Welcome to Toffy TV, today I am joined by Jeff Walmer all the way from Cincinnati to have a chat about Jeff's love of Everton, why he's in Evertonia, is the bearing question, and one he, like I've just said to him off camera, one he probably asked himself a lot after days like Sunday, and just to find out a little bit about how that journey began to Jeff and what it's like supporting Everton from across the pond to us. So Jeff, welcome, glad to speak to you mate. It's good to speak to you, always good to see you, and thanks for having me, I appreciate it.  It's, I've told the story so many times, it's kind of difficult to kind of explain where, how things kind of transpired, because I didn't really anticipate this, I didn't anticipate Everton becoming such a big part of my life. I think I pursued it like so many other Americans who over the past two or three decades really kind of really started to fall in love with the sport, really started to fall in love with, with football slash soccer. And so I pursued it, I think the same way a lot of other people did where I was looking for a Premier League team to support. And you kind of go into it, looking to learn a little bit more about the league. I guess being a journalist, I took it a little more serious than maybe a lot of people did, where I kind of, I did a lot more research than maybe most. Try to learn as much as I could about English football, about English football history. And Everton kind of jumped off the page so many times. Now I was aware of Everton, obviously, because of Tim Howard, because of Landon Donovan. I didn't want to, to choose Everton because we had American players that consider that to be kind of a bonus, but I tried to kind of look past that. And as luck would have it, what kind of pushed things kind of forward for me was I have a friend in Cincinnati who I knew was from England, but I wasn't aware he was from Liverpool. And I wasn't aware that he was a generational Evertonian, his family, deep roots with his family. And he said, let's go out and he said, we'll go out for a pint or two and we'll talk about, we'll talk about Everton. And he told me story after story about Goodison Park and about friends of his who are fans and about match days. And it just sounded perfect. But even then I kind of figured, okay, well now I have a club, you know, I'll buy a kit, I'll have a club to support on Saturdays. I didn't expect Everton to do what Everton does, which is, you know, the supporters embraced, the supporters embraced me from the start. The club kind of grabs you from the start, the history grabs you from the start. And pretty soon Everton had become this huge part of my life that I didn't anticipate.  So I went and I spent eight days in Liverpool and fell in love with the city, fell in love with the people.   Looking for ways to get involved with the local supporters group and looking for ways to get involved with, you know, the fans form. But yeah, I think I kind of went into it just like everybody else. But, you know, Everton, it's the Allen Ball quote, right? Yeah, that's the one. And all of a sudden you're, yeah, it's not what you expect. But, you know, good, bad or indifferent through the frustration of recent years, through the frustration of this past weekend. It's still, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I've met so many people. I've made new friends here in Cincinnati. I've made new friends in other parts of the US. I've made so many friends in Liverpool. I have friends in Dublin now. And these are people that I would have never met had it not been. And that's kind of what it means. That's where you kind of go from it being a football club to being something more than a football club. And it's because of the friends you make and the relationships you develop.  So, yeah. You've made a great choice.   And yeah, it's been, it's been great. And I look forward to more in the future. Absolutely. And hopefully some better times because we've been starved very much recently of doing anything good. So, like you say, you have made a very, very brave choice. And what's your, what's your matchday routine? Like then, as you follow the games and stuff, you have to get up very early and all of that. Yeah, we're fortunate because we're Eastern time zone in Cincinnati. So we get kind of, we're in the best situation of any of much better situation than a lot of other people in the US. I feel for the people who are working very hard to grow supporters groups in the western and mountain time zone. Where the matches are starting at 4.30 a.m. And yet they're still doing it. You know, cheers to them. Yeah, definitely. But yeah, in Cincinnati, we're really, really lucky here. And shout out to Adam Frazier, who is the founder of the Cincinnati Toffees. But being a graduate of Xavier University, I'm speaking of Adam. And having taught over in Liverpool for a while, which is how he became a blue. He came back and approached a bar owner in just off campus, just off the Xavier University campus. And asked if they would be willing to be the host pub for he was thinking of starting an Everton supporters group in Cincinnati. So we're really, really lucky because no other or few other Everton supporters groups in the country have exclusive places to go. Typically there's and we have a couple of really large football pubs here in Cincinnati and that host multiple supporters groups of multiple clubs. So if you go in there on match days, you've got, you know, you've got the United Fans over here. You've got our neighbors over there, you know, you've got Arsenal over here and you're kind of tough. You're Everton, you're kind of tucked in a corner tucked away in a corner. Well, we don't have to deal with that. We we not only have our own pub, but we have they've given us exclusivity over pretty much everything except for Xavier University's own. Like if they're basketball teams playing a game, we're not going to get the two. We'll probably have to move upstairs, but those conflicts are rare. But even during the NFL playoffs, people were coming in to watch NFL playoff games and they told them they said Everton's got these TVs. And everybody else had to watch these TVs. So it's great. So yeah, we go to Dana Gardens, which is the name of the pub on Xavier's campus. We have a growing a growing group. I think we're approaching maybe 100 members. We have a real strong core of about 2025 for the second Derby this year. We had, I think, 35, I counted there. So we have a good group and it's awesome that we have our own place. And it's even better for me because it's only about maybe a 10 minute drive down the road. But they'll open, they've opened as early as 7am for matches. They'll open during the week for us for matches. So they take really good care of us. Fantastic. That's brilliant that you've got an actual designated place to go and watch the games as well. Like I said before, sadly the season didn't quite go as it was looking at one stage like it might do. But just very briefly, what was your overriding thought on the season? I haven't looked at the table because I think I know we finished 10th and I don't need to look at the fact that we finished 10th. And I think you can look at, I almost want to kind of throw out the fact that we finished 10th. Because not making Europe is really the disappointment. That is a massive opportunity missed. European football was right there for the taking. Champions League football was right there for the taking. And because of the home form primarily and the injuries, we need to be honest with ourselves about that as well. But because of the home form and the injuries, we missed out on a massive opportunity to really kind of expedite the project that Carlo already has underway. But the fact that we missed European football, that's the disappointment. Whether we finished 8th, 9th, or 10th. But the fact remains, I think there's a big picture perspective though for this season. We finished 10 points better. We finished two spots better than in the table. I think we had four more wins in last year. That doesn't negate the fact that we missed a major opportunity. But so many things happened this season that were positive. Which is why it's hard to look and see we finished 10th. You look at the table and you think, after all that, we finished 10th. Everton that, right? We finished 10th. It's really difficult to consider that. But so many things happened. You win at Anfield, you win at Arsenal, you win at Spurs. You show tremendous character in coming back to get a result against United in that one match. There were a lot of good things that happened. We upgraded the squad, there's no question. And I truly believe that if you had Alon and Decore and Hamez in there for 25 matches this season is totally, it's completely different. How many matches did they play together? Did they even play six together? Six or seven, I think maximum, yeah. So sharp, isn't it? But we upgraded the quality of the squad. We got some of the bad contracts off. There's still some work to do in that regard. Depth was an issue. We knew that going into the season, right? The biggest concern was, we have any injuries at all. We have no cover for any injuries at all. Our bench was filled with U23s. So there's a lot of positives, but it's a big summer. It's always a big summer for us, it seems. But summer. I trust Carlo. What I feel I think best about that is that there's finally kind of a lot of good things going on. I trust Carlo. I mostly, what I feel I think best about that is that there's finally kind of a top down direction with the club. I feel like Carlo and Marcel on up to Moshery and the board. I feel like everybody's on the same page for once and I feel like Carlo knows what he needs. Everyone trusts Carlo to know what he needs. Marcel Brands, I think, is a good man to execute what, you know, go out and get those needs, fill those needs. And you've got the commitment from Moshery to do what he needs to do to make that happen. So there's so much encouraging. There really is, but... I think his fingers crossed, yeah. Definitely. I tend to be an optimist. I tend to be an optimist. I don't know how I'm going to become an epitomian being an optimist. I'm not sure. Put it this way, you're going to need that in buckets, Geoff. You're going to need that optimism to be a bloom in buckets. That just brings me on, really, to the fans forum application, which obviously you've applied for. You know, why did you want to get involved in the fans forum and, you know, being so far away? I spoke to Tony Sampson regularly who's in Chicago and he's on the fans forum as well. So, you know, why do you want to become a member of the fans forum? It's something that I thought I considered for a while and thought very hard about. Now, I've already been involved quite a bit with Tony, with North