Bad Taste Buds

Episode 9.5: Aftertaste - Avatar: The Last Airbender (The Series)

Join the Bad Taste Buds as we take one more deep dive into the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender...I won't lie this episode is Hannah, Ryan, and Jack spending 40 minutes geeking out over what is admittedly probably the coolest Nickelodeon show of all time.

We discuss our favorite episodes, our favorite characters, and why nothing bearing this show's name has ever quite lived up to the first three seasons of this seminal series.

We were going to include our listener questions on this episode but due to the length we rattled on we've decided to post these separately on our Instagram page. If you're not already following us there you can find us at @badtastebudspod for loads more content. 

Episode 9: The Last Airbender

Water, Earth, Fire, Air - long ago the four nations lived in harmony...but all that changed when M. Night Shyamalan attacked.

We did it, guys! We finally did it...we found the worst movie. We found the 'I would hesitate to even call this a movie'....movie. I know we say on the weekly that these films hurt but this is something special. For a multitude of reasons. First, of which - is it's based on one of the most beloved animated series of all time in 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' and second, I was rooting for you M. Night - we were all rooting for you!

If you're a total sadist with no respect for your own sanity why not join us as we delve into the world of soulless CGI Bison, uncomfortably whitewashed heroes, and...bending? Maybe? I don't know if we can legally call what they do in this movie bending but - hey ho!

 

Episode 8.5: Aftertaste - Catwoman - A History & Listener Questions

Join Liam & Ryan this week as we journey back to 1960s camp television and dissect one of the caped crusaders' longest-running foils (and romances) This week on Aftertaste we're talking all about Catwoman. From her hyper campy TV origins to the modern, realistic incarnations. 

We talk about how they rank in our personal opinions, why the character has endured for so long, and who we would cast as our 'perfect Catwoman'

We also dive deep into the Bad Taste Bud listener question bag and pull out your superhero-related questions for the very first installment of listener questions.

Episode 8: Catwoman

Crack that whip!

Tuna in for this week's cat-a-strophic film review...as the Bad Taste Buds do a full paw-topsy on the 2004 car crash that was Halle Berry's Catwoman.

Strap into your full leather gimp suit as we enter the uncomfortably sexy world of  BDSM anti-heroes. Watch at the majesty of CGI cats that are SOMEHOW still more realistic than the demon spawn of Tom Hooper's Cats. Marvel at attempt at feminism from the perspective of ridiculously misguided men...

...yeah this was a rough one.

Episode 7.5: Aftertaste - The Twisted Mind of Richard Kelly

Wake up, Donnie! 

This week the Bad Taste Buds take a trip down memory lane and discuss the timeless cult classic Donnie Darko - the film that got Liam into films - and The Box - the film that almost took him right back out again.

We discuss themes of censorship, editing, cult status, and much more on this riveting installment of aftertaste.

Episode 7: Southland Tales

...welcome to 2009 - join the Bad Taste Buds as we travel through a rift in the very fabric of space and time just so we can figure out what the hell is going on in this mixed-up masterpiece.

Listen as Liam tried to defend yet another car crash that most people agree is a garbage fire - and recall in horror as you step into a world run by porn stars, shady European corporations, and ... Dwayne 'Not the Rock' Johnson.

Step straight into Richard Kelly's own Orwellian nightmare in this 2.5hr rollercoaster into the fragmented mind of our most underappreciated auteur. 

Episode 6.5: Aftertaste - Batman: A History

Venture once more into the crime-ridden streets of Gotham City with The Bad Taste Buds and their very own Dark Knight Greg Wilson (The Bear Hug Club Podcast).

Listen as Podcast history is made and Liam takes a back seat for once to let Ryan, Jack and Greg educate him and Hannah on all things Batman. From comics to TV shows to bat shark repellent - they know it all. 

 

Episode 6: Batman & Robin

Deep in the seedy underbelly of Gotham City. Five mildly knowledgeable film geeks lurk in the shadows - ever vigilant, always watching...protecting the people of this once great city from the biggest threat that our society has ever know....rubber bat nipples. 

This week the Bad Taste Buds are joined by our very first guest host with Greg Wilson - founder of The Bear Hug Club Pod - and this week it's nothing but bat nipples, ice puns, ice puns, and....more...ice puns.

It's Batman & Robin guys and we f***ing loved it!

Episode 5.5: Aftertaste - The Wicker Man (1973)

Return to a world of druids and dread as the Bad Taste Buds take one...final...trip to the mysterious Summersisle in this week's breakdown of Robin Hardy's timeless cult classic 'The Wicker Man'.

Join us as we dissect the core differences between this horror classic and its....less than classic counterpart. Indulge in the best British folk horror musical this side of Anna & the Apocalypse. 

So with all that said and done - grab your rune stones, pack an overnight bag and ignore that faint smell of smoke that lingers in the distance because it's time...once again...to face The Wicker Man!

Episode 5: The Wicker Man (2006)

Venture into a world of sex, paganism, phalluses, and ... bees as the Bad Taste Buds take an unscheduled trip to Summerisle with trash cinema royalty Nicolas (Not the Bees) Cage.

Enjoy your stay. Meet the locals. Burn a man alive in a towering 40ft effigy. The possibilities are endless. But whatever you do, please refrain from investigating the disappearance of missing girl Rowan Woodward - it'll only end in disaster.

Find out what the Bad Taste Buds thought of what is often considered the most misguided horror remake of all time.