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Percolated MediaMission Impossible: Fallout (2018)All things considered, 2015’s Mission Impossible Rogue Nation was a certified hit. Star Tom Cruise made a ditch effort to get writer/director Christopher McQuarrie back onboard to do another sequel in his tent pole franchise. After some convincing -and the casting of famously mustached Henry Cavill as the not so hidden villain- Mission Impossible Fallout was set to debut in 2018. And, like its predecessor, Fallout went on to be both a critical and financial hit.
Listen to Garrett, Matt, and Adam talk about if the Dark Knight comparisons are warranted, as well as if Mission impossible Fallout is to bl...2025-07-251h 47Percolated MediaMission Impossible: Fallout (2018)All things considered, 2015’s Mission Impossible Rogue Nation was a certified hit. Star Tom Cruise made a ditch effort to get writer/director Christopher McQuarrie back onboard to do another sequel in his tent pole franchise. After some convincing -and the casting of famously mustached Henry Cavill as the not so hidden villain- Mission Impossible Fallout was set to debut in 2018. And, like its predecessor, Fallout went on to be both a critical and financial hit.
Listen to Garrett, Matt, and Adam talk about if the Dark Knight comparisons are warranted, as well as if Mission impossible Fallout is to bl...2025-07-251h 47
Percolated MediaMission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015)2015 was a MASSIVE year for franchises. Jurassic Park was about to get a whole reboot in the form of Jurassic World. James Bond was going to finally bring Blofeld and Spectre back in Spectre. Mad Max put the action genre on its head, coming back after 30 years with Mad Max Fury Road. And of course, Star Wars was finally brought back to the big screen in a big way with The Force Awakens. All of these, by the way, have been or will be reviewed by us at The Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast, so we recommend checking those...2025-07-191h 25Percolated MediaMission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015)2015 was a MASSIVE year for franchises. Jurassic Park was about to get a whole reboot in the form of Jurassic World. James Bond was going to finally bring Blofeld and Spectre back in Spectre. Mad Max put the action genre on its head, coming back after 30 years with Mad Max Fury Road. And of course, Star Wars was finally brought back to the big screen in a big way with The Force Awakens. All of these, by the way, have been or will be reviewed by us at The Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast, so we recommend checking those...2025-07-191h 25
Percolated MediaMission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011)The words Brad Bird and Mission Impossible wouldn’t seem to go together. But in star Tom Cruise’s eyes, they most certainly do, as 2011 saw the release of The Incredibles director helming the fourth Mission Impossible movie, Ghost Protocol.
With a cast that includes Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, and, oh yeah, Jeremy Renner, Ghost Protocol would prove to be a favorite amongst fans. Will this podcast panel feel the same?
Also, Garrett discusses the release of Zoo, the new novel from his old friend -and podcast partner- David Mayne.
Get Dave’s new book here:
https://www.amazon.com/Zoo-Da...2025-07-171h 35Percolated MediaMission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011)The words Brad Bird and Mission Impossible wouldn’t seem to go together. But in star Tom Cruise’s eyes, they most certainly do, as 2011 saw the release of The Incredibles director helming the fourth Mission Impossible movie, Ghost Protocol.
With a cast that includes Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, and, oh yeah, Jeremy Renner, Ghost Protocol would prove to be a favorite amongst fans. Will this podcast panel feel the same?
Also, Garrett discusses the release of Zoo, the new novel from his old friend -and podcast partner- David Mayne.
Get Dave’s new book here:
https://www.amazon.com/Zoo-Da...2025-07-171h 35
Percolated MediaMission Impossible 3 (2006)In 2000, star Tim Cruise was in top of the world. By 2006, he had a bit of a PR problem. Though his previous film War of the Worlds was a certified hit, his off the screen presence was becoming more and more of a problem. Some people would say toxic. Getting in arguments played out in public with Brooke Shields’s about the need to do away with prescribed drugs. To marrying a woman who was twenty years his junior. And of course jumping on talk show couches proclaiming his love for said woman. Directors were not wanting to work with hi...2025-07-121h 22Percolated MediaMission Impossible 3 (2006)In 2000, star Tim Cruise was in top of the world. By 2006, he had a bit of a PR problem. Though his previous film War of the Worlds was a certified hit, his off the screen presence was becoming more and more of a problem. Some people would say toxic. Getting in arguments played out in public with Brooke Shields’s about the need to do away with prescribed drugs. To marrying a woman who was twenty years his junior. And of course jumping on talk show couches proclaiming his love for said woman. Directors were not wanting to work with hi...2025-07-121h 22
Percolated MediaMission Impossible 2 (2000)By 2000, Tom Cruise was a made man. He had worked with Stanley Kubrick on the so-so erotic thriller Eyes Wide Shut, and even received an Oscar nomination for Magnolia. So in the interim between sequels, Cruise once again found himself in the position of being able to do anything. Why not return to the action franchise he had launched four years before?
Now being helmed by Face Off’s John Woo, and despite some pretty tepid reviews, Mission Impossible 2 proved to be a huge hit. It would also seem to have made itself an action star in the (ego?) adrenaline in...2025-06-271h 23Percolated MediaMission Impossible 2 (2000)By 2000, Tom Cruise was a made man. He had worked with Stanley Kubrick on the so-so erotic thriller Eyes Wide Shut, and even received an Oscar nomination for Magnolia. So in the interim between sequels, Cruise once again found himself in the position of being able to do anything. Why not return to the action franchise he had launched four years before?
Now being helmed by Face Off’s John Woo, and despite some pretty tepid reviews, Mission Impossible 2 proved to be a huge hit. It would also seem to have made itself an action star in the (ego?) adrenaline in...2025-06-271h 23
Percolated MediaMission: Impossible (1996)In 1996 Tom Cruise could have done whatever he wanted. He was married, had a positive public image, and the Academy was starting to recognize his work by nominating him for acting Oscars. However, seven months before he would try his hand at another shot at an Oscar with Jerry McGuire, he would add another perk to his resume. A perk that he would ride for nearly 30 years. That, of action star.
