Sequels 2: Rise of the Franchise

Welcome to the gritty and dangerous Ryme City, where poverty is super effective, and the only full revive rests on the city's proposed end to prohibition of Pokemon battles. Join trainers Ian, Sam, Spencer, and special guest Greg Jones Jr. as we plot out a film noir and debate which Pokemon's tongue is nastiest. How tall is Spoink? How heavy is Klefki? Is Officer Jenny a fascist? Tune in t...

Return to a galaxy far, far away- please? No one is watching this movie. The beloved show turned forgotten movie is getting an immediate sequel in this episode. Join Ian, Sam, and Spencer in their tiny ship as we fly to familiar places, while also destroying the previous legacy of Star Wars. What can we do to convince audiences that this is actually Backrooms? Who will be playing the Mandalorian o...

Just call me angel of the mourning, because my dad is dead! We're looking at one of the many essential 90's baseball films, with Angels in the Outfield. (And we even watched the 1951 version!) Join the dugout with players Ian, Sam, Spencer, and special guest Jake Korell–author of new book 'The Second World'–as we tackle the dense lore of the Angels films. What role do non-Catholic...

"He was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died" -President George W. Bush R.I.P. to the Sony Spider Villain-Verse. We're celebrating it's demise with the period piece sequel people have been demanding. In the year 2004ish, Madame Web will face her greatest challenge: singing on her favorite television show, American Idol. Join teens turne...

Enter Benoit Blanc! Come into this writer's room, and don't leave until the investigation is concluded. Join suspects Ian, Sam, Spencer, and guests Lawson Leong and Alex Fosella for a Wrestlemania gone awry. What happens when wrestlers try to unionize and leftist infighting leads to the death of someone who is a heel or face, depending on who you ask? Will Gravity's Rainbow lead to Hornswoggle's g...

James Cameron’s True Lies is not quite a franchise; and yet it is a remake, with a spinoff, which very nearly had a sequel. This week, the seemingly mild mannered family of Ian, Sam and Spencer is shaken up by Gabby Zemer (producer of the upcoming film Seekers of Infinite Love). We discuss the Arnolds- Tom and Schwarzenegger, respectively, Jamie Lee Curtis pitching the most iconic scene in the fil...

We're going back to Pixar with Nemo and Dory and Finding! So of course, we're focusing on everyone's favorite character from this duology: The evil bag-shaking niece, Darla! Join Ian, Jimmy, and Spencer, and special guest Wylie Elizabeth as we get lost on spring break, ponder on undersea divorce, and consider the Boston lobster. Listen to these dope soundwaves, dude!

Highway to the sequel zone! What a great time to do another Top Gun movie! Join pilot (writers) Ian, Sam, Spencer, and returning guest Erik Scott (@erikscottcomedy) as we make some manly military propaganda that will speak to the youths.  What nameless country will be bombed? What shirtless sport will be played? What song will every naval pilot sing at the bar? Goodness, gracious, you don't want t...

Long live the Dane DeHaan-aissance! We're looking at the apex predator of cinema, Chronicle. Join telekinetic teens Ian, Sam, and Spencer, along with special guest Saidah Russell (Rooftop Films) as we peer into a dark hole in the ground and discover a perfect sequel. What does brooding Superman Matt do in Tibet? How is Casey's vlog doing? What is Martyr? Tune in to discover a sequel that M...

"Double the trouble, twice the fun." Happy third anniversary, aka, Star Wars Day. This time around we're looking at the 2008 movie that was the real beginning of modern Star Wars and the Filoniverse. Join the council of writers, Ian, Sam, and Spencer, as we quietly meditate on the things that make the Clone Wars great. We're bringing back Durge, we're killing off Bossk, we're giving everyone a lov...

Life going nowhere? We're here to help you out. We're discussing Gene Siskel's favorite movie and Sylvester Stallone's favorite movie, which make up our favorite duology: "Saturday Night Fever" and "Staying Alive". Join Ian, Sam, and Spencer on the dancefloor, along with special guest- all the way from Puerto Rico- Charlie Martin, as we figure out what Tony Mane...

Jump up, jump up and get down with this sequel to everyone's favorite 2008 film to feature the Ann Arbor Public Library and a protagonist named Ricebowl. (Also known as everyone's second favorite 2008 adaptation of a YA novel featuring Kristen Stewart). Jump into the writer's room with Ian, Sam, Spencer, and returning guest Coby Dominus, for a globe-trotting action/adventure, faith-based, historic...

Escape into a film franchise set in a dystopian future where cities are assaulted by a militarized police force led by a corrupt president! In this very fictional scenario, only one-eyed Clint Eastwood-esque mercenary Snake Plissken can save the day. Join prison residents Ian, Sam, Spencer and special guest James Johnston (Taxi Cab Comedy); four people who have never been to ATX! Has Joe Rogen met...

