The Everything Sequel Podcast

Listen as Mike and Tom continue talking about the 1980 sequel The Empire Strikes Back. You'll hear further discussions about the writing, directing, acting and effects in this movie, what we think of the characterization of Lando and why we think the mix of comedy and drama work so well in this film. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1980 sequel The Empire Strikes Back. You'll hear discussions as to how much of this movie works and why, the sequel inversions that run rampant in this sequel and our comical impressions of George Lucas and director Irvin Kershner throughout the show. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich...

Listen as Mike and Tom rank the original Star Wars trilogy. You'll hear if the forgone conclusion is the forgone conclusion in terms of which movie is at the top of our lists, whether or not we agree that both of these movies are good and if we agree with fandom about Return of the Jedi. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matthew Aldri...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the whole of the Halloween series one more time just to see what they missed. You'll hear how they regard the series as a whole, a re-ranking of the entire series and if there are any movies that move up or down in our lists as well as if any have switched from bad to good or good to bad. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew...

Listen as Mike and Tom pitch sequels to the Halloween series for the second time. You'll hear where in the timeline each host puts their sequels, whether or not Mike got his homework right and which legacy characters will star in our pitched sequels. In addition we'll be throwing out a listener pitch! Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2022 sequel Halloween Ends. You'll hear why we're happy that the current batch of sequels are finally ending with Ends, what we think about the filmmakers choice to start an entire new story in the midst of ending a forty-four year long story and the many, many, many problems we have with this ill-conceived venture that tries to close out the Laurie Strode story....

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2021 sequel Halloween Kills. You'll hear why your fearless hosts hate this movie more than any other of the Halloween sequels from H2O on, how surprised Tom is that Mike can differentiate what he hates and how much he hates it and discussions about how the filmmakers made so many promises that they simply couldn't keep. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and V...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2018 sequel Halloween. You'll hear how little Tom thinks of this sequel and why he thinks the critical and audience response to it was mass hallucination, why Mike disagrees with this assessment and how much he is starting to think Tom might be right and Tom's reaction to Mike's explanation of what he likes most about the end of the movie. An explanation which st...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 2002 film Halloween: Resurrection. You'll hear why we think this movie has some intellectual ideas worth exploring behind it, the ways in which the film squanders those ideas in a way it can't recover from and musings as to how the producers completely missed the lesson they thought they learned from Halloween H2O: Twenty Years Later. Thanks to our monthly suppor...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1998 sequel Halloween H2O: Twenty Years Later. You'll hear why this sequel is our favorite in the second part of our look at the Halloween series, discussions on the meta quality of the film and why it works so well and explanations as to why this movie should be preferred over the most recent sequels. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Dani...

Listen as Mike and Tom rank and declare for the second half of the Halloween series. You'll hear which of these movies both hosts have at the top of their lists, how much Tom disagrees with the world regarding one of these films, which  disregarded sequel we think has some surprising merit and Mike's struggle with knowing that Tom is probably right about one sequel in particular. Thanks to our mon...

Listen as Mike and Tom pitch sequels to the Star Trek series. You'll hear Mike's disappointment when hearing how easy it was for Tom to come up with his pitch for the series, Tom's like of disappointment in Mike's title as he understands all the words in the title which is not always a given in Mike's titles and you'll hear where in the timeline we decide to put our sequels. Thanks to our monthly...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1991 sequel Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. You'll hear how what we think of this sort of last installment for the original cast, how much we like the mash up of genres in the film including an Agatha Christie murder mystery, the appearance of a Christian Slater, how well Sulu fits into a Captain's chair and the extreme literacy of this movie. Thanks to o...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1989 sequel Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. You'll hear musings about starting a movie with a cold open that includes slow motion, why Tom will not hear a word against any scene taking place in Yosemite and what works and doesn't work when we choose to see a movie that shows the inside of William Shatner's brain. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S...

The Everything Sequel Podcast presents Project 1982! Listen as Mike and Matt wrap up Project 1982. You'll hear what they think of this year in movies now that they're at the end, discussions about how good the year really is and if it's still worth remembering. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich Edward Lankford Heather...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1986 sequel Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. You'll hear our admiration for the comedy in this film, several instances in which the actors are performing amazing improvisation and discussions about how Leonard Nimoy settles in as a great director for the series. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matthe...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1984 sequel Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. You'll hear why we like this sequel more than the fanbase does, what we think of Leonard Nimoy as a director and musings on actor changes, additions and deletions for this third outing for the series. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matthew Aldrich E...

The Everything Sequel Podcast presents Project 1982! Listen as Mike and Matt discuss the Best Picture nominees from 1982. You'll hear if we think the Academy got it right with Gandhi, if there's another movie we love and if there's any film that was overlooked in this incredible year for movies. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matth...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1982 sequel Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn. You'll hear what infuriated Tom when Mike had previously talked about this movie and if he can make amends, why we think this is such a great movie, sequel and Star Trek film and what, if anything, we have against this film. Are you ready to try the Kobayashi Maru? Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate...

The Everything Sequel Podcast presents Project 1982! Listen as Mike and Matt discuss the Oscar bait movies of 1982. You'll hear the nominees for the major categories and whether or not we think they got the winners right, discussions about our personal favorites for each category and if there were any omissions the academy made when giving out the nominations. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt...

Listen as Mike and Tom rank and declare for the original Star Trek series. You'll hear whether or not your hosts have the same movie at the top of their lists, a discussion of fandom for the series and its influence on how some of the sequels are viewed and if we think any of these sequels are actually bad. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve...

The Everything Sequel Podcast presents Project 1982! Listen as Mike and Matt discuss the buddy movies of 1982 including 48 HRS and The Toy. You'll hear discussions about just how much these movies are deeply problematic and why, which of the movies is the greater offender and if either of the movies still has something to offer today. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel...

Listen as Mike and Tom pitch sequels to one or all of the sequels from 1997. You'll hear which of us came up with half a pitch for the Speed franchise, who pitches for the Mortal Kombat series and who pitches for a sequel to An American Werewolf in London but not An American Werewolf in Paris. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve Weiss Matthew...

The Everything Sequel Podcast presents Project 1982! Listen as Mike and Matt discuss the children's movies of 1982 including The Dark Crystal and The Secret of Nimh. You'll hear how impressed we were by these movies and how well they hold up, discussions about the directors of these movies and what they think children can handle in entertainment and how nostalgic we feel about the kinds of animati...

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss the 1997 sequel An American Werewolf in Paris. You'll hear exactly how little we think of this movie, how much we question the competence of everyone involved in making the film, what we think of the special effects and pondering about how many British people live in Paris. Thanks to our monthly supporters Matt and Vicki S Kate L Daniel Prudhoe Andrew Pangle Steve We...