The Everything Sequel Podcast

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 L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami

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...

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 polit...

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 L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami

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 L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami

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 ed...

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 L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matthew A...

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 L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve W...

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 L Daniel Prudhoe Andr...

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 Mat...

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 L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami

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 L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Mat...

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 L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matth...

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 L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve W...

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 L Daniel Pr...

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 L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edwa...

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 L D...

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 L Daniel Prudhoe...

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 L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford...

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, fant...

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 L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Sahami

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 L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matthew Aldri...

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 L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew...

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 L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pa...

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...