Duel of the Greats

The guys wrap up season four with a multide of discussions including an official tie breaker to see whether the originals or sequals wins out in the final count, as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids goes head to head to head with Honey, I Blew Up The Kid. FInd out who wins and whats in store for season 5! Listen and find out! Subscribe and Rate us on Podcast Services! iTunes – Spotify – iHeart  – Amazon –...

It’s the final week and we have a special show for you all! This whole season we’ve taken original films and pitted them against their sequels. Generally, if there’s more than one sequel, the quality will often go downhill. Or at least that was historically the case. The case before the Toy Story movies got on the scene, which is what we’ll be discussing this week! But inst...

Do you like scary movies? Cause we certainly do this season. Our second original vs. sequel pairing for horror movies (or third if you count Alien as many do), includes the quintessential 90’s horror series: Scream! Steve takes on the responsibility of defending the original Scream that kickd off an entirely new generation of slasher films that lasted more than a decade. And Jeff gets the ho...

In our most recent original vs. sequel pairing, we have a couple of movies that many of you know very well and are part of one of the biggest franchises in history: Batman. This week we take a look at the Christopher Nolan reboot Batman Begins and it’s revolutionary sequel The Dark Knight.  Nate gets to defend the start of the reboot series with Batman Begins. And opposing him will be Steve...

In space nobody can hear you scream about which movie is better, the original or the sequel. Luckily, we’re not in space, we’re on a podcast and you get to hear us argue about which is better between the first two films in the Alien franchise: Alien and Aliens.  Jeff will defend the original that started it off with Ridley Scott’s Alien (which we discussed in season 1 if you want...

We have such sights to show you! Err, tell you. You know what we’re trying to say. Or at least you will with this episode as we take on one of the greatest original and sequel runs for a horror movie franchise in history. This week we look at Clive Barker’s legendary Hellraiser and compare with Hellbound: Hellraiser II.  As the resident horror nut, Jeff gets to the be the judge as Stev...

What’s that? You want to know what movies we’re discussing this week? The Moose our front should have told ya! Cause it’s a beaut, Clark! That’s right, we’re doing one of the best original and sequel comedies in history, National Lampoon’s Vacation will go up against National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation!  Nate will get the honor of defending the one that...

AHHHHH! It’s here! Another one of the “gotta have it this season” originals vs sequels comes in the form of Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. One might ask themselves how you could possibly build on the success of a runaway hit like Home Alone? Well, that’s what we’re here to answer! Jeff will defend the original Home Alone as being better but Steve will argue that L...

After one of the most epic showdowns of last week, we have another one today. One of the greatest animated films of all time and one of the greatest animated sequels of all time will face off this week when Shrek goes up against Shrek 2! Nate gets to advocate for the original Shrek while Steve takes the reigns of defending Shrek 2. Will the fairy tale like story and introduction of some of the mos...

This is the week that we’re sure many of you have been waiting for. When the idea of “original vs. sequel” comes up one of the biggest examples that comes to mind is one of the first to ever enter the conversation: Star Wars: A New Hope vs. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes back. One of the most successful franchises in history and two of the best sci-fi movies will duke it out to see who takes it hom...

We’re riding into the danger zone this week! Or do we have the need for speed? Either way, we’re Tom Cruise-running our way into this weeks episode which introduces our first Legacy Sequel of the season as we pit together Top Gun vs. Top Gun Maverick.  Tom Cruise came back to reprise his role as Maverick more than 3 decades after the original. Almost the entire cast and crew around him was switche...

Week three is here and we have a good one! After two weeks of the original taking the win, will a sequel finally be able to break through? This week is as good of a chance as any with the epic films of The Terminator and the Terminator 2: Judgment Day. This will be the first week in which there is a clear difference between budget and production values between the first and second movie. As we lai...

After the heaviness of last weeks episode, we take on a little bit lighter duo of films The Father of the Bride and The Father of the Bride Part II. Two hilarious movies starring legends of the silver screen Steve Martin and Diane Keaton.  We have a reversal of last weeks advocators with Nate taking on the original The Father of the Bride and Jeff defending The Father of the Bride Part II. Will th...

