DeRazzled

When capitalism breaks your brain, sometimes you need to kick back with something relaxing. But when you're us and you're still recovering from 50 Shades of Grey and also neck deep in Thunder Force prep, you end up talking about whether or not Batman villains are good in bed. So instead of going to confession, we decided to apply a methodology to it and truly figure out who is the BEST CINEMATIC BATMAN VILLAIN (in bed). From 1968 to today, we judge each of these on-screen menaces based on their performance (scale of 1 to 5), comic book accuracy (scale of 1 to 3), character's sexual prowess (scale of 1 to 3), and the actor's inherent f*@$ability (scale of 1 to 3). Jack tabulated his scores in advance along with community pervert BeLinda Berry, and Joe did his live. Is this stupid? Yes. Did we think it would take this long? No. Is it fun? You bet your Bat-nipples it is! Check it out and we apologize in advance for any Burgess Meredith Penguin nightmares you may have.

CW for sex stuff

Podcast plugged in this episode: Making a Martini (@martinimaking on Twitter)

Jack (Graham Buchamp) and Joe (Marmaduke Wolcott) bring on Jack's partner and local pervert BeLinda Berry (Florinda Taps) to talk about 2015 co-winner for Worst Picture, Fifty Shades of Grey. Join us as we rage about BDSM fashion choices and literary assumptions, marvel at just how fast you can get through a grueling audiobook, consider ways to get a troublesome author away from a film set, and demand to see more full-frontal dudes on the silver screen (hey, Tom Hardy did it in Bronson!). Grab a gyro from Sub's Way and have your FetLife profile open to add new interests (including better kinky movies). But don't you dare roll your eyes at us again.

CW: sex, consent, fictional descriptions of child abuse, kink & BDSM

Find BeLinda's writing and a variety of other essays/poetry/fiction at olneymagazine.com.

Podcast plugged in this episode: Doom Generation (@DoomGenPod on Twitter)

The winners of the 42nd Annual Golden Raspberry Awards have officially been announced, and we're here to do our grim duty and cover them! While there was no official ceremony this year due to COVID, all of the films and Bruce Willises were still recognized. Do Space Jam and LeBron James get the razzing they deserve? Can Jared Leto breathe under that makeup? Does Diana: The Musical count as a movie? Will Coke Daniels get the recognition he deserves (note: we have no idea what recognition that would be one way or the other)? Listen to find out some of these answers, AND how you can help us answer the biggest one!

Before you ask, no, we won't be talking about Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars because we recorded before then. But we do challenge each other to a rousing game of Can We Be Friends! Jack and Joe answer the film taste questions they pose to other podcasters and end up having a good time.

CW for brief mention of suicide depictions in the film Wristcutters: A Love Story.

Vulture interview with Razzie Founders referenced throughout the episode: https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/whos-still-laughing-with-the-razzies.html

Podcast plugged in this episode: Doom Generation (@DoomGenPod on Twitter)

In honor of The Batman, a very good movie we would love to talk about, we decided to take a look at the absolute worst film adaptation of Batman to date: 1997's Batman & Robin. Special guest Raphael Moran of the Geeky Dad Podcast joins us to explore Joel Schumacher's Greek-mythology-infused, pun-laden toyetic living cartoon. Perhaps surprising no one, we end up on some tangents to try and discuss literally anything else. Topics include: Batman Forever, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Raphael's thoughts on the X-Men films, entirely too many detours to Bat Nipples, an official DeRazzled codpiece, what action figures of all of us would look like, and our pitch for Speed 3: Caged Heat starring Nick Nolte, Nick Cage, and Nick Cannon (seriously, Hollywood, you owe us for that gem).

BANE! LISTEN! PODCAST! ENJOY!

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Podcast plugged in this episode: Doom Generation (@DoomGenPod on Twitter)

Now, you may be asking, "Hey, wait a minute, this movie wasn't nominated for any Razzies! What are you tryin' to pull?!" And you're right, it wasn't. But please, put down that knife for a second and allow us to suggest that maybe Tom Hooper (y'know, the director of CATS) might not be great at making movie musicals and that maybe this movie is overrated. Our special guest, Caleb Feigles from the Making a Martini podcast, can't stand it and wanted to talk about it with us. So we decided to merge our formats for this very special episode -- we break down and fix Les Mis, and Caleb makes us cocktails inspired by the film! That's right, we're drunk for the vast majority of this episode, and shit gets silly. Join us for stories from Jack & Caleb's college days, delicious libations, the start of a Wolverine fanfic that would make Deadpool blush, and rampant mispronunciation of Eddie Redmayne's name.

