Sequelcast 2 and Friends
604 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsPop culture podcasts on movies, TV, and video games. Looking at franchises one movie/game at a time with other pop culture randomness thrown in. Theme songs by Marc With a C. Hosted by Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller. Part of the Tokyo Beat Network.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
October 10, 2022 15:45 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Jersey Jason discuss discuss Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (outside the US, this is known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone). Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Alan Rickman, and Emma Watson. Having become a best-selling series of books, it was no surprise when the Harry Potter series hit the silver screen. Directed by Chris Columbus (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York), this first entry is a lot of exposition. At times, it feels like a Scoob...
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
September 27, 2022 14:28 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Oz the Great and Powerful. A charlatan carnival barker gets transported to Oz where he has 99 problems and a witch is one. Starring James Franco, Mila Kunis, and Rachel Weisz. Sam Raimi's first foray into the high fantasy genre since Army of Darkness, Oz the Great and Powerful carries on the dark humor and wit of the books into its own story. James Franco makes a decent titular Oz, Michelle Williams is a resplendent Glinda, but there are too ...
Return to Oz (1985)
September 20, 2022 14:42 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Return to Oz. A girl gets committed to an insane asylum and runs away to her favorite magical land. A clever adaptation of The Marvelous Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz, Return to Oz hews closer to the books than its more popular musical predecessor did. In some ways, this comes off as a horror film with how frightening the creatures look. Over the years, this has become a cult classic. Jean Marsh is great as the evil Mombi. Executive Producer Georg...
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
September 12, 2022 14:45 - 1 hour - 64 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss The Wizard of Oz. A girl murders two witches. One of the classic movie musicals of all time, The Wizard of Oz represents the film industry shifting from black and white to color and planting a firm foot on the ground that sound in movies is the inevitable future. A lighter take on Oz than the quirky source material from author L. Frank Baum, the Wizard of Oz moves along at a zippy pace that has an ending that's a bit too convenient. In 2011, ...
Revenge of the Nerds TV Pilot (1991)
September 04, 2022 06:01 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the rare pilot for Revenge of the Nerds from 1991. Nerds join a fraternity to score with chicks with network TV level hijinks. Taking the standard trope of TV shows spun off movies, this pilot episode retells its feature film inspiration as a single TV episode. Well, actually it's maybe the first half of the original movie. Things are toned down, there's a constant laugh track as was the style of the time (this has major Saved b...
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
August 30, 2022 17:35 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise. The Tri-Lamb boys are at it again as they head to Florida. A sequel so mediocre it took a lot of the cast convincing to even appear in it, Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise is a sanded off take on the first film with the requisite beach hijinks ensuing. Ogre (Donald Gibb) gets some nice moments, but this is an inferior copy of the original with less heart. Sequelcast 2 and Fr...
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
August 20, 2022 16:46 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Revenge of the Nerds. Two nerd friends meet more nerds when they enroll in college. Cashing in on the sex comedy craze birthed by Animal House and Porky's, Revenge of the Nerds looks at the downtrodden geeks as its subject of satire. Many of the pranks in Revenge of the Nerds would be considered sex crimes today. Its entire cast is game for the broad comedy at hand. Look for a young John Goodman as the football coach. A comed...
WasabiCon PDX 2022 Sequelcast 2 Live - Anime in the 1990s + Video Games That Should Be Anime
August 11, 2022 04:05 - 1 hour - 81.4 MBHost Mat Bradley-Tschirgi hosts 2 live episodes of Sequelcast 2 and Friends at WasabiCon PDX 2022 in Portland, Oregon. First up is a live show on Anime in the 1990s followed by Video Games That Should Be Anime. The crowd was boisterous. The prizes were random vintage cards of 80s and 90s entertainment like Star Trek: The Next Generation, Return to Oz, American Gladiators, and more. Lots of good discussion was to be had. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the HyperX Podcast Network. Fol...
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
August 08, 2022 17:42 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Jaws: The Revenge. Michael Caine fights the shark. A real dud, Jaws: The Revenge brings back Lorraine Gary as Ellen Brody who just can't seem to shake dangerous shark action. Mario Van Peebles makes for amusing comedic relief as Jake, but everything here has been done before and better in earlier Jaws films. Perhaps we'll get a notable Jaws sequel someday. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the HyperX Podcast Network. Follow the show on T...
