Episode 19 - The Avengers

Vid Neg's second request episode sees them tackle the notoriously bad 1998 remake The Avengers. Infamously gutted in the editing room, what the gang see is a total hatchet job of a movie, with no regard for pacing, narrative, or characters. Who OK'd these performances? Why is it so hard to follow? How did anyone have a career after this cinematic fart squeezed its way out of Warner Brothers arse? Also featured: Listen to Sean Connery get off on cloud types, and which past film hated by the gang do they critically re-evaluate after watching this dire attempt at a film? Anger abounds in this latest instalment...

Episode 18 - Escape From LA

Surf's up on the wild wild west coast! It's 2013, and anyone caught doing anything remotely fun is exiled to a run down Los Angeles where they're forced to listen to bad nu metal. Yes, it's John Carpenter's 1996 sequel Escape from LA, the final part in the Great Directors, Bad Films trilogy. It's gang warfare on this instalment of the Video Negative podcast, as Tim faces off against Dan and Ol over two very differing opinions of this much maligned/deservedly hated (whichever way you look at it) sci-fi yarn. Also featured: the gang run down the top 5 worst special effects out of the films they've looked at, Ol details why he loves John Carpenter so much, and plenty more inductees into the Vid Neg hall of shame. Plenty of mass debating on this one! 

Episode 17 - Mars Attacks

We land on barren fields in the Arizona plains, as the three teenagers from Mars (neither of those are true) take on Tim Burton's surprisingly rubbish sci-fi/disaster parody/homage/rush job Mars Attacks, the second in the Great Directors, Bad Films season. Why does it take forever for things to get going? Why is such a talented cast misused so badly? Just how scared of this film was Ol as a child and which all time classic film does he hate? All this and more on the latest episode of the Indescribable! Unbelievable! Indestructible! Video Negative Podcast.

https://soundcloud.com/video-negative/mars-attacks-episode-17

Episode 16: North

The first in Video Negative's series of "Great Directors, Bad Films" sees Dan pick one of Roger Ebert's most beloved films, Rob Reiner's 1994 honker North. The gang take apart the film that seemingly ended Reiner's streak of incredible run of great cinema, and enter a slump he's not left since. The crew are aghast at the god-awful humour - none of which finds its mark - the misuse of a huge, talented cast, and all the horrendous ethnic stereotyping on display. Plus, Tim reveals a very revolting alternative definition of an Eskimo Pie.

Episode 15: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3

The Vid Neg crew's first film requested by a fan, and the inaugural choice is a big, bad one - the infamous Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Turtles In Time. From the paper thin plot all the way down (and it's a long way down), it's a long list of terrible writing, awful characters and woeful special effects. Just how bad can a pop culture reference get? Who has the best hairstyle in this film? Which famous film star do the turtles' accents remind Ol of? What film does Dan pick for the next choice (it's a biggie). Find out all this and more by tuning in...

https://soundcloud.com/video-negative/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-3-episode-15

Episode 14: The Stupids

The boys are back in town after a long break and what a shocker they've returned for. The first time the crew watch the film together, it's 1996's The Stupids directed by John Landis, the John Landis that brought you Blues Brothers 2000 rather than the guy who helmed Animal House. Why is the plot so boring? Since when did stupid people not named Forrest Gump become sympathetic? What is the film's obsession with putting famed directors in pointless cameos? You'd be stupid to miss this episode!

https://soundcloud.com/video-negative/the-stupids-episode-14

Episode 13: Batman Forever

Who's afraid of the big black bat? The Video Negative Podcast aren't, but what they are afraid of is Jim Carrey's teeth-grindingly annoying performance as the Riddler, Tommy Lee Jones' awful turn as Two-Face and the Riddler's poorly explained mind control device. The gang return to whence they came, taking a look at Joel Schumacher's 1995 first caped crusader foray, Batman Forever. Where is the Riddler getting all his outfits from? Why does Robin do his laundry like that? Who decided that 'Intruder Alert' klaxon was acceptable? Also featured: Dan gives the others his tell-all account of when he met Val Kilmer at a film premiere. Plenty of bile rising in this one, don't miss out.

https://soundcloud.com/video-negative/batman-forever-episode-13/download.mp3