Being a huge fan of the original TV series, Cruise (and his producing partner Paula Wagner) went to Paramount studios to pitch an idea that would make him a...2025-06-211h 11Percolated MediaMission: Impossible (1996)In 1996 Tom Cruise could have done whatever he wanted. He was married, had a positive public image, and the Academy was starting to recognize his work by nominating him for acting Oscars. However, seven months before he would try his hand at another shot at an Oscar with Jerry McGuire, he would add another perk to his resume. A perk that he would ride for nearly 30 years. That, of action star.
Being a huge fan of the original TV series, Cruise (and his producing partner Paula Wagner) went to Paramount studios to pitch an idea that would make him a...2025-06-211h 11
Percolated MediaThe Running Man (1987)In 1987, Arnold Schwarzenegger was well on his way to becoming the biggest action star in the world. Later on in the year, he would be in Predator. But first, he’d star in the Stephen King adaptation The Running Man. Or is it a Richard Bachman adaptation? What’s the difference, and why would the rights to this book be $100,000, surprising the hell out of producer George Linder? We get into all of this, as well as a full review of the Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky?) directed film, in the podcast below.
Also, find out what franchise we’ll be attack...2025-06-141h 20Percolated MediaThe Running Man (1987)In 1987, Arnold Schwarzenegger was well on his way to becoming the biggest action star in the world. Later on in the year, he would be in Predator. But first, he’d star in the Stephen King adaptation The Running Man. Or is it a Richard Bachman adaptation? What’s the difference, and why would the rights to this book be $100,000, surprising the hell out of producer George Linder? We get into all of this, as well as a full review of the Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky?) directed film, in the podcast below.
Also, find out what franchise we’ll be attack...2025-06-141h 20
Percolated MediaCujo (1983)As we already established on our The Dead Zone podcast, 1983 was the Year of the King. That year, Stephen King fans were treated to not one, not two, but THREE adaptations of the author’s work. The Dead Zone, Christine, and Cujo. Now common usage to explain a mean dog, Cujo had next to zero meaning to people who picked the book up ready to read King’s first all out horror novel in years.
Like Drew Barrymore in Firestarter, producers once again used ET as a stepping point, and plucked everyone’s favorite mom Dee Wallace to star in a film...2025-06-061h 09Percolated MediaCujo (1983)As we already established on our The Dead Zone podcast, 1983 was the Year of the King. That year, Stephen King fans were treated to not one, not two, but THREE adaptations of the author’s work. The Dead Zone, Christine, and Cujo. Now common usage to explain a mean dog, Cujo had next to zero meaning to people who picked the book up ready to read King’s first all out horror novel in years.
Like Drew Barrymore in Firestarter, producers once again used ET as a stepping point, and plucked everyone’s favorite mom Dee Wallace to star in a film...2025-06-061h 09
Percolated MediaFirestarter (2022)By 2022, Stephen King adaptations were five years into a renaissance that began with 2017’s adaptation of It. And after his successful Halloween legacy series began with a bang with 2018’s Halloween, producer Jason Blum also wanted to get in on the act of adapting King. So he hired Zac Effron and director Keith Thomas (The Vigil) to once again bring King’s Firestarter to the screen.
Join Garrett, Matt, and Adam as they look at the 2022 version of King’s 1980 novel that was generally panned by critics and audiences alike when it came out in the summer of 2022. Will they like it...2025-05-311h 03Percolated MediaFirestarter (2022)By 2022, Stephen King adaptations were five years into a renaissance that began with 2017’s adaptation of It. And after his successful Halloween legacy series began with a bang with 2018’s Halloween, producer Jason Blum also wanted to get in on the act of adapting King. So he hired Zac Effron and director Keith Thomas (The Vigil) to once again bring King’s Firestarter to the screen.
Join Garrett, Matt, and Adam as they look at the 2022 version of King’s 1980 novel that was generally panned by critics and audiences alike when it came out in the summer of 2022. Will they like it...2025-05-311h 03
Percolated MediaFirestarter (1984)After E.T., Drew Barrymore could have done anything. Turns out that producer Dino de Laurentiis was about to scoop her up to be in two adaptations of author Stephen King’s work. The second, Cat’s Eye, is one we already covered way back at the beginning of Night Shift. But the first was Firestarter, King’s borderline science fiction novel about a girl who sets fires with her mind.
Join the Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast as they review Commando director Mark L Lester’s 1984 adaptation of King’s 1980 novel. Unsurprisingly, it’s Adam’s first viewing of the film. W...2025-05-241h 07Percolated MediaFirestarter (1984)After E.T., Drew Barrymore could have done anything. Turns out that producer Dino de Laurentiis was about to scoop her up to be in two adaptations of author Stephen King’s work. The second, Cat’s Eye, is one we already covered way back at the beginning of Night Shift. But the first was Firestarter, King’s borderline science fiction novel about a girl who sets fires with her mind.
Join the Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast as they review Commando director Mark L Lester’s 1984 adaptation of King’s 1980 novel. Unsurprisingly, it’s Adam’s first viewing of the film. W...2025-05-241h 07
Percolated MediaThe Stand (2020)After 1994’s The Stand proved to be a monumental hit, ABC and other networks were intent on bringing other Stephen King properties to the small screen. This is why we got things like The Langoliers, The Tommyknockers, Kingdom Hospital, among others.
But 20 plus years later, there were once again rumblings that The Stand was going to be adapted, this time with one film for the big screen. Directors like David Yates (Harry Potter) and Ben Affleck came and went from the project, all not knowing how they were going to keep the magnum opus book to one film. Enter Josh Bo...2025-05-172h 19Percolated MediaThe Stand (2020)After 1994’s The Stand proved to be a monumental hit, ABC and other networks were intent on bringing other Stephen King properties to the small screen. This is why we got things like The Langoliers, The Tommyknockers, Kingdom Hospital, among others.
