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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

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2009 sequel The Twilight Saga: New Moon. You'll hear them debate the story problems that exist in a story with no story, how Shantz laments the Three's Company level misunderstanding at the center of the film, and why this series allows its characters to make such enormous assumptions. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Sep 06, 20211 hr 6 minEp. 87

The Twilight Series Ranking

Listen as Mike and Tom rank and declare for the Twilight series. You'll hear whether it's Mike or Tom who thinks this entire series is good, which movie they both agree is the best by far, and how Michael Sheen fits into their criteria for deciding on each movie's worth. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Sep 03, 202145 minEp. 86

2010: The Year We Make Contact with special guest Pete the Retailer

Listen as Mike and Tom are joined by special guest Pete the Retailer from Star Wars Minute to talk about the 1984 sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact. You'll hear why Pete wanted to do this movie with us, what we all think about this sequel, the number of great actors in the film, and whether or not the only thing this sequel suffers from is not being the original. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather S...

Aug 30, 20211 hr 40 minEp. 85

The Naked Gun Series Pitch a Sequel

Listen as Mike and Tom pitch sequels to the Naked Gun Series. You'll hear Mike's pitch for The Naked Gun 44 1/4 Magnum: The Clean Off, exactly how Mike includes Nancy Pelosi in his pitch, Tom's pitch for Naked Gun 4.0: The Future is Later, and exactly how much Harrison Ford is included in his pitch. You decide which you like best dear listeners. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Aug 23, 202138 minEp. 84

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1994 sequel Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult. You'll hear us discuss the varied and terrible tragedies surrounding this movie and the cast, what the film considers to be funny and if it is actually funny, and if we'll ever see a sequel Fred Ward is actually perfect for. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Aug 18, 20211 hr 15 minEp. 83

The Naked Gun 2 1/2

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1991 sequel The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear. You'll hear how much they both love this movie, what a fantastic joke hit rate exists for the film, the runner jokes they have, and muse about their favorite jokes from this sequel. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Aug 13, 20211 hr 10 minEp. 82

The Naked Gun Series Ranking

Listen as Mike and Tom rank and declare for The Naked Gun series. You'll hear them discuss the ease with which they will rank these movies, whether or not it was difficult for them to declare, and they may even decide if one of these films is better than the original. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Aug 09, 202134 minEp. 81

The Dark Knight Series Pitch a Sequel

Listen as Mike and Tom pitch sequels to The Dark Knight series. You'll hear their ideas for the next villain in the series, whether or not Joseph Gordon-Levitt can fill the shoes of Batman, and whether or not he should even be Batman. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami

Aug 02, 202136 minEp. 80

The Dark Knight Rises

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2012 sequel The Dark Knight Rises. You'll hear them discuss their declarations that this movie is bad, exactly what's wrong with this film, how much is too much weeping from Michael Caine, and how it may be a good idea on paper to see how much damage Batman has received physically but how bad an idea that is practically for a superhero story. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford ...

Jul 28, 20211 hr 10 minEp. 79

The Dark Knight

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2008 sequel The Dark Knight. You'll hear them discuss the performance of Heath Ledger, exactly how great they thought this movie was the first time they saw it, and how great they believe it is now. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami

Jul 23, 20211 hr 11 minEp. 78

The Dark Knight Series Ranking

Listen as Mike and Tom rank and declare for The Dark Knight series. You'll hear how easy they find to rank these movies, the difficulty they have in declaring for these movies, and how each of them didn't realize exactly what they thought of the final film in the series until this rewatch. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Jul 19, 202141 minEp. 77

Batman Series Pitch a Sequel

Listen as Mike and Tom pitch a sequel to the 1990's Batman series. You'll hear how much Mike and Tom liked the first two movies in this series as they both include Selina Kyle in their pitches, how thrilled Mike was with his pitch until he remembered he stole plot points from Batman Begins, and how Tom includes a Batman retirement in his pitch. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Jul 09, 202133 minEp. 76

Batman and Robin

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1997 sequel Batman and Robin. You'll hear Tom be the only person in the world to stick up for this movie, how Tom begins to sway Mike as they discuss this topic more in depth, and whether or not an audience can complain about a movie being ridiculous if the move's only goal was to be ridiculous. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Jul 05, 20211 hr 25 minEp. 75

Batman Forever

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1995 sequel Batman Forever. You'll hear them discuss how much this franchise has dropped since the Tim Burton movies, how much Tommy Lee Jones doesn't want to be in this movie, and whether or not a Batman movie can be good with Robin in it. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Jun 30, 20211 hr 29 minEp. 74

Batman Returns

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1992 sequel Batman Returns. You'll hear the degree to which they both love this film, how Tim Burton was unleashed for this movie, how Batmanless the movie may be and why that works, and just how much this movie managed to do right where other superhero movie fail. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Jun 25, 20211 hr 31 minEp. 73

Batman Series Ranking Minisode

Listen as Mike and Tom rank and declare for the original Batman series. You'll hear how easily Mike decides on his ranking and declarations, the degree to which Tom struggles, and how this leads to a discussion about terrible movies that may be successful on their own terms. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Jun 21, 202146 minEp. 72

