi futuristic concept where we have the good and the evil being the Jedi and the Sith.
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And all the story revolves around one main character called Anakin Skywalker who was raised to be a hero, raised to be a Jedi.
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But then fell and became a Sith, namely the famous Darth Vader.
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-I find your lack of faith disturbing. -Yeah that's one of his classic lines.
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And this is one of his classic moves. The death choke.
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Oh I enjoyed that.
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I find your lack of faith disturbing.
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So this new episode and it's a sequel. It picks up 30 years after Darth Vader was defeated and what's interesting...
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-Hey it's time to wake up. You can revive now. You actually fell asleep. -No I did not. -Yes you did. You fell asleep at work. I'm gonna tell our boss!
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What's fun about this instalment is, they're bringing back the original cast.
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And you probably know by now, they've brought back Harrison Ford who's playing Han Solo.
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And you also get to see Chewbacca in the trailer. You don't see a trace of him aging at all.
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-How do Wookies age anyways? -They lose hair? -They get bald spots? That's interesting.
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We don't know. We don't get to see it in the trailer. You'll have to find out yourself.
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They've also brought back Princess Leia, who's played by Carrie Fisher in 1977.
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Also Mark Hamill who played Luke Skywalker, they're all back in this instalment.
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Which is really exciting and what's interesting is, in the story, they're actually supposed to be 30 years older.
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-But that's also in real life, true. -In real life it's true cos the first Star Wars movie, A New Hope was filmed in 1977, so they're actually thirty years older.
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They can save some budget in the aging make up department, it's their actual age. They're actually that old.
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You can definitely see Harrison Ford getting a little bit up there.
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But anyways in this new instalment they've also got a new actress. It's a girl this time. And her name is Rey.
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-Ray? I'm a boy. -No, I wouldn't picture you with a lightsaber.
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So it is a girl, her name is Rey and it is spelled Rey instead of your Ray.
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So Rey she is a female human scavenger, her parents are unknown, she was left on a junkyard planet when she was really young,
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and all we know is this, in this new movie she is going to be the leading character
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and she is going to somehow bring the balance to the good and evil, the force.
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So is she like a Jedi? Cos we don't get to see it in the trailer.
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Right, we don't see her wielding a lightsaber, but all we know is this: some things are bound to go down around her.
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You probably need to get tickets to find out yourself.
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And there's a new villain in this episode too. You get to see it in the trailer, it's this villain looking at what seems to be
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the remains of Darth Vader's mask, and he says "I will finish what you started".
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-Oh the dark side is coming back. -The dark side is back!
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-No, it's not working this time. -I've lost it! Dang. Anyways.
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Let's just refresh your memory of the original trilogy, way back in time, and we're gonna play a little game right here called Fact or Fake.
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I wanna challenge Ray to this too, so let's do this. Fact or Fake.
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Okay welcome to our little part of the show, which is called Fact or Fake, I'm gonna challenge Ray with a series of questions on Star Wars.
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And if you're a diehard fan of Star Wars, I doubt you're gonna get these questions right. Cos this is really hard!
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-It's really tricky? -Anyways, it's always fifty fifty right? -Right so I'm just gonna go with chance. -Either right or wrong.
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Okay so here it goes, I've got five questions and you can play along too, if you win, we don't have a prize for you.
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-Alright question number one, are you ready for this. -Yup.
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Do you know the movie E.T.? Extraterrestrial? You probably know that movie too.
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E.T.'s alien species were shown in parts of the Star Wars movies.
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-Like in a cameo? -Yeah like a cameo.
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Do you have any other information, like which episode, how many times did he appear.
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Well of course, it's a cameo so it's not much, not many times, but I'm not gonna tell you.
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-There's a lot of different extraterrestrial species in Star Wars. -Yeah there's the Wookies, there's all kinds of alien species.
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-I don't know, true? -True? -Yeah I guess. -You sure? Don't wanna change your answer?
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-Yeah true, whatever. -The force is strong in this one. You got it right!
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-It's really inside... -E.T. actually did appear in Star Wars. They made a cameo, it's actually in Episode one, The Phantom Menace.
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And their species actually has a name, they're called Asogians.
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-That's a fun fact. -Yeah that's a really fun fact.
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Dang you got that right, so one point for Ray. Dang I hate that. It's okay we got four more to go, still has a long journey ahead.
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Question number two, you know Chewbacca, Han Solo's friend, hairy.
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Chewbacca's voice was voiced by Seth Rogan.
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-Who's Seth Rogan? -The Green Hornet star.
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-Oh, Seth Rogan. -He played with Jay Chou. Green Hornet? What is that again? -The Green Hornet.
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-But I thought Chewbacca's voice was like a mumbled like bwrbwrbwr. -Erghrghrghrgh. Is that how you do it?
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And it's voiced by Seth Rogan? Would they have Seth Rogan voice such a insignificant, well he's not insignificant but...