But 20 plus years later, there were once again rumblings that The Stand was going to be adapted, this time with one film for the big screen. Directors like David Yates (Harry Potter) and Ben Affleck came and went from the project, all not knowing how they were going to keep the magnum opus book to one film. Enter Josh Bo...2025-05-172h 19
Percolated MediaThe Dead Zone (1983)1983 was quite the year for fans of author Stephen King. That was the year they didn’t get one, or even two King adaptations for the screen. They got three. These consisted of The Dead Zone, Cujo, and Christine. The other two will get their just due on this podcast down the road. But today, we review The Dead Zone. A film touted as the teaming up of schlock director David Cronenberg (he wouldn’t make The Fly until three years later) and horror writer Stephen King. To top it off, Cronenberg tapped recent Oscar winner Christopher Walken to be this...2025-05-101h 25Percolated MediaThe Dead Zone (1983)1983 was quite the year for fans of author Stephen King. That was the year they didn’t get one, or even two King adaptations for the screen. They got three. These consisted of The Dead Zone, Cujo, and Christine. The other two will get their just due on this podcast down the road. But today, we review The Dead Zone. A film touted as the teaming up of schlock director David Cronenberg (he wouldn’t make The Fly until three years later) and horror writer Stephen King. To top it off, Cronenberg tapped recent Oscar winner Christopher Walken to be this...2025-05-101h 25
Percolated MediaThe Stand (1994)Much to two of their chagrins, podcast hosts are back to Stephen King! To kick off this set of reviews, they’re reviewing two adaptations of what many King fans STILL call his best novel. Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you The Stand.
After years of trying to get a feature film adaptation of his beloved epic novel off the ground, King saw what ABC did with a miniseries adaptation of his novel It, and knew that’s how he wanted to adapt it.
With King writing the script himself and future Shining miniseries director Mick Garris directing, King fans fina...2025-05-032h 00Percolated MediaThe Stand (1994)Much to two of their chagrins, podcast hosts are back to Stephen King! To kick off this set of reviews, they’re reviewing two adaptations of what many King fans STILL call his best novel. Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you The Stand.
After years of trying to get a feature film adaptation of his beloved epic novel off the ground, King saw what ABC did with a miniseries adaptation of his novel It, and knew that’s how he wanted to adapt it.
With King writing the script himself and future Shining miniseries director Mick Garris directing, King fans fina...2025-05-032h 00
Percolated MediaArgylle (2024)In 2024, armed with a script by Jason Fuchs (Ice Age Continental Drift and Pan), director Matthew Vaughn released Argylle. Denounced by critics and audiences alike, the $200 million film didn’t even gross half its budget back. Yet, the film has enjoyed a healthy presence on streaming, meaning there is a good chance Vaughn may get his wish and continue on with the Kingsman franchise. Which, this is only attached to because of its end credits scene. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be reviewing it.
Join Matt, Garrett, and Adam as they conclude their first leg of Marvel by reviewing what many have...2025-04-251h 16Percolated MediaArgylle (2024)In 2024, armed with a script by Jason Fuchs (Ice Age Continental Drift and Pan), director Matthew Vaughn released Argylle. Denounced by critics and audiences alike, the $200 million film didn’t even gross half its budget back. Yet, the film has enjoyed a healthy presence on streaming, meaning there is a good chance Vaughn may get his wish and continue on with the Kingsman franchise. Which, this is only attached to because of its end credits scene. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be reviewing it.
Join Matt, Garrett, and Adam as they conclude their first leg of Marvel by reviewing what many have...2025-04-251h 16
Percolated MediaThe King's Man (2021)With The Golden Circle making almost as much as the original Kingsman movie, Fox felt like they had a franchise on its hands. Yet, director Matthew Vaughn had plans that had nothing to do with continuing the story of Eggsy. Instead, he wanted to pull a George Lucas and go back to the beginning. The result is 2021’s The King’s Man, a WW1 set prequel that tells the story about how The Kingsman came to be. Or does it?
Join Matt, Adam, and Garrett as they review the perceived flop and determine whether the film is worth the derision it h...2025-04-191h 11Percolated MediaThe King's Man (2021)With The Golden Circle making almost as much as the original Kingsman movie, Fox felt like they had a franchise on its hands. Yet, director Matthew Vaughn had plans that had nothing to do with continuing the story of Eggsy. Instead, he wanted to pull a George Lucas and go back to the beginning. The result is 2021’s The King’s Man, a WW1 set prequel that tells the story about how The Kingsman came to be. Or does it?
Join Matt, Adam, and Garrett as they review the perceived flop and determine whether the film is worth the derision it h...2025-04-191h 11
Percolated MediaKingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)Two years after setting the box office ablaze with Kingsman The Secret Service, director Matthew Vaughn was back with Kingsman The Golden Circle. This time, he had a couple more Oscar winners (Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore) cast, as well as a certain flamboyant singer. So given he had everything he wanted at his disposal this time, it would seem Vaughn had successfully made his ‘Empire Strikes Back’.
Or did he? Join Matt, Garrett, and Adam as they dissect a film whose script Vaughn has proclaimed to be the hardest he’s ever written. While the box office would say audiences still...2025-04-111h 34
Percolated MediaKingsman: The Secret Service (2015)After taking on Kick Ass and proving his worth with X-Men First Class, it would seem director Matthew Vaughn was primed for a career directing Marvel properties. But for reasons that are still unclear, Vaughn left X-Men Days of Future Past, and reunited with writer Mark Millar to come up with their own comic book called Kingsman.
Before long, Vaughn had another property to take on and in 2015, he directed and released the feature (now) comic book film Kingsman: The Secret Service.