American Toffees involved in the planning of Everton USA Live. Getting involved in the soccer camps that Everton is going to be hosting here in the States, including one in Cincinnati. So, be heavily involved with that. So, been involved with the fan engagement team and been on some Zoom calls with, you know, the groups that are working to promote the Everton, to grow the Everton brand, to build the supporter base in North America and throughout the world. But I wanted to make, I really just wanted to make a difference with Everton. I just wanted to become even more, I wanted to take my involvement with Everton to another level. I don't think we've been at a point where it's been more critical for Everton supporters, not just in L4, not just in Liverpool and England. But throughout the world, to have a close and direct connection with the club, there's so much going on right now. So many initiatives to grow the Everton brand worldwide and build some of the supporter base. We have a new stadium coming and there's going to be a ton going on with that. Everton just has so many different initiatives going on to really take the club into its next phase, into its future. And the supporters have to be a part of that. I care deeply about Everton fans worldwide. And I've always said this. It's interesting because one of the things that kind of drew me to Everton was how provincial the club was that Everton fans are in L4. Everton fans, they walk or, you know, ride public transportation to the matches. What 85% I think of ticket holders are goodness and are seasoned ticket holders. And that's a special thing. This club's commitment to the community of Liverpool, their connection and just how much of an integral part they are of the history of the city of Liverpool and the culture of the city of Liverpool. But I think it's now, I think Everton missed a big opportunity with Tim Howard. I don't think they took full advantage of the opportunity that presented itself during the decade that he was with the club. A lot of the supporters groups that kind of came out of that here in the States were grassroots efforts. And it's not that the club didn't provide any support, but it was very minimal. But I respected that about Everton, that they were so closely knit within the community of Liverpool. But now it's a big world and the world has gotten smaller because of social media, because of business interests. And there's a massive opportunity for Everton to grow the club worldwide. It's brand, whether that be finding talent, developing talent, whether it be just growing their brand, whether it's merchandising opportunities, additional revenue streams that maybe a few years ago we didn't even know exists that are out there now globally. So I thought it was important to, you know, the fans form is always going to be very, very well represented by local Evertonians and rightly so because that's where everything starts. But I thought it was important to have global, to have a global voices at this point in time. And I thought long and hard about it. I wanted to make sure that I was willing to make the time commitment and the answer was yes. So I kind of threw my hat in the ring. So I'm really excited about it. I'm excited about the whole fans form concept as a whole because not many clubs do this, not many clubs give their fans kind of that kind of voice. I think Everton legitimately cares about what their fans think and what their fans want. So that's why I've kind of not, I'm not a politician. So I don't know how to really campaign for a vote. So I've really kind of taken a different approach. I've just said, I've just kind of put out on social media how important it is that if you have an Everton supporters number, please vote for the fans form.  It's important to vote because I think at this point in time it's never been more important for the club to maintain that connection with its fans. It's something we do really well as Everton. It's something we could do better at times. But yeah, so that's why I kind of threw my hat in the ring. So I'm excited to have the opportunity. Yeah, excellent. I mean, I want to kind of leave it there because I want that to be the last message on the thing because of why you wanted to do it. But I think it is important. I think you're right. I think for too long there was very much a L4, you know, intrinsic nature of our club was to be closed or not closed because I think we've always welcomed people in from everywhere. But the view is very much like we are. If you live close to the ground, we're doing this and we're doing that. But I think for the club to grow and we've seen this everywhere else as revenue streams and fans have grown throughout the world, particularly in the United States. The game is growing all the time. I think it is important that Everton look further afield and are represented on something like the fans forum by people who aren't necessarily living close to the stadium. As well as obviously people who are from Liverpool and from the UK, it's massively important that we're represented there as well. But it is good to have other representation from further afield and I think continuing to spread the good name of the club particularly in Cincinnati. Where you are a sports journalist, it's good to have that feathering in your cap as well being a sports journalist but also being an Evertonian is fantastic. Both for Jeff, why not? I'll put the link in the description here. You can go and have a read there and make it about Jeff. It's been an absolute pleasure speaking to you today all away from Cincinnati. Thank you for making the time to speak to me and we will definitely catch up another time to discuss. To see how your optimism is going with the Blues maybe ahead of next season. Good luck. A pint in Liverpool very soon. That will be lovely bonus to be able to travel again. Long overdue. Massively. Can't wait to get back. We can't wait to get you there as well and come in the studio as well of course and that'll be even cooler. Big thanks to Jeff for joining us today. Make sure you do vote in the fans forum. It is important. The link will be in the description. Give the video a thumbs up. Subscribe if you haven't and check Jeff out on Twitter as well at Jeff Warner. Great pictures of Cincinnati doing report for Cincinnati FC as well there. Thank you very much and we'll see you later.


So, I'm here to conduct the annual review of the and consideration of the statement of understanding between the staff of NHGRI and the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research, fondly known as the Council MOU. This document spells out the review of grant applications, which applications you'll look at, which we'll bring for you before you for individual consideration what we'll otherwise do as an on-block vote. It also has a section on staff administrative authorities that spells out the various supplemental awards that staff can make. The only change recommended this year is to incorporate the MSTP program, which is the Medical Scientist Training Program. This program was reviewed at the May Council May 2011 because we had the first trainee slot that came up in that program that NHGRI was asked to fill. So that appears, and I can read that section if people want to know what the difference is. The Medical Scientist Training Program, MSTP, this program is a collaboration between the NIH's Intramural Graduate Partnership Program and NIGMS's Extramural Medical Scientist Training Program. The Intramural Program pays for the thesis research conducted at NIH and participating NIH Institutes and Centers co-fund extramural training slots on NIGMS's MSTP training grant to pay for program participants to complete their medical education. NHGRI will support up to two new trainees per year. The commitment to the number of trainees will be reviewed periodically, and decisions made based on NHGRI's anticipated budgetary situation. You approved the one in May, and we said that we would bring it forward and incorporate it into our MOU, and we've done so. Any questions? Two per year, and how long is the funding? I wasn't sure. Is that for the whole investment? It can vary, but I think three to five years is normal. Are there any other questions? That is what it said. Hold on. If you have two, and it's three or four years, and you're going to have two for three or four years, and then... Up to two total. Up to two total, yes. Agreed. Okay. There's no further questions. We're good. So the last two items actually refer to closed session. They have to do with confidentiality and conflict, but for probably historical reasons, we do this in open session. So I'm going to remind the council members that... What? We're going to defer that till tomorrow. Okay. So council members are reminded that material furnished for review purposes and discussion during the closed portion of the meeting is considered confidential. The content of discussions taking place during the closed session may be disclosed only by the staff and only under appropriate circumstances. Any communication from investigators to council members regarding actions on applications must be referred to the institute, tell us if someone contacts you. Any attempts by council members to handle questions from applicants could create difficult and or embarrassing situations for the members, the institute or the investigators. That's confidentiality. Conflict of interest. Advisors and consultants serving as members of public advisory committees such as this council may not participate in situations in which any violation of conflict of interest laws and regulations may occur. Responsible NHGRI staff shall assist council members to help ensure that the member does not participate in and is not present during the review of applications or projects in which to the members knowledge any of the following has a financial interest. The member, his or her spouse, minor child partner, including close professional associate or any organization with which the member is connected. To ensure that a member does not participate in the discussion of nor vote on an application in which the member is in conflict and written certifications are required. That's the document that was in the blue folders. Inside each council member's folder, you should read it carefully, sign it and return it to us before you leave. Does anyone still have that document? Just leave it on your table. We'll collect it and we'll take a census and make sure we have a copy. Alright, so I think we're going to adjourn. Just leave it right there. Okay, drop it. And you'll be and it will be DNA tested. We're going to read from being here at 830 tomorrow morning. Please remember to have your breakfast before you show up. You know, okay, again, tomorrow. Yeah. Alright, thank you. Thank you for a long day. Appreciate it.


