The Everything Sequel Podcast

Listen as The Everything Sequel Podcast presents the new podcast The 1982 Project. This week, hosts Michael Shantz and Matthew Aldrich discuss three more macho movies from 1982. You'll hear them discuss Conan the Barbarian, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn and Death Wish II. You'll find out which of these three movies they like the least, the nice things they have to say about Ricardo Montalban and...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1973 Dirty Harry sequel Magnum Force. You'll hear why both hosts find this sequel at the top of their lists for the series, discussions as to how enamored we are with the direction of Ted Post, and an acknowledgement of the deep bench of character actors working in this film. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle St...

This is the second to last episode of this podcast you'll find on The Everything Sequel feed. After that you can find us wherever you get your podcasts by searching for The 1982 Project! This week your hosts Michael Shantz and Matthew Aldrich discuss The Macho Grande movies. You'll hear Part 1 as they discuss the Stallone films Rocky III and First Blood. Listen for which host has a major problem w...

Listen as Mike and Tom rank and declare for the Dirty Harry series. You'll hear if they have the same movie at the top of their list, which of the movies they fundamentally disagree on, and the one movie they both think should be at the bottom of the list. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather Saham...

If you're a fan of the Everything Sequel Podcast then you know co-host Michael Shantz has teamed with guest Matthew Aldrich for a new adventure in which they look at the movies from 1982. You'll hear the first two episodes on our feed but can find all our episodes at The 1982 Project. This first episode we introduce ourselves and the podcast so listen and enjoy! Thanks to our monthly supporters Ma...

Listen as Michael Shantz and Matt Aldrich tackle the coming of age films from 1982. You'll hear what they have to say about Fast Times at Ridgemont High, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, and Diner, which of the movies you can still watch guilt free and which of them were surprisingly problematic. You can find our episodes by searching for The 1982 Project so go ahead and do that. Thanks to our monthly...

Listen as Mike and Tom are joined by screenwriter Matthew Aldrich to pitch sequels to the Poltergeist series. You'll hear which of us found it was easy to craft a pitch once they gave up, who picks suburbia, who picks a farm, and who picks Chicago to set their stories in, and how many of the pitches involve Tom Skerritt. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andre...

Listen to Mike and Tom discuss the 1988 sequel with Poltergeist III with special guest, screenwriter Matthew Aldrich, the co-writer of Coco. We discuss the myriad of things wrong with this sequel, why there are still the bones of an okay horror movie here, and the sad and disappointing manner in which this final sequel treats the actors who had passed away in real life. Thanks to our monthly suppo...

Mike and Tom discuss the 1986 sequel Poltergeist II: The Other Side with Matthew Aldrich, screenwriter and co-writer of Coco. You'll hear repeated questions as to why the character of Taylor is in this movie, how it came to pass that everyone considers this a cursed movie when the producers actually hired an actor with stomach cancer, and what happens when we go to the other side. The answer is di...

Listen as Mike and Tom are joined for a second time by screenwriter Matthew Aldrich, co-writer of Coco, to rank and declare for the Poltergeist series. You'll hear whether or not they can all agree which of these sequels is the best sequel, if any your hosts can officially declare one of these movies as good, and a test of Mike's movie memory. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate...

Listen as Mike and Tom pitch sequels to the Blade series. You'll hear whether or not they finally find each other's titles acceptable this time around, who is transplanting the series to New York, and which of us resurrects Whistler for their pitch. 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 2004 sequel Blade: Trinity. You'll hear about the many problems both your hosts have with this third installment in the Blade series, the problems we have with the latest Scooby gang working with Blade this time, pondering about David S. Goyer's work as director on this film, and a discussion about vampire boners. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2002 sequel Blade II. You'll hear the questions Tom has for Mike regarding the first Blade movie, the different layers Tom sees within the film, and what we think works about this first sequel in the Blade series. 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 rank and declare for the Blade series. You'll hear which of these two movies was an easy choice for your hosts to pick at the top spot, whether we wrestle at all on if either of the sequels are good, and exactly why Tom loves Wesley Snipes so much as an actor when he seems to hate everyone else.  Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew...

Listen as Mike and Tom pitch sequels to the Bill and Ted series. You'll hear the title Mike comes up with specifically to bother Tom, whether we choose to go in-between the two existing sequels or continue of from Face the Music, and whether or not one of us or both of us bring back Station from Bogus Journey. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle St...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2020 sequel Bill and Ted Face the Music. You'll hear why we think this long awaited sequel falls short of it's predecessors, how many problems Tom has with the title, what Mike's problem is with the ending of the movie, and who wins between the two hosts in a battle of old man get off my lawn comments. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Dani...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1991 sequel Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. You'll hear how impressed your two hosts are by this film, which line from this is one of Tom's all time favorites from a film comedy, and how much we admire the embarrassment of riches this movie has in character actors. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Mat...

Listen as Mike and Tom rank and declare for the Bill and Ted series. You'll hear if there's a consensus between us that one of these movies is better than the other, which of us fell in love with one of these sequels, and whether we agree or disagree with the critics and their reviews of the films. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Ma...

Listen as Mike and Tom pitch sequels to some 1993 single sequels. You'll hear which sequels your hosts try to pitch for, which actors Tom would recast Weekend at Bernie's with,  how many follow up questions Tom has for Mike's title, and how impressed Mike is that one of Tom's pitches has an actual structured narrative. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew...

Listen to a classic episode of the 1993 sequel Another Stakeout. You'll hear us mostly compare this movie to Another 48hrs, how much of the movie we did not like, and the one scene we really did like which involves an ice cream sandwich. Listen to it before we air our last movie in the 1993 single sequels series coming out this Friday! Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Danie...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1993 sequel Weekend at Bernie's II. You'll hear why they think this movie is so bad that it's good, how their minds explode when they realize this movie must take place in the 80's, and exactly how chilling this film can be when compared to some of the scariest horror films ever made. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1993 sequel Hot Shots Part Deux. You'll hear why Mike ranks this movie above Wayne's World 2 and the scene from the beginning of the movie that won him over, what your fearless podsters think about some of the performances in this film, and musings over the hit rate of jokes and the movies this sequel is referencing. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vick...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1993 sequel Wayne's World 2. You'll hear what an unabashed fan of this movie Tom is, the few minor problems Mike has with the film, and constant gushing about what works in the movie and Mike Myers himself. 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 rank and declare for the 1993 single sequels. You'll hear which movies we're including for the series and which movies we aren't, whether we agree or disagree about the top and the bottom of our lists, and if we've found the one movie we both can agree is so bad that it's good. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1991 sequel Mannequin: On the Move with Lady Chu from the How Dare You Podcast. You'll hear whether or not this sequel actually has a number in it's title, a discussion as to whether there really is a mannequin in this movie, our dislike of the German beefcake characters, and why despite all of that, this movie is still kinda fun. Thanks to our monthly supporters...