It Was A Sh*t Show
@itwasashtshow.bsky.social
The video/podcast series about troubled productions in pop culture.
Making stuff is hard. Let's talk about it.
https://linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
Making stuff is hard. Let's talk about it.
https://linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
They spelled Odyssey wrong.
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
They spelled Odyssey wrong.
Cloning Ellen Ripley is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Alien: Resurrection, from the feud between the writer and director, to the long grueling underwater shoot.
Special Guest: Sequoia Simone
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Special Guest: Sequoia Simone
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October 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Cloning Ellen Ripley is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Alien: Resurrection, from the feud between the writer and director, to the long grueling underwater shoot.
Special Guest: Sequoia Simone
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Special Guest: Sequoia Simone
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Testing your might is hard. For our 100th episode (!), let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Mortal Kombat, from the multiple actor injuries, to the possibility of a plagiarized theme song.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Testing your might is hard. For our 100th episode (!), let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Mortal Kombat, from the multiple actor injuries, to the possibility of a plagiarized theme song.
Watch or Listen! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
Watch or Listen! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
Making a mechanical great white is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece, Jaws, from the never ending problems with the film’s shark, to the chaos of filming on the open ocean.
Animation by @wieverofpassion.bsky.social
Watch here! youtu.be/BN849ZdZhz4
Animation by @wieverofpassion.bsky.social
Watch here! youtu.be/BN849ZdZhz4
October 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Making a mechanical great white is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece, Jaws, from the never ending problems with the film’s shark, to the chaos of filming on the open ocean.
Animation by @wieverofpassion.bsky.social
Watch here! youtu.be/BN849ZdZhz4
Animation by @wieverofpassion.bsky.social
Watch here! youtu.be/BN849ZdZhz4
Cameron not dispelling those "Avatar and The Abyss are the same universe" rumors very well:
September 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Cameron not dispelling those "Avatar and The Abyss are the same universe" rumors very well:
Making superpowers gritty is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make 2015’s Fantastic Four, from director Josh Trank’s erratic behavior to reshooting a third of the film months before releasing.
Special Guest: @alanseawright.bsky.social
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Special Guest: @alanseawright.bsky.social
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August 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Making superpowers gritty is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make 2015’s Fantastic Four, from director Josh Trank’s erratic behavior to reshooting a third of the film months before releasing.
Special Guest: @alanseawright.bsky.social
Watch or Listen! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
Special Guest: @alanseawright.bsky.social
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Making promotional art is hard. Let’s talk about how some movie posters dealt with controversies, from the royalties for Pulp Fiction, to the whitewashing on Couples Retreat.
Special Guest: Jonathan from Paper and Light @paper-and-light.bsky.social
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Special Guest: Jonathan from Paper and Light @paper-and-light.bsky.social
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July 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Making promotional art is hard. Let’s talk about how some movie posters dealt with controversies, from the royalties for Pulp Fiction, to the whitewashing on Couples Retreat.
Special Guest: Jonathan from Paper and Light @paper-and-light.bsky.social
Watch or Listen! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
Special Guest: Jonathan from Paper and Light @paper-and-light.bsky.social
Watch or Listen! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
Making Blade act is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Blade: Trinity, from Wesley Snipes refusing to show up on set, to him suing New Line Cinema for taxes.
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June 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Making Blade act is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Blade: Trinity, from Wesley Snipes refusing to show up on set, to him suing New Line Cinema for taxes.
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Watch or Listen! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
Making monsters is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Universal’s Dark Universe, from abandoning Dracula Untold as a franchise starter, to 2017’s Mummy burying the shared universe before it could begin.
Watch here: youtu.be/2PXZi0cyjlY
Watch here: youtu.be/2PXZi0cyjlY
May 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Making monsters is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Universal’s Dark Universe, from abandoning Dracula Untold as a franchise starter, to 2017’s Mummy burying the shared universe before it could begin.
Watch here: youtu.be/2PXZi0cyjlY
Watch here: youtu.be/2PXZi0cyjlY
Stealing from drug lords is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Triple Frontier, from its decade long journey to existence to the endless rotation of big name stars.
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Watch or Listen! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
May 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Stealing from drug lords is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Triple Frontier, from its decade long journey to existence to the endless rotation of big name stars.
Watch or Listen! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
Watch or Listen! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
It's our birthday week, so all our merch is 30% off!
