Sequelisers

It's time to tackle a titan of telling tall tales...but don't worry, we're not suddenly a play or poetry podcast. This week, we're talking about the different types of adaptations of The Bard's work (including some of our favourites) that we've seen across the history of cinema. Patreon: patreon.com/sequelisers Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel W...

The Eon Productions' James Bond canon is far too vast to cover in one episode, so we split them down the middle. In this first part we will address the films of Sean Connery, George Lazenby and Roger Moore. Check out our various rewards and tiers: www.patreon.com/sequelisers Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choi...

How much can you tell about a film from its opening titles? Depending on the film, an awful lot. Join us as we delve into how titles have evolved over the history of cinema, and pick out a few of our favourite examples. You can find our picks in a YouTube playlist here, although be aware that Enter The Void contains flashing images unsuitable for people with epilepsy and similar conditions: http:/...

This week, we're going to cheer you (and ourselves) up with some of our favourite feel-good movies. And some of them are unexpected and unusual! We also discuss what makes a film "feel-good" as well as some of the popular choices. Sponsor: Stitcher Premium https://www.stitcher.com/premium Promo code: SEQUELISERS Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel...

With Prequelisers behind us, it's time to return to our interseason content. And what better way to open than our regular feature: Sequel We'd Like To See. This week, we're addressing our thoughts and ideas for what a Hellboy III could have looked like. Check out our various rewards and tiers: www.patreon.com/sequelisers Sponsor: Stitcher Premium https://www.stitcher.com/premium Promo code: SEQUEL...

A juggernaut success for both literature and film, the Harry Potter franchise is a behemoth but the two prequels that have currently been released failed to gain the same traction. As it's the season finale, we felt one film wouldn't be realistic. So strap yourselves in for the longest episode to date as we bring you a complete prequel trilogy to fix Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them. Check...

It's time to follow the yellow brick road and...eat an apple until we turn green?! Maybe not... This week's episode is all about fixing one of the worst prequels to an all-time classic - 2013's Oz the Great and Powerful. Sponsor: Stitcher Premium https://www.stitcher.com/premium Promo code: SEQUELISERS Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams L...

We're going straight to DVD hell as we attempt to Sequelise Smokin' Aces 2: Assassin's Ball, the truly terrible prequel to the already muddled Smokin' Aces. Is there any way to turn this film from a potato gun into a .357 Magnum, or will this be less of an assassination and more of a mercy killing? Sponsor: Stitcher Premium https://www.stitcher.com/premium Promo code: SEQUELISERS Twitter: twitter....

Know what's a massive misstep? A college movie for children that can't cover the majority of the usual college hijinks. And yet the fine people at Pixar thought this was a great idea. We did not, so it's time to fix it. Check out our various rewards and tiers: www.patreon.com/sequelisers Sponsor: Stitcher Premium https://www.stitcher.com/premium Promo code: SEQUELISERS Twitter: twitter.com/sequeli...

That's right, this week, we're fixing The Thing. No, not that The Thing, that's a masterpiece! Or that The Thing, he's in the Fantastic Four. At the request of a dear patron, Jonathan Firth-Clark, we're discussing and fixing one of the most unnecessary prequels ever made, The Thing (2011). References: The Things (short story and audio): https://escapepod.org/2011/06/23/ep298-the-things/ Sponsor: S...

It turns out not everything is better down where it's wetter, as we take on another Disney straight-to-video offering and try to improve on 2008's The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning. Who is the knock-off Ursula serving as Ariel's governess? How many different types of terrible dad can King Triton be in one film? And what were Disney thinking when they decided to make this film into Footloose? S...

Get ready for terrible CGI, mid-00s pop stars and lots of yelling - we're Prequelising X-Men Origins: Wolverine. We dive into the murderer's row of bad talent involved behind the scenes, the woefully misused 'Deadpool' and Fox's incomprehensible timeline in our efforts to fix Hugh Jackman's first solo outing. Content warning: the pitch in this episode includes mention of child abuse and sexual ass...