فشرف بالاشتغالي بالعلم ولا تبغي به ما عشت يا دادا دالا وياله من شراف عظيمي There is no book like Fat'hul Bari The way Ibn Hajar explained Sahih Al-Bukhari Are we all together? And this is from his brain Brothers, this is from whose brain? أم لا حاجة الرحمن والله تعالى 16 volume book based on I think Dar al-Taybah 16 ومؤسسة الرسالة I think it's 18 or 17 Dar es-Salaam publication I remember is 13 It's different publication The point is that this book is 13 volume minimum صح؟ Are we all together Fat'hul Bari? نعم He wrote it from his mind from his knowledge that he had رحم الله So Ibn Hajar رحمن والله has been There is this Kitab If you really want to know about it I will tell you If you want to know about it There is a sheikh by the name of نور الدين العتر What's his name? نور الدين العتر نور الدين العتر نور الدين العتر has a tactic on this Kitab as well He has a what? He has a tactic on this book That we are studying right now Which is the نسة النظر نور الدين العتر has studied What has he done? He has studied نور الدين العتر And I gathered from it What I saw from his writing on نور الدين العتر is amazing Very good He studied The complete study And complete critical analysis On the نور الدين العتر The in and the out I think you guys need to go to that Kitab And look at it He gives you a good understanding of it He stands over it حديث حديث If I'm not wrong My memory serves me right دار التقصيل Who republished نور الدين العتر They published it And it's the best publication out there نور الدين العتر Who was the best? دار التقصيل is the best They published بخاري They published وداود They published وداود And they published نسائل And it's the best And it's the best And it's the best The introduction of the نور الدين العتر If I'm not wrong I said وردين لأترز أفهم of it. They made it as the introduction of Sunan Tirmidhi. To have an understanding of this book Sunan Tirmidhi. Are we all together? Brothers, I really insist that I urge you to try your best in your life not to die and you haven't really read these books. And there are books that are different. Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi, Ibn Maja, and Nasa'i. Six books, Subhan Allah. Are we all together? Do you guys know that the first book that Ibn Tamir memorized was what? الجمع بين الصحيحين باحمدي. Not حميد عبد رحم الزوبيل, by the way. That's not the حميد عبد رحم الزوبيل. The one that wrote Surah Sunnah is not him. The book that I have in my house الجمع بين الصحيحين which is basically the author he combined between Bukhari and Muslim. Are we all together? It's a full volume book. الجمع بين الصحيحين is what? It's a full volume book Shaykh Al-Santai in my memorise. Where struggling to memorize is what today? 40 حديث of Naui. A small 40 حديث of Naui that you put in your pocket. Some of us have never ever sat down and read all the 40 حديث in what? In the 40 حديث collection of Naui. Some of us have never sat down and what? We've never studied it. We've never read it. Are we all together? Do you not know the same way that the person has ورد? Are you with me? Do you know what ورد means? Does anyone here know what ورد means? What is it? Yeah, it's a daily portion of Quran that you read. Every person should have a portion of Quran that you read daily. Scholars also have a portion of a حديث that they read daily. Poor. If you read 3, 4, 4 or 5 just a day then a حديث some of the scholars they would sit down and they would read it what? They would read it what? They would sit down and they would read it in 6. Some scholars they read سحل بخاري in one day. They used to do that. They read بخاري in one day. Some of them read more than that in one day. They would sit down and they would go fast over the narrations. All the حديث. So they familiarize themselves with it. So even if it means that you haven't memorized it word for word at least you have the knowledge that the حديث is in that book. Are we all together? Are we all together? So even if you haven't Are we all together? Haven't ever studied it? Listen to it. Just like sometimes you listen to Quran that you haven't understood. Are we all together? You do the same with the books of حديث.  There were recitations on the internet where you can listen to all the books of حديث. مقاري, مسلم, أبوداو, تلمدي, إبنو باجه, النساء. All of it being read. You listen to the حديث that I mentioned. Are we all together? And if you do that your mind and your heart is going to push you towards what? Wanting to know what this حديث is. Because you can hear words. You're going to see things. Key words are going to stick out for you. Points are going to come to your mind. And then you're going to really want to know what it is. And this is going to push you towards what? This is what's going to push you towards wanting to know the meaning of that حديث. There are six ways that scholars, if you look at it today there are six ways that the scholars have written in knowing who the Prophet was, right? Are we all together brothers? Six ways. But really I'm out, wrote six methods. Six different طرق. Six different parts in how a person can know the Prophet. The first one they wrote is books like دلائل النبوة. Books that are called دلائل النبوة. What does دلائل النبوة mean? It means books that speak about evidences that the Prophet Muhammad was a messenger sent from Allah. There's books that are written in it. Are we all together? Ibn Katil wrote a book like that and Imam Al-Bayhaqi wrote a Kitab like that أبو النعيم الأصفهاني and he wrote a book in that field. Are we all together? The second books that are written like that are the Seerah of the Prophet and other books of Seerah. The Prophet's actual biography where you study when he was born, when he died. Are we all together? This gives you an understanding who the Prophet was. The third is books that are written in خصائصر النبي. Things that are specific and unique for him and no one else shares with him. They are unique things that he only he has, alaihissalam. That he's the only person who can do and no one else can do it with him. And the مولاقين is a Kitab on the Prophet's خصائص. And even if you look at the Kitab الفصول في سيرات الرسول طا يبنو كتير and the ending he talks about خصائصر النبي. الفصول في سيرات الرسول written by Ibn Katil when he speaks about the Prophet's biography from birth to death and the ending of it what does he speak about? And the ending he speaks about خصائصر النبي right? I mentioned three. The fourth one is شمائل النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم The Prophet's actual description how he looked how his height was how tall and he was عليه الصلاة والسلام they wrote books on that scholars and that gives you what and the love of appreciating him عليه الصلاة والسلام admiring him are we all together and when the person studies the شمائل المحمدية like the book Tirmidhi wrote and others have written it but an Imam with Tirmidhi was the first one who is the first one to write it Tirmidhi he described everything of the Prophet that he read to them the person who studies the books like that will be honored and privileged to see the Prophet's biography because the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is not seen in the dream but you can't be seen in the dream and if the Prophet is seen in the dream is it him that you saw or is it someone else you have to see him like you have to see him as the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم what if you see a man who's got a big postage and no bed in your dream is that the Prophet and he shakes his woman's hand is that the Prophet عليه الصلاة is that the Prophet عليه الصلاة is in the dream and if you see the Prophet عليه الصلاة you see a communist صلى الله عليه وسلم you see the Prophet عليه الصلاة صلى الله عليه وسلم he never shake his woman's hand the brother never has been you have to see him first then in the end time he cannot imitate the Prophet but in the end time he can imitate the few communists right carry he can't that's the Shabbat of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم number five the fifth way the scholars have written to know who the Prophet is حقوق النبي writes that the Prophet عليه الصلاة are all together the Prophet he has writes right upon us scholars have written books the Prophet writes if you can see on that الشفاء are the ayah قادي الشفاء الشفاء صلى الله عليه وسلم are all together and last but not least the sixth method the scholars have written books to know who the Prophet عليه الصلاة is by what عين والحديث الشنف بوكس الحديث studying the Hadith books gives you understanding are all together عين والحديث you see the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم you read the Hadith you learn the Prophet used to sit on the floor عليه الصلاة and he would sit with his companion and etc you have these books when you learn you learn the Prophet عليه الصلاة it gives you an understanding of who he was a Bedouin man comes to him and grabs the Prophet عليه الصلاة and pulls him it gives you an understanding of who he was through this Ahabit you get to know him عليه الصلاة through this prayer and extension are all together and then when you don't read بوكس الحديث you are very deficient you know who the Prophet is you are what and بوكس الحديث are many right one of the books that you can understand is the Prophet's fourth حديث ريال الصلاة it gives you it and every other book I want to know بوكس أحكام for example بوكس مجاء أحكام بوكس الحديث it gives you how the Prophet prayed and how he was asleep of Allah سبحانه وتعالى so you get to know him he defines the Prophet for you and so one time what I thought was making a period of time where we define the Prophet who he was and each of those six we pick one book for it صحيح are we all together we pick one book and we speak about it and we say this is the book that we want to tackle and insha'Allah I'll study so it will be a complete round what knowledge of the Prophet is also after that you'll find a team a generation whose role will be the Prophet is also they will admire him look after him is also it's necessary that a person studies the Prophet himself from those angles على كل حال ترمي this understanding of what this means and what he understood from it has anyone looked into it can we have a guest any some brief so you can anyone here try their best to realize what he means by it which is what do you mean by that bake it down for us our best حسن الى ذاتي and say hello there's a category in between them such like what way how would that if we did say that there's a category in there what would it entail what would it mean for example I like the way you're thinking it's true one of the ways to outcome a issue like that you would actually need to break the categorization that the متأخرين done and this is one of the biggest problems that happened are you all together the late comers will do something they will categorize something in a particular way and then what would happen is that their categorization they would force the early generation to follow that صح or their definition of it this definition that you're giving is a definition which is حد is actually are we all together it's a newly introduced definition set if didn't use it like this they use a different meaning okay so this is one thing that has to be understood so masha'Allah that's good you're going the right direction but what do you break it down for us what do you mean by that there's more than one is it called what's that chart called where they they intercross by chart by chart by chart the Venn Diagram the Venn Diagram that's what it is the Venn Diagram where basically they intercross so there has to be something like that for tell me here right now in order for the حسنة صحيح to come together I'll buckle you back finally what do you think there's different levels of more more authentic more authentic more authentic that's