Happy New Year! As a sendoff to 2025 we're looking at the definitive New Year's Eve franchise, with our friends from franchises of years past. Join Ian, Sam, and Spencer aboard the franchise party boat, Poseidon 2, as we set a course for...the sky?! Which famous franchise heavy hitters will be hitting the deck? Who's going to yell at God and women? Where is Fergie? Many questions, but only one thi...

"Ya like green girls? I love em!" For this Christmas adventure, we're taking a look at holiday classic Gremlins, and the bizarre follow up, Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Chris Columbus may have a vision for Gremlins 3 coming out in a few years, but perhaps our pitch will be more reflective of Joe Dante's madness. Join Ian, Sam, Spencer, and returning Christmas guest Peter Liu as we navigate the dense...

Happy December, fellow Aldovians! We're looking at the Netflix IP that has changed the holiday season forever, with Karen Schaler's masterpiece: A Christmas Prince. Have you ever seen a thumbnail for a low budget rom-com about an everywoman who, around Christmas-time, falls in love with a knight, or a snowman, or a lumberjack? If yes, you have this franchise to thank. But this holiday season, Aldo...

On a special Sequels 2 episode, Ian insisted Spencer host, because the movies we're covering are the loosest definition of a franchise: 2008's "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and the 2010 not-quite-sequel, "Get Him to the Greek". How will the Apatow-verse and Hawaii survive? Join Ian, Sam, Spencer, and special guest Ben Jaffe (Disney TV) as we explore the Apatovian spectrum of manchild to sex criminal...

You think you've seen the whole bloody affair? Think again. We're bringing back the Bride for another chapter in Tarantino's cinematic universe. Join the Deadly Viper Squad of Ian, Jimmy, Spencer, and special guest Alex Fossella to assassinate this piece of cinema. Twenty years after Volume 2, BB is grown up and following in her mother's footsteps. But when her best friend at assassin college is r...

Forgive us our sins, we are making another Conjuring. For Halloween, we thought it fitting to do the most franchise-y horror series ever. Join professional charlatans, Ian, Sam, and Spencer- plus special guest Katie Hettenbach (Fangoria)- to uncover the most insidious evil the Warrens ever faced: a crisis of faith. Will Ed survive his next several heart attacks? Will Lorainne wear a bigger, plaide...

I've had a premonition! You listen to this podcast and then fall into a Rube Goldberg machine. On this episode, we're looking at the Final Destination franchise, starring the great Tony Todd. We've been on planes, trains, and automobiles, but we have yet to explore a boat tragedy. Join surviving writers, Ian, Sam, and Spencer– and special guest Mike Bedard (/Film, Looper)– as we assess the convolu...

It's the Before Trilogy! In 1994, a couple met on a train in Vienna. In 2003, they re-met and started over together. In 2012, they confronted the problems in their relationship. And in 2210 they are doing it all over again, and again, and again. Join Richard Linklater's ghostwriters, Ian, Sam, Spencer, and returning guest Emi Schaufeld (Rockstar Games), as we ask the questions people have been ask...

We're taking care of business and working overtime to craft yet another Brett Ratner masterpiece. Join the three dude bro friends, Ian, Sam, and Jimmy Cork, who are all deeply unhappy in the late stage capitalism workforce and are desperately searching for a way out. Plus, Spencer buzzes in from his graveyard shift at the graveyard to share his thoughts about someone who, for legal reasons, is not...

In the words of every sequel ever made, "The world is changing." This sequel, we're visiting our aristocratic friends at Downton Abbey, ahead of the release of their final(?) movie: The Grand Finale. This very special episode is hosted by Sam Purdell, though younger sisters Ian and Spencer are sure to have some resentment. Also joining the family is special guest Billy Frolick, writer of "Downtrod...

See The Naked Gun, in theaters now. But also listen to the Naked Gun 4 (to the 44th power) right now. Somehow Leslie Neilsen returned; and he does exactly what you think he would do in LA in the mid 90's: exonerate his best friend Nordberg, who has been arrested for several serious crimes. Also, this is a Christmas movie. Also, there's a papal conclave. Merry Chrimesmas, your honor. Amen.

Ka-Chow! We're returning to Pixar and old Lightning McQueen with Cars! Join Ian, Spencer, Jimmy Cork, and special guest Kath Davis, as we give justice to Sally by allowing her to practice law once again, while also giving justice to Mater by sending him to jail. All of your questions about car biology will be answered, whether you like it or not. Who is the evil billionaire car in this story? What...