The Everything Sequel Podcast

How do you get people on an island when you're writing a Jurassic Park movie? Or do you even go to an island? These are the questions your hosts needed to ponder in order to pitch sequels to this series. You'll hear which of us tries to create a sequel filled with terror, which of us brings back Alan and Ellie back to the island and, once again, a sidebar about titles and how they work for and against us.

If you're lost on an island with nothing to do but still have your earbuds the you should by all means listen to our Jurassic Park III episode! On this episode you'll hear why we think this movie is underrated, what we think the missteps are for this movie and that we admit there are more than a few and, finally, you'll hear what we think of the abrupt ending to this sequel.

Run. As fast as you can to your earbuds and listen to Mike and Tom as they discuss The Lost World: Jurassic Park. You'll hear what we think about the backwards title of this sequel, agreements about the particular sloppiness of this film but disagreements about how much it bothers us and a discussion about the entirely made-up Spielberg ending to this movie.

Strap into your RV's people because Mike and Tom are ranking the Jurassic Park series! You'll hear where we rank these famously derided sequels and what we find valuable in them, a role reversal on the subject of Steven Spielberg in regards to one of these films and a title change that fizzles out before the episode ends.

Mike and Tom need to get down to business and find a movie to pitch a sequel too. You'll hear whether or not they pick different movies or the same movie, which of your hosts pitches a sequel connecting the original to its sequel and who pitches a movie as the start to a new television series; in addition you'll hear which movie your hosts choose to pitch an extra sequel to.

We have our disguises and are ready to enter the country of Bolivia because we watched Che: Part Two! Listen as we discuss the effect of director Steven Soderbergh on a war film and how his direction differs from other movies from this genre, how the understated work of Benicio Del Toro works for the film and digressions on whether or not it's prudent to include Lou Diamond Phillips and Matt Damon in your prestige film.

There's only one film that can take place underwater, that includes bad acting and a puzzling compulsion to include reality stars but still finds a way to be a good time. That film is Into the Blue 2: The Reef. Listen as your hosts discuss at which second in the first minute or so of the film they knew the kind of movie they were dealing with, how the macguffin of this sequel isn't the real macguffin and the actual macguffin is barely seen at all and a discussion about why harpoons are needed at all if guns can fire...

Our chat about the 2009 sequel Crank 2: High Voltage is electrifying! You'll hear us discuss how this movie manages its action and comedy in the same way a cartoon does, how well we can decipher our own notes for this film because we had watched it so long ago and a chat about how good Tom's impersonations of Jason Statham are.

Why would anyone list the Pink Panther 2 as their second favorite single sequel from 2009? Not even Mike can be too sure why he did but with the help of Tom they try to sort it out. So take a listen and you'll hear what made Mike put this decided failure near the top of his list, whether or not Tom might reconsider putting it at the bottom of his list and just generally if and when the laughs come for this movie.

Listen as Mike and Tom discuss Rob Zombie's 2009 sequel, Halloween II. You'll hear the credit Tom wanted to give to the movie possibly fall to pieces after discovering the first twenty-five minutes may have been a dream sequence, a constant back and forth about what director Rob Zombie does and does not deserve credit for and discussions on trying to follow the logic of dream sequences, white horses and Michael Myers own ghost self walking around in an odd attempt to create an auteur aesthetic.