what it immediately means رحمة الله the حديث which is حسن what definition did he give it what was the definition he gave what did he say it has to be more than what was the first point he mentioned in three conditions first one is what no one no one is accused of lying in the chain okay good one it's not shared and what and if there's all the more than but what's missing from it that we wanted to be were looking for what's missing from it that we we haven't mentioned here that we need for حديث to be صحيح that's missing from here the chain to be connected right so if a حديث gets chain connected what would it be it will also be صحيح and it will also have the حسن there as well صح هذا الذي you read أراد به تلميدي that's what تلميدي meant does that make sense so what did we say that the حسن was when the three points are there right if the حديث then gains connection of its chain according to تلميدي now it's حسن because it meets the three definitions that he gave it and there's an additional condition that's there right now which is what the chain being correct connected does that make sense so for him the three that's there and the additional thing that's in this حديث that he's found in it has said to him that extra addition is only for the صحيح صالح the senate are you with me so he says it's صحيح and it's with صحسن because it's got the condition of حسن there does that make sense brothers that's what he means رحمه الله رحمة وسعه in very very summarized discussion insha'Allah okay now we're going to go into وزيادة راويه مع مقبولة ما لم تقع منافية ما تقع منافية لمن هو أو ثق ابن حد الرحمة الله now moves on to a مسألة which is very important which is كوب زيادة وحكمها هي مسألة زيادة وحكمها then we go into the issue of زيادة additional information added into the حديث by a person who's what a person who's what reliable his integrity is what it's high he adds something into a حديث ابن حدر says وزيادة راويه مع مقبولة if a person who's got integrity his memorization is there he adds something onto a حديث it is accepted ما لم تقع منافية as long as it does not oppose لمن هو أو ثق anyone who is what anyone who is reliable trustworthy are we all together so a person adds he adds here means not that he brings it to you in his own pocket we don't mean that we mean that his narration has an additional information in it but that additional information has no opposition it doesn't disagree it doesn't go against other narrations that are out there that have also narrated the same incident an example of this very common is the issue of moving your finger in the صلاة moving your finger like this if you look at all the الريوايات that have come are we all together all of the الريوايات that have come they've all mentioned that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he used to point وكان يوشيرو وكان يوشيرو إشارة is most being used here but we have one particular narration that said something in that narration that the other narrations didn't mention which is what وكان يحرقها and he used to move it this information which is that he moved it is not found in any other narration and it is only found in a one particular narration so the scholars of حليث some of them they crossed out this حليث they weakened it the movement of the finger based on the fact that this only particular narrator narrated this it's a strange narration and they authenticated what the other narrations the other narrations meaning the one that says that the prophet just pointed are we all together so they said that you're not allowed to move your finger in the prayer when you're in your تشاهد you can't do this you just need to keep your finger straight the reason is because it's شاد they said and what's the شاد شاد is a بخالفة it's an opposition صح there's an opposition here this person's information is opposing the other people from the scholars that believed this to be the case was شيخ مقبل بن هادل that's what he said that's what he considered it to be شاد شيخ صالح الفوزاد it's considered it to be شاد he believes it's weak فوزاد gives the فتوة you're not allowed to move your finger and many others do that as well many scholars believe that that narration is what that narration is that narration is شاد that narration is what it's weak that narration is weak and that's not the case the reason it's not the case is because the moving of the finger is not an opposition صح in the Arabic language if a person says to another person come and he moves his hand like that and we're all together tell them come come he moves his hand when he's telling him to come or if he just points at him he says come here and he doesn't move his hand when he's talking to him he says come here we're all together in the Arabic language all of them are شاد whether the حريق happens or whether it doesn't happen it still falls under شاد to point at something صح so moving your finger does it go against pointing it doesn't there's no how do you really say وزيادة رويهما مقبولة ما لم تقع منافية تلمن هو أو ثقوا as long as it what as long as there's no there's no خلافية there's no نفي like one is not affirming something the other is negating it for example one is narration saying that they're probably pointing another narration saying he didn't point this is what this is now شاد we can say this is منافية he's opposing and he's going against and he's negating but they have affirmed صح قويهو تجنة like in تحريق moving it and pointing it both of them are in every single narration meaning the معنى زنها قويهو تجنة and شيخ محمد ناصر الدين رحمه الله و تعالى he authenticated that that's why he authenticated it based on the senate and this is مسألة which is called زيادة تقا this chapter this chapter the scholars call it this chapter the scholars they call it زيادة تقا زيادة زيادة تقا the تقا a person who is extremely high in integrity okay زيادة تقا the person whose integrity is great and it's very high they are hadiths that we find in their wordings extra information we find in it as long as he doesn't oppose the rest and there's no meaning that goes against it that it's also it's accepted and إن شاء الله و تعالى this issue of زيادة تقا is it مقبول or is it مردود if it's مقبول is it with shulult with conditions or is it without conditions we'll carry on that إن شاء الله و تعالى next lesson it needs a lot of explanation for that and the ruling regarding it because there is extreme تساهل in it there's extreme what it's one of those matters people just take very lightly and either accepting it or either rejecting it إن شاء الله و تعالى we'll speak about it in more details in the next lesson anything which I have said that was wrong is from me الشيطان and Allah and His Messenger are free from it سبحانك اللهم إلا الله أستغفروك


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So moving on to better anime that we've actually seen all of big O2 which we've talked about twice before we're done with it we've seen the end and There's actually a lot there the show went in directions. I didn't expect at all. Well, I expected the direction it went Oh, yeah, but I didn't expect the magnitude of the direction it went in. I Don't know it seemed about right to me. I mean I guess the warning I have for anyone who's thinking about watching the show is that it Literally and I know I mean literally in a literal sense pulls an Evangelion. Oh, yes, very much so the ending is Very has many many parallels with the ending of the Evangelion TV As in there's action going on and then the show kind of pans back and does the same thing of hey I use big robots to trick you into watching my show now. Here's the moral Moral yep, and then fade out the end See now the thing is is I had seen this show maybe four or five years ago I probably would have had a much better opinion of it. It's just that I've seen so many shows that like They should they you know, they put the moral as the ending instead of after the ending You know and they just all of a sudden turn into this huge like blatantly meta in your face Metaphorical type of thing That he just it doesn't you know do it for me as much as it used to especially when I it's pretty much like I seen it All so if you do the same thing again, it doesn't doesn't work Well, at least the thing is the moral is pretty much present in every single episode of big O2 That is true. It just plays out over and over and over again So if you watch the first six or seven episodes and you can't figure out where the show is going You might want to brush up on your plot predicting skills Yeah And if you can't figure it out even after the first season of big O which I guess I can somewhat understand If you don't know what's gonna happen after like the first two episodes of big O2 or just in the first one episode of big O2 You know everything, you know, that's it just you know everything that is basically every episode of big O2 Does it plays out in a different way? It's always the same moral but it plays out sometimes in a funny way sometimes in a serious way sometimes in a weird way Sometimes in a super metaphorical way, but every episode has the same kind of thread of who am I? Why do I exist metaphysical extant kind of philosophy blah blah blah? Mm-hmm now I Actually really really am satisfied with how the show ended as opposed to big O1 Which I would have killed people if they hadn't continued it I just view the whole thing as one show called big O. Yeah, but the just this is a separation where the second half starts like it Kind of like how I be about where this is the first half and then You know, there's the Jupiter jazz whatever and there's the second half Yeah Only the thing is how I view up a lot of the episodes had nothing to do with the overall plot But in big O all then did but it the same I'll talk about the same kind of separation that Calvary We've I've had into two halves is that what big O has yep now If you if you saw a big O one you weren't impressed and you're just not even considering big O2 I highly recommend just watch the first DVD of big O2 in the very least Because the first episode of big O2, which we've mentioned a couple times before is really really well done and interesting Yeah, I think there's one problem with big O is that it sort of Misrepresents itself in that a lot of people will watch like the first one and be like oh, this is just Batman You know or it kind of is the first one Yeah, they're like oh, this is just steam detectives clone with Batman And it sort of is but that's really just the setting and the you know the the style and the items used in terms of Like the plot and act the characters and what happens.  Why did that happen?  