Merry Christmas one and all! The Rocky IV fight takes place on December 25th so this special episode is your Christmas gift from us here at The Everything Sequel Podcast. Listen as Mike and Tom discuss recent(ish) sequel news given to the world by Sylvester Stallone himself. The bulk of their conversation will revolve around Sly Stallone's decision to throw SICO the robot on the garbage heap of edits from a new director's cut for Rocky IV. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L...
Dec 25, 2020•27 min•Ep. 26
Listen as Mike and Tom pitch almost identical sequels for a new Gremlins movie. They both see the value in bringing back John Glover, both somehow manage to bring climate change into the story, but diverge when one of them decides to involve zombies! Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami
Dec 25, 2020•25 min•Ep. 27
Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1990 movie Troll 2. They reevaluate where this movie stands in their ranking now that they've finally seen the movie, talk about how delicious they find this movie to be, and review a set of facts about the filming of this movie that will delight listeners. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 25
Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1990 sequel Young Guns II. They disagree as to the value of the movie... sort of, talk about the depth of actors who appear in it, ponder if Brushy Bill Roberts just might be Grandpa Simpson, and meditate as to how this movie could have been a better viewing experience. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Dec 16, 2020•57 min•Ep. 24
Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1990 sequel Gremlins 2: The New Batch. They agree completely about the nature of this movie, talk about how this movie is a meditation on sequels themselves, the wondrous inclusion of a Canadian restaurant scene, and how this movie reveals itself to predict the influence of Donald Trump. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Dec 11, 2020•59 min•Ep. 23
Listen as Mike and Tom discuss four sequels from the year 1990. They rank Another 48HRS, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Troll 2, and Young Guns II. They even manage to rank them having not seen Troll 2 quite yet. As usual, they disagree on the ranking and as to whether these movies are good or bad. In addition they discuss the difference between a film and a movie. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Dec 07, 2020•23 min•Ep. 22
Listen as Mike pitches a sequel in which we go back to the Nakatomi Towers and Tom pitches a sequel in which John McClane and his friends defend Alaska from the Russians. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami
Nov 27, 2020•17 min•Ep. 21
Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2013 film A Good Day to Die Hard. They agree completely as to whether this is the weakest of the sequels, ponder if the filmmakers really wanted to make a Bourne movie, and believe Bruce Willis is no longer John McClane, everyman, but now a superhero on vacation. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Nov 23, 2020•44 min•Ep. 20
Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2007 film Live Free or Die Hard. They discuss why they both rank this film so high, debate whether Bruce Willis is still John McClane or more of a Mr. Peanut superhero, and disagree as to how well this movie pulls off a John McClane's battle with a fighter jet. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Nov 18, 2020•49 min•Ep. 19
Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1995 film Die Hard with a Vengeance. They agree about the first half of this movie, how this movie takes a swing at social issues the other sequels do not, and discuss how bizarre and dumb it is that a New York police officer and a civilian go to Canada to solve a crime. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Nov 13, 2020•47 min•Ep. 18
Listen as Mike and Tom discuss Die Hard 2: Die Harder. They discuss how the band is back together and the magical number of secondary characters in this movie, just how melodramatic this movie is and if it works, and how this movie fails at times and does everything you expect it to but still works to bring you a roaring good time. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Nov 09, 2020•47 min•Ep. 17
Listen as hosts Michael Shantz and Tom Steward painstakingly rank the Die Hard series. They discuss how difficult it is to rank the first three sequels, agree completely where the fifth sequel should be, and agree that on any other day their rankings could be in a different order. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Nov 06, 2020•19 min•Ep. 16
Happy Halloween! Listen as Mike and Tom each pitch a sequel to the Psycho series. Tom pitches a sequel called PSYCH0 (That's a zero, not an O) to the original film that is simultaneously a prequel to the current sequels. Mike pitches a Psycho V time jump sequel that speaks to Psycho IV: The Beginning's inability to actually end the series. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Oct 31, 2020•25 min•Ep. 15
Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1990 sequel Psycho IV: The Beginning. They talk about how this movie wants to be two different movies, the wisdom of having your main character talk on the phone for over an hour, how in the world Mrs. Bates became a sexpot and how much the filmmakers wanted to end this series... or did they? Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Oct 26, 2020•46 min•Ep. 14
Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1986 sequel Psycho III. They discuss the overt religious aspects of this movie, Anthony Perkins ability as a director, the multiple personalities of Jeff Fahey's character Duke and how happy they are to see Norman stuffing birds again. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Oct 21, 2020•47 min•Ep. 13
Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1983 film Psycho II. It will be no surprise to listeners that they will disagree about this movie as they talk about Norman being released in Ronald Reagan's America, they debate over how easy it is to clean up bodies, the wisdom in sending a murderer back to his murder house, how great a dirtbag Dennis Franz is and if the movie's director, Richard Franklin, fantastically combined the current slasher films style with the style of 50's horror movies or if he jus...
