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The Everything Sequel Podcast

Michael Shantz & Tom Steward
The Everything Sequel podcast is dedicated to discussing the most difficult of movies to get right, the sequel. Follow the adventures of movie lovers Michael Shantz & Tom Steward.
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Episodes

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2010 sequel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. You'll hear the extent to which Mike likes this movie and the extent to which Tom does not, Tom's predilection for British actors talking to Harry in rooms, and Mike's repeated attempts to defend the young trio of actors in this series. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Apr 16, 20211 hr 12 minEp. 57

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2007 sequel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. You'll hear the problems Mike has with this sequel, not that it will affect how he feels about it, just how much Tom likes the first installment of the David Yates Harry Potter movies, and the degree to which they both think this movie works and doesn't work. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Apr 14, 20211 hr 6 minEp. 55

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2009 sequel Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. They talk about Mike's surprise at how much he likes this movie on a rewatch, how Tom likes it enough to almost declare it a good movie, the brilliance of Jim Broadbent, and you'll hear Tom's reaction to the revelation Mike gives him about one of the lead actors. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Apr 14, 20211 hr 14 minEp. 56

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2005 sequel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. You'll hear Tom berate this movie as a set piece catastrophe, Mike acknowledge that the film has problems but that he doesn't care, Tom's distaste and lack of knowledge about everything that happened under water, and how they both like the reveal of Lord Voldermort... for the most part. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather ...

Apr 12, 20211 hr 9 minEp. 54

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2004 sequel Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. You'll hear how much they both actually love this movie, their admiration for the film's director Alfonso Cuaron, how the stars are growing as actors, and how this movie turned Gary Oldman from an actor who plays weirdos and psychopaths into a leading man. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Apr 09, 20211 hr 7 minEp. 53

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2002 sequel Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. They talk about how much Mike likes this movie and how much Tom liked it once he'd seen all the other sequels, what value Chris Columbus brings to his movies, and Tom's unforgiving attitude towards the young star's acting talents. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Apr 07, 20211 hr 9 minEp. 52

The Harry Potter Series Ranking (Not So) Minisode

Listen as Mike and Tom rank the Harry Potter series and make their declarations. You'll hear how they agree about the best film in the series, disagree about almost everything else, how Tom believes Mike has lost his faculties, and the inspired tale as to how we chose this franchise next. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Apr 05, 202143 minEp. 51

Tremors Series Pitch a Sequel Minisode

Listen as Mike and Tom pitch a sequel to the Tremor series. You'll hear if they are keeping Michael Gross' Burt Gummer in their sequel and, if so, how they will do it along with any and all shenanigans they intend to put into their pitches. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami

Mar 31, 202136 minEp. 50

Tremors: Shrieker Island

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2020 sequel Tremors: Shrieker Island. They talk about how the movie makes up for A Cold Day in Hell, how much they like having a monster island movie, the loss and gain of substituting John Heder for Jamie Kennedy, and exactly how Burt Gummer rides off into the sunset. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Mar 29, 20211 hr 2 minEp. 49

Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2018 sequel Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell. They talk about this being the weakest of the sequels, how it includes way too many characters, the pros and cons of placing your movie in Canada when you're filming in South Africa and the problems that gives your production, and whether or not it's wise to include a story line connected to an early event in the series that forces your main character to lie down in bed. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S ...

Mar 26, 20211 hr 2 minEp. 48

Tremors 5: Bloodlines

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2015 sequel Tremors 5: Bloodlines Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami

Mar 22, 20211 hr 4 minEp. 47

Tremors 4: The Legend Begins

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2004 sequel Tremors 4: The Legend Begins. You'll hear how much they both were shocked to love this movie as much as they do, how wonderfully Billy Drago manages to chew up scenes, and how they regard the new character created by Michael Gross in what comes across as the last film in the series but is far from that. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Mar 19, 20211 hr 5 minEp. 46

Tremors 3: Back to Perfection

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2001 sequel Tremors 3: Back to Perfection. They discuss how sideways that title could have gone had the movie sucked, how much this movie doesn't suck, the ever-evolving graboids and the new nemeses known as ass blasters, and how great flaming arrow potato gun can be. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Mar 15, 20211 hr 2 minEp. 45

Tremors 2: Aftershocks

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1996 sequel Tremors 2: Aftershocks. They talk about how the series hasn't found their hero yet by bringing back Fred Ward, how the character of Grady is an albatross hanging on the neck of this film, how it became so easy to kill graboids, as well as the evolution of the monsters in the form of a new nemesis called shriekers. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Mar 12, 202157 minEp. 44