Jaws 3-D (1983)
July 29, 2022 17:28 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Jaws 3-D. There's a theme park full of hungry sharks and stupid humans. Perhaps the most novel in the Jaws series, Jaws 3-D spoofs Sea World into a good time. This series hardly qualifies as oceanic horror anymore, but this inspired concept gives it a bit of a boost. The third Jaws movie was meant to be a spoof scribed by John Hughes titles JAWS 3 PEOPLE 0 directed by Joe Dante, but the studio got cold feet at the last minute and went forward...
Quatermass 2 (1957)
July 19, 2022 14:18 - 1 hour - 78 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Quatermass 2. A factory near a small village is hiding a terrible secret. Adapted from a 1955 BBC miniseries, Quatermass II has a larger scope as we see how a small town's community sways their opinions on the effects of the big factory in town employing most of the locals. Brian Donlevy returns once again as Professor Quatermass and spits out exposition in a hurried manner that recalls some of Dan Aykroyd's old characters on Sa...
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
July 07, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the original feature film of The Quatermass Xperiment. A rocket launch goes awry. Adapted from a 1953 BBC miniseries, this black and white creature feature has a great amount of paranoia and terror despite its limited budget. Brian Donlevy is a bit flat as the titular character. 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 Disco...
Jaws 2 (1978)
July 01, 2022 03:10 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Jaws 2. Haunted by his memories of a deadly shark, Police Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) encounters yet another deadly shark. Released in an age when sequels were less calculated, Jaws 2 takes some elements from the original Peter Benchley novel (the mayor's political quagmires) as an inspiration along with a kind of Jaws: The Next Generation with parts of the story following hip teens screwing around in the water. There's suspense to be h...
Jaws (1975)
June 19, 2022 21:19 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Jaws. A hungry shark gets fed by swimmers in the beach. Based on the hit novel by Peter Benchley, Jaws was Steven Spielberg's breakout hit as a film director. Working off a screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb, Jaws is crafted more as a straight thriller than the somewhat lurid soap opera mechanics of the original novel. A dodgy mechanical shark resulted in not as much shark footage being shown in the film as was originally planned....
Star Wars TV Shows, Video Games, Books, and Comics
June 12, 2022 15:23 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and BJ discuss Star Wars spin-offs they've enjoyed over the years including the books, TV shows, video games, and comics. Whether it's the infamous hard reboot of Star Wars Galaxies (the turgid Star Wars MMO many would like to forget) or the early seasons of Clone Wars, there's a lot of fun Star Wars spinoffs to discuss in this vintage Sequelcast episode. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the HyperX Podcast Network. Follow the show on Twitter @Seq...
Gilbert Gottfried
June 05, 2022 04:08 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBHosts 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 including Beverly Hills Cop II and the Problem Child trilogy. A regular on the Comedy Central Roasts, ...
Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith (2005) (GUEST: Nathan P. Butler Author of A Saga on Home Video: A Fan's Guide to U.S. Star Wars Home Video Releases)
May 28, 2022 16:45 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBHosts 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 shows. A bloated, if humorous, opening adventure is the spoonful of sugar the audience craves bef...
Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002) (GUEST: RUDIE OBIAS)
May 22, 2022 23:20 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBHosts 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 Phantom Menace. Anakin is now a petulant teenager fawning over Queen Amidala. Obi-Wan Kenobi ha...
Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones (2002) (GUEST: Rudie Obias Writer for Mental Floss)
May 22, 2022 23:20 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBHosts 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 Phantom Menace. Anakin is now a petulant teenager fawning over Queen Amidala. Obi-Wan Kenobi ha...
Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace (1999)
May 14, 2022 14:20 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBHosts 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 world building, we also get maybe 15% of the prequel trilogy's story stretched to over two hou...
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000)
April 18, 2022 14:16 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBHosts 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. Fun moments, but nothing can match the fast pace and wit of the original. Sequelcast 2 and Fri...
Bruce Willis
April 07, 2022 14:28 - 1 hour - 64.8 MBHosts 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, comedy, and drama films followed, not to mention a few cameos along the way. Much of his pas...
