WNTTAK

What's this? Can it be? A new episode of We Need to Talk About Kevin? In which we share our long-awaited takes on that He-Man cartoon that everyone stopped caring about several weeks ago? Featuring who else but our favorite bona fide children's entertainment aficionado Kurt Schiller?? Yes, that's right, the wait is finally over. The official, definitive WNTTAK review of a cartoon that some people were mad about for a day or two and then completely forgot nearly two months ago, is here at last! And it's a good episode, because Kurt is on it! Should I link to all of Kurt's stuff? You guys know Kurt, Blood Knife. Parents Just Don't Understand. Loving husband and father and an all-around superb guy! It's Kurt!!

Musician/writer Ryan Torgeson joins us to discuss a comic "co-written" by Kevin, which apparently means that Kevin pretty much didn't write it at all. It's very obvious that he had almost nothing to do with this one, and we all thought it was okay. Anyway, check out Ryan's stuff! His twitter: https://twitter.com/molecularlioneI His article for Blood Knife: https://bloodknife.com/cosmic-sexuality-stuart-gordon/ And his band, Paintwork: https://paintworkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/angles-planes

[CW: sexual assault] Jesus Christ. I don't even know where to begin with this one. This comic is very possibly the worst thing that Kevin Smith has ever done. A deeply sexist, cynical, ugly piece of exploitation. Kevin had an opportunity to make a Spider-Man comic, and instead of aiming for a fun and breezy little adventure, he had to go and make it all about rape. Just awful. What a nasty little man. We hate his fucking guts. The name of the guy that Trevor couldn't remember is Bob Hawk. Niel's links: https://twitter.com/fuckinalpamare https://spalltalk.blogspot.com #KevAnon

We recorded this like a week ago and I already barely remember what the comic was about. I know there were multiple cunnilingus scenes but that's about it. I'm pretty sure we all agreed that it wasn't as bad as the other Kevin comics we've read but still pretty bad. Trevor's old pal PJ joins us on this one to lend share of his vast Green Arrow expertise. PJ is on Twitter at https://twitter.com/proctorjsemhaus. He says he doesn't want followers, but you can reach him there if you need to contact him for some reason.

It's Comic Book Month on We Need to Talk About Kevin! We've assigned ourselves the grim task of reading all of Kevin Smith's nauseatingly bad runs on superhero comics. To kick things off, we're discussing Kevin's first embarrassing foray into the comics medium with our friend, returning guest Chris Woodward! It's called DAREDEVIL: GUARDIAN DEVIL and I'm not even going to try to describe in pithy terms how shitty it is. I'm getting mad all over again just thinking about it now. It sucks so much! Chris is the co-host of the children's media podcast Parents Just Don't Understand, which you can find at https://soundcloud.com/parentspodcast/ or on your podcast-listening app! He's written fine articles for Blood Knife such as this one: https://bloodknife.com/saint-maud-review/ and you can follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/cww_0

I forget how to write these episode descriptions. Look, Jesse Farrar aka Bronze Hammer, the author of that classic tweet about the wriggling jam, is on our podcast, to talk about a stupid Die Hard movie that Kevin is in! And it's a pretty good episode I think! I'm very tired.

Happy Valerientines Day! Just in time for the holiday, Valerie is joining our polycule to help us deliver a double dose of romance for all the lovers out there. On part one of this deluxe double episode, we have an intimate chat about the charming Jason Mewes/Paris Hilton romcom BOTTOMS UP. And on part two, now available exclusively on Patreon, we get up close and personal with the titillating details of Kevin Smith's storybook marriage. Sign up now at [edit: patreon.com/oddpodd] for double the steamy Valerientines content. See Valerie's definitive rankings of the films of Robert Zemeckis at https://letterboxd.com/stealingvalerie/list/z-mode/ and follow https://twitter.com/myrnaacula for updates on her upcoming sketch show!

As BENUARY draws to a close, we take on the seminal Kevin-adjacent horror classic PHANTOMS, with a little help from genre fiction experts Karlo and Pete from Podside Picnic! Is Affleck truly "the bomb" in Phantoms, or is the only "bomb" here this damn movie (in the sense that it performed very poorly with critics and audiences alike!)?! Here's all those links we promised you: https://patreon.com/wnttak [edit: patreon.com/oddpodd] https://teespring.com/stores/wnttak-trash-merch https://patreon.com/PodsidePicnic https://alineofink.com https://twitter.com/kjy1066 https://twitter.com/PodsidePete https://twitter.com/podsidep https://twitter.com/trevorcumbo https://twitter.com/wnttakpod [edit: twitter.com/the_odd_podd] https://google.com https://hbomax.com Oh, and Trevor has a new article out on Blood Knife, so check that out too: https://bloodknife.com/in-defense-of-watto

Fellow Affleck appreciator Ev from Dumb Bitch Media is back for BENUARY! With Ev's help, we compare Young Ben to Current Ben, debate the merits of Smart Guys vs. Dumb Guys, and discuss the finer points of Bostonian culture. And yes, unfortunately, we also talk about Kevin. Links for more great Ev content: https://soundcloud.com/user-519142174 https://www.patreon.com/dumbbitchmedia https://twitter.com/milfnokids https://twitter.com/dumbbitchmedia

