You're Wrong

And in other news, water is wet and the sky is blue.
 
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Back to their full roster, the nerds thought it would be good to get back to the 2020's and chose to watch, dissect and brutalise Black Adam, the latest (at the time of this posting) installment in the DC Expanded Universe.

Now, the pedants among you might be wondering why an episode about a DCEU movie isn't in the DCEU Movies season/series. The reason is quite simple: it's because fuck you, that's why. 😘

Back to this glass of warm water of a movie: if I had to describe it with a single word, it'd be disappointment. The source material is incredibly interesting; Dwayne Johnson certainly looks the part (even though he certainly lives up to his nickname with regards to both his on-screen charisma and his acting ability beyond just playing himself); and most of the casting choices were very solid (Henry Winkler did catch me by surprise, though, not gonna lie). So what the fuck happened?

What's that now? Warner Bros. is what happened? Yeah, that tracks. 😒

We mean the movie. You know, the one that came out in 2000 and aged like a bowl of spoiled yogurt left out in the sun.
 
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Another week, another early 00's movie being dissected by our favourite grumps. This week, they were feeling particularly masochistic, so they decided to rewatch and talk about Dungeons & Dragons, the (understandably) much-reviled "adaptation" of the tabletop RPG. Unfortunately, Matt couldn't be present for the recording, but I have it on good authority that he did (re-)watch the movie nonetheless. Talk about cruel and unusual torture, eh?

Though left to their own devices, Chris, Luciano and substitute host Spencer still managed to keep this episode a mostly coherent endeavour... by which I mean they roasted the ever-living shit out of this fucking disaster of a movie. As it well deserves.

Because you obviously thought it was a shitty movie 20 years ago, and that opinion hasn't changed... right? Yeah, I'm sure that's right. Even you wouldn't be that wrong.

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With Spencer finally back from wherever he had gone to (apparently, there's this thing called "work" he was busy with?), the nerds tackle yet another video-game movie. This time, they decided to go back a couple of decades and tackle one of the OG video-game adaptations, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

OK, I'm not going to sugar coat it: this is one gigantic turd of a movie. Horrendous accents, horrendous acting (even from actors we know are good), horrendously nonsensical plotlines... just a smelly, messy, horrendous turd. 

Which, of course, just means our intrepid hosts had the time of their lives blowing it to smithereens and putting it back together again. 😉

You're Wrong tackles a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie for the first time ever (surprising, I know)! Still Spencer-less, Chris, Luciano and Matt decided to tackle Thor: Love and Thunder, and when these nerds decide to talk about a movie a while after they've seen it, you know something about it ain't right.

In this case, it's several somethings... starting with going in with (understandably) high expectations for a Thor movie helmed by the man responsible for Thor: Ragnarok and ending in whatever the fuck that scene with the Guardians of the Galaxy was. I really hope Disney learned from this that coming up to Taika Waititi with scraps of ideas and storyboards jotted down on the back of bar napkins and saying "just go crazy for the rest! You do you, bud!" isn't a really the recipe for a good movie, at least.

Video-game movies are usually hilariously bad, which also means they're a treasure trove of complaint fodder for curmudgeony nerds. Knowing this, and given that this month's loose theme is "shit that happened in 2022", Chris, Luciano and Matt (abandoned as they were by Spencer... again) decided it would be fun to watch (and bash on) Uncharted.

Only they weren't ready for just how much they would have to complain about this one. That's not to say that they don't usually complain a lot — I'm not insane — but with this one, even with how much they did complain, it still feels like they didn't complain enough. And that's... that's saying something.

Continuing the tradition they started last year, the nerds review their predictions for 2022 (spoiler alert: none of them could make a living as oracles... but at least that means that Spencer didn't have to become homeless to pay lost bets) and make new predictions for 2023 — most of which were about as weird and unlikely as the previous ones.

They also decided to ditch the janky point system they used last time because... well, because it was janky as fuck. They still judged each other's prediction in terms of likelihood, of course, but it was a much more profanity-laden endeavour this time. A win-win, in my book.

This is the second and final part to You're Wrong's latest game of Fiasco! If you haven't listened to the first part (season 1, episode 86) yet, go do that first. This thing is unhinged enough as it is, and I can't even imagine the amount of psychic damage it would do to someone listening to it without any context.

Beckee (Chris), Jenna (Matt), Steve a.k.a. Jace (Luciano), Brodie (Spencer) and Theo (Andrew) all have a party to attend, even if the hostess of the party doesn't know about it yet. Moreover, every single one of them has their own nefarious/deranged plans to see through — and they intend to do so during said party. 

There's absolutely no way this is going to end in a massive disaster, I'm sure. 😶

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals! This week, the nerds decided to take advantage of being in the same place for a change and go watch Violent Night together — and then rant about it, obviously.

Not that there was much to actually rant about, but you know how cranky them old bastards are...

It's time for another game of Fiasco, dear listeners!

This time, the nerds invited their buddy Andrew to join in, and the scenario revolves around a shady high school attended by teens with very questionable morals, integrity and (quite frankly) sanity. 

Join Beckee (Chris), Jenna (Matt), Steve a.k.a. Jace (Luciano), Brodie (Spencer) and Theo (Andrew) as they try to navigate absurdly disfunctional relationships, see incredibly ill-conceived plans to fruition and survive their (un)surprisingly lethal consequences.

Welcome to You're Wrong's first tag-team battle royale! And what better subject to tackle on this first one than two of the most widely-recognised winter holidays in the world, amirite? 👀

For obvious reasons, the format for this one was slightly different from the usual battle royales: Matt acted solely as the Questioner (or, as he titled himself, the "Magistrate"), instead of being a participant as well; resident Jewish boys Luciano and Spencer were the obvious (and likely only safe) choice for taking the side of Hanukkah, while Chris was joined by their buddy Matt (hooray, confusion!) defending Christmas.

I know I say this a lot, but this one was really unhinged. Absolutely bonkers, really. Which reminds me: whatever you do, do not Google "Sinterklaas". Just don't.