Oh, that's just the way this anime is. I'm not gonna worry about it Well, and then at the end of Otena they're like they explained like oh There was a reason why didn't I wonder why there's a frickin floating castle in the sky There's actually a perfectly rational explanation for it It's one of those things where they make you suspend disbelief by putting the show on as a fantasy or a sci-fi But in reality, you shouldn't have suspended disbelief, you know because It was actually real or something. I mean the big O is a very unrealistic robot It's big and it punches things in ways that you really can't do so think about that How could that actually be? Because it is in the show it happens and they explain it very directly in a very heavily handed way Yeah, there are a lot of things in the show actually that go completely Unexplained, you know, it's it's weird because they always look for a rational explanation for things and they'll always talk about things in a strange way and You just you know, you think what the hell are they talking about, you know What are the rules of the universe this show is in when the whole time? The show is in the same rules as our universe. They're just making you suspend disbelief, you know And tricking you into doing it when you shouldn't yep big O one does it really well But notice even in big O one I mean half the time there's robots fighting and a quarter of the time There's funny stuff But a lot of the whole first season and much of the second season is just Roger talking to himself Mm-hmm. Now a lot of people just kind of gloss over what he's saying because it's just you know typical Metafilla metafilosophy blah blah blah. Oh, but if you really listen to the words he's saying That's what the whole show is about And there's actually a lot there Cuz I'm gonna go off on one of my philosophical things because I got a lot out of big O2 and I guess a spoiler warning I'm gonna do my best not to ruin the show But if you really are worried about big O2 being ruined for you, you could probably stop listening For at this point because we're not doing any medivits after we talk about big O2 but Basically consider the premise of big O2 the premise is that for and big O 40 years ago Everyone lost their memories and no one knows what happened in the world before that time. There's no clue yet Everyone just got on along with their lives and lived and played whatever roles they decided to play in the new world and The people who live the best were the ones who didn't worry about what happened before or what came before Because there was really no way to know now That seems kind of weird, you know, you don't know what happened 40 years ago And it's a very direct problem to these people and some people can't handle it But look at our world the real world the world we're in right now meet space We we have the same issue except it just it's much further into our history We don't know the history of humanity We have a lot of theories, but we really don't know what civilizations were and what happened to them and where people came from and what they did and why we're here now and But a lot of people don't think about it because it's so long ago that the only people who worry about it are Philosophers because most people they just think back and they don't really consider the fact that we have no clue where we came from Historians think about it, too. Yeah, and they thought they actually figured out a lot, but yes Yes, but like I mean they're I mean we know like I'm not saying oh magic creation Whatever any of that BS, but definitely there are civilizations that we know almost nothing about other than that They may have existed like the Mycenae civilization cyclopeans. Yes We But big oh but big oh did and I really like this is they took that idea that we don't know where we came from and they made It a present issue instead of the point before which we don't know anything is millions and millions of years ago that point is within the lifespan of people who are alive in this world and It forces the whole show is just showing characters dealing with the fact that they can never know where they came from and As Roger concludes realizing that it doesn't matter because you can choose to be whoever you are or whatever you are and The world around you is the world around you and you can take it as you will Mm-hmm at least that's what I got out of it And I really like that because it's an it's an idea. I actually hadn't considered before until I saw a big oh No, I probably would have gotten more out of it. It's just that I've been turned off by seeing the same it's something you know It's like seen it before if it wasn't something I'd seen before Yeah, not specifically big oh, but you know the same kind of thing You know it would have been like ooh, they did something really cool there But I've seen the same kind of thing like 20 times So I've seen similar things and that they they have this kind of philosophical agenda and they use a robot to show it to you or it's a very you know Intellectual show like this But I've never seen a show that addressed the specific philosophical idea that big oh addressed before All right, I guess that's just the idea of Take the the fact that we don't know where we came from and make it urgent make it recent make it something that you can't just ignore Yeah, and then take characters and see how they react to it I guess I'm not really you know the it doesn't really matter which specific idea. It could have been any Philosophical idea. I'm just generally turned off by you know philosophical ideas I definitely see where you're coming from and if big oh hadn't been the specific idea that it was if it had been The same idea Ava head or the same idea Escaflowne had or if it event any sort of rehash of an idea that's been an anime over and over I probably would have hated big oh too It's just that it happened to be about an issue that I hadn't really considered philosophically before that really made me like to show Hmm now if you were mad about the original ending to Evangelion Don't watch big oh too. You're going to hate the end It's the same thing except no one's gonna make a movie to explain what happened Mm-hmm. They don't show you what happens physically because it doesn't matter just like the end of Eva the robots fighting didn't matter All that mattered is what went on in Shinji's head Yeah, see I used to be like all into this stuff like I'd watch Eva and I'd be like oh It was the best thing ever or like a Kira where you know You don't really know what happens at the end It's kind of you know this vague metaphorical thing and I'd be like oh I get it or I don't get it But and I would always be like who it was awesome anyway, or you know something like that And it would be the greatest thing in the world and shows that were just kind of like you know Normal where you see what physically happens and that's that we're kind of like oh these aren't as smart as these other shows They don't do anything for me, but now it's like I've seen I must have seen a hundred shows just like this where Instead of instead of having an ending and then a moral or an ending with a moral They have a moral in place of an ending, you know like they make the ending all for fun you know and If you go and look at the IMDb top movies list I don't know if it's still number one, but for the longest freaking time number one was the godfather and I would be like all right. That was a really good movie But why is it you know number one and why is it still there at number one? It doesn't really you know is it really that much better than every other movie and Then I started that thing I don't I've never finished it I should go back to it where I was watching every single movie in the top 250 of IMDb and I saw a lot of Freakin movies that were either like way out there in artsy and some that were just way normal And I realized the reason the godfather is number one is because it's both at the same time It's not all you can watch it and it would just be a perfectly normal see everything that happens You know mundane Unmeaningful plot movie, but at this other at the exact same time It's the most meaningful movie with all kinds of symbolism and things all over the place But it doesn't make one instead of the other you the end of the godfather It doesn't just turn into like metaphorical stuff. You still see what's happening. You look at it And it's at the end. There's he's in the church, you know saying I do you know get rid of the devil I won't do bad things whatever they do in church I don't remember exactly and they keep they they keep going back and forth between him and the church You know for that and the hitman that he told to kill people killing people and It's an action scene, but at the same time It's as metaphorical and meaningful as you can get yep as opposed to say Evangelion where the original ending was literally they don't show you anything that happens And it's just chingy in his head contemplating the meaning of existence So I guess you know if you still Haven't seen enough crazy metaphorical endings to You know turn you off to that sort of thing then you'll probably still like big O2 Yeah Now see I can I never tire of a show that does that because that's all I'm there for at least for shows like this The only thing that tires me really as opposed to you or shows that try to do this But either do it about a philosophical con a physical philosophical construct. That's boring useless or Already done to death or a show that just does it poorly Doing it poor doing anything poorly whether it's you know metaphorical or not is just poor to begin with I mean I guess big O2 to me did this really well and you might you don't realize what it's doing right away, but it I Was extremely pleased with the ending and I'm extremely pleased with the ideas I've been churning about since I saw it. I mean don't get me wrong I you know I did like the show a whole lot and it did do what it did a lot better than other people have done You know, I say you're coming from it's just a lot of shows do this and but it's like Times, you know, okay, you taught me something new I learned a new philosophy who You know, it's not like you enlighten me to some great Amazingness well see this comes down to the argument Scott and I always have because I'm very philosophical and he's very pragmatic and Whenever we argue we always tend to go in the exact opposite directions to the point that we're a hundred percent diametrically opposed on every issue Because philosophy is just bullshit see to me philosophy is the only thing that matters But it's just talking and words It's not it's not a physical thing. It's not real. What does it matter? See I stay up at night wondering about the mysteries of the universe Yeah, and and I just tell you not to yeah exactly. That's why I really like big O because well It didn't say not to it said to not worry, but to still seek the truth Of course, it got complicated because what's his name? Didn't you notice that anyone who was seeking out memories got fucked? Yeah, well actually telling you not to seek out the truth But angel found the full truth and she was fine with it because that she realized what it was and it didn't destroy her Watch his name. What was that guy's name the guy in the bandages? Schwartz walled Schwartz walled found the truth and couldn't handle it and died Yeah rosewater found the truth and freaked out and that was the end of him Angel found the truth and almost freaked out but then dealt with it Well, didn't Gordon rosewater make the truth and made himself forget or something see there There's a super spoilers from this point on like if you haven't seen the show to stop listening right now seriously, but Rosewater it like I get the feeling that They the one of the points they made is that at least in this show because at the end of big O Like you like all of you saw it it pans back and you discovered that the whole world was just a stage like literally stage lights in the sky and machinery outside manning the stage and it seems to hint at the idea that an Omniscient being like God couldn't exist because he would there's nothing to live for being omnipotent and he would create a world In which people could exist and the deny himself memory of doing so thus allowing people to exist with free will mm-hmm, and that's at least one way to interpret it and It seems to me that rosewater is a God who's forgotten that he's God willingly and that his son Oh his son was just dumb. I don't know what yeah I don't know what was up with that like he started out in big O1 is like the mysterious big evil guy And then towards the end of big O1 you actually saw him a couple times and he talked and he was there And it was just like hey, how you doing? It wasn't like whoa, you're the big bad guy It was like hey, what's up?  