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Episode Sixty-Eight - The Phantom (1996)
Failure to Franchise - April 25, 2023 04:00 - 1 hourWe're closing out two month's of "Pulp Frustration" with a look at 1996's ill-fated adaptation of Lee Falk's classic comic-strip hero, The Phantom. Intended as a star vehicle for Billy Zane, The Phantom was shepherded by two mega-producers, and came complete with a script co-written by beloved g...
Episode Sixty-Seven - The Shadow (1994)
Failure to Franchise - April 11, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour"Pulp Frustration" continues, as we look at the movie based on arguably one of the greatest pulp heroes of them all, The Shadow! The Alec Baldwin star vehicle asks an intriguing question: When a character has a complicated, decades-long history, with various origins and abilities established a...
Episode Sixty-Six - The Rocketeer (1991)
Failure to Franchise - March 28, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour"Pulp Frustration" continues, as we look at another early-90s Disney action movie. But this time, it's not one of the original, beloved pulp characters from yesteryear, but rather an adaptation of a cult favorite 80s comic meant to pay homage to the classic serial heroes of old. Part superhero o...
Episode Sixty-Five - Dick Tracy (1990)
Failure to Franchise - March 14, 2023 04:00 - 1 hourWe kick off our two-month "Pulp Frustration" series, dedicated to the 90s obsession with adapting pulp heroes to the big screen, with the 1990 Warren Beatty vanity project, Dick Tracy! How long was a Tracy movie in development before finally happening? How did Beatty convince an all-star cast to...
Episode Sixty-Four - Vampire Academy (2014) w/ GUEST!
Failure to Franchise - February 28, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour"Will You Be My VAMPentine" concludes with a trip back to one of our most dreaded genres - the YA Lit adaptation! But this time, we weren't willing to do it alone. We're joined by our friend Jackie, an ardent fan of the Vampire Academy book series, to discuss its 2014 big screen adaptation. With...
Success to Series #4 - Underworld
Failure to Franchise - February 21, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourIn this special bonus "Will You Be My VAMPentine"-themed episode of our "Success to Series" spin-off, we're squeezing into our tightest leathers, cranking the early 2000's nu-metal, and diving into the immortal war between vampires and werewolves...err, sorry, "lycans." That's right, it's a look...
Episode Sixty-Three - Vampirella (1996)
Failure to Franchise - February 14, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourTravel back with us to a time when comic-book movies were less cool (and certainly less respectable), to examine how one of comic's most enduring cult heroines ended up with only one feature film to her name: a little-known, made-for-cable oddity from cult-movie king Roger Corman, and T&A/Schloc...
Episode Sixty-Two - Charlie's Angels (2019)
Failure to Franchise - January 31, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourWhen the latest big-screen reboot of the popular 70s TV series Charlie's Angels - this time written and directed by Elizabeth Banks - hit in 2019, the franchise had already proven its cinematic bankability (Banks-ability??). And yet, despite the much-buzzed-about excitement of seeing Kristen Ste...
Episode Sixty-One - Baywatch (2017)
Failure to Franchise - January 17, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourBaywatch, the series, was once the most watched television show in the world. Baywatch, the movie, was...well...not the most watched movie of 2017, to put it lightly. So, what went wrong? Did they simply wait too long to make a Baywatch movie? Was it a bad idea to go the tongue-in-cheek parody r...
Episode Sixty - The A-Team (2010)
Failure to Franchise - January 03, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourAre you ready to "Ring in 2023 with the ABC's of TV?" That's right - we're kicking off the new year with three episodes dedicated to feature adaptations of beloved TV shows. First up, Joe Carnahan's adaptation of the classic 80s Mr. T action series, The A-Team. This movie version had a lot to ac...
Episode Fifty-Nine - Lost in Space (1998)
Failure to Franchise - December 20, 2022 05:00 - 1 hourIn the second installment of this year's "Failure to Franchise with Trev & Chris-tmas," it's a blast from Chris's past, as we're looking at the 90s reboot of a beloved 60s sci-fi series whose reruns were a childhood favorite of Chris's. But does the movie version live up to the show? How does it...
Episode Fifty-Eight - Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Failure to Franchise - December 06, 2022 05:00 - 1 hourThe second annual "Failure to Franchise with Trev and Chris-tmas" kicks off with a tribute to the recently departed Kevin Conroy, in the form of an episode dedicated to the one theatrical adventure spun off from Batman: The Animated Series. Long considered by many fans to be one of the finest Ba...
Episode Fifty-Seven - The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
Failure to Franchise - November 22, 2022 05:00 - 1 hourAfter Vin Diesel's full return to the Fast & Furious franchise in 2009 steered the series back on track (see what we did there?), he once again enjoyed the sort of clout he hadn't seen since early in his career. He utilized this clout to indulge in some of his "nerdier" sci-fi and fantasy intere...
Episode Fifty-Six - The Pacifier (2005)
Failure to Franchise - November 08, 2022 05:00 - 1 hourIt's a time-honored "rite of passage" tradition. The biggest action stars of Hollywood attempt to also show their softer side with a light family comedy. Schwarzenegger had Kindergarten Cop. Stallone had Stop, Or My Mom Will Shoot! Dwayne Johnson had The Tooth Fairy. John Cena had Playing With F...