We’re back, baby! Season 4 is upon us! We’ve done director vs. director (twice!). We’ve done doppelganger vs. doppelganger. So what’s next? Original vs. sequel, of course! The long held tradition of arguing whether the first or second movie is better has been co-opted for this season and our NEW title: Deux of the Greats! Our first dual of the Deux is two of not only the greatest movie and sequel...

Special episode alert! In recognition of the coming series of no less than 7 days in which we celebrate the fish known as sharks we have decided to give a double dose of off-season episodes! And this episode serves dual purposes (see what I did there?). It’s a preview for our S4 topic of “movie vs sequel” and it’s also a commemoration of the Jaws franchise which is celebrating its 50th...

Special episode alert! In recognition of the coming series of no less than 7 days in which we celebrate the fish known as sharks we have decided to give a double dose of off-season episodes! And this episode serves dual purposes (see what I did there?). It’s a preview for our S4 topic of “movie vs sequel” and it’s also a commemoration of the Jaws franchise which is celebrating its 50th...

It’s the final week! Or is it? The outcome will decide if we have to go an extra week or not. And what could possibly be better than to have two epic crossover movies: Freddy vs. Jason goes up against Alien vs Predator! The history of crossover movies goes way back to at least 1962 when we got our very first Godzilla vs Kong movies. And they all lead to this!  Two of the greatest slasher vil...

Ghosts have always been a fascination of the human mind. What could cause a spirit to linger? What need is there for them to remain with us instead of going to the great beyond? And is it possible to make contact with these spirits and aid them in their passing? The Sixth Sense and Stir of Echoes are two movies that came out a month apart and seek to answer these questions.  Both movies deal with...

Planes can be good fodder for a solid thriller film. Everyone is confined to a tight space. They are in the air. And there’s always the pesky issue if needing somebody to fly the damn things!  All of these factors come into play in this week’s dual/duel where Executive Decision and Air Force One face off! Which movie was the better thriller? Which had better action scenes? Which one ha...

Who doesn’t love a good magic trick? Illusions! They’re illusions! And they can consume the lives of those who dedicate themselves to the craft.  The Prestige follows two magicians in a years long battle to our-do each other. As they both slowly succumb to their own obsessions what will be the cost? The Illusionist follows a magician who finds his childhood love after decades apart and...

Do you remember what it was like to play baseball as a kid? It was like magic. A game of endless entertainment and dreams. That’s what our two movies this week tap into.  Rookie of the Year is about Henry Rowengartner,a boy who gets injured only to discover this let’s him throw a fastball hard enough to join the Chicago Cubs where he learns about himself, his family, and how maybe he j...

Do you want to break free? Wake up? See how far down this rabbit hole goes? Then this is the episode for you. Two men fight for their place in a world they didn’t know wasn’t real in The Matrix and Dark City.  Something was in the air around the time of 1998 and it caused people to wonder if we were gonna be captured by the system or if we could break free. Both movies take this questi...

Skin that smokewagon! It’s western week here on this season of Dual of the Greats! And of course we have the famous battle of Wyatt Earp vs Tombstone. Both movies tackle the legend of the man himself but in entirely different ways.  Will Wyatt Earps depiction of the titular characters entire life make it the better movie. Or will the narrower focus on the events that happened in Tombstone ma...

You asked, we answered! After multiple requests and mentions about it we have decided to include the “dual” of White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen.  We have stepped outside our “normally scheduled programming” to bring you this episode. Which movie handled the “President is kidnapped” plot better? Listen and find out. This one’s for the fans! Subscribe and Rate us on Podcast Services! iT...

From the time of “When Harry Met Sally” many rom-coms have tried to figure out whether men and women can be “just friends.” But something was in the air in 2011 that had people wondering if they could be *only* be more than friends? Instead of wondering if a relationship could be had without the physical it’s whether a relationship could be had with only the physical.  This is the question t...