9 MAY. 2024 · #starwars #thephantommenace #episodeone In our first Revisited episode, Not That Bad takes a second look at Star Wars: Episode I as it has a surprisingly warm reception during its rerelease. After being the ire of nerds and geeks for decades, The Phantom Menace might finally be getting into people's good graces. A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. So Connor the Star Wars fan and Gabe the Casual Viewer re-evaluate The Phantom Menace and explore the question of why fans are finally warming up to this black sheep after so long.

25 ABR. 2024 · Before the MonsterVerse pitted both of these iconic kaiju against each other, King Kong and Godzilla had their first bout in the year 1963. One of the first crossover events, King Kong vs. Godzilla is still one of the most profitable Godzilla flicks ever made, but has become more ridiculed than celebrated in recent years. Compared to their 21st Century rematch, Godzilla and King Kong is remembered more for its insanely goofy FX and inane plot than its place in Monster Movie History. Is King Kong vs. Godzilla really just an awkward fumble or is it still worthy of featuring such prestigious headliners?

11 ABR. 2024 · Greetings with another former Patreon special! As Jon Bernthal gets ready to reprise his celebrated take on Frank Castle a.k.a. The Punisher, Gabe and Connor look back at the character's first adaptation, which also happened to be the first feature-film based on Marvel Comics: Dolph Lundren's The Punisher. A cheap and sleazy exploitation film thinly veiled as a comic-book movie, fans have long rejected this awkward and campy adaptation. So grab your skull-less t-shirts as Connor and Gabe look to see if they can save this version from punishment.

28 MAR. 2024 · You kids, with your Denis Villeneuves and your Timothee Chalamets. Back in the olden days, the only film adaptation of Frank Herbert's ultra-acclaimed novel was brought by David Lynch, the surrealist who had directed both Eraserhead and The Elephant Man. The result was a messy and bloated space opera with a serious identity crisis that's been rejected by both fans of the novel, and by Lynch himself. 40 years later, David Lynch's Dune has started to amass a cult following, just like everything else David Lynch has ever done. Does this movie have anything to offer other than the sight of Sting in a space speedo? Did David Lynch master the Weirding Way? And what the hell is the band Toto doing on the soundtrack? Take a hit of the spice Melange as we travel to a galaxy far, far... ahem, sorry. Wrong movie. This is David Lynch's Dune.

14 MAR. 2024 · It was 2010. The '80s were long over. Arnold Schwarzenneger was Governor of California. It appeared that the Age of the Action Hero might have come to an end. Then, fresh off of sequels to both Rocky and Rambo, Sylvester Stallone assembled a supergroup of Old and New School Action Heroes for a throwback shoot 'em up, The Expendables. Even though it has all the ingredients to be a fan favorite, and even spawned its own franchise, this first Expendables movie hasn't aged well with fans. Maybe cause many of its stars literally haven't aged well. Were people expecting too much from this all-star cast? Or did this movie treat its storyline and themes as, well, expendable?

29 FEB. 2024 · Travel back to a time when mostly-forgotten IPs were turned into vehicles for SNL comedians. Will Ferrell had graduated from sketch comedy and George W. Bush impersonations to leading hits like Elf and Old School. His star had risen so high that he was cast as the lead in the upcoming Land of The Lost reboot, which would be a big-budget reimagining of the fantasy adventure series. Unfortunately, "Land of the Lost" did to Will Ferrell's status as box-office gold as the comet did to the dinosaurs. Why did this concoction of stoner comedy and Lost World misadventures flop with audiences? How does it stack up to the comedies of today?

15 FEB. 2024 · Towards the tail end of the slasher remake crazy that kicked off with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), the powers that be decided to remake the cult favorite My Bloody Valentine with Supernatural star Jensen Ackles, whose co-star Jared Padalecki would make a remake of his own that year with Friday the 13th (2009). After having been burnt out by the remake craze of the aughts, audiences didn't especially take to this attempted revamp of a more obscure title. It didn't help that MBV '09 was also trying to capitalize on the 3D Horror trend. But as the original classic starts to get reappraised, people have asked if Jensen Ackles remake was given a fair chance. By "people," we of course mean us. We're the people.

1 FEB. 2024 · A critical debacle of legendary proportions, Tom Green's Directorial Debut "Freddy Got Fingered" earned its controversial star a series of Razzie Awards and a rare Zero Star review from Roger Ebert. The consensus appeared to be that Green's notorious gross-out humor and manchild persona made for one of the worst comedies ever produced. After Tom Green softened his image by appearing in more broad comedies like Chasing Harvard, curious viewers have started to reevaluate that bizarre comedy as potentially being an avant-garde send-up of the comedy landscape of the time. Was Tom Green falsely accused of a heinous crime, not unlike Rip Torn's character? Or should Anthony Michael Hall have forced him to keep his day job?

18 ENE. 2024 · The Bad Take Artists are back! Not That Bad returns to discuss Black Sheep, a movie that didn't do much for audiences or critics when released in 1996 but has since garnered a slight cult following for being one of the last projects Chris Farley released before his passing. Reuniting Farley with David Spade, the SNL alumns made a political comedy that had more slapstick than satire. Could Chris Farley's endless charm and David Spade's dry wit save this messy script? Or is this a Wolf in Black Sheep's clothing?

30 NOV. 2023 · Even though they didn't have the rights to anything except "Child's Play," MGM decided that they couldn't keep a Good Guy down and rebooted the Chucky franchise... even though the original franchise is still going with Brad Douriff and Don Mancini. So MGM recast Chucky with the voice talent of Mark Hamill and turned our favorite killer doll into a misguided but lethal doll-slash-iPad. While Child's Play (2019) was received better than most horror remakes, probably thanks to performances from Hamill and Aubrey Plaza, it's largely being forgotten and probably resented as being the true Black Sheep of the series. Meaning that we're going to look back and ask the important questions like: how weird is it that Mark Hamill has played Luke Skywalker, The Joker, and now Chucky? Important questions like this will be answer so come hang with us as we figure out if this incarnation had legs, or if MGM just fucked with the Chuck.