The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" might have finally met their match when it comes to the closer of their Flop Era series, examining the most notorious flops and fiascos in film history. This week it's the dud that became infamous and recognizeable just by name alone -- it's 1987's "Ishtar"! How bad can a movie be starring Waren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman as bad lounge singers stumbling through the desert be? The answer is unfathomably bad, especially if you're like the guys and find every second of the bad singing to be painful. It;s time to bid goodbye to this series, which might be the worst idea these guys have ever had, and they watched "A Serbian Film" on purpose. 

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Episode 421 includes:

-The Presidential Debate has finally put the focus on the issues that matter: whether immigants are stealing and then eating our pets. 

-R.I.P. James Earl Jones and comic artist John Cassaday. 

-Nate has some words on "Longlegs" and "Alien: Romulas." 

-Ben is mildly disappointed by "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice."

-The Flop Era -- "Ishtar" (1987)

-There's no going back once you've endured "Ishtar." You might as well listen to their madness and pained cries as the guys try and make sense of all the ways this movie did not work for them at all. 

The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are nearing their limit with The Flop Era, where they look at some of the biggest fiascos and failures of Hollywood's modern history, but it's taking its toll, and 2011's "Mars Needs Moms" might just be the most expensive awful-looking movie of all time, one of those ate aughts mo-cap animated films that were canned after the tremendous financial failure of this martian parable about respecting your mother. 

Episode 420 includes:

-Disney is trying to use their free-trail subscriptions to get out of all sorts of legal liability. Exploitation!

-Trailer responses for "Sonic 3" and the next film from the team that gave us "Psycho Goreman."

-Ben and Nate wrestle with the charms and miscues of the Paul Feig comedy, "Jackpot!"

-Ben thinks "Cucko"'s ultimate revealtion is a bit of a ... "so what?" that drains the rest of the film. 

-The Flop Era -- "Mars Needs Moms" (2011)

-A kid blasts off to Mars to save his mom because, apparently, all those little Martians are harvested from the ground and need maternal figures to care for them. It's a bad bad movie, and it's made even worse by how terrible it looks on the eyes with its uncanny valley of horror. 

The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are looking again at some of the biggest fiascos and failures in Hollywood history and they've lucked upon the much-derided 2009 adaptation of the legendary Japanese series of super-powered hulks fighting one another. It's wuite possibly one of the worst adaptations ever, and "Dragonball Evolution" is just as baffling and painful as its reputation in the fandom has endured for decades. 

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Episode 419 includes:

-Trailer reaction to the live-action "Snow White" that nobody wanted

-Nate offers his impression of the first 40 minutes of Zack Snyder's director's cut for "Rebel Moon." Hoo boy. 

-Ben reviews "Harold and the Purple Crayon, " "Trap," and "Borderlands," and doesn't have much nice things to say about most of these movies (you're safe, Shyamalan). 

-The Flop Era -- "Dragonball Evolution" (2009)

-The American live-action adaptation of the classic and super popular anime series is as bad as you've been warned. The guys aren't even Dragonball fans and they were offended on behalf of this fandom.

The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are looking again at some of the biggest flops and fiascos and failures in recent history, this time landing upon the overlooked handrawn Disney naimated movie from 2002, "Treasure Planet," the sci-fi update of the swashbuckling novel, "Treasure Island."

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Episode 418 includes:

-More news from Kamala Harris, J.D. Vance, and the state of the presidential race. 

-Robert Downey Jr. is returning to the MCU... as Doctor Doom. There are thoughts. 

-Nate talks about the tennis throuple drama "Challengers."

-Ben has seen "Deadpool & Wolverine" and celebrates and condemns the fan service. 

-The Flop Era -- "Treasure Planet" (2002)

-The guys are split on Disney's animated sci-fi spin on the Robert Louis Stevenson classic, citing a lack of world-building to apply the "in space" portion of the adaptation. And yet, it has heart with its father/son dynamic that makes it hard to just ignore. 

The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are once again looking at one of the most famous flops in Hollywood history, a passion project that lead to writer/director Francis Ford Coppola working for hire throughout the 1980s and declaring bankruptcy. If only the movie was worth the artistic risk. This misguided and messy musical, which isn't really a musical, failes to enchant the guys who come packed with lots of complaints. 

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Episode 417 includes:

-After a scathing round-up of Katy Perry's comeback single/video "Woman's World," it's time to talk about some bigger news: Joe Biden is out. Kamala Harris is in. Democrats can breathe again. It's a long discussion over the political tremors of this week and what it can mean looking ahead. 

-Nate tries to make sense of Kevin Costner's "Horizon," one-quarter of an itnended whole we may never see. 

-Ben has watched the DC animated "Flashpoint" trilogy and lived to tell the tale. 

-The Flop Era -- "One from the Heart" (1982)

-The guys analyze extensively Francis Ford Coppola's failed musical throwback to the romantic musicals of the 1950s and cannot fathom why anyone should care about this story and these lovelorn characters. Pitty Terri Garr. Also, a side conversation about the necessity of sex/nudity in movies and generational takes on this. 

The "Dirty Sons of Pitches" are again looking at some of the biggest flops and fiascos of film history, and this episode they're watching the infamous Bruce Willis comedy-caper "Hudson Hawk." It's a confused tonal mess of a movie and yet there is entertainment to be had because of the movie's wacky choices. 

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Episode 416 includes:

-R.I.P. Shelley Duvall, Richard Simmons, Dr. Ruth, and Shannon Doherty

-Neil Gaiman is getting Me Too-ed and this one hurts. 

-Nate has seen three imaginary friends 2024 movies and gives you the roundup. 

-Ben hates "Longlegs" and thinks everyone must be faking their enjoyment.

-The Flop Era -- "Hudson Hawk" (1991)

-The guys discuss 1991's passion project for Bruno, a character he's been workshopping for a decade, in song, brought to confused life by the director of "Heathers" and with an all-star cast, each acting like they are in a different movie. It's bad, it's not funny, and it's crazy, but the guys practically recommend seeing it for those same reasons.