History YMMV / Radiodrome

** In the episode "Movie Controversies" Josh seemed to be quite absent-minded. He claimed that the Disney movie where a priest supposedly had an erect penis was ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': It's actually ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''. He also said that there was controversy over ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' by Muslims over the line "where they cut off your hands if they don't like your face", while the actual line was about "ears", not hands. Then later during the broadcast he claimed there was a lot of controversy about the racial stereotypes in Creator/RalphBakshi's ''WesternAnimation/HeavyTraffic'' and that Al Sharpton protested this film. He actually meant ''WesternAnimation/{{Coonskin}}''. Justified by the show being recorded without edits, so mistakes often get live on air due to the show being live, and done on the spur of the moment.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Hadley dislikes most of the stuff that premiered after 1995. Most of the times he will complain that certain things he enjoyed when he was younger have vanished completely, among others: video stores, laserdiscs, "real" midnight movie screenings, 35mm film, and so forth.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Hadley dislikes most of the stuff that premiered after 1995. Most of the times he will complain that certain things he enjoyed when he was younger have vanished completely, among others: video stores, laserdiscs, "real" midnight movie screenings, 35mm film, and so forth.
* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: A lot of time exploitation films are defended that actually really aren't that good, save for camp value. This wouldn't be that bad, except for the fact that Josh frequently scolds mainstream movie critics for giving these films a bad review, despite the fact that many of them really aren't quality films, thus making the general viewpoint of these critics understandable at least.

* FunnyMoments: On the one year anniversary, which was a clip show, Josh decided to fake the last four clips, one of which was a massive fistfight Brad and Jerrid got into over ''Franchise/MyLittlePony''.

-->'''Jerrid''': Look, all I’m saying is that WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986 was really well done. There was good voice work, good animation, I just don’t see why anybody would hate on it.

-->'''Jerrid''': Look, all I’m saying is that My Little Pony: The Movie was really well done. There was good voice work, good animation, I just don’t see why anybody would hate on it.

** In a 2014 episode about "films that were ahead of their time" Josh claimed that ''Film/NaturalBornKillers'' (1994) "predicted criminals becoming media superstars". He [[OlderThanTheyThink seemed completely unaware that decades earlier criminals like UsefulNotes/AlCapone, Bonnie and Clyde, UsefulNotes/CharlesManson,... already became superstars thanks to romanticized media attention]].

** In a 2014 episode about "films that were ahead of their time" Josh claimed that Film/NaturalBornKillers (1994) "predicted criminals becoming media superstars". He [[OlderThanTheyThink seemed completely unaware that decades earlier criminals like AlCapone, Bonnie and Clyde, Charles Manson,... already became superstars thanks to romanticized media attention]].

** In the episode "Movie Controversies" Josh seemed to be quite absent-minded. He claimed that the Disney movie where a priest supposedly had an erect penis was ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'': It's actually ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''. He also said that there was controversy over ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' by Muslims over the line "where they cut off your hands if they don't like your face", while the actual line was about "ears", not hands. Then later during the broadcast he claimed there was a lot of controversy about the racial stereotypes in Creator/RalphBakshi's ''WesternAnimation/HeavyTraffic'' and that Al Sharpton protested this film. He actually meant ''WesternAnimation/{{Coonskin}}''.

* CriticalResearchFailure: In a 2014 episode about "films that were ahead of their time" Josh claimed that Film/NaturalBornKillers (1994) "predicted criminals becoming media superstars". He [[OlderThanTheyThink seemed completely unaware that decades earlier criminals like AlCapone, Bonnie and Clyde, Charles Manson,... already became superstars thanks to romanticized media attention]].

* CriticalResearchFailure: Josh usually has done a lot of research when hosting a specific topic. However, there have also been times when he failed at this.
** Josh once came across a site where someone listed several directors he considered to be "cult directors". Because Josh personally disagreed with many of the choices he verbally scolded the site's owner in the comments section and chose it as a topic for a Radiodrome episode. He seemed to ignore that defining what a "cult movie" is isn't that simple and thus a matter of relativity. For instance: Josh felt ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}'' wasn't a cult film due to it being a box office success from the start something that Brad immediately contested because to him (and many others) "Scarface" has a strong cult reputation. Josh and the others also felt Creator/StanleyKubrick wasn't a cult director, because "all his films always did well at the box office", while in reality virtually every movie Kubrick made has polarized audiences. Josh also felt Creator/QuentinTarantino and Creator/KenRussell weren't "cult film directors", save for perhaps one or two films, while again a large chunk of their oeuvre has a cult audience. When Creator/DannyBoyle was mentioned they felt only Film/{{Trainspotting}} could account as a cult movie of his, thereby seeming to be unaware of Film/ShallowGrave, which also has a strong cult reputation.
** The episode "When Real World Events Alter Movies" Josh and his co-hosts discussed movies that were influenced by media frenzies and thus changed or censored at the very last minute. One of the films he mentioned was Film/ChildsPlay 3, which was banned in the U.K. in 1994. He acted a bit condescending about people being so scolding about a horror movie that wasn't that violent. As some listeners immediately pointed out: the movie was banned after the James Bulger incident, where a little kid was murdered by two older children who supposedly had watched the film before committing their heinous crime (later this turned out to be untrue). Josh and his co-hosts seemed completely unaware of this case, which puts the ban in a bit more context than just being the result of a moral panic.
** In a 2014 episode about "films that were ahead of their time" Josh claimed that Film/NaturalBornKillers (1994) "predicted criminals becoming media superstars". He [[OlderThanTheyThink seemed completely unaware that decades earlier criminals like AlCapone, Bonnie and Clyde, Charles Manson,... already became superstars thanks to romanticized media attention]].