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989)
March 30, 2022 14:05 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBHosts 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 plot takes a while to get going. There are fun King's Quest style puzzles Toxie has to solve near th...
The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)
March 19, 2022 19:46 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBHosts 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 much footage was shot that two movies came out of the ordeal. Featuring footage shot in Japan, The To...
Commentary - The Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghosbusters Pilot Episodes
March 14, 2022 15:46 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBHosts 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 @Sequelcast2 Listen to Marc with a C's music podcast Discography Buy Mat's books (How to Buy a PlayStation...
History of Ain't It Cool News (GUEST: Joe Scott Host of Downlowd: The Rise and Fall of Harry Knowles and Ain't It Cool News)
March 05, 2022 22:04 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBHost 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 edgy 90s humor, Mat's one published article on AICN from when he was 19, fan feedback, and more. Sequ...
The Toxic Avenger (1984)
February 20, 2022 18:44 - 1 hour - 73.4 MBHosts 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 sympathetic main character. This movie is set to get a Hollywood remake starring Peter Dinklage later this y...
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
February 13, 2022 02:01 - 1 hour - 79.3 MBHosts 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. While a lot is dedicated to the lore filling in the gaps from the original Matrix trilogy, things pick u...
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999)
January 31, 2022 15:27 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBHosts 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 subplot could have easily been its own movie. There are fun moments to be had here and there, but th...
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998)
January 18, 2022 22:22 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBHosts 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 of Manhattan Island is a bit of a mess. It starts with a decent worker's rights musical number...
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) (GUESTS: Flint Dille, Screenwriter of Fievel Goes West, and Bryan Auer, Host of Chat of the Wild)
January 10, 2022 15:49 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBHosts 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 sentimental original, Fievel Goes West goes in a bold new direction. John Cleese and Jon Lovitz ...
An American Tail (1986)
December 25, 2021 12:01 - 1 hour - 59 MBHosts 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 point of often being cheesy, An American Tail has a lot of heart as Fievel ventures through his ...
Doctor Sleep (2019)
December 19, 2021 15:42 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBHosts 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 Uwe Boll Vol. 1: The Video Game Movies!) Buy Thrasher's tabletop RPG supplements from DriveThr...
The Shining Ep 3 (1997)
December 08, 2021 16:07 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBHosts 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 books (Podcast You Nerd!, The Films of Uwe Boll Vol. 1: The Video Game Movies!) Buy Thrasher'...
The Shining Ep 2 (1997)
December 02, 2021 17:56 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBHosts 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 the show on Twitter @Sequelcast2 Listen to Marc with a C's music podcast Discography Buy Mat's boo...
The Shining Ep 1 (1997)
November 20, 2021 05:12 - 58 minutes - 54 MBHosts 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 Greenlit Podcast Network Follow the show on Twitter @Sequelcast2 Listen to Marc with a C's music podca...
Norm Macdonald In Memoriam (1959-2021)
November 07, 2021 17:33 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBHosts 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 and mentor Bob Saget of Full House fame, Norm continued hitting the road on the regular. A three-se...
The Shining (1980)
October 30, 2021 19:48 - 1 hour - 82.2 MBHosts 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. A classic of the horror genre, The Shining is worth watching. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part o...
King's Quest (Original AGI Version)
October 23, 2021 20:36 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBHosts 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, its nods to Western fairy tales and the open world to explore have genuine charms. Cheap Rumpelstil...
History of Sierra Online (GUEST: Ken Williams Co-Founder of Sierra On-Line)
October 09, 2021 14:27 - 21 minutes - 20 MBHosts 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. Topics discussed include the influence of Stephen King on Phantasmagoria, what programming for...
The Suicide Squad (2021)
September 28, 2021 13:53 - 1 hour - 78.9 MBHosts 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. Sure, it feels a bit long, but the loose feel to everything along with the increased gore and lan...
Ranking the DCEU DC Comics Cinematic Extended Universe Live Panel at Rose City Comic Con 2021
September 19, 2021 22:09 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Eric Windsor, Tony Minsent, and Sean Christopher Franson lead a spirited discussion on the aggregate ratings of the controversial DCEU. From Man of Steel to The Suicide Squad, these films are critiqued, ribbed, and analyzed amidst a crowd of enthusiastic fans. Please note that The Joker was not part of the ranking because it appears to be in its own timeline, although with the new Flash, Spider-Man, and Dr. Strange multiverse movies coming out, it looks like mul...
