They made this into a movie?


I listened to the podcast for a while. I started off liking it and soon drifted into hatred.

Rapidly my only takeaways from every episode were:

1. The female host is useless, didn't watch or understand the movie, isn't really funny (or trying to be) but still feels the need to talk and interject
2. The two male hosts are obnoxious, and for Jason Mantzoukas that's his entire brand
3. As the podcast became more popular they played up their shock and outrage to cartoonish, idiotic levels. Sometimes the entire premise of an episode would just be "THIS IS RIDICULOUS!"

#3 was especially annoying. The live audience episodes just made it even worse. A general sci-fi concept in "Gamer" became a 20 minute breathless rant about how "UNBELIEVABLY STUPID AND RIDICULOUS THIS IDEA IS!!!! CAN YOU IMAGINE!? OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD! HOW DID THEY EVER DECIDE TO EVER MAKE A MOVIE WITH !?!" They'd cackle and go plot point by plot point with the same fake emotional reactions.

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