Sequelcast 2 and Friends

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the career of the recently departed comedian, singer, actor, and podcaster Gilbert Gottfried. School wasn't a great fit for him, but comedy was as Gilbert started performing sets as a teenager. After being a cast member on the infamous 1980 season of Saturday Night Live, Gottfried continued to get notices stealing scenes in films includ...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, BJ, and special guest Nathan P. Butler (author of A Saga on Home Video: A Fan's Guide to U.S. Star Wars Home Video Releases) discuss Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith. A man kills children because he doesn't want his wife to die. Writer-director George Lucas had a lot of heavy lifting to do in this conclusion to the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, and it sh...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, BJ, and special guest Rudie Obias (freelancer writer for Mental Floss) discuss Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones. A whiny teenager massacres a village while professing his love to an older woman. The lowest grossing of the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones takes place a handful of years after Star Wars Episode I The P...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and BJ discuss Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace. A young boy is surrendered by his mother to older men with other plans. An infamous entry in what's now dubbed The Skywalker Saga (thanks Disney!), Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace was George Lucas' first return to the director's chair in over two decades and it shows. While we get some pretty solid...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV. The Toxic Avenger fights his evil clone from an alternate dimension, The Noxious Avenger. A bit overlong, this entry revels in the gross Troma aesthetic. Stan Lee narrates the opening montage with a gleeful twinkle in his eyes as this soft reboot proclaims this is the "true sequel" to the original. F...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the career of the recently retired Bruce Willis. After being a bartender, Bruce's charm landed him some roles as an extra before he shot off to TV superstardom with four seasons of Moonlighting. Despite starting off in comedic roles, he was cast in the lead of Die Hard, one of the most iconic action movies ever made. A mixture of action...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie. Back in Tromaville, Toxie becomes a corporate shill and battles a force of evil mankind has been fighting for decades.  The Toxic Avenger III is more heavily plotted than its predecessor to its detriment. After an inspiring opening battle in a video rental store, the leaden...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss The Toxic Avenger Part II. After learning his father lives in Tokyo, the Toxic Avenger travels to the Land of the Rising Sun to reunite with him. Meanwhile, Tromaville is left open to attack from the evil Apocalypse corporation.  After huge video sales of the original, Lloyd Kaufman put a sequel to Toxic Avenger in production. So m...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Jersey Jason do audio commentaries for the pilot episodes of The Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters. After over a dozen years, it's the first time the original Sequelcast trio has been in the same room to do an episode of the podcast together.  Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the HyperX Podcast Network. Follow the show on Twitter @Sequelca...

Host Mat Bradley-Tschirgi interviews podcaster Joe Scott about his hit show Downlowd: The Rise and Fall of Harry Knowles and Ain't It Cool News . A multi-part look at early online Internet culture through the lens of the infamous film website AICN, Scott's series preserves Internet history while providing context.  Joe and Mat discuss how misinterpretations of South Park led to the rise of ed...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss The Toxic Avenger. A nerd falls into a vat of toxic waste and turns into the first superhero from New Jersey.  Troma's first real big hit, The Toxic Avenger combines comedy, gore, and action into an entertaining mix. A few action scenes drag on too long, but otherwise the story keeps things simple with a revenge plot and a sympathe...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss The Matrix Resurrections. A new crew of hackers team up in the Matrix to decipher why Neo and Trinity have come back to life.  After being a dead franchise apart from some video games and comics here and there, The Matrix Resurrections is a rather strong return to form. Corporate office satire and action collide to mix effect. Whil...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster, the final American Tail film to date. A scary monster terrifies mice all around New York. An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster has too much going on. The supernatural elements of the monster feels removed from a relatively grounded series to date, and the newspaper subplo...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island; this is the third film in the series and the first of two direct-to-video entries. A mouse helps find a treasure in Manhattan Island, but other mice have less than proper ideas as to its use. An understandably lower budget fare than the first two flicks, An American Tail: The Treasure...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss An American Tail: Fievel Goes West. First, Mat interviews Flint Dille, the screenwriter of the film. In the discussion of the film, the gang talks to Bryan Auer, host of Chat of the Wild, a Legend of Zelda themed podcast. Poor Fievel ends up traveling out west to become a cowboy, er, cowmouse. More of a comedy action piece than the sent...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss An American Tail, an animated feature film from 1986. A mouse gets lost in New York City in the middle of his family's immigration to the United States. He also sings songs. Former Disney animator Don Bluth directs this box office smash loosely inspired by Steven Spielberg's grandfather's experience of coming to America. Earnest to a po...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Doctor Sleep, the long awaited sequel to The Shining.  Danny Torrance conquers his alcoholism, but can he conquer the Overlook? Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the HyperX Podcast Network. Follow the show on Twitter @Sequelcast2 Listen to Marc with a C's music podcast Discography Buy Mat's books (Podcast You Nerd!, The Films of...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the third and final episode of the 1997 TV miniseries of Stephen King's The Shining. Jack Torrance dives fully into madness as his wife and child try to escape alive.  Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the HyperX Podcast Network. Follow the show on Twitter @Sequelcast2 Listen to Marc with a C's music podcast Discography Buy Mat's...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the second episode of the 1997 TV miniseries of Stephen King's The Shining. The hotel they are house sitting for the winter is revealing more of its cursed secrets. Jack Torrance veers between relapsing back into being an alcoholic and arguing with his wife.  Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the HyperX Podcast Network. Follow th...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the first episode of the 1997 TV miniseries of Stephen King's The Shining. Even for a Stephen King miniseries, this first episode of The Shining has a lot of exposition. Its resistance to jump straight to horror shows the slower build and more contemplative approach this version takes.  Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the Green...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the career and life of Norm Macdonald.  Starting comedy at an early age, Norm worked his way to the Weekend Update desk at Saturday Night Live. A comedian who enjoyed bombing onstage and long jokes, Macdonald was axed from SNL over telling too many O.J. Simpson jokes. After writing and starring in Dirty Work, directed by his friend...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the original movie of The Shining. Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, and Danny Lloyd.  An adaptation of one of Stephen King's earlier novels, The Shining focuses on more supernatural elements than quiet character moments. Impressive set design and iconic scenes help smooth over a somewhat slow pace at times...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss the original version of King's Quest. Developed originally for the IBM PC Jr., this was Sierra's first game with the AGI engine that allowed players to control their avatar (in this case, Graham) with a keyboard or joystick. Users still had to use a text parser to type in commands.  While King's Quest is simple with its "fetch me 3 items" quest,...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher interview Ken Williams about the history of his successful computer game company Sierra On-Line. Responsible for King's Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Space Quest, Quest for Glory, and many other beloved game series, Sierra On-Line cultivated a passionate fanbase while pushing the bleeding edge of technology with sound cards, CD-ROM drives, and full-motion video...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the second film of the Suicide Squad duology. Bad guys help a rogue group destroy evidence of an experimental laboratory. Starring Pete Davidson, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, Margot Robbie & Will Smith. The Suicide Squad goes for a more comedic bent than its predecessor. After an opening that misleads viewers, the plot starts in earnest...