Tremors Series Ranking Minisode

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the underground monster series, Tremors. You'll hear the one movie in the series they disagree on in their ranking, how much they like this series on the whole and what a surprise the series is to them as well as which of the movies are good and which are bad. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Mar 08, 202132 minEp. 43

The Karate Kid Series Pitch a Sequel Minisode

Listen as Mike and Tom pitch a sequel to the Karate Kid Series and then vote for the one you like best! For once Tom leaves numbers out of his sequel and Mike may, in fact, be pitching something that's already been done. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami

Mar 01, 202128 minEp. 42

The Next Karate Kid

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1994 sequel The Next Karate Kid. They talk about how this series has fallen into the family friendly 90's trap, discuss how in the world an elite private school has a group of thug students roaming the halls under the moniker The Alpha Elites, and the abomination that is the gender politics of this movie when they do something smart by changing the gender of the Karate Kid and immediately follow that by doing something dumb like ensuring that character goes to ...

Feb 26, 20211 hr 8 minEp. 41

The Karate Kid Part III

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1989 sequel The Karate Kid Part III. They vehemently will disagree as to the quality of this movie, talk again about the time problems laid bare for all to see when Daniel played by a grown adult is going on dates with an actual sixteen year old, and discuss which is the bigger crime between Parts II & III, having forty minutes of fight or die threats that go nowhere in Part II or having forty minutes of sign this letter threats that go nowhere in Part III....

Feb 22, 20211 hr 9 minEp. 40

The Karate Kid Part II

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1986 sequel The Karate Kid Part II. They talk about the problems with time this movie and the next sequel have, the wisdom in Miyagi hanging around a shower of teenage boys, and how the entire movie's arc revolves around a single honk. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Feb 17, 20211 hr 6 minEp. 39

The Karate Kid Series Ranking

Listen as Mike and Tom rank The Karate Kid series. They vehemently disagree on the order for this series and can not come to an agreement as to whether each movie is good or bad either. For the record, Tom is wrong. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami

Feb 12, 202128 minEp. 38

Final Destination 5

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2011 sequel Final Destination 5. They talk about how much they like this movie enough to convince them it may have been worth seeing in 3D, how cops are involved in the story again for the first time since the original movie, exactly what in the hell Tony Todd actually does for a living, and how this movie finally gets it right by bringing humans into the evil mix. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew A...

Feb 01, 20211 hr 5 minEp. 36

The Final Destination

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2009 sequel The Final Destination. They talk about how this is, in fact, not the final destination, the wisdom of having a terribly racist character in your movie for no reason at all, and the connection to this movie being the weakest in the series to having a character simply called, "Milf." Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Jan 27, 20211 hr 4 minEp. 35

Final Destination 3

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2006 sequel Final Destination 3. They talk about the effectiveness of the opening roller coaster scene, the return of James Wong as director and if he approved of the comedy angle of the prior film, and Mike regales Tom with a story that he fears will get him arrested. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Jan 22, 20211 hrEp. 34

Final Destination 2

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2003 sequel Final Destination 2. They talk about how this movie is actually a comedy, how all the murders are committed via Rube Goldberg shenanigans as well as how everyone dies like Wile E. Coyote, and manage to make sure that director David R. Ellis is considered to be a comic genius despite having little to no evidence that he is other than this magnificent romp of a delicious movie. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudho...

Jan 20, 20211 hr 4 minEp. 33

Final Destination Ranking

Listen as Mike and Tom rank the Final Destination Series and declare each movie as good or bad. They will be astounded to find that their lists and declarations are exactly the same. Where's the fun in that? Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami

Jan 18, 202130 minEp. 32

Last Summer Pitch a Sequel

You decide which sequel you like better to the Last Summer sequels as Mike and Tom try to keep this festering turd of a series alive. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami

Jan 11, 202123 minEp. 31

I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2006 sequel I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer. They discuss the sheer weight of the title of this movie, how the story of the fisherman has miraculously traveled all the way to Colorado, and, spoiler alert, how this movie manages to make Ben Willis, also known as the Fisherman, a supernatural villain. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Jan 08, 20211 hr 1 minEp. 30

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1998 sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. They talk about how Mike still does not like the ease with which murderers are cleaning up their own crime scenes to drive people mad, the wisdom in making this a vacation murder story, and the difficulty in watching boyfriends and girlfriends be terrible to each other based on some terrible race and gender politics from the filmmakers. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe...

Jan 04, 20211 hr 2 minEp. 29

Last Summer Movie Rankings

Listen as Mike and Tom rank the Last Summer Sequels. The finally agree for once on ranking as well as whether or not these movies are good or bad. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami

Jan 01, 202118 minEp. 28
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