Oct 16, 2020•49 min•Ep. 12
Listen as Mike and Tom bring you the Psycho series for October. They once again disagree as they rank the sequels from best to worst and declare each movie as either good or bad. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami
Oct 12, 2020•22 min•Ep. 11
Listen as Mike and Tom hash out Another Stakeout. They discuss how the movie quits after the first five minutes, how the lead actors have seemingly lost their chemistry, the wisdom in adding Rosie O'Donnell and a dog and they both pitch a couple of mighty sequels for the Another sequels. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Oct 05, 2020•43 min•Ep. 10
Listen as Mike and Tom discuss Another 48 HRS. They talk about this movie starting as a western, the ever-present racism of movies from this era and how they both think this movie just squeaks by to be considered good... mostly because the sight of a motorcycle jumping through boobs on a movie screen simply makes it so. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Sep 30, 2020•45 min•Ep. 9
Listen to Mike and Tom discuss Back to the Future III. They disagree about the nature of this particular western, completely agree about the last five minutes to this movie and solve the mystery as to who in the hell Needles is and how his relevance is finally revealed in the final minutes of this otherwise fun film. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Sep 21, 2020•42 min•Ep. 8
Listen as Mike and Tom discuss Back to the Future II. They discuss how in the world Tom describes number two as a bad movie but ranks it above three which he admits is a good movie, how they disagree about the worth of seeing scenes from the original movie from new vantage points and how every character seems to not notice what is happening quite loudly directly behind them. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford He...
Sep 16, 2020•40 min•Ep. 7
Listen as Mike and Tom argue about the value of Jaws: The Revenge. They discuss why Tom puts this movie ahead of Jaws 2 in his ranking, the value of putting Ellen Brody in the center of the story, the fact that a shark travels from Amity to the Bahamas, that the script included a deleted story line of voodoo and exactly how good a bad movie can be. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Sep 09, 2020•39 min•Ep. 6
Listen to Mike and Tom actually agree that Jaws 3-D is a good movie. They talk about the magical performance of Lou Gossett Jr., the perfect amount of nonsense that makes this movie fun to watch, and the pros and cons of the 3-D and the, count them, two great white sharks in this movie. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Sep 04, 2020•43 min•Ep. 5
Listen as Mike and Tom discuss 1978's Jaws 2, the sequel to the massive, runaway hit to the first summer blockbuster, the original Jaws. They discuss how the town has learned no lessons from the first movie, disagree as to whether or not this is the best of the sequels, what an amazing on screen drunk Roy Scheider is and if this shark, in fact, kills Abraham Lincoln. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sa...
Aug 31, 2020•38 min•Ep. 4
Listen to Mike and Tom try to make sense of Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. They discuss the reemergence of Gene Hackman and Margot Kidder, along with the inexplicable reemergence of the toxic date rape kiss. They also discuss the clear lack of money spent on this sequel, how Christopher Reeve contributed to the screenplay and the strange choice to finally show Clark Kent's apartment and his apparent fandom for both college and football pennants. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki...
Aug 21, 2020•47 min•Ep. 3
Listen to Mike and Tom discuss why they both think Superman III is a good movie. They talk about the lack of Lois Lane, bringing in new cast members, and their favorite fight scene in the series as well as the quirky weirdness of this sequel and why it works for both of them. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Aug 19, 2020•40 min•Ep. 2
Listen as hosts Michael Shantz and Tom Steward discuss Superman II. They hash out why this movie starts with ten minutes of the original Superman, discuss the great work of the actors in this sequel, and how and why Superman can be a bit of a carless jerk. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...
Aug 17, 2020•49 min•Ep. 1
Introducing The Everything Sequel Podcast. Listen to creator Tom Steward and host Michael Shantz discuss what you can expect when listening to The Everything Sequel Podcast, including why starting with the Superman series is the perfect choice. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami
Aug 16, 2020•12 min