CW: alcohol, mentions of suicide, a horse noise

The cocktail: Les Liberté (equal parts gin and tonic water, poured over cucumber slices and garnished with fresh, slapped mint leaf)

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Podcast plugged in this episode: Fuck My Work Life (@fmwlpod on Twitter)

We bring on special guest Antonio Palacios, host of the Cultworthy Podcast and the Cultworthy Classic, for part two of our journey of box office failure. We break from our normal format to talk about Cutthroat Island (1995) and Heaven's Gate (1980), two Razzie-nominated films that ruined their respective studios. But are they actually worthy of the derision they receive? One of them very much yes, but the other makes us question the very nature of film criticism to the point that Jack very well may cancel the show. Can Joe and Antonio talk him out of it? Can a pirate movie not based on an amusement park ride work? Can "one of the worst films of all time" be redeemed? Can we find more work for Jack Black? Listen and find out!

CW for sexual assault, violence against women, violence against animals, and a horse noise.

Joe also teaches everyone about the wonderful website doesthedogdie.com, an amazing resource to help viewers prepare for troubling or difficult content in films so they aren't unpleasantly surprised by something traumatic.

Check out part 1 of our collab on the Cultworthy Podcast where we talk about A Sound of Thunder and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cultworthy-podcast-ep-34-da-bombs-with-derazzled/id1589625928?i=1000551248833

Special shout out to Antonio's friends at Brainwave Film Group, who are working to make more diverse films in Utah and the surrounding area. They produced the Surrogate Valentine Trilogy and are currently in post production on a new project. Look for their films digitally on Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu!

After a number of intense episodes on Razzie winners, we decided to take it a little easier on ourselves and cover a potentially snubbed Worst Picture nominee: 1997's Spice World! Naturally it ended up being our longest single episode to date. Special guest and bookmark maker Jill Sheehe helps us figure out what this movie really really wants and where the budget went. Jack manages to put the Spice Girls in the Marvel Comics canon. Joe tries to puzzle out ambiguous James Bond rankings. And guest expert BeLinda Berry joins us to talk about whether Geri Halliwell/Ginger Spice's Girl Power persona is actually feminist.

See Jill's bookmarks and reach out to buy some on Instagram @glittery_shenanigans

See BeLinda's writing on a variety of feminist topics for Olney Magazine.

Podcast promoted in this episode: The Geeky Dad Podcast (@geekydadpod on Twitter)

Jack & Joe appeared on the Anything Show with Jon Francois! We're dropping the episode into our feed so you all can easily find it, and because everyone should be listening to Jon & Andrew. Here's the episode description:

Jon Francois and Andrew Vandertunt discuss the legit spam email, a guy who doesn't like sleeping on beds, Betty White's last video message before her death, Jon chats with Monica Aldama of Netflix's "Cheer", and Jon and Andrew chat with Jack & Joe from the DeRazzled podcast!

Support comes from Mel Science (60% off with promo code "JON" at melscience.com), Disctopia, and the Why Do We Say That? podcast!

We return from break and return to form with 1986's Howard The Duck, co-winner of the 7th Golden Raspberry for Worst Picture. We couldn't pass up the chance to tackle what will inevitably become the 1st movie in the MCU now that Spider-Man: No Way Home opened the multiverse door. We test Joe's knowledge of noir slang, delve into Howard's comic origins, address a problematic elephant in the room, and we talk entirely too much about duck nipples (which just shouldn't be a thing). Learn entirely too much about a comic book duck-person and see how Jack fixes this surprisingly fun Razzie-winner.

Does Jack's fix do Howard justice? Let us know at [email protected]!

CW: discussion of Jeffrey Jones's charges soliciting a minor, brief mention of suicidal ideation, non-detailed discussion of sex with an anthropomorphic duck-person

Shows promoted in this episode:

The Geeky Dad (@geekydadpod on Twitter)

F**k My Work Life (@fmwlpod on Twitter)