Success to Series #3 - The SAW Franchise
Failure to Franchise - October 31, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourDo you want to play a game? It's Halloween, so we're dropping an extra-special surprise bonus episode. In the latest installment of our "Success to Series" spin-off, we're looking at one of our favorite horror franchises...Saw! That's right, the James Wan/Leigh Whannell created series that used ...
Episode Fifty-Five - Shocker (1989)
Failure to Franchise - October 25, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourIn the 70s, Wes Craven shocked unsuspecting audiences with the unrelenting brutality of The Last House on the Left and The Hills Have Eyes. In the 80s, he redefined what the slasher-film could be with A Nightmare on Elm Street. In the 90s, he gave horror a thrilling meta-edge with both New Night...
Episode Fifty-Four - Masters of the Universe (1987)
Failure to Franchise - October 11, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourAfter multiple years as a best-selling toy-line and popular animated series, it seemed like a live-action movie was a can't-miss proposition for Mattel's Masters of the Universe property. But between an untested leading man, a notoriously cheap studio, and disagreements over what the movie shoul...
Episode Fifty-Three - Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Failure to Franchise - September 27, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourPositioned as a "red, white, and blue-collar" alternative to the James Bond franchise, based on an extremely popular series of paperback novels, and starring an up-and-coming leading man...the producers of REMO WILLIAMS has every reason to believe the adventure would not just begin, but continue...
Episode Fifty-Two - Streets of Fire (1984)
Failure to Franchise - September 13, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour"Custom cars, kissing in the rain, neon, trains in the night, high-speed pursuit, rumbles, rock stars, motorcycles, jokes in tough situations, leather jackets and questions of honor." These were the elements director Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48 Hrs.) said he wanted to include in Streets of Fir...
Success to Series #2 - Rocky "The Italian Stallion" Balboa
Failure to Franchise - August 30, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourIn the second edition of our "spin-off" series focusing on franchises that actually succeeded, we're sticking with the "Fall Back to the 80s" theme to take a look at a series that might not have started in the 80s, but nevertheless is often associated with the decade thanks to two of its most bo...
Episode Fifty-One - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Failure to Franchise - August 16, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourIt's own lead actors didn't understand the script. The studio had no idea how to market it. And many critics of the time were utterly baffled by it. And yet, over the years, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension has still attracted a devoted cult following. Is this wild tale...
Episode Fifty - Flash Gordon (1980)
Failure to Franchise - August 02, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourJoin us as we "Fall Back to the 80s" (yeah, we know we're starting in the summer...what of it??), a special three-month event dedicated to some of the most infamous failed franchise starters of the 80s. First up, Dino De Laurentis' cult-classic adaptation of a beloved sci-fi character, Flash Gor...
Episode Forty-Nine - V.I. Warshawski (1991)
Failure to Franchise - July 19, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourA bestselling book series about a tough-talking female detective, adapted into a feature starring one of the most successful actresses of the previous decade. It sounds like a can't-miss proposition. And yet 1991's V.I. Warshawski failed to connect with audiences, denying star Kathleen Turner he...
Episode Forty-Eight - The Darkest Minds (2018)
Failure to Franchise - July 05, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourThe "Summer Surprise" series continues, with this look at the adaptation of the first book in Alexandra Bracken's popular YA dystopian sci-fi series. A world where the only surviving children of a mysterious plague all end up with superpowers, and are thus targeted for extermination, or worse, b...
Episode Forty-Seven - Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
Failure to Franchise - June 21, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourIn the second installment of our second annual "Summer Surprise," we're looking at the final feature film of a legendary comedy director. Not only that, but it was another entry in a mega-successful, beloved franchise from that very same director. So why didn't this attempt to restart the series...
Episode Forty-Six - Men In Black: International (2019)
Failure to Franchise - June 07, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourIt's the first instalment of the second annual "Summer Surprise," where we're letting an online randomizer choose our next watches. First up, a very recent attempt to relaunch a once mega-successful summer sci-fi/comedy blockbuster series...without the original stars or director. But is the addi...
Episode Forty-Five - Vacation (2015)
Failure to Franchise - May 24, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourIn part two of "May the Farce be with You," we're looking at 2015's attempt to reboot a beloved comedy franchise...but this time with a new leading man, new attitude, and without a signature part of the original title. What makes for an effective "legacy sequel?" Is Ed Helms as strong a lead as ...
Episode Forty-Four - Mortdecai (2015)
Failure to Franchise - May 10, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourOur "May the Farce be with You" event kicks off with a look at 2015's Mortdecai, the movie that seeks to answer the eternal question - just how many jokes can one film make about a single mustache? While star Johnny Depp had enjoyed an impressive, long-time-coming reign as one of Hollywood's big...
Episode Forty-Three - Sky High (2005)
Failure to Franchise - April 26, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourIn part two of "April Showers Bring April Powers," we're looking at Disney's mid-aughts superhero comedy, Sky High. With Kurt Russell, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Danielle Panabaker, Kelly Preston, Bruce Campbell, Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Kevin Heffernan, Lynda Carter, Jim Rash, Cloris Leachman,...
Episode Forty-Two - Hancock (2008)
Failure to Franchise - April 12, 2022 04:00 - 1 hourIn a surprisingly topical kick-off to our "April Showers Bring April Powers" event, we're taking a look at a film where beloved Hollywood "good guy" Will Smith plays a jerk who the public doesn't really trust, and who is in desperate need of some image-restoring PR. Sound oddly familiar? Well, t...
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