Join Matt, Garrett, and Adam as they look at the film which has almost zero stars, yet grossed...2025-04-051h 30
Percolated MediaBig Hero 6 (2014)Time to take a quick detour into yet another movie that most don't associate with Marvel. Despite being part of Disney theatrical animated features, Big Hero 6 does indeed come from the comic world. To what extent is discussed on the show. Following up Disney's Frozen was no small feat either. How did this colorful futuristic superhero tale fare for our three hosts?
Listen in and come back next week as we go back to Matthew Vaughn with the first entry into Kingsman.2025-03-291h 11
Percolated MediaKick-Ass 2 (2013)While a sequel to Kick-Ass wasn't the unlikeliest occurrence, losing director Matthew Vaughn did create some concern. They also lost Nicolas Cage but gained an actor of similar stature in Jim Carrey. What they didn't plan on was for the later to walk back his involvement as the movie was about to come out. Did he have a point or was this sequel just as good as the original?
Come back next week as we review 2014's Big Hero 6, which is indeed a Marvel adaptation!2025-03-221h 24
Percolated MediaKick-Ass (2010)After a few weeks of Marvel that the boys would love to forget, one thing is for sure about Kick Ass. It’s at least competent filmmaking.
Or is it? Join Matt, Garrett, and Adam as they dive into director Matthew Vaughn’s controversial 2010 1st entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Does the gang think the controversy is warranted? Does Kick Ass still hold up?
Just download the show and listen you cunts.2025-03-151h 29
Percolated MediaMan-Thing (2005)As the boys continue tredging through their Miscellaneous Marvel characters, this week they have run into a doozy. Man Thing is a character who hung out with Howard The Duck in the comics. But other than that, there’s not much identification with him apart from being a side show character made up right around the time DC’s Swamp Thing made its first appearance.
So who better to bring it to the screen other than the one man who was sued by Children of the Corn’s creator Stephen King. That’s right, the boys already covered filmmaker Brett Leonard...2025-03-081h 09
Percolated MediaDoctor Mordrid (1992)Full Moon Entertainment and comic book films are two subjects that fit together like a round peg in a square hole. After all, Full Moon was known for schlocky horror properties like the killer doll series Puppet Master, the vampire series Subspecies, and many others. So why the hell would studio head Charles Band try taking on the Marvel property Doctor Strange only to switch gears (and the name) in the midst of production. And the main question, was this ever intended to be Doctor Strange to begin with?
Dig in with Matt, Adam, and Garrett as they review one...2025-02-2856 min
Percolated MediaHoward the Duck (1986)For years, the three of us have been asked when we were going to start covering Marvel films. After all, we did the two big DC characters over the span of a couple years. Why, in the years that we’ve been together, and Marvel has gone from being on top of the world to being just another Disney acquisition, have we not also dived right into the Marvel page to screen adaptations?
Well, we get into all of this on this very podcast. But let’s just preface this show by saying, we have tried in the past, only to k...2025-02-231h 33
Percolated MediaTransformers One (2024)Well, we were going to get to it eventually. When Transformers One was released in the fall of 2024, we at Percolated Media were up to our eyes in Stephen King and Beetlejuice retrospectives. Garrett and Matt wanted to wait until the schedule was in between retros before finally reviewing the latest fighting robots film, this one directed by Josh Cooley (Toy Story 4).
They weren’t the only ones who stayed away from the film while it was in theaters. Despite being amongst the best reviewed of the entire franchise, Transformers One underperformed at the box office. Was it deserved?
Join Ma...2025-02-141h 06
Percolated MediaLethal Weapon 4 (1998)By the time 1998 rolled around, everyone involved in the Lethal Weapon franchise were on to other things. Most notably star Mel Gibson, whose directorial effort Braveheart had won multiple Oscars three years before. You’d think it would have taken an almost perfect script to reunite everyone for a fourth and final(?) installment of the bread and butter franchise that set up their careers. I said, you’d THINK the script would have to be perfect. Welllll……
Join Garrett, Matt, and Adam as they review Lethal Weapon 4, and Garrett & Adam recount when they saw it in theaters in May of 1998. Also sta...2025-02-071h 23
Percolated MediaLethal Weapon 3 (1992)After Lethal Weapon 2 came out and became the third highest grossing film of that year, producers wanted more. So Jeffrey Boam, along with his buddy Robert Mark Kamen (The Karate Kid) once again churned out a script, director Richard Donner came aboard, and everything was one big happy shoot! Of course, this isn’t the whole story. So download the show below to find out how Lethal Weapon 3 REALLY happened.
Plus, what does Princess Leia have to do with it? How hard was it to get Joe Pesci signed on immediately after winning his Oscar? Why was Rene Russo brought in...2025-02-021h 12
Tag Team PodcastingMonday Night Wars Episode XIII: WWF Wrestlemania XII (1996)We hope the new year is off to a great start for all of you. Since we're now on the road to the WWE's biggest show of the year, we felt it appropriate to get back into the swing of things. After a less than steller entry in 1995, the company brought us Wrestlemania from California. Featuring the first "Iron Man" match, a "Hollywood Backlot Brawl" and other notable matches, how did this show fare?
Join Matt and Garrett as they look back on Wrestlemania XII. Come back soon as we get eerily close to the paradigm shift in WCW and...2025-01-261h 25
Percolated MediaLethal Weapon 2 (1989)As we’ve already covered at other times on this podcast, 1989 was a golden year for film, specifically the action genre. Since we already reviewed Batman (1989) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), it is now time to cover that year’s third place box office winner, Lethal Weapon 2.
Franchises weren’t really a thing yet, but after the splash the first Lethal Weapon made on video, not to mention the 80s action wave being cemented by Die Hard the year before, producer Joel Silver was adamant that it was time for a new Lethal Weapon. So he called his wonder...2025-01-241h 16
Percolated MediaLethal Weapon (1987)Though we’ve done the Superman series (check our archives for those shows) we would be reminded if we did not cover the OTHER franchise director Richard Donner made into a successful series of films. With a script by a hot shot scriptwriter named Shane Black, Donner set off to turn Lethal Weapon into a slam bang stand alone film. We know how that turned out.
