What Were They Thinking? - A Podcast About Really Bad Movies

This week, it's time to give out some awards! What were the most enjoyable movies we watched this year? What were the worst!? Cara Delevingne and a jellyfish should do what!? Next week: a pick from one of our patrons destroys our souls. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the guys are joined by Jason MacLeod to talk about Copperhead, a movie that Brendan got to be an extra in about 10 years ago! They talk all about the "fine people on both sides" style of writing, all the war sequences that we only hear about, Angus Macfayden's wild performance and much more. Plus: lots of stories from the set including the original lead actor that was fired, meeting a very "quirky" actor and finding your lens. Next week: time to hand out some awards! What We've Been Watching: Tigers Are Not Afraid "The People vs. Whitey Bulger" Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Copperhead sta

There are five Thursdays this month and that means that it's time for a "Small-Screen Shameful." This time, the victim is the Danny Trejo vehicle, The Legend of La Llorona. After the guys figure out which La Llorona movie they are supposed to watch (there are so, so many, you guys!), they discuss the stereotypical accents that are heightened beyond believability, the ridiculous cartel subplot, Andrew being an emotionally abusive husband, ghosts that you can shoot and stab and much more. Next week: time to hand out some awards! What We've Been Watching: Harakiri Fled (1996) Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3

This week, the guys talk about The Circle, a super-dumb critique of social media and Big Tech and starring... Tom Hanks as the villain? WHAT!? Yes, this is a real movie. They also discuss Nathan's interesting viewing experience of the film, Mae's changing personality in every scene, the fascist "happy ending," all the kayaking scenes, Bill Paxton and much more. Next week: Small-Screen Shameful! What We've Been Watching: Talk to Me "The Freak Brothers" Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd The Circle stars Emma Watson, Karen Gillan, John Boyega, Patton Oswalt, Bill Paxton, Glenne Headly, Nate Corddry, Mamado

Wait - they're talking about the Best Picture-winning Russell Crowe film? Huh!? ... nope. This week, the guys discuss the 1992 underground boxing film Gladiator. They discuss Brian Dennehy playing a character that can beat up jacked-up fighters half his age, Tommy getting amazed by hats and babies, the hilarious dummy stunt during the climax and much more. Next week: the Internet - what's up with that, huh? What We've Been Watching: Barbie Oppenheimer Mystery Men Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Gladiator stars James Marshall, Cuba Gooding Jr., Robert Loggia, Ossie Davis, Cara Buono, Jon Seda and Brian

This week, the guys tackle the 1993 erotic drama/thriller Indecent Proposal starring a bunch of sexy, young actors and the maestro of masculinity himself, Robert Redford. As the discussion intensifies, they are joined by Steve and Izzy of Everything I Learned from Movies to figure out if sleeping with someone for a million dollars is as much of a conundrum as this movie theorizes to the audience. They also talk about the wild cameos from Rip Taylor and Billy Connolly, butt cheek-biting, the hippo finale and much more. Next week: Gladiator? Wait... the Best Picture winner? HUH!? What We've Been Watching: Thunder Road "Will Trent" "Highlander: The Series" Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Check out Izzy's art: UntidyVenus.etsy.com and Izzycreates.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.f

The guys FINALLY get to the sequel GI Joe: Retaliation years after covering the first film. And much like the first adventure with the Joes, they have brought back Matthew Pettifer to help break it all down! After Matt schools the movie on all the inaccuracies, they also discuss Duke's (and many other characters) early exit from the film, Jonathan Pryce's campy performance and much more. Next week: a sexy offer! What We've Been Watching: The Night House "Mayans MC" "Diablo" (videogame) Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd G.I. Joe Retaliation stars Dwayne Johnson, Adrianne Palicki, Lee Byung-hun, Jonathan

The summer hits conclude with a discussion of the Vietnam War film for kids... Operation Dumbo Drop. This week, Brendan is joined by guest co-host Jason MacLeod as they discuss the weird Vietnam setting in a Disney film and the sanitizing of that war for a PG audience, confusion over this and the Bill Murray elephant movie, Ray Liotta not having any trigger discipline, the "gunfights" that involve a lot of punches and slaps, the toilet humour and much more. Next week: Nathan is back and it's time to talk Mattel! What We've Been Watching: The Company of Wolves Asteroid City Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3

The summer hits keep on coming as Brendan discusses the 1991 Ethan Hawke vehicle Mystery Date with guest co-host Britany Sparrow! They talk about the confusing plot that makes zero logical sense, one of the creepiest stalkers in film history (and he's supposed to be bumbling and charming!), the inclusion of BD Wong, James Hong AND Victor Wong, crazy flower delivery guys and much more. Next week: Brendan has a guest co-host for a fun romp of a Vietnam War film! What We've Been Watching: The Company of Wolves Asteroid City Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Check out Britany's upcoming film: www.stillyoursong.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montros

Alien Invasion Summer continues and concludes with the notorious SNL flop Coneheads. Joining the guys is Galen Howard, who helps them break down an 86-minute movie that somehow just keeps repeating the same joke over and over again. They also talk about the all-star 90s comedian cast, Michael McKean as a Trump stand-in, using your parents' sex toys and much more. Next week: Brendan has a guest co-host for next week's film starring Ethan Hawke! What We've Been Watching: Lady Snowblood John Wick: Chapter 4 "Beef" Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Japanese ending of Mac and Me: https://twitter.com/PeterKapow/status/1027019749480431619 Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: ww

Back to the usual as the guys tackle the first of two Alien Invasion Summer movies with the McDonald's/Coca-Cola-sponsored film Mac and Me. The guys dive into this blatant E.T. ripoff (right down to the same name for the older brother character) and talk about disastrous falls, the inconsistent location setting of the film, Christine Ebersole holding it all together, Coca-Cola literally saving an entire species' lives and much more. Plus: Brendan reveals the absolutely WILD Japanese ending of the movie to Nathan (you can check that out in the links below). Next week: the alien double feature continues with an infamous SNL film! What We've Been Watching: Safe "WWF All-American Wrestling" (April 1990) Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Japanese ending of Mac and Me: https://twitter.com/PeterKapow/status/1027019749480431619 Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.

