Tag Archives: The Rock

Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich: Ranking the Saga

Welcome to the finale of “Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich,” our in-depth look through the Fast and Furious franchise. Bryan Dressel, Matt “Zombie Dog” Dykes, Joel DeWitte, and Ryan Lootens sit down and rank all the movies and go over the highlights of the series. There’s a lot of great filmmaking in here and a lot of fun moments, even if not every film lands. Where does this franchise sit with you? Do you agree with these lists?

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Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich: Fast X

This week on Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich the Binge Buddies reach the end of the road of the Fast Franchise so far with ‘Fast X.’ Bryan Dressel, Matt “Zombie Dog Vauxhall HC Viva Farenza Canada ’71-’73” Dykes, Joel “ANC Pacer” DeWitte, Ryan “DMC Delorean” Lootens discuss the one thing that works in this movie (Momoa) and then go into everything else that doesn’t work. And folks, the rest of the stuff just doesn’t really work. You’ll want to hear about it all.

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Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich: F9 The Fast Saga

Hi and welcome to yet another exciting episode of Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich. This week Bryan Dressel, Matt “Zombie Dog Volvo P1800” Dykes, Joel “Alfa Romeo Spyder” DeWitte, and Ryan “Hudson Hornet” Lootens tackle ‘Fast 9: The Fast Saga.’ Does it recover the adventure and charm of the older entries in the series or does it strain with fatigue? Does it bring the ensemble that we know and love back together or does it feel like a Vin Diesel movie with other actors living in the b-story? The gang covers all this and more.

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Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich: Hobbs & Shaw

This week on ‘Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich’ Bryan Dressel, Matt “Zombie Dog Shelby GT 500CR” Dykes, Joel “Bentley EXP100GT” DeWitte, and Ryan “Jaguar XJS” Lootens make a pit stop to talk about the rather abyssmal (and overlong) Fast franchise offshoot ‘Hobbs & Shaw.’ At least Statham and the Rock gave it their all, right? RIGHT?

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Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich: F8 of the Furious

This week on another high octane episode of “Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich,” Bryan Dressel, Matt “Zombie Dog Sion tC” Dykes, Joel “Ford Mustang” DeWitte, and Ryan “Dodge Viper” Lootens talk about the most disappointing entry in the Fast and Furious franchise since the second movie – ‘The Fate of the Furious.’ Slower car chases, pacing issues, and other issues abound and the Binge Buddies crew is  there to work through them all.

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Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich: Furious 7

On this week’s exciting episode of “Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich” Bryan Dressel, Joel “Dodge Dart Swinger” DeWitte, Matt “Zombie Dog Mazda Bongo Friendee” Dykes, and Ryan “Great Wall Wingle” Lootens talk about the box office smash that is Furious 7. This thing was huge and the gang gets to the bottom of why.

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Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich: Furious 6

Welcome to another episode of Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich. Bryan Dressel, Matt “Zombie Dog Subaru Brat” Dykes, Joel “Volkswagon Thing” DeWitte, and Ryan “Pontiac Le Man” Lootens sit down to talk about ‘Furious 6,’ which is considered to be the end of Justin Lin’s run. It’s got great in-car and out-of-car action and remains an exciting entry in the series. You won’t want to miss this chat.

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Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich: Fast 5

Welcome to another high octane episode of Toretto’s Shitty Tuna Sandwich and apologies for the gap between episodes! The Binge Buddies, composed of Bryan Dressel, Matt “Zombie Dog Mitsubishi Minica Lettuce” Dykes, Joel “AMC Gremlin” DeWitte, Ryan “Honda Thats” Lootens, once again join forces to talk about the turning point in the Fast franchise: ‘Fast Five.’ There’s a lot of good discussion here on an extremely fun chapter in this series so buckle up and enjoy the ride.

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More Moana, Street Fighter, and Game of Thrones?

Been a bit of a slow few days, but here’s some news that I would classify under the category of “Again?” Moana is back, but this time it’s live action and The Rock will star as every character. The Street Fighter rights go to Legendary so we’ll get another movie whether we are interested or not. And finally, a new possible Game of Thrones prequel thing to release before Winds of Winter. We’re…NEVER…getting Winds of Winter.

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James and the Giant Problem

Being a fan can really suck sometimes.  You find something which speaks to you on a level you yourself don’t fully understand, it brings you joy.  You start buying stuff related to it.  You own the movies, the comics, you watch the videos of the games because you don’t have time to play them all.  It becomes part of your identity, loving anything even remotely related to it.  You see more people start loving it, or maybe they already did, and people with money notice.  Now they start pumping serious money into it. The real test begins, do enough people love it for the same reasons you do?  If so, you are in luck, you are going to be getting so much content you won’t be able to keep up, I promise.  If not…well, then you are in a tight spot.  God help you if the general audience doesn’t just “not care” but actively condemns what you love.  Now you can get ready for an onslaught of, you’re wrong, I don’t trust your opinion, and the general assumption that you don’t know what you are talking about.

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