Oh Alan Gabriel Alan Gabriel is was a villain. He was a bad guy See, I think the reason he was a villain because I know Alan you made a good point I didn't think of that Alan Gabriel is really the only villain in all of big O Yeah, no one else is a villain. They may do bad things, but they don't beck started out as a villain But he un-villain, but he wasn't I don't consider him a villain. He was just an antagonist No, I think he was actually a villain in the first like episode or two when he first did bad And then we broke out of jail on his own in that other episode He was still a villain But then after that second time he appeared and he was done for then he un-villain see now here's where I disagree with you because To me Beck wasn't a villain He was just playing his role just like Roger Smith was playing his role because notice that wall Beck did Tried to do horrible things. He always had this sense of style and this sense of morals and he never stepped over the line and Alan Gabriel is the only character in the show that has no morals whatsoever He has absolutely no compunction against doing anything and he forces Beck to step over the line and Beck can't deal with that and Even in the beginning when Beck does is evil. He's not a villain. He's not the villain of the show He's just an antagonist and a plot point No, if you've never when I first saw the show ever and like the first two episodes I was like, all right back that bastard go get him, you know, he was a bad. Oh, yeah Definitely back that bastard go get him, but I wouldn't use the word villain No, I would at least if you only watch the first two episodes of the big O1 Well, if you watch big O1 in that yeah, but if you watch all the big O1, you'd think Alex is the villain Yeah, it's if I watched one and two again He wouldn't be viewed as a villain because I've already seen the whole thing But for when I remember that when I watched it fresh, he seemed like a villain right away So I guess to me because having seen the whole show the only character I can justify calling a villain is Alan Gabriel because he everyone does what they do for a reason and Everyone who do whatever they do they believe that they're in the right or at least they know they're in the wrong And they've dealt with that Alan Gabriel doesn't care right or wrong anything.  Yeah, he's not even after the truth. He's not after anything I don't know. You know, it's just you never know what he's thinking is the thing He might be thinking that you know, he might have some crazy whack job plan where if he does this and this and this Then he'll somehow get something but he doesn't ever get anything so either his whack job plan isn't working or At some point he like his whack job plan fails and he gives up on it and goes crazy But you don't realize it because you didn't know his whack job plan to begin with You know, but I don't know I think I mean because Roger Smith was kind of obsessed with memory and that's what was keeping him down and preventing him from realizing What he was and once he realized what he was he didn't like get rid of the idea of memory He still cherishes the memories he has he cherishes the past looks forward to the future But he lives in the present as opposed to living in the past Alan Gabriel Lives in the present, but he ignores the past completely Mm-hmm. He acts at one moment is completely separate from any other moment in his life But notice how is Roger like gets better and better and understands what's going on more and more He it's like when he stops trying to worry about memories He gets more memories of how to do awesome things with the robot. Yes, the robot is definitely a metaphorical Device yeah, that's the good kind of thing is where you have you know the completely mundane action But you also have the meaning and it's together in the same thing because at first they did that perfectly Remember when Angel discovered the studio where she'd grown up Yeah, that was very much the metaphor and mundane plot going on at the same time Mm-hmm, and I think if they had more episodes and more money They could have constructed an ending for the whole show that was similar. You know what it is It's like they took the easy way out. Yeah, you know, it's like it's like you know when you read a book and you read in Between the lines, it's not you know, they don't actually write down what their meaning is You're just reading a perfectly normal story But there's a meaning there and you have to extract it by thinking about what you just read But it seems that a lot of these animes that try to or you know, especially animes But also TV shows and movies that try to be meaningful What they do is they might make you read between the lines the whole way But at the end they just take what is written in between the lines and put it in bold text at the end And that's what I kind of don't like I wish I could just read between the lines the whole time and that stupid people would you know maintain the thing where they Didn't see anything between the lines Well, look at the end of Tragun All right, I'm gonna spoil the end of Tragun So if anyone who is afraid of spoilers, but it's still listening. I'm spoiling Tragun now too But I think that did it very well because the the moral, you know, no killing whatever because he doesn't kill knives at the end is There and if you read these lines You can see all the conflict and the fact that he decided he's going to kill knives throughout the entire final fight And it's not until the very end when he decides not to but then he doesn't and they don't do a crazy metaphor Whatever they just show him carrying knives back to town and that's the end Yep, that's and if you pay if you watch the fight and you watch the expressions on his face I mean if you don't notice any of that you just see an awesome fight And then the show ends and if you've watched his face and you pay attention to what's going on You get all that other meaning as well But the show isn't ruined for the people who don't get the metaphor nor is it ruined for the people who don't care about the action mm-hmm and We've gone on really long about that. 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We're doing a tier list today on all the Pixar movies released so far. I think there's like 26 of them, so this'll stay relevant for at least another week. Pixar makes some of the greatest animated films full stop, in my opinion, of course, so even though there might be one or two films in the trash category, that's only specific to Pixar. With that intro out of the way, let's get, oh my god, Woody's here from Toy Story. How did I forget? Thank you for reminding me. Woody says you should subscribe to the channel, Adam Does Movies, because I post tons of movie and TV show related content each and every week. Would love to have you. Woody would love to have you as well. He's getting a Woody just thinking about it. Here are the categories. In the top spot, God Tier we have To Infinity and Beyond. Next up is Kachow, which means the film's awesome. In the watchable category, we have Falling with Style. In the disappointing spot, Just Keep Swimming. And last and certainly least, there's the Hot Trash category. Put that thing back where it came from. And yes, these are all quotes from Pixar films. I'm a movie guy. Let's talk about the first Pixar movie ever released, Toy Story. This is Infinity Levels of Awesome. It started everything. It was amazing to see in theaters. And yes, the CG, not the greatest, but it still holds up. Still very watchable in that aspect. Plus, you got Randy Newman narrating different emotions that the toys are going through. You have a fun, playful concept. You have America's sweetheart, Tom Hanks. You have Tim the Tool Man, Alan. Not Taylor. He uses a different last name and home improvement for reasons I can't possibly comprehend. This was not only the perfect launching point for Pixar, but also 3D animated films in general. It was mind-blowing. That's all I can say. Let's move on to the next one. What do you say about a film that's completely forgettable? I'm being too rough on this, but honestly, I haven't given a second thought to Bugs Life since I saw it in theaters a thousand years ago. Outside of American sweetheart, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, there's really no voices here that really stand out for me either. I mean, Kevin Spacey does play the villain, which that seems pretty par for the chorus at this point. To its credit, a Bugs Life does look nicer than Toy Story. They definitely gave it a bump in the graphics department. I think Randy Newman's back as well because that, I guess, is a requirement for Pixar in the early phase. But outside of that, this was a step down. Still a fine film. Just nothing more. When I think of movie sequels that not only match the quality of the original, but even surpassed, I look at films like Aliens, like Terminator 2, like Home Alone 2 Lost in New York. Yes, it's better than the first! I don't want to hear any nays about it. And Toy Story 2, the superior Toy Story film. This is another god tier. This is another Infinity and Beyond movie. I've seen it multiple times. You have a great story fleshing out these toys better, which is funny because they don't have flesh. But I'm not using that word in the literal sense. You should know that. I shouldn't have to explain myself to you. We have fun new characters. We have a great backstory featuring Woody's Roundup and we even get to find out who Buzz Lightyear's father is. Chilling stuff. Very chilling stuff. This is a great movie. Really tugs at the heartstrings. Really draws you in with the updated effects. Randy Newman's back, baby. He never left. Yeah, Toy Story 2. This is where it's at. Man was early, Pixar amazing! Monsters ink!  Another brilliant film playing off a child's imagination. In this case, it's not toys coming to life. It's that monster under your bed or the one peeking out of the closet. But on the other side of that door, a fully operational world where monsters exist and they make their energy by scaring kids. John Goodman and Billy Crystal are a dynamic duo here, bouncing hilarious dialogue off one another, trying to get to the bottom of a mystery going on inside of Monsters Ink and coming to the conclusion that there are better ways to harness power. The final moments of the picture will make even the most alpha of men shed a tear. The film is beautiful. From top to bottom, it's infinity level. When is this train gonna slow down? Another infinity level picture here with Finding Nemo. The story of a clownfish named Marlin, who's ironically not funny at all, and his attempts to track down his son Nemo, who's lying in a fish tank in a dentist's office. Comedian Ellen DeGeneres plays Dory, absolutely steals every scene she's in. There's sharks that don't eat meat. There's just so many creative ideas on display here and the visuals at the time, holy crap, were they stunning. It's also classic Disney, in the sense that it kills off a parent right away. That's a good way to get the heart pumping, right?   The Iron Giant master himself, Brad Bird delivers another infinity level picture with the Incredibles. This is still one of my top favorite animated movies of all time. You've probably heard it a million times, but this really is the fantastic four movie we've all been waiting for. Brad Bird takes the superhero premise, flips it on his head. Superheroes are banned because they cause too much destruction. So we have a family here, trying to make ends meet and subdue their superpowers. Don't run too fast. Don't use force fields. Just don't feel Elsa. I think us guys, especially in middle age now, can all relate to Craig T. Nelson as Bob. He just wants something more than his mediocre life. And he's willing to get out there, even hide it from his wife in order to just live again. And like all wives that genuinely care, she's pissed when she finds out what he's been up to. But at the end of the day, they have to work together as a family to get out of a bad situation and take out one of the greatest super villains in a movie, Syndrome. Jason Lee voices Buddy to perfection. A sidekick wannabe who grows up to become a super villain. Across the board, the execution is flawless.  