But before we get to the sequels, we have to cover the 1987 original. Casting already covered by us in Mad Mad Mel Gibson and dramatic actor Danny Glover, Donner had to see the actors’ chem...2025-01-191h 21
Percolated MediaChildren of the Corn (2020)After 11 movies and almost 40 years, we are finally at the end of our Children of the Corn retrospective. We'll be closing the book on Night Shift and moving on to other King works later in the year. We have unfinished business to do as we rank all these movies at the end of this show and also divulge our first retro of 2025. Enjoy and thanks to both you all and our co-hosts for being troopers in completionism. 2025-01-1000 min
Percolated MediaChildren of the Corn: Runaway (2018)In the same year that another horror franchise made a legacy sequel to its original installment, Children of the Corn did the same thing. Is Runaway an improvement in an aspect from the vast majority of these entries? We'll be closing out this retrospective next time by reviewing 2020 as well as ranking every entry. Then we'll reveal our first retro of 2025. Enjoy!2024-12-3147 min
Percolated MediaChildren of the Corn: Genesis (2011)Only two more to go before we can leave this franchise in Gatlin!2024-12-3036 min
Percolated MediaChildren of the Corn (2009)No, we did not take the first show and re-upload it. What we have today is a remake of the original short story that was produced and aired on Sci-Fi Channel in 2009. Is it a vast improvement over the 1984 version? Will anyone have something remotely positive to say? Tune in to find out.2024-12-3047 min
Percolated MediaChildren of the Corn: Revelation (2001)To finish by 2025, we will post the final two Corn entries on New Year's Eve. Enjoy this review of Part VII until then!2024-12-2840 min
Percolated MediaChildren of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return (1999)We have officially hit the halfway benchmark in this retrospective. To "celebrate" the occasion, we have the return of original mainstay John Franklin as both as actor and storyteller. How do the boys feel about this installment? Is the movie as absurd as this title? Listen to find out.2024-12-2047 min
Percolated MediaChildren of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998)No preamble needed here beyond “we are contractually obligated to review these from here on out.”2024-12-1953 min
Percolated MediaChildren of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996)Apologies for the upload delay, as we experienced some technical glitches in our site. We're back and are going to post a Corn show every day until we're caught up. Thanks for listening and here's our next review in the franchise!2024-12-1838 min
Percolated MediaChildren of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)Who says theatrical releases are the exclusive movies that we review on these airwaves? Well, I think Garrett has made that exception for EVERYTHING in the world of Stephen King. I hope this answers why we are posting on a Wednesday. Between that and Adam/Matt wanting to go through this series like a tractor through an abandoned cornfield.
Here's our review of the first direct to video installment in the Children of the Corn franchise! We'll review Part 4 on our regularly scheduled Friday and continue this style until its conclusion. Let's hope no one snaps by then and we...2024-12-0450 min
Tag Team PodcastingMonday Night Wars Episode XII: WCW Uncensored (1996)Garrett and Matt return to the ring after quite some time away. What a way to make their comeback by discussing a show with an infamous main event. It was the Mega Powers re-teaming against the Alliance to End Hulkamania in a match so big they needed multiple levels. The boys discuss all that and the preceeding events as they look at WCW Uncensored 1996.
Come back next week for their first Wrestlemania review of #12!2024-11-301h 08
Percolated MediaChildren of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)Nothing screams Thanksgiving quite like this title. Listen in as we continue on our "journey" to review all the Children of the Corn entries to close out this chapter of Stephen King. Will this "final sacrifice" be what Adam wants to occur during this show? Or will be press on like a good soldier to block out the pain? Is there anything positive to say about this entry in comparison to the original? Tune in to find out and we hope you have a great weekend!
As a disclaimer, since the remaining installments are all direct to video releases, we...2024-11-2949 min
Percolated MediaChildren of the Corn (1984)What better way to bring in Thanksgiving, a holiday full of eating food, laughing with relatives, and watching football, than with beginning our series that’s going to close our look at Stephen King’s Night Shift Collection. That’s the good news. The bad news, is Children of the Corn is a series that contains 11 movies!
Here, we start from the beginning, 1984’s original Linda Hamilton starring original film. King himself wrote a treatment that got discarded because one, he didn’t have nearly as much clout at this time. But as a result of King being booted from the creati...2024-11-221h 11
Percolated MediaJoker: Folie a Deux (2024)Whether you like the film or not, it can definitely be argued that 2019’s Joker was a full story. In fact, when they reviewed it two years ago, The Three Men A Retrospective Podcast said just as much. However, by the end of that year, we had gotten word that Todd Phillips and company were working on a sequel.
So given the first film grossed over $1 billion, they had their green light. With Lady GaGa signing on, they had their Harlie Quinn. And with the announcement that the film was a musical, they had their genre.
Or did they? Listen in...2024-11-151h 44
Percolated MediaAlien: Romulus (2024)It’s finally here. After months of start stops, with interruptions of Beetlejuice and some vampires re-invading Salem’s Lot, we have finally come to the review the Alien retrospective was designed to end with. Welcome, to the Three Men and a Retrospective’s review of director Fede Alvarez’s Alien Romulus.
Listen in as the boys discuss their theatrical experiences, and then dive right in to a film that was seven years in the making. Despite major highlights for all, the three weren’t really looking forward to this new rendition of the ‘perfect organism’. So Alvarez had an uphill battle...2024-11-091h 38
Percolated MediaSalem's Lot (2024)A little over two years ago, the boys reviewed three Salems Lot adaptations thinking they were leading up to a new version of it produced by James Wan. Well, they did get it, they just had to wait over two years.
