Afro Man breaks down in tears after winning a lawsuit against cops who raided his home over lemon pound cake.
Eric Fillion and Zach Stacks open The Offensive Line Comedy Show Episode 593 with a riff on Amy Schumer's recent claim that her on-screen sex scene with John Cena in one of her films was real. Eric leads into a review of Project Hail Mary after seeing it solo the previous day at noon, ditching plans to give away some boxes to someone who canceled, and going to the movie theater with his friend Nick instead. Zach had wanted to see the film and expresses mock-frustration at not being invited. Eric describes Ryan Gosling as a high school teacher on a bike who is described even in the source novel as implausibly attractive for the job. He confirms the basics of the premise without major spoilers: the character wakes from cryostasis with no memory of how he got there, is alone except for a rock alien creature, and has to figure out the mission. Eric praises the humor in the sequences where Gosling's character communicates with the alien, calling the development of a shared language genuinely funny and emotionally touching. He says the rock creature was his favorite part of the film and that different environments, including a sphere the alien needs to survive in a human atmosphere, add to the story logic. He strongly recommends the film and notes that nearly no CGI was used despite the alien character. The conversation shifts to the horror film Symbols of Haunt, which Eric describes as one of the creepiest films he has seen, featuring a woman who moves into her sick mother's house, runs a late-night podcast from the darkness with no lights on, and begins receiving anonymous audio files that grow increasingly disturbing and personal. Eric says the film ends with nobody winning and is a strong self-contained one-off. The hosts then discuss the upcoming new Spider-Man film, which Eric says appears to show Peter Parker as genuinely broke and without the Iron Man support system, and includes trailer footage of Parker in a poor apartment, which has excited online audiences. Gaming topics include Spider-Man 2 DLC allowing players to dress as King Crola, Resident Evil 9 featuring a new protagonist named Grace alongside returning character Leon, the shift to digital game purchases, and a friend planning a two-week Japan trip that Eric declined to join.
