Wasted Potential Podcast

Happy 4th annual Halloween podcast from Wasted Potential Podcast! This year we enter a realm of madness as we watched the six Exorcist films and talk about it for way too long. Grab a beer, some split pea soup, and may the power of Christ compel you to listen to all 3 and a half hours of this podcast. We play many games, complain about an awful franchise, and partake in a surprise ending. BEWARE O...

Wasted Potential is back and we have returned to our original commentary track format to laugh over the 1997 film Anaconda. It's one of our favorite bad, baffling blockbuster films and we definitely don't talk about the movie itself. We do talk about cleavage, strokes, gay horror icons, prostitute dreams, and snake trivia. And, yes! Those are the sounds of animals running around and barking and if...

This week we talk Supernatural/ Haunting horror films! Shane and Ronnie discuss The Babadook (2014), Poltergeist (1983), and The Pope's Exorcist (2023). We give you an update on our own horror script and act out two new sample scripts. Spoiler Warning: we talk about the ends of the Babadook (skip option) and the Pope's Exorcist (no warning given). Editor's Note: When Ronnie says "Black Mass" he me...

Wasted Potential is back with a new Glass Half Full episode an our old pal Mike. Today we talk about Mike's favorite movie of all time: 1997's The Fifth Element. We ask might our usual questions: when did you first see the film, what are three things you love, and what is one aspect you would change. If it seems like Shane was kicked in the head by a mule and that Ronnie is more of a cantankerous...

In this episode of Bring in the Horrors, Hobo Dan joins Shane and Ronnie as they discuss three "creature feature" horror films: 1979's Alien, 1986's The Fly, and 1982's The Thing. They discuss the tropes and cliches of this subcategory of horror films, give an update on their original horror script, and the three act out two new script ideas. 0:00 - Intro 5:20 - Alien 35:47- The Fly 59:08 - The Th...

Wasted Potential Podcast is back and we are starting a new endeavor: we are going to write our own horror film! In this first installment of our new series Bring in the Horrors, we discuss the new project, some of our favorite horror films, and read some scripts we wrote for each other. 0:00 - Intro3:40 - New Podcast Idea9:26 - Horror Movies We Love46:55 - Ronnie's Script55:00 - Shane's ScriptThis...

Wasted Potential is back and this time we discuss a movie that everyone forgot about: the Batman! Angry, emo child dresses up like a flying mouse and fights Jim Carrey, I think. Maybe I watched the wrong movie. More importantly, Shane edited a podcast!!! In this classic Glass Half Full we ask our usual questions: when did you first see it, what was your most recent reaction, what are three things...

In September 2022 Shane and Ronnie recorded a Glass Half Full on Ocean's 11. The project was shelved for better, more interesting podcasts. This is that mediocre podcast. 0:00 - Intro4:39 - Ocean's 11 (1960)24:36 - Ocean's 11 (2001)49:27 - Ocean's 8 (2018)1:14:39 - Ending & BloopersMusic and audio taken from: both Ocean's 11 films, Ocean's 8, and other stuff that we do not own the rights to. E...

"It's 80's as f***" - Korey "James Brown aggravates Drago" - Shane "I'm gonna interrupt the f*** out of you!" - Dan "I do everything for this podcast!" - Ronnie Wasted Potential is back with it's longest, most violent podcast to date. Ronnie, Shane, and Hobo Dan are joined by Korey from Spoilers! and Big Dumb Movie podcasts to battle our way through the eight Rocky/ Creed films. We discuss the fil...

Happy New Year! Shane and Ronnie recap some of their favorite and a couple giant turds from the year 2022. We only focus on things released in 2022 for the first time ever! Wooooooow!!! 0:00 - Introduction 4:00 - The Northman 11:18 - Men 14:40 - Elvis 21:01 - Glass Onion 32:32 - See How They Run 34:23 - Top Gun: Maverick 41:27 - You Won't Be Alone 45: 55 - Banshees of Inishirin 59:14 - X & Pea...

Happy Holidays from Wasted Potential Podcast! This year, Ronnie and Shane are joined by a special guest star to talk over each other as they watch the 2003 nightmare Dreamcatcher. They keep the holiday tradition of not watching a Christmas film but argue with one another like its the holidays. We have games, drinks, trivia, offensive jokes, and other surprises this year. And we discuss the reason...

Happy Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving from the boys at Wasted Potential Podcast! For this festival family friendly podcast we ramble over 2007's Transformers. We're recording live and all together so you know it's going to be disaster. Our sponsors this week are OnlyAutobots.com and Purge Pal. Drinking Games: Drink everytime... 1. A robot transforms 2. American Flag flying Signature Drink: the Tran...