Welcome to the review over two years in the making. With Garrett the huge fan of the novel and, to a lesser extent, the two miniseries, was he looking forward to this new one directed by Paul Dauberman? And will the new aesthetic help Adam and Matt give their endorsement of a series they really didn’t like to be...2024-11-021h 19
Percolated MediaAlien: Covenant (2017)Prometheus was released in Summer of 2012 and sparked both box office revenue and feverous debate. What once was thought to be a single Alien prequel was then on the track to being a "trilogy" of installments. It took five years and almost as many screenwriters before we would return to the world established in 1979.
Ridley Scott was back in the director's chair for Alien: Covenant, but it was an underachiever with audiences and seemingly failed to bring in viewers the same way it's predecessor had. Some people, one of who appears on this podcast, even swore he'd never watch it...2024-10-251h 33
Percolated MediaPrometheus (2012)After taking a detour into Beetlejuice land, The Three Men And A Retrospective Podcast returns to the Alien franchise discussing a film that, well, needs to be discussed.
Director Ridley Scott had always wanted to return to the franchise that put him on the map. But after Fox decided to move forward with the Alien vs Predator films, it would seem he was permanently soured on it.
Five years after Aliens vs Predator Requiem, Scott’s desire was reinvigorated. Bringing together a cast that included Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace, and Michael Fassbender, among others, Scott put Prometheus out in the su...2024-10-181h 38
Percolated MediaBeetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)After 36 years of rumors and abandoned scripts about going to Hawaii, Tim Burton and company have returned with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the sequel fans have been clamoring for. Or is it?
Join the original three of the Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast as they dissect the brand new entry in the Beetlejuice series. What were their expectations going on? How were their theatrical experiences? What are their final verdicts? Finally, what will come next, as Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has exceeded box office expectations and we can lovably expect a new one soon.
Come back next week, as we dive right back...2024-10-111h 46
Percolated MediaBeetlejuice (1988)Before moving on with the Alien franchise, the boys decided to take a little detour into a world that not only beautifully sets the Halloween table, but also miraculously has a new film 35 years after the original! That’s right, it’s time for the Three Men and a Retrospective Beetlejuice retrospective!
Before getting to the new one, we have to talk about the Tim Burton 1988 original. Listen in as Garrett, Matt, and Adam talk about how they were introduced to the original, what they thought of it, and if Garrett welcomed talking about Winona Ryder three weeks in a row...2024-10-051h 26
Percolated MediaAlien: Resurrection (1997)After the hellacious shoot that was Alien 3, not to mention disappointing box office returns, it would seem that Brandywine and 20th Century Fox were done with the Alien franchise, and were willing to call it dead in space. But by 1997, Fox still thought it could get more acid blood from the Alien stone. And in order to help with this feat, they would pull from the one region where Alien 3 was successful, Europe, to get director Jean Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen).
Fox also had someone who created their show Buffy The Vampire Slayer by the name of Joss Whedon to pen...2024-09-271h 44
Percolated MediaAlien 3 (1992)Making a 3rd Alien film seemed to be an inevitability. Following the success of Hames Cameron’s Aliens, 20th Century Fox knew it had a flat out franchise on their hands, and wanted to capitalize on that fact quicker than before. But, seeming as the previous film had a seven year ago gap, you’d think it’d be an easy feat to accomplish.
You would be wrong. As not only was Alien 3 an even bigger chore to make. It was also one of the most contentious and difficult film shoots of all time. New feature director David Fincher was given...2024-09-201h 35
Percolated MediaAliens (1986)After Alien came out and was a certified success for 20th Century Fox in 2979, Fox executives immediately looked to do with that movie like they’d already done with their other film that took place in space, Star Wars. That is to make a sequel and franchise it.
But it would take SEVEN years, and a hell of a lot of wrangling from both Fox executives and their newly minted from The Terminator director James Cameron to make it happen. After a struggle to get original heroine Sigourney Weaver, as well as fights about tea breaks, Cameron’s Aliens was fina...2024-09-131h 48
Tag Team PodcastingMonday Night Wars Episode XI: WWF In Your House 6Following the Royal Rumble, both winner HBK and the rest of the World Wrestling Federation were on the road to Wrestlemania XII. They did have one last PPV in store before hitting their final stop in Anaheim. Diesel still needed his rematch from world champion Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels put his main event status […]2024-07-2432 min
Tag Team PodcastingMonday Night Wars Episode X: WCW Clash of the Champions 32 (1996)Welcome back to Tag Team Podcasting. Join Garrett and Matt as they return to the wrestling rings of the mid 90s and pick up right where they left off in their reviews of WCW/WWF reviews with this look at 1996’s Clash of Champions 32.
What did the Clash of Champions name mean to Garrett growing up? Where was WCW at this point? How much are Garrett and Matt looking forward to getting to the NWO era?
Listen below to find out the answer to all these questions, and be sure to come back next week as they return to the WW...2024-07-1146 min
Tag Team PodcastingMonday Night Wars Episode IX: WWF Royal Rumble 1996Thankfully we have officially closed the door on 1995 in the world of wrestling. WWF shifted in a huge way during 1996, kicking off with its annual Royal Rumble ppv. I don't just say "kicking off" because Mr. Sweet Chin Music won the titular match. How did the show fare as far as launching a new calendar year for Vince's promotion?
Tune in to find out Garrett and Matt's takes on WWF Royal Rumble 1996.2023-12-121h 01
Tag Team PodcastingMonday Night Wars Episode VIII: WCW Starrcade 1995The time has come for us to take our first deep dive into Starrcade, the flagship show of WCW. Well, several can compete for that title but it was their Wrestlemania equivalent so why not run with it? With a fresh coat of paint to wipe away the dreck that was Starrcade 1994, NJPW vs. WCW was the predominant storyline throughout.
