Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Libraries Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Blog Pricing

Ben Lindbergh

👤 Speaker
13431 total appearances
Voice ID

Voice Profile Active

This person's voice can be automatically recognized across podcast episodes using AI voice matching.

Voice samples: 1
Confidence: Medium

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

Perfect timing.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

Right.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

Nothing new that's huge, right?

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

Mario and Michael and everything is still hanging around.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

But yeah, until we get into sort of like Odyssey territory, there's a little bit of daylight here and, you know, Disclosure Day or whatever else is coming down the pike.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

But this movie is tracking for a $40 to $45 million North American opening this weekend, which is solid.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

That's basically what the 2021 movie made domestically total.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

But of course, that was April 2021.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

It was still pandemic suppressed.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

And as you said, it was day and date launch on HBO Max.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

So a lot of people stayed home.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

But I think this is a better theatrical experience, not just because of the effects and the gore and everything, but also.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

So I think that the communal experience of seeing this with other people reacting to it in real time was.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

really enhances the experience.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

Because sometimes when you go to a press screening before a movie is out in wide release, it's sort of subdued.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

Because if it's all press and not sort of like influencers or whatever,

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

people are maintaining their journalistic objectivity.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

They're keeping their cards close to the vest.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

They don't want to give away whether they like it or not.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Mortal Kombat II’ Reactions | Button Mash

They're jotting down notes.