Suicide Squad (2016)
September 12, 2021 16:09 - 1 hour - 70 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the first film of the Suicide Squad duology. Bad guys help a rogue group commit morally ambiguous deeds to save the world in a convoluted fashion whilst predictable music drops accompany them. Starring Ike Barinholtz, Viola Davis, Margot Robbie & Will Smith. Based on the cult DC comics created by Robert Kanigher, Ross Andru, and John Ostrander, Suicide Squad has too complicated a plot for its own good. Such a thing is a bit of a ...
Star Wars Episode 6 Return of the Jedi (1983)
September 04, 2021 17:44 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and BJ discuss the last film in the original Star Wars trilogy, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. A son (Mark Hamill) burns his dad's (Sebastian Shaw) corpse. Wrapping up the first arc of the Skywalker Saga a little too neatly, Star Wars Episode 6: Return of the Jedi meanders its way to a moving finale. Jabba the Hutt's spectacle is tons of fun, but it feels like an overly hearty appetizer before the main course of Luke Skywalker confronting Da...
Star Wars Episode 5 The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (GUEST: Jason Swank of Rebel Force Radio)
August 29, 2021 19:46 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBFirst, Mat Bradley-Tschirgi has an interview with popular Star Wars podcaster Jason Swank of Rebel Force Radio on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Then, Mat, Thrasher, and BJ have a longer discussion on the movie itself. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) ditches his friends to train with an old green alien (Frank Oz). After the victorious ending of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, this sequel starts with the Rebels on the run on the ice planet of Hoth. Our heroes split up to diffe...
Star Wars Episode 4 A New Hope (1977)
August 19, 2021 14:22 - 1 hour - 66 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and BJ discuss the movie that started the Star Wars craze those kids are into, Star Wars; it was later rereleased as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) thinks being a farmer sucks, so he meets an old man (Alec Guinness) who gives him a glowy sword. After he couldn't buy the movie rights for Flash Gordon, writer-director George Lucas decided to do his own sci fi saga and the rest is history. A simple plot, amusing dialogue, a...
Critters 4 (1992)
August 12, 2021 13:47 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the fourth film in the original Critters saga. Charlie (Don Keith Opper) is put into carbon freeze with two Critters eggs, but they get picked up decades later by the RSS Tesla. Starring Angela Bassett, Brad Dourif, and Terrance Mann. Going for an Alien pastiche, Critters 4 shows a spark or two of cleverness with its cast of genre favorites. There's also a sassy elevator. While pretty low on Critters action until the end, we get...
Critters 3 You Are What They Eat (1991)
August 04, 2021 17:22 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss third film in the original Critters saga. Families in a rundown apartment complex bicker while Critters try to murder them. A direct-to-video cheapie, Critters 3 is the feature film debut of Leonardo DiCaprio. The jokes are more slapstick this time around. An uninspired setting and muted violence make for a not great sequel. There is little ambition here. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the Greenlit Podcast Network Follow...
Simpsons Video Games (GUEST: Dan Kitchen Game Designer of Bart Vs. The Space Mutants)
July 27, 2021 14:53 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the Simpsons NES Trilogy (Bart Vs. The Space Mutants, Bart Vs. The World, Bartman Meets Radioactive Man) with Dan Kitchen, Game Designer on those titles and many more! Featuring puzzles, platforming, and a look that is rather successful at recreating the show on a 8-bit platform, these games are better than one might remember. After the interview, Mat, Thrasher, and Alex discuss the loads of Simpsons video games they've played ove...
Richard Donner In Memoriam (1930-2021)
July 19, 2021 15:16 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the career of the late Richard Donner. Although he directed his first feature in his early 30s with X-15, his motion picture directing career didn't start in earnest until the original The Omen film in 1976. Donner directed hits in a variety of genres from superhero (Superman) and family films (The Goonies) to buddy cop (Lethal Weapon) and horror (The Omen) flicks. He sowed his directing oats doing over a dozen years of directing...