The show culminates in a #1 contenders match that's immediately followed by a world title change! How do Garrett and Matt feel about the show as a whole? Does it leave a strong note to enter 1996 in? Tune in to hear...2023-12-0647 min
Tag Team PodcastingMonday Night Wars Episode VII: WWF In Your House 5 (1995)WWF closes out their PPV slate of 1995 with Season's Beatings. How do the boys feel the show went? From hog pens to bulldogs, we'll cover it all. Tune in to our latest discussion!2023-11-2133 min
Tag Team PodcastingMonday Night Wars Episode VI: WCW World War 3 (1995)We're back to the world of WCW for the end all be all of matches. No, we're not discussing Wargames again. We'll be taking a look at the titular WW3 match, which was created to make WWF's Royal Rumble look miniscule by comparison. Much like Vince's company did in 1992, the world title of Turner's promotion was for the taking this time. Both also involved Ric Flair heavily on the PPV itself. Would he pull out another one "with a tear in his eye?" Or is that how our two hosts felt reviewing this show?
Tune in for our full PPV...2023-11-1351 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 9: Chargers at JetsGoudreau took a month off for reasons he'll explain. To make up for it, he decided to tape a show following "Monday Nightmare Football" at Metlife Stadium. 2023-11-0728 min
Tag Team PodcastingMonday Night Wars Episode V: WWF Survivor Series (1995)fter taking a sabbatical off from the world of wrestling, Garrett and Matt are back. This time, they're taking a look at one of the big four shows from the promotion up north. Nothing screams Thanksgiving more than Survivor Series for WWF fans. With a plethora of traditional elimination matches and a world title match that saw the end of Diesel's time with the belt, how do the boys feel about the show? Especially coming off of IYH 4, was this show a step in the right direction?
Thanks again for listening and we'll be back next week reviewing WCW Fall...2023-10-2352 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 3: Jets vs. PatriotsNo preamble needed, as Goudreau lets out his anguish and frustration.2023-09-2631 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 2: Jets at CowboysThe plane landed in Jerryworld, but did the team actually get off the flight? Tune in this week for Goudreau's dissection of the Jets/Cowboys game from Sunday!2023-09-2024 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 1: Jets vs. BillsI don't believe any preamble is needed for this show, especially if you saw the headlines. Welcome to the second season of Gang Green and Goudreau. Matt's here to talk about all things green and white for the next 17 weeks. We now know the Aaron Rodgers saga has tragically ended as quickly as it began. But, somehow the Jets came away with a huge win!
Join Matt as he breaks down all that transpired and the potential future without #8. Thanks for listening and enjoy!2023-09-1238 min
Tag Team PodcastingMonday Night Wars Episode IV: WCW Halloween Havoc (1995)Halloween is a perfect time of year. Pumpkins, trick or treating and professional wrestling. The titular WCW Pay Per View is one of those shows that is well-known, but perhaps for more infamous reasons than great ones. The show really was a continuation of what we saw at Fall Brawl the month before, escalating to a monster truck match/subsequent world title match between The Giant and Hulk Hogan. There's other stuff on this card, but that's what springs to mind for most fans.
How do our own Mega Powers feel about this show? Was the main event that much...2023-09-111h 01
Tag Team PodcastingMonday Night Wars Episode III: WWF In Your House 4 (1995)We've now arrived at a show featuring a main event that caused Vince McMahon to eviscerate both the talent and agents backstage. What a way to cap off WWF returning to Canada huh? That's just one of many components Garrett and Matt discuss in their review of WWF In Your House 4.
We touch on everything from debuting talent like Goldust and Hunter Hearst Helmsley to the fallout of HBK getting beaten up by a group of Marines. Does this show have anything of merit to advocate for? Or should this house have been foreclosed on?
Listen in as we review...2023-09-0656 min
Tag Team PodcastingMonday Night Wars Episode II: WWF In Your House 3: Triple Threat (1995)The In Your House concept was a way for WWF, in a difficult period for business, to get some extra revenue by providing smaller PPVs outside of their big 4. We aren't starting with the first show of this name because it predates the "official" start of the Monday Night Wars. We are instead beginning in September of 1995. Big Daddy Cool Diesel was still WWF Champion and partnering with his BFF HBK in a "winner takes all" title match against Yokozuna and Owen Hart. However, for reasons we mention, this match did indeed change before the bell.
How did the boys...2023-08-281h 25
Tag Team PodcastingMonday Night Wars: Fall Brawl 1995Garrett and Matt begin their journey through the history of wrestling by watching and dissecting WCW’s Fall Brawl ‘95, an event many determine to be the beginning of the Monday Night Wars.
You got it. The tandem are wasting no time diving into the era where the most eyes were on each wrestling product, including the two hosts of this podcast. Why did the boys decide to start here? How is each match on this card? And what is up with Hogan’s military garb? So many questions, and not many answers. But Matt and Garrett will do their best on thi...2023-08-221h 10
Tag Team PodcastingEntering the Squared Circle
It’s finally here. After years of contemplating it, here is the very first episode of Tag Team Podcasting, the project Garrett and Matt have been wanting to springboard forever. Welcome, to their very own wrestling retrospective podcast! Listen to them answer questions like who their favorite wrestlers are, and hypotheticals like what they would do if they were in the wrestling business. As well as what exactly this podcast’s format will consist of.
Note: This podcast was recorded about a year ago, so there are things here, such as where the starting point of this project will be, that...2023-08-1438 min
Gang Green and GoudreauAaron Rodgers is Officially a JetAfter months of speculation, conjecture and rumors, Aaron Rodgers has officially become a New York Jet. This was the hallmark of what has been a busy offseason for a team coming off of a disappointing conclusion to their previous season. It's a bit surreal that this has actually occurred given how much of daily sports conversation involved this particular topic. The good news is that the "trade talks" can now be put to bed.
Is there bad news in this transaction? How does Matt feel about the compensation and other key moves that the Jets have made? With three months...2023-05-0435 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWho Should be the Jets Starting QB Next Season?With another Jets season in the books, talk amongst the town has been rampant about who will be under center next year. Everyone from Jimmy G to Derek Carr to Aaron Rodgers has been a suggestion to suit up in green and white….and black alternate duds. In what could be a make-or-break season for the […]2023-02-0139 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 18: Jets at DolphinsThe season ended as it began for the Jets. With an L and Joe Flacco under center. What a strange, tumultuous and disappointing way to end what's been a season of ups and downs. Goudreau managed to survive the roller coaster that was 17 games only having cases of motion sickness. With a season's worth of film, Goudreau is here ready to perform an autopsy on Gang Green.
