In Episode 4 of In the Can, the CHIEF is joined by The BarnBurner’s in-house meme savant, Sweaty Freddy. The dudes drink some (read: many) beers and talk Netflix’s original The Cloverfield Paradox. Do you dig on sci-fi? Do you like to watch characters frantically running through spaceship corridors a la the Alien franchise? What the hell is a “paradox?” Find out what the CHIEF and Freddy thought about this flick:

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Timeline:

The CHIEF’s Quick Plot Summary — (2:28)

— The BarnBurner’s Patented One-Sentence NO CONJUNCTIONS Review — (3:47) The CHIEF totally and completely breaks his own rule. “They should call it the Cliche Paradox…”

Background of Writer & Director and How this Damn Thing Got Made — (7:13) Writer is Oren Uziel Spec scripts… Director is Julius Onah Why add the Cloverfield-y things?

of Writer & Director and How this Damn Thing Got Made — Who Gets the Most Buckets ? — (12:24) “But also we don’t know the names of anyone in this movie…” BUT IT’S GOT THE DUDE FROM BRIDESMAIDS IN IT! How to identify with one-dimensional characters.

? — The Boyfriend/Little Girl “Subplot” — (16:04)

BURNING HOT TAKE About Netflix Original Movies — (20:11) A comparison is made…

— Sixth Man Award — (22:29) We discuss, er, patriotism??

Award — Parallel Dimension Plot — (26:22) “Damn I wish Neil DeGresse Tyson would have been here so he could just roast this shit…” “If I get a message from myself in a different universe, that’s really gonna ____ me up, dude…” “If I get messages from another universe, I can’t rule out that it’s Jim Halpert just messing with me…”

Plot — The BarnBurner’s Nick Cage Switcheroo — (33:43) Replace one actor with Nicholas Cage, who would you and why? Mandarin mixup…

— 10/10 Tinder Fodder …

… Freddy and the CHIEF’s Barn Ratings — (37:20) “This is a great movie to play for someone to test if they know what makes a ‘good’ movie…”

— Rewatchability — (39:54) “We need [Netflix] to be a little more rigorous on their scripts and their directors…”

— OUTRO (44:18) Kings of Leon

(44:18) SNEAK PEEK SEINFELD SEGMENT AKA “WHAT’S THE DEAL??” — (45:35)

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