Listeners Choice Month finishes off with The Gossip Columnist. I'm sorry... what? That's right, the 1980 TV pilot starring Canadian treasure Kim Cattrall and Robert Vaughan. The guys talk all about Cattrall's character getting name-dropped every 30 seconds, the egregious and pointless celebrity cameos, the Harvey Weinstein stand-in, The Littlest Hobo in Space and much more. Next week: Back to the regular routine with Paul Rudd's favourite movie! What We've Been Watching: Safe "WWF All-American Wrestling" (April 1990) Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd The Gossip Columnist stars Kim Cattrall, Robert Vaugh

Listeners Choice Month rolls ahead with a discussion and breakdown of the 2019 version of Hellboy starring David Harbour. The guys talk about the first ten minutes of the movie providing some false hope, the buckets of exposition that get dumped CONTINUOUSLY throughout the film, the CGI that looks really bad in daylight, puke-ghost Ian McShane and much more. Plus: Brendan confuses Milla Jovovich with Parker Posey. Next week: Listeners Choice Month concludes with The Gossip Columnist. Wait... what the hell is that? What We've Been Watching: The Worst Person in the World Shiny Happy People Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.c

Listeners Choice Month runs into the nadir of this entire list as the guys tackle Sia's completely misbegotten, misguided, offensive and unnecessary movie Music. The guys, of course, talk about how this film is alarmingly offensive, the weird cameo appearances by Ben Schwartz and Juliette Lewis (among others), the Felix subplot that goes nowhere and adds nothing, the blatant lies in regards to helping non-verbal autistic people and much more. Next week: Listeners Choice Month continues with the 2019 version of Hellboy. What We've Been Watching: Limelight Fast X Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Music st

This week... on a very special episode... It seems like a jokey way to start this but it's no lie! This is a very different episode of the show than usual as the guys dissect Stuart Saves His Family, a flawed movie but completely unexpected in every single way. They discuss the very real facts and helpful knowledge about mental health within the film, the refreshing way in which it doesn't go for easy emotional beats, Vincent D'Onofrio and Lauren San Giacomo's Oscar-worthy performances and much more. Next week: Listeners Choice Month continues with... sigh... Music. What We've Been Watching: The Mitchells vs. The Machines Nanny Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah

Listeners Choice Month begins this week with a very special look at Arnold Schwarzenegger's dystopian hit The Running Man. After dispatching of the notions that this is anything close to resembling the source material, the guys discuss the Lite Brite-covered opera singer, Richard Dawson's fantastic performance, theories about Sven secretly being Arnold's brother in the film, Nathan name-drops Yaphet Kotto like nobody's business and much more! Next week: Listeners Choice Month continues with Stuart Saves His Family. What We've Been Watching: Beau is Afraid Blown Away Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd The

This week, the guys are joined by Galen Howard to talk about a film intended-for-children-but-not-really buddy cop comedy Cop and a Half. They talk briefly about the evolution of mismatched buddy cop movies before moving on to discussing Burt Reynolds smoking throughout the movie to set up his save-the-cat moment, the uncomfortable air surrounding the plot considering the time of the film's release, Ray Sharkey's singing career, Galen compare the plot of the film to "Barry" and much, much more. Next week: Listeners Choice Month begins! What We've Been Watching: Infinity Pool Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster Renfield Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montros

The guys waited to get their old pal Josh Kotsabasakis back on so they could tackle the first ever Marvel comic book (and semi-final runnerup) together - Howard the Duck. The guys talk all about THAT OBVIOUS THING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON AND IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL SO JUST DROP IT OKAY? ....um. They also discuss Tim Robbins' lunatic performance, the wildly different reactions that people have when they see a talking duck, Nathan gets on his soapbox about a very real problem in culinary society, Josh tells everyone about the meta comic book that followed and much more. Next week: Burt! What We've Been Watching: Snowpiercer "Toxic Crusaders" Evil Dead Rise Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by

Back to the ninja well this week as the guys break down Sam Firstenberg's schlocky classic Ninja III: The Domination. Do you like The Exorcist? Flashdance? Ninja movies? John Hughes? Well, it's all wrapped up in a neat little bow in this absolute classic from Cannon Films. They talk about the hairiest love interest of all time, carpeted gyms, ninja exorcisms, terrible police work, Sho Kosugi's real-life ego, arcade hypnosis and MUCH, much more. Next week: Quack! What We've Been Watching: The Handmaiden Chato's Land Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Ninja III: The Domination stars Lucinda Dickey, Jordan

It's a real mad house in here! That's right, the guys talk about the little-remembered comedy from 1990 starring John Larroquette and Kirstie Alley - Madhouse! They discuss how every character is "literally the worst," how this is the most 80s Reagan-era yuppie movie ever, Lil' Dahmer, Kirstie's penchant at going-for-broke for every laugh and much more. Oh yeah, and Dennis Miller is (barely) there! Next week: Ninja! Ninja! Ninja! What We've Been Watching: "Deadwood" Deadwood: The Movie "Beanie and Cecil" Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Madhouse stars John Larroquette, Kirstie Alley, John Diehl, Jessic