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.

TV & Film
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Film Reviews
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The Glimmer Man (w/Galen Howard)
The guys welcome first-time guest Galen Howard to discuss a confusing Seagal flick
95 min
252
Iso-ploitation: Street Fighter (w/Lindsay Escof...
The guys discuss a JCVD classic along with returning guest Lindsay Escoffery
91 min
253
The 4th Annual Manos Hand-Outs
It's time to take a break from talking about specific bad movies for one week because it's that time of year again. Don your finest Vera Wang and attend the fourth annual Manos Hand-Outs! Who will win the Roger Corman Award for Excellence? What fabulous ...
96 min
254
Patreon Pick: Bloodrayne (w/Home Video Hustle)
Ah, Steve and Izzy of Everything I Learned from Movies bestowed this "gem" upon the podcast...   Luckily, Nathan and Brendan are not alone and they bring Brent (Home Video Hustle) on-board to help them dive into another Uwe Boll videogame adaptation - Bl...
94 min
255
The 15:17 to Paris (w/John Ellis)
What is a better way to show reverence to three real-life heroes than by getting them to play themselves in a film? We could probably think of many, many ways.   This week, the guys welcome first-time guest John Ellis (of The Best Movie of the Year... So...
94 min
256
R.I.P.D.
It's not Men in Black. I swear.   This week, the guys tackle the 2013 totally-not-Men in Black movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges - R.I.P.D. Besides the staggering amount of similarities with the aforementioned movie, the guys also discuss bil...
92 min
257
Patreon Pick: Speed 2 - Cruise Control
This episode is brought to you by Patron Dannie!   This week, Nathan and Brendan reach into the Patreon Picks for Speed 2: Cruise Control, the sequel that absolutely no one was asking for... ever. They discuss things like Willem Dafoe's leeches, the ice ...
90 min
258
Ravenous (w/Moxie from "Your Brain on Facts" Po...
Hope you guys are hungry!   This week, Nathan and Brendan welcome first-time guest Moxie from Your Brain on Facts to discuss a movie near and dear to her heart - Ravenous. The discussion ranges from the studio's mishandling of the marketing campaign to R...
94 min
259
Small-Screen Shamefuls: Terror Squad (w/Home Vi...
It's the fifth Thursday of the month and that can only mean one thing... time to punch down!   This week, Nathan and Brendan welcome back Brent (and a little bit of the Spirit) from the Home Video Hustle to discuss the Red Dawn/Breakfast Club rip-off Ter...
89 min
260
Hackers (w/Jason MacLeod)
Summer blockbusters are always a huge success, right? Well... let's examine that with our month-long series: Summer Flopbusters!   Nathan and Brendan welcome back Jason to talk about a seminal guilty pleasure film - Hackers. The guys talk about the "icon...
103 min
261
Days of Thunder (w/Jerika Layne)
Summer blockbusters are always a huge success, right? Well... let's examine that with our month-long series: Summer Flopbusters!   Nathan and Brendan bring back their extreme sports expert Jerika to discuss the 1990 NASCAR lovefest Days of Thunder. The g...
89 min
262
Judge Dredd (w/Everything I Learned from Movies)
Summer blockbusters are always a huge success, right? Well... let's examine that with our month-long series: Summer Flopbusters!   Nathan and Brendan roll on with the worst of summer and, alongside returning guests Steve and Izzy of Everything I Learned ...
98 min
263
Fantastic Four (2015) (w/Joshua Kotsabasakis)
Summer blockbusters are always a huge success, right? Well... let's examine that with our month-long series: Summer Flopbusters!   Nathan and Brendan welcome back resident comic book expert Josh Kotsabasakis for a dissertation on the amazingly slow and u...
95 min
264
Listeners Choice: Godzilla (1998) (w/Mariah Lir...
The scariest time of the year is upon us as Nathan and Brendan dive into YOUR picks in the month of June. That's right - it's LISTENER'S CHOICE MONTH.   Why must America muck everything up that they rip off from across the pond? Join Nathan, Brendan and ...
93 min
265
Listeners Choice: Cool as Ice
The scariest time of the year is upon us as Nathan and Brendan dive into YOUR picks in the month of June. That's right - it's LISTENER'S CHOICE MONTH.   Alright, stop! Collaborate and listen! The guys are back with a brand-new edition. Vanilla Ice starre...
89 min
266
Listeners Choice: The Dentist (w/Drew from "Ree...
The scariest time of the year is upon us as Nathan and Brendan dive into YOUR picks in the month of June. That's right - it's LISTENER'S CHOICE MONTH.   Drill into this week's bicuspid of an episode! Nathan and Brendan are joined by Drew of the "Reel Fee...
91 min
267
Listeners Choice: Skyscraper (1996)
The scariest time of the year is upon us as Nathan and Brendan dive into YOUR picks in the month of June. That's right - it's LISTENER'S CHOICE MONTH.   Listen - it's totally not Die Hard, okay guys? Nathan and Brendan talk about the first choice of the ...
94 min
268
Black. Lives. Matter.
Everyone involved in this protest - we support you UNEQUIVOCALLY. We can't even begin to comprehend what black people go through on a day-to-day basis but we are not blind to the world and we stand by you as fellow human beings. We may not be the most el...
6 min
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Patreon Pick: Silent Hill
Back to the Patreon Picks as we get Luc Shannon from GameItAll.com to give the guys a movie that Nathan holds so near and dear to his hate-heart - Silent Hill. It's a film that with needlessly complicated storytelling that somehow doesn't have a Sean Bea...
96 min
270
Whatever It Takes (w/Lindsay Escoffery)
Nathan and Brendan welcome Lindsay back to talk about a very important film and a modern riff on Cyrano de Bergerac - the 2000 teen comedy Whatever It Takes. The gang talk about everything from the miscasting of the leads, the much more interesting plot ...
96 min
271
Lionheart
This week, the guys finally tackle a full-fledged Jean-Claude Van Damme flick (No Retreat, No Surrender doesn't count) with the 1990 cult classic Lionheart. They talk about the swanky saxophone soundtrack, a main character that mumbles about 70% of his d...
97 min
272
Never Too Young to Die
Remember when Gene Simmons played a villainous hermaphrodite that wants to poison the water supply but is thwarted by an American James Bond-like figure played by John Stamos who is also the son of one-time Bond actor George Lazenby? No? Well then you mu...
96 min
273
Small-Screen Shamefuls: A Talking Cat!?! (w/ Ev...
It's that time again where the guys delve into some more offbeat fare and nothing could be more appropriately weird and off-putting as much as A Talking Cat!?! Steve and Izzy of Everything I Learned From Movies join your hosts Nathan and Brendan to discu...
99 min
274
Cats (w/Amanda the Jedi)
The time has come. It is finally time to talk about Cats. Luckily, Nathan and Brendan weren't alone and they brought back CNN superstar Amanda the Jedi to endure the magic with them. The gang talk about everything from the musical numbers only serving as...
97 min
275
Green Lantern
Remember when comic book movies had a far worse track record? Well, Nathan and Brendan sure do as they tackle DC's misguided attempt and Ryan Reynolds' ultimate disappointment with Green Lantern. They talk about a multitude of follies including Reynolds ...
99 min