There's a fan base for cars. I'm not in that fan base. I'm also not a fan of Larry the Cable Guy's humor. So him being Mater wasn't really the perfect match for me. I do like Owen Wilson. Okay, I'm a fan of Owen Wilson, but this movie was just too slow and I wasn't interested in the NASCAR stuff. There wasn't enough racing for me. Just a lot of cars chatting and it was a very small, simple film. I felt like I was lied to in the initial marketing. But even upon rewatching it, I just don't find it that interesting. Watchable, certainly. And that's why it's going in the falling with style category. I believe Ratatouille is another Brad Bird movie and he brings me back. We ventured off course into cars territory clearly aimed at a younger audience, but now we're back in action with Ratatouille. This is another one that's infinity levels of good. I can watch this film over and over again, but I'm also a sucker for the art form of cooking. Something that I'm not great at, but in a different life, man, I would have loved to have been a chef if I had any sort of skill set at all. I would have followed that dream. I would have chased that dream down. What's brilliant about this movie is Brad Bird takes one of the grossest animals on the planet, marries it with culinary design. What really puts my favorite Pixar movies in that infinity category is the ending when it all comes together so nicely. And in this case, we have a critic, a food critic who's not impressed with the restaurant resting on its laurels. Is it laurels? Laurels? What do rats rest on? Regardless, the food critic appropriately named Ego has not been impressed. He hasn't been wowed by anything coming out of restaurants lately. That is until he tries Remy's Ratatouille and he's taken back to when he was a kid. It brought feelings and emotions out of him. Just this food, this simple meal. It's a fantastic movie with an exquisite message. That's why it's at the top. I love this movie, Full Stop. It's quirky. It's charming. It's different. The premise is so wackadoo, yet it works perfectly in the future. Earth is declared uninhabitable so the humans all launch off into a giant spacecraft that's basically run by Walmart while a sole robot is left behind to clean up the mess. During his daily route, he stumbles upon a single blade of grass that has grown. Life can be sustained again. This triggers an Eve robot to drop down, scan it, bring it back to the ship in which case humans are going to be sent back except for they're not because the AI has gotten too smart for that. They're not letting these people go home. Inside of this heavy plot is the real story which is one of love between a junked out PC and a beautiful slick Mac. They will traverse the shitty remains of Earth. They will slow dance in space and they will in fact fall in love. From a visual standpoint, there's a lot going on too. Wally, the Earth, even the President at the beginning is very lifelike. I mean the President is in fact a real human. So when we see the contrast up in the ship of these giant blobby remains of the human race there's nothing natural looking about them. They're very cartoonish in nature and that's the point. We have more of a connection now with that rusty old robot than we do with the slobs sitting on that computer all day. And what does it take for them to wake up and see what's really going on? Not human connection, just any connection. And that happens to come from Wally. It's a deep film. It's beautiful. Great score. Cinematography's top of the line. I can't say enough good things about Wally. Up is one of those instances for me where the beginning and the ending are knocked out of the freaking stratosphere but in the middle it's pretty rough. For the beginning and ending alone though I still put it in Kachow territory but it really could have hit infinity levels had it just had a bit more structure in the middle it gets very silly. Too silly. Especially when I see dogs flying planes with bone chew toys. I drew the line there. There are some really colorful characters here though both human and animal alike. And I do give this studio props for telling a story about an older person. We just don't really see them in the spotlight that often. Not since the grumpy old men franchise have I been very captivated by an old dude really doing anything. So bravo to the studio for this. A lot of people would put Toy Story 3 right at the top of their list. I'm not a lot of people and honestly I kind of disagree. I am going to put it in Kachow but it's barely Kachow material. I find the movie overall to be too dark and yes I mean that in the literal sense. It's just nighttime too often. I don't want to watch a toy story let alone an animated movie that takes place mostly at night. It's not interesting to me and the story is also very grim. Hey let's throw toys in an incinerator.  This is for kids. And I understand kids grow up so the people that watch Toy Story 1 are you know me but I still don't want to see that. I like the fantasy I like the childhood whimsy that's involved. The best parts of Toy Story 3 are with lots of causing havoc in the daycare. The toys trying to get away using creative ideas and concepts. Watching them almost burn alive while holding hands singing kumbaya not my idea of a good Toy Story movie that said it all comes back around at the end. We get acceptance. We get moving on. Andy is growing up. He's going to college. Woody needs to move on too. Find that new kid to play with. Let a kid play with the Woody like Andy. And I hear how it's coming out. That's intentional. We have our first put that thing back where it came from trash film with Cars 2. I didn't even finish this movie. Now maybe it gets really good but from what I saw I had so little interest it was remarkable. The first movie was a drag for me to get through so I thought hey a spy movie in the Cars universe that seems like a better direction. I just didn't care. So I can't really speak much to this film because again I only made it probably 20 minutes in and I just it's the only Pixar movie I haven't watched through to completion. So I should say everything you need to know. Last and kind of least on my list is Brave. Not as bad as Cars 2 because I finished it but not a whole lot better. Again Pixar playing on the tropes flipping the script instead of the princess turning into a creature the mother does and it's not going to be a magical kiss that's going to get her out of this. It's going to be them learning to accept each other for who they are faults and everything. We have a redheaded princess here so there's some props for that. I know the redhead community often feels kind of left in the dust. So it's nice when they get some representation. It's funny because Pixar goes against one trope but then they use another one which is the strong female lead with the bow and arrow. How many times have we seen this? How many times can we do this with the woman? It's always the bow and arrow. Visually speaking I'm not really a fan of this one either. I think when it came out it kind of wowed people with its hyper realistic look. There was obviously some style to it but looking back on it now it just doesn't really sit that well with me. I was going to put this in the Just Keep Swimming category because it's not like awful or anything but honestly I don't ever want to watch it again. If someone wanted me to watch it I don't think I would. So yeah I'm going to go ahead and put that thing back where it came from. John Goodman and Billy Crystal are back baby as everyone's favorite scanners. I don't know if that's a word but we're going with it. It's Monsters Inc 2 this time appropriately titled Monsters University because it's a prequel and usually prequels don't work like 100% of the time but this film defies the odds. It's a fun romp around the campus featuring not just these two lovable furry friends but we have some other cameos from favorites from the first film. The film is like old school but for kids. No, it's not as serious as dark or has the touching ending the first film does but it's something different. It's not your traditional sequel where it takes what works from the first one and just kind of repeats it. It's its own film and I appreciate that. I'm giving it a kachow. Inside out as a prepubescent girl this film really speaks to me. In all seriousness this is Pixar getting back to what made them great taking chances trying new things telling an original story. I can't actually connect since Riley grew up in Minnesota and she's leaving that state behind which is actually what I did where my emotions popping off like crazy not the same ones as her but I definitely had joy. I had sadness and I think everyone that watches this movie can relate on some level to Riley and what she's going through and Pixar is really good at making films for all ages except for maybe the scary-ass clown that could maybe give a couple kids nightmares and adults. I'm not saying I woke up in the middle of the night from fever sweats. But I'm not not saying that either. Let me get real with you for a second Pixar. Do you have to do it?  Never forget. Colorful characters check a beautiful score you better believe it Buster and an ending so powerful that wraps everything together in a nice package gives us an easy to infinity and beyond score. The good dinosaur more like the bad dinosaur subscribe. What's really weird is the good dinosaur and inside out came out in the same year like a few months apart from one another. It's like Pixar took all the bad ideas they had and went ahead and put it in the dinosaur picture. We have a cowboy T-Rex. We got a Triceratops that's just quirky and out there and doesn't talk. And we have a protagonist so unlikable so klutzy so completely inept it's like Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump fused into one creation. Nobody likes it. Ellen DeGeneres is really great as a supporting actress really great as a supporting actress not so much when she has to carry an entire picture. I'm being harsh on this one finding Dory is just as good. No, it's not. It's not just as good as finding Nemo. It's still good though. Pixar once again managed to take a concept that worked in the first movie and not do the same thing again. Make it fresh enough to keep me invested. I appreciate that they built an entire story around Dory's disability and how she was able to overcome it by the end and seeing this film as a parent with my children. I mean, that was heart-wrenching stuff as the mother and father are laying out rocks trying to get her back home searching an entire ocean for her seeing Dory trying to remember and getting frustrated at her and with her that she has no idea what she ate for breakfast let alone who her parents are anymore. It's tragic stuff only told in a way Pixar could tell it. While it doesn't hit that same crescendo finding Nemo does it doesn't fall that short either. I'm giving this a kachow. If you didn't like Cars One and hated Cars Two Cars Three says hold my gear because it's awful. Cars Three is set up like the perfect underdog story to a movie that Pixar didn't finish making because as this film starts to wind down Lightning McQueen takes a backseat. Instead of McQueen finishing the race taking on his rival and proving that he still has what it takes to win the whole movie is thrown in reverse and his protege comes in last second clutch and wins the thing for him. Awful. Awful. I mean the film kind of had it all. It had a days of thunder opening where McQueen's wrecked has to get back into fighting shape. It had a Rocky Balboa montage including a nice run on the beach and it had the final high octane in your face edge of your seat action only to end in a dismal ropa dope where the audience is sold short. It last jedi'd us. That's what happened here.  