DeRazzled

We continue our odyssey into Development Hell to wrap up our dissection of Tim Burton's unmade Superman Lives! Having covered the origins of Jon Peters and the beginnings of this project through Kevin Smith's role in this story, we now focus in on Burton's vision for Nick Cage as the Man of Steel in a story of the ultimate outsider. We cover the cavalcade of wildly talented artists involved, the utter pain in the ass that Jon Peters was for basically everyone involved, the panic spiral Warner Bros found themselves in, and just how the death of Superman Lives led to Superman Returns -- including as much as we could stomach of the absolutely buckwild idea J. J. Abrams had that cost us a Batman vs. Superman film written by the guy who wrote Se7en. We also touch on Warner Bros current woes following their merger with Discovery, as it seems like they've learned nothing from their mistakes. We hope that you enjoy the conclusion to this absurd story in which people are wildly in-character throughout, because sadly no one paid us $85 million not to do it. Settle in and wonder for yourselves whether Saved By The Bell's Zack Morris or Tony Shaloub would be your dream Superman.

CW: Racism relating to Tim Burton, more Jon Peters, mention of Bryan Singer and Kevin Spacey, mention of Brett Ratner and X-Men: The Last Stand

Podcast plugged in this episode: The Geeky Dad (@geekydadpodcast on Twitter)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYONE! We've got a a nice, long relaxed-fit special for you, chock full of horror you may know and love or may be learning about for the first time! Jack offers his (potentially offensive) rankings of the Halloween franchise, and then we break down the best and worst films by the following directors:

Jordan Peele

Takashi Miike

Karyn Kusama

Mary Harron

Clive Barker

Ana Lily Amirpour

Leigh Janiak

Wes Craven

We're also lucky enough to have some input to share from some friends and fellow podcasters: Tabbi Gray from the Happy Hour Podcast and Cam Sully from the Jacked Up Review Show!* We also got a fun, if off-prompt, bit of input from friend-of-the-show Matt Stoyanoff. Let us know your thoughts on these films/directors by emailing us at derazzledpodcast@gmail.com! Kick back and relax with your favorite candy and pumpkin-flavored beverage and enjoy/rage over our takes!

CW: Sexism, violence against women, sexual assault, blood, gore, dismemberment, racism

Podcasts plugged in this episode: Happy Hour Podcast (@HappyHourShow3 on Twitter); The Jacked Up Review Show (@JackedUpReview on Twitter); Doom Generation (@DoomGenPod on Twitter)

*EDITOR'S NOTE: There were supposed to be more audio messages from friends included, but the only one that would actually upload properly was Matt Stoyanoff's. We didn't discover this until it was too late to do anything about. Our apologies.

Welp, we finally did it. We broke Jack. Special guests/hosts Vince DeStefano and Emily Manno join us to help Jack claw his way back to some semblance to sanity and to (maybe) understand: what is The Room and who exactly is Tommy Wiseau? Armed with tons of great information from Greg Sestero & Tom Bissel's book The Disaster Artist, we do our best to answer Jack's questions. Emily shares what it's like to go to a midnight showing and actually meet Tommy Wiseau. Vince theorizes what's really going on with Tommy's history. And Joe tries to hold it all together, but hey, he's just the sound guy.

CW: misogyny, abusive work environments, Tommy Wiseau impressions

Podcasts Plugged In This Episode: Making A Martini (@MartiniMaking on Twitter)

People & Stuff Mentioned In This Episode: The Room, Tommy Wiseau, Greg Sestero, The Disaster Artist, Tom Bissell, 1UP, James Franco, Dave Franco, James Cameron, Avatar, Anne Rice, Interview With A Vampire, the Zodiac Killer, D.B. Cooper, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminator, Mark Frost, David Lynch, Twin Peaks, Scoob!, John F. Kennedy, The Zapruder Tape