How did he feel about watching the football equivalent of bumper-to-bumper traffic? Is there anything to take away from six straight losses to end the year? How did he respond to Saleh and...2023-01-1130 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 17: Jets at SeahawksNew year, same old Jets. That's all Goudreau could speak to himself after watching his team lay an egg in the Hawk's Nest.
Matt had plenty to say amidst a myriad of negatives. Was the season a failure? Where did it all go wrong? What changes will be coming for the team after losing 5 straight with a possible 6 on the horizon?
Listen in to a very somber/downtrodden episode as Matt divulges everything on his mind.2023-01-0630 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 16: Jets vs. JaguarsThursday Night Football was about as unwatchable as watching your siblings get the gift of their dreams on Christmas and you open up socks. Goudreau is here to unravel the debacle at Metlife Stadium. Who bares the weight of the responsibility in this loss? Is the defense "overrated?" Were Jets fans right to boo Zach Wilson into the proverbial abyss?
Matt also divulges further on the QB situation, why Zach Wilson is done as the franchise starter and where the Jets go from here. That also includes hypotheticals about the last two games and even the potential for next season.
...2022-12-3138 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 15: Lions at JetsSunday's game against Detroit gave the Jets multiple chances to win, but it was a collective team disappointment. Every facet of the team contributed in some way to the final defeat by the score of 20-17. Goudreau did indeed watch the game in full and decided to tape his show a day earlier than you are accustomed to.
Rest assured; this show is not going to be a meltdown of December proportions. Instead, consider this a therapeutic expulsion of frustration on the part of your host. It wasn't Christmas cheer by any means but you taking the time to listen...2022-12-1932 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 13: Jets at VikingsAs the season enters December, the Jets are somehow in playoff contention for the first time in seven years. Before getting too ahead of ourselves, the Jets have entered their final six game stretch with a difficult schedule. It was onset by losing to the now 10-2 Vikings by a score of 27-22. The Jets […]2022-12-0638 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 12: Jets vs. BearsI hope you all had a great Thanksgiving holiday. Even though Black Friday has come and gone, it was a “White Sunday”….Mike White to be exact. The Jets made the decision to bench Zach Wilson going into their week 12 game against the Bears. For a team that was 6-4 to make a QB change, […]2022-11-2921 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 11: Jets at PatriotsWell, make that 14 straight losses against New England. It’s been quite a turbulent few days in the world of the New York Jets. Fans are out there with pitchforks and torches. The QB is in the midst of being scrutinized for both his play and leadership style. A game was lost on a botched […]2022-11-2250 min
Gang Green and GoudreauNFL Midseason Breakdown with GarrettJust because the Jets are on a bye week doesn’t mean Goudreau was going to take a sabbatical himself. Matt decided to loop in Garrett for a broad discussion about the NFL at the midseason point. It’s a detour from NY Jets land, but a well-deserved one because Garrett isn’t one to make his sports […]2022-11-161h 04
Gang Green and GoudreauWeeks 8/9: Jets vs. Patriots and Jets vs. BillsGoudreau’s schedule made it virtually impossible to find the time to cover last week’s game. To make up for that as well as stay on schedule, enjoy this two for one episode of Gang Green and Goudreau. Two home games against divisional rivals. A QB in Zach Wilson under intense scrutiny. A litmus test for […]2022-11-0938 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 7: Jets at BroncosDespite a whirlwind of drama in the form of WR Elijah Moore, the Jets secured their fourth straight win by beating the Denver Broncos. The final score was 16-9 and most of the victory can be attributed to a stellar defensive outing lead by Sauce Gardner and company. It did come at a substantial cost […]2022-10-2639 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 6: Jets at PackersCan you say three in a row? The Jets went into Lambeau Field and laid the proverbial smackdown on Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. Gang Green walked away with the final score being 27-10 and a current record of 4-2. Up to this point, we haven’t seen “Same Old Jets” in quite some […]2022-10-2036 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 5: Jets vs. DolphinsIt’s been a long time since the Jets have won a game against a divisional opponent. To illustrate that point, the last time that had happened was in December of 2019. Sunday’s game marked an opportunity to get a W, especially against the hated Miami Dolphins. Both teams went into it relatively battered and injury […]2022-10-1146 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 4: Jets at SteelersIt was a week of anticipation as starting QB Zach Wilson was about to make his awaited return under center. With an offensive line in shambles and a hungry Pittsburg team on the other side, it sure wasn’t the greatest of welcoming wagons for #2. The Jets entered the game 1-2 and were set to […]2022-10-0437 min
Gang Green and GoudreauJets vs. BengalsIt was a week of excitement following the Jets miraculous comeback win over the Browns last Sunday. With that win came a newfound rejuvenation and opponent in the form of the reeling but defending AFC Champion Bengals. Jets would be back at home after a win and seemingly ready to face Joe Burrow and company […]2022-09-2741 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 2: Jets at BrownsGoing into week two, the pressure cooker was on in The Big Apple. Coach Robert Saleh made some very boisterous comments about “keeping receipts” to those who were mocking the Jets. That didn’t seem like a very intelligent move to most Jets fans coming off an embarrassing loss to the Ravens. With those comments came […]2022-09-2142 min
Gang Green and GoudreauWeek 1: Jets vs. RavensThe NFL season has officially kicked off. No one could be more excited than our very own Matt Goudreau, even though his beloved Jets have been a proverbial eyesore for years. With each new Week 1 comes a sense of renewal and cathartic optimism. Despite starting a backup QB and already battling some major injuries, […]2022-09-1344 min