Why am I still talking about this movie? It is a put that thing back where it came from. Cocoa is footloose but in Mexico when a young boy named Miguel is unable to play music like he wanted to like his ancestors did before him he goes ahead and finds them. Of course the big thing that separates Cocoa from the other Pixar movies on this list is the cultural significance it has takes place in Mexico. We learn of the day of the dead and it really gives us an insight and not just the culture of the Mexican people but also the beauty behind it. They don't grieve loss instead they celebrate it. The message of the film is easily the selling point for it. Of course the visuals are great the music is lovely it's fine. I found myself kind of wandering off in the middle. The movie feels like it pads itself out just to get to that ending which is one of the best in Pixar history. I wept like a grown baby. So this is kind of like up for me where the beginning really is fantastic and the ending knocks it out of the park but the middle could have used some work. I'm giving this a kachow. Remember the plot of the Incredibles? If you don't you can just watch Incredibles 2. It's the same exact movie. Remember when I praised the Pixar sequels for not doing the exact same thing the previous one did? Incredibles 2 does the exact same thing. Instead of Bob being the one to secretly go out and get work for the family Helen's doing it. She's the one away from the kids. Bob has to take over the house. The kids have barely progressed at all outside of little Jack Jack becoming more adorable and more awesome with his powers. It just took so long for Brad Bird to make this movie and I had such high hopes it would be amazing again. The villain couldn't have been more obvious unless she spray painted I am the villain across her chest and she has nothing on Buddy. Buddy is one of the greatest villains in movie history. She's just nothing compared to him. I forgot her name too but it's like super obvious it's like Cruella Deville or something. Evelyn DeVore. It just sounds evil. All things considered, the first film is essentially flawless. So even copying that and getting close to the goodness that was Incredibles is a lofty goal all by itself. So I am going to give this a kachow but it's a sad kachow. It's a whimper. Not a exclamation. I remember liking Toy Story 4 when I saw it in theaters but upon reflection I can't remember a single thing about it outside of Bo Peep's back. Looks completely different. Penguin's still MIA. What happened to the penguin? Remember the penguin with the bad voice box? Talking about random side characters because I just don't have much to say about this film. Looks beautiful. I think we can say that but as we get up this list or down whichever way you're going on this roller coaster ride the visuals are going to keep getting better. That should go without saying. Technology improves. Now that doesn't mean style improves necessarily but for a film like Toy Story they already have that style in the bag so the gloss is going to get glossier. The cloth is going to get clothier. Still haven't said anything about the movie. Keanu Reeves is in there. He plays a daredevil. Key and Peel are in there. They're kind of annoying which is sad because those guys are hilarious usually. I did find it a bit puzzling. Borderline troubling that Bonnie can create life by merely taking an object and combining another object with it via glue or a paperclip. I mean this is a power that no kid should wield. I couldn't even imagine the amount of toys she's killed along the way by accidentally throwing a couple of objects together having them stick in the garbage can. Frightening stuff. This could have been a horror film. It's kind of another movie where Woody has to let go again but instead this time he lets go of his friends. Goes off in adventures with Bo Peep and the rest of them go back for playtime. I don't know it just felt a little disingenuous. It felt like it almost jumped ahead another trilogy's worth of content and said Woody's done. He's hanging up the towel. He's ready to start his own life because he was really only with Bonnie for two minutes at the end of Toy Story 3 and then a couple side stories that were released on Disney Plus or Cable for some reason. It's definitely a watchable movie. I don't think it's Kachow though. I think I'm gonna put it in Falling with Style. Yeah, that seems fair. That seems right. Have you ever seen a Dwayne Johnson Kevin Hart film? I think everybody has. They've been in 30 of them together. This is kind of that except for with Chris Pratt and Tom Holland. Onward's an appropriate title for this picture because I just wanted to move Onward from it. It's not my best. Onward was the least Pixar movie Pixar's ever made. Nothing really creative about it to very mid as the kids would say. It's like a Dungeons & Dragons movie set at the library. It's boring. It's not entertaining, but it should be. It's got dragons. It's got swords. It's got traps. How was this a miss? It's a good question I just asked myself and honestly, I don't know the answer. I'm gonna give this a just keep swimming because I don't want to see you anymore. Not you, the movie. We have entered the Disney Plus section of Pixar. It started with Onward. It continues with Soul. A film that's oddly lacking in one. It had such a cool concept too. A piano teacher that really wanted to play in the big leagues.  Breaks his neck. Goes up to Soul World where he meets Tina Fey.  But again, he has different plans in mind. He wants to get back to Earth, snap back to reality. Well, there goes gravity. Things don't work out that way. He goes into the body of a cat. She goes into his comatose body on the bed and this is where the film completely falls apart. Now we do a body swap thing. They freaky Friday this thing. They parent trap this thing. They probably 15 other shows on Disney at some point this thing. I hated it. The final act kind of brings it back but at that point I'm already so checked out. It has a hippie up in the clouds going, whoa dude, let's see if we can get you back.  They've never been funny. Sorry I'm yelling. I'm just honestly upset and disappointed. Film of course looks gorgeous. Music top of the line. I wish I could play the piano. Honestly, I do. I've tried. I have piano fingers. Well besides this one that's like jacked up and broken but that's a story for a different time. Probably a better story than the one I saw in this film. This is going to get a just keep swimming. Here we are with another Disney Plus exclusive, Luca and this time they got it right for me. I'm a big fan of this film. I like the quaintness of it. Off on an adventure in the Italian countryside with two young kids getting up to some misadventures.  These are gills. You didn't know. The movie has a lot of fun with this too. They kind of do a gremlins thing or whenever they're wet, part of their body transforms but then snaps back again really quickly. The movie is very playful. Features a great ensemble cast but it's the things that aren't set out loud in this picture that really make it stand out for me. Clearly, Alberto's got a couple skeletons in his closet or just some deep seated emotions he's not ready to share yet. Alberto's a phenomenal character and again by the end of this movie I'm in a heap of full grown sob in the corner of the couch not wanting the rest of my family to look at me because I'm choking up feeling bad for Alberto feeling bad that his new best friend Luca has to leave him on a train only to come back once in a while. How's he gonna get by? How am I gonna get by without their friendship? I love this film. I think too many people slept on it. It does have a lull in the middle. It is very slow but I think the payoff's worth it. Not quite infinity levels. It's close. I'm giving it a kachow. We're getting down to the wire here. Next up is turning red. The story of 13 year old May Lin going through the change except puberty isn't her biggest problem. It's turning into a giant red panda uncomfortable to some 40 year old men out there. Absolutely not this guy though. I champion films like this that aren't afraid to take chances tell new stories give audiences new experiences. We've had four Toy Story movies. I'm over it. I'll take a turning red any day of the week especially for what's coming next. But before we get to that I have to praise the visuals here. The settings great. These characters these young girls are hilarious. Some may have found them annoying. That's 13 year old kids in general full stop. But if you can appreciate their lightheartedness their youthful innocence their transition from kid to adult then you should absolutely appreciate turning red. Also doesn't hurt that there's a fantastic boy band to listen to. I'm giving this a kachow. Lightyear. Yeah. My kids didn't even want to see this in theaters.  It's not that bad. It's just not very good either and I don't ever want to watch it again. So yeah, it's a put that thing back where it came from. I will say it's on Disney plus now. My son watched it solo. I asked him what he thought. He said no, not good dad. Not good. He's 10. So I have to ask myself who was this movie for because Andy at the time of watching this movie in theaters with his mom or dad or by himself. I don't know the kid. I don't know his life and his struggles. He went to see Lightyear and the movie supposedly inspired him to go out and get the toy. The movie I saw that he saw was first off not the type of movie they would have made back then. Secondly, what in the hell kid would watch that stick in the mud and say, wow, Buzz Lightyear was awesome.  It was like the Scooby Doo gang on Max Scooby Snacks which isn't a good thing in this case. I know it helps Scooby, but let's be honest, the guy's a drug addict. He's not in good space. Then there was the awful twist at the end with Zerg instead of it being his father, which sure that might have been done for jokes just as a parody on Star Wars.  It's like Pixar watched Interstellar and said, let's just make that movie, but way worse. Again, they had the opportunity to be the Pixar I know and love. They could have thought outside the box and said, okay, Andy's seeing this in the theater. Let's make it look like a movie. Like how meta would that be if they made it look like a movie that came out in the 90s? It could have had cheesy effects and explosions everywhere. Total Brodastic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Transformers G.I. Joe style action. It could have been a blast, but instead they made this hum drum sci-fi adventure that really didn't see him adventure anywhere.  That's the lowest, cheapest form of comedy using a cute animal.  You're supposed to be better than that. So let's take this film and put that thing back where it came from because I'm done light year. I'm done. I mean, look at this list. So many infinity level S tier God tier films to choose from and hardly anything at the way bottom, couple in the middle, but overall this is a win. This is an absolute win for Pixar. They need to keep innovating, keep trying new things, stop making sequels. They used to be a company that was like we're not going to do a lot of sequels and then Disney got their grubby hands on them. I don't want to see a third Incredibles movie in five more years and it's just the same thing again but violates the lead character. Hard pass. Although I would like a ratatouille sequel because then they could do the ratatouille. 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