DeRazzled

We crack open the second half of season 2 by tackling the other, non-50-Shades film that co-won Worst Picture at the 2015 Golden Raspberries, Josh Trank's Fantastic Four (or is it Fant4stic ?). We cover the history of film adaptations of Marvel's First Family, from the rights-hoarding Roger Corman attempt to this most recent version. Watching four movies repeatedly while adapting to a new job and...

We ease back into things after our holiday break by doing something new: celebrating our favorite films from last year! 2022 was an excellent year for movies, and we dig into a bunch that we particularly loved (as well as some that we were disappointing), including: Everything Everywhere All At Once The Menu Prey The Batman NOPE Bullet Train WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story X Pearl The Banshees of Ini...

While we're on break we have another collection of deleted scenes from our second season! The clips in this episode are taken from the recordings of the following episodes: 2nd Unit - Superman Lives 2 - Shaloubin' Around Xanadu, Part 1 - Electric Zeus and Bluthland Xanadu, Part 2 - A Real Double Threat 2nd Unit - Halloween Jamborazzmatazz - Barrel of Shaves On-Location - Constellation Burn - The A...

We brought our dear friend Scott McGrath back on to 1) make each other watch another round of our guilty pleasure films, and 2) make up for the fact that his last guest appearance was for Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas . Scott brought Hackers (1995), Joe brought Gamer (2009), and Jack brought The Flintstones (1994). Jack learns something about how hacking and phone phreaking worked back in the 90...

We wrap up Verhoeven Month and our coverage of Showgirls ! We take a new approach to how we fix this movie to bring it more in line with how one would pitch an actual film. Joe describes his one and only experience in a strip club, Jack gives us a closer look at screenwriter Joe Eszterhas and his Fleetwood-Mac-esque 90's love life (note: don't take relationship advice from psychics), we briefly to...

Verhoeven Month continues as we begin our exploration of 1996's Showgirls , a movie that actively destroyed Jack's appreciation for breasts. Possibly the only NC-17 film we'll be covering on this show, we delve into what does and doesn't work about it, cover some of director Paul Verhoeven's background beyond what we did in our Starship Troopers episodes, marvel at the impact video rentals can hav...

Verhoeven Month continues as we bring you part 2 of our dive into 1997's Starship Troopers with friend and special guest Steve Luciano! We wrap up discussion of the production and the nightmarish on-location conditions, delve into some unfortunate setbacks during filming, cover the film's reception from test screenings and its official release, and marvel at just how wildly misunderstood this film...

HAPPY VERHOEVEN MONTH! With this November marking the 25th anniversary of Starship Troopers , we thought it would be a great time to bring on our friend and sci-fi enthusiast Steve Luciano on to talk about Paul Verhoeven's (formerly hated) satirical masterpiece. Joe presents some background on the film's production, Steve digs into Robert A. Heinlein and his book of the same title, Jack and Steve...

We return to wrap up our coverage of 2017's The Mummy , truly one of the worst performances of Tom Cruise's career. Jacks shares a truly horrendous anecdote about why Steven Spielberg won't work with Cruise anymore (allegedly), we dig into Universal's previous attempts to do Monster Universe crossovers and reveal all the known and rumored casting decisions that would have made up the Dark Universe...

You can't convince us that it's not still Spooky Season! In that spirit we sift through the sands to deal with 2017's The Mummy , starring Tom Cruise and Sophia Boutella. Jack kicks us off with some updates on horror movies he's watched since our actual Halloween special (namely, Halloween Ends , Hellraiser (2022), and  Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon ). We dig into the writing of this film and...

Due to life-stress and an untimely loss of a pet, we're not up to doing a full episode this week. But we do have this excellent collection of high-quality deleted scenes from the first 6 episodes of this season, which includes: The Emoji Movie Development Hell: The Amory Wars Mommie Dearest Development Hell: The Six Million Dollar Man The Room Development Hell: Superman Lives,  Part 1 We get...

Jack went to his first Burn (think Burning Man but smaller and not ruined by tech bros) so we thought we'd do something special and have him record his experiences and impressions of the event! In a first for the show, we have real on-location audio of a unique event, which Jack and Joe unpack together. If you've ever wondered what goes on at one of these things, check it out and learn from Jack's...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE! We've got a a nice, long relaxed-fit special for you, chock full of horror you may know and love or may be learning about for the first time! Jack offers his (potentially offensive) rankings of the Halloween franchise, and then we break down the best and worst films by the following directors: Jordan Peele Takashi Miike Karyn Kusama Mary Harron Clive Barker Ana Lily Amir...

