Elliott asks Stu and Dan questions about video game movies in the form of a retro video game of the mind. Don't worry; it makes sense when you listen. Mostly. And if you want more talk about video game movies, get tickets for our streaming live show about Super Mario Bros . by clicking HERE ! Extra thanks this week to our producer and musical genius Alex Smith for the video game soundscape, and the 8-bit Flop House theme! Thank you to Lumi Labs for sponsoring this episode, along with all you won...
Sep 04, 2021•59 min•Ep. 377
If the boss baby from The Boss Baby: Family Business can enlist her family for their wacky adventures, then why can't Elliott make this a little more interesting by turning the podcast into his own little family business? His eldest son, Sammy, joins us for the movie discussion portion of the show! LIVE SHOW ALERT! — We’ll be doing another streaming live show, delivered directly to your computers or whatever you use for these things! Tune in on to watch us discuss the “classic” 1993 flop Super M...
Aug 28, 2021•2 hr•Ep. 350
Stuart asks his friends a bunch of questions about themselves, and Dan and Elliott answer surprisingly sincerely. But don't worry-- there are still jokes.
Aug 21, 2021•55 min•Ep. 376
Look, you didn't think we were gonna let this one go by, did you? Does Space Jam: A New Legacy live down to the legacy of the original Space Jam, a film inexplicably loved by millennials everywhere? Or does it (gasp) manage to go even lower? ALSO: LIVE SHOW ALERT! -- We'll be doing another streaming live show, delivered directly to your computers or whatever you use for these things! Tune in on to watch us discuss the "classic" 1993 flop Super Mario Bros. , do a few presentations, take a few que...
Aug 14, 2021•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 349
https://theflophouse.simpletix.com/ We're coming at you live with another ticketed online show! We’ll be discussing 1993's SUPER MARIO BROS. , the film that fulfilled Dennis Hopper's destiny of playing an evil dinosaur king, as well as bringing you exclusive-to-this-show PowerPoint presentations, audience polls, and a live Q&A "Ask the Floppers" session at the end. Chat with your fellow floppers as we ramble on about nonsense and, occasionally, talk about Super Mario Bros. Good-bad? Bad-bad? Or ...
Aug 10, 2021•3 min
Dan challenges the others to a game he's invented that has absolutely nothing to do with Monopoly, and everything to do with how quickly we forget the dreck we watch for this podcast.
Aug 07, 2021•39 min
It's Cagemas in July! The second-cagiest time of year! So we invited Jordan Morris , creator of the Bubble podcast (available on Maximum Fun) and co-writer of the brand new Bubble graphic novel to come by and discuss the "aliens really like a good martial arts fight" action movie Jiu Jitsu , with a delightful turn by Mr. Cage as a wacky Yoda-like character. Wikipedia entry for Jiu Jitsu Movies recommended in this episode: The Fear Street Trilogy Blue Collar Season of the Witch Let Him Go...
Jul 31, 2021•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 348
While we're sad to say goodbye to beloved Producer Jordan, we're happy to welcome Producer Alex , as he drops by to tell us about a forgotten TV movie from horror icon Wes Craven, Invitation to Hell !
Jul 24, 2021•1 hr 33 min
We'll level with all of you -- we ALSO prefer Hallie Haglund , and are at our happiest when she comes by to join us for some film talk. So we had to pick an extra-special movie to mark the occasion. And hoo boy. That movie? The wife of former Trump treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and controversial figure in her own right , Louise Linton's vanity project (as writer, director, producer, and star) Me You Madness . It's the movie that asks "if I make fun of myself REALLY HARD, then you're not allow...
Jul 17, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 347
With Black Widow in theaters this week, we talk about the Marvel property everyone's talking about! The Eternals! Elliott attempts to answer the important question: What's their deal?
Jul 10, 2021•55 min•Ep. 375
Whaaat? Our second Doug Liman movie in so many episodes? It's certainly hard to give Locked Down as much shit as we gave Chaos Walking -- especially when it co-stars Elliott's old flame Annie. Anyway, we hope you enjoy our usual shenanigans. Life seems to be looking up, right? Are we wrong? Wikipedia entry for Locked Down Movies recommended in this episode: The Neutral Ground The Sparks Brothers Thief...
Jul 03, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 346
In the spirit of Stuart's tale about snakes, Dan shares some short fiction from his own childhood, filled with murder, moles, and an octopus with FANGS!
Jun 26, 2021•29 min
It's just back to the OP's this episode, for the discussion of the talent-packed, but passion-lite YA adaptation Chaos Walking , which honestly seems like a pretty heart-healthy way for Chaos to travel, but maybe it should check out public transit. Wikipedia entry for Chaos Walking Movies recommended in this episode: Polyester Seance The Joke...
Jun 19, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 374
Stu's always asking if we'd like to play a game, so it was probably only a matter of time before he'd turn to the topic of Saw. He recently ran the series, and wants to talk to Dan and Elliott about it. And what would any Saw-related media be without a twist? In this case, a radical shift in the episode after the ads. We hope you enjoy!