* ItsHardSoItSucks and TheManIsStickingItToTheMan: Guests in "Radiodrome", especially Josh, have a tendency to root for exploitation directors because they are less pretentious than so-called artistic directors like Creator/TerrenceMalick and thus more "true artists". This is rather strange, since exploitation films are solely made to cash in on a certain movie trend, whereas arthouse films take more financial risks.

* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: A frequent topic on the show when discussing exploitation films.
** Sometimes, when Josh praises particular violent scenes in films for "how BRUTAL they are" it almost sounds as if it sexually excites him to think about such scenes. Especially compared to the other guests in the studio.

* TheyDontMakeThemLikeTheyUsedTo: This seems to be Josh's attitude towards most things. His co-hosts, who are roughly around the same age as him, have this attitude a bit less, but also seem rather romanticizingly nostalgic about the past at times. In Josh's case he almost comes across as an old TheWoobie, hopelessly out of touch with modern times and continuously talking about the same {{Berserk Button}}s.
* ThisLoserIsYou: Josh can be seen as a nostalgists' worst nightmare.

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: Josh can often been heard doing this: namely, stuff he only saw a trailer or a commercial for. It has even become a RunningGag on the show and his co-guests often poke fun at him about this.

** Josh once came across a site where someone listed several directors he considered to be "cult directors". Because Josh personally disagreed with many of the choices he verbally scolded the site's owner in the comments section and chose it as a topic for a Radiodrome episode. He seemed to ignore that defining what a "cult movie" is isn't that simple and thus a matter of relativity. For instance: Josh felt Film/{{Scarface}} (1983) wasn't a cult film due to it being a box office success from the start something that Brad immediately contested because to him (and many others) "Scarface" has a strong cult reputation. Josh and the others also felt Creator/StanleyKubrick wasn't a cult director, because "all his films always did well at the box office", while in reality virtually every movie Kubrick made has polarized audiences. Josh also felt Creator/QuentinTarantino and Creator/KenRussell weren't "cult film directors", save for perhaps one or two films, while again a large chunk of their oeuvre has a cult audience. When Creator/DannyBoyle was mentioned they felt only Film/{{Trainspotting}} could account as a cult movie of his, thereby seeming to be unaware of Film/ShallowGrave, which also has a strong cult reputation.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Josh can be seen as a pathetically out of touch [[TheWoobie Woobie]] obsessed with living in the past and hostile to anything new in entertainment.

* ItsPopularSoItSucks: Related to the below, Josh hates things that mainstream culture has embraced. His homepage says ''"Most of what is popular is shit and that by definition the mainstream will be MAINSTREAM and therefore useless"''.

* TheyDontMakeThemLikeTheyUsedTo: This seems to be Josh's attitude towards most things. His co-hosts, who are roughly around the same age as him, have this attitude a bit less, but also seem rather romanticizingly nostalgic about the past at times. In Josh's case he almost comes across as an old TheWoobie, hopelessly out of touch with modern times and continuously talking about the same [[BerserkButton BerserkButtons]].

** Sometimes, when Josh praises particular violent scenes in films for "how BRUTAL they are" it almost sounds as if it excites him to think about such scenes.

** Josh also has a tendency to shoehorn in everything that has recently pissed him off, even though most of it hasn't nothing to do with the topic in general and is mostly about his own personal life.

** In an episode about grindhouse film theaters Josh interviews someone who has firsthand experience of visiting those theaters. At a certain point Josh starts talking about the days he worked in a film theater, including telling an anecdote about an audience member who was secretly smoking, but when confronted with this by Josh flatout kept denying that he did this. For some reason Josh aggressively keeps ranting about this topic, which really hasn't got much to do about grindhouses in general.

* TheyDontMakeThemLikeTheyUsedTo: This seems to be Josh's attitude towards most things. His co-hosts, who are roughly around the same age as him, have this attitude a bit less, but also seem rather romanticizingly nostalgic about the past at times.

** In a 2014 episode about "films that were ahead of their time" Josh claimed that Film/NaturalBornKillers (1994) "predicted criminals becoming media superstars". He seemed completely unaware that decades earlier criminals like AlCapone, Bonnie and Clyde, Charles Manson,... already became superstars thanks to romanticized media attention.
* ItsHardSoItSucks and TheManIsStickingItToTheMan: Guests in "Radiodrome", especially Josh, have a tendency to root for exploitation directors because they are less pretentious than so-called artistic directors like TerenceMalick and thus more "true artists". This is rather strange, since exploitation films are solely made to cash in on a certain movie trend, whereas arthouse films take more financial risks.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Hadley dislikes most of the stuff that premiered after 1995. Most of the times he will complain that certain things he enjoyed when he was younger have vanished completely, among others: video stores, laserdiscs, "real" midnight movie screenings, 35mm film, and so forth.

** In a 2013 episode about "films that were ahead of their time" Josh claimed that Film/NaturalBornKillers (1994) "predicted criminals becoming media superstars". He seemed completely unaware that decades earlier criminals like AlCapone, Bonnie and Clyde, Charles Manson,... already became superstars thanks to romanticized media attention.