Caleb Feigles of Making a Martini (now the official 2nd Best Podcast in Pittsburgh according to the City Paper!) joins us once again to explore what happened behind the scenes of 1980's Xanadu and attempt to fix it! Much like Jack's idea for Olivia Newton-John's character, we stretch our legs as a Double Threat by delving into both film history and true crime history. That's right, this one didn't...

We were gonna cover this one later this season, but with Olivia Newton John's recent passing (R.I.P.) we decided to tackle this OG Razzie Worst Picture nominee much sooner than expected. And y'know what, we're glad we did, because Jack actually really liked this one to the surprise of Joe and special guest Caleb Feigles of Making a Martini. We roll out our new format by giving a rapid-fire synopsi...

We continue our odyssey into Development Hell to wrap up our dissection of Tim Burton's unmade Superman Lives! Having covered the origins of Jon Peters and the beginnings of this project through Kevin Smith's role in this story, we now focus in on Burton's vision for Nick Cage as the Man of Steel in a story of the ultimate outsider. We cover the cavalcade of wildly talented artists involved, the u...

For our latest venture into Development Hell, we take on one of the biggest, most infamous examples of a film that never came to be: Tim Burton's Superman Lives . In the first part of our deepest dive yet, we start most people's first exposure to the story, Kevin Smith's story of getting hired to write the script. We examine Smith's story and dissect his script, but to really lay the groundwork fo...

Welp, we finally did it. We broke Jack. Special guests/hosts Vince DeStefano and Emily Manno join us to help Jack claw his way back to some semblance to sanity and to (maybe) understand: what is The Room and who exactly is Tommy Wiseau? Armed with tons of great information from Greg Sestero & Tom Bissel's book The Disaster Artist , we do our best to answer Jack's questions. Emily shares what i...

We continue our exploration of films stuck in Development Hell with the many attempts to adapt The Six Million Dollar Man to the silver screen. After a successful television run, 3 made-for-TV movies as recently as 1994, and influence that can be felt all throughout US pop culture, shouldn't a big screen version have worked? Join us for a tale of writer's block, unexpected contributors, executive...

Jack and Joe are joined by Dr. Becca Hayes (scientist, Pittsburgh improv comedian, and Joe's partner) to talk about the wildly troubling, weirdly campy, and terrifyingly not-supposed-to-be-funny Mommie Dearest (1981), winner of the second-ever Razzie Award for Worst Picture. But we don't just tackle the film -- Jack directly compares it to the memoir it's based on to highlight the differences betw...

To kick off our brand new 2nd Unit series exploring films and properties lost in Development Hell, Joe uses the release of Coheed & Cambria's latest album as an excuse to talk about the lost film adaptation of their long-running sci-fi epic, The Amory Wars. What was supposed to be a major feature produced by Mark Wahlberg turned into a lot of nothing despite a built-in audience. We try to get a gr...

We're officially back for SEASON 2! We open things up by taking a fortunately short trip to Textopolis to break down The Emoji Movie (2017), the only animated children's film to ever win Worst Picture at the Razzie Awards. While we do have some ideas for how to fix this mess, we decided to try something different for our season premiere and examine Jack's writing tool of choice, the Hero's Journey...

As promised, here's the rest of our deleted scenes from season 1! These bits were left over from the last 4 episodes of the season, and include: -Several bits with BeLinda Berry in which we try really hard to avoid talking about 50 Shades of Grey , including talk of hot or un-hot teachers, noisy squirrels, and more -Jack and Joe continuing to geek out over Everything, Everywhere, All At Once -Our...

Welcome to the first set of deleted scenes from our first season! While we prep for season 2, we wanted to share some of our favorite bits from the cutting room floor. Scenes included: -Jack and Joe acknowledging the logical impact of Spider-Man: No Way Home on the past of the MCU -Antonio Palacios of the Cultworthy Podcast enlightening us to the wonders of Gilbert Gottfried's podcast -Instagram b...

For our season 1 finale, we finally tackle the movie that SHOULD have been named Worst Picture of 2021, Thunder Force . While it wasn't nominated for a single Razzie, Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy's latest collaborative effort is but one of a whole line of films that beg the simple question: Why? We don't just tear Thunder Force apart -- we go back through the entirety of On The Day Production'...