Happy Halloween! It's our third annual Halloween commentary track and this year, we watched the 1988 Tim Burton horror-comedy Beetlejuice! We ramble and drink over the film as well as provide some behind the scenes trivia, remake and recasting ideas, and say terrible, horrifying things. This week we are sponsored by Bleeple-Juice Bio-Exorcism Podcast Support and the Vermont Society for the Misunde...

Evil never dies... and neither do we!!! Wasted Potential Podcast returns to discuss the entire Halloween franchise series, prior to Halloween Ends. Hobo Dan leads us through our longest podcast to date as we drunkenly scream through the first twelve films. We have costumes, we have games, we have beers, we have a few treats, but many, many tricks. Music and audio was used from the Halloween franch...

This week Shane "soberly" rambles about the latest military centric Amazon Prime money pit: The Terminal List. Shane enjoys it and spoils everything so don't listen if you want to watch it. Also don't listen in general. Music and audio was used from: The Terminal List, The Problem with Jon Stewart, and Freesound.org contributors. End Theme made by: brainless_bearyann. Check him out on Instagram! F...

This week we do a deep, long winded dive into the world of James Bond and discuss the 2021 installment into the franchise, No Time to Die. Shane strapped Ronnie naked into a seatless chair and made him watch twelve James Bond movies! Oh my god! So much Bond. Who cares? Shane! And that's it. They discuss all the culture backlash and tiptoe around misogyny in the longest episode of Glass Half Full e...

Shane rants about the trailers for The Rings of Power and the House of the Dragons. He either had a hard time understanding simple premises of major, name recognized franchises or he did not watch the trailers. Music and audio was used from: The Rings of Power, House of the Dragons, Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers, and In Bruges. Thanks Free Sound.org Contributors. End Theme made by: brainless_...

This week, Ronnie rambles alone about the 2020 film The Wolf of Snow Hollow directed, written, and starring Jim Cummings. It's a fun horror-comedy about a werewolf terrorizing a small town. Music and audio was used from: The Wolf of Snow Creek, Life According to Jimmy, and FreeSound.org contributors. End Theme made by: brainless_bearyann. Check him out on Instagram! Follow us: Instagram: podcastwa...

Warning this podcast provides spoilers for the following movies: The Usual Suspects, Spy Games, The Tourist, Taking Lives, Murder by Numbers, and probably many others. Wasted Potential Podcast is back with another Glass Half Full episode on the 1995 film used as evidence in many criminal hearings: The Usual Suspects. Yep. We are talking about this. We dive deep into what you'd expect: the movie ma...

The boys are back this week round house kicking their careers in the face as they racially tip toe around the 1993 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3! Our commentary tastefully discusses some behind the scenes garbage, proper CPR training, how to raise mutant turtle teenage ninjas, and the complexities of imperialism in feudal Japan. We have trivia and a new game called Criminal or Italian. Saddl...

It's been awhile but Wasted Potential is back with a new episode of Glass Half Full. This week, Ronnie is joined by Korey as they discuss the 2010 romantic comedy I Saw the Devil. They gush over the Korean, misery, action thriller and discuss the beauty of cinema, the evils of mankind, and make fun of Shane. Korean translations done by Wasted Potential's own Shane. Check out Korey @ kylo_ren_memes...

Wasted Potential Podcast is back with a special episode on the best series on the esteemed streaming service Paramount+ We are of course talking about Halo: the Series. The boys deep dive and rave about all the action and loyal adaptation to the acclaim videogame series. Episodes 1-4 are discussed and there probably will be so much more brown nosing content coming soon. Special thanks to Freesound...

Wasted Potential is back and is just as embarrassing ever! This week Hobo Dan joins us and we discuss the 2003 lost cinematic disaster The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. We make terrible jokes and openly mock any friends we have in the podcast community. We also mention the movie and have trivia. This week's signature drink: The Gunfire 1 black tea 1 shot of rum Our Drinking Games: 1. Literary...

Wasted Potential is back and more unprepared than ever! For our first ever in person podcast together we fly high on patriotism as we watch Air Force One, a movie Ronnie has never seen. We talk about presidents, terrorism, and current events as tastefully as possible. Drinking Games: 1. Movie mention Marshal's Military Background 2. Mentions foreign Countries This week we are sponsored by: Bud Bee...

Wasted Potential is back with a new podcast in which we drunkenly stumble through the topics of cats, new TV show ideas, justifying colonialism and sometimes we discuss the 2001 film The Mummy Returns. Hold on while we make ourselves laugh and actively avoid talking about this film. Drinking Games: 1. When people say "fate" or "destiny" 2. Bad things happen because people are trying to get laid 3....