This week, we have the time of our lives in Cuba and fix 2004's Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, the utterly pointless prequel to the 80s classic Dirty Dancing. Sponsor: Stitcher Premium https://www.stitcher.com/premium Promo code: SEQUELISERS Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time to tackle British colonialism with 1979's Zulu Dawn, the completely unnecessary prequel to the highly acclaimed war epic Zulu. Check out our various rewards and tiers: www.patreon.com/sequelisers Sponsor: Stitcher Premium https://www.stitcher.com/premium Promo code: SEQUELISERS Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your...

We couldn't tackle prequels without taking a dip into the Star Wars universe, but it might not be the entry you were expecting - in this episode, we try to fix Solo: A Star Wars Story. From a legendarily messy production to the question of do we really need to see Han Solo's backstory, we've got our work cut out for us here... Sponsor: Stitcher Premium www.stitcher.com/premium Promo code: SEQUELIS...

In the second episode of Prequelisers, we travel all the way back to ancient Greece and tackle a truly terrible prequel (that's also kind of sequel too), 2014's 300: Rise of an Empire. Sponsor: Stitcher Premium https://www.stitcher.com/premium Promo code: SEQUELISERS Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Welcome to season six.. or should we say season one of Prequelisers! In the first episode of our brand new season, we will be taking on one of the most reviled prequels, Prometheus. As chosen by Patron Mike Salvia. Check out our new rewards and tiers: www.patreon.com/sequelisers Sponsor: Stitcher Premium https://www.stitcher.com/premium Promo code: SEQUELISERS Twitter: www.twitter.com/sequelisers...

It's our final inter-season episode ahead of Season Six, but before we can get back to fixing the bad sequels to good movies, we need to examine the oddity that is the Resident Evil franchise. How do these films compare to the games? What happens when you add clones, psychic abilities and amnesia to the zombie genre? And why do these films render Tim unable to form words? Sponsor: Stitcher Premium...

In our penultimate inter-season episode, we talk about our favourite movie monsters from the history of cinema. From King Kong to Cloverfield, The King of Monsters to Stitch and even The Monster Daddy himself, Guillermo Del Toro...we discuss it all! Sponsor: Stitcher Premium stitcher.com/premium Promo code: SEQUELISERS Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by...

It's time again for us to answer some of your questions! Which movie character do we most identify with? If the three Sequelisers were Powerpuff Girls, who would be who? What was our favourite episode to record? How do we feel about the Police Academy series? All this and more in this week's episode. Sponsor: Stitcher Premium stitcher.com/premium Promo code: SEQUELISERS Twitter: twitter.com/sequel...

Nearing the end of our interseason period, we have taken the time to speculate and hypothesise more than usual. Rather than a few cast members or a what if sequel, we're reshaping 12, 27 and 43 years of cinema history respectively. So come with us on a journey to a world much like our own with a few distinct differences. Check out our rewards and tiers on Patreon: patreon.com/sequelisers Sponsor:...

This week's inter-season discussion is another one borne of the coronavirus lockdown. We set ourselves the challenge of recommending a handful of films available on streaming services (correct at time of recording) released before 1980. So many of us relegate fantastic films to the "I'll get around to it eventually" pile and this seems like the perfect time to give them a go. So take a walk back i...

This week's inter-season episode asks: when the world is in the toilet, who do you want holding a plunger? We each pick a team of film characters who we'd want calling the shots in a crisis, and delve into what makes a good leader, and who typically gets to be one in movies. Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel Williams Learn more about your ad choi...

This week's inter-season episode is the third part in our series of trilogy episodes (see what we did there?) and this time we're talking about some great thematic trilogies! Check out our rewards and tiers on Patreon: patreon.com/sequelisers Sponsor: Stitcher Premium stitcher.com/premium Promo code: SEQUELISERS Twitter: twitter.com/sequelisers Instagram: instagram.com/sequelisers Music by Daniel...

This week's inter-season discussion may sound a little unusual; this is because it is the first episode we recorded remotely. As for the content, we will be addressing the good and bad of film twists. Subsequently, this episode is full of spoilers but if you want to avoid these, we have made the following handy time-stamp list: 00.23.12 - Arrival 00.28.07 - Fight Club 00.35.28 - Get Out 00.38.13 -...