Jun 12, 2021•54 min
Comedy couple Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman of the Couples' Therapy podcast , and performing/writing/starring in many wonderful things join us to discuss Mortal Kombat and also mortal-ity, given how sick Dan sounds in this one. Wikipedia entry for Mortal Kombat Movies recommended in this episode: The Castle of Cagliostro Plan B Picture Snatcher Can't Get You Out of My Head Little Shop of Horrors...
Jun 05, 2021•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 373
In honor of Housebroken , the TV show that's kindly employed Mr. Elliott Kalan for part of this lousy quarantine (premiering 5/31 on Fox), Elliott quizzes the others about their preferences, to determine Dan and Stu's perfect pop culture pets
May 29, 2021•50 min
Editor of ScreenCrush , Matt Singe r stops by The Flop House, and weirdly, he didn't want to talk about Gymkata . Instead, he forced us to experience North, the movie that Roger Ebert hated SO much that he named his book of bad movies after his review . Wikipedia entry for North Movies recommended in this episode: Out of the Past Jakob's Wife The Creamator Multiple Maniacs...
May 22, 2021•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 343
For our Max Fun Drive-ending mini, Stu collected some of your most burning questions, and we did our best to answer. Things get VERY silly. Go to MaximumFun.org/join to become a Max Fun member!
May 15, 2021•54 min•Ep. 372
Hello everyone. We did The Country Bears . For you. THE COUNTRY BEARS. For YOU. It's PURE JOY. Pure joy for MAX FUN DRIVE 2021. If you have the inclination and the means, please become a member at maximumfun.org/join ! We love you, listeners! Wikipedia entry for The Country Bears . Movies recommended in this episode: The Joining Max Fun Movie 2021...
May 08, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 342
Dan the game-master is back with another of his infernal quizzes -- this one focused on the delightful trash-heap that is Tubi.
May 01, 2021•43 min
From the dawn of time, humankind has dreamed of watching a giant lizard wrestle a big ape. Well, now humankind has Godzilla vs. Kong . Did it live up to our dreams? We enlisted the creator of Kaijumax , Zander Cannon , to help untangle our thoughts, as we spin along on this hollow Earth. BTW: we know we promised you the Dark Phoenix live episode on our Twitter and IG, but technical issues stood in the way (those technical issues are that Dan somehow lost the file). In the unlikely event anyone h...
Apr 24, 2021•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 341
Stuart tells us about the Hitman video games and the associated movies. At least, we think that's what this one is about. Honestly, it takes us a while to stay on topic.
Apr 17, 2021•29 min
The prophecy has been fulfilled. The Flop House got to sit down and discuss a bad movie with the godfather of "bad movie comedy" as a genre, Joel Hodgson , as well as Matt McGinnis , who works with Joel on a little show you may know as Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return -- and they would like to return AGAIN -- this time beholden to no network -- so please check out their just-announced Kickstarter for all-new episodes of MST3K ! ...but also please enjoy us trying to puzzle our way through...
Apr 10, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 340
We round out our discussion of Zack Snyder’s Justice League with another (find the first ZS cut episode here , and our discussion of the theatrical cut here ). Now let us never speak of it again.
Apr 03, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 339
Look, it was probably inevitable that we'd end up discussing Zack Snyder's Justice League , and we'll say this -- it is certainly the most Zack Snyder-y Justice League we've ever seen (check out of our discussion of the theatrical cut here ). In fact, it's SO Zach Snyder-y that it's four hours long... so we've split our ZSJL episode in TWO! That's double the discussion of this already over-discussed movie. YOU'RE WELCOME, WORLD! Wikipedia entry for Zack Snyder's Justice League . Movies recommend...
Mar 27, 2021•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 338
Elliott gets us to talk about the Oscar nominations in the dumbest way possible.
Mar 20, 2021•42 min
I don't know if this modern world has broken us, or what, but the clever podcast show notes just aren't flowing right now. This movie is bad and it should feel bad. Get the fuck outta here, Tom & Jerry . From hell's heart, we stab at thee. Wikipedia entry for Tom & Jerry . Movies recommended in this episode: Lucky 12 Hour Shift The Devils Born in Flames...
Mar 13, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 337
Stuart leads Dan and Elliott in a quiz game, which -- to the untrained eye -- might seem to just be an excuse to do goofy shit and talk about television.
Mar 06, 2021•54 min
If we have Glen Weldon , co-host of the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast and author of the marvelous Superman: The Unauthorized Biography on as a guest, you'd better believe we're gonna go down one of the many fascinating cul-de-sacs in the "super" cinematic universe -- in this case 1984's " Supergirl ," or -- as we prefer to think about it -- The Adventures of Faye Dunaway's Fabulous Witch and Her Companions. Wikipedia entry for Supergirl . Movies recommended in this episode: Saint Maud Synchroni...
Feb 27, 2021•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 336
Insidious game-master Dan yet again challenges Stu and Elliott to a battle of wits, and unleashes a torrent of the movies' most embarrassing GOOFS!
Feb 20, 2021•47 min