Welcome to the season premiere of We Need to Talk About Kevin! It's a new year, which means it's also a new month, and that's a month that we call BENUARY, a special monthlong celebration of the great Ben Affleck. On our first free BENUARY episode, we've brought in our friend Evan MacDonald from the great movie podcast Kino Lefter to talk about Ben's starring role in DAREDEVIL, which also features a very forgettable cameo from Kevin Smith! To hear more in-depth discussion of Ben Affleck's acting career all BENUARY long, subscribe to our premium feed at [edit: BENUARY is now available at patreon.com/oddpodd] Check out our new merch store at https://teespring.com/stores/wnttak-trash-merch And don't forget to listen to Kino Lefter and support them at https://www.patreon.com/kinolefter

Bonus episode: Originally a Patreon exclusive released on December 13, 2020, now unlocked for the first time! Well here you go, I did it. I listened to SModcast and it was really boring and shitty like I expected. Not sure if anyone will actually want to hear this, but here's the proof in case you don't believe me. I'm a man of my word! Happy holidays. -trev

Merry Christmas, assholes! We went and did a big old podcast crossover with the hosts of Parents Just Don't Understand, returning guest Kurt Schiller and newcomer Chris Woodward! That's right, there's five of us on this damn thing, and we all have different opinions about the stupid ass Grinch cartoon, which we argue about a lot! We do this because we love you! Also Kevin Smith's friend helped direct the Grinch movie or whatever, so that's why we're talking about it on here, okay? Go listen to Chris and Kurt's podcast Parents Just Don't Understand where you can soon hear all of us talking about another children's cartoon (one that's actually good)* and don't forget to read http://bloodknife.com the finest online pop culture magazine in existence! *UPDATE: Over a year and a half later, the PJDU episode we recorded concurrently with this one still hasn't been released, but it should be coming any day now. Stay tuned!

Valerie is back, which means we all had to watch Kevin talk about his dick on stage for four hours, and you get to hear all about it! I'm screaming on the inside.

Surprise! It's a bonus bite-sized episode of our Patreon-exclusive miniseries BATMAN BEGONE! On this special sneak peak, Rose tells us all about the evolution of Baneposting, her experiences posting on 4chan, and why THE DARK KNIGHT RISES is quite possibly the true founding document of the alt-right. Full episodes of BATMAN BEGONE can now be found exclusively at https://patreon.com/oddpodd

They say if you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. But can you teach a woman... to love? On this very romantic episode, we've reeled in special guest Ev from the podcast Dumb Bitch Media, and we're sinking our hooks into the fishing-oriented romcom CATCH & RELEASE, co-starring our old pal Kevin Smith! So grab your rod and your tacklebox and let's set sail! And you can support Dumb Bitch Media at https://www.patreon.com/dumbbitchmedia and follow them at https://twitter.com/dumbbitchmedia

In order to gain a complete understanding of Mr. Smith's failings as a filmmaker, we occasionally need to venture outside of his oeuvre and analyze the work of a true cinematic genius. I'm speaking of course of the great Canadian auteur, Tom Green. In Green's sublime debut FREDDY GOT FINGERED, he displays a supreme mastery of the raunchy comedy genre that places the flaws of our namesake in sharp relief. A truly original voice with a bold creative vision and unparalleled performance skills. We may have found our modern-day Chaplin.

Listeners beware! This podcast is not for the faint of heart! Horror aficionado Leslie Lee III is back for a bone-chilling new Halloween episode of We Need to Talk About Kevin! We're talking HOLIDAYS, a horror anthology film you've probably never heard of, notable for including a frightfully awful contribution from the spookmaster himself, Kevin Smith. Plus, on a terrifying new Kevin's Receipts, we explore some truly hair-raising tales from Kevin's sordid past. Tune in... if you dare!! And of course you should also be listening to Struggle Session, available at https://soundcloud.com/strugglesesh or wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe at https://patreon.com/strugglesession Happy Halloween!!!

It's "Rose Week" on We Need to Talk About Kevin, and we're mixing it up with a special Rose-hosted episode inspired by some recent bad tweets by our esteemed colleague, the Movie Bob. He posted some very stupid takes about the Amazon Prime Original Series THE BOYS and we are here to offer the correct ones. Also: we talk about some other stuff too!

Well folks, apparently AMC aired a reality show all about Kevin's boring friends running Kevin's vanity comic shop, and it's every bit as dull as it is fake. Inexplicably, it ran for seven seasons. Seven seasons of this garbage! For this week's episode, we watched as much as we could stomach of COMIC BOOK MEN.

Well, folks, we really blew it. We've been lucky enough to have future legendary filmmaker Vera Drew (Beef House, The People's Joker) on the show twice so far in season 2, and both times we bungled the recording! So rather than let all that time and effort go to waste, we cobbled together this supercut of all the best bits we were able to salvage from each of these failed episodes. First we discuss VULGAR, a truly disgusting, abhorrent work of filth from Kevin's friend Bryan Johnson, and then we talk MADNESS IN THE METHOD, the strange, cathartic directorial debut from Jason Mewes. You can follow Vera at https://twitter.com/veradrew22 and find out more about The People's Joker at http://thepeoplesjoker.com