Is Waterworld Really That Awful? | Kevin Costner is a MERMAN Who Drinks HIs Own Pee

Kevin Costner spent $200 million making a Mad Max ripoff on the open ocean — and the man has gills behind his ears. That's right. Waterworld's hero is a merman. A gill-having, web-toed, pee-drinking merman. And Cinema Psychos is here to ask the only question that matters: Really That Awful? Brian and John go full deep dive on Waterworld (1995), one of Hollywood's most notorious production disasters and one of the most divisive bad movies of the 1990s. They cover everything: why shooting on open ocean is genuinely suicidal for a film budget, how Kevin Costner fired his own director mid-edit and took over post-production himself, why Dennis Hopper is the only person on screen who clearly knows what kind of movie he's in, and how a world where the polar ice caps have entirely melted somehow still has a drinking water shortage. There are plot holes deep enough to lose a submarine in. There are action scenes with the energy of a kid smashing action figures together with no plan. There is a bungee cord rescue sequence that defies physics, logic, and basic narrative structure and secretly rules. And there is one man. Part human. Part fish. All Kevin Costner. CHAPTERS: Introduction [00:00] Welcome to Cinema Psychos [00:26] Personal Histories with Waterworld [00:39] Podcast Promo and Audience Questions [02:32] IMDb Synopsis [04:28] Initial Thoughts and Expectations [06:48] Origins and Mad Max Inspiration [10:00] Shooting on Open Water Nightmares [11:40] Budget Explosion and Production Chaos [17:31] Kevin Costner vs. Director Drama [23:00] Plot Holes and World-Building Ridiculousness [29:00] Plot Recap: The Mariner and Smokers [33:20] Dennis Hopper's Over-the-Top Performance [44:00] Action Scenes and Multiple Endings [50:00] Audience Reviews [58:00] Final Thoughts and Ratings [01:06:00] Follow The Cinema Psychos Show on Socials ❤️‍🔥: Discord: https://discord.gg/mXBaS5bTKg Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cinemapsychosshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cinemapsychospod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cinemapsychospod Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cinemapsychospod   Listen to The Cinema Psychos Show on: Spotify: https://rebrand.ly/0v6eeno Apple: https://rebrand.ly/j5nrkp7  Amazon: https://rebrand.ly/5x5hzng Goodpods: https://rebrand.ly/picstv6 OR LISTEN ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST APP! https://cinemapsychosshow.com/follow   MAIN TITLE: "Red Alert"  AUTHOR: Jack Waldenmaier PUBLISHER: Music Bakery Publishing (BMI) WARNING: UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE MUSIC CONTAINED IN THIS PRODUCTION IS SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. All copyrights, licensing, duplication and distribution rights are held exclusively by Music Bakery Publishing (BMI). 214-636-5887  musicbakery.com