Battlefield Earth w/ Rob Huebel (HDTGM Matinee)

How Did This Get Made?

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Film Reviews, Comedy, Tv & Film, So Bad They’re Good, Bad Films, Bad Movies, Comedy Movies, Movies, Movie Reviews, Film

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🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

2000's Battlefield Earth, based on a novel by L. Ron Hubbard and starring John Travolta, is one of the most famous bad movies of all time. Rob Huebel (The Dark Web, The Sex Lives of College Girls) joins Paul, Jason, and June to cover all the slo-mo horses, the rumored Scientology connections, Travolta's many accents, the un-sexiness of the characters, all the inconsistencies throughout the movie, and so much more. Plus, we play YOUR Battlefield Earth Razzie nomination pitches. (Ep. #6 Originally Released 03/15/2011)

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0:00.0	Now it's time for How Did This Get Made?
0:05.0	We're gonna have a good time, celebrate some failure, not just be a hater,
0:08.0	because you know you wonder, how did this campaign?
0:10.0	Let's follow in the mediocrity of sub-bar art.
0:14.0	Perhaps we'll find the answer to the question, how did this get made?
0:18.0	Hello, people of Earth, welcome to How Did This Get Made. This is the podcast where we try to make sense of the movies that make no sense. I'm Paul Shear. You might know me as Andre from the TV show The League or from my star turn as Rango, the lovable old rest lizard in Rango. I am joined by Jason Manzuka, so you might recognize as Rafi from the League. What's going on, Jason? How are you, Paul? Very good. And, of course, June, Diane, Rango. I am joined by Jason Manzuka, who you might recognize as Rafi from the league.
0:38.3	What's going on, Jason?
0:39.0	How are you, Paul?
0:39.7	Very good.
0:40.2	And, of course, June, Diane, Raphael, who you've seen on Party Down and Flight of the Concordes, June. Hi, Paul. This is a, this movie we have today. I'm fucking furious. Yes. I mean, we love... The most of...
0:52.3	No.
0:53.3	This movie enraged me.
0:54.3	No.
0:55.3	This movie enraged me.
0:56.3	It's warranted.
0:57.3	I mean, we love... Yes, since go-to emotion is anger. No, this movie enraged me. It's warranted. I mean, this... You know, we love crappy movies, and I don't think there is one crappier than Battlefield Earth. It's like, if Star Wars farted on the planet of the apes, it would become this film. Here's the basic premise, and I had a hard time distilling it. Don't bother.
1:11.6	Fuck this movie.
1:13.0	The movie takes place in the year 3,000.
1:16.5	Earth has been conquered by aliens.
1:18.0	Wait, is that true?
1:19.0	It takes place in the year 3,000?
1:20.4	Oh, come on.
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