The 1982 Single Sequels Pitch a Sequel (With special guest host Matthew Aldrich, co-writer of Coco)

Listen as Mike and Tom pitch sequels with special guest host Matthew Aldrich, co-writer of Coco. You'll hear which movie or movies they decide to pitch sequels to, how they poke holes in their own each other's ideas, and why Matt is a professional screenwriter working in Hollywood today. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Jun 14, 202151 minEp. 71

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (With special guest host Matthew Aldrich, co-writer of Coco)

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1982 sequel Halloween III: Season of the Witch with special guest host Matthew Aldrich, co-writer of Coco. You'll hear Tom vehemently defend this movie, Matt vehemently rail against this movie, and Mike will tell Tom why he thinks Tom loves it so much. In addition, they'll discuss the value of Tom Atkins and the lack of value of his character Dr. Daniel Challis. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldr...

Jun 11, 20211 hr 36 minEp. 70

Piranah II: The Spawning, with special guest host Matthew Aldrich, co-writer of Coco

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1982 sequel Piranha II: The Spawning with special guest host Matthew Aldrich. You'll hear how each of them were surprised to love this movie as much as they did, whether or not James Cameron actually directed this movie and how much Cameron you see in the movie, as well as every weird aspect of this strangely delicious movie. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Jun 07, 20211 hr 37 minEp. 69

Airplane 2: The Sequel (With special guest host Matthew Aldrich, co-writer of Coco)

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1982 sequel Airplane II: The Sequel with special guest host, Matthew Aldrich, co-writer of Coco. You'll hear the extent to which all three of us did not like this movie, the sin of recycling jokes from your first movie, and the extent to which the Finkleman effect affected this movie. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Jun 02, 20211 hr 38 minEp. 68

Grease 2 (With special guest host Matthew Aldrich, co-writer of Coco)

Listen as Mike, Tom, and special guest host Matthew Aldrich, co-writer of Coco discuss the 1982 sequel Grease 2. You'll hear why Mike and Matt list this movie at the top of the 1982 sequels, why the messiness works for the movie, and how the end makes Matt thankful for finally getting a Grease sequel that works. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

May 28, 20211 hr 34 minEp. 67

1982 Single Sequels Ranking (With Special Guest Host Matthew Aldrich, Co-Writer of Coco)

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1982 single sequels with special guest host Matthew Aldrich, co-writer of Coco. You'll hear the difference between Tom's opinion compared to the rest of the group, why we're including Piranha II: The Spawing and Halloween III: Season of the Witch in this grouping, and Matt's overall opinion on whether or not these movies are good. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Saha...

May 24, 202147 minEp. 66

Rambo Series Pitch a Sequel

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss pitch yet another sequel to for the Rambo series. You'll hear Mike try to bring the series back to it's roots and Tom tries to see the ending of Rambo: Last Blood not go to waste with his pitch. Good times. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami

May 17, 202134 minEp. 65

Rambo: Last Blood

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2019 sequel Rambo: Last Blood. They discuss exactly how much of a hot mess this movie is, the extent to the central characters PTSD, the problems the film creates surrounding race, and ponder why in the world Stallone decided to make another film. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

May 14, 20211 hr 10 minEp. 64

Rambo

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2008 sequel Rambo. You'll hear Tom defend the film as good, Mike waver but explain why he thinks it's bad, and how they both feel this would have been a movie that created a reasonable end for the character had they not decided to make another movie. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

May 10, 20211 hr 22 minEp. 63

Rambo III

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1988 sequel Rambo III. You'll hear them talk about how this movie has turned into a full blown comedy, how Tom managed to drop this movie from his top spot while Mike managed to evolve from hating to loving this film, and the extent to which this movie has not aged well by including a dedication to the mujahideen as part of the closing credits. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankfor...

May 05, 20211 hr 18 minEp. 62

Rambo: First Blood Part II

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1985 sequel Rambo: First Blood Part II. You'll hear them discuss exactly how 80's and Reaganite this movie is, the greatness of Charles Napier, whether or not Sly Stallone is a good or bad actor, and how this movie manages to hit the bullseye when nothing about it should have worked. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Apr 30, 20211 hr 12 minEp. 61

Rambo Series Ranking Minisode

Listen as Mike and Tom rank the Rambo series and declare each movie as good or bad. You'll hear how incredibly close they are in their decisions for this series, how deep their wells for loving Stallone are, and how these sequels can be split into two different categories. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Apr 26, 202141 minEp. 60

Harry Potter Series Pitch a Sequel Minisode

Listen as Mike and Tom pitch sequels to the Harry Potter series. You'll hear Mike tell Tom his plan for the first installment of at least nineteen more years of Harry Potter sequels, Tom's lack of enthusiasm for that idea and his own pitch, and the value of the Harry Potter series in general. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Apr 21, 202135 minEp. 59

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2011 sequel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. You'll hear them talk about how this movie consists of a total of six scenes, Tom's insistence that this movie does not consist of enough to be a whole movie, and both their thoughts on the nineteen years later scene. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate Lampe Daniel Prudhoe Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami...

Apr 19, 20211 hr 16 minEp. 58
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