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Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and William Thrasher discuss the live-action Scooby-Doo flick from 2002. 1990s teen heartthrobs were cast as the members of Mystery, Inc. in this somewhat tepid take on the classic cartoon. Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar), Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Shaggy (Matthew Lillard), and Velma (Linda Cardellini) team up to investigate the haunting of Spooky Island. The titular tal...

Host Mat Bradley-Tschirgi discusses The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again from 2016, a TV remake of the 1975 feature The Rocky Horror Picture Show. After getting married, Brad Majors (Ryan McCartan) and Janet Weiss' (Victoria Justice) car breaks down. They hike down to a nearby castle to ask for help, but what they discover is a group of aliens in the midst of a power struggl...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and William Thrasher discuss the martial arts movie Mortal Kombat: Annihilation from 1997. After winning the Mortal Kombat tournament, Shao Khan (Brian Thompson) cheats and invades Earth anyway. Our heroes have only a week to save the world before its taken over by the baddies from the Outworld. Rayden (James Remar) spouts out nuggets of wisdom while making a sacrifice i...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and William Thrasher discuss the live-action video game movie Mortal Kombat from 1995. As Sony Blade describes it, the plot in the movie is about "a handful of leaky people in a boat" saving the world. A group of strangers with fighting prowess are summoned to an island to compete in the Mortal Kombat tournament led by Shang Tsung. However, when they arrive they discover...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and William Thrasher discuss the direct-to-video animated film Kronk's New Groove from 2005. Instead of having one narrative, we get a wrap-around story with two long flashbacks making for a very episodic cartoon. Despite characters from the original film being front and center on the box art, characters other than Kronk are afterthoughts in the main narrative. Newcomers...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and William Thrasher discuss the animated feature film The Emperor's New Groove from 2000. Originally developed as a more serious epic romance, one of the original directors was fired off the project. Executives worked with the remaining director to craft a light, frothy buddy comedy with a lot less music. The end result is a slick cartoon that often feels more like vint...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and William Thrasher discuss the Ghostbusters remake from 2016. After being in development for decades, the third Ghostbusters film ended up being a quasi-remake of the original with an all female cast playing the titular busters of ghosts. Saturday Night Live veterans fill the flick in both lead and cameo roles.  Listen to this episode with your lungs in a jar for maxim...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and William Thrasher discuss the RoboCop remake from 2014. We have a brand new cast of great character actors like Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, and Michael Keaton, but we also have a PG-13 rating once again. The OCP corporate scenes lack the satirical bite of the original.  Listen to this episode with your lungs in a jar for maximum enjoyment. Follow the show on Twitt...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and William Thrasher discuss RoboCop 3. Peter Weller is out of the suit. This time he's replaced by Robert John Burke, but that's not the problem. What is the problem is an oddball plot involving a little kid hacker, Japanese corporate takeovers, sewers, and ninjas. Listen to this podcast with a robot that is as loyal as a puppy for maximum enjoyment.  Follow the show on...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and William Thrasher discuss RoboCop 2. Released just three years after the original, this flick sees Star Wars Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner at the helm. We still have an R rating, but we also get a plot that's more overstuffed than a baked potato. Too many bad guys abound. Listen to this podcast with a cursing child for maximum enjoyment. F...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and William Thrasher kick off their first franchise on Sequelcast 2 with the original RoboCop. Director Paul Verhoeven meant the film as a Christ metaphor, but the screenplay is also packed with corporate satire and sci-fi action. Grab a can of baby food and gobble it down while listening to this episode for maximum enjoyment. Follow the show on Twitter @Sequelcast2 Like...

Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and William Thrasher explain what the hell Sequelcast 2 is. It's a podcast looking at movies in a franchise one film at a time, but it's also so much more! Follow the show on Twitter @Sequelcast2 Like our Sequelcast 2 Facebook Page