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To receive 30% off on all (non-discounted) items, use the code: HAPPY5
And don't forget to join us tomorrow at 12pm (MDT) for the Birthday Bash Live Stream!
Head to: www.teepublic.com/user/itwasa...
To receive 30% off on all (non-discounted) items, use the code: HAPPY5
And don't forget to join us tomorrow at 12pm (MDT) for the Birthday Bash Live Stream!
April 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's our birthday week, so all our merch is 30% off!
Head to: www.teepublic.com/user/itwasa...
To receive 30% off on all (non-discounted) items, use the code: HAPPY5
And don't forget to join us tomorrow at 12pm (MDT) for the Birthday Bash Live Stream!
Head to: www.teepublic.com/user/itwasa...
To receive 30% off on all (non-discounted) items, use the code: HAPPY5
And don't forget to join us tomorrow at 12pm (MDT) for the Birthday Bash Live Stream!
COME CELEBRATE IT WAS A SH*T SHOW’S BIRTHDAY!
It’s been 5 years since we've launched! To celebrate, we’re planning a live stream on April 29 at 12pm MT, and we’d love all our fans to be part of it! Details soon.
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It’s been 5 years since we've launched! To celebrate, we’re planning a live stream on April 29 at 12pm MT, and we’d love all our fans to be part of it! Details soon.
Fill out this survey & tell us your favorite moments: forms.gle/dmZihHhAsSnn...
April 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
COME CELEBRATE IT WAS A SH*T SHOW’S BIRTHDAY!
It’s been 5 years since we've launched! To celebrate, we’re planning a live stream on April 29 at 12pm MT, and we’d love all our fans to be part of it! Details soon.
Fill out this survey & tell us your favorite moments: forms.gle/dmZihHhAsSnn...
It’s been 5 years since we've launched! To celebrate, we’re planning a live stream on April 29 at 12pm MT, and we’d love all our fans to be part of it! Details soon.
Fill out this survey & tell us your favorite moments: forms.gle/dmZihHhAsSnn...
Making a video game into a movie is hard… still. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Uncharted, from the decade long quest to film it to being shut down by COVID as soon as they started.
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Watch or Listen! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
April 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Making a video game into a movie is hard… still. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Uncharted, from the decade long quest to film it to being shut down by COVID as soon as they started.
Watch or Listen! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
Watch or Listen! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
Dealing with fascism is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Starship Troopers, from the years it took to get the film financed, to the initial response not understanding Paul Verhoeven’s satire.
Watch or Listen! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
Watch or Listen! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
March 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Dealing with fascism is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Starship Troopers, from the years it took to get the film financed, to the initial response not understanding Paul Verhoeven’s satire.
Watch or Listen! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
Watch or Listen! linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
We all love Paddington. But could we have loved him more with the voice of the oh-so sexy Colin Firth?
#paddington #colinfirth
#paddington #colinfirth
February 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
We all love Paddington. But could we have loved him more with the voice of the oh-so sexy Colin Firth?
#paddington #colinfirth
#paddington #colinfirth
Making Benecio del Toro a wolf is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Wolfman remake, from replacing the director one month from filming to Rick Baker’s make-up being replaced with CGI.
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Watch or Listen! https://linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
February 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Making Benecio del Toro a wolf is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Wolfman remake, from replacing the director one month from filming to Rick Baker’s make-up being replaced with CGI.
Watch or Listen! https://linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
Watch or Listen! https://linktr.ee/itwasashtshow
Can't believe it has to be stated, but Indiana Jones knows who the bad guys are.
#indianajones #goodguys
#indianajones #goodguys
February 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Can't believe it has to be stated, but Indiana Jones knows who the bad guys are.
#indianajones #goodguys
#indianajones #goodguys
Creating the Land of Oz is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Wizard of Oz, from the dozen of on set injuries to the infamously poor treatment of Judy Garland.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/IfWNUW1wTXw
Watch here: https://youtu.be/IfWNUW1wTXw
January 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Creating the Land of Oz is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Wizard of Oz, from the dozen of on set injuries to the infamously poor treatment of Judy Garland.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/IfWNUW1wTXw
Watch here: https://youtu.be/IfWNUW1wTXw
Making sense of Ninja Terminator is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make movies directed by Godfrey Ho, from pumping out over 150 films in 20 years to splicing ninja footage into already existing films.
December 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Making sense of Ninja Terminator is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make movies directed by Godfrey Ho, from pumping out over 150 films in 20 years to splicing ninja footage into already existing films.