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.

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Pet Sematary Two
It's not the sequel that we deserved. It's the sequel that no one wanted.   Much to Nathan's chagrin, he and Brendan tackled the sequel to one of his favourite genre classics, Pet Sematary Two. You wanted harrowing family horror? How about a nightmare wh...
86 min
302
Blumhouse's Truth or Dare
Truth or Dare???   Continuing on with the spookiest month of the year, Schlocktober rests on last year's critical failure in the form of Blumhouse's Truth or Dare. Nathan and Brendan discuss everything from vodka-brand vodka, how this movie is not the Ma...
90 min
303
The Happening (w/Lindsay Escoffery)
The Event... it's happening...   As Schlocktober begins, Nathan and Brendan welcome their guest Lindsay to talk all about one of her favourite good-bad movies - The Happening. It's the first Shyamalan movie on the podcast and probably not the last one. T...
99 min
304
Patreon Pick: McBain
This is not what you think it is...   Do not worry, folks - The Simpsons did it first! Nathan and Brendan discuss this week's film in the form of our next Patreon Pick from Steve and Izzy of Everything I Learned from Movies. You've seen all the macho 80s...
86 min
305
Cool World (w/Drew from "Reel Feels" Podcast)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit... this ain't!   Nathan and Brendan welcome back Drew from the Reel Feels Podcast to talk about the absolute misfire known as Ralph Bakshi's Cool World. This could best be described as Roger Rabbit if all the worst technical decis...
94 min
306
The 3rd Annual Manos Hand-Outs
The REAL awards season has begun!   Taking a break from specific film discussion, Nathan and Brendan present their annual Manos Hand-Outs for the worst of the worst and of course some awards for the movies that caused them less pain than others. And of c...
87 min
307
Next of Kin (w/Andy Hamilton)
Swayze is back on the podcast and this time... he is kinda sorta doing an accent.   Back to theatrical releases! This week, Nathan and Brendan welcome first-time guest Andy Hamilton onto the show to talk about a wild Patrick Swayze-led film - Next of Kin...
92 min
308
Small-Screen Shamefuls: Fateful Findings (w/Mar...
It has finally come to this - Neil. Breen.   This week, Nathan and Brendan start a new feature (every time there's a fifth Thursday in a month, folks) called Small-Screen Shamefuls focusing on the lower-hanging fruit of bad movies. And what better way to...
87 min
309
Collateral Damage
Finally - Arnold Schwarzenegger the Austrian German graces this podcast!   This week, Nathan and Brendan discuss Collateral Damage, one of the handful of pre-9/11 movies that had to be delayed due to obvious reasons. They talk about Schwarzenegger being ...
95 min
310
Vampire's Kiss (w/Everything I Learned From Mov...
This podcast was taped in front of a live studio audience*   The time has finally come for Nathan and Brendan to return to the Nicolas Cage fold and they do so with aplomb and 1989's Vampire's Kiss. Joining them are Steve and Izzy of Everything I Learned...
93 min
311
Armed and Dangerous
A different side of John Candy...   Nathan and Brendan go back to the 80s with this kinda-obscure oddball comedy featuring a very mean-spirited John Candy and hapless Eugene Levy as bumbling security guards. The guys discuss everything including all the ...
94 min
312
Spider-Man 3 (w/Joshua Kotsabasakis)
Talk about your late-franchise disappointments...   If you ever wondered why the world was blessed with the Andrew Garfield double-dose of Spider-Man reboots, all signs point to this flick - the third Spidey film directed by Sam Raimi. Nathan, Brendan an...
102 min
313
The Mummy (2017)
#NotMyMummy   Do you remember where you were on that fateful day when the Dark Universe kicked off its wholly successful cinematic universe with 2017's The Mummy to rave reviews? ...what's that? It was a one-and-done that tanked and they never made anoth...
97 min
314
Cliffhanger (w/Jerika Layne)
Die Hard on a mountain.   That's basically what this Summer Flopbuster boils down to as Nathan and Brendan welcome extreme sports expert Jerika back to the show to discuss the 1993 Stallone vehicle - Cliffhanger. This movie is absolutely nuts and the con...
94 min
315
Joe's Apartment (w/Brent & the Spirit from "Hom...
Gross.   Nathan and Brendan are joined by their guests Brent and the Spirit of Home Video Hustle to discuss MTV's first-ever feature-length film (at 77 minutes long!) Joe's Apartment. Everything is discussed in this "movie" including the individual scene...
98 min
316
Red Dawn (1984)
Summer Flopbuster season begins with a very special patriotic episode on this most patriotic of days for our American brethren - July the 4th!   Nathan and Brendan celebrate a holiday that doesn't exist in their own home country by talking all about 1984...
96 min
317
Listeners Choice: Hook
Listeners Choice Month concludes with a controversial pick from Mario of Superiority Complex podcast.   Nathan and Brendan face an interesting foe when they come face-to-face with Steven Spielberg's Hook. But can a movie directed by one of Hollywood's b...
96 min
318
Listeners Choice: Masters of the Universe
Listeners Choice Month continues with a pick from recurring guest Josh Kotsabasakis!   Nathan and Brendan dive into Exhibit A of why Cannon Films should really stick to their own original material - 1987's Masters of the Universe. The fellers discuss Do...
96 min
319
Listeners Choice: Deep Blue Sea (w/Mariah Liret...
Listeners Choice Month continues with a pick from Dudi of Shaken Not Nerd.   Nathan and Brendan throw a party with returning guests Mariah Lirette AND Steve and Izzy of Everything I Learned From Movies to discuss one of the nuttiest shark movies project...
94 min
320
Listeners Choice: Free Style
Listeners Choice Month begins with a pick from the Spirit of the Home Video Hustle podcast.   Nathan and Brendan begin the riskiest time of the year by discussing the 2008 dirt bike movie (with the worst DVD cover of all time) Free Style. The guys dive ...
85 min
321
Mini-Episode - Farewell Format
It's the LAST MINI-EPISODE EVER...    Starting with next week's Listeners Choice Month, Nathan and Brendan are going to be doing weekly movie episodes with no more minis so enjoy this final slice of randomness before the format change. In this one, the ...
34 min
322
The Dark Tower (w/Amanda the Jedi)
This week, it's time for Nathan to let HIS nerd flag fly high!   Nathan and Brendan recruit first-time guest Amanda the Jedi to help them dissect one of the more muddled and exhausting Stephen King adaptations with The Dark Tower. The gang discuss every...
95 min
323
Mini-Episode - The Draw
It's the moment you've been waiting for...    This week, Nathan and Brendan draw movies out of a hat for this year's Listeners Choice Month to take place in June with WEEKLY episodes! Listen in and enjoy the anxiety as your hosts let the internet book t...
32 min
324
Wing Commander (w/Jason MacLeod)
NERD RAGE!   Nathan and Brendan welcome back Jason MacLeod on the program for a movie he personally hand-picked in 1999's Wing Commander starring the hottest teen movie stars of the 90s... and Jurgen Prochnow. From Jason's absolute rage at the innacurac...
95 min
325
Mini-Episode - Soundtracks for Turds
Rock out with your... anyway...    This week, Nathan and Brendan talk about bad-to-questionable films that were massively overshadowed by their kick-ass soundtracks. From the bottom of the pit with Batman Forever to the also-terrible Fifty Shades of Gre...
41 min