What Were They Thinking?
Nathan and Brendan discuss truly awful movies while trying to keep their sanity in tact. Full disclosure: We may be in love with the movies we deem terrible. New episodes uploaded every Thursday! Logo created by Mariah Lirette. Theme song by Taylor Sheasgreen of the Motorleague.
Episodes
May 30, 2024 • 99 mins
It's the fifth Thursday of the month (a rare occurrence!) so you know what that means - it's time for a Small-Screen Shameful! Jason MacLeod joins the guys this week to talk about Blackbird - the Michael Flatley (yes, of Riverdance) vanity project. They talk all about Flatley's unfathomably bad, static, hilarious and insane performance, Eric Roberts drunkenly slurring all his dialogue, the obscene amount of hats, the most boring ca...
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May 23, 2024 • 87 mins
In the second part of our Liam Neeson spectacular, the guys shift their attention to Taken 3 (or Tak3n if you were a part of the stupid marketing team). It's a movie that asks the question... what if we just didn't take anyone? You can blame Liam Neeson for that and his weird-ass contract. But in regards to the movie, they also wonder what is up with Forest Whitaker's hands business? How stupid is Bryan Mills in his everyday life? ...
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May 16, 2024 • 82 mins
In a first-ever for the boys in Thinking Town, Canada... this is the first of a Taken twofer. That's right - starting off this week with Taken 2, a film that asks the question: do you want to see it again but not as good? This film has everything from Bryan's daugher Kim using grenades like sonar devices, Bryan's sewing circle of friends who dish way too much, some of the worst fight choreography you'll see in an action film and mu...
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May 9, 2024 • 95 mins
This week, Patron Megan Miller joins the guys to school them on the education system with a breakdown of the 1999 Kevin Williamson thriller Teaching Mrs. Tingle. Will a real-life horrific violent act in school stop the momentum of a potentially violent school-themed thriller? No wa-- ... what? Oh, it will... oh, it did? Oh okay.
Ahem.
Anyway, the gang talk about the awkward last-minute cuts to get a PG-13 rating, the very disturb...
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May 2, 2024 • 90 mins
Patron Michael Bagford bestows the boys with the kaiju film Godzilla vs. Megalon but should it really be called Jet Jaguar vs. Megalon with Godzilla Making the Hot Tag? The fellas discuss if Jet Jaguar is the "Poochie" of this movie, Godzilla barely being in it, the two dads and much more. Plus - Nathan pitches his kaiju-themed comedy.
Next week: School is in session!
What We've Been Watching:
Life is Beautiful
Kyle Kinane: Whisk...
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April 25, 2024 • 92 mins
Britany is back this week to help the guys dissect the 2001 dramedy Rock Star featuring Mark Wahlberg having the most fun ever. They discuss the rampant homophobia, Jennifer Aniston crushing it, the wigs, Wahlberg's obsession with the band, Nathan points out all the anachronisms with the music choices throughout and much more.
Next week: Kaijuuuuu!
What We've Been Watching:
Life is Beautiful
Kyle Kinane: Whiskey Icarus
This is Wh...
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April 18, 2024 • 107 mins
Look, I usually try to put a funny little summary here but this movie is vile and hateful and not good for Christians or Atheists or really anyone who doesn’t have a black heart. The guys are joined by former pastor Troy Carruthers to get into some of the more intricate aspects of religion (especially the danger of “narrative”) and why this movie is harmful to everyone. Don’t worry, they still had fun discussing this nutty movie. T...
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April 11, 2024 • 104 mins
This week, the fellas are delighted to be joined by Patron extraordinaire/Ultraviolet super-fan Raina Harper to discuss... well... Ultraviolet. They talk about the genuinely unfinished special effects and the uncanny valley, characters that forget what they were told minutes afterwards, the unnecessary twists, the movie appealing to the anti-vax crowd and much more.
Next week: it's about to get religulous.
What We've Been Watchin...
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April 4, 2024 • 90 mins
Back to the standard bad movies this week... with the Russell Crowe directorial effort Poker Face. Luckily, the guys are joined by Australian (but really a true Seattle native) in Declan Green, who may have been telling the truth about 33.3% of the time. They discuss Australians doing cringy Australian accents, Liam Hemsworth playing a 57-year old man, the lack of poker and much more.
Next week: a lot of very bad CGI.
What We've ...
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March 28, 2024 • 92 mins
This week, Ryan is back to talk about the 2018 action hit Skyscraper starring The Rock! Unlike the Anna Nicole Smith one, this movie has a budget! The guys talk all about this whackadoo movie including Neve Campbell's car fight, the duct tape product placement, the Hall of Mirrors as a functioning room... and they also sorta answer the question - is The Rock a good actor?