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-No Chewbacca is really a very important character. -It's a vital role but... I don't know, true?
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-Sounds realistic to me. -Seth Rogan can do the Erghrghrghrgh, okay. -I have no idea, true!
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-You don't wanna change your answer? The answer is, wrong! -Oh, it's fake.
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-Who is it? -I made that up. I feel so proud now. -I don't know I have no idea.
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Here's the fact: Chewbacca's voice is a mix of bears, walruses, lions, badgers, and other dying animals.
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-Dying animals? -So actually Chewbacca is dying. -Every time he speaks, he's dying.
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-Dying animals, that's kind of weird! -How would they record it too! Did they have to kill one and then record their voice?
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-Kill a walrus, wargharghargh. -That is a mystery. -That's actually funny.
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-So one for me one for JR. -Yeah!
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Question number three. This is about Master Yoda. The force is strong in this one.
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-Yoda was originally set to be played by a monkey. -A monkey? Wait set to be played. So is it actually a monkey in the film?
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No he was originally set to be played by a monkey but in the end they forsook that plan.
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But the monkey's stature would be around Yoda' stature, and he did make some jumbly fumbly moves in the movie.
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-Sure about this one, I am not. That's the way Yoda speaks right? -Sure about this one, I am not.
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Whatever, fact. I'm just gonna go with fact for every single question because I have no idea.
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How about you guys? Fact or fake? Monkey playing Yoda. Wouldn't that be blasphemy?
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We're not even sure what Yoda is. What kind of species?
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Right that is actually true, cos in the movie, they never mention about his species.
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-Yeah what is he? -He may be the last one of his species. He's near extinct. -A deformed, mutated monkey.
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-Well the answer is right! -Oh nice! -No!
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In fact, George Lucas originally planned for Yoda to be played by an adorable monkey.
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-Apparently monkeys are too hard to control, so... -Yeah technical difficulties made him...
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And he had to do those lightsaber fighting scenes, how would he do that?
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-Give him a banana for it instead of a lightsaber. -(monkey noises).
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-It is a fact! -Yeah two for me! -Two for you we got two more questions to go. I still have a chance of reversing this.
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Hopefully, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. God bless me.
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Question number four. While filming lightsaber fight scenes. Ewin McGregor, who played Obiwan Kenobi in his early ages.
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-He would get so carried away making his own sound of the lightsaber. -Fact! That sounds so true.
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Well hear out the question though, it sounded so realistic that they actually had him do the special effect afterwards and mixed it up for production.
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That is hilarious. Wait hold on, wouldn't his lips show if he's doing the lightsaber scenes and his lips are synced with the sound,
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-Wouldn't it be weird? -Yeah, but that's what it says here so, fact or fake?
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-They would ask him to come into the studio to do those special... -But that's post production.
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-I'm gonna stick with my plan today, just fact. -You're gonna go with all fact? -Just fact yeah.
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-But it does sound true to you right? -That sounds true to me yeah.
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But it's fake. Yeah!
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-You're really good at coming up with these really realistic... -(singing) -It's now 2 to 2 tied.
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So the truth is, it's actually based on a truth, I just twisted it. The truth is he would really get so carried away making those sound effects.
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So the production team would have to take it off, they had to cut it out. Every time.
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-Wouldn't his lips show though? -I don't know how he does it. -He should have like a stern face when he's fighting.
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-Really subtle, like holding it back. -I can picture the production team "Damn you Ewin! Stop making those noises!"
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They had to cut out a lot of usable footage because his lips were showing. That is crazy.
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-That's a fun trivia. -Yeah, fun trivia. -Yeah but I got you.
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-So it's 2 to 2! -That' s a very close game. Down to the last question. -So this is the final showdown. I'm gonna totally beat you in this last question.
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Cos this is really hard. Question number five. Yoda has three toes.
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Yoda has three toes. That is a very interesting question, who would look at his toes? Who on earth...
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But here is a good clue I just thought of. So we have matching fingers to toes, so we have five fingers and five toes.
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I would think, I would assume that Yoda has matching toes to his fingers.
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But you gotta consider the fact that we're humans, they're aliens.
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That is true, but according to this logic, I remember Yoda having four fingers. Like this.
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-May the force be with you. -So I'm gonna say... -The force is strong in this one.
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You said what three toes? I'm gonna say fact, this is not. -Fact this is not? -So fake!
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-You sure. You don't wanna change your answer? -No I think he has four toes, matching his fingers.
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-So the true answer is... do we need a punishment for this? -I don't know, let's hear the answer for this first and then decide.
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The answer is, depending on what movie you're watching, Yoda has different number of toes.
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That is a trick question! What! I'm right though. I'm still right though!
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-So he has four toes? -He had... well okay. The answer is, in the Phantom Menace, which is the first episode, Yoda had three toes.
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But in the original trilogy, in the Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Revenge of the Sith, he had four toes.
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Okay but according to the ratio though, one to three right? He's more likely to be four-toed. It's more orthodox.
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-It's like a mystery... -Let's just call it a tie. -Yeah let's just call it a tie. -No one gets punished.
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-But if you lost to our game, punish yourself at home. -Send us a movie ticket. -Or a clip of your punishment.
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-That's a fun game. -Okay anyways, that's a tie for today that was really fun. I stayed up all night coming up with these questions just to beat you.
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Anyways I hope you guys get to see the movie in the theaters, once again it's called "The Force Awakens".
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And now it's time for our challenge of the week! Watch this clip, it's the trailer, and we'll come back with our challenge.
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Who are you?
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I'm no one.
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I was raised to do one thing.
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But I've got nothing to fight for.
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Nothing will stand in our way.
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I will finish what you started.
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The dark side, the Jedi, they're real.
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The force, it's calling to you.
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Welcome to the Weekly Challenge section of VidTalk. Now we've shown you the trailer it's very exciting isn't it.
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-Oh it gets you all pumped up. -It's epic. And we are going to look at one particular sentence and have you make a sentence out of it.
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And this phrase we're looking at today is: Nothing will stand in our way. I will finish what you started.
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We're trying to look at the phrase "stand in someone's way" right here.
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-So what does that mean JR? -Well it could go either physically or metaphorically.
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So physically if someone is standing in your way, like a good dog shouldn't block people.
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-Hey get out of my way! -It's like someone who's really fat, overweight. He's in the pavement.
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Well in that case it's "Hey either lose some weight or get outta my way!" Don't say that, it's cruel.
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I have these cruel things in my mind. I'm subjected to the dark side now!
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You're subjected to the dark side, I'm a representative of the light side, but I'm laughing at your jokes.
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But anyways, physically it can be someone's blocking you.
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But metaphorically, it could mean that someone is stopping you from doing something. Get out of my way!
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So I can say, I wanted to lose weight, but McDonalds is standing in my way.
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-Doesn't that always happen? -Yeah, candy is standing in my way, cakes are standing in my way.
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-Just by saying that you're gonna offend a lot of people out there cos you're skinny. -I don't mean any offense.
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So try to make a sentence with that and leave it in the comment section down below and you can also tell us how excited you are for the new movie.
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That is right, leave your comments below and we will come back with your comments next week.
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That's right and that is a wrap for VidTalk today.
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Thank you for liking, commenting and sharing this video!
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And remember to subscribe to VoiceTube TV right up here and come back every single Thursday night for a new episode of VidTalk.
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That is correct, and if you want to subscribe to us you can subscribe to rayduenglish right down here,
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-actually it goes as far as the screen here I think, -and jrleeradio right here. -so subscribe over here and here... -Stop touching the table!
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And right now let's go to the comments left by you guys in our last episode.
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Right here are your comments from last week and last week we challenged you with the phrase "keep in mind", what does it mean Ray?
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-To remember something important. -Keep in mind, okay.
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So we've got five comments right here and these are really serious comments. Like they're out from a textbook or something.
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Right, they treat their homework very seriously.
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So let's start from this, this is from Xie Jiu Yin. She said, "Keep in mind that you should practice English everyday. As the saying goes, use it or lose it."
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-Can't agree more! -Perfect sentence, I feel like crying. -Let's go to the next one.
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Next one is keenbin ong, he sounds like he's from Singapore? Ong? That's where you're from.
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She said "Keep in mind that you have to let go of what's gone, appreciate what remains, and look forward to what comes next.
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-That sounds like it comes from a poem. -Or the Bible or something. -It's so poetic. -It's so deep, so not us. -Let's go to the next one.
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Jenny Yo! Yo Jenny. Check this out. She said "Keep in mind that good things take time."
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-That's a very common saying, a good one. -That's why VidTalk takes time too.
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Okay, Truman Edward said "Keep in mind that Rome wasn't built in a day, if I want to master English, I must be patient day in day out, learning and practicing everyday. Fighting.
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These four sentences, it's perfect sentences. What are we doing here?
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-I don't know I feel meaningless now. -You guys should be the host. -Wanna host this show? -Contact us right down here. -We're still hiring...
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-And we have one final sentence. -Are we gonna lose our jobs? One final sentence right here.
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Chang Cheng Yu said "Keep in mind I have to watch VidTalk on Tuesday, by the way I'm trying to make a sentence here. I feel more confident."
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-And by the way, it's Thursday. -Yes we chose your sentence to correct you. -So that people don't get confused. It's Thursday. -VidTalks on Thursdays.
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Alright but those are the comments for this week, and we're happy to have your comments every single week.
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As we just mentioned, leave you comments for this week's challenge below in the comment section.
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-Once again, I'm JR, -I'm Ray, -And we'll talk to you next time.