GBW #83: Sugar Cereal (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows / Inspector Gadget / Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins)

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! This week, Ryan and Chris dive into a trio of adaptations of popular '80s Saturday morning cartoon shows. First, we start with 2016's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows," which is probably the most accurate adaptation of the popular cartoon, and is the second-best TMNT film since the 1990 original. It's unfortunate that its box office haul paid for the sins of its nearly-unwatchable 2014 predecessor. Then, speaking of nearly-unwatchable, we move into 1999's "Inspector Gadget," a film plagued with a long pre-production history, poor test screenings, a hacked-to-the-bone final edit, and the result is a weak adaptation that's too juvenile for adults but too adult for children and therefore is a movie for no one. Finally, we talk about 2021's massive bomb "Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins," which has a frustrating approach to shooting the action, but is the best of the three live-action "G.I. Joe" films, largely because it attempts to be its own thing. You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.