Next week: Aussie Aussie Aussie!
What We've Been Watching:...
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March 21, 2024 • 106 mins
It's that time of year so Nathan and Brendan welcome back Ryan Gilbert to discuss the Vince Russo-era WCW PPV New Blood Rising. They talk all about the overly convoluted and confusing rules for nearly every match, Goldberg refusing to "play ball," four referees in one match, storylines involving revenge p*rn and miscarriages and much more. Plus: brief reminiscing about one of the craziest shows in all of television - Passions.
Nex...
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March 14, 2024 • 97 mins
We travel back to 1995 to learn about the futuristic world of 1999 this week with Virtuosity starring Russell Crowe as... a ham sandwich? The guys talk all about Crowe's absolutely bananas performance as SID 6.7 and his literal devouring of scenery but they also discuss the music of screams, the UFC content, Denzel Washington's wig and much more.
Next week: Wrasslin'!
What We've Been Watching:
The Straight Story
Catch Me If You C...
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March 7, 2024 • 94 mins
This week, one of our patrons Adam Jures brings us the long-awaited sequel to a trashterpiece of cinema - The Toxic Avenger Part II. The guys talk about Troma Films and their Don Rickles approach to comedy, the Toxic Avenger somehow becoming a CARTOON SERIES FOR CHILDREN, the lack of planning on the part of Apocalypse Inc, the Neil Breen-level evil dialogue and much more.
Next week: Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!
What We've Been Watchin...
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February 29, 2024 • 85 mins
There are five Thursdays this month so it's time to discuss a movie that didn't QUITE make its way to cinemas - Hell Comes to Frogtown starring "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. The guys talk about the Dance of Three Snakes, the nonsensical "twist," the immobility of the frog costumes, Roddy Piper being absolutely irresistible and much more.
Next week: Some Troma!
What We've Been Watching:
Wings
The Marvels
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February 22, 2024 • 107 mins
The guys finally talk about a movie that has been pitched since it came out back in 2017. Frequest guest and extreme sports expert Jerika is delighted that they are finally discussing the sorta-pun movie Monster Trucks. They talk about Lucas Till looking way older than his classmates, Jane Levy playing a full-on stalker, saving photos on the cloud, all the great actors in useless supporting roles and much more.
Next week: Mariah g...
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February 15, 2024 • 99 mins
This week, it's Mariah's turn to choose the doom & gloom and she brings back old stalwart Neil Breen with his 2016 manifesto Pass Thru. She also joins the fellas to help discuss the fake tiger, Breen's lengthy monologue on the evening news, the drug cartel leader's yell-acting, the useless subplot with the child astronomers and much, MUCH more.
Next week: a long-promised film is finally delivered.
What We've Been Watching:
Nympho...
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February 8, 2024 • 91 mins
This week, Patty picks the movie for the guys and bestows upon them... Metro starring Eddie Murphy. Yes, it's the action/comedy with very little comedy that made the nation come together... and ask each other if they'd seen that new Eddie Murphy movie to which most people shrugged and walked away? After Nathan reveals his very personal connection to this film, the guys also discuss Michael Wincott's sexy growling, all of the plot t...
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February 1, 2024 • 95 mins
The Worst of 2023 concludes and bookends our series with unnecessary sequels with The Exorcist: Believer, David Gordon Green's attempt to resurrect the series. The guys talk about this film disrespecting the original film by way of their abuse of Ellen Burstyn, having two possessed girls this time, the Linda Blair cameo, the Religious Avengers (TM Jason MacLeod) and much more.
Next week: Patty gives us a movie!
What We've Been Wa...
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January 25, 2024 • 90 mins
The Worst of 2023 rolls forward with a breakdown of Oscar-winning writer/director Florian Zeller's followup to The Father... The Son. He went from winning an Oscar for Best Screenplay to... THIS!? Gabe Elder-Gomes joins the guys to break this baffling representation of mental illness from... someone else's perspective? What is happening? They discuss the gameshow environment and a very unprofessional doctor, the jarring tone shift ...
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January 18, 2024 • 106 mins
The Worst of 2023 continues with a discussion of the polarizing film The Flash starring real-life criminal Ezra Miller. Resident comic book expert Josh Kotsabasakis joins the guys to discuss the film and attempt to avoid as many real-life Ezra references as possible. Why does this movie have so much spaghetti? Are the CGI babies the worst? And what about the rest of the